palm river mountain

Chapter 383
"Old general! Go down and rest for a while! Eat something quickly. The little general will definitely come to rescue us."

Gu Congrong withdrew his gaze, looked forward at the Xiguan, saw a piece of yellow sand, took a deep breath and smelled it, it was all the smell of camels and horses.Now in front of the city tower, there is a dense army of enemy countries, like ants on one side.

They have been under siege for a long time.

Gu Congrong lowered his head and looked at half of the vegetable cake in Mr. Huang's hand.

Now that the city is running out of ammunition and food, they haven't had enough to eat for a long time.

"I'm not hungry, you can eat. If I faint, no one will advise me." Gu Congrong said, turning his head, and said to the soldiers guarding the city, "Persist for another two days, Duan Yi Will definitely come."

"You all know Duan Yi, but you don't know what kind of temperament she is? Maybe he will bring Lao Niu with him."

When the soldiers guarding the city heard Duan Yitong's name, they obviously relaxed a little.

A little soldier sitting in the corner licked his dry mouth and said with a smile, "The meat stewed by the old cow is very delicious, even the duck intestines and brains are tender and delicious in his hands." !"

"From the previous turn to when I was resting in Jincheng, General Duan often brought us meat to eat."

The Jiannan army took turns guarding the border, and when they were resting, they would return to the barracks in Jincheng.

When Lao Jia led people to follow Duan Yi out of Jiannan, most of them stayed behind. This little soldier once served under Duan Yi's command and lived in a large courtyard with Su Yun.

At the mention of General Duan, the little soldier lowered his head in embarrassment.

Not only him, but many guards of the Jiannan Army were a little sad. They and Duan Yi had all fought on the same battlefield and fought together.When she left Jincheng alone, she had just finished defending the city.

They didn't risk everything to chase them back then, but now they are expecting in their hearts, expecting that General Duan will come back to save them.

"When we win the battle and drive Rizan away, I'll treat you guys to eat as much meat as you want! Take it easy, everyone, don't eat up all my coffin books!"

Mr. Huang said pretending to be relaxed, but his heart was full of worries.

The enemy army suddenly approached the city and surrounded the border town around Xiguan. Old General Gu was shot in the dark in order to let people go out of the city to report the news. His wound is still bleeding to this day.The distress letter was sent out.

The first ones were Jincheng's recuperating soldiers, but they didn't want Rizan to pretend to be defeated, deliberately let go of the gate of the inner city, and called Jincheng's reinforcements to enter the city, but didn't want him to let people in, but he didn't let them in.The supply was cut off and the city besieged again.

The city here is said to be a city, but it is actually just a tiny place, like a small town.

This place is the western border of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the western gateway.

When the Great Zhou Dynasty was founded, there were still many small countries in the west, which naturally became a barrier to isolate Tubo, and they only needed one or two supports to Anxi.

Therefore, in the west of Longyou Hexi Jiannan generation, a Jiedu envoy was established and a Dufu was set up.

However, as the national power of the Great Zhou Dynasty declined day by day, competition for reserves, rebellion, and separatist regimes followed a series of civil strife.

The enemy in the west seized the opportunity and continued to expand. Now their northern border is directly connected to Longyou and Jiannan.

This side of the city is where Jiannan garrisoned troops.Soldiers in the army are also human beings, and they also need to eat, drink, and drink, marry wives and have children.Gradually, a small city was formed, with people coming to farm the land, and merchants traveling from south to north.

The reinforcements came in, but the food and grass did not come in.They attacked the city every day, and the arrows were exhausted, and the grain and rice in the city were not enough for so many people.

Thinking about it, Mr. Huang sighed in his heart, and he glanced at Gu Congrong with some concern.

But in a short period of time, the old general's hair became more and more white, many spots appeared on his hands, and blisters appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Later, a second wave of reinforcements came.

It was the little general Gu Mingrui who led the Jiannan army to support Xiangyang. They watched Gu Mingrui lead the army galloping forward, but they also watched him being stopped by Duoyu, the son of Ri Zan. In the end, farther and farther away, farther and farther away.

Then disappeared.

That night, Nari Zan asked someone to pick up a bloody head with a long pole, hang it in front of the city gate, and said it was Gu Mingrui who had been beheaded.

The head is scarlet and scarlet, and the face cannot be seen.

Although he kept telling the old general that it was a trick by the enemy, he kept beating the drums in his heart.

Gu Mingrui is a very good person with good skills, but he has been stupid for so many years and lacks experience in marching and fighting.

The most important thing is, if his team didn't die, how could they disappear out of thin air, and why didn't they come to the border town again?The longer they waited, the heavier their hearts became.

But no matter how hard it is, they can't fall down.

If the border town is not broken, they can only have a small group of people to overcome the natural danger and enter Xiguan.But if the border town is broken, Rizan's army will drive straight in and head straight for the Central Plains.

Mr. Huang thought so, and the soldiers guarding the city on the tower also thought so, and they laughed hard.

"Why do you only think about eating water! No, no! I want to eat meat! I can't bear to eat beef, but mutton! I think I can eat a whole sheep by myself now!"

"What's the point of eating the head sheep? I think I can swallow that Spanish dog alive! Bite off Nari Zan's big nostril in one bite! Cut off Duoyu's hand and throw it into the cesspit!"

As soon as this person said this, everyone quit, "We are going to eat! What are you talking about cesspit! Talk about some meat, at least we can eat!"

While talking, a few old women went up to the city tower with baskets, and there were green pancakes in the baskets.

There is very little food that can be used to make cakes, and all the food is filled with grass.

Fortunately, it is spring and summer, and the vegetation is lush, so it can make up for one or two.Because there is not enough food, the pancakes look loose, and if one is not handled properly, it will fall apart.

None of the soldiers of the Jiannan Army complained, they went forward in a tacit understanding, and each took only one, which was less than half the size of a palm, and could not even fill a corner of their stomach.

They held it in their hands and tasted it bite by bite, as if they were eating the most delicious food in the world, more fragrant than stewed meat from old cows.

Gu Congrong took a bite of the pancake, and he looked at the crowd, "Soldiers, this is the last pancake! The enemy will definitely attack again today. None of our sons from Jiannan are soft-footed shrimp."

"We can only die standing up, we must not live on our knees! Even if we fight to the last, we will never surrender!"

"When the reinforcements will arrive, I don't know, but if this continues, even if we are not killed by the enemy, we will starve to death! We are soldiers, and we are better off fighting than starving to death!"

(End of this chapter)