"Hahahaha, this matter has long been expected by me!" Murong Jun said confidently.

"Then I wonder what Your Majesty is going to do?"

"Send a letter to the fourth child, asking him not to return to Liaodong for the time being! The Huns have just been subdued, and the hearts of the people are undecided, so if there is no order from me, let's stay there first! Murong Jun thought for a while and said: "With Murong Ping to act as a think tank for the fourth child, there shouldn't be any problems, when the time is ripe, take Yanmen and enter the customs to help Xiangguo." ”

"Entering the customs from Yanmen?" The men were taken aback.

"In this way, Ran Min arranged to explore the horses near Youzhou, and he couldn't find the traces of our soldiers and horses going south! How else could he be prepared? ”

Murong Jun's subordinates couldn't help but exclaim: "Your Majesty, you are really a good plan!" ”

"Ran Min is very good at using soldiers, I have to be cautious! Wait! Wait for Shi Jian to come and ask for me! At that time, I will not only destroy Ran Min, but also Youzhou! Hahaha! ”

......

Outside the city of Xiangguo, there are still some corpses that have not had time to be recovered, and they are scorched everywhere and full of devastation.

Shi Jian stood at the head of the city, looked outside, and said, "Today is the third day that Ran Min has stopped attacking!" The quieter it is, the more uneasy it is in the king's heart! ”

"After losing the siege for eighteen consecutive days, Ran Min must have lost his morale. So Lao Chen estimated that in the next few days, he would definitely not attack again! We also took the opportunity to recuperate! Gao Shangzhi stroked his beard and said.

"Fortunately, there are soldiers who are desperately defending the city, and now Xiangguo is still impregnable! Judging from the end of the general, Ran Min has exhausted his donkey skills, and there is no way to break the city! Wang Luan said confidently.

"I'm afraid it's too early to make a conclusion at this time!" Shi Jian looked at Wang Luan and said, "General Wang, don't forget the pain if you don't have a good scar!" You just suffered a big loss from Ran Min, and you dare to underestimate him so soon? ”

"The last general will not dare to ......"

"Has the person sent Xianbei to deliver a letter to Murong Jun ever returned?" Shi Jian asked.

"Not yet! The last general guessed that most of them were intercepted and killed halfway! Now Ran Min has controlled all the channels between Xiangguo and the outside world! If you want to ask for help, I'm afraid it's not that easy! ”

Gao Shangzhi said: "It stands to reason that the Xianbei people should know what is happening in Xiangguo now, but they have not sent reinforcements so far, which shows that they have hidden evil intentions and have other plans." ”

"This king has already guessed this!" Shi Jian sighed and said, "Wait and see!" The solution is a human figure! ”

Everyone nodded silently, and at this time, a person came up from the city tower and shouted, "Your Highness!" There is a case! ”

Shi Jian and the others hurriedly turned back, and one of Wang Luan's subordinates came to report: "Your Highness! The subordinates found out that there was a situation in Ran Min's camp! ”

"What's the situation? Let's take it into detail! Shi Jian commanded.

"Since the day before yesterday, Ran Min's subordinates began to set up a simple lookout around the barracks, and now the earthen walls around the barracks are more than one person high, like a walled city! There are people on the perimeter who patrol day and night. ”

"What the hell does this Ran Min want to do?" Shi Jian was a little stunned all of a sudden, and he couldn't guess Ran Min's intentions at all.

"The subordinates also saw that in addition to the actions in the barracks, it seems that many soldiers are reclaiming wasteland, and it seems that they are planning to plant some crops and so on!"

"Lao Chen understands!" Gao Shangzhi frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Ran Min is planning to trap us!" He blocked all our connections with the outside world, and then set up cantonments, just to kill us! It seems that Ran Min already knows that our grain and grass are only enough for four months at most! After four months, the food and grass will run out, and the city will be destroyed! ”

Wang Luan waved his hand at the hem of his hand and signaled to retreat, Shi Jian did not speak, but his face was not very good at this time, and he walked away without saying a word.

