Qi Jie's eyes were cold and solemn, and he nodded lightly at the scout general.
The scout general called several Yan soldiers who were standing outside, pressed the prisoner firmly to the ground, and tore off the prisoner's clothes regardless of the latter's struggle.
There are clear black calluses on the shoulders - obviously the marks left by long-term plowing.
The scout general's eyes softened a little, and he waved his hand to ask the Yan soldiers to retreat, and then said coldly: "Since you are a farmer, you don't have the blood debt of my Yan soldiers... As long as you answer honestly , I will keep you alive."
The prisoner kept kowtowing, even with bloodshot eyes on his forehead: "Thank you, general! Thank you, general... I don't dare to lie..."
The scout general looked at Qi Jie, who was sitting in the main seat. Qi Jie nodded to the scout general with satisfaction, and then asked the prisoner murderously: "I think you are talking nonsense!"
"My army has been besieging Jimo for two years, and we can't hold on to the city. There has never been any precedent of 'sending scouts to find out the truth'!"
"Tell me! Why are you here?"
The prisoner seemed to be frightened, his lips moved for a moment, and then he cried out with tears in his eyes: "You are wronged! You are wronged!"
"It was my General Tian Dan who discovered that the Yan Army... The Yan Army's central flag had changed. He thought that the Yan Army changed its commander before the battle. Maybe there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he ordered me to go out of the city to investigate... I never thought that I would miss it and be captured... "
Qi Jie's eyes softened slightly.
This is a reasonable explanation.
After a few questions and answers, the prisoner had gained the most basic trust - Qi Jie asked coldly: "I want to ask you - how many people are there in the city? How much food and grass?"
The prisoner replied honestly: "To the general - there are not many people in the city, only about 10,000 people...but there is still plenty of food and grass!"
When Qijie heard the prisoner say, "There are only ten thousand people in the city," he was about to clasp his hands and laugh - according to his original estimate, there were at least thirty or forty thousand people in the city.
After hearing the words 'plentiful food and grass', Qi Jie immediately stopped laughing!
The scout general on the side raised his black eyebrows, snorted coldly, and interrupted: "Lie! My army has been besieging Jimo for two years. Jimo is just a small coastal town, how can we store so much food and grass?"
"Even if the 10,000 people in the city only eat one meal a day, the amount of food they have eaten in two years is an astronomical figure!"
"How is it possible that there is still plenty of food and grass? How dare you lie?"
The prisoner looked frightened and poured beans out of his bamboo tube: "The general doesn't know something - the reason why there is still food and grass in the city depends entirely on the assistance of Marquis Quyang of Chu State!"
"On one side of Jimo City facing the sea, there is a port where the 'Laizhou Navy' was once stationed - Marquis Quyang transported grain from the sea and docked at the port... without interruption!"
As soon as these words came out, they should have caused an uproar, but all the Yan army generals remained silent - many of them looked at each other with expressions of 'Sure enough,'.
There must be foreign aid in Jimo City - they had already suspected this.
After besieging Jimo for two years, how could there be food in the city?
The land has been completely surrounded, and the only way to transport supplies to Jimo City is by sea!
It's not that the Yan people don't want to intercept - the main reason is that the Yan country doesn't have a navy that can fight. If it is a temporary training, on the one hand, there will be no ships, and on the other hand, the Yan people will not be able to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time.
Northerners are not good at riding boats!
A general of the Yan Army snorted angrily: "Sure enough, the damn Chu people are up to something!"
"The Southern Barbarians are so abominable!"
"You little Nanman, how dare you go against me, Dayan... Now that the evidence is conclusive, please give me an order to fight as far as Yingdu!"
"Yes! Fight to Yingdu! Capture Chuman alive!" A group of Yan generals shouted.
After conquering the State of Qi, the entire Yan army was already extremely crazy——
Not to mention a mere Chu country, even if aliens invaded the earth tomorrow, these arrogant Yan generals would still dare to rush forward and lead the charge.
Fortunately, Qi Jie still retained some sense and waved his hand to stop the generals from shouting.
The generals barely suppressed their anger and understood that without the king's order, they could not start a national war privately... so the curses against Xiong Wuliang continued.
"Xiong Liangshuzi, you did such a despicable thing!"
"The people of Chu dare not compete with me, the Yan Iron Army, and they only dare to do what they do in secret... Shameless! Shameless!"
"Little Mi Liang!"
"I and other Dayan warriors will have to kill this beast sooner or later!"
"Cut off Mi Liang's head and hang it on the bell tower of Jicheng!"
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After some venting, the generals' emotions were slightly under control - when they looked at the 'prisoner' who collapsed on the ground, they no longer looked suspicious.
The Qingyu Guard detective who pretended to be a prisoner was secretly happy - as expected, telling a fact could gain the trust of the person being deceived.
As we all know - people who want to lie cannot always tell lies. It is easiest to win people's trust if you mix seven parts of truth with three parts of lies.
The Qingyu Guard spies revealed the true information about "Xiong Wuliang's ship's cargo" and quickly gained the trust of all the Yan generals.
This is the second step of Xiong Wuliang and Tian Dan's plan - to send Qingyu Guard spies out of the city to investigate, and then 'missed' and were captured by the Yan people. They sent out the 'intelligence' in the city to gain the Yan people's trust. In the end, I strive to lead Yan people by the nose.
The generals of the Yan army fell into a brief confusion - since the food and grass in Jimo City are endless, it is obviously impossible to 'trap' Jimo to death.
There is no point in continuing the siege.
So how to solve it?
Use diplomatic means to put pressure on Chu?
Not too possible--
First of all, the Chu State is at the peak of its military power and is holding some kind of "Alliance Ceremony" in order to dominate. It is the time to be arrogant - and it is unlikely that they will be afraid of Yan State's protest.
Secondly, the generals of the Yan army did not have any concrete evidence in their hands - their speculations alone were obviously unable to support the facts - the spy in front of them was a witness, but the testimony of this witness was too humble and had no probative effect.
Since diplomacy doesn't work, then...
It was impossible to intercept and kill the Chu people's ships - Yan State had no decent navy and no warships - even if it had navy and warships, it would be difficult to defeat Chu State's navy, which was good at water warfare.
Then...there is only one last solution.
Attack Jimo!
As the prisoner in front of me said - there are only about 10,000 soldiers and civilians in Jimo City.
No matter how strong the city is, it is not difficult to defeat it - with 200,000 Yan troops here, even if one person spits, it is enough to defeat Jimo City.
Qi Jie glanced at the faces of the generals... He was determined to order an attack, but he hesitated.
The Qi general Tian Dan on the opposite side is quite capable - when the Yan army arrived outside Jimo City, Lord Chang also organized several fierce offensives, but they were all resolved by Tian Dan - now although there are only soldiers and civilians left in the city There are more than 10,000 people, but under desperate resistance, the Yan army will definitely pay considerable casualties.
Just when Qi Ji was hesitating, the 'captive' who had been lying limply on the ground suddenly spoke again...
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