Chapter 846: A dilemma

Thinking of the various problems that would arise in the future due to food shortages, Lin Xuanzhong suddenly felt that some of the glorious deeds in the past were very ridiculous. Whether it is the public oath, or the painstaking efforts to change the problems existing in the new army, and to make the front army and the rear army get along, it can be said that those things that think they are noble are all meaningless, and the most ridiculous thing is the poisonous oath made that day.

Although it is said that he wants to live and die with all the soldiers, but where did Lin Xuanzhong think that it would be the current way of death, if he really starved to death in the wilderness, he would inevitably die too much, it was better to follow the advice of some generals ten days ago to attack the blockade, then there may be some opportunities, the most important thing is that even if the lockdown cannot be captured, everyone can still die as they should, but now they seem to have no chance to attack the city.

After delaying for more than ten days, Lin Xuanzhong found that not only did he not want to attack the city, but even the generals who proposed to attack the city earlier no longer seemed to think about attacking the city, and they all planned to starve to death and not attack the city, this did not seem to be the attitude they should have, but they were indeed not as brave as before.

Today may be the last day to think about it, Lin Xuanzhong has to think clearly about whether to give it a go, or stay in the barracks and wait for death, the current situation is very clear, the only pity is that Lin Xuanzhong did not receive useful news, so maybe it will be easier to get the result.

The sun was getting stronger and stronger, and Lin Xuanzhong felt a little uncomfortable, so he took off his cloak and put it in front of him. The red cloak became extremely bright in the sun, more dazzling than blood, Lin Xuanzhong still remembered that Xue Yin said that this cloak carried a sacrificial blessing and would bring good luck to Lin Xuanzhong, and now that I think about it, it also seems to be a ridiculous thing. Because before the expedition, Xue Yin's divination result was nine deaths and one life, and now it has been fulfilled, and that good fortune seems to have never been possessed. In contrast, Lin Xuanzhong is more willing to believe in the result of "nine deaths and one life", of course, Lin Xuanzhong cannot deny that this cloak does carry some good memories.

After his eyes gradually moved away from his cloak, Lin Xuanzhong's eyes flashed a little red, and he looked at the emptiness in the distance, and all he had in his heart was sorrow.

"The general has been sitting there for a long time, why hasn't he come down yet?" Standing with Zhang Jiutian and the others, looking at Lin Xuanzhong's lonely figure from a distance, Xue Yin's eyes showed a little worry. Thinking that Lin Xuanzhong was thinking about a difficult question at the moment, the relaxed mood when he talked to Lin Xuanzhong in the morning completely disappeared.

"I don't know," shaking his head, Zhang Jiutian was powerless about Lin Xuanzhong's affairs, because they couldn't help Lin Xuanzhong with the problems he had to consider.

"Do you want to send someone up to take a look?" Zhang Jiutian's answer made Xue Yin even more worried.

"No need, if the general wants to come down, he will naturally come down, the great pharmacist should wait with peace of mind," his eyes turned, Zhang Jiutian didn't want to look at Lin Xuanzhong anymore, because looking at Lin Xuanzhong, Zhang Jiutian would think of all the bad situations in the army.

At the same time, Yang Shifeng, Ruan Yi and the others frowned one by one, they all looked like they wanted to say something, they still thought that Lin Xuanzhong could create a miracle, but facing the sun, Lin Xuanzhong, who was so far away from them, was so small, not only giving people a feeling of insignificance, but also unable to make them confident at all.

Standing behind Ruan Yi, Ruan Ming's eyes flashed with a soft light. Recalling some scenes when she was in prison, Ruan Ming always felt that people with such cold and hard shoulders would not be easily defeated, so there was a hint of hope mixed with that soft light.

"Let's go, there are still some things to discuss," beckoned Yang Shifeng and the others, Zhang Jiutian directly took away a group of generals, and in the end, only Xue Yin and Ruan Ming were left.

After silently paying attention to Lin Xuanzhong for a while, the two women also turned around and went back.

Elsewhere, some generals or soldiers looked at Lin Xuanzhong's figure from afar from time to time, and for those generals, they could understand how much pressure Lin Xuanzhong was carrying, and for those soldiers, they understood the source of Lin Xuanzhong's pressure. If Lin Xuanzhong wants to live alone, it is not difficult, but Lin Xuanzhong wants them all to live, and for this reason, many people still feel that they themselves have affected Lin Xuanzhong, so they want to repay Lin Xuanzhong one by one.

If Lin Xuanzhong let them go to the battlefield tomorrow, no one would say that they were unwilling, but they couldn't solve Lin Xuanzhong's problems. There seemed to be no other way than to find someone to fight hard, and the soldiers had always known it to themselves. Now, because of Lin Xuanzhong's influence, the depressing atmosphere is constantly spreading in the army, and Lin Xuanzhong's worries alone soon become the worries of the officers and men of the three armies, resulting in a sharp deterioration of the situation in the army.

