The Jin army rested for only one afternoon, had lunch, and in the afternoon of the same day, began to storm the rear camp of the Red Army.

Even if the Fifth Army of 100,000 people is inferior to the First Army and the Fourth Army in combat strength, it is not something that more than 10,000 tired and colorful Red Army troops can withstand. In less than half an hour of the battle, the Red Army's defensive line was shattered by the Jin Army, and a large number of Red soldiers had no fighting spirit, abandoned the camp, and fled to the south of Panling.

Lin Haotian did not order the pursuit and killing, and naturally occupied the Red Army camp and let the soldiers of the whole army repair in situ.

Now he has to wait, wait for the arrival of his main army, otherwise let him only take the Fifth Army of 100,000 people to the south to rescue the trapped Iron Lion Army, he has no bottom in his heart, after all, the Red Army besieging Chengdu has too many troops, more than 800,000, I am afraid that they can be overwhelmed by the 100,000 soldiers in a single walk.

However, it will take time for the main force of the Jin army to withdraw from Surabaya County to Zeping County, even if it is a rapid march, it will take four or five days to reach Panling at the earliest, and then go to Chengdu from Panling, at least it will take three or four days, and it will take close to ten days before and after, so that the Jin army will face a problem, whether the trapped Iron Lion Army can support it for ten days.

Lin Haotian didn't know much about the situation in Chengdu City, and at this time, Shao Lin's newly levied group of special people played an effective role.

Lin Haotian's information was transmitted to Chengdu City in the shortest possible time using a falcon as a medium, and then the Jin State spies who had previously entered Chengdu would relay the news to Chu Chen.

The situation of the trapped Iron Lion Army is actually much worse than Lin Haotian expected. The whole army barely has enough 300,000 soldiers to fight, and the most fatal thing is that there is no grain and grass left in the army, and the whole army has been without food for two days.

Chu Chen could still hold his breath, but the four deputy marshals Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai assigned by Lin Haotian for him couldn't sit still. repeatedly asked Chu Chen to quickly petition the adults, and if he didn't come to reinforce the army, all the soldiers of the Iron Lion Army would have to starve to death in Chengdu.

After listening to the request of the four of them, Chu Chen sighed faintly and said, "If the adults can come over." Now that your lord's army is being blocked by the Red Army in Panling, won't it make your lordship more anxious if we ask for help at this time?

"But there is no food in the army......"

"If you don't eat for a day or two, you won't starve to death. Chu Chen shrugged his shoulders casually and said.

But the point is that the adult's army may not be able to reach Chengdu in a day or two!

Tao Yuanfeng stomped his feet heavily, his tone was full of remorse, and said: "When we crossed Panling, we should have burned down all the camps set up by the Red Army, so that we could do it. There is no danger today. ”

Hearing this, Guan Dai frowned, he said this, it was tantamount to complaining that Chu Chen had not thought it through at the beginning, and now his own situation is critical enough, if there are any more internal contradictions, it will not be far from the annihilation of the whole army.

He said in a deep voice: "It's useless to talk about this now, let's still think about how to solve the current dilemma!"

Chu Chen didn't pay attention to Tao Yuanfeng's complaints at all. He smiled slightly and said, "Let the soldiers go to the homes of the people in the city to search." Look for surplus food. ”

Tao Yuanfeng said angrily: "The soldiers have searched the city countless times, and even the mouse holes have been emptied, where can I find surplus grain?"

Chu Chen said lightly: "If you don't try, how do you know if you don't have it?"

Tao Yuanfeng had nothing to say, holding back the stuffiness in his stomach and brushing his sleeves away.

It is in this case. Lin Haotian's news came to Chengdu.

Hearing that the adult's news had arrived, the Iron Lion Army was excited, and Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai rushed to Chu Chen's residence as soon as possible to see what news the adult had sent.

As a result, after reading Lin Haotian's biography, I learned that the adult's army would arrive in ten days at the earliest. The newly-born hope in the hearts of the four of them was shattered, and they fell into despair.

If a person does not eat for three days, he will be exhausted, and if he does not eat for six days, he may die, and the reinforcements of the adults will have to wait for ten days to arrive, so how can he wait so long? Ten days later, even if the reinforcements of the adults arrive, all the soldiers of his own side will starve to death.

