Chapter 274: Fire Attack
Fufeng County, the county town of Shame "Lu Division, our army has been besieged in Shame for half a month, if we don't come up with a way to break through, there will be insufficient food and grass." A fat man, with a beard full of stubble and a long sword pinned to his waist, knelt on the couch, and said to Lu Zhi with a gloomy face.
This fat man, naturally by the Qiang people, Qiang Hu and the Western Regions known as Dong Zhuo Demon King, Dong Zhuo word Zhong Ying, Liangzhou Thorn History, under the command of the West Liang Iron Cavalry crown in the world, is today only with Liu Tai one of the great princes, this expedition, because the main force is mostly Dong Zhuo's subordinates, so Dong Zhuo was named the deputy general of the Western Route Army, Dong Zhuo's generals also have many people named generals.
Lu Zhi's face was pale, looking a little bit of a wind and candle, he glanced at Dong Zhuo, pursed his lips, and said lightly: "Breakthrough? What about after the breakout? Could it be that Chang'an is stationed as a line of defense? Chang'an is the capital of my Han Dynasty, if we are in trouble, how can we explain to Your Majesty? ”
"This" Dong Zhuo is not a fool, he has a very strong military mind, how can he not understand that Shame is the last line of defense in Chang'an, after Shame, it will be a horse Pingchuan, and when 400,000 troops will come to Chang'an, I don't know how many people will lose their heads.
But Dong Zhuo was unwilling, because it was obviously impossible to defend the shame, if he didn't take the opportunity to escape from the shame, he was afraid that all of them would die in the county town of Shame, although Dong Zhuo was still relatively loyal to the Han, but he didn't expect to die to die for the country.
"Master Lu, since you can't retreat, let's just fight to the death with the ant thief!" Gritting his teeth, a cold light flashed in Dong Zhuo's eyes, and he said to Lu Zhi.
"A decisive battle?" Lu Zhi's eyebrows jumped, and a fine light flashed in his eyes, but he didn't speak, but looked at a man in a black robe standing behind Dong Zhuo.
Feeling Lu Zhi's gaze, Dong Zhuo's mouth cracked, and he said to Lu Zhi: "Master Lu, this person is Zhuo's virtuous Li Ru."
"Wen You, haven't you come forward to see Master Lu?" Seeing that Li Ru didn't react and stood there in a daze, Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction, and he said out loud.
"Huh??" Li Ru frowned, glanced at Dong Zhuo, then looked at Lu Zhi, stepped forward slightly, bowed to Lu Zhi and said, "Humble Li Ru Li Wenyou, I have seen Lu Shuai"
Lu Zhi nodded, looked at Li Ru, his eyes flashed with inexplicable meaning, and asked lightly: "Wen Xiansheng just smiled at the corner of his mouth when Zhong Ying said the decisive battle, obviously looking like he was in his chest, I don't know if Wen You has a high strategy?"
"Heh" Li Ru smiled very disrespectfully, but Lu Zhi didn't say anything, just looked at Li Ru quietly, Li Ru glanced at Dong Zhuo, and after finding that Dong Zhuo had no expression, he said out loud: "Lu Shi said that he was laughing, he was only a military Sima Er, how could he dare to discuss military plans with the generals?" ”
When Li Ru said this, Lu Zhi clearly saw the generals of the Xiliang Army Group sitting down, and the corners of their mouths were extremely tangled, and even with Dong Zhuo, they all twitched their faces, obviously disagreeing with Li Ru's words.
A strange color flashed in Lu Zhi's eyes, as an old bureaucrat, Lu Zhi's flattering skills have not been learned, but his ability to see people is one of the best, judging from Li Ru's words and the expressions of the soldiers of the Xiliang Army, Li Ru is definitely not an ordinary person, and may even be the chief military advisor behind the scenes of the Xiliang Army.
