Le Deng cupped his hands and said respectfully.
"Actually, Yang Qian's idea is very simple. From the moment we Fu Yan sent out the message, he has already targeted us."
"The general has also gotten to know Mr. Wu An a little bit. He does things by unscrupulous means and has no bottom line. He will retaliate for his anger and act only after planning."
"Before our army reached the designated position, we quietly captured the White Tiger Pass and used the White Tiger Pass as bait to swallow up the vanguard army and their weapons and supplies."
"It's just that Yang Qian has a big appetite and wants to use Baihu Pass to swallow up our main force. Unfortunately, God's calculations are not as good as those of humans, and some civilians escaped."
"So, after General Li received the news, he laid an ambush near the Zhang River and intercepted Yang Gan's army when he crossed the river. Unfortunately..."
Speaking of this, Le Ding couldn't help but shook his head and sighed heavily.
In fact, until Li Lu disappeared, Fu Yan only had a rough idea of what the battle was going to be like, but he didn't know the specific details at all.
Le Ding also collected information bit by bit from Jiang Bing.
"What's the pity?"
Le Ding sighed.
"Unfortunately, Yang Qian is a man with countless uncanny skills. He laid what looks like driftwood in the Zhang River. Not only can people walk through it, but also horses and baggage vehicles can pass through. It is very simple for the two sides to travel."
"The most important thing is that the new military formation laid down by Yang Gan is also very powerful. It can almost be said that it has set a precedent for using infantry to fight against cavalry and chariots."
For a general like Le Ding, this piece of information was no less than a nuclear bomb dropped in his head.
Can the war still be fought like this?
The infantry turned the entire camp into a hedgehog. Whether it was chariots, cavalry, or infantry, it was like entering a meat grinder, smashing these soldiers into pieces without leaving any dregs.
"When General Li was transferred away, Young Master Mu angrily launched an attack, but was defeated time and time again by the opponent's army and fell into disgrace."
"I heard from the surrendering soldiers that there were three or four large armies at that time. In a very short period of time, they divided the general formation with overwhelming force, without even a chance to gather together."
"After Yang Qian defeated the Zhangshui camp, he sent all three to four hundred thousand troops into Fuyan City. At that time, he had already planned to consume our food and fodder."
Le Ding took a deep breath, his eyes slightly dull.
"Yang Gan wants to use the minimum cost to destroy Shangguo without losing a single soldier."
"This man has a careful mind and decisive actions. He is in a desperate situation but has a calm mind. He is definitely the most dangerous person our Shangguo has encountered since the founding of the country."
"Queen Mother, Queen, I would like to ask you to think about it. If the scholar-officials don't provide food, what will the hundreds of thousands of troops in the city eat and drink? What will the people in the city eat and drink?"
"Is it going to happen again like the last famine?"
When the famine was mentioned, the two women's expressions instantly changed, and even Guo Chong's face turned pale.
The famine closest to the Central Plains was one where bones were exposed in the wild, no roosters could crow for thousands of miles, and many villages were wiped out.
It was so miserable that even the scholar-bureaucrats did not dare to inspect their fertile fields, not because they were afraid that those people would die in the fields.
But I was afraid that when I went to the fiefdom, I would find that there were only a group of fat men with green lights on their bodies. Apart from that, all the other men, women, and children were missing.
Scenes like this are so mind-blowing to think about.
"Guo Chong!"
"Your Majesty is here!"
The Queen Mother took a deep breath and said.
"There's a shortage of food."
"What does the Queen Mother mean..." Guo Chong asked carefully.
"Without food, Fuyan will be in chaos, and your family will be in trouble too!"
"No, I understand!"
Guo Chong is also a human spirit, so he naturally knows the stakes.
There happened to be some enemies who found an excuse to raid their homes!
The Queen Mother had a headache and looked at the Queen.
"Next you
Call the shots, I am too tired and a little dizzy now! We must ensure the stability of Fu Yan. If this is not possible, I will let the scholar-bureaucrats and clan members form a private army. "
The Queen Mother was not an easy person to get along with. Although the Imperial Guards and the private soldiers of the scholar-bureaucrats were not as numerous as the soldiers in the city, their numbers would not be much less.
The queen nodded and gave instructions to Le Ding.
"You go down first. The food and grass will be delivered in a few days, and the army will be able to suppress it by then. I hope you will focus more on how to break out, even if... some more people die!"
Le Ding's eyes narrowed. The other party's defense blocked the attack and the water couldn't get in. It couldn't be that simple. But if you don't care about losses and costs, you may not never go out.
But with so many lives, it doesn't matter if they rush out. Yang Gan's cavalry is not a vegetarian. With the speed of Shang Guo's cavalry and carriages, every one in Fuyan City counts. If Yang Gan really wants to chase, no one can escape.
But he still obeyed the order and left.
After returning that day.
Guo Chong directly selected several scholar-bureaucrats to deal with it, but the result was no change. However, there was not as much food and grass as he imagined.
