Chapter 228: Smoke and Sand in the Half City (85)

Eighty percent of the grain reserves of the entire Cangzhou Army are all here, and if they are burned now, the Cangzhou Army will soon fall into a state of inability to supply.

The spy who set the fire was the guard of the granary, a man who had lived in Cangzhou since he was a child.

No one thought that a person who had lived in Cangzhou City for more than ten years and had become an official would actually be a spy of the Qin State.

Soon after the spy succeeded, he was shot by random arrows, but the grain and herbs are already flammable, and it is a dry winter at the moment, and the fire cannot be controlled at all.

It wasn't until after dawn that all the grain and grass in the granary were burned out, and the fire gradually went out, looking at the granary with ashes and embers, Lei Liang's face was already black to the bottom of the pot, and outside the city, the Qin army attacked again.

The fact that the city was mixed with spies is normal in wartime, but the spies were arranged more than ten years ago, which can only prove that the Qin State, since the last defeat, has been planning today's actions!

Over there, the news of the Qin army's attack came from the West City Gate again, and Lei Liang's mood could be said to be on the verge of breaking out at any time.

Xi Fan knew that the granary in the city was burned down.

A whistle called to the secret guard guarding her side: "Go to the nearby town, let the Lingxiao Merchant Bank buy grain, the more the cost, the better, and pack up the part that was stored before and wait for my order at any time." ”

"It's the little master."

Watching the dark guard walk away, Yan Yuheng said, "Are you preparing for Cangzhou City?" ”

"Well, I know that General Lei will definitely find a way to deal with the food problem, but I am worried that since there are spies in the city and the granaries have been burned down, those soldiers who give orders will definitely have no problem? If something goes wrong with them, it's too late to find out when they find out. ”

"You're not going to Lei Liang?"

Xi Fan shook his head: "Wait." He was too preconceived of me and wouldn't take my advice lightly. ”

In this regard, Yan Yuheng agrees.

Lei Liang's personality is too old-fashioned, he has always thought that it is good for women to teach their husbands and children at home, how can women be involved in military affairs, even if he knows that Xi Fan is capable, he will not want her to come over and point fingers.

So now, even if Xi Fan told him that she had a way to get food, Lei Liang would not believe and care, and he would not admit defeat until he really felt the pain.

And just like that, another three days passed.

In the past three days, the Qin army has been attacking every day.

At first, Lei Liang was still commanding, and by the beginning of the third day, Lei Liang began to be restless.

He had already sent a letter soldier to report the situation, even if the imperial city did not reply because it was too far away, then his letter asking for food, grass and reinforcements from the surrounding towns should always be replied.

As a result, for three days, the letter sank into the sea and never returned.

There will be no support from natural food and grass and reinforcements.

The daily consumption of the Cangzhou army is very huge, especially after the granary is burned, the remaining grain storage for three days is the limit, and if you want to continue, you can only collect grain from the city people.

And in this way, it will cause the ordinary citizens of Cangzhou City to fall into a huge panic, and they may be able to hold on for a day or two, but after a long time, the city's citizens who lack food and can't see hope may storm the city gate and escape.

The hidden danger is not ordinarily large.

In the past three days, on the first day, the Cangzhou army still provided three meals a day to the soldiers.

The next day, I didn't get a reply from the support, so I changed it to two meals a day in order to save food.

On the third day, the food stock was already stretched thin, and it was all consumed, so it had to become one meal a day.