811 The Pain of Food Shortage

readx; When Yang Qiu asked this, a trace of greed flashed in Cheng Yi's eyes, and he said slowly: "People die for money, birds die for food, if we take these gold, silver and jewelry for ourselves, we don't have to worry about the rest of our lives, why don't the three of us divide all these gold and silver treasures?" As for the soldiers, those who see it have a share, and as long as they are given some benefits, they will not say anything. ”

Yang Fu immediately objected: "No! These gold, silver and jewelry are all ill-gotten gains, which were transported by Ma Dai after Ma Chao conquered Hanzhong, and Ma Chao originally used these gold and silver jewelry as the base. Zhang Lu ended up in a bad situation because of this wealth, and the same is true for Wang Shuang, it can be seen that whoever is contaminated with these gold, silver and jewelry will be unlucky. What's more, Xu Shu already knows the existence of this wealth, and after we swallow it privately, I am afraid that we will die without a place to bury ourselves without any blessings. ”

"So what do you say? You can't give up all this wealth, can you? That's a lot of money, even rich! Cheng Yi said on the side.

Yang Qiu said: "I think, it's not as good as this, Xu Shu only knows that he has this wealth, but he doesn't know how much he has, we are also very hard to lead the troops, this time in order to subvert Ma Chao's forces, we also died a lot of people, those soldiers who died in the war always need to be placed in their homes, it is better for the three of us to take a part of the wealth and hand over most of the wealth, so that we are not embarrassed." ”

Cheng Yi didn't speak, but he had already agreed to Yang Qiu's proposal in his heart, but now he was still staring at Yang Fu, the key was to see if Yang Fu agreed or not.

Yang Fu was silent for a moment, he saw that Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi's eyes were emitting a scorching light, so he said: "In this way, the two of you each take a copy, even if it is to comfort the whole army, and the rest will be sealed and handed over!" ”

Cheng Yi asked, "How much is one serving?" ”

"Each of you picks five boxes!"

Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi glanced at each other, and then looked at the boxes on the road, although five boxes were not much, they were not a lot. With these, it's better than nothing.

So, the two of them didn't say anything more, after all, this was Yang Fu's concession to them.

Subsequently. The army cleaned up the battlefield, Yang Fu ordered people to move all the gold, silver and jewelry to one place, Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi each chose five boxes, and left, while Yang Fu ordered his subordinates to seal all the remaining boxes. Then he sent a carriage to pull it away, and personally escorted these gold, silver and jewels to Wuwei.

Wang Shuang did not cross the Weishui, and Ma Gang, who was on the other side of the Weishui, knew nothing about these things. Yang Qiu and Cheng Yi sent troops to block all the ferries and prohibit all ships from coming and going, which was equivalent to blocking the news.

Ma Gang has a heavy army in his hands, and he is the elite of the Ma clan, so Yang Fu did not dare to act rashly, so he could only think in the long run, and he arrived in Wuwei with gold, silver and jewelry. discussed with Xu Shu how to deal with Ma Gang.

Xu Shu also felt that Ma Gang was a tricky problem, on the one hand, he was quiet, and on the other hand, he sent someone to send the song to the capital to ask Zhang Yan for instructions on the next move.

Today, Zhang Yan is closely following the war in the southwest, and it has been more than two months since the counterinsurgency army entered the southwest, and the progress is relatively slow.

Since the last battle in Pansnake Valley, the two sides have temporarily been in a confrontation stage, and the coach Zhang Liao did not dare to rush in easily, and the barbarian king Meng Shu also blocked all the roads to take advantage of the geographical advantage. Widely spread eyeliner and closely watched every move of the Han army.

The battle reports from the southwest were transmitted to the capital one after another, and in the palace of King Yan, Zhang Yan received information about the battle in the Snake Valley. I couldn't press it anymore, and I was a little disappointed in Zhang Liao. But now at this juncture, he does not dare to change the main general easily, and he himself is busy moving the capital in the capital.

The matter of moving the capital is already a certainty, and Zhang Yan has not given the order for a long time, just waiting for the good news from the southwest. But waiting left and right, waiting for the result is not what he wants, and it is inevitable that he will be a little anxious psychologically.

It happened that Xu Shu's letter also arrived at this time, and when Zhang Yan opened the letter and looked at it in a hurry, the suppressed heart just now was suddenly released, and he praised Xu Shu and praised it.

Zhang Yan immediately ordered someone to take the map, he opened the map and looked at it carefully, now the situation in Liangzhou is very good, except for the stability of one place, the rest has been controlled by Xu Shu, and the reason why Xu Shu was able to achieve such results has a close relationship with the person mentioned in his letter, that person is Yang Fu.

In his joy, Zhang Yan immediately gave an order, allowing Tai Shici to lead the army into Liangzhou, cooperate with Xu Shu, and attack Ma Gang back and forth, so as to uproot Ma's regime.

