In a big tent ten miles away from Anding City.
The chieftain of Yongzhou barbarians, Qifu Xi, was reporting the battle situation to Huyan Shun, the fifth prince of Northern Liang.
"Fifth Prince, the defenders of Anding City no longer have much strength. The arrows they shoot are weak. In a few days, I'm afraid they won't even be able to lift their weapons."
Huyan Shun leaned lazily on the tiger-skin-covered chair, with a smile of confidence on his lips.
"Are you finally unable to hold on?"
Qi Fuxiong laughed and said, "After being trapped for so long, it's strange that you can still hold on. If it weren't for Mu Xiong, the city would have been breached long ago. You are worthy of being the general of the Jing Dynasty. You are really amazing."
Hu Yanshun said disdainfully: "What great general? He is just an old dog struggling to survive."
"What the Fifth Prince said is that in front of you, the generals of the Jing Dynasty are not worth mentioning."
"Yes, with the Fifth Prince here, Anding City will surely fall."
"We didn't lose many soldiers this time. It's all thanks to the Fifth Prince."
"That old man Mu Xiong should have died long ago. He killed many people from our tribe in Sui County before. Now we can finally take revenge."
“…”
The rest of the Yongzhou barbarian chieftains all flattered him. Although they were barbarians, they had long since surrendered to Northern Liang. In this attack on Anding, the Yongzhou barbarians dispatched a total of 150,000 troops as the vanguard of Northern Liang.
The Northern Liang Dynasty was led by the eldest prince Hu Yanlu, who personally led an army of 300,000 and prepared to capture Yongzhou in one fell swoop and march straight to the heartland of the Jing Dynasty to establish merit.
However, not long after the war began, the emperor of Northern Liang died, shocking the government and the public. The key point was that Northern Liang had not yet appointed a crown prince.
Huyan Lu had to immediately lead an army of 250,000 back to the capital to stabilize the situation. The second prince Huyan Li was eyeing the throne, and if he did not leave in time, there would probably be trouble.
Fifty thousand soldiers were left under the command of the fifth prince Huyan Shun, together with 150,000 Yongzhou barbarians, a total of 200,000 troops. Before leaving, Huyan Lu told Huyan Shun not to attack blindly.
200,000 troops may sound like a lot, but they are facing General Mu Xiong of the Jing Dynasty, and the enemy has the advantage of defending the city, so they decide to lay siege.
At this moment, Huyan Shun listened to the flattery of these chiefs, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
He and Huyan Lu have the same mother and he has been obedient to his eldest brother since he was young. This time his eldest brother went back to compete with his second brother for the throne, and the reason he kept him behind was to let him make achievements.
If Anding City can be captured, then the eldest brother will have a greater advantage in the fight for the throne, so Anding City must be taken.
Now it seems the time is almost right.
If he cuts off Mu Xiong's head at that time, it will be a great achievement for Hu Yanshun. When his elder brother ascends the throne, he will definitely be appointed as the general.
"Fifth Prince, when will we launch the general attack?"
Qi Fuxiu asked in a rough voice, somewhat impatiently.
They often harassed the border of Yongzhou and fought with Jing Dynasty every year, resulting in many casualties. The last time they were about to capture Sui County, but when Mu Xiong came, the situation was reversed and they were defeated.
Therefore, when Beiliang attacked this time and asked them to join together, Qifu Xiong agreed without thinking. When he thought about occupying Anding City and cutting off Mu Xiong's head, his blood boiled.
This revenge is finally going to be taken.
Listening to Qi Fuhui's words, Hu Yanshun played with the wine glass in his hand and said with a grim smile: "No hurry, starve them for a few more days, so that your casualties in the siege will be smaller."
The chiefs nodded, of course it would be best to reduce casualties.
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Anding city.
Although the barbarians' attack was repelled, Mu Xiong could not be happy. He knew that this was only a tentative attack by the barbarians. The defenders on the city wall were so hungry that they didn't even have the strength to shoot arrows. They were probably not far from the final general attack.
Mu Xiong had no choice but to wait passively.
He went down the city wall and prepared to return to the camp, when he saw many pale and thin civilians standing outside the camp.
"Master, please give me something to eat. I'm so hungry."
"Yes, you have confiscated all our food and distributed it in a centralized manner. This is going to starve us to death."
"Master Jun, please, my grandson is only five years old and he hasn't eaten for three days."
"Let Mu Xiong come out. He has confiscated our grain. Now you have something to eat. Have you ever cared about our lives?"
“…”
The people begged and pleaded. They did not want to cause trouble in the military camp, but they were so hungry that they had no other choice. They ate up all the grass roots, tree bark, firewood, and even the Guanyin soil.
If they couldn't hold on, they wouldn't come here.
A general came out to drive them away, saying, "The army has already run out of food, so we have some extra for you."
"Hold on a little longer, the imperial court's reinforcements will arrive soon, and then we will have food to eat."
Hearing this, the people became agitated again, and some even started cursing.
"You're saying this again. Do you believe it? March after March. It's been half a year, and there has been no reinforcement from the imperial court."
"The court has long since stopped caring about us, otherwise they would have sent reinforcements long ago."
"General Mu, please come out and say something. Has the imperial court abandoned us and left us to fend for ourselves?"
"Yes, General Mu, half a year ago you told us to hold on, saying that reinforcements were coming. Now you're still asking us to hold on, but we really can't hold on any longer."
"My old lady, my children are already starving to death. How long are we going to hold on?"
"There must be some food in the army, everyone go in and grab it!"
A group of civilians began to attack the military camp, preparing to rush in and steal food.
"stop!"
Mu Xiong shouted loudly and walked over quickly.
When the people saw Mu Xiong coming, they all knelt down and said, "General, please save us and give us something to eat."
Mu Xiong slowly said, "My fellow villagers, the army really has no surplus food, and the soldiers guarding the city have not eaten for two days."
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