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Feeling panicked in his heart, he tightly grasped the elder brother in front of him with his palm at this moment, as if I would not let go unless you agreed.

Chapter 6 Twelve Refusal to Send Troops

"Don't worry, I will take care of your mother."

Hearing this, the veteran panicked in his heart, so he could only answer with a firm nod.

When Old Wu heard this, he was immediately satisfied, and he let go of his palms and fell down in a slump.

Seeing this, the veteran felt panicked in his heart, but he held on to the opponent's hand tightly, and could still feel the residual temperature of the opponent's body at this moment.

The rest of the veterans on the side watched this scene silently.

I have seen so much life and death, but seeing it again, it still makes people feel blocked and unable to breathe.

Everyone fell silent at this moment.

In the battle tonight, too many people died, and there is still a battle waiting for them.

To be honest, no one can guarantee that they will be able to survive smoothly.

"Urgent report, Yanran City is besieged!"

A cavalryman hurriedly broke into the imperial capital, and then rushed into the palace, his lips were chapped, but he didn't even care to drink a sip of water.

In the main hall of the palace, all the ministers were discussing important matters, when they suddenly heard the urgent report, they all subconsciously looked outside the palace.

Immediately they saw a soldier rushing into the hall.

"Yanran City urgently reports that there are more than [-] people from the Jurchen tribe attacking our city. Please send troops to reinforce the city."

The soldiers rushed to report.

The minister was silent, and the soldiers handed over the urgent report, and only spoke after the emperor read it.

"Yanran City is besieged, what do you love?"

Emperor Yunmo looked at the ministers below.

The ministers looked at each other and immediately understood what the emperor meant.

"Yanran City is too far away from Chengzhou Kingdom, so it is not appropriate to send troops to rescue."

"Four thousand Jurchens, I am afraid that even if we send troops to rescue Yanran City, they will no longer exist. There is really no need to send troops."

After a few ministers thought about it, they spoke.

"How can we not send troops to rescue? Yanran City is the territory of Chengzhou Kingdom. Now that we encounter foreign enemies, if we don't send troops, won't it damage my reputation of Chengzhou Kingdom?"

When the censor at the side heard the words, he immediately stood up and said angrily.

In his opinion, this is simply absurd.

Knowing that Yanran City was besieged, but actually thinking of not sending troops to rescue, how could there be such a thing?

"Sending troops to rescue? How can it be so simple? Do you know how much food is needed once sending troops? Last year's attack on Xing Seoul did not have any effect, but consumed tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Now that Xinghan City is staring at it, and those vassal kings are not very honest, at this time, they send troops to rescue and fight against the Jurchen tribe. If they encounter an ambush halfway, Chengzhou Kingdom will be in danger! "

Hearing the words, Minister of the Ministry of War immediately stood up and said in a deep voice.

The Kingdom of Chengzhou can no longer stand war.

Xing Hancheng already knows that Chengzhou Kingdom is not bad and kind, and the same is true for those vassal kings.

This is also the situation where the enemy is facing the enemy. If he sends troops at this time and mixes with the Jurchen tribe, who knows if it will drag the Cheng Zhou Kingdom into the abyss?

For such a small frontier town, it is really unreasonable to send troops to rescue.

The ministers all know this situation, even the emperor also means this.

Today's Chengzhou Kingdom is no longer suitable for sending troops. Even if Yanran City is lost, it will be lost, and there is not much loss.

In practical terms, I just don't want to waste the country's power because of this city.

Hearing the words, the veteran below trembled all over. He never expected such a result.

The soldiers in Yanran City are still waiting for him to move back reinforcements. If there is no reinforcements, then Yanran City will be destroyed.

But he didn't dare to talk too much, as long as he dared to complain, a contempt for the imperial power would be enough to kill him.

In the hall, there were still endless debates.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor is not prepared to send troops to rescue at all.

The quarrel between the ministers was just to save face for each other and the court.

Otherwise, when foreign enemies come, they will all agree not to send troops, and they don't care about this city, which is really embarrassing.

The soldier fainted and was carried down.

When he woke up, he was told that the court was still arguing, but in fact it was just arguing, and it was actually impossible to send troops.

When the veteran heard the news, he got up numb and thought for a long time, then left.

He wants to go back, even if he doesn't send troops, he will go back and be with his brothers.

When he arrived at the frontier, the veteran gritted his teeth and begged to see the guard.

Now if anyone has a chance to save Yanran City, it must be the defender.

The guard received the veterans in the big tent of the barracks.

"General, thousands of people in Yanran City are in danger, please send troops to rescue!"

The veteran knelt down directly, with tears in his eyes.

