Zuohai County Government

There were many figures, but the atmosphere was dead and lifeless, and everyone's faces were ugly.

Just now, they suddenly received a call for help from Qingchong County, and the Dongshan army besieging them, carrying a large number of new siege vehicles, brazenly attacked the city.

Huang Er and the others were defeated and retreated by this new weapon, and they couldn't even counterattack, and under this fierce attack, there were many dead and wounded in the city.

Of the more than 13,000 people, only seven or eight thousand remained, and now they continue to support.

When this news came, everyone was confused, and even Jiro Sakai had a question mark on his face.

When this inspector led the army to attack the city, they already knew that the news that Huang Er gave at the beginning was that the two sides fought half a catty and eight taels, but the Dongshan army, which was attacked later, had withdrawn.

How do you look at it, this siege failed, and it was Su Qi'an who was frustrated, they were the victorious side, but this victory didn't last long before they received the news that Huang Er couldn't hold on.

If he hadn't sent someone to investigate and confirm the authenticity, Jiro Sakai would really think that this was a ruse by Liang Bing.

But even if he figured it out, Jiro Sakai couldn't figure it out, what the hell was the new weapon that beat Huang Er so badly, and he had to ask for help quickly.

Reinforcements from the base camp have been dispatched, and at this time it is necessary to rescue, even Sakai Jiro is impossible, asking for people from the base camp.

It's the same 20,000 against 20,000, if you want to say that you had a battle with the Dongzhou soldiers before, and you lost some troops, and asked for support, even if Yamashita Yong has something to say, he can't say anything.

But after sending 10,000 reinforcements, he still has to support, which will make people think that he Sakai Jiro can't fight, is it not intentional.

With Yamashita Yong's temperament, he will definitely be dissatisfied, and he will also fall into trouble when he talks about things from the so-called stronghold.

But if you don't send people, judging from Huang Er's rush to send back the news, it is estimated that it will not be long before Qingchong County City will be taken, and Huang Er is very likely to be annihilated.

This somewhat put Jiro Sakai in a dilemma.

He paced back and forth, his face changed, and the people under him didn't dare to say anything at this time.

In this situation, even if it is them, it is difficult to give effective advice for a while.

Sakai Jiro, who was pacing, sighed, and then said, "Give Huang Er an order, let him wait for reinforcements, reinforcements will arrive soon, if you lose Qingchong County, let him come to me with his head."

Everyone under them nodded slightly, their eyes met, and they knew that there was no way out.

But looking at the information sent back, there was still a lot of anxiety on their faces, they knew Huang Er, although he was crazy, but he really had no last resort, and he would never say such a disheartening word.

After a brief silence, one of them couldn't help but speak.

"The second master, there are some things that his subordinates still want to say, not the ambition of his subordinates, the strength of the Dongshan Army is obvious to all, if it is ordered like this, the crazy onslaught of the Dongshan Army, Huang Er is afraid that he will not be able to hold on to the arrival of reinforcements."

When he said this, Jiro Sakai raised his head sharply and stared at the person who spoke.

The man was half-kneeling on the ground, ready to accept the punishment, and he knew that saying such things at this time, without joking, would disturb the morale of the army.

Seriously, you can drag it down and cut it.

But even so, there are some things that he still has to say at this juncture.

Just as this person was about to accept his fate of being cut down, Sakai Jiro's voice suddenly sounded.

"What did you just say? Dongshan Army?"

His subordinates were stunned, not understanding what Sakai Jiro meant, but he still nodded subconsciously.

Jiro Sakai stepped forward quickly, snatched the message of the letter that came back, and looked at it repeatedly.

Sakai Jiro's face was also constantly changing, and all his subordinates didn't dare to disturb when they watched this scene.

After a short silence, Jiro Sakai closed his eyes slightly, raised his head, clenched his palms, and finally exhaled slowly.

"It's over, we've been fooled, there won't be reinforcements, and even if there are, the reinforcements should be stopped on the road."

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, "Why did the second master say this?"

Sakai Jiro's clenched palm was released, the letter fell to the ground, his slightly closed eyes opened, and he said coldly.

"The strength of this supervision envoy is 20,000, which are the two armies of Dongshan and Split Mountain, but at the beginning, in the news that came back now, there was no mention of the whereabouts of the Split Mountain Army, that is to say, the people who participated in the siege of the city were only Su Qi'an's Dongshan Army from beginning to end."

At this point, Jiro Sakai didn't say any more, but all his subordinates understood what he meant.

The Split Mountain Army dispatched with the army, if they guessed correctly, they should be tasked with blocking reinforcements from the base camp at this time.

It can be considered that from the very beginning, Su Qi'an never thought that the two armies of Dongshan and Split Mountain would take the county town of Qingchong, just to ambush the reinforcements sent from Fangzhoushan Island in the future.

This style of play is to lure the snake out of the hole and destroy as much living force as possible.

As long as they besieged Qingchong County, they would not be able to sit idly by, so they had to try their best to send troops to rescue them.

And the only one who can send troops is Zhoushan Island, which is the base camp, and once the troops are dispatched, they will send other troops to ambush them in advance, so as to eat them.

