Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Terrible Guess

There are still more than ten people left around Wang Sheng, everyone is crumbling, it seems that they will die at the hands of the party in the next moment, but at the same time, the party army gave up fighting with them in close quarters, and the soldiers of Weizhou and others chased after them to fight, they retreated, and when the government troops were exhausted, they caught up again, slashed out a knife, and decided to kill Wang Sheng.

The people standing on the city wall watched the encirclement of the party army getting smaller and smaller, which made them extremely tormented in their hearts, and they wished that the person who was now under the city was themselves.

Many generals came to Tang Tianhe to ask for battle, and even the people who assisted in defending the city, but they were all stopped by Tang Tianhe.

But people's emotions are very strange, sometimes the more suppressed, the greater the rebound, and the greater the explosive power contained; Soon this sentiment spread from the walls to the city. The crowd is the most irritable, and the people in the city are engulfed by this emotion and demand to go out of the city to fight.

Looking at the excited soldiers and people, Tang Tianhe felt unprecedented loneliness, he had a terrible guess, but he didn't dare to say it, he was afraid that it would cause greater turmoil in Weizhou, that is, Guo Duwei might have died in battle.

This kind of guessing made him feel cold, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore, but he had to think about it, Guo Duwei led one hundred and fifty people out of the city, wandering in the mountains surrounded by enemies, at that time, Wang Xiaowei didn't know where he was, but now Wang Xiaowei led some of the government soldiers who followed Guo Duwei out of the city to fight so wildly, isn't this revenge for Guo Duwei?

Guo Duwei is the backbone of Weizhou, and he may have died in battle, Wang Xiaowei is the pillar of Weizhou, and he will die in battle soon, Weizhou is left with him now, Tang Tianhe felt that the pressure on his body had suddenly increased several times, and he was a little out of breath.

Tang Tianhe suddenly felt like a lonely boat in the middle of a storm, struggling not to let himself be drowned, his only belief now is to complete the task assigned to him by Guo Wei and hold Weizhou.

But at the same time, an even more terrifying thought welled up in Tang Tianhe's heart, that is, Guo Wei and Wang Sheng had been killed in battle, and there was no longer any force outside the city that could threaten Tuoba Yewang, Tuoba Yewang had been trapped in Weizhou City for a long time, so what should I do? Tens of thousands of people poured into Weizhou City at once, eating is the biggest problem, with the accumulation of Weizhou City, ten days and a half months is not a problem, if it is a quantitative plan, it is okay to stick to a month, but what about a month later? Even if Tuoba didn't want to attack the city, they all had to starve to death in the city. Tang Tianhe was a little dazed and didn't know what to do.

In the past, when Guo Wei and Wang Sheng were there, there were problems that could not be solved, and they had their own worries, and they just obeyed orders, and the big deal was to die on the battlefield, but now he found that many things in this world could not be solved by death.

In the mountains east of Weizhou City, Guo Wei and others, who had just escaped Tuoba Xigang's pursuit, were repaired for a short time, and Qin Zhen also asked the same question as Tang Tianhe, what should he do if Tuoba Yewang was trapped in Weizhou for a long time.

Guo Wei sighed: "There is nothing that can be done." ”

"Even Captain Guo can't help it?"

Guo Wei smiled bitterly: "The best way is to give me a thousand elite soldiers, kill and retreat the ambition of Tuoba, and the siege of Weizhou will naturally be solved." ”

Qin Zhen rolled his eyes, Guo Wei's cold joke was not funny at all, if there were really a thousand elite soldiers, how could they be chased by hundreds of party troops to hide in the mountains like dogs.

Of course, Guo Wei also knew that this kind of idea was unrealistic, just now it was just for him to ease the atmosphere, maybe this was also the truest thought in his heart, seeing Qin Zhen's white eyes, Guo Wei said with a straight face: "Now our only way is to wait!" ”

"Wait?" Not only Qin Zhen was puzzled, but Dong Cheng, Meng Xuan and others were also puzzled.

"Yes, wait! Wait for Tuoba to retreat. We are sad, in fact, the situation of the party is not much better than ours, they have the Khitan in the north, the Han court in the south, and the Hui and Tubo in the west, no matter which side is stronger than the party; If it weren't for the confrontation between the two major forces of the Khitan and the imperial court, plus they had the advantage of terrain, separated by Yin Mountain in the north, the Yellow River in the southwest, and surrounded by deserts for hundreds of miles, it was not suitable to march, otherwise the party would have been wiped out long ago; After the autumn, the sheep are fat and strong, but not only the party is about to move, the Khitan, Hui, and Tubo forces all take the opportunity to expand their territory, as long as these forces move, these party troops outside must go back to defend their territory, which is why although the party has invaded south every year over the years, it will not be very long each time. ”

Dong Cheng and Wang Zhu suddenly realized that although they knew that the time for the party army to come to loot every year was not very long, as short as ten days and half a month, and no more than a month, but they didn't expect that there was such a reason behind this.

