Zhang Jaw said: "Lord, the success or failure of this time is all in the grain and grass. ”

Grain and grass, everyone didn't understand when they heard it, it was because of the grain and grass that they were forced to withdraw their troops, and how to succeed was also on the grain and grass.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhang Jaw hurriedly explained: "Lord, we have to retreat because of the lack of food and grass, but you think, the spies have not reported that there is an army to send grain to the Yellow Turban for several days, and there must not be much grain and grass in the city now, after all, they have more than 50,000 people, and they consume more food every day than we change. Lu Qi of Guangyang has a cautious personality, what he is afraid of is that we have grain and grass to transport, as long as we send people to pretend to be a grain army, the enemy will definitely send people out, we can catch them all, and when the time comes, we can disguise themselves as their people, we can sneak into the city, as long as the city gate is opened, I believe that our army will definitely be able to attack the city. ”

Li Zhen thought about it for a while and said, "Why don't we pretend to withdraw our troops, so that they can come out." ”

"The lord doesn't understand, this person's personality is cautious, maybe he has heard the prestige of the lord, so he doesn't dare to come out. If we pretend to withdraw our troops, he will send someone to investigate, and he will not rush out. The withdrawal of troops only made him more cautious. Zhang Jaw guessed Lu Qi's thoughts, if Lu Qi was here, he would definitely be surprised, and he guessed his thoughts thoroughly.

Li Zhen thought about it, and now he didn't pay any better attention than Zhang Jaw, and stood up and said: "Since General Zhang is the battle plan you think, you are responsible for giving orders, and the whole army is under your command starting from me." ”

Zhang Jaw was full of emotion, with tears in his eyes, this is really the death of a confidant, since ancient times, there is a superior person who can really delegate power to his subordinates, but my lord can, Zhang Jaw thought, and shouted: "No." ”

Li Zhen untied the sword and handed it to Zhang Jaw, who did not take it politely, and now is not the time to be polite, he raised his long sword and shouted: "All the generals will listen to the order." ”

"The order was not heard."

Zhang Jaw took out the sand table, the sand table was made by Li Zhen after the battle of Wuheng, when it was made, everyone was surprised, looking at the small sand table, but clearly gathered the mountains, flowing water and roads, it was really ingenious. Zhang Jaw pointed to the sand table and said: "This is the only way for us to transport grain, and there is a hill in the camp ten miles, I guess that the Yellow Turban Army will ambush here when they hear that there is grain to be transported, and now Zhou Cang listens to the order." ”

"Not in." Zhou Cang stood up and said.

"I order you to take 2,000 men and horses, prepare more than a dozen carts of supplies, quietly leave the camp overnight, go twenty miles away, and strengthen your prestige tomorrow, if you encounter a yellow scarf, you are only allowed to flee to the mountains, and you are not allowed to fight." Jaw opened.

"Ahh The supplies were not all given to the Yellow Turbans. Zhou Cang listened to Zhang Jaw's order and said.

Li Zhen glared at Zhou Cang, and Zhou Cang replied, "No." ”

"Zhang Fei listens to orders."

"Not in."

"Tonight, you take the cavalry to leave quietly, lie in ambush at one end of the mountain, and wait until the enemy comes out to grab food, and then bring the troops out, and I will also respond from the other end at that time, and Zhou Cang will take your soldiers and horses down the mountain, and we will surround together, and promise not to let go of a yellow scarf." Zhang Jaw said freely.

"What am I doing?" Dian Wei saw that everyone had a task, and only he was left to ask anxiously.

"Hehe, you, you are the most critical, tomorrow you will still go to call the battle, and you will scold even more fiercely." Zhang Jaw assigned Dian Wei his business in the past few days.

"Ahh and he went, but did not obey. Dian Wei saw Li Zhen glaring at him, so he could only obediently accept the order.

"Li Zhen listens to orders."

As soon as Li Zhen heard that he still had his own tasks, he immediately set an example, letting the soldiers in the battalion know that he had delegated power to Zhang Jaw, and shouted: "I didn't obey the order." ”

"Make more straw men in the camp tonight, put on armor, and send more people around tomorrow, don't let the spies outside find out the reality of the camp." Zhang Jaw said tactfully and implicitly.

