[69 Book Bar - www.] There was no movement among the snake people. We stayed until dark, and then the right army took over. When we came down from the city, the Dragon Scale Army who went to inquire about the news also came back. I heard him say that this afternoon,
When the Tongcheng Camp and the Huwei Camp were changing guard, Zhu Tianwei suddenly sent his cavalry to rob a storehouse of surplus grain, and also robbed a Skyfire Flying Dragon Chariot to clear the way out of the city. The Tongcheng Camp did not dare to stop it, and was snatched out of the city by Zhu Tianwei.
, when Wu Hou learned the news and ordered Lu Gongxing's forward battalion to rush out, more than 7,000 people from the Huwei battalion had already rushed out of the south gate. After rushing out for a mile, all the snake men who were ambushed were wiped out. Lu Gongxing only had time to close the city gate.
, and did not let the snake men take advantage of the situation to attack the city. I heard that Zhu Tianwei left a letter to Wu Hou, saying that he was "scheming and indecisive, but he seems to be brave but is actually cowardly." Under the command of Wu Hou, the armies had no chance of victory, and the defenders
It will destroy itself, and his Tiger Tail Camp will have to find its own way out.
The Huwei Battalion, which was looking for a way out, was defeated faster than the other armies in the city. Now, I'm afraid no one will be like Zhu Tianwei, thinking that they can break out of the snake people's siege by fighting for their way out. However, Zhu Tianwei's army was defeated, leaving the middle
The vitality of the army has been severely damaged. Now the Chinese army has less than 30,000 troops, and there is even less food.
Yuan Kexiang was also caught in the Huwei camp and was lost in the battle formation.
Three days passed after Zhu Tianwei was defeated.
Without the Huwei Camp, even the defense of other armies became more difficult. In the past, the forward battalion could often recruit various gates to help defend, but since Zhu Tianwei's death, the Chinese army has been too busy to take care of itself, and only sent thousands of troops to help defend the area with the greatest losses.
The north gate and the east and west gates are extremely difficult to take care of.
After fighting off a group of snake attacks, I felt sore all over. Now I feel exhausted every day, as if I don't know tomorrow after today.
As soon as we retreated into the camp, thunder drums came to deliver orders. Marquis Wu urgently summoned the generals to discuss matters. This time, only the highest officers of the armies were recruited, and I was specially asked to participate by Marquis Wu.
When I walked towards the Chinese Army, I didn't feel any joy at regaining the attention of Marquis Wu. Along the way, one or two dead bodies could be seen among the ruins of the city. After the city residents were released from the city, the few remaining people in the city also starved to death from time to time.
.At this time, the baggage camp no longer had the energy to transport dead bodies and burn them. If the total number of city residents had not been less than two or three thousand, I am afraid that a plague would have been caused by now.
Looking at those broken walls, my horse also walked heavily.
Day by day, it seemed that the end was approaching, and a sense of despair began to pervade the entire army. The envoy who reported to Marquis Wen still did not come. It was said that someone from the rear army and the right army secretly went to kill some of the few in the city at night.
People came here to satisfy their hunger. Although this horrifying thing has not been confirmed, I saw several corpses with incomplete health. I am afraid that this rumor is not entirely false.
When they arrived at Wuhou's central military tent, the messenger at the tent door also shouted a little feebly: "The leader of the Dragon Scale Army, Chu Xiuhong, has arrived."
The people sitting in the tent were already the commanders and captains of each army, and I was the lowest official. I looked and saw that only Zhang Longyou and Wu Keqing were sitting in the army. After I entered, I bowed to Wu Hou and sat down.
Lu Gongxing was by his side.
Marquis Wu was much older, but there was still a glass of wine in front of him. He took a sip, and when Hu Shi'an from the rear army arrived, he put down the glass and said: "Generals, please first ask Mr. Deyang of the Troop Camp to say something."
Bad news."
Deyang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, as of today, there are only two thousand dry cakes left in the army."
There was an uproar in the camp. There were nearly 80,000 people in the army. If there were only 2,000 pieces of cake, wouldn't it take 40 people to get one? This is the same as no division. Chai Shengxiang jumped up and shouted: "Why?
You didn’t say it until today?”
Lu Gongxing whispered: "If you tell me earlier, it will ruin the morale of the army."
What he said is true, only a reckless man like Chai Shengxiang would yell like that. Wu Hou ignored him and said: "There is still no response from the special envoy who asked for help from the imperial capital. Now we have to prepare for the worst. No matter what, we
We still have to hold on for another month. I wonder which general has a clever idea to offer?"
I looked at Lu Gongxing, but he was not looking at me. He just lowered his head and thought deeply. At this time, Chai Shengxiang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Chai Shengxiang has something to say."
Wu Hou looked at him and said, "General Chai, what's your clever plan?"
Chai Shengxiang said: "When we were trapped in the city, the Republican Army defended it for three months. At that time, there were more people in the city than now. Even the Republican Army could defend it for three months. How could we not defend it?
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Someone said: "At the beginning, there was enough food in Gaojiu City. It was enough to feed 50,000 Republican troops for a year, so that 800,000 people could hold on for three months."
Chai Shengxiang snorted and said: "The food for fifty thousand people can only feed eight hundred thousand people for twenty days, but they kept it until March, what did they eat afterwards?"
I trembled all over, as if I had been immersed in ice water. The general who refuted Chai Shengxiang also seemed to be frightened, and said: "General Chai, could it be..."
Chai Shengxiang stuck out his tongue and said: "Yes, although there are still one or two thousand people in the city, each of them still has fifty or sixty kilograms of meat, and as little as twenty or thirty kilograms. Counting a thousand, there are probably more
Forty thousand kilograms of meat, enough to feed more than 80,000 people for two or three days."
I shivered and felt nauseous. When Chai Shengxiang said this, it seemed as easy as killing pigs and sheep. I was about to object when the officer who just retorted said again: "But after the city people finished eating, they
What should we do?”
Judging from his tone, he actually agreed with Chai Shengxiang's cannibalism.
Chai Shengxiang said: "There are one or two thousand craftsmen in prison now..."
I was so angry that I stood up suddenly and said: "Your Majesty, General Chai is talking nonsense. Please give your order to kill this fool."
My words must have surprised people. I heard someone whispering to each other and asking: "Who is he?" Someone else whispered: "He is Chu Xiuhong, one of the Long Feng generals."
At this time, I was desperate and loudly said: "Your Majesty, our army is the leader of the king. We are upright. Even if we are defeated, we will die upright. If we kill the people of the city, kill the craftsmen, and eat human flesh to survive, our army will be among the descendants of the people."
Where?"
Chai Shengxiang sneered and said: "General Chu, you are so generous. If you die of starvation and are eaten by snakes, will you still stand upright?"
I shouted: "I am a human being, not a beast. If I want to survive by eating people, I would rather kill myself and leave the city on the spot. I would die under the swords and guns of the snake-men, and I would still feel no regrets."
Chai Shengxiang said: "Since General Chu is opposed to my proposal, I wonder if there is any clever plan?"