From the world of martial arts

Chapter 248
"It's not good, the general's east city has been lost." Ji Ling was commanding the army to resist Sun Jian's army at the head of the south city of Hefei City, when a lieutenant stepped forward and shouted in a panic.

boom!
However, in the next second, he was blown away by Ji Ling's strong energy: "Shut up, lie about the military situation, I will kill you"

Ji Ling glared at him. In the current situation, morale was not high. If the soldiers who were defending the city heard that the east city had fallen, it would be the end of the battle.

"Li Yuan, lead your troops to guard this place for me, I'll go over and see for myself"

Ji Ling was also a little confused. These days, Sun Jian's army