"Golden juice, pour golden juice!"

The soldiers who supervised the battle waved their swords and drank fiercely, Gu Huai and the two young men carried a cauldron together, ran up to the city with bated breath, tilted the cauldron hard, and the boiling gold juice was poured down the city wall and poured on the Yan soldiers who climbed up with the cloud ladder.

The screams and falling sounds were heard, but no one was in the mood to poke their heads out to see, and the stray arrows in the sky flew up the city wall at various angles, and if one was unlucky, he was estimated to die on the spot.

The so-called gold juice is boiled dung soup, since ancient times to defend the city, this thing is an indispensable weapon, I don't know who invented it in the first place, once this dung soup is boiled, the smell spreads almost all over the city wall, Gu Huai's face is covered with a cloth, but he still can't stop the smell from drilling into his nostrils, and when he dodges the arrows, he accidentally took a deep breath, and began to retch on the spot.

After pouring the gold juice, it was useless for the young man without a sword to continue to stay on the city wall, Gu Huai and the two men bowed together and retreated under the city wall, among the arrows in the sky, a boulder was thrown on the city by the stone thrower, and it fell not far from them, in the violent vibration, the flying stone chips rubbed against the cheek was a blood stain, and Gu Huai They were still lucky, a city guard who supervised the battle happened to be smashed on the body by the boulder, and the whole body became minced meat, leaving only the severed hand that was still holding the knife exposed, It was shocking to watch, but the other people at the head of the city seemed to be commonplace, ignoring this tragic situation, and only cared about shooting arrows to kill the dense Yan soldiers under the city wall.

When one person died, another person immediately went on top, and several young men threw the stone down the city wall with all their might, which was still stained with the remnants of the soldier just now, and a soldier with a knife walked over, and saw the three Gu Huai who fell to the ground, and said coldly: "Get away!" ”

"Poof!" As soon as the words fell, a feather arrow flew in, hitting his eyebrows, the sharp arrow penetrated the skull, and inserted it more than half a foot deep, the soldier who was still frowning just now did not say a word, and fell backwards on his back, and the three of Gu Huai, who were in the same group, look at me, I look at you, all felt the stone stairs under the city wall in the earth-shattering shouting and killing.

The fight above the city wall is hot, and the people below the city wall are not idle, the Yan army has been attacking the city for almost two months, and most of the young people in the city have been gathered to assist in defending the city, looking around, I don't know how many cauldrons are boiling gold juice and hot oil, the smell is mixed together and goes straight to the human heavenly spirit cover, there are countless wounded soldiers howling in the bunker, and the recruited doctor Langzhong is running in the crowd, covered with blood, and the dark circles under his eyes indicate that they have not had a good night's sleep for many days.

The war does not allow people to rest, Gu Huai and the three people who had just gone down the city wall were immediately called over again, and were escorted by the soldiers to carry the cauldron and re-enter the city wall, and they repeated it many times, and the shouting and killing on the city wall gradually stopped, and after a while, it was replaced by cries and panting.

They survived, in another siege.

Such a scene has been staged many times in the past two months, from the beginning of the city defense still has the strength to the present, the whole city is now all gathered to assist in the defense of the city, every day more and more corpses are moved down the city wall, and people's despair is getting deeper and deeper, because of the siege of the Yan army outside... It still doesn't look like the end of the day.

According to past experience, after this siege, the next time the Yan army attacks again, there should be an interval of one to two days, and the old and weak people are driven up the city wall to carry the corpses and collect the troops, while the young people who are responsible for defending the city like Gu Huai began to line up to receive rations.

said that it was rations, but in fact, it was just a palm-sized piece of bread, and these were only young and strong, and those old and weak people had to solve the problem of eating by themselves, after all, if young and strong starved to death, this wall would not be able to be defended.

Of course, it is not possible not to defend the city, at the beginning of the siege, there are patrolling guards searching in all corners of the city, there are young people who are hiding, they can even kill on the spot, to defend the city may just die, but if you don't go, you will definitely lose your head, how to choose, most people have a number in their hearts.

