The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 813: City Chaos

Kuiqian City of the Great Song Dynasty, the city lord's palace.

Sun Erleng looked at the map in silence. There was lunch on the table next to him, but it looked like it had gone cold.

The guards came with dinner again. Seeing that their marshal had not eaten lunch, they said distressedly, "Marshal, please eat something before looking at the map. It's been a whole day and you haven't had a drop of water. How can you do this?"

Sun Erleng turned around after hearing this and asked in surprise, "Xiaocheng, why are you here to bring food to me?"

Nie Xiaocheng, Sun Erleng's former personal soldier, was also sent out to lead a team of 10,000 people. The personal soldiers around Sun Erleng were replaced again.

Nie Xiaocheng smiled and said, "I missed you, Marshal, so I came to see you. But I heard from the mad ruffian that you hadn't eaten all day, so I brought you dinner."

Sun Erleng smiled when he heard this, sat down before dinner and said, "You are still a man with a conscience, sit down and have a drink with me."

Sun Erleng was drinking and eating, and Nie Xiaocheng asked as he served him, "Marshal, we have already captured six cities, and the emperor has rewarded your father-in-law and wife. Why do I feel like you seem a little unhappy?"

Speaking of this, Sun Erleng's appetite just started to whet, but then it disappeared again, he sighed and said: "You, you don't understand our emperor, even though we have taken six cities in a month, but if there is no news in another month, then His Majesty will be anxious.

Although Your Majesty will not issue an order to urge us casually, I cannot help but consider Your Majesty.

Your Majesty has invested a huge amount of money in launching the war between Zhou and Song this time. With an army of 12 million, the money and food spent every hour is unimaginable."

Sun Erleng put down the bowl in his hand, picked up the wine glass and said: "Three groups are going out at the same time. I have assigned tasks to each deputy commander. Ren Bin's group is not bad, and it has just been completed.

But the eldest prince, after taking a city, began to repair it..."

Sun Erleng drank the wine in his hand, smashed the cup with a snap, stood up and cursed: "That dog... what the hell is he doing?! He just took one city and he's already taking a rest! The order I gave him is to take at least two cities!!"

Nie Xiaocheng frowned and said, "Since the Marshal is like this, just get rid of the eldest prince and let Brother Sanmiao go there as the deputy commander!"

Sun Erleng looked at Nie Xiaocheng and thought to himself, "You are still too young. If I really do this, His Majesty will be worried again."

Twelve million troops were all handed over to Sun Erleng, but Zhou Zhixiong did not have such great trust in him.

Sun Erleng didn't say anything. He just ate a few mouthfuls of rice and said, "Go and pass the order. Ask all officers above the army level to hold a meeting in three days."

The next day.

In the City Lord's Mansion, more than 40 people sat around a long table, including 40 military officers and 4 district commanders. Each army had 100,000 men, and each district had 1 million men.

Sun Erleng strode towards the commander's seat. All the officers stood up and saluted. Sun Erleng waved his hand casually and said, "Sit down, quartermaster. Have you prepared the food and fodder?"

A middle-aged general stood up and said, "General, everything is ready. We don't have to worry about food and fodder for the next three months~"

The generals were delighted when they heard this, as it meant that they had to start preparing for war again.

"Good~" Sun Erleng also said happily: "Now my tactics can be implemented!"

Sun Erleng stood up and pointed at a city on the map and said, "Kuiyuan City has a million defenders. The city walls are high and the gates are thick. If we attack by force, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. I have been thinking hard these days and decided to surround the city and attack the reinforcements!"

After hearing this, all the generals began to ponder. Sun Erleng smiled and said, "Yes, you are using your brains now. But this time you don't have to think about it. I have already thought about it.

Kuiyuan City is the most important and most difficult city nearby. However, as long as we take Kuiyuan City, the seven cities behind it will not be able to stop our army. It can be said that taking this city is equivalent to taking eight cities! ! "

The generals began to discuss, and after a while, a military officer stood up and said, "General, everyone knows the importance of this city. The Song army naturally knows it too, and will definitely come to help at all costs. By then, we will have to attack the city and block the reinforcements. I'm afraid we will be unable to do it."

