Everyone is aware of this problem, but if the East City Gate and South City Gate cannot be defended, it doesn't matter whether the North City Gate and West City Gate can be defended.
Just when everyone was at a loss what to do, Ye Feng said: "We can lure the enemy to expose this part of the force in advance."
Adili asked: "How to seduce?"
Ye Feng said: "Are you willing to follow my arrangements?"
Adili immediately replied: "Yes."
The other generals looked at each other and no one answered, but all looked at the right general Ai Zezi. The right general Ai Zezi thought for a while and said: "This matter is related to me and the survival of the country. I don't know how much you have."
grasp?"
Ye Feng smiled and said, "I'm five points sure."
Adili was surprised: "What is a five-point certainty? I take back what I just said."
Ye Feng immediately gave him a belated look and let him realize it for himself.
The expressions on the faces of the right general Ai Zezi and others changed. The right general Ai Zezi said seriously: "Brother Ye, please don't fool us in such a big matter."
Ye Feng also said seriously: "If you insist on continuing to withdraw some of the guards at the North City Gate and the West City Gate, and I guess correctly, then the consequences will definitely be that the North City Gate will be breached and the country will be destroyed."
"And I'm just testing whether the enemy has any additional ambush. If the enemy doesn't have an ambush, they won't attack the north or west gates. Your east and south gates will only hold on for two more days, and there will be no loss."
Adili was the first to support: "According to Brother Ye, you can indeed give it a try."
The right general Ai Zezi was originally hesitant about withdrawing some of the guards from the North City Gate and the West City Gate. At this time, he just asked Ye Feng to test it and take the opportunity to delay it.
Regarding the request for additional troops at the East City Gate and South City Gate, the right general Ai Zezi recruited 20 people from the old and weak remnants to supplement the East City Gate and South City Gate. In addition, he requested reinforcements from the king and asked the king to transfer two men from the palace guard.
soldiers, used to communicate and deliver orders.
Requesting for reinforcements of one or two soldiers was a normal situation in the Western Region during this period. Because many countries here were equivalent to villages, with a small population and even fewer troops.
Finally, everyone agreed to Ye Feng's deployment of troops to the North City Gate and West City Gate.
Ye Feng first asked one-third of the soldiers on the north city gate to withdraw, and asked them to go down to the city wall, bend their bodies and lower their heads, and then return to the city wall. They returned to their posts and sat there, and at the same time they were strictly prohibited from probing into the city wall.
Outside the city wall.
At night, the number of torches was reduced, and some soldiers were allowed to hide. The defenders at the North City Gate and West City Gate were ordered to lower their heads and bend as much as possible when walking on the city wall to reduce the number of times they exposed their heads on the city wall.
As a result, nothing happened overnight. The enemy seemed to have forgotten that the north gate and west gate of Qiemo City were the same. However, the deputy general responsible for guarding the east gate and south gate complained.
Lieutenant General Kuini, who was guarding the East City Gate, said: "I don't know if I am trying to make things up, but the East City Gate was almost lost today. If the soldiers and I hadn't resisted desperately, we would all have been taken to the Loulan Prison Camp to eat in prison."
Duoji, the deputy guarding the south city gate, said: "It's easy to say that he can hold on for two more days. He is leaning against the wall to bask in the sun. Of course, he can hold on for a few more days."
Queenie then said, "We should switch with him and let him guard the place for two days while we go back to bask in the sun for two days."
Duoji added: "Before the war, we also mobilized thirty elites. If these soldiers were here, we would not have fought so miserably now."
Queenie said: "I heard that out of thirty elites, eight were killed that night, and nothing was damaged."
Duoji continued: "A guard here is pretending to be a superior person. I think the day of Qiemo's country's subjugation is not far away."
The two of them were talking to each other, but Ye Feng pretended not to hear and ate the millet cakes he brought. Adili was not the official in charge of city defense, and the two of them were deputy generals directly under the right general Ai Zezi.
, so it’s hard to say anything.
As a result, the two of them saw that no one was speaking to Ye Feng, and they thought that the two chief officers were also dissatisfied with Ye Feng. And when they saw that Ye Feng was just minding his own food, the two of them became angrier and more outrageous as they talked.
When the right general Ai Zezi heard that they said that Qiemo was not far away from the end of the country, he said angrily: "If you can't defend it, just tell me. I'll replace you, and you can go back and become a corps commander or a corps commander."
Soldier." When the two of them saw that the right general Ai Zezi was angry, they immediately dared not speak any more.
The right general Ai Zezi looked at Ye Feng again and said: "Brother Ye, I can only give you one more day. If you still can't lure out the enemy's ambush, then I can only withdraw some soldiers to reinforce the east and south gates.
"
Adili came out to smooth things over and said: "Let's discuss everything carefully. Brother Ye also helps us with ideas for our own good."
Duoji said: "What kind of idea are you coming up with? The idea of accelerating our defeat. It is basically the idea of helping the enemy to eliminate us."
The right general Ai Zezi narrowed his eyes and looked at Dorji and said: "Kurban comes here, you and Dorji will exchange positions immediately, you take over his position as deputy general, and let him take over your position as corps commander."
A middle-aged man next to him stood up and said, "Yes."
Duoji said anxiously: "Why should he take over my position? He is just a civilian, how can he be a deputy general?"
