Chapter 61: Seeking a Way Out

"There is a letter, this is the ...... behind you"

Obviously noticing Han Yan's abnormality, Cao Cao couldn't help but set his eyes on Chen Gong, who was standing behind Han Yan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that Chen Gong had already leaned towards Cao Cao's side, Cao Cao had also noticed the existence of Chen Gong. In fact, it was too late for Han Yan to say anything, rather than letting Chen Gong say it himself, it would be better for Han Yan to explain, so that he could still have a reputation.

"Oh, this one!" After making up his mind, Han Yan turned his head and glanced at Chen Gong, followed by a gesture with his hand, and introduced, "This is a guest from the Qingzhou Thorn Shi Jiao and Jiao Mansion, surnamed Chen, famous palace, and character Gongtai." This time, Kong Beihai and I came, and there were 4,000 people under him, all of whom were actually sent by the Qingzhou Thorn History, and were directly led by this Chen Gongtai. ”

"Oh? It turned out to be someone from the history of Qingzhou Thorn? Disrespectful, disrespectful! ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and said in surprise. Among the surprises, seven points are for Chen Gong's identity, and those three points are for Han Yan's openness.

"Generals! Now doesn't seem to be the time to be polite? What to do, please ask the generals to have an idea as soon as possible, otherwise, something will really happen in the end! ”

Although there was some pride in his heart, Chen Gong was not a simple-minded person after all, and he could tell the difference between the important and the important, so he hurriedly spoke.

"Hmmm! On this point, I think there is still some truth in what you have said. If we are going to wait for Kong Beihai to come, then what should we do when he arrives at midnight? Rushing overnight is absolutely impossible for Kong Beihai. But if we don't act, it's impossible to say what will happen tomorrow morning. Rather than this, sending a messenger out and letting Kong Beihai go directly north to Hanoi is also the best choice at present. ”

Following Chen Gong's words, Cao Cao nodded, and repeated the suggestion that Han Yan had just said, but this time he added some supplementary explanations.

"Hmm~~~, this is the best, but our men have lost a lot, and the weight of grain and grass is heavy...... It's also very tight! ”

After a long silence, Bao Xin spoke.

In general, Bao Xin still agrees with the method proposed by Han Yan, but there are some details, but Bao Xin is a little uneasy, the most important of which is the baggage.

"This ...... Our headquarters lost 2,000 men in battle, and later nearly 1,000 cavalry; It's okay to talk about armor and blades, but what about food and grass...... The grain and grass of the 5,000 people brought with them when they opened the road have been confirmed to have been burned. The grain and grass in my hands now is estimated to be no more than 5,000! I don't know what the situation is there? ”

Frowning, Cao Cao also felt a headache, now he can take out 5,000 people's grain and grass in his hands, but there are more than 7,000 people under his hands, and it will be difficult to do it if it goes on like this.

"Alas! In this way, General Cao is much stronger than me! With a long sigh, Bao Xin folded his fingers and calculated, "The 3,000 people who were sent to attack Chenggao with General Cao were all lost here, and then they pursued the enemy, and they were counterattacked by the other side for a while, and there were more than 1,000 casualties, and now there are only more than 6,000 soldiers alive and less than 7,000, and the grain and grass are ...... At that time, because of the anxious pursuit, all of them fell on Kong Beihai, if Kong Beihai didn't come, then I ...... Alas! ”

"That's it! Hu Min, Chen Gong, how many people's grain and grass are there on our side? ”

After listening to Cao Cao and Bao Xin's statistics, Han Yan's heart trembled.

To put it bluntly, the grain and grass for 5,000 people is enough dry food for 5,000 people to eat for a day. Cao Cao and Bao Xin's men together were about 14,000 people, but they only had 5,000 people of food and grass! Not to mention his own subordinates, asking Hu Min was just to prove to Cao Cao and Bao Xin that he was not hiding his secrets. If you really want to calculate it, Han Yan believes that the amount of grain and grass that he can still dispose of in his hands should only be three thousand, because the people he brought before were only three thousand.

"This, my lord, you also know, we don't have many people in the first place, and now ...... There are only a thousand of grain and grass left......"

