Qiming 1158

Chapter 1042 This man has sinister intentions and will kill him!
For Xiangfan Song Jun, the old and weak are unnecessary, and keeping them is a waste of food in the city.

Unless you are a skilled person such as a craftsman, doctor, breeder, musician, etc., you can stay and serve the top officials of Song Jun.

So Wang Yan ordered all the old and weak in the city to be driven out to fend for themselves. Whether they starved to death or were killed by the Ming army, it had nothing to do with the Song army in the city.

After intense battle preparations, the Xiangyang army seized 3 young and strong men and more than [-] young and strong women from the surrounding areas.

This wave of actions almost swept away the young men and women in the area they could reach. Because the number was not enough, it was inevitable to arrest some middle-aged men, women and young men and women to make up the number to facilitate Wang Yan's needs.

After the old, weak, sick and disabled in Xiangfan Second City were collectively driven out, the food rations and living environment in the city have been greatly improved. The food reserves that were originally expected to last for three years can now be supported for more than four years. .

At this time, it is a very good choice for Wang Yan to have more strong men and women. He needs a relatively large number of young men and women to enter the second city of Xiangfan to contribute to his defense plan.

As for what the army did to the local people in the process, and how they broke up their wives and families, it was not within Wang Yan's consideration.

He doesn't want the process, as long as the result is satisfactory, he will reward him.

As for the process...

who cares?
The soldiers of the Song army walked out with their knives and laughing. After a while, they pushed back young men and women, carrying large and small bags, and returned with a full load.

They not only swept away the surrounding manpower, but also swept away the food and property in the surrounding area.

But everything that could be eaten and used was scavenged into the second city of Xiangfan, leaving only the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled waiting to die in the surrounding area.

Of course, if these old and weak people dare to come forward to protect their family members, they will also kill them with one knife without mercy.

So wherever they went, there were corpses everywhere, rivers of blood, and those who were lucky enough to hold on to the bodies of their dead relatives cried bitterly, crying and crying, but there was nothing they could do.

A merciless death awaits them.

In addition, it is not that there are no special groups that have received special treatment.

For example, local officials, as long as they are willing to pay a sum of money to the top officials of Song Jun, can get their shelter and enter Xiangyang.

Or those wealthy and wealthy households, when they find that they can't escape, pay a sum of money to the top officials of Song Jun, and they can also enter Xiangyang for refuge.

They will all get relatively good treatment, and the top officials of Song Jun promised them that they can get food supply after entering Xiangyang, and they can live as before until the end of the war.

As for local real estate...

When the imperial court clears the siege in the future, they can return to their original hometown, and the real estate is still theirs.

As long as people are alive, they are not afraid of losing money, but if people are gone, what is the use of more money?

The top officials of Song Jun lied to them like this.

As a result, a large number of officials and wealthy households felt that they could not obtain any benefits from the peasant army, and took this opportunity to enter Xiangyang City.

Wang Yan and a wave of Song Jun executives successfully realized sideline income generation, and the money received was soft, and it was a win.

Relying on such a wave of combat readiness and self-purification, the Song army's military strength in Xiangfan Second City has been greatly improved, and its defense has also made great progress and long-term guarantee.

They are ready to stick to the second city of Xiangfan for a long time. They are ready for everything they need to prepare, even how to deal with excrement such as shit and urination. They are ready.

There were even people who demolished houses in Xiangyang City and Fan City to open up farmland, preparing to plant some vegetables, melons and fruits in the city for the enjoyment of high-level Song Army officials and officials in the city.

Finally, after sending dozens of messengers to the Lin'an court and Chengdu to go out with letters for help, they stopped going out, closed the city gate, patrolled the city day and night, and waited for the arrival of the peasant army and the Ming army.

They are ready to fight here for three years, and they will stick to it for three years, giving the Southern Song Dynasty a three-year respite.

As long as they are nailed here, the Ming army can't rest assured to go south, and the Jinghu Theater has not been lost. As long as the second city of Xiangfan is still there, even if all the surrounding areas are conquered by the Ming army, the barrier function of the Jinghu Theater can continue to be maintained.

