After being reborn, she became the richest man without being a queen

Chapter 154 Embrace
Shen Qingling didn't break out of Yongguan's outskirts by herself.

Behind her was a neatly packed single group of troops, with the posture of breaking through the shield with long hair, they broke through the encirclement of the Khitan people on Chuyong Pass.The reason why she dared to do this was not because she underestimated the enemy, but because the food and grass of the Khitan people had been burned by Qiu Mu at this moment.

Without the moths like Li Chao, even if the Khitan army wanted to besiege Yongguan again, they could only retreat first.

Rewind the time to ten days ago.

After Qiu Min accompanied Qi Xiu to drink for a whole day, he began to prepare to destroy the grain and grass in Qi Xiu's hands.

Fortunately, he didn't need to wait a few days, and he learned the location of the food and grass from Qi Xiu, and knew the time and manpower for the follow-up food delivery.

It is necessary to cut off the food, and it is even more necessary to cut off all the food after that.

Beiliang Prince's Mansion made a trip every two days, with 500 people on each trip, responsible for escorting rations for 300 people, and so on.Therefore, on the one hand, Qiu Min deliberately asked Qi Xiu to lower his defenses, and on the other hand, he dismantled his own army and dispersed the personnel into Qi Xiu's team.

In this way, Qiu Mo was able to secretly organize several hundred-man squads.With the information from Qi Xiu, after Qiu Min sent out the hundred-man squad, he was often able to defeat the food transport troops with fewer victories and more land, and stopped the food and grass.

Qi Xiu at the back saw that the food hadn't arrived for a long time, so he naturally panicked, and hurriedly sent someone to the front to inquire about the situation.

Of course, those who send it out never return.

When Qi Xiu's manpower was almost exhausted, Qiu Min began to counterattack, wiped out Qi Xiu's soldiers with lightning speed, and took Qi Xiu back to the camp.

At this time, one of the grain and grass lines that the Khitan people were relying on collapsed, and part of the army was wiped out one by one, which gave Shen Qingling the opportunity to take advantage of the vacancy.

There was also the scene where she rode into the city alone.

Xue Yu looked back at Shen Qingling who was riding towards him, unable to calm down his inner excitement for a long time.But he couldn't move his feet, he stared straight at Shen Qingling, as if he wanted to imprint Shen Qingling in his mind.

"Ayu?" Shen Qingling waved to Xue Yu.

Seeing the person he was thinking of dismounted, Xue Yu took a deep breath and embraced him in his arms.

"Who is this?"

"Is it really a reinforcement? Why is she a little lady?"

"Looking at the expression of your lord, I'm afraid you love this little lady so badly. Let's go home and pack our things."

"Look, there are soldiers entering the city from behind. This must be a female general sent by the imperial court! It's really brave to break through the lines of those Tartars! It's really admirable!"

The people on the side whispered to each other and looked up at the breach of the tower.

At this moment, only 4000 people followed Shen Qingling into the city, the rest of the soldiers were led by Yang Tu and Qiu Pei, and stationed outside the city wall to demonstrate against the Khitan people and make them fearful.

With only a few thousand people, it is a bit fanciful to want to completely repel the Khitan people.

But Shen Qingling's goal was not to directly win with troops, but to drag down the Khitans, beat the dog in the water after the Khitans ran out of food, and force the opponent to retreat.

In this room, Shen Qingling asked Xue Yu to hug him for so long, feeling a little helpless, he could only raise his hand and pat him on the back, and said: "Ayu, there are still many brothers watching around here, how can you behave like this?" ?”

But Xue Yu didn't let go, and said with a choked voice: "Qingling, I thought I would never see you again in this life, I can't bear it, I don't want to give up, I don't want to taste that kind of fear again."

It's a good confession.

Shen Qingling pursed her lips, didn't speak, just gently opened Xue Yu's hand, changed the subject and asked: "How many troops are left in the city now? Is there any food for the old and weak, women and children? Look at the surrounding situation, You should have no supplies for more than a month..."

When it came to business, Xue Yu quickly suppressed his sorrow.

He beckoned to the soldiers around him to lead the people brought by Shen Qingling back to the general's mansion, and while pulling Shen Qingling to the right side of the city wall, he said: "There are still 5000 troops left in the city, and the Khitan people who are besieging the city A rough estimate should be [-], there is not much rice and grain in the city, and I am dispatching it myself right now."

5000 people...

In other words, leaving Yongguan lost two generals and 5000 people.

"Is this number not right? How come there are only 5000 people left in the [-] garrison? When I entered the city just now, I saw a lot of corpses thrown on the city wall. Is it caused by the spread of the plague?" Shen Qingling asked .

Xue Yu shook his head.

The two walked all the way to the base of the city wall. This area was relatively clean. There were no rotting corpses or wreckage. It was covered with a hut that was usually used to distribute food.

"The doctor in the city discovered it in time, so the plague did not spread."

Saying that, Xue Yu opened a huge black iron box in the thatched shed, and let Shen Qingling go over to have a look.

Inside the box was a large string of iron plates, each with a name written on it, representing a soldier.For such a large box, it is estimated that there should be tens of thousands of yuan.

"The two generals Du Ling and Zhang Zhao were assassinated by their lieutenants. There were six lieutenants under their command. Three of them were bewitched by the king of Beiliang. When the army was pressing down on the city, they suddenly went into trouble, which directly caused the defenders in the city to be leaderless. "Xue Yu sat by the box, stretched out his hand to caress the iron plate inside with a lonely expression.

"Even so, it's impossible to lose so many people in just two months, right? But what else happened?" Shen Qingling sighed.

The most terrifying thing is always the human heart.

In the eyes of King Beiliang and many people, the pacification of the war in the northern border is actually a bad sign.As Shen Qingling said before, once Li Yu really recovered the Sixteen States of Yanyun, then the King of Beiliang and his Wang Fu would bear the brunt.

With a knife hanging over his head that could fall at any time, how could the King of Beiliang sit and wait for death?

"Yes." Xue Yu leaned his head on Shen Qingling who was walking over, and said with closed eyes: "Those three lieutenants forced the soldiers to go out to die, and the other lieutenants were suspicious of each other and advocated different strategies for using troops. , there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood outside the city, and there are countless dead."

If Xue Yu hadn't arrived in time, the three rebellious lieutenants might have led Kaesong to the enemy forces outside the city.

"It's okay, it's okay." Shen Qingling hugged Xue Yu back, stroked Xue Yu's hair again and again, and said, "Our people have sent out letters for help, and the enemy's food and grass lines outside the city have also been cut off by us." One point, as long as we persist for a while, their end will only be to retreat without a fight, or be annihilated by reinforcements."

The letter was sent by Shen Qingling after confirming that Yongguan was besieged, and according to the estimated time, Bianjing should have received it.

Even though most of the soldiers of the imperial court were stationed in the northern border to deal with the main force of the Khitan, Shen Qingling believed that those princes and ministers would always find a way to dispatch help.

(End of this chapter)