At dawn, a figure walked in the Hangu Pass, its bloodshot eyes searching around, as if looking for something.

However, it seemed that he had never found it, and his face was full of disappointment. Some of the emaciated faces seemed to indicate that he hadn't eaten properly in recent times, and the sword in his hand indicated his identity.

Just when he was a little disappointed and was about to go back to rest and reduce his physical exertion by the way, he suddenly found a touch of green in the corner of the city wall.

At first he thought he was dazzled, but when he confirmed it, he almost immediately rushed over. Taking advantage of the fact that no one had yet discovered it, he hurriedly scraped this green from the wall of the city wall with the sharp weapon he carried with him. And this touch of forgiveness is actually the moss that was already on the city wall.

Moss, which belongs to aquatic bryophytes, is full of forgiving colors, and generally grows in water or in the shade of the land, such as wetlands or walls, or respect or roof tiles or even water. This is especially true of the city walls, which are usually very old and often have some moss on the walls of the walls. As for the specific amount, it still depends on the region, for example, some cities in the north will also have moss, but the south is obviously more lush, after all, the climate and environment in the south are also more humid

The figure had been busy at the city wall, barely wasting a single corner, and after a long time, he saw that he had scavenged almost a bowl of moss.

Looking at the moss in his hand, this man could not hide the excitement in his heart, because it meant that he had one more day of rations, and it also meant that he seemed to have one more day to live.

Since the defeat ten days ago, Xu Rong, Yang Feng and others have led the army many times, hoping to defeat the Xiliang army blocked at the exit and win a glimmer of life for their party. For this reason, Yang Feng even sent his most trusted Xu Huang to fight, but unfortunately, Xu Huang is brave, but the Xiliang army on the opposite side has also established a firm foothold and cannot be easily shaken, and it has Li Dao and Guo Yan and others who continue to send soldiers and horses to supplement the losses, even if they want to use up the number of opponents

In this way, the group in Hangu Pass is almost trapped in a cage, and there is no food

Fortunately at the beginning, Yang Biao and Zhao Wen and other ministers, relying on their own prestige and the strength in the hands of Yang Feng and Xu Huang and others, scavenged a large amount of grain from a series of wealthy families who fled Chang'an City with him and others. Then it began to be distributed equally, which greatly reduced the consumption of food and allowed the group to sustain itself for a longer period of time. Of course, the food in Yang Feng's hands could not be moved, and Yang Biao did not have the ability to ask for it from Yang Feng, Xu Huang, Fan Chou and others.

After all, food is a life-saving thing now, how can Yang Feng or Xu Rong be willing to distribute this life-saving thing to others? Especially if they have enough strength in their hands. Yang Biao also knew this, and he didn't even try, so he maintained a tacit understanding with each other very well.

It can be said that this group of people can be regarded as a joint gang to fight the local tyrants of those rich families

In this regard, those wealthy families seem to have no other way than to cry without tears, who makes them the weakest?

However, as I said before, this time they did not carry too much food with them, at best it was a few days' rations, even if some people were consumed, and at the same time a relatively reasonable distribution was made, but the food was still decreasing day by day. After a certain period of time, the food in the gate has already been almost consumed, and now almost everyone except for a few people, including the Son of Heaven, will be hungry

Especially those big-headed soldiers who have nothing, and some ordinary people who are relatively strong and can keep up all the way with ordinary big families—————— those really top wealthy families, they themselves belong to a member of the upper class, and even the ministers who accompanied him this time also belong to one of them, not to mention, Yang Biao himself is also a member of the family, and the influence of these families can be seen from this point.

It is also because of this that when they were looting, the soldiers and horses who went down to loot were actually not too serious, which was equivalent to acquiescing to the fact that those top families could keep some of their rations by themselves. This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between each other, and it also prevents those families from starving like ordinary people.

Still, the issue of food is a sword hanging over everyone's heads. What's more, after all, there are too few people who can eat a full stomach, and ordinary people don't have this condition for them. Some of the wiser people began to search the city for everything they could eat before they ran out of food, and those who followed quickly followed.

In the beginning, you could see a large number of people searching for the city almost every day, and the walls that were once covered with moss were now bare. For these people, even the moss on the city walls is now a delicacy. The city was full of desperate people, patrolling around with sharp weapons such as swords, looking for anything to eat. Not to mention the moss on the city walls, even the bark and leaves were enough for them to fight.

In a few days, the number of people who died due to cannibalism alone has reached dozens of people, and this number is still rising.

At the beginning, there were people who were willing to take care of the situation, but now, ten days later, there is no one who is willing to take care of it

Because the people above know very well that this situation will disappear completely in a few days, because after a few days, those who have no food to eat will not even have the strength to move, how can they fight?

Now they are more concerned about survival, how to get out of this damn predicament

pity

There is no way

Almost everyone fell into great despair, some of the Huns and the people of the Xiliang army had begun to slaughter their war horses for food, and some people in the city even began to secretly eat human flesh

There is no doubt that if it is delayed for a few more days, the entire Hangu Pass will be in a hellish situation

Looking at the scene in front of him, Yang Biao's heart was full of remorse, if he didn't delay those times, but listened to Xu Huang's words and continued to persevere all the way, now I'm afraid that he has arrived in Luoyang, how can he worry about falling into the current desperate situation?

Now, whether it is him, the Son of Heaven, or those soldiers of the Han family, they are all trapped in this Hangu Pass, unable to advance or retreat

If you count the sinners of the Han family, I am afraid that he will also be one of them, and it is because of his own stupidity that he misled the king

Others are also remorseful, but they can't blame Yang Biao, because almost everyone supported him at that time, in other words, they also have a share of the credit for the current situation, so how can they be qualified to blame Yang Biao?

