In this offensive and defensive war, although everyone in the official and military is anxious, many people are even thinking of retreating. But in fact, the situation of the defenders of the city was even worse than theirs.

Today's Jinguan City has long lost its former glory and richness, and a large section of the city wall that has been attacked on three sides has been blasted and collapsed, and under the rubble and rubble that has not been cleared, there are even many corpses of the soldiers who defend the city, but the surrounding robes have no intention of dealing with it.

The situation behind the walls was not much better, many houses were destroyed by the flying stones that were thrown in later, and the wounded could always be seen lying dead on the roads......

The whole city became lifeless, and the streets were filled with nothing but corpses, soldiers who were ordered to patrol the city, and the people could only be confined to their homes and spend their days in fear.

Then the supplies in the city were also centralized, and food became the most important thing, and the people could only be given a small amount of food rations after being ordered to do what they could, otherwise they would only starve.

From the beginning of the war, the Tang family already had the consciousness of fighting a war of attrition, and they controlled all the food and materials in the morning.

As for the other wealthy families in the city, in order to prevent these people from colluding with foreign enemies, the Tang Sect even struck first, solved all the people, and confiscated their property.

If Yang Jianting, who suggested the siege of the city, knew about this series of behaviors of the Tang Gate, I am afraid that they could only dispel this unrealistic idea.

After all, according to today's consumption, Jinguancheng can survive for a year and a half, or even two years. Even if the wealth of Yuzhou, Banzhou, and Huayang is used to support the food supply of hundreds of thousands of people, I am afraid that they can only hold out for two or three months, and any more rear will cause chaos.

Of course, the consequences of this move of the Tang Gate are also quite obvious, the city has become like a huge powder keg, and it is only a temporary obedience under strong pressure.

When a spark suddenly ignites the fuse somewhere, it doesn't need to be attacked by the army outside the city, and the resentment and anger of the people in the city alone is enough to completely collapse Jinguan City.

Therefore, for many people in the Tang Sect now, appeasing or suppressing the opposition forces in the city is the most important thing.

For this reason, in addition to the Tang Sect supervisors who were stationed on all sides, the elite children of the other Tang Sects had already wandered around the city to prevent accidents and nip all possible crises in the bud.

Even Tang Shouheng, a special disciple of the inner hall who only needed to focus on developing and improving various secret weapons in the past, is now forced to pull a strong man, and he needs to patrol the safety of Tangjiabao from time to time.

When it was close to dusk, he walked through the familiar street with his two brothers again, and then went around to the important place of each hall in the back, and then saw Tang Tiande walking slowly from the ancestral hall.

"I've seen the old lady!" These people are all juniors of the Tang family, and as soon as they saw Tang Tiande, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Tang Tiande's gaze only flickered on the other two, and then completely fell on Tang Shouheng's body: "Shouheng, have you continued to improve that thunderbolt recently?" ”

Tang Shouheng replied with a wry smile: "Recently, because of all the busy things, my grandson has not continued to do this for several days. However, the thunderbolt is already roughly formed, and given me a few months, it should be able to be used for real. ”

"Okay, wow." The old man stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder with considerable satisfaction, and was just about to say that if you don't have to do these errands in the future, you will continue your previous research, but the words changed again, "In this way, two days later, at dusk, you will come to see me, and I have something to tell you to do." ”

"Yes, my grandson will definitely pass by then." Tang Shouheng agreed in a low voice, and then continued to move forward with the other two.

Tang Tiande looked at him who was leaving thoughtfully, the light in his eyes flashed, as if he had made a decision.

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As the night deepened, tranquility finally returned to both inside and outside Jinguan City.

But in the depths of Tangjiabao, Tang Tiande's residence, in the study where ordinary children were not allowed to enter, several high-ranking Tang family officials looked at Tang Tiande with complicated expressions, and their tones were quite intense-

"Taigong, I thought that the Golden Cicada plan was no longer necessary, we could completely block the offensive of the official army, and if we lasted a few more months, we would be able to save everything."

"Yes, Taigong, the Golden Cicada plan is a strategy that has to be used in a desperate situation, but now the situation seems to be better than we thought before, so why do we have to take this desperate road?"

"Taigong think twice, once we really implement the Golden Cicada Plan, it means that our Tang Sect for several generations, more than a hundred years of hard work will be ruined, what will happen in the future, it's really hard to say......"

"Moreover, our Tang Sect has made many enemies in the rivers and lakes over the years, if there is no family protection, and then those people find and recognize it, I am afraid it will be difficult to preserve."

These people originally agreed with the golden cicada plan proposed by Tang Tiande, after all, when the cities were destroyed by the officials and soldiers one after another, and in the end only Jinguan City was left, they really felt that a catastrophe was coming, and if they didn't leave, it would be completely over.

But now, as the war continued, they found that Jinguan City might not be able to hold it, so their thinking naturally changed, and they didn't want to flee at such a huge cost.

I thought that the old lady should have the same idea, but today he summoned everyone and actually proposed that in two days, the Golden Cicada plan would be truly implemented, which was unacceptable to everyone.

Tang Tiande looked at the more than ten people in front of him with some disappointment, among them were his own sons, and there were also nephews who he had previously fancied to succeed to the next head of the family, but now it seems that they are all unqualified.

In fact, what he valued most was Tang Shouchuang, who was a really smart person and knew how to forbear......

However, Tang Shouchou chose to take a risk, but it brought a greater disaster to the Tang family.

At this moment, Tang Tiande was even really shaken and wanted to change his strategy, but in the end, he still decided to insist, but said with a serious expression: "The old man has made a decision, so you don't have to say it."

"The Golden Cicada plan will be launched on time, and no one has to obey, otherwise it will be the biggest traitor of my Tang Sect!

"Don't look at the stalemate of the war now, you feel that Jinguan City can really hold it. I tell you that the destruction of the city is inevitable, and that within a few days the situation will take a fatal turn. So it's better to take advantage of the fact that there is still almost, so that our Golden Cicada plan can succeed! ”

The old man's resolute attitude made the children have nothing to say, after all, Tang Tiande's identity is here, and no one dares to disobey it.

It's just that they still have doubts in their hearts, and now that the situation is good, how can they say that they will change?