"Husband! Dad! Son!..."

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"Ah!" Xu Mo woke up from his sleep and sat up. He just dreamed of his wife, daughter and parents who had already passed away. Xu Mo wiped his forehead with the back of his hand and found that he was covered in cold sweat and was covered in coldness.

His head was dizzy, as if it was a huge pound, his headache was split, his mouth was dry, he shook his head and rubbed his face hard, Xu Mo felt a little awake. He slowly remembered some of the scenes of himself fighting with Long Yang, smiled bitterly, and checked the status of the characters in the soul mark, and there was a red drunken state.

Xu Mo climbed out of bed and found a person lying on the short table in the room. After careful examination, it turned out to be Dinah. He immediately recalled that after he was drunk, it seemed that Dinah and the palace guards helped him into the room. He walked to the short table and poured all the tea from the teacup into his stomach. Xu Mo finally felt that he was no longer so thirsty.

Looking at the sleeping Dinah, Xu Mo picked up a piece of brocade from the bed and gently put it on her. Looking out the window, it was still late at night, but Xu Mo no longer felt sleepy, so he sat cross-legged on the side of the shorter table and slowly thought about his next plan...

"Hmm?" Dinah slowly woke up, touched the brocade covered with her body, and found that it was already bright, and she was the only one in the room. She quickly got up and went out. After going out, she found that Xu Mo was practicing boxing with shirtless hands in the yard in front of the room, and her sweat was shining under the sun.

"Are you awake? Go and wash your face. Long Yang just sent someone to call us. It seems that Yang State had been in a truce for a few days and started to attack the city again today!" Xu Mo said with a smile.

"Oh! I...I'll go now." Dinah saw Xu Mo walking towards her naked, her face turned slightly red, and she quickly responded.

After Xu Mo and Dinah were led by the guards, they climbed to the city of Jiangcheng and found that the battle had just ended. Hundreds of corpses were lying under the city walls, and the army of Yang State in the distance retreated like a tide. The soldiers of Jiang State at the city were transporting their companions' bodies below. Xu Mo and Dinah were surprised when they saw them roughly.

"Brother K, there are only more than a hundred bodies of Yang's soldiers under the city wall. Jiang's soldiers were killed by the city only, and the soldiers of seventy or eighty died. The exchange rate is too high!" Dinah said in surprise.

"Not high, the soldiers of Yang State are all young and strong and veterans. Look at these soldiers of Jiang State, less than half of them are young and strong, and the rest are old and weak. It seems that the great defeat two years ago has not yet disappeared." Xu Mo pondered for a moment and continued: "However, today's battle is a bit strange!"

"Strange?" Dinah asked in confusion.

Xu Mo nodded, thought for a while, and said:

"Well! The injured soldiers in Yang State had at least a few hundred casualties in this battle today. For Yang State, who had less than 10,000 soldiers, it was already a huge consumption. There was no supplement in Jiang City and no rescue outside. As long as Yang State had enough food and grass, he could consume only the food and grass of Jiang City by relying on siege. At that time, the army could take down Jiang City without bloodshed. If it was a strong attack, then it should continue to attack the city instead of stopping for a few days like now and only attacking once."

While the two were talking, Long Yang walked from the distance to the city with a few heavy armored guards. After seeing Xu Mo and Dinah, he was very happy and shouted loudly: "Brother Nie Li, Miss Wenwen!"

"Crown Prince!" Xu Mo bowed to Long Yang.

"Why do you have to be so polite with Brother Nie Li!" Long Yang pretended to be angry.

"The courtesy cannot be abolished!" Nie Li said with a smile, "Prince, how many soldiers and food are there in the city!"

Long Yang frowned, sighed, and said softly: "I can't hide it from Brother Nie Li. There are still 3,000 soldiers left in the city, including about 1,000 young and strong. If the veterans are the ones, and my personal guards are less than 400, the food and grass can still last for about half a year."

Xu Mo nodded. Jiang Cheng's military strength was basically the same as his estimate. Judging from his observation of Yang's army on the Jiangcheng Plain, if Jiang Cheng's guarding power was less than 3,000, he would have fallen into the first few days after Yang's siege. If there were still 1,000 more young and strong people, then Long Yang would probably not have shrunk into the city and defended blindly. At least it would be good to organize a few small troops out of the city to harass the city.

As for the food and grass situation, it was better than Xu Mo's expectations, which was related to his sneak attack on Yang's scout cavalry on the Jiangcheng Plain in the early stage and spread rumors that Jiang's country had plundered villages. It greatly reduced the number of civilians in Jiangcheng entering Jiangcheng to take refuge. Otherwise, not to mention half a year, three or four months, Jiangcheng would not be able to support it, and then the people in Jiangcheng would be afraid that they would eat.

"The prince guesses how long can Yang's food and grass last!" Xu Mo asked softly.