Three or two mouthfuls solved the coarse noodle cake he brought, and after drinking the soup that did not see the meat, Gu Huai sighed and began to walk towards the inner city, when there was no siege on weekdays, the people could not help but move around freely, and what he was going to now was the abandoned Taoist temple.

It's been two whole months since the siege... Sure enough, as Gu Huai expected at the beginning, food became more expensive than gold, and now the city of Jinan is already starving and desolate.

In the shadows of the street, a woman held a jasper bracelet and tried to make her voice louder: "Steamed buns, just one steamed bun!" Who can change a steamed bun? ”

A passer-by changed, the woman took the steamed bun, only to take a bite, there was a dirty little hand stretched out from the side, snatched the steamed bun away, the woman hoarsely chased after it, but because she was hungry for too long and dizzy, she could only cry loudly, watching the child who snatched the steamed bun run farther and farther.

In the alley, the young child shrunk into a ball, there was a corpse lying beside him, it was his mother, in the open clothes, only Sen Sen's bones remained, and a layer of skin was still wrapped, the child's head was buried, and he didn't know whether he was dead or had no strength to move again, after a long time, he stood up as if he wanted to get out of the alley to beg for a way to live, and after only two steps, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up again.

All this is happening in the whole city of Jinan, but no one will look at these dead people, hunger is an extremely terrible thing, it will make people's hearts hard as iron, and it will also make people become walking corpses, the fear of the people at the beginning of the siege has turned into numbness and despair now, sleeping with corpses, and it can't make them feel anything.

The original shadow itself was very thin, and now Gu Huai, who looked even thinner, walked very slowly, in the final analysis, he was still hungry.

That's right, he hoarded some food, but how could that food be enough for an adult man to eat for two months while guarding the city day and night?

And this is still a situation where there are no accidents with the food, there are no rats, no thieves, but if there is a problem with the food hidden in the Taoist temple, Gu Huai may not be able to survive to this day.

There is no need to think about the rations issued after defending the city, at best, it can only hang a person's life, and the increasing number of casualties in the city in recent days is not unrelated to the famine in the city.

When the Taoist temple was near, Gu Huai stopped, making sure that no one was following him, so he picked a secluded place and turned into the backyard, and sat in the courtyard speechless.

The pickles have been eaten, the Taoist temple does not dare to make a fire, he has eaten raw rice for several days, in the city of Jinan today, the fragrance of any food may attract a large group of hungry refugees who have lost their minds, it is not uncommon to kill people and sell goods, Gu Huai even has a hunch that if the siege is not lifted, the most terrifying scene in human history may be staged next.

Cannibalism.

How... Purgatory on Earth.

……

At the temporary military meeting after the siege, Gao Wei, who joined the army, reported the casualties of the siege battle, and only felt that the military report in his hand was as heavy as a thousand pounds.

The casualties are too heavy ... More than 100,000 soldiers guarding the city, now there is still half left, the young people who assist in defending the city in the city are even more piles of corpses to move under the city wall, Gao Wei only felt that the scene of his comrades talking about the bloody river on the battlefield was too terrifying, but now look at the incineration place where the corpses are disposed of under the city wall, the burned ashes are almost piled up, and the wind blows all over the sky, which is really shocking.

Sheng Yong on the side also had a heavy face, and said: "The Yan army has been attacking the city for more than two months, and the soldiers in the city have suffered heavy casualties... The most important thing is that the military rations are insufficient, in order to hold on for a long time, the soldiers in the city now only eat one meal a day, and they are all coarse grains and bean noodles and other things, the physical strength is weak, and there are many sick people, and if this continues... It's really going to be unbearable. ”

Although he had asked many times, he still asked unwillingly: "The government stocks grain... How many are there today? ”

Tie Xuan was silent for a moment: "The surplus grain in the treasury can be used for two months to eat the soldiers defending the city, but... It is calculated according to the amount of one meal a day today. ”

"Can you add an extra meal? In the long run, where will the soldiers have the strength to defend the city? ”

Tie Hyun shook his head slowly.

