Chapter 243

In the twinkling of an eye, three days later, Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng outside Heyan didn't attack the city, and the garrison in the city didn't leave the city. Except for the bleak intention of the two armies, the whole battlefield of Heyan fell into a strange silence. This kind of quiet makes the stars in the city feel very depressed. It's like a sharp axe hanging on the head, but it doesn't fall down. It makes the hearts of all the people in the city feel oppressed by something all the time.

At this time, Xie Daoxian is leading the generals to inspect the four sides of the city wall defense. They are just coming from the South City, standing on the west gate of Heyan city wall, overlooking the camp of Gu Qingcheng, which is ten miles away.

"You say that the army of Da Qian has already arrived at Heyan city. Why hasn't there been any movement these days? If yu Tianxiang is like this, after all, several counties behind her are in her hands. But it's strange that Gu Qingcheng didn't move. As far as I know, she came here to avoid the county garrison. Isn't she afraid to send troops to attack the county that still belongs to Tianxing behind her? " Xie Yuanjian looked at the Fengxiang military flag and the Gu Shuai flag on the distant camp. He was puzzled and asked.

"Gu Qingcheng should not be afraid." Standing behind Xie Daoxian, Xie Daoquan, who once met Gu Qingcheng in Xihe County, said, "brother, the most terrible thing in Gu Qingcheng's army is not the so-called elite Fengxiang yunqi, nor the Qingqi led by zhaining, who is familiar with the affairs of Tianxing army, but the wolf pack with a total number of more than ten thousand. With this wolf pack, although Gu Qingcheng's troops are less than Yu Tianxiang's, But it is more terrible than Yu Tianxiang. At this time, Gu Qingcheng's encampment depends on the mountain situation, that is, with the help of wolves. As long as there are wolves on his side, even the 100000 troops can't take her in a short time. "

Xie Daoquan suffered too much from the wolves in Xihe county. Xihe county was not so much conquered by Gu Qingcheng as by the wolves. Gu Qingcheng just received the results later. When he thought of the mighty wolf king, Xie Daoquan felt cold in his heart, because he had seen with his own eyes how the gate of Xihe county was smashed by this giant wolf. Fortunately, there is a moat three feet wide around Heyan County, and the gates are made of fine iron. On each gate, there are heavy gates that can fall at any time. Otherwise, Heyan city will not be able to stick to it.

Xie Daoxian nodded, glanced at the generals behind him and asked, "what do you think?"

"Brother Xie, Daqian probably just wanted to surround Heyan city and gain strategic advantages. He didn't want to attack the city now. After all, there are more than 70% of the cavalry in yutianxiang's army outside nanmenwai, and Gu Qingcheng's army is made up of all the cavalry. These cavalry are all elite. They fight in the wilderness and go back and forth to attack Heyan City, but they want to attack Heyan city, I think it's still hard to catch. " Chai Yuanjian said.

A few days ago, when Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng were under the siege of the city, Chai Yuanjian had a deep talk with Xie Daoxian. He knew that Xie Daoxian had been on guard against him since he was defeated and came to Heyan county. On the one hand, because he was a defeated general, Xie Daoxian could not judge whether he had joined Daqian to earn money in the city. After all, since the beginning of the war, Under the Feng Xiang army, the whole county surrendered constantly. When the Feng Xiang army swept the seven counties in Guangji, it hardly met any decent resistance. If he was in a different place, he would do the same to Xie Daoxian.

On the other hand, among the three senior officials of Tianxing, the Qiu family is only loyal to the royal family. Except for the dispute of seizing the royal family, they seldom participate in the court disputes. However, the Xie family and their Chai family have been in constant disputes over the years. Because of the family relationship, they are naturally not close to Xie Daoxian.

Besides, Chai Yuanjian knew that he was a little higher than Xie Daoxian in both official positions and titles. Although not much, according to the rules of Tianxing Dynasty, he had the right to take over Xie Daoquan's military power when he arrived in Heyan County, which was another reason why Xie Daoxian was on guard against him. Now, Tianxing is in danger, and there is a large army in his hands, whether for the family or for the individual, They are the most advantageous.

