This is the highest office in Yongzhou, and it is also the place where Mingyue King works. On weekdays, he meets with his subordinates and discusses important matters. Most of the decision-making matters of Yongzhou are decided from here.
Tianji Pavilion has five floors and is spacious and elegant. When you are inside, you will not feel that this place is located in the northwest, just like Kyoto, because many of the decorations in the pavilion are almost the same as those in the princes' palaces in Kyoto, and even more
Pays attention to a lot.
The graceful and elegant Mingyue King sits elegantly on a soft seat, surrounded by flowers and fragrance. He is dressed in a light yellow robe and looks very noble.
This is on the fifth floor of Tianji Pavilion, and it is also the highest place in the entire Yongzhou City except the city wall.
If you walk to the window, you can overlook the entire Yongzhou City and have a panoramic view of the huge building complex.
In the Tianji Pavilion, besides King Mingyue, there are more than ten of his ministers.
Right Minister Yuan Tiangang, together with Dou Andao, are known as Mao Di, the only remaining general of the two peerless tiger generals in the northwest. These two are indispensable core figures under the Mingyue Throne. Apart from them, there are more than ten others.
An important official in Yongzhou.
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The sound of killing outside the city gradually subsided, and soon a spy came to report: "Report to King Mingyue, the Chu army failed to attack the second northeastern gate, and suffered heavy casualties. We have withdrawn our troops at the request of gold!"
As a result, the ministers in the cabinet all showed proud smiles.
The situation was almost as they expected. The "Unbreakable City" was real. Since the Chu army's first wave of strong attacks failed, future attacks would be even more difficult for the Chu army.
"Your Majesty!" General Mao Di stepped forward and said respectfully: "The Chu army cannot attack with force, and its morale must have been greatly frustrated. As long as our army defends Yongzhou City, it will not take long for the Chu army to collapse."
Mingyue King's expression has always been very calm, with no surprises or sadness, just a tranquility like blue waves.
"Tiangang, how long can the food and grass in the city be kept?" King Mingyue asked slowly.
Yuan Tiangang, who once changed his name to Yuan Buyi and is now the right minister of Yongzhou, said: "Your Majesty, I started to store food and grass more than half a year ago. Now the food and grass in the city are very abundant. Even if the 800,000 people in the city are sitting down to eat,
It can also last for half a year. If the rations of ordinary people are reduced and reasonable allocation is made, it can even last for ten months."
King Mingyue nodded and said: "The soldiers must have enough to eat, and the people in the city must also have enough to eat. You can't let them not have enough to eat just because you take care of the soldiers. Those civilians who carry stones and logs to the city must also work hard."
Some rice grains... Since there is enough rice grains to last for half a year, it is more than enough. If there is a confrontation, the Chu army may not be able to last two months...!" He sighed softly: "It is better for them to leave early, at least they can
Fewer people should die... I don’t want to see my compatriots fall one by one."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" everyone shouted in unison.
"If they are stubborn and want to keep the siege going for some reason, they will know the consequences soon." Mao Di is nearly fifty years old, but his voice is still loud and strong, with an intimidating domineering air: "This season
, it is the season when severe cold and heat are common. Even as a native of the northwest, I must be careful. Chu Jun’s chicken-like body will soon suffer from such a disease... At that time, I see them
How can we attack Yongzhou City?"
"That's right, that's right." An official immediately echoed: "They can't resist the severe cold and heat attack. That Xue Poye, I hope he also suffers from severe cold and heat and dies. In this case, the Chu army will be in chaos.
, and God has avenged the great hatred between Dou Shuai and Zuo Shilang on our behalf."
Dou Andao was beheaded by Xue Poye himself, and although Zuo Zixuan committed suicide, the cause was still due to Xue Poye. In addition, Xue Poye used a trick to capture Yizhou and killed countless defenders in the northwest.
As a result, Hong Wei committed suicide and the Yongzhou offensive strategy was shattered. In order to avoid being caught in a pincer attack, Dou Andao led tens of thousands of troops to swim across the Yi River and drowned countless northwest soldiers. This blood feud made the northwest soldiers hate Xue Po.
The night is full of hatred, and I wish I could eat his flesh and drink his blood.
On everyone's faces, there was not even the slightest worry about the city being breached. Perhaps in their hearts, these people also firmly believed that Yongzhou City was the "unbreakable city" of the world!
"Your Majesty!" A slender middle-aged man came out of the crowd, bowed and said slowly: "The purpose of conquest on the battlefield is not to kill, but to control. Although the Chu army is now different from our army,
We are hostile, but after all, we are all compatriots of flesh and blood. If we only ask the Chu army to kill more people, it may not be a good way, and it will violate the name of the king's benevolence and righteousness."
Everyone turned their eyes to this person and fell silent.
King Mingyue looked at this man and smiled: "You are right, we are here to control, not to kill!"
"Sooner or later, your Majesty will ascend the throne. If too many Chu troops die, their parents and relatives will definitely hate me in the northwest. By that time, I am afraid that the people will be unkind." The middle-aged man continued: "So I think,
The best strategy is to injure the enemy less but still control it!"
Yuan Tiangang, whose skin was as black as charcoal, said calmly: "Master Wang, how should we implement this strategy that can defeat the enemy with less damage?"
Lord Wang stepped forward and respectfully said to King Mingyue: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go to the enemy camp and persuade Xue Poye to surrender. Even if the surrender fails, I should persuade Xue Poye to withdraw his troops!"
Everyone around was shocked.
King Mingyue was also a little surprised and said: "You want to go out and persuade him to surrender?"
"Exactly!" Mr. Wang said seriously: "I beg your Majesty for your permission."
