Chapter 234
Under the siege of Tianyuan Army, the food and grass in Zhongwen Camp became increasingly empty. As time passed, the soldiers' rations began to be strictly controlled, from three meals a day to two meals a day, and then to one meal a day. , even if you only eat one meal a day, the food is very limitedTXT download.
Many soldiers who did not have enough to eat were hungry. At night, they ran out of the barracks in groups and stole and killed soldiers and horses for food.
When Zhong Wen learned about this, he was extremely angry and immediately executed all the captured soldiers. However, the hunger of the soldiers could not be controlled by human power. Although several soldiers who stole food from the army horses were executed, there were still others. More soldiers took the risk to try, and gradually Zhong Wen couldn't control it anymore.
At this time, Zhong Wen, who was so smart and proficient in military tactics, was at a loss. He was trapped in the encirclement of Tianyuan Army. He didn't know the situation outside. He just calculated based on time that Ning Guo's army should have arrived. After so many days, even if he climbed It's time to crawl here, but why has Ning Jun been nowhere to be found?
At this time, he had a premonition that Ning's army would definitely encounter obstacles on the way. Now he had only two choices, either to continue waiting for Ning's army to break through the resistance and come to help, or to lead the crowd to break through and use more than 100,000 of his own troops The troops fought their way out and went to join Ning's army.
But both options carry significant risks.
What if you keep waiting and Ning Jun doesn't come in the end? The more than 100,000 soldiers on our side are really sitting there waiting to be killed, and they have to be wiped out by the Tianyuan Army without bloodshed. If they choose to break out, the 400,000 Tianyuan Army has already set up camp and has a strong defense. With more than 100,000 against 400,000, it is difficult to attack the enemy. One side is undoubtedly throwing an egg against a stone. Even if it can break through the siege, it is afraid that only a few soldiers will survive in the end.
Now his decision is not only related to the life and death of more than 100,000 Central Army troops, but also related to his own survival and whether his father can maintain a stable position in the country. The responsibility is heavy, and he does not dare to act rashly, so he has been spending it like this.
He could continue to consume it, but the starving soldiers in the army could no longer consume it. Since the army and horses were strictly guarded by Zhong Wen's personal guards, many hungry and dazzled soldiers began to escape camp at night. , climbed over his own side of the village wall, and fled to the Tianyuan Army. The situation of the entire army is becoming increasingly out of Zhong Wen's control.
Zhong Wen and his team were trapped for several days. Zhong Tian, who was in Yancheng, also got the news. The old man was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Knowing that Ning's army was short of food and encountered obstacles on the way forward, he immediately dispatched 200,000 shi of food from Yancheng. One stone is 40 kilograms, and 200,000 shi is eight million kilograms. However, such a huge amount of food and grass is only enough for the 400,000 Ning army for six days. In addition, Zhong Tian ordered Geng Qiang, the head of Lehu County, to prepare another 200,000 stones of grain and grass to send to the Ning army camp.
Food and grass were delivered to Zhongtian and Lehu County one after another. At this time, Ning's army had withdrawn to the junction of Jinguang County and Lehu County. Although the food and grass were supplied, the commanders of the Ning army, Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi, stayed where they were. The entire camp was calm and showed no intention of moving forward.
Both his son and his main force were trapped in the enemy's siege, with life and death hanging on a thread. Zhong Tiantian could not wait any longer. He sent people several times to urge Ning's army to advance quickly, but they were blocked by Zhan Wushuang, who was already surrounded by numerous enemies in Jinhua City. He used the excuse of his own route to go back. At this moment, Zhong Tian finally understood that Ning Jun didn't care about the life or death of Zhong Wen's family at all, nor did he care about whether his country could be defended. All they cared about was themselves.
While Zhong Tian was scolding in his heart, he was also thinking hard about how to solve Zhong Wen's crisis. After thinking about it, he couldn't think of a good way. In the end, he could only send someone to Yu Tao, the head of Jinguang County, to ask him to Immediately assemble an army of 100,000 people to attack the Tianyuan Army from the outside and rescue the trapped Zhong Wen and his family.
After receiving Zhong Tian's order, Yu Tao couldn't help but grin. The soldiers from Jinguang County had already been sent to Yancheng. Later, they were sent back by Zhong Tian to attack Tianyuan County. As a result, the entire army turned against them and surrendered to the Tianyuan Army. Although most of the soldiers have been sent back by Tianyuan County, it is extremely difficult to recruit these stragglers to continue fighting against the Tianyuan Army, and no one will accept such a ridiculous thing.
Let alone recruiting an army of 100,000 people, it would be difficult for him to recruit 50,000 people to fight the Tianyuan Army now.
But Zhong Tian's decree had arrived, and he had no choice but to obey Zhong Tian's instructions.
Yu Tao tried his best to gather only an army of 20,000 people. Most of the members of this army were homeless refugees, and some were servants and servants from various large families in the county. As for the generals leading the army, none of the generals in Jinguang County dared to take charge, so the 20,000 people could only be commanded by Tao himself.
This army has neither elite soldiers nor good generals. Let alone fighting the 400,000 Tianyuan Army, even if it encounters a regular army, it may not be able to defeat it. Yu Tao is not a fool, and he knows this. He led his civilian officials, military generals and an army of more than 20,000 people and marched towards the junction of Jinguang County and Guannan County.
