Chapter eight hundred and twentieth you are loyal, others do not appreciate
As the weather got warmer, the ice and snow in Liyang City began to melt, and the Chu army's water dragon cannons lost their effectiveness.
After that night, many Liyang soldiers and civilians came out of the city one after another and fled to surrender to Yan Liang.
From the mouths of the escapees, Yan Liang and the generals of Chu State learned the truth about Liyang City.
At this time, Liyang City was already a purgatory on earth.
In order to solve the problem of food and grass, Guan Yu ordered hundreds of unarmed people to be captured and killed, and their meat was used as military food.
At the beginning, the Han army only quietly arrested people at night, but soon after, the Han army began to arrest people blatantly during the day.
The fact that Guan Yu captured civilians to serve as human flesh and food for the army soon spread among the people. The terrified people were afraid that they would become the official's meal, so they naturally fled in all directions.
However, in a mere besieged city, with all the houses destroyed, where could the people escape? It was just that the Han army spent some effort to search, but in the end they could not escape the fate of being captured.
The people's only hope was to escape across the city.
However, the troops deployed at the four gates of Liyang were all direct relatives of Guan Yu. These people were absolutely loyal to Guan Yu and patrolled the four walls of the city very strictly. It was lucky for one out of ten people to escape.
"It's hateful. Guan Yu claims to be Bo Yuntian, but he didn't expect to do such an inhumane thing!" Even Zhao Yun, who had always been calm, couldn't help but feel indignant.
Yan Yan frowned and did not express his opinion. He only asked the kneeling escapee to continue talking.
After the common people talked about their tragic experiences, the soldiers who escaped also told about their unbearable ordeals.
Although the soldiers were hungry, not all of them were willing to eat human flesh. Guan Yu issued a death order, and those who dared not eat human flesh would be punished on the spot.
Therefore, under Guan Yu's severe coercion, the Han soldiers could only swallow the flesh and blood of Liyang people to satisfy their hunger.
After eating a few meals of human flesh, most of the soldiers felt the benefit of no longer being hungry, so they simply let go of their humanity and went to eat human flesh calmly.
Many people even actively requested to join the hunt for "military rations" in order to obtain more supplies.
Of course, there were some people in the Han army who were unwilling to exterminate humanity, and apart from being executed by Guan Yu, these people had no other choice but to escape.
Like the people who crossed the city, these soldiers who escaped also died nine out of ten. Most of them were either shot to death under the city or were captured and used as army rations.
After listening to the stories of these escaped soldiers and civilians, silence fell in the imperial tent.
Incomparable anger, incomparable shock, and incomparable contempt surged fiercely in the big tent.
"Shameless. Extremely shameless. Liu Bei claims to be benevolent and righteous, but those who sacrifice their lives for him are all such inhumane tigers and wolves. This is really complicit." Veteran Huang Zhong was so angry that his hair was flying.
At this time, Pang Tong sighed: "Guan Yu's hand is really cruel. There are still 20,000 to 30,000 people in the city. In terms of head count, each soldier can eat at least one person. If this person's portion is eaten sparingly,
I can eat it for at least another month or two."
After Pang Tong's calculation, this is indeed the case.
The generals looked at each other in shock, thinking about the scene where Guan Yu ate up all the people in the city, and they couldn't help but shudder.
"Your Majesty, what should we do next? Should we wait for another two months?" Wen Chou asked.
"There is no need to ask, tell me my decree and attack the city immediately." Yan Liang suddenly slapped the table and said bitterly: "If I don't attack the city, I'm afraid all the people in this city will be eaten by Guan Yu, the evil wolf.
Attack the city, attack the city immediately!"
The generals who had already lost their will to fight and were already furious did not need to be encouraged at all. They were already eager to break into the city and kill Guan Yu, the man-eating demon.
The next day, an army of more than 100,000 people began to pour out and besiege Liyang City from all sides.
After besieging the city for more than six months, the anger accumulated by the soldiers of the Chu army was finally able to be vented.
The three armies fought bravely and attacked to the death!
Guan Yu in the city had no choice but to force the more than 20,000 Han soldiers who threatened him to resist the Chu army's attack.
During the years when Liu Bei was running the Liyang defense line, there were countless arrows, hammers and other defensive equipment in the city. In addition, after eating human flesh, the Han army's physical strength and spirit had recovered, so the resistance was quite tenacious.
During the ten-day continuous attack, the Chu army lost thousands of soldiers, and the corpses piled up like mountains under the four-gate city wall.
Even so, Guan Yu relied on Li Yang's city defense system to barely block the Chu army's violent attack.
The Chu army suffered heavy losses, while the Han army suffered heavy losses. After more than ten days of fighting, Guan Yu also lost a lot of troops and horses. Nearly three thousand people died under the strong bows and crossbows of the Chu army.
The Chu army was so numerous that even if five were exchanged for one, the Han army would still be wiped out first.
Moreover, when the strength of the Han army drops below 10,000, it will be impossible to defend the large city of Liyang with this strength.
Moreover, after days of fierce fighting, the soldiers' physical strength was greatly exhausted, and the daily human flesh rations they needed naturally had to be doubled. Even if Guan Yu killed all the people in the city to make military rations, it would only last less than a month.
