Chapter 207 Salary from the bottom of the pot! Sneak attack on the capital warehouse and blow up Li Ru!
Sili, Luoyang.
The rising sun rises in the east and the sky becomes bright.
In the vast wilderness.
Zhang Liao took out the map from his arms, lowered his head and browsed it carefully.
The origins of the various sizes marked on the map are the granaries near Luoyang.
"General."
Han Dangce immediately stepped forward and said softly: "The one closest to us should be Gōu Cang. Hurry up and we'll be there in a quarter of an hour. Do we want to kill it?"
"How much food and grass does Guancang have?"
Zhang Liao didn't take this small granary seriously at all.
After all, once they take action, they will definitely alert the enemy. Since they want to fight, they have to do it in a big way, otherwise they will be sorry for running around day and night.
"The general means..."
Han Dang didn't expect Zhang Liao's appetite to be so big.
In fact, he didn't want to do something big and give Dong Zhuo a fatal blow in his heart.
But after all, it is already dawn, and the concealment is not as good as in the early morning. Once the whereabouts are exposed, it may not be as easy as imagined to get a large granary.
"Jingshicang, Yanshicang!"
Zhang Liao finally selected two points and solemnly said: "Luoyang has been without food for three months. Dong Zhuo will definitely concentrate the food in places that are easy for him to control."
"Looking around Luoyang, I'm afraid there are only Jingshi Cang and Yanshi Cang, which can be called large granaries. As for small granaries like Gucang, if there is no food and grass, our trip will be in vain and our whereabouts will be exposed."
Han Dang naturally knew the location of the Capital Warehouse: "The Capital Warehouse is the closest to Luoyang City and is the most likely place to store food, but it is also very dangerous here."
"Um."
Zhang Liao nodded and said firmly: "If you succeed in one attack, leave immediately."
Han Dang leaned forward and held his hands in his hands: "You will eventually understand."
Zhang Liao said sonorously: "Change the flag."
The flag bearer nodded: "No."
Immediately.
He put away his royal flag and replaced it with the flag of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry that had been prepared in advance.
In this way, even if the cavalry is spotted from afar, they will think it is a Bingzhou wolf riding over.
After changing the flag, Zhang Liao waved his hand: "Brothers, target the capital warehouse and move forward at full speed."
All the soldiers responded in unison: "Promise."
Rumble~~~
The sound of horse hooves rolled away.
Capital Cang.
watchtower.
A soldier stared at the billowing smoke and dust in front of him and shouted: "There's something going on."
The soldiers below all ascended to the city and looked up.
But see...
At the end of the field of vision, amid the billowing torrent of smoke and dust, a large banner was fluttering in the wind.
The soldiers guarding the capital warehouse naturally recognized the flag of Bingzhou Langqi, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's Bingzhou Langqi, probably here to push for supplies."
Phew~~
The soldiers below wiped their sweat and relaxed one by one: "You kid, don't be surprised. Every time you do this, you will be scared to death. Do you hear me?"
"Well......"
The soldier on the watchtower scratched his head and chuckled: "Who would have thought that the Wolf Cavalry would bring so many soldiers and horses this time. It feels like they are going to attack the capital warehouse. In the past, there were only one or two hundred cavalry at best."
"Okay."
The soldiers below raised their hands for a moment and said angrily: "This is not a problem we should consider. How much food and grass should be allocated to each place is naturally decided by the prime minister. We are just following orders. Can Lu Bu blame us?"
"Let's make trouble!"
The soldier said nonchalantly: "Wolf Cavalry is a stepmother and is not welcome. Now that there is not enough food and grass, they naturally save as much as they can, and don't give as much as possible."
"Alas~~"
The soldier sighed: "Poor Lu Bu."
Someone else echoed: "Who says it's not the case?"
"We here can best prove who is the direct descendant."
"That's right! Xiliang Xiaoqi's food and grass have never been cut off."
"..."
The soldiers below were chatting with each other.
suddenly.
A voice sounded from the watchtower: "No! It's not the Wolf Riders, it's the enemy..."
The word "attack" has not yet come out of my mouth.
Whoosh!
A stream of light roared past.
The soldier on the watchtower was hit by an arrow, turned over and fell down, making a loud thud.
The soldier who was chatting was stunned, suddenly felt something bad, and shouted sharply:
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
"Close the city gate quickly!"
Squeak~~
The huge city gate closed little by little.
Unfortunately, they were still a step too late.
Just when the city gate was about to close, a cold light shot out from the gap. With a pop, it pierced the soldier who pushed the door directly. The sharp edge penetrated half of his body and pierced out from the side of the ridge pillar. A bright red
Jia Feng exuded soaring murderous aura.
"ah?"
The soldiers at the city gate exclaimed.
They wanted to close the door but it was too late.
