The cities outside Peicheng refer to the large and small cities in neighboring cities. These cities originally belonged to Jiang's forces, but due to the invasion of Pei's army, they were occupied by Pei's army.
There were not many civilians in the city originally. They were basically workers, farmers and some technicians. When the Pei army invaded, a large number of civilians followed the small army and moved to other cities, while a small number became refugees because they did not escape in time. Basically, there was a lot of misfortune, and life and death were determined by their destiny.
Afterwards, the coalition forces intervened to fight against the Pei army and recaptured many cities. But after all, these cities belonged to Jiang Zhi's force, so the coalition forces did not stay in the cities for a long time, but let several defenders of Jiang Zhi's force control the cities.
A city cannot function with just a few defenders, and is equivalent to being abandoned. Ready-made resources have long been snatched away, and resources that need to be mined require manpower to maintain them.
The situation is not yet stable, and the civilians who left before are unwilling to return to these cities. Even if they come back, it will take a lot of time and energy to get the entire city back up and running.
Now, all the coalition forces have come to claim credit, and Peicheng has been inseparable. It would be a good idea to temporarily lend those abandoned cities to the coalition forces.
"This is indeed a good suggestion, but in terms of time, how long do you think it will be?" Jiang Feng asked.
"All forces in the coalition definitely hope that the longer the better, but in terms of time, we must keep a bottom line. It should not be too long. It is recommended that it be within a year." Pang Long said.
"No, one year is still too long. Let's rent it for half a year at most." Song Yuan replied.
"Considering that they need time and manpower to re-operate the city, and the resource extraction in the city also takes time, if it is only half a year, they will definitely not be happy." Pang Long replied.
"But one year is still too long. As the saying goes, it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away. The longer the time goes, the less they want to leave." Song Yuan replied.
"Indeed, one year will indeed make them not want to leave. But whether they will leave or not depends on the situation." Pang Long said.
"Pang Long is indeed wise," Jiang Feng smiled, "Indeed, many things can happen in a year. If Jiang Zhi's forces become more and more powerful, they will have to leave. If Jiang Zhi's forces become increasingly tired, they will occupy the city without return."
"That's right. How is the lord's confidence?" Pang Long replied.
"With the help of two people, I am confident."
"The lord is wise."
"Then let's do it like this. I'll go talk to the envoys first. You can do it yourself." After Jiang Feng finished speaking, he left first.
When only Song Yuan and Pang Long were left in the private conference room, Song Yuan said to Pang Long a little unhappy: "Your suggestion is really not good. In one year, there will be endless troubles."
"If we don't give it a year, this matter won't be discussed for a while, and it may go to nothing and become a mess. By then, all the forces in the coalition will definitely have complaints, and the lords will also lose their support."
"So for the sake of people's hearts, Jiang Feng can only suffer a loss?"
"Suffer a loss, but don't accept the loss. This is enough. If they don't pay back after one year, the lord will be able to make a name for himself. At that time, not only will he get his own city back, but he will also be able to annex those forces."
"I see. You are worried that Jiang Feng will fall out with his friends because of their favor. So from now on, we need to lay the groundwork to pave the way for future reunification."
"Exactly
so. "
"Pang Long, I read it right. You are not only good at divination, but you are also extremely intelligent and a genius in the world."
"I dare not take it seriously. In terms of divination ability, I am far inferior to Mr. Song."
"Really, I told you, don't be polite to me, who among us is following the other."
"It does not violate the courtesy of the ministers, nor does it violate the principles of the son." Pang Long bowed to Song Yuan.
"What do you mean? Why are you telling me this?"
"I'm really sorry. I have to go to the hotel quickly. Su Yue left without saying goodbye. Su Jie is heartbroken at this time. I have to deal with it quickly. I'm sorry."
After Pang Long left, Song Yuan was stunned. What was on his mind was not what happened to Su Jie, but what Pang Long said.
It does not violate the courtesy of ministers, and it does not violate the way of the son. What Pang Long said seemed to have a deep meaning, even an insinuation.
First of all, it is easy to understand that it is not contrary to court etiquette. Even though Jiang Feng is easy to talk to, he is the lord of Jiang Zhi's power after all. Pang Long naturally didn't dare to be rude when he first entered Jiang's power. But Song Yuan and Jiang Feng were old friends, and they were considered close friends. They could always call them by their first names, and there was no need to call them lord.
Secondly, it does not violate the way of Zi, which represents the younger generation. Pang Long is very young, just in his early twenties, several years younger than Song Yuan. In addition, Song Yuan was a veteran of Jiang Zhi's forces, so Pang Long treated Song Yuan like a junior treating his elders, and his words were full of respect.
These are just superficial meanings. Pang Long seemed to have more profound meanings, but Song Yuan couldn't figure it out for a while.
On the other side, Haneda Hotel.
At this time, Su Jie was standing on the rooftop of the hotel. She climbed to the highest terrace and looked north, with tears on her face.
"Su Jie, come down quickly, why are you standing so high?" Pang Long shouted to Su Jie as soon as he came out of the corridor.
