One after another delicious dishes were served to the table.
The three Zhang Jiao brothers sat together with several high-status generals, drinking, eating meat, and talking about things.
"It has been a year since we started the uprising. When will we attack Luoyang?" During the meal, a general asked.
"It's not urgent, most of our soldiers have not been trained and cannot compare with Luoyang's army." Zhang Jiao said calmly.
"But we have three hundred thousand!"
"Three hundred thousand? Whoever of you can beat Lu Bu, I will let him go!" Zhang Jiao looked at the generals.
Everyone fell into silence and kept silent.
Lu Bu is among men, and Red Rabbit is among horses.
Lu Bu is very powerful, and he also controls the Xiliang cavalry. With him, whoever goes will die.
"Although Lu Bu is strong, if we go together, he won't be able to kill all of us." A general suddenly said.
"Yes, if we all go together, we can wear him to death."
Zhang Jiao listened to their conversation and said lightly: "Then who goes first?"
No one spoke.
They can become generals without even wanting to die.
If you fight against Lu Bu, you will probably die.
Who dares to go?
Zhang Jiao was eating venison and drinking wine, and said casually: "Luoyang is not in a hurry. We must first raise our troops before we can fight."
"But sir, we don't have that much food."
"Yes, we fought all the way and although we plundered a lot of food, there were too many people and the food was already at the bottom."
"Then keep grabbing!" Zhang Jiao said angrily.
"Sir, you don't know something. Wherever we go, not a blade of grass grows. The men are killed and the women are taken away. The land we capture is almost filled with refugees and no people who work on the land."
Zhang Jiao frowned when he heard this.
The Yellow Turban Army is not a regular army. Any place they conquer will be completely robbed.
Even if there are people who are not killed, they will become refugees, with no food to eat, and no seeds to grow crops.
Without crops, there is no food source.
"We are in big trouble." Zhang Jiao realized the problem.
If they continue to kill, the Yellow Turban Army will arouse public anger.
No, it has already been caused.
"Sir, many people who don't have enough to eat have joined us one after another, and our number is still increasing rapidly." Zhang Liang said.
When there are many people, he and Zhang Bao will call Zhang Jiao "sir".
When there is no one around, they call each other brothers.
Zhang Jiao took a sip of wine and said, "I will find a way to solve the food issue."
"You have to restrain your subordinates. When you enter the city from now on, you are not allowed to burn, kill or rob, let alone take away all the people's food."
"Without them growing food, what would we eat?"
"Yes." Everyone said with cupped hands.
"How long will we have enough food?" Zhang Bao asked.
"Five days." Someone answered.
"It's gone so soon?" Zhang Jiao was stunned.
He remembered that there was still a lot of food, enough to last for several months.
"Your Excellency, you don't know. Today's soldiers eat too much, and many people join in to eat together, resulting in a sharp decrease in food." the forage officer replied.
Zhang Jiao put his hand on his forehead, this is not good.
Without food, it is easy to become distracted.
And if you want to attack the city, you can't do it every three to five days.
If the opponent insists on defending, the fight will take longer.
Moreover, if the enemy knew that they were out of food and moved the food away first, giving them an empty city, they would be in even greater trouble.
"Grain and grass officer, give me a food limit, five days of food, and I want you to hold on to it for a month." Zhang Jiao said immediately.
"Ah?" the grain officer was stunned.
How can I eat five days of food for a month?
"I……"
"Don't say you can't do it. If you can't do it, I'll kill you." Zhang Jiao said bluntly.
"Yes." The grain and grass officer responded, feeling a little headache.
Five days of food may be enough to last ten days, but if it lasts for thirty days, it will cause a mutiny.
After Zhang Lu finished eating the meat, she went back to discuss it with Zuo Ci.
Sitting on the roof, Zhou Sheng seemed to understand how to deal with the Yellow Turban Army.
Although the Yellow Turban Army came together because of their belief in Zhang Jiao, if there is no food...
Oh, without food, faith is nothing!
In the face of hunger, even if God is standing in front of you, you will take a bite.
And if he burns their food and grass, the Yellow Turban Army will be defeated.
After all, in the place they conquered, there were no people to grow food for them.
Zhou Sheng took advantage of the darkness and quietly left, heading to the granary.
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In the house.
Zhang Jiao told the current problem to Tianzun Zuo Ci.
When Zuo Ci heard this, his closed eyes suddenly opened.
"No food?" Zuo Ci seemed to realize the problem.
Without food, disease is bound to occur.
"Zhang Jiao, you should restrain your men and not rob when they enter the city. The people have no food to grow, so what do you eat?" Zuo Ci also had a headache.
Although the Yellow Turban Army captured many places, there were no ordinary people growing food in the areas they captured.
It is too late to sow seeds now.
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As for Tianzun Zuo Ci, he returned to the Three Kingdoms in a dream and did not bring his men with him.
Zhang Jiao was kneeling on the ground when he suddenly fell down, foaming at the mouth, and his body kept twitching.
"Tianzun...help..." Zhang Jiao shouted weakly.
When Tianzun heard Zhang Jue's cry for help, he immediately stood up, stepped on Zhang Jue with his feet, and scratched Zhang Jue's palm with his toes.
The blood flowing out of Zhang Jiao's palms appeared black, which was the result of toxins entering the blood.
"Lick my shoes!" Tianzun said quickly.
Zhang Jiao tried his best to lick Tianzun's shoes.
"Who drugged you?" Tianzun Zuo Ci whispered.
Zhang Jiao also died of an illness in his previous life, and his death was sudden.
Tianzun was still thinking, why did Zhang Jiao suddenly die when he was fine?
But now Tianzun seems to understand that Zhang Jiao did not die of illness but of poisoning.
At that time, he went back to Xiandao to prepare. When he came back, Zhang Jue died of illness and the Black Mountain Army in the Yellow Turban Army was acquired by Cao Cao.
Liu Bei also accumulated a certain amount of troops. The eighteen princes were preparing to attack Dong Zhuo, but he could not intervene at all and could only retreat.
But now, he has been here and saw Zhang Jiao being poisoned.
"What did you say and do today?" Tianzun Zuo Ci asked.
Zhang Jiao licked his shoes while recounting the conversation he had at noon.
"emperor?"
Tianzun Zuo Ci seemed to understand and kicked Zhang Jiao out.
"Look at yourself, you are worthy of being an emperor! No wonder someone wants to poison you!" Tianzun Zuo Ci scolded mercilessly.
"I realize my mistake." Zhang Jiao quickly admitted his mistake, crawled over on his knees, and continued licking.
"I probably know who poisoned him." Zuo Ci said softly.
"It's on fire, it's on fire!"
Outside the door, there was a sudden shouting.
Many people ran in and opened the door.
The scene before them shocked them.
Their General Tianbao actually knelt on the ground and licked the shoes of a man without hands!