Chapter 256: Four-sided water soup
Although Yan Liang made a decision in the face of danger, there was still not a lot of grain and grass left, and when it was transported to Yuan's camp, the remaining grain and grass was not enough for the operation of the army, and the daily needs were very reluctant.
Not to mention the large army fighting, so it is impossible for Yuan Shao to take Yuyang County in the short term, at least a month, and what makes Yuan Shao feel even worse is that Yuan Jun was shipwrecked when he went to sea in Liaodong.
Only a few ships came back, if Yuan Xi hadn't survived, Yuan Shao would have vomited blood in anger, and Feng Ao also returned to Yuan Shao's side smoothly, but maybe Feng Ao proposed to go to sea.
Yuan Shao did not continue to keep Feng Ao by his side, but left Feng Ao by Yuan Xi's side, from the deputy of the pro-soldier to the commander of the pro-soldiers beside Yuan Xi.
Feng Ao could only lurk beside Yuan Xi first, Yuan Shao's side had to plan carefully, the matter on Yuan Shao's side reached Zhang Xiang's ears, Zhang Xiang was ecstatic and Yuan Shao was pressing step by step, no one was more anxious than Zhang Xiang.
A month also relieved Zhang Xiang's urgent need, Monza made great contributions in this battle, Zhang Xiang gave him his own dog sword, the dog sword is a very important symbol.
Let all the generals envy it, the meaning of the dog sword is very special, so Zhang Xiang can't give the dog sword to a particularly important general, so there is a possibility that the tail will not be lost, Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe is added to the body in addition to his plan.
There is also a very important reason that he is already too big in the army to be promoted, so Zhang Xiang will not make this kind of mistake, and Monza will not pose a threat to himself if he gets the dog sword.
can also show his attention, it can be regarded as the best of both worlds, after Zhang Xiang entered the outer city of Chang'an, many trivial things came to the door, and Li Dao had already collected all the grain and grass in the outer city.
In other words, Li Dao left Zhang Xiang a group of refugees, and they were refugees who could not help but help, if it weren't for the strict protection of the Bingzhou army, these refugees who had been hungry for a long time would dare to grab food.
Zhang Xiang was very annoyed, in fact, Li Xiang was even more annoyed than Zhang Xiang, when Zhang Xiang attacked the outer city, Li Dao first thought of Jia Xu, he knew that Jia Xu was in the outer city, if Jia Xu had any accidents, he would have no idea.
For this reason, Li Wei also specially sent a flying bear to rescue Jia Xu, so a battle broke out in the direction of Xicheng, but unfortunately this group of flying bear riders encountered Long Ben and was easily taken down by Long Ben's wolf tooth horse.
Long Ben didn't realize the meaning behind this incident, and thought it was an ordinary encounter, so he didn't report it to Zhang Xiang, which also made Zhang Xiang lose the opportunity to recruit Jia Xu.
Li Wei waited for news in the palace for a long time, but he still didn't wait for Jia Xu to come back, until Zhang Xiang sent an army to defend the inner city, and Li Wei realized the fact that Jia Xu really couldn't come back.
Jia Xu lost Li Dao as if he had lost his backbone, but Li Dao did not forget what Jia Xu said, Li Dao decided to defend the inner city and wait until the day when Yuan Shao attacked the state, but what Li Dao didn't expect was that there was nothing lacking in the inner city, the only thing missing was water.
Most of the wells in Chang'an City are located in the outer city, which is not to say that there is no water source in the inner city, but it is not enough for so many Chang'an guards, and the palace city can be self-sufficient.
However, there are many soldiers outside the palace, so water is particularly important, and even the lake in the imperial garden in the palace city is cited, and Li Wei's subordinates are all from Liangzhou.
I am accustomed to the harsh climate, if it was a soldier from another place, it may have fallen a long time ago, and people can survive for seven or eight days without eating, but people can definitely not survive for three days without drinking water.
If you don't have anything to eat, you can find a way, after all, there are many alternatives, and there are many people in the inner city! But without water, Li Dao has not withdrawn, even if he drinks human blood, he will not quench his thirst!
Zhang Xiang has been observing these Chang'an guards outside the inner city, and gradually found that these guards have no fighting spirit, at first Zhang Xiang thought that they were besieged so their morale was low, but later Zhang Xiang found out that something was wrong.
Many of the guards became chapped lips, which was obviously a symptom of lack of water, Zhang Xiang found some local people in Chang'an, only to know that there was a lack of water in the inner city, no wonder there was such a situation.
