In today's Yaojia Village, almost all the young and middle-aged people are brave and good at fighting, and they are all loyal to Yao Lichang. After all, it was Yao Lichang who gave them a stable and peaceful life and protected the safety of their homeless people. Even the general of Yuan Yingcheng, who was sent by Jin Chong to help Yaojia Village train the militia, was gagged by Yao Hei'er's yellow and white things, and was dazzled, and reported to Chu Xiang and Jin Chong more than once that Yao Zhen, the head of Yaojia Village, was loyal to the imperial court and devoted himself to the two adults.

Chu Xiang and Jin Chong are naturally more at ease.

Relying on inexhaustible iron resources, the militia force in Yaojia Village, which has reached 2,000 people, has very sophisticated equipment. In addition, Yao Hei'er also secretly built a lot of other weapons and stored a lot of grain and grass.

Late that night, Yuanying City, which had been besieged for three months, was already a little numb to the soldiers patrolling the city. They were lying on the battlements of the city wall, while absentmindedly looking down at the silent Li Gong military camp opposite, and chatting with some surprise: "Hey! Why hasn't the other side attacked the city these days? ”

"What are you talking about? Do you still expect them to attack the city? Think you've lived too long? ”

"What's so strange about that? Commander Jin said that their food and grass are not enough, maybe they are hungry and have no strength! ”

"Then in this way, will it not be long before they can withdraw from the army?"

"Almost, right? I think the barracks on the other side seem to have decreased in the past two days, and they may have been slowly withdrawing their troops, right? ”

"Amitabha! Buddha bless! Let's get to the end! It's been a hard day! ”

Suddenly, a cold arrow pierced the sky and shot at the soldiers who were chatting. Several people screamed in surprise and hurriedly dodged. But it was clear that this cold arrow was not meant to hurt them.

The cold arrow stepped over the battlement and fell to the ground of the wall.

A soldier scolded and said, "Who is so short-sighted? I didn't see anyone! ”

The other said, "Hey, stop scolding, there seems to be a letter on this arrow." ”

The leader took down the letter and said, "Which of you knows how to read?" Look at what is written above? ”

Another said: "None of us know how to read, no matter what we write, this letter is to be presented to adults, hurry up and send it to adults, there is nothing wrong with it!" ”

Jin Chong and Chu Xiang were embarrassed by this letter.

Yao Zhen, the head of Yaojia Village, told them in a letter that because he saw that the rebels had been besieging the city for three months, he was afraid that there would be a shortage of grain and grass in the city, so he prepared 1,000 carts of grain and grass around the city, and also turned all the recently smelted iron in the mountains into arrows to supply the city for war preparations. Ask the two adults to put them into the city at their convenience, so that they can use all the supplies.

In the end, Yao Zhen also sincerely pleaded guilty: without the permission of the imperial court, he built weapons privately, but all out of loyalty to the country, and asked the two adults to ask the imperial court to pardon Yao Zhen's crime after breaking the enemy.

For Yao Zhen's loyalty, the two adults did not doubt it at all. But should they be let in?

Yuanying City is indeed not short of grain and grass, because there is a very large granary in the east of the city, which not only supplies Yuanying City, but also several nearby states and counties. Moreover, in the past few years, because of the iron ore field in Yuanyingcheng, it is equivalent to having silver, except for the one handed over to the treasury, the rest is also very considerable. Chu Xiang and Jin Chongtun have more and more grain and grass.

However, Yuan Ying City lacked a very important thing - the arrows transported by Yao Zhen.

In order to repel Li Gong's army, the most expensive thing in the city was arrows. Today, there is almost no stock. In the first few times Li Gong attacked the city, Jin Chong relied on rolling wood and stones, and even the bedding and clothes of the residents in the city were searched and lit, and when the fireball was thrown down, the enemy army was repulsed. Jin Chong was reluctant to use the arrows as a last resort, but even so, the arrows in the city were almost exhausted.

This is the most troublesome thing for Jin Chong.

However, if Yao Zhen is allowed to enter the city, will Li Gong seize the opportunity and attack it in one go?