Maybe Lin Xuanzhong didn't expect that he could have a positive impact on the soldiers below, and he could also have a negative impact on the soldiers below, under a radical psychology, some soldiers got together to discuss and ask Lin Xuanzhong for orders to let them attack the city and not return.

As more and more people have similar ideas, some factors affecting the stability of the military's morale have emerged one after another and have become more and more intense. Based on the current situation, even if the original grain and grass can barely last for five days, it is impossible for the restless soldiers to wait another five days. The current situation is not what Lin Xuanzhong wants to see, once Lin Xuanzhong knows, he will have to devote his energy to appease the army.

In the rear army, Fang Quyin and many other generals have been discussing matters in the army. If it weren't for the fact that the front army gave them some grain and grass, the rear army would have held out for less than five days. Since receiving the result that Zhao Xu could not provide any support a few days ago, until now, Fang Quyin had not received any news, as if they had been completely cut off from the outside world.

And the last time I received the news, because the situation in various parts of the Wing Country was unstable and the situation needed to be stabilized as soon as possible, Zhao Xu could not transfer troops to support, so they could only try their best to wait for another support army. However, Zhao Xu did not specify in the letter when the other reinforcements would arrive, but one thing is certain that they will not be able to get any support before they run out of food and grass.

In the past few days, in fact, Fang Quyin and the others also thought that even if Zhao Xu couldn't send troops to come to the rescue, they could at least use the Winged Bird to send them some food and grass, but it was a pity that the Winged Bird, which had brought them a huge victory, failed to bring them hope this time, and there was no support until now, and they couldn't get food in this area.

There was indeed a big river to the east of the camp, but the big river was full of fierce beasts that were not easy to catch, and it was more difficult to get food from the river than to find fierce beasts from the mountains, and the deadline for the remaining grain and grass in the army to be available was the last deadline. If you can't wait for the support of the night army before the food and grass run out, all 80,000 soldiers will be trapped and die in the territory of Yangguo, so when the meeting reached the final stage, everyone discussed whether to take advantage of the last opportunity to choose to give it a go, and how likely it is to win by letting go.

In fact, the generals have always been very clear, whether it is to conquer the lockdown. Or capture the sword city, as long as you can capture a city, the army can survive. But the risk of giving it a go is now higher than it was ten days ago, and if they don't succeed in one attempt, they will find themselves in a situation where they will be left in a situation where they have lost many supports.

Stuck in one place at that point, they had no choice but to continue the hard fight. Judging from the number of men and the state of both sides, it is even more unlikely that they will succeed in forcibly attacking the city again, and the preparation for two sieges will cause them to lose all their food and grass, and the only thing that awaits them is death or surrender. If they surrender, they will be in the same situation as Shi Jiangchuan and others, who have been imprisoned, or they will be directly executed. Similar to the fate of those generals, the fate of the soldiers below will not be much better.

It was precisely because of the situation after the defeat that many people before would rather starve to death than lose to Yangguo in humiliation.

The generals have struggled for a long time over whether or not to play, especially in terms of how likely they are to win. Although they did not know exactly how many people were in the two cities, in the case that Yang could have all the troops of the country, the generals could imagine that the number of people in the two cities must be more than the number of people in their army.

Perhaps there will be fewer people in Sword City than in the lockdown city, but it is conceivable that the river outside Sword City can keep them out of the city and not give them a chance to attack the city.

Compared with the topography of Sword City, the terrain of the closed city is easier to attack, but it is a pity that there is a Janissary Army of Yangguo in the city, which was originally directly under the command of the royal family, not only the overall quality of the army is very high, but also a lot of people, in the case of the blockade and preparation to defend the city, the probability of them wanting to break the city in one fell swoop is extremely low.

While the generals analyzed how likely it was to break the lockdown in one fell swoop, the local forces in the lockdown were also the influencing factors that determined their views. It is conceivable that those who came from other cities to crusade against the Night Army must be the people who hate the Night Army the most in the Yang Kingdom, so Fang Quyin and they know very well that once they attack the city, it will be a battle to the death, and they will not die.

Unfortunately, although their will is strong enough, it is unlikely that they will succeed in one fell swoop, because their numbers are smaller than the number of people defending the city. Generally speaking, the number of personnel on the besieging side is three times that of the defending side before the certainty of capturing the city, so combined with various factors, the possibility of capturing the city is indeed not very large. To be more objective, the night army actually has no possibility of capturing the closed city, and Fang Quyin and the others are not so ignorant as to think that they can capture a fortified city with their current morale.

At the beginning, they had the idea of attacking some cities in Yangguo, but they never thought of capturing a city with a large number of people and even an army to defend it, but if they didn't attack the city, they could only continue to wait for death as before, and they were in a dilemma and struggling, which was the current situation of the night army. Aside from being rescued, Fang Quyin and the other generals couldn't think of any way to get the Night Army out of danger.