The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 320
After a pleasant conversation, the two sides left the field separately.

Compared to Jia Xu's confidence, Zhang Ji's back was already wet with cold sweat when he left...

Seeing his uncle's panic, Zhang Xiu persuaded him, "Uncle, what Jia Wenhe said is nothing but alarmist talk, so why should you care?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ji smiled wryly and shook his head, "What Mr. Wen He said may be alarmist, or maybe not, but you and my uncle and nephew can't afford to bet."

Next time, if Niu Fu, the general of the Zhonglang, goes to battle, he will definitely join the army.

Zhang Ji didn't want to end up decapitated like Hu Zhen.

Fortunately, Mr. Wen He only set out the conditions, and did not ask himself to agree now, but gave himself time to think about it.

Thinking about it, Zhang Ji turned his head to look at his nephew, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go out to meet Mr. Wen He. After returning to the camp, don't mention it to anyone!"

"Nephew understands." Zhang Xiu clasped his hands in response.

"Let's go back to camp."

……

What happened next was pretty much what Jia Xu had expected.

Regarding Hu Zhen's death in battle, after Dong Zhuo was furious, he ordered his son-in-law Niu Fu to lead [-] elite troops to fight against Sun Jian.

As a lieutenant under Niu Fu's command, Zhang Ji led the troops together with Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and others.

Faced with the [-] Xiliang army coming, Sun Jian knew he couldn't resist, and because he had done a lot of service by killing Hu Zhen in the previous battle, he simply retreated ten miles and joined forces with Gongsun Zan to fight against the Xiliang army.

Inside the camp of the Kwantung Allied Forces.

Yuan Shu looked at the good news from Sun Jian in his hand, with an expression of excitement on his face.

"Wentai is brave and invincible, and he really lived up to someone's expectations!"

After sighing, Yuan Shu handed the victory report to Liu Bei again, and said with a smile: "Let's see, Wentai defeated Dong Zhuo's bandit army this time, and personally beheaded the leader of the bandits, Hu Zhen and Hua Xiong. You are extremely brave! !"

After Liu Bei finished watching, a smile appeared on his face: "What the lord said is true, General Wentai is so brave, and it will be just around the corner to defeat Dong thief!"

Hearing these words, the smile on Yuan Shu's face remained unchanged, but a trace of dissatisfaction suddenly appeared in his heart.

Not dissatisfied with Liu Bei, but dissatisfied with Sun Jian.

There is a saying that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

Liu Bei just lamented Sun Jian's bravery, but to Yuan Shu's ears, that's not the case.

You, Sun Jian, have strong soldiers and horses, and you only committed yourself to my Yuan Gonglu because of the lack of food and grass. If you really let you defeat Dong Bandit and invade Luoyang, it is hard to guarantee that you will not have other thoughts.

Well, it takes some beating...

Naturally, Liu Bei didn't know what Yuan Shu was thinking. At this moment, he was only concerned with being happy, and even whispered to Lin Chao next to him: "Zi Chu, among the feudal princes of the Guandong, although there are some mediocre people, most of them are loyal and loyal. You don’t have to worry too much about the first generation.”

At the beginning of the army, Lin Chao had vaguely reminded Liu Bei that the princes of the Kwantung may not all have a heart for the Han Dynasty, and even came to attack Dong Zhuo in name only, but in reality it was only for personal gain.

Of course, Liu Bei believed Lin Chao's remonstrance.

But now it seems that it is Lin Chao who has saved the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Lin Chao couldn't justify Liu Bei's remarks. After all, the facts were in front of him. Now that the coalition forces are advancing all the way, everyone can naturally maintain the harmony on the surface, shouting slogans such as Kuangfu Han Dynasty together all day long.

"What Duke Xuande said is true, but he has the heart of a villain."

Liu Bei explained: "Where is Zichu's words? I'm just happy that the princes are working together to attack Dong thief. It's not because I want to blame Zichu. Don't worry too much about Zichu."

Seeing that Liu Bei was still dreaming, Lin Chao couldn't bear to point it out, and just nodded in agreement.

Anyway, this dream won't last long.

……

After Sun Jian won the victory, he was just about to lead his troops to attack Xingyang when he received the news that Niu Fu led an army of [-] to attack.

Therefore, Sun Jian took the initiative to retreat to Juan County and joined forces with Gongsun Zan, planning to defend the city to resist Niu Fu's attack.

But at this moment, Sun Jian discovered in horror that the food and grass supply in the rear was cut off!
He fought desperately in the front and achieved many gains. Now that Niu Fu's army is approaching the city, it is the critical moment of the war. Yuan Shu has cut off the food and grass at this time, how can he fight the battle?
Let the soldiers under his command go shopping with the Xiliang iron cavalry hungry!
Why did Leader Yuan make such a muddled decision?
Is there a villain slandering him?
At this moment, Sun Jian thought a lot...

But even the Jiangdong Tigers, who were invincible on the battlefield, were full of doubts at the moment.

