The 213th chapter consumes food and grass to besiege but not attack
Chapter 213: Spending food and grass but not attacking
"Don't you dare? When you killed my two brothers, why didn't you consider whether you dared or not?" Liu Zhang's face was ferocious and his eyes were full of eyes. He always claimed to value love and righteousness, but he hesitated when it came to his three brothers.
, but caused the death of two brothers and serious injury to one brother, how could he feel so embarrassed?
"You can kill with just a nod, why did you do this to General Guo?" Li Jue also had a ferocious face. He was not feeling unfair for Guo Si, but he was afraid. He was afraid that he would become like Guo Si!
"That's right! Killing people can only be done with a nod of the head! Easy, you said it is really easy!" Liu Zhang gritted his teeth and said: "It's not your relatives who died in love? Don't be afraid! General Li, I heard that you didn't want to kill my brother.
It was Guo Bin who instigated it, so I made Guo Bin's life worse than death. The most I can do is make your death miserable! Don't be afraid!"
After listening to Liu Zhang's words, Li Jue couldn't help but shudder. He pointed at Liu Zhang and cursed without any confidence: "Liu Jiyu, who...is not sure of death! I...if I catch you, I will definitely...definitely kill you."
Cut into pieces!"
"Death by a thousand cuts? It is indeed a very good way to die!" Liu Zhang smiled softly and said: "Since you have chosen the way to die for yourself, I will definitely respect your request!"
"You..." Li Jue wanted to say something more, but when he saw the cold light in Liu Zhang's eyes, he couldn't say a word.
"Uncle, you don't need to be afraid of him. My nephew is also good at martial arts. Watch me take Liu Zhang's head!" Li Xian, Li Jue's nephew, had always been pampered. When he saw Liu Zhang threatening Li Jue, he actually wanted to fight.
"Are you looking for death?" Li Jue knows Li Xian's martial arts best. He is not even as good as Zhang Xiu. How can he be the opponent of Liu Zhang's general? Normally, Li Jue doesn't point it out because there is no danger. Now on the battlefield, he is still like this.
Being arrogant is the same as seeking death!
"Uncle...I..." Li Xian was very dissatisfied. He was about to say something, but Li Jue stopped him.
Watching Liu Zhang's troops coming and going from the city, Li Jue asked softly: "Xian'er, I know you are good at martial arts, but how is your martial arts better than mine?"
"How can my nephew's martial arts be compared with my uncle's?" Li Xian laughed and said, "Even Liu Zhang's generals can't compare with my uncle!"
"No! You are wrong!" Li Jue sighed: "None of the generals under Liu Zhang are worse than me. Even Liu Zhang himself, if I want to defeat him, I have to be second to Lily!"
"This..." Li Xian was stunned, and he couldn't help but ask: "Has uncle ever fought against them?"
"No!" Li Jue said with a smile: "But I have fought against Hua Xiong! That Zhang Fei defeated Hua Xiong with just one spear, and I want to defeat Hua Xiong, at least Lily! As for Huang Zhong, it's even worse.
Lu Bu's martial arts is far superior to mine, but Huang Zhong is actually on par with Lu Bu. Do you think I will be his opponent? It's that Zhang Xiu. If he uses all his strength, I will need at least Lily to defeat him. And
The martial arts of Liu Zhang and Zhang Xiu are second to none!"
"Uncle, you don't usually say that to me!" Li Xian looked at Li Jue in confusion. He didn't understand why Li Jue was different from usual.
"Alas!" Li Jue sighed and said, "Siam, don't blame uncle! Usually uncle would think about Shi'er, but Shi'er's ability is too weak. If you are too powerful, I'm afraid Shi'er can't control you. But now, I
Too many people from the Li family have died, and we can’t let you die again because of your recklessness!”
"This... uncle..." Li Xian was stunned. He didn't expect that everything in the past was planned by Li Jue.
"Don't blame uncle, he has nothing to do!" Li Jue shook his head, his face full of exhaustion.
"I don't blame you!" Although Li Xian is not very smart, he knows Li Jue's character well. I am afraid that if he shows any dissatisfaction, he will die on the spot.
"It's okay if you don't blame..." He took a deep look at Li Xian. Li Xian's face seemed to be smiling but not a smile, which made Li Xian secretly wary. However, Li Xian never thought of harming Li Xian. After all, Li Xian was still the Li family.
Bloodline.
Under Chang'an City, Liu Zhang's army besieged the city. This siege lasted for more than a month. There was not much food and grass in Chang'an City, so it became even more stretched. After all, the people also need to eat.
"Brother, we are almost out of military rations!" Li Huan, as Li Jue's younger brother, is in charge of food and grass. In the past few decades, Chang'an's food and grass supplies have been consumed very quickly. In desperation, he could only complain to Li Jue.
"So fast?" Li Jue was surprised. He thought that his food and grass could last at least half a year.
Li Huan said with a bitter look on his face: "Brother, you have summoned so many people to the city, and the amount of food and grass consumed every day is not a small amount. Although I have tried to distribute as little as possible to the people, there are too many people..."
"Starting from tomorrow, the people who go to the city will prepare their own dry food!" Li Jue didn't care about the life and death of the people. He only wanted to continue to consume with Liu Zhang, preferably until Liu Zhang ran out of military rations. But would Liu Zhang be short of military rations? Of course not!
Yizhou is a land of abundance, and Liu Zhang worked hard to develop agriculture and implemented a farming system of intensive farming. Coupled with the efforts of Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, and the Mi family, Yizhou stocked up enough grain to feed Liu Zhang's 100,000-strong army for ten years!