Zhang Liao, who was outside the door, imbued his arms with divine power, and with the help of the impact of the war horse, he opened a foot-wide gap in an instant. At the same time, he charged forward with his horse and rode into the city alone.
Phew! Phew! Phew!
The sharp edges are flying and the blood is splashing.
Zhang Liao was fine if he didn't take action, but when he did it was lightning and flint.
As if in the blink of an eye, he killed the four soldiers responsible for closing the door.
Then, he used his weapon to completely open the city gate, and General Han Dang galloped in. The two stone bows in his palms were stretched like full moons. With a whoosh, the soldiers who were rushing towards him with spears fell down in response:
"kill-!"
Give an order.
Wuyangyang's cavalry filed in.
Zhang Liao rushed in with his horse and suddenly became enlightened.
The huge wooden structure houses are all filled with food. As long as the house can be burned down, the food hidden in it will naturally collapse with the house and be destroyed.
He ordered without hesitation: "Yi Gong, you are in charge of the left side, and I am in charge of the right side. We must burn the house as quickly as possible, and then leave as quickly as possible without making any mistakes."
Han Dang nodded: "No! Brothers, follow me!"
All the cavalry: “Kill—!”
It is worth mentioning that.
The granary in the Capital Cang is a permanent granary, far from being comparable to the temporary granary during wartime.
They form a huge courtyard structure as a whole, consisting of walls, gates, warehouses, houses and other parts. They are regularly guarded by specialized soldiers and horses, just like a small city.
Temporary granaries during wartime were, at best, temporary open-air camps. The granaries were extremely simple brown-glazed granaries, with an open cylindrical conjoined shape. The round top of the granary was covered with a lid to protect it from rain.
Function.
As for the grain in the capital's granary, it needs to be stored for a long time, so there is grain and grass every day. Everyone in each granary lives in the house, and the salary is many times higher than that of the simple granary during the war.
Moreover, these small granaries that live in houses are basically made of clay and gray pottery, which have certain fire-proof and moisture-proof functions. It is very difficult to burn them down.
Rather than attacking the small granaries made of mud and gray clay, it would be far better to attack the houses where they live. As long as the fire breaks out, all the food inside will be destroyed in less than an hour.
"kill-!"
Zhang Liao led his troops forward and continuously slaughtered the defenders who came to support him.
Behind them, the soldiers threw the prepared kerosene cans into the corridor. In the room, banging and banging sounds were heard one after another, kerosene splashed everywhere, and there were a few sparks, which turned into a huge fire.
In the blink of an eye.
The capital warehouse fell into a sea of fire, and thick smoke rose into the air.
at the same time.
Luoyang, Bi Guiyuan.
Xiliang Camp.
Central army, big tent.
Li Ru is handling military affairs.
Dong Zhuo defeated Wang Kuang in the Heyangjin direction, and Yuan Shao fled and returned to his original position.
Later, Dong Zhuo personally led his troops to Sishui Pass and launched a desperate battle with the Allied forces in the direction of Yanjin.
Although the current situation is inextricable, as long as time goes by and the news of Yuan Shao's defeat reaches Sishui Pass, they will inevitably fall apart, and victory will eventually belong to them.
Li Ru is extremely confident in this.
He is even already planning how to fight next.
The troops rushed to the outside of the pass, burned, killed and looted. While replenishing Luoyang's food and grass, they gathered all the troops and rushed to Dagu Pass to fight to the death with King Hongnong!
As long as they can defeat King Hongnong, Dong Zhuo will cling to victory. Even if they make a comeback, the initiative at that time will still fall into Dong Zhuo's hands.
certainly!
This is not the most important thing.
Once Dong Zhuo achieved a complete victory in the war against Dong.
Then, the situation in the world will inevitably change drastically, and the noble clans facing the wind will inevitably consider whether they should support King Hongnong and Yuan Shao? Or should they support Dong Zhuo!
This is the thought.
The corners of Li Ru's lips raised slightly, indicating that the situation was obviously favorable to Dong Zhuo.
Now, the only variable is the Allied Forces on the South Road. King Hongnong is much more powerful than he imagined.
But with Xu Rong here, I think nothing big will happen. If we stick to it for more than ten days, there will definitely be no problems.
More than ten days were enough for Dong Zhuo to deal with the rats from Guandong at Sishui Pass.
Even if it is difficult to settle it, as long as the news of Yuan Shao's defeat spreads, it will still affect their military morale.
Phew~~~
Li Ru stood in front of the map, his eyes finally fell on Dagu Pass on the southern line, and he secretly prayed in his heart: "Xu Rong, you must hold on!"
"Report—!"
At this moment, a hurried announcement sounded outside the tent.
Li Ru turned his head and looked.
But when he saw the messengers rushing into the tent, they looked extremely panicked and did not even bother to salute, so they said: "Mr. Li, something bad has happened. Dagu Pass has been captured by King Hongnong."
