Yuan Yao already understood Cui Zhouping's plan.

To put it bluntly, it is to "tempt it with benefits."

Knowing that Shouchun City is in short supply, I want to deliver military rations with great fanfare under your nose.

So, should this batch of urgent food be intercepted or not?

There is a risk of being ambushed. Perhaps the food and grass will be trapped in before it arrives.

If it is not a disaster, it is simple. Yuan's army continued to besiege the isolated city, and both sides continued to fight and consume it until the entire city fell into a state of food cuts, so that its soldiers could seize the city without bloodshed.

This is the only naked plot that Cui Zhouping gave.

You can choose between two roads, either seek a chance to survive in the danger of wealth or honor, or you will have to stay in the lonely city and wait for chronic death.

"good!"

"Perform according to the teacher's advice."

Yuan Yao thought for a long time, weighed the pros and cons, and then decided to use Cuizhouping's strategy.

Immediately afterwards, he wrote a letter in person and sent his confidant to Runan to whip it day and night.

...

After several consecutive days of mutual agreement, the two sides were stalemate again, and the battle situation also entered a stable period.

But in the past few days, the guard general Deng Dang's mood has been extremely uneasy.

Even as Cui Zhouping analyzed, to this day, signs of insufficient food and grass in the city have grown, and the treasury has begun to sue the kiln.

As the saying goes, "Before the troops move, food and grass will come first."

When the food and grass are no longer enough to support the cost, the morale of the soldiers under his command will drop sharply.

"Report to the general, over the past two days, there have been about a hundred and dozens of people who intend to plunder the people in the city and plunder the food."

"He has been captured by the military officer and is being detained in a prison. I dare to ask the general, what should he do?"

At this time, a deputy general under Deng Dang's command, Yi Shi, rushed over and bowed and reported in a solemn tone.

A word fell.

Deng Dang's face, who was originally low, couldn't help but worry again. Since the news of food shortage came out, the morale of the army has been sluggish day by day, and the soldiers have also been floating and have developed different thoughts.

They naturally pointed their finger at the people in the city.

Deng Dang firmly opposed this move and issued strict orders to eliminate it. If anyone seeks to recruit looters, he should engage in military law.

Nothing else, he was originally a native of Jiujiang. Shouchun was not only the prefecture, but also the county capital, and his hometown. He was unwilling to implicate the innocent people in the city to resist the Yuan army.

Even though the army was short of food, he also demanded strict military discipline at the same time.

As his hometown, he does not want to be the sinner who is so mean to the criticism of his hometown.

But the food shortage is real.

Not all the soldiers under their command can have such high awareness. In order to fill their stomachs, the soldiers of the capital did not hesitate to extend their vicious hands to the fellow villagers in the city.

"I will pass on the order of this general to escort such scum to the city center and behead them to fully enforce the morale of the army."

After thinking for a while, Deng must be careful of making a decision and said sternly.

Even though the military power used to defend the city was weak, he had to use thunder to intimidate the various troops.

After all, if all soldiers of the army did not feel the ruthlessness of military law, who would abide by it?

When food and grass become increasingly difficult to maintain, will the number of soldiers who plunder the people in the city be increased day by day?

Deng Ding pondered inwardly, and his expression became more and more worried.

"Here."

Upon hearing this, the deputy general did not show hesitation, but instead firmly bowed his hand to the promise.

But then, he couldn't help but say more and more worriedly: "It's just that the surrounding cities have been guided by Yuan's army, and Shouchun has become an isolated city. The matter of the envoy raising reinforcements from the south is also far away, maybe not..."

"The food and grass that may be used for..."

"Next, how should our army continue to defend the city?"

"The morale between soldiers...?"

For a time, the deputy general also raised all his worries.

This statement was so good that Deng Dang had to temporarily order the deputy general to go to implement military law. When he left, he showed a sense of powerlessness.

He was trapped in the lonely city and lacked food and supplies, which left him helpless!

He couldn't find any surrounding cities that could be replenished.

Over the past few days, he has been upset about this matter.

But no complete solution was conceived.

Perhaps the Emperor of Heaven pays off. The spy who was dispatched outside this day finally returned to the city and reported urgently, quickly informing the military situation that Yuan's army had been transporting military rations from Runan in the rear to the front line in recent days.

After learning about the military information of more than ten spies in detail, Deng Dang vaguely felt something was wrong.

Yuan Jun actually transported food at this time?

Maybe this is too coincidental?

He did not transport grain early or late, but he did not transport grain at a critical moment when his own food was cut off.

This is definitely not just a coincidence.

Deng Deng thought deeply, and at the same time, after careful consideration, he was able to conclude that this must be Yuan Jun's plan, intending to lure him with benefits.

He lured him out of the city to rob grain, so he could set up an ambush to annihilate him!

only.

Although he had noticed Yuan Jun’s plan, he was still helpless.

After all, this is an open conspiracy. Whether he goes out of the city to rob grain, there will be no loss for Yuan Jun.

This is second. If the soldiers under his command hear that the enemy seems to have military rations transported, they will definitely have the idea of ​​plundering military rations to solve their urgent needs.

By then, perhaps he alone would not be able to dominate the idea of ​​whether to leave the city to rob grain.

"By the way, where did Yuan's military rations be transported?"

Hearing this, a spy distributed around the south bank of the Huai River could not help but immediately whispered: "Report to the general, according to the investigation of the villain, the enemy's grain transport trucks have crossed the river and gathered on the south bank of the Huai River. They are unloading the ship and intend to send them back to the Yuan army camp outside the city in batches."

The spy slowly reported the truthful information.

A word fell.

When he heard that Yuan Jun's grain trucks were gathered on the south bank, Deng Dang couldn't help but become more determined that this was Yuan Yao's plan.

"The Huai River has a wide terrain south, which is very suitable for large corps combat. If our army goes to rob it, it will inevitably be encircled and suppressed by the main forces of the Yuan army."

"In this way... I'm afraid..."

The words behind him have made him dare not think too much.

To this day, Deng Dang feels that this is a battle that must be defeated.

Since the Huai River was defeated, they have never defended Shouchun again and prevented Jiujiang County from falling.

What's more, at this time, the top leader, Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, fled south because he was afraid of the enemy's troops.

The reason why he still sticks to the lonely city.

It’s just to do your best and leave your destiny!

It is also to repay Chen Wen's kindness for his understanding.

At least, in the face of crisis, the only remaining county soldiers were still in his full power.

From this point of view, he is still highly valued by Chen Wen.

As the saying goes, "You treat me as a national hero, I will do my best to repay him."

Now Deng Dang is naturally doing his best to delay the time when Shouchun City is broken.

As for the incident of leaving the city to rob grain, he thought about it, but continued to hold his troops still.

Because he knew that robbing food from the city would be a dead end.

In order to save the lives of the soldiers, he chose to sit and wait for death.

However, as the situation develops, the generals and schools in the city are calling for surrender to the city and become increasingly louder.

The generals and schools were gradually beginning to be encouraged by the soldiers and began to force Deng Dang to open the city and surrender to Yuan Jun.

Under such circumstances, Deng Dang's mood was naturally affected to varying degrees.
Chapter completed!