"What does Li Boshan want to do? The army and troops have arrived, but they don't attack! He is a famous general in the world. Doesn't he know the principle of making great efforts in one go, then weakening again, and finally exhausting himself in three attempts?"

On the north tower of Jiangling City, Liang Emperor Xiao Yi and his civil and military ministers looked at the enemy's situation from a distance. Seeing this series of actions of the Western Wei army, they couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Although Xiao Yi felt ashamed of his misdeeds shouted by the enemy sergeants, he was anxious due to the pressure of the powerful enemy and had no time to take care of it for the time being. He just ordered the soldiers inside and outside to be on strict alert and not to be careless.

, so as not to expose any flaws and allow the enemy to take advantage of them.

However, the whole army was on alert for several hours. From early morning to evening, the Wei army always built the city elsewhere and circled the city to shout to persuade them to surrender. Other than that, they did not take any further actions. This inevitably caused the monarchs and ministers on the city wall to watch the enemy and prepare for war.

I breathed a huge sigh of relief.

"It seems that Li Boshan thinks he has the upper hand, so he is hypocritical and hypocritical, hoping to weaken our defense personnel outside the city by confusing the public. Huh, this guy thinks that with his past reputation, our people will

It is really ridiculous to fight in fear and wait for the wind to surrender! This battle is a battle for the survival of the country. Since the Liang family's many years of achievements in raising scholars have been proved here, how can the enemy be arrogant and deceived to destroy it!"

After experiencing the initial panic, the expected fierce battle did not happen. When he saw that the Wei people's propaganda to persuade them to surrender was only so-so, and few people outside the city were bewitched by them, Xiao Yi regained some composure in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, he turned back and ordered the generals: "Since the enemy is too big to fight, I can take this opportunity to reinforce the defense and set up a long fence between the houses outside the city. We will fight again in the future. If we can, defend the fence and not retreat."

The soldiers and the people will be heavily rewarded after defeating the enemy!"

The generals quickly accepted the order respectfully, and after escorting His Majesty the Emperor back to the city, they quickly arranged defenses.

The Western Wei army did not launch an attack immediately after arriving in Jiangling. This naturally made the soldiers and civilians of Jiangling City breathe a big sigh of relief. However, the generals in the Western Wei army were inevitably a little confused, and among them, the most intense reaction was

Xiao Qing, King of Liang.

"Please move to other tents first. After the discussion between the general and the generals is completed, I will report to your highness Prince Liang immediately."

Pei Hong, who joined the army, looked at Liang Wang Xiao Qing who looked anxious and said, and raised his hand to point to the small tent aside.

However, King Liang just stood outside the big tent and refused to leave. He snorted coldly: "I have been marching for many days and I have repeatedly asked to see him, but today I have to see the Duke of Taiyuan no matter what! If you still refuse to see him, I will

I won’t be able to stay here forever!”

Seeing that King Liang was so stubborn, Pei Hong could only apologize and then turned around to report to the tent.

Li Tai had just finished arranging the night's watch in the big tent. After hearing Pei Hong's report, he frowned slightly, but after thinking about it, he raised his hand and said: "Invite King Liang in."

Since the situation turned around, the King of Liang has repeatedly sent people to see him, but Li Tai really did not have time on the one hand, and there was nothing special to talk to the King of Liang on the other hand, so he never met with him.

After the King of Liang was led into the tent, he first bowed to Li Tai. Li Tai, who was getting up from his seat to greet him, hurriedly avoided the scene when he saw this. He looked at the King of Liang and said, "Why is Your Highness the King of Liang doing this?"

"The former has betrayed his covenant and violated his trust. He should plead guilty to the Duke of Taiyuan!"

The King of Liang first said in a deep voice, and then looked up at Li Tai and said: "But I have been asking for permission today, but there is another thing that I don't understand. Now that our army has arrived in Jiangling, the soldiers and people of Jiangling are frightened when they see this majestic army.

, we should take advantage of the situation and attack the city with hundreds of ways, which will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort and the effect of destroying the dead! But now the Duke of Taiyuan just stops outside the city and is lazy to attack. It seems to be contrary to the purpose of using troops?"

Li Tai knew why King Liang was so anxious about this. He was just worried about what terms of peace he had reached with Jiangling City and put it aside. After all, he had betrayed him before, and of course he was worried about retribution.

"The King of Liang has also seen that there are many living people gathered outside Jiangling City. If they attack rashly, they will suffer heavy casualties. They need to be recruited and guided to resettle elsewhere before they can directly attack Jiangling."

He raised his hand to signal King Liang to take a seat, and at the same time explained in his mouth.

But King Liang had no intention of sitting down. After hearing this, he just frowned more tightly and his tone became a little stiff: "The Duke of Taiyuan has been in charge of military aircraft for a long time. Don't you know that this opportunity cannot be missed? Besides, there is a huge army here. In one day, everything will be done."

