Chapter 845: A Difficult Test

In fact, compared with taking the initiative to attack the city, Lin Xuanzhong was more inclined to be attacked by the other party, but it was a pity that the leaders of the two cities were shrinking turtles, and they did not take the initiative to go out of the city to crusade against the night army, and seemed to intend to drag the night army to death. So, Lin Xuanzhong thought about whether he could lure them out of the city, or improve their food storage.

In terms of how to lure them out of the city, Lin Xuanzhong remembered the scene when he faced the Wing Army in Windless City, and the Wing Army scolded the Night Army at that time, so maybe the same method could be used. In addition, regarding the food problem, it stands to reason that the fierce beasts in the mountains should be able to help solve some problems, but unfortunately, there are too many night soldiers, and a few or dozens of fierce beasts cannot solve the problem at all.

When constantly changing his thoughts between the two methods, Lin Xuanzhong has never succeeded in thinking of a good one. At the same time, in Sword City, because of Jian Chen's relationship, Jian Lingshuang finally retained the identity of the head of the Sword Family. Half of the other family heads have kept their original positions through forceful means, but the other half have been replaced by other members of their respective clans, but regardless of whether those family heads have retained their positions or not, the purpose of the Sword City side has not changed, and the people in the city want to take revenge on the Night Army.

Before, when they received the news of the Gu Army's withdrawal, many people in Sword City were scolding the Gu Army's top brass for being useless. Although their plan did not succeed that night, they at least fought the Night Army, and caused the Night Army to lose a lot of people. But the 100,000 Gu Army didn't dare to fight a tough battle because they were afraid of the 60,000 Night Army, not even a face-to-face battle.

Later, although the Gu army conspired with them to deal with the night army, they always insisted on waiting for their personnel to arrive, and then fight a sure victory. It's a pity that because of a spring rain, the Gu army that came from afar finally failed to fight with the night army, and now because of the critical situation in the territory, the people of Sword City can't think of other suitable words to scold the Gu army except for scolding those Gu Jun for being mediocre and incompetent.

In fact, the people of Sword City actually didn't dare to fight the night army alone, and they insisted on scolding the Gu army just to shirk their responsibility. As early as before the rain, the Yang side had already gathered nearly 100,000 people, but in addition to the orderly deployment of troops from Meteorite City, after those local personnel came, they only cared about the pomp and circumstance, and they were not in the mood for a quick battle.

There is obviously such a big empty camp in Sword City that no one wants to live in, and the people in various cities also ask the Sword City side to arrange a suitable place for them to live according to their identity and background, but because of the improper arrangement of the Sword City side, there are many problems caused by the competition for accommodation. Those people from their respective cities are all so angry, they don't have the slightest awareness of the same hatred and hatred, they only know how to compare their identities and strengths.

If the people of the lockdown and the Sword City organization were a group of rabble in Lin Xuanzhong's eyes, then the people gathered in the Sword City now are a group of rabble who do not understand discipline. In terms of individual strength alone, relatively speaking, the night army is definitely not comparable to these people, but in terms of overall strength, the tens of thousands of people gathered in the sword city cannot be compared to the same number of night troops.

Because of all kinds of problems in the city, without the leadership of a person with leadership ability, the chaotic situation has not been effectively controlled, not only the problem of fighting for housing, but also those outsiders want the sword city to provide them with food and drink, and they bully the locals at every turn. In recent days, those who open inns and shops in Sword City have been miserable, obviously there is a continuous flow of customers every day, overcrowded, and business is booming, but the result is that the more guests come, the more they lose.

When many people went to those places to make purchases, they either said that they were paid by the city lord's government, or they kept accounts directly in their own names, and in short, very few people paid in cash. Because it is unpleasant at every turn, those who open inns and shops know very well that their losses are irreparable, even if they can eradicate all the night army in the future.

For this reason, many people also deliberately went to the people of the City Lord's Mansion to comment, but after they arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, they were surprised to find that the situation of the shops and inns under the City Lord's Mansion and some family forces in the city was not much better than theirs, and they were all in a state of loss. Because if they don't open, their shops and inns will be directly smashed by those outsiders.

The chaotic situation intensified in Sword City, and before the rain, the Sword City side couldn't even control the situation in the city, let alone bring people over to crusade against the Night Army. After the rain, the various forces on the Sword City side united to forcefully suppress those who liked to make trouble, and it took a few days to gradually restore order in the city to normal.

However, in order to prevent those outsiders from leaving, although they charged some fees to those outsiders, they only ensured that those merchants would not lose money, otherwise after this encirclement and suppression of the night army, the most prosperous sword city in this area would be eaten into the poorest city by those twenty or thirty thousand outsiders.

