Chapter 38: The Battle of Zhongli Section 1 Stealing Grain
"Lord He, at this time, my Liang is in danger, but I can't save this crisis, and you can't save it, after the holy decree arrives in the north---- you can only look at their creation. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Zhu Muzhi shook his head, "What I said today is to relieve all of us from a big trouble, if the soldiers in front of us really starve to death, I Zhu Muzhi will not be able to atone for my sins in this life, only to be a cow and a horse in the next life, to compensate them." ”
He Chen had to silently get out of the way and let Zhu Muzhi's sedan chair leave. At this time, he was most worried about Cao Jingzong's army, and he didn't know how they could hold on.
In Shaoyang City, Cao Jingzong received the holy decree, and after reading it, he shouted angrily and kicked over several cases in the camp tent.
"How can this be reasonable, it is simply unreasonable!" He was so angry that he was wandering around in the camp tent, and Zhao Cao, the grain and grass superintendent, was also stunned in the local area, how could this General Cao suddenly lose such a big temper?
"Lord Zhao, look at the emperor's holy decree, take a look. Cao Jingzong snorted angrily and put the holy decree into Zhao Cao's arms.
Zhao Cao was also taken aback after opening it and reading it: "Solve it on the spot? What does the emperor mean by this?"
"What do you mean? The food and salary of my Cao Jingzong's hundreds of thousands of troops are now going to fall into the hands of Na Yuanying, and the emperor means that if my Liang army wants to eat, I will go to the Northern Wei Dynasty to snatch it---- but is Wuying's grain and grass so easy to snatch? It just makes me angry. Cao Jingzong really can't understand that after the emperor is confident in the Buddha, the whole person seems to have changed a person, no longer diligent in government affairs, no longer sympathetic, living in the small world he built all day long, dreaming of yellow sorghum, being the emperor in his mind---- Cao Jingzong really wanted to lead the army at this time, rushed directly to Zhongli City, and fought to the death with Na Yuanying, and it was as if he was suffering from this kind of splint here.
"General Cao, the grain and grass in Shaoyang City now is only enough for a month's supply for hundreds of thousands of troops in the city and General Wei's side, and more than a month is really ---- the consequences are unimaginable. Zhao Cao was also very anxious after hearing this, he was the grain and grass superintendent, and he knew best how much grain and grass was consumed on this day.
"Lord Zhao, you immediately send someone to inform General Wei and bring the emperor's holy decree with you to see if he has any good way to solve the current crisis. Cao Jingzong could only rely on the smart head of his good friend at this time.
"General Cao, I don't have much grain and grass in General Wei's place, so I just sent grain over and went to send this ---- the emperor's holy decree to General Wei by the way. Zhao Cao swallowed back the swear words that he almost spoke.
"There's Lord Lao Zhao. Cao Jingzong sighed again and again.
Zhao Cao hurriedly led the team to escort the grain and grass to Wei Rui's Chinese army tent, at this time Wei Rui had just returned from inspecting the camp and met Zhao Cao at the gate of the tent.
"General Wei, please see the emperor's decree. Zhao Cao sent the holy decree to Wei Rui with anger.
Wei Rui opened the holy decree and read it, without making a sound, slowly rolled up the holy decree and put it away, and he motioned for Zhao Cao to enter the tent and speak.
"General Cao is in Shaoyang City at this time, waiting for General Wei to come up with an idea. Zhao Cao naturally didn't dare to forget Cao Jingzong's instructions before leaving, and hurriedly said to Wei Rui.
"Lord Zhao, how long can the grain and grass in Shaoyang City last now?" Wei Rui was most concerned about this issue at this time.
"General Wei, you have an army of 300,000 here, General Cao has an army of nearly 400,000, and there are tens of thousands of defenders in Zhongli City, which adds up to 800,000 people waiting to eat, and the rear supplies can't keep up. Zhao Cao was also very anxious in his heart.
"So I understand---- Wei Rui pondered slightly, and then said to Zhao Cao: "Lord Zhao, you go back to Shaoyang City immediately and prepare the following things: prepare more stone rollers, stone mills, windmills, reed mats and other objects, the more the better." ”
"Huh?!" Zhao Cao's mouth opened wide after hearing this, "General Wei, what is the use of this, this ---- want these things to do?"
Wei Rui smiled: "After three days, then Fan Jun can return again, and he will give you a big surprise at that time." ”
"General Wei, you better tell me earlier, I'm about to cry in a hurry, how can you still laugh at this time?" Zhao Cao grinned, he really had the heart to cry at this time.
"Lord Zhao, are there enough bows, arrows, and weapons?" Wei Rui then asked.
"That's absolutely sufficient, and you told me half a year ago to make sure you have all these things ready, and when the time comes for the war, you will have as many bows and arrows and weapons as you want. But ----" Zhao Cao just wanted to say that the most important thing now is food, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wei Rui again.
"Lord Zhao, this is the best, Lord Zhao doesn't have to worry about the rest of the things, I, Wei Rui, will naturally arrange everything. ”
Wei Rui looked outside the big tent, there was a commotion outside the big tent, and Sima Huluo opened the door of the tent and walked in, and hugged his fist at Wei Rui: "General Wei, we are back." ”
"How much grain is back?" Wei Yan asked.
"A third. Hu Luo's face was full of excitement.
"Excellent, General Hu. Where is Fan Jun at this time?"