Therefore, Chai Yuanjian found Xie Daoxian and had a frank and in-depth talk with him. He said that he came to Heyan county only to defend the last place south of the king's capital. He didn't mean to fight for military power with Xie Daoxian, which made Xie Daoxian feel relieved.

"Brother Chai means that Da Qian only surrounded and did not attack our Heyan city. He didn't want to attack the city directly, so as to build up a vanguard advantage in the general situation?" Xie Daoxian asked after thinking about Chai Yuanjian's statement.

"I think so. Now Yu Tianxiang is in the south, Gu Qingcheng is in the west, and ye Zhiqiu blockades the East and North with Qingqi. Either they want to wait for us to run out of food and grass and win without fighting, or they want to wait for the results of other battlefields, or Guangji River enters Haikou, or Huangyan river. " Chai Yuanjian nodded and said.

"In Huangyan River, there is wuchenggong, and in the river there is a river defense army. Even if there are two legions on the north bank, they will not cross the river easily. At the mouth of the river, there was Qiu Shuai. The king sent all the navy of Tianxing. Before the battle was decided, the main force of Fengxiang led by Gu Jieyun could not reach the north bank. It seems that Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng outside the city are trying to trap us for several months. " Xie Daoxian looks at the smoke rising from Gu Qingcheng's camp. His eyes are very complicated.

"Brother, if they really want to use cavalry to cut off our grain supply, and let our grain run out, the price will be too high." Xie Daoquan shook his head in disapproval.

"Why do you say that?" Xie Daoxian turned to look at his always wise brother and asked.

"Brother, please imagine that Zhai Ning, fan Zhen and fan Ting have joined each other now. Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng can't be unaware that Heyan city has military provisions that can support 80000 troops for half a year. Even if the people in the city don't have much grain, we need to share some of them. After all, most of the people were moved to Wangji by Qiu Shuai a month ago, It can still support nearly 80000 troops in the city for two or three months, but how much food and grass do Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng need in these two or three months? "

Here, Xie Daoquan pointed to Gu Qingcheng camp outside the city and said, "Gu Qingcheng has nearly ten thousand Fengxiang and ten thousand Qingqi, and Zhai Ning's ten thousand Qingqi. Their daily consumption of food and grass is at least five to ten times of the same number of soldiers. If you add the meat of the ten thousand wolves, it's an astronomical number."

Xie Daoquan went east, South and North and said, "Yu Tianxiang and ye Zhiqiu are the same. Their Fengxiang cloud riding, screw horned horse scouting camp and fast wind riding are all composed of war beast mounts. The daily consumption of these war beasts is three to five times more than that of war horses. They have so much food and grass and so much logistical pressure, How can they compete with us only outside the city for the amount of grain? You know, the seven counties in Guangji are all new territories. Almost all their grain and grass have to be transported from Daqian by sea. "

When Xie Daoxian and Chai Yuanjian heard the speech, they both frowned lightly and thought about Xie Daoquan's words in their hearts. Because they know what Xie Daoquan said is right. Daqian's military strength is strong. The Yulin scouting camp, the fast wind riding and the Feng Xiangyun riding are all famous strong troops. But the reason why these cavalry are strong is not only the quality of soldiers, but also their mounts.

Even if Tianxing could build such an army with more than ten thousand soldiers, the national finance would not be able to support it, because the cost of supporting only ten thousand soldiers every year is five to ten times that of ordinary cavalry and 20 to 50 times that of ordinary soldiers.

Moreover, it's only light riding such as gale beast, screw horned horse and flying cloud beast. If it's heavy riding like thunder running beast, the annual consumption of one thunder running heavy riding can meet the high-intensity training of 100 infantry. That is to say, to build a thunder running heavy riding with 10000 people will consume the same materials as one million infantry. In the whole eastern part of Qingmu and even the whole continent of Qingmu, only Da Qian has the ability and financial resources.

