In the wilderness in the middle of the night, the bright moonlight sprinkled on the earth, so that the twenty grain carts heading south would not be blinded.

The cool evening breeze blew, swaying the reflection of the branches and leaves in the forest in the moonlight, and the wailing of the night owls from time to time made the five-hundred-member food protection team feel even heavier.

Tonight's mission, that's not for military merit.

In the distance, a pair of eyes were scrutinizing the advancing grain caravan, and when they had entered a fork in the road and determined the route, he turned and mounted his horse and galloped away.

After walking out of five miles, he came to a dense forest and dismounted, "General, the Lu army has taken the Anlin Road, and the subordinates in the rear ten miles have been investigated and confirmed that there is no ambush!" ”

Li Tong, who was sitting on a raised stone, held the sword of the pillar in both hands, closed his eyes, and looked like he was asleep.

After a while, he waved his hand and said, "Probe again!" ”

"Whoa!"

After the scout left, the adjutant general on the side asked puzzledly: "General, since there is no ambush, why don't you make a decision at the opportunity, I am afraid that there will be changes later." ”

Li Tong was noncommittal and did not say a word, like a statue.

As the first battle after joining Cao Ying, even if it was a grain robbery, even if there were only five hundred people on the other side, he did not dare to take it lightly.

Because he clearly remembered that there were two dense forests along Anlin Road, and the dense forests could ambush soldiers.

He had to wait, wait until the other party walked out of the wilderness, confirmed that there was no risk in the surroundings, and then did it, anyway, he was not in a hurry.

Besides, he brought 800 cavalry, and the speed of grain and grass could catch up with him as long as he wanted.

In July, the wilderness at night was already a little chilly, but there were no fewer mosquitoes in the dense forest, and the Cao army who ambushed the soldiers here was tired of tossing.

Finally, an hour and a half later, the scout returned.

"General, the Lu army went out of Anlin Road and entered Qianhe Bay."

Hearing this, Li Tong's eyes finally opened.

There was a flat river in the shallow river bay, and there was no shelter on all sides, and eight hundred cavalry could kill them in a moment.

Moreover, there is no need to worry about ambushes.

"Soldiers, listen to orders!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"Follow me to the shallow river bay!"

"Whoa!"

Obviously, there are only five hundred people on the other side, and it's just a matter of robbing a piece of food, which makes your whole blood boil, no, the centurion of the cavalry thought in his heart.

A group of 800 horsemen, men and horses, bound their hooves, and killed them in the direction of the shallow river bay.

Perhaps it was because the night in the wilderness was so quiet that the sound of horses' hooves could be heard clearly even when wrapped in coarse cloth; Or maybe the moon was too bright that night to see miles away.

In short, Li Tong and his people were still two or three miles away from the grain truck, and the people of the grain transport team began to shout in panic, "Enemy attack!" There is a cavalry attack! Come on! ”

With just a shout, 500 people left the grain cart and fled in all directions, and the goal was also very clear, that is, in the opposite direction, hoping that the other party would have some scruples and give up the pursuit.

"Stop chasing! I'm afraid of fraud! Rushing to the grain truck, Lu Jun had already run.

Of course, he had to catch up, but Li Tong knew very well that his task was to rob grain, not kill people.

He turned over and dismounted, drew the sword at his waist and stabbed it at a burlap bag on the grain cart, and the wheat inside flowed out with a roar.

"Withdraw!" After confirming that it was correct, he turned around with the grain cart.

Qianhe Bay is not close to the location of Cao's army's camp, there are more than forty miles of road, and there are several water veins passing along the way, to find a shoal to wade, 800 cavalry can only slowly carry the grain cart.

So much so that Liu Bei's scouts found that the grain and grass were robbed and the news was passed back to Ankou, and they had not yet returned to the camp.

"What? All twenty grain trucks were hijacked? ”

Liu Bei, who was wearing a satin robe and was wearing a satin robe, didn't even wear shoes, and ran out of the room when he heard the news.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei stood at the door, their faces not very good.

