At night, the dense forest in the northeast corner of the two ends is blazing, and the heavy snow and fire in the second half of the night are like a hellish scene.

In front of the shouts and killings of the Zhou people all over the mountains, Wang Meng led the team and smoothly entered the two Wangcheng from the rear.

Everything was as Bai Ling expected, the Jin soldiers did not pursue at night, and when they waited until the next morning, all they were left with was a piece of scorched earth and the corpses of their companions.

At dawn, Wang Meng and Shao Xian Ling were riding horses to patrol the streets at both ends.

Shao Kuan looked at the people queuing up not far away to receive the porridge, and breathed a sigh of relief with some fear, "Fortunately, you came, otherwise I really don't know what would have happened last night......

"I was about to ask you," Wang Meng looked at his old friend, "weren't there more than 10,000 defenders in the city yesterday afternoon?" Why are there only more than 3,000 people left? ”

"They and you are walking on the front and back, you go to Yanzhou, they go to Zhuozhou," Shao Kuan raised his sleeves and stirred his eyes, "There are more than 3,000 permanent troops on both sides, and no matter how much they are, it is not easy to supply." ”

Wang Meng's heart was tight, and he didn't know what the current situation of the team going to Zhuozhou was.

"That's it," Wang Meng shook his head, "it's better if there are fewer people." So much grain has already been burned, and if there are more than 10,000 mouths at this time, you are afraid that you will be even more worried. ”

"I've never been afraid of food." Shao Kuan said in a low voice, "I won't hide it from you, the granaries on the ground have been newly built in the past two years. The places where the real grain was stored at both ends were underground, all of which were left by Lord Wei back then. ”

Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, "How many?" ”

"You don't care how much, it's not a problem to survive this winter anyway." Shao Kuan said softly.

"What happened to the riots in the city yesterday?" Wang Meng frowned, "Since there is no shortage of anything, what are the people making trouble about?" ”

"I said yesterday that no one believed me." Shao Kuan looked at Wang Meng, "I have arrested several suspicious thorns who instigated the people to break through the city gate, and they are still on trial in prison......

Before Shao Kuan's words fell, there was a slight commotion in the queue to receive porridge on the side of the two, and the two of them followed the prestige, and saw a soldier rush to the place where everyone was gathered, and scolded the person who cut the queue to roll to the back of the line.

The food procession returned to order.

"The first time you sent someone, it was really not that I didn't want to open the door to your people, I really couldn't handle it." Shao Kuan sighed, "The artillery fire in the west rang out all night, and some people took advantage of the night to spread rumors, which made people panic, and the people packed up their softness, and all gathered at the east gate and the south gate to run. ”

Wang Meng suddenly realized, "No wonder when I led the troops into the city last night, so many people welcomed me, and I wondered, at this time, you still want to arrange this?" ”

Shao Kuan laughed loudly.

Everything yesterday was passed by lightly in the conversation and laughter between the two.

Although the crisis is far from being resolved, everything seems to be in response to the phrase "the road to heaven and no one is endless".

The heavy snow began to fall last night and has not stopped until now, and every household has taken out their own water utensils to collect fresh snow on eaves, branches, and stones.

All the water intakes in the city were blocked, and a small group of spontaneous people, escorted by officers and soldiers, carefully went out of the city to find an old canal in the east of the city that had been abandoned for several years—the old canal was drawn from the mountains and forests, and it was only later that each neighborhood dug its own water intake well, and it gradually dried up.

Overnight, after learning that reinforcements had arrived, the two heads regained some vitality.

After seeing a few food relief points, Wang Meng and Shao Kuan headed towards the military camp in the north of the city again, and Bai Ling and his party had returned.

Several young people didn't have time to wash up, and their faces were still covered with smoke and dust, and when they saw Wang Meng and Shao Kuan, several people stepped forward to salute at the same time.

"Why are you still waiting here," Wang Meng frowned, "I should go and rest now." ”

"No," Xue Zi'an shook his head, "Mr. Xiao said that he wanted to wait for my brother to come back, and a few of us wanted to wait too." ”

Shao Kuan twisted his beard, wanted to say something, and forcibly pressed down the idea of opening his mouth.

Shortly after Wang Meng led his troops into the city last night, the ambush of the Jin soldiers in the northeast corner was also very triumphant, but soon after entering the city, the young Wei brother proposed that he should send an envoy to the Jin camp to see who the main general on the opposite side was.

This reminded Shao Kuan, after all, in the past, the two armies clashed, and the vanguard officers of the Jin people rushed to the front, but now this time they have been besieged for a day and a night, and the main general on the opposite side has not yet appeared.

At that time, Shao Kuan was vigorously opposed, because the gold thieves had never had the tradition of "two armies fighting without beheading", unless they had something to say to bring them back to Zhoudi, they would rarely leave the lives of the envoys, and now since the generals were safe, why should they send one person to death.

However, what surprised Shao Kuan the most was that Wang Meng really listened to this suggestion in the end, you must know that Wang Meng had suffered this loss in his early years.

- "Tonight's ambush in the jungle, as well as the previous rescue in Stone Monkey Town, are all the ideas of this Mr. Wei, and I am willing to take another risk." ”

That's what Wang Meng said at that time.

However, if it was already dawn today, the envoys who left the city last night and the young soldier Xue Ziping, who escorted the envoys together, did not come back.

"Could something be wrong?" A guard behind Wang Meng said softly, "It's all this time......

"No, it won't." Bai Ling said softly, "Actually, it's not too late at this time, because I told them before sending them out of the city last night, don't rush back when they leave the Jin Bing camp, and wait and see where no one is nearby for an hour before leaving." ”

"Wait and see what?"

"Wait and see if the Jin soldiers will retreat." Bai Ling said softly.

Shao Kuan choked and immediately coughed.

The whole camp was silent, and several other people also looked at Bai Ling with some incredulous eyes.

"Mr. Wei may ...... Not very familiar with the situation in Northland. Shao Kuan opened his mouth, but instead of looking at Bai Ling, he turned his gaze to Wang Meng, and the meaning of that gaze was very clear—are you really sure that this young man is not coming here?

"This ......" Wang Meng was also slightly choked by Bai Ling's words, "Why do you say that?" ”

Bai Ling thought for a while, "Let's put it this way, I'll ask the two adults a question......

"What?"

"If our army is now facing off against the gold thieves—"

"Aren't we fighting the gold thief right now?" On the side, Xue Zi'an interrupted.

"Don't interrupt." Wang Meng said with a frown.

Xue Zi'an sank the corners of his mouth and covered his mouth with both hands.

Bai Ling smiled, and then quickly retracted his smile.

"If our army is facing off against the gold thieves, and our army has the upper hand at the moment, and the other side seems to be constantly mobilizing troops and equipment, it seems that it will be several days before it is ready to stop...... At this time, may I ask Lord Shao, what will you do? ”