It's strange to say, Tie Xuan hasn't read any military books, and he doesn't know anything about military affairs, but in Jinan City today, it seems that he has the final say.

At the beginning, the defender of the city was Sheng Yong, but Sheng Yong was a military man, and he was completely unreliable in government affairs, and Tie Xuan grasped government affairs with one hand, in these two months of defending the city, he was very perceptive and exercised himself in the harsh war, and understood the laws of war in the siege and counterattack again and again, and even Sheng Yong had to often do it according to his opinions.

And Sheng Yong has no opinion on this, and with rich military experience, he has also become Tie Xuan's right-hand man, and the combination of these two people has also made Zhu Di suffer a lot in the past two months, but... It seems that this is the end of it, with the current situation in Jinan, what kind of method can be used to keep it?

Tie Xuan's side face was extremely cold and hard: "Not only can you not add food, but most of the rations of the young people defending the city have to stop." ”

Sheng Yong and Gao Wei were stunned.

"These days the official has been patrolling the city, now there are more and more people in the city starving to death, the siege of the city at the beginning of the government can still open porridge shop soup porridge, now the food relief has long stopped, the people who have no livelihood will naturally starve to death, and the street patrol composed of refugees, the cleaning team has also stopped, now Jinan, is already hungry everywhere, the smell is stinking."

Sheng Yong and Gao Wei didn't know what Tie Xuan was going to say, they only knew that if they really stopped the rations of those young men defending the city according to what Tie Xuan said, where would those young men still have the strength to carry the boiling water of the gold juice of the rolling wood and stones?

Even the soldiers could only eat one meal a day, and if they didn't even have that little ration, wouldn't they starve to death in patches? Isn't this cutting off your own back?

But what surprised them even more was yet to come.

Tie Xuan stood up, his face was also very pale, but his voice was very firm: "Are you clues, everyone is so hungry that they can't walk, and the city is naturally unable to defend it, and in the end, only the whole city will be dragged down and the jade will be burned?" In fact, there is a way to keep it. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Concentrate the food of the military and civilians in the whole city, distribute it uniformly, and give priority to the supply of non-commissioned soldiers."

Sheng Yong said blankly: "What's the difference between this and now?" Will there not many, multitudes of people starve to death? ”

"Yes!" Tie Xuan turned around suddenly, "The big gentry have hidden grain!" It was searched out for military use, to ensure that the soldiers had something to eat, and to ensure that the people who could still defend the city could go up to the city wall! ”

"The people who can't defend the city..."

"Drive out of the city," Tie Xuan closed his eyes, "small households, people who have fled, and those whose food has been confiscated, all of them will be sent out of the city, and they can't be allowed to... Compete with the army for food. ”

Sheng Yong and Gao Wei's faces both changed drastically: "How can King Yan sit idly by and ignore this? If he doesn't let the people leave, even if we hold Jinan, we will sit back and watch Jinan's fathers die under the city? ”

Tie Xuan's voice was cold, as cold as winter that had just passed: "He didn't dare to attack the people... Isn't it worth destroying a Jinan and protecting the Ming Dynasty? Even if all the soldiers and civilians of Jinan die in battle, as long as they can force Yan to rebel, it will be worth it! This is the righteousness! ”

He opened his eyes and strode out of the door: "If a refugee leaves the city, he may be stopped by King Yan, but if he really does this, he will bear no less infamy than us!" Staying in the city, it's just that the whole city is surviving together and driven out of the city, and they may still have a chance of life! has reached such a situation, we can only compare with Yan Inverse! ”

Sheng Yong stood up and only felt his throat tight: "Compared to what?" ”

Tie Xuan stopped and said word by word:

"Tougher than whom!"