Chapter 848: Important News

It's just that what General Shi said to Yang Shifeng still made Lin Xuanzhong a little emotional, of course, it was not that Lin Xuanzhong agreed with their point of view, but that Lin Xuanzhong wanted to hear different opinions, even if someone put forward a more ridiculous suggestion, in Lin Xuanzhong's opinion, it would make this meeting more meaningful.

Unfortunately, the situation at the meeting, like the mentality of many people, pale and weak, never gave people any hope, and everything seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

"General Lin, a secret agent sent to the direction of the lockdown came back and said that there was important information to report," when Lin Xuanzhong thought that Fang Quyin would discuss with the generals how to attack the blockade next, a guard guarding the gate of the big tent came in and reported something to Lin Xuanzhong. The next moment, all the generals in the hall looked at the guard.

"General Fang, you continue to discuss with them about the siege of the city, I'll go back and take a look first," Turning to look at Fang Quyin, Lin Xuanzhong's eyes full of despair flashed with a gleam, and then looked at Chang Siyuan on the side, "General Chang, you go back with me." ”

Chang Siyuan is now the person in charge of intelligence, and since it was their spies who came back, Lin Xuanzhong felt the need to take Chang Siyuan back with him.

"General Lin, you just have to go back," Immediately after, Fang Quyin, who didn't dare to have much hope for this, nodded. No matter what the important information was, Fang Quyin felt that it was impossible to change their current situation, so he quickly paid attention to returning to the next thing. Somewhat different from Fang Quyin's thoughts, after the other generals noticed the word "important", their eyes clearly showed a little hope, and they all seemed to be hoping that the important news was good news.

After Lin Xuanzhong and Chang Siyuan left, Fang Quyin and other generals discussed matters related to the siege of the city, from sending troops to attacking the city and then to besieging the city, some details were raised by the generals one after another, and then everyone discussed it together.

In terms of siege, many of the generals in the Great Tent had experience, so the meeting went smoothly. While those generals kept putting forward their opinions, Lin Xuanzhong and Chang Siyuan had already returned to the front army's tent, and the secret agent who had returned with the news was waiting inside.

When Lin Xuanzhong saw the man's face, he already remembered the other party's name, "Hong Yu." "Before the last attack on the barracks, it was Hong Yu and another spy who brought back relevant news, so Lin Xuanzhong was more familiar with this Hong Yu.

Do the math, Hong Yu has been away from the barracks for ten days. I heard from the people who came to report just now that Hong Yu was in a mess when he came back, and he was escorted in by some soldiers in charge of guarding after claiming to be a secret agent outside the camp. In order to identify Hong Yu's identity, a deputy general who came to the interrogation also specially ordered someone to fetch water for Hong Yu to clean, but the first thing Hong Yu did was not to clean himself, but to pick up the water scoop and drink it, and then unscrupulously asked the deputy general for something to eat.

It's a pity that because of the shortage of food and grass, the deputy general above didn't dare to give Hong Yu too much to eat, and as a result, Hong Yu naturally had to wait for Lin Xuanzhong to come back hungry. When Lin Xuanzhong entered the big tent, he did find that Hong Yu was very embarrassed at first sight, but the light that often flickered in Hong Yu's eyes made Hong Yu look very energetic, much better than many lifeless soldiers in the army, just that glance, Lin Xuanzhong recognized Hong Yu's identity, which was one of the two spies who came back that day.

"See the general," when Lin Xuanzhong recognized Hong Yu, on the other side, Hong Yu, who saw Lin Xuanzhong coming, changed his restrained appearance in front of those lieutenant generals, and naturally saluted Lin Xuanzhong.

"Hong Yu, you get up and speak. ”

"General, I'm still hungry and don't have the strength to speak!" Hong Yu was very bold in front of Lin Xuanzhong, and directly talked to Lin Xuanzhong.

The next time, Lin Xuanzhong slowly turned to look at the several lieutenants next to him.

"General, we have already given him something to eat," meeting Lin Xuanzhong's gaze, a deputy general looked embarrassed, and wanted to explain that there was not much food in the army and he didn't dare to give Hong Yu too much to eat, but he didn't say it.

"Go get him some food again," just looking at the embarrassed look on the deputy general who spoke, Lin Xuanzhong immediately thought of what was going on.

"Thank you, General," Hong Yu was very clever, and saw that Lin Xuanzhong ordered those lieutenants to thank him directly.

"Hong Yu, what news did you bring back today?" After a closer look, Hong Yu's appearance is worse than the last time he came back, but his temperament has not changed at all, and he always gives people a feeling of being smart and clever. The temperament of a fourth-order martial cultivator was more prominent than that of the lieutenant generals next to him, and when considering why this was the case, Lin Xuanzhong naturally thought that Hong Yu was a person who often wandered outside, so he had his own unique temperament.

"General, I heard a total of three news, good and bad, I don't know which one the general wants to hear?" Hong Yu seemed to be cheap and obedient to Lin Xuanzhong, not thinking about the gap between his identity and Lin Xuanzhong, and his words were full of intentions and tendencies. Fortunately, the person in front of him was Lin Xuanzhong, otherwise he would have been pulled out and cut down before Hong Yu could tell the news.

