Chapter 40: The Siege
After capturing Jasmine City, the news that the three princes, Huangfu Qiangao, held up the royal banner and was about to recover Liuyu spread. The people of the pen %fun %pavilion talked about the story of www.biquge.info people who attacked the city on a moonlit night and took Jasmine City with only 200 people and without losing a single penny. One spread ten to hundred, even the process of seizing the city is becoming more and more mysterious!
However, it is thanks to people's nature that they love gossip, and they made a name for themselves without much effort.
In addition, Dragon Castle has been closely trading with Jinlong over the years, and the business has been very big! Therefore, the money they paid for conscription was also very considerable!
In just three days, more and more people came to apply! It completely exceeded their expectations, and it can be described as a crowd!
In the blink of an eye, the number of this conscription was nearly three thousand, plus the original brothers of the Wild Dragon Castle, and the available manpower collected from the Conquering Jasmine City, this strength suddenly reached three thousand five or six hundred.
This force is solved, but it can't attack Mingcheng immediately, after all, the conscription comes in, but they are just some heroes or peasants who have not received much training, and it is inappropriate to rush to send troops.
Qingying arranged for the newly recruited troops to be stationed outside Jasmine City, intending to let Nangong Mao train them a little.
This team is also preparing him to be the coach.
As soon as he came, this Nangong Mao had already been promoted to the deputy marshal of Dongjiang, not to mention his ability, coupled with three years of experience, he had worn away his original lazy temperament, making him more reliable and calm.
Therefore, both Huangfu Qianchong and Qingying feel that he should be the commander of this new army.
Outside the door, the sound of the general's drills was heard from time to time, and Qingying, Huangfu Qianchong and Xia Ziyou were discussing in the main account.
Qing Ying waved his hand at the soldiers who went to Mingcheng to inquire about the news, telling them to retreat, and then said, "It seems that we are recruiting troops on a large scale, and the pressure on Mingcheng is indeed not small!" ”
As he spoke, Qingying looked at Xia Ziyou and asked, "How many of the recruits can come in handy right away?" ”
"About 500 people!"
"Five hundred people...... "Qing Ying muttered faintly, "plus the two hundred people in the Dragon Castle, and the people in Jasmine City who could have been used, we can now fight directly, almost a thousand or so." ”
Huangfu Qianchong shook his head, "Our goal is to besiege the city, and if the siege does not make them surrender, we will inevitably turn to the siege. Generally speaking, the number of siegers is more than that of defending the city to be successful, and we are still a team that has just been assembled, and the tacit cooperation is not high, and the number of mountain bandits in Mingcheng is more than 1,000 people, and it seems that it is impossible to besiege the city immediately. ”
"yes!" Qingying sighed, "Actually, taking advantage of the current time to go to the siege of the city is the best effect, after all, they don't have much food left in the city. ”
A few people were discussing, Nangong Ao suddenly broke in, out of breath, but with a smile on his face, he eased his breath a little, and said eagerly, "Dongjiang Army...... Some of the soldiers who had been scattered before had heard from us...... It's over! There were about 200 people! Brother Mao has confirmed that he is indeed our brother! ”
"Really?!" Qingying exclaimed in surprise and exchanged glances with the other two.
"That's great news!" Xia Ziyou sighed, "I just said that I couldn't besiege the city immediately, but now this person has it!" ”
"It seems that God is also on our side!" Qing Ying smiled and looked at Huangfu Qianchong.
Looking at her joyful eyes, Huangfu Qianchong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, nodded, and then looked at the three people in the tent and announced, "The heirs will be the main account!" ”
"Yes!" The three of them said in unison.
Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Nangong Mao led the army to camp near Mingcheng, but they only camped, but did not take the initiative to attack the city.
But the mountain bandits were worried from the bottom of their hearts, and they closed the gates of the city and did not come out.
The two sides were so consumed, and the army was stationed outside for ten days, without any action at all, and gradually, the mountain bandits' hearts became even more bottomless, and the people became more and more panicked.
There was not much food left in the city, and the big boss of the mountain bandits estimated the cost of this battle, so he thought of sending someone to break through to a friend hundreds of miles away to borrow food!
Unexpectedly, the team went out of the city gate, and Nangong Mao sent Nangong Ao to lead people to attack it!
Frightened, they immediately turned back to the city, closed the gates, and prepared to defend the city.
However, this Nangong Ao did not attack again, and when he saw that they had closed the city gate, he led his troops to leave.
This has been repeated a few times, and the big boss can be regarded as seeing their routine clearly, this group of Yuyu soldiers is going to force them to death in the city!
Seeing that the surplus food in the city was about to run out, the mountain bandits sent teams to raid them many times, but they failed repeatedly.
Negativity spreads and the atmosphere is depressed to the extreme......
On this day, the second leader Wu Lun was inspecting the city, but he saw that several mountain bandits had a dispute with the people, and the reason was that the mountain bandits robbed the people's surplus food!
Wu Lun hurriedly stepped forward to mediate, and then saw many similar incidents in a row. He knew that this was because of the long-term siege of the city, coupled with the plight of running out of food at any time, which had overburdened their hearts.
Everyone is from a poor family, and if they are not forced by the world, who will fall into the grass?
It is precisely because of this that after they captured Mingcheng, they ordered not to levy the ordinary people's homes, and the brothers in the village also agreed.
However, he still underestimated people's hearts...... Although they are from poor backgrounds, some people, once they are used to plundering, tend to think that things come easily. At the beginning, when there is no contradiction, you may be able to endure it, but once the problem occurs, it will become the same as before, indiscriminate snatching!
It is difficult to win the hearts of the people, but it is easy to lose the hearts of the people!
With just a few small things, in the eyes of the people of Mingcheng, the good image they have maintained for more than a month will fall apart......
Wu Yan knew that this matter was too much, so he thought about going to the big boss to discuss this matter, at least to stabilize the hearts of the brothers in the village first, and not let this emotion make the people in the city have different intentions towards them.
For once there is a dissent, the city will be destroyed......
I just thought so, but I heard the muffled sound of drums in the city! Listen to the rhythm and indicate that the enemy is coming!
Wu Yan hurriedly ran in the direction of the city wall, climbed the city tower, and all the brothers in the village greeted him along the way, looking like they had seen a savior.
He looked down condescendingly, and saw Nangong Mao personally leading the troops to come, lined up outside the city gate, and the people who came estimated that there were about 1,000 people.
Nangong Ao was beside him, patted the horse and stepped forward, pointed his gun at the top of the city tower, and shouted, "Listen to the mountain bandits in the city!" The three princes have an order, if you go out of the city and surrender, you can spare your lives! Regardless of grievances and crimes, they will also be exempted. The surrendered army can be included in our Liuyu Four Xinjiang Army, and the silver is compared, if you don't want to stay, you can also return to your hometown. But if you resist and don't surrender, you will be punished as a thief, and there will be no forgiveness for killing! (To be continued.) )