Don't let Yao Zhen enter the city? It doesn't seem to work either. Yao Zhen said in the letter that they were only thirty miles away from Li Gong's army, and they could be discovered by Li Xun's people at any time. How could that weak militia team be Li Gong's opponent? If Li Gong robbed the grain, grass and arrows, Li Spring would have the capital to attack the city, but Yuanying City would not be able to afford it.

What to do? They were reluctant to let Yao Zhen go back, and they didn't dare to let Yao Zhen enter the city.

Chu Xiang and Jin Chong, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to make a rash decision.

In the end, Jin Chongyi slapped the table and said, "That's it, I will carry this responsibility on my back, and quietly send someone out to deliver the letter, and order Yao Zhen and them to quietly enter the city from the south gate tomorrow." ”

Jin Chong is in charge of the military, and if the city is lost, he will bear the brunt of the crime, which is a problem he must consider. Li Gong came from the north, and the soldiers besieging the city at the south gate were significantly smaller.

Chu Xiang shook his head and said, "Commander Jin, I see that in the past few days, the army on the other side seems to be decreasing, maybe they won't last long, why don't we let Yao Zhen go back." ”

Jin Chong said anxiously: "Lord Chu likes to read the subset of scriptures and history, and he doesn't read much of the military books, so maybe he doesn't know that there is a plan in the military books to 'increase the number of troops and reduce the stove'?" Li Gong has rebelled, there is no reason to retreat, he seems to reduce the army, but in fact it is paralyzing us, if Yao Zhen is allowed to go back, there are no arrows in the city, how to defend the city? ”

Chu Xiang, who was born in the former science Tanhua, has always been conceited and full of wealth, and when he heard Jin Chong say that he didn't read military books, he showed a displeased look on his face, and said coldly: "Since Commander Jin is familiar with military books and battle strategies, and the matter of defending the city, I, a weak scholar, can't help much." See for yourself! ”

Jin Chong, a military general, was already impatient, and always thought that scholars were sour and rotten, and when he saw Chu Xiang pull his face down, he said impatiently: "Lord Chu just needs to warm up in the red silk tent in the room, and he will be born and die for the country, and he will have us rough people!" ”

The two parted unhappily.

Jin Chong immediately wrote a letter, telling Yao Zhen that he was going to enter the city from the south gate tomorrow, and then sent a clever cronie to quietly put down the rope from the city head under the cover of night, and ordered him to deliver the letter to Yao Chen's station.

The next day, Jin Chong climbed to the top of the southern city, and saw that the soldiers besieging the city in front of him seemed to have decreased, so he became more and more relieved, and said secretly: "Whether you increase your troops or reduce them, or if you really want to withdraw your troops, as long as I take the arrows into the city tonight, I will have nothing to fear!" ”

Walking down the city, he made strict arrangements in the city, while arranging people to prepare to meet Yao Zhen, he ordered people to guard it, and ordered people to carefully observe the movements of Li Xuanbing, and if he found that they showed signs of moving south, he would report them immediately!

In the middle of the night, there was silence inside and outside Yuanying South City. It happened to be a cloudy day again, and the four fields were pitch black. In the camp tents of Li Gong's army scattered outside Yuanying City, there was no light at all, and I think the soldiers were asleep.

With three crisp cuckoo chirps, the south gate of Yuanying City quietly opened. In order to allow the city gate, which could only be opened with a loud "creak" in the past, to be opened silently, Jin Chong ordered the soldiers in charge of the city gate to pour no amount of sesame oil on the various organs that opened the city gate.

A swarthy procession rushed in along the open gate. Jin Chong, who was watching not far away, suddenly felt shocked in his heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Fast! Close the gates! Close the gates! ”

Where else can it be?

As Jin Chong shouted, a deafening shout of killing came from this dark team. I don't know when the torch lit up.

The sound of guns and bayonets, the sound of arrows piercing the night sky, the shouts of soldiers, the neighing of horses......

Jin Chong, who was under the reflection of the torch, looked at everything in front of him in despair, and with a "choking" sound, he pulled out the sword at his waist and laid it across his neck.