Sun Erleng laughed and said, "Who said I was going to attack the city?" The generals were confused again, and Sun Erleng continued, "Don't you understand what I just said about besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements?"

Sun Erleng looked around at the generals. Everyone knew the meaning of these four words, but it was the first time they heard them. So another military-level general stood up and said, "Aren't we going to besiege Kuiyuan City and then intercept the reinforcements?"

Sun Erleng smiled and shook his head, saying: "My spies have reported that the defenders of Kuiyuan City only have a little more than one month's worth of food and grass. All we need to do is surround the four gates of Kuiyuan City and deliberately let go of the soldiers who came to ask for help. At that time, reinforcements will surely come to rescue them.

We will fight his reinforcements! Fight as many as they come! Fight until the reinforcements dare not come!"

"Good idea!" The generals finally understood what the commander meant. They surrounded Kuiyuan City without attacking it, letting him ask for help, and then destroyed the Song State's manpower!

Inside Kuiyuan City.

In the City Lord's Mansion, the guard Lin Que was pacing back and forth anxiously. He was very confident in defending Kuiyuan City, but he did not expect the Zhou army to be so cunning and only surrounded but not attacked.

Kuiyuan City has been under siege for a month. In a few days, the soldiers in the city will have to eat dirt. By then, the Zhou army will not need to attack them, as they will just start chaos on their own.

The guards rushed in, and before they could even open their mouths, Lin Que asked excitedly, "Have the reinforcements and food arrived?!"

The personal soldier hesitated, but finally reported the truth: "General Kong led an army of 500,000, but was defeated by the Zhou army at Qianshitan. A million dan of grain was also seized by the Zhou army..."

Lin Que felt dizzy and almost fell down. His personal soldiers quickly helped him sit down and said, "General, this is the second time this month. The Zhou army clearly wants to surround and kill us. The reinforcements can't come, and the food and grass are running out. What should we do?"

"What should we do?" Lin Que suddenly said angrily: "I also want to ask what to do?! What can I do?!"

Lin Que stood up again, walked back and forth and said, "Send someone to buy from the people! There are more than 10 million people in the city, I don't believe that I can't buy a few months of food and grass! Go, send someone immediately!"

The guard explained: "General, the people in the city are not rich. We have already bought food once before. I am afraid it will not be so easy to buy food this time. After all, it is winter..."

"If you can't buy it, just rob it!" Lin Que shouted, "Tell them that as long as they help me get through this difficult time, I will compensate them in the future!"

Now the people in the city were in trouble. The government troops were looting food everywhere, but how many pounds of food could the real common people have?

The unlucky ones were all the wealthy businessmen who did not have time to escape. All the food stored in their homes was snatched away by the government troops, and some were even beaten to death or injured.

A wealthy businessman in his sixties pulled a soldier carrying a bag of rice and cried, "You robbers! Do I pay so much grain tax every year just to support a bunch of wolf cubs like you? ! ! Is there still law in the Song Dynasty?!"

The soldier was unwilling to talk to him, so he kicked the old man away and said, "How can I defend the city on an empty stomach? If the Zhou army comes, you won't be able to keep your food!"

As they were talking, a group of soldiers each carried two or three bags of food and left. The old man covered his stomach and lay on the ground crying, "Oh my God, what is wrong with this world?! We are starving to death before the Zhou army arrives. Oh God, please open your eyes and take a look!!!"

After the soldiers left, the servant quickly helped the master up and said, "Master, isn't the eldest son a captain in the city? Let's go find him and ask him to bring the food back, otherwise our family will definitely not survive this winter."

The old man was so angry that he almost forgot about it. He quickly stood up and held his stomach and said, "Yes, yes, yes, go and call my son and tell him to come back to me!"

The city was filled with cries, shouts, and curses. Some people even confronted the Song soldiers. The city was in complete chaos.