Just as Zuo Xiaoyou thought in his heart, after Lu Bu occupied Panyang, he did not eagerly expand the results of the war, but quickly sent people to control all the cities west of Lijiang, block the news, and cut off Li Zitong's grain route.

Li Zitong's 90,000 army of grain and grass was almost all hoarded in Panyang City, and now Panyang was occupied by Lu Bu and suddenly had no source of grain and grass, and it was not until three days later that Li Zitong found out that something was wrong, but at this time, it was a little too late.

Heshan, Li Zitong camp.

"My lord, many officers and soldiers in the army are dissatisfied and gather to make trouble, our army has not distributed grain and grass for a day, and if it continues like this, I am worried that there will be a mutiny!" Qin Chaowen stood beside Li Zitong with a little worry on his face.

"Isn't there any news from Niu Gang yet?" Li Zitong frowned and said, but there was a little helplessness on his handsome face at this time, I don't know where Lu Bu found such helpers, and with 20,000 troops, he will contain his 90,000 counties here, and he will not be able to advance an inch.

Li Zitong seemed to be more than ten years old all of a sudden, and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid something happened to Pan Yang." "Three days, three whole days, none of the people sent to urge grain have returned, not only Panyang City, but also the nearby cities He has sent people to urge food, but there is no news.

The last trace of luck in his heart was gone, Qin Chaowen was shocked to find that Li Zitong's originally ruddy and shiny face actually had some wrinkles, you must know that Li Zitong is also a generation of internal force, and the rivers and lakes are enough to compete with those first-class top masters, and the internal force cultivation has reached the state of Li Zitong, although it is not said that it can prolong life, but it can still be done to slow down aging, and Li Zitong has always been very concerned about his appearance, and now suddenly, he is more than ten years old, although Qin Chaowen regrets it in his heart, but for a while it is unthinkable.

At this moment, a noisy exclamation suddenly sounded outside the tent, and Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen's faces couldn't help but change, and they hurriedly came out of the tent.

"What's going on!?" Looking at the soldiers who ran towards the gate of the village, Qin Chaowen grabbed a general and asked sharply.

Although the morale of the army is unstable now, Qin Chaowen, as a general under Li Zitong's account, is in charge of military affairs, and has a high prestige in the army, this general does not dare to be presumptuous, bowed down and said: "Qin Shuai, someone threw a head outside the gate of the village, and the young general doesn't know whose head it is." ”

Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen's hearts couldn't help but sink, and an ominous premonition arose in their hearts, now that there is a shortage of food in the army, and the army's morale is weak, it is the most fatal time, but they suddenly threw a human head, I am afraid it is to hit their own morale.

"Who is this man?" At the front gate of the camp, a large number of soldiers had gathered, gathered in a circle, and pointed to the middle.

"God, isn't this General Niu Gang? He is the defender of Panyang City, could it be that Panyang City has been captured!? One of the captains' eyes widened in horror.

"No wonder there is no food these days, Panyang has been captured, how can this battle be fought!?" With the words of the commander, uneasiness began to spread in the barracks.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the lord is here!" Under the push and shove of several elite soldiers, the soldiers made way for a passage, allowing Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen to come to the door smoothly.

"General Niu!?" A general who followed Li Zitong exclaimed in surprise, revealing an incredible gaze.

Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen's faces were pale, although they also knew that Pan Yang had an accident, but they didn't expect that Pan Yang City, which had 10,000 soldiers, would be directly attacked, and even the guards would be killed, and the matter had reached an irreparable situation.

"Report!"

A non-commissioned soldier rushed over, knelt in front of Li Zitong and said, "General, Luo Cheng's land and water army is concurrently moving towards our military camp!" ”

Since the start of the war, because of the small number of soldiers, Luo Cheng has been unwilling to fight Li Zitong head-on, but the wall is clear, it is said that he defends it, occasionally fights, and also uses the terrain, and now he suddenly comes out, I am afraid that the person who comes is not good.

"Prepare for battle!" At this time, Li Zitong instead returned to the calm of the past, the matter has come to this, it seems that it is impossible to be bad anymore, a battle against the water, maybe there is still a way to live, if you can break Luo Cheng in one fell swoop, into Jiujiang, then the danger of grain and grass can be suspended, although Lu Bu captured Panyang, but the foundation is unstable, and the number of troops is small, he took advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive, and it is not impossible to turn defeat into victory in one fell swoop.

"Roar!"

All the soldiers around raised their weapons and shouted, Li Zitong started from scratch and created today's family business, but he is not a vain person, and his prestige in the army is extremely high.

The imaginary war did not appear, but an attractive aroma of food drifted into Li Zitong's army with the wind, not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen couldn't help but be attracted by this aroma, and the hunger that was originally suppressed because of emotion rose from the stomach and spread to every corner of the body.

"Not good!" Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen were shocked at the same time, at this time, the aroma of food was a hundred times more poisonous than any poison in the world to the entire army.

"Despicable!" Instantly knowing Luo Cheng's purpose for doing this, Qin Chaowen couldn't help but be angry in his chest, but he was helpless.

The morale that was originally motivated by Li Zitong fell to the bottom in an instant, even if Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen had the means to reach the sky, in this case, they were powerless to return to the sky.

"Where is General Li Zitong, can you come out and talk about it!?" Luo Cheng straddled the war horse and exhaled.

