Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1349 The Alliance Under the City
The place where Shen Yun and other Fenwu soldiers temporarily took shelter, the surrounding hills that are not steep are called Shangyanpi, and the small river that flows through the hills to the south is called Xiaciqu, both of which are local customary names. , landscapes are common, not a place to rely on for a long time.

When they first arrived at the border, the soldiers of Fenwu had a fierce fight with the rangers of the Jie army who came to test the attack, and even the general Shen Yun fell off his horse and was injured.

Probably because the Fenwu army showed too much evil spirit in this battle, the Jie army in Yedi did not continue to launch any large-scale attacks afterwards, but various harassment actions were inevitable.But this level of harassment, let alone the Fenwu army who have been fighting for a long time, even the people of Xiangguo who followed the south all the way, can turn a blind eye to it.

In the next few days, the situation did not change much, but there were more and more troops from the Jie Kingdom cruising around, and it became more and more difficult for the scouts sent out by the Fenwu Army to move around, so that they were gradually compressed in the Within a few miles around Shangyanpi, anyone who exceeds this range will be expelled and hunted down by the rangers of the Jie army.

Obviously, the Jie army intends to trap the Fenwu army and the tens of thousands of Xiangguo people who followed them to death here.Not to mention that Shen Yun is currently injured, and it is no longer suitable for him to fight fiercely on horseback. Even if he is still intact, it will be difficult for him to break out of the blockade of the Jie army while leading the crowd.

The consolation is that although the current situation is very bad, the people who followed from Xiangguo have not yet collapsed on a large scale. They are still willing to obey the order of the Fenwu Army and stay in this mountain obediently. Waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

This point made Shen Yun quite comforted. It was not impossible for the Fenwu army to wander and break through before, but because they did not want to give up these Hebei residents who had followed all the way, they chose to stay with them for help.

War is sometimes a very cruel logic, because the Fenwu army stays, and these living people have the possibility of being rescued and living.But if the Fenwu army leaves, no matter how kind Xie Ai of Fangtou is, it is impossible to mobilize the Wangshi of Fangtou to break through the heavy blockade of the Jie army in Yedi and rescue these people.

Because Xie Ai is the general of Xingtai, he must first be responsible to the general of Xingtai and the soldiers under his command, and will not disrupt his own military deployment for the lives of tens of thousands of Hebei residents.

Even if these people can't stand the oppression of the bad situation and collapse, basically there will be no good results, and most of them will be harvested by the Jie army in Yedi as military merit.But how can people keep rational all the time, many brilliant big men will inevitably make muddled choices, not to mention these little people who have little organization and just want to survive.

They were able to stay here at this moment, willing to believe in the possibility of life created by the Fenwu Army, which naturally made Shen Yun feel relieved that his goodwill had not been let down.

Of course, this is also because most of the people who came from the south live in the surrounding areas of Xiangguo. It can be said that they have been oppressed by the tyranny of Jieguo all the year round, so the pressure is also extremely high. The encirclement is getting tighter and tighter, maybe it is about to collapse, and they are ready to flee for their lives.

The people here are calm and calm, which brings a little help to the bad situation.After temporarily settling down, under the organization of Liu Du and other Xiangguo lords, some of the people began to do some work within their capabilities, such as collecting firewood among the surrounding hills, building some simple shacks, and Supplementary equipment such as throwing spears to the Fenwu soldiers.

But even so, the situation is still very bad. The most urgent thing is not the Yedi Jie army who are increasingly active in the surrounding area, but the emergency.

Although it was useless before, it can more or less meet the consumption needs of the fighting soldiers, but when they are trapped here, the ways to replenish are really limited.Even if the villagers are still working hard to collect firewood, fish and hunt, they will still be harassed and expelled by the Jie army on the one hand, and this environment is by no means a rich and well-governed environment. How can there be so many ingredients in the countryside to satisfy this situation? The consumption of tens of thousands of people!
After seven or eight days, except for the horses that the Fenwu Army needed for basic operations, all the animals in the battalion had been slaughtered for food.But even so, people continue to starve to death every day, so that the warriors need to enter the camp to pick up the corpses and bury them in person, so as to avoid being hidden by the hungry people to satisfy their hunger.