The consumption of rice is more than ten thousand stones. You must know that kindness does not lead to soldiers. Now that the two countries are at war, how can we show kindness to this woman!"

"The benevolence of women? The King of Liang has a strong and brave mind, so in the King of Liang's opinion, the rice that can be harvested in three months is more valuable than the twenty-year-old man who can barely stand on his own."

"

After Li Tai heard this, he said in a deep voice.

The king of Liang still said plausibly: "The humble grain can save my soldiers, but the noble man is the enemy's claws! Today, the Duke of Taiyuan has been tempting the envoys for a long time. Have those stupid people ever abandoned the unrighteousness for benevolence and righteousness? In this way, we can't distinguish between right and wrong.

The ant people who cannot distinguish between good and evil are not willing to regret death. It is better to wait for a new life and re-educate them than to spend so much time and energy to live like this stupid people!"

"This is what the King of Liang is saying. Even if the ignorant people cannot distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, isn't it because your Liang family's education has failed? The Sichuan dog barks at the sun, probably because it is rare and strange, and the people do not know the virtues, and they are just ignorant! The kings and ministers of the Liang Kingdom are basically ignorant.

There is no virtue and righteousness to educate the people. Now I display it here, but people don’t know it. The King of Liang is not ashamed of this injustice, but instead questions my wife’s benevolence. It’s really ridiculous!”

After Li Tai heard this, he pointed at King Liang and scolded him unceremoniously.

Seeing this, King Liang suddenly felt that he had lost his composure. He hurriedly lowered his head and said: "I am just feeling sick and anxious. I see the enemy city is close in front of me, but I still can't enter the city to kill the thieves. I lost control because of my anxiety.

Please forgive me, Mr. Taiyuan!"

"I know what the King of Liang is worried about. Now that he has raised troops to come south, he will definitely be incompatible with the master of Jiangling. There is no reason to have both sides! If it only stops at attacking Jiangling, there is no need to send so many troops south. The reason why

The reason why the army is suppressing the border is to deal with things calmly and give these innocent people outside Jiangling City a chance to survive, and this is also to accumulate virtue for the King of Liang!"

When Li Tai saw King Liang bowing his head and admitting his mistake, Li Tai spoke again.

After Liang Wang heard this, most of the anxiety on his face immediately disappeared, but there was still a hint of excitement. Apparently he was secretly happy because of Li Tai's words of virtue. He nodded repeatedly and said: "It's me who is stupid."

I am short-sighted and want to talk about military affairs in front of Duke Taiyuan. It is really ridiculous. Please rest assured, Duke Taiyuan, I will definitely urge my troops to obey military orders and save the lives of the soldiers and people outside the city to restore the vitality of Jiangling!"

There was nothing to say all night. Early the next morning, when the soldiers left the camp to start a new day's business, they soon discovered that hundreds of ragged people gathered under the walls of the newly built Anmin City.

Although these few hundred people are really inconspicuous compared to the hundreds of thousands of refugees outside Jiangling City, it is undoubtedly a good start for the soldiers who had failed to persuade them to surrender all day yesterday.

.

When the soldiers galloped towards that place, the people who came here at night were frightened and fled into the wilderness. The army quickly dispatched a sergeant from Nanliang, who was from Nanliang, and shouted in a local accent: "Countrymen, don't panic.

I have been ordered by General Li to come and take you into Anmin City! Once you enter the city, there will be no war troubles, and you will be provided with food and clothing!"

Hearing this local call, the fleeing Jiangling people stopped, turned back hesitantly, and entered the Anmin City under the guidance of the sergeants.

At this time, Anmin City only had the outline of a wall and no buildings inside. Seeing these ragged people entering, some of the soldiers who were still busy building the city couldn't help but laugh and said: "There are actually people who are not afraid of death who enter the city!"

These words naturally frightened the people, but what happened next made them feel like a dream. First, a sergeant came forward and threw them a pair of coarse kudzu clothes, and pointed to a row of passages inside the wall.

She said: "There is a house for you and others. There are ten people in one house, half a dozen women and children. There is a stove in front of the house. For each stove, you will be given five dou of rice a day. If you are sick, report it immediately. If you don't report and the disease develops, you will be given a stove."

All people are quarantined! Those who collect firewood and are willing to work will be given five liters of food per day..."

These people who had defected from Jiangling City just obeyed the arrangements of the sergeants here with dull expressions. There was no obvious reaction. After changing into rough clothes in the residence, they were able to protect themselves from the cold.

Beside the stove fire, staring at the swaying flames.

Waiting until the rice in the earthen pot was steamed and distributed by the dormitory leaders to the people in the same dormitory, a middle-aged man grabbed the rice and stuffed it into his mouth. He grinned because of the hot rice.

The middle-aged man suddenly covered his mouth and burst into tears. While crying, he let out a hoarse roar: "Anu, Anu, it's true! If you had come yesterday, you wouldn't have starved to death at night..."

