There were originally many cities between Chang'an and Luoyang, which were originally considered to be the big county towns of Hongnong, but now they have become garbage dumping places.

Huayin is one of them.

The common people have been relocated, and all that remains is the soldiers.

Xiliang soldiers.

Huayin was originally Dong Yue's station, but Niu Fu may have been because Dong Yue did not listen to orders, or perhaps because Dong Yue's surname was Dong after all, so after Dong Zhuo's death, in the name of discussing countermeasures, he suddenly attacked, and then beheaded Dong Yue and annexed his troops.

Niu Fu, since he can become Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he must still have a little ability in marching and fighting, but what is very interesting is that Niu Fu stopped again after the sudden outbreak, perhaps because Xu Rong, Duan Xuan, and Hu Zhen surrendered to Chang'an one after another, giving Niu Fu a heavy blow, and Niu Fu then did not take advantage of the situation to continue to complete the action of receiving Dong Zhuo's inheritance, but stayed in Huayin County.

At that time, when Huangfu Song attacked Yiwu and punished Dong Zhuo's family, Huangfu Song brought his old soldiers, and did not use the forbidden army of Chang'an City, and did not dare to use it, because the forbidden army of Chang'an was originally related to Dong Zhuoduo, and it could not be moved before it was cleaned up.

Dong Zhuo's other two heavy generals, Niu Fu and Dong Yue, killed each other again, while Li Dao and Guo Yan were only generals under Niu Fu at this time......

In this way, the Western Liang soldiers were divided into two parts, one part was in Chang'an, one part was in Huayin, and in this part of Chang'an, all of them did not dare to move because of the suspicion of the imperial court, and in this part of Huayin, the Western Liang soldiers had to divide their troops because they wanted to defend against the strength of the Shandong Shi clan......

Li Dao and Guo Yan were not near Huayin at the moment, but were sent to Mianchi by Niu Fu.

Because at this time, the veteran royalist Zhu Jun gathered a part of the township warriors in the township, reoccupied Ruoyang after Sun Jian retreated, and was cleaning up the wreckage and rectifying the city in Luoyang, which made Niu Fu very worried, so Niu Fu asked Li Dao and Guo Yan to lead the army to attack Zhu Jun, and at the same time defend against the possible advance of the Shandong Shi clan.

The people of Huayin have been migrated, and the original supply is completely cut off, although Li Ru has hoarded a lot of grain and grass in Huayin before, but after all, he is sitting on the empty mountain, seeing the granary emptying little by little, and the grain and grass are decreasing day by day, Niu Fu's heart is becoming more and more flustered......

Maybe let Niu Fu lead the troops to attack and gallop on the battlefield, this is not too much of a problem, but if Niu Fu is allowed to strategize and control the overall situation, this will be a little more difficult.

For example, now, Niu Fu is circling in circles in the Huayin County Ya, frowning.

I was happy for a while two days ago, and I was about to encounter this kind of annoying thing, which simply made Niu Fu feel that there were ten or eight chicks and ducklings in his head, and he was chirping and arguing, and he didn't know where the direction was.

Wang Yun in Chang'an City heard that Niu Fu sent Li Dao and Guo Yan to Luoyang, and felt that there was an opportunity, so he wanted to send troops to attack Niu Fu above the imperial court, but he didn't dare to let Xu Rong, Duan Xuan, and Hu Zhen lead the troops to attack, for fear that it would turn into meat buns and beat dogs......

Huangfu Song upheld the opposing opinion, saying that Chang'an's materials were already tight, and they couldn't withstand the consumption of the army, so it was better to rely on the city of Chang'an and stick to it like this, and the Xiliang soldiers outside had no food available, so they would naturally collapse, and there was no need to fight at all.

Yang Biao neither said he agreed nor disagreed, anyway, he was neutral, and he issued an opinion on a major military matter that requires caution......

Of course, their respective thoughts are not enough to be publicized to outsiders.

Anyway, in such a situation, in the end, Wang Yun sent a force of 5,000 people, which was then led by Li Su, and then there was no more......

Although Li Su is also a general from Xiliang, there is also a way, but the soldiers he brought are not Xiliang soldiers, but the forbidden army that has lived in Chang'an for a long time......

Li Su returned defeated, and naturally he was thrown out to take the blame, and his head fell to the ground.

However, Ushisuke couldn't be happy for long, because the difficulties he faced did not diminish at all.

"General......" The quartermaster in charge of logistics handed over a bamboo slip and whispered, "We don't have much food and grass left......

Niu Fu unfolded the bamboo slip, glanced at it a few times, and asked with a frown, "How long can it last?" ”

The quartermaster said, "If you are frugal...... Maybe it will last for a month......"

"A month!" Niu Fu glared, wanting to be angry, but he didn't know who to be angry with, so he threw the bamboo slip on the table and let out a snort.

The guards outside the hall rushed in when they heard the sound, but they were driven away by Niu Fu with another wave of his hand.

The quartermaster was not wrong, but Niu Fu was just irritable.

Niu Fu frowned, twisted his neck twice, and rubbed between the bones of the cervical vertebrae to make a gurgling sound......

But where does this grain and grass come from?

The area around Luoyang is basically a piece of wasteland, Hongnong's side is also disabled, Huayin doesn't even have farmers, and Chang'an can't conquer it at all with this little bit of people at hand......

What to do?

Where is the grain and grass?

Niu Fu unconsciously said this sentence to himself.

The quartermaster took a step forward, then said hesitantly, "General...... If you ask where there is grain and grass, you are lowly ...... I think it's ...... to be humble."

Niu Fu walked up to the quartermaster and asked, "What do you think?" ”

The quartermaster said: "I think that at the moment, it is estimated that only Hedong has grain and grass......

When Niu Fu heard this, he immediately felt enlightened, yes!

There is grain and grass in the east of the river! Why didn't I think of that?!

Now in the east of Luoyang and west of Chang'an, either they can only continue to search in the depths of Hongnong in the south, or they can cross the big river and advance into Hedong, but compared to the Yang family of Hongnong, Niu Fu feels that the scholars in Hedong are easier to bully......

What's more, Hongnong has been cleaned up by Li Ru before, and now there is no grain and grass in the relatively flat county near the big river, or you can only cross the Bears Ears Mountain and go to the hinterland of Hongnong, but in this way, if you can't find any grain and grass in the mountains and are blocked by people, then it is simply a dead end.

Hedong is good, hahaha, Niu Fu pondered like this, he was in a good mood, and immediately said: "Give you three days, no, two days, to harvest the grain and grass, and load it all!" "Next, as long as you first make a feint to attack Chang'an, and then take advantage of the fact that the defenders of Chang'an are busy defending, they will turn to Shaanxi County, quickly cross the river from Shaanxi-Tianjin, and break into the east of the river to eat!