Ai Zezi, the general on the right, glared angrily and said, "If I tell you one more thing, I'll tell you to become a soldier and guard the city gate."
Seeing that Ai Zezi was angry, Duoji did not dare to say anything and had to retreat and walk to the position of the team leader.
The right general Ai Zezi said to the others: "You must hold on for one more day tomorrow. I will go to the south city gate tomorrow to take a look. Please help the marquis of the right camp to stay behind and deal with the deployment of troops."
Adili thought for a while and said: "It's better for me to go to the south city gate to help. It would be better for the right general to stay in the right camp and take command."
The right general Ai Zezi thought about it and said with some worry: "The defense of the south city gate is of great importance. I don't know..." The right general was afraid that Adili had been doing business for many years and did not understand armament defense, so he was a little worried. But he couldn't say it directly.
.
Adili saw General Right's consideration and said: "General Right, please rest assured, I will definitely guard the south gate."
The right general Ai Zezi was not in a hurry to express his position, but still hesitated.
At this time, Kurban stood up and said: "The general will defend the south city gate to the death. If the right general is worried, the general is willing to issue a military order."
Adili also said: "I am also willing to issue a military order."
Seeing how resolute the two men were, the right general Ai Zezi adopted Adili's suggestion. He stayed at the right camp and was responsible for guarding and commanding the entire city, while Adili assisted in the defense of the south gate.
On the east city gate tower, Dorje and Quini were eating soup made from highland barley noodles, which contained some wild vegetables and bracken. Many people often see people drinking on TV. In fact, wine was a luxury item in ancient times.
At least it was rare before the Sui Dynasty.
Wine was not common during this period because wine was mostly brewed from grains or fruits. During this period, many people did not have enough to eat, and there was simply not enough grain to use in making wine.
Some dynasties in the ancient Wa Kingdom also banned alcohol because of natural disasters that reduced food production or just to save food.
In order to reduce the waste of grains, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to abstain from alcohol. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty had a drought in the summer of the third year of the Yuan Dynasty and the crops failed. The government ordered a ban on the sale of alcohol, which indirectly put an end to drinking.
Even in the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi, in places such as Shengjing outside Shanhaiguan, there was no rain for a long time after the beginning of spring, so sowing could not be carried out. Emperor Kangxi was deeply worried about the harvest in these places.
However, people in these places brewed a large amount of shochu and wasted a lot of food. Emperor Kangxi sent Sai Bihan, the Minister of Household Affairs, to Fengtian, and together with the general, deputy minister of the capital and others, strictly prohibited people from making wine.
The earliest written prohibition on alcohol was issued by Duke Zhou of the Western Zhou Dynasty when he was acting on behalf of the young King Cheng in power.
It is stipulated that wine should only be used for sacrifices and old-age care. Anyone who gathers to drink alcohol will be quickly arrested and executed in the east city of Zhou Dynasty. This is because the Shang people perished because they indulged in alcoholism.
The dynasties before the Three Kingdoms had the most prohibitions on alcohol. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, everyone knew that Cao Cao liked to drink Dukang, but he banned others from drinking.
At that time, the warlords were fighting for years. In order to ensure the food and wages of the army, Cao Cao formulated the "Liquor Prohibition" and prohibited wine and alcohol. Similarly, during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei of the Shu Kingdom strictly prohibited alcohol in order to increase food reserves, and all those who drank wine were put to death.
Not to mention lavish things like drinking and eating meat during this period, middle and low-level officers such as Xiang Kuini and Duoji could have enough to eat, which was considered an upper-middle-class life during this period.
It has only been in the past two hundred years that mankind has basically solved the problem of food and clothing. Even in the society of later generations, three million people in the world will starve to death every year, a child will starve to death every six seconds, and 100 million people in the world are hungry.
We are lucky enough to live in the ancient Wa country, and we don’t take it for granted that we have enough food and clothing every day. However, in ancient times, this was a dream that many people could not achieve.
Because Qiemo City is very small, the city gate is not big, and the city tower is even smaller. There are only two people in the city tower, Dorje and Kuni.
The doors and windows of the tower are all made of wooden boards, and the windows do not have the imaginary window frames or window paper, because no one has invented paper at this time. This is much better than many ordinary people's homes, at least it does not leak.
rain.
Duoji said while eating: "Ai Zezi, didn't I just complain a few words? Then I was removed. What the hell, General Zuo robbed his wife and didn't even dare to fart, so he pretended to be with us.
.”
Queenie immediately stopped and said: "Keep your voice down, others will hear you." Then he walked to the window, looked out the window, and then closed the door and window.
Then he said: "General Right has also been worried about defending the city recently. After a while, when the enemy is defeated, I will go and talk to you and see if I can reinstate you to your post."
Duoji added: "Thanks to us two brothers supporting him for so many years, we might as well have followed General Zuo."
Seeing that his words were getting more and more outrageous, Queenie slapped him on the back of the head and said, "Dorji, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll tell my second uncle to beat your mouth out, so that you won't bring trouble to the family."
Duoji rubbed the back of his head and said, "I'm just angry and complaining. Why are you so anxious?"
Queenie said: "What kind of complaints can be made and what kinds of complaints cannot be made? After living so long, you can't tell the difference? From now on, you can follow me, so as not to cause trouble to others."
Duoji said angrily: "Why did I get into trouble again? How did I get into trouble? You all don't like me, so I'll just leave." He said angrily and left the tower.