The young man who counterattacked too much - Gao Yang
Appendix VIII. (XXV) The Flickering of Hou Jing's Chaos, and then the Flickering
The current battlefield situation is: Hou Jing has besieged Taicheng, and the Allies have surrounded Hou Jing.
But the people in the city didn't know. At first, the prince tried to use the kite flying method to contact the outside world, but failed. Fortunately, someone tricked Hou Jing into surrendering, and then sneaked into the city and told the reinforcements that they had surrounded Hou Jing.
The prince was only slightly relieved, but his life was really not good.
Let's see what is the scene in Taicheng at this time:
Before the battle, Emperor Wu of Liang had already made a lot of logistical preparations. A total of 400,000 grain grain was prepared, and a large amount of cash and equivalents were raised, all of which were concentrated in Deyang Hall. But in the rush, it was a big mistake: there was no stockpiling of firewood, livestock forage, meat and salt.
At this time, I had to tear down the house to cook, but fortunately it was a wooden house at that time. Then the straw mat was ground and fed to the horses, and when the straw mat was used up, the horses were fed with rice.
Soldiers fight every day, physical exertion is very large, there is no meat, can only catch mice, birds and finches to eat.
Later, he began to kill war horses, and the boiled horse meat was also mixed with human flesh, and he became sick as soon as he ate it (soldiers slaughtered horses in the temple provinces, mixed with human flesh, and the eaters must be sick).
Hou Jing's side was not happy either. The soldiers robbed the common people over and over again, and later, they couldn't grab anything. There was a lot of rice in Dongfu City, which could supply troops for a whole year, but the way there was cut off by reinforcements, so they had to hurry.
In this case, the strategist Wang Wei suggested peace talks, exchanging time for space: "Take advantage of the peace talks, and transport the rice from Dongfu City into Stone City." At the same time, we rested our troops, repaired the siege equipment, and when they slackened off, we launched a surprise attack, which was certainly achievable in one fell swoop! ”
Hou Jinglian nodded and sent Ren Yue and Yu Ziyue to Taicheng to seek peace.
The crown prince immediately reported to Emperor Wu of Liang and asked him to agree to peace talks. Emperor Wu of Liang was very angry: "Talk about hanging (three sounds), it is better to talk than to die (ShangFu Yue: and better than death)!" ”
The prince continued to plead with a handful of snot and tears: "Hou Jing has been besieging us for a long time, and the city has run out of food; the reinforcements eat and drink every day, but they don't fight." We might as well agree to make peace with Hou Jing for the time being and make other plans later. ”
Emperor Wu of Liang hesitated for a long time before he said, "Think about it yourself, I hope it will not become a joke of the ages (Ru Zi Tuzhi, don't make fun of Qianzai). ”
Next, Hou Jing is a fierce tiger's blind flicker, and Xiao Gang is a series of sheep-like cooperation.
Hou Jing first asked Xiao Gang to cede the four states west of the Yangtze River to him, and then said that he had to let Xiao Daqi (Xiao Gang's eldest son), the king of Xuancheng, come out and send him (as a hostage) before he was willing to cross the Yangtze River.
Xiao Gang immediately agreed, but only replaced Xiao Daqi with his third son Xiao Daqian (really called this name), not only that, Xiao Gang also asked Emperor Wu of Liang to order reinforcements to stand by and not to go any further.
The two sides of the peace talks will then make an alliance of blood at XihuaMen. Swear to heaven that the covenant will be fulfilled, and whoever does not fulfill it is a puppy.
One day, two days, many days passed, and Hou Jing did not move at all.
Xiao Gang was a little out of breath and sent someone to bring some dog food to Hou Jing's camp to scatter it.
Hou Jing said weakly, "Brother, don't talk about sprinkling dog food, it is useless for you to just scatter wilderness." I can't swim without a boat, I'm trying to figure out how to wait (no boat, no boat)"
So Xiao Gang waited foolishly for many days.
When the dog food was moldy, Xiao Gang sent someone to see Hou Jing.
Hou Jing began to make nonsense again, saying that he was afraid of the pursuit of the Allies, and he must let all the Allies who had crossed the river retreat to the south bank of the Qinhuai River before he could retreat (please ask the northern army to gather back on the south bank, no, hinder the Ji River).
Xiao Gang agreed without hesitation.
The grain from Dongfu City was continuously transported to Hou Jing's camp, and Hou Jing smiled and was very happy.
