Chapter 412: Stalling for Time
"Say that you Yuan Highway is a straw bag, you are really a straw bag! The food and grass of my army is enough for my own army, and if you want to supply everyone in the Allied army, do you think it is enough? Zhou Fan shook his head helplessly, and said angrily.
"Zhou Fan'er!" Yuan Shu gritted his teeth and roared in a hoarse voice, if it weren't for Zhou Fan's martial arts, he really wanted to step forward and swallow him alive at this moment.
Hearing this, everyone's mood was also a little low. Zhou Fan brought a total of 20,000 troops, and this grain and grass was naturally gathered towards the 20,000 army. Even if you can let 20,000 troops eat half a year's grain and grass, in front of 400,000 allied troops, it is only ten days' rations, a drop in the bucket, and it will not help at all.
"Where is the grain and grass that the champion Hou said?" Liu Dai couldn't help but ask.
"There!" Zhou Fan pointed outside and said.
Suddenly, everyone couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and the direction that Zhou Fan was pointing in was the Tiger Prison Pass.
Zhou Fan also understood that it was impossible to rely on these princes to win the Tiger Prison Pass, but that couldn't be so cheap for them, at least they had to be painful for a while, so it was okay.
"Champion Hou is not joking...... Liu Dai said curtly: "That Tiger Prison Pass is not made of tofu, how can it be so easy to attack." ”
The rest of the princes also nodded in disdain, and they all helped Liu Dai choke.
What are you kidding, there is indeed a lot of grain and grass in the Tiger Prison, and in the back, there is the entire Luoyang, Luoyang is the imperial capital, how much grain and grass is hidden in it, you can imagine. Even if you don't count these, there are so many big families in Luoyang, and the grain and grass stored in their homes alone is enough for the allies.
But what kind of place is the Tiger Prison Pass, the first level in the world, where is it so easy to knock down, and even if they can really beat it, they will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
If only it was for some food and grass. They might as well go back to their respective homes, who wants to lose precious grain and grass for this kind of thing.
"Are you scared, the Dong thief's soldiers and horses are just ordinary, don't worry about it at all!" Zhou Fan said disdainfully.
Everyone was speechless. But there was no way to refute it, that Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses were really like paper paste in front of Zhou Fan's army, and they would break it when they poked it, and they had already seen it when they fought with Na Lu Bu before.
But not all the armies are like Zhou Fan. You Zhou Fan are not afraid of the Dong thief's soldiers and horses, but it doesn't mean that they are not afraid either.
Zhou Fan didn't seem to see everyone's strange faces, and continued: "Didn't you come to Luoyang to rescue the Son of Heaven and kill Dong Thief. Now that the Allied forces are short of food and grass, we can take the Tiger Prison Pass with the momentum of breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat. ”
"Champion Hou said it well!" Kong Rong suddenly couldn't help it, and praised loudly: "My ally army has a large army of 400,000, how can I be afraid of just one Dong thief." And there is a champion Hou, Dong Thief is not worried. I believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to win this tiger prison! ”
Seeing this Kong Rong jumping out again, all the princes were about to cry. Not everyone is like you Kong Rong, they really came to Luoyang for the sake of Qingjun, they don't want to put their net worth here.
Helpless, everyone could only cast a distressed look at Yuan Shao. They also understand that this Yuan Shao is a person with them, and he is also the leader of the alliance no matter what he says, so it is naturally better to let him speak.
Looking at the gaze towards him. Yuan Shao couldn't help but scolded angrily in his heart, these guys actually kicked the ball to their side, which was a lot of fun.
If he agrees to attack the Tiger Prison Pass with all his might, he Yuan Shao will not be the first to do it. He, Yuan Shao, is the leader of the alliance. If he really did that, he would have to take the lead, and he would have the most soldiers and horses among the allies, and he would definitely lose the most at that time, which was definitely not what he wanted to see.
If you don't agree with that, you won't do it.
He, Yuan Shao, is the leader of the Dong Alliance. If you don't agree, doesn't it mean that you are afraid of Dong Zhuo and are unwilling to rescue the Son of Heaven, which is disloyal. And Dong Zhuo still has a grudge against himself for killing his father, if he doesn't agree, it is not to avenge his father, it is for unfilial piety, and the two names of disloyalty and unfilial piety are spread out, and the good reputation that he Yuan Shao has accumulated with great difficulty will be completely ruined.
It's a complete dilemma.
"Ben Chu, give the order quickly!" Cao Cao urged directly, and at the same time shouted hello to Zhou Fan in his heart. He was worried that he couldn't let the allies unite to attack the Tiger Pass, and now Zhou Fan's words could be regarded as completely forcing him Yuan Shao to Liangshan.
As for the loss, he Cao Cao didn't care about it, anyway, the troops in his hands were the least, and they were all recruits, even if they were all lost, it would be fine, and it would be a big deal to re-recruit them in the future.
"This, our army is newly defeated, this grain and grass is also a lot of losses, and the morale of the army is low, but this is not a good time to attack the Tiger Prison. I think it's better to let the army rest for a while, and then discuss the matter of attacking the Tiger Prison, what do you think? Yuan Shao snorted for a long time, and finally found a reason that could barely be regarded as a reason.
"Yes, yes, that's what the alliance leader said!" Immediately, the rest of the people hurriedly agreed, and at this time, they really thought that this Yuan Shao was so cute, and actually came up with such a good idea.
What better way is than to procrastinate, first drag it out for ten days and half a month, if you really can't drag it out, then pretend to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, as long as it drags on for a month, then the army will run out of food and grass, then even if you don't want to retreat.
In this way, they can not only keep their army, but also their reputation, which is not enough food and grass, and they are helpless.
"There is some truth in what the alliance leader said." Kong Rong, a person who only reads sage books, where can he see the dirty thoughts in Yuan Shao's hearts, and he also nodded thoughtfully.
"What I said at the beginning also makes sense." Zhou Fan nodded matter-of-fact and said, "But please prepare this morning, after all, the allied army is short of food and grass." ”
"Yes, that's what Champion Hou said!" Yuan Shao smiled and nodded, and he was also relieved in his heart, at least today's level is over, as for the future, let's talk about it.
After solving the matter here, the princes with ghosts didn't have much to worry about going to the banquet, and they went back to their respective homes to figure out how to preserve their troops to the greatest extent.
And in the Tiger Prison Pass, Li Dao returned with the Flying Bear Army with a great victory, and was about to report the good news to Dong Zhuo, but he was in vain, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru had already traveled day and night to return to Luoyang. (To be continued.) )