"Our people chased out ten miles and didn't see anyone chasing the Lu army, thinking about it, the grain and grass have already entered the Cao camp!" Guan Yu looked unwilling.

Five thousand stones, that's five thousand stones of grain and grass, enough for the people in Ankou County to spend a month, so they were given to Cao Cao for nothing.

For Lu Bu, it was only five thousand stones of grain and grass missing, but for the three brothers who were dormant in Ankou, this was the lifeblood.

Zhang Fei was angry, bared his teeth and grinned: "This Lin boy, he also said that he has some clever means, he actually squandered the grain and grass like this, if you really can't do it, give us the grain and grass, and let the brothers eat enough to kill the enemy!" ”

Liu Bei, who was so distraught, was not even in the mood to appease his two younger brothers.

This matter, whether big or small, made him no longer have half of his pajamas, and walked out of the outer room directly, regardless of the cold as water at night, he sat on the stone steps with a solemn expression.

5,000 stone grain and grass, that's 5,000 stone, he Lu Bu is not wide and boundless, these 5,000 stone grain and grass are used but nothing has been done, so when he really needs to use grain and grass next, is he willing to give it?

He has always thought that Lin Mo is a genius of the world, and it is already a little unreasonable for him to write a letter with the intention of being robbed by Cao Cao, after all, there is really no place to ambush along the way.

But he was still willing to obey orders, because he also believed in Lin Mo.

As a result, all the 5,000 stone grain and grass fell into Cao's camp, and he got nothing.

"There is no such reason in this world!" Obviously, the more Liu Bei thought about it, the more angry he became.

"Faint."

Guan Yu squinted Danfeng's eyes, stood in front of Liu Bei, and sneered: "The young man can't withstand the setback, and he was bent by Cao Cao for a while and began to make stupid moves. ”

Deathly silence

I don't know how long, Liu Bei finally raised his eyes to look at Guan Yu, his eyes were full of tiredness, "Hasn't Jingzhou replied yet?" ”

I vaguely feel that I should leave a way back.

He can't be compared with Lu Bu, if the front line is defeated, he can still withdraw to Jiujiang, for Liu Bei, if he loses here, he will have no place to go.

Guan Yu sighed, although he didn't speak, but the answer was already written on his face.

Just when Liu Bei lowered his head in frustration, Guan Yu added: "But Liu Biao's son, Liu Qi, actually sent someone over." ”

"Where is the messenger? Is there a letter? Liu Bei stood up suddenly.

Guan Yu shook his head, "It's just dictation, Gongzi Liu Qi said that his father was interested in accepting us, but the Cai family has been obstructing it, Gongzi hopes that we can go directly to Jingzhou, as long as we arrive, he will be able to persuade Liu Biao to mediate again." ”

Liu Bei was surprised when he heard this.

Most of the government affairs in Jingzhou are controlled by the four major families of Huang, Cai, Pang and Kuai, which is true, but Liu Biao is not enough to accept that he can't do such a trivial matter, obviously he himself is also wavering, so he will follow the Cai family's wishes.

And Liu Qi, as the eldest son and the heir of the Jingzhou family business, how could he use this way to disobey his father.

Here, I'm afraid there is a lot of article

If Liu Biao invited him to Jingzhou, of course Liu Bei would not hesitate, but the person who came was Liu Qi's messenger, so this matter would have to be considered.

Moreover, the current battle situation has entered a stalemate, and it is not possible to get out of it if you want to.

In the final analysis, Liu Bei just wanted to find a way out first.

Liu Bei's brows twisted into a Sichuan character, and after thinking about it, he still shook his head, "Let's see if Lu Bu has a backhand." ”

From the defeat of Donglinkou to today's faint move, Liu Bei's trust in Lin Mo has plummeted.

This is also understandable, young people, it is inevitable to have some merits.

However, the real king has always gone through hardships and finally reached the phoenix nirvana.

After some setbacks, he was in chaos, and it was difficult to succeed in the end.

In Cao's camp, watching the grain trucks pushed into the gate, Cao Cao did not kill Cheng Yu who woke him up, so obviously he would not kill people in his dreams.