Cries rang out one after another among this group. These refugees had endured too much suffering, and the accumulated sadness was deposited in their chests like hardened stones. They had forgotten to cry to express themselves. Now they were supposed to be massacred.

Their Wei army felt soothed again, and the sorrow that was stuck in their chests was blown away again, and they could only vent it by crying.

"Why, why didn't you come earlier! I have a family of seven, and there is only one left..."

While crying, a young man with half-broken palms stared at the Wei soldiers walking left and right with tearful eyes and roared, but soon he knelt on the ground again, and his forehead hit the dust again and again: "My dear benefactor,

My benefactor!"

The sergeants in the city were indeed ruthless soldiers who killed people without batting an eyelid on the battlefield, but now they could not help but feel deeply moved when they saw the people in desperate situations venting their anger after being rescued. They waved their hands and said loudly: "We are just soldiers under orders.

The one who really saves you is General Li, Duke of Taiyuan! If you are grateful, then fill your bellies quickly and summon more companions to come to the city so that my army can capture Jiangling City as soon as possible!"

After the people heard this, they hurriedly swallowed the grain rice, which was not exquisite but was enough to satisfy their hunger. After they were full, they spontaneously walked out of the city and boarded the city after obtaining permission from the Wei army.

Tushan showed his clothes to the people below and shouted loudly about the treatment he received in Anmin City.

The power of examples is infinite. Not to mention the Western Wei army that was just across the fence, even if there was no threat of military disaster, there was already a lack of food and clothing outside Jiangling City, and the living environment was extremely harsh. At this time, when we saw those who took the first step

The people actually received gifts of food and clothing, and a large number of people rushed out of the simple shacks and ran straight towards Anmin City.

In some places, due to the barriers of fences, large sections of fences were directly knocked down from the inside by people eager to escape, and then they strode towards the fortress that contained vitality and hope.

"Don't run, don't escape! Stop, stop, anyone who escapes will die!"

The Jiangling defenders who were scattered among the fences of the residential buildings outside the city were naturally a little panicked when they saw this scene. They hurriedly waved their swords, guns, and sticks to stop the people who were running away. Where there were many defenders, they managed to stop them.

Where there were few, they were directly dispersed by the people. What's more, even the defending soldiers simply threw down their weapons and staff and followed the people to escape from this desperate place.

"How can this be unreasonable? How can it be unreasonable! These unscrupulous people have infiltrated the city and are sheltered by me. If not for the tolerance here, how can they survive? Now that they are tempted by a powerful enemy, they actually abandon me and run away. They should be killed, they should be killed!"

Liang Emperor Xiao Yi, who was shocked to hear that the people were fleeing in the city, hurried to the tower in the north of the city. When he saw the people pushing down the fence and swarming out, his face turned livid. He drew his sword and kept hacking at the city wall, shouting and cursing loudly.

Immediately, he ordered Zhu Maichen, the prefect of Wuchang, to lead a group of elite soldiers out of the city and march between the fences of residential buildings to kill the people who were fleeing in a noisy manner.

At this time, in the north of Jiangling City, Li Tai watched more and more people fleeing to Anmin City, with a happy smile on his face.

The more people are on the periphery, the worse their living environment becomes, and they are the ones Li Tai wants to rescue. His mentality is not comparable to that of the Holy Mother, nor is it the kindness of women that King Liang criticized. The reason why humans are different from beasts

, because people have a heart of compassion. The more powerful a person is, the more they should have such a heart and make the world a better place within their own abilities, rather than lamenting with a sophisticate face that this is how the world is.

The human world may not be like this, but it requires capable people to take responsibility. If greater ability only makes people less scrupulous and more animalistic, how can the human world not be like this? The human world can be better, but it also needs people without abilities.

Be able to distinguish right from wrong, instead of blindly following authority and blindly venting anger.

Suddenly, there was a loud killing sound among the fences of the residential buildings, especially in the area to the east of the residential buildings near Anmin City. You can see numerous armored Liang soldiers brandishing their swords and guns, constantly slashing and driving away the people who were trying to escape. These Nanliang defenders were

The Western Wei army turned a blind eye outside the city, but when suppressing the people outside the city, they were brave and invincible!

"The Shesheng Battalion quickly attacked and killed the Liang Guo sergeant who was killing the people in the gate!"

After seeing this, Li Tai's face darkened and he issued the order to attack first after arriving in Gangneung.

After receiving the order, the archers put on their armor and saddles one after another, and under the leadership of the camp general Pi Jinghe, they galloped towards the battlefield.

At this time, due to the large number of people fleeing outside Jiangling City, the scale of the defense line was directly reduced by a large level. All the fences and shacks on the outermost perimeter had been knocked down, and Pi Jing and his party were able to enter the inner circle unimpeded.
To be continued...