Xiong Wuliang watched Zilan give orders coldly, and his heart was cold.

It stands to reason that the Qi army has more people than the Chu army, and the supply line is relatively longer, so it will take a while, and the Qi State will of course have a great chance of retreating.

But according to Zilan's playing style, the hundreds of miles of land north of Xiapi will become the territory of Qi State.

The land has been lost, what is the point of whether the Qi country retreats or not?

What's more, north of Xiapi, there are hundreds of thousands of civilians of the Chu State.

In Zilan's three or two sentences, these hundreds of thousands of Chu people were abandoned.

Even if the Qi State retreats in the end, the Chu State will lose hundreds of miles of land and be taken away by hundreds of thousands of people, so what is the use of the Qi State retreating?

Besides, the financial and national strength of the Chu State is not as good as that of the Qi State, and if it drags on to compete in logistics like this, maybe the Chu State may collapse first!

Seeing that the generals in the tent were admonishing one after another, Zilan's face was so gloomy that she was almost dripping.

He didn't see anything wrong with his strategy.

In Zilan's eyes, the generals in the tent are going against him!

Zilan waved her sleeves, didn't speak, and walked away directly.

Only the generals in the tent were left looking at each other, and the two county commanders covered in blood wanted to cry without tears.

……

Over the course of three days, war reports from the north reached Xiapi one after another.

Following the two counties of [Changshui] and [Zhucheng], four more county towns in the north of Xiapi fell one after another.

It is said that this Qi army was very brutal, burning, killing and looting everywhere it went.

As more and more news came back and summarized, the intelligence of this Qi army gradually became clear-

The number of this Qi army is about 30,000, and the main general is Jiang Yu, the vanguard general of Qi State.

With only 30,000 people, it swept the entire land of hundreds of miles north of Xiapi, and saying it made the world laugh and lose its big teeth!

Because of the brutality of the Qi army, more and more refugees fled back from the north and gathered outside the city of Xiapi.

"Dashuai, there are more and more refugees outside the city, and it is estimated that there are already tens of thousands!" A general reported to Zilan.

"The refugees lack food and clothing, do you want to open the city to take them in?"

Zilan's face sank like water.

"Without the order of the commander, you can't open the city easily!"

"Who can guarantee that there is no Qi Guo's fine work among these refugees?"

"The so-called mercy is not in charge of the soldiers-the sacrifice of these people is worth it!"

Some of the generals could not bear it, and admonished, "Since they cannot be let into the city, they should also be provided with some food—"

"They are all the people of Da Chu, you can't watch them starve to death outside the city, right?"

Zilan waved her sleeves and was categorical: "The grain and grass of my Chu army are not enough, how can we distribute them to these refugees?" ”

"As my Da Chu people, I should fight with the Qi people to the end - this group of refugees dared to escape without permission, and Ben Shuai did not order them to shoot them all with arrows, which is already merciful!"

……

Refugees outside the city rioted.

The hometown was burned and swept by the Qi people, and the 60,000 Chu troops stationed in Xiapi City were indifferent.

Because they didn't want to be humiliated by the Qi people, these Chu people worked hard all the way, dragging their families and fleeing outside the city of Xiapi, but the city gate was closed, and the bowbows and crossbows in the city even tightened the bowstrings at them......

Zilan's personal soldiers shouted loudly on the city wall: "...... Don't go near the walls, or the arrows will have no eyes! ”

Refugees in the city are in mourning and fighting for food.

The Chu soldiers in the city were as dead as ashes, watching their compatriots suffer, but one by one there was nothing they could do but watch them starve to death.

Morale is extremely low.

Wu Ben and other Chu generals took turns to persuade Zilan's camp, but they could not achieve results, and in the end, Zilan even said that she was ill, closed her door, and no longer met anyone.

Xiong Wuliang Bengbu stayed, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that if he didn't wait for the Qi army to hit Xiapi, the Chu army would already be scattered and scattered.

"Open the door, Benjun wants to go out." Xiong Wuliang came to the city gate under the escort of everyone, and said to the soldiers guarding the city gate.

Guarding the city gate were Zilan's own soldiers, looking at Xiong Wuliang's bronze chariot, his lips trembled and said, "Qiyu Monarch and Marquis...... The commander has an order - no one is allowed to open the city gates without his order. ”

Shaohu snorted coldly and pulled out the iron sword at his waist.

Zilan's own soldiers turned pale with fright one by one.

They all knew that even General Liang Ming had been killed by Shaohu, let alone ordinary soldiers.

Xiong Wuliang waved his hand and pressed the iron sword in Shaohu's hand: "The second and third sons are all acting on orders, and this monarch will not be embarrassed by you - and open the city gate and let this gentleman out." ”

"If General Zilan wants to blame him, Benjun will bear it with all his might, and it has nothing to do with you."

The soldiers looked at each other, and finally opened the city gate.

Xiong Wuliang's bronze chariot drove out of the city and into the refugee camp.

The refugees were pale and swollen.

looked at Xiong Wuliang's car, and there was even undisguised resentment in his eyes.

Shaohu was very nervous, clenched the sword in his hand, and faintly protected Xiong Wuliang behind him.

Xiong Wuliang was heartbroken!

That's tens of thousands of people!

Population is the greatest wealth of the Warring States world!

It must be known that Xiong Wuliang's huge fiefdom was only 60,000 people at this time. The tens of thousands of people in front of us can form an army of thousands......

Such a huge fortune was abandoned outside the city by Zilan?

Xiong Wuliang waved his hand, and the Shaohu sergeant guarding behind him took out some food......

The refugees rushed over in droves, their thin pale faces full of longing.

Looking at the dozens of bags of grain in front of Xiong Wuliang, his eyes were red!

Xiong Wuliang said in a deep voice: "Women and children take it first, don't fight for ......"

As soon as the words fell, I saw that everyone was rushing up, and dozens of pockets were snatched up.

As soon as a white-haired old mother grabbed a few handfuls of grain in her hand, she was knocked to the ground by four or five hungry men, and she forcibly broke her hand, and the yellow grain in it was sprinkled on the ground.

Like hungry wolves, the big men threw themselves on the ground and grabbed food.

Look at the white-haired old mother, who had died in the trampling, and the young children on the side wept helplessly......

Xiong Wuliang's face turned pale.

Scald!

Xiong Wuliang waved his hand: "Kill!" ”

Shaohu and the others couldn't help but say, pounced with swords, and killed several big men on the spot. Blood splattered, and a thick smell of blood permeated.

The crowd was stunned by the brief earthquake.

"General......" Another gray-haired old woman came out and knelt in front of Xiong Wuliang's carriage -

"It was the old woman's sister who died, and now she left behind a pair of children and a young child, and no one to take care of them...... Ask the general for mercy and take them away! ”

Xiong Wuliang looked fixedly.

The pair of young children, a boy and a girl, are only in their early teens.

His face was covered in mud and his clothes were ragged, as if he would fall down in the next second.

Xiong Wuliang couldn't bear it, and was about to speak, but when he saw Zhao slip an arrow and rushed up, grabbed Xiong Wuliang's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Lord, no." ”

"If these two young children are saved, then the rest of the people will beg each other, how can the lord take them all away?"

"Sending some food to them is already the best thing to do......"

……