There is a cloud in the art of war: "The upper army is the second to attack the second to attack the enemy, and the second is to attack the city." Zhang Xiang suddenly thought of a good trick to go to the army, and Zhang Xiang set up several cauldrons outside the inner city.
It is used to cook soup, soup is a good thing to both satisfy hunger and thirst, the Chang'an guards in the inner city have not drunk soup for a long time, they gnaw on hard dry food, and it is easy to swallow when there is water in the past.
Now it's no different from eating clods, the smell of soup is permeated around the inner city, and Han Xin's embattled is a truth that doesn't take a long time, Zhang Xiang also released a slogan of surrender and no killing.
And what he did before was not to blame, many Chang'an guards were moved, so there was a lot of chaos in the inner city, and Li Dao was the best way to solve the problem was to kill.
Li Dao also continued to win over various generals and gave away all the beauties he cherished, so the differences between the guards of Chang'an gradually became bigger, on the one hand, there were diehards led by generals, and they swore allegiance to Li Dao and there were quite a few of them.
There are also surrender factions, most of these people are pawns, and they are living the most difficult days, but unfortunately the strength is not strong and they can't break the city wall, and there are also swing factions who still have a trace of illusion, and this part of the people is the most.
There were even many pawns who couldn't bear it, and even chose to climb down from the city wall, only using a hemp rope as protection, and finally were found by the generals defending the city and died miserably.
But there were indeed two soldiers who survived and escaped from the inner city, Zhang Xiang also knew the situation in the inner city from their mouths, and Zhang Xiang decided to make good use of these two soldiers.
At dawn the next day, Zhang Xiang asked the firehead soldiers to make a large table of good wine and food, and let the two soldiers eat outside the inner city.
After eating Zhang Xiang's good things, he naturally wants to do things well for Zhang Xiang, the people in Liangzhou are very realistic, and naturally understand this truth, so these two soldiers kept telling Zhang Xiang about their kindness to them under the city.
At this time, a guard couldn't listen to it anymore, and shot an arrow at one of the soldiers, at this time Lu Split shot and blocked the arrow with an arrow, which caused the applause of the soldiers in the state.
How can the person Zhang Xiang want to use be easily killed by others, naturally he must protect it well, the power of these two soldiers is much better than Zhang Xiang imagined, and their narratives are very convincing.
After all, they had experienced it themselves, so many soldiers ventured out of the inner city, and they would rather fall to death than endure the feeling of hunger and thirst, and some of the guards in the inner city even deliberately cut the hemp rope.
The soldiers have been prevented from escaping, but some generals choose to hide hemp rope privately, in order to prevent future troubles, the army is the most difficult place to hide secrets, after all, food, clothing, housing and transportation are together.
This is especially true of the trapped inner city, so the private hiding of hemp rope was also known by the soldiers, and things became more and more out of control, and finally it all came to Li Dao, and Li Dao sank again.
Jia Xu is not in the door, he is even more bottomless, Li Dao can only use wine to relieve his worries, but Li Dao does not want to cheap Zhang Xiang in vain, so Li Dao still left the palace city and came to the inner city.
At this time, Li Dao was even fatter, not so much a general as a businessman, and the color of wine had made Li Dao lose his former prestige, if it weren't for Jin Kui who had always been in the palace.
So now Li Dao's body has long collapsed, Zhou Yang doesn't know that he has helped Li Dao invisibly, Zhang Xiang's eyesight is very good, and he can see Li Dao above the inner city at a glance.
Zhang Xiang immediately came to the inner city, "General Li has not seen him for many days, and he is more imposing, and your appearance now is much more pleasing to the eye than before." Li Dao knew what was going on, and he didn't want Zhang Xiang to remind him.
Li Dao: "Zhang Xiang, do you think you have won steadily?" It's true that I'm besieged by you, but don't forget that there's a bigger Yuan Shao behind you, and you'll be out sooner or later. ”
Zhang Xiang: "Pinning your hopes on others is your biggest failure, Yuan Shao did attack Yuyang County under me, but so what, Yuan Shao's grain and grass have been burned by me, at least I have a month to attack the city, can you still last a month like this?" ”
Li Dao didn't believe what Zhang Xiang said at all, and it was really ridiculous that Li Dao believed it when Zhang Xiang told a lie, and when Zhang Xiang told the truth, Li Dao didn't believe it, which is also the sad thing about Li Dao.
