By the time Wang Hanxin arrived at the front line in Busan with his troops and grain and grass, the time had already entered late June. At this time, the Gaoding side was in a dilemma: the Mingyi monks in Busan City still couldn't hold out, relying on the city's sufficient food reserves to continue to resist, Gaoding besieged Busan for nearly a year, during which the consumption of the Silk Country was far greater than that of Busan City, and the supply line of up to 2,000 miles back and forth made the troops always on the verge of supply difficulties, coupled with the constant harassment of the rebel army, the situation was even more difficult, and the long-term siege operation not only made the morale of the troops low, but more importantly, as the weather warmed, Plagues have occurred one after another, and if it were not for the proper arrangements everywhere on the Gaoding border, I am afraid that the besieging troops would have lost most of their combat personnel. The grain and grass sent by Wang Hanxin can undoubtedly greatly boost morale, and Gao Dingbian was even more overjoyed when he heard the news.

The brothers, who had been reunited for a long time, held each other's hands tightly as soon as they met, and they didn't say a word for a long time. In the end, it was Wang Hanxin who opened his mouth first: "Big brother, this time my brother has overstepped his responsibilities, and he has offended a lot." ”

Gao Ding pushed him: "What nonsense, our brother still cares about these false names?" To be honest, I really have no way to deal with this Busan City, if I attack it without casualties tens of thousands of people, I can't take it, but it is estimated that it will take at least half a year to besiege them, but our army has been stationed in the field for a long time, and now it is demoralized and riddled with diseases, and even if they are finished with siege, we will be exhausted. You must have come here with some ideas, right? ”

Wang Hanxin touched his nose and smiled: "It's not that there is no way, it's just that the eldest brother is going to scold me again." ”

Gao Dingbian frowned and said, "What kind of poisonous and vicious method have you thought of?" ”

"Big brother, it's too ruthless for you to say that, little brother just doesn't want our brothers to suffer anymore, it's better to let the enemy suffer than let us suffer, isn't it?"

"I won't fight with you about this, if you can take this city, I won't bother with you this time. But are you really sure of that? ”

Wang Hanxin scratched his head and said with a smile: "Although I am not ten percent sure, it should be about the same." Now that the grain road has been opened, even if you don't become a big brother, your siege in the future will be much easier, so it's better to let the younger brother give it a try. ”

"Hmph, you slippery head, whatever you want, just don't interfere for your brother." Gao Ding said with a smile.

The two brothers stopped talking about the siege and drank and talked until late at night.

Early the next morning, Wang Hanxin showed the whole army the "important" weapon of his trip -- the families of the 5,000 rebels who had been captured.

He commanded the troops to escort the old and weak women and children to the city of Busan, and rode horses and shouted in Goryeo: "Listen to the people of Busan! I am the Red Tiger King Hanxin! I'm back again! I did a little bit before I came here, and that was to destroy the rebels who were causing trouble for us in the rear! That rabble is really for nothing for you outlaws! Now in front of you are the families of these rebels, and the only ones alive! You have two options. First, go out of the city before sunset to rescue these people who are bent on helping you, but I will let you all die outside the city; Second, wait until sunset, and I will send these old and weak women and children back to the west, but the account of these people will be counted on your heads! It is your cowardice that kills these women and children! ”

Gao Dingbian, who was standing in the rear, slapped his head angrily after listening to his words: "This bastard has started to mess around again, and we have become complete villains." ”

But he had already agreed to his request without interference, and at this time, even if Gao Dingbian wanted to stop Wang Hanxin, he would no longer listen.

As the minutes passed, the women and children in the city felt more and more desperate, and their cries became louder and louder. On the other hand, the city of Busan had already exploded, and the soldiers' desire for war was almost bursting. Since the death of King Choi Jianjiang, it didn't take long for the old prime minister Park Anjae to die of illness, so Myeong-yi became the highest commander in the city. Mingyi knew that this was Wang Hanxin's poisonous ploy but was helpless, and it would not be feasible to go out of the city to rescue them: it would be impossible to rescue these hostages with a few thousand men and horses, but even if it did, there would be twice as many non-combatants at once, then the little food left in the city would inevitably run out faster, and the city of Busan would be finished; But if you don't go out of the city to rescue, letting the soldiers watch a large number of women and children being killed will definitely make morale low.

Should I leave the city or not? The soldiers in this city have already put life and death on the line, and what they do is to leave an impression on the people of Goryeo that the Goryeo people will not give in. At present, it is impossible for the country of silk to attack the city easily, and the soldiers in the city who hold out until the end will all starve to death, but if you attack now, the advantage of Busan City will become its biggest disadvantage, and the only thing that cannot be launched will be dense arrow rain and heavy casualties, so the soldiers should not be sacrificed in vain, since they can't save these women and children, then they should maintain their combat strength as much as possible. In the end, Mingyi decided to make a rescue attempt to calm the emotions of the soldiers, and then turned to holding on.

Mingyi's rescue operation did not go all out, in fact, he couldn't attack with all his strength, he led a thousand troops, including 500 shield bearers to closely protect the front, and the short knife hands in the back once they approached the women and children to start hand-to-hand combat, as much as possible to cut off the army of the Silk Country, escort the women and children into the city. There is only one requirement for Mingyi, that is, not to be greedy, to do what you can, and to preserve your strength as much as possible.

As Mingyi had predicted, as soon as his rescue force rushed out of the city gate, he was attacked by the bow and arrow of the Silk Country. The soldiers quickly rushed forward under the cover of shields, and Mingyi rushed to the front with a copper stick to shoot a rain of arrows, and quickly charged forward, seeing that the distance was getting closer and closer.

At this time, Mingyi suddenly felt that his feet were empty, and his heart was not good, so he hurriedly rose up, and shouted at the same time: "Retreat!" ”

Ming Yi jumped backwards and jumped a foot away, but the soldiers behind him were not so lucky, not to mention that they couldn't stop when they charged quickly, and even if they could, they were pushed forward by the people behind them. At this time, a big ditch suddenly appeared under their feet, and dozens of soldiers in the front row fell into it without exception, and were immediately pierced by the broken knives and guns at the bottom of the ditch!

It turned out that Wang Hanxin's plan had already started the night before, and the Chen brothers and Zhou Siyi had dug such a deep ditch in this narrow passage with three hundred soldiers in the dark, in order to prevent this attack.

Mingyi looked at this big ditch, and his heart suddenly felt half cold-such a wide and deep ditch, it was impossible for a soldier to jump over, let alone retreat after saving people. It turned out that the other party didn't want to lure the snake out of the hole to destroy himself at all, just to kill all these women and children, so why did he bother so much?

In any case, the rescue was already impossible, and Mingyi could only command the troops to retreat. (To be continued.) )