If the lord of Feihong City, Lord Hongyuan, is good at organizing wars and winning the support of the people, he can open the arsenal and temporarily expand many garrisons to defend the city. Of course, it is unrealistic to expect them to go out of the city to defeat the Shaowu army, but they can rely on the strong and tall city to hold on and wait for reinforcements from the Xiangmuro country to arrive.

Shaowu is not impossible to forcibly capture Feihong City, but in that case, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties, and then cause disgust and hatred among the local people, and it may take a long time. Therefore, he temporarily besieged Feihong City, let all kinds of news in the city spread and ferment, and first occupied all the transportation arteries within the jurisdiction of the city.

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At this time, there was also chaos in Feihong City, because the army of the Ba Muru Kingdom entered and flocked thousands of people who were fleeing the military disaster. People carried valuable things from home, drove sheep and pigs, and carried chickens with children, and many of them came from the ancient city. Because they are very close to Feihong City, they also know that this is a strong and majestic city.

According to the etiquette law of the country, the warehouse in the city should store enough food for a year for emergencies, mainly for disaster relief and war response, within the tall and strong city walls, in the event of war, it is a place of refuge for the people in the jurisdiction. And the people who poured into the city to avoid disaster will also be organized by the city lord to defend the city, open the arsenal and take out the ordnance to equip them.

The city lord Hongyuan was already busy in order to settle the thousands of people who poured into the city. Today, he urgently convened soldiers, engineers, and warehouse masters in the city lord's mansion to discuss countermeasures, and specially invited Xinlan, a monk from the Five Realms and a national worker who lived in the city.

Hongyuan said worriedly: "The Shaowu army has besieged the city, and we have been cut off from the news. The only way to do this now is to take the armed people to the city and wait for the return of the country's army. If you can hold on to this city. Cooperate with the reinforcements to annihilate the army of Ba Muru Province here, and we have also made a great contribution. ”

Mura Bao, who took over as the military division after Yu Yan Lingzhu, said with a bitter face: "Because of that incident back then. The most elite military formation in Feihong City is no longer there, and later a military formation was recruited to complete the number of Feihong's six formations. But the combat power is already great and inferior. Now that the sovereign has waged war against the Ba Mu Kingdom, he has transferred three of the six Feihong formations.

Of the remaining three armies, I have already sent two to settle the people who have poured into the city, and I can't keep up order or set up tents in the open field, let alone go to the city to fight the army. ”

Hongyuan was dissatisfied: "The people who enter the city to seek refuge have the responsibility of obeying the orders to defend the city. By opening the arsenal, we will be able to organize at least ten armies, and the rest of the women and children will be able to transport supplies in the city as backup. ...... Kurashi-sama, why haven't you organized it until now?"

Master Cangshi coughed and said, "The situation in the city is chaotic. The army of Shaowu came too suddenly, and we could only barely maintain order in the past few days, and settle these thousands of people so that there would be no change, and we didn't even have time to tell whether there were any spies mixed in by the Ba Muru. ...... Lord of the City, the incident that caused trouble in the past two years has damaged your prestige. What you say now, the people may not be so willing to listen. ”

Master Engineer was also embarrassed and said: "Before the army arrived, there were rumors that came first, in fact, those are not rumors, at least what we know is the truth." It was the lord who led a large army to attack the country of Bamuro. I brought in the army of Ba Muro, but I never expected that they had already killed Feihong City, which caught us off guard!

Some time ago, we all heard about Mr. Xiao's deeds in Bamuro Kuniti. It turned out that he and Shaowu were the senior brothers on Wufu Hill, and they were also a miracle doctor who was good at saving people. It is said that this time, Mr. Xiao and Shaowu traveled in the same car, and the people in the area of Feihong City. I have a much better impression of him than I do of you, Lord Castle. ”

Soldier Murabao bowed his head again and said, "According to the people who escaped from Guxiong City, Shaowu did not plunder the army after occupying the city. Even the garrison sergeant who took the initiative to open the city and surrendered, after handing over his armor. The young man also let them go home. Shao Wu also announced that the local people would be exempted from one-year servitude, and those who had gone to the city to avoid disaster would be allowed to return to their hometowns to harvest wheat, which was now the ripening season. ”

These are the truths he said, when the army of Ba Muru invaded the country, the people around Guxiong Castle evacuated to the city for fear of military disasters. However, after Shaowu entered the city, he did not massacre or plunder, and the crops in each village were ripe, and now they have not had time to harvest. Shao urged the people to go back to the village to harvest wheat, otherwise the harvest of the year would be lost.

And whenever an army crosses the border, thieves often arise. Since many people have fled from the villages, there is no one in the empty house and all the belongings cannot be taken with them, and some people will take the opportunity to steal if they are not in order, so everyone should hurry home to see the things and harvest the crops! -- for the simple villagers, this kind of persuasion is the most effective.

Many people in remote villages do not have a strong sense of family and country, and many of them do not even have surnames, they are only under the rule of the Ba Mu State and under the jurisdiction of the city outline. If they were raided and slaughtered by enemy troops, they would gather together to resist foreign enemies. But if there is no war, but only a change of king and city lord, it will not have much impact on them.

