Chapter 1347 Running out of ammunition and food
In front of me, the city walls are full of holes and the female walls at the top of the city are even broken like jagged teeth. In the city, the houses close to the city have been almost demolished, and the bricks and beams are used to be rolling stones to guard the city, leaving only broken tiles on the ground.
On the street, the yellow-faced and thin refugees were wandering in groups, without covering their clothes, like a group of walking corpses. The Ming army in the city did not care about them, nor did they have the strength to care about them anymore. Now hunger is their biggest enemy.
Squeak squeak...
A panicked yellow-haired mouse ran out of the cave in the corner of the wall. It was probably because the hungry people could no longer hold it hard to poke its nest with sticks, so they ran out screaming.
For a moment, the dead street exploded, and the hungry people with pale faces and thin skin instantly seemed to have taken medicine. They rushed forward with their eyes light and grabbed them with their hands. The yellow-haired mouse rushed left and right under countless feet. Unfortunately, they were still grabbed by their hands. Then they became dark and their necks hurt. The hungry people had already stuffed them into their mouths and bit their heads.
The hungry man ate the raw mice, alert to the surroundings while the other hungry men swallowed their saliva and stared at half of the rat in his hand, with two words "Hunger" written on his eyes.
A hungry man rushed forward first, and the others rushed forward, and the hungry man who was eating rats actually stuffed the remaining half of the rats into his mouth and swallowed them. Seeing this, the hungry man could only disperse in disappointment and continued to use a stick to the other rat holes.
On the top of the city, Yu Dayou licked his shriveled lips and stared at the enemy camp outside the city in a daze. He didn't know what he was thinking. Zhao Dahe was originally thin, but now he was thinner, his face was sallow, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
"Master, if this continues, something will happen soon." Zhao Dahe sighed and said in a hoarse voice.
It is now the eighth day of the third month. From the end of the New Year, Hami has been surrounded for three months. Although she is very careful, all the food in the city was still exhausted ten days ago. During this period, it can only be maintained by killing horses. However, 70,000 or 80,000 troops, how many horses can be killed in a day to eat? So they put a small piece of horse meat in a big pot to make soup, and the meat is boiled, so everyone can drink some meat soup.
This is definitely not enough to eat, and can only barely maintain your life and not starve to death for the time being. Over time, the soldiers will definitely not be able to stand it. You should know that when people are extremely hungry, they can really do anything. For example, some of the residents in the city have already changed their children and eaten.
The common people are unarmed and can still suppress them for the time being. If the soldiers below mutiny occurs, everything will be over.
Now the Ming army in Hami City has approached the critical point, just like a powder barrel. A little bit of Mars may detonate. Once it explodes, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Yu Dayou knew his current situation very well, but he couldn't do anything, so he could only continue to endure it, and then endure it, and take advantage of his luck!
Wang Rulong opened his blood-covered one-eyed eyes wide and said with a ferocious expression: "Master, it will be a disaster for those hungry people to keep them sooner or later. It is better to kill and eat meat and kill two birds with one stone."
Zhao Dahe couldn't help but shivered cleverly because he knew that Wang Rulong was not joking, but he could definitely do that look at him.
Yu Dayou turned around, looked at Wang Rulong with a expressionless face, and said indifferently: "If you are hungry, cut off my coach's arm and cook it."
Wang Rulong's expression froze. He was indeed very hungry, but he didn't have the courage to cut Yu Dayou's arm and lowered his head angrily and refused to speak.
At this time, Pei Laopi came towards him with a dozen personal soldiers, and did not greet Yu Dayou. He grabbed Zhao Dahe's collar and cursed: "Old thing, my man is brave enough to defend the city at the top of the city. He was not hit by the stones, but he was about to starve to death. Where is the food?"
Zhao Dahe smiled bitterly and said, "General Pei, there is no food now, everyone is still hungry."
"I don't care. If you are a military officer, you have to take care of the food. If you can't get out the food today, I can't spare you." Pei Laopi roared with red eyes.
Wang Rulong was furious and pulled out his waist and said with a grim voice: "Pei Longpi, I have a knife-cut noodles here, do you want it?"
A loud voice suddenly came out, and more than a dozen personal soldiers behind Pei Xingjin pulled out their waist knives and stared at Wang Rulong coldly.
Pei Laopi sneered: "One-eyed dragon, I thought I would be afraid of you. If you have a genital, please try to touch me."
Wang Rulong had a hot temper and slashed without saying a word. However, as soon as the knife was raised, he felt that his arm was clamped by an iron clamp. He couldn't lift it up. When he turned his head, he found that it was Chen Dacheng who held his arm down and said angrily: "Chen Dacheng, what do you mean? If you don't help your brother, just turn your arms outward!"
"General Wang Shen, put down the knife!" Yu Dayou shouted sternly.
Wang Rulong was stared at by Yu Dayou's sharp eyes, and he felt a little scared. He relaxed his hand and slowly lowered the knife. Chen Dacheng also let go of his hand.
"And you, put down your sword!" Yu Dayou's eyes swept coldly over Pei Laopi's personal soldiers, who looked at Pei Xingjin hesitantly.
