Chapter 218: Why Haven't the Bandits Come Yet

The Prince of Zhenbei watched the backs of the departing Xiongnu and remained silent for a long time. He considered himself to have understood Adunla well enough over these many years, but only this time, he really couldn't fathom the thoughts in the other party's mind.

This couldn't help but make him feel a bit restless, urgently wanting to understand the reason behind it.

"Your Highness! I also don't know the purpose of the other party, but for now, we can only defend passively!" The Prince of Zhenbei still maintained his usual steady style.

Wei Xikang did not argue, but gently said a sentence: "Uncle, there is not much grain and grass left!"

The Prince of Zhenbei looked up, his expression somewhat stunned: "Has the grain and grass supported by the various Juns of Beijiang not arrived yet?"

"Where is there any grain and grass left?" Wei Xikang sneered: "Uncle, have you forgotten about the sealing of the Guansong Ridge? All grain cannot pass through the pass; even if you have silver, you can't buy grain. Why would you think that the various Juns can still spare grain and grass?"

"This... this..."

The Prince of Zhenbei stood there in a daze, not expecting that they were about to hold out until winter, but such a change had occurred at this critical juncture.

As long as they passed this winter, the Xiongnu would collapse without an attack and would find it difficult to organize an effective offensive. At that time, they could beat the drowning dog and support Da Qian in the troubled times.

It was a pity that everything was calculated well, but it could not proceed step by step.

"It's about the same as I calculated. After all, grain prices soared before, and the various Juns must have released some of their stored grain to exchange for silver. This is why the grain and grass in the various Juns are not much."

"But I didn't expect that the Imperial Court would issue an order to cut off all the lifelines of Beijiang. Now, these Prefects are probably holding silver but find it hard to buy grain!"

Wei Xikang sighed. In fact, many corrupt officials would do this: buy grain at a low price in good years to store it, and then sell it when grain prices soared after a disaster.

It could even be said that they themselves were doing the dirty work of raising grain prices behind the scenes, just to empty the money bags of the commoners, like maggots attached to bones!

"Is there no other way?" The Prince of Zhenbei's throat felt a bit dry, and the helplessness in his eyes was clearly visible.

Wei Xikang turned and walked down the city wall: "We can only wait, hoping that they still have some stored grain in their hands to let the army of one hundred thousand survive this winter!"

Hearing this, how could the Prince of Zhenbei not understand? The Crown Prince was speaking ironically!

Even if these Prefects still had stored grain, it was undoubtedly a pipe dream to feed an army of one hundred thousand to survive this winter.

It was already so urgent now; how much grain would an army of one hundred thousand eat in the three months of winter? And who could afford it?

While the Prince of Zhenbei was thinking, he saw Wei Xikang leading a horse, preparing to walk out of the military camp, so he hurried to follow: "Your Highness, where are you going? I will have the Vice General accompany you for protection!"

"Uncle, under the current situation, I am prepared to go to the various Juns to see the situation!"

Wei Xikang no longer interfered with the Prince of Zhenbei's deployment of troops, but he could not turn a blind eye to this, so he decided to go out himself to borrow grain.

He only hoped that his status as the Crown Prince would allow him to borrow more grain!

"Your Highness! Since that is the case, I will send two teams of men to follow you!" The Prince of Zhenbei felt a warmth in his heart, obviously knowing why Wei Xikang was doing this.

"That's fine!"

"Where does Your Highness plan to go first?"

"Let's go to Lincuan Jun first to see!"

At this moment, Adunla was sitting on furs, his expression very impatient. Last time, he had finally managed to use the Prince of Zhenbei's hand to eliminate a formidable enemy, but he didn't expect that the other party would stay in the city and refuse to come out afterward.

This caused the traps he set for them afterward to have nowhere to be used. Clearly, as long as this old guy, the Prince of Zhenbei, dared to come out of the city to fight one more time, he would definitely fall for it, but who knew the other party would just not come out.

In other words, the King's Department that was wiped out last time died in vain, without exerting any use at all.

As time passed, the frequency of urging from the Royal Court became more and more frequent. After all, there was no grain in the Royal Court now either!

Not only that, the subordinates of the King's Department were even more panicked. In their tribes, there were still old and young waiting for grain to survive the winter!

So Adunla was also having a headache right now, and could only burn his bridges, trying to find a way to start a decisive battle with the Prince of Zhenbei.

If he won, he could drive straight for thousands of miles and occupy the Beijiang of Da Qian for his own use; if he lost, the Xiongnu would never have a day to turn things around within ten years.

Thinking of this, Adunla muttered to himself: "Opponents for so many years, I hope the final battle will not disappoint me!"

Luo Feng stood up straight. In front of him was a map of Beijiang. He pointed to a place with his finger and said to the squadron leaders: "Jiang Ze! You attack to the east!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Ze stood up excitedly, the excitement between his brows unable to be hidden no matter what.

"Xiexiezi, attack to the north, but don't attack Guangwu City!" Luo Feng continued to order. Since Big Brother wanted the entire Guangwu Jun, then they would conquer it.

"Good!" Xiexiezi nodded to indicate.

"Zhang Honghong, bypass Guangwu City and clear everything behind it. I want to besiege the city!" Luo Feng naturally wanted to leave the hardest bone to chew for last.

According to the news sent back by Tang Xiao Yu, there were still quite a few garrison troops in Guangwu City at this moment, and it had not become chaotic because of the Prefect.

And as the core of the entire Guangwu Jun, even if ten thousand soldiers were lost here, there were still quite a few garrison troops. Luo Feng didn't think about a strong attack at all.

He only needed to take down the surrounding cities, and Guangwu City, besieged in the center, would open its gates and surrender sooner or later.

Zhang Honghong rubbed her hands and agreed: "Leave it to me!"

"Okay! That's the arrangement! Report any problems in time!" Luo Feng did not participate in the battle of Yangguangzhai's expansion this time.

He also wanted to give other brothers more opportunities to perform, and now Yangguangzhai's reputation in Guangwu Jun was not bad, so he thought they would not encounter any major difficulties; it was just a good time to train everyone.

The captains began to learn from Luo Feng's former appearance, deploying manpower, understanding the situation of siege equipment, and analyzing the geographical location of the cities. Everything was starting to develop in a good direction.

After preparing for two days, Jiang Ze finally set off full of confidence, and even sent out scouts to explore the way in a decent manner. His goal for this trip was Huangni City!

At the same time, on the city wall of Huangni City, several garrison soldiers were huddled behind the battlements to avoid the wind.

The flags on the city wall were drooping, lifeless.

An old soldier tucked his hands and looked at the mountain shadows faintly visible in the distance, sighing: "Why haven't the bandits of Yangguangzhai come yet?"

A young soldier next to him gripped his spear nervously, his knuckles turning white: "Uncle... is it because our Huangni City is too small that Yangguangzhai looks down on us?"

"That's really possible!" The old soldier smiled bitterly, then pointed his chin at the empty city wall path, "Look, besides us unlucky ones and ordinary commoners, who else is in the city?"

"Squad Leader Zhao went home yesterday claiming illness, and the County Magistrate said he went to the Jun to deliver documents early in the morning. I know, they are just afraid that Yangguangzhai will come and slaughter them, that's why they left in such a panic!"

Now everyone knew that after Yangguangzhai entered the city, they would not harm the commoners, but the garrison and officials were easily killed. ===== CHAPTER 219 =====