The eldest son of the red mansion

After Jia Ke heard this, he became interested. He had just watched the city defense of Dragon City. The city here is high and thick, and it is not so easy to attack the city.

"Master Sun has any tricks, tell them quickly."

Sun Yan stroked his beard reservedly, and then said: "Beizhi has seen the terrain near Shenglong Mansion just now, and it is undeniable that Shenglong Mansion is indeed the capital run by Annan's generations, and it is indeed behind the high wall. I'm afraid there will be heavy losses."

Jia Ke nodded after hearing this. This is what troubled him. An Nanguo has been learning from the Central Plains, so the construction method of Annanguo's city is roughly the same as that of the Central Plains. The national strength of the Southern Kingdom, and its size, are no different from those of the provincial capitals in the Central Plains.

Seeing Jia Ke pondering, Sun Yan showed a smile on his face, you still can't do without me, my lord.

"My lord, don't worry. Although the capital of Annan Kingdom is huge, it has a fatal flaw."

Jia Ke's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"My lord, have you noticed that there is a yard of flat rivers near Shenglong City, and the rivers are not densely covered. As long as our army surrounds Shenglong Mansion, Ruan Zhengyu has stored grain in Shenglong Mansion for several years. A source of water, he is also a tree without roots.”

When Jia Ke heard this, he shook his head and said, "Master Sun, this is too bad. There are always dense wells in Shenglong Mansion, and I'm afraid there will be no shortage of water."

Sun Yan retorted confidently: "My lord, although there are wells in Shenglong Mansion, the population in Shenglong Mansion is dense, and now that hundreds of thousands of troops are gathered, it is not enough to get water, and they have no fire. To eat raw?"

As soon as Jia Ke heard this, the terrain near Thang Long Mansion flashed through his mind. This Thang Long Mansion is located on a plain, and the surrounding land is very fertile. It can be said that it is the main grain-producing area of ​​Annan Kingdom.

But there is a disadvantage that Annan Guoli has almost cut down the nearby forest in order to reclaim the land to increase income.

In order to get wood in Annan country now, he had to go to far away mountainous areas, which also gave birth to a kind of occupation in Annan.

Jia Ke now understands Sun Yan's strategy, which is to reduce ten meetings with one force. I don't care what you do, I will surround the city first. Even if you have food and water, cooking without firewood is useless. It's better if you can't insist on surrendering. If you are ready, then it will not be too late for me to attack the city.

After thinking about it, Jia Ke had no choice but to do so, so he ordered the troops to surround Shenglong Mansion.

Ruan Zhengyu received a report the next day, saying that the communication between Shenglong Mansion and the outside world had been completely cut off.

Ruan Zhengyu hurriedly went to the top of the city to watch, and saw that Shenglong Mansion was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people, and there were no channels for external communication.

Ruan Zhengyu didn't feel any regrets until now. If he had known that Shenglong Mansion could not be defended, he might as well have taken his troops to the south, but it was too late to say these things now.The only way now is to see who can hold on.

So in the next month or so, although Jia Ke besieged Shenglong Mansion, he did not attack the city, but neither did Jia Ke. He just worked like this, and he sent troops to sweep around Shenglong Mansion.

Occupy all the prefectures and counties near Thang Long Mansion, and then send the Annan people who surrendered themselves there to take charge of local affairs.

In less than ten days, all the Annan towns near Shenglong Mansion were occupied by Jia Ke, and now Shenglong Mansion has become an isolated island.

Besides, in the city of Shenglongfu, Shenglongfu didn't feel the pressure at the beginning.

Ruan Zhengyu and others were unconsciously relieved when they saw that Jia Ke did not attack the city immediately, because they knew that their soldiers were no match for the Central Plains people.

As a result, within a few days, there was a problem with Shenglong Mansion. It turned out that this time Ruan Zhengyu was very concerned about the defense of Shenglong Mansion. Both water and food were well prepared, and he just wanted to fight Jia Ke for a long time. war.

But Ruan Zhengyu kept everything secret, this person thought of everything, but he didn't think of cooking with firewood.

As a result, at the beginning of the Shenglong Mansion, there was still some firewood that could be used to make a fire for cooking. When it was time to eat for a month, all the firewood in the city was burned out.

It's a little embarrassing now in Thang Long Mansion. There are food and water sources, but they can't cook cooked rice. The common people can't eat raw rice.

As a result, the people in Shenglong Mansion had to join forces to demolish the houses and remove the beams for living and cooking.

