370. It is better to die standing than to live on your knees
Yan Lian glanced at him, looked at him with the eyes of an idiot, and said, "Mei Yihong already knew that there was a mole around him, do you think he will be stupid and waiting for you to act?" Why don't you ask, where did Mei Yihong go? "I don't know where his confidence comes from.
After perceiving Ying Yanlian's calmness, Ah Feng was shocked to realize that from the beginning, she was not afraid, she was not frightened, and even when she said that Beichen was too busy to take care of herself, she was very calm, and she did not even have a trace of worry. This made Ah Feng ask in hindsight: "Where did he go?" ”
Yan Lian blinked at the gray-faced, red-faced and swollen person in front of her, stretched out a finger with a smile, shook her head, and said badly: "Now...... I don't want to sue you anymore! "Fang Cai, she has always wanted to sue him, but he didn't listen, so don't blame her.
"......," Ah Feng couldn't do anything but look at her with hatred.
As soon as Yan Lian saw that the overall situation was under control, she calmly ordered the person who opened the door to wash the blood on the ground, lest the smell of blood linger in her throat and make her want to vomit.
The hidden guard tied up these people solidly, Yan Lian sent two people to watch, and she let the maids who were originally hiding come out, and then let them do whatever they wanted, while she sat on the chair, thinking about how to explain this matter to Mei Yihong.
Alas, Mei Yihong hated this traitor, because he disappeared because of this person's harm, which also caused the Mei family to decline, and General Mei and his wife died.
If it weren't for the support of revenge, I don't know if Mei Yihong would be able to survive.
"Yan Lian ......," Ying Yanhe, who had been staring at her on the side, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and looked at her and said with her mouth open: "You...... You...... How do you know martial arts? Who taught you? Why did she feel more and more that Ying Yanlian in front of her didn't seem like she knew?
In her heart, Ying Yanlian is unmarried and pregnant, and she is as timid as a mouse, as long as she is scolded, she will humbly bow her head, never dare to refute anything, the only strength is the words she recognizes. However, I don't know when she started to completely change.
has a pungent temperament, has one thing to say, and will never tolerate it, and even changed the temperament of the second aunt and the second uncle, and also completely changed the fate of the second room of the Ying family.
However, she never expected that Yan Lian was so bold that she dared to grab a knife with her bare hands and beat a big man down. She...... She even said that she once beat Beichen Ao down, so how high is her martial arts!?
If Yan Lian knew that other people's hearts were so complicated, she would definitely tell her speechlessly: she would just be able to embroider her legs with fists and legs, and she could beat people down, just because people didn't expect her to do it as a woman. Wasn't Beichen Ao at the beginning beaten down by himself because of this?
"This ...... It's just a coincidence that I learned a little, "The master of that legend, it's better to mention it less." If it is really brought up, if Beichen Ao wants to meet someone, where can he find it?
Yan He looked at her, and felt more and more that the two sisters were going farther and farther.
The two of them don't seem to live in the same place, she always feels that the Ying Yanlian in front of her is very unfamiliar, not the Ying Yanlian she knows.
But no matter what, she was still happy to see Ying Yanlian so smart and resolve the crisis several times.
Tianshui City was surrounded, all the people were on alert, the atmosphere was dignified, and everyone's faces were expressions that put life and death out of the way. None of them knew if they could survive the next moment, and maybe a stone or an arrow would end their lives.
The army of the Jin State surrounded Tianshui City, but did not attack, but had the intention of persisting in consuming it, wanting to make the people and soldiers of Tianshui City surrender because of lack of food, which made many people and soldiers have opinions, and their minds began to float.
If there is no food, surrender is sooner or later.
"As I said, food cannot be given to the people, and now, the food that can be given to us can only last for a few days, and if this continues, even if the snow stops, we will not be able to get out." The people who have been agitating the hearts of the soldiers have refused to rest their hearts in the past few days, and always want those soldiers to rise up in protest.
"If you eat all the food, can you still make the people vomit it?" The person next to him asked angrily.
It's been the whole time, and you're still thinking about this, and you're blaming the whole thing, blaming that, isn't it interesting?
