Of course, Zheng Ying wouldn't give them any explanation. No matter how they asked him, he only said one thing — obeying orders was the bounden duty of a soldier.
In the army, a higher rank could crush people to death. The generals were full of resentment, but they didn't dare to make any substantial resistance. They could only leave with anger in their stomachs.
However, they didn't intend to sit still and wait for death. They all wrote letters to Xiao Ruxun and asked Xiao Ruxun to take action and force Zheng Ying to attack or send someone to replace him.
It couldn't go on like this. It was a waste of food, manpower, and morale. If the morale of the soldiers was gone, how could they fight the war?
No, they had to make trouble for him!
When the Qin Army's camp was in turmoil, Yang Yinglong was also disturbed.
Of course, it was not because of the movement of the Qin Army outside the city, but because three of the more than 100 captives he captured decisively told him that they were specially sent by Song Seong-eun to contact him and they were captured on purpose.
"Song Seong-eun wants to cooperate with me?"
Yang Yinglong looked at the three of them, full of doubts.
They said that Song Seong-eun sent five trusted subordinates to carry out this dangerous task because they were afraid of being mistakenly killed. As expected, two of them died in the chaos, and only the three of them lived to see Yang Yinglong.
"Yes, not only my master, but the other families also couldn't stand the government's work. They let us die in the front, and they hid behind to watch the show. My master and the other families all came to help the government with their own food, but they didn't expect the government would do such a thing."
A leader of the trusted subordinates of the Song family said so.
"Just because of this? So, Song Seong-eun wants to cooperate with me? Do you think I'm a fool? "
Yang Yinglong looked at the three with a sneer.
The leader shook his head hurriedly.
"No, Heavenly King Yang, it's not only that. More importantly, our master found that the government has begun to run out of food."
Yang Yinglong's eyes lit up and he stood up immediately.
"Is that true?"
"Of course it's real! Otherwise, why didn't the imperial army come to fight them themselves? Why did they let us do it instead? They were short of rations. The supply of rations was weak and could not be transported over at all. More than a hundred thousand soldiers had to feed their horses. The imperial army's granary was almost empty.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army has been vexed by this matter. It is said that he planned to send some troops back and leave this place. In the end, the generals of the Imperial Army felt that they were about to succeed. No one was willing to give up on the military merits that they had obtained. They surrounded the Commander-in-Chief every day and quarreled with him. That was why they were no longer in the mood to fight. "
Yang Yinglong was overjoyed. He turned his back to the three and adjusted his expression before turning back.
"Why should This King believe you? Song Seong-eun, that ungrateful thing, and this Prince's son-in-law, actually personally led troops to attack this Prince. This Prince will not trust such a person. "
The leader quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Heavenly King, my master was forced to do this. The imperial army is so strong. Whoever doesn't surrender and fight with the imperial army will be punished later. There are so many people in the Song enterprise. If they don't follow the imperial army, they will definitely take revenge. We really can't afford to offend them!"
"Since you can't afford to offend them, why did you take such a big risk to come to me?"
Yang Yinglong sat in his seat with a cold face.
"My master said that if Heavenly King Yang can forgive him for being forced to do this, he will return the favor."
"How to return the favor?"
Yang Yinglong asked unhurriedly.
"My master said that he knew that Heavenly King Yang was not short of food, but he lacked weapons and manpower, especially firearms. The imperial army's firearms were so powerful that Heavenly King Yang was no match for them. He could only be suppressed every time. Now the imperial army basically asked my master's troops to attack the city from afternoon to dusk every day.
My master said that Heavenly King Yang could send troops to attack. My master would leave some muskets, French muskets, and gunpowder. He would also deliberately let some cannoneers and musketeers of the Song enterprise be captured. Then he would turn around and help Heavenly King Yang to solve his urgent problem.
As long as Heavenly King Yang can hold on for a few more days, the imperial army will run out of food in less than ten days and be forced to retreat. At that time, my master will unite the other troops and counterattack when the imperial army retreats.
At that time, please ask Heavenly King Yang to go out of the city to cooperate with us. We will cooperate from inside and outside to defeat the imperial army. Then we will directly kill our way to Sichuan and let Xiao Ruxun stare at us helplessly! "
Yang Yinglong squinted his eyes as he listened to the leader's words. Without saying anything, he sighed and stood up. He walked up to the leader's confidant, squatted down, and smirked. Then, he punched the leader's stomach fiercely.
The leader immediately cried out in pain. He bent his body and fell to the ground, moaning. The other two were quickly controlled.
"Do you think I'm a fool? How dare you use such a low-quality trick on me? Do you think I don't know that you are the ones who are planning to attack my city? Song Seong-eun, I will definitely kill you! "
"Heavenly King … Heavenly King … No! It's not! My master really wants to do this! It's true! Heavenly King! We didn't lie to you! Heavenly King … "
Seeing that they were still trying to argue, Yang Yinglong was furious. He immediately tied them up and ordered them to be thrown into the water prison.
Yang Chen, one of Yang Yinglong's generals, saw everything. After the three were captured, he walked up to Yang Yinglong and asked, "Heavenly King, why didn't you just kill them? This is obviously a scam. Song Chengen must be working with the imperial army to launch a sneak attack on the city walls.
Yang Yinglong glanced at Yang Chen and said angrily, "Mind your own business, don't worry about me! Go up the city wall and patrol. Be careful of the imperial army's night attack! "
Yang Chen panicked and left immediately after being hit by it.
After Yang Chen left, Yang Yinglong slowly sat down. Holding a cup of tea in his hand, he thought about what the Song Clan's confidant said just now.
If such a simple trick was really a trick, it was too crude. Even Yang Chen, who was illiterate, could see that it was a trick. How could those experienced generals in the imperial army not think that this trick was destined to fail?
Even a simple person could see through it. Was there any value in using this trick?
Did the imperial army really start to run out of food and become unstable?
Yang Yinglong was extremely angry now. He couldn't send someone to infiltrate the Qin Army's camp to find out what was going on. Otherwise, he would be able to confirm it immediately.
However, it didn't matter. It wasn't that there was no way to prove it. He just had to wait for the next attack to see if Song Seong-eun would do this or not.
Yang Yinglong started to look forward to the next day. When the battle started the next day, he had been supervising the battle from the top of the city walls, commanding his army to fight to the death with the Qin army. They fought from sunrise to sunset, and they had to eat very little. Their manpower was not as abundant as the Qin army.
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