Contrary to the growing prosperity of Yuxi City, Yunyang's head was shrouded in a cloud that could not be dispelled.
Although there are quite a few people who are willing to come to Yuxi City, they are still nothing in Yunyang. Even if millions of people are missing, Yunyang still has a rich background to fight among himself. After all, the vast majority of people in this world are accustomed to submitting to others, knowing that going to Yuxi City may usher in a better life, and they are unwilling to give up the land where their ancestors lived for generations. The various city lords of Yunyang also took advantage of their thoughts and carried out severe exploitation of them.
There is a folk saying "eating out the family", to the effect that after the pillar of the family dies, the wife and children are constantly bullied until the last property is swallowed up, and there is no way out. What Yunyang is doing is actually similar. Firstly, the poor people will lose their ability to survive through high taxes, then buy the land in their hands at a low price, and finally collect the labor force they left behind as soldiers. Extinct.
A war often takes several days, because the scene is too chaotic and the number of deserters far exceeds expectations. The battle between the two armies is not about who is braver, but who has fewer people running. The two regiments collided without any rules, and the dead and wounded, the defeated fled in a hurry, and the victors had no intention of pursuing them. This kind of war was actually just a waste of Yunyang's manpower and material resources.
But the people in control think otherwise.
When they got the army, the first thing they looked at was the quantity. With tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people under their command, they feel that they are invincible and invincible. After all, they were born in Yunyang and grew up in Yunyang, and they rarely have the opportunity to go out to see the world. What it looks like, then the only thing they can do is to compete in the quantity.
Troops, troopers, troopers, troopers without limits!
It seems that whoever gathers an army of one million first will directly win the game. But in fact, the land cannot supply so many soldiers, and the military resources cannot keep up at all, and even the training is uneven. There are many hills in the army, and young people who can fight are often directly picked up by the generals. In their eyes, the vast number of people left are just animals that rush to the front and are responsible for consuming their lives during the war.
Li Ren, who was the first to raise troops, can be said to have eaten enough of the dividends of the war. At that time, the situation in Yunyang had not deteriorated significantly, and the slogan of resisting the patricide murderer was enough to inspire people when it was first proposed. At present, he has garrisoned nearly 400,000 troops, claiming that his troops are fine and well-fed, because he has not had a direct conflict with Liyi's army since the formation of the army, so he is still quite deterrent.
There are two sons with more than 200,000 soldiers, and three more with more than 100,000 troops.
Naturally, Yunyang's manpower and material resources cannot withstand the consumption of this scale, and the heritage accumulated from generation to generation is being overdrawn at a speed visible to the naked eye. But those who only see the immediate benefits can't see the hidden dangers in the future. The young masters of Yunyang have fallen into a kind of war frenzy.
Li Yi is actually sober, but when things have developed to this point, he has begun to lose control of the situation. Among the three regular armies of the Northern Frontier Army, the Eastern Frontier Army and the Southern Frontier Army, only the general of the Northern Frontier Army, Asilante, made it clear that he would obey Li Yi's orders before the lord woke up. For the other two armies, the eastern frontier army was driven back to the east by himself, and the southern frontier army was superb in Taijiquan. No matter who sent the envoy, they would say "uh huh" and "okay" and then continued to stay there don't move.
Asilante helped Liyi repel most of the troops who thought of attacking Lingyun City, so Lingyun City is still impregnable. After all, this city is the main city of Yunyang, and it was built on a grand scale from the very beginning, and ordinary attacks can't hurt the foundation of Lingyun City at all.
But Liyi also has his problems. It's just that he doesn't have a fief, although theoretically he can mobilize all the materials in Yunyang, but because the princes of Yunyang rebelled one after another, there are more and more territories that don't obey his command. Some of the land that had not been entrusted was still under his control, but the other sons cut off the main traffic routes, and Li Yi basically became a polished commander.
In the chaos in Yunyang, Li Yi is the strongest, because he has taken the lead in getting the support of the frontier army. But he is also the one under the greatest pressure. Not only does he have to deal with enemies coming from all directions, but it is also difficult to effectively guarantee the loss of the army and the supply in the later stage.
The counselors around Liyi have already analyzed it. On the east and south sides, at least one frontier army is willing to join Liyi's command, so that this battle can be fought. When the northern army helps him defend the foundation of Lingyun City, and another army breaks through the main roads with lightning speed and reconnects the scattered Yunyang, then there is hope for this situation to be revived.
But because the Eastern Army was driven back by Li Yi himself, he didn't want to beg Karpass in a low voice, and he didn't think that Karpass would let go of his old hatred to help him. So during this period of time, Liyi has been sending people to contact General Takis of the southern frontier army, but other sons, including Yuxi City, have also been contacting him. At present, the old fox does not seem to plan to make a choice.
So Li Yi is currently in a predicament, but he actually has other hopes. Although Lingyun City needs to deal with enemies from all directions, each enemy is not without worries. They also cannot support so many troops. If it continues to drag, it is hard to say who will collapse first.
After all, in less than half a month, one of the city lord's subordinates who had over 100,000 soldiers mutinied, and more than half of them chose to flee overnight. This is just the beginning, every time in the dead of night, when only the bonfire is burning in the camp, someone will sneak out quietly. Some were caught, stabbed to death with a single shot, and their livers and intestines were displayed on the point of the gun; some flew away and never came back.
Two weeks later, for the first time, there was a civil strife between the sons of Yunyang for grabbing food and grass.
Li Yi felt that he had seen hope, and the idea of splitting and wooing slowly fermented in his heart. He also began to think about which sons had a chance to be drawn to his side, and those sons must be eliminated as soon as possible.
At the same time, Young Master Yunyang also launched the largest joint attack, as many as 300,000 troops attacked Lingyun City. This time the siege was more violent than ever. After all, this time the Yunyang princes stole the war skills of the Yunyang lord without hesitation, and promised great benefits to the oppressed army. As long as they achieve excellent results on the battlefield, they can become a master in one fell swoop. This is one of the few hopes for those who are desperate.
The historian from the capital recorded everything that happened in front of him fairly—
"In June of 334, there was great chaos in Yunyang. Fathers and sons fought each other, brothers killed each other, and countless people were killed and injured. Corpses were everywhere. The fire lasted for several days, and the sound of ghosts crying was often heard in the middle of the night."