Chapter 52: Raising Food
Zhang Liang looked at the small cart of grain piled up in front of him, and had the urge to cry. An inexplicable war, fought until now, before he had time to count the losses, there was such a big, fatal problem in the city. For a while, Zhang Liang didn't know what to do.
Zhang Liang returned to the meeting hall with his generals with a gloomy face.
After Zhang Liang sat down on the seat, he looked at the generals in the audience, and said angrily: Who can tell me, what the hell is going on? Why does the place where the grain and grass are stored catch fire? What was the slashing of Yu Guoguo, who guarded the grain and grass? Where are the 3,000 soldiers who are guarding the grain and grass? Yes? Can anyone tell me what happened in the city less than two hours after I left the city to fight? Can any of you tell me?
After Zhang Liang finished speaking, a pair of eyes widened, and he motionlessly ordered the generals under the stage.
The generals who were roared by Zhang Liang raised their heads cautiously and quietly glanced at Zhang Liang on the stage, and saw that Zhang Liang was fixing them intently, and the generals hurriedly lowered their heads again.
The general closest to Zhang Rongfa quietly kicked Zhang Rongfa and motioned for Zhang Rongfa to stand up and say something.
Zhang Rongfa quietly glanced back at the generals behind him, and found that they were all signaling him with their eyes, Zhang Rongfa sighed, ready to stand up and explain everything to Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang, who was sitting on the stage, was condescending, and he saw the small movements of everyone in the audience very clearly.
Zhang Liang looked at Zhang Rongfa directly and roared angrily: If you have anything to say, what are you doing hiding it.
Zhang Rongfa heard Zhang Liang's words and understood whether he would not do this budding bird.
Then Zhang Rongfa directly raised his head and looked at Zhang Liang and said: General, according to the reaction of the soldiers who we just captured and the place where the grain and grass were originally stored, this time the fire was caused by the Han Dynasty general Huangfu Song outside the city who sent people to sneak into the city and set it on fire. As for the death of General Yu Guoguo, it was also killed by the generals led by the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately, until now we don't know who the general of the Han army is, and it is not clear what the surname is.
Zhang Liang was very surprised when he heard Zhang Rongfa's words, although he also guessed in his heart that it was the grain and grass that the Han army sent people to burn, because now only the Han army is the enemy of them, and the others do not have such great courage, but he still can't believe that all this is true.
If the grain and grass this time is really the work of the Han army, then new problems will arise. How did the Han army enter the well-defended Xingyang City, since the Han army can send people into the city to burn the grain and grass this time, then next time they can send people into the city to kill him, for example, send Lu Bu, who just fought with him, then he has no room to parry.
After Zhang Liang heard what Zhang Rongfa said, he hurriedly asked: Where is the soldier you found, look for him, I will ask him in person.
Zhang Rongfa listened to Zhang Liang's words, hurriedly agreed, and went down to take the deserter who had just found a place to store grain and grass on the way back.
In fact, this deserter, Zhang Rongfa found out that it was a fluke. On the way back to the council hall with Zhang Liang, he found this person. This person turned out to be his soldier, so in the crowd just now, Zhang Rongfa spotted him at a glance. Thinking that he was a soldier in the place where grain and grass were stored, Zhang Rongfa brought him over, and asked a few simple words on the way, but he didn't expect to really ask something.
That's why Zhang Rongfa said just now, and now, hearing that Zhang Liang wants to see him, Zhang Rongfa can only hope that he has a great life and can escape this catastrophe.
Soon, Zhang Rongfa and the deserters he found on the road brought the original place where grain and grass were stored to the council hall.
Zhang Rongfa After he brought it to the conference hall, he stood in his place, completely indifferent to the person in front of him.
The deserter who was brought back by Zhang Rongfa was called Cai Lei. When Cai Lei came to the top of the hall, he kept kneeling, bowing his head, and didn't dare to speak.
