Two days later, Sima Wenzhi packed up his bags and took Langya to follow the Wei army's infantry camp and march to the established direction.

After two days of rest, all the fatigue accumulated by the soldiers who had been rushing for days was removed, and everyone was full of expression and high morale.

Compared with the infantry battalion led by Tuoba Su, the vanguard cavalry led by Tuoba Tao was really a little depressed.

Seeing that the defenders of Tongwan City had not opened the city gate for a long time, the Wei army began to shout and curse under the city. But for two days, the defenders did not take any action except for the increasing number of defensive equipment on the tower.

Helian Chang's attitude was obvious, and he couldn't wait for reinforcements.

When marching and attacking, the morale will weaken if it is drummed again, and the morale will decay when it is the third time. If there were really war drums, the Wei army had beaten dozens of times in two days, and the morale was getting weaker and weaker.

On the other hand, the defenders of Tongwancheng were scolded for two days in a row, and they couldn't wait to eat the enemy's flesh and blood. At this time, if he is allowed to go out of the city to fight, he will be extremely brave and no longer care about life and death.

Seeing this, Tuoba Tao was worried, and ordered people to stop scolding and retreat to the rear.

"Tell all the soldiers, retreat five miles and dismount, and search for roadside wild vegetables along the way. Before retreating, he gave orders to the commanders.

The Wei cavalry did not understand why they were searching for wild vegetables, but the king did not dare to disobey the order. After retreating to a place far away from Tongwan City, these people dismounted, led their horses back on foot, and dug up all the wild vegetables along the way.

There are also smart and intelligent Wei Bing, who see some reasons, and complain while digging.

"It is sad and pitiful that drives you to eat meat when you fight hard, and when you see that you have no success, you can only eat grass to satisfy your hunger. ”

But it was just a complaint, and when the supervising general approached, the complaint dissipated.

The complaints of these men were soon fulfilled.

Tuoba Tao led all the soldiers back to the valley, and after joining most of the Wei army, he immediately called the subordinate officers who guarded and distributed the military supplies to the camp tent.

After a short time, the subordinate officials walked out of the big tent and walked to the place where the wild vegetables were piled up and brought back, and then ordered all the wild vegetables to be removed.

At dinner time, when the vanguard cavalry of the Wei army enjoyed the meal, they found that the dried meat and dried meat that had been served by the army before were gone, and were replaced by coarse grain vegetable soup.

At the same time, a piece of news began to spread among the army.

The Xia army could not hold out, and the Wei army's supplies were almost exhausted. From this time on, until the class teacher returned to the court, he could only eat coarse grains and wild vegetables to satisfy his hunger.

When everyone heard this, they were both depressed and anxious.

At dawn on the second day, the morning food was still coarse grain vegetable soup. More and more people are getting frustrated and confirming the news with their subordinates.

The general didn't know how to reply, but said that His Majesty's food was the same as ours, and everyone dispersed after hearing this.

Yesterday's wild vegetables were dug by a small Wei army, and there was not much left after surviving two meals. After the morning meal, Tuoba Tao ordered all the people to take action, looking for wild vegetables and eating around the valley where they were stationed, and tide over the difficulties together.

It's not actually all staff.

Five thousand elite horsemen obeyed the emperor's order, and were taken away by the general Eqing and Yongchang King Tuoba Jian, and went to the place where the people of Xia lived thirty miles away to plunder.

For two days, in addition to digging wild vegetables to find food, Tuoba Tao did not move, and there was no other action.

After Tuoba Tao retreated from the city, Helian Chang sent scouts to carefully spy on the military situation. In the two days, the movements of the Wei army were generally known to him.

While he was trying to spy on the news, the secret envoy who had gone to the Guanzhong region four days ago returned.

The envoy was taken to the main hall by the guards and brought back the letter that Helian Ding had replied to. Helian Chang opened it and looked at it carefully a few times, and then fell silent.

"Your Majesty, what did the letter say?" Seeing this, His Royal Highness Xia Chen Xu Xin asked tentatively.

Helian refused to accept the order. Helian Chang put the letter down and said the contents of the letter.

"The plain tail is too big, do you want to set up your own door?" Xu Xin frowned after hearing this, and when he asked again, he secretly pointed out.

The city is not attacked, the territory is not disputed, the general leads the troops outside, and the king and the emperor are not subject to the order. However, the kingdom was besieged, and Helianding's refusal to return would inevitably make others suspicious.

"Probably not. Even though it was so obvious, Helian Chang still responded. After responding, he spoke again and revealed more information.

"The plain letter makes it clear that the city of Tongwan is strong and precipitous, and if we can't hold out, there is no possibility of being breached. After he captured the Wei general Da Xi Jinsheng and returned, the Wei army would definitely collapse at the first touch. ”

After Xu Xin heard this, he stopped talking.

Helian Ding's words in the epistle can be believed or not.

Tongwan City is not impregnable, and there was already a precedent the year before. Besides, what if he can't solve the matter in Chang'an for a long time, and he can't return for a long time.

Xu Xin didn't say anything, because he saw that Helian Chang intended to take off openly for Pingyuan.

Helian Ding and he are the same brothers, if his suspicions are true, whether it is the situation in Xia Kingdom or Helian Chang himself, it will be a heavy blow.

"Why didn't Your Majesty take the initiative to go out of the city and pursue the Wei army. After Xu Xin stopped talking, Xia Chen Zhang Yuan on the side opened his mouth to admonish, and at the same time said the reason.

"Our army's reconnaissance cavalry has found out, and the vanguard of the Wei army is lone and has no help. And at this time, there is a shortage of food and grass, and the army's spirit is unstable, which is a good time to annihilate it in one fell swoop. ”

"Have you ever confirmed that the Wei army has no food and grass is true?" Helian Chang also had the intention of attacking, and asked.

"I haven't seen it in person, only speculated. In the distance outside the city, the available wild vegetables were dug up by the Wei army. Many of our people who were dozens of miles away were also plundered. The Wei army was different from the previous plunder, only grabbing food, not women and young children. Zhang Yuan responded truthfully.

"It seems that the Wei army has indeed run out of food. After Helian Chang heard this, his mind became more and more active.

After Zhang Yuan heard this, he wanted to speak again.

Before he could speak, someone outside the hall entered, and it was the scout who went to investigate the people from the Song Kingdom before. Entering the temple with the scouts were several Taoists.

Four days ago, after the scout rode out of the city, he went forward to investigate, and only after walking for three days did he meet these Taoists. After confirming the tokens with each other, they hurriedly returned, and entered the city with the secret agents who had gone to Chang'an.

More than a month ago, at the same time that Tuoba Tao sent Budui to the Song State, Helian Chang also sent secret envoys to the Song State. The reason for the secret visit is to ask for help.

Although the Song and Xia countries also had fights, they were enemies with the Wei state. The Wei State is powerful, and after the Xia State is destroyed, it will be difficult for the Song State to turn around.

After a series of occasions, Liu Yilong was moved by the secret envoy of the Xia State. On the one hand, he told Budui not to interfere in the dispute between Wei and Xia, and on the other hand, he secretly promised to send strangers to help Helianchang.

Seeing that the help was coming, Helian Chang hurriedly informed him of the current situation and asked these people what their plans were. As soon as he spoke, he realized that he didn't know the surnames of these people.

"The road number is Huangfu. ”

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