Chapter 232 Wolf Smoke
In Dingchuan Village, Ge Huaimin's face was gloomy. He looked at the village leader Guo Lun and inspector Liu Chen, and said in a deep voice: "The thieves are cunning and cut off the water source in our village! Now the water has been cut off in the city for two days. If you don't find a way, you will have a big mess!"
Guo Lun crossed his hands: "The last general sent soldiers to dig the well, but the water veins have not been found yet, and there is not much water coming out of the well."
"No, if we continue like this, we will be in chaos before we stop!" Ge Huaimin stood up and paced back and forth for two steps. "Dingchuan Village cannot be defended anymore. You go back and prepare, and we will form a formation to the Zhenrong Army!"
Liu Chen was frightened and hurriedly said, "How to make this happen? The wing is the Huluchuan Valley, and the water veins on both sides of the mountains will gather. As long as we dig a few more wells, we can always find the water. We can't remove it!"
Ge Huaimin turned his head and looked at Liu Chen and said sternly: "What if we really can't dig out the water? There are thieves outside attacking the city, and there are constant wars day and night. If there is no water source in the city and the army is in chaos, how can we deal with it?"
Liu Chen looked at Guo Lun and signaled him to help persuade Ge Huaiming.
Guo Lun said: "Envoyant, we are anxious. In fact, the thieves outside the village are even more anxious. Yuan Hao led the army out of Tiandu Mountain. When can his southern courtyard be held? Not to mention, the news from the court, the several troops from Longyou will see that they will break Xishou and occupy Xiaoguan. Once the thieves' retreat is broken, we will cooperate with the Longyou army inside and outside to destroy the Hao bandits under Dingchuan City!"
When it comes to the great achievements of capturing and killing Yuan Hao, Ge Huaimin's mind became active again. If such a contribution is really in hand, it is worth taking some risk. However, if the village is short of water, how many days can it last? Because the water source is outside the city, there are water storage in Dingchuan Village. Water tanks and water jars everywhere will store water for a few days in daily life. However, when there are too many people, rumors are more terrible than drinking without water. Once the war is urgent, the rumors of water in the city will not be cleaned up.
After sitting back on the position of commander, Ge Huaimin pondered for a while and said, "That's it, hold on for another two days. If the thief has not retreated and we have not found the water, then break through immediately! As the commander of a army, how can the lives of nearly 10,000 soldiers in the village be taken lightly!"
After saying that, he stood up and Ge Huaimin went back to the back yamen.
Guo Lun and Liu Chen wanted to look at each other, shook their heads and sighed. If the organization was effective and the morale of the army was pacified, there would be no problem in staying for another three or five days. But Ge Huaimin, the commander, ignored everything. He would neither go out to organize people to dig wells, nor take the initiative to come forward to appease the hearts of the people in the village. He just stayed in the back yamen every day. What would you do?
The two discussed for a while, but there was no choice. Finally, Guo Lun said: "I'll go find Zhao Cheng to take it and let him lead people to dig wells day and night these two days. I don't believe it. In such a huge village, I can't dig a well that comes out of water."
When Ge Huaimin arrived at the Houya, he sat alone in the study and sulked. Who built this ghost village but couldn't even dig a well, but in the end he had a pitfall. Nearly 10,000 troops gathered in such a village, and there was no water to drink. Who knew what accident would happen? He had thoughts in his mind to withdraw, and hesitated for a moment.
At this moment, his eldest son Ge Zongsheng came in from outside and saluted, "Dad, why are you still sitting here?"
Ge Huaimin said angrily: "What can I do if I don't sit here? There are tens of thousands of troops of Hao thieves outside, all of whom are extremely vicious, and they cannot go out to fight with them. The village cannot be in panic, and people are also upset when they go out."
Ge Zongsheng stamped his feet anxiously: "Dad, you are sitting in the yamen. If you don't know anything outside, you will be cheated by the generals of our village! Fortunately, I went to the outside army for something and realized how hateful those people are!"
