Ran Min looked at the generals and asked loudly, "How much military ration is there in Yecheng?" ”

"Your Majesty, the military food in Yecheng is less than 5,000 deniers, and in half a month, my tens of thousands of troops in Yecheng will run out of food." A subordinate general said helplessly.

When Ran Min heard this, he sighed and said loudly: "Immediately send an order, let the 30,000 main forces in the city immediately reinforce Lukou, and 8,000 beggar guards will go to Zhongshan County with me to collect grain, and the rest of the men and horses will defend the city." ”

The generals were shocked when they heard this, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, the main force is pouring out, if there is an enemy army attacking Yecheng, what should it be?" ”

"Yecheng lacks food and grass, and the main army will be starved to death if it stays in Chengnei, and now, the main force of Yan State is attacking Lukou day and night, and Lukou is in a hurry, so let the main army go to Lukou, first, it can resist the Yan army, and second, there is still surplus grain near Lukou, which can not fill the stomach of the main army." Ran Min said loudly.

The general asked again: "In this case, why didn't the emperor personally go to Lukou to defend against the Yan army, but went to Zhongshan to collect grain?" ”

Ran Min smiled and said loudly: "Zhongshan County is on the west side of Lukou, I led the elite troops to Zhongshan County, first, to collect the grain and grass needed by the army, and second, to attack the flank of the Yan army from the west, so as to attack with General Wang of Lukou on both sides, completely defeat the soldiers and horses of Yan State, and go all the way to the north, enter Jicheng, and kill Murong Jun." After speaking, there was a confident look in his eyes.

When the generals heard this, most of them recognized Ran Min's strategy, but they all had reservations about waving their troops to the north and approaching Jicheng, and persuaded Ran Min to slow down the Yan Kingdom.

But Ran Min has no better choice, and the problem of food shortage in the Great Wei State is becoming more and more serious. This strict zhòng restricts the national strength, and the northern part of Jizhou and Youzhou suffer much less war, as much as possible to take Youzhou, can effectively solve the crisis of domestic food shortage, for this reason, Ran Min must be desperate, all out of the north attack.

In fact, Ran Min has another choice, that is, to wave his army south and occupy the land of fish and rice in the Jin Kingdom. So as to solve the crisis of food shortage in the country. But in this way, it is inevitable to have a big war with the army of the Jin State, and he does not think that the Jin State is strong and the Yan State is weak, but. Once a war with the Jin kingdom began. Yan Guo sat on the fisherman's profits. Once the Wei and Jin dynasties exhausted, it was very likely that the Yan State would move south and occupy the entire world.

And in Ran Min's heart. The Murong clan of the Yan Kingdom is a generation of Hulu, if the Yan State is allowed to occupy the entire world, then the Huaxia clan will no longer exist, which he does not want to see.

Of course, if he attacks to the north with all his might, the Jin State in the south of the Yangtze River will also take advantage of the fisherman, and his generals south of the Yellow River have all taken refuge in the Jin State, but the pattern of the world is so helpless, he must make a clear choice between attacking the Jin State or attacking the Yan State, and no matter how he chooses, there will be an enemy country that will reap the benefits of the fisherman.

In order for the bloodline of the Huaxia clan to continue, he made up his mind to abandon the Yan and Henan prefectures south of the Yellow River, and lead the main army to fight against the southward army of the Yan State.

After simple preparations, the 30,000 main begging troops of Yecheng went to the direction of Lukou for reinforcements, while Ran Min personally led 8,000 elite begging guards to march towards Changshan County.

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In Luoyang City, Hua An received a reply from the imperial court, and as he had expected, the imperial court did not agree to move the capital to Luoyang, and vetoed the surrender of Ran Min, and ordered that the border should be strictly guarded, and that no one should cross the river to the north at will, nor should it give Wei grain and grass support.

"How these adults in the imperial court will make decisions, I don't have to think about it to know." Hua An snorted teasingly, and looked at his subordinates.

"General, my subordinates think that there is nothing wrong with the decision-making of the imperial court, isn't it good to watch the fire from the other side?" Zhang Yu whispered.

Hua An nodded and said softly: "The general didn't say that the court's decision was wrong, but if Ran Min was quickly defeated, it would not be good for my Great Jin!" ”

"The general is too worried, Ran Min is brave and good at fighting, and he has broken tens of thousands of elites of Yan Country with thousands of begging troops, so it seems that the combat power of the begging army cannot be underestimated, and it will not be defeated so quickly." Zhang Yu said.

Hua An looked at the generals and asked, "Why, you think so too." ”

Wang Sandao: "Big brother, Ran Min has killed a piece of the world in Hebei with his elite beggar army, and for more than two years, he has almost never lost a battle, although there are 200,000 elites in Yan Kingdom, it is really difficult to predict who will die." ”

"Yes! General, it is unpredictable who will kill Ran Min and Murong Junlu, how can it be said that Ran Min will be defeated quickly? Zhuge Xiong said loudly.

"General, the imperial court probably thinks that Ran Min has a better chance of winning, so let our army guard the border so that Ran Min can't get grain and grass, so as to weaken the strength of the Wei army." Deng Qiang guessed.