In desperation, he came to the brothel to look for Wang Shumao.
In the past, there was a lot of traffic in front of the brothel, but when I came here today, I saw no one at the door. The whole street was so desolate that even a mouse shed tears just looking at it.
He pried open the brothel door to find Wang Shushu, only to find that Wang Shushu was sweating profusely packing his luggage.
Guo Chong was horrified: "You, are you trying to run away?"
Wang Shushu said with a serious expression.
"Xiangbang, why don't you run now? There is not enough food and grass in the city. All my food and grass have been eaten up. If this continues, what I eat will not be food and grass. I don't want to stay here and be eaten!"
Guo Chong couldn't help but feel alert.
"You can't get out now."
Wang Shushu smiled and said, "There is no one who can't get out. That's because there are people who can't get out of the outer city. I'm from Xia. I can go outside as long as I give some food to the soldiers guarding the city. When I get outside, I can directly identify myself. I don't think there will be any problem." "
Wang Shumao definitely didn't lie this time. The soldiers may have been kept in the dark about something, but how could the generals above not know what was going on?
Let a few people go out to reduce food consumption.
Guo Chong rolled his eyes and immediately said eagerly.
"Can you take me, or even the king and the royal family out!"
Wang Shumao looked at Guo Chong in astonishment with a look of dismay on his face.
"Prime Minister, Prime Minister, the Xia Kingdom's household registration system is very complete. Without identity documents and Lu Yin, it is impossible to get out."
"Bang!"
Guo Chong suddenly pulled the decorations next to him to the ground, his eyes bloodshot.
"Then you said, you can leave, but we have to wait here to die. Why? I want to live, I don't want to die!"
"Fuyancheng is a disaster right now. It may break out at any time. Don't let me die by then. The king, queen and all the royal family will also die."
Seeing Guo Chong's expression, Wang Shushu also expressed a sigh of relief. No one could bear the combination of punches that Jun Shang used.
Wang Shushu watched Fu Yan decline, and watched the entire city decline in an instant because of the king's order.
Every time I stood on the balcony of the brothel and looked at the sky, I always felt as if there was a giant hand in the sky, pressing down hard on the city.
Everyone, whether they are dead or alive, has nothing to do with them from the moment you come here.
Everyone's fate, life and death, wealth, and decline are all just waiting for a word from you.
Wang Shushu straightened his back slightly, and instantly changed from a philistine businessman to a warrior with a resolute face.
"Xiangbang, have you ever thought about surrendering?"
"surrender?"
Guo Chong couldn't help but widen his eyes, which seemed to have lost focus.
"No, no, we Shangguo people have no precedent of surrender."
"That
Impossible, otherwise how could there be so many surrendered troops? "
"Yes, but how can the royal family surrender? Once the king surrenders, doesn't it mean that Shangguo will be destroyed!"
Wang Shushu shrugged, his tone a little tough.
"Judging from the current situation, the only way to survive is to surrender. If you resist to the end, you will be dead!"
"This~~~!"
Wang Shushu took a step further and said, "Prime Minister, the situation is clear now, but it has not been finalized yet. If you get involved with Mr. Wu An at this time, although you may not be able to become Prime Minister, your life will not be too bad."
"After all, Lord Wu'an's territory is much larger than that of Shangguo, and his business is also much larger!"
"Surrender early and your status will be improved!"
"Enter early and make money early."
"The destruction of Shangguo has become a fact. Surrender sooner and you will be reused sooner."
Guo Chong fell into silence.
Wang Shumao immediately asked someone to make some dishes and bring them in.
"Xiangbang, I know that you and the king grew up together, but sometimes, people's identities are different. Do you really want to be buried with the king and sink into Fuyan City?"
Guo Chong didn't speak. He kept eating food and drinking wine, as if he had turned into a glutton. When everything was finished, he wiped his mouth, said a few words and walked outside.
"I see!"
The next day.
Fu Yanchao Tang.
Guo Chong immediately asked if he could negotiate with Xia to see if they could pay some price to make them withdraw their troops.
But judging from the extremely flattering expression between the lines, it was difficult for the young master Guan, who had already come out to do things, to be angry.
He stepped forward and offered his hand.
"Queen, Guo Chong's words only encourage others to aspire to destroy their own prestige. The statement just made was that he planned to surrender. Rather than die in the summer, it is better to fight to the death. If God does not pity my country, let me, my country, use my blood. , destroy this Fu Yancheng together, so that everyone in the world can see our determination to share the same enemy."
Young Master Guan's eyes were red and his tone was decisive. Such words instantly infected everyone around him.
Immediately, ministers jumped out to support him.
"Yes, we are going to fight to the death with Xia Guo!"
"Hmph, you can only die standing up, not kneeling down to live!"
...........
The queen took a deep breath and ignored them. After all, these guys were more arrogant than the others, but when it came to leading troops in battle, they almost all lay down.