When the general above heard this, his face was a little strange, a little helpless and a little sad.

"Excuse me for being helpless."

The general opened his mouth, then said dejectedly.

"General, sending troops is only a matter of your order, why can't you send troops?"

They are also soldiers, and the general in front of them should feel the same way, why can't the other party send troops?

"There is only so much food and grass in the army, and there is no extra food and grass to replenish before the war, not to mention that the general's duty is to guard the frontier fortress, and rashly dispatching troops will empty the frontier fortress of troops, which is a big taboo.

What's more, the general did not receive the imperial edict to send troops, and sending troops rashly is no different from rebellion. "

He is also helpless.

If possible, he would naturally also want to send troops to rescue, but this sending troops can be easily done with a single sentence.

The news so far is that only 4000 Jurchen people have besieged the city, but who knows if there are other people on the other side?

What if someone is ambushing on the way?

And the transportation of grain and grass, and the transportation of luggage must be considered, right?

It is not that simple to deploy the army.

As a defender, he has too many things to consider, and Xing Seoul is watching.

As a frontier fortress, he can no longer send troops at will.

The veteran fell silent when he heard the words. He finally knew what he was asking for. These people would not send troops anymore.

They are also soldiers of Chengzhou Kingdom, who worked hard to defend the city for Chengzhou Kingdom, but now they are directly abandoned.

If this news is brought back, their morale will probably dissipate directly.

They were all waiting for him to go back with reinforcements, but now he failed to do so.

The veteran got up, he was not going to kneel down, he was going back to Yanran City.

"and many more."

Seeing that the veteran was about to leave, the general also knew what the other party meant, so he stopped him directly.

"I can't help the rest, but Yanran City has been besieged for nearly a month, and I think there is a shortage of food, so bring some food back."

He has no other options, and there are only these things he can do.

Hearing the words, the veteran wanted to refuse, but thinking that in Yanran City, the military salary was often cut off, so he accepted it at this moment.

It's better to bring a little food back than nothing.

Chapter 6 Thirteen Abandoning the People

It has been a month since the soldiers sent out to ask for help went back and forth.

When the veterans rushed back to Yanran City, Yanran City was already in dilapidated condition.

Many familiar faces were missing.

"Little Six, you are finally back!"

In the city, seeing the returning veterans, everyone was overjoyed.

Xiao Liuzi came back, which means that the other party has brought the letter.

Now that he is back, the army will be here soon.

"How about it, when will the reinforcements arrive?"

Qi Shizhong already had several wounds on his body, and a deep gash on his face, which almost missed his eyes.

Little Six moved his lips when he heard the words, and finally smiled, "It will take some time, the army is not moving so fast, and the imperial edict will not be issued until the senior officials have discussed it."

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the words, and there was no doubt about him.

For things like mobilizing the army, the people above will indeed delay for some time.

They are used to this kind of thing, and now they only feel that the army is coming.

"Come on, here is a little food I brought back first, everyone eat something good these days! And those horses were also killed, everyone eat meat!"

Xiao Liuzi said with a smile, and pointed to the war horse beside him.

"Turtle son, can this war horse be killed?"

When Qi Shizhong heard the words, he slapped him on the head suddenly, and cursed with a smile.

Seeing that he brought back so much food, he was already extremely happy.

To be honest, Yanran City has run out of food in the past few days, and with the food brought back by the other party, people feel hopeful again.

"It's okay, this horse was brought to me secretly. If you don't eat it, where will it be left for us when the reinforcements arrive? Just take it away. If you eat it now, you will say that you died on the way. Just do it."

Xiao Liuzi said with a smile, but his heart was trembling.

It's already at this time, what's the use of keeping this war horse?

After the city was broken, the war horse was just given to the enemy.

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, and after thinking about it, they felt that it made sense. Anyway, if someone took it away, it would be better if they ate it!

Thinking of this, the eyes of a group of people suddenly glowed green.

Qi Shizhong thought for a while, then nodded.

These soldiers followed him. Although reinforcements were coming soon, how many of these brothers could survive to that time?

It's all like this, so what can I do if I let them eat something good?

Thinking about it this way, Qi Shizhong nodded directly, "Okay, kill the horse! Give everyone something to eat!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered together. There were originally 500 soldiers, but now there are only more than 100 soldiers left.

"Little Six, go and call Mutian over and ask him to eat together."

"Okay, where is he?"

Little Six happily responded.

"It should be on the city wall. His brother just died in battle."

Hearing the question, the person who spoke was silent for a moment, and then said something in a low voice.

Xiao Liuzi's face froze when he heard this, and his originally cheerful smile froze at this moment.

Someone died again