I should marry the traitor

Chapter 67 Are you lying to me again? I don't believe it!

The stimulation comes too suddenly, which makes people feel a little nervous.

For example, you drove out in your Magotan car and less than half an hour later, your girlfriend brought a man home.

Or when you are continuing to play music and dance, a letter comes telling you that the imperial army is coming.

To sober someone up, you don’t need sobering soup or something like that.

It only takes a little bit of stimulating news to instantly make a person's adrenaline rush and suddenly wake up.

After shuddering, Chunyu Qiong suddenly woke up.

This was an article with strong words, which severely criticized Yuan Shao's disloyal behavior and stated that the Xiliang army would march north to Jizhou within three days.

Northern Expedition within three days!

Target, Jizhou!
Xiliang Iron Cavalry!!!
Chunyu Qiong was completely confused. He was not panicked at all when the Beishuo cavalry attacked him. After all, Wei County was in the southernmost part of Jizhou. Even if An Xinlin took over Zhongshan County, it was still too early for him to reach Wei County.

He had plenty of time to run.

But when the Western Liang cavalry marched north, Wei County in the southernmost part of the country would be the first to bear the brunt!

The most important thing is that Yuan Shao is the main force in Zhongshan County, so he can still fight.

What is there in Wei County? A bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled people? Who arranged them here? Don’t you know how important the Jizhou granary is?
Oh, I brought it, so it's okay.

"Write a letter for help!"

Chunyu Qiong, who reacted quickly, almost crawled out of Manhonglou and immediately began to arrange city defense armaments. At the same time, he ordered people to write letters for help.

There were less than a thousand defenders in Weijun City, but most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers brought by Chunyu Qiong from the front line. It was simply a pipe dream to expect to defend Weijun with such a small number of defenders.

Fortunately, Chunyu Qiong usually eats, drinks and has fun with local bigwigs, and they have a good cooperative relationship with each other.

In addition, Chunyu Qiong was not only a descendant of aristocratic family, but also a relative of the Yuan family, so he had some support, at least on the surface.

Soon, a large number of young and strong farmers were forced to give up the autumn harvest and join the city defense troops.

At the same time, letters for help were sent to the surrounding cities. In addition to immediately organizing city defense, a part of the troops were also organized to reinforce Wei County.

After all, Wei County has too many businesses owned by aristocratic families, and no one can stay out of it completely.

The number of defenders in the city increased dramatically to 4,000. Although they were all old and weak militiamen with little combat effectiveness, the city defense was at least well organized.

Chunyu Qiong did not dare to slack off for even a moment, let alone go to a brothel, he didn't even dare to drink a drop of alcohol.

With this organizational efficiency, it’s hard to say whether they can hold out even if the Xiliang army really attacks.

But the strange thing is... no one came.

After investing a huge amount of manpower, material resources and energy, Chunyu Qiong was surprised to find that, let alone the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, there was not even a single Xiliang rat to be found.

Only the same letter, from a completely new perspective, severely criticized Yuan Shao's disloyal behavior, and then told Chunyu Qiong after a lot of complaints.

Within three days, the Western Liang cavalry will march north to Jizhou.

Scored twice.

The familiar recipe, the familiar taste, made Chunyu Qiong's fat face twist into a "川" shape.

What was going on? Could it be that the Xiliang army was delayed on the way? Would it take a few more days to arrive?
Are you guys so careless in your march? You're even more outrageous than me!

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to be the autumn harvest now, and it is indeed more reasonable to wait until the autumn crops are harvested before marching.

So with a bit of doubt in his mind, Chunyu Qiong continued to train his troops and deploy defenses. At this moment, the 5,000-man force sent by Yuan Shao to defend had also arrived in Weijun, and Chunyu Qiong took over the entire task.

Five thousand men were the limit of what Yuan Shao could mobilize at the moment. The battle in Zhongshan County was in full swing, and Yuan Shao really had to withdraw five thousand defenders to defend Wei County. If he mobilized more, there would be gaps on the front line.

Three days later.

The garrison of Wei County has reached about 10,000 people, and the training of new recruits is proceeding in an orderly manner, and they have gradually acquired combat capabilities.

It seems like everything is going in the right direction...

After tearing up a new letter in anger, Chunyu Qiong almost wanted to curse.

Days and days go by, and they keep saying they want to march north, but there's not even a single person to be seen. Are they kidding him?
The garrison of Wei County is now sufficient, and they are not afraid of being attacked at all, but the problem is...

What Chunyu Qiong is worried about now is that no one will attack the city.

You have to know that these young and strong people guarding the city are farmers temporarily transferred here, and now is the autumn harvest season.

There have long been complaints about asking young and strong people to give up their work during the autumn harvest and join in defending the city.

It would be fine if the Xiliang army really attacked, after all, war can eliminate all discordant voices.

But there is not even a single person in sight, what the hell is the point of fighting?
"General, the city is running out of food."

"I know."

Without his adjutant's report, Chunyu Qiong knew that there was not enough food in the city.

After all, Chunyu Qiong just liked to have fun and was not really a fool. There were only less than a thousand old, weak and sick people in the city, so there was more than enough food.

Now the number of defenders has suddenly increased more than ten times, and the logistical pressure has suddenly become huge.

Especially since Yuan Shao had already emptied the granary in Wei County, how could they have enough food?

If a war breaks out, we can collect food and fodder from the people, but the war hasn't started yet.

In the absence of outsiders, we have to forcibly collect grain. Most of the troops defending the city are locals. It would be too abstract to have internal strife before the battle even starts.

Seeing Chunyu Qiong's sad face, the deputy general stepped forward and said, "Why don't you let him go home? It will be too late for the autumn harvest if we don't do it now?"

"I know, but what if the previous two times were just scams and the Xiliang Army really comes this time?" Chunyu Qiong's expression changed for a while, and he finally made the decision.

"Three days, wait three more days!"

"I can hold it together for another three days!"

"The food and fodder can probably last for three days."

"If the Xiliang Army doesn't arrive within these three days, we will immediately organize the autumn harvest!"

The deputy general who received the order immediately went down to make arrangements. Although the defenders were already quite resentful, Chunyu Qiong's order was still carried out.

Three days later, Chunyu Qiong blushed as he held the letter from the court.

After insulting Yuan Shao in various ways, the whole article criticized the Jizhou army as traitors.

After summarizing the whole article, it warned Jizhou again that the Xiliang Cavalry would march north to Jizhou in three days.

Throwing the damn letter into the brazier, Chun Yuqiong took a deep breath to calm himself down and then said slowly:
"You still want to deceive me, but I won't believe you this time."

"Immediately start organizing the young and strong to harvest in autumn."

"Have the 5,000 soldiers who are returning to defend the city immediately carried on their backs and rushed to Zhongshan County to provide assistance."

However, after thinking for a while, Chun Yuqiong gritted his teeth and decided: "The autumn harvest will only last for two days. After two days, we will organize young and strong people to defend the city."

(End of this chapter)