Chapter 69: Besieging the City and Fighting for Aid (1)
"What should I do now? It's so sudden, so suddenly!"
In the county government, officials of all sizes gathered together. County Magistrate Wang Bo walked around anxiously like an ant on a hot pan.
In contrast, the officials below looked at the nose and the nose, without saying a word.
Seeing this scene, he was furious, "Why are they all like wood? You can say something? Are you not very good at speaking? Now you are all mute?"
Although Wang Bo is small, he has been a county magistrate in Jing County for almost three years and is full of authority. Many people below suddenly lowered their heads and were silent.
A moment later, an old man wearing the county magistrate's uniform stood up slowly, bowed to Wang Bo casually, and said, "Mr. County magistrate, we civil officials are not good at fighting wars. Let's ask what the Qin Tuan Zhengzhi and Huang Zhengwei have."
"Yes, it's okay for us to do logistics, but we have to rely on military officers to fight."
The people around him quickly echoed.
Wang Bo's eyes turned and fell on Qin Feiyang, wearing armor in the corner, "Qin Tuan Practitioner, you have heard everyone's words, what are the good strategies?"
Qin Feiyang sighed in his heart, stood up and bowed: "Sir, the rebels are already under the brink of the border. The only thing we can do now is to mobilize the people in the city to defend the city together, wait for reinforcements. I still have to work on the city defense side, so I will take my leave first."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Since learning that his third sister Qin Feiyan was captured by the traitor, Qin Feiyang has been very anxious. He has been taking people outside to find the traces of the traitors these days, and he has no time to rest. After finding that the traitor army is approaching, he has to stop chasing and come back to set up defenses.
He has never been able to see each other since last night and now, and he really doesn't have the patience to stay here and argue with these people. It would be better to go to the city wall to check it out if there are any missing places.
After seeing Qin Feiyang leave, the others didn't care, but began to discuss the defensive strategy in a slight manner.
"Sir, we can ask the people to collect the feces. The thing is poisonous after burning and boiling, and it will rot wherever it is burned. No medicine is useful. Just wait for suppuration, sores, and ulcers to die in pain!"
"Boil wood and stones must be prepared, and call the people to come to the city to help..."
Suddenly, the garrison captain who had been sitting there without making any noise stood up and asked Wang Bo: "Mr. County Magistrate, I don't know when reinforcements will arrive. Have you replied?"
Hearing this, the others gradually fell silent and looked at Wang Bo. Although they didn't know how to fight, they also knew that reinforcements were the key to defending the city this time, especially when there was only one regiment left in the city. If there were no reinforcements, Jingxian would not be able to defend it.
In addition to insufficient troops, the grain reserves in the city were not enough to keep them for too long. The north was suffering from severe droughts for years and there was no harvest. In addition, the policies implemented by the Fuzun Zhuangrui over the years, there was not much grain reserve in the entire official warehouse in the Tangyuan Prefecture.
The people in the territory rely on the relief and disaster relief grain transported from various southern prefectures and prefectures, as well as the grain from grain buyers. Once the supply is cut off, it will be fine in a short period of time. Over time, hundreds of thousands of people in Jingxian will be short of food.
Wang Bo glanced at the garrison captain and said calmly: "There has been a reply. The county magistrates from several surrounding counties sent someone to reply, saying that we should guard for a while first, and reinforcements will arrive soon."
When everyone heard this, their emotions suddenly rose again, as if they saw hope.
"I'll just say that other county towns cannot stand by and watch. You must know the reason why your lips and teeth are dead, and the Lord of the Mansion will never allow them to do this."
"Fortunately, the court asked all regions to form a group training, otherwise the reinforcements would be suspended."
Looking at the rich subordinates below, Wang Bo didn't say anything because he was lying just now. Although he sent many messengers, no reply was sent back from yesterday to now, and the people who went out seemed to be sinking into the sea.
Not only him, but also the secret inspectors received no reply.
But Wang Bo cannot tell the truth, otherwise, before the traitors attacked, Jingxian would be in chaos. The only thing he could do now was to deceive everyone in the city.
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After leaving the yamen, Qin Feiyang rode his horse directly to the north city, climbed up to the top of the city, looked up and saw many people building camps and trenches in the distance. Early this morning, outside the city walls on all sides of Jingxian, they were surrounded by traitors.
Judging from the situation in front of them, they did not seem to be in a hurry to attack the city, but were improving the fortifications and blocking the entire city.
"Trouble!"
In Qin Feiyang's view, it is much better to siege the city in large numbers than to siege the city. If the city is siege, it can at least rely on the city wall to lose the opponent's troops. However, if the city is besieged, it may not last long with Jingxian's grain storage.
However, he had no choice but to do anything about this. There were too few soldiers in the city, so he could only watch the number of camps and trenches outside increasing. If he left the city, he would be seeking death.
The cold wind blew on his face, and Qin Feiyang felt a little tingling. He had been outside these days, and the skin on his face had been frostbite.
"Mr. Qin!"
"grown ups……"
Along the way, the local heroes of the Tuanjian behind the wall clasped their fists and saluted him.
Looking at these expectant faces, Qin Feiyang suppressed his depression and worries and encouraged morale: "Everyone should rest assured. As long as we stand for a while, we can counterattack and wipe out the traitors below!"
"That's great. With Lord Qin's words, we will feel relieved."
"With Lord Qin here, we will definitely be able to defend Jingxian."
Everyone was relieved to hear that there would be reinforcements.
In the evening, the county magistrate Wang Bo sent someone to invite Qin Feiyang over again and asked only one thing, how long can Jingxian last?
Qin Feiyang pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, this is probably not a question of how long the soldiers guarding the city can hold on, and how long the food stored in the city can last. Today I watched on the top of the city for a day. The traitors outside the city have been building fortifications, and they have no intention of siegeing the city. They just want to trap us here."
Upon hearing this, Wang Bo suddenly leaned on the chair, his eyes blanked. No one knew better than him how much food there was in the granary in the city.
After half a salary, a faint voice sounded, "Qin Tuan Practice, if I ask you to lead your troops to break through, what is the success rate?"
When Qin Feiyang heard this, his heart skipped a beat, "Sir, I don't understand what you mean."
"Don't I understand enough? Breakthrough means asking you to give up guarding the city and take the soldiers in the city to break through and leave. Are you sure?"
Chapter completed!