[Chapter 5, Volume 5]

Section 528

The concubines in the palace still have idle battles and calculations, which shows that the Rong people's siege of the city is not smooth.

But the defense of the city did not go well either - the discipline of the Imperial Forest Army had been lax for a long time, and although there were many of them, their combat strength was ridiculously poor. Especially after Gu Xiaode couldn't suppress them because his background was not noble enough at that time, he set up another Xuanjiawei and stood on his feet with Xuanjiawei. First, he had past grievances and second, his energy was limited, so he didn't pay much attention to the non-commissioned officers and generals other than the Xuanjia Guard in the Royal Forest Army.

This not only caused the soldiers in the Imperial Forest Army to be inadequate, but even the officers were ignorant.

Later, it was the Taishi who took the lead, and asked the nobles in the city to gather the private soldiers and guards of their own homes and guards, and after they were dispersed, they were incorporated into the Imperial Forest Army. Relying on the usual training and teaching of these private soldiers and guards, they can barely hold down their positions, which shows what the Royal Forest Army has become of abandonment!

This is in the city, let alone a few Qin Wang's divisions.

The nearest army is the one where Su Xiuming and Shen Zangfeng of Yanzhou defend Yanzhou, which is composed of 20,000 Western Liang troops and 40,000 Eastern Hu troops, and the combat power is the elite of the Great Wei today. But the number is too small! And they have to guard Yanzhou, even if they want to rescue the imperial capital, they can't get out of it at all.

In addition, it will take a few days for most of Donghu's men and horses to come over with Xuanjiawei.

The problem is that after the days when the two sides should have arrived, there is no one to be seen.

Xuanjiawei is easy to guess here, most of them are unlucky, and when they received the news, they were already fighting with the homeless, and they couldn't get out for a while.

But the Liu family's side ...... Even when the Taiwei was privately asked by the Taishi, he didn't dare to guarantee that the emperor was surrounded by such a big thing, not to mention the army in Donghu, at least he should immediately mobilize most of the people to come over to King Qin. After all, the Liu family is still the courtiers of Great Wei, and there are still many Liu family bones and blood in this imperial capital!

Even if Marquis Weiyuan has a vendetta with Taiwei, isn't the younger Liu Xixun family still in the imperial capital after being cultivated by Marquis Weiyuan?

But the water inside and outside the city is impassable, and the Rong people are attacking the city day by day, and the soldiers in the city have never found that there is an abnormality in the rear of the Rong people in any direction. What is Wei Yuanhou's thoughts...... Who can not be suspicious at this point?

Xuanjiawei only has 100,000, and the baggage he brings is enough for a few months, and he has also fought a game in Huoxian, and it is difficult to say how many people and how much baggage he can have when he comes back. If there was no rescue from Wei Yuanhou's side, then the imperial capital could only hope to survive until the Xiliang army traveled a long distance. And there is a long way between the imperial capital and Xiliang, and the news is passed in the past, and the army does not say that it can set off, but also has to select the main general, select the soldiers, pack the bags and prepare the grain and grass......

And that's without delay.

You must know that Ming Pei Tang has been fighting for more than ten years after Shen Xuan took over, and now all the prestige people in Ming Pei Tang's own sect are not in Xiliang, in case the clansmen over there have any thoughts...... It's hard to say.

The Qingzhou Army may not have this kind of sitting idly by, but the Qingzhou Army itself is not very detached - Zezhou has not been defeated until now.

Therefore, on the one hand, the Taishi ordered to conceal the delay of King Qin's division, and on the other hand, he privately ordered the collection of food in the city and unified division.

The latter decision was opposed by many: "People are afraid that it will cause chaos. ”

In fact, this is only one reason, and the other reason is that Li Shu has how much food in his hands? The largest food reserves are still in the high-ranking households. It is because they have besieged the city, and they can still eat and clothe as before. If they are collected together, even if they are allocated more than Li Shu, it is better to take them in their own hands with peace of mind and freedom.

Taishi knew their mentality well, and said lightly: "Now that there is chaos, the grain is still abundant, and it can be suppressed!" If it is not controlled, if the people of Ruorong have not retreated after several months, how will they continue? After all, this city still depends on men to defend it! Li Shu's hands are short of food, once it is exhausted, how can he sit down? If you don't have food with them, there will be chaos! It is better to exchange grain for labor, let them help go to the city to build fortifications, and practice with the private soldiers in their spare time, so as to change the hands of the soldiers, and also to prepare for the future...... Could it be that the great emperor can be made by just a few of us and private soldiers? If it can be done, then it is up to you! ”

He also said that the Duanmu family would take the lead in handing over the stored grain, "and the medicinal materials accumulated by his granddaughter will also be handed over to the public use." ”

Speaking of this, several other families were silent for a while and all agreed one after another.

After all, if the Taishi really said it, the emperor has been besieged for a long time, and if he doesn't save some food now, what will he do in the future? A group of people born in the splendid pile cannibalism can't stand the tragedy of cannibalism - they can stand it, and they have to think about many children and grandchildren.

However, the promise is promised, and the big head is handed over, and no one can be stupid enough not to leave a little behind.

But this has played a great role in appeasing the hearts of the people in the city, seeing carts of grain sent to the warehouse, piled up one by one, from the clan to Li Shu, they all feel a sense of relief in panic.

But those are all irrelevant, thinking that it seems that so much food must be able to sustain itself for a long time.

