Chapter 14 Cut off the grain channel

"What?" Guan Yu didn't expect Zhuge Liang to burst out such fierce news. Then he turned his eyes and asked with hope, "Since he is his own relative, can Kong Ming persuade his people to surrender so as to avoid a knife soldier?"

Zhuge Liang thought for a while, but finally shook his head with a rare wry smile and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this can't work. Although Kai Qi is Liang's brother-in-law, he is also a son of the Kai family. He will not surrender to the prince easily. Guan Yu also knew that the hope was only five or five at most, but it was not surprising to see Zhuge Liang's answer like this. These families attach great importance to the interests of their own family, and often the children of the family can do anything for the benefit of their own family. Now the case is in chaos. Once the failure, the whole family is dead. It is already a bow and no back arrow, and it is no exception.

"If so, what should we do if our army is stationed in Fancheng now?" Guan Yu muttered. At this time, it was reported that a heavy team of grain and grass was coming to Xiangyang across the river.

"Oh? A heavy team?" Guan Yu was also stunned when he heard the news, but Zhuge Liang's eyes lit up when he heard the words and said, "Your Majesty, I have a plan! There is a severe drought in Jingbei this year, and the grain harvest is poor. Jiangling is a place for Jingxiang to hoard money and grain, and there is no shortage of grain. However, counties such as Xiangyang and Zhangling are inevitably caught, and they must be supplied by Jiangling. If you can cut off the food and fodder in these two counties, it will be chaotic for a long time!"

"This is true!" After listening to this, Guan Yu also nodded repeatedly. After unfolding the map and looking at it, Guan Yu pointed to two routes and said, "The grain and grass of Jiangling, either take Yiling Avenue to Yidu, or take Jingdong Trail to Xiangyang, and then to Zhangling. At present, we only need to hold these two routes. Even if we can't cut off the food and fodder of the three counties, it can also make them have a great shortage of food.

"Except it is!" Zhuge Liang said. Then he pointed to several important cities on the map and said, "At present, the most important cities are Dangyang and Yiling. If you can guard these cities, you can control the grain road of the Cai brothers. We only need to besiege for two or three months at most, and the defenders will inevitably be short of food and fodder. At that time, we will have to give up holding on and fight against us. As for what will happen in the battle, Zhuge Liang didn't say anything, but Guan Yu also knew that at the level of Kuai Qi and Cai Mao, fighting with himself was no different from looking for death.

"In this case, Yuan Jian, you lead 5,000 troops to the south of the Xiangshui River, occupy the Maicheng on the Jingdong Trail, and cut off this grain transportation route." Guan Yu immediately slapped, and Liao Hua quickly ordered the army to attack Maicheng. At the same time, Guan Yu quickly sent a letter to Zhao Feng, let him divide his troops to capture Yiling and Dangyang, and cut off the grain road to Yidu and Zhangling.

However, Zhao Feng has no time to cut off the grain channel now, for no reason, because someone has come to challenge in front of his own market. Huang Shi, Yang Ling? Zhao Feng carefully recalled the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and finally remembered who these two uncles were. In particular, the latter was stabbed by Guan Yu during the war in Changsha. Before he was killed, he was very bullish and said, "Master Yang Ling is here."

"Since we are here to challenge, we will wait for the battle." Zhao Feng clapped his hands and led the generals to rectify the army and horses to fight against the invading enemy. After setting up the formation, I saw that the queue of ten thousand people was still neat, but I didn't know how the combat effectiveness was.

"Well, you and other rats dare to offend me, Jingxiangzhou County. If you don't surrender as soon as possible, the master Yang Ling will end you!" As soon as the people stood up, they saw a general of the Jingzhou army leaping out of the battle to show off their power.

"Nowadays, the nameless rats have such a loud voice!" Zhao Feng deliberately sighed helplessly, and the rest of the generals were also funny when they heard it. Which one of you will deal with this person? Zhao Feng was too lazy to take his own role in the face of such a small role. He looked around and asked the generals.

"I'll do it!" However, Zhu Ran came out first, and Yang Ling quickly shot the horse to fight against Zhu Ran. Although Zhu Ran's martial arts skills are not as good as Guan Yu, and he will not kill Yang Ling in one move, but after all, he is much higher than Yang Ling. After more than ten rounds, Zhu Ran saw a flaw and cut it off and chopped Yang Ling off the horse.

"Ah!" Huang She was also surprised to see that Yang Ling was beheaded. He knew that his martial arts skills were not as good as Yang Ling, and it was a death to force him to fight, but it was too shameful to go back like this. He looked around at the crowd and gritted his teeth and said, "Come on!" Unexpectedly, he led 10,000 people to kill directly.

"What?" Zhao Feng and others looked at each other in the face, and it was rare for them to fail and play group fights. However, the Xuzhou Army has always been well-trained. Although Zhao Feng did not lead the Xuzhou Army this time, it was the Yangzhou Army. However, after more than a year of rectification and training, the combat effectiveness is no less than that of the Xuzhou Army. Seeing that the other party was killing, he still fought with the Jingzhou army according to the combination of long and short weapons. A row of large shields blocked the front, blocking most of the attack of the Jingzhou army, and then their robes behind them were responsible for killing the enemy. A long gun was stabbed out and harvested their lives like a sickle cutting rice.