Zhang Liang looked at him, took a deep breath, and said in a very gentle tone: Tell me what happened just now again, as it is, completely, if there is a little omission, I will make you die a good death.
Cai Lei listened to Zhang Liang's words, tried his best to stop his trembling body, raised his head, looked at Zhang Liang, and said in a trembling tone: Yes, general.
"There are more than 100 people in the Han army, pretending to be our people, and they came to the camp where the grain and grass are stored, they said that they came to collect food on the order of the general, because they only have more than 100 people, and General Yu has no suspicion, who knows, the leader of the Han army took advantage of the general's unpreparedness, and directly killed General Yu" Cai Lei said tremblingly.
"Wait", Zhang Liang suddenly interrupted Cai Lei's words and asked: You said that there are only more than a hundred of them, can you be sure?
Cai Lei thought about it carefully, looked at Zhang Liang, and said very firmly: I can be sure, general, there are only more than 100 people.
Zhang Liang nodded and motioned for Cai Lei to continue.
Cai Lei looked at Zhang Liang and continued to say what he hadn't said just now.
This time, until Cai Lei finished speaking, Zhang Liang did not interrupt him, Zhang Liang watched Cai Lei finish speaking, and asked for the last time: Think about it, what you just said, is there anything missing.
Cai Lei listened to Zhang Liang's words, lowered his head and thought for a while, and finally raised his head to look at Zhang Liang, and said with certainty: No, general, everything I know has already been finished. General, take my life, I don't really want to escape.
Zhang Liang listened, was silent, just looked at the guards on both sides, waved his hand, and Cai Lei was taken down by the guards beside Zhang Liang.
When Cai Lei saw the guards coming, he was directly frightened, and looked at Zhang Liang and shouted: General, let's take the villain's life, let's take the villain's life.
It's a pity that Zhang Liang, who had already turned his head, didn't look at him.
It wasn't until Cai Lei was taken down that Zhang Liang turned his head to look at everyone again and said: A Han army of only a hundred people can burn the grain and grass of our army, this is a great shame, we must avenge this revenge.
Zhang Rongfa in the audience listened to Zhang Liang's words, and first stood up and said: General, we will definitely avenge this revenge, but the problem now is that our army is short of food and grass, what should we do?
Zhang Liang did not directly answer Zhang Rongfa's question, but continued: Why is there only more than a hundred people in the Han army, it means that the Han army has found a shortcut that can bypass our defenders, or a secret passage. And who is most familiar with Xingyang City, and who is most likely to dig a secret passage in Xingyang City? It can only be those wealthy families.
Therefore, I decided to kill all the big families in Xingyang City, use all their wealth as supplies for the army, and use their grain as the food and grass for our army to fight.
Zhang Rongfa stood in the audience, and finally found the answer to the question that Zhang Liang did not answer just now. But he quickly raised his head and looked at Zhang Liang again and asked: General, now the wealthy clans in Xingyang City are all on our side, and the hostile wealthy clans have already been killed by us, should we also attack them now?
Zhang Liang listened to Zhang Rongfa's words, his face was hateful, and he said: Kill them all, who knows what they think in their hearts, maybe they just pretend to take refuge in us, but secretly they are thinking about the Han army.
Now that Zhang Liang has made a decision, Zhang Rongfa doesn't say anything, he looks at Zhang Liang and asks: General, there are not many wealthy families in Xingyang City now, we just killed them all, and it is estimated that the grain and grass that can be raised is also limited, after all, we have an army of 50,000. What should I do then?
Zhang Liang also thought of this problem, he looked at Zhang Rongfa and said angrily: Slaughter those families first, raise as much as you can, and in addition, pass the order down, and the supply of the army will be halved. When there is food, it will be restored to the original state.
Zhang Rongfa saw that Zhang Liang was showing signs of anger again, so he didn't dare to ask, and with a promise, he retreated with the generals behind him.