The days of siege seemed a bit boring. As a general of the coalition, Wu Huaiyu did not dare to relax. Not only did he keep sending Qingqi to the north to keep an eye on the Turks' movements, but the camp was also loose on the outside and tight on the inside. He was always on guard against the possibility of Division Liang. Desperate counterattack.
But Master Liang spent all his energy on his own people.
At this time when the enemy was at the forefront, externally he only sent 100 sheep and 100 stones of grain to the Tang army every three days, with a smile on his face, but internally he struck hard.
Not only did he personally cut off the head of General Li Zhengbao, he also launched a bloody purge, killing hundreds of people and causing panic in the three cities.
Yang Gongren, Duan Lun, Duan Decao, Fan Xing, as well as Li Xiuxing, the governor of Yuanzhou who had just arrived, all the five governors admired Wu Huaiyu's great alienation tactic and admired him endlessly.
To be honest, most people really can't do this kind of thing.
Liang Shidu's operation was very similar to that of Emperor Chongzhen. When the Qing army surrounded Beijing, Chongzhen wanted to kill Yuan Chonghuan and take Zu Dashou. He didn't think about how to retreat and defeat the enemy first, but first thought about how to kill him. These are the generals who hold heavy troops and serve the king.
"We must issue a solemn protest to Master Liang and severely reprimand him for this kind of behavior," Wu Huaiyu said to everyone with a smile.
"Well, I must reprimand him properly,"
So the Liang envoy who came to express condolences to the Tang army with a hundred sheep and a hundred stones of grain was brought to Wu Huaiyu.
Wu Huaiyu directly and severely scolded Ambassador Liang.
He was heartbroken for Li Zhengbao and said that Li Zhengbao had already surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. How could Master Liang kill my Tang officials? Master Liang must stop purging and killing.
"I strongly request that Liang Shidu immediately stop the purge and killing, and immediately send the arrested Li Zhengbao's men out of the city and hand them over to Datang. Otherwise, our army will launch an attack on the city tomorrow as reciprocal revenge."
"This time our Tang army entered the new year and captured tens of thousands of Liang soldiers, but in the end they released all the hundreds of generals and generals of Liang army who were willing to go back. How could Liang Shidu kill Li Zhengbao and others who had joined the Tang Dynasty?"
"You must release them, and from now on you will have to pay a tribute of one hundred sheep and one hundred stones of grain every day. If you don't give them for one day, we will no longer be polite and attack the city immediately."
When Ambassador Liang heard Wu Huaiyu's unreasonable demands, his face turned pale with anger.
But in the Tang camp, he did not dare to act recklessly and could only endure it. Who made the situation stronger than others? There was no movement from the Turkic reinforcements, and the Emperor of Liang could only order to defend and not come out.
"I will convey the words of General Wu to my emperor."
When Commander Liang left, his face was still swollen and red with anger.
After returning to the city, he relayed the original message to Liang Shidu.
Master Liang was also very angry.
Did he kill the rebel Tang Junguan?
However, this further confirmed the conspiracy of Li Zhengbao and other rebellious officials and traitors. Originally, Master Liang had planned to end the purge, but now he was provoked and became furious again. Liang Xuan also observed the situation and asked to continue to eliminate the rebellious officials. Do not stay.
"Kill, kill them all."
Master Liang roared.
After taking a few breaths and calming down a little, I faced Wu Huaiyu's unreasonable request to exchange one hundred sheep and one stone of food for three days into one hundred sheep and one stone of food for one day.
Master Liang's eyes were red, but he was helpless.
I could only ask Shangshu's right servant She Lu Jilan again, "Where are the Turkic reinforcements? Why is there no news yet?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the envoys who went to Yu Sheshe's office reported that Yu Sheshe was unwilling to send troops alone, and the envoys who went to Jieli Khan also said that Jieli never responded.
Reinforcements, I'm afraid the reinforcements won't come."