Those who will settle accounts can't rest assured, Wei Changying looked at the meal on the table that was reduced to four dishes and one soup, didn't move, and frowned first: "Even if it is reduced to this, according to the stored grain stacked in the warehouse, I am afraid it will be able to supply Hecheng for seven months." Seven months later, the Ruorong people still did not withdraw their troops......"

"Seven moons, not to mention the side, our army of Xiliang will definitely be able to arrive." Huang comforted her and said, "After all, the fifth prince and the eldest grandson are both in Xiliang, not to mention that our son is not in the imperial capital!" Since the Rong people have besieged the imperial capital, where can they still besiege Yanzhou? Our son will definitely be able to break through and join the Xiliang army, are you still afraid that the Rong people will dare not to retreat at that time? ”

Wei Changying thought to herself that even if her husband wanted to join the Xiliang army, it would be because the Xiliang army arrived near here. Otherwise, with the little strength in Shen Zangfeng's hands, he would still be able to hold the safety of Yanzhou City. But the army of Xiliang ...... She has been in Xiliang with her husband for a few years, so she doesn't know who of those clansmen over there doesn't have a little bit of care?

Even Shen Youjia, who has been the captain of Xiliang for more than ten years, is the same.

Shen Zangji and Shen Shuming are young and pampered, they are not talented enough, they haven't been to Xiliang for many days, and they haven't experienced wars, so they have no prestige and foundation there. was respected only because of his father and brother.

If those uncles and uncles have different intentions and unite to pit this sect......

If this possibility was not considered, how could father-in-law Shen Xuan agree to the request of the Taishi? This time, the Shen family took out the most grain, because for the arrival of the 60,000 Xiliang troops before, they were afraid that the imperial court would delay and not give grain and grass, so the Shen family had already raised a batch of grain and grass to prepare.

Although most of this grain and grass was placed in the manor outside the city, the mansions and several courtyards in the city were also full.

These were all bought by the Shen family with their own money.

If he had confidence in the Xiliang army, Shen Xuan would not pay attention to Taishi's request at all.

Now the Shen family's greatest hope is that Shen Zangfeng will not also be trapped and killed in Yanzhou. In this way, even if Shen Zangji and Shen Shuming could not persuade the Xiliang army to leave, Shen Zangfeng could still rush to Xiliang in person. With his prestige in the Xiliang army, as well as the orthodox status of this sect, it is possible to suppress those dissenting clansmen and bring a large army to the rescue.

Of course, this has come and gone, and Chenguang has been long-not counting how Shen Zangfeng got out of Yanzhou.

Shen Xuan took this into account so that he handed over seventy percent of the stored grain, in order to ask the imperial capital to hold on for a few more days until this son came to save him.

Wei Changying thought about all the messy news she had heard in the past two days, and she only felt heavy in her heart.

And she had eaten and coaxed her two sons, but she heard the news from someone that the dew was coming again.

"Call her in." Wei Changying knew what Luzhu came for, and after summoning her, Luzhu cried and begged to come back as a maid again-she was asked for from Nian Qiao.

The reason is that Dew said that firstly, Nian Jiao had forgotten her a long time ago, and secondly, she was now very bullied in the backyard of Nian's house, and even the things that Wei Changying asked Ni Weiyi to send over every month were stolen and robbed from time to time...... So now she thinks it's better to come back and serve Wei Changying.

Wei Changying felt a sense of guilt for giving the dew drops that were young and beautiful to Nian Qiao, who knew that he would like the new and hate the old, and now after listening to this request, he sighed and agreed, and said: "Go back and let Aunt Huang arrange an errand for you, you go to the back to find a place to live first." ”

Dew was overjoyed, and hurriedly kowtowed to her before leaving.

For Wei Changying, this was just a trivial matter, but what she didn't expect was that in the next few days, her other dowries in shops and inns, as well as the Shen family's face-bearing children, all found reasons to want to serve in the inner house.

"Now that the families in the city have limited their rations, will this not yet reach the point of not giving people enough to eat?" After inquiring about the reason, Wei Changying frowned and said to the Huang family, "What do they mean by this?" It's hard to believe that Li Shu hasn't messed up yet, but are they messing up first? ”

Huang sighed: "Right now, it's nothing. However, there are rumors in the city that the reason why the Taishi will order the collection of grain stocks from each family and distribute them uniformly. It's because this siege of the imperial capital is not as Madame said before, it will be lifted quickly, but I don't know how long it will be besieged! But there is always a limited amount of food in the city...... Now it is also sent to Li Shu, once the time comes to run out of food, it must be to take care of the clan and us first. Therefore, they now beg to enter the house and serve, so that when the time comes, they will get the moon before the water. ”

After a pause, Huang said again, "Maybe this is the idea of Dewdrop, so I went to ask Nian Jiao for a deed and came back to Jintong Courtyard." ”

Wei Changying was silent for a moment, and said: "Are the Rong people a foreign race, they have besieged the city for so long, and my people of Great Wei are not dead, how can they be allowed to spread wild on the land of my Great Wei?" This rumor is all nonsense. ”

Huang asked, "What about these people?" ”

"People are the same, confused!" Wei Changying turned the bracelet on his wrist and said in a deep voice, "Tell them what I just said, let them all settle down!" How can I say that they are also the servants of our family, and how many Li Shu outside are looking at them! Now that everything is fine in the city, what are they doing? Dewdrops: That's a special case...... If you toss like this again, if it causes people outside to fluctuate, my father will blame it, don't think I will say half a word for them! ”