"There are more than 30,000 people in the city, and only 70,000 to 80,000 outside the enemy. Pingjiang County City is solid and the city is sufficient for food and grass. If you mobilize the civilians and husbands, you will definitely have no problem staying for a year or two."
Late at night, several people who could still control the city in the city gathered at the Left Commander's Office of Shan Tao to discuss together. Zhou Hong seemed most optimistic about the current situation.
Lin Zhaoying has not slept since yesterday. Her wrists hurt so much and she dared not sleep. She looked particularly haggard and didn't say anything at the moment, just sitting.
As the host, Shan Tao looked at the other generals, and they all looked lonely and had no intention of speaking.
The morale of the army is fragile. If the enemy attacks the city tomorrow, can it really be blocked? Shan Tao began to have some doubts, especially the opponent's methods were simply treacherous, and he seized the opportunity of turning around and instantly took the life of the army when chaos broke out inside him.
While they were discussing, Lin Haoming had already gone out with his men overnight.
However, this time he was not with Zhu Feiling. Zhu Feiling's army was already very tired in fighting continuously. Now he is following Wei Yi.
After he went to Wei Que in name, Wei Yi was considered his uncle, and now he was led by Wei Yi.
Wei Yi is an innate master, but he is actually not good at fighting, so the actual commander here is Lin Haoming, which is what Wei Tong meant before Wei Yi set out.
At present, the army was divided into three groups, with 10,000 people staying on Zhu Feiling's side, and the people in the city were trapped, and the remaining two groups led 20,000 people toward Pingjiang in two directions.
What Lin Haoming had to do next was very simple. While Pingjiang had not thawed, he crossed Pingjiang to sweep the cities along the Pingjiang River.
When Lin Haoming crossed Pingjiang at dawn, he saw Changning County in front of him. After a winter, Changning County had recovered. After several months of repair, the city could no longer see the previous continuous destruction.
But at noon, the city gate was at the time when the number of people traveled, suddenly an army came from far away.
At first, everyone thought that His Highness the Crown Prince mobilized his army to attack Wei Tong, but when the army approached, they realized something was wrong.
The army rode directly into the city gate, occupied the county town in a moment, and then began to drive all the people out of the city from house to house.
The people didn't know what to do in the cold wind, so they looked for a place outside the city to hide for a while. But early the next morning, everyone discovered that a raging fire ignited in the entire county town. It turned out that Lin Haoming had a day off after entering the city, and then lit the county town and headed towards the next target.
The two armies swept through all the counties on the west bank of Pingjiang County in just a few days. When Shan Tao found out in Pingjiang County, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and Pingjiang County City might soon become an isolated city.
He immediately wrote a letter, Feiying sent a letter, hoping that the prince would allow him to lead his army to break through, otherwise it would be too late if Pingjiang thawed.
At this time, the capital of King Yue, Zhang Xiao was returning to the study from the court with an angry look on his face.
The news from the front made him frightened and furious. The 300,000 army disappeared like this. What’s even more annoying is how Su Lang and Lin Zhaoying dared to kill Zhou Yuan'an? If they were killed, it would be fine. Why was they counterattacked by Xia Chunqiu, causing the army to lose its commander and take advantage of the other party.
Zhang Xiao asked himself that if some border troops were drawn, they could still gather some troops to suppress the local areas. However, the combat effectiveness of these 300,000 people decreased a lot from the previous ones. More importantly, after this war, Wei Tong reversed the decline. Now some of the guys in the court have begun to become timid on the surface, and they don’t know what to do.
Soon, Shu Bicheng, Niu Gang and Wang Fengming arrived here.
"Teacher, this is what I just received, the information from the front." Zhang Xiao handed a note to Shu Bicheng.
Shu Bicheng looked at Zhang Xiao’s gloomy face, but the note turned out to look even more ugly.
"How could this happen? This is the news a few days ago?" Shu Bicheng gave Wang Fengming the note after reading it.
"I just received it, but this happened a few days ago. When did the information become so slow?" Zhang Xiao said angrily.
"Your Highness, the Black Dragon Guard is now..." Niu Gang spoke, but he didn't continue.
Zhao Wufeng died, Xia Chunqiu also died, and the news has spread among the Black Dragon Guard. Zhao Wufeng has been in charge of the Black Dragon Guard for more than thirty years. Now the Black Dragon Guard is almost all his disciples. It is good that the Black Dragon Guard has not rebelled.
"Your Highness, the more you are, the more you should be calmer. The most important thing now is to make choices." Shu Bicheng's teacher, who has been facing this student as a minister since the crown prince was reigned, but now it seems that he was back to when he was just teaching the young crown prince.
"Teacher, what do you mean?" Zhang Xiao asked.
"From the report, Wei Tong planned to rule the river with us. Now with our existing strength, we can no longer win quickly. Since this is the case, we must preserve all our strength and withdraw the people still west of Pingjiang, and wait for the next opportunity." Shu Bichengdao.
"The teacher is right. I will order Lin Zhaoying and Shan Tao to come back, and the rest of the areas under control will be removed." Zhang Xiao returned to his calmness.
Seeing this disciple like this, Shu Bicheng also greatly appreciated him. As long as His Highness is not confused by the situation in front of him, I believe he is still able to re-control the situation.
"Your Highness, in addition to this, Your Highness wants to collect the victims of Hexi as soon as possible. Wei Tong sent people to burn the city, which is essentially increasing the burden on us. At present, we must stabilize the situation. On the one hand, we must open warehouses and release grain, and on the other hand, we must send people to Wei to borrow grain." Shu Bichengdao.
"This... Will Wei lend it to us? You must know that our relationship with Chu is much better than that of Wei, so why don't we go to Chu to borrow food?" Zhang Xiao was also a little confused.
"Your Highness, Chu State is more about using each other. Now our situation is not good, and the other party will definitely speak loudly, while Wei State is completely different, because the king of Wei State is still wise. He will not see the former traitor of Wei State stealing Yue State. And once Yue State is stolen by Wei Tong, it means that Daxia's power will go directly to Wei State, with his lips and teeth cold. Wei State will not watch us fall into the destruction of the country. He will help him no matter what. Of course, it will definitely be more about the conditions. But it is more about the things of face. Your Highness has not ascended the throne yet, so it is okay to lose some face. After all, it is not the status of a monarch, so you can earn face back in the future. What Chu State wants is real things, so you must not give it to it."
Chapter completed!