Just as the Qin family was gradually adapting to their new life, the situation in the capital had reached an extremely tense state.

The Tiger Ben Army guarded several gates in the outer city solidly, and arranged patrolling soldiers around it, so that the people in the capital could not fly at all, and completely cut off all contact with the outside world.

Mo said that Nanyan Liu Yingshi controlled the waterway to the point that the grain road was blocked, and now even if there is no Liu Yingshi, even if the emperor is willing to summon the whereabouts of that huge sum, it will be difficult for Yu Chiyan to sell grain and supplies.

The limited food in the city has become an extremely precious thing, Wei Chiyan took the lead in eating gruel first, and ordered that the grain and grass be supplied to the army first, but the grain had to pass through the hands of many people on the way, and the skin was pulled down layer by layer, but the army actually got not much.

Nearly a month and a half have passed, and Yu Chiyan and the empress have lost more than ten catties of meat from hunger, while many officials' families can still eat white rice.

The soldiers on the front line, the food is only getting worse day by day, and now the tiger is rampant, and the soldiers are only served two meals a day, and each meal is only given to a woman with a fist-sized black and swarthy stone-like multigrain bran cake.

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Mom, is it human! A soldier defending the city took a bite of a dry cake, almost broke half of his teeth, and chewed for a long time before he stretched his neck and swallowed the food in his mouth.

"Be content, we still have bread to eat, the people in the city have long been digging wild vegetables and picking tree bark everywhere, and it is said that many people have starved to death, and there are also those who eat from Yizi." The speaker took a small bite of the cake, as if carefully tasting the taste of grain, and finally took a sip of cold water and swallowed it carefully.

"Hey, have you heard, Liu Shangshu's house was also broken yesterday, and the people rushed in, and they didn't look at valuable objects, but only grabbed food, but Liu Shangshu's house didn't have anything to eat."

There were a few people on the side who were gossiping: "These officials are more comfortable than the emperor, the emperor has drunk gruel for more than a month, and there are steamed buns at the official's house." ”

"We don't eat well, but we can't starve to death, and the people are miserable. The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty surrounded the capital like an iron bucket, this is to trap us alive in the city. ”

"I really don't know how to fight this battle, the Great Zhou people are too ferocious."

The original 350,000 Yan troops defending the city, lost 30,000 in the hands of King Ning, and after handing them over to An Guogong, only 300,000 were now consumed. However, the Tiger Ben army suffered less than 1,000 casualties.

The most shameful thing is that the Tiger Ben army is besieging the city, while they are defending the city.

Such a disparity in combat power, coupled with the panic caused by hunger in their stomachs and cutting off the supply route, made these soldiers unable to even eat, and they always felt that Lord Yama and Black and White Impermanence were already standing beside them and smiling.

A few people looked down the city and saw that the besieging Zhou Dynasty military camp was also cooking on fire, and the aroma of stewed meat could be faintly smelled.

Although the supply lines of the Zhou Dynasty were long, they were not surrounded, and there was not enough food, so they could hunt, fish, dig some wild vegetables, or directly grow some vegetables. Compared to the trapped Kyoto City, the Tiger Army is much more comfortable.

Smelling the smell of meat under the castle tower, several soldiers were overflowing with saliva, and the light, tasteless and hard cakes were even more difficult to swallow.

Just then, footsteps were heard on the stairs.

Immediately, someone greeted again: "Grandpa Guo, Master Qin." ”

Several people hurriedly stood up straight.

I saw An Guogong, who was dressed in gold armor, walking towards him with a hairpin helmet, and next to him, half a body behind, was Qin Huaiyuan, who was dressed in a light cyan Confucian shirt and had a much clearer face. Behind Qin Huaiyuan, there was also an extremely beautiful little guy and a middle-aged Chang Sui.

The crowd hurriedly saluted.

An Guogong waved his hand and stood at the gate of the city to look down.

The entrance is a continuous barracks, and the handsome flags of the tiger army are waving in the wind, and the golden tigers on them show their fangs, as if they will pounce on the banner at any time and devour people into their stomachs.

An Guogong felt weak when he saw this scene.

really fought against Xiao Xiao, so that he saw the Tiger Army's ability to fight with one enemy and ten soldiers, and also saw the talent of Xiao Xiao in arranging troops.

An Guogong originally thought that his military advisor was also a well-known Zhi Duoxing, with the ability of "Zhi Pan'an", he was able to design and slaughter Xiao Zhongzheng at the beginning, but now he can't fight Xiao Zhongzheng's son?

But in fact, the war between these two people is really like a chess opponent, and they will meet a good talent.

The tiger has few soldiers, but he can fight against ten enemies, but he stands at a disadvantageous angle of siege.

The Great Yan Dynasty has a large number of people, but its combat power is weak and unorganized, but it stands from a powerful angle to defend the city.

According to the game between Qin Huaiyuan and Xiao Xiao, the 320,000 soldiers and horses that were originally handed over to An Guogong are not only 300,000 now.

But after An Guogong avoided fighting for a period of time, when he was lured by the enemy, he was led out of the city and trapped in the mountain col in the west for a day and a night.

An Guogong now thinks back to the scene of that day, and he feels terrified.

From then on, he would not open the gates of the city to meet him, and no matter how the enemy shouted and cursed, he should not be able to hear it.

