Under the siege of the Tianyuan Army, the food and grass in Zhongwen camp became increasingly empty. As time goes by, the soldiers' food rations have begun to be strictly controlled, from three meals a day to two meals a day, and then it has changed to one meal a day. Even if you only eat one meal a day, the meal is very limited.
Many soldiers who were not full of food were hungry. At night, they ran out of the barracks in groups to steal and kill military horses.
Zhong Wen was extremely furious when he learned about this and immediately executed several soldiers who were caught. However, the hunger of the soldiers could not be controlled by human power. Although several soldiers who stole the army and horses were executed, more soldiers took the risk to try. Gradually, Zhong Wen could not control it.
At this time, Zhong Wen, who was so smart and proficient in military books and war strategies, was at a loss. He was trapped in the encirclement of the Tianyuan Army. He did not understand the situation outside. He just calculated by time that the Ningguo army should have arrived long ago. Even if he climbed for so many days, he should have climbed up. Why did he not see Ning's army for a long time?
At this time, he had a premonition that Ning Jun must have encountered obstacles on his way. Now he had only two choices. He either continued to wait and came to help the Ning Jun through the obstacles, or led his people to break through, and used his more than 100,000 troops to fight a bloody road and go to join Ning Jun.
But both options are very risky.
What if the Ning army did not arrive in the end? Then the more than 100,000 soldiers on his side would really be waiting for death, and the Tianyuan army would be wiped out without bloodshed. If they chose to break through, the 400,000 Tianyuan army had already established a stable camp and strong defense. With more than 100,000 to 400,000, it was the side that attacked the tough, undoubtedly hitting the stone with eggs. Even if they could break through the siege, they would not survive in the end.
Now his decision not only concerns the life and death of more than 100,000 Central Army, but also concerns his own survival and whether his father can firmly live. He has a heavy responsibility and dares not act rashly, so he has been exhausted.
He could continue to waste his life, but the hungry soldiers in the army could no longer waste their lives. Since the army and horses were strictly taken care of by Zhong Wen's personal guards, many hungry soldiers with eyes began to escape at night, climbed over their own village walls, and fled to the Tianyuan Army. The situation of the entire army was increasingly out of control by Zhong Wen.
Zhong Wen and his team were trapped for several days, and Zhong Tian, who was in charge of Yancheng, also received news. The old man was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
When he learned that Ning's army had insufficient food and grass, he encountered obstacles on his way forward, he immediately quickly transferred 200,000 stones of grain from Yancheng. One stone is forty kilograms, and 200,000 stones is eight million kilograms. However, such a huge amount of grain and grass is actually only enough for the 400,000 Ning's army for six days. In addition, Zhong Tian ordered Geng Qiang, the head of Lehu County, to prepare another 200,000 stones of grain and grass to send it to the Ning Army camp.
The food and grass from Zhongtian and Lehu County were delivered one after another. At this time, the Ning army had retreated to the junction of Jinguang County and Lehu County. Although the food and grass were supplied, the Ning army's commanders Zhan Wushuang and Zhan Wudi remained in place without moving. The entire camp was so calm that there was no intention of marching forward.
His son and his main force were trapped in the enemy's encirclement, and life and death were at the forefront. Zhong Tian could not wait. He sent people to urge Ning Jun to advance quickly, but they were all excuses of Zhan Wushuang's enemies blocking his way forward. At this time, Zhong Tian finally understood that Ning Jun did not care about Zhong Wen's life or death, nor whether his country could be defended. They only care about themselves.
While Zhong Tian was scolding in his heart, he was also thinking hard about how to solve Zhong Wen's danger. After thinking about it, he did not come up with a good solution. In the end, he could only send someone to Yu Tao, the head of Jinguang County, to let him immediately assemble an army of 100,000 people, attack the Tianyuan Army from the periphery, and rescue the trapped Zhong Wen and his team.
After receiving Zhong Tian's order, Yu Tao couldn't help but grin. The soldiers of Jinguang County had already been sent to Yancheng. Later, they were sent back by Zhong Tian to fight Tianyuan County. As a result, the entire army turned against each other and surrendered to the Tianyuan Army. Although most of the soldiers have been dismissed by Tianyuan County, it is extremely difficult to recruit these scattered soldiers and continue to fight against Tianyuan Army, and no one would accept such a ridiculous thing.
Not to mention recruiting an army of 100,000 people, it would be difficult for him to recruit 50,000 people to fight the Tianyuan Army now.
But Zhong Tian's will had arrived, and he had to obey it, so he had to bite the bullet and follow Zhong Tian's instructions.
Yu Tao tried his best to gather an army of about 20,000 people. Most of the members of this army were homeless refugees, and some were servants and slaves collected by major families in the county. As for the generals leading the army, no one in the Jinguang County military generals dared to come out to take responsibility. The 20,000 people could only be commanded by Tao himself.
This army has no elite soldiers or good generals. Not to mention fighting with the 400,000 Tianyuan Army, even if it encounters a regular army for a while, it may not be able to fight. Yu Tao is not a fool, and he himself knows this. He led his civil servants, military generals and more than 20,000 troops to march towards the junction of Jinguang County and Guannan County.
