Under the city, the ditch was dug deeper and deeper, and a long ditch had been formed, which spread deeply towards the southeast of the city.

I don't know if it was because it didn't reach enough depth, or for other reasons, the Tang soldiers never completely dug the Tiebuga River.

Li Xuan stood on top of the sentry tower and looked at Su Hegui on the city wall.

Similarly, Su Hegui also stood on the city wall and looked at Li Xuan.

It seems that Li Xuan will appear on the sentry tower for one day, and Su and Gui will appear on the city one day, staring at Li Xuan.

It's a pity that he is old and frail, and he has to go back at night, which gives some people the opportunity to play with their ambitions.

"Lord Wang, the people in the city, will they really attack Su Hegui?" Su Baotong stood beside Li Xuan, looking at the city with a hesitant expression.

"It has been six days since the message was delivered on that day." Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the sky above the city, and said softly: "Now the grain and grass in this city will be exhausted in four days, and after four days, even those noble lords will not easily give money and food, and at that time, the people in the city should be anxious to get out of the city, and at the moment of life and death, even if it is a big hatred, it must be let go." ”

"Lord Wang, will the people in the city really let the people out of the city when the time comes?" Su Baotong looked at Li Xuan with some concern.

What Li Xuan is doing now is to use various means to consume the grain and grass in the city, and hand over all the grain and grass consumption that should have been borne by the Tang Dynasty to Su Hegui after the city was captured, and all the soldiers under Su Hegui's command came from the people in the city, if the people in the city really starved to death, those soldiers would definitely turn against him.

But if the people are simply released out of the city, then the dilemma in the city will be solved immediately.

But the question is, will Su Hegui really release the people in the city?

Although it is said that once the people leave the city, the pressure of food will immediately be transmitted to Li Xuan, but once these people leave the city, it will immediately affect the morale of the soldiers in the city.

It's a dilemma.

Similarly, for Li Xuan and them, once the people who suddenly left the city received it, it would immediately increase their food pressure.

This is also a dilemma for Li Xuan.

"This king asks you, what is the purpose of my coming to this city?" Li Xuan looked at Su Baotong, his expression was already solemn.

Su Baotong was slightly stunned and said: "Take Fuqi City, solve the lack of food for the people in the city, and then recruit soldiers from the people in the city to attack Wuhai." ”

"In that case, how about leaving this problem to you to solve?" Li Xuan asked directly.

Su Baotong's pupils suddenly widened, and he hurriedly waved his hand in fear and said, "The prince made fun of it, how can such a major matter be solved by his subordinates." ”

Li Xuan shook his head calmly, looked at Su Baotong, and said seriously: "This king is not joking, if you really let you solve it, what can you do?" Think about your grandfather, Xing Guogong, how would he solve such a problem? ”

Seeing Li Xuan's serious appearance, and hearing him mention his grandfather Su Dingfang, although Su Baotong's face was still a little ugly, it was much calmer.

He thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Although the Tubo people have requisitioned a large amount of grain from Fu Qi City, there is still a large amount of grain hidden in Fu Qi City, as long as they can find out all this food, they can solve the temporary food shortage......

"How long?" Li Xuan's question was very direct.

Su Baotong's face was ugly, and he said with some hesitation: "My subordinates don't know." ”

"Guess, guess with your intuition." Li Xuan stared straight at Su Baotong, he wanted to see his war intuition.

Su Baotong groaned slightly, and finally frowned and said, "Ten days." With the lowest level of disaster relief, it is enough to feed the people in the city for ten days. ”

"And what about ten days later?" Li Xuan followed up again and asked, "You must know that after our army, there is no food that can be supplied to the people in the city. ”

Li Xuan stared at Su Baotong deadly, Su Baotong's face became more and more ugly, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, he wanted to say something, but he never said it.

Today, there is only one solution, and that is to use military rations and military rations to help the people.

Not to mention how long it can be helped, but this decision is by no means under Su Baotong's ability.

At that time, even if he forcibly wanted to send the grain and grass out, none of the soldiers in the entire camp would assist, or even stop all of them.

In the entire battalion, the only one who has the right to decide to use military rations to help the people is Li Xuan.

But Su Baotong couldn't persuade Li Xuan to use military rations to relieve the people.

For none of the people of the city has been willing to come out and surrender to this day.

What's more, Li Xuan had no intention of accepting prisoners at all, which was not within his limited choice.

Seeing that Su Baotong was completely silent, Li Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said softly: "I am here, the ultimate purpose is to strengthen the army and attack Wuhai, but the situation here is complicated, and if you don't pay attention to it, the combat power of the army will not only not increase in the slightest, but will suffer a great loss because of it, so we will come here to be the first." ”

Seeing that Su Baotong was a little confused when he heard this, Li Xuan smiled, and then said: "That's what you just said, take Fu Qi City, solve the food problem of the people in the city, and then recruit soldiers from the people in the city." What will happen if the king does nothing at these three points? ”

"The city ran out of food and grass, and the people died miserably." Su Bao blurted out the same sentence directly.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said, "That's not the case. ”

"If we don't do anything, then the grain and grass in the city will run out, and the people and soldiers in the city will all starve to death, so that although this king will bear some infamy, but the army will move forward, and there will be no need to worry about any threat from Tuyuhun, and even the overall plan of the Qinling will go bankrupt, which is beneficial to the overall situation of our dynasty."

