Chapter 16: The Soldiers Approach the Wolf City

As the female zither said

The army of Dongyuzhou marched all the way to the west, taking one after another Xitaizhou cities, the closer to the wolf city, the more stubborn the resistance encountered, the soldiers and civilians of Xitaizhou united to resist the war, and defended the city to the death.

In the blink of an eye, another two years passed, and the Dongyuzhou army finally attacked the wolf city, and the city wall of the wolf city was towering and magnificent.

General Qi Dong ordered to camp ten arrows away from the Wolf Fierce City and send spies.

Qi Xu has been promoted to Zhonglang General at this time, the youngest general in the army, Yan as his attaché, eating at the same table, sleeping in the same bed, the two cherish each other, and the friendship is extremely close.

Qi Xu pointed to the towering Wolf Fierce City and said to Yan, "Yan, how long do you say it will take for our army to capture this Wolf Fierce City. ”

Yan looked at the majestic city, "This city is extremely strong, if it is attacked, it may not be taken in half a year." ”

Qi Xu said, "The spies reported that the Wolf Fierce City has enough food to support two years, and our army's food and grass are not going to continue from time to time, and this battle will be difficult." ”

"What are the plans of the Major General?"

"I can't think of a good plan yet, and it's better to sneak into the city and burn down their grain depots. ”

"The Wolf Fierce City is heavily guarded, and the accents of Dongyuzhou and Xitaizhou are different, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to blend in. Yan pondered for a moment, "But although the wall is high, it can't stop me." Major General, could you please give me a try? ”

Qi Xu said, "There are also many barriers in the city, the granary is heavily guarded, and the location of the granary has not been confirmed, and you have established a prestige in the army, and the Xitaizhou army has already engraved your portrait, and it is really unwise to go into danger alone." ”

Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the young general, I will act when I see the opportunity, and I will not confront the defenders of Xitaizhou head-on, unless they lay a net, they will not be able to hold me." ”

Qi Xu's eyes sparkled, "Wait for me to tell the generalissimo before making a decision." ”

General Qidong approved the operation, and Yan climbed over the city walls at night and infiltrated the Wolf Fierce City.

The city was indeed heavily guarded, and although it was not brightly lit, there were guards patrolling the passes, and militia patrolling the streets and alleys. Everywhere in the city were posted articles accusing the atrocities of the Dongyuzhou army, the conscription of the soldiers, and the punishment of collaborating with the enemy, and to Yan's surprise, he had no impression of several Xitaizhou people who were executed for the crime of collaborating with the enemy.

He was brave and swift in his actions, and infiltrated the treasury in the city, but there were only two piles of grain in the treasury, which could only last 20 days at most. Could it be that the spies had wrong intelligence?

Yan had doubts in his heart, and quietly withdrew from Wolf Fierce City, returned to the East Yuzhou Army, and explained what he saw to Qi Xu.

He prayed, "If there is only ten days of food left, we might as well spend it with them, and wait until the wolf city is exhausted and there is civil strife." ”

He reported this to General Qidong, but was reprimanded.

General Qidong said, "The wolf fierce city is strong, it is the most important acropolis in the capital of Western Thailand, and thirty percent of the harvest over the years is used as military funds, and there is also the income from trade with Dongyu, how can it be only a few 20 days, Xu'er, the soldiers on the battlefield are not tired of deceit, don't just believe what you see and hear." After another 20 days, our army's food and grass will not continue, but I am afraid that the West Thai army will not be chaotic, and our army will be chaotic first. ”

Qi Xu and Yan Da were ashamed to say this, and Yan asked to sneak into Wolf Meng City again, but General Qi Dong still agreed.

This time, Yan Jiang has investigated all the suspicious locations where the grain can be stored, but the whereabouts of the grain depot still cannot be found.

Where can such a huge amount of food go?

Without a clue, it is dawn in the blink of an eye. Yan ventured into hiding, finally allowing him to find a clue.

There are many temples in the city of Wolf Meng, and in this troubled time, people have begged for peace and victory in the temple, but many of these people Yan found were officers and soldiers in disguise and Wu Yong, and he found an opportunity to attack an officer and deceive the situation in the temple.

It turned out that there was a mystery in the temple of the wolf city, and eight of the countless temples contained a large amount of grain, and the grain depot was built underground, communicating with each other, but each had its own defense.

Yan was a little excited but didn't dare to be careless when he got the information, and dived into the underground granary to prove the truth, and the amount of grain accumulated in it really made him dumbfounded.

Several years of military service made him disciplined, fulfilled his duties, restrained his impulsiveness and recklessness, did not act rashly, sneaked back to the Dongyuzhou military camp, and reported the situation to Qi Xu and General Qi Dong.

Then, General Qi Dong ordered Qi Xu to draw up a plan to burn grain.

They drew a team of 500 foot soldiers, pretending to take a wild path to bypass the wolf city to cut off the passage between the wolf city and the royal capital of Xitaizhou, this move was discovered by the Xitaizhou sentry, and after a fight, the remaining ten people were captured.

That night, Yan infiltrated the prisoner camp in Xitaizhou, rescued the people, and asked them to replace the military forces in Xitaizhou, and took them to the underground grain depot.

The captives escaped, and of course, the whole city of Xitaizhou was under martial law and searched everywhere.

Yan naturally knows that there is no time to delay, and the success or failure of the grain burning operation is determined by time.

He relied on his agility and superb skills to quickly lead thirteen people to raid the granary garrison, occupying the extremely long underground granary, in order to avoid the action being seen and obstructed by the Xitaizhou army, the burning of grain must be carried out simultaneously.

In the time they had agreed, six of the eight granaries were burned.

Except for Yan, none of the thirteen people came out of the underground granary.

This fire burned the whole city of Wolf Fierce to the bleak clouds.

For the chance of victory in exchange for death, Qi Xu was not surprised at all, and in front of the three armies, he poured three bowls of turbid wine in front of the fire of the wolf fierce city, and sent a voice, "Brothers, go well." ”

In the evening, Qi Xu suddenly turned blue after dinner, and his whole body convulsed. It was actually a boy about ten years old about the same age as Yan, he looked very delicate, but he was a little thin, he had already been beaten by Qi Xu's guards, and he looked even more pitiful, but his face was full of calm expressions of death except pain, and he was not afraid.

Yan stared at him and asked, "Are you from Xitaizhou?"

"Yes"

"What's your name?"

"Leaving the Pupil"

"It's You Who Poisoned You"

"Yes"

"Where's the antidote?"

"There is no antidote to the flowers"

"Who sent you?"

"Myself"

"Aren't you afraid of death?"

"West Thailand is destroyed, everyone will die, what's the difference between dying early and dying late," Hitomi said nonchalantly

"As long as Western Thailand surrenders, no one will die. ”

"Why do you say such big things, which city that has been breached by you is not full of corpses of Xitaizhou people?" Li Tong looked at him coldly, "You have never known the hardships of the world, you have not experienced the death of relatives and friends, what we Xitaizhou people have suffered today, sooner or later, we will claim it back from you." ”

"I joined the war only to kill and kill, and when the East and West become one, no one will die because of the war. Yan lifted his chin and stared into his eyes, firmly

What my eyes see and hear in my limited life is either greedy plunder or shameful killing, what can we believe? Is it you or your dragon god?"

Yan couldn't refute for a while, and his face sank, "Take him down and take care of him." ”