"He's still where he is, waiting for us to come over again. Hu Luo replied.
"Good, good! Keep them safe. ”
"General Wei, don't worry, I'll bring him back unscathed. ”
Zhao Cao looked at this, looked at that, and listened to a confused head, not knowing what they were talking about.
Wei Rui saw his ignorance and smiled slightly: "Lord Zhao, follow me to the tent to take a look, I'm afraid that when you see them, you will only laugh and not cry." ”
Zhao Cao followed Wei Rui out of the big tent, and when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, his eyes widened and widened, and his wide open mouth couldn't close for a long time----
Seeing that there were hundreds of wheelbarrows parked in the barracks, and the cars were full of bags of grain, Zhao Cao couldn't believe his eyes, how did General Wei get so much food in such a short period of time? He was more surprised than puzzled.
At this time, Xiao Baoyin, as usual, came to the plain, since the capture of dozens of cities in Daliang, they surrounded this piece of land, just recovered the area of Matou, the crops here have just turned green, after a few months, the edge that can not be seen, are already yellow, about to mature corn grain, these days Xiao Baoyin has been ready to harvest, just wait for the weather to improve, will be this endless corn harvest, to enrich the grain and grass.
As usual, he slowly circled around the crops, and he felt that the crops were a little different from the usual, and he couldn't tell what was different, but he had a strange feeling.
After he turned around, the bad feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he opened his eyes wide to look at the endless crops, and his heart suddenly jumped wildly. He dismounted suddenly and ran to the edge of the ground as fast as he could. The soldiers behind him did not know why their lord had run into the fields, and hurried to follow.
Xiao Baoyin's legs were weak, and he sat on the ridge, and when the soldiers ran close to the ground, they were also stunned, only to see that the crops in the field were still golden, but the crops they saw a few days ago were almost all left with stalks, and those ears of corn were all stolen----
"Go quickly---- go and report to General Yuan, our grain, our grain was stolen by the Liang army. Xiao Baoyin hated himself to death, these ears of grain could never be stolen in a day or two, he couldn't imagine that Liang Jun was so hateful, lying in ambush in the crop field, only harvesting the fruits on the top, not destroying the grain stalks, creating a false impression that the crops were not damaged, and making all his months of hard work in vain.
He suddenly remembered something, hurriedly turned on his horse, and said to his men, "You will chase with me to the south, they must not have gone far." ”
He had just seen that the grain stalks were still very tender, and he thought that he had just been stolen and cut not long ago, and if he went forward to chase them at this time, he would definitely be able to catch up with the grain thieves. He kept whipping the good horse he had straddled and chased him down in a south-easterly direction.
When he was running closer, he saw hundreds of people pushing wheelbarrows, and the carts were full of cloth bags, which were bulging, presumably the ears of grain that had just been stolen.
Just when he was about to catch up with those Liang troops, suddenly a tripwire appeared on the road, blocking his way, and Xiao Baoyin had to reach out and hold the reins of the horse. He saw a group of men and horses lying in ambush on both sides of the road, and a young general dodged out from the side of the road, wearing a large beam military uniform and holding a halberd in front of his horse.
"Shameless thief, actually stealing our army's grain and grass and taking his life!" Xiao Baoyin scolded angrily.
Besides, the land of that kind of grain was originally the land of my Daliang, and it was you who invaded our land, killed my people, took away my land, and displaced the people, so that you thieves of the Northern Wei Dynasty could do their best here. This general, this stealing a word, or don't mention it in front of me. "The young general won't let him go.
"Who are you? I'm going to kill you thief today. Xiao Baoyin grabbed a spear in his hand and rushed to kill him. The young general used the halberd in his hand to set up Xiao Baoyin's big gun, and the two fought back and forth.
Xiao Baoyin didn't expect that there would be such a good young man in the Liang army, thinking that Cao Jingzong and Wei Rui were both old, if it was about the ability to lead the troops to fight, it was far inferior to the young general in front of him.
He wondered why he hadn't heard of such a young general in the Liang army before, at this time he was tightly entangled with himself, those Liang Jun who stole grain, pushed the cart and ran fast, and after a while, their figures were invisible, at this time Xiao Baoyin was anxious and abnormal, if he didn't kill this young general today, he would have no face to return to Yuan Ying's army at all.
The more anxious he was, the more scattered the moves in his hand became, and then he was forced by the young general to sweat out, Xiao Baoyin shouted angrily, and simply got off the horse and fought with him.
When the soldiers behind him arrived, they pounced on him and wanted to kill the young general. The Liang army left behind here also stopped doing it, jumped out from the side of the road, and fought with them.
Xiao Baoyin saw that those Liang troops retreated to the small city of Southern Liang, so he stepped up the moves in his hand, he was sure to kill this young general with one shot, so as to relieve the hatred in his heart.
The army of the Northern Wei Dynasty behind him also rushed up in the dark, and it was Yang Dayan who led the troops, and Yang Dayan heard that the grain he had been guarding for months was actually stolen by the thieves of Nanliang, and the fire came to a big place, and he came here without saying a word.
Seeing that there were more and more men and horses in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the young general ordered to retreat, but at this time the Wei army was already red-eyed, how could he let him leave? The young general saw that he was gradually surrounded by the Wei army, and he looked at the smaller and smaller encirclement, and secretly became anxious in his heart----