There were still twenty miles away from the Tianyuan Army camp, so he did not dare to go any further and ordered the entire army to stay. Yu Tao acted in accordance with Zhong Tian's will, but he did not have the strength and did not dare to fight against the Tianyuan Army. The formation of the army was just a helpless move to deal with the problem. It can be said that it did not help the trapped Zhong Wen and his family. .
The Ningguo army that could save Zhong Wen stopped moving forward, and Yu Tao and his group who went to rescue him were powerless, and the danger of Zhong Wen's entrapment was still unresolved. As the saying goes, good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone. Ten days after the siege of Zhong Wen's group, another powerful army joined the Tianyuan Army. It was the 30,000 Besa heavy armored cavalry led by Xiaona von Pros.
Tang Yin sent envoys to Besa City to borrow troops. Sanchez von Pros was strongly opposed, but the families of five young generals such as Brian Lucas, who had been spared by Tang Yin, played a role again and unanimously supported lending troops to Tang Yin. Of course, they agreed to borrow troops not only for personal gain, but also for public interest. They also wanted to see a stable Tianyuan County.
Tang Yin and Besa City-State signed a trade agreement, which was a mutually beneficial thing. Besa City-State, especially the nobles of Besa City-State, soon tasted the sweetness of it and earned huge profits from the trade between the two sides. Therefore, as the trade unfolded, the interests of both sides were already linked, and the stability of Tianyuan County also directly affected the income of the nobles of Besa City-State.
This was the main reason why the important officials of the Besa Royal Court supported borrowing troops from Tang Yin.
Sanchez von Pros was a royal family. He himself had a large fiefdom and a large number of slaves, and was supported by the state. Therefore, he did not care about the trade in Tianyuan County and did not participate in it. The stability and prosperity of Tianyuan County naturally had nothing to do with him. Instead, he felt that Tang Yin was a huge hidden danger to Besa City-State. It would be best if he could be eliminated as soon as possible.
Sanchez's opposition did not receive much support, including his brother, Besa King Knis von Pros.
After several discussions, Knis finally decided to borrow troops from Tang Yin, and selected 30,000 elite soldiers from Besa's heavy armored cavalry and sent them to the Feng Kingdom. Xiaona was very happy to hear that her father agreed to help Tang Yin, and took the initiative to volunteer, saying that she was willing to be the commander of these 30,000 heavy cavalry and lead the army into Fengdi.
Xiaona is Knis's favorite princess, and she is also one of the top five heirs. She may also inherit Knis's throne in the future. Having her lead the army will just be a good opportunity to accumulate military merits for him. After consideration, Knis nodded in agreement. Fearing that Xiaona was inexperienced, Knis also specially assigned him a veteran of the Besa city-state, Blanca Portis, one of the old nobles. In addition, five young generals including Brian Lucas also followed the army.
In the past, the army of the Besa city-state entered Pingyuan County for fighting and plundering, but now, they have become reinforcements to assist Tang Yin in fighting. Things in the world are so unpredictable.
The heavy armored cavalry of the Besa city-state is very powerful. If Tang Yin had not found a way to crack it, the Feng army would not be able to compete with it. There was once a battle on the battlefield where a whole corps of the Feng army was defeated by only one thousand heavy armored cavalry.
This Besa army traveled thousands of miles, passing through Tianyuan County and Guannan County in Fengdi, and came to the junction of Guannan County and Jinguang County to join the main force of the Tianyuan Army.
Having received the news that the Besa heavy armored cavalry came to help, Qiu Zhen, the temporary commander of the Tianyuan Army, was so happy that he could not close his mouth and personally led the civil and military generals of the entire army to greet them.
Xiao Na did not know Qiu Zhen, let alone the other generals, and she had no interest in these people at all. She only wanted to see Tang Yin, but to her disappointment, Tang Yin was not here at the moment, but went deep into the hinterland of Jinguang County to fight with the Ning Army.
According to Xiao Na's original intention, since Tang Yin was in Jinhua City, she should also lead the troops there, but was stopped by Qiu Zhen. Due to the language barrier, a large group of translators gathered around the two sides during the conversation so that the generals of both sides could understand each other's meaning.
Qiu Zhen told Xiao Na the current situation in detail, and then he said: "The reason why the adults went deep into Jinguang County and ventured to Jinhua City to resist the Ningguo army was to eliminate the Zhong Wen faction in front of them. Therefore, in order to welcome the adults back as soon as possible, Your Highness the Princess must stay here to help our army and annihilate the rebels headed by Zhong Wen as soon as possible."
After a pause, he said: "What's more, Your Highness the Princess is leading your country's army to come, and the enemy is not aware of it yet. We should make good use of this and win by surprise. If we rashly go deep into Jinguang County, revealing our whereabouts and combat power, and letting the enemy be on guard, it may not be beneficial to future battles."
Xiao Na was unwilling to listen to these great principles and wanted to refuse, but Blanca Portis, as the deputy commander, said first: "What Lord Qiu said is very true, Your Highness, let's stay here and wait for a while!"