Chapter 294: There is really no food to kill people for food
Pingdu City, Pingdu ditch, one city and one ditch. People who don’t know only think that the ditch is on the edge of the city. In fact, this is not the case. The city and the ditch are dozens of miles apart. Peng Dachui was ordered to inquire about the enemy in Pingdu. Where did he meet
The money-minded "righteous people" led the way over the mountains and dense ridges, but stopped about ten miles away from Pingdu City, and then quickly returned.
He did not bring back any information about the enemy. He did not know how many rebels there were in Pingdu City. He did not know whether the defenses of Pingdu City were strong. However, he categorically told Shi Dayong and a group of generals: "Pingdu is like picking something out of a bag. If a general
If you take it, you can get it.”
Nephew Sihai on the side immediately echoed: "The thieves only know how to plunder and occupy Pingdu City. What they do every day is to send troops to the countryside to search for food. Apart from that, they do nothing else." According to reports,
The people who fled said that the bandits caused great harm to Pingdu, just like in the great disaster years, when the land was thousands of miles away. However, the bandits did not steal much food. I heard that they drove out all the people in the city in order to be able to control the city.
All the food in the city has been concentrated, and obviously the thieves don’t have much food.”
After his nephew said that, Peng Dahai nodded and said: "My subordinate once asked a victim who escaped from the city. He said that the rebel army was very chaotic, with all kinds of people, noisy, and soldiers.
Unlike soldiers, thieves are not like thieves, and the atmosphere is smoky. If the officers and soldiers arrived, these thieves would have fled much more. There were not many Liao soldiers inside. If the Pingdu defenders had not abandoned the city, these thieves would have simply fled.
We could not enter the city. Therefore, my subordinates thought that Pingdu was desirable and easy to obtain, so they came back to report."
"In the year of great disaster, the red ground is like thousands of miles away?" Jiang Wanli mused, looking at Shi Dayong with some worry. He did not care about the fighting strength of the Pingdu rebels, but said worriedly: "In this way, it is
If we occupy Pingdu, our army will have no food to replenish it?"[
"Without food, how can the morale of the army be stabilized again?" Song Qing was very aware of the current predicament in the camp. Everyone followed the general wholeheartedly, hoping that not only could he win Pingdu and clear his name, but also obtain supplies. If there was no supply in Pingdu City,
Food, no matter how good the name is, the soldiers may not be able to carry it. I wonder if there are hungry armies in this world?
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To fight or not to fight? What to do if the enemy is defeated? What to do if the troops disperse? A series of doubts lingered in Song Qing's mind.
Seeing that Jiang and Song were worried about running out of food, Li Dashan couldn't help but said: "If there is no food, why don't we fight this battle? How can these living people be allowed to suffocate to death? The rebels in Pingdu did not starve to death."
ah?"
Jiang Wanli shook his head and said: "The rebels make a living by looting. Naturally, they cannot starve. They only harm the common people. We are the soldiers of the emperor. How can we imitate the rebels and torture the common people? If we do so, then we will
How are they different from the rebels?"
"What's more important, life or the people? If we starve to death, the people will suffer from the traitor army forever. If we don't die, the people will only suffer temporary harm, but in the end they will have peace. How can a man act like this?
Don't worry too much. Our army is in trouble both internally and externally. We can't just watch our brothers drink from the northwest wind to fill their stomachs, right?" Li Dashan disagreed with what Jiang Wanli said. In his opinion, the most important thing now is to protect himself. What's more, he had been in charge of it in his early years.
Bandits have no psychological burden on robbing people.
After hearing what he said, the generals fell silent. It was not a problem to let them fight bloody battles with the Donglu and fight to the death with the rebels, but to let them learn from the rebels and live by torturing the people, who are they?
Not willing either.
But in the current situation, if there is really no surplus food in Pingdu City, even if Pingdu is conquered, it will be just an empty city without a grain of food. What will happen to the stomachs of thousands of people?
No one is a god, and cannot conjure food out of thin air. No one is afraid of the enemy when going into battle, but everyone is panicked when eating food.
After a long time, Cao Bianjiao suddenly spoke and said calmly: "What the court wants is the result of suppressing the rebellion, and what it wants is our loyalty. As for the rest, who among the princes in the court will think about it." The implication was to support Li.
The mountains have adopted folk methods.
"Xiao Cao is right, in the urgent need of the moment, capturing Pingdu is our only way to survive! As for the rest, no matter what we do, once the rebels are suppressed, who will ask us what we have done!" Seeing that Cao Bianjiao supported him.
, Li Dashan couldn't help but feel more confident. After speaking, he looked at Shi Dayong and found that there was no hesitation on the general's face. He couldn't help but feel more determined. In his heart, it seemed that the general also recognized him.
method.
Everyone here, Peng Dachui and Peng Sihai, the uncles and nephews, were originally thieves. Naturally, like Li Dashan, they were full of gangsterism. They didn't know the attitude of General Jinzhou before, so they didn't dare to speak "arbitrarily", but seeing the general
The trustworthy General Xiao Cao also said the same, and he was in favor of plundering the people to tide over the crisis. But they just nodded in agreement, but did not dare to speak.
Guo Cheng and Wang Fei did not express their opinions. They had to be responsible for their brothers. They would support whoever could satisfy their brothers.
Li Gu supported that as a last resort, he could learn from the rebels and get through the crisis first. Lin Junyi opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Dashan and Cao Bianjiao in disbelief. He opened his mouth again and again, and finally sighed, not knowing what to do.
He looked at Shi Dayong cautiously.
Jiang Wanli and Song Qing were hesitant and undecided. They looked at Shi Dayong motionless and wanted to know how the general decided. In other words, they were unwilling to take the initiative to mention this matter. After all, the imprint of the official army was engraved in their hearts.
Too deep.
Shi Dayong knew that his subordinates were all looking at him, and he also knew that they were waiting for him to make up his mind. If he didn't solve this fatal stomach problem, what would happen if he captured an empty city in Pingdu? No matter how many rebels killed, what would happen?
, the Jinzhou Army was still facing collapse. This was something he could never see.
After a moment, he slowly stood up, his eyes met the gazes of his subordinates, and he said in a deep voice: "Since we are soldiers of the emperor, we should not do anything to harm the emperor's people. We are officers and soldiers, and we are the army of the Ming Dynasty.
Never do evil deeds that harm the people!"
When "General" Li Dashan heard that Shi Dayong refused to plunder the people, he couldn't help but say that there was no food in the camp. If he didn't find any way to find food, he was afraid that the troops would be scattered overnight. But as soon as he shouted, he was killed by Shi Dayong.
Dayong waved his hand to stop him and said without any doubt: "Let's take Pingdu first. I won't believe it. A living person will really be suffocated to death by urine!"
Li Dashan was a little unwilling to give in. He stiffened his neck and shouted: "What if there is really no food in the city?" [
Shi Dayong glanced at him and said coldly: "If it's true food, then kill people for food!"
"Human flesh?!"
After hearing this, all the generals gasped and looked at Shi Dayong blankly. Guo Cheng and Wang Fei even jumped up in fright. :)