The Liang divisions were all extremely angry. The Liang Kingdom could survive to this day only because of the support of the Turks. Now that the Turks do not come to rescue them, how can they resist the Tang army?
Liang Luoren stood up and pointed out that since the Turks did not come to the rescue, they had to rely on themselves. They could no longer sit back and wait for death, and should take the initiative to attack. Otherwise, if they continued to be trapped in the city like this, even if the Tang army retreated on its own, all the crops would be destroyed and the countryside would be destroyed.
The people were all plundered and they were finished.
"Your Majesty, we cannot go to war. The Tang army did not carry siege equipment, nor did they recruit many auxiliary soldiers and civilians. They did not carry much food and grass. It will not be long before they retreat on their own.
Now if we attack rashly, we will give up our advantage in city defense. Once the field battle fails, we will not have enough troops to defend the city.
We can only hold on and not go out. The Turks are not coming to rescue us now, but they will never sit idly by and do nothing. They must also understand the meaning of death and coldness, but now they are unable to send troops for some reasons. We have to hold on until they can send troops."
Liang Xuan unceremoniously opposed Liang Luoren's campaign out of the city.
"Wait? Wait until when? If you just hide in the city like this, you are just sitting there waiting for death." Liang Luoren said angrily.
The two cousins got into an argument in the palace and refused to give in to each other.
Master Liang asked Lu Jilan.
"I agree with what Prime Minister Liang said. We still need to be stable now. The Tang army wants some food and sheep, but actually they don't have much. Judging from the current situation, they will have to withdraw within a month. One hundred sheep and one hundred shi of food a day.
, in one month we can only have at most 3,000 stone grains and 3,000 sheep, which is nothing to us."
"If you really think about it, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tang Army were stationed under the fortified city. Every day, people ate horse chews, which consumed a huge amount. They also had to transport grain and grass from Lingyan, Qingyan and other places. The civilians also consumed a lot on the horse and mule roads. Calculated
Thousands of stones of food and grass are consumed every day,
Their consumption is much greater than ours, and they cannot sustain it."
According to Lu Pushe's calculation, even if the Tang army was given one hundred stones of grain and one hundred sheep every day, it would not be enough for the Tang army to consume. The Tang army would have to spend ten or dozens of times more on their own grain and sheep.
No matter how you calculate it, they will not lose. It is Tang Jun who will lose.
Daliang had already fortified its walls and cleared the country before. Now even if the Tang army looted the countryside, they could not get much food and grass to replenish it, and they had to transport it all from the rear.
As long as they hold on, the Tang army will have to withdraw sooner or later. Moreover, it is estimated that this withdrawal will not recover for a year and a half, and it will not have the strength to launch another attack.
Therefore, we must hold on and not come out. If they want food or sheep, just give it to them.
The so-called little grain and sheep that this Lu servant shot were life-saving things for the soldiers and civilians in the three cities of Shuofang who were now under siege. After the siege, the original soldiers and civilians in the city, plus those who had withdrawn from the clearing country with strong walls,
As a result, the population has increased dramatically, and food prices have continued to skyrocket.
But who cares about that.
Even if carloads of starved corpses were hauled in every day, they wouldn't care.
I even thought that sending a hundred stones of grain and a hundred sheep to the Tang army every day was nothing.
Liang Luoren was very angry.
Even if you don't attack, you still can't send food and sheep to the Tang army. Isn't this valuing the enemy?
"If the Tang army really dares to attack the city, I'd rather not. We'll fight based on the city and kill them all."
It's a pity that Liang Luoren and the others turned a deaf ear to Liang Luoren's words. They don't want to fight with the Tang army now, and they don't dare to fight. If the Turks don't arrive for a day, they don't have the courage to take action.
It is better to spend some food to ensure safety than to take risks.
On the same day, the Liang envoy went out of the city with a hundred stones of grain and a hundred sheep to reward the Tang army. Wu Huaiyu originally asked for it, but even if he agreed, it would only be from the next day. He had already given it once today.
