Outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao is still thinking about how to solve the current predicament, but he really can't think of a better way except to fight for consumption.

After thinking hard to no avail, he felt a little rumbling in his stomach, and couldn't help frowning, shouting, "Someone." ”

"What does the lord command?" One of the guards immediately came in and bowed down and hugged his fists.

"Why hasn't lunch been delivered today?"

The guard was stunned, and hurriedly said, "My subordinates are going to urge." ”

At the urging of the guards, a lunch was quickly delivered to Yuan Shao's desk.

Although Yuan Shao is the leader of the coalition and has a respected status, in order to show his determination to share weal and woe with the soldiers, Yuan Shao's meal is very ordinary, a bowl of rice, three dishes, two meat and one vegetable, and a bowl of porridge.

Yuan Shao glanced at it, and immediately frowned: "Why is the amount of food today less than before?" ”

A bowl of rice is less than 20%, and it is difficult for ordinary people to notice the difference, but Yuan Shao is obviously not an ordinary person, and he can see the clue at a glance.

"My lord, because the heavy rain has washed away the roads, the convoy carrying grain has not arrived for three consecutive days. According to the military order, the three grain straw failed to arrive on time, and the rations of the whole army were reduced by two points until the next wave of grain arrived. ”

"Huh? With such an important military situation, why didn't you report it earlier? ”

Yuan Shao frowned when he heard this, and asked with some displeasure.

"Due to road problems, the food could not arrive on time, and this incident happened from time to time, so I did not report it to the lord, and asked the lord to surrender the crime."

Yuan Shao glanced at him, waved his hand to get him up, and said sullenly: "The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and if there is such a situation in the future, you must report it to me as soon as possible." ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't eat anymore, and got up directly to look for Yuan Shu.

"Highway, I heard that there has been no food convoy arriving for three days in a row? Do you know why? ”

After seeing Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao was not polite, he went straight to the point, and his mouth was the main topic.

Compared with Yuan Shao's urgency, Yuan Shu didn't care much about it, and said quite perfunctorily: "The heavy rain for days has washed away the mountain and blocked the road, Gongsun Bogui is already organizing people to dredge, and it will probably be dredged tomorrow, and the new grain will be delivered soon, so there is no need to worry about it." ”

Yuan Shao's frowning brows eased slightly, and seeing that Yuan Shu didn't care much, he couldn't help but say: "The highway is the grain supervisor, and he is also responsible for the safety of the grain and straw of the coalition army, so it is better to be careful." ”

Yuan Shu was disdainful in his heart, but his face was not easy to show, so he got up and arched his hand: "The order of the alliance leader, keep it in mind." ”

That being said, the attitude is very perfunctory.

Yuan Shao knew that Yuan Shu had opinions about him, and he couldn't be too harsh, so he could only nod his head and be considered to know.

However, after leaving Yuan Shu's camp, Yuan Shao kept an eye on it and ordered in a low voice: "Give an order to the senior cadres, let him urge Gongsun Bogui to repair the road as soon as possible, the military food guarantee is related to the overall situation, and remember not to have the slightest problem." ”

However, that night, Yuan Shao realized that something was wrong. The soldiers he sent to urge the high-ranking cadres have disappeared!

And the news after confirmed Yuan Shao's hunch, and Shang Ji brought him the exact news - Gongsun Zhan seemed to have rebelled!

It was Qian Huan who delivered the news to Shang Ji, Gongsun Zhan, as Shang Ji's neighbor, could at least enter the top five in the ranking of Qianhuan's key monitoring targets, and there were a lot of Qian Illusions lurking in Gongsun Zhan's army.

According to the introduction of Qianfan, who seemed to run out, four days ago, Gongsun Zhan invited all the major generals to a banquet, in the name that he and the righteous Li Yue hit it off at first sight, and wanted to worship as brothers with different surnames.

