Thinking about why Xiao Heng and his men chose this time to attack the city instead of earlier or later, Qin Fen felt a chill all over his body. He gritted his teeth, glanced at the still closed door, then turned around and rushed to the front hall.
In the Yizheng Hall in the front hall of the Mu Mansion, senior officials and soldiers from the Mu Mansion who had received the news had already arrived. They all looked anxious. When Qin Fen came in, they couldn't help but talk to him at once: "General Qin, you have to make a decision quickly. How can we, the remnants of our army, be their opponents? Moreover, as you know, because of that damn batch of food and grass, let's go to the barracks and see how many soldiers can't get up?! This battle cannot be fought!"
Qin Fen narrowed his eyes.
He could naturally see that although the others had not spoken yet, the meaning they expressed was the same.
No one agreed to try to stop the enemy at this time, after all, Xiao Heng now had an overwhelming advantage.
Everyone looked at each other, no one spoke, and the room was completely quiet, filled with an awkward and uneasy silence.
Qin Fen lowered his eyes, and raised his head after a while. He looked at everyone coldly, raised his eyebrows and asked, "If that's the case, then what do you mean?"
What does it mean? Of course it means don't fight!
However, this has been said before, and to say it more clearly would be tantamount to going directly against the usually tyrannical and violent Mu Tong, so no one responded.
They could choose not to respond, but Qin Fen could not pretend that nothing had happened. He raised his voice and snorted, "Whether we fight or not, we must defend the city first! If the imperial court's troops really break in, the imperial court may say that it will not do anything to the people, but it can't do anything to you. You have to think carefully, you all follow the chieftain!"
What he meant was that you had all done a lot of things for the chieftain, including persecuting Miss Mu San and others, going against the imperial court, and setting a trap for Xiao Heng a while ago.
Sure enough, as soon as this sentence came out, no one said anything more.
Qin Fen sneered in his heart: "I won't embarrass you. You all know what time it is now. The chieftain is recovering from his illness. If he gets better, he will make a decision. But the most urgent thing is that we must work together to defend Dali! Otherwise, what will happen? I don't need to tell you. I'm sure you all know it. Go, mobilize all the forces you can, strengthen the defense, and defend it strictly!"
The people below wanted to say more, but under the current circumstances, they knew it was impossible to argue out any conclusion, so they had to leave dejectedly.
After everyone had left, Qin Fen looked at the majestic Mu Mansion with a gloomy face, his mind in a state of confusion for a moment.
No one knew the military strength in the city better than him. Because of this, he also knew that even if the few people left really defended the city to the death, they would not be able to hold out for long.
What happens if you can’t hold on
He shuddered and dared not think about it.
Just when he was lost in thought, a soldier suddenly ran in from outside, saying that a man named Wen Sheng wanted to see him.
Temperature rise... ..
Qin Fen could not quite remember who this person was, but he heard the man quietly remind him, "Sir, he said he was from the southeast and was very familiar with our chieftain."
As soon as the southeast was mentioned, Qin Fen immediately remembered it.
He immediately raised his voice and sneered: "Call the people in!"
He was just about to cause trouble for them, but they came to him on their own accord!
These people had talked about everything well before, how to win over Xundian Prefecture and Anhua Prefecture, how to make the two prefectures encircle Kunming City, how to plot against Xiao Heng, and how to exchange food and fodder, but in the end, nothing was accomplished!
Kunming City is fine, and Xiao Heng is also fine.
On the contrary, most of their soldiers have problems after eating that batch of poisonous food and are now worried about this matter.
These people are damnable!
He smiled indifferently and waited for a while. When he saw the servants leading Wen Sheng in, he was about to get angry. However, Wen Sheng knelt down without waiting for him to react.
Qin Fen frowned, being caught off guard by his trick, but it was only a moment, and he sneered: "Why, you also know what kind of sin you have committed!? You have trapped us to this point, you really deserve to die!"
Wen Sheng was exhausted and looked like he was about to collapse at any moment.
Hearing Qin Fen's scolding, he smiled bitterly: "It's normal for the adults to be angry with me, Moen, and want to kill us. We now know that we have been fooled!"
He couldn't help but choke up as he talked about his experience.
He and Cao Ruishen went together to look for Sixth Master, but they were followed and they and Sixth Master were surrounded and almost killed. But even though he reacted quickly, he was the only one who managed to escape. No one knows what happened to Sixth Master now, and Cao Ruishen is already dead.
Hearing him say this, Qinfen felt even more annoyed.
Something that is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything!
If they had not been instigating Mu Tong to take power personally, the matter would not have developed to the point where it is now difficult to back down.
Originally, Mu Tong could have just pretended to be nice to the court as he did before, and dragged it out like this for a few more years, while secretly finding a way to deal with Miss Mu, Mu Qinglu.
But now that things have gotten out of hand, they are completely out of control.
He looked at Wen Sheng angrily: "So, you ran back?"
Wen Sheng nodded hurriedly: "I was chased all the way, and I finally escaped back..." He suddenly thought of something, and reminded Qin Fen hurriedly and excitedly: "Oh, sir! You haven't eaten the food and grass that was transported back by Mu Tuo yet? That batch; that batch of food and grass must not be used! We originally thought that we had successfully switched it, but who knew that it was later switched back..."
He only found out about this after he met Sixth Master.
Qin Fen looked at him coldly, and almost gritted his teeth as he snorted, "Thank you so much, but don't you think it's too late to say this now?"
Wen Sheng was stunned.
He had been hunted so long that he hadn't realized how much time had passed.
More than a month has passed since they transported the grain.
More than a month...
Qin Fen smashed the cup in his hand, causing Wen Sheng to bleed from the head. He sneered at him and said, "Thanks to you, we are now experiencing what it means to be worse off than dead! How dare you come back and deceive the people!"
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