Zhang Yan was excited, but suddenly remembered a person, and said to Xu Sheng beside him: "Where is Ma Chao now?" ”

Xu Sheng said: "Ma Chao is still recuperating in Chengdu, and yesterday Pang Tong just sent someone to send a message, saying that Ma Chao has almost recovered after a period of recuperation." ”

Zhang Yan said: "Send a secret letter to Pang Tong and tell him that I must watch Ma Chao closely to me no matter what, and I must not let him run away." ”

"Whoa!"

"In addition, you go and gather all the Chinese military ministers of the DPRK, I have to order something, otherwise, even if I go to Nanzhong, I will not worry!"

When Xu Sheng heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness is going to Nanzhong?" ”

"What? Can't you? ”

"Absolutely not! Going into battle to fight is what the general does, and His Royal Highness is the supreme body, how can he go to such a wild place? What's more, now the capital is about to face the matter of moving the capital, the wind is surging, I don't know what will happen, if His Royal Highness is not in the capital, his subordinates are afraid that there will be chaos! Xu Sheng admonished.

Zhang Yan said: "Nanzhong is uneven, I am restless!" The longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to our army. How to solve the problem of more than 100,000 troops eating and drinking in Nanzhong? Besides, Shu is at the beginning of peace, and the people's hearts are not attached, if Nanzhong can no longer be pacified, I am only worried that Shu will also follow suit! ”

"Even so, His Highness shouldn't go in person, if His Highness is worried that Zhang Liao won't be able to complete the task, he can send a strategist to give him advice, it's better than His Highness going deep into the hair, right? Even if I don't have an opinion, I think the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will definitely not easily agree to His Highness leaving the capital. ”

Zhang Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that what Xu Sheng said was quite reasonable, and he was in a hurry, so he didn't need to be in a hurry at this time. And now the situation in the capital is changing, because the matter of moving the capital has made everyone nervous, although there are talents like Zhuge Liang to deal with it, it will not be able to satisfy all parties after all. If he leaves at this time, he is afraid that Zhuge Liang will have no one to support him, and what he has done will be wasted.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Yan finally decided not to go to Nanzhong, but to appoint someone to go to Nanzhong, and went in the name of the labor army to secretly help Zhang Liao and others pacify Nanzhong.

And this person, Zhang Yan also thought about it clearly, it was none other than Zhuge Liang.

In history, there is a saying that Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times, why not let Zhuge Liang go to meet Meng Huo again this time?

After deciding, Zhang Yan hurriedly said to Xu Sheng: "You go and call Zhuge Liang!" ”

"Whoa!"

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Nanzhong, the camp of the Han army outside the Snake Valley.

Zhang Liao sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, at this time he was basically sitting on pins and needles, since the battle of the Snake Valley, they have stayed here for almost a month, although the rebels were defeated, but the strength is still there, Meng Shu blocked all the roads, the two sides are bounded by the Snake Valley, the east belongs to the Han army, and the west belongs to the rebels.

And in order to stop the advance of the Han army, the rebels did whatever it takes, the Han army tried to fight with the rebels more than ten times, although the two sides won and lost each other, but they have been deadlocked, and the Han army has failed to advance a single point.

In the first battle of the Snake Valley, the Han army and the rebels were all victims, and it was the King of Mulu who really manipulated this matter. It's a pity that King Mulu has escaped without a trace, and I don't know what the situation is over there now. However, Zhang Liao could guess that King Mulu must have been killed by Meng Yu, otherwise, he would definitely not be so united and insisted on being so tough.

But what the truth is, the Han army does not know anything.

None of the scouts sent by the Han army to the enemy's territory returned alive, and the rebels strengthened their awareness of prevention, but they just avoided fighting the Han army, and wanted to delay it forever.

More than 100,000 people are crammed here, and a lot of grain needs to be consumed every day to eat and drink, and the grain and grass carried by the Han army are almost exhausted in more than a month.

However, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, fortunately, there are a lot of wild things in the mountains and forests here, and many soldiers will always go up the mountain to pick some wild fruits and hunt some wild things to satisfy their hunger. But after a long time, there were not enough wild things to eat, so the Han army had to enlarge the hunting area, and the soldiers in the front confronted the rebels, while the soldiers in the rear were responsible for hunting and picking wild fruits to supply the whole army.

In front of Zhang Liao, there was a master who accompanied the army, and he kept his head down, not daring to look up at Zhang Liao, just waiting for Zhang Liao's question.

"How many days can the food and grass in the army last?" Zhang Liao asked.

The chief bookkeeper replied: "In two days at most, our army will run out of food!" ”

Zhang Liao frowned tightly and asked again, "When will the new grain and grass be delivered?" ”

"Someone has been sent to urge, and it is estimated that it will take another two days to arrive."

Zhang Liao thought for a moment, and then said: "Pass the order, from today onwards, all food accessories will be halved, and one meal will be made into two, so that it may last for two more days." ”

"But this is the third time that it has been halved, and if it is halved again, I am afraid that the soldiers will only be able to drink water to satisfy their hunger! And there are complaints in the army, and they are worried about ......"

"There's nothing to worry about, just do what I tell you to do!"

"That'...... Subordinates obey! The master replied.

After the master book left, Zhang Liao let out a sigh of relief and said to himself: "I really didn't expect that I would lead the troops to this point!" (To be continued.) )

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