"But it doesn't hurt to say it, now that the national disaster is imminent, as long as you have a strategy to break the enemy, this commander will use you exceptionally." Lu Zhi's face was very flat, his eyes were blazing staring at Li Ru, looking forward to seeing the change in Li Ru's expression, but unfortunately, Lu Zhi was wrong, although Li Ru was young, but the city government was very deep, and when he heard Lu Zhi's words, he didn't change his expression at all, as if he didn't care at all.
Li Ru smiled and arched his hand at Lu Zhi and said: "If Master Lu really wants to say that he is humble, he naturally can't help but say it, but the premise is that I hope Master Lu can forgive the death penalty of humiliation." ”
Lu Zhi didn't answer directly, closed his mouth, his eyes were unpredictable, looked at Li Ru, gritted his teeth, and said, "Say it, no matter what, Ben Shuai will not die around you!"
"Then thank you Master Lu." Li Ru bowed to Master Lu, then stood up, glanced around at the crowd and said: "Generals, in fact, in this battle, our Han army is doomed to defeat, if you defend it to the death, I am afraid that the 300,000 army will die without a place to bury!" ”
"Surprised!" The hall was full of surprise, no one expected that Li Ru's first sentence was such a dejecting word, but the strange thing was that the Xiliang Army Group did not have the slightest surprise, and there was a look of approval on their faces, as if what Li Ru said was the truth.
"Xianxu, you also agree with giving up shame?" Dong Zhuo smiled on his face, he didn't expect Li Ru to have the same idea as himself, that is, to give up his shame and retreat with a large army.
"It's not to give up shame" Li Ru shook his head, and said out loud with a cold look in his eyes: "The meaning of humility is to lay out with shame!" Tens of thousands of people are ashamed of the layout!! ”
"Including Lu Zhi, none of them understand what Li Ru meant, how to lay it out with shame? What does war have to do with the people?
"What do you mean" Lu Zhi frowned, as if he had a little clue, but he was not sure, and asked tentatively.
Li Ru smiled, turned to look at Lu Zhi, and asked out loud: "Dare to ask Master Lu, every time the Yellow Turban Army passes through a county, will it sweep the gate lord clan in the city?" ”
Although he didn't understand what Li Ru meant, Lu Zhi still said out loud: "Well, what you said is right, Zhang Jiao's army sang all the way, captured countless counties, and every county will force strong Ding to enlist in the army, or expand logistics, or pull to the front of the battle as cannon fodder, the situation is fine, but because the supply line from Yizhou to Yongliang is too long, the ordnance grain and grass can not be supplied at all, after the siege of Shame, the disease of the ant thief will come out, the main reason is that the grain and grass are insufficient, the military discipline is unstable, and it is rumored that in order to raise grain and grass, Zhang Jiao acquiesced in the fact that his subordinates plundered the gate lord clan in case of insufficient food and grass, but what does this have to do with the current situation of our army? ”
Although I don't want to admit it, in fact, Zhang Jiao's army now, not counting the number of logistics, has reached more than 500,000, counting logistics, it can be said that it is as much as a million army, and the army of thieves commanded by Lu Zhi is not even 300,000.
"Oh, the intelligence of the Lu division is not comprehensive, according to the latest news, the cause of perennial natural disasters continues, grain and grass are more scarce, and even the phenomenon of cannibalism has appeared, in order to raise the grain and grass used by the army, the Yellow Turban Army not only attacked the gate lord clan, even the ordinary people did not let go, where there are young and strong people in the family, they will be forced to enlist, and those who are not young and strong will be pulled into the army to fill the army, of course, the rations will not be left, and in this way, the situation in the Central Plains is even worse, it is rumored that the Yanzhou area, almost ten rooms and nine empty, Most of the people feed on civil engineering, and it is miserable. Li Ru actually said something confusing, just now it was okay, it was said on Zhang Jiao, but this time, he actually ran to the Central Plains Yellow Turban Army.
Lu Zhi is not a stupid person, Li Ru said it so clearly, if it is not clear what Li Ru means, then what else is Lu Zhi messing with?
"What Wen You means is that Huang Jiaomin's heart is about to be lost, and it won't be long before he jumps?" The corners of his mouth cracked, although it was a little indecent, but Lu Zhi still said out loud.