Yuan Tiangang immediately said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this plan will not work. Xue Poye has a deep relationship with Liu Zichan and will never abandon Liu Zichan and join us. Moreover, Dou Shuai and Zuo Shilang both died because of him, even if he
If you want to throw yourself under the throne of the great king, I'm afraid that the soldiers will be dissatisfied."
Mingyue King said warmly: "Tiangang is right. I have seen this Xue Poye before. He seems to be undisciplined, but he is actually a very independent person. And speaking of it, this person can be regarded as a ruthless character. If we say that he
It would be extremely difficult to surrender willingly."
Mr. Wang solemnly said: "Your Majesty, even if he does not surrender, I am sure that I can persuade him to withdraw his troops."
"Oh!" King Mingyue pondered for a moment and said: "The Chu army has not yet understood the hardships of siege, and may not be able to persuade them in a while. According to my wish, I will wait for a few days until the Chu army officers and soldiers feel the hardships of siege.
You can go to Chu Camp and give it a try."
Mr. Wang's expression became slightly sad, but he still said respectfully: "Follow the order!"
King Mingyue stood up and walked slowly to the window, overlooking Yongzhou City. Perhaps even he did not feel that at this time, he really had the aura of dominating the world.
"Second order, my soldiers from the northwest will defend the city. The people in the city do not need to panic and live as usual." King Mingyue said calmly: "Put the Mingyue flag at the top of the city. This way, the wandering warriors in the northwest may occasionally harass you.
Chu army."
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Three days after the troops arrived at the city, the Chu army launched two more large-scale attacks in the middle, but the results were extremely dismal. Countless corpses were left behind, but not even a single city gate was breached.
After several fierce battles, the morale of the Northwest Army was getting higher and higher, while the morale of the Chu Army was rapidly declining.
Although there was still plenty of food and grass, just as the northwest people expected, the soldiers of the Chu army began to feel unwell, and a very small number of soldiers even collapsed on the ground and could not stand up.
Xue Poye immediately ordered his subordinates to set up a sick camp twenty miles behind the army formation. All the sick soldiers were arranged to rest there, and an accompanying army doctor named Mingxu was sent to conduct diagnosis, treatment and treatment.
By the fifth day, the number of sick soldiers continued to increase, which caused headaches for Xue Poye, Yang Yijun and others. The same situation also occurred with Song Fei's Chu army stationed at the North Gate.
Xue Poye personally went to visit the hospital camp and was very frightened to see the soldiers all weak and shivering.
Could it really be that the situation that I had been worried about would happen, where Yongzhou City was not captured, but the Chu army could not hold on and collapsed on its own?
"Commander, this is the culprit!" Mingxu held an extremely fat mosquito in his palm: "This is a big mosquito in the northwest. They usually appear in large numbers during this season and carry the root of the disease. Once bitten by it,
One mouthful, and people who can't bear it can easily suffer from severe cold and fever... Marshal, this disease is commonly known as 'disease'. It is not a serious terminal illness, but if it is not treated quickly, it can be dangerous.
Life is in danger."
"Then you will bring someone to treat me?" Xue Poye said in a deep voice.
Mingxu's expression was more serious than ever before, and he shook his head and said: "Commander, we are in the northwest now, fighting a war. Even if we want to treat it, there is no way. Without medicinal materials, we can only see the symptoms, but cannot cure them.
"
Xue Poye frowned and said, "What kind of medicinal materials are needed?"
"There are mainly two kinds of medicine, one is Atractylodes macrocephala and the other is rhubarb. Boil the sweet juice out of them and mix it with water. If you take it with water, you can cure eight or nine points of severe cold and heat." Mingxu said seriously: "But these two medicines are very good in northwest China.
It is not produced. They need this medicine, so they buy it from other places. Although we also brought some medicines, most of them are medicines for treating injuries and stopping bleeding, but there are no two herbs, Atractylodes rhubarb and rhubarb."
Xue Poye asked anxiously: "Will it be available in Yizhou? We will send people to get it? What about Taizhou? Will it be available?"
Mingxu said slowly: "They are all located in the north. There must be some, but they are not born in the local area, so there must not be too many. And the number of patients in our army is increasing day by day, and the medicines needed are
An extremely huge number...!"
Xue Poye sighed and said: "I will send people to collect these two medicinal materials now. You can treat the sick brothers well."
Two days later, although the troops sent out also retrieved some medicinal materials, it was only a drop in the bucket and far from enough compared with the number of sick soldiers. Even the little fairies were also sick, and the green lady was anxious.
Take care of.
Soon, soldiers began to die from the disease. Just one day later, dozens of people from the North Gate and East Gate armies died from the disease.
Everyone knows that if this disease is not suppressed, more people will die. In the end, there may even be many more people who die from the disease than from the war.
The Northwest Army and the Chu Army are already in a complete confrontation, and the Chu Army's situation is getting worse and worse.
Not only did they have to face the attack of diseases, but also sporadic northwest wanderers took huge risks to make sneak attacks from time to time in the middle of the night, which made the Chu army's morale increasingly low.
Sitting on the big chair in the commander's camp, Xue Poye looked extremely haggard. The safety of hundreds of thousands of troops was at stake. This was not a matter for one person. Xue Poye could be said to be facing the most critical moment in his life.
"How come my weapons haven't arrived? Let's finish this battle earlier and get out of this sea of misery earlier!" Xue Poye closed his eyes, feeling very anxious.
At dusk, Xue Poye, who was thinking about countermeasures, suddenly heard a report from a soldier outside the tent: "Commander, Yongzhou City has sent a special envoy to come to see you!" dd