The food and grass of the soldiers have been exhausted, and the rations of Xu Yu and other officials at the previous level can only last for a few days, and the entire Yuan army has already collapsed, and the collapse is imminent. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The eldest prince, now the grain and grass are completely cut off, and the soldiers are afraid that they will not be able to hold on for another day or two, and they will all starve to death. Xu You gasped and admonished.

Ju Yi and the other civil and military officers gasped and agreed, looking at Yuan Tan with begging eyes, hoping that he would agree.

Yuan Tan, who had a blue face, muttered for a long time, but said coldly: "Sticking to Liyang was originally the only hope for my son to regain the trust of his father, but now if I give up halfway and abandon the city and flee, even if I can escape alive, what face do I have to go to see my father again." ”

In Yuan Tan's iron-blooded words, there was also a faint hint of helplessness and tragedy.

Xu You was about to cry, panting and persuading: "Liyang has been besieged for five months, the news has been cut off, and the lord has not come to save us for a long time, maybe he knows our predicament and wants us to abandon the city and retreat north, but the news can't be transmitted." ”

Ju Yi and other civil and military officers were busy and followed.

Yuan Tan sighed, pointed to the map and said: "Liyang is the gateway to Hebei, once Liyang is lost, the army of Zhang Thief can drive straight into Yecheng and take Yecheng, and nothing can stop his troops." The survival of Liyang, it can be said that the Song family is the survival of Hebei, how can the father give up, Zhang Ziyuan, don't deceive yourself anymore. ”

Yuan Tan broke the facts, and Xu You was speechless.

"However, now that the food and grass are exhausted, the soldiers will starve to death in a few days, even if the eldest prince insists on guarding it, what will he use to defend it?" Ju Yi fought hard and said loudly.

Yuan Tan's body trembled and fell silent again.

In the face of cruel facts, Ren Zhong's empty talk is all floating clouds, and the soldiers are dead, can he call Yuan Tan, the commander of the light pole, to guard Liyang alone?

The princes and warriors suddenly joined in, all of them complained, and the hall once again set off a boom in breaking through.

Looking at the noisy generals in the hall, Yuan Tan frowned, revealing a look of disgust, and suddenly shouted: "Shut up for me, whoever dares to retreat will be killed!" ”

In the lobby, it suddenly became silent, everyone closed their mouths, not daring to squeak anymore, but their dissatisfied eyes glared at Yuan Tan.

After taking a deep breath, Yuan Tan raised his hand and pointed out of the hall, his eyes burst with a fierce light like a beast, and said coldly: "There are mountains of grain and grass outside, are you still afraid that there will be no food." ”

Mountains of grain and grass?

Everyone was stunned, thinking that the eldest prince in front of them was stunned, and the grain and grass were obviously exhausted, not to mention piled up, not even a bag.

In Xu You's eyes, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed, as if he had guessed something.

"General Ju, how many people are still alive in the city?" Yuan Tan looked at Ju Yi.

Ju Yi was stunned for a moment, I don't know why he suddenly remembered the life and death of the people of Song Xin at this time, he paused for a moment, and said: "In recent months, more than 5,000 people have starved to death, except for those who escaped and were captured and beheaded, there are probably 4,000 people alive, but these people only have one breath left." ”

"Four thousand, that's enough......"

Yuan Tan nodded slightly, with a meaningful look in his eyes, "Do you remember that when my son said that it would never be a burden for us to keep these people in the city?" ”

The crowd was at a loss, not knowing what was going on in his mind.

Yuan Tan took a deep breath and said coldly: "Now, it's time for these Diao people to do their part for my Yuan family, so I will arrest them all and use them as military food to relieve the hunger of the soldiers." ”

The crowd was in an uproar. ⊥，

Only then did they understand what Yuan Tan meant, the eldest son of the Yuan family, actually wanted to use human flesh as military food and give them food.

"Eldest prince, how can this be done, how can human flesh be eaten, then we will not become animals." Xu Yu hurriedly objected.

"Yes, eldest prince, how can we eat human flesh." Ju Yi also objected in a deep voice, "If this is spread, what is the reputation of the eldest prince, it will definitely become a stain on the eldest prince's life." ”

Yuan Tan said coldly: "Fame is in the future, life is now, if I can't live and defend Liyang, even if I have the reputation of a saint, I have a fart use." ”

Yuan Tan's straightforward words choked everyone speechless, and they didn't know how to respond, so they could only be silently shocked.

They are all smart people, and they all know that in the face of life, everything is a floating cloud.

If it is said that a scribe like Xu Yu still has the heart of Lilong's honesty, it seems that Ju Yi and other iron-blooded soldiers who killed in the corpse pile do not have so many scruples.

Since it has reached the point of last resort, eating human flesh is not unacceptable to the hearts of soldiers like them.

"As long as I can keep Liyang, as long as I can make my son regain the trust of my father, I will not hesitate to pay any price!" Yuan Tan drank resolutely, "It's decided, tonight you will go your own way and get military rations for your subordinates." ”

Yuan Tan was decided, and everyone had to shut up, and Ju Yi and other generals took orders and left silently.

Xu You also had nothing to say, shook his head and sighed and turned away, and when he stepped out of the door, he turned around and glanced at Yuan Tan secretly, and a trace of imperceptible color flashed in his eyes.

Fainting.

Yuan Tan's order had been conveyed to the battalions, and the hungry soldiers, after the initial shock, all fell silent and began to sharpen their knives silently, preparing for tonight's slaughter.

Even the eldest prince who has read the books of sages has no scruples, they don't know a single big word, and they join the army just to eat for a small amount of food, what else can't they let go.

Anyway, those people in the city, they don't know any of them, and they eat them, as long as they don't eat their relatives.

Today's Liyang City is surprisingly quiet, the Zhou army surprisingly did not use artillery bombardment, and the creepy sound of sharpening knives echoed in the deathly quiet Liyang City.

The news that the army was going to attack them and use them as rations soon spread to the ears of the surviving civilians.

The frightened people began their last dying throes, desperately trying to build the city and flee.

Yuan Tan had already taken precautions, and had ordered strict inspections along the front line of the city in advance, and once the people of Xingcheng were captured, they would be immediately dragged into the camp for slaughter.

Yuan Tan thought that these Diao people in his eyes were born servile, and even if they died, they would never dare to resist, so they could only be like lambs, allowing him to slaughter.

This time, he was wrong.

At night, Yuan Tan, who was cooking wine in the house to keep warm, suddenly got an emergency military report from the south gate: