Other supplies in the city, such as medicine, food, kerosene and artillery shells, are basically exhausted.
The worst thing is that Liu Chengshou knows their predicament very well!
It turned out that the man raised by the dog was the chief of the city, and he knew everything about Shitou. The most difficult thing in fighting is to know yourself and the enemy. If Zhao Guangzhi knew that the city had already run out of arrows and food, he would not have left after only three days of siege.
But this is not a problem at all for Liu Chengshou!
A few days ago, he even ransacked Shitou with his own hands and swept away all the money, food and supplies.
Liu Chengshou knew very well that Shi Zhoutou's reserves could not last for seven days!
A soldier ran up from the city and reported in a low voice:
"Wang Dahu just donated three hundred catties of grain."
Others looked at it with side eyes:
At this time, there is still someone hiding food?
Yang Shoubei lowered his head and looked into the city. Sure enough, a cart was rolling by, carrying three sacks. There were seven or eight people walking next to him. Looking at their expressions unknowingly, he thought they were guarding a valuable treasure.
Yang Shoubei immediately said: "Put it in the warehouse, don't get wet by the rain."
"yes."
In fact, everyone felt that Yang Shoubei was saying too much. With only 300 kilograms of grain, it would be in everyone's belly before it got moldy.
The messenger did not take the order to leave, but continued:
"The people in the city noticed a new face wandering outside the military camp. They also chatted with the residents on East Street to inquire about Shi Zhoutou."
At this moment, the army and the people are united, and the people are very vigilant.
"Caught?" Yang Defei was not worried but happy. If he could catch the spy, he would also know more about the enemy troops outside the city.
"Captain Wu went to arrest the man, but the man turned around the stable and disappeared. Captain Wu is searching nearby."
Yang Shoubei nodded and didn't take it to heart.
The man surnamed Liu was originally the city guard here, and there are several confidants here, so there is nothing surprising.
He looked towards the dark woodland outside the city. There seemed to be ferocious evil spirits hidden behind the swaying shadows of the trees.
How to pass this level?
He thought for a while and ordered his men: "Send the order, if the thunderstorm comes again later, we will go out of the city to harass."
Even though they were defending the city, they couldn't huddle in the city and surround Shitou Head while letting their opponents feel comfortable.
The initiative cannot be left entirely in the hands of the enemy, otherwise Shitou will really be doomed.
Besides, there is a shortage of supplies in Shitou. If we go out of the city to enjoy the autumn breeze, maybe we can grab something from Liu Chengshou's camp?
"Yes!" the subordinate said bitterly, "That bitch Liu Chengshou doesn't dare to compete with you head-on. He wants to trap us alive."
…
Three days later, it was ten miles southwest of Shizhou.
There is an abandoned inn here. Half of the main building collapsed, but there are still six or seven rooms behind it that are intact, and a small tree has grown on the roof of one of them.
He Lingchuan and Dong Rui arranged to meet here.
Wan Qifeng quickly greeted Dong Rui and went to settle his men.
The rain had just stopped, but the water in the manger and the well was unavailable, so someone had to be sent to fetch water from the stream.
"Why have you been gone so long?"
"Pengguo also encountered heavy rains, and the mountains collapsed. Wanqifeng took a detour and was two days late." He Lingchuan walked into the shabby house and shook off the rainwater on his cloak. "You went into Shitou. What new developments did you hear?"
"I sneaked in three days ago. There are probably more than 40,000 residents in Shihoutou. Yang Defei's soldiers will not exceed 500."
"There are so many people but so few soldiers?" He Lingchuan was a little surprised, "With such a small number of manpower, can Yang Meng hold Shi Zhoutou?"
Five hundred soldiers is enough for him, but just because he has it doesn't mean that others can too.
Yang Meng withstood the two armies of Zhao Guangzhi and Liu Chengshou successively. It seems that he has something under his control.
"When Zhao Guangzhi attacked, Liu Chengshou threw down his stone armor and ran away. The people in the city knew that failure to defend would lead to death, so they all supported Yang Meng's garrison. Or they could dig out the last bit hidden in the cellar.
If you need food, you can either go to the city gate to help with the defense. Even the old, weak, women and children help mend clothes and armor, make arrows and feathers, and work together."
Dong Rui continued: "Yang Meng even invited Zhao Guangzhi to fight in the city, but Zhao Guangzhi refused."
"Zhao Guangzhi knows he can fight?"
"Maybe you know." Before attacking a city, you have to do some homework, right? "Yang Meng is very famous in Shitou. He once defeated seven or eight army leaders by himself."
He Lingchuan then asked: "What about this time?"
"Liu Chengshou came back to pick peaches. Of course Shi Zhoutou was also very angry, but I asked seven or eight people. Apart from being scornful and despised, they didn't seem to have the determination to stick to the end last time. Probably because Zhao Guangzhi wanted both people and money.
, and although Liu Chengshou plundered his own people was outrageous, he only wanted to make money and not eat people, and he was a local official, so the people had no intention of fighting him to the death."
He Lingchuan shook his head: "Liu Chengshou can sell them once, and he can sell them twice or three times in the future."
What does "city guard" mean? Are officials who cannot perform their duties still qualified to stay in office?
"I think Yang Meng also mobilized and promoted propaganda to the people in this way, but you know, the catastrophe is ahead, and few people can think so far-term." Dong Rui took out the water bag and took a sip, "The situation inside Shi Zhou's head
Unfortunately, after repelling Zhao Guangzhi, the supplies were basically used up. Although Yang Meng organized people to go out to purchase, it was only a drop in the bucket. I saw in the stone head that the trees were all bare, without leaves, and some even had bark.
It’s all gone.”
It's spring now, the season when the forest trees are sprouting new leaves, but the people in Shizhoutou pluck all the leaves and eat them, and even grind the bark into powder to quench their hunger.
"This was three days ago." Dong Rui said slowly, "During the time you left, Liu Chengshou attacked twice more, and once he almost broke down the city gate. He also shouted into the city, saying that he should enter
The first thing we did after the city was to light up the fire and cook a big pot of rice, and treat the people of the city to a delicious meal. I saw that the soldiers on the city gate were swallowing hard after hearing this. Tsk, this guy is not good at conduct, but he also knows how to attack the heart first.
"
After hearing this, He Lingchuan asked: "Has Yang Meng gone out of the city to attack?"
No good general should miss this opportunity.
"Yes, he also made two sneak attacks on Liu Chengshou's camp, both at midnight and dawn, and successfully robbed some supplies and returned." Dong Rui said with a smile, "Liu Chengshou was originally stationed fifty feet above the city gate.
For this reason, we had to order the camp to be moved 200 feet away and guard it to the death."
"Okay, not bad." He Lingchuan nodded, "Liu Chengshou is not very good at fighting, but he has a numerical advantage."
Liu Chengshou could not camp outdoors, but Yang Meng occupied a fortified city, which was more suitable for this small-scale tactic of disturbing the camp and tiring the enemy. The enemy was always harassed at night and lacked energy during the day. After repeated attacks, they would easily become frightened.
The question is, who can carry it to the end, Liu Chengshou or Yang Meng?
He Lingchuan asked again: "What's the situation on Liu Chengshou's side?"
Dong Rui's bat is a good tool for spying on intelligence.