The fourteenth round
A heavy bow was drawn like a full moon, his face was not red, his hands were not shaking, his thumb was loosened, and the long arrow was nailed to the ground outside the city gate like a meteor, and he was close to the feet of the person shouting outside the city, and he was three points into the ground, which showed that the arm strength was amazing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"General Sha, what are you angry about, let's go, let's go!" The man who had almost been caught by the arrow called out in a hurry, and rode back, urging the others to hurry away. It's a bit of a runaway.
General Sha drove people away with just one arrow, which somewhat aroused some low morale, and for a while there were endless cheers.
Merely... The man was gone, but the five carts were still in place, piled up, and parked quietly, as if waiting for someone to pull them away.
Everyone has curiosity, so all the patrolling soldiers on the city wall, like General Sha, looked at the five cars with curiosity, although they knew that they might be traps, but the idea of finding out could not be suppressed in any way.
After all, General Sha sent someone to open the city gate, leaving a group of soldiers on the city wall to observe the enemy's situation, and he personally led people to see what was on the five carts. Now the morale of the army and the people in the north and south cities is unstable, and he cannot cower.
The closer you go, the more you can see that the cars are piled up very full, and the ruts left on the way over are also deep, not like straw or the like, if you talk about stones, the ruts seem to be a little shallow. General Sha walked around the car, and didn't see anything special, so he immediately drew his saber and made a shallow cut in the sack.
As soon as the sack broke, the contents seemed to have finally found an outlet, and it fell down like a waterfall, and spread out on the ground in fine pieces, shining by the sun, as bright as flowing gold, and it was really grain, golden wheat!
General Sha was stunned for a moment, and then he sliced all the sacks one after another, and without exception, each bag was full. A few of his men put their hands in the bag and stirred it a few times, but nothing else. In other words, Nan Ming really sent five carts of grain, what was his intention, he didn't figure it out. However, it is certain that this is a conspiracy.
"General, this... It's really food. "The subordinates were also very surprised, so much food is enough to solve the immediate need.
General Sha's accident was no less than that of others, but whether to collect the grain or not also made it quite difficult for him. Bring it into the city, lest it fall into the scheme, let it go... This food is what the North and South Cities urgently need right now. I can't reconcile the two thoughts, and it is difficult to make a choice.
The subordinates still knew their general, and one of them said, "Here, we will carefully inspect the inside of this car and pull it into the city." Each bag will grab some food at random, try it for wild cats and wild dogs first, confirm that it is okay, and then we will distribute it. ”
This made General Sha's eyes light up, and in the current situation, it was definitely a good idea. After praising his subordinates a few words, he commanded them to do so.
Five cartloads of grain entered the city through the city gate, and the people watched it. Although I don't know how General Sha got it with great powers, but if you have milk, you are a mother, and the people only ask for three meals a day. Now that the food problem has been temporarily resolved, the uneasy atmosphere in the city has improved, and there is no longer a stalemate between the military and the people.
Sha Zhishui suddenly saw his father silently pulling back five grains, and he was also suspicious in his heart. I helped to grab a small handful of each bag of food and feed it to the cats and dogs, and when I saw that it was still alive after a day, I was relieved to distribute it. Defending the city against the enemy, he still has to expect the enemy to send food, General Sha is really uncomfortable, the current situation, if it is good, it is called a plan, and if it is not good, it is a step at a time.
These five carts of grain are estimated to only be eaten for three days by the people of a city. Therefore, Nan Mingcheng's intentions will be visible in three days.
So the father and daughter of the Sha family waited unwillingly for three days, when the food in the city was exhausted, and the people began to be angry again, the city defenders came to report, and Nanming sent five carts of grain, this time without waiting for people to ask, and the people left after throwing down the car. Everyone didn't dare to open the city gate, so they had to come and ask General Sha again.
As soon as he heard that Nan Ming had brought five more carts of grain, General Sha's heart was not as uneasy as the first time, so he went up to the city tower without saying a word, looked into the distance, and indeed did not find the ambush. He walked out of the city gate, followed by a few of his subordinates, probably the same people last time.
It's still the same process, scratch the bag, check if there is anything hidden, everything is normal. General Sha's brows furrowed even more, what kind of siege method is it to send food again and again this time? Fatten up and then kill? But no matter how much you think about it, no matter how much you speculate, the conclusion you get is the same as last time.
As soon as General Sha opened the city gate, he brought back five carts of grain, which was something that the people of the north and south cities were discussing. The first time, there were not many people interested in the question of where the food came from, and the second time, people began to ask each other, where did General Sha move the rescue troops and get food from outside the city surrounded like an iron bucket? Regarding the question of where the food came from, General Sha gave a gag order. It's just that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and there are not only General Sha's soldiers on the city wall, and the county commander's capture is also involved in the patrol. And the mouths of the catchers have always been not very tight.