This is also the reason why the army accounts for only one percent of the total population with a population of hundreds of millions and continuous wars. Because the elite system of the army makes it unnecessary for them to recruit so many people into the army. Just like now, not to mention that there are nearly 50000 Fengxiang cloud riders and 3000 scouting camps and fast wind riders outside the city, only 20000 Fengxiang cloud riders are enough to deter the 80000 garrison in the city from going out to battle. This is the power of elite.

However, Xie Daoxian and Chai Yuanjian are both related. They don't understand why Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng have to encircle but not attack since they consume so much every day. What's their real intention?

"Brother, it's better to send a troop in the city to test it." Xie Daoquan saw that they were thinking hard and said nothing.

"Trial? To test who? Is it Yu Tianxiang who has 40000 Fengxiang riding under his command, or Gu Qingcheng who has more than 10000 wolves to help him? " Xie Daoxian smell speech not good gas said.

"Er ~" Xie Daoquan was a little hesitant when he thought of the wolves led by the white wolf king. The wild wolves that could not see the edge left a big shadow in his heart, but he still said, "we can try to explore east or North."

"No way." Chai Yuanjian shook his head and said, "the scouting camp led by Li Chang is the Yulin scouting camp that defeated the mad lion army in Danshui last year. The scouting Sentry is their own skill, and the fast wind riding led by Meng Cang is not weak. Zhai Ning was defeated by them. And behind them are ye Zhiqiu, the ghost talent who crossed the river in fog and broke three counties on the 10th. We should not insult ourselves to avoid demoralizing the army. " Chai Yuanjian, who had fought with the two cavalry on the Bank of the river, was very impressed by the two cavalry that had pierced his army. He stopped them without thinking about it.

The general of each battalion standing behind a few people nodded one after another. Although they are usually arrogant, they still have self-knowledge. If they fight with Scouting camp or fast wind riding in the wilderness, they can't even escape to the city alive. To hear Xie Daoquan's advice is like asking him to die.

"This can't be, that can't be. Are we just stuck in a lonely city and waiting to die?" Xie Daoquan said anxiously.

"If only brother Qiu and brother Chen were still there, they might be able to see the real intention of Yu Tianxiang and Gu Qingcheng, so that we don't have to worry." Chai Yuanjian sighed and said with a gloomy look.

Xie Daoxian can't help nodding when he hears the speech. He knows very well that regardless of his family background, the talents of Chen Guangliang and Qiu Wenhui are definitely superior to those of Chai Yuanjian. Especially Qiu Wenhui has been friendly with him since he was a child. He knows his ability very well in his heart. Even Qiu Ao, the former leader of the mad lion army, is slightly inferior to Qiu Wenhui. In fact, in Xie Daoxian's mind, Chen Guangliang and Qiu Wenhui are far more suitable than him and Chai Yuanjian to serve as the commander of Heyan Prefecture and the ten battalion commander of Guangji water village.

But Tianxing system is just like this. Birth almost decides everything. Even when the country is in danger, Yan Wensheng, the new king who has just ascended the throne, and Qiu Xu, who has just become the commander of the new army, do not have the courage to challenge the tradition that has been handed down for hundreds of years.

"I just hope that there will be good news from Qiu Shuai. Wang can't send any troops for the time being. The xiyuanze legion of wuchenggong is tied down by the big dry army and the thunder army. Now only Qiu Shuai can solve the siege of Heyan." Xie Daoxian turned to look at the eastern sky, sighed and said.

Meanwhile, on the South Bank of Guangji River Estuary, Gu Jieyun, commander-in-chief of Fengxiang army, Su Leyi, commander-in-chief of Jing Navy and Wang yuyuangao, commander-in-chief of Heyang army, are looking at Qiu Xu's barracks across the river.

