Chapter 138: Morale Boosted (Addition)
"Haha, Nanba, please get up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "Zhang Xun couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Nan Jiyun returning safely and bringing so many reinforcements and supplies, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li You up.
"Lord Zhongcheng, I hate that Helan Jinming is extremely cowardly and refuses to send reinforcements; Fortunately, General Li Ben, who had a true source, sent more than 100 good horses, and General Lian Tan of Ningling supported 3,000 soldiers and more than 50 stone of food, but unfortunately these soldiers had already killed and injured a lot when they entered the city. Although they had the protection of the Beiwei army, these old, weak, sick and disabled people were extremely inexperienced in combat, and Li You roughly went through a large number of them and found that at least more than 1,000 people had not been able to enter the city.
"In addition, the last general also met more than a thousand volunteers led by his former friend General Pan Feng outside Suiyang City, so that he could enter the city smoothly." Li You then led Pan Feng to him, "General Pan also brought 10,000 stone of grain, 100,000 feather arrows, and almost no loss when he entered the city, and the last general also grabbed hundreds of horses, cattle and sheep from the rebels, so that I can rest easy in Suiyang City." "Now I can only push the back army, food or arrows on Pan Feng.
"Good, good!" Zhang Xun was so excited that he was almost speechless, Helan Jinming's character was also clear to him, and he knew the situation in the surrounding cities well, and sending Nan Jiyun for help was also a desperate move, but he didn't expect Nan Jiyun to bring him such a big surprise.
"Lord Zhongcheng, the soldiers haven't eaten for several days, so let's unload the grain and cook some porridge for them to drink, right?" Xu Yuan looked at the bags of grain on the cart and smiled from ear to ear, but he still remembered that it was not advisable to overeat after being hungry for a long time, and it was best to drink some porridge to cushion his stomach first.
"It's still thoughtful for Ling Wei, I'll leave it to you at this time." After speaking, Zhang Xun came to Pan Feng and took a deep look, "Zhang Mou's generation of 20,000 soldiers and civilians in Suiyang City thanked General Pan for his high righteousness, if it weren't for General Pan, we would definitely die." "There were originally more than 40,000 people in Suiyang City, but after months of fierce fighting, now there are less than half of them left.
Because the people of Suiyang City fought to the death against the rebels, they were not just loyal to the Tang Ming Emperor Li Longji, who "rose in the short spring night, and the king did not rise early", nor for the crown prince Li Heng who succeeded to the throne in Lingwu; is also because of the inspiration of Zhang Xun, Xu Yuan and others to share weal and woe with the people in the city, and fight to the death; The people in the city know that if the rebels are allowed to break through Suiyang and enter the land of Jianghuai's wealth, the Tang Dynasty will fall into the hands of the barbarians, and they will also become the slaves of the barbarians, and they will be oppressed and brutalized by them.
In this way, even if he dies at the hands of the enemy, his wife, daughters and grandchildren may still be saved, and if the whole family is destroyed, he can also let those barbarians see the bravery of the Tang people, and after death, they can also hold their heads high to see their ancestors, telling them that they have not insulted the glory of the Han people, and have not bowed to those barbarians who do not know what civilization is.
"Everyone can plant such barbarians, and Lord Zhongcheng doesn't need to be polite." Pan Feng said according to Li You's earlier instructions that in the early years in Jizhou and when he followed Li You across the Xiongnu, he had dealt with these barbarian tribes, and naturally he had no good impression of them.
Seeing that Zhang Xun was still about to speak, Li You hurriedly persuaded, "Zhongcheng, let's use some porridge before talking, now that the thief army has just been defeated, it seems that there will probably be no more siege today, what do you have to say, let's wait until after eating." Looking at Zhang Xun's staggering appearance, Li You estimated that he hadn't eaten much in the few days since he left Suiyang.
"Okay, I'm glad to have reinforcements and so much food today, and the soldiers and civilians of Suiyang can finally fill their stomachs temporarily." Zhang Xun accepted Li You's suggestion, "Now that Xu Taishou has arranged for people to cook porridge and cook, you should hurry up and eat in the morning." After speaking, Zhang Xun took Li You, Pan Feng and many reinforcements to line up outside the porridge shed.
Lian Tan's subordinates immediately rioted, but Li Yue and He Xunjie's backs did not move at all; Lian Tan's subordinates immediately showed a look of surprise when they saw Zhang Xun also standing at the end of the line with a broken bowl, and the soldiers who shouted that they were hungry and wanted to eat earlier suddenly blushed and retracted into the ranks.
The dignified Imperial History Zhongcheng and Henan Deputy Jie Du envoys are quietly queuing up, what reason do they have for these little soldiers to compete? Zhang Xun didn't say a word, and used his actions to make these old, weak, sick and disabled people under Lian Tan stop talking and be in awe.
And Bei Weijun also showed a look of surprise, in the past, in the army, they only saw Marshal Yue and other generals of the Yue family army sharing weal and sorrow with the soldiers, but now Zhang Xun can do this, and he can't help but have a good impression of him.
In addition, Lei Wanchun, who had just attacked, also made them feel a little cordial, seeing his sassy and heroic posture of wielding a double hammer to kill the enemy, it turned out to be somewhat similar to the little general Yue Yun (according to the record of "Saying Yue", Yue Yun's martial arts were taught by Lei Wanchun when he was sleeping in Zhang Xun Temple. )
The back-to-back army silently began to line up, and the honest subordinates followed their example and stood at the back of the line; The aroma of cooking porridge soon spread throughout Suiyang City, and under Xu Yuan's notice, the soldiers and civilians in Suiyang City came to the porridge shed closest to them to wait for dinner.
The gruel that had been lost for a long time was swallowed, and the faces of the soldiers and civilians in Suiyang City were slightly ruddy; Seeing the grain transported to the warehouse, the horses, cattle and sheep that kept neighing, as well as the soldiers under Pan Feng who were brave and good at fighting at a glance, and the reinforcements sent by Lian Tan, the Suiyang army was immediately demoralized.
As long as you can fill your stomach, you can have the strength to hold knives and guns, as long as you have knives and guns in hand, no matter how many rebels come, they can defeat them, for a time the morale on the city wall is high, but the rebel camp under the city is a dead silence, in the past, those remnants of the defeated generals were difficult enough to deal with, and now there are such fierce reinforcements, and so much food, this battle seems to be difficult to fight.
"Now I heard that Guo Ziyi has led a large army into the vicinity of Chang'an, and Chang'an's troops are weak, if we can't capture Suiyang and enter Jianghuai, then our army is in danger! Your Majesty's new succession to the throne will not be long in coming, and if we cannot do our best, we will surely die without a place to bury. Yin Ziqi said sharply, now An Lushan has been killed, and it is his son An Qingxu who has ascended the throne, "Guard against Zhang Xun's night attack tonight, and attack Suiyang again tomorrow morning!" (To be continued.) )