Soon Ding Nian realized something was wrong. What was there to be happy about Prince Wulu being cowardly? Prince Wulu ran away. Then the major issues of guarding Qinzhou Prefecture could only be solved by him?
When it comes to defending the city, Ding Nian really doesn’t understand at all!
The local officials in Daliang actually have the responsibility to defend the territory. Logically speaking, all local officials in Daliang should have some understanding of urban defense wars.
but!
After all, theory is theory, and in fact most local officials do not have this ability at all. More importantly, defending the city war has high authority on the leader.
Especially when the opponent is much stronger than the one, how to avoid your family from being intimidated by the opponent's strength, resulting in a series of consequences such as surrendering to the enemy and civil strife is a very important issue.
The only way to avoid these problems is to make the leaders who defend the city have extremely high leadership skills and prestige.
So why have civil officials who have fought very well in the city since ancient times were generally honest officials with good reputations? It is because those who are arrogant and do not have the conditions to defend the city for a long time.
So the question is, does Ding Nian have a high prestige in Qinzhou Prefecture?
Obviously not!
Before the war began, he wished he could start to surrender early, and it might even be related to reselling war materials. How could such a person have any prestige?
Not to mention after the war began, he directly surrendered to the enemy and became a traitor, so it would be even more unlikely to have prestige.
Even the soldiers who defected to him now are just a group of hungry people who are trying to make a living. I hope they will work hard for Ding Nian?
This is the paradox!
How could a soldier who was in the army to survive work hard for his superiors?
Ding Nian understands these principles, but what can he do? He still can't change the reality, so he can only walk with this cruel reality.
For Ding Nian, the only good news is that Qinzhou Prefecture is still a strong city. Moreover, the city defense of Qinzhou Prefecture has not suffered much damage.
After all, this matter is still the one that Ding Nian did!
After the Beiting people invaded this time, the military and civilians of Qinzhou Prefecture had thought of resisting to the death. Moreover, they had resisted, but our army had an insider!
Ding Nian became a traitor shortly after the war began. His men simply opened the city and surrendered to welcome the people of Beiting into the city when the Beiting people attacked Qinzhou Prefecture.
Because they did not encounter effective resistance when siege, the Beiting people did not cause much damage to the city defense. After entering the city, they just killed the deadly hard-working men who resolutely resisted.
As the capital of Qinfeng Road, Qinzhou Prefecture has everything a strong city should have. With this city wall, Ding Nian feels that he can hold on for a while.
But it was only a while! After all, it won’t take long before his troops would be out of food.
The most urgent task is to solve the problem of food first. He immediately wrote a letter and asked for the support of the Right Xianwang.
Ding Nian knew that the matter was urgent, so he didn't care what the person was the master of Beiting and he was Daliang Gou. He simply asked the Youxian King's army supervisors who were beside him to help convey the message to Youxian King.
The people of Beiting also knew that things were urgent, so they found the best war horses and the best sentry to carry out the mission.
The messenger who delivered the message brought the reply from the Right Xianwang back in one day at a speed of more than 800 miles.
When King Youxian ordered Ding Nian to form an army, he was indeed thinking of freely recruiting an army. But now he saw that he and Qinzhou Prefecture were at critical moments of war, he didn't dare to do it.
Watching Ding Nian die like this.
Otherwise, this would cause great trouble to his overall strategy. So he immediately ordered the surrounding Beiting supply team to transport food and grass to Qinzhou Prefecture to support Ding Nian's defense of the city.
Within just one day, the people of Beiting took advantage of the horse speed to stock up on Ding Nian that they could barely have enough food for one month.
Now Ding Nian has a little confidence. After all, it is true that he has food in his hand and it is reasonable to be unhappy!
After the big rock in his heart fell slightly, Ding Nian, the evil ghost in his sex scene, had the intention of hang out with his concubine again.
Although the war was urgent, he drank some wine that night and lived in a concubine's room. He also used the alcohol to tell the concubine that the people of Beiting sent him food.
Although Chunniang is already an old person in Ding Nian's eyes, Ding Nian certainly cannot hang out with her anymore. But Chunniang has the intention of being a spy after all, so she has devoted all her thoughts to Ding Nian.
Set of news.
Even though Ding Nian told other concubines about this, she was still heard by Chun Niang, who was listening to the wall. She immediately informed Mrs. Ding of the matter.
After hearing this, Mrs. Ding frowned slightly: "I thought that the city was short of food, so it would be very difficult to attack a city with the shortage of food and panic in the city."
"But I didn't expect that the old thief actually made such a move. This matter is difficult to deal with!"
Chunniang asked, "Madam, why don't we find a way to burn the stored grain in the city?"
Mrs. Ding thought about it carefully and said, "I'd better not to do it!"
Chunniang hurriedly said, "Madam, don't worry, I have never slacked off over the years. I am as good as before, and this is not difficult for me."
Mrs. Ding smiled and said, "You brag again. I grew up with you since I was a child. Why don't I remember you've ever been so powerful?"
Chunniang wanted to argue, but Mrs. Ding said: "The shortage of food in the city is different from the fact that we take the initiative to burn out all the food."
"If we just need to have insufficient food, at most we can only starve our Daliang soldiers and civilians. It will not have any impact on those Beiting beasts."
"But if we burn the food, then the Beiting beasts will be out of food. They are a group of beasts, and they are hungry, and they want to eat people!"
Chunniang took a breath of air: "What should I do? We can't watch this, right?"
Mrs. Ding said, "Don't act rashly for the time being. Ding Nian is not in trouble yet. Since that old guy has the leisure to hang out with those foxes, it means that he has arranged the matter of defending the city."
"Let's talk about it when Lord Lu comes. Regardless of whether Lord Lu's attack is smooth or not, it will definitely break some of the old guy's deployments, and he will reveal his flaws. By that time, it will be the time for us to act."
Although Chunniang was anxious, she could only temporarily suppress her mood and wait for the opportunity after her wife's persuasion.
On the next day, on April 18, the 17th year of Jinglong, the Xin'an army finally arrived at Qinzhou Prefecture in a mighty manner.
Ding Nian and the spies of the Right Xianwang found out about the whereabouts of the Xin'an army early. When Lu Xu arrived, Ding Nian's rebels were ready. And on the edge of the battlefield, the spies of the Right Xianwang were also watching immediately.
It was obviously here to inquire about the information about "Sky Thunder".