But Master Liang didn't care about that, he just wanted to keep Tang Jun quiet.
Not only did he send a hundred stones of grain and a hundred sheep, but he also picked up two hundred old and weak men in the city and sent them out of the city together, saying that they were rewards for the servants of Wu Huaiyu and other generals.
In fact, they were all refugees who had been moved into the city, and they were all old and weak, blinded by hunger and almost unable to hold on.
Master Liang accepted Liang Xuan's suggestion, and when delivering food to the Tang army every day, he would also send out two hundred of the old and weak refugees in the city who were about to starve to death.
These people will starve to death anyway if they stay in the city. If they starve to death, they will have to waste manpower to collect the corpses and bury them. If they don't die, they will waste food. They can simply take them out of the city and give them to the Tang army.
It can also consume the Tang army's food.
Master Liang praised this idea and even called it a brilliant idea.
Wu Huaiyu was shocked when he saw the 200 'slaves' that Master Liang had bought one for free.
It was so shameless for the dignified Emperor of Liang to treat his people as slaves and send them to the enemy.
If you release some old and weak people out of the city to make a living for themselves due to lack of food or other reasons, it would still be okay. However, you forced people to move into the city and ignored them, leaving them to fend for themselves. Now you still
They were given away as slaves.
Master Liang didn't even treat them as human beings.
Wu Huaiyu and the others cannot treat others as slaves.
Although they were now slaves given to Tang generals by Master Liang, Wu Huaiyu immediately sent these people to the resettlement camp and cooked millet porridge for them.
They will still be good citizens, and will become citizens of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Although they are old, weak, women and children, they can be arranged to do some work within their ability in villages, salt fields and other places.
Another busy day has passed.
Wu Huaiyu then remembered that Duan Qiniang had arrived, and went to the resettlement camp to find Duan Shen who was busy resettling the refugees, and together they went to the station outside the camp.
"Go and invite Yang Shuai, Duan Shuai, Fan Shuai, Li Shuai, General Su, and General Liu to come and sit down."
Wu Huaiyu asked Yuwen Chengdu and An Lushan to invite people.
Although Duan Wan is a concubine and is on the battlefield, she still needs to invite someone to join in the fun. A sense of ceremony is always necessary.
The post town is just outside the military camp.
Hou San, Zhao Xin, Chen Xing, and Wu Junwei escorted us tonight, specially dispatching two battalions of soldiers and horses to protect us, and even cleared the town several times.
Night falls.
Yang Gongren, Fan Xing, Duan Decao, Su Lie and other generals all came.
Wu Huaiyu also specially changed into a new robe, and even put a flower in his ear.
Duan Shen was very capable. Even though it was a battlefield, he still managed to decorate the small courtyard with a wedding atmosphere in a short period of time. Even the food and drinks at the banquet were exquisite and sumptuous.
There was no formality such as a personal welcome.
But the evening ceremony was not lacking. Under the curtain, Duan Shen led his sister Duan Wan out and handed her to Wu Huaiyu.
A newlywed couple thanks their guests and friends, thanks their matchmaker, and pays homage to their elders.
Duan Wan is wearing full makeup.
When Huaiyu held her hand, he could feel that she was a little nervous.
Today, the bride covered her face with tulle and had a fan in her hand to cover her face. However, Wu Huaiyu, who was holding hands, could still vaguely see part of the bride's face. Although it was smeared with makeup and powder, she could still feel that she looked good.
In the east corner of the small courtyard, a green tent has been set up. This is the bride's bridal chamber.
Huaiyu led Duan Wan into Qinglu, and the maid brought two glasses of wine.
The two exchanged cups and drank together.
After drinking, Wu Huaiyu lifted up her veil, revealing her exquisite face under the makeup, which was unexpectedly beautiful.
Fair skin, single eyelids, round face, apricot-like pupils, and small cherry mouth.
The swan neck, duck oval face, and the bun are really full of classic beauty.
