Just as the paper could not hold the fire, some news finally reached Jianye, such as the Liang people advanced into Xuancheng and the rebellion of the Shen family in Wukang.

It was only spread in a small way at the beginning, but by early March, it had been widely circulated and even the army knew about it.

Including Zhao Yin's army, who is besieging Jincheng.

As the confidant of Prime Minister Wang Dao, Zhao Yin cannot be said to have worked hard, but no matter how hard he works, it is useless. The soldiers under him are just like that, clumsy, low morale, and very suspicious in combat.

But who can blame this? Everyone has a responsibility.

Officials in charge of daily training often left behind military affairs and went to the mountains and rivers.

The officials in charge of the resources and equipment do not know how many military funds they need to prepare. Some bastards who occupy official positions but are not seen for many years may not even know which Cao is responsible for.

It’s not a bad thing for anyone, but the vast majority of people are bad things. Even if there are a few serious, responsible and capable officials who want to cheer up, it’s harder to climb to the sky.

The army that had been trained for more than ten years was like this. They even claimed to have gone to Huainan and Xuzhou to fight several battles, and had seen blood, but in the end they had this little combat power.

Tired! Zhao Yin is really tired and tired.

On the sixth day of the March, the second batch of reinforcements originally scheduled to come here disappeared. It is said that the navy was traveling outside Guangling, while the Lu army rushed south to Yongshi and Pingling counties.

Of course, there are not a single reinforcement.

On this day, Kuaiji King Sima Yu rushed to the south of Jincheng and took over this team of nearly 3,000 from Wang Xizhi.

To be fair, these people are not without any foundation, they still have superficial skills in combat formations. The old soldiers from the Northern Palace sent by Liu Kun serve as lower-level officers, and the middle-level children of wealthy families who are engaged in "not very decent" military professions.

He, the lieutenant and general of the army, was behind the general of the Eastern Wu, and had a little military heritage.

Overall, they don’t look bad, but they are less than half a month old and are not familiar with each other and have extremely limited combat power, so they can only be used as cannon fodder in siege.

But Sima Yu seemed very excited. The fourteen-year-old boy had forgotten the shame on the ninth night of the first lunar month and showed an inappropriate interest in the war. No one else was left.

"There are nearly half of the 4,500 left guards, and it would be great if they could have 2,500 people."

"The wealthy servants collected from the county and township Ding Zhuang have replenished their personnel twice, and there have been no less than 5,000 casualties."

"The five thousand Northern Prefecture Army lost more than a thousand."

"The new reinforcements died in battle for about two thousand."

"More than 10,000 casualties?" Sima Yu said in surprise: "How many casualties and injuries of the Liang thief?"

"The Liang thieves entered the aid twice, and there were also Ding Zhuang, Qian Feng bandits, and Tangyi rebels to help. The total number of casualties should be no less than 1,500." He said the news he had inquired about.

"It's actually seven people who can replace Liang thief." Sima Yu felt that his past perception was overturned. Is the siege so cruel?

"Are you still fighting?" he asked.

He nodded and said, "Don't think that the battle will not be able to be beaten now, and the morale of the camps is depressed. But the Piling side is still choosing Ding Zhuang and preparing to send it to this side and continue to siege."

"When will it arrive?"

"During ten days," He said, "The Battle of Kincho has become a battle of will. It will not be possible if the result is not achieved."

"Why not transfer Su Jun's troops to come?"

"The situation in Jiangbei is also very critical. Su Jun stopped moving, obviously waiting and watching, so he couldn't count on him."

"I heard that the army is competing for food and grass, how much is the military ration now?"

Speaking of this, He Shi was also a little solemn: "It's enough now, but it's not a big deal that many overseas Chinese have been sent to Jiangdong's wealthy families, but they are pushing against it."

Sima Yu opened his mouth wide and said, "In this way, how can the country last for a long time?"

"Your Highness is careful," He said.

Sima Yu nodded with a heavy expression.

*******

Sima Yu did not stay in Jincheng for too long in the end. The reason was that the environment was too difficult and he couldn't stand it when eating and living in the mud, so he handed over the troops to He and took Wang Shu and Wang Xizhi to Huaide County not far away.

After meeting Wang Xia, the county magistrate who was on patrol, he reached his head and looked left and right.

Wang Xia pretended not to know, got off the ox cart and walked straight to a manor.

Someone greeted him in front of the manor.

"Wan'an, I haven't seen you for a long time, what's the matter?" Wang Xia strode forward and asked with a smile.

Liu Sui rubbed his face and said, "If the situation is like this, just drinking, what else can I do?"

Wang Xia was displeased and said, "Drinking alcohol hurts your body, it's better to drink less."

"It's okay to die of drunkenness." Liu Sui sighed and said, "I was kind to Yang Zuyan in the past. He advised me to stay in the north, but I followed the adults in my family to Jiangnan. Alas, it's hard to describe it."

Wang Xia was even more unhappy, his face fell down, and he stopped reminiscing with him, and said directly: "The war in Jincheng is very fierce, and the food and grass are consumed very much. Could your manor produce grain and military supplies?"