"Leave me alone, my sister doesn't want me anymore, so don't care about me either." Su Jie cried.
"Fool, who said your sister doesn't want you anymore." Pang Long jumped up to the highest terrace and grabbed Su Jie's arm.
"My sister is gone. She didn't even say goodbye to me." Su Jie cried aggrievedly.
"If I say goodbye to you, it won't be so easy to leave. You have to understand your sister's difficulties. She is not going to enjoy the mountains and rivers, she is going to the battlefield. And you are a weak woman, and you can't help anyone by going to the battlefield. If you are busy, it will become a burden." Pang Long explained.
"But my sister promised me that she would let me follow her in the future."
"Once the war is over, you can stay with her."
"Are you lying to me? Why doesn't she explain to me in person?" Su Jie said sadly.
"Parting is painful. Su Yue couldn't bear to see you cry, so she left without saying goodbye. But she left a letter, which she wrote after you fell asleep, and gave it to me early in the morning. Let me give it to you on your behalf." Pang Long hurriedly took out the letter from his large pocket.
Su Jie quickly opened it and cried even harder after reading it.
Although he cried harder, Pang Long was relieved because Su Jie's crying was no longer sad, but moved.
Pang Long had never read the letter, but when Su Jie was reading the letter, he accidentally glanced at the last line: Xiaojie, wait for me to pick you up.
Thousands of words of comfort are sublimated with the last sentence. With this sentence, Su Jie's crying turned from sadness to happiness.
On the other side, Jiang Feng held a meeting with the envoys for nearly three hours.
Finally the envoys were satisfied and returned.
In the evening, Jiang Feng called everyone to make the last arrangements for Peicheng.
Under Pang Long's recommendation, Jiang Feng appointed Deyuan as the lord of Peicheng, responsible for administration and military affairs. Ding Cheng was the deputy city lord of Peicheng, in charge of military affairs and administration. Tian Xiaodong is the administrative secretary-general and coordinates government affairs.
After handling the matter in Peicheng, Jiang Feng, Jiang Wei, Song Yuan, and Pang Long took a military helicopter and flew to Jiangmeng City, Wangcheng.
On the other side, Ningtai City.
Ao Lie was in a military meeting. When he read the battle reports from various places, he was so angry that he threw the document at the general's face.
"Why are you defeated again and again? Why? Why? Why haven't you won a single battle in the past three days?" Ao Lie said angrily.
In fact, all the soldiers understood the reason, that is, Ao Lie's army had already lost morale. There are two reasons. One is that the Beiming battlefield is coming to an end. The zombie clan's defeat is doomed. Jiang Zhi's forces will lead the main army back to Wangcheng at any time. Not to mention that Wangcheng cannot be captured now, so what if Wangcheng is captured? When Jiang Feng returns with his own army, it will be impossible for Ao Zhi's forces to stop him.
There is another very important reason, that is, the land of Xichuan is gradually being eroded by Kaidin. Originally, it was thought that the terrain of Xichuan was difficult and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and only a small number of troops could defend Kaiding's army. But the Battle of Wangcheng dragged on for too long. It lasted for more than half a year, from spring to autumn. After such a long time, Kaiding finally succeeded in occupying the main city of Xichuan.
Today, there are a large number of refugees and refugees in Xichuan, and they have poured into the southwest region of Xichuan, the poorest area. Many of these people are relatives of frontline soldiers. The soldiers are increasingly unable to think of fighting meaningless battles. They just want to return to Sichuan as soon as possible to rescue their relatives.
Seeing the frowning faces of the soldiers one by one, Ao Lie was so angry that he could not even continue the meeting.
"Get out, get out of here."
Ao Lie dismissed the soldiers and sat on the banquet with a sad look on his face.
Everyone left, but Guo Jia still stood next to Ao Lie.
"Guo Jia, tell me, am I wrong?"
"Do you want to hear the truth?"
"Yes, now that things have happened, there is still no truth I can't hear."
"As for right and wrong, I told you half a year ago. We started out unknown, and this was not a battle of glory. On the contrary, Jiang Feng received help from various forces in Yan and Huang, even from the American continent. The reason is simple, because Jiang Feng The target of the attack is zombies, but we point our weapons at humans."
"So you're disappointed?"
"It's a huge disappointment."
"Haha, haha, it's been half a year, and you didn't say this to me until today." Ao Lie's eyes gradually became extremely moist.
"I have suggested countless times that you return to the court with your troops. At least you can ensure that the foundation of Xichuan is stable. Today's Xichuan, whether it is the frontline army, is like a pile of scattered sand, which cannot be saved."
"Guo Jia, what are you farting at? What does it mean to be hopeless?" Faced with Guo Jia's rude words, Ao Lie finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Didn't you ask me to tell the truth? What? Now you can't hear the truth anymore? It's been half a year, don't you still have no regrets? The war in these six months is not called a war at all, but your venting, just you It's just a personal vent." Guo Jia actually cursed loudly. This was the first time he spoke to Ao Lie with such an attitude.