According to this situation, there is no need for the surrounding Jie troops to charge and kill them. The uselessness alone is enough to consume them.During this process, although Shen Yun also organized a few outward attacks, he was either forced back by the Jie army, or the opponent just occupied the strong fortress and refused to fight, and did not let the Fenwu army use the enemy's resources at all. Chance.

At the same time, the Jie army's blockade of the area of ​​​​Shangyanpi has become more and more strict.This kind of tightness does not mean that the territory is completely surrounded by a large army directly, as the number of troops deployed in that way is too much.Fangtou and Yedi have been facing each other all year round. If Ma Qiu can calmly dispatch tens of thousands of soldiers as a mobile force that can move freely in a short period of time, it can be said that it is Xie Ai's dereliction of duty.

Therefore, the Jie army's blockade of this area is mainly based on the line of defense that was originally built, with the fortresses where the passages are located as the fulcrum, based on the private songs of local townspeople, and widely distributed rangers as eyes and ears. Any changes in the Wu army can be intercepted in the shortest time.

"What the hell is Xie Ai doing?"

After arriving in Yebei, it was less than ten days in the past. For Shen Yun, it can be said that he has passed the most dull and tormented period since he joined the army.His own power was gradually being consumed and squeezed, but the outside reinforcements did not move for a long time.

Even though he also knew that the Jie army in Yedi was a real land tiger, even if Xie Ai wanted to take any effective actions, it would be difficult for him to make a breakthrough in such a short period of time.What's more, the current Jie army only surrounds them and does not fight them, which also shows that Xie Ai's containment of Ye's Jie army is very effective.

But in the face of adversity, even if Shen Yun could survive, he was really worried about the state of those people.Although Liu Du and other township leaders are still working hard to maintain the hearts of the people, the despair has begun to spread.

On the tenth day, the turning point finally happened.When hundreds of soldiers from the Fenwu Army knocked on a dock wall several miles northwest of Shangyanpi, there was no sign that the dock wall was about to be breached, but suddenly flames burst into the sky inside the dock wall. Immediately, the door opened, and hundreds of men, women, old and young appeared from behind, and among them were piled up with all kinds of belongings, and they even showed that they wanted to agree with each other!
Hearing the news, Shen Yun also stared wide-eyed, and left the camp to question in person regardless of the pain and distress. Then he realized that Xie Ai had already made a move. Support the Fenwu Army.

Many villagers have surged up and responded to the call, but because Ma Qiu has sealed off the place very carefully, even if these villagers have the enthusiasm for returning to righteousness, it is difficult for them to break through the blockade of the Jie army for a while.

But there is one thing in the end, Ma Qiu can prevent external forces from reinforcing the encirclement, but it can't prevent the township tyrants who are on the encirclement front from changing their families!

The scale of this dock wall is not very large. In order to block the Fenwu army, the Jie army sent hundreds of soldiers to requisition this dock to defend it. Small casualties.

Just today, the owner of Wubi felt that it was finally possible to fight against the Jie army, so while the Fenwu army continued to attack, the Jie army rebelled against the enemy in the front, and the next scene happened.

The scale of this dock wall is not very large, and the assistance it can provide to the Fenwu Army is also very limited. Even if it destroys the family to relieve difficulties, it can only provide a hundred hu of grain.

But this is a huge boost to people's hearts. It is like a glimmer of light in the darkness full of despair. It makes the soldiers and civilians trapped here understand that there are still a large number of people in the outside world who are working hard to rescue them. You are not qualified to do self-defeating thoughts!
Moreover, the surrender of Wubi's master also allowed Shen Yun to learn a lot about Yedi's military arrangements and outside information.Although he didn't know about Xie Ai's private communication with Ma Qiu, but through Ma Qiu's arrangement, he also realized that the other party was planning to use the Fenwu Army as bait to force Fangtou to come to rescue him.

It was enough for Shen Yun to confirm this situation. The owner of Wubi surrendered his heart and donated to the losers. He was not in a hurry to spread it to the public, but gave priority to satisfying the fighting soldiers, and waited for the nearly thousand soldiers to raise them back a little bit. Without strength, he personally led these people out, heading straight for the defense line set up by the Jie army.

