Chapter 417 The Great Rear Crisis 2
In the boundary of Jiangdong, the undercurrent is surging and dangerous; and Cao Jun is not calm in the battlefields of Jiankang City and the southern Qingzhou. Because there is a problem with the supply of food and fodder in these two places. For several days in a row, the Cao soldiers in these two battlefields could only eat one meal a day. In the long run, they were defeated by hunger without the Jiangdong army to counterattack.
What causes this situation? The food and fodder transported to these two battlefields were robbed by an elite cavalry halfway.
For the supply of grain and fodder, in order to thoroughly investigate this haunted elite cavalry, Cao Renhe Yu Jin and Lejin, the main generals responsible for these two battlefields, can only personally participate in escorting food and fodder. The matter of the main general and deputy general is the first time for Cao Jun, who has been fighting for several years. In this way, the offensive has been delayed. Of course, if the general escorts grain and fodder, the enemy's elite cavalry will naturally not appear.
On the official road, walking back and forth, Cao's second escorting grain and fodder team did not find any trace of the enemy, and at the same time, there was no whereabouts of the robbed grain and fod. In this way, Cao Ren, Yu Jin and others felt strange: this nearly one million catties of grain and grass disappeared like this? Where can the 2,000 enemy cavalry hide one hundred and ten military heavy trucks?
Of course, it was Zhao Yun's masterpiece of leading 2,000 "No Flying Army" who robbed grain and grass in the rear of Cao Cao. They came and went without a trace, which made Cao's army unable to defend. Today, on the border of Qingzhou, tomorrow it will appear near Yingchuan Juncheng, the grain and grass base... They also get food and grass, which is also an excellent hiding place: it is the secret nest developed by the Yellow Turban Army in various places. These secret nests are provided by Liao Hua, the general of the Yellow Turban Army!
Of course, Cao Jun doesn't know such a secret nest. However, when Zhao Yun returned to the secret nest, he also found that the food and grass in the secret nest had disappeared. After some investigation, he found that this was by no means something that Cao Jun did. If it is what Cao Jun did, will Cao Jun destroy the secret nest on the spot?
Who did this? ...Zhao Yun was puzzled. After many years, Zhao Yun knew the truth and untied the pimples in his heart.
It was also the success of Zhao Yun's harassment. Cao Cao divided 100,000 troops to reinforce Jiankang City and the southern part of Qingzhou. At this time, in the calm and seemingly harmless confrontation between Sun Liu's allied forces and Cao Jun, there were unstable factors in the rear of both sides.
On this day, the Chibi Ferry. A small boat ferryed from Cao Jun's sailor camp to Jiangdong camp. After the inquiry of the patrol guard: It turned out that Jiang Gan, a good friend of Zhou Yu, came to visit. After Zhou Yu heard the news, he stopped the work at hand and went to the gate of the camp to greet him.
Jiang Gan is a well-known figure in the Jianghuai region. It is not an exaggeration to describe his talent as "learning rich and talented eight buckets". When Jiang Gan became an adult, he went out to study and met Zhou Yu and Lu Su in the Lujiang area. It was also because of Jiang Gan's introduction that Zhou Yu and Lu Su were lucky to get to know each other and become friends who share life and death. After Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou, he recruited Jiang Gan under his command.
When Jiang Gan learned from Cao Cao that his good friend Zhou Yu was the backbone of Jiangdong Group against Cao Cao, Jiang Gan volunteered to Cao Cao: go to the Chibi camp of the Jiangdong Army to see if he could persuade Zhou Yu to surrender...
I haven't seen my good friends for many years, and I suddenly met them. Of course, I was very happy. The two talked and laughed, and walked hand in hand like children to Zhou Yu's barracks. In the spacious and bright barracks, after the guest master sat down, Zhou Yu asked Jiang Gan, "In recent years, because I was busy with military affairs, I couldn't find time to visit Brother Jiang. I hope Brother Jiang will forgive me..."
Since Zhou Yu defected to Jiangdong Sun Group, he has been reused by the senior management of Jiangdong Group. After several years of hard work, Zhou Yu has completed the transformation from a local gentry to a powerful. Jiang Gan, on the other hand, has been maintaining the status quo. He has not been reused by the high-level officials in Jingzhou.
Jiang Gan looked at Zhou Yu and said with a smile, "Gong Jin, you have thought too much... Two years ago, I originally wanted to come to Jiangdong to you for my brother, but I had no choice but to delay because my brother's mother was weak and sick! Now, Cao Cao, the king of Wei, sent someone to his brother's house and kindly invited him to serve as his brother. He couldn't help him in every way, so he became a person under the command of Cao Cao, the king of Wei..."
When Zhou Yu heard Jiang Gan's words, he guessed Jiang Gan's purpose of visit to him. The purpose of Jiang Gan's visit to him is not just an emotional matter.
Jiang Gan looked at Zhou Yu's face gradually becoming serious, and he stopped talking. Later, Zhou Yu asked Jiang Gan about his hometown. With the change of the problem, the atmosphere of the conversation between the two began to be relaxed and casual again.
In the evening, Zhou Yu gathered some officials and generals to gather in the military camp to hold a feast to wash the dust for his childhood. Of course, in reality, Zhou Yu did not invite Liu Bei, who was in the camp. After all, Jiang Gan is Cao Cao's man at this time.
Before the banquet began, Zhou Yu first showed the identity of his good friend Jiang Gan to everyone: Jiang Gan was his friend. At this time, he was engaged in the master of Cao Cao, the king of Wei... Today's banquet only talked about gossip, friendship, and did not talk about the topic of the current situation! If there is a violation, the military law will deal with it...