"Presumptuous, you are a little scout who is not big or small in front of the general, what kind of system is it?" But Lin Xuanzhong could not care, but Chang Siyuan and those deputy generals present could not help but consider Lin Xuanzhong.

"Let's talk about the bad news first," first waved his hand to Chang Siyuan and the others to signal that a few people did not need to be angry, and then Lin Xuanzhong looked at Hong Yu, who was indeed a little bold.

On the other side, in the face of Lin Xuanzhong's tolerance, Chang Siyuan and those deputy generals were puzzled, but they didn't dare to question it, so they had to stop talking stupidly.

"General, in the past ten days, the small one has gone from the lockdown to the Meteorite City, and from the Meteorite City to the Lockdown, and has found a piece of news. At present, tens of thousands of troops from the Yang Kingdom and a large number of local personnel have gathered in the lockdown city, claiming to have more than 100,000 night fighters, and they plan to defend the city and delay with us to the end," Taking a deep breath, Hong Yu told Lin Xuanzhong what he thought was the worst news at one time.

On the other hand, although he had long been prepared for the bad news, Lin Xuanzhong had also been lucky, but unfortunately, after confirming from Hong Yu that the number of defenders in the sealed city was indeed more than his own soldiers, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't help but have a look of surprise on his face.

Fortunately, the people below brought some food to Hong Yu at this time, otherwise the surprise on Lin Xuanzhong's face would have been noticed by many people. At the same time, after Chang Siyuan and the other lieutenants heard the news of Hong Yu's report, they were in a similar mood to Lin Xuanzhong. For everyone, if Hong Yu's news is accurate enough, it proves that the possibility of conquering the lockdown is smaller than they imagined.

"You go on," After watching Hong Yu eat something, after a period of relaxation, Lin Xuanzhong had calmed down and casually ordered Hong Yu.

"General Yu, about three hundred miles away from our camp on the northwest border of Yangguo, there is a reinforcement sent from the Night Country, which is rushing to the camp, but I heard from the people who sealed the city that even if the support army marched at the fastest speed, it would take at least ten days to reach the outside of Sword City, but with Sword City blocking us, we couldn't get help at all," Hong Yu swallowed the food in his mouth, and in the blink of an eye, he said a piece of news that made everyone desperate.

Yangguo is mountainous, if the road of three hundred miles is a straight line distance, then the travel of the support army will be far more than three hundred miles, plus there will be some cities of Yangguo during the period, counting, it will take a long time for the night army to rush to the outside of Sword City, not to mention that there is a Sword City to block. According to Hong Yu, with the current situation in the barracks, it is impossible to wait for the support army.

"You go on," After Hong Yu's two pieces of bad news, Lin Xuanzhong, who was extremely worried, really calmed down, because Hong Yu's two pieces of news proved that their previous decision was not wrong, and they must attack the lockdown tomorrow.

"General, when the little one was in Meteorite City, he was lucky enough to find out a piece of gossip, I don't know if it's true or not. It is rumored that half a month ago, Emperor Yang was held hostage by people from the Qingyuan Powers, and recently it was the Qingyuan Powers that forced Emperor Yang to order repeated attacks on us. In addition, the little one also heard a definite news, after the Gu army withdrew, Emperor Yang gave five days to the personnel who led the troops in the closed city. If within five days, the people who are sealing the city cannot annihilate our army, those leading figures will all carry their heads to ask Emperor Yang for their guilt. ”

"Where did the news about Emperor Yang being held hostage by the Qingyuan Great Power come from?"

"The news was bought from the underground black market, but unfortunately the subordinates are so weak that it is inconvenient to confirm the authenticity. Shaking his head, Hong Yu just felt that this news might be useful to Lin Xuanzhong, but Hong Yu couldn't be sure of the authenticity of the news.

"When did you say that the five-day period is counted?" After getting Hong Yu's explanation, Lin Xuanzhong continued to ask.

"It's today," Hong Yu replied very directly, without a bit of nonsense.

"Because I think this news is important, I bypassed the lockdown from the south early this morning, and kept running back all the way to deliver a message to the general," said Hong Yu, throwing another piece of ration into his mouth and chewing vigorously.

At the same time, Lin Xuanzhong had already fallen into deep thought. I didn't expect Emperor Yang to give such a coincidence to the time limit given by the blockade side, which coincided with the time they could still hold on, and I could think of what would happen when the army starved until the fifth day, and the two sides of the city and the sword city came to attack the night army with less than half of the usual combat strength.

Without daring to think about the scene at that time, Lin Xuanzhong even doubted the truth of Hongyu's news. But calculate the time, for a person like Hong Yu who is dressed in civilian clothes and does not carry baggage, it is indeed possible to return to the camp from the lockdown, and Lin Xuanzhong also wants to understand why he obviously gave Hong Yu so many jade stones as a coil before, but now Hong Yu is hungry and comes back, obviously those jade stones are used by Hong Yu to send news in the hall, otherwise even if he buys the cheapest rations, Hong Yu will not be hungry like this.