The siege of Jinan has already begun for five days.

But probably because the Yan army is mostly cavalry, and the lack of siege equipment, these five days, the Yan army has attacked Jinan day and night, still can not take a step beyond the city wall, Shandong participated in the politics of Tie Xuan Tie and now the city guard Sheng Yongsheng came to the city wall to command the battle, the first soldier, this behavior infected the originally depressed defeated soldiers, in the eyes of these defeated, this a civilian officer and a military attache is worthy of trust and dependence.

At least they won't leave their soldiers and run away like Li Jinglong.

Before the Southern Army, has been fighting with the Yan Army in the field, the cavalry of the Yan Army has become their lingering nightmare, whenever they hear the sound of the war horse charge, it is often accompanied by the rout of the Southern Army, but this time is different, relying on the city wall, the cavalry of the Yan Army can not give full play to the advantage of speed and piercing power, can only honestly dismount and climb the city wall; And their new weapons, which terrified the southern army, could not cross the high city wall into the city, and if they detonated outside the city wall, they could not shake the city wall of Jinan City, which had stood for hundreds of years.

What is particularly important is the limitations of warfare in this era, and what determines the outcome of a war is not necessarily the number of advanced weapons and soldiers, but the determination and wisdom of people.

In the past, most of the soldiers and soldiers of the Southern Army had the same idea, King Yan wanted to be appeased, and the court wanted to quell the rebellion, how much did it have to do with them? The uncles and nephews of the heavenly family fought for the throne, why did they want these low-level soldiers to die?

What's more, there is also a boss like Li Jinglong, obviously hundreds of thousands of troops can cut down Beiping like grass, but they have lost several battles in a row, Zhengcunba lost more than 100,000 troops in the first battle, and nearly one-third of the 600,000 troops in the first battle of Baigouhe were killed and wounded.

But this time the situation is different, these soldiers have the defeated soldiers who fled from Texas, and the local defenders of Jinan, for them, they could retreat and flee before, but this time it is not possible, they can still flee south after the defeat of the field battle, and what about after the city is broken? Where else can I escape?

Troubled times are cannibalistic, even if Zhu Di, the king of Yan, doesn't kill the pawns, no one is willing to gamble, not to mention that now the generals and civil officials in charge of defending the city in the city are all on the city wall with the determination to die, this kind of behavior is simply incomparable compared to the previous Li Jinglong.

So under the encouragement of Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong, with the support of the people in the city behind him, the morale of the southern army defending the city was greatly boosted, and the Yan army repelled many attacks in a row.

No one knows how long this siege will last, Jinan, a city that has not experienced war for many years, stands silently under the desperate struggle between the two groups of armies of the same Han people, the Yan army outside the city is looking forward to the day when the city is broken in the non-stop attack day and night, and the southern army in the city is defending with human lives while waiting for the rebellious general of the imperial court to come back to his senses and bring reinforcements, but what they don't know is that Li Jinglong has escaped across the river at this moment, and he who has no confidence should flee directly back to Jinling.

The war continues.

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Gu Huai searched for many days, but still did not find the figure that looked very similar to Xu Miaojin.

He has wondered more than once these days, is he dazzled? Xu Miaojin didn't go south at all, but stayed in Beiping well?

But there is no branch of the secret spy division in Jinan City, so there is no way to ask, not to mention that even if there is, no one in Jinan can go out at this moment.

The siege of Beiping, Gu Huai was in the camp outside the city at the time, and did not intuitively feel the sense of oppression and suffocation brought about by the desperate attack of more than 100,000 people outside the city as this time, in fact, the impact of this siege on the city is great, the four cities in the city have carried out military control, and there are soldiers patrolling everywhere, but if you see a suspicious appearance and kill directly on the spot, the shouting and killing sound at the city wall can be heard throughout the city, and the sky above the blue sky and white sun echoes the sound of siege equipment hitting the city gate, or the explosion of the Yan army's grenade, It makes people's temples jump and throb with it.

But the most serious thing is the closure of various commercial facilities, which means that Gu Huai has no way to stay in the inn, before he was a strategist under King Yan, barely a senior general with troops, and even the head of the secret spy in charge of the secret spy department, since the Battle of Jingjing, he has been everywhere, he has controlled the life and death of many people, and has also led troops to fight thousands of miles, but now he is no different from an ordinary refugee, the same sleeping on the street, the same eating roadside stalls, if it weren't for the fact that he brought some scattered silver, I'm afraid that my livelihood will be a problem at this moment, and Xu Miaojin is just a daughter who doesn't know the world, if she is really in this city, what should she do?