He patted one of the grain carts and nodded in satisfaction.

Five thousand stones of grain and grass is definitely a huge wealth in this era of constant wars.

Although for an army of tens of thousands of people, he could only last ten days and half a month, but the biggest purpose of robbing this batch of grain and grass was not to feed his subordinates, but to cut off Liu Bei's supplies and make him chaotic without a fight.

Achieving the goal is more important than anything else.

"Are there any casualties?" Cao Cao looked at Li Tong with his hands behind his back.

Li Tong smiled arrogantly, clenched his fists, "Yu Sikong, our army just rushed to the grain truck, and Lu Bu's people fled in panic, without losing a single soldier!" ”

Zero casualties, this has always been the talk of the story.

But when Cao Cao heard this, the smile on his face froze, and a subtle transformation immediately occurred, and his eyes flickered a little.

He slowly turned to look at Li Tong and asked word by word: "You mean, you haven't even killed in front of the battle, and the other party just appeared?" ”

"Sikong, is there any problem?"

When he asked him like this, Li Tong was also a little unconfident, and hurriedly explained: "The last general has made people stare at them for more than ten miles all the way before they start." ”

Cao Cao shook his head sullenly and asked softly, "Don't you think, it's too smooth?" ”

"Smooth, isn't it?" Obviously, Li Tong didn't have too many ideas.

Cao Cao glanced at him, and the disdain in his eyes was not concealed at all, "With five thousand stones of grain and grass, how come there are five hundred guards, right?" You are only a mere 800 cavalry, how can you let them abandon their food and flee before they have even fought? ”

"The charge of the 800 cavalry brought by General Coco has started, and there are only 500 foot soldiers, how to deal with it?" Li Tong was obviously not convinced.

Cao Cao sneered, "Let me ask you, how should the grain transport team deal with the loss of grain and grass by military law?" ”

Li Tong raised his head and said: "The grain transport officer should be beheaded, and the soldier should be beheaded with forty military sticks, and if he abandons the grain and escapes, he should be beheaded."

Before he finished speaking, Li Tong himself realized the problem.

That's right, if you just run away, wouldn't you kill yourself?

Left and right are dead, then there must be a glimmer of life under the First World War.

If you rush over with tens of thousands of cavalry, the other party will run away, and you will only be a mere 800 cavalry, and no matter how big the battle is, it will be limited, so there is no reason to flee like this.

After Li Tong thought about it clearly, he wondered: "Why is this?" ”

Cao Cao didn't want to deal with this idiot anymore, so he said directly: "Check the grain!" ”

With an order, Li Tong reacted no matter how stupid he was, these grains and grasses are afraid that they are poisonous!

So he hurriedly chased after him, transferred all the grain carts out of the granary, and placed them at the other end.

Then a bag of grain is removed from each vehicle, and the grain is fed to the live chickens in the chicken coop.

This is the easiest way to test for drugs.

There will be no results for a while, and Cao Cao also felt that he was not interested, so he simply went back to sleep.

But Li Tong couldn't sleep, and he had to see the results before he stopped.

If you rob back a bunch of poisonous grain and grass by yourself, and you don't have the vigilance to inspect the grain, then don't say anything about the credit, it's good not to be held accountable.

It's a pity that you can't be in a hurry, and chickens don't eat at night, so you can only wait.

It wasn't until after dawn that the chickens began to peck.

After another hour, all the pecked chickens were lying on the ground, their legs straight.

"Damn, it's really poisonous!" Seeing that the credit could not be earned, Li Tong output a mouth cannon and scolded Lu Bu for being a difficult villain who dared to poison the military rations, if I don't rob the grain today, Liu Bei will be poisoned by you!

No, no, I have to go and report to the office.

Cao Cao didn't blame Li Tong for hearing this, and sneered a little proudly, "The carving insect skill also dares to make an axe." ”

Then he waved his hand and motioned for him to step back and rest.

At the end, he added: "Let Fengxiao come over." ”

"Whoa."

(End of chapter)