Liu Sui complained about his pain as soon as he heard this and said, "Huan Zi, you and I have known each other for many years, and I won't hide it from you. The harvest cost last year was not good. This year, I have been pursuing a large number of people. Two hundred soldiers were sent out in the previous period, but they have not returned yet. The spring plowing was greatly affected. I still don't know how many millet can be harvested after the autumn."

Wang Xia had a headache when he heard this. This is not the first one.

Huaide only has two townships, but it has squeezed several major overseas Chinese. Since yesterday, they came to raise food, and they all complained and reluctantly. Today, they ran to Liu Sui's house, but they were like this again. They were suddenly unable to suppress their anger.

"Wanyou!" Wang Xia strengthened his tone and said, "Your uncle was the minister of the Great Jin Dynasty, and you were also the Sanqin Lord.

The family of the family is expected to be where people are. Now the country is in a difficult and dangerous state, why don’t they give out food?”

Seeing him like that, Liu Sui knew that he was really angry. After thinking about it, he said, "Well, I'll give you a thousand hu of food, how about it?"

"One thousand five hundred hu." Wang Xia said.

Liu Sui looked at him, and Wang Yu also stared at him.

In the end, Liu Sui gave in and said, "One thousand five hundred is just one thousand five hundred."

After saying that, he called an old servant and asked him to bring people to prepare food immediately.

Wang Xia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Sima Yu and others whispering something in the distance, he wanted to pull Liu Sui over to greet him. Unexpectedly, Liu Sui left directly, and it seemed that he was unwilling to have more contact with the King of Kuaiji.

He probably knows the reason.

Since the Liang army broke into Xuancheng and the news of the rebellion of the Shen clan and other tribes came, the attitudes of the overseas Chinese in Danyang became subtle.

To put it bluntly, they began to wait and see because they felt that the Great Jin Dynasty could not stand it anymore.

But they are not very easy to move them, because these people are often associated with each other, and it is not that simple to move their whole body.

Wang Xia waited for a while and saw ox carts driving out of the corner gate.

He also returned to the ox cart and invited Sima Yu and others to take the same cart.

After everyone sat down, they chatted casually.

Before the ox cart could go out of the three miles, a county official reported outside: "Prince, I have just checked the millet sent by Liu San's cavalry, and there are many red and corrupt people."

"What?" Wang Xia was shocked when he heard this. After accusing Sima Yu of guilt, he jumped out of the car, then carried his robe and ran to the back.

The county official pointed to an open sack and said, "Prince, please see."

Wang Xia looked closer and saw that it was indeed a bit rotten and decaying Cang Su. I don’t know if it was because it was damp or it had been left for a long time.

His face turned gloomy.

The county officials stood by and did not dare to say much.

Wang Xiamo stood up for a long time, sighed and said, "Let's do it."

The county officials were a little surprised and wanted to speak but stopped.

"If you don't eat this, please leave me for use? I'll send it to Jincheng." Wang Xia waved his hand and said.

Liu Sui was able to give red sausage millet, which means that they had enough food to eat, so they couldn't finish it, but he just refused.

This is not the case when raising grain for the first month of the first month! Although there were complaints at that time, they were given enough of the amount required by the court in the end, and there was no arrears, nor did they use the rotten chestnuts in front of them to make up for the amount.

But in March, as the situation changed, the faces of these people suddenly changed.

Wang Xia knew that these people were disappointed with the Jin Dynasty and were not optimistic about it. He felt that the country was likely to be destroyed, so he separated his relationship. That is, because of the past relationship, he would give him some food and grass, otherwise he would not even have red stolen grains.

In the ox cart, Sima Yu, Wang Shu and Wang Xizhi witnessed the farce throughout the whole process, and they were all in a heavy mood.

The imperial court is very generous to the overseas Chinese who have traveled south.

If it is understandable that the rebellion of the local tyrants in Jiangdong was unreasonable, there is no reason for the overseas Chinese in the Nandu period. Taking the wealthier Kuaiji County as an example, the past prefects, and most of the inner history gave to the local people in the Nandu period, which caused the Jiangdong genius very dissatisfaction.

To this day, the Jiangdong gentry are still paying for the people and fighting for the Great Jin Dynasty, but the natives in the South were shaken and even wanted to surrender and betray the Great Pu Dynasty.

What a irony!

Coincidentally, Yang Gu, the Huangmen Minister who built a house near Jianye, only gave three thousand hu of millet and rice.

It is much less than the 10,000 yuan given when the first grain collection was collected in the first month.

Du Yi, the governor of Danyang County, gave eight hundred hu of water, which was like sending beggars.

The news was summarized little by little to Taicheng.

It seemed that Director Wang, who had grown much older overnight, pondered silently.

The officials were slight when working so that they would not get caught in the prime minister's hand. Judging from their expressions, they were all a little pessimistic and disappointed, and the atmosphere in the yamen was extremely solemn.

"I hope you have to worry more about Taicheng. I want to go to Piling." Director Wang suddenly said.
To be continued...