After the Sword City side made a serious statement, the other city personnel who had long been notified that they needed to be self-sufficient agreed to the request of the Sword City side, so in the few days after the rain stopped, the Sword City side was busy maintaining order in the city while busy collecting fees, although there were always personnel on guard at the city gate, but in fact, the people in the city were not in the mood to attack the night army at all.

Until today, the situation in the city has stabilized, and after continuous lobbying by the people of Sword City, those outsiders finally realized that they did not come to Sword City to eat, drink and fight, but to take revenge on the Night Army, but the approach of Sword City is not to directly take actual action, but to continue to interfere with the Night Army as before. Until the night army ran out of food and grass, the army was discouraged, the soldiers fled the camp, and even begged them for mercy, and continued to besiege the night army was the result of the negotiation between Sword City and the closure city.

In order to ensure the success of the plan, what they have to do is to cut off the food and grass support of the night army. Now the situation in the Wing Country, they are very clear, the rebellion in various places plus the beast plague, bandit and other problems are enough to make the night army left in the Wing Country busy, Zhao Xu is not unwilling to send reinforcements, but there is no extra force available, otherwise they may have been busy resisting the attack of the night army now.

According to the latest situation, the people of Sword City can determine that Zhao Xu is currently anxious to stabilize the situation in the Wing Kingdom, and he is unable to divide his forces to save the army trapped in the Yang Kingdom. Taking a step back, even if Zhao Xu sends troops now, between the distance between the two sides, it is impossible for the reinforcements sent by Zhao Xu to arrive before Lin Xuanzhong is trapped by them, so the night army there in Yiguo is not a problem they need to worry about, all they have to do is to block the possible food and grass support.

In this regard, the people of Sword City naturally thought about it, if Zhao Xu wanted to use winged birds to transport food all the way from hundreds of miles away, it was basically impossible, because their Yangguo was originally famous for its fierce beasts, and whether those winged birds were flying in the sky or stopping on the ground, the possibility of encountering danger on such a long journey was too great. Besides, they also have a certain number of people around the night army camp, and it is impossible for the winged birds to fly over, so it can basically be said that the night army cannot get any support from the wing country, and the only thing that worries them is the other night army that has entered the territory of the Yang country.

Although there are some cities in the way, they are not sure how long they can block it, but fortunately, according to their calculations, even if the night army keeps rushing to Lin Xuanzhong's military camp all the way, it still can't pass the level of Sword City, so it is unlikely that they will support Lin Xuanzhong. After careful consideration, the people of both cities felt that their plan to delay the night army to death would succeed.

If the night army stays in the camp and does not attack the city, their plan is foolproof, this is the plan of the Yang State to deal with the night army, in general, it is a word "tuo". Even if it is necessary to feed more than 100,000 people for nothing, both the Sword City and the Lockdown City can be supported, but the Night Army is different, in the case of isolation, all the materials are limited.

Somewhat different from the situation in Sword City, because there is an army stationed in the city, and there are not many people from other cities, there has never been an internal strife like Sword City, and the city is extremely orderly. After the rain stopped, the head of the army had already communicated with Shangguan Hong that they would adopt delaying tactics to trap the night army to death, or force the night army to attack the city.

If the Night Army chooses to attack the city as a last resort, they will hold the city, and as long as they hold the city, the Night Army will still be doomed.

When Shangguan Hong received the news from the commander of the Yang army while the Qigu army was doing nothing, he could only agree to the request of the commander of the Yang army due to the current situation. However, just in case, Shangguan Hong gave the commander of the Yang army another deadline. Within five days, if the night army is undefeated, all those who promised to annihilate the night army will come to see them. Not only that, but if the night army does not come to attack the city within five days, the people of the two cities must take the initiative to attack. Even if you have to fight a tough battle, you have to have a result.

Coincidentally, the five days that Shangguan Hong gave to the Yangguo side coincided with the five days that the night army barely held on to when the rations were reduced now, as for what the situation would be after five days, Lin Xuanzhong never dared to think about it, so when considering the problem, Lin Xuanzhong always regarded the time they had left as three days.

In the case of suffering from no countermeasures, thinking of how bad the situation of the army is now, Lin Xuanzhong, who decided to deal with all problems with an optimistic attitude earlier, could not remain optimistic, although the scenery in front of him has not changed, but Lin Xuanzhong's mood has long been out of the scenery. Again and again, the mind is stuck in a difficult situation, unable to break free, and the current lack of materials can be regarded as the most difficult test.

(postponed until the beginning of next month)