Chapter 1147: Siege
With Hua Lang's efforts, Bai Ji gave up the idea of slaughtering the city.
Now that Tong'an City is in the hands of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty, it can be said that it has dealt a serious blow to the arrogance of the Western Xia soldiers.
After the news reached the capital of the Western Xia Kingdom, it immediately caused an uproar in the court, and now the Western Xia Emperor is still young and has no right to decide this matter at all, and it is the Queen Mother who decides the matter.
When the queen mother heard that the city of Tong'an in Western Xia had been robbed, she was immediately furious and asked the general An Luda to send troops to take back the city.
After An Luda received the order, he immediately rushed with 100,000 soldiers.
The Western Xia soldiers came too fast, faster than everyone imagined, they didn't expect that the Western Xia had just been defeated, and they immediately sent people to continue the fight.
When the Western Xia soldiers attacked, the city was besieged.
They didn't shout and fight, they just surrounded Tong'an City, and while they surrounded Tong'an City, they also cut off the water source of Tong'an City, looking at their position, they wanted to kill the Great Song soldiers in Tong'an City to death of thirst and starvation.
The soldiers and horses in the Great Song Dynasty did not dare to act rashly, if they left the defensive place, another army of the Western Xia would definitely invade the rear of the Great Song Dynasty, and at that time, the entire Great Song Dynasty would be like no one's land, and after these Western Xia soldiers rushed away, they were afraid that it would be a disaster for the entire Great Song Dynasty.
Moreover, there is still the trouble of the Liao State in the north, and the Liao State at this time is only afraid that it is eyeing the tiger, so it is waiting for the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty to fight hotly, and they can sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Therefore, the remaining soldiers guarding the border pass must not be easily mobilized.
In Tong'an City, there are about 100,000 trapped Song soldiers, if you go out of the city to fight, it is not necessary, but except for the 500 people trained by Hualang who have extremely strong combat effectiveness, the other soldiers are far from the Western Xia soldiers, if they really fight, the chances of winning are not great.
And now that the Western Xia soldiers are besieging the city, the cavalry and archery skills of the 500 soldiers trained by Hua Lang can't play much role, and if they can force the enemy to retreat somewhat, they may be able to break through.
There are people in the city, there are soldiers, hundreds of thousands of people, there is a lot of water and food, and the city is stocked, but I am afraid that it will not last long, and at the moment when the Western Xia soldiers besieged the city, the people in Tong'an City panicked.
They used to be the people of Western Xia, but they had a very light concept of the country, and in such a war-torn place, all they wanted was to survive, and whoever could let them survive, they would follow whomever they could.
The moment the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty attacked the city, they were very frightened, they were afraid of being slaughtered, but then they did not, they were relieved, but now the Western Xia soldiers suddenly besieged the city, and the food in the city was scarce, and they began to worry again.
In the face of hunger, no matter who will cling to themselves first, if those Great Song soldiers want to be able to support for a few more days, will they kill all their people, so as to continue their own lives?
Everyone is not stupid, everyone knows that they seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and now the people of Tong'an City are panicking, they see the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty on the street are all hiding and walking, and some people even have a trace of evil intentions, thinking of betraying these soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, and their tens of thousands of people can organize themselves to rush out.
This can't be blamed on these people for not being grateful, in this case, everyone will plan for themselves, human nature is like this, no one can avoid it.
Hua Lang had already thought of this situation at the moment when the Western Xia soldiers besieged the city, and he knew better the consequences of stirring up the people's uprising, so regardless of Bai Ji's opposition, Hua Lang insisted that no matter how difficult it was, he could not take those people, let alone rob them of food, and even when those people did not have anything to eat, they had to give them their own things to eat.
Everyone disagreed with Hanarang's approach, they thought that it was undoubtedly hastening their demise, they firmly disagreed, and they were also like the people who were founded, at such times, thinking about themselves, that they would be able to live one more day.
It was difficult for Hanarang to convince these people that at this time, neither the righteousness of the clan nor personal emotions could impress the survival instinct of these soldiers.
There is no way to do this, and many things in the world sometimes cannot be changed at all.
But this situation must be changed, and if they plunder or slaughter the people, they are doomed, and defeat means death.
War is cruel, in war, people can't afford to lose, he is not like business or others, if he fails, he can start all over again, if he fails, he will die.
Hua Lang looked at those stubborn generals, and suddenly felt that it was a mistake for him to come to this place, he was a detective who solved cases, why did he come to participate in these fights and killings?
These things are the business of a military man, not of a detective for him.
But do these things really have nothing to do with him? If the soldiers and horses of Western Xia really drove straight in, could he be a detective happily?
Perhaps, helping others is helping yourself.
Hua Lang gritted his teeth, wanting to avoid a tragedy, all he could do was to break through as soon as possible, but how could he break through?
The Western Xia soldiers outside the city surrounded but did not fight, they seemed to know that the people in the city could not support it for a few days, and now Tong'an City has been in chaos, and the people are panicking. The Western Xia soldiers did not deliberately attack the heart, but besieging the city and cutting off the water source was equivalent to attacking the heart, because they were testing the humanity of the people in the city.
Human nature is very complicated, there is darkness, but there is also light, some people would rather starve to death than do evil things, while some people prefer to take advantage of the fire to rob.
Hua Lang knew very well that their time was running out, the food in the city could last for five days at most, but the water could only last for three days, and everyone could skip eating, but they could never go without water.
In any case, it is necessary to break out within three days, Hua Lang is not a person who understands the art of war, and he has never studied the art of war, he has only studied the judgment of cases, and fighting a war is just based on the experience of his previous life.
Now trapped, it is not easy for him to break through, he has thought of a variety of methods, but none of them will work, Hua Lang raised his head and sighed, when the hero is trapped, it is like a dragon in danger.
At dusk, the sky was red, the afterglow of the sunset gradually faded, Hua Lang climbed to the top of the city, outside the vast city, a black oppressive group of people, those people were waiting, waiting for the last rush, but also waiting for a death.
That rush will be the return of the strong man.
How many soldiers were able to go to the battlefield and return alive?
The soul is gone, and the fate is gone!