Grains and grains are basically planted in spring and harvested in autumn, such as millet, buckwheat and other crops with a short growth period, to delay the sowing of several agricultural hours, and millet also has a variety called "sixty days to return to the warehouse", Li Yi in order to harvest crops early to mature, but also do not care about the agricultural time, let alone the quality of the harvest, will be able to find crops with a short growth period, are buried in the soil. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Millet, buckwheat and 60-day harvesting are early-maturing crops, but they have to wait more than two months before they can be eaten. After a rough estimate, Li Yi understood that the food he could raise would definitely not last for such a long time. In order to ensure that the people did not starve to death, after the spring ploughing and farming, the army and civilians had to be mobilized to ask for food from nature.

Wherever the army is close to the mountains and forests, it goes into the mountains in formation to shoot birds and wild beasts; Soldiers and civilians near rivers set nets to catch fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs; If there are wild trees nearby, pick wild fruits and fungi; In the most barren areas, you can always dig wild vegetables...... In short, as long as they came up with a solution, Li Yi and others put it into practice, so that the living standards of the military and civilians have been greatly improved, and the amount of porridge has been reduced from the beginning to one porridge a day to two meals a day, and there are often wild meat to improve nourishment.

Dong Zhuo lost hundreds of thousands of people, and he was heartbroken at first, when he found out that Li Yi's whole army was starving, he secretly rejoiced in Chang'an, and said to his subordinate generals with complacency, "Look at how long Li Yi can endure, hundreds of thousands of mouths, there will always be a time for him to give up!" Dong Zhuo also praised Li Ru.

Seeing that Li Yi was dragged by the hungry people, Dong Zhuo wanted to take the opportunity to punish Ma Teng, but Li Ru advised: "Huayin and Chang'an are close at hand, and the cavalry will come to the city in less than a day. ”

Dong Zhuo thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of anyone who had the ability to defeat Ma Teng with one blow, so he had to give up. Dong Zhuo's Chang'an City was temporarily stabilized, and he was leisurely and began to live a life of indulgence again.

I thought that Li Yi would give up sooner or later, but I didn't expect Hongnong's production to save itself, and it was vigorous. Knowing that Li Yi was going to fight a protracted battle, Dong Zhuo was like a deflated ball, slumped on the couch.

Li Ru also realized the seriousness of the problem, and he suggested: "Li Yi buys grain in Jingzhou, as long as my lord sends Liu Biao, he can cut off Li Yi's lifeline!" ”

"Sir, that's true!" Dong Zhuo has already obeyed his words, he once sent someone to get close to Liu Biao, but he put a cold ass on his hot face! How do you annoy him? It's nothing more than a wish to seal the official! But Liu Biao held the tablet of the clan and refused to give in easily! What else can be done?

Seeing the worry in the lord's heart, Li Ru smiled slightly and said: "Li Yi's tiger and wolf division, combined with Liu Biao, he will not easily cooperate." But this time it is just to stop trade with Li Yi, and it should be effortless! ”

Although Li Ru's tone was categorical, Dong Zhuo's fragile heart could no longer bear the damage. Dong Zhuo lost his domineering attitude when he first arrived in Beijing, and his self-confidence was extremely insufficient. Dead horses are regarded as live horse doctors, Dong Zhuo held the heart of trying it out, and sent someone to envoy Liu Biao.

Li Ru personally invited Ying to go, which made Dong Zhuo feel gratified. Sure enough, Li Ru lived up to expectations, and with his three-inch tongue, Chen said: "If Li Yi wins, the tail will not fall, and Jingzhou will be in danger!" ”

Liu Biao was skeptical, but his adviser Kuai Yue agreed with the two people's statements. Kuai Yue said: "Li Yi is not an idle person, if he is allowed to become stronger, Jingzhou will bear the brunt of it and become a place of annexation!" Our lord only needs to prohibit the outflow of grain under the pretext of the lack of grain in Jingzhou, and he will not be able to tell the truth! ”

Kuai Yue character is different, Xiangyang Zhonglu people, is the Wang family of Jingzhou South County, Liu Biaozhi's right-hand man. Hearing Kuai Yue's words, Liu Biao gladly accepted Li Ru's advice and ordered the blockade of all intersections and fortresses to prohibit merchants from coming and going.

"Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao cut off my grain route!"

Hongnong has just improved, and the loss of purchased grain and grass has made matters worse. Li Yi's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Liu Biao is extremely hateful! I want to do my best to take down his Jingzhou to solve the danger of my grain and grass! ”

"The culprit is Dong Zhuo, my brother didn't want to fall for his plan to sow discord, indiscriminately and unprovokedly expanding the incident!" Knowing that Li Yi was venting his depressed mood, Zhang Ying also stopped at the point.

Chang'an is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so isn't Xiangyang! And to attack Liu Biao, you need to borrow Nanyang. There is a precedent for the destruction of false ways, how can the slippery Zhang Ji be allowed to go? There are wrongs and debts, and the real culprit cannot be allowed to be at ease in Chang'an. The army and the people fought for a month, Li Yi was finally able to settle down, and was fooled by Dong Zhuo, Li Yi was originally unwilling, but now he provoked right and wrong, new and old grudges gathered in his heart, Li Yi said angrily: "Dong Zhuo's old thief is really hateful, I am inseparable from him!" ”

Half of the soldiers and horses are in Hongnong Tuntian, relying on 30,000 troops, it is not realistic to storm Chang'an, but the whole army is holding its breath, if you don't send troops to recruit Dong thief, it will be difficult to calm the resentment! What's the harm in fighting Chang'an once, it's just a gesture to draw a successful end to this crusade against Dong Zhuo. Zhang Ying thought about this, she smiled slightly: "After more than a month of repair, Dong Thief's soldiers and horses are not what they used to be, their morale and military spirit have been restored, if they can't hold out, I really have no way to break the city." The world is unpredictable and ever-changing, if Dong Thief makes a low-level mistake, I can enter Chang'an. ”

The soldiers and horses did not move the food and grass first, Yu Bing was in charge of logistics preparations, and in the face of the grim situation, the pressure she was under can be imagined. Since there is little hope of sending troops, why do you need to do more? Yu Bing sighed, and she said with a bitter face: "The two of us know the current situation of our army, and if we don't have enough food and strength, how can we fight the enemy?" It's better to wait for the abundance of grain and grass, and then it's not too late to send troops! ”

Zhang Ying also felt that Yu Bing's words were reasonable, but before she could speak, Li Yi had already preemptively said: "Temporarily restore the military rations of the soldiers, and in a few days, the whole army will be able to recuperate." When you arrive at Chang'an City, you will be full of energy and high spirits! Maybe if we find a fighter, Dong Zhuo's military rations will be obediently given to us, I don't know! ”

It is not realistic to rob Dong Zhuo's grain and grass, so it is all about Li Yi entertaining himself and venting his grievances, Zhang Ying smiled slightly and said: "Our army is the enemy of Dong Zhuo, and it seems that people are lonely, and it is more successful to ask Ma Teng to kill Dong together!" ”

"It's a really good idea." Li Yi immediately agreed.

"Ma Shoucheng's strength is not bad, and with him joining the ranks of thieves, the success will be doubled." Yu Bing also bowed slightly, expressing great affirmation.

Yu Bing and Li Yi had no objections, so they decided that Hongnong would still be stationed in Huaxiong, Tongguan would be an important place for soldiers, and it would be guarded by Li Meng, and Fan Chou would be responsible for escorting grain and grass and arranging the rear properly. Mobilized 30,000 horses, Li Yi, Zhang Ying, Yu Bing, and Zhao Yun, four generals, led the army to Chang'an. (To be continued.) )