"The Yang State and Jiang State are on the same plain, and their territory is almost the same, but the labor force is much higher than that of Jiang State. In recent years, the grain reserves have been about 50% more than that of Jiang State. However, Yang State is currently in a large army, and it is not easy to have a strong farming in the country for a long time. It can barely support it for two months than Jiang State." Long Yang said worriedly.

Have you supported it for two more months? Xu Mo touched his chin, no, I'm afraid Long Yang's calculation was wrong. He didn't calculate and was deceived by rumors to the plain people of Yang State.

The king of Yang State is unlikely to slaughter these Jiang State people. After all, except for the different royal families, Yang State and Jiang State are neighboring each other and are compatriots with the same clothes. If Yang State conquered Jiang City, then Yang and Jiang will merge into one country. These people will also be the people of Yang State in the future.

Calculated by these people who lost their food reserves, Yang's food and grass could only last for about half a year. In this case, there is basically no hope of conquering Jiangcheng by siege, but this is the case...

There are eight days left to be successful in casting the magic sword embryo! Xu Mo closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened it again, a trace of blood-red color was already in his eyes. Two steps forward, Xu Mo approached Long Yang's ear and said a few words gently.

When Long Yang heard this, his face changed. He hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and whispered a few instructions to the personal soldiers behind him.

After leaving the city, Dinah, who had been following Xu Mo, asked curiously: "Brother K, what did you say to Long Yang just now?"

"Dinah, do you still remember what I said to you the day before yesterday?" Xu Mo did not answer Dinah, but just asked a question for some inexplicable words.

"The day before yesterday?" Dinah frowned, thought for a while, and finally said hesitantly, "Is it that I will keep following you and not leave?"

Xu Mo nodded, stopped talking, and took Dinah back to the palace hall.

"Knock!" Late at night, Dinah's door was suddenly knocked. Dinah got up sleepily and opened the door and saw that it was Xu Mo knocking outside the door.

"Brother K, why haven't you slept so late yet?" Dinah said shyly.

"Come with me!" The night was heavy, and Xu Mo did not pay attention to Dinah's expression, but just said softly.

Dinah was stunned and felt that Xu Mo was looking for her, not as she imagined. She couldn't help but blush and followed Xu Mo silently. After the two left the palace, Dinah discovered that a carriage had already been parked at the door of the palace. After the two got in the car, the driver drove directly to the palace.

"Brother K, you have to enter the palace so late? Is something wrong?" Dinah asked in surprise.

"It's nothing, it's just that the magic sword is of great importance. Long Yang can't pay attention to it all the time, so he had to ask me to help him take care of it. These days, I'm afraid we will all stay in the palace." Xu Mo smiled and comforted Dinah.

"Oh! You can't see Long Kui often?" Dinah said happily.

"Don't go find Long Kui, you can't leave me too far." Xu Mo reminded again cautiously.

"Let me follow you, and don't tell me why!" Dinah pouted and muttered reluctantly.

This is not because Dinah is unhappy with Xu Mo making arrangements for her. Since meeting Xu Mo again in the Immortal Sword Era, the heavy pressure that Dinah had accumulated in her heart has completely disappeared. There is no need to calculate or worry. When encountering things, you can ask Xu Mo's opinions habitually and then accept the task arrangement.

Compared with his previous career of fearful missions, Dinah began to enjoy her current comfort. When she met Long Kui in Jiangguo, she was even more excited by Long Kui's youthful vitality in her heart. Dinah liked Long Kui very much. This innocent and lively girl can be said to be a scenic spot in this war era.

Although I don’t understand why Xu Mo didn’t let her go to Long Kui automatically, Dinah decided to follow Xu Mo’s arrangements. After all, the decisions made by Xu Mo in her impression will be proved to be correct afterwards.

After Xu Mo and Dinah left, a figure appeared from a dark character outside the palace. Seeing the carriage where Xu Mo and Dinah were riding slowly disappear into the night, the figure snorted coldly, looked around for a while, then headed in one direction of Jiangcheng, gradually disappearing into the darkness.

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At the same time, Yang Guo’s military camp outside Jiangcheng City.

"Are you really sure?" General Yang, who was in charge, looked at a slender figure in the military tent.

"I will definitely succeed. Although I, Yang State, have many soldiers and abundant food and grass, I cannot consume too much under the city of Jiang City. Otherwise, I will be afraid of following in the footsteps of Jiang State!" The figure hesitated for a moment and immediately said firmly.

"You are right! But the king was extremely dissatisfied with the matter in Qiuchi. If he fails again this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to defend you in front of the king anymore!" General Yang reminded.

"As long as you can do your best to the country, why don't you cherish this body!" The figure shook and said bitterly.

A breeze blew, and the candlelight in the big tent swayed left and right, illuminating the face of the figure in the tent. His thin face, with a blue face and a stern look, was Yang Ye that Xu Mo had been looking for.
Chapter completed!