Ten days have passed since the midsummer counterattack, and this hot summer seems to be getting hotter and hotter, which makes people desperately want a rain to cool down the temperature.

Goo, goo, a veteran sitting behind the city wall took the big bowl from a young man, and then stretched his neck to drink the bowl of water, this bowl is not a mellow wine, nor is it any other sweet and sour juice, but just ordinary well water, but sweet and cool, this is just from a nearby well, but at this moment, this bowl of sweet water is more enjoyable than the others guarding the city.

"Another big bowl,, if I don't drink water, I feel like I'm about to dry meat!"

The young man of Songshui smiled, scooped out a large spoonful from the bucket, and filled the entire large porcelain bowl, he liked this job, although he had to take some risks, but for every ten buckets of water, he could get enough food for him to eat a full meal, and as long as he worked hard, it was enough for the family to cook a thick porridge for two meals, and this was undoubtedly a luxury in the city that had been closed for more than half a year.

On the third day after Leng Zhuo became the master of Vermilion Bird City, he promulgated a new food distribution system for residents, which was obviously more able to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people in the city to assist in defending the city than the previous monotonous distribution of porridge every day.

Every work has been formulated with a food ration, as long as the corresponding work is completed, you can get food, and this is undoubtedly more than the days when you can only mix a thin porridge a day, and then lie down and wait for death, of course, the results of this are good and bad, the good thing is that the city is full of strength to resist the Tang army, the Holy Sect army is full of strength, and all people believe that victory may not be far away.

And the disadvantage is that the grain is rapidly losing under such rationing, but for the time being, the grain and grass in the city is not the biggest problem, after the Huang, Shi, Mu, Pang Si families and the families who have a good relationship with them are confiscated, in addition to collecting a large number of gold and silver wealth, antique treasures, there is also a large amount of food from these people's homes.

Undoubtedly, this grain once again became a criminal evidence of these families on the execution platform, even the soldiers were rationed, did not go to the city wall to fight, and only gruel to drink, these families were still wrapped in brocade clothes and jade food, so in the city trial, the core members of these families were executed, and the other members were also punished in different ways, such as going to the city wall to fight the enemy in exchange for military merits to make up for their sins.

And this great turmoil in the city, Leng Zhuo handled it very cleanly, and after the forces of the Marquis of Jingnan were clear, the vacuums of the large forces left behind soon became the focus of contention for the rest of the families, and to the Ping'an Hou, who was only twenty-two years old but had already held the real power of the military and government in Chuzhou, had become the common idea of everyone in Suzaku City.

Leng Zhuo's position is unprecedentedly consolidated, although many people in the city, such as Qinglou and the military comfort station, are scolding Leng Zhuo, but more people are running for Leng Zhuo.

The situation outside Suzaku City has also changed a little, in the south of the city, the Holy Sect army's attack on Vermilion Bird City has become more and more restrained, because they are no longer able to attack Vermilion Bird City frantically without scruples, next to them, their outer camp is the Imperial Nanwu Legion, yes, they occupy the burial camp, right under the nose of the Holy Sect Army, and take root.

This is also thanks to the Holy Cult's three-ring defense system, which allows the Nanwu Legion to use it directly after capturing the outlying camps, and the defensive separation zone between them is the best dividing line between the two sides.

As for the camp in Central, it became a place where the two sides fought each other, and the camp was almost abandoned, and the fighting lasted all night, and lasted for two days and two nights, and the two sides fought in a river of blood in this strip that was no more than five kilometers wide and more than 20 kilometers long.

And the pattern after the war is that the Holy Sect has retained the last inner circle of defense, which is also the most important line of defense, but it has lost the outer two circles of camps, and the outermost circle is occupied by the emperor, and the area of the middle circle has become a bloody place where the two sides continue to fight.

Although there were still heavy troops in the south of Suzaku City, they had to restrain themselves in the face of the fierce tigers who were also lying down beside them.

Originally, they could rely on their strong forces to launch an attack from two directions, but now, the army south of the city has become a chicken-like existence, giving up and not giving up, and holding on to it consumes too much energy, and it is difficult to provide enough strength to launch a siege in this direction.

The siege is still continuing, but the offensive is very weak, that night, a large number of catapults, as well as siege equipment were destroyed, these are all in half a year of continuous accumulation, want to rebuild, I don't know how much time it will take, and rely on the remaining siege equipment, but can not meet the previous kind of intensive siege, for a while, Suzaku City faced a slow offensive.

Victory seems to be on the horizon! The time has also entered the end of June, a time of stuffiness, irritability, and torment.

And just five or six hundred kilometers away from Suzaku City, in Xiyan Mansion, a place next to the mountains of Jiuchuan Mansion, a large group of dense soldiers and horses came out of the crack in that mountain.