Li Xuan looked straight at Su Baotong and said solemnly: "Therefore, we are here, no matter what we do, we must take this as the first, the soldiers, the grain and grass, and the overall situation must not be lost because of this, and the Tuyuhun people can only be weakened day by day...... No matter what choice they make, they can't have any strong signs, that's the premise of everything, you know? ”

Su Baotong nodded heavily, Li Xuan said it so clearly, how could he not understand.

"Very good, with the bottom line, we will be able to act later, so let's do the first thing you said, take Fu Qi City."

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the city opposite, and then said softly: "With the current situation, we can take this city even if we don't do anything, but in order to prevent accidents, we will start to build a dam in the upper reaches of the Buha River, and if something really happens that is not under our control, then we will open the dam and release water." ”

Li Xuan's expression turned cold, and Su Baotong looked at Li Xuan in disbelief: "The subordinates originally thought that the prince was just for deterrence......

"That's for deterrence, but there are always things in the world that are not under our control, such as Dayan Mangjiebo further west, who may lead an army to kill him, don't forget, he is also the heir to the throne of Tuyuhun, and now that Murong Nuo has killed him, he is the first person who can't bear this matter, and he will inevitably make some moves."

Li Xuan said softly: "If tens of thousands of troops over there are killed, even this king may have to flee in embarrassment, and at that time, for the sake of the overall situation, it will be inevitable to open the dam and release water." ”

"It's a natural thing to do." Su Baotong nodded slowly.

Dayan Mang's wave led the army to kill, in this case, destroying the dam and releasing water to destroy the enemy army, Su Bao was acceptable in his heart.

"Also, if something happens to the governor of Anle Prefecture in the north, causing Qinghai and Hubei to get out of control, Tuyuhun can kill Benshanzhou from that road......"

"Then the dam will be destroyed and the water will be released." Su Baotong said very firmly this time.

Li Xuan smiled lightly, then looked at the opposite Fu Qi City, and said softly: "There is one last situation, that is, in this city, there is a fire, a fire ......."

"Destroy the dam and release water."

"In this way, the first thing has been done, and now, as long as I don't wait to leave, this ambush city will always be in our pocket." Li Xuan's expression was cold, and then he said: "Then there is this second thing, to solve the food problem of the people in the city." ”

Food, this is the root of all problems.

Datang will not mobilize any grain to the Tuyuhun people in Fu Qi City, so this food matter needs to be found by the people in the city and Li Xuan and them.

"When it is the king's turn to solve the grain and grass in this city, then this city will inevitably surrender to our dynasty and the Tang Dynasty...... Only by becoming a common man of the Tang Dynasty can this king be able to send food to the people inside under the reproach of the center and the impeachment of the imperial history platform. After Li Xuan finished speaking, Su Baotong nodded in agreement.

Only by becoming a common man of the Tang Dynasty can he be qualified to accept their blessings.

Nothing else.

"There are too many people in this city, after all, you have to die some damned people, and if you want to become a common person in my court, you can't just say a word." Li Xuan's eyes flashed a faint hint, and those who were familiar with him immediately knew that everything in the future was hidden in this sentence.

"What the prince said is extremely true." Su Baotong retorted wordlessly.

"As long as the people of the entire city obey the king's orders, then the king will naturally be able to let them survive completely, but if they don't want to, or someone gets in the way, they even want to control the city with the king......"

"Whoever wants, who is responsible." Su Bao said the same sentence categorically.

"Very well, if this can be done, it will be much easier for the people in the city to listen to the king's order and recruit soldiers from it." Li Xuan nodded and said, "So from now on, you will be responsible for the affairs in this city." Also, if there are other people out there who have come to see the king, you should also meet them first, see what they are planning to do, and let the king see what you are capable of. ”

"Whoa!" Su Baotong's expression suddenly became solemn, Li Xuan just mentioned his grandfather Su Dingfang, which had already aroused Su Baotong's sense of responsibility.

Li Xuan smiled, then turned around and walked towards the camp and his tent.

The tent was opened, and dozens of soldiers were busy going back and forth inside.

A sand table is being built at a rapid pace.

The entire place where Fu Qi City is located, one of the fattest grasslands in the entire Tuyuhun Kingdom, has now completely fallen into Li Xuan's eyes.

……

In the light, looking at the entire sand table, Li Xuan's brows furrowed.

It is definitely not an easy task to solve the food problem of 100,000 people in the entire Fuqi City.

Of course, it's not too difficult.

The Tibetans casually took away the sturdy people in the city, but there were still many middle-aged people in their forties and fifties left in the city, not to mention sturdy women and grown up children, so most of them were laborers.

Not to mention, there are nearly 20,000 healthy soldiers, all of whom are strong laborers.

As long as these laborers are used appropriately, there is no problem in surviving this month.

After this month, it will be time for Datang to harvest in autumn.

Although this year's autumn harvest and severe drought caused the autumn harvest of the imperial court to be insufficient, the lack of autumn harvest was not due to the lack of grain and grass in the imperial court, but the lack of wealth in the court.

As long as the wealth created by these Tuyuhun people and the DPRK and China are exchanged for materials, then even if the price is very low, it can still survive this catastrophe.

Of course, the details of this still need to be carefully carved.

But now in all this, there is one person Li Xuan needs to be vigilant against, Murong Nuo.

Murong Nuo, the governor of Anle Prefecture, the princess of Honghua, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Anle Prefecture, and the king of Qinghai.

The son of the former King Tuyuhun who was bent on restoring the country.

(End of chapter)