"Lord, the day when the imperial court ordered Chongyang was the time to cross the river and attack. Now we have been delayed for half a month. If we continue to delay, even if we win the battle, we will not be able to explain to your majesty and the imperial court." Gu Jieyun some anxious said.

"Jieyun, don't be impatient for a while. There's nothing we can do about it. Qiu Xu built a watchtower at 500 steps on the north bank, set up a bonfire, and stationed the troops at key places. It's almost impossible to cross the river directly. We have to take a detour from the sea, but now the Tianxing Navy is still there. We can only maintain the current situation before breaking the Tianxing Navy." Su Leyi comforted her.

"But now the royal highness of the princess and the fallen city have already arrived at the city of Yanjun. The daily consumption of food and grass is a huge number. If we do not open the stalemate here, I am afraid we will not be emptied until the war is finished. After this war, you and I are going to work in the outer cabinet, and our generation is going to retreat one after another. How can we leave an empty Treasury for future generations because of you and me? Besides, there are letters from the foreign cabinet, one by one, and even your majesty has sent letters to inquire about the military situation. Obviously, our hesitation has affected the overall strategic situation. "

Gu Jieyun is holding a fire in her heart at this time. She once participated in the war of Northern Xinjiang, went out to the north, and fought in the battle of Qingyang cavalry and ran to the wolf plain in Northern Xinjiang. She never missed the opportunity. But now, this may be the last time in her life to lead the army, but Qiu Xu can't get in here, which makes her depressed and annoyed.

"Lord, when can we cross the river?" Su Leyi saw Gu Jieyun's appearance and knew that she was really worried. She couldn't help looking at Wang yuyuangao, who had never spoken.

Yu Yuangao saw that both of them looked at him. He could not help but pick his brow. He pointed to the opposite bank with a finger and said, "if you want to go across the sea, you must annihilate the Tianxing Navy. If Fengxiang army gets on the ship now, once it encounters a surprise attack from the Tianxing Navy on the sea, the speed and direction of the ship will not be very convenient because the ship is full of soldiers' food and grass and has a deep draught, Once heaven is not beautiful, we will all be in danger of being buried in the sea. So before we solve the problem of Tianxing Navy, I think it's better to be quiet than to move. I believe that the emperor's brother and waige will understand our difficulties. "

"Well, if the sky star Navy doesn't solve the problem in one day, we'll spend it here?" Gu Jieyun dissatisfied said.

"There is no way to do this. After all, Qiu Xu's arrangement is like this. If we cross the river by force, even if we can win, the damage will be great." Su Leyi sighed and said. She didn't have a good idea about the situation of the battlefield at this time. Qiu Xu arranged the north bank tightly, so there was no chance for them. If they wanted to reach the north of Guangji river without paying too much, they had to go by sea.

"I know that Gu Shuai and Su Junshi are worried. In fact, I'm just as anxious as you. But Tianxing Navy is hiding in the sea port which is like a turtle shell all day long. I've tried several times to lure the enemy, but the other side is not moved. I don't have a better way." Seeing their expressions, Yu Yuangao couldn't help laughing bitterly.

Yu Yuangao knew that they invited him to come here today to discuss the crossing of the river. Now his words and expression were all to show his attitude. But he really had no good way for the star Navy, which was shrinking in the harbor, unless he transferred all the useless fire oil from the South battlefield, It's too late to burn the sky star Navy and the harbor to white.

"For today's plan, we can only see if Qiu Xu will act because he knows that Heyan city is surrounded." Su Leyi sighed and said.

"That's not good. We have to send a message to waige to let them know what's going on here. The Tianxing Guangji warehouse we occupied has been used up for a long time. In addition, we have released grain several times in order to stabilize the people's livelihood. Now it's almost used up. The rest of the grain can only support the princess and Qingcheng at most. We have to report it to the emperor, Let them prepare early. " Gu Jieyun smell speech hesitated for a while, this just gritted teeth to say.