Xiao Gang waited until the flowers were thanked, but Hou Jing still did not move, so he asked people to urge him again.
This time Hou Jing put forward an irresistible condition: "Gao Cheng has occupied Shouyang, I am homeless, please cede Guangling (present-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu) and Chenzhou (present-day Chuzhou, Anhui) to me." ”
Unsurprisingly, Xiao Gang agreed again and began to go through the formalities.
Hou Jing, who had received the notarial deed, still did not leave.
Xiao Gang was anxious: "Brother, you are a bit too much!" ”
Hou Jing said with a look of grievance: "Xiao Qi (the second son of Xiao Lun, the hulao king) and Zhao Weifang, two dog days and things across the fence to scold me, too much jb." Mom, I'm a civilized person, can't talk about hanging (three) dirty words, can only be angry with his mother. You summon these two fools into Taicheng, and Lao Tzu and I will leave immediately."
For such nonsense, Xiao Gang actually agreed.
Zhao Weifang immediately entered the city after getting the notice. Xiao really refused, because he really couldn't understand that his entry into the city had a dime relationship with Hou Jing's retreat.
His father fooled Wang Xiaolun and said to Zhao Bochao, "Old Zhao, you killed him for me and carried his head into the city!" ”
Zhao Bochao is a typical nest horizontal, like a rat on the outside and as fierce as a tiger on the inside. Picking up the waist knife and looking at Xiao Qing obliquely, he said, "My old Zhao knows you, but the knife in my hand does not know you." (Bo Chao knows the prince, the sword does not know also)"
Xiao Qing entered Taicheng with tears in his eyes and brought hundreds of eggs.
Emperor Wu of Liang was originally a vegetarian, but after a long siege of the city, the supply of vegetarian dishes could not be satisfied, and he began to eat eggs (the cooking vegetables were all extinct, but chicken was eaten).
While Boiling eggs by hand, Emperor Wu of Liang burst into tears: "There is no tea leaves." More than a thousand years later, Taiwanese scholars will say that we can't even afford to eat tea eggs. (Hands-on Jane, choking)"
Xiao Gang once again sent an emissary to urge Hou Jing, still worried in his heart: "I may have been deceived last time, Hou Jing can speak dirty words, and he is quite good at it!" I don't know what story Hou Jing will make up this time? ”
Hou Jing did not!
Through this period of time, he thoroughly knew the situation in Taicheng: vulnerable! I also know the bottom line of the reinforcements outside: it is not worth mentioning!
Therefore, he asked Wang Wei to draft a text (very well written), written to Emperor Wu of Liang, accusing him of the ten major transgressions (Jing Sui Shangqi, Emperor Chen's ten mistakes), and then began a new round of attack.
Receiving Hou Jing's edict, Emperor Wu of Liang was ashamed and angry (Shang lan qi, and ashamed and angry): He played with the state social ji for most of his life, even if he knew that when he was old, he was still played.
In anger, Emperor Wu of Liang's father and son decided to fight Hou Jing to the death.
But what kind of death battle is there now?
At the beginning of the siege, there were still more than 100,000 people in the city, and there were more than 20,000 soldiers; now less than 4,000 people can climb the city wall, and they are all thin and weak.
Now if you want to compete with Hou Jing, you can only rely on reinforcements.
Liu Zhongli, the leader of the reinforcement alliance here, only knew how to drink all day and have fun, and the generals went to him every day to ask for war, and he ignored it.
Xiao Jun, the Marquis of Annan, persuaded Xiao Lun, the king of Hu, to lead his troops to attack, and Xiao Lun had a handful of snot and a handful of tears: the soldiers in his hands were crippled, and there were only a dozen people and seven or eight guns. This point is not enough for Hou Jing to plug his teeth. Wait a minute!
In addition to sending his eldest son Xiao Fang and others to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to serve the king, he personally led 30,000 troops and horses to reinforce the king, but he did not leave halfway, nominally saying that he wanted to gather soldiers and horses, but in fact he did not move according to the soldiers, and every day he ate and drank.
Emperor Wu of Liang's most beloved son, Xiao Ji the King of Paint cakes, was even more powerful, and directly ignored this matter, when nothing happened.
At this point, it is only a matter of time before the city is destroyed.
After arranging the combat mission, Hou took a cigarette and looked at the night sky: Tonight the moon is really beautiful, and the wind is gentle.