Naturally, there were complaints. Many people in Shenglong Mansion felt that they could not survive, and the nobles in the city did not have these troubles of the common people, but they were kept in the city for a long time, and their lives were in danger at any time. The nobles couldn't stand it anymore.

Ruan Zhengyu also felt the pressure from all directions, what can he say now, so Ruan Zhengyu gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, directly demolished his palace, and then sent the wood to various places so that the people could light fire for cooking.

But in Shenglong Mansion, in addition to hundreds of thousands of people, there is also an army of 40 to [-], and his little wood is simply a drop in the bucket.

In the end, Ruan Zhengyu really had no other choice, and directly led the soldiers to demolish all the houses of the nobles in the court, so that Shenglong Mansion could barely maintain.

However, when Ruan Zhengyu did this, he lost all hearts immediately, and those northern nobles who were loyal to him were also dissatisfied with him.

After all, no one wanted to have a good home, so they were directly demolished, and after the demolition, the wood was not kept, and all were sent to the military camp and the homes of the common people. They, the nobles, were not as good as those common people.

Among them, the southern faction headed by Du Lin naturally complained even more. They were reluctant to submit to Ruan Zhengyu, but now that such a thing happened, they naturally became more alienated from Ruan Zhengyu.

These southern factions have long had a grudge against the northern faction represented by Ruan Zhengyu. This time when Jia Ke invaded the south, these southern factions behaved even more recklessly.

Ruan Zhengyu has naturally noticed that these southern nobles are a little bit unruly, but he thinks that he has already consumed 10,000+ troops from the male side, and now there are only [-] to [-] southern soldiers in Shenglong Mansion, compared with his hundreds of thousands of northern soldiers It is basically like a firefly compared to a bright moon.

Moreover, Ruan Zhengyu thought that these people in the south would come to him to make trouble at most, and he didn't expect any other troubles from them, but things backfired, those people in the south thought longer than he did.

Now Du Lin, the leader of the south, summoned all the leaders of the southern faction in the capital to the mansion for a secret meeting.

"The old man has something to say to everyone here."

Wang Jie, a lecturer at the An Nanguo Imperial Academy, heard this and said, "Your Majesty is the leader of our south. If you have anything to say, just stick to the famous words. Naturally, we will respect you."

As soon as Wang Jie finished speaking, the others also said together, "The words of Mr. Wang are exactly what we are waiting for. If you have something to say, you can just order it."

Du Lin stroked his beard backwards, and then said: "Since everyone thinks highly of this old man, then this old man will be disrespectful."

Du Lin stood up after saying this, and walked a few steps in the lobby, as if he was a little unsure, but finally he gritted his teeth and turned around and said to these people in the lobby: "Everyone is very concerned about the current situation of Annan. What do you think?"

Several officials below looked at each other, and then all looked at each other in blank dismay.

Du Lin didn't expect them to answer, "Ruan Zhengyu has no morals. He has repeatedly violated the Celestial Dynasty and attracted the Chinese army to conquer. Now half of the country has fallen. If Shenglong Mansion is destroyed again, the fate of the country may end here."

The others nodded silently after listening to Du Lin's words, and they also saw the danger of the current situation.

Du Lin saw that others agreed with his opinion, and then said while the iron was hot: "In my opinion, our king wants to fight to the death with the Central Plains Dynasty in Shenglong City. If we lose, we will retreat to our south and entangle with the Central Plains."

After Du Lin said this, the people below were immediately blown up.

"How is this possible? We are honestly farming in the south, and we have provoked others. Why should we bring these arrogant soldiers from the Central Plains to us to fight?"

"That's right, people in the north are dying. Do you still want us in the south to be like them? I don't think the king treats us southerners as human beings at all."

Chapter 650 Conspiracy

When Du Lin heard the comments of these officials below, he was secretly happy. It seemed that his plan could be realized.

Wang Jie is also a smart person, he has already understood that Du Lin summoned people like himself this time, probably there is some ulterior plan.

So Wang Jie cupped his hands to Du Lin and said, "Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, just say it, and we will naturally obey your orders."

Du Lin just stood up, bowed his hands to everyone, and said: "The fall of Annan Kingdom is inevitable now, and we have to think about our own family, and we cannot bury Ruan Zhengyu with him."

The eyes of the people below began to flicker after hearing this, and they already understood what Du Lin meant.

Du Lin went on to say: "If I wait and open the city gate to welcome the Central Plains army into the city, I think I can keep my wealth and family intact with this credit. What do you think?"

The other people below also frowned when they heard this. If they did this, then the reputation of a traitor would be indispensable.

As the backbone of the southerners, Wang Jie completely agreed with Du Lin's words.