"Kill!" Ma Chao snorted coldly and ordered the cavalry to kill the soldiers who were escorting grain and grass.

In the face of these soldiers, Ma Chao was not merciful, if they were allowed to go back, these people would still cause trouble to the Han army, so they would simply be killed here.

How these county soldiers were the opponents of the Han cavalry, they couldn't beat them, they couldn't run, but they were chased and killed by the Han army after a long time.

100,000 stones of grain and grass fell into the hands of the Han army.

"Each of them took ten days' grain, and burned the rest of the grain and grass for me."

Still the same as last time, Ma Chao asked the soldiers to take a few days' worth of grain and grass, and then burned all the remaining grain and grass. It's not that Ma Chao doesn't want to take more, he wants to maintain the mobility of the cavalry, so he can only take so much.

This time there was much more grain and grass than the last time, the Han army pushed the carriages together, and the carts full of grain and grass were piled up in the radius, and the fire was blazing, and the thick black smoke covered the sky.

Lin Yuan escorted a Wei general to Ma Chao: "General, I left a living mouth!" ”

This Wei will be the leader of the grain transportation team, he fell to the ground with a thud, and kowtowed again and again: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life, I am willing to surrender, I am willing to surrender!" ”

Ma Chao looked at General Wei and asked: "You tell the truth, I can spare your life, let me ask you, how many days of grain are still stored in Longshan, and there is still grain and grass in Linjing City?" ”

General Wei hurriedly replied: "There is only less than half a month's worth of grain and grass in Longshan, and there is not much grain and grass in Linjing City, and there are only 10,000 stones."

Because Linjing is far away from Longshan, it takes about ten days to escort the grain and grass, so our batch of grain and grass must be delivered before the grain and grass in Longshan is about to run out. ”

This Wei will be the county lieutenant of Linjing, and he knows a lot of news.

There are only twelve or three days of grain and grass left in Longshan, and it takes ten days for this batch of 100,000 stone of grain and grass to be transported to Longshan, that is, it will be delivered when there are only two or three days left in the Wei army's grain and grass, and it will be made up when the grain is about to be eaten.

Ma Chao asked again: "Then over there in Chang'an, when is the next time you deliver grain and grass?" ”

"The 100,000 stone grain and grass that was burned was transported by Chang'an a few days ago, and the next batch of grain and grass will have to wait until at least half a month later to be delivered."

"Great!" Ma Dai listened to General Wei's words, clapped his palms and said, "Brother, the grain and grass on the side of Longshan of the Wei army are only enough to support more than ten days, and there is not much grain and grass in Linjing City. Chang'an has just sent another batch, and the next delivery will be half a month later.

And it takes ten days to send grain and grass from Linjing to Longshan, so that after twenty-five years, the Longshan defenders can get new grain, but now, the grain and grass of the Longshan defenders can only support ten days. In the intervening half a month, the Wei army will fall into the embarrassment of having no food available. ”

There was no food available for half a month, even if Wei Jun Province was frugal, he couldn't hold it, and Ma Chao's task on this trip was basically completed.

Ma Chao finally showed a smile on his face: "The Longshan defense line can't stop our army." ”

Ma Dai asked, "Are we going back now?" ”

"Let's ...... first" Ma Chao was about to reply, but suddenly his ears moved, and he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, lay on the ground, and put his ears close to the ground.

After listening for a while, Ma Chao got up and said, "There is a cavalry coming, the number should be three or four thousand, let's go first." ”

Although Ma Chao is not afraid of the Wei cavalry, but now he is alone in the depths, and the Wei army is fighting, there will be more or less losses, if the soldier is injured, it will not be able to heal, become a burden, which will be very troublesome, so Ma Chao chose to avoid the battle.

And the cavalry that arrived was the army led by Xiahou Rong.

Xiahou Rong set off last night, and it took him a hundred miles in one night and three or four hundred miles to gallop before he arrived near Linjing.

It's a pity that Xiahou Rong is still a step late, and the 100,000 stone grain and grass have been burned by Ma Chao.

"Ah, hateful!" Xiahou Rong arrived with his troops, only to see 100,000 stones of grain and grass trapped in the sea of fire, and he couldn't help but be angry, and the spear in his hand swept towards the big tree on the side, breaking the big tree apart.

The adjutant general hurriedly commanded the soldiers: "Quickly put out the fire and see if you can get it out!" ”

However, this fire is not so easy to save, and the weather is hot in summer, and people dare not approach this open flame, let alone rush in to grab grain and grass. There is no river nearby, and even if there is, there is no way to get water, so you can only watch the grain and grass being burned.

The first general said to Xiahou Rong: "This fire is burning fiercely, Ma Chao definitely didn't go far." ”

This person is a general of the state, and he has not much fear of Ma Chao.

Xiahou Rong said in a deep voice: "Now that these 100,000 stones of grain and grass have been burned, my Longshan camp, the grain and grass are only enough for twelve days, and it will take at least half a month for Chang'an to distribute grain and grass, and it will take ten days to transport it to Longshan."

In this way, our army will fall into the point where there is no food available for half a month, and the top priority is to find a way to solve the problem of grain and grass, not to care about Ma Chao! ”

Xiahou Rong's mind is very clear, if he came to Linjing, the grain and grass would not be burned by Ma Chao, and he would still have the heart to fight with Ma Chao, but now that the grain and grass are destroyed, the most important thing is to solve the problem of grain and grass, not to fight hard with Ma Chao.

Xiahou Rong thought for a while, and ordered the first general: "Send someone to Longshan quickly, tell the general the news of the destruction of grain and grass, let him save money, and then I will find a way!" ”

"No!"

"Let's go to Linjing first and find a way to get some grain and grass!" Xiahou Rong urged the war horse and headed in the direction of Linjing.

The people had fled back to Linjing, Xiahou Rong led his troops to arrive, and the county commander already knew about the destruction of grain and grass.

"The general forgave the sin, and he was not effective in transporting grain under the country, so that 100,000 stone grain and grass were burned by Ma Chao!"

"Get up!" Xiahou Rong waved his hand and asked at the county order: "How much grain and grass is there in the treasury of the city?" ”

The prefectural magistrate replied, "It's not enough ten thousand stones!" ”

Hearing this, the adjutant general said with a panicked face: "How is this good?" Even if Longshan is frugal, plus the 10,000 stone grain and grass here, it won't last for half a month. ”

Xiahou Rong ordered to the county order: "Immediately summon for me the squires in the city, Haoqiang, and officials!" ”

"No!" The county order gave over his order, and he understood what Xiahou Rong meant, which was to borrow grain from the squire and Haoqiang.

Xiahou Rongyou ordered: "In addition, send someone to Chang'an quickly, and ask Your Majesty to send food in advance!" ”

Although Chang'an will not send food until half a month later, it can send someone to urge it.

Although Linjing is far away from Chang'an, it only takes three or four days to speed up, and of course, Chang'an is not able to distribute grain and grass on the same day.

It also takes time to prepare, and the two battlefields of Huating and Meixian are also sent by Chang'an.

But after the notice, Cao Rui will definitely be able to find a way, at least it will be earlier than the distribution of food after the fifteenth.