"Get together! Gather! Under the order of Zhao Xianggong, troops are about to be sent!"

Shortly after the meal was finished at the fourth update, Zhao Ping'an's order was officially issued. The entire Shimen Camp suddenly became nervous, and there were sensational sounds of movement everywhere.

...

At this point, there is no longer any roundabout idea. Since the order to enter Guangzhou openly was finally issued, it means that the deputy envoy Zhao Ping'an has already figured out what he will face.

Judging from the equipment temporarily added during the renovation of the stone gate, the veterans knew very well that this time they were not attacking a pure surprise attack.

Because the temporary equipment is mainly used for the defensive battle formations to cover enemy bows and arrows.

This means that the Guangnan Camp, which is used to mobile warfare, has a higher chance of encountering a real hard-core position war.

It's normal, too.

In Zhou Cheng's memory, since he joined the Guangnan Camp, there are always new things that he can't learn, and he is always adapting to unfamiliar environments.

During the current marching process, Zhao Ping'an was also thinking about new things and observing the long-distance environment.

Perhaps some inconspicuous details can become a variable in the next decision-making process.

"Report—"

A soldier came over and said, "My husband, there is a sound in the forest on the right side, like a girl crying. At this time, the brothers are afraid of fraud and ghosts, so they dare not check it in easily. Please give me instructions."

Zhao Ping'an said: "What the hell can there be? If there is a fraud in this place at this time, we will have died long ago. Let's see, there is still time."

This slowed down the pace of the march, and many officers and Lao Liao accompanied Zhao Ping'an into the forest.

After searching for a long time, the sound was loud and weak, and finally found it after a pile of rocks.

There was a relatively obvious odor at the scene, and a girl with disheveled hair was crying in a low voice.

Next to the little girl is the woman's body. It should be that many times the body has a "smell" after she dies.

"Child." Lao Liao tried to scream.

The little girl looked back, but ignored it, and carried the bowl to approach the body and said, "Wait, wake up, Shui'er has found something to eat, there is something to eat. Don't sleep after eating, take Shui'er to Huizhou for refuge. I heard that there has not fallen there yet."

Zhao Ping'an leaned closer and saw that there was no food. The broken bowl the little girl was carrying was dirty muddy water, soaking some insects that had been killed.

This is the food for many of them during this period, and this is not the first time they have seen this.

Zhao Ping'an took the little girl's bowl, threw it away, and asked his subordinates for some dry food and handed it to her: "Baby, how many dolls you want, 'feed' your mother, just say goodbye."

The little girl cried sadly for a while, took the dry food and ate two bites, and stuffed the rest into the mouth of the corpse.

Then she carried the escape package and cheered up.

"Your mother has no wounds on her body, did she starve to death?" Lao Liao asked in a warm voice.

The little girl nodded and said, "When the officials said, my mother was starved to death. Our family escaped from Duanzhou and planned to take refuge in Huizhou. There was still some food at that time. But on the way, I met a grain collection team from the thief army. My father and brother ran away with us, but they were killed by the thief army. The thief army also robbed all our food. My mother protected me and walked here. I went to find food for my mother, but I couldn't find it, and there was nothing left..."

Speaking of this, she cried again and felt sad.

Zhao Ping'an simply threw away her package and made a utensil for carrying a child. He carried the little girl on her body. When there was no conditions, he could only act as a daddy.

Finally, Zhao Ping'an looked around and said, "We are used to running. At that time, many people didn't understand why Zhao Ping'an, who was so steady, wanted to attack Guangzhou by taking a different approach?"

After a pause, Zhao Ping'an said: "Actually, this is the reason. If you don't fight Guangzhou, there will be more things like this. If you can't beat Guangzhou, isn't this the treatment of your wife and children? Soldiers who go to the battlefield can be afraid or detours, but combat is their mission. The basic principle is to know why to fight. I think it is our top priority to fight for this matter."

Everyone stands at attention!

"Is there really a decisive battle?" After leaving behind my mother's body, the girl on the road asked.

"Yes, it's going to be a decisive battle."

This is the first time that Zhao Ping'an has answered this question head-on since he has been in Guangdong and Guangxi for nearly ten thousand miles...

July 6th.

On the 39th day after Guangzhou was besieged, Nong Zhigao's troops began to attack the city again at dawn.

In the eyes of Guangzhou military and civilians, Nong Zhigao has already gained the essence of military strategy. Every time the siege is not large, but it is endless. At the same time, the sound of killing shocked the sky, causing panic in the whole city.

Wei Guan, the governor who had finally slept for only half an hour, was awakened by the sound of killing and hurriedly climbed up to the city to check the enemy situation.

"Hahaha--"

Suddenly, Wei Guan laughed and cried, laughing and crying, "I understand, I understand. Nong Zhigao is worthy of being a famous martial arts master. Now that Guangzhou is about to be broken, I realized that we were wrong from the beginning. They were just a big momentum, but the offensive was not strong. Seven military formations took turns to attack and rest, but from the first day, we were like facing a great enemy, exerting too much force, and the whole army and the people defended the entire army and the people."

When everyone's hearts began to sink when they heard this, because it was indeed true.

Even though the offensive does not seem fierce now, and only a military formation attacks the city in the southeast, this endless offensive not only caused the soldiers on the top of the city to be extremely tired, but also looked like the militia and people in the city had long lost their vitality and potential.

Many houses have been demolished, all the wood and stone are used to defend the city, and are now about to run out.

The food was basically gone five days ago. The sergeants and militia involved in the offensive and defensive war were slightly mixed with sand and soil rations, but the rest of the people had forced out of food. I heard that Guangzhou people now eat everything, and they took all the papers on the walled windows left by demolishing the house, which caused many people to die.

In addition, the military and civilians guarding the city suffered heavy casualties, and a large number of corpses were accumulated without a place to be stored. Due to continuous heavy rains, no place in the city was dry, which caused the corpses to be burned effectively.

If Nong Zhigao continues, even if he does not break the city, according to Wei Guan's experience, a devastating epidemic will occur!

The governor Peng Yuye looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, took out the last bit of dry food from his arms and handed it to Wei Guan: "My husband, hurry up and eat it."

However, Wei Guan took the dry food and threw it outside the city wall. He looked at it with great enlightenment and said, "I don't need to eat it anymore. It seems that the broken city is close to you. According to Kangzhou Fan, you stay here, this state will go to entrust the Guangzhou Pass to guard the seal and write a farewell book. We can die, but we must let people know, let the court know what we experienced before Guangzhou falls. We fought to the death, we cried and laughed, from the initial full of hope, until we stayed asleep, fearing and continued bleeding for thirty-nine days, and finally we finally knew that we were going to die. They gave up on Guangzhou and would not come! Su Yan, Zhang Zhong's army, Chen Bing Qingyuan, was close to you, but they would not come. If there was a choice, they would not want to die. They obviously could not defeat Nong Zhigao's army."

Peng Yuye's army half-kneeled, "It is the lifelong glory of the last general. You can go there by yourself. You will be supervising the battle here until the city is broken."

Dou-Dou-Dou-

At this moment, a continuous and low horn sounded in a very distant direction.

Peng Yuye and Lao Wei hurried over to look, but they saw that the rhythm of the siege seemed to be eased a little, and at the same time, the army formation that siegeed the city had a small chaos, as if it was disrupted by some accident.

"Is there any reinforcements? Su Jian and Zhang Zhong's troops from Qingyuan have sent troops?"
Chapter completed!