Chapter 342: The Heroes Trapped in Zuli City (5)
"Family master, we have collected a total of 6,300 soldiers in this battle, and the wounded soldiers are less than 500, the harvest is too great" Huang Gai ran in from outside with a smile, he and Zu Mao were responsible for counting the soldiers, and after getting the exact number, they immediately came to report to Sun Jian.
"Six thousand~~~" Sun Jian pondered for a moment, in this way, the number of soldiers in the city who can fight will reach fifteen, and nearly half of the elite soldiers, this combat power can really be said to be sufficient~~ It's just ~~~".
"It's just that the supply of grain and grass is a little urgent," Zhao Ang continued, "15,000 soldiers, the consumption of a day will reach fifty stones, this is still the number after streamlining, and the people in the city may not be able to supply it."
"How much grain is left in the granary?" Sun Jian asked.
"About 800 stones, counting the donations of the people in the city, I am afraid it can only last for half a month, and there is also a great shortage of medicines and materials, which is our difficulty."
When Huang Gai heard this, his face immediately turned cold and said, "We now have 15,000 men and horses, why can't we go out to fight the enemy, master of the family, please make me the vanguard, I will definitely bring the thief to the head."
At this moment, someone suddenly outside the door said, "I'm afraid it's not your turn to call the shots."
I saw a group of people suddenly rushing into the door, the leader of the person was the scared general Zhou Shen before, although his face was dim and his complexion was not good, but his clothes had been completely new, the official robe and hat were neatly dressed, wearing a big red robe, and he wanted to hang a golden jade sword, and the dragon spirit and tiger stepped forward fiercely.
Behind him, a group of guards and warriors rushed in behind Zhou Shen viciously, each holding a war knife in their hands, grinning with teeth, extremely vicious, as if they were going to eat people.
"General Zhou, what do you mean by this? This place is my city lord's mansion, even if you are an official of the imperial court, you need to inform me to come again, just rush in like this, do you want to use force? Zhao Ang stood up and glared at Zhou Shen angrily, but he didn't expect this person to be ungrateful, and just surviving was like seizing power.
"Humph!" Zhou Shen slowly came to the door of the meeting hall, looked left and right, and snorted coldly, "It can also be called the City Lord's Mansion in this way, it is not as good as my military aircraft big tent~~~ You just invite me, and I don't want to come."
"Then why is the general like this?".
"One thing you said is right, I came this time, I am ready to use force, and I will take it all! Waiting for the hair to fall" suddenly turned his face, and with an order, the guards behind him were about to rush over to get someone.
Sun Jian stood up in a row of tabletops, "Stop me!" With a shout, everyone in the room was shocked, and the guards who rushed up were also frightened and retreated.
"Sun Jian, what do you want to do!" Zhou Shen also shouted, "Don't rely on your identity as the head of your clan to try to do nonsense, do you know who I am?" I am the commander of this battle, and I have the responsibility of life and death, do you want to rebel? ”。
Huang Gai was already facing a great enemy at this time, the double whips on his back were already in his hands, and the two bull's eyes were wide open, staring at Zhou Shen, as long as Sun Jian gave an order, he could immediately make his head bloom.
"Zhou Shen~~ I see, this forgetful person~~~ I'm afraid it's you~~~" Sun Jian sneered twice, took a step forward, stretched out his hand to stop Huang Gai, and said coldly, "I want to know, why are you arresting people."
Zhou Shen said arrogantly, "Someone reported that Zu Li Taishou had already fled and didn't know where to go, so you dared to gather people here to pan the city, wouldn't it be evidence of chaos~~ As for you Sun Jian, hum! Turning over my camp was attacked, you, as a deputy general, fled without a fight, with only one article, I can ask you for guilt, and you still have peace to say!! ”。
"Bah, you dog official, too guarded and escaped, we are all staying here to protect the people, why do you say that we are entrenched in the city, do you call those thieves and foreigners to harm our people?" Wang Yi scolded loudly all the time.
"Dare to fight against the thief, and dare to bite back, see if I don't take your Fa today, don't take it for me~~ Don't be afraid, I am the vanguard of the Han Dynasty, whoever dares to resist and kill!" Zhou Shen shouted angrily.
Under the encouragement of Zhou Shen, the guards moved forward little by little, but Sun Jian's terrifying eyes and the murderous aura in the air of Huang Gai and others discouraged them.
"If you don't give it to me, do you dare to disobey" Zhou Shen was furious.
But Sun Jian in front of him laughed and said, "Your kind of order, only a fool will carry it out, Zhou Shen~~~ You remember my words, soldiers can sacrifice their lives for the sake of the Han, for the boss, for the family, but they will not die for a shameful face, and Zhou Shen, you are now ~~~ is maintaining that hypocritical face."
In the face of Sun Jian's sarcasm, Zhou Shen was extremely humiliated in his heart, but he had nothing to refute, he was indeed maintaining his dignity at this time, using some improper means to protect his shameful face, but the situation at this time was completely unexpected, and it was difficult to ride a tiger~~~ It is the truest portrayal of him now.
At this moment, a team of people poured in outside the door, and the courtyard, which was not too big in itself, was immediately blocked very crowded, and the guards brought by Zhou Shen looked back and forth in a panic, for fear that they would be attacked by someone.