Before the second time the food was eaten, the people who could talk in the whole city knew that the food that saved their lives was sent by Nanming, not for anything else, just because there were still half of Nanming people in the city, and loving the people like sons was their emperor's criterion.
The people who originally lived in the southern half of the city have always been bullied by the people of the northern city, because the official government was set up by the Northern Qi Dynasty, and they were biased both openly and secretly. But now, the people in the south city eat food reasonably, and the north city has some taste like chewing wax, and their hearts are extremely unpleasant.
The second time the grain was still in supply for three days, and there was no more than one day. Sha Zhishui suddenly looked forward to whether there would be five truckloads of grain outside the city in three days. In fact, not only her, but also the whole city is thinking like this, including the army and the government that have no heart and lungs to eat without shame.
Three days later, outside the city, there were still five carts of grain, and everything seemed to be in circulation, and ten people pulled the cart and threw it away. Don't call the formation, don't scold the formation, that's it... Let's go.
General Sha gritted his teeth, not believing that it was still okay this time. With a wave of his big hand, he led a few people out of the city gate in a hurry. After the same inspection as the previous two times, General Sha, who had fought all his life, was completely confused, obviously, this time it was still a normal five carts of grain.
Even if you send it a hundred times, don't want to make him take it lightly! It's still the same step, after the inspection, pull back to the city, test the poison, and distribute.
The people had lined up outside the county government with ease, waiting to receive the food, and everyone knew that it was food sent by Nanming, but it turned out that none of them had been poisoned.
What kind of conspiracy Cheng Yiyi has, Sha Zhishui and General Sha have been studying for nine days, that is, since the first cart of grain was delivered, they have not stopped speculating. All kinds of conspiracies have been mentioned, and they have all been overturned one by one. When the third batch of grain was finished, the father and daughter reached a consensus that they would wait and see what was changing.
So, by the time the tenth batch of grain arrived, it had already been like this for a month.
General Sha Lao also took the trouble to open the city gate ten times, and personally pulled the cart into the city ten times. It was boiled like a frog in warm water for thirty days. For the first few times, the people would gather at the gates of the city to see the grain wagons enter the city. But slowly, there were fewer and fewer onlookers at the city gate, and even the usual chatter no longer wanted to talk about this topic. If there is food, go to the gate of the county government and wait, and when you finish eating, you will come back to receive it in three days.
Another three days later, the grain cart also appeared outside the city. Five, full, and the sacks were bulging.
General Sha's saber was a little dull from the sack, but he was still ready to cut a hole in each bag.
However, the mouth was opened, but the grain did not leak out as before, and although something poured down, it was not wheat, but something more fine.
The subordinates grabbed a handful strangely and exclaimed, "This... It's sand! ”
When General Sha heard that there was no more food in the car, he was shocked and rejoiced. I am surprised that the food is gone, and I am happy that what kind of drama Nanming is singing, I can see the decomposition today. When I stepped forward, I saw that it was indeed all yellow sand, five truckloads of yellow sand, and not a single bag was grain. Not even a grain of wheat was mixed in the sand.
There was no food in the car, and there was no enemy attack, and that was all. Everything is still calm and business as usual.
Just in case, General Sha asked his men to empty all the sand in the bags, and pushed the cart away, and then entered the city.
The people on the city wall and General Sha knew that there was no food today, but the people in the city did not. Therefore, when the hour came, I still carried a basin and a bowl, and consciously lined up in front of the county office.
After waiting for an hour, there were more and more people in line, but they didn't open the door to put food for a long time. People's hearts are gradually becoming a little uneasy, and the shouts for food release are getting louder and louder.
It wasn't until everyone shouted that their faces were red and their necks were thick, that General Sha appeared with Sha Zhishui, but he didn't bring food.
General Sha raised his hands and pressed them downward, signaling everyone to be quiet. Although the people are ignorant, the person in front of them is a protector general after all, and when the army is defeated, he is still majestic. The shouting also stopped abruptly when the old general raised his hand.
"Ahem." Clearing his throat, General Sha said in a loud voice: "People, today, there is no food to distribute. ”
The four words "no food to be sent" were like a glass of cold water poured into a pot of hot oil, and the people outside the county government exploded in an instant.
At first, it was just a low question, buzzing endlessly, and after the question, it was a rhetorical question: There is food every time, why is it suddenly gone, is it privately hidden by the Northern Qi army, so that it can be used for retreat?
At first, it was just a few people whispering speculation, but it didn't take long for everyone to say that the grain letter was privately hidden by the Northern Qi army. The cries grew louder and louder, and finally, all the doubts turned into anger, and the gathered crowd began to pour into the prefectural government little by little, and the soldiers on one side began to face each other.
Civil unrest is on the verge of breaking out. To be continued.
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