On the official road, a huge baggage team consisting of an unknown number of carriages was moving as fast as possible.
From beginning to end, the entire team seemed to stretch endlessly, meandering along the official road.
A total of 20,000 soldiers were scattered and escorted the entire team from beginning to end.
From the faces of most of these soldiers, we can see the emotions of exhaustion and fatigue.
"Boss, it's just to transport grain and fodder, do you still need so many of us? Normally, it would be enough if four to five thousand people escort the grain and fodder, right?"
In the middle of the baggage train, a general wearing a deputy general's uniform complained impatiently to the chief officer next to him.
"It's not like you don't know how chaotic our Handong County has been recently. With four to five thousand people escorting so much grain and grass, do you think the big shots in the family will feel relieved?"
The chief officer also looked impatient, but he had a mission and had to carry it out, so he just glared at his adjutant and said bitterly.
"Aren't they just those guys who call themselves guerrillas? I really don't know how these guys were trained. They are all so mysterious and invisible. Although they are not many in number, their combat effectiveness is very terrifying. If there are fewer of us, we will be swallowed up directly.
There are too many people, and they leave early, which is really annoying."
The adjutant said very angrily.
"That's right, so now the family has concentrated all its power in various cities and abandoned all the villages in the county. I heard that almost all of those villages have been developed into what they call 'base areas' by the guerrillas.
If our people appear near the villages, the villagers in those villages may become the spies of the guerrillas, which is really nerve-wracking!"
The chief officer sighed, feeling helpless.
"Boss, what do you think those villagers are thinking? Why are they willing to be spies for the guerrillas? Are they going to starve to death by following our Liu family?"
The adjutant was very puzzled.
The chief officer turned to look at the adjutant and said, "We arrested some villagers and came back, and we asked some questions. Do you know what those guerrillas will do when they enter the village?"
"What to do? Steal food? Threaten the villagers to be their spies, otherwise they will kill all the villagers?"
The adjutant used his own habits to understand.
"Shit! When the guerrillas entered the village, they enthusiastically called the villagers fellow villagers! Then they took the initiative to help the villagers solve their difficulties! They even helped the villagers farm and clean their houses. If the villagers had no food to eat, the guerrillas would do their best to provide it.
Some food!"
The chief officer slapped the adjutant on the head, and then said: "Do you know why those villagers almost all became the guerrillas' informants? Because the guerrillas promised them that as long as the guerrillas and the power of Heyang City behind them can overthrow our Liu
If the Liu family rules Handong County, all the land will be taken away from our Liu family and returned to the villagers!"
"Ah?! Such an exaggeration?! Are those guerrillas crazy?!"
The adjutant was shocked.
"I don't know if they are crazy or not. I only know that our Liu family's control over Handong County is being continuously weakened. Maybe it won't take long before the entire Handong County, except for those cities, will fall under the influence of Jiang Fan."
Maybe it’s under control!”
The chief officer spat forcefully.
"Forget it, boss, let them go crazy if they go crazy. No matter how many crooked methods they think of, it's useless. We have more soldiers than them and are stronger than them, so they can only wait to be wiped out by us! Guerrilla!
So what if the team is great? Now that we have all returned to the city and defended it, isn’t there nothing they can do?"
The adjutant said angrily.
"Have you forgotten that a few days ago, a guerrilla group disguised as a caravan successfully entered Yanggu County and killed all the officials belonging to our Liu family in the county? The county of Yanggu County
The government granary was even looted, and all the food was distributed to the people in the county. Until now, the family has not dared to send anyone to Yanggu County to clean up the mess."
The chief officer glanced sideways at the adjutant and said angrily.
"Ahem, that's because the defense force of Yanggu County itself is too weak. There are only more than 200 old and weak soldiers in the entire county. Of course, they can't stop the guerrillas. But in other big cities, the guerrillas can't do anything. For example, we have this time
We have arranged for 20,000 people to escort food and grass, but I don’t believe that the guerrillas would dare to launch attacks like before.”
The adjutant said, scratching his neck.
"It's better to be careful. The grain and grass we are escorting this time are of great significance to the army besieging Heyang. If it arrives late, there will be big problems."
"Boss, what do you think is going on with them? An army of 300,000 people besieged Heyang, but they still can't get in? I heard that the city of Heyang only had more than 10,000 defenders at most, a thirty-fold advantage in strength.
, in the end, they chose to use the method of siege to consume. Is this too stupid? Although there are more people in Heyang City, the consumption of food will be exaggerated, but 300,000 soldiers eat horse chews, and consume the same amount of food every day.
It’s very scary.”
"How much pressure do we have on logistics? To put it bluntly, if the Heyang defenders find out that there is not enough food in the end, they will be ruthless and confiscate all the people's food. As long as the army food is guaranteed, then the people will starve to death.
If we don't take care of it, how long can Heyang survive under this blockade?"
"It doesn't take much. If it can last for about a year, we will probably be overwhelmed by the food and fodder needs of the 300,000-strong army, right? I don't know what they are thinking!"
The adjutant complained louder.
The chief officer thought about it and decided not to hide it from his adjutant.
He opened his mouth and said: "I heard that the Heyang defenders came up with a new type of weapon, which was very lethal. The 300,000-strong army was repelled by this weapon during their first attack on the city. There were only more than a hundred people.
, with the power of weapons, we killed 20,000 to 30,000 people in less than half an hour, and our siege team had not even touched the city wall of Heyang."
"What? This is impossible, right? What kind of weapon is so exaggerated? Even if it uses a pile of human lives, it is enough to level Heyang, right?"
The adjutant looked unconvinced.
"In addition to ensuring the food consumption of the army, our other main task is to determine the authenticity of this news. Once it is confirmed to be true, the family demands that the relevant weapons be obtained at all costs! Then
It will become the biggest guarantee for the Zhuolu Central Plains family!"
The chief officer said in a deep voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion in front of the team.
The chief officer was stunned for a moment, then shouted: "Everyone be on alert! What's happening ahead!"
Soon, a soldier came on horseback. When he was far away, he shouted: "General, there is a landslide in the front of the mountain, and the entire official road is blocked by falling rocks!"