Gao Shangzhi and Wang Luan followed behind Shi Jian, Shi Jian didn't speak, and they didn't dare to speak. But both of them understood that the news they had just found out was tantamount to making matters worse for Shi Jian, and Ran Min's move was undoubtedly the best decision in the current situation.

Four months, only four months can only support four months, where should Xiangguo go? How should Shi Jian lead his subordinates to solve the current crisis? Lead the army to fight Ran Min head-on? No, Shi Jian didn't have the slightest certainty of a positive victory in his heart. At this moment, Shi Jian couldn't help sighing, but it was a pity that he didn't have a fierce general with ten thousand enemies under his command, otherwise, he might still have the strength to fight.

They wanted Xianbei's reinforcements to go south, but Ran Min had blocked all their ways out, and the Murong clan would never be so kind.

Xiangguo was surrounded by Ran Min, and it took another month, at this time, the north had entered winter, and the weather was getting colder, but it was not only the temperature that was low, but also the morale.

Shi Jian walked on the top of the city, and almost all the soldiers were listless, as if they had acquiesced to the final possible death, and had no fighting spirit. In this month, Ran Min's soldiers and horses did not attack once, but this kind of calm made everyone feel depressed and almost suffocated. The fear and anxiety all day long makes people feel cowardly.

Rather than waiting for death in despair like this, everyone would rather Ran Min's soldiers and horses come to attack the city, because at least then they might still have a chance.

But Ran Min didn't send any more troops.

"Your Highness, it's not a way to continue to consume like this! I'm afraid that we don't have to wait for us to run out of food and grass, and our military spirit will already be scattered! Gao Shangzhi stood beside Shi Jian and said.

Shi Jian nodded silently and said, "This king knows!" Now the problem is not only Ran Min, but also ourselves! ”

"Look at these soldiers, they seem to have lost their fighting spirit!" Gao Shangzhi looked at Shi Jian and said, "Your Highness, perhaps in the past month, we have sent the wrong signal to the soldiers. ”

"What do you mean?" Shi Jian turned his head and asked.

"We passed on the nervousness, anxiety and restlessness to them!"

"But the king didn't say anything! Even to Wang Luan, he never reprimanded him! ”

Gao Shangzhi nodded and said, "Your Highness really didn't say anything, but people's eyes will convey thoughts!" What our eyes tell the soldiers is that there is nothing to be done! After a long time, it will definitely mess up the morale of the army! ”

"But right now, there's really nothing we can do!"

"That's right! But even so, we should probably change our thinking! The noble pursed his lips and gently pinched his beard.

"What do you think?" Shi Jian asked.

"Ran Min is draining our fighting spirit and patience! Force us to fight him! If we are immersed in this mood and cannot extricate ourselves, Your Highness, soon, you will also give the order to go out of the city to meet the battle! ”

"Don't hide it, you did get it right! In the past two days, this king has indeed had such a thought! ”

"Hurry up and dispel such thoughts!"

"But emotionally frustrating, it's not like control can be controlled! If there is no hope for the soldiers, the situation will only get worse! ”

Gao Shangzhi frowned slightly, and said: "All along, it seems that the battle situation has been controlled by Ran Min, has His Highness considered a question?" ”

"What's the problem?"

"What is the mentality of Ran Min's subordinates now?"

"Ran Min's subordinates?" Shi Jian took a deep breath, looked at Gao Shangzhi, and said, "This king seems to understand what the adults mean!" ”

"For a whole month, there has been no battle between our two sides, and our soldiers have begun to decline, but the old minister believes that Ran Min's subordinates must have relaxed their vigilance at this moment!"

"Your Excellency wants to sneak up on Ran Min's camp?" Shi Jian asked.

"Nope! Not a big battalion! It's the crops they cultivate! According to the information obtained by the previous Tanma, only the troops in this place are their weakest! Ran Min wants to consume us, then we will let him have no way back! If it succeeds, the situation will change. ”