Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

Gongsun Kang also knew in his heart that if he wanted to repel Cao Jun, he would have to wait until winter to have a chance.

But right now, the food and grass in Wangping City is no longer enough to sustain them until winter.

For the current plan, the only way to reduce the daily quota per person is to eat this food until winter.

Gongsun Kang directly ordered: "Then I will pass on the order. From today on, the supply of food and grass will be reduced for each person every day."

But what he didn't know was that at this time, some people in the army under his command had already started spreading rumors.

In Gongsun Kang's army, the soldiers disguised as shadow guards began to look for people to chat with.

"Hey, have you heard that our lord seems to have run out of food and grass?"

"That can't be true. Doesn't it mean that our food and grass are enough for us to eat until winter?"

"What are we going to eat? There is not enough food at all. I have a fellow villager who is in charge of the food and grass department. He told me that we don't have enough food and grass."

"Is there any army or food to support us? I don't want to starve to death!"

"I'm afraid that's gone."

Conversations like this were common in Gongsun Kang's army.

Soon, news spread among the army that Gongsun Kang's army was short of food and grass.

After the soldiers learned that there was a shortage of food and grass, none of them were willing to follow Gongsun Kang to defend the city.

After all, in these troubled times, they chose to be soldiers simply so that they could have enough to eat and give military pay to their families.

But right now, they don't even have food to eat, so how can they get military pay?

However, this was just a rumor after all. The soldiers were suspicious, but there was no turmoil.

Until lunch time, all the steamed buns and rice we usually eat were replaced by porridge.

After some soldiers saw the porridge, they immediately became unhappy and wanted to argue with the grain officer.

As a result, these troublemaking soldiers were beaten up.

At this time, the news that Gongsun Kang's army was out of food was completely confirmed.

There were no generals in Gongsun Kang's army. Several lieutenants gathered together to discuss the next thing.

"Right now, my lord is really out of food and grass. If this continues, the army is likely to mutiny."

"Then what can we do? There is not much food and grass in the city, so we can't just ignore it and eat haese. Having gruel to drink is better than having nothing to eat."

When the lieutenants heard this, they all fell silent.

After a while, a lieutenant sitting in the corner stood up.

If Gongsun Kang were here, he would definitely recognize that the deputy general who stood up was the one who suggested saving food and grass.

And his true identity is Cao Ang's shadow guard commander.

After the deputy general stood up, he said loudly: "We join the army to fight, aren't we just for food and military pay? Now that we don't have enough to eat, even if we are willing to sacrifice our lives for our lord, are the soldiers under us willing? "

As the deputy general finished speaking, everyone else fell silent.

There was a deputy general who was loyal to Gongsun Kang.

After hearing these words, he stood up directly and loudly rebuked the shadow guard pretending to be a deputy general. "What are you talking about? Those soldiers outside, if my lord hadn't given them a mouthful of food, they would have starved to death long ago!"

When the deputy general dressed as a shadow guard heard this, he narrowed his eyes and said with disdain: "Starve to death? To be honest, if the lord hadn't refused to surrender to the court, we would have been able to eat it by now. It’s full!”

"I have long heard from my distant relatives that the people in the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the imperial court are planting high-yield grains, and the imperial court has also reduced taxes. Every household can eat and drink enough, and there is still food left over!"

"Besides, Cao Jun's treatment is many times that of ours. We didn't directly rebel against our lord, but followed him for such a long time. That can be regarded as the utmost benevolence and righteousness."

When the loyal lieutenant heard this, he stared at the shadow guard with squinted eyes and said coldly: "In that case, I will truthfully tell the lord what you think and see how he will deal with you!"

After saying this, the deputy general got up and left.

But how could the shadow guard give him this opportunity? He immediately took the lead, pulled out the sword from his waist, and stabbed the opponent to death.

After everyone else saw this scene, they were all shocked.

After the shadow guard killed the deputy general, he said to the remaining deputy generals: "I want Kaicheng to surrender. I don't know what you mean?"

Having said this, the shadow guard shook off the blood on the sword.

After everyone else saw this scene, they all remained silent and did not dare to say a word.

Upon seeing this, the Shadow Guard continued: "Since you have no other opinions, then I will go out and lead people to open the city gate and surrender!"

After hearing these words, the lieutenants nodded and expressed their willingness to support the shadow guard.

Upon seeing this, the Shadow Guard did not kill any more people. Instead, he went out and announced to the soldiers that he wanted to surrender.

Those soldiers felt that there was no future in following Gongsun Kang, so they planned to surrender with the shadow guard.

However, there were still people who were loyal to Gongsun Kang and ran to report the news.

When Gongsun Kang learned that the army had mutinied and some people took the lead in Kaicheng and surrendered, he was also shocked.

"What? I think I can lead my subordinates well, why did they sentence me?" Gongsun Zan was shocked and angry.

The person who came to report the news knew that Gongsun Kang was angry, so he did not dare to speak.

After Gongsun Kang smashed a bunch of things, he immediately summoned his personal guards to prepare for a breakout.

"Since they plan to open the city and surrender, I'm afraid Cao's army has already entered the city. Let's break out from the gate on the other side and go to Wuhuan to find Gongsun Zan!"

Soon, under the leadership of Gongsun Kang, he broke out with his personal guards and left Wangping City.

Cao Ang and Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were accepting the surrender of those soldiers.

At this moment, the shadow guard hurried over and reported the situation.

"Major General, Gongsun Kang led 300 personal guards and broke out from the side door. Our people didn't react and let him run away."

When Cao Ang heard this, he smiled softly and said, "It's okay, he can't run away."

Seeing Cao Ang looking so confident, everyone was in a daze for a while.

At this time, Gongsun Kang had already arrived in the north of Wangping City, preparing to go to Wuhuan to meet Gongsun Zan.

But at this moment, a team of two cavalrymen rushed from his flank at an extremely fast speed and surrounded his three hundred people.

Gongsun Kang looked at the leader of the cavalry team, his heart suddenly thumped, and he cried out sadly: "My life is at stake!" (End of Chapter)