The situation in Liyang City that eased slightly soon became dangerous again.
Guan Yu had no other choice but to cling on like this, hoping that one day Liu Bei would send his army to rescue him and free him from the hell city of Liyang.
Thirty miles away, there is Dangyin City.
In the imperial tent, the aroma of wine and meat filled the air.
Looking at the table full of wine and meat, Liu Bei was listless and his expression was gloomy.
Liyang City has been besieged for more than six months. Guan Yu has exhausted his supplies, but the Chu army has shown no sign of withdrawing. From this point of view, the fall of Liyang City is an immediate matter.
Faced with such a defeat, it's surprising that Liu Bei was able to survive.
At this moment, Chen Dao hurried in, his face full of solemnity.
As soon as he saw Chen Dao's face, Liu Bei was shocked. A bad premonition came into his heart. Before Chen Dao could speak, he said in a deep voice: "Is it possible that Liyang City has been captured?"
"Your Majesty, Liyang City is still in our hands. According to the detailed intelligence from the south, the Chu army has begun to attack the city in a large scale. However, General Guan defended to the death, and the Chu army continued to attack for more than ten days."
After listening to the information in Chen Dao's newspaper, Liu Bei was refreshed, but suddenly he became confused again.
"It stands to reason that Liyang's food and grass should have been exhausted long ago, and the morale of the army has collapsed. How Yun Chang can still withstand the Chu army's strong attack for more than ten days is incredible." Liu Bei's face was filled with surprise and confusion.
Zhuge Liang also wondered: "Is there anything else in the intelligence? Does it say how General Guan can stabilize the morale of the army?"
"Xizuo said in the intelligence that General Guan has found a new food source." Chen Dao said silently.
New food source?
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, their expressions becoming more and more surprised.
"What food source did Yun Chang find?" Liu Bei asked impatiently.
Chen Dao took a deep breath and said in a trembling voice: "General Guan, he arrested all the people in the city and turned them into... military rations!"
When Chen Dao told the truth with great difficulty, both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were stunned.
Zhuge Liang, who was as smart as he was, did not expect that Liu Bei, who was a brother, also did not expect that Guan Yu could use such methods to eat the people of a city alive.
"I didn't expect Yun Chang to come up with such a clever plan. His method is indeed..."
Liu Bei subconsciously wanted to agree with Guan Yu's approach, but as he spoke, he suddenly remembered something.
Liu Bei's expression suddenly changed, and he frowned and said: "Our Han army is a benevolent and righteous army that protects the country and the people. How could Chang Yun do such a harm to the people? It is really detrimental to the benevolent and righteous people of our Han army. It is unacceptable."
Yes, he really shouldn’t.”
Guan Yu fought to the death for Liu Bei, but instead of being moved by Liu Bei, he complained that Guan Yu had damaged his reputation.
"Although Yun Chang's move is to protect Liyang, killing people and cannibalizing human flesh is indeed contrary to your majesty's national policy of governing the country with benevolence and righteousness." Zhuge Liang also echoed Liu Bei and had some objections to Guan Yu's actions.
The look of disgust on Liu Bei's face became more intense, and he waved his hand to screen Chen Dao and others away.
There were no outsiders in the tent except Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.
Liu Bei sighed: "I didn't expect Yun Chang's methods to be so ruthless. If he really defends Liyang, I will promote him to a general in the future. With Yun Chang's ruthlessness, I am really worried about the Prime Minister's scruples."
Things will eventually become true one day.”
At this moment, Liu Bei was deeply afraid of Guan Yu.
Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes slightly, but said: "Your Majesty is overly worried. In my opinion, even though Yunchang killed the people to make military supplies, Liyang City still cannot be defended."
"How do you say this?" Liu Bei's expression changed.
Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said: "Most of the people in Liyang City have starved to death. Even if the remaining people are eaten by Yun Chang, they can only survive for another month at most. Now the Yan bandits have been surrounding Liyang for more than six months. Just imagine,
Will he care about being girdle for another month?"
Hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed to feel lucky that Li Yang could not defend himself.
In the blink of an eye, Liu Bei realized that there was something wrong with his attitude, and immediately showed worry again.
"Alas~~" Liu Bei sighed, "If Li Yang falls, the Yan thieves will march straight in and approach Yecheng. This is not what I want to see."
At this time, Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The Yan thieves have been besieging Liyang for more than six months, and the grain and grass have been greatly damaged. And in the plains hundreds of miles from Liyang to Yecheng, there are no rivers to transport grain.
The Yan thieves could only take the land route and use the people's power to use food. At that time, our army only had to hold on to the wall without fighting, and then use light cavalry to attack and harass the food routes on land. The Yan thieves were short of food and grass, so in the end they had to retreat without a fight.
.”
After hearing Zhuge Liang's eloquent explanation, Liu Bei's tense nerves finally relaxed.
He stood up and walked around the tent, thinking and weighing for a long time.
After a long time, Liu Bei nodded slightly and said silently: "What the Prime Minister said makes sense. If so, then I will tell you that the whole army will withdraw north tomorrow and retreat to Yecheng." (To be continued)