Tao Yuanfeng looked up and sighed, and muttered: "I can't imagine that we have fought countless battlefields, but today, we will starve to death in Chengdu City!"

After reading Lin Haotian's biography, Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, since the adults couldn't count on it, he could also give it a go.

He smiled indifferently at Tao Yuanfeng and said: "General Tao doesn't have to be so pessimistic, besides, if the clay pot is not broken from the well, the general will inevitably die in battle, die on the battlefield, and the horse leather shroud is also the glory of my generation." ”

You said it easily, if you can live, who wants to die? Tao Yuanfeng looked at Chu Chen and glared.

Chu Chen looked around at the four of them and said, "Kill the war horses! The war horses in the army, not one of them will be left, and they will all be killed!"

His words made the four of them fight a cold war, kill the war horse, this is the last move after the food is cut off, and it is also a move to break the boat, once the war horse is killed, then there is no hope of breaking through the siege, besides, the Iron Lion Army is not a cavalry legion, the number of war horses in the army is limited, even if they are all killed, I am afraid it can only feed the whole army for one day, what will happen in the future?

Guan Dai said urgently: "General, this ...... Isn't it reconsidering, considering ......"

"Don't think about it, just do what I want!" Chu Chen waved his hand, interrupted Guan Dai's words, and said: "We can't let the soldiers go hungry for a long time, the lack of combat strength is small, once the morale is gone, it will be difficult for our army to hold Chengdu." ”

"Alas!" Guan Dai also understood the truth, and after thinking about it, he sighed and replied: "The end will ...... Yes!"

In order to satisfy his hunger, the Iron Lion Army began to slaughter the war horses, and even Chu Chen's horses let him pull them out and hand them over to the soldiers below to dispose of. In addition, he also ordered that horse meat should be given to those soldiers who were not injured and could fight, and those who were wounded and unable to fight again should be given a small or no share at all, so as to maintain the combat strength of the whole army.

The most commander-in-chief of the whole army, Chu Chen naturally got the most horse meat, a full half of a war horse, but he didn't eat a bite, and gave it to Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai.

They are the deputy marshals, and each of them has a lot of horse meat. At this time, seeing Chu Chen's share of his own and distributing it to them, the four of them were also very moved, and repeatedly refused, refusing to accept it.

Chu Chen smiled when he saw this, and said, "For you, there is only so much food. I won't have anything to eat again, but for me, there's still a lot of food, so don't be polite. ”

Chen Xiu and the four of them were at a loss, but when they asked again, Chu Chen didn't say anything more, and the four of them had no choice but to take the half horse that Chu Chen gave them, and they could be regarded as helping him keep it first, and then give it to him to eat when he was too hungry in the future.

The officers and men of the Iron Lion Army, who had not advanced for several days, finally had a full meal. The people's physical strength was also temporarily restored, but the next day, the famine struck again like a plague, and the soldiers who had no hope of war horses were so hungry that their eyes flashed blue.

Another day passed, and Chu Chen suddenly ordered that all the soldiers of the army should forage for food freely, as long as they could eat. Whatever they want.

This order was conveyed to the people of the Red Kingdom in Chengdu. It became a real nightmare.

In the city of Chengdu, where is there still half a grain of grain, even the dead grass on the side of the road and the bark of the old trees have been gnawed up by the people, and the soldiers of the Iron Lion Army who are crazy with hunger are only people - the people of Chengdu.

At this time, the soldiers of the Iron Lion Army can no longer be called human. Rather, it was a group of wild beasts, hordes of soldiers rushing into the homes of the people, some of them caught people and ran away, and some of them killed them on the spot and started a stove on the spot. Cook human flesh.

All of a sudden, the ghosts in Chengdu City cried and wailed, and there was no difference between the hungry ghost realm in the six reincarnations.

Chu Chen's guards were also very efficient, and not long after he left, he captured two yellow flower girls from wealthy families in the city for him. These two women are not very old, they are only sixteen or seventeen, their skin is white and pink, and at a glance they know that they are rich ladies who are pampered on weekdays.