"That is, even if there is a shortage of food, don't you let people go out of the city to buy it? Things haven't reached the last step yet, now, it's better to solve the current matter first," the people on the side were also a little unhappy when they heard it, and said with an unhappy voice: "If you really lose the battle, Tianshui City is besieged, and no matter how much food you have, won't it still be given to the people of the Jin Kingdom?" Rather than this, I would rather all the grain be eaten by the people, so as not to leave a grain of rice for the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom to eat! ”
"Is that a good word, let them eat and beat us? That's what a fool would do! ”
The man saw that several people were stubborn, no matter what he said, they refuted it, as if he had murdered them, which really made people angry.
But what he said was right!
It was Beichen Ao who promised to give food to the people, which made the soldiers lack food, isn't this still allowed him to say it?
Seeing that he couldn't convince them in front of him, the man stomped his feet fiercely, and said with a grim tone: "You just believe in Beichen Ao, after a few days, the grain will not be transported in, see if you cry!" After saying that, he turned around and left, not caring about these dazes.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Someone was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and said puzzledly: "From the beginning, he was extremely dissatisfied with the prince giving food to the people, but now, all the soldiers are coming to the city, he is still thinking about the food, is he hungry?" ”
Several people looked at each other, a glint flashed in one person's eyes, and he lowered his head and asked with some concern: "I also think he has some problems, you say...... Could he be ......? He didn't dare to say the last sentence, after all, starting from doubt, this person's result would not be good.
These soldiers are all fighting to the death on the battlefield, and they can give each other's backs to each other, so if you want to doubt one of them, you can't accept it in your heart.
Now, however, they could not doubt it, because the man's actions were so strange.
"In this case, it's better not to talk nonsense first," someone said cautiously: "In a few days, maybe there will really be a shortage of food, it's better to see how people do it then, if he still has any strange behavior, then he will tell the prince, whether it is wronged or not, catch it first!" ”
"Okay, let's do it!" A few people discussed it and felt that it was better to do this, lest something happen when the time came, and the matter would not be able to be explained.
Sure enough, a few days later, the grain in the warehouse was removed. Now, not only the soldiers have no rations, but even the people of Tianshui City have no food.
Because no one who left the city came back, and no one knew if they could bring back food, the aura of fighting to stay alive suddenly changed.
"Bang!" A loud bang broke the people who were still drinking porridge with bowls, and they all looked up numbly at the scene in front of them, and no one made a sound.
"On such a day, Lao Tzu is over," the man who smashed the bowl roared loudly: "Lao Tzu is here to fight, he is here to die, and he can't even eat, so what kind of war does Lao Tzu have to fight!?" ”
Everyone looked at him in amazement, looking at the bowl in his hand, the bowl was water and a few grains of rice, not to mention filling the stomach, even quenching the thirst was not enough.
"Brothers, we were born and died for the Qin State, and we wrote our heads on the belt of our trousers, but the King of War gave the food that belonged to us to the people, isn't this trying to force us to death? If we don't have enough to eat and drink, where will we have the strength to deal with the enemy and drive him away? The man was excited, and raised his voice sharply, wanting all the soldiers to hear his words.
"The prince is a general who leads the troops, doesn't he know about this? Could it be that the king of war colluded with the army of the Jin State and wanted to give up Tianshui City to the Jin State, but he just treated us as fools and sacrificed ...... in vain," these words calmed everyone, and everyone looked at each other, and no one broke this scene.
"Brother, you're right, the king of war is uneasy and kind," suddenly, someone "banged", also threw away the bowl in his hand, and shouted: "Brothers, think about it carefully, what is the grain and grass that the court sent us for?" It's not that I want my brothers to be fed, so that I have the strength to fight and drive the Jin army back. But now, we are all hungry, what strength do we have to fight others? ”
"We don't have any strength, it's better to open the city gate and surrender directly, so as not to suffer countless casualties and sacrifice in vain!" At the beginning, the troublemaker clenched his fists and shouted, his voice was sharp, which made people feel uncomfortable listening to it.
"That's not what I said," someone couldn't look at it, and said angrily while holding the bowl in his hand, "The people have nothing to eat, do they want the people to starve to death?" The prince did this to save the people - we are fighting a war to protect our family and defend the country, not for the people? ”
If it weren't for the people, why would the imperial court send troops here every year, and let people escort grain and grass all the way from the capital to Tianshui City.
Isn't this qiē just to let the people of Tianshui City live a peaceful life?
"Even if it's for the sake of the people, we have to be fed, otherwise how can we fight?" Because of the love in their hearts, everyone seemed excited, some people stood on Beichenao's side, and some people felt that Beichenao was problematic and wanted to murder the soldiers' .......