This is the Jiuchuan rebel Zhang Yang's department, Zhang Yang was a member of the Imperial Rock Legion general, and then betrayed the empire to divide the place, and then, the Holy Sect was powerful, and briefly took refuge in the Holy Sect, and conquered the gate lords and soldiers in those places, but it was a big defeat, and then entered the Jiuchuan Mansion with the remnants.

Speculatively attached to the aristocratic rebels who had just occupied Jiuchuan Mansion, obtained the garrison of the two counties in the north, and then continued to win over the strong men, absorb the refugees and young people, as well as the scattered soldiers and horses, and the troops soon recovered to their heyday, and in Qin Liangyu, Liang Hongyu suddenly killed back to the valley from the mountains, made a big fuss, and then went south to Panlong City, but let Zhang Yang seize the opportunity, took the opportunity to annex a lot of scattered soldiers and horses, annexed other Sichuan troops, and became the king of Sichuan.

However, although he is the king of Sichuan, he has seventy or eighty thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, and he also controls many other soldiers and horses, but his strength is not strong, and the 20,000 garrisoned Valley City was taken by Qin Qiong in a night attack, and the guards took the lead in escaping, which shows the ability of the soldiers and horses under his command.

At the pass of Gu Nan Road, Zhang Yang was finally forced to surrender the Panlong Legion, Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses were not disbanded, he was not idle, and he was settled after the autumn, but was appointed by Wu Zixu and Sun Wu as the vanguard, still under the banner of the aristocratic rebels, from northern Sichuan into Xiyan Mansion.

Eighty percent of the territory of the entire Jiuchuan Mansion has been occupied by the Panlong Legion, and part of the main force of the Panlong Legion also went to northern Sichuan, and the other capital was divided into the defeated army scattered in the Jiuchuan Mountains to restore the order of Jiuchuan, but Zhang Yang's vanguard went out of Jiuchuan Mansion and stepped into Xiyan Mansion first.

The land of the five counties of Xiyan Mansion, more than ninety percent of them are flat lands of Pingchuan, there are many rivers in the territory, Xiyan Mansion and the Vermilion Bird Mansion in the east of Xiangshui, but the largest grain producing area on the banks of the Xiangshui River in Chuzhou, but this year, the Vermilion Bird Plain in the east of Xiangshui is not to be counted on, the war has made it full of devastation, the people are displaced, and the countryside is barren.

And the west of Xiangshui Xiyanfu and other places did not delay spring ploughing, the Holy Religion is not the kind of simple peasant army, he also has the structure of the country, so after occupying the two prefectures of Chu and Xi, the Holy Religion began to restore the place, in addition to recruiting a large number of young and strong into the army, spring ploughing is also carried out as scheduled according to the agricultural time, spring ploughing in April, after five or six months of growth, now the territory of Xiyan Mansion is the rice is boundless.

The rice has begun to fade green and begin to turn yellow, and by the middle of July, the summer rice can be harvested, and this season's grain is very important to the Holy Sect, although after the Holy Sect Incident last year, countless grains were seized, but in this half a year, these grains have been almost consumed.

The 100,000 army on the front line eats and feeds horses every day, and the daily consumption is very huge, even if the soldiers and horses are reduced by half, the daily consumption is still a huge number, and a large part of the grain harvested in Xiyan Mansion last autumn was transported to Suzaku Mansion, because Suzaku Mansion, as the capital of Chuzhou, consumes more, and Nanping collects most of this batch of grain.

The war is about money and food, and the Holy Sect Army relied on the Pope's encouragement, although it saved itself from the trouble of money, but the food was not exempt, and with the surplus food of the previous year, the new grain was yellow, it was the most critical period, if at this time, the grain of Xiyan Mansion was wreaked havoc, then it would be a devastating disaster for the Holy Sect.

Undoubtedly, this half a month will be an important period, and the Holy Sect has made some countermeasures, but all the elites are under Suzaku City, and can they protect these grains with the help of the people's army formed at all levels in the local area.

Zhang Yang's rebels are coming at this time, like a group of hungry wolves, maybe it is a bit difficult for Zhang Yang's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight with the army, but if they engage in this kind of destruction, bully the people in the township, and harm the locality, this is their forte.

And Zhang Yang also got Wu Shouxu's assurance, this time as long as he did a good job, he could get one percent of the plundered assets, and after that, he could be a landlord, a rich man, or even leave Chuzhou, this is Leng Zhuo's own letter, stamped with the seal of Chuzhou's soldiers and horses.

For this pardon, Zhang Yang will do his best, and this kind of thing is what he is best at, so under his leadership, more than 30,000 rebels under his command passed through the valley roads of Jiuchuan Mansion and came to the territory of Xiyan Mansion.

And in this deputy Huang, he led people to slaughter more than a dozen nearby villages, and then trampled and destroyed the rice in the field, and indulged in a night, and on this night, Zhang Yang gathered his subordinates, divided his troops into several roads, and began the locust plan set by Wu Zixu and Sun Wu.

Take what the locusts have passed, and not a single inch of grass will grow!(To be continued)