The first general stepped forward, his eyes glared and shouted, "Zhou Shen~~ What are you going to do!! ”。
Only this sound immediately startled him, it turned out that it was no one else, it was Li Tong who feared ghosts and gods, he didn't expect Li Tong to come back so soon, his plan was not completed, and he was blocked in the courtyard by Li Tong.
In addition to being frightened, Zhou Shen was relatively calm, after all, this place was all Han army, and his identity was there, and he was not afraid of what others would dare to do, so he couldn't help but smile and stepped forward and said, "General Li has worked hard, just after a bloody battle, why don't you take a break, I will discuss with you the strategy of retreating from the enemy after I have dealt with these trivial matters."
"Humph! What nonsense are you talking about, the city lord here is here, you have to discuss~~ General Zhou naturally consults with the city lord, I, Li Tong, am just a martial artist, I only obey orders~~~".
"General Li is too modest, your divine power to fight the Qiang Demon, I have seen it with my own eyes, and when I go back, I will naturally reward and invite you to take credit, General Li will be on the rise in the future, just around the corner~~~."
"Don't talk to me about this nonsense, if I cared about those who wouldn't be here a long time ago~~ Hmph!!" Li Tong recalled that when he was under Lu Zhi's tent, he was also a majestic figure, although he was here today, his heart was still there, how could he be moved by Zhou Shen in a few words.
Sun Jian looked at the soldiers around him at this time, except for a few people, most of them were already tired, and their boredom was self-evident, and he thought about it in his heart and said, "General Zhou~~~ Pioneer Officer Zhou, I look at the current situation, I'm afraid that neither of you nor I can help anyone, it's better to cooperate temporarily, I don't know if it's good?" ”。
"Working with you!! Hum! How do you want to cooperate with the law? "Zhou Shen is not a fool, although he has a heavy army, but in other people's territory, he has no advantage at all, not to mention that there are many masters on the other side, he is really in a hurry, I am afraid it is not good for him.
"It's very simple," Sun Jian smiled and said, "Now Zu Li is the only barrier we can rely on, the enemy is overwhelming, only by waiting for the Sikong army to come to the rescue, can we get out of trouble, during this period, you and I might as well cooperate to defend the city."
"Cooperate to defend the city, do you think this is a matter of your words, how to cooperate? How to mediate a disagreement between the two parties? Who will call the shots when the military aircraft is cut off? A mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, a city cannot tolerate two masters, you should have heard this sentence" Zhou Shen talked eloquently, and what he said was also very reasonable.
But Huang Gai didn't buy it, and immediately retorted when he heard this, "Then what do you want?" Do you want us to listen to your ~~~ You don't look at how you commanded, 10,000 troops were almost buried in your hands, do you still have the face to call the shots here? ”。
"You~~ You house slave dare to insult me here~~ I'm really angry with me~~~".
Sun Jian smiled and said to Zhou Shen, "General Zhou, don't be like my general, adults don't remember villains~~~ But what he said is not unreasonable, the safety of the people and soldiers in Zuli City may not be handed over to General Zhou, and this place has always been maintained by the Zhao City Lord and his wife, and the prestige in the city is very high, General Zhou just wants to command, I'm afraid he can't command."
"Then what do you want, you might as well just say it!" Zhou Shen took a chair, sat down directly and said to Sun Jian.
"Simple, I have a way to solve this matter, although Zu Li is not very big, but it is also neat in the north and south, you and I might as well divide it into two, each guarding half of the city, so that disputes can be avoided, and manpower can be deployed at will, General Zhou can be satisfied with this?"
Zhou Shen thought for a while, nodded and responded, "I agree with this, but I have one condition, you want to supply our army with food and grass, when I was attacked, the grain and grass were destroyed, and now there are only three days left, if there is no food and grass, even if I don't care about you, I'm afraid my soldiers will not be easy."
"Yes!" As soon as Sun Jian said this, even Zhao Ang and his wife on the side looked at him in fright, they didn't have much grain and grass in their hands, could they really supply it to him? How can this city be held?
But seeing that Sun Jian was confident and smiling, the two of them didn't say much, they knew that they were really inferior to Sun Jian, so they calmed down to see how he justified himself.
Sun Jian paused and said, "The grain and grass in the city are limited, and General Zhou has a lot of men and horses, so this grain and grass ~~~ We have to streamline and save, so it's okay, I supply ten stones of grain and grass to General Zhou every day, how to distribute it, General Zhou will deal with it himself."
"How can ten stones be enough for my army, do you want to take the opportunity to bring me down?" Zhou Shen's face changed, and he said angrily.
"General Zhou listened to me first, ten stones of grain and grass are indeed less, but I have no choice but to let it go, but I still have an idea to solve General Zhou's urgent needs."
Saying this, Sun Jian came to the sand table and pointed and said, "General Zhou, please see~~ There are two mountains and forests on both sides of Zu Li, one is Fengming, one is a Chao Immortal, it is the height of summer at this moment, there are all kinds of beasts and fruits in the mountains, and the general only needs to send troops to hunt and gather every day, and it is not difficult to gather the grain used."
Zhou Shen came forward to look at the sand table, the location was very easy to identify, but this hunting thing was simple to say, but it was difficult to do, and he couldn't help frowning and said, "Isn't there an enemy army outside the city?" Wouldn't it be dangerous for me to send people out of the city? ”。
"It's better to take some risks than to be hungry, General Zhou doesn't even have the courage to do this" Sun Jian smiled and said the general.