After Zhou Yu's three chapters, the banquet officially began. In the face of the serious Zhou Yu, Jiang Gan could only say a lot of words in his stomach: originally for the purpose of this trip, he wanted to persuade Zhou Yu to turn to Cao Cao. After all, there were too many Jiangdong civil officers and military generals who surrendered to Cao Cao at this time. If Zhou Yu is determined to follow the Jiangdong Sun Group, and in case the Jiangdong Group and Liu Bei's coalition are defeated by Cao Cao again, then Zhou Yu must have a reputation as a traitor. If Zhou Yu defected to Cao Cao at this time, then he is a loyal minister who supports the Liu royal family. Cao Cao will naturally promote him to a higher rank, and then enjoy all the glory and wealth, bringing great honor to the family behind him...
However, at least from a casual point of view, Zhou Yu has no intention of defecting to Cao Cao, not at all. From the meeting to now, Zhou Yu has given Jiang Gan this feeling. Therefore, Jiang Gan can only bury what he wants to say in his stomach.
Cheng Pu, Zhou Tai, Huang Gai, Zhu Jun and other civilian generals participated in the banquet. Other people's performance is still normal, but the veteran Huang Gai's performance is abnormal. Usually, he is very enthusiastic about people, but today he seems to be full of worries, depressed and frowns.
In this way, Zhou Yu couldn't help but wonder in his heart. When the wine was half drunk, he asked Huang Gai with concern, "General Huang, what's wrong with you today? ..."
Huang Gai ignored Zhou Yu. He just drank a toast and shook his head with red eyes. Looking at Huang Gai's grieving appearance, Zhou Yu thought that Huang Gai's important relatives had passed away. After a while, Huang Gai looked at Zhou Yu and said in a hoarse voice, "Zhou Dudu, some words can't be spit out... Everyone knows that the situation in Jiangdong at this time is precarious: the external situation is that Cao Cao, the king of Wei, deployed troops to besiege us in the three battlefields of Chibi, Jiankang City and south of Qingzhou; inside What about it? Sunhou's uncle and nephew were not united, and some important cities in Jiangdong were constantly assassinated, which made people panic... During this period, there were also civilian generals who betrayed Sun Hou and defected to the king of Wei... At this time, we were unable to fight back against the king of Wei, and we could only rely on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to confront the king of Wei. In this way, we will undoubtedly lose in the future... May I ask the governor, who will Did we drag ourselves into the disaster of the abyss? It's the thief Liu Bei! The heinous Liu Bei! ..."
When others heard that Huang Gai dared to disobey Zhou Yu's order and commented on current events at the banquet, they all looked at Huang Gai in consternment. They know that Zhou Yu's orders cannot be disobeyed. Zhou Yu looks easy-going and approachable, but Zhou Yu's law enforcement is like a mountain and selfless. Huang Gai has always been loyal to orders. As long as it is the orders of his superiors, he executes them without discount. Even if he didn't understand it at that time, he was resistant... What's wrong with Huang Gai today? I took the wrong medicine.
"General Huang, have you drunk too much? If so, please go back to rest..." Zhou Yu looked at Huang Gai calmly and whispered. For Huang Gai, who has made outstanding achievements in battle, Zhou Yu is still out of law and kindness.
Of course, Zhou Yu felt uncomfortable at this time. In addition to Jiang Gan's complaints, it is estimated that no one likes to listen to Huang Gai's abnormal remarks.
At this time, Cheng Pu, the deputy governor of the Water Dragon Army, also stood up and walked to Huang Gai's table, and then he tried to hold Huang Gai up and send him back to his place of residence. Huang Gai seemed to be carried away. He stared at Cheng Pu with sharp eyes and stretched out his arm to block Cheng Pu's help.
Cheng Pu could only stand on the side of Huang Gai in embarrassment. Huang Gai also stared at Zhou Yu and said in a muffled voice, "Zhou Dudu, I'm not drunk. Did my subordinates say something wrong? Even if you are young, you can see the dangerous situation you are in... Governor Zhou, with all due respect, if it is too late for me to turn to the king of Wei at this time... If I don't turn to the king of Wei, we can at least leave Chibi and let Liu Bei face the hundreds of thousands of troops of the king of Wei alone..."
Due to the deliberate suppression of Huang Gai, his voice seemed to come directly from his throat.
"General Huang, have you said enough?!" Zhou Yu's eyes suddenly became sharp and said word by word.
Huang Gai didn't think so. His eyes and Zhou Yu's eyes looked at him. At the same time, he roared, "Zhou Dudu, don't give up the best opportunity at present... Otherwise, the whole Jiangdong world will fall into a place where you can't stop..."
The roar of Huang Gai shocked others. They looked at the hysterical Huang Gai in horror. Zhou Yu looked at Huang Gai and shook his head gently, and then he whispered, "Guardian, push Huang Gai, who violates military discipline, to behead him, and execute it immediately!"
"Yeow!" After the four guards bowed and agreed, they walked to the yellow-covered table with neat steps. In the face of Zhou Yu's punishment, Huang Gai was not angry, and his mood suddenly calmed down: this showed that he knew the consequences of his words.
When the four guards tied him up and pressed him to walk out, Huang Gai looked up and laughed and said, "If you die early, you will die late, you will die!" Gentlemen, I would have taken a step earlier, and I would have been waiting for you on Huangquan Road..."
How heroic you are when you are not afraid of death!