The confrontation between these two situations has made the already bad atmosphere even worse.
However, there are many people on Beichenao's side, and they are loyal to the country and their hearts.
"Come on," Beichen Ao, who had been standing on a high place and watching them, looked at them for a long time, he didn't make a sound, just stared at them with a gloomy expression, and when he saw that the atmosphere was almost over, he waved his hand and said sharply: "Arrest all these for this king,"
The people who were still angrily smashing the bowl were stunned for a moment when they heard such an order. But before they could come to their senses, they were surrounded by soldiers with knives.
"Warlord, what do you mean by that?" The troublemaker at the beginning looked up at Beichen Ao, not only did he not kneel, but asked with an arrogant expression.
"What do you say?" Beichen Ao was cold and asked rhetorically.
The man swallowed his saliva and asked with dissatisfaction: "Could it be that the prince thinks that his subordinates are telling the truth, so he wants to kill his subordinates?" "Things are getting bigger and bigger, so it's more interesting.
Beichen Ao put his hand on the city wall, looked at the guy in front of him who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, pursed his lips and revealed a strange and cruel sneer, and asked word by word: "You...... How do you know that this king has given all the food to the people, and is going to starve you? How? You were the first to know what the king didn't even know? ”
As soon as he heard Beichen Ao answer like this, the man raised his head and laughed a few times, looked at Beichen Ao with a steady expression, and continued to shout: "Do you still need to guess about such a thing?" Prince, how about you look at what the soldiers eat, bowls of clear water porridge, the rice in it can be counted, is it that the prince just wants us to eat such a meal and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? ”
There are too many grievances and accusations in the tone of righteous words, but if you listen carefully, you can hear a trace of cunning in the words.
The hand was gently placed on the city wall, and there was a flick for a while, and Beichen was silent.
"War King, you should give us an explanation, otherwise, we will not be blind!" When the man saw that Beichen was silent, he raised his voice and shouted.
He inquired very clearly, how much food was given to the people, how much food was kept for the soldiers, and how much food was needed in the barracks in a day. The result is the same as my own calculation, that is, there will be no food by this time.
"Death does not blind, death does not blind......" This sentence attracted those who wanted to accuse Beichen Ao, and their emotions became more and more ......excited.
"Don't make any noise," Yue Anming stood beside Beichen Ao and looked at everyone: "The prince has a plan in his heart, you should be at ease, I believe that the prince will give the soldiers the best answer, prince, you say, yes?" He smiled very honestly, but the meaning of his words was so clear, he just wanted Beichen to be proud and couldn't explain.
Without food, in the face of the anger of the soldiers, what can Beichen Ao do?
Beichen glanced at Yue Anming on the side, and sneered: "Lord Yue, this grain and grass was escorted by you, and the lack of grain is ...... Should I tell you? He was embarrassed to make a big deal of nonsense here, if he hadn't been afraid of the forces in the capital, he would have slaughtered Yue Anming a long time ago.
Yue Anming, who originally had a warm smile and wanted to be a peacemaker, was stunned, he didn't expect him to say this, and he couldn't answer.
"If you can't hand over the food, Lord Yue, please be quiet!" After a mockery, Beichen looked at the people below, shook his head, and then sighed and said, "You guys, your heart is too anxious!" ”
When everyone heard this, they didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Beichen's gourd, and no one dared to speak.
"Quick, quick, get out of the way," suddenly, in a quiet and weird atmosphere, a lively sound sounded, making everyone feel strange, it's all at this time, what kind of trouble is going to be made.
However, when they turned around and saw what was being carried behind them, they were completely dumbfounded.
"Manju...... Steamed bread? One of them stammered, unable to speak for a long time.
"There are so many steamed buns ......," the soldier holding the bowl muttered stupidly, fascinated by the aroma of the steamed buns, and even drooled out.
In the past few days, I have either drunk soup or soup, and there is no taste in my mouth, but now, after seeing the steamed buns, I feel that it is more delicious and sweet than any delicacies from the mountains and seas.
"How so?" When they saw the rows of steamed buns that were carried up and were still steaming, everyone was stunned, including Yue Anming. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the steamed buns below, looking at Beichen and was speechless for a long time.
"The army of the Jin Kingdom just surrounded Tianshui City, and there was no intention of attacking, this king really doesn't know, why did the white porridge every day wronged you? Look, now, aren't there steamed buns to eat? I just don't know where the accusation of the king comes from? Why don't you give an explanation? Beichen Ao pointed at the man who had been shouting and questioning him just now, and a bloodthirsty sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
That smile made people shiver.
