After determining the plan to attack Zhouning County, the five major corps in Xuzhoujiang were exhausted, Ling Xia led a corps in charge of Dongcheng, Nangong Xiongba led a corps in charge of Xicheng, Long Jiuzhong led a corps in charge of Nancheng, Gu Xiuyuan led a corps in charge of Beicheng, and Qiuluobei led a corps in charge of blocking the river and leading the river to Zhouning County. Zhuge Yiyan led half of the corps to transport supplies and supplies.

Today is the fourth day of the siege battle, just now, the river flowing through Zhouning County in two days was blocked, at this time Qiuluobei is leading people to dig ditches desperately, it is expected that the river will be introduced into the territory of Xuzhou Xinjiang after ten days, looking at the gradually drying up river, Ling Xia sent Lao Cui to inform the guards in all directions, let them cheer up, the food stored by the Japanese is estimated to be almost consumed, and they are afraid that they will break through and grab the grain and grass materials in the next step.

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In the Yazheng Hall of Zhouning County, Gangning Ichiro stood in front of the door and looked at the sky in the distance, behind him, Nanyang Ming, Nakajima Yukigan, Shinozuka Heihe, Itagaki Junji, and Yano Gen five people stood behind him with a solemn face, at this time Nanyang Ming had just finished telling the movement of the battle guards outside the city, after speaking, he paused, and then carefully told Minato Ichiro that just now, the water source of the river in the city was exhausted, and now he can only rely on a few deep wells in the city to get drinking water.

"Draw from the bottom of the kettle! Murder and heartbreaking! The battle guards did not dare to forcibly attack the city, so they wanted to force us out, besiege the city and cut off water, block the road and cut off food. Nangong Xiongba's reckless man can't think of such a despicable and despicable means, it seems that the other party's coach should be replaced, otherwise, with Nangong Xiongba's temperament, he would have attacked head-on, alas...... This kind of desperate plan is the most troublesome. ”

Rubbing his forehead with a depressed face, Gang Ning Ichiro carefully calculated it, and then whispered: "Before I asked you to plunder and store grain, it should be able to ensure that the corps lasts for seven days, I have analyzed, since the battle guards have put up a siege formation, then they will definitely not take the initiative to attack the city, so during this time, in addition to the defense on the city wall, all the soldiers of the corps went to sleep."

During this period, the food of all soldiers was reduced from half to one-third at the beginning, so that the corps could hold out for at least twenty days, twenty days, enough for the commander-in-chief to come to support us, as long as the news of the siege of the city and the lack of food came out, the commander-in-chief would definitely come to help. ”

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Seven days have passed, and now the war guards have besieged Zhouning County for ten days, originally according to their calculations, the Japanese in the city should be out of food from the fifth day, even if they shrink their clothes and reduce food, they can hold on for about eight days at most, so since the day before yesterday, the war guards have entered a state of readiness, but until today, the Japanese army in the city still has no movement to go out of the city to counterattack.

"Master Horse, the Metropolitan Governor of Nangong and Marshal Long Jiuzhong sent someone over to ask, why haven't the Wokou broken through yet? It's been ten days since this happened, and the Japanese have not yet run out of food, and the Metropolitan Governor means that instead of consuming it like this, it is better to attack the city directly, if the Japanese have hoarded enough grain and grass, we can't consume them, after all, the Japanese have only one corps, and we are five corps, although Marshal Long Jiuzhong did not say it explicitly, but this is also the meaning. Lao Cui explained the meaning of Long Jiuzhong and Nangong Xiongba.

"Alas...... The Japanese haven't been consumed out of the mess yet, but we can't sit still on our side, what do you say this is called? After complaining, Ling Xia asked Lao Cui to pass the word to Long Jiuzhong and Nangong Xiongba: "The Japanese must be waiting for Zhongyuan Sakura to save them at this time, so they have illusions, but they don't know that Zhongyuan Sakura is restrained by Xia Yuanji, and there is no way to support Zhouning County."

As for the competition consumption, there is no need to worry, Zhouning County is such a small place, it is impossible to hoard a large amount of grain and grass. The reason why the Japanese have not left the city until now, I guess they must have reduced the amount of food supplies for the soldiers, but this is not a long-term solution at all, this can only temporarily relieve the pressure, if they continue to lose money like this, sooner or later they will not be able to stand it.

On the surface, we are confronting the Japanese invaders, both sides are consuming military rations, but in fact this is not the case, our soldiers are replenishing energy every day, and always maintaining physical strength, but the Japanese are thrifty every day, and the soldiers must be getting weaker and weaker, and the physical fitness gap between the soldiers on both sides will become bigger and bigger, so the longer the confrontation lasts, the more beneficial it is for us. ”

After asking Lao Cui to bring the message back, Ling Xia pondered how to lure out the Japanese in the city, looked at the high and strong city wall in front of him, and thought that the Japanese had not eaten enough for more than ten consecutive days under the siege, and with the savage and warlike character of the Japanese soldiers, he must have been unable to bear it for a long time, although there has not been a mutiny for the time being, but if the outside world catalyzes it a little, I am afraid that it will ......

Thinking of this, Ling Xia suddenly thought about it, he ordered the cooks of the corps to improve the food at noon that day, and let everyone barbecue around Dongcheng, picking the direction of the wind outlet, and just like that, a burst of meat fragrance wafted into the city along the city wall. The Japanese have not eaten enough for ten days because of the food saving, and they usually smell a pickle and still flow a lot, but now they smell the smell of barbecue, and their stomachs have long been gurgling, and they all come to the city wall to smell it.

That's not all, after roasting the meat for a whole day during the day, at nightfall, when the Japanese in the city were about to rest and sleep, Ling Xia brought all the prisoners captured by Xu Zhoujiang, and tens of thousands of prisoners were escorted by the war guards to line up, and then according to Ling Xia's orders, these people stood under the city wall of Zhouning County and sang the songs of the island country in the language of the Japanese invaders.

Although the battle guards didn't understand what Ling Xia was doing? I don't understand what the widows are humming? However, they found that while the Japanese were singing, the number of Japanese soldiers on the city wall gradually increased, and although the Japanese generals above the city wall ordered the soldiers to withdraw, no one obeyed the order, and the soldiers all stood on the city wall with excitement and sang along.

The generals saw that the soldiers under their command began to refuse military orders, and there were faint signs of a runaway mutiny, so they hurriedly ran to their boss to report, responsible for guarding the Nakajima Snow Shore in the eastern city, after he heard the report of his subordinates, he immediately went to Gangning Ichiro and told him what had happened. After listening to his description, Ichiro Minami finally showed a trace of sadness:

"Who is the enemy's commander in charge of attacking the East City? He can actually come up with this kind of way, this person is amazing, now you can no longer suppress the emotions of the soldiers, you have to let them have an outlet, in this context, if we continue to suppress and avoid the war, I am afraid that there will be a mutiny, there is no way, tonight you lead the soldiers of Dongcheng out of the city to fight. ”