Wang Yan was ready to fight to the death, defending Xiangfan and never backing down.

After the main force of the Peasant Army led by Zhao Yucheng won successive victories, he personally led the first division and the second division led by Xu Tong to meet at Jingmen. , and finally arrived in Yicheng.

However, they did not find the movements of the Song army in Yicheng. Around Yicheng, there were only piles of old, weak, sick, and dying of exhaustion and misery.

Facing such a situation, Zhao Yucheng and Xu Tong were shocked, and immediately arranged for the troops to restore order, and used military rations to cook porridge to relieve the old, weak, sick and disabled, and then asked them what happened.

After some inquiries, Zhao Yucheng and Xu Tong finally knew what happened.

Then their fists hardened, their blood pressure went up, and their teeth were more worn.

It turned out that this was also part of Song Jun's campaign to clear the walls and clear the fields.

Not long ago, the Song Army of Xiangyang City dispatched collectively to fight the hard walls and clear fields in the surrounding areas of Xiangfan, but their hard walls and clear fields were relatively bad. The elderly and infirm.

Not only that, they also drove out the old, weak, sick and disabled in Xiangyang and Fancheng, so that they lost everything and could only wander around desperately and wait to die.

Without food, these people will starve to death if they can't go very far, and these people who are about to starve to death but do not starve to death will become a huge burden on the peasant army and the Ming army.

In contrast to this, there are abundant grain and manpower within Xiangyang City and Fan City, which will give Xiangyang City and Fan City extremely high defense and endurance.

Zhao Yucheng was very angry, and Xu Tong was also very angry.

And Xu Tong also found it.

The powerful enemy and shrewd general he had longed for had finally appeared.

According to the original residents of Xiangyang City, the person who issued the order was Wang Yan, the prefect of Xiangyang, a name Zhao Yucheng and Xu Tong were both familiar with.

One of the three major generals of the Chuanshu Theater in the Southern Song Dynasty, the successor of the prefect of Xiangyang and the commander of the Xiangyang Army after Yao Zhong's fall, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Originally, they thought they could solve Xiangyang before Wang Yan arrived, but now it seems that Wang Yan's speed is faster than they thought, and he has already acted.

"I thought I could take Xiangyang quickly, but now it doesn't seem to work. Wang Yan has already come, and he has tossed a strong wall and clear the field... This is our specialty, and in their hands, not only the strong wall and clear field, but also for ourselves. leave any difficulties."

Zhao Yu gritted his teeth angrily, and said angrily, "This person has sinister intentions and will kill him!"

"My nemesis, the enemy's hero. However, these ordinary people are obviously not in their own category. It is estimated that only the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty will think that he is a hero."

Xu Tong sighed and said in a low voice: "Director, the situation is already obvious now, it is impossible for us to win quickly, we also understand the tenacity of Xiangyang and Fancheng, at least [-] defenders, just rely on us I think I can't take down Xiangyang and Fancheng even if the army is exhausted."

Zhao Yucheng nodded helplessly and agreed with Xu Tong's statement.

"These two cities have tall walls, wide and deep moats, and extremely dangerous locations. If we really want to fight, it should be difficult to take down without a hundred thousand troops. It is absolutely impossible for us to rely on ourselves, so we will see when the Henan Corps will come. already."

Xu Tong turned his head to look north.

"Have we sent the information?"

"That's natural. The Henan Corps has established forward bases in Biyang and Rangcheng. It is said that they will wait for the Shenji battalion sent by Zhongdu to be in place before attacking Xiangyang, but I don't know when the attack will be launched. "

Zhao Yucheng opened his mouth and said, "All in all, whether they are trying to harden the wall and clear the field, let's go and find out. Anyway, we have [-] troops in the bottom line. Even if it is a head-on confrontation, it will not be defeated. What do you think?"

Xu Tong nodded.

"Of course, but before that, we need to settle the old and weak here, otherwise we can't leave, and they can't survive."

(End of this chapter)