Seeing so many steamed buns, all the soldiers could eat several by themselves, and the person who took the lead was so pale that he couldn't even stand, and kept relying on the people next to him to support .......
"The prince spares his life, his subordinates are confused for a while, I don't know that the prince has other arrangements, I beg the prince to spare my life, and my subordinates don't dare anymore!" The man also knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, without a trace of mud and water.
He knelt down, and the people he provoked also knelt down, and none of them dared to say a word, and the air was filled with the fragrance of steamed buns.
"Don't dare again?" Beichen's proud expression became even colder, "Hehe, man, husband, you should dare to be bold!" Listen, the army of the Jin Kingdom has changed, and the sound is deafening, don't you hear it? ”
When the man heard this, he trembled and was about to fall to the ground.
"When your bowl falls, aren't you telling the soldiers of the Jin State that our Qin State has no food? They'll be able to take advantage of the opportunity, won't they? Beichenao's tone became more and more sharp, and his eyes were also sharp enough to pierce people's hearts.
"No, no, no......," the people kneeling on the ground shook their heads and didn't dare to admit it, at this point, what was waiting for them was the matter of killing the head or the nine clans, and it would be strange if they dared to nod.
Everyone was stunned by this scene, and they didn't know what to look at - how did things come to this?
It's just a protest against the lack of food, how did it become a disguised notification that the Jin State can send troops?
Are they spies?
Qin is their country, how can they be like this?
Originally, I thought that the soldiers in the clouds understood the meaning, and they all glared angrily at the people kneeling on the ground in front of them, eager to chop them all and feed them to the dogs.
"Oh, I'll just say, from the very beginning, you have been encouraging me, saying that the prince gave food to the people, that is, to murder us, and a few days ago he even provoked us, saying that the prince has a problem, uneasy and kind, as a result, you are the most insidious, you actually want to betray us, you are still not from Qin, are you not our brother?" After so many years together, thinking of such a result, the questioners all had red eyes.
He would rather his brother die on the battlefield than let something like this happen.
Betrayal, that is the most unacceptable, especially this betrayal of life and death.
Do they want to put tens of thousands of soldiers to death for their own selfishness? There are still many innocent people in Tianshui City, why are their hearts so ruthless?
"I also remembered that they were sneaky when they spoke, it turned out that they were uneasy and kind!" When one remembers it, the others immediately remember.
"It's too much, how can it be? We are all brothers who intersect with life and death, and it is disgusting to be betrayed by them! "In this life, the most unseemable thing is betrayal, and the most unacceptable thing is betrayal, so the few people who knelt on the ground were blamed by everyone, so that they couldn't even raise their heads.
"This king might as well tell you that the white rice soup in the past few days is just trying to lure you out!" Beichen Ao saw the soldiers who were getting more and more excited, so he stretched out his hand and pressed it, and after everyone calmed down, he sneered: "General Mei Yihong had an accident on the battlefield, if there were no spies, would such a thing happen?" His martial arts are so high, there is no conspiracy and calculation, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to take him down, so do you think this king will be stupid and let you make trouble? ”
Beichen Ao's words completely stunned everyone.
It turns out that this is specially arranged by the prince, just to lure out these traitors?
They shuddered at the thought that these men had eaten and drunk with them, had gone into battle with them, and had given their backs to them.
If they had been ruthless at that time, they would not have been here a long time ago.
"Beichen Ao, don't be complacent, the Jin Kingdom has surrounded this place, even if you have food, can you survive for a few days?" When the person who took the lead saw that the matter was revealed, he didn't hide it anymore, so he simply stood up and raised his head and said in a loud voice: "If you are smart, open the city gate and take the initiative to surrender, otherwise, let these soldiers die in vain, your war king is the biggest sinner in the Qin State!" ”
"I," someone couldn't listen anymore, took off the helmet on his head, threw it on the body with a "bang", and said angrily: "Even if we die in battle, we should not be traitors, we should not be cowards-heroes, we would rather die standing than live on our knees!" ”
"Well said, it is better to die standing than to live on your knees!" Beichen Ao was rushed to his heart by that person's pride, and he also cheered loudly.
"It is better to die standing than to live on your knees!" All the soldiers shouted in unison, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
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