"ah?"
Li Ru was stunned for a moment, with eyes full of shock: "What did you say? Dagu Pass was conquered by... King Hongnong?"
The messenger nodded with difficulty: "That's right! Xu Rong was arrested and Lu Bu fled to Yique Pass and is now resting."
"Damn it!"
Li Ru felt bad.
Dagu Pass has been broken, so guarding Yique Pass is of no use.
Didn't Lu Bu know that he quickly returned to Luoyang to help, but he actually rested at Yique Pass?
Li Ru secretly scolded Lu Bu a hundred and eighty times.
Courageless and extremely stupid!
All kinds of dirty words, I wish I could add them all to him.
Without hesitation.
Li Ru gave a sonorous order: "Quickly, gather Luoyang's troops and horses quickly to defend to the death. At the same time, send someone to pass the order to the prime minister, asking him to order the Feixiong Army to come to support. There must be no mistake."
The messenger handed over his hand: "No."
Li Ru puts himself in someone else's shoes.
If you have already conquered Dagu Pass, you will never waste a single moment of your time.
After all, Dong Zhuo is now facing an encirclement from three sides and is struggling to cope. Basically, the Luoyang camp must be empty.
And if we raid Luoyang Camp at this time, there will definitely be unexpected results.
"wrong!"
This is the thought.
Li Ru shook his head violently, shattering such thoughts.
The Allied cavalry on the southern front was not large in number, so how could they dare to break into their Luoyang camp easily?
And what will happen if they really kill Luoyang?
forage!
It must be food!
Li Ru seemed to realize something and hurriedly called out: "Here comes someone!"
A messenger came in from outside the account: "Here."
Li Ru did not hesitate and gave a sonorous order: "Send people quickly to support the Jingshi warehouse, Yanshi warehouse, especially the Jingshi warehouse. Most of our grain and grass are stored here. There must be no loss."
The messenger handed over his hand: "No."
But......
Before this person turns around and leaves.
"Report—!"
Suddenly, a hurried announcement sounded outside the tent again.
Li Ru's heart skipped a beat, and when he raised his eyes, the corners of his lips twitched subconsciously.
When the curtain was raised, a soldier broke into the tent. He looked extremely panicked. He didn't even have time to salute, so he raised his hand and pointed outside the tent:
"Li Langzhong, something serious has happened. There is thick smoke rising from the direction of the Capital Cang."
"Chop suey!"
Li Ru was so angry that he swore violently, his thin eyebrows suddenly knitted into a knot, and the anger in his heart seemed to burst out from his eyes: "It's so fast."
"Jingshicang!"
Li Ru hurried to the map, fixed his eyes on the capital warehouse, and made an immediate decision: "There are not many traitors and cavalry. After the raid on the capital warehouse, they will not dare to stay for a long time."
"Someone is coming!"
"exist."
"Instruct General Dong Min to lead all the cavalry under his command to intercept and kill the bandits in the direction of Anlin."
"promise."
The capital warehouse was burned.
This means that the food and grass that could have lasted for a month could not last for ten days now.
Moreover, Dagu Pass has been broken, and the southern defense line has been completely torn apart. Luoyang has no danger to defend and will definitely fall into passive position.
This time it's really...
The situation is over and there is no way to turn it around!
Li Ru was angry and said in a cold voice: "Pegasus sent someone to convey the message to the prime minister. I want to send Lu Bu to guard Luoyang, Dong Yue to guard Mianchi, Niu Fu to guard Shaanxian, Duan Xuan to guard Huayin, and the rest will all retreat to Chang'an. Guard Hangu."
The messenger bowed his head and said, "No."
"Lu Bu!"
Li Ru was extremely angry and subconsciously clenched his fists.
Although he was not at Dagu Pass, he always felt that the fall of Dagu Pass was inseparable from him.
If it was Xu Rong alone, even if he couldn't last too long, three or five days would definitely be no problem.
"Here comes someone."
"exist."
"Send people quickly to Yique Pass and let Lu Bu lead the troops back to Luoyang."
"promise!"
If you do something wrong, you have to deal with it yourself.
Although Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo swear to be father and son, they are not really father and son.
But now that he is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Li Ru naturally knows very well who should consider a real son-in-law.
Lu Bu was left to wipe his butt. If he could withstand it for a day, it was just a day. As for whether he lived or died in the end, Li Ru didn't care.
He was more concerned about how to deal with Liu Bian's ascension to the throne after returning to Chang'an.
A country cannot have two masters.
If Liu Bian becomes emperor, Liu Xie's value will inevitably decrease.
If it had been before, Li Ru would definitely have sent heavy troops to suppress the situation, but after this battle, Dong Zhuo was so strong that it was almost impossible to capture Hongnong King Liu Bian, who was in high morale.
Since it is not possible militarily, we can only resort to political means.
This will be a competition and contest between two political bodies.