The next morning, Li Huguo climbed up to the city wall and found that the entire city was indeed surrounded and was covered with water. The entire 100,000 troops looked quite scary.

Because outside the city gate, the dense soldiers were like a layer of sesame seeds, everywhere, stretching to the sky.

Nalan Meng, who was also on the wall, had tasted the holy fruit of Eden yesterday, so she had changed the slender ponytail to a bun, which shows that she was already a woman, not a girl like before.

Nalan Meng said: "My husband, the enemy's 100,000 troops have been besieging the city for half a month. They have had our water flow and blocked all of our roads. Now, all the crops are burned around the entire Tianlang City."

Li Hugo nodded and said, "I have seen it before. When the autumn harvest was good, they burned all the rice. It was so cruel that the people suffered from hunger. So what was your original plan?"

"In fact, there are two plans, one is to defend and the other is to surrender..." Nalan Meng said, gritting her teeth: "Actually, Chen Laogen contributed a plan, but I did not adopt it."

"Do you eat people..." Li Hugo said.

Chen Laogen's strategy was actually very simple, that is, to defend himself. If there was not enough food, he would eat the people in the city. Although he was vicious, he had no choice.

In fact, this strategy is very simple, and the reason is also very simple. If the enemy breaks the city, I am afraid that all the people will not be able to survive, and things will be very important by then.

This reminded Li Hugo of the Anshi Rebellion. During the Anshi Rebellion, there was a famous general named Zhang Xun. He used this strategy. Li Hugo looked at the crowded soldiers outside. He frowned and sighed slowly. He said, "There was a general who once done such a thing."

"oh?"

"Zhang Xun." Li Hugo clenched his fists. He said in detail, thinking that when the Anshi Rebellion broke out, An Lushan's son led 130,000 troops to attack Suiyang. Zhang Xun still vowed to defend his life for several months without only 3,000 troops and limited food and grass.

But 130,000 vs. 300, you will know what the end of this war will be like with your toes.

However, this battle was fought for several months under the leadership of Zhang Xun. In four hundred battles of all sizes, the rebels never captured Suiyang. However, as time went by, the defenders in Suiyang City fell into a more terrifying dilemma and had no food.

No matter how powerful Zhang Xun had, he could not draw cakes for the soldiers to satisfy his hunger. At this time, a scene that had been arguing with future generations for more than a thousand years appeared. Zhang Xun killed his concubine and gave it to the soldiers to fill his stomach.

One person was not enough, so he killed the elderly, weak, women and children in Suiyang City as food.

Later, although more than a thousand years have passed, later generations still argued about Zhang Xun's behavior. Some people emphasized Zhang Xun's helplessness and tragicness. In the face of national interests that are above all else, they can only make this worst move. However, those who oppose Zhang Xun said that killing an innocent person and winning the world is not done, let alone killing 30,000 unarmed people. Wouldn't this be extremely cruel?

Li Yuguo believes that what the Zhang school said makes sense. They think about the problem from the perspective of Confucian human nature, which can indeed resonate with many people. However, the most untenable thing about the Zhang school is that they just stand on the commanding heights of morality and express their feelings, but cannot answer what Zhang Xun should do in such a situation of internal and external difficulties.

I have to say that this is also a blind spot for many people today. When everyone sees the appearance of things, they can't wait to criticize them from the commanding heights of morality.

However, things may not be as simple as people imagine. Just imagine, what would they do if they were in a situation where internal and external difficulties and had no ammunition and food? It seems that this is a dilemma. If you surrender, the consequence is to become a traitor despised by the world. Persistence seems to be wrong, but the result is not the same for thousands of years of criticism from later generations.

Zhang Xun's final outcome was very suitable. Shortly after eating the people in the city, the rebels broke through the city and Zhang Xun and the soldiers guarding the city were all killed in battle, but none of them ran away. After Zhang Xun died in battle, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang was grateful for Zhang Xun's righteousness and posthumously named Zhang Xun as the governor of Yangzhou and Duke Deng. He died just right.

The most pitiful thing in the war is of course the people in Suiyang City. When Zhang Xun entered the city, there were more than 40,000 people in the city. When the city broke and left, only more than 400 people survived. Li Hugo said: "At that time, there were hundreds of big pots in the city, and there were people's hands and feet. There were old people and hungry babies, all cooking in the same pot. The picture was like Shura hell."

Nalan Meng looked ugly when she heard this: "Fortunately I didn't agree to Chen Laogen's suggestion, otherwise this scene would have really appeared in Tianlang City."

"A young child is scavenged and bones are peeled off. The bones are less used as firewood. If the water source is cut off, it will drink human blood. This picture is indeed very terrible. But if we do not do anything now, the terrible result of Zhang Xun will be staged here." Li Hugo clenched his fist and said slowly, "The victory of the Light Beast Tide is not yet confirmed. We must have a more useful trump card."

"What?"

"This time, the Grand Marshal of the Army is a total of three Marshals and Deputy Marshals. Marshal is the famous Hao Nanren. His manpower is extremely powerful and he is an important figure in the Haotian Divine Sect. He has the courage of thousands of men. Moreover, this man is very skilled in martial arts and has reached the peak of the Martial Emperor. I heard that he is only a short distance from the Martial Emperor. If he wants to enter the city, we will be helpless." Li Hugo said.

"Then what you mean..." Nalan Meng looked at Li Hugo.

"There is a weakness!" Li Huguo could see the flaws of the enemy formation at a glance.

Nalan Meng hurriedly said, "Then do you mean, how should we retreat from the enemy?"

Li Yuguo understood that he had to do his best this time. If he relied on the tricks of Lang Qing, or the magic puppet, it would definitely not work. What he wanted to do was to divide the enemy. Li Yuguo said slowly: "The five major families have very little relationship with the second prince. Yue Chen's original engagement partner was the second prince. From this, it can be seen that these second princes are very similar to the five major families, but don't forget that there are two deputy generals, that is, the deputy marshal, this time, there are two deputy generals, one is the eldest prince, and the other is the second prince. If the prince is not sure today, some people support the eldest prince, and some support the second prince, so the two princes only see the intrigues and controversies, and we can take advantage of this!"

"How to do it?" Nalan Meng looked at Li Hugo.

Li Huguo slowly turned around and said, "I'll go and talk to the eldest prince in person!"

When Nalan Meng heard this, her face suddenly changed: "You are looking for death, no! I will never agree. If you die, how can I explain to my two sisters!"

"Listen to me!" Li Hugo held Nalan Meng's shoulder and said sincerely: "Now Tianlang City is in danger. Look at their formation, do you know why they did not attack? A hundred thousand army, plus so many partridge whistles, the soldiers and horses of Tianlang City are not their opponents. The reason why they don't take action is because they are afraid."

"There are two kinds of fears. One may be that you don't want to destroy the facilities in the city. You also know that if these things are popularized, you may have to have a shocking change in Haotian Kingdom! The other is that they do not want to lose their troops and want to use the method of cutting off water and food to kill us! No matter which one is beneficial to us, at least we don't have to worry about defense for the time being!"

"And, the struggle within this dynasty, especially the dispute over the crown princes, has been very fierce in all dynasties. Haotian Kingdom is a country and a sect. How can a country have two monarchs? The power of the eldest prince is at a disadvantage now, because the second prince has five major families as support, so if this continues, he will inevitably lose power. If we propose conditions that make him interested, then our dispute can reduce some pressure!" Li Yuguo analyzed it thoroughly, and he looked at Nalan Meng.
Chapter completed!