Gongsun Chan is one of the princes of the Eighteen Roads, and is the commander of Bishui Pass, although the generals of the high-ranking cadres are essentially responsible for monitoring Gongsun Zhan, but in theory they are subordinates of Gongsun Zhan.

The superiors want to invite, but the reason is so high, how can they refuse?

Almost all the high-ranking generals went to the banquet.

Moreover, Gongsun Chan also paid out of his own pocket to comfort all the troops in Bishui Pass, and the wine and meat were enough.

Almost all of them were tricked.

No one thought that Gongsun Chan would mutiny, and that guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes would mutiny.

Gao Gan and other more than a dozen princes left behind the army were drunk by Gongsun Zhan, and then the swords and axes came out together, with mental calculations or unintentional, Gao Gan and others were cut into pulp by Gongsun Zhan's army almost without time to resist.

And Gongsun Chan also added poison to the wine and meat of the comfort army, and almost all the non-Gongsun Chan troops in Bishui Pass were poisoned, and a small number of those who survived were also drowned by Gongsun Chan's troops with absolute numerical superiority, and the 100,000 left-behind army was wiped out overnight.

At the same time, Gongsun Chan sent troops overnight to destroy the roads, pretending to be washed away by a torrential rain, and detaining all the grain and grass transported to the Tiger Pass.

After doing all this, Gongsun Zhan did not hurry to send his henchmen to report to Yuan Shu, saying that the road was damaged and the food could not be delivered in time for the time being, but guaranteed that the road would be repaired within five days and would not affect the food security of the army.

Yuan Shu didn't doubt it much, for various reasons, it was too common for food to not arrive on time, and it was not worth making a fuss at all, so Yuan Shu just sent someone to look at the damaged road and estimate the time required for repair, which coincided with the situation reported by Gongsun Zhan, and went home directly.

In this way, after three days of direct escape, Yuan Shao discovered some clues, and it was not until the evening of the third day that Qianhuan, who risked his life to escape from Bishui Pass, brought accurate news.

In fact, on the first day of the incident, Qianhuan found the clue, but at this time, the communication stone failed again, and Gongsun Chan blocked the Bishui Pass again, and it was not until three days later that Qianhuan found a chance to escape.

"This ...... This...... How is this possible? ”

Yuan Shao listened to the news brought by Shang Ji, and was stunned for half a minute, and finally muttered to himself.

"That's the situation, please make a decision as soon as possible!"

Shang Ji's face was solemn and he said in a deep voice.

"Summoning the order and convening the princes...... Wait, wait, don't call them yet! ”

After reacting, Yuan Shao subconsciously seemed to convene a group of heroes to discuss, but as soon as the order was issued, he regretted it, and it was better to keep quiet about Gongsun Zhan's rebellion, otherwise the coalition army would be in danger of falling apart in an instant!

"Alliance leader, how long will we have enough food and grass to use for the army?"

Shang Ji also agreed to keep it secret for the time being, but the most urgent thing at the moment is to find out how much food the coalition army still has in storage, without food, no matter how strong the army is, it will be useless.

Yuan Shao's face changed uncertainly, and he said with a gloomy face: "Under normal circumstances, the existing grain is only used for twenty days for the army, and it can be used sparingly, and it can probably support forty days!" ”

"Unfortunately, it cannot be saved, and it must be distributed according to normal food supply and demand."

Yuan Shao was stunned for a moment, and then nodded and said, "Yes, yes, what Ning Hou said is right, the food supply must not be reduced." ”

The reduction of food supply, on the one hand, affects the combat effectiveness, and on the other hand, directly exposes the reality of the lack of food for the coalition forces, and the blow to the morale of the coalition forces will be fatal!

"Twenty days!"

Thinking about this number carefully, Shang Ji said in a condensed voice: "That is to say, we must find a way to break the enemy within twenty days, either to recapture the Bishui Pass, or to break through the Tiger Prison Pass, otherwise it will be a dead end!" ”