Volume 10 Chapter 255
Chapter 255
The Fengyu coalition brought back more people than expected, and the camp built earlier could not accommodate more and more people from Zhen State, so the Fengyu coalition could only expand it.
At the same time, the tactics of the Fengyu coalition also played a huge role in Juan, who was defending the city.
The Fengyu and Yu armies kept attacking the villages and towns around Juan. Although most of the people were captured, it was impossible to capture all of them. There would inevitably be fish that slipped through the net. These people who had escaped by chance ran to Juan and sent the news of the attack.
Only a small part of Juan's defenders were locals in Juan City, and most of their families were in the villages and towns around Juan. When they heard that their families were attacked by the Fengyu coalition, and the whole family, parents, wives and children were captured by the Fengyu coalition, how could people bear it? They asked to go out of the city and fight to the death with the Fengyu coalition to rescue their families.
The county chief Guan Tai came out in person to calm the soldiers down, and explained to everyone that the purpose of the Fengyu coalition was to lure them out of the city for a battle, so they took away their families. Now they should focus on the overall situation and must not lose the big picture for the sake of small things.
Now he said this, which would only make the Zhen army soldiers who suffered at home feel that he was talking without any pain. It seems that your family has not been robbed. If it were you, would you still say these words?
When Guan Tai was there, people did not dare to say much, and when it was night, a large number of defenders began to quietly leave the city, intending to sneak attack the camp where the people were imprisoned at night and rescue their families.
But the Fengyu coalition had long been on guard against this move. All the Zhen army who came to rescue people were captured one by one, and captured a group of people. Often, after one night, the defenders in Juan City were short of two or three thousand people, while the Fengyu coalition had two or three thousand more prisoners.
The total number of defenders in Juan was only more than 50,000. How could they resist the escape of two or three thousand soldiers every night to the camp of the Fengyu coalition? Guan Tai had no choice but to issue a death order. Anyone who left the city privately, no matter what the reason, would be severely punished by military law once discovered.
The high-pressure policy could not solve the actual problems of the soldiers below. The phenomenon of the defenders escaping from the city privately was still serious. The situation in Juan City began to become precarious and had a tendency to fall into a self-destructive trend.
Guan Tai was at a loss and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. On the other side, the Fengyu coalition was not relaxed either. What made Tang Yin and Ling Shuang feel troubled was not the small Zhen army that came to rob the camp, but the huge number of Zhen people.
Hundreds of thousands of people had to eat, drink, defecate and urinate every day, which was not an easy thing to solve. The terrible thing was that the Zhen people did not care about men, women, old or young, and each of them was fierce and aggressive. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered together, and conflicts occurred from time to time.
It would be better if the Fengyu coalition did not stop it. Once it did, it would immediately bring the conflict to itself.
Since Tang Yin and Lingshuang had both issued strict orders not to allow their soldiers to harm the people of Zhen, the soldiers of the two armies did not dare to use heavy hands, and finally could only passively take the beating.
The people of Zhen seemed to gradually feel that the Fengyu coalition had no intention of harming them, and they became more and more courageous and demanded more and more. Among the detained people, many scholars and literati also jointly wrote letters to request to meet the monarchs of Fengyu and Yu.
At first, Tang Yin only thought of arresting the people of Zhen and forcing the Hu An garrison to surrender. He did not expect that it would cause so much trouble. Looking at the letter sent by the soldiers below, Tang Yin sneered at it.
On the contrary, civil officials such as Gao Liangjie, Wen Hao, and Tang Yu came to persuade Tang Yin that it would be best to meet with these literati from Zhen State and listen to their requests. If they can be satisfied, try to satisfy them. The public opinion of literati is very powerful. If you can please the literati, it is equivalent to grasping the hearts of the people of Zhen State, which will also be conducive to the migration of the people of Zhen State to Feng State.
After listening to their advice, Tang Yin secretly said that it made sense. One of the main reasons why Zhen Wang Li Hong caused resentment in his own country was that he killed the literati who wrote letters indiscriminately, which led to complaints and disunity among the people.
He accepted the meeting request of the literati from Zhen State and held a banquet in his tent to entertain the people who wrote letters. Of course, he did not forget to invite Ling Shuang.
There were more than a hundred Zhen people who wrote letters, and it was impossible for all of them to come. They selected a few representatives. What surprised Tang Yin was that the female ranger from Zhen State that he met in Luofang Town was also among them.
No matter what he thought in his heart, Tang Yin was still very polite to these people on the surface. After everyone greeted each other, he smiled and invited everyone to take a seat.
"During this period of time, I really wronged you, but this king is helpless!" Tang Yin looked around at everyone, sighed softly, and said: "You should also know that the six countries are not one family. This king and King Yu can only control the Feng army of our country. The Feng and Yu armies can treat the people of Zhen country with courtesy, but the central armies of other countries may not be able to do so. This is why this king and King Yu invited the people of Zhen country to gather here."