Li Dao: "Zhang Xiang, you treat me Li Dao as a three-year-old child, no one will believe your nonsense, grain and grass are the top priority, how can you easily succeed, full of nonsense, how can you convince the public!" ”
Zhang Xiang: "Li Dao, you are blind!" Where am I in Chang'an, if something really happens to my rear, do you think I can still stay? Me and my army of mergers are the best proof of that. ”
Li Dao was dumbfounded by Zhang Xiang's words, and the guards of Chang'an also believed Zhang Xiang's words when they saw this situation, after all, Li Dao's reaction was too obvious, and Li Dao came this time to stabilize the morale of the army.
Unexpectedly, it became self-defeating, which made the army's morale even more unstable, and even some of Li Dao's die-hard people were a little shaken, not to mention ordinary soldiers, but Li Dao was not completely brainless.
It's just that Jia Xu hasn't been around for a long time, "That Zhang Xiang, you have already admitted that you are fighting on two fronts, facing me and Yuan Shao at the same time, do you think you are sure to win?" ”
Zhang Xiang: "Can you compare with Yuan Shao?" Li Dao, you look down on yourself too much, you are like waste wood in my Zhang Xiang's eyes, I can step on it whenever I want, and you are trapped in the city is the biggest fact. ”
Zhang Xiang's words further boosted the morale of the Bingzhou army, and Li Dao was so angry that he was brain congested, "Zhang Xiang, you are an unrestrained person, dare to fight with me." Zhang Xiang didn't expect Li Dao to make such a request.
At first, Zhang Xiang felt that Li Dao was crazy, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was a blow to himself, and if he didn't fight, there might be a bad result, but even if he was fighting Li Dao now, Zhang Xiang couldn't beat him.
In order to achieve the best of both worlds, Zhang Xiang could only choose to scare, "You dare to fight with me!" I'll see how much skill you have left, and I'll fight as long as you open the gates. ”
Zhang Fei came to Zhang Xiang's side and whispered, "Third brother, you're not crazy!" Didn't you fight Li Dao and send him to death? Or I'll do it! Zhang Xiang suddenly straightened up.
showed a confident look, "Big brother, if Li Dao dares to open the city gate, you lead the troops to kill it, I am not stupid to dance knives and guns is not my specialty, big brother, you go down and prepare." ”
After Zhang Fei went down, he told the generals what Zhang Xiang thought, and the generals were worried and relieved when they saw that they were worried, they just wondered why Zhang Xiang agreed to fight the generals, it turned out that he was waiting here?
However, Zhang Xiang knew very well that the possibility of Li Dao opening the inner city was very small, unless Li Dao was really crazy, but unfortunately Li Dao was not crazy, he originally wanted to suppress the morale of the state army by fighting generals.
I didn't expect that Zhang Xiang would agree to fight the general, but put himself in a disadvantageous position, Li Wei also knew that once the inner city was opened, Chang'an might not be able to defend it, not to mention that it was himself who went out of the city.
Zhang Xiang's methods Li Dao has seen it, Li Dao knows that Zhang Xiang must want to play some tricks, so it is impossible for Li Dao to go down, Li Dao has been standing on the city wall without moving.
The guards of Chang'an didn't know Li Dao's concerns, and thought that Li Dao was afraid of Zhang Xiang, and his morale was even lower.
Zhang Xiang also saw that Li Dao had been standing on the city, "Li Dao, are you afraid, but General Li is no longer the fierce general on the spot, I heard that the general has been very chic recently, and the beauty is really enviable in the night and night, I Zhang Xiang does not have that good life, I can only sleep outside." ”
Zhang Xiang said this to the guards of Chang'an, which means that you are suffering outside, but Li Dao is enjoying inside, and Li Dao can't even refute it, because what Zhang Xiang said is the truth.
Even if it is explained, it is useless, it will only make people look down on it even more, Zhang Xiang's words resonated with the guards of Chang'an, their eyes looked at Li Dao, and a trace of murder appeared in their eyes.
Although Li Dao's strength was not as good as before, his sensitivity to murderous aura was undiminished, and they immediately felt that the atmosphere in the city was not right, and Li Dao suddenly understood that nothing could be done to let Zhang Xiang speak first.
Otherwise, anything could happen, Li Dao knew that he couldn't stay in the city now, and if he stayed, he would really be angry, and it would be even more difficult to solve it, so Li Dao left first.
At this time, Li Dao left, it was even more disgraced, no different from escaping, Li Dao knew that he would deepen his defeat by doing this, but he had nothing to do, he really missed the days of Jia Xu, Li Dao's departure and the state army were like a rainbow. (To be continued.) )