Because of Han Yan's problem, Hu Min gathered too many people's eyes, maybe because of the embarrassment, or for other reasons, Hu Min stammered a little when he spoke.

"I still have a lot of grain and grass in my hands!" In a word, Chen Gong attracted everyone's attention, and after everyone looked at him, Chen Gong continued: "Because it is a slow march behind, I should still be able to take out four thousand people and three days of grain and grass in my hands, but ...... Still can't solve the current problem......"

Everyone who was quite happy was silent, but after Chen Gong finished his last sentence, they all fell silent.

Oh, yes! Counting Cheng Gao's current total of 20,000 people, even if Chen Gong spreads out all the grain and grass, plus what Han Yan and Cao Cao have in their hands, it is only enough for 18,000 people to eat in a day. Not to mention that if you can't go to Hanoi County for a day, there are still 2,000 people who can't get it at all! In this way, it is more troublesome.

Since ancient times, there has been no inequality. If everyone was hungry, then things would be easy, but now everyone except 2,000 hungry people have food, so the mutiny of 2,000 people should be a sure thing. At such a time, a 2,000-person mutiny can easily spread to 20,000 people, and in this way, things are tricky.

Just when everyone was worried, the corner of Han Yan's eyes suddenly swept to Hu Min's strange look, and he turned his head slightly sideways to observe Hu Min, only to see that Hu Min's two hands kept closing and parting in front of him, separating and closing.

Combined with Hu Min's expression, Han Yan thought for a moment, stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Now there are two thousand people of food and grass, and my men are exactly two thousand, so ...... Brother, I will leave all the grain and grass behind, and go to Hanoi County first! ”

"Trustworthy ......"

Hearing Han Yan say this, Cao Cao's heart was shocked, and then he felt a little stuffy in his chest, and instinctively wanted to stop Han Yan.

But before Cao Cao could stand up, Chang Xuan, who was standing closest to the door, couldn't help it, stepped forward and shouted: "Lord! Why! Why do 2,000 of us suffer like this? Besides, is there no grain or grass left in this city...... Under...... ......"

When Chang Xuan said the last sentence, his voice instinctively lowered. Thinking about the impulsive energy he had just now, Chang Feng almost wanted to give himself a mouthful!

That is, after Chang Yan said this, everyone's eyes converged on Han Yan's body, including suspicion, disdain, and some indescribable meanings.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Seeing that Han Yan was being targeted by everyone, Hu Min hurriedly took two steps forward, blocked in front of Han Yan, and said loudly: "The grain and grass in this city were set on fire the moment we attacked the city gate last night, and General Liu Bei and Liu can also testify about this." If you still don't want to believe it, the location of the granary is in the northwest corner of the city, and all the grain and grass burned in it are still there, you can go and see it! ”

"This ...... That's not what we meant......"

After Hu Min finished speaking, Bao Xin pulled the hair on his sideburns a little embarrassed and looked away.

"Oh? That's not what it means? So what do you mean? ”

Although Bao Xin spoke, the others didn't say anything at all, which made Hu Min a little annoyed, and he asked again.

"Ahem! When the army marched to this side, although the smoke rising from Chenggao was a little less, everyone saw it. Accessibility, you don't have to ......"

may feel a little reluctant, Chen Gong stood up and explained for Cao Cao and the others.

"Not necessarily? What doesn't have to be? Chen Gongtai, do you still have the face to talk to me? I am so recommended to you in front of my lord before......"

Seeing Chen Gong stand up, the anger in Hu Min's heart not only did not dissipate in the slightest, but became even stronger.

"I ......"

Chen Gong also came out of Qingzhou with Han Yan, and now that he has fallen to Cao Cao's side, he is naturally ashamed in his heart, and he feels even more embarrassed when he is reprimanded by Hu Min like this.

"Whew! That's enough! Accessibility! Say no more! With a long breath, Han Yan raised his hand and patted Hu Min's shoulder gently, and after dissuading Hu Min, he glanced at Cao Cao and the others, and said with disappointment: "I'll go out and leave the army now, if you don't believe it, you can go and see it, I won't take any grain and grass away, everyone...... But are you satisfied? ”

"Trustworthy ......"

Seeing that things had come to this point, Cao Cao couldn't help but shout.