"Lord, the enemy army is deceitful, there must be fraud here, the lord has a body of gold, and he must not be in danger!" Qin Chaowen saw that Li Zitong intended to leave the camp, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

Li Zitong shook his head with a wry smile, looked at Qin Chaowen seriously and said: "General Qin has been following me since I got into trouble, Zitong has nothing to repay, if something really happens this time, General Qin can dismiss his troops, or put himself under Lu Bu, this person is not long in the rise, it is the time to employ people, with Chaowen's talent, he should be reused." ”

"Why did the lord say this! Qin is not greedy for life and afraid of death, besides, our army now has more than 80,000 people, and the enemy army is only 20,000, and it is still unknown who will kill the deer! Qin Chaowen said sharply.

Li Zitong didn't answer, turned over and got on the horse, and Qin Chaowen hurriedly led a team of personal soldiers to follow closely.

Less than a mile outside Li Zitong's camp, Luo Cheng stood proudly in the wilderness single-handedly, watching Li Zitong lead the crowd out of the camp, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but glow with a touch of mockery.

Li Zitong's face was slightly hot, looking at the heroic Luo Cheng, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, whether he was really old, but he didn't make any expression on his face, and sneered: "General Luo came alone, aren't you afraid that we will take you down?" Used to threaten Lu Bu? ”

Luo Cheng didn't say a word, the silver spear was raised slightly obliquely, and a domineering momentum arose, with a hint of a sneering smile on his face: "Is General Li willing to give it a try!?" ”

Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen's faces couldn't help but change greatly, since the launch, it was the first time they knew that Luo Cheng was also a master who was deeply hidden, and he couldn't help but be secretly awe-inspiring in his heart, with the momentum shown by Luo Cheng, even if they couldn't defeat them and join forces, if they wanted to leave, Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen had no ability to stop it.

A bitter smile appeared on his face: "I don't know what kind of charm Lu Bu has, he actually makes such a talent as a general willing to serve him, with the talent of a general, even if he is self-reliant, there are probably few people in the world who can rival generals, right?" ”

"If my eldest brother hears this, I'm afraid your head is gone." Luo Cheng sneered, withdrew the silver spear, and rode his horse to the front of the two, Li Zitong and Qin Chaowen couldn't help but tighten their faces, and secretly condensed and guarded.

"Today, Luo Cheng sincerely invited the general here, not to show off Luo Cheng's martial arts, but he didn't want the general to be a hero, but he just buried his bones here." Luo Cheng looked at Li Zitong with burning eyes, his voice turned gentle, and he said softly: "Now that your army has been out of food for three days, if Luo Cheng is not bad, I'm afraid there is no surplus food in the camp, right?" ”

"Hmph, General Luo can rest assured, the surplus food in our army can be used for at least one month!" Qin Chaowen sneered.

"Gollum~"

Very inopportunely, a general was attracted by the aroma emanating from the air, and there was a thunderclap in his belly, and everyone's faces couldn't help but be embarrassed.

"Really?" A smile appeared on Luo Cheng's face, noncommittal.

"General Luo, the Ming people don't say secret words, the general asked me out, it won't be just to spy on our army's reality, right?" Li Zitong raised his head and looked at Luo Cheng with awe-inspiring eyes.

"Yes, Luo Cheng is here, it is really to persuade him to surrender, Xuancheng has been broken, Pan Yang is also my main bowstring, the general has no way to retreat, why not surrender early, now the situation is turbulent, if the general is willing to invest in my lord's account, he will be able to make a great cause." When Luo Cheng heard this, he didn't say anything more, and said in a deep voice.

"Persuasion? Is General Luo joking with me, now just here, I have an army of 80,000, although Panyang City has been taken, but Panyang is still under the control of our army, in addition to Xin'an and Yuzhang counties, if I want to leave, even if I don't want this 80,000 army, Lu Bu can win this time, do you still want to win me a second time? ”

"North of Lijiang, it has been controlled by my lord, and if the general wants to retreat, I am afraid that he can only retreat to Yuzhang or Xin'an by water." Luo Cheng didn't answer, but looked at Li Zitong with a concerned face.

Li and Qin couldn't help but change their colors when they heard this, Yuzhang is vast and sparsely populated, far from being comparable to Jiujiang, Panyang and other places, if Li Zitong returns to Yuzhang, Lu Bu can take Panyang and Xin'an counties without blood, plus Jiujiang and Xuancheng County, which has been occupied by Han Kai, the power of the four counties, as long as Lu Bu is given a period of time, after digesting the newly acquired four counties, I am afraid that the strength of the two sides will be doubled.

Similarly, if you retreat to Xin'an, there is a Panyang Lake between Xin'an and Yuzhang, and at that time, with Li Zitong's strength, it will be beyond the reach of the whip, and he will not be able to take care of the two places at the same time, and Xin'an is between Panyang and Xuancheng, even if he can still control the place east of Lijiang, it will be useless, no matter whether he chooses Yuzhang or Xin'an, it means that he only has one county left.

"Do you think we'll believe it!?" A strong man glared at him and said angrily.

"Believe it or not, it's all up to the general, Luo Cheng's words are all here, within a day, Luo Cheng will not take the initiative to enter the army, if after a day, the general still has no information, then Luo Cheng will regard the general as a refusal to surrender, and when the time comes, don't blame Luo Cheng for being ruthless!" Luo Cheng sneered, didn't explain much, hugged his fist at Li Zitong, turned the horse's head and left.

(To be continued)