After the immortal disappeared

When Tu Shanfang jumped off the stage, he patted Fan Shuang on the shoulder and said, "People with intellectual talents are different. I just can't think of those words."

"I learned from the emperor, just copying." As an accompanying envoy, Fan Shuang was really influenced by how He Lingchuan persuaded the king and the dignitaries in Tianshui City. I can't say that I learned 40% to 50% of the essence, but I should have learned 10% to 20%, right?

The two smiled at each other, and Fan Shuang said seriously: "Brother Tu, be careful and come back safely!"

He knew with his knees that Guo Baiyu would never let them harvest food comfortably.

An hour and a half later, Miancheng sent out a harvesting team composed of townspeople and farmers, and then sent city troops to escort them.

The city needs this batch of new grain so badly that it has to do so even if it means a head-on confrontation with Guo Baiyu's army.

Just as Fan Shuang expected, Guo Baiyu also noticed the abnormality in the south of the city and wanted to rush to harvest some grain.

But he could not have imagined how brutal this battle for food would be!

Every rush to harvest and every stage of transportation almost always costs lives.

In five days, over 27,000 soldiers and civilians were killed or wounded within a distance of ten miles inside and outside the city.

Every inch of mountain road is soaked in blood.

Mrs. Wang went to the wounded soldiers' camp with other female relatives to help. When she came back, she said with a pale face that the place was like hell.

But the food was finally recovered.

The father and son of the Fan family went to the city gate to help clear the grain traffic. They saw bloodstains on the body of the cart, scattered knife marks, and arrows stuck in the grain bags.

It goes without saying that the grain-grabbing team had gone through a lot to get back. Fan Shuang didn't know how to describe the look in their eyes.

But before Miancheng had time to feel sad, he plunged into the intensive work of grain processing and distribution.

The dead are gone, but the living can still be pursued. The most urgent task is to stop the hunger of the living as soon as possible.

The hot pancakes were served and eaten, and the fragrance of the food drove away the hunger. The long-lost smiles finally appeared on the faces of the people of Miancheng.

After eating these rations, I can finally hold on for a few more days.

"Damn, I've never eaten such delicious steamed bread in my life!"

Many others burst into tears while eating.

There were crowds of people inside and outside the Dragon God Temple again, and rice cakes and steamed buns appeared on the altar again.

Not only Mian Cheng but also Guo Baiyu rushed to harvest the grain.

On the sixth day, most of the food had been looted, and Guo Baiyu ordered the farmland to be burned.

Huang County Guard wanted to organize a team to go out of the city to harvest again, but was stopped by Tu Shanfang because it was clearly a trap. Guo Baiyu was already prepared. If they went out to grab the remaining grain, there would be more casualties.

Looking at the flames rising to the sky in the east and smelling the burning smell drifting in the wind, the hearts of the people in Miancheng were bleeding.

What was burned was all food. If we could collect it all, we could at least have enough food to eat for a few more days.

That bastard named Guo - I don't know how many people are cursing him - if we catch him, we will definitely cut him into pieces!

The father and son of the Fan family also participated in calculating the grain supply. With the newly collected grain, if it was sufficient, it could feed the people of Miancheng for seven days, and if they ate more frugally, it could last about twenty days.

Originally, the war in Miancheng was just a matter of counting the days on one's fingers, and the longer it could be delayed, the better. Now it could be delayed for more than ten or twenty days. The Huangxian defender was so excited that his steps became lighter and he could even eat half a bowl of coarse-grain rice.

Fan Shuang privately asked Tu Shanfang: "Can the Dragon God come in twenty days?"

Tu Shanfang said firmly: "Of course, I can!"

The food crisis was temporarily resolved, and Miancheng could then concentrate on resisting Guo Baiyu.

The only barrier that can still protect Mian City is the city beast. Fortunately, the Emperor's sap erupted a few days ago, and the authorities used the collected sap to power the city beast, otherwise it would have stopped working long ago.

At this time, Miancheng was defending the city gates while urgently training new soldiers. The influx of a large number of people from the surrounding areas was not entirely a bad thing. The county government and Tushanfang organized able-bodied men to participate in training exercises, and women also had to transport supplies, cook, and provide medical treatment.

It is the responsibility of every Miancheng citizen to defend the city and fight against powerful enemies.

Everyone only has one common voice:

Hold on, reinforcements from the Dragon God will surely come!

However, reality is cruel. A few days later, before the reinforcements arrived, there was another bolt from the blue:

Hao County also fell!

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The last companion who watched over each other also fell. From now on, Mian Cheng can only face the powerful enemy alone.

On the evening of the next day, Yu An, the county magistrate of Hao County, led more than 30,000 people to Miancheng. Everyone was pale and thin, and was extremely terrified.

County Magistrate Huang was also very conflicted, but Hao County and the city had been defending the city for months against a powerful enemy. Now the enemy was in trouble and had finally escaped. How could he push the living person onto Guo Baiyu?

Miancheng had no choice but to open its doors to receive them, so there were more than 30,000 more mouths to feed in the city.

This made the already tight food supply situation even worse.

The residents of Miancheng were also unhappy: We shed blood and sweat and sacrificed our loved ones to collect the food, why should we just give it to you for free?

The conflict between the people of Hao County and Miancheng started with a few quarrels and fights, and eventually almost turned into a melee involving hundreds of people.

During the war, everyone was restless and impatient.

Tu Shanfang led his troops to suppress the conflict forcefully and dealt with the troublemakers on both sides severely. The conflict was barely ended.

But just when civil unrest was about to break out in Mian City, Guo Baiyu blew up the western passage, cutting off the escape route for the people of Mian City to the west.

His message was clear:

Either surrender or be killed, no one can escape!

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Seven miles north of Miancheng is Gaopo Yulin.

The terrain here is high, and the few people hiding in the forest can not only overlook a corner of Miancheng, but also see the farmlands in the east.

It used to be golden, but now it's all black and scorched earth.

There was also a fat monkey sitting on the chestnut tree, concentrating entirely on peeling chestnuts, oblivious to the sufferings of the people far away.

"This Guo guy deserves to die!" Wanqi Liang's back teeth were grinding, "When we catch him, we will tear him into pieces!"

"Back off a little, you're too far forward." Dong Rui hid behind a tree and looked west. Right below was Guo Baiyu's outpost. The spies included a dozen red-billed choughs, which had sharp eyes and ears and liked to fly around.

We are here to conduct reconnaissance, there are only five or six of us.