It's just that Han Yan didn't pay any attention to Cao Cao's meaning, waved his hand at Huang Zhong and the others, and walked out, "Let's go!" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

After a few responses, Huang Zhong and the others followed behind Han Yan in turn and walked out of the door.

Huang Zhong was okay to say, but Sun Guan and the others had never suffered this kind of grievance, so when they left, they all glanced at the people in the room fiercely, and finally looked down on Cao Cao and the others.

"We ...... Isn't that too much......"

Looking at Han Yan and the others who had already left the room, Bao Xin blinked and whispered a little melancholy.

"Alas!"

Cao Cao sighed and shook his head, but didn't say anything more.

And Han Yan, who came out of the room, first thought of something that was not angry or not, because there was still a Dian Wei standing by the door, who was staring at him intently at this time.

"Why don't you go in?"

Looking at Dian Wei's resolute face, Han Yan raised his hand and gently dusted Dian Wei's head, removing the dust that didn't exist in the first place.

"Lord, are we leaving?"

Dian Wei did not answer Han Yan's words, but asked Han Yan instead.

"My lord?" Repeating Dian Wei's salutation in his mouth, Han Yan only felt that his already bad mood suddenly became cheerful, "Yes! We're leaving! ”

"My lord, where are we going?"

Hu Min, who came out of anger just now, came to Han Yan's side at this time and asked worriedly.

"This one! Let's go find Kong Rong, he has a lot of grain and grass there! And ......," Han Yan said, smiling, "And, isn't this what you told me?" ”

"Me? When did I say that? Lord? Aren't you fooled by those people? ”

Hu Min frowned, as if he was saying that Han Yan was really confused.

"Huh? Tongda made eye contact with me before, and then opened and closed your hands, didn't you let me separate from them, and then go to Kong Rong? ”

After snorting his teeth, Han Yan was also a little confused at this time, he seemed to be wrong?

"My lord! I'm talking to you, but I'm not talking about it. It's because ...... Although we have 1,000 grain and grass, we have more than 3,000 men and horses! I don't know how to tell you, nervously clasping my hands there! ”

Hu Min shook his hand, knowing that the meaning conveyed by the two sides was completely wrong. But it's already here, and it's too late to say anything more.

"Wait a minute! Three thousand? We have more than 900 losses in the war, where did we get more than 3,000 people? ”

Originally, he was still struggling with the matter of grain and grass, but as soon as he heard another key point in Hu Min's words, Han Yan's attention was immediately attracted.

"Well, the 3,000 people led by Bao Tao were not completely killed at all, and there were probably more than 1,000 people, who were staying with us before. Originally, they wanted to wait for Bao Xin to return to the team after coming, but as soon as they heard that Bao Tao died in front of Bao Xin, none of the leading generals dared to go back, they didn't dare to go back, and the ordinary soldiers under them didn't dare to go back! In this case, it will not come to us! Hu Min said, glanced at the door behind him, turned around, and continued: "Originally, this matter was meant to be told to you, the lord, but you came here as soon as you woke up, didn't we have time!" ”

"Oh! That's it! Three thousand is three thousand, and it won't affect my plans anyway. ”

Rubbing his chin, Han Yan didn't care very much, whether there were more than a thousand people or a thousand less under his subordinates would not have much impact on his current plan at all, after all, the most important thing in the whole plan was to travel lightly, and the current number of people was still within an acceptable range.

"Lord...... Still want to go to Kong Beihai? ”

After hesitating for a moment, Sun Guan stood up and asked softly.

"Not bad! In fact, when we talked just now, we forgot a very important thing! Kong Beihai came so late, and a large part of the responsibility fell on Bao Xin. ”

Nodding slightly, Han Yan's thoughts became clearer and clearer.

However, on the opposite side of Han Yan, Sun Guan was confused, "Lord, what did you say...... I don't quite understand. ”

"Bao Xin's grain and grass are not carried, Kong Rong has to help him transport it, so that Kong Beihai, who originally wanted to fight on the battlefield, has now completely become the main general of the grain transportation team, so that he can still go fast, it will be strange! Ha ha! ”

Hearing Kong Rong's depressed expression at this time, Han Yan really couldn't help laughing.