The guards brought the two of them into the county capital where Chu Chen was, and as soon as they arrived in the courtyard, the guards stripped off the clothes of the second daughter, and in the center of the courtyard, two cauldrons had already been erected, and the guards pressed the naked second daughter to the ground, waiting for Chu Chen to come and check.

After receiving the report from his subordinates, Chu Chen walked out of the room, stood on the steps, looked at Lu Xia, nodded slightly, and finally a smile appeared on his expressionless face, and said, "Just the two of them!"

Hearing his words, one of the guards drew his saber and aimed it at a woman's neck, slashing it down. As the sword flashed, the crying in the courtyard stopped abruptly, and one woman was completely frightened.

The guard shook off the blood from the knife and walked over to the other woman......

In the absence of a cup of tea, the two girls had been disemboweled, and their empty bodies were thrown into the pot.

Chu Chen patted his stomach and asked the guards who had been following him for a long time, "Do you remember when we ate human flesh last time?"

"It's in the Battle of Hetian!" a veteran grinned: "At that time, we were much more dangerous than now, the general only led 5,000 warriors, penetrated 800 miles into the He Heavenly Kingdom, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and fought all the way to the capital of the He Heavenly Kingdom!"

"yes, that's six or seven years ago. Chu Chen sighed: "Looking at the kingdom under heaven, if you want to say that the most able to endure hardships has to belong to us, if there is no food, we will find food by ourselves, and if there is no military salary or armament, we will rob it ourselves." Speaking of this, Chu Chen smiled, just a wry smile, shook his head and said: "It's a pity that God is especially unfair to me, the king is mediocre, which leads to the ruin of You Guoguo, the destruction of the country, the warriors, and the displacement." ”

Hearing this, the veteran showed a look of wanting to speak.

Chu Chen glanced at him and said, "Say whatever you want!"

The veteran said in a low voice: "General, General Lin is eloquent and ambitious, and the villain feels that it is very wise for the general to make the choice to follow General Lin, and he must not be half-hearted, looking ahead and looking backwards!"

Chu Chen was happy, patted the old soldier's shoulder, and said, "I know these in my heart, you are too worried." ”

The veteran hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The general forgives the villain for talking too much!"

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "Only an old brother would say such heartfelt words to me!"

After hearing this, the veteran's heart suddenly warmed, and his eyes hung red.

Chu Chen is brutal and brutal, and sometimes he is even too cruel to his own people, but he also has his own unique personality charm, treats his subordinates equally, and never greeds for merit. The rewards received for each meritorious service will be taken out and distributed among the people.

He has such and such shortcomings, but also such and such advantages, and because of this, his prestige among the You army is very high, when he made the choice to join the Jin State. The 400,000 You army can defect with him without hesitation, and is willing to live and die with him, advancing and retreating together.

When Chu Chen and the others were cooking human flesh in the courtyard, Chen Xiu, Tao Yuanfeng, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai hurriedly came.

Today, You Jun's crazy behavior shocked them, and they couldn't stop it if they wanted to, so they had no choice but to come to Chu Chen.

Unexpectedly, Chu Chen was also preparing to eat a human flesh feast here! The four of them felt a strong return of sour water in their stomachs, and Chen Xiu asked in a trembling voice, "General, are you ...... What are you doing?"

Chu Chen smiled indifferently and said, "Haven't you already seen it?"

Chen Xiu raised his hand, pointed to the big iron pot tremblingly, and said in a trembling voice: "Inside...... It's human flesh in there?"

"That's right!" Chu Chen had a completely relieved and inappropriate expression, and he said leisurely: "The commander and the soldiers must resist the enemy army, of course they can't fight hungry. There were so many red people in the city, so let them all starve to death. Why don't you feed my soldiers first!"

"But...... This...... This is against human morality!" People eat people, this is simply against the way of heaven, and it seems too light to describe it as heinous.

"It's against humanity?" Chu Chen looked up and smiled, and said, "If everyone is dead, there is still a bullshit human nature! That's the act of a fool. Of course, you are golden, and Ben Shuai does not force you to accept my thoughts, which is why Ben Shuai gave you half a horse meat before. ”

Now, Chen Xiu and the others finally understood. Why was Chu Chen willing to give them his share of horse meat, and why did he say that he would have a lot of food in the future, it turned out that he was referring to human flesh, and his food was the people of the Red Kingdom in the whole city.

