On the third day of the winter month, the Shunzhou war situation at this time took another turn.

The ten coalition forces in southern Sichuan besieged the city for many days, but they could not capture it for a long time, and they had already become a tired army, and even had the idea of retreating, and the army's spirit was even more unstable.

At this time, the reinforcements of the Mu clan in northern Sichuan had also arrived in Shunzhou.

After only a short rest, this vanguard team of northern Sichuan barbarians, dominated by the Mu clan, brazenly launched a frontal onslaught against the southern Sichuan coalition army, which was three times the number of its own.

One party is new, the other side is tired; One side is willing to retire early, and the other side is full of morale; One side has many different hearts, and one side has the same desires......

In such a situation, although the southern Sichuan coalition army had more men and horses, it was not the opponent of the northern Sichuan reinforcements at all.

The siege of Shunzhou was quickly resolved, and their many days of hard work became completely useless.

And then a little casualties in the army, the leaders of the various departments felt more painful, only this battle, the loss of the ten departments in southern Sichuan amounted to more than 3,000, and each family had hundreds of injuries, plus the casualties of the previous siege, almost every department had thousands of casualties, and the loss of the Yang family in Banzhou was more than 2,000.

100,000 soldiers and horses, labor expedition, not only failed to take Shunzhou in one fell swoop, but folded a horse, which was enough to shake the determination of all the leaders.

At this time, after re-camping, this group of people directly found Yang Jianting, complained a lot, and some of them were in a hurry, and they even proposed to withdraw the army.

"Withdrawal?" Yang Jianting's face was also ugly, but he was still barely cheering up at this time, and said in a deep voice, "Do you see the situation too simply?" The imperial court has clearly told you before that this is our only way to save ourselves, and now withdrawing from the army is tantamount to looking for death! ”

"Patriarch Yang, are you scaring us?"

"That is, if we retreat at this time, will we really have no way to live? We are also born and raised in Sichuan and Shu, and all the families in northern Sichuan have the same roots, even if they want to deal with the Han court, we can only contribute some manpower, some money and food, and helpers! ”

"It's a big deal, we are vassals to the Mu family and the Long family, so that we can keep the children of the tribe......"

"That's right, if we continue to fight like this, we will all be in a desperate situation. I've heard that the one who fought with us before was only the vanguard of the Mu family, and there was still the main force behind, and the total number of troops was still above us.

"When they arrive, we won't even be able to run."

"And what kind of court did you talk about, what about them?

"During these days, our various departments are constantly attacking Shunzhou and constantly losing men and horses, how come those court officials and soldiers have not even seen a single person? Where did they all go? ”

This sentence aroused strong suspicion and dissatisfaction from everyone, and they all shouted one after another: "Yes, Patriarch Yang, since you are the commander of our ten coalition forces, you have to give us an explanation, what about them?" ”

"If you want me to say, the Han people are the most treacherous and unreliable, maybe they will see that the situation is not good and retreat, and only let us spend here until we are exhausted, and then they will occupy our city and fall to the wall!"

Seeing this, Yang Jianting couldn't be silent anymore, and immediately shouted: "Shut up!" You know what, this is all the plan of the imperial court, and soon, the war will be reversed, and our opportunity will come. ”

"Turning the tide of war? To put it lightly, why? ”

These people were already anxious, and they didn't care about the identity of the other party at this time, so they asked forcefully.

Yang Jianting took a deep breath, and just wanted to say what Sun Ning had already confessed to himself to appease everyone, but when the words came to his lips, he remembered the sentence that Sun Ning told him when they parted that day-

"This is a matter of ultimate survival and death, so it should not be known to other clan leaders. Otherwise, once it leaks out, I'm afraid those people in the north will also know. At that point, the whole plan may fall short! ”

This made his expression change again, and he slammed the table, pulled out his portable saber, slashed at the corner of the table, and cut off a corner, so frightened that everyone in front of him was a spirit, and there was no sound in an instant.

Seeing that everyone was slightly calmed, Yang Jianting shouted again: "Since you have promised the coalition army that day and let me be in command, then as long as the war does not stop, my words will be military orders, and if anyone dares to talk nonsense, they will be dealt with by disturbing the morale of the army, and you will be beheaded immediately!" ”

The murderous words made the hearts of all the leaders even more chilled, and they all shrank back unconsciously.

"As I said, the turnaround will come soon, as long as we hold on for a little longer, ten days at most!

"As long as we confront them here for another ten days, victory will be ours!

"If you still don't believe me, then I can't help it, but if you want to leave, you first asked me about the knife in my hand!"

After letting go of the cruel words, he softened his tone again: "Everyone, I am also the head of the clan, and I also know that the casualties of my subordinates will greatly weaken our strength and make our clan lose its security. However, now that this step has been taken, there is no turning back.

"And I firmly believe that the imperial army will soon appear and will help us achieve the ultimate victory. At that time, it will be time for us to go north, go to Huayang, go to Kuizhou, go to Yizhou, and seize the wealth, population and food accumulated by the Mujialong family for hundreds of years!

"Believe me, just hold on for another ten days!"

"Ten days, really?" After being silent, someone asked hesitantly, and then more people looked at Yang Jianting with an uncertain expression, waiting for him to make a promise.

Yang Jianting took another breath, and then nodded heavily: "Within ten days, we will see!" ”

After these leaders were persuaded to retreat by his scare and comfort, Yang Jianting sat back on his seat with weak legs, and then did not move for a long time.

It seems that this time, all his spirit and spirit have been consumed.

After half an hour, he moved again, but he only stared blankly out of the tent and muttered, "Emperor, Emperor, I have done everything I could." Whether it can be done or not is up to you......"

……

Hundreds of miles away, in Tongchuan City, Sun Ning seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly turned his head to look south, and he didn't know if the rabble over there could block the frontal attack of the elite soldiers in northern Sichuan......

"What are you doing? Hello to open the door! It wasn't until a commanding barbarian general in front of him greeted him that Sun Ning hurriedly turned around, nodded and agreed, and then stepped forward and called open the closed warehouse door in front of him.

As the door of the warehouse opened, the fully loaded carts were sent into the warehouse one after another, and soon, the last granary in Tongchuan was also filled with a huge amount of military rations.

Seeing this, the corners of Sun Ning's mouth turned up again, revealing a smile.