He was twenty miles away from the Tianyuan Army camp, so he did not dare to move forward and ordered the entire army to be stationed. Yu Tao acted according to Zhong Tian's will, but he did not have the strength and did not dare to fight with the Tianyuan Army. He formed an army just to deal with the situation. It can be said that it would not help the trapped Zhong Wenyi.
The Ningguo army that could save Zhong Wen stopped moving forward, and Yu Tao and his group who went to rescue were powerless. The danger of Zhong Wen's group being trapped was still not resolved. As the saying goes, blessings are unparalleled, but misfortunes never come alone. When the Zhong Wen's group had been besieged for ten days, another powerful army joined the Tianyuan Army, which were the 30,000 Beisa heavy armored cavalry headed by Xiaona Feng Prous.
Tang Yin sent envoys to Besa City to borrow troops. Sanchez von Prous strongly opposed it, but the families of five young generals including Brian Lucas, who were once mercilessly released by Tang Yin, played a role again and unanimously supported lending troops to Tang Yin. Of course, they agreed that borrowing troops was not just for personal gain, but Yu Gong also wanted to see the stable Tianyuan County.
Tang Yin and Besa signed a trade agreement, which was a matter of mutual benefit between the two sides. Besa City State, especially the nobles of Besa City State, quickly tasted the sweetness from it and made huge profits from the trade between the two sides. Therefore, as the trade progressed, the interests of both sides were already linked, and whether the stability of Tianyuan County was directly affected by the benefits of Besa City State Noble.
This is the main reason why the important officials of the Besa King Ting supported the borrowing of troops from Tang Yin.
Sanchez von Prous is a royal family. He has a large number of fiefs and a large number of slaves, and has the support of the state. Therefore, he does not care about the trade in Tianyuan County and does not participate in it. The stability and prosperity of Tianyuan County naturally have nothing to do with him. Instead, he thinks that Tang Yin is a huge hidden danger to the Besa City-state. If it can be eliminated as soon as possible, it would be the best.
Sanchez's opposition received little support, including his brother, King Besa Kness von Prous.
After several discussions, Kness finally decided to borrow troops from Tang Yin, pick out 30,000 elite troops from Besa's heavily armored cavalry, and sent them to Fengguo. After hearing his father's approval of helping Tang Yin, Xiao Na was very happy and volunteered to Ying, expressing that she was willing to be the commander of these 30,000 heavy cavalry and lead her army into Fengguo.
Shauna is Kness' favorite princess, and she is also one of the top five heirs. She may inherit Kness's throne in the future. She will lead the troops and accumulate military achievements for her. After consideration, Kness nodded and agreed. Fearing that Shauna was not experienced enough, Kness specially appointed him a veteran of Besa City-State, Blanca Portis, who is also one of the old nobles. In addition, five young generals including Brian Lucas also followed the army.
In the past, the army of Besa City-state entered Pingyuan County for fighting and plunder, but now, they have become reinforcements to assist Tang Yin in fighting, and things in the world are so changeable.
The combat effectiveness of the heavily armored cavalry of Besa City State is extraordinary. If Tang Yin had not developed a solution, the Feng Army would not be able to compete with it at all. On the battlefield, there were also cases where the Feng Army had a whole regiment defeated only one thousand heavy armored cavalry.
This Besa army traveled thousands of miles, passing through Tianyuan County and Guannan County in Fengdi, and came to the junction of Guannan County and Jinguang County to meet with the main force of Tianyuan Army.
He had long received news that Besa heavily armored cavalry came to provide assistance. Qiu Zhenle, the temporary commander of the Tianyuan Army, couldn't even close his mouth and personally led the civil and military generals of the entire army to greet him.
Xiao Na didn't know Qiu Zhen, let alone other generals. She was not interested in these people at all. She just wanted to see Tang Yin, but to her disappointment, Tang Yin was not here at the moment, but went deep into the hinterland of Jinguang County to fight against the Ning Army.
According to Xiao Na's original intention, since Tang Yin is in Jinhua City, she should have led her troops to, but was stopped by Qiu Zhen. Due to the language barrier, a large group of translators gathered around during the conversation so that the generals of both sides could understand the other party's meaning.
Qiu Zhen told Xiao Na in detail about the current situation, and then he said: "The reason why lord went deep into Jinguang County and ventured to Jinhua City to resist the Ningguo army was to eliminate the Zhong Wen group in front of him. Therefore, if you want to welcome the lord as soon as possible, His Highness the Princess must stay here to help our army with one arm and annihilate the rebels headed by Zhong Wen as soon as possible."
After pausing, he said again: "What's more, His Highness the Princess commands the army of your country. The enemy is not aware of it yet. We should make good use of this and win by surprise. If we go to Jinguang County in a hasty way, expose our traces and combat power, and let the enemy be prepared, it may not be beneficial to future battles."
Xiaona didn't want to listen to these great principles and wanted to refuse, but Blanca Portis, as the deputy commander, said first: "Mr. Qiu said very well, Your Highness, let's stay here for a while!"