"This..." After hearing that Li Jue asked the people to prepare their own food and grass, Li Huan asked very hesitantly: "Brother, what if the people don't want to go to the city?"
"Trash! Do you still have to ask?" Li Jue pointed to the saber on Li Huan's waist and said, "Is the thing hanging on your waist an ornament?"
"Brother, what should we do if there is a civil uprising?" Li Huan was a little worried. After all, Li Jue didn't have many troops under his command.
"Who dares to change? If they dare to make noise, kill them all!" Li Jue was almost going crazy. He felt chills all over when he thought of Guo Si who was still in the big urn.
"Yes! I'm going down first!" Looking at Li Jue's red eyes, Li Huan shuddered and retreated. Although Li Jue was his brother, he didn't want to get involved with a person who was going crazy. Li Huan
You know, Guo Si's tragedy really stimulated Li Jue too much.
"Alas!" After Li Huan left, Li Jue was like a deflated rubber ball, sitting there paralyzed. He had been regretting in his heart, regretting why he had been obsessed with it in the first place and listened to Guo Si's words and killed Liu Zhang's two brothers.
Otherwise, he could at least surrender now!
More than a month later, the people on the top of Chang'an City were so hungry that they could no longer stand. Every day, a large number of people were killed by Li Jue because of hunger and resistance. Even Li Jue's soldiers looked disheveled.
Below Chang'an City, inside Liu Zhang's camp.
"Lord, let's attack the city!" After besieging Chang'an for nearly three months, Liu Zhang's generals were also a little anxious. Especially Zhang Fei, an impatient man, couldn't bear to be guarded like this every day.
Liu Zhang looked at Guo Jia and Jia Xu. After the two looked at each other, they nodded slightly. Liu Zhang smiled and said: "In this case, we will attack the four gates separately, but Li Jue cannot let them go! I dare say that the city
When it is broken, Li Jue will definitely abandon the city and run away. It is not that easy to catch him! Mr. Jia, I think you will give me a good opinion!"
"This..." Jia Xu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Liu Zhang to be the first to ask him. You know, Liu Zhang's first counselor Guo Jia is here.
Looking at Liu Zhang's fiery gaze, and then looking at Guo Jia's smiling face, Jia Xu knew that he could no longer remain silent. Since he came to Liu Zhang's command, he had to show his worth. Otherwise, as Liu Zhang said, his subordinates do not want waste.
!
"My lord, based on my understanding of Li Jue, if he is defeated, he has two choices. First, hide his name in the mountains, and second, find a prince to seek refuge with him!"
Jia Xu said confidently: "Hiding in the mountains and hiding his name, Li Jue will most likely flee to Liangzhou. After all, that is his hometown. If he wants to seek refuge with a prince, he can only seek refuge with Han Sui or foreigners. He can only ignore it.
Only the emperor's people can save Li Jue's life. Liu Xie, who fled to Cao Cao, would never let Li Jue off easily. Of course, if Li Jue did the opposite, there would be nothing he could do! But I believe that Li Jue
Jue doesn’t have this kind of wisdom!”
"It is indeed the character of the Chinese people to relocate to their homeland and never leave their homeland!" Liu Zhang closed his eyes and meditated, tapping the commander's case with his left hand. After a while, he asked: "Mr. Jia, which one of these two possibilities do you think?
Bigger?"
Jia Xu said with a smile: "In my opinion, Li Jue will most likely choose to remain anonymous and hide in the mountains! Li Jue has been under Dong Zhuo for twenty years, and has gained status, fame, and wealth. But this defeat is enough to destroy him.
Confidence. I believe that Li Jue would not be so stupid by surrendering to the princes and then putting his life in the hands of others!"
"That means that Li Jue will most likely escape back to Liangzhou and live in seclusion!" Liu Zhang asked with a smile, "Is there a sure way to go to Liangzhou?"
"Lord, there is a small road that is unknown. Li Jue will probably escape from there!" Jia Xu was also born in Liangzhou, and he was very familiar with the roads in Liangzhou!
"Yide!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Just follow Mr. Jia's instructions and make sure to capture Li Jue alive!"
"Yes! Brother!" Zhang Fei's face was filled with excitement. What achievement could be greater than capturing the enemy's general?
"Don't be too happy too soon! If you let me know that you dare to disobey Mr. Jia's order, don't blame me for being rude! The small black room in Chengdu has been built!" Liu Zhang had a gloomy expression. Zhang Fei nodded while the others
He was laughing on the sidelines.
After everyone had finished laughing, Jia Xu bowed and said: "My lord, I would like to ask you to lend me two more people! Although General Zhang is brave, he is not from Liangzhou and is not familiar with the terrain. If we can defeat the two generals Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu,
Lend me your help, and I'll guarantee that Guo Si will be captured alive!"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "That depends on what Generals Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu want!"
"Listen to my lord!" Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu were not stupid. They knew that Jia Xu was taking care of them, and they couldn't help but feel grateful in their hearts.
"Okay!" Seeing that everything was arranged properly, Liu Zhang stood up and said: "Give me the order: order Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong to attack the southeast and west gates respectively. Dian Wei will follow me to attack the north gate!"
Following Liu Zhang's order, Liu Zhang's army immediately took action. Two months was enough for Liu Zhang to prepare siege equipment for the entire army. Cloud ladders, manhole rails, trebuchets, wooden beasts, and rams were all under the control of the soldiers.