"It's too much!" Not long after, Zhao Feng had a preliminary understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Jingzhou Army: it was worse than the current Jiangdong Army. Many times, the weapons of the Jingzhou Army stabbed over, and the big shield of the Yangzhou Army blocked it, which made their offensive deviate by one hundred and eight thousand miles. Huang She was like driving a group of old hen to kill. The Yangzhou army set up a crane wing array to deal with the other side's front array. In a short time, the Jingzhou army fell into the encirclement of the Yangzhou army and was gradually divided and annihilated. As for Huang She, he saw that the situation was not right, and he had already turned the horse's head and fled.

"Wen Yuan, how is the battle going?" After cleaning up the battlefield after the battle, Zhao Feng asked Zhang Liao, who had just received the statistical report from the main book of the army.

"General, more than 2,000 people in the Jingzhou army were annihiated, and more than 4,000 people surrendered or were captured. The rest fled back to Jiangling with yellow shooting. Our army suffered no more than hundreds of casualties." Zhang Liao said with a smile.

"The difference in the combat strength of the Jingzhou army is only slightly better than the original Yuan Shu, and it is not as good as the Jiangdong army." Zhao Feng shook his head. After fighting for so many years, the real strongest fighting force is the Yanzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army of Cao Yan. When the Xuzhou Army fought with them, it just barely had the upper hand. I'm afraid that after he unified the north, it will be even more difficult to deal with it. I can't let him unify the north so smoothly. Even if I'm busy with Jingzhou now, I have to take time to find some trouble for him.

At this time, a messenger came to report and sent letters from Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang. Zhao Feng hurried to his big account to open it and read it. After reading it, he also laughed, and then circulated Zhang Liao and others.

"General, if you can do this, cut off the food and fodder of the three counties of Yidu, you will get twice the result with half the effort." Zhang Liao couldn't help but be excited after watching it. That's right." Zhao Feng immediately sent Hao Zhao to lead 3,000 troops to attack Dangyang, and Zhu Ran led 3,000 troops to attack Yiling. After ordering the two to take down these two counties, they guarded the key roads and robbed the grain and fodder transported by the Jingzhou army to the three counties.

"General, when we leave, you will have less than 20,000 people left. In case you attack here, how can you be?" Hao Zhao asked worriedly before leaving.

"It doesn't matter, although Kyue is an outstanding scheme. However, the Jingzhou army's combat strength is weak. I just want to restrain them here. When the prince's army comes here, I can besiege Kyue. After capturing Yiling and Dangyang, we can wait for three places to become horns. Kwai Yue will not let us cut off the grain road, and will send troops to recapture these places. We need to guard them carefully. Zhao Feng said with a smile. As for Cai Mao from Xiangyang, in Zhao Feng's view, after the grain road was cut off, and in the face of Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang, he basically had no chance of escape.

"I will understand at the end!" Hao Zhao and Zhu Ran replied, and each of them ordered their troops and horses to go to the two places to seize the city. At the same time, Zhao Feng ordered to dig deep ditches around the camp, arrange fences, and while sticking to the camp, he would also clamp Kui Yue in Jiangling. After two days, Hao Showa and Zhu Ran later reported that both cities had been taken down. At present, many people were sent to pay attention to the passages nearby. As long as it was the military grain of the Jingzhou army, they would be cut off. Even if Cai Mao can't be completely cut off, he should be given at least a 20% discount.

"Alas!" Looking at the yellow shot kneeling in front of him with a gray face, he was also quite helpless. Although he controlled Jing Bei, he lacked a powerful general. Yang Ling and Chen Ying are just two knives of the same level as Cai Xun. Jing Xiang did not have many outstanding generals, but only Wen Ping, Huang Zhong and others have also changed jobs one after another. His current colleagues are just scholars such as Wang Can and Han Song. Kui Yue can think of the result of the war with his toes.

"Forget it, victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers. General Huang, please retreat first." Quai Yue said helplessly. At this time, Zhao Feng sent two people to take down the two counties of Dangyang and Yiling. What did Zhao Feng send people to attack these two counties? Kui Yue took out the map to check. At this time, there was another Tanmalai newspaper, saying that Guan Yu had just sent Liao Hua to lead an army to capture Maicheng.

"It's not good. They want to cut off the food!" When he looked at the map, he immediately understood what was going on, and then broke out in a cold sweat. At present, the grain and fodder of Xiangyang, Zhangling and the three counties of Yidu are supplied by Jiangling. If the grain and fodder are broken, Xiangyang can still support it for two or three months, and Zhangling and Yi are afraid that they will not be able to support it for a month.

Although Kuai Yue and Cai Mao joined hands to do such a rebellious thing, after all, people are separated from each other, and both of them are cautious people, and it is inevitable to be on guard against each other. This year, the drought in Jingbei, Xiangyang in Cai Mao, Kuai Qi in Zhangling, and Huo Jun in Yidu were all supplied by Kuai Yue. Among them, Kuai Qi and Cai Mao were escorted by Zhao Lei, and Huo Jun's was extracted by Fu Shiren, his captain, every time. Kyue transports it to them every half a month, which means to restrain them more or less. If the grain channel is cut off like this, it will be a big deal for them. It is inevitable that the military will be unstable, and it is possible to fight against the water.

"When you quickly send people to recapture these three cities, ensure that the grain road is smooth!" Kai Yue wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and quickly sent someone to call Cai He, who was in Jiangling, and ordered him to lead people to retake the city.

At this time, in Fancheng City, Chen Wu was escorting a five-flowered Wu to Guan Yu. Kneel down!" Chen Wu pushed and said. The man was quite embarrassed, but his eyes were extremely stubborn, but he refused to kneel down.

Seeing this, Guan Yu also snorted coldly, "Are you Zhao Lei, Cai Mao's grain transportation officer?"

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