Chapter 278, Hunger and Cold
Chai Jinxi was stunned by this sudden reinforcement! When he was preparing to live or die with Jiangyuan City, there was a chaos behind the Yazhou soldiers. A group of extremely brave officers and soldiers rushed into the enemy's formation and rescued Jiangyuan City!
He walked outside the city to inspect the messy snow field, where the weapons, siege vehicles, and corpses left behind by the Yazhou soldiers were still there, but the mysterious officers and soldiers disappeared without a trace. He rubbed the back of his head and grinned, unable to figure it out.
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Seeing that the Yazhou soldiers were completely defeated and defeated, Chen Ziang recited a spell to collect the magical soldiers. He walked down the city wall and ordered the defenders to clean the battlefield and repair the city wall as soon as possible. Then he called Chai Jinxi over, and he only said one sentence to Chai Jinxi: "
Don't ask me why."
Chai Jinxi was even more confused, but he could only swallow his doubts. Chen Ziang said to himself: "Now is the time to persuade Jiang Kai to surrender."
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There were only 30,000 Shengqiang people who fled back to the mountains with Jiang Kai. Many people took the opportunity to flee to Yizhou, where they could at least beg for food. Even fewer fled back to Yazhou, only 20,000 people. They originally wanted to grab food for the winter.
I didn't expect the losses to be so heavy. Without food, I'm afraid the remaining tens of thousands of people in Yazhou will collapse.
How will King Zhongtian gain a foothold in Yazhou from now on?!
Jiang Kai was drinking wine in his stone palace with a sullen face. His second boss walked in and ignored him. The second boss was not interested either, so he poured wine by himself and drank three bowls in a row. "If their reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, alas!" he said.
Pat your thigh.
Jiang Kai shook his head repeatedly: "Those are not human beings at all, they are heavenly soldiers and generals. My people all say that they are invulnerable and powerful." The second boss said nothing and poured another bowl of wine to drink.
After drinking the wine, he chuckled and said: "No matter what, now we need to stabilize the morale of the army and at least be able to defend Yazhou. It is a good thing to have fewer people and less food and grass consumption."
It was Jiang Kai's turn to be silent. The second boss said: "I have asked people to buy grain in Yizhou. I can supply more or less." Jiang Kai just nodded and said: "We lost this battle miserably. We have saved up for many years.
All the capital is gone." He fell on the stone chair, wrapped himself in tiger skin, and fell asleep.
The second boss was bored and drank another bowl of wine. He walked out of the stone house, turned out of the narrow street, and walked back to his residence. There were several men in black waiting inside. He waved his hand for them to come closer and said: "
You must keep an eye on the people below and kill those who distract the troops."
The second master then pointed to Jiang Kai's palace and said, "Ask the brothers to pay attention to Jiang Kai's movements. I'm afraid he will betray him." The man in black followed the order and dispersed. The second master went into the house to tend to his injuries.
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The snow stopped and the night was silent. The two hoe soldiers still hid under the pine tree and slept cuddled up. They were given two steamed buns for dinner, twice as many as in the past few days.
During the Battle of Gangwon, nearly half of Yaju's soldiers were lost, and the originally full city was emptied out. However, King Zhongtian did not notify the troops of South, North, and East King to move into the vacant houses. Dissatisfaction was revealed in the eyes of the soldiers outside the city.
out, then transitioned into a whisper.
The young hoe soldier said: "Do you think those officers and soldiers will come to clear Yazhou?" The older one said: "Whatever, if the situation is not right, we will run away." The two were speechless, but they heard the people around them still muttering.
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"A few steamed buns a day, but no oil star. How can the officers and soldiers have the strength to fight when they come?"
"Ge Laozi, I want to go in and find Jiang Kai right now. He is drinking wine and eating meat inside, but we don't even have enough food to fill our teeth."
There was silence all around. The white snow reflected a little light, and everyone buried their heads in the crooks of their arms.
On the second day, everyone still only got four steamed buns. The wild beasts around had been killed long ago, and there was really no food to satisfy their hunger. A group of people over there probably discussed it for a while, and then someone came over to treat the older man.
The hoe soldier said: "I contacted some people and went to the city to ask for food. Look at these half-grown children, they are very hungry."
He pointed at the young hoe soldier and then walked towards another group of soldiers in the distance. About an hour later, the man came back and said in a deep voice: "Brothers are all willing to go to the city together to beg for some food for the winter.
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The older hoe soldier suddenly stood up and said, "Let's go, Master Chiang can't starve us to death here!" After that, a group of people stood up and walked towards the castle on the mountain, calling for the soldiers staying overnight to join them.
When we arrived at the gate of Shancheng, thousands of people had already gathered!
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Chapter completed!