"It's not good, General Dongcheng has been lost." At the head of Hefei City and South City, Ji Ling was commanding the army to resist Sun Jian's army. However, a deputy general stepped forward and shouted with a panicked expression.
boom!
However, the next second, he was knocked away by Ji Ling's energy: "Shut up, lie about military information, I will kill you."
Ji Ling's eyes glared. In this situation, morale was not high to begin with. If the soldiers guarding the city heard that Dongcheng had been lost, wouldn't it be doomed?
"Li Yuan, you lead the troops to guard this place for me. I'll go and see for myself."
Ji Ling was also a little confused. In the past few days, Sun Jian's army had been attacking Hefei City like crazy, regardless of losses. He knew what the other side was planning.
Some days ago, he followed the advice of his military advisor Yuan Huan and sent people to notify the governors of Lujiang and Danyang to intercept Sun Jian's grain transport ship.
At this time, Sun Jian's fierce attack must be because he was running out of food and fodder.
But the more this is the case, it also represents Sun Jian's determination.
The east city has been destroyed, and he knows that it will be difficult to defend Hefei City, despite the fact that there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in Hefei City.
But Ji Ling knew that most of them were farmers, just newly recruited civilians without any training.
If you put it on the battlefield, not only will it have no effect, but it will also hinder your own army.
Usually when defending the city, they are asked to carry stones, wood, etc.
There are really less than 50,000 that can be fought.
In these days of fighting with Sun Jian, no less than 60,000 to 70,000 elite soldiers and horses were lost.
However, Sun Jian's losses were not small. After all, he was the one attacking the city, and his losses amounted to 70,000 to 80,000. Such battle losses showed how powerful Sun Jian was.
However, Ji Ling is not afraid. The lord's background is far from comparable to that of Sun Jian. Several military advisors also have foresight. There is no need to suppress Sun Jian immediately, as long as they are slowly consumed.
During this period, he led a large army to Hefei and never left the city. He relied on the city of Hefei for consumption.
But now, it seems that Sun Jian has also made up his mind.
"Military advisor, Dongcheng has been destroyed. What should we do next?"
Ji Ling returned to the government office immediately and found Yuan Huan.
"Dongcheng is broken. It seems that Sun Jian is really anxious."
When Yuan Huan heard this, there was no change, his expression was as calm as ever, "In this case, General Ji Ling, let the army withdraw from Hefei City according to the original plan, and at the same time tell the nobles in the city to burn all the excess food."
Yuan Huan had long been prepared for the defeat of Hefei City. Hefei City was not a big city, and it would be difficult for Ji Ling's army alone to stop Sun Jian's attack.
The lord's elite army is still in Yuzhou, and it is thanks to the magic group he brought that it can persist for so many days.
But even if the city was destroyed, he would not make it easy for Sun Jian. Sun Jian was short of food, and he wanted to supply it by conquering Hefei.
Of course he couldn't let the other party get what he wanted.
"Yes, I will do it now"
When Ji Ling heard this, he did not hesitate. After all, the current situation did not allow him to delay.
Ji Ling took his guard battalion to various families and forcibly ordered each major family to destroy part of their food.
Of course, this process will not be that easy, but with his powerful force, those families will eventually have to surrender.
Ji Ling's strength, and the Yuan Shu behind Ji Ling, are not something that these families can offend. What's more, Ji Ling also said that they will be compensated.
Suddenly, a unique fragrance filled the whole city of Hefei.
"What does this smell like?"
Ji Ling began to withdraw his troops, and the resistance at the four tops of Hefei City became weaker and weaker. Naturally, Sun Jian's army quickly broke through and entered the city.
Then they smelled something.
"not good!"
The faces of Sun Jian, Huang Gai and others changed wildly. They could already smell what it smelled like, the smell of burnt grain.
In an instant, they understood.
"So cruel!"
Huang Gai looked ugly. When they came to the barn in the city, they found piles of ashes and some unburned grain.
All of them had extremely ugly faces, and a few of them even turned pale.
"Go and see those rich families"
Sun Jian immediately understood the plan of Yuan Shu's army, so he quickly gave instructions to Huang Gai and the others.
General Ye Sha, Sun Jian's army, has occupied the city of Hefei.
However, when the generals in the government office came back to report the situation, Sun Jian's face became more and more gloomy.
“What a Ji Ling”
“It’s really cruel”
With the return of Huang Gai and others, the news came, each one more outrageous than the last. The wealthy families in Hefei City had no more food than enough for their own consumption.
All were burned.
This was Ji Ling's deliberate intention to burn the food in Hefei City with evil intentions. Then his idea of replenishment was shattered.
Of course, he could choose to plunder the remaining food from the big families in the city. After all, even if these families had enough food left, it was still a huge amount.
I robbed them of their food and fodder, which was probably enough to last their army for a while.
Of course, in addition to this, there is a group of people in Hefei City who have food, and there is a lot of food.
That is the civilians in the city. They still have some rations in their hands. There are four to five million people in the city, and the rations of these people combined are no less than those of the big families.
If either of the two is snatched away, it will be almost enough for him to spend a period of time.
However, no matter which side it was, Sun Jian did not dare to rob it easily.
As for the aristocratic families, once he takes action, he will offend everyone in Hefei City, and even the aristocratic families in Yangzhou, Jiujiang.
After all, many aristocratic families are related to each other, and if you dare to rob the Hefei aristocratic family today, you will one day dare to rob other major families.
If you offend the entire family, the consequences will be quite serious.
As for those who robbed those civilians, then his reputation would be lost. Hundreds of thousands of people would probably die because of him. Such a result is not something that Sun Jian can easily bear.
You can trap and kill hundreds of thousands of troops, but massacring hundreds of thousands of civilians is different.
Ji Ling's conspiracy was really hard for him to resist. No matter which one he chose, it would be extremely difficult for him to occupy Yangzhou.
Although Sun Jian did not understand what water could carry or overturn a boat, he also knew that the people at the bottom were his foundation.
As for the aristocratic family, it is the backbone of his rule and is indispensable.
The situation is very serious now. He is gradually running out of food. Let alone chasing Ji Ling and the others, it is quite difficult to stay in Hefei City.
The best way at the moment is to collect as much food and grass as possible and then evacuate Hefei immediately.
Otherwise, if Ji Ling counterattacks again, he will not be able to defend the city without food.