"It's best for Ran Min and Murong Jun to lose both, so that it will be easy for my Great Jin to recover Hebei and Liaodong." One of the generals was even more imaginary.

When Hua An heard this, he smiled and said softly: "Your analysis is very reasonable, but the lack of grain and grass in the Wei State is the biggest disadvantage, no matter how heroic Ran Min is, he will not be able to hold out for long without the support of grain and grass, maybe it won't be long before the Wei State collapses." ”

When the generals heard this, they all had expressions of disbelief, Hua An waved his hand, and asked the generals to go back to prepare for the war.

After the general left, Hua'an and Zhang Yu were in the big tent, discussing where to start and how many troops to send once they crossed the river to the north.

"Report, General, a few scouts sent to Yecheng a few years ago have returned." At this moment, the pro-soldiers reported the news of the return of the Yecheng scouts.

When Hua An heard this, he was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Let them in." ”

Soon, several scouts entered the tent of the Chinese army and bowed weakly.

Seeing the appearance of several scouts, Hua An and Zhang Yu beside him were all taken aback, these scouts were all yellow-faced and thin-skinned, and they didn't look like scouts sent by themselves at all, but refugees who fled.

Hua An hurriedly stretched out his hand to get a few scouts up, and asked in surprise: "You guys, why did you lose weight like this, you haven't eaten for a few days?" ”

"General, Yecheng is extremely short of food, we haven't eaten food for several months, we are really hungry, I heard that the general has arrived in Luoyang, so we left our posts without permission, came secretly, and asked the general for forgiveness." A scout said, clenching his fists.

"I haven't eaten food for months, so how did you guys survive?" When Zhang Yu heard this, he asked in surprise.

The scout replied: "General, in the beginning, you can pick wild fruits and dig wild vegetables in the mountains to satisfy your hunger, and then, when the wild fruits are plucked and the wild vegetables are dug up, you will dig up the roots of the grass to satisfy your hunger, and then you will feed on the leaves and leaves of the grass, and then even the bark of the trees will be stripped away, and finally you have to eat soil to satisfy your hunger, and many people will die for this." ”

"Yes! General, in recent months, the shortage of food in Yecheng has become more and more severe, and there has been a tragedy of cannibalism. Another scout added.

When Hua An heard this, he was shocked in his heart, he never thought that the lack of food in Yecheng had reached such a strict level, and even the scouts he sent had no way to obtain food.

"Since Yecheng is so short of food, how many troops are there in Yecheng? Did the Wei army have food in their hands? Hua An asked.

The scout replied: "General Huiyu, the main army of Yecheng has been divided into two routes, running towards Lukou and Zhongshan respectively, and there are only about 5,000 soldiers and horses left in the city, and it is estimated that there are still thousands of deniers of grain and grass. ”

"General, there are only 5,000 men and horses in Yecheng, isn't this a perfect opportunity for our army to surrender to Yecheng?" Zhang Yu said happily.

Hua An glared at Zhang Yu and said softly, "Have you forgotten the ban of the imperial court?" ”

"Huh! The subordinates were excited for a moment and forgot. Zhang Yu said with a smile.

Hua An scolded slightly, looked at a few scouts, and asked, "How many people are there in Yecheng, and the number is going to be as accurate as possible." ”

The scout replied: "General, there were originally 300,000 people in Yecheng, but in order to find food, they have left Yecheng one after another and gathered in the surrounding mountains, and the people in the city should be less than 50,000, and they have to go out of the city every day to find food, and if you count the radius of 30 miles around Yecheng, there should still be about 200,000." ”

Hua An nodded and said softly: "The people of Yecheng are so short of food, and our army has hoarded 100,000 denier of military food in Luoyang, but it can't help, what does this make the general feel at ease?" ”

"General, military food is the lifeblood of the army, and the imperial court has issued a strict order not to provide grain and grass to Wei, so the general should think twice!" Seeing that Hua'an had the intention of providing grain and grass for the people of Wei, Zhang Yu reminded in a low voice.

Hua An looked at a few scouts and said softly, "It's none of your business, let's go down first!" ”

Several scouts heard the order and withdrew from the Chinese army's tent one after another.

After the scouts left the Chinese army's big tent, Hua An looked at Zhang Yu and whispered: "The imperial court ordered that grain and grass should not be provided to Wei in order to weaken the strength of the Wei army, but now, the Wei soldiers and horses in Yecheng still have thousands of dens of grain and grass, and the common people have run out of food. ”

"General, if you let the court know, what if you do?" Zhang Yu whispered.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "If our army sends soldiers and horses to transport grain and grass to Yecheng on a large scale, it will naturally be discovered by the imperial court, but if those bold businessmen are allowed to sell grain and grass in the direction of Yecheng in small batches many times, it will be difficult for the imperial court to find out, besides, even if it is discovered, we are not much guilty, at most it is just the responsibility of negligence, this matter will be handed over to you, how about it?" ”

"Since the general has decided, then his subordinates will be ordered to carry it out, and for the sake of the people of Yecheng, it is worth being punished by the imperial court." Zhang Yuzhengse led the order. (To be continued......)