The cauldron was bubbling with steam, and the thick smell of meat penetrated into the nostrils from time to time, but Chen Xiu and the four of them had no appetite, but their internal organs were churning violently. Tao Yuanfeng, who had the most impulsive temperament, was the first to stand it, he suddenly vomited, covered his mouth with his hand, and staggered out. Chen Xiu, Zhang Cheng, and Guan Dai were not much better, the blood on their faces faded, one whiter than the other, and they also ran out of the hospital with Tao Yuanfeng after the worst.

Looking at the backs of the four of them who 'fled from the wilderness' one after another, Chu Chen sneered and said, "The weak eat the strong, the fittest survive!" A person like this who is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, if it was before, would have died ten times ago in my army. ”

The Youren guards on the left and right also laughed, and someone said: "It's just that I'm not hungry, if I'm really hungry, let alone human flesh, even if I cut my own flesh with a knife, I can eat it!"

"Ha Lu Ha-" The guard's words drew a burst of laughter from everyone around them.

Chu Chen waved his hand to everyone and said, "It's almost cooked, the brothers will dine with Ben Shuai!" As he spoke, he pulled out a sharp dagger from his waist and took the lead in front of the cauldron......

The Red Army decided with a trapped word, trying to trap the Iron Lion Army alive in the city of Chengdu, but the Iron Lion Army was not trapped to death, but suffered the people of the Red Kingdom in the city, and the hungry and crazy Iron Lion Army abandoned humanity and filled the people with hunger, which also caused the Chengdu tragedy.

It is impossible to count how many red people entered the stomach of the Iron Lion Army during the period of being trapped, but after the end of the first battle in Chengdu, only tens of thousands of people remained in the hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and the rest of the hundreds of thousands disappeared mysteriously, but a large number of white bones were excavated under the city wall.

Ten days later, the Iron Lion Army still held on to Chengdu, and the 800,000 Red Army outside the city still couldn't cross the Lei Chi for half a step, but at this time, the main force of the Jin Army led by Lin Haotian had also passed through Panling and approached the boundary of Chengdu.

Shao Lin used the falcon to pass on his movements to the Iron Lion Army from time to time, and similarly, the Iron Lion Army also used the falcon to transmit their situation back to Lin Haotian in time, and the news transmission between the two sides was frequent and fast, and it was not hindered by the 800,000 Red Army besieging Chengdu at all.

They can transmit information to each other unimpeded, which also lays a good foundation for the Jin army to formulate the best combat plan.

Through discussion with the generals, Lin Haotian decided to join forces with the Iron Lion Army in Chengdu to defeat the main force of the Red Army in one fell swoop, laying the foundation for his own victory in the battle of entering the Red Army. However, the Red Army also has a large number of troops, which are comparable to the overall strength of the Jin Army, and it is not so easy to defeat the opponent in one go.

Ding Feng made an analysis to Lin Haotian that the Red Army was composed of four routes, and if his side also divided its forces into four parts and attacked the Four-Way Army of the Red Kingdom separately, his own side would not have an obvious advantage, so he should concentrate his superior forces and attack one of the four Red Armies first, striving to eat the opponent in the shortest possible time and establish his own superior situation.

Among the four armies of the Red Country, Yuan Cheng is the most arrogant in the north, he has just been rewarded and promoted by Shi Huai, the spring breeze is proud, the morale is flourishing, and it is also the backbone of the other three Red Army, as long as Yuan Cheng is eliminated, the morale of the other three Red Army will inevitably fall, everyone is in danger, and they will be chaotic without a fight.

After listening to Ding Feng's analysis, Lin Haotian felt that it was very reasonable, and immediately adopted Ding Feng's opinion, and locked the direction of the main attack on the more than 200,000 Red Army of Yuan Cheng's first department.

With the goal in mind, Lin Hao Tianma ordered Shao Lin to pass the news to the Iron Lion Army, so that the Iron Lion Army could prepare and assist his side to attack Yuan Cheng inside and outside. (To be continued......)