Chapter 390: Running Out of Ammunition and Food
Chen didn't expect that Mingyue was still persuading him to release people just now, and he killed people in a blink of an eye, and he didn't even have time to speak. Chen Yang had cold air on his back, he really couldn't be fascinated by this princess's beautiful face and gentle words, and he didn't know what was going on if he accidentally died!
"Whoever dares to insult Commander Chen Yang and propose to release the prince of Chu and dare to abandon the city and surrender will be the end. Let you give some money for the soldiers to fight hard, Pengcheng is defended, and your family property, wife and children can be kept. The rain guards led the troops to raid the house of the deputy city lord, the men guarded the city, the women went to the room to cook, and the children were given away. Princess Mingyue's words shocked everyone again.
The rain guard didn't understand for a while, and was stunned.
"Escort Yu, didn't you hear Her Royal Highness the Princess's order, why don't you go and execute it quickly!" Chen Yang reminded.
"Yes!" the rain guard wiped his sweat and immediately ran out.
"If there is anyone who does not want to take the money, register here, and if they are willing to pay the money, they will immediately repair a book, and let the soldiers bring it with them when they send their children, and send the money over. Princess Mingyue said.
"Someone, pen and ink are waiting!" Chen Yang waved his hand, and the two soldiers came out of the council hall carrying a table with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on it.
These people who came to intercede with Princess Mingyue didn't expect things to take a sudden turn, they were originally here to force Her Royal Highness the princess to release people, but it became Princess Mingyue who forced them to take money to ransom people.
These high-ranking officials and famous families, in order to survive, in order not to be raided, lined up one by one, competing to write letters to their families, so that they could hurry up and take money to ransom people, how can people not bow their heads under the eaves, heroes do not suffer immediate losses, not to mention, Princess Mingyue really killed people.
In less than half a day, these people's homes sent silver taels, and the people who stayed behind were also gone, and the city lord's mansion suddenly became quiet.
The rest of Chen Yang and the other generals looked at Princess Mingyue, speechless for a while, they were busy for a day yesterday, and they didn't ask for a tael of silver, and they tied up their children with knives and guns, and they didn't force them to hand over the money, and Princess Mingyue received a lot of silver when she killed the chicken and monkey.
The rain guards also brought soldiers, and they had already surpassed the deputy city lord's house with lightning speed, and the people brought back a large number of gold and silver treasures and placed a large number of boxes.
"Report to Her Royal Highness the Princess and Commander Chen, a total of 1,000 taels of gold, 5,000 taels of silver, and three boxes of other jewels, all here, please check them out with Her Royal Highness the Princess. The rain guards quickly completed their task and came with a large amount of treasure to hand over the business.
"Commander Chen, these silver taels will be distributed to the soldiers by you. Mingyue said.
"Please rest assured, Your Royal Highness the Princess, I will definitely hand them all over to the soldiers, Qinglong, immediately divide these silver taels according to the heads, and send one hundred taels of silver to each of the fallen soldiers to their families. Chen Yang said.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Qinglong said.
"Suzaku. ”
"Commander Chen, please command!" said Suzaku.
"You are leading two thousand soldiers, and you are divided into two squads with Heizi to strengthen the patrols in the city, especially for the eunuchs and those famous families, you can't let them do anything to damage Pengcheng, and if you find their abnormal behavior, you can cut them first. Chen Yang ordered.
"Do what Commander Chen ordered! These people will not give up. Mingyue said.
"I'm just going to be prepared, and they don't dare to blatantly sabotage, but secretly they will do something to surrender, so we have to guard against it. Chen Yang said.
After Mingyue's killing and setting an example, and Heizi and Suzaku led troops to strengthen the patrol in the city, peace finally returned to Pengcheng, and everyone enthusiastically contributed food to defend the city.
Half a month passed, and the Wanguo army organized several sieges of the city, all of which ended in failure due to the stubborn resistance of the defenders of Pengcheng and the strong command of Chen Yang.
Morale in Pengcheng was also high as a result.
The only thing that worries Chen Yang is food and water. The grain and grass in the city are no longer enough to hold for half a month, the water source is about to dry up, the moat has dried up, there is no water source in the moat to replenish the groundwater, the water in the wells in the city is getting lower and lower, some wells have been dug down a few meters deep, and there is still no water.
The armies of all nations outside Pengcheng showed no signs of evacuation, but because of the lack of food and clothing in the city and the serious shortage of sharp arrows, as well as the momentum of intensifying the attack, they wanted to break through Pengcheng as soon as possible.
What made Pengcheng even worse was that Zhang Chuguo's army was stopped by Prime Minister Zhou's army before it reached Pengcheng, and he couldn't take a step forward.
Pengcheng became an isolated city, a city without foreign aid.
In the council hall in the city lord's mansion, Princess Mingyue and Commander Chen Yang sat together at the top, and a circle was full of Peng Cheng's generals and generals, discussing countermeasures here.
"Everyone has said the difficulties, and there is not bad news, that is, the army of my father was dragged by the army of the prime minister of Zhou Cheng of the Han Empire, and I couldn't catch up for a while, we have become a lonely city here, and there is little left of grain, grass and water and sharp arrows. Mingyue said.
"Kuroko said, we will go out of the city again tonight to the enemy camp to grab some food, grass and sharp arrows, and there is no food and sharp arrows to resist the enemy soldiers, even if we desperately defend it, we will not be able to defend it for a few days. Qinglong said.
"The city has run out of things that can be used to make sharp arrows, and we can't defend the city, so we can't attack, and we rely on sharp arrows to shoot them back again and again on the city, and without sharp arrows, we can only watch them attack the city. The rain guard said.
"There is still food and grass, it is not enough to cope with it for a few days, and our soldiers can still endure it, but the people in the city have no food, they are very hungry, and they can do anything. Those eunuchs and big families don't have much food left, and they can't take it out anymore. Kuroko said.
"It's better to take advantage of the fact that the enemy soldiers think that we have no combat effectiveness and suddenly rush out, maybe there is still a way to live. Someone said.
Mingyue looked at Chen Yang, she had no choice now, and said, "Otherwise, we will evacuate now." We have done our best, and we have been defending for more than 20 days, and we have evacuated without reinforcements outside and food and grass inside, which is worthy of tens of thousands of people in the city. ”
"We will hold it for another ten days, and after ten days we will leave. Chen Yang said.
"But what are we going to do to defend the city?" Mingyue said.
"Tonight, I asked General Han to borrow 100,000 sharp arrows from him, and with 100,000 sharp arrows, we can hold out for ten days, and after ten days, if your father's army still can't come, we will evacuate. Chen Yang said.
All the generals looked at Chen Yang with a stunned expression, they didn't know what Chen Yang meant, asking the enemy's commander to borrow 100,000 sharp arrows, this is talking in a dream, right?