This kind of calculation is disgusting, it is not possible to send troops, and it is not possible to not come out, and it completely puts them in a dilemma.

What's more, this Su Qi'an's only relied on 20,000 people in his hands to dare to fight like this, you must know that the people who fought against them before were nearly 40,000 Dongzhou soldiers.

In the end, the two sides reached a draw, but this time, with the 10,000 people dispatched from the base camp, the total strength had already exceeded Su Qi'an's 20,000 horses.

But even so, instead of getting a bargain, they let Su Qi'an put them in a dilemma.

This battle made them realize the strength of the Daliang Dongshan Army, as well as the shrewdness and calculation of this person, which was by no means a general talk.

All of a sudden, they put away their contempt.

Not long after Sakai Jiro pointed out Su Qi'an's intention to send reinforcements around the point, the news of the reinforcements dispatched from Zhoushan Island was also sent.

As Sakai Jiro expected, as soon as they came ashore and headed towards the county town of Qingchong, they passed through a forest and were ambushed by a large number of Liang soldiers, and the two sides fought fiercely, and they could not advance for a while to rescue.

The people who received the news were obviously panicked, if Sakai Jiro was just guessing, they still had hope in their hearts, then the news of reinforcements came to completely destroy the last bit of hope that everyone had left.

They looked up at Jiro Sakai, hoping he would come up with an idea.

This time, compared to everyone's panic, Sakai Jiro was unusually calm.

His face was indifferent, he looked at his subordinates, and said coldly, "Everyone, the reinforcements have been stopped, and they are asking for rescue, and it is impossible for the base camp to send troops, if we want to break the situation, we have to rely on ourselves after all."

"Now that I have a solution, I don't know if you dare to take risks with me."

"Second master, you speak, as long as we can repel these cool soldiers, no matter how big the risk, we are willing to go."

"If you want to succeed, how can you not take risks, you can speak, and we will go with you."

The people under his command were angry and shouted.

Jiro Sakai nodded, and then told everyone what he thought.

His plan was very simple, that is, to lead the three or four thousand people of Zuohai County to burn the granary of the Liang soldiers again like last time.

Originally, this was not planned, but the last time I asked for help from the base camp, in order to have one more record, Sakai Jiro asked for some information from the inner line of the Dongzhou soldiers.

Let him know that Su Qi'an came to the front line of Dongzhou, in addition to having 20,000 soldiers under him, he also brought 50,000 grain and grass, and all of this grain and grass were escorted to Sanming County, which was not far from them and at most forty or fifty miles away.

Sanming County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, surrounded by steep cliffs, and if you want to enter the city, there is only one big road to enter, which can be described as an excellent place for defense.

But coincidentally, half a year before the earliest infiltration into Qingchong and Zuohai counties, Sakai Jiro brought people to Sanming County, and recorded various points along the way, so that he discovered a very secret path.

This trail can reach the town of Kiyotaka, and if it weren't for the accidental discovery, Sakai Jiro would not have been possible at all

Found that there is such a road.

Originally, it was just a simple record, but I didn't expect it to be used so quickly.

This time, as long as he successfully enters the county town of Sanming, like last time, he is burning the granary, no matter how strong the Dongshan army under Su Qi'an is, and he captures the county town of Qingchong, there is no food in his hand, and he can't hold it at all.

If this matter is done, plus last time, a total of 150,000 stones of grain and grass will be burned, at least within half a month, Su Qi'an and Wu Dingguo will not be able to launch a large-scale attack.

I didn't want to take this path, but I can only say that it is a godsend, and this time in order for the invasion plan to be successfully implemented, even if it is at the risk of being exposed from the inside, I will not hesitate to do so.

Listening to Jiro Sakai's plan, everyone who was originally solemn showed excited looks, clenched their fists, screamed, and wanted to act immediately.

Sakai Jiro calmed everyone's emotions and said softly, "This matter is not urgent, wait for me to write another letter to determine the specific location of the granary, and tonight while the moonlight is shining, I will act immediately."

"At the same time, in order to paralyze the Dongzhou soldiers who are watching, in this operation, there are 3,000 people left in the city, who are responsible for answering and covering at any time."

It's not that Jiro Sakai doesn't want to take everyone away, but this night attack, the fewer the number of people, the better, and a thousand people are basically enough.

The remaining 3,000 people in the city can rely on the defense of Zuohai County, even if the state soldiers attack, at least they will not fall for a while.

Once they succeed, all kinds of sieges will be self-defeating, and as for them who attack, there is naturally a great risk of annihilation.

But for the sake of the victory of the plan, even if it is death, what is it? If you were afraid of death, you wouldn't be a pirate.

Sakai Jiro ordered the task to go down, and soon the group of men dispersed, and now they only waited for dark.

At this time, Zhong Liang, who was in charge of the garrison of the 50,000-stone granary in Sanming County, was pacing back and forth in the mansion of the county town, holding a letter in his hand, his face changed, and after hesitating for a moment, he burned the letter in his hand, sighed, and seemed to have made some kind of decision.