Only Xu Huang, while sighing, was also thinking about a way out, but unfortunately, no matter what he thought, he couldn't come up with a way to let them all run out

—————— Dividing Line——————

"What do you think, sir?" is completely different from the desperate atmosphere in Hangu Pass, and the atmosphere in the Xiliang Army camp outside is still relatively good.

Especially Li Dao and Guo Yan, their food and grass are sufficient, which means that they don't need to worry about hunger.

In the past ten days, Li Dao and Guo Yan have been carrying out the dispatch of troops and horses, on the one hand, they are strictly guarding the west of Hangu Pass, and on the other hand, they are constantly throwing their soldiers and horses into the east. Of course, as mentioned before, it is not easy to cross the Hangu Pass, on the one hand, the road is steep, even if there are more people walking recently, it is also difficult to cross, and people in the past can only carry the most basic weapons, not even a piece of armor.

Therefore, in the past, the number has always been very small, and most of them carry supplies such as food or arrows—————— swords and the like are basically not used, because there are also a large number of Xiliang troops killed in battle on the opposite side, weapons can be obtained from their bodies, and armor can be obtained from the dead soldiers and horses of Hanguguan.

By now, the soldiers and horses that were originally guarding the east have long since changed their armor, and they are all of them.

It's no surprise that in this day and age, things like armor are valuable. Especially in troubled times, the production capacity has dropped significantly, and many princes will strip the armor of the war dead in the process of fighting, which is the same for both the enemy and their own war dead. As for moral cleanliness? Come on, cleanliness is something that is absolutely impossible for soldiers on the battlefield, because the vast majority of people would rather live with a stain than be a perfect dead man. Not to mention the fact that wearing armor stripped from the dead is itself the most common thing to do in this era, and there is nothing to reproach at all / .

Among the princes who are now in the melee, many of the soldiers under their command wear armor that once had a master, even Yan Shao.

Jia Xu was in his tent, looking at a book by the dim candlelight, and raised his head when he heard the words. "The general said the time to attack Hangu Pass?"

"Exactly." Li Wei nodded. "Now that the people in the gate have been trapped for more than ten days, the gentleman has calculated that it is absolutely impossible for them to have more than five days of food in their hands, in other words, they have been starved for at least five days. Five days is enough time to make the soldiers and horses in the pass weak, and it will not let them make trouble and threaten the safety of the Son of Heaven, and it seems that it is indeed time for us to do it."

"Yes, it's been ten days" seemed to be the same emotion, Jia Xu put down the scroll in his hand and sighed softly.

The candlelight in the tent swayed gently with the wind, which also made Jia Xu's face look a little cloudy.

Looking at the faces of Li Dao and Guo Yan on the other side, he knew very well that the two of them had come to ask for his opinion, but they had not come to test it.

Obviously, the two of them have not given up their suspicion of him until now, but it is no wonder that who let the Son of Heaven escape is too strange. If it weren't for their own faint moves, they had to rest for a while in Hangu Pass on the road, and now they were probably in Luoyang, Li Dao and Guo Yan could only look at Hangu Pass and sigh at that time, there was nothing they could do.

"Five days is indeed enough time for the people in the pass to become weak, unless they eat human flesh," Jia Xu nodded and stood up from the horse he was sitting on. "Although it may be safer if you wait a little longer, but now the soldiers and horses in the Guannai really can't cause much obstacle to the two generals, and more importantly, the military horses in the Guannai don't have much physical strength now, and the two generals can just consume their last bit of physical strength when they attack the city, and at that time, Yang Feng and Xu Rong and others in the Guanzhong will not be the opponents of the two generals anyway."

This is also what Li Dao and Guo Yan thought in their hearts, and they were immediately overjoyed when they heard this.

"In that case, I'll do it tomorrow"

"Eh, don't be so anxious, the general can send someone to the other side of Hangu Pass to inform them first, so that when we send troops, they can act at the opportunity, and if there is a chance, they can also launch a strong attack from the east side of Hangu Pass, as for us, we have built a lot of siege ordnance during this time, which can be used just for a while."

During this time, the Xiliang army was not in vain, and it also did a lot of things, one of which was the ordnance used for siege. In these two ancient roads, there are many towering trees. During this time, Li Dao and Guo Yan had been letting their soldiers and horses cut down trees and build siege ordnance such as ladders or trebuchets. So far, it's quite effective, and it's just right to take advantage of it.

Li Dao and Guo Yan also nodded when they heard this, expressing their agreement.

"Sir is really high-minded, I'll do it when I wait, but I don't know what else Mr. has to order?" No matter how much suspicion they have of Jia Xu, the two of them still admire Jia Xu's resourcefulness, so they have always respected Jia Xu, not to mention that this is also a lifesaver for themselves and others, isn't it?

"It's nothing, but the two generals must remember not to hurt the Son of Heaven, otherwise, we will all become rebellious," Jia Xu hurriedly said.

Although they are actually no different from rebellion now, after all, they have not become the public enemies of the world, and if they really kill the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that there will be no place for them in the whole world.

Li Dao and Guo Yan also knew this, and nodded when they heard this.

The army was quickly mobilized, and several scouts took advantage of the darkness to climb the mountains from the path. During this time, because of the continuous passing of soldiers and horses, the originally steep path has become much more wide, except that it still can't carry too many things, and the danger is much less.

On the second day, when Yang Biao and the Son of Heaven were still desperate, and the rest of the city was looking for everything they could eat, there was a sound of drums and trumpets from the west side of Hangu Pass.

"Have you finally done it?" Standing on the city wall, looking at the Xiliang army that was approaching, Xu Huang muttered.