Cheng Pu clasped his fists and asked, "General, since the middle of the day, the grain and grass have not been brought in. Now the soldiers have started to panic. How should I deal with it?"

Hearing this, Sun Jian frowned, and didn't continue to think about why the food was cut off, because it was meaningless.

Niu Fu's army was just outside the city. Once the army ran out of food, their morale would collapse, and within three or two days, they would be defeated on their own.

The most important thing right now is to solve the problem of food and grass.

Sun Jian said, "Let's go, go with a certain one to see General Gongsun."

When Sun Jian arrived at Gongsun Zan's barracks, he found that Gongsun Zan was also worried.

Because the supply of food and grass on his side has also been cut off.

Compared to Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, who failed to make any achievements in this battle and was cut off food and grass, was quite frantic.

He slapped the table and said angrily: "I'm waiting in the front to seek thieves for the country, regardless of life and death, but there are dirty villains secretly plotting tricks in the rear, intending to kill a certain army of tens of thousands. This is really hateful! If you let someone know who it is For this reason, the other three clans will be wiped out!"

It has been a long time since he killed Hu people in Youzhou, which made Gongsun Zan's concept of human life extremely weak.

Compared to slaughtering several tribes at every turn, Gongsun Zan had shown great mercy to the Yi tribe.

"General Gongsun, calm down!" Sun Jian persuaded, "It's too strange that the food and grass of your family and my family have been cut off this time. I'm going to go back to the camp to find out the matter."

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan shook his head and said, "No, General Sun, once you lead your army back, if the bandits from outside the city take the opportunity to attack the city, how will you resist it?"

"If you don't return with an army, you can go back with a single horse, and you can return within two days at most." Sun Jian explained, "During the two days that I was away, I ask General Gongsun to worry about the matter of confronting the enemy."

Hearing this, Gongsun Zan nodded.

He claims to be brave and good at fighting, but he is not arrogant.Facing the attack of 2 Xiliang's elite, his [-] men and Juan County's low and dilapidated city defenses alone could not resist.

Gongsun Zan clasped his fists and said, "Okay, General Sun, please go and come back quickly. If someone is here, even if the bandits attack the city aggressively, the city will be as stable as Mount Tai within five days!"

"In that case, thank you, General Gongsun!"

Sun Jian bowed his hands to Gongsun Zan and left the camp.Not daring to waste time, after telling Cheng Pu to guard the city carefully, he only took his son Sun Ce, and left the city in the dark, heading straight for Yuan Shu's camp.

When he rushed to Daying to meet Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu also looked confused after hearing his intentions.

I really want to use the method of cutting off food to beat Sun Jian and let him know the difference between master and slave.

But... I haven't had time to do it at all, why is Sun Jian's food and grass broken.

Who the hell did it!

Yuan Shu's heart was full of anger.

I can beat my child, but others can't bully it, otherwise it would be a slap in the face!
Seeing that Yuan Shu's anger didn't seem fake, Sun Jian was also a little surprised.

He originally thought that Yuan Shu had listened to the slander and cut off the food and grass because he was afraid that his tail would be too big to lose.So he prepared a lot of arguments, trying to persuade Yuan Shu to re-allocate his food.

But now these rhetoric are obviously useless, because Yuan Shu also knows nothing about the food shortage.

After the two looked at each other for a moment, there was a hint of understanding in their eyes.

When the coalition forces went to battle, Yuan Shu had ordered Yuan Shao to be in charge of the logistics, but now they are out of food...

That's right, that bastard Yuan Benchu ​​must have cut off the food!
Yuan Shu stood up abruptly, slapped the table, and said loudly: "Yuan Benchu, you wolf-hearted and dog-hearted person, I am incompatible with you!"

Compared to Yuan Shu's anger, Sun Jian's eyes burst out with endless killing intent.If Yuan Shu runs out of food, he will naturally clarify the advantages and disadvantages in order to re-allocate the food.

But for Yuan Shao, Sun Jian didn't have to be so polite.

Yuan Benchu, I swear to kill you!
But now that the battle ahead is stalemate, it is by no means the time to settle accounts with Yuan Shao.

Sun Jian clasped his fists at Yuan Shu and said, "Leader, the battle ahead is critical now. Niu Fu's army has surrounded Juan County. If the army continues to run out of food, the soldiers may collapse without fighting. Please make a decision!"

You let me make a decision, who do I ask to make a decision?

This morning, a general came to report that a batch of grain and grass that should have arrived yesterday hadn't arrived this morning.When Yuan Shu heard the news at first, he didn't pay attention to it. Now that he thinks about it, Yuan Shao's bastard might have cut off his own food!
The jujube was only two hundred miles away from Luoyang, and it was the early stage of the war, so it took almost no effort to transport the food and fodder, so Yuan Shu's army only brought five days' worth of food.

Food is something that cannot be conjured out of thin air, so Yuan Shu has no good solution.

Seeing the tense battle ahead, Yuan Shu thought about it for a while, and finally decided to allocate some food and grass from the army, and let Sun Jian take it back with him, so as to solve the current difficulties first.