Seeing that his son was so anxious that his face turned red, Ge Zongmin asked seriously: "Tell me slowly, what's going on?"
"There were wells everywhere in the city these two days, but water was not dug out. The people in the army were already in chaos! I just went out and happened to meet a soldier in the camp who was causing trouble. Zhao Chengshou took them all and was killed at the city gate! For such a big thing, Zhao Chengshou dared to take charge of himself. It was really outrageous if he didn't come to tell my father! Do they still have you, the general in their eyes!"
"What? There is such a thing!" Ge Huaimin suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the study. After a while, he turned around and said decisively: "Zhao Zheng bullies me like this. How many things do I have in this village to hide from me? I can't do this? I'll call Liu He immediately. Tonight, our entire army will leave the village and withdraw to the Zhenrong Army!"
Ge Zongsheng was startled and hurriedly said, "Dad thinks three times! Just call the generals in the village to admonish. Suddenly, they want to withdraw, but they are afraid that the generals will not want to. And if they are allowed to deploy, they will remind them again and again, and they will not leave the village unless they have to!"
"If we don't leave the village, our father and son will be cheated here by them!" Ge Huaimin was furious, "As soon as they asked, they were all talking, saying that there would be no problem for this village to stay for three or five days! Now the village is in chaos, and these people dare to deal with it privately, so I won't know that they have good intentions! Go and call Liu He immediately!"
Seeing that Ge Huaimin had made up his mind, Ge Zongsheng didn't dare to say much, so he had to say goodbye and went out to find Liu He.
Liu He was Ge Huainmin's confidant from Huanqing Road, and no one else could trust him. Ge Huainmin only relied on his own people.
In fact, the generals in the village did not deceive Ge Huaimin. There were only a few people who caused trouble today. After Zhao Zheng asked, he found that it was probably a meticulous act sent by Yuanhao and sent people to drag them out to behead outside the city gate. As the Zouma, a permanent army stationed in Zhenrong, Zhao Zheng could of course take the initiative and directly kill him. In principle, he would not interfere in the military, but when facing the spies sent by the enemy, he would deal with them more legitimately than others.
When Xu Ping first arrived at Qinfeng Road, he asked Zhuma to bear the military and judicial department and was in charge of this kind of consideration. When the side road involved the enemy's intelligence, Zhuma must know that Zhuma's bear was the other Jiyi Department who was directly under the emperor.
Ge Huaimin was frightened by the situation in front of him. He was suspicious whenever there was a storm. He was very cautious in keeping military orders, commanding wars is of course important, and military merits are even more important, but none of his own lives are important. Once the village was broken, Yuan Hao must have targeted himself as the general of the army. Others may run away, but he will definitely not be able to escape. Last year in Haoshuichuan, wasn't Liu Ping so dismissed under the watch of tens of thousands of troops? The generals did not think about themselves, but Ge Huaimin had to think about himself.
Liu Chen commanded the city to defend the city, and Guo Lun and Zhao Zheng led the soldiers to search for water all over the city. At noon, several wells had already started to seep out of water, but I didn't know if the water source was sufficient. Guo Lun commanded the soldiers to surround those places and desperately surrounded them.
Suddenly, Zhao Zheng looked at the beacon tower not far away and opened his mouth wide. After a while, he shouted incredibly: "Master Guo, do you see if there is smoke there? How could there be smoke? Isn't it dazzled?"
Guo Lun wiped his sweat, looked up, wiped his eyes suddenly, looked at it for a while, and then said, "It's really a wolf smoke! Who put the cigarette? Without military orders, who dares to put the cigarette?!"
Zhao Zheng shook his head repeatedly and stomped his feet and said, "Now, who in the village, except Ge Sixiang, dares to order the cigarette to be released!"
"The Cocoa Morning Envoy just said that we will stay for another two days and we will not be able to find the water before we can withdraw it."
Chapter completed!