Dong Cheng was puzzled: "Aren't we Han people the weakest?" Since the imperial court is so much stronger than the party, why do we still have to be bullied by the party every year? ”

Guo Wei sneered: "The Han people live at the bottom, and even the Han people on the border are treated as two-legged sheep by foreigners, bullied and plundered at will, and become their slaves and tools, half of which are caused by those bureaucrats in the imperial court. For example, Shi Jingjiao, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, the territory and army he has are comparable to the Luoyang Imperial Court, he is stationed in dozens of states in Hedong, and even the powerful Khitan is helpless, not to mention the party items, they treat the army as their own private property, only to serve themselves, how can they care about the ordinary people who are far away on the border of Longyou. ”

Wang Zhu said angrily: "We are also the people of the court, and we pay taxes to the court every year, but we also suffer from the looting and slaughter of the party every year, and many people will starve to death and freeze to death. ”

Dong Cheng hurriedly held down Wang Zhu: "Wang Zhu, be cautious!" ”

Wang Zhu said angrily: "Since they have done it, can't I say it? ”

Hearing Guo Wei say Shi Jingjiao, Qin Zhen's heart moved, Shi Jingzhen will soon be the emperor, and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the barrier of the Central Plains in the north, will also be ceded to the Khitan by Shi Jingjiao as a bargaining chip, and become the "child emperor" of the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang. However, these Qin towns have not been said, in Qin Zhen's memory, although this incident has a great impact on the pattern of the Central Plains, and even affected future generations for hundreds of years, but for these Weizhou soldiers who are now struggling on the line of life and death, there is no impact at all for the time being, and their first task now is to find a way not to let the pursuers behind them arrive, and do their best to save some people.

Continuing to return to Weizhou City, Tang Tianhe's guess about Guo Wei's death, Zhao Feilong also thought of it, just when he saw Wang Sheng leading people to fight, he instinctively wanted to bring people to rescue, he didn't think too much, but he was also calm, and quickly calmed down, Tang Tianhe's words just now, although he didn't believe it all, but he also understood that what Tang Tianhe said was the truth, and when he calmed down a little, he thought of this terrible thing.

Zhao Feilong walked to Tang Tianhe's side, lowered his voice, and asked in a trembling voice: "Captain Tang, is Captain Guo already ......?"

Zhao Feilong didn't say any more, but looking at Zhao Feilong's pale face, Tang Tianhe knew what Zhao Feilong wanted to say.

"I don't know, but looking at the current situation, I'm afraid that Guo Duwei is more than lucky." Tang Tianhe sighed.

The last bit of luck in Zhao Feilong's heart was also extinguished, his legs were weak, and he almost sat on the ground, still muttering in his mouth: "No, no, Guo Duwei is strong in martial arts and has unparalleled wisdom, not comparable to our people, he won't die so easily." ”

Tang Tianhe looked at Zhao Feilong, who was a little depressed, he knew that the truth was very cruel, but he had to say that because there was still someone in charge of the army in Weizhou Mansion, except for him, Zhao Feilong was left.

"Actually, your reason has already believed in the fact that Guo Duwei died in battle, but you don't want to believe it emotionally, in addition to the two things that Guo Duwei and Wang Xiaowei died in battle, there is one more thing you must know."

Seeing Zhao Feilong's inquiring eyes, Tang Tianhe said slowly: "If the party army has been stationed under the city and does not leave, and the food in Weizhou City is exhausted, what should we do?" ”

Zhao Feilong was stunned for a moment, then thought of this terrible scene, his face turned even paler, and he said in a trembling voice: "It shouldn't be possible, in previous years, the party and the army came to Weizhou for only five or six days, and at most ten days, how could it be spent in Weizhou all the time." ”

Tang Tianhe shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, previous years are previous years, and this year is this year." In previous years, the party army came to Weizhou, almost all of us were able to rob a lot of our people and food, and they robbed almost, so they naturally went back, but this year is different, because of Captain Wang's resistance in Tong'an, we have more time to transfer the people, the people within a radius of 30 miles of Weizhou City are basically in Weizhou City, and the people farther away also sent troops to inform them of the transfer, look at these party troops who came back, although they also captured our people and robbed the grain, but it is naturally a lot less than in previous years, I am afraid that Tuoba Ambition will not be reconciled, You must die with us. ”

As soon as Zhao Feilong heard Tang Tianhe's analysis, he suddenly felt that it was very possible, and hurriedly asked, "Is there any way to crack it?" ”

Tang Tianhe shook his head and sighed, "I can't think of any way. ”

Zhao Feilong thought for a moment and said sharply: "When that time comes, since there is no other way, then fight to the death." ”

Tang Tianhe closed his eyes and did not speak.

At this moment, the city changed again.

A Weizhou citizen seemed to be stimulated by the desperate battle of Wang Sheng and others not far away, thinking that it was better to die anyway, it was better to die a little more heroically, so he pounced directly on the nearest party soldier and bit it frantically.

The party soldier didn't expect that the cowardly cheap life in his eyes would rebel violently, and he was accidentally thrown to the ground, but after all, this party soldier had been killed on the battlefield, and his skills were comparable to this people, so when he was pounced, he pulled out his sword and stabbed the person in the chest.

However, this common man was also a strong man, and while he fell in a pool of blood, he took away half of the ears of the party soldiers.