As for Yuan Shao who was lagging behind, Yuan Shu planned to send someone to take over the supply of food and grass, and dispatch Yuan Shao to the front of the formation, and then slowly deal with him.

Seeing that the problem of food and grass had been temporarily resolved, Sun Jian didn't dare to stay any longer. After bidding farewell to Yuan Shu, he turned around and left the camp, and turned around to Juan County.

After Sun Jian left, Yuan Shu invited Liu Bei over again and told him about the matter.

After listening to Liu Bei, he couldn't help frowning, and his face was already angry.

"We will work together to seek thieves for the country, why did he, Yuan Benchu, do such a despicable thing!"

Yuan Shu said with a sneer, "Your Majesty is a loyal person in the Han family, so naturally he doesn't understand the thoughts of those filthy villains. The concubine's house slave must have seen the great army's achievements and was not angry in his heart, so he resorted to such vicious tricks, so that our army will be defeated Dong thief's hands."

"Ugh!"

Liu Bei sighed, his eyes full of unwillingness.

You got a good deal with Dong, the good news just came in the morning, how come at night, some people in the coalition army have a different heart...

At this moment, he thought of what Lin Chao had said before, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart for his innocence.

Zichu is good at insight into the general trend of the world, and also has a good understanding of people. He almost never makes mistakes, but this time it is too late for someone to see what happened.

Thinking about it, Liu Bei said: "Leader, the battle ahead is tense right now, but the army has no food and grass. For the current plan, what should we do?"

Liu Bei's words were similar to what Sun Jian said before, and Yuan Shu smiled wryly when he heard it.

What can I do!
Yuan Shu suddenly felt that the position of leader is not so easy to sit.

"Don't worry, I ordered General Shoucheng to lead his troops back and asked the concubine's slaves for food and grass." Yuan Shu said, "Once there is food and grass, the army will take advantage of the situation to cover up and attack Xingyang."

Hearing this, Lin Chao shook his head and smiled, stood up, cupped his hands at Yuan Shu and said, "Leader, if Yuan Benchu ​​still refuses to distribute the grain and grass, what should we do?"

"He dares!"

Yuan Shu slapped the table and shouted loudly.

Lin Chao said again: "Why didn't he, Yuan Benchu, dare? If he really didn't dare, he wouldn't have cut off food this time."

"This……"

Yuan Shu was momentarily at a loss for words.

What Lin Chao said hit on what he was most worried about.

Even if Ma Teng leads the army to return, Yuan Shao is still unwilling to give food and grass, or find other excuses to delay for ten days and a half months, and the army will have to return without success.Moreover, this is the best result.

Alas, I shouldn't have let that concubine's house slave be in charge of food and grass dispatch, otherwise I would be in a dilemma today.

Yuan Shu was so regretful that his intestines were green, but there was nothing he could do.

Now that the situation is very good, he naturally does not want to return without success.

With this in mind, Yuan Shu set his sights on Lin Chao, hoping that the military advisor he had appointed would come up with a good solution.

"Zichu, in such a situation, do you have a clever plan to help our army get out of the predicament?"

Facing Yuan Shu's question, Lin Chao did not answer, but asked back, "Dare to ask the leader, how much food is there in the army at this time?"

"The remaining food is not enough for the army to use for five days." Yuan Shu said, his face was full of bitterness.

Lin Chao spread his arms and smiled, "Leader, food and grass have always been in short supply, and there is nothing I can do. For the present plan, there are only two choices."

Yuan Shu asked curiously, "Two options? Zichu might as well talk about it in detail."

"It's actually not complicated. First, order General Sun and General Gongsun to lead the army back together. As long as an ambush is set up along the way, the bandit army should not dare to pursue. When the two generals return with their troops, the leader can lead the army back to Suanzao. Settle accounts with Yuan Benchu."

Yuan Shu immediately shook his head and said: "No, Zichu's plan is absolutely unfeasible. Our army has just won a big victory in this battle, and now it is time to go all out and defeat Dong Bandit. I will never retreat! Zichu still talks about the first Two choices."

Lin Chao clasped his hands again and said, "The second option is to ask the lord to lead the troops in person, advance quickly, and force Dong Bandit to fight our army. If we win this battle, even if we can't kill Dong Bandit, at least we will be able to kill Dong Bandit. It retreats to Hulao Pass. At that time, the leader can calmly clean up the affairs behind."

In the end, Lin Chao concluded: "It doesn't matter which one you choose, but I ask the leader to make a decision as soon as possible. Don't hesitate, otherwise our army will be defeated when the food is exhausted!"

After listening, Yuan Shu understood what Lin Chao meant.

Since you don't want to withdraw your troops, you can only make a quick decision.

Yuan Shu stood up, waved his sleeves, and said, "Okay, just as Zichu said. Send an order, the army will set out tomorrow morning, enter Juan County, and have a showdown with Dong Bandit!"

(End of this chapter)