Xinyi City, the seat of Xinyi County, Zhongba County, was expanded to Xinyi County based on the original Yangwujun Xinyi Town.

However, because Xinyi City was occupied by the Liangshan Army led by Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang, the reorganization of Xinyi County has not been completed.

Seven or eight meters high on the city wall of Xinyi City banner hunting, the city head is full of countless engraved for the Tianxing Road four big characters of the Liangshan Army flag, more than 2 kilometers of the city wall, each battlement on both sides of the standing Liangshan Army soldier, standing in place in strict order, closely watching the movement outside the tower.

It's just that the withered yellow face is slightly pale in the cold wind, and the thin body is more and more depressed in the cold wind.

Since the landing at Gaoshikan outside Xinyi City in mid-December of the second year of the Great Battle, the 30,000 Liangshan troops led by Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang have suffered heavy losses one after another.

In the original Dongyuan Town, now Dongyuan City, the Liangshan army was fiercely attacked by the Xiong Kuohai, and was beheaded by the Xiong Kuohai in the battle, and the army fled several miles away, if it were not for the timely rescue of his subordinates, Liu Tang might have been folded in the hands of the Xiong Kuohai, and finally only led the 6000 remnants of the army back to Xinyi City.

Gongsun Sheng, who originally planned to lead his troops to attack Xiaba, was also harassed by the joint attack of Zhang Qicai's county soldiers and some of the elites of the northern battalion of the naval division during the march, and had to retreat to Xinyi City after losing thousands of men and horses.

Under the successive setbacks, Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang turned to lead their troops to defend Xinyi City, reorganize the army, and prepare to attack after Kong Youde's army attacked.

Who knew that the situation changed quickly but far beyond their imagination, first Song Ming's sailors were devastated by Yu Dayou's sailor division Beiying, thousands of sailors died in a battle, and then Sima Yu's Yangwu army fought again and again, not only defeated the Kong Youde army that attacked Jumei, but Sima Yu directly led the troops to Kong Youde's hometown Pinggang City.

In the blink of an eye, the situation of the war has been reversed, the Liangshan army did not wait for Kong Youde's reinforcements and the news that the Yangwu army fell into chaos, but the report of continuous defeat came into their hands, with the arrival of the 40,000 troops led by Qin Liangyu to Zhongba, the remaining more than 20,000 Liangshan troops were completely besieged by Qin Liangyu's army.

For more than three months, the grain stock in Xinyi City has long been exhausted, and the Liangshan army has long fallen into a situation of lack of food and clothing, and under the mental oppression of long-term hunger and siege, the state of the soldiers of the Liangshan army can be imagined.

If it weren't for Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang, the two backbones of the Liangshan army, the Liangshan army in Xinyi City would have mutinied.

"Second brother, right now, even if it's a meal in the army every day, our grain and grass can't support it for two days, if you don't want Qin Liangyu to lead the troops to attack the city, the brothers in the city will be scattered first!"

At the head of the city, looking up at the Liangshan Army soldiers around him with tired and hungry expressions, Liu Tang's brows almost wrinkled into a Sichuan-shaped road.

During this period of time, under the siege of Qin Liangyu's troops, Gongsun Sheng and Liu Tang failed to break through the siege several times, but instead broke a lot of people in her hands, and had to be trapped in this Xinyi City all the time, with a lack of food and grass, and a low morale of the army.

Not to mention the soldiers under their hands, even if they have been under the mental torture of this kind of city destruction at any time for a long time, the hearts of the two are already exhausted.

"After the fall of Song Ming's sailors, our back road has been cut off, even if we break out, we still can't escape from this Zhongba Island, and holding on to Xinyi City is just a matter of survival, and the enemy's main general, Qin Liangyu, also saw this, so he was so relieved and bold to besiege and not attack, just to trap us!"

Gongsun Sheng was silent when he heard this, and only said slowly after a while.

Since the day of the fall of the Song and Ming sailors, the solution of their lone army has been doomed, unless Sima Yu is defeated or reinforcements come, the defeat is only a matter of time sooner or later.

"Then we can't wait for death like this, and there are no reinforcements coming to the rescue from the eldest brother's side!"

Liu Tang's face became more and more ugly, and he walked around the city twice, shook his hands and muttered twice in dissatisfaction.

For more than three months, he and Gongsun Sheng led the troops to besiege Xinyi City, and Chao Gai and others on the other side of the river did not make the slightest move, even if they sent a letter to appease them, such a performance made Liu Tang's dissatisfaction in his heart have accumulated to the extreme, and he couldn't help but burst out.

"Rescue? Third brother, you still have to give up this idea! Since occupying Bailu and Yangshi, don't you think that the eldest brother is no longer the original eldest brother? Gongsun Sheng smiled when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a bit of ridicule.

"Second brother, what do you mean?"

Liu Tang's expression changed slightly, and his shoulders trembled slightly.

In fact, Liu Tang already had this feeling in his heart, but he still stubbornly didn't want to believe it in his heart.

"In the face of power, people change. Since the start of our incident, although the name of the Liangshan Army has been voted by many people, but it has also experienced a lot of hard battles, and you and I are the two who have led the most troops to fight in addition to the eldest brother, and the two with the highest prestige, if it is said that the most qualified to replace the position of the eldest brother in the entire Liangshan Army is none other than the two of us, do you say that the eldest brother is not worried? When you brought Xue Ju and his son, the eldest brother successfully appointed their father and son as the commander of the infantry army, responsible for the formation and training of the two new armies, didn't it mean to guard against us, and sent us to lead the troops to attack Zhongba Island to let us come to die."

A sneer appeared on Gongsun Sheng's face.

During this period of time, Gongsun Sheng had already seen Chao Gai's face, and basically thought clearly about Chao Gai's intention to send them to this battle, and understood in his heart that Liu Tang's idea of waiting for Chao Gai to lead the troops to rescue was just wishful thinking.

"How is that possible?"

Between Gongsun Sheng's words, Chao Gai's image suddenly collapsed, and Liu Tang's heart couldn't accept it.

"Humph! This Zhongba Island is simply a Jedi for our Liangshan Army! In this battle, even if we go well in the war, and even defeat the defenders on the island, can we really occupy the entire Zhongba Island? Then Song Ming is the commander of the Navy Division under Kong Youde, and he will watch us on Zhongba Island? Don't forget, the relationship between our Liangshan Army and Kong Youde, the two sides fought dozens of battles, and the brothers on both sides died countless times, I dare to guarantee that once Kong Youde's army succeeds in the sneak attack on Jumei and gains a firm foothold there, the first one to deal with must be us, without the help of the water division, we are difficult to fly, which is impossible for the eldest brother and the military division to imagine. Thinking of it, he still sent us here, obviously wanting to take the opportunity to get rid of us, and even sacrificed the entire 30,000 brothers for this, he is really ruthless! ”

Seeing that Liu Tang still had illusions about Chao Gai, the anger in Gongsun Sheng's heart could no longer be held back, and he directly erupted and spoke aggressively to Liu Tang.

"Impossible!"

Liu Tang, who couldn't accept it, shook his head and shouted loudly, turned around and hurried away after speaking, and Gongsun Sheng behind him did not stop him in the slightest, still quietly looking at the camp of Qin Liangyu's army outside the city, with a little hesitation in his eyes.