As soon as he thought of this, An Guogong was full of excitement. Pointing to the meaty smell of the Great Zhou military camp not far from the city gate, he said with a heavy face: "How can you fight this?" ”

Qin Huaiyuan stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes deep.

He knew in his heart that no matter how he fought, Dayan would be the end of the crossbow.

If the grain and grass are sufficient, even if there are only 30,000 people defending the city, he is confident that he can withstand the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Tiger Ben Army, and directly consume the Tiger Ben Army until the grain and grass are exhausted and have to retreat.

But there was no more food or grass in the city.

When you are a soldier and fight on the battlefield, what you want is a full meal.

Now that they can't even afford to have enough to eat, can they keep them from starving by drawing flatbread for the soldiers all day long? Just want to serve the court, and you can drink enough water?

The people of the city died of hunger every day. Under hunger, ordinary people can also become mobs.

Which of the big families in Kyoto City has not been harassed by mobs?

There are those whose families are ruined, and there are those who flee in the wilderness.

But these are not enough for the people to eat.

When there are no wild vegetables to eat, there is still tree bark, when the bark is stripped and there are grass roots. But Kyoto is such a big place, if all the grass roots are eaten up, what will be left to eat?

That's only the man who is left to eat people......

This is true when ordinary people are in a hurry. And these soldiers?

I'm afraid that when the time comes, if you can't wait for the soldiers to eat people, you will have to rebel first!

Qin Huaiyuan lowered his head. Thinking of the chaos in the city, thinking of the hungry walking emperor, thinking of the family members who ate wild vegetables, the feeling of powerlessness swept through the whole body again.

Da Zhou hardly needs to make much effort, as long as they besiege them for another half a month, Kyoto City can be self-defeating, and people can destroy the country if they eat people.

Qin Huaiyuan closed his eyes, and immediately felt depressed and dizzy, and his body shook and fell.

"Master Hou!" Cao Yuqing noticed that Qin Huaiyuan's body was shaking, and he hurriedly helped the person to help him, and together with Qitai, he slowly flattened Qin Huaiyuan on the ground.

An Guogong was also taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Isn't Master Qin dizzy from hunger?" Pour water and get some food. ”

The soldiers who complained that the cake was difficult to swallow just now were also sad in their hearts at this time.

Even Qin Taishi was faint from hunger, and it seemed that he was really going to run out of cooking.

Qin Huaiyuan was helped down by Cao Yuqing and Qitai together.

Under the city tower, in the Great Zhou military camp not far away, Xiao Xiao put away the "clairvoyant mirror", carefully hung it on his waist through the silver chain, and frowned worriedly.

Huzi said curiously: "Master, what did you see?" ”

"We've trapped the capital for forty-three days."

"yes." Huzi sat cross-legged on the ground beside Xiao Xiao and said, "It seems that the capital has reached the end of the mountains." On this hot day, the common people are trapped in a city hungry, and it is no wonder that they are not crazy. ”

Xiao Xiao's brow furrowed even tighter.

"So, she must be starving, too." As he spoke, he slowly lowered his head and grabbed his hair with both hands.

Only then did Huzi know what he was thinking.

But on second thought, that's exactly what happened.

There are so many people in the capital, and there are no supplies, I am afraid that all the food that can be eaten now will be eaten, and a large number of people will starve to death.

In this case, Qin Yining is a weak girl's family, and her injuries have not healed and need to recuperate, can she survive it......

Huzi only dared to think in his heart, but he never dared to say this in front of the prince.

had to change the topic and said, "Lord Wang, will our broth continue to cook?" Why don't you give your brothers some to drink first? ”

In fact, the Tiger Benjun deliberately cooked broth under the city every day to let the Yan Dynasty people on the city gate smell it, which was also a way to shake the hearts of the people of Dayan.

He did this, one to make the other party unable to figure out the real situation of the supply of the Tiger Ben Army, and the other to shake the hearts of the Yan Dynasty.

Let the hungry watch the enemy army eat meat every day, the mental torture, temptation and oppression are by no means calculable.

However, in fact, there is a real fault in the supply of the Tiger Ben Army, they just have a free advantage over the Yan Dynasty, and no matter how bad they are, they can go farther, so as not to be trapped in the city and starve to death like the people of Kyoto.

Xiao Xiao lowered his head and was silent for a long time before he said, "Cook, this battle must end quickly." If you continue to surround it, this king is afraid of ......"

Xiao Xiao didn't say any more, but there was a look of perseverance in his sharp eyes.

After getting up and pacing for a long time, Xiao Xiao whispered to Huzi to the front and ordered: "If you find a way to deliver the news to the Marquis of Anping, you will say that the king wants to see him secretly." You can arrange the specific things. ”

Huzi was stunned when he heard this, then nodded solemnly, and quickly retreated.

Xiao Xiao looked at Kyoto City not far away, which was closed at the city gate, but his heart was already anxious and was about to grow wings and fly to Qin Yining's side.

The woman he loves must be suffering now, but the most uncomfortable thing is that he is the culprit who caused her suffering, but because of his identity, this battle has to be fought again.

This is the helplessness of being born in troubled times.

At this time, the person who was worried about the stomach was squatting in front of the stove and boiling a large pot of black-brown wild vegetable soup with the nine girls.