Even many people who fled to Feihong City heard about the events in Guxiong City, and now they want to go out of the city and go home to harvest crops. It's just that now the castle is not broken, and the Xiangmuro country still has the government decree and jurisdiction system in the city.

Shaowu sent a large army to besiege the city, and the strategy was to only allow out but not enter, and anyone who wanted to leave could leave, as long as they did not carry ordnance, rock pigeons, and other things. On the contrary, the Hongyuan City Lord has ordered the city to be closed today, and no one is allowed to leave, which has caused some people to complain. Rumors spread in the city that the monarch had raised unrighteous soldiers, and now the army had been wiped out, and he himself had been captured by the Ba Mu country.

If this is the case, it is impossible for Hongyuan to defend the city and wait for help. Although the city lord sent people to announce in the city that those rumors were all rumors created by the enemy country, and they could not be moved, so they shook the hearts of the army and the people, but the effect was not great. The people are still secretly questioning, if they are poor and undefeated, how can the army of the Ba Mu Kingdom come to Feihong City? This is completely unreasonable!

The Hongyuan City Lord said with anger on his face: "Do you want me to follow the example of the City Lord of Guxiong City and take the initiative to surrender the city? I was born in a royal clan, what will happen if I surrender to the Lesser Affairs? Now that the army has not yet attacked the city, you are thinking about it, have you forgotten the oath of loyalty to the king!"

Mura Bao also coughed and said: "It's not that I have forgotten, but what has the lord himself done and where is he now? I heard rumors from the people who fled into the city that Shaowu wanted to raise a large army to attack, but was dissuaded by Mr. Xiao, because Mr. Xiao did not want to see the people in the city killed or injured. ”

Master Engineer also bowed his head and said: "Actually, Master Soldier is right, we can force the people to go to the city to defend it, and if we want to forcibly attack the city, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and we will not be able to defend this city in the end, unless there is a large army to help." ”

The Hongyuan City Lord patted the case and said: "Cun Bao, I know that you have an old friendship with Mr. Xiao, but now that the enemy is present, you have to distinguish ......"

The city lord asked the village treasure to distinguish something, but he didn't say anything, and turned his head and said, "Lord Guogong, what do you think?"

Xinlan, who had not spoken, finally spoke: "If it is a normal situation, the city lord should organize the people to go to the city to defend it. But now we are facing a large army of young affairs, and we can't hold it after all, and how long we can hold it depends on the people's fighting spirit and fighting spirit. If we can't wait for reinforcements in a short time, we will only add to the casualties in the face of a strong attack and even provoke a popular uprising.

At least in the past few days, I have seen in the city that the people are unwilling to fight with the army of the Ba Mu country led by Mr. Xiao. The lord of the city was born in a royal clan and did not dare to open the city to surrender. But you have to be sure of one thing, can the lord be killed? If the little gentleman leads the army to the city gate, some people will even want to sacrifice you, the lord of the city...... Alas, it would be nice to have exact news of the national capital. ”

These words were also true, which made the Hongyuan City Lord break out in a cold sweat. He stroked his forehead and said, "Master Bingshi, you go to patrol the city first, and I will discuss it with Master Guogong again." ”

Murabao took the order and left, and Xinlan asked, "City Lord, are you suspicious of the military master, and don't let him stay here and continue to listen to our discussions?"

Hongyuan City Lord lowered his voice and said: "Village Bao's younger brother Lingbao is now the patriarch of Baixi Village, I think it was he and Mr. Xiao who killed the city outline army array disguised as Liukou in the first place. I also inquired privately, and among the people in the villages who went to the city to avoid trouble, there were no people from Baixi Village. If there is a real war, the soldiers will be the main defenders of the city, how can I rest assured?"

Xinlan frowned and said, "If the city lord wants to remove and change the army at this time, it is no different from giving up defending the city! If you plan to personally serve as a soldier to lead the army and die in the city, Xinlan admires it! Otherwise, you should have made a plan to carry it earlier, the young man did not attack the city under the persuasion of Mr. Xiao, and he was waiting for your decision. ”

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Hongyuan, the city lord of Feihong City, didn't know what to do, with Mr. Xiao in the Young Army, he even planned to withdraw the soldier Murabao, but if he really withdrew the soldier in battle, he would not be able to defend the city. In Hongyuan's view, the key to the battle to defend the city is whether the monarch can send reinforcements in time, so where is Xiang Poor at the moment?

After the start of the war, both the poor and the young were victorious, and on the other hand, both the Bamuro and the Somuro were also defeated, because both sides were massing heavy forces to attack each other's weak points. Xiang Qian marched ten days earlier than Shao Wu, and it was a tough battle to break through the border defense of Wangqiu City, and the resistance he encountered was far more fierce than that of Shao Wu in Baiju City. However, by virtue of their absolute superiority, the army still broke through the barrier.

More than half of the 18 military formations and nearly 1,000 soldiers stationed at the border of the Bamuro State were killed or wounded, and the rest were captured by the Prime Muroku. Xiang Poor took advantage of the situation to march and captured Wangqiu City, Pinggu City, and Yeliang City one after another. Although the poor army also encountered the fierce resistance of the defenders, it was not too much trouble, because there were only two garrisons in each city, and they were unable to stop the army from breaking through the city. (To be continued......)