At three poles in the sun, the siege of the Yan army outside the city stopped, as in the past, the city began to recover, and the people dared to move around, the worried Gu Huai was exhausted in the city, and turned the corner and found a bun shop, probably because there were not many roadside shops open at this time, the people who bought the buns lined up in a long line, Gu Huai felt hungry in his stomach, so he walked over and lined up.

When it was his turn, there were only two steamers left on the table, and the remaining buns could be counted with the naked eye, and in front of him was a big man, and after asking two sentences, he shouted angrily: "It's too fucking dark, isn't it, I paid a penny yesterday, and I have two pennies today?" Why don't you grab it? ”

The owner of the steamed bun shop with a big waist didn't mind, and laughed twice: "It's no wonder to me, there are so many people who buy steamed buns, and they can't be steamed and sold!" I said Lao Xu, you are from the city, you have a pot at home, if you want to eat it and it is too expensive, then you can steam it yourself, what are you angry with me? ”

"Damn, the Yan army is besieging the city, but it makes you shake up the steamed bun seller, Lao Tzu is just trying to save trouble... Forget it, don't buy it! Lao Tzu went home and steamed it himself! ”

The big man scolded and left, Gu Huai glanced at the back thoughtfully, and waited until the boss called him to come back to his senses, bought two buns and hurriedly turned around and walked away.

These days, in order to find Tsundere Lori, he really didn't think too much about other things, and after listening to the conversation between the two, he suddenly remembered that Jinan hadn't even assisted in defending the city in the past two days, according to the current siege situation, how long would it take for King Yan to defeat Jinan? Now the price of steamed buns is one price for a few days, and in a few days, what should be the price of food in the city?

On weekdays, he always takes Wei Laosan and Wang Wu two personal guards, and he won't bring much money on his body, this time he hurriedly entered Jinan, and there was a little loose silver in his waist, and he couldn't eat steamed buns for many days, and he should plan for his livelihood, if the siege continued like this, if he, the strategist under King Yan, starved to death in Jinan City, it would be really funny.

Hurriedly ran to the rice grain store on the next street, and saw that no one rushed to buy food, Gu Huai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although the price of rice and grain was slightly higher than usual, but it was not to the point of being unacceptable, probably because the people in the city had not yet realized this fatal problem, or maybe they were too optimistic and felt that the siege would not last long, so they were not willing to exchange it for food if they had money.

Gu Huai took out all the money on his body and wanted to exchange it all for food, who knew that the owner of the rice grain store was obviously a shrewd person, or maybe he had a keen sense of smell after doing this business for a long time, and knew that the price of rice and grain would soar next, so he didn't want to sell more, Gu Huai inked for a long time, so he could only buy a bag of grain, and walked on the street with the bag, Gu Huai then worried about how to store these grains.

You can't just run down the street like this, can you?

But these days he has been sleeping on the streets, not even a place to live, where is there a place to put food, standing on the street thinking about it for a long time, he remembered yesterday walked through a broken Taoist temple, then carried the grain to the door of the Taoist temple, this Taoist temple is located in the wilderness, the gate is crossed with the official seal, it should be an obscene temple, Gu Huai did not move the door, over the wall to the backyard of the Taoist temple, transported the grain into the hidden, and went to the second rice grain shop, as the method concocted all the silver on the body for food, but also purchased some pickles that are easy to preserve, Only then did I go back to the Taoist temple to rest for a while.

Sitting down on the dusty steps, thinking about what he had just done, he was like a mouse who only stored winter food, Gu Huai couldn't help but smile bitterly, things had developed to this point, it was really beyond his expectations, Xu Miaojin was not in the city, he didn't know; The soldiers are in chaos, and if he loses his news, he doesn't know what will happen to Zhu Di's side; How long this siege will last, and whether he can avoid this turmoil, is not even known.

In just a few days, he has changed from one of the leaders of the Jingnan anti-thieves to an ordinary refugee in Jinan City, the only thing he can do now is to hide some food for himself, and then continue to look for a person in Jinan City like a needle in a haystack.

And all this is just because of a glance at her at the city gate.

Things in the world have never been like this... It's frustrating.