Without the Zhen people asking, Tang Yin took the initiative to explain why the Fengyu coalition army wanted to capture hundreds of thousands of people.
These representatives of the literati really didn't expect Tang Yin to be so polite to them. Not only did he treat them with courtesy, but he also hosted a banquet for them, without any barbaric attitude of an invader.
Tang Yin's performance made these literati in Zhen country a little overwhelmed. One of the older scholars named Jiang Hao asked, "Your Highness, King Feng, is there any indiscriminate killing of innocent people among the Six Nations' coalition forces?"
He did not answer directly, but looked at the ranger girl and asked, "Do you all know this girl?"
All the scholars nodded. Since the girl was imprisoned in the camp, she has solved many disputes between Zhenren and she is very popular with everyone. It is precisely because of this that she is allowed to be one of the representatives to meet the monarchs of Fengyu and Yu. .
Seeing them all nodding, Tang Yin smiled and said: "Since you all know her, you must know whether she is a virgin or a ranger. If there is any indiscriminate killing of innocent people in the Six Nations Alliance, just ask her."
Tang Yin asked the question to the girl. After all, they were both virgins, and her words were more convincing than Tang Yin's.
The girl secretly said cunningly in her heart! Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she nodded slightly and whispered: "It is true."
Sure enough, after hearing what she said, everyone believed her.
Jiang Hao rolled his eyes and said to Tang Yin: "It turns out that His Highness Feng Wang has no ill intentions towards me and other Zhen people, but has good intentions. In this case, His Highness Feng Wang should read the book for us and Zhen people~just sort it out} Just take care of it.”
Tang Yinda nodded and said: "What Mr. Jiang Hao said is reasonable, but I was short of time and there were some inconsiderations. I hope you can be considerate."
Lingshuang on the side looked at him like a monster. She didn't know what kind of medicine Tang Yin took today, and why he suddenly became so kind.
Jiang Hao now no longer felt that there was anything wrong with Tang Yin's attitude. He showed a reasonable expression on his face and said in his voice: "Your Highness, King Feng, there are some things I really have to say! The camp set up by your army is really It is too small and overcrowded, causing constant friction. In addition, there are so few tents that many people have no place to escape the heat during the day and no place to sleep at night. Furthermore, there are too few meals delivered every day, and each person can only share one meal. If there is no more than half a bowl of gruel, someone will starve to death sooner or later. Also, medicines are scarce in the camp. With so many people living together, it is inevitable that they will get sick. But without medicines, don’t we have to watch the patients die?
This Jiang Hao was not polite at all, and he reviewed the camp built by the Fengyu Alliance from head to toe.
Tang Yin listened attentively, with a look of concern on his face, and nodded in agreement from time to time, but in his heart, he had already greeted eight generations of Jiang Hao's ancestors.
Did I fucking capture you here to bring you on vacation? You need to eat well, sleep well, and have good conditions. You might as well have the 400,000 troops from both Fengyu and Yu countries serve you and provide for you.
I have seen rigid and poor scholars, but I have never seen such shameless ones who are unaware of their situation.
There was silence in the camp, leaving Jiang Hao alone, opening and closing his mouth and talking endlessly. In the end, even the girl named Mengyao couldn't bear to listen anymore. She coughed lightly, interrupted Jiang Hao's words, and said, "More tents and food!"
"What?" Jiang Hao looked at her doubtfully.
The girl simply looked at Tang Yin and said seriously: "As long as His Highness the Wind King can increase tents and food first." After speaking, she glanced at Jiang Hao and secretly shook her head, "Now you are making a series of requests to Tang Yin." , I am afraid that even the conditions of the Fengyu Alliance are not that high, how can they be satisfied in the end? It’s not enough to pick the most practical and important ones, so that we can get the greatest benefits.
Tents and food, this is what the Fengyu Alliance is currently lacking the most! Tang Yin tapped his forehead, pondered for a long time, leaned towards Lingshuang, and asked in a low voice: "How many tents and provisions are there for the Jade Army?"
Lingshuang also whispered back: "There aren't many left."
"Didn't you ask Anhuan's Second Army to deliver grain, grass and supplies?"
"How many days did it take? It will probably take at least three or four days to arrive."
"I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for that long. You and I should take out all the remaining tents in the army first. The army's daily rations also need to be reduced." Tang Yin suggested.
Lingshuang now wanted to touch Tang Yin's forehead to see if he had a fever. In order to meet Zhen Ren's request, he actually had to reduce the rations of his own soldiers. How could this make sense?
"I don't agree." Ling Shuang expressed her dissatisfaction bluntly.
"I must agree." Tang Yin answered very simply.
"I don't understand why Brother Wang is so kind to the people of Zhenguo all of a sudden?" Lingshuang looked at him confused and angrily.
"It's very simple. If you want to win over the people of Zhen Kingdom in the future, you must first win over the hearts of the people. If you want those Zhen soldiers who are enemies of us to switch over, you must first get their families on our side!" Tang Yin squinted. He closed his eyes and whispered in her ear.