Pei Laopi made a gesture and asked his personal soldiers to put down their swords, but he still grabbed Zhao Dahe's collar.
"General Pei, let go, they are all his brothers. Don't make trouble for everyone." Yu Dayou said indifferently.
Pei Lao Pi said sarcastically: "Master Yu is so powerful, but what is the ability to show off to his brothers? He has the ability to show off to the enemies outside and create food. If Master Xu had not returned to Beijing by the order, he would have probably destroyed Turpan. Why did he fall into the current land? I have been so unlucky for eight lifetimes."
Originally, Pei Laopi was arrogant on the surface, but in fact he was a veteran who bullied and feared the tough. If it were in the past, he would never dare to contradict Yu Dayou like this. However, since his successive defeats, Yu Dayou's reputation in the army began to decline, especially in the past few months of being trapped in Hami, his reputation has been declining. I guess even if he rescued the siege in the future, the coach would not be able to continue to be regarded as the commander.
It was precisely because Pei Laopi saw this that he dared to contradict Yu Dayou so much now. In addition, he was so hungry that he naturally became more reckless when doing things!
Yu Dayou's eyes turned cold and he said word by word: "Old Pei, I, Yu Dayou, are still the commander of the three armies now, and I can't tolerate you."
"So what? I'm going to kill me!"
brush……
The sword light flashed by, and Pei Laopi felt a chill in his neck, and he was so scared that he shivered. After calming down, he realized that his head was still there. However, the knife in Yu Dayou's hand was already resting on his neck. The cold blade pressed against his skin, and he felt a vague pain, probably having his skin cut.
Seeing this, Pei Xingjin's personal soldiers were shocked and pulled out their waist knife again. This time, the old man Pei was anxious and hurriedly shouted: "Put away the knife."
The personal soldiers couldn't help but look at each other!
"Ma, let you put away the knife, didn't you hear me?" Pei Xingjin cursed sternly.
The soldiers then put away their knives.
"Ship Yu has something to say, but my subordinates are impulsive and speak nonsense. If you have a lot of them, don't be as knowledgeable as my subordinates." Pei Laopi said with a smile. This guy is worthy of being a veteran, and he is capable of bending and stretching.
"Bah, I'm afraid to come and act arrogantly!" Wang Rulong said sarcastically with gloating.
Pei Xingjin secretly hated him, but he didn't dare to be stubborn anymore. After all, the knife was placed on his neck, and life and death were all in Yu Dayou's thoughts.
At this time, the generals of the Xuanfu General Jing Dachu and the generals of the Five Military Camps rushed over and asked Yu Dayou for mercy.
Yu Dayou's eyes were as cold as the blade, and his murderous intent was rising and falling again and again, and he finally suppressed it, saying indifferently: "If the war fails, I, Yu Dayou, will take responsibility for the crime. However, the imperial edict for the court to punish the crime for a day, I will still be the commander of the three armies. Pei Laopi, I warn you that this is the first and the last time. If you dare to look down on the supreme official again, I will definitely let you have a different body and head!"
Yu Dayou said as he flipped his wrist and the light of the knife flashed by, and the red tassel on Pei Xingjin's helmet had been cut off.
Pei Xingjin's face was gloomy, and he bowed his hand and wanted to turn around and leave, but Yu Dayou shouted coldly: "Slow down!"
Pei Xingjin stopped and raised his heart again. Just a knife just now, he knew that he was definitely not Yu Dayou's opponent. He turned around and bowed, "What else does the Grand Marshal have to do?"
Yu Dayou said coldly: "I didn't say I'll let you go like this. I'll be punished by death, but I can't escape the crime of living. If someone comes, I'll be beaten with fifty military sticks."
As soon as he finished speaking, several personal soldiers of the Yu family army rushed forward and pressed Pei Xingjin down. They mercilessly beaten fifty military sticks, and they were so beaten that they were so skin-breaking that they were so broken that they fainted. It was probably not good enough for a month to raise them, and they would even suffer from disability in some serious cases.
Yu Dayou glanced at the generals present with a stern expression, waved his hand and asked someone to carry Pei Laopi down to bandage the medical staff, and then shouted: "I know that everyone is hungry, and I am hungry, but hungry is not an excuse to violate the law and discipline. Who would dare to commit crimes in the future, or draw a sword toward the robes and behead them, and they would never give up."
All the generals agreed with the promise!
Yu Dayou turned around and pointed to the Yerkang Army camp outside the city and said, "Our reinforcements will arrive soon. If you hold on for a few more days, the reinforcements will definitely arrive. Don't lose your foot at this time."
Jing Dayou asked carefully: "How did the Grand Marshal know?"
"Have you noticed that the Yarkanders' flag has disappeared for a few days, and the enemy's offensive has slowed down significantly in the past few days. Looking at their troops and formations, they all have a backup plan. This backup plan is not to beware of us, who should I beware of?" Yu Dayou said calmly.
Jing Dachu's eyes lit up and he blurted out: "That's true. The Yarkand commander suddenly left. It is probably because something happened elsewhere. He had to go there personally. In this way, it seems that it is really possible that our reinforcements have arrived."
Chapter completed!