In the south of Heyang Bridge, Li Chuwen is at the highest peak of his life, as if there is no such moment of complacency and complacency.

Although he knew that this false advantage and advantage was likely to be only a rather brief moment, he still couldn't help but want to enjoy some more time.

Constantly relying on the representatives of the two camps to exist separately, and passively exerting pressure on each other to obtain more promised conditions and practical benefits.

The increasing amount of money and materials, the rising official positions and titles, and the lands and titles that have been passed down from generation to generation are also increasing step by step.

Although he knew that this was playing with fire, he and his subordinates were already deeply involved in it. At least the wine, meat, cattle and sheep sent in the whole car, as well as the women with good looks, are not vain.

In contrast, the Beiguan City on the other side of the Yellow River is attacked from time to time, and the attack on the narrow bridge deck is like a death, which has become a daily routine of crazy enjoyment and fun, the best embellishment and decoration.

It's just that he lost dozens of his men in yesterday's attack, which inevitably affected his mood a little.

Now he is trapped here in disguise, outside the Nanguan City is the home field of the Southern Dynasty Liang grasped and controlled, and the direction of the road on the other side of the Hebei is the stronghold of the Northern Dynasty's diehards.

The little death of these followers under his command can be said to be a little less valuable power that cannot be replenished at all. Therefore, he had to adopt a more conservative strategy and a relatively passive defensive position in the near future to preserve his vitality as much as possible.

At the same time, it is also an opportunity to stimulate and urge those representatives of the southern dynasties to make more concessions and commitments, or better guarantee measures.

After all, even if he no longer insisted on going to Hebei, but initially accepted the strategic deployment of eating Henan, retaining considerable autonomy and coordinating with the Liang as a whole, it was similar to the conditions of the Ping Domain.

But how can he guarantee that the other party, after taking over the two guancheng he occupies as he wishes, will not temporarily turn his face and regret it, and casually annihilate him, a lone army with no external support and no foundation inside, on the road to Henan.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the city, which unceremoniously interrupted his memories and remembrances, and then a cronie ran to Li Chuwen and shouted in a bit of embarrassment

"Something happened,"

"Something happened outside the city......"

"Something happened to the envoy of the Liang Dynasty who came from outside the city......"

After half a ring,

Li Chuwen could only look at it with bitterness, but the corpses that were abandoned near the city gate after being cut and killed were a little overwhelmed and hesitant;

He tried to sway the plan of Fengyuan and the approach of the first rat, but in the end he still played with fire. Although he tried to arrange and stagger the envoys and representatives of the two camps, the time and number of times they entered Nanguan City.

But apparently there were still some hand tails and traces that were inevitably left, so something went wrong this time.

The small group of men and horses escorting the negotiators sent by Luodu actually laid an ambush outside the city at some point, and took advantage of their unpreparedness to attack the messengers of the Southern Dynasty.

And Li Chuwen in Guancheng fell into a predicament, and when he wanted to re-persuade and win the trust of the Southern Dynasty, he would send enough representatives to protect him again, but it was not so simple, but he was afraid that it would take a lot of twists and turns.

However, this also made him completely determined to fall to a certain side, but his determination did not last long after it was given.

Immediately after that, the news of the loss of Zhongguancheng that night suddenly gave him a blow to the head.

In fact, these enemies actually used the corpses piled up on the bridge deck and did not have time to clean up as a cover overnight.

The crampedness of Zhongguancheng on the sandbar in the river itself made Li Chuwen's troops stationed at only more than 1,000 people in the past, and then accumulated corresponding casualties and fatigue after continuous attacks on the north bank. It also gave these sneak enemies from the north shore a chance to give full play.

It was almost touched in front of the other party, climbed up to the top of the city, and then there was a tragic and abnormal hand-to-hand combat and bitter fighting, but the follow-up enemy soldiers who continued to rush across the bridge eventually became the straw that broke the camel's back.

And Li Chuwen even sent out reinforcements, but they were defeated and retreated after entering Zhongguan City, and more than three or four of them fled back again.

At this moment, the men and horses available to him were less than two thousand, including the wounded.

It was only after dawn that he saw the desperate scene on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Faintly shrouded in the morning mist, there were boundless flags and armor lights, as if the entire north bank of the Yellow River had squirmed and come to life......

And the big banner that appeared in Zhongguan City made him a little heartbroken, or at this moment, he couldn't help but be discouraged......

South of the city of Luodu, near the bridge of the central city of the temporary Chinese army.

"The new 10,000 people have been exhausted?"

Zhang Shuye looked at a sign that had been taken down on the urban defense map.

"It's not all gone, there are still 12 out of 10 left, and they have been added to the army nearby."

A military official explained respectfully.

"Then another 10,000 people will be levied to cross the river,"

He replied without hesitation,

"Isn't there a 200,000 household registration under the management of the north of the city, at least 100,000 of the young and strong people who can be used......

In the eyes of Zhang Shuye, who has experienced countless battles of life and death and the rights and wrongs of the court, these people under the city are just a few numbers in the military newspapers, or resources that are generally consumed by cattle, horses, food, and grass.

The only difference is how many casualties and hindrances they can inflict on the enemy before they are completely exhausted.

As the previous time when Luodu was almost on the verge of extinction, the profound lesson left behind was that it was not able to fully organize and effectively use the people of the city, who accounted for the majority of the population, but just blindly allowed them to starve to death and freeze to death, but they were never able to become an obstacle and trouble to the enemy army.

It was with the corresponding preparations and specific measures for defending the city this time that it became extremely severe, in order to make the greatest use of and squeeze the value of these urban households; At least the urban households that have not been assigned to the management and have obtained the corresponding identity number are not eligible to live at all.

Not only is it not maintained with the most basic daily rations, but once it is found, it will be punished with a heavy sentence, and the whole family will be assigned to slaves. Therefore, in the past few days, thousands of heads of all kinds have been cut off one after another along the Luoshui coast on the grounds of "sabotage", "evasion", and "non-nationalism".

Even their family members and relatives, who lack the ability to fight, will be strictly guarded and used as daily hard and tedious chores, as a kind of disguised guarantee and supervision for these people.

However, all these various measures were taken through the many battles between the armies of the Eastern Front and the Huaidong Army over the years, as well as frequent espionage methods, that they obtained some specious experience and a special product of trying to learn from the enemy's strengths under the tightly controlled system of Huaidong.

It is also the confidence and guarantee to defend Luodu; As for the contradictions that may rebound and intensify under high pressure, or some hidden dangers that will accumulate in the future, they are not an unacceptable price and result compared to the basic goal of holding Luodu until winter;

Don't you see the enemy of Huaidong, isn't it safe and ruotai's control and maintenance to the current situation.

He thought about the news that suddenly came from the front, and the southern army, which was in the middle of the battle, suddenly began to shrink its forces and moved to the nearest consolidation.