After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1284 Bilateral Intelligence
Other supplies in the city, such as medicine, food, kerosene and artillery shells, were basically sold out.

The worst thing is that Liu Chengshou knew exactly what their predicament was!
The dog owner turned out to be the city commander, who knew everything about Shi Zhoutou. The most difficult part of fighting a war is knowing yourself and the enemy. If Zhao Guangzhi knew that the city had run out of arrows and food, he would not have left after only three days.

But this is not a problem at all for Liu Chengshou!

A few days ago, he even looted Shizhoutou with his own hands and took away all the money, food and supplies.

Liu Chengshou knew very well that the stone armor reserves could not last for seven days!

A soldier ran up from the city and reported in a low voice:

"Mr. Wang just donated 300 kilograms of grain."

Others looked at him with awe:

At this time, there are still people hiding food?
Yang Shoubei looked down into the city and saw a cart with three sacks on it passing by. There were seven or eight people following closely beside it. Looking at their expressions, the uninformed thought they were guarding precious treasures.

Yang Shoubei immediately said, "Put it in the warehouse, don't let it get wet in the rain."

"Yes."

In fact, everyone felt that Yang Shoubei's words were unnecessary. There were only 300 kilograms of food, and it would not even have time to get moldy before it went into everyone's stomach.

The messenger did not leave as ordered, but continued:
"The people in the city noticed a new face hanging around outside the military camp. He also chatted with the residents of East Street and inquired about the situation of Shizuotou."

At this moment, the military and civilians are united, and the people are very vigilant.

"Caught him?" Yang Shoubei was not worried but happy. If he could catch the spy, he would know more about the enemy outside the city.

"Captain Wu went to arrest someone, but the man disappeared after turning around the stable. Captain Wu is searching the area."

Guard Yang nodded but didn't take it to heart.

The man named Liu was originally the city defender here. He has a few trusted accomplices here, so there is nothing strange about it.

He looked towards the dark woods outside the city. It seemed as if there were hideous evil spirits behind the swaying shadows of the trees.

How to pass this level?

He thought for a moment and ordered his men, "Pass the order. If the thunderstorm comes again later, we will go out of the city to harass."

Even though they were the ones defending the city, they couldn't just stay in the city and let the enemy comfortably surround Shizhoutou.

The initiative cannot be entirely handed over to the enemy, otherwise Shi Zhoutou will be really finished.

Besides, supplies are scarce in Shizhoutou. If we go out of the city for a few days, maybe we can steal something from Liu Chengshou’s camp?

"Yes!" the subordinate said angrily, "Liu Chengshou, that bastard, doesn't dare to fight you head-on. He wants to trap us to death."

……

Three days later, ten miles southwest of Shizhoutou.

There is an abandoned post station here. Half of the main building has collapsed, but there are still six or seven intact houses at the back. A small tree even grows on the roof of one of the houses.

He Lingchuan and Dong Rui agreed to meet here.

Wanqi Feng quickly greeted Dong Rui and went to settle his men.

The rain had just stopped, but the water in the horse trough and the well was unusable, so someone had to be sent to the stream to fetch water.

"Why have you been gone so long?"

"Pengguo also encountered heavy rains and landslides. Wanqi Feng took a detour and was two days late." He Lingchuan walked into the dilapidated house and shook off the rain on his cloak. "What new developments did you find out when you went into Shizhoutou?"

"I sneaked in three days ago. There are probably more than 40,000 residents in Shizhoutou, and the number of soldiers under Yang Shoubei is no more than 500."

"So many civilians, but so few soldiers?" He Lingchuan was a little surprised. "With so few people, can Yang Meng defend Shizhoutou?"

Five hundred soldiers are enough for him, but just because he has them doesn't mean others can do the same.

Yang Meng successively held off the armies of Zhao Guangzhi and Liu Chengshou. It seems that he has something under his command.

"When Zhao Guangzhi attacked, the city guard Liu abandoned his stone helmet and ran away. The people in the city knew that if they couldn't defend the city, they would die, so they all supported Yang Meng's garrison. They either dug out the last bit of food hidden in the bottom of the cellar or went to the city gate to help defend it. Even the elderly, the weak, women and children helped to mend clothes and armor and make arrow feathers, working together."

Dong Rui continued: "Yang Meng even invited Zhao Guangzhi to a duel outside the city, but Zhao Guangzhi refused."

"Zhao Guangzhi knows he can fight?"

"Maybe." Before attacking a city, you have to do some homework, right? "Yang Meng is very famous in Shizhoutou. He once defeated seven or eight military leaders by himself."

He Lingchuan then asked: "What about this time?"

"Liu Chengshou came back to pick peaches, and Shi Zhoutou was of course very angry. But I asked seven or eight people, and apart from spitting and looking down on him, they didn't seem to have the same determination to defend to the end as last time. It was probably because Zhao Guangzhi wanted both people and money, and although Liu Chengshou robbed his own people, at least he only took money and didn't eat people. He was also a local official, and the people didn't intend to fight him to the end."

He Lingchuan shook his head: "If Liu Chengshou can sell them out once, he can sell them out twice or three times in the future."

What does "city guard" mean? Are officials who cannot perform their duties still qualified to stay in office?

"I see Yang Meng is also mobilizing and promoting this to the people, but you know, with the catastrophe ahead, few people can think that far ahead." Dong Rui took out the water bag and took a sip. "The situation in Shizhoutou is not good. After repelling Zhao Guangzhi, the supplies are basically used up. Although Yang Meng organized people to go outside to purchase, it is also a drop in the bucket. I saw in Shizhoutou that the trees are bare, without leaves, and many of them even have no bark."

Now is spring, the season when trees sprout new buds, but the people of Shizhoutou pick all the leaves and eat them, and even grind the bark into powder to satisfy their hunger.

"That was three days ago." Dong Rui said slowly, "During the time you were away, City Guard Liu attacked twice again, and once he almost broke down the city gate. He also shouted to the city, saying that the first thing he would do after entering the city was to light a fire and cook a big pot of rice, and treat all the people in the city to a good meal. I saw the soldiers on the city gate swallowing their saliva after hearing this. Tsk, this guy has no moral integrity, and he also knows how to attack the heart first."

He Lingchuan immediately asked, "Did Yang Meng leave the city to attack?"

No good general should miss this kind of opportunity.

"Yes, he also attacked Liu Chengshou's camp twice, both times in the late night and at dawn, and successfully looted some supplies." Dong Rui laughed, "Liu Chengshou was originally stationed 50 feet outside the city gate, so he had to order the camp to move 200 feet away and defend it strictly."

"Good, not bad." He Lingchuan nodded. "Liu Chengshou is not very good at fighting, but he has the advantage of numbers."

Liu Chengshou was only stationed outdoors, but Yang Meng was occupying a strong city, which was more suitable for this small-scale harassment and fatigue tactics. The enemy was always harassed at night and had no energy during the day. If they came several times, they would easily become frightened birds.

The question is, who can hold on to the end, Liu Chengshou or Yang Meng?
He Lingchuan asked again: "What's the situation on Liu Chengshou's side?"

Dong Rui's bat is an expert at gathering intelligence.

(End of this chapter)