"I didn't obey." Li Zhen was very happy when he saw that Zhang Jaw had been arranged in an orderly manner, and that this general had begun to display his talents in the barracks.

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The next day, after breakfast, Dian Wei led people to the city to call for battle, and the Yellow Turban Army on the city wall was used to listening to it, and no one paid attention to it.

"Report, twenty miles outside the city, the leader found officers and soldiers transporting grain." A small spy comes to Lu Qi's side to report.

Lu Qi laughed and said, "Okay, what are the movements of the officers and soldiers now?" ”

The spy replied, "It's still the same as before, now there are people outside the city shouting for the leader to call for battle, and training is still going on in the camp. ”

Lu Qi waved his hand and said: "You go and have a full meal now, find a few clever people to show me the battalion of officers and soldiers, and come back to report to me as soon as there is any trouble." ”

"Yes, Chief." The spy said happily that he could finally have a full meal today.

Several leaders in the hall were hurriedly called by Lu Qi, but there was no trace of Lu Qi, and they were dissatisfied, and one said: "This Lu Qi really thinks he is amazing, and he hasn't come yet." ”

"It's not, it's like thinking that I can beat the officers and soldiers outside."

"Hehe, I'm sorry, I'm late." Lu Qi said belatedly.

"Not late, not too late, we thought we had just arrived." The hearts of the people are not the same. "Haha, I came to you today to discuss important matters, I just received a report from the spies, the grain and grass of the officers and soldiers have been escorted to twenty miles outside the city, it seems that we can only act according to the original plan." Lu Qi said leisurely.

"It's up to the chief." Everyone said in unison. "Haha, that's good, this time the blockade is only burning the grain and grass, well, I'll send Niu Er forward." Lu Qi thought about it.

A man named Niu Er stood up, he was tall, his whole body muscles were tight, he burst out with strength, and he was relatively dark, but his martial arts were the best among the people, and this time Lu Qi thought of him. Niu Er said arrogantly: "What does the big leader command?" “

Lu Qi was not angry when he saw his attitude, capable people would always be a little arrogant, and said in a calm tone: "This time, you take 5,000 people to a place ten miles outside the city, where there is a hill, I asked people to investigate, this is the only way for officers and soldiers to transport food, and you are ambushed here." "Yes." Niu Er replied simply and neatly.

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On a hill ten miles outside the city, Niu Er led people to ambush here, waiting for the arrival of officers and soldiers, but at noon there was not even a shadow, and it was not until the afternoon that a team of soldiers and horses carrying grain and grass at the intersection slowly arrived.

Niu Er clenched the weapon in his hand and said, "Everyone is ready." “

Five thousand men scooped up bows and drew swords, just waiting for the officers and soldiers to arrive.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers had arrived in the ambush circle, Niu Er couldn't wait to shout: "Brothers, kill." He led his men and horses down the mountain to pounce on the officers and soldiers like tigers. When the officers and soldiers under the mountain saw that there was an ambush, they immediately panicked and fled in all directions, and the people fled to a place where no one was. Seeing that it was so easy to get grain and grass, Niu Er shouted: "These officers and soldiers are really vulnerable, and they fled before they fought, no wonder the Great Liang Heavenly Master can sweep through the seven states in January, and the brothers bring all the grain and grass back." When the Yellow Turban Army stopped at Niu Er, they screamed and surrounded all the grain and grass, and saw that the grain and grass bags on it were stabbed with weapons, and when they saw the white rice flowing out, their eyes glowed green, and they wanted to see beautiful women, holding the grain in their hands, thinking that with these grains, they would not have to starve anymore. Then he used his weapon to cut through the bag underneath, and when he went to pick it up with joy, he saw that all he had received was sand, and he shouted: "Commander Niu, how come these are all sand." “

Hearing this, Niu Er hurriedly stepped forward, cut a few bags, and saw that all the sand flowed out of them was sand, and shouted, "It's not good." “

And this is the sound of rumbling on both sides of the intersection, and the officers and soldiers who fled just now also rushed down from the mountain, shouting: "Kill." “

Niu Er jumped like thunder and said: "This Lu Qi is clever to himself, thinking that everything is being calculated, and he surrounded the officers and soldiers to seize grain and grass, but who knew that he was surrounded by the officers and soldiers, which really killed people." “