"Hehe, exactly." Li Ru nodded, very satisfied that Lu Zhi understood what he meant, and said: "Since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people have won the world, the Yellow Sect has been based on the people, but now it is cruel to the people with his own hands, even more cruel than those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the people still have a way to live, but the Yellow Turban Army's move can be said to have cut off the people's way of life, for a long time, are the people still willing to follow Zhang Jiao?" Are you still willing to cut off your own life? ”
"Of course, the most important reason is not in the ordinary people, but in those gate valve clans, the gate valve clan is the foundation of my Han Dynasty, the original Yellow Turban Uprising, many of them were helped by the gate valves, among which Yizhou and Yangzhou gate valves are the most, but what about the current situation? The Yellow Turban Army recruits young and strong people uncontrollably, the team is getting bigger and bigger, the more people there are, the more grain and grass are consumed, these gate lords are already very selfish, how can they unconditionally give everything? ”
In this way, the contradiction will inevitably occur, the yellow scarf wants food, the gate lord clan does not give it, the yellow turban has soldiers, the gate lord clan does not, the gate lord clan does not give, you can! Yellow scarves can be grabbed! After robbing it, even exterminate these gate valves! Li Ru's tone was very gloomy, and everyone seemed to have a scene of those gate lords being slaughtered in front of their eyes.
"Wen You means that without us fighting, the Gate Lords will unite to denounce Zhang Jiao?" On his pale face, a hint of a smile hung up, Lu Zhi looked at Li Ru and said with a satisfied face.
"No!" Li Ru shook his head, a grim smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and said: "We are begging for a thief army, if we don't fight, what kind of system will we become?" We are going to fight, and we have to fight to the soft underbelly of Zhang Jiao! ”
"What is Zhang Jiao's weakness?" Dong Zhuo couldn't help but ask out loud, everyone present listened attentively one by one, and when they saw Dong Zhuo asking, they couldn't help but glance at Dong Zhuo, which made Dong Zhuo not embarrassed.
"Grain and grass!" Li Ru said loudly! Glancing around at everyone, Li Ru laughed hesitantly: "Zhang Jiao's weakness is naturally grain and grass, and the task of our army is to destroy Zhang Jiao's grain and grass, as long as Zhang Jiao's grain and grass are gone, he can't help but shoot at the surrounding gate lord clan, so that the contradiction between Zhang Jiao and the gate lord clan will be aggravated faster!" ”
"Once the contradiction between the gate lord clan and Zhang Jiao completely breaks out, we will unconditionally support our Han Heavenly Master to crusade against the thieves, and then the soldiers will have a steady stream of food and grass, and our army can be upright and worry-free, dragging Zhang Jiao to death alive!" Li Ru's plan is very insidious, and he hit the idea on Zhang Jiao's military rations, and it seems that Li Ru has already calculated it all.
"Zhang Jiao's subordinate sent hundreds of thousands of logistics troops to guard grain and grass, and they attach great importance to grain and grass, how can our army easily get it?" Lu Zhi frowned, and asked out loud with a little confusion.
"Heh, has Master Lu forgotten that he said that he would be ashamed of his previous humble position?" Li Ru smiled, walked to a military map hanging on the left side of the hall, pointed to the county town on the map and said: "Shame is the last stop of the attack on Chang'an, if Zhang Jiao takes down Shame, the grain and grass will definitely be in Shame, and our army only needs to prepare in advance."
Suddenly, Li Ru turned around, licked his lips, and said with a hint of madness on his face: "My military first arranged flammable things such as sulfur and hemp grass in the city of Zheli, and when the army of Zhang Jiao entered the county town of Zheli, after all the grain and grass were stored, it didn't take much, as long as there was a brigade of 1,000 people, when the rocket was thrown into the city, the whole city would become a sea of fire, if the time was arranged well, and even without much effort, Zhang Jiao could be burned alive in the county town!!! ”
(To be continued)