Chapter 346: Decline of Scholars(2/2)
Troubled times are coming, and warriors have no soldiers, so how can they gain fame and wealth? It is better to die than to rely on others.
So Li Ding said a few nice words, which made Su You angry. He ridiculed Li Ding:
"General Li looks at the thieves in the city like this, why not lower the city and surrender."
Li Ding didn't tolerate Su You at all, so he took out the knife and cursed angrily:
"What a good dog, how dare you, a lost dog, dare to humiliate me?"
After saying that, he picked up the sword ring and prepared to build Su Youmian.
"That's enough! Do you think I'm dead?"
The one who shouted angrily was none other than Jushou, the prefect of Zhao County.
He glared at the two of them, and finally Li Ding and Su You gave up their argument and stepped aside.
Jushu was also very confused inside.
After half a month of siege, although there was no shortage of water and millet in the city, morale was obviously declining.
He now regrets that he should not have allowed Li's soldiers, Jin's soldiers and Zhao's soldiers to be placed in the city. The current low morale in the city is all caused by these local powerful people.
Since the siege of the city, Taishan's army began to divide the land, began to break the powerful power, divide the land, and recruit poverty.
The lands of the three families of Li, Jin, and Zhao were also attacked by Taishan bandits. However, the tribesmen of the three families were all in Xiangguo City, so they could not withstand the Taishan army's attack at all.
Some members of the Li, Jin, and Zhao families risked their lives and rushed into the city to tell the three generals Li Ding, Jin Zhun, and Zhao Rong about the matter. Now the three generals could not sit still, and they all threatened to leave the city and return to their homes.
The three generals had gone out of the city once before, but were almost wiped out by Taishan's army, so they had to retreat into the city in embarrassment.
But even though this man stayed in the city, his words became more and more strange. He blamed Jushu for using words to coax them into boarding the pirate ship, and the implicit meaning behind his words was that they had surrendered.
Jushou knew that the biggest reason behind this was the lack of reinforcements.
In the past half month, he had written countless letters asking for help, but there was no news. Not to mention the children of these wealthy families, even he was worried.
Yes, Xiangguo is strong and has abundant reserves. But if there are no reinforcements, no matter how strong the city is, it will be destroyed, and no matter how many reserves there are, one day it will be exhausted.
This is waiting to die in despair.
Jushuo had to keep the coach's composure outside, but when he was in his private room, he would also lament to his son Juhu:
"My father was entrusted by Commander Lu to control the Zhao territory. But what about now? From the north of Handan to the south of the Bai people, the bandits' traces stretch for hundreds of miles, and there are hundreds of thousands of thieves. And the vast land of Zhao,
I am the only one in Xiang State who is defending a city, trapped internally and externally, struggling to hold on. But the Taishan thieves have taken possession of all the land of Zhao, occupying the land, and setting up officials to govern the country. How can I use up one city to attack a country?
Get by."
After saying that, Jushou saw that his son was still confused and couldn't help but caress his cheek and burst into tears:
"As a father, I will share the dangers of the city, but Hu'er is still young, so I will definitely save you as a father."
Chapter completed!