This trip was not for killing the enemy, but only for strength. Shen Yun did not heal from his wounds, but he had someone tie himself to the horse's back with ropes. Like this, he led thousands of strong soldiers and shouted loudly all the way. Teacher slogan, swagger in the countryside.

In many cases, the stalemate can be maintained because of a balance of power.But once some relatively large variables happen to one of the parties in the situation, this equilibrium will be broken.

In order to maintain combat effectiveness and reduce consumption, the Fenwu Army used to make small-scale operations with a hundred or ten people, even if they made surprise moves to the surrounding areas. Now this time, thousands of riders rushed out suddenly, and there was no main direction of attack.

Previously, Ma Qiu only consolidated the surrounding defense lines to form an encirclement circle. As for the main soldiers who were really used to kill and wipe out the Fenwu Army, they had not yet reached the front-line battlefield.

Therefore, when the Fenwu army suddenly marched in such a large scale, the Jie soldiers on these defense lines were shocked and strengthened their guards, lest they would be broken out by the enemy.Of course, it is impossible for the Fenwu Army to break through. In some important passages, there are fortified castles. Perhaps a single party may not be able to win the field battle, but it is very easy to block the Fenwu Army back. .

The Fenwu army swaggered past without attacking any of the Jie army's strongholds. In addition to false alarm, these Jie troops were a little confused.

However, in the eyes of those Jinmin villagers who originally had the intention of surrendering to righteousness, but were afraid of the current situation of the Jie army, they will be greatly encouraged. Come.Now I see that although they have been besieged for a long time, they are still vigorous, and then I think about the various orders from Fangtou through various channels.

After wandering around for a while, the Fenwu Army returned to Shangyanpi Valley, and soon after, it became dark, as if this was another ordinary night.But after nightfall, riots of various scales suddenly occurred in various defense lines of the Jie army. Many people rushed out of the countryside, shouting the slogan of Guiyi to help the army, and rushed straight to the direction of Yanpi.

During this night, a total of [-] people rushed in from the Jie army's encirclement line and gathered near Shangyanpi.Although it is still impossible to reverse the current bad situation immediately, such a variety of things is very heart-inspiring. The heavy and desperate atmosphere that permeated Shangyanpi has been swept away. Hopefully, the torment of this period of time has finally paid off!

Although Shen Yun was also happy, he didn't lose his mind because of it. He knew that with these help alone, it was still powerless to break out of the encirclement of the Jie army.

However, besides many Hebei righteous men who were purely impulsive and admiring the heroic deeds of the people who defected to Guiyi, there were also some family members who were sent by the village clan to ask for directions.And after seeing Shen Yun, these people also directly told that there was a trend brewing, and that the township tyrants in their various places were actively accumulating strength, and they might not be able to help break through, but they would definitely be able to send in a batch of food and goods!
When this incident happened in Yebei, Ma Qiu was negotiating directly with Xie Ai in Yenan.If he could learn about this in time, he would definitely reject Xie Ai's proposal to talk about peace.But at that time, he was neither so clear nor so decisive. After weighing many things, he said that he could talk about it, but he didn't guarantee the result.

But what the result will be, there is no need for Ma Qiu to guarantee. When the news that the two sides are preparing to negotiate peace spreads from the front line in southern Yen to the north, those Yedi township tyrants who have already been gaining momentum have already heard the news, and many people directly fought back. banner of righteousness.

Little people are also full of wisdom, their logic is simpler and more direct. This way, the master Wang directly copied the old nest of the Jie Kingdom, and even the descendants of the Jie Lord Shihu were captured and killed.Such a great humiliation, but in the end, the Jie army in Yedi did not even dare to kill and take revenge, so they still wanted to make peace?The alliance under the city is full of hypocrisy, so what confidence do you have to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me!
At the same time, Fangtou's envoy also took advantage of the chaos to pass through the Jie army's blockade and arrived at Shangyanpi, bringing the password of Fangtou Governor Xie Ai, in addition to a note.

The content of the note is simple: "Don't worry, everything will be fine."

Looking at this note, Shen Yun felt like he had found a treasure. Although he was still in a dangerous situation, his state of mind was completely settled.The general's mediocre handwriting, which is impossible to evaluate, sometimes makes Shen Yun feel a little bit unbearable, but at this moment, it fills his whole body with fighting spirit, and he no longer hesitates.

(End of this chapter)