Hearing the word "street pavilion", everyone's already tense spirits became tense again.
If there is a crisis in Jieting, let alone conquering the counties west of Longshan, I am afraid that the entire army will be mobilized immediately to support.
If Jieting is broken through by the Xianbei people, the Yizhou Army will immediately face a greater threat than Han Sui's 400,000 Qiang troops before.
Without the street pavilion, there will no longer be terrain for the Yizhou Army to contain powerful enemies, and there will no longer be a way to block the passage. The entire Hanyang County will be left to the Xianbei people!
"Speak quickly!"
Liu Zhang sounded anxious, but he never believed that the street pavilion would be lost.
Even if Lu Su could not defeat the Xianbei people, he could still keep the Xianbei people out of the street pavilions by relying on fortifications.
"My lord, the Lu military division has urgently reported that the Xianbei people have abandoned the street pavilion and led their troops straight to Fufeng County!"
After hearing the news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
What a false alarm. It turned out that the Xianbei people evacuated the street pavilion.
"How is Jieting doing now? Did Military Advisor Lu ask you to take a message?"
The soldier nodded quickly and reported to Liu Zhang word for word what Lu Su told him.
"For your information, my lord, the Lu military advisor speculates that the Xianbei people had to retreat because they ran out of food and grass."
"Now that the crisis in the street pavilion has been basically resolved, if the Lord needs it, the Lu military division can dispatch 20,000 troops from the street pavilion to come for support!"
Liu Zhang felt warm in his heart, Lu Su was really thoughtful.
As soon as the crisis in Jieting was relieved, Lu Su wanted to share the pressure with Liu Zhang. It is difficult for the monarch to dislike such a considerate minister.
"You go back and tell the Lu military division that the war in Yuzhong is over, and ask him to guard the street pavilion to prevent the Xianbei people from returning."
"As you command!"
"Go ahead."
Liu Zhang waved his hand, and the soldiers did not dare to delay and immediately got up and returned to the street pavilion.
Although the Xianbei people will not leave and come back, the more than 30,000 soldiers in Yuzhong are completely enough, and Liu Zhang does not need to waste his military strength.
"Lord, the threat from the Xianbei people has disappeared, can we march to Hexi?"
Fazheng was still reluctant to give up the land west of Hexi. In his opinion, it only took a few thousand soldiers and horses to capture it.
"No, we keep the original plan unchanged."
The news at Jieting did not change Liu Zhang's mind, and he still did not adopt Fa Zheng's opinion.
"Mr. Cheng Gong."
Cheng Gongying quickly stood up and listened to Liu Zhang's instructions.
"Lord."
"Please Mr. Cheng Gong temporarily take over the post of Jincheng Prefect."
Cheng Gongying was very surprised by Liu Zhang's decision. Jincheng was so important that he handed it over to someone who had just surrendered.
"My lord, isn't it appropriate for me to serve as the prefect of Jincheng..."
Rather than letting Liu Zhang's advisers raise objections, Cheng Gongying thought it would be better to raise them himself.
After all, he was Han Sui's former minister, and as the governor of Han Sui's old home, it was inevitable that people would criticize him.
Liu Zhang chuckled several times and gave Cheng Gongying a reassuring look.
"Mr. Chenggong, don't think too much, I also have an important trust to entrust to you."
"Please make it clear, my lord."
"There are ten counties in Jincheng. I want you to assist the army in conquering the counties in Jincheng County and try to persuade them to surrender in Kaicheng."
Jincheng County is Han Sui's hometown. He has been operating here for more than ten years, and there must be many die-hard loyalists.
Let Cheng Gongying serve as the governor of Jincheng in order to appease the people of Jincheng County.
If every city is resisting, it will undoubtedly be a very troublesome thing.
"I'll take your orders!"
Cheng Gongying did not hesitate at all and immediately accepted the order.
From the moment he decided to submit to Liu Zhang, he was ready to do his best to help Liu Zhang.
"Ziyi."
"The end is here!"
Taishi Ci heard Liu Zhang's call and quickly stood up to obey his orders.
"You will lead Wu Fengying and Mr. Cheng Gong to conquer the counties in Jincheng."
"The general will obey your orders!"
"Listen to Mr. Chenggong's opinion on everything."
Other counties may not have any problems, but Jincheng County will definitely have the power to continue to resist.
Even if Cheng Gongying personally takes action, it will take a lot of twists and turns, and it will take a lot of time.
Cheng Gongying was greatly moved by Liu Zhang's order. Unexpectedly, he asked Tai Shici, who had personally given the earliest instructions, to listen to his opinions.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely tell you to surrender all the counties in Jincheng County!"
"Um!"
Naturally, there is no problem in regaining Jincheng County. The main thing is whether we can avoid fighting.
Cheng Gongying was so determined that Liu Zhang could naturally put his heart into his stomach.
"Gongda."
"What are your orders, my lord?"
"Send someone to send an order to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang to quickly occupy the entire territory of Longxi County and Wuwei County."
"As you command!"
Xun You had no objections, and this order was very consistent with the current situation.
"By the way, send someone back to Chengdu to ask Wen He about the food situation."
Xun You frowned slightly, with a hint of sadness between his brows.
Long before Liu Zhang sent out troops, he gave Jia Xu a secret order to purchase grain through the Chamber of Commerce.
Xun You knew about this, but the effect was not very good.
"My lord, the grain harvest in Jingzhou and Yangzhou is poor this year. In addition, wars have broken out in the Central Plains, Hebei, and Jiangdong. I am afraid that the purchase of grain is not very ideal."
"But my lord, don't worry too much. The food in Hanzhong County and Hanyang County can still last for one year."
Soldiers suffered serious casualties in successive battles, but their food consumption was also greatly reduced.
There are civilian and military villages in Yizhou. As long as it lasts until the harvest season, the grain warehouse will be full immediately.
"Gongda, how much food do we have available now?"
"this..."
Looking at Xun You's serious and sad expression, Liu Zhang knew it was definitely not good news.
"Say it!"
"There are still two million stones left..."
Upon hearing the figure two million, everyone in the room showed horrified expressions.
But fear is different. Some people think it's too much, and some people think it's too little.
Ma Chao, Pang De, Cheng Gongying and others were simply shocked. They had no idea what kind of figure two million shi of grain was.
I'm afraid I have never seen so much food and grass in my life!
If they had this food and grass before, why would they rush to Liu Zhang every day?
I am afraid that the offensive and defensive sides will be completely reversed, and it is the Yizhou Army who will be looking at Yuzhong City with excitement.
However, the astonished eyes of Pang Tong, Fazheng and others also had a look of disbelief.
Two million stones piled up into a mountain would be an astronomical figure for any force.
If Cao Cao had received two million shi of grain during the Battle of Guandu, he would not have been unable to deploy troops and horses to fight against Yuan Shao.
But for the Yizhou Army, two million was an unacceptable number.
Because before sending troops to Hanzhong, Liu Zhang mobilized five million stones of food and grass!
An army of only 100,000 people consumed 3 million shi in less than a year?
This is indeed too appalling!
Although Liu Zhang was mentally prepared, he still found it difficult to accept this number.
He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.