Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Li Ji frowned slightly, knowing that this was bound to happen.

The food and fodder in the fields are almost lifeblood for the people.

If there is no harvest this year, most of the people in Luoyang might starve to death next year.

Therefore, there must be quite a few people who would stay hoping for luck, and the number may even be unimaginably large.

In particular, the people of Sili might be separated from Bingzhou by only a river, but the vast majority of them had never seen a foreign race in their lives and had no idea how brutal the foreign raids could be.

For the vast majority of the grassland tribes who eat raw meat and drink blood, food and fodder not only refer to what is grown in the fields, but even the farmers are also cattle and sheep in their eyes.

"Gongjin, do you have any ideas?" Li Ji asked.

"fire!"

Zhou Yu had a special obsession with using fire, and at this moment he also proposed such a solution.

"Now that the Xianbei have crossed the river to Mengjin, they must be heading for Luoyang. It has taken at least two months to loot. It is obviously too late for the people to harvest the autumn harvest."

"On the contrary, if the grain remains in the fields, it will only help the Xianbei. In this case, it would be better to send people to set fire to the fields and burn the grain before the Xianbei army arrives."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji weighed the pros and cons.

The advantages are naturally as Zhou Yu said, but the disadvantages will undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction among the people around Luoyang, and famine will inevitably break out in Luoyang next year, requiring a large amount of food and grass to be transported for disaster relief.

In just a moment, Li Ji made a decision. He realized that if he could not defend Luoyang and the Xianbei occupied Guanzhong, not to mention food, even the human population would be cut off.

"Mengqi, do as Gongjin said. Have someone prepare an official document and post it in every village to explain the reason. Then set fire to the fields and drive the people away. Do not allow them to stay."

Li Ji gave the order in a deep voice.

Even though Li Ji knew that doing so would inevitably lead to resentment from the people who did not understand him, time was pressing and he could not hesitate for a moment.

Now, the only cavalry that Li Ji can mobilize in Luoyang is the Western Liang Iron Cavalry under Ma Chao.

Ma Chao accepted the order and then asked Pang De, the most capable officer under his command, to carry out the task personally.

However, Pang De had just left for a while, and in less than a cup of tea he rushed back again, with his blood-stained horse behind him.

"Tiedi, why are you…"

Before Ma Chao could finish speaking, Ma Tie fell to his knees in front of Ma Chao and burst into tears.

"Brother, you must avenge your father!"

After these words were spoken, not only Ma Chao looked extremely unhappy, but Li Ji and Zhou Yu also realized something at the same time and their expressions tensed.

Ma Chao shook his body and quickly pressed Ma Tie's shoulder to question him.

"what happened?!"

"Han Sui, that bastard, led the Qiang people and the Southern Xiongnu to revolt and broke through Chang'an. My second brother was killed while defending the city, and my father was also killed by Han Sui when he came to Luoyang to deliver a letter in order to protect me..."

After hearing this, Ma Chao's face turned pale, then red with anger and he roared.

"Han thief, I will kill you!!"

But unlike Ma Chao's anger, Zhou Yu hurried forward and asked.

"How many Qiang and Southern Xiongnu rebels are there?"

Ma Tie choked for a while before answering.

"I'm afraid it's no less than 200,000." As soon as these words came out, everyone present changed color.

More than 200,000 Xianbei people moved south, and everyone was worried, but they were still quite confident that they could defend Luoyang.

Luoyang has high walls and a strong city, and there are many young and strong people in the city who can be recruited. The Xianbei are not good at attacking cities, so it is not difficult to stop them.

But almost at the same time, the Qiang people rebelled again after a lapse of ten years, and this time even the Southern Xiongnu got involved.

This is really a coincidence.

What a coincidence...it was as if the Xianbei, Qiang and Southern Xiongnu had discussed it in advance.

Zhou Yu thought for a while and then analyzed.

"Han Sui of Xiliang is known as the 'Nine Bends of the Yellow River'. He is cunning and treacherous, and knows everything about the Central Plains. In the past, he was defeated by Meng Qi and fled in panic, and no one knows where he has disappeared."

"Now it seems that this person probably fled to the grasslands and persuaded the Xianbei, Qiang, and Southern Xiongnu to join forces to plunder, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to rise again and seek benefits."

"It's even possible that even the Wuhuan Rebellion in Youzhou was related to him."

For a moment, a feeling of heaviness spread throughout the hall.

Suddenly, Zhang Song broke the heaviness and spoke to Li Ji.

"Prime Minister, the Qiang and Southern Xiongnu will not stop after they have conquered Chang'an. Judging from the time, they may have already passed Hangu Pass and are only one day or two days away from Luoyang."

"In a few days, there may be 400,000 cavalrymen besieging Luoyang. Luoyang may not be able to hold out for long due to its small number of soldiers. However, Luoyang can be lost and retaken. The Prime Minister must not let it fall into the hands of the bandits."

"Song Dudan, please ask the Prime Minister to evacuate Luoyang immediately and go to Yanzhou to command the army."

As Zhang Song spoke, the others suddenly reacted and asked Li Ji to evacuate Luoyang.

Zhang Song had already proposed this idea when he learned that the Xianbei cavalry might threaten Luoyang.

However, it was not difficult to resist the Xianbei cavalry with the strong city of Luoyang and the defenders in the city, so there were not many voices supporting the prime minister to leave Luoyang.

At this moment, with the fall of Chang'an, the Qiang people and the Southern Xiongnu will also approach Luoyang. According to preliminary statistics, there are a mighty 400,000 cavalry.

This number made it difficult for everyone present not to recall the Siege of Baideng that Emperor Gaozu experienced.

At that time, Emperor Gaozu was surrounded by 400,000 Xiongnu cavalry led by Maodun, which made the Han Dynasty ashamed for generations.

Facing the constant persuasion of Sun Ce, Yang Ren, Zhang Song, Taishi Ci, Pang De and others, Li Ji, who was sitting in the upper position, still had a gloomy face and said nothing.

When Zhou Yu saw this, he became anxious.

Perhaps Zhou Yu had been dissatisfied with Li Ji in the past, but over the years Zhou Yu had become convinced of Li Ji and even knew clearly what the position of prime minister meant to the Han Dynasty.

Luoyang can be lost, and they can also die here, but the Prime Minister must not fall into the hands of bandits.

Immediately, Zhou Yu began to persuade again.

"Prime Minister, the Xianbei, Qiang, and Southern Xiongnu have all marched to Luoyang without any prior agreement. Their purpose may not be to seize Luoyang at all. I'm afraid they know that the Prime Minister is here, and they are here for the Prime Minister."

"Those barbarians on the grassland may not know the Prime Minister, but Han Sui must understand how important the Prime Minister is to the King and the Han Dynasty."

"If the Prime Minister is unfortunately captured, the barbarians on the grasslands may use this as a threat, just like they did in the sixth year of Xiping when they seized the five counties of Bingzhou, and force the king to cede territory."

Upon hearing this, Sun Ce also quickly spoke.

"If you are worried about Luoyang, I am willing to take your place and stay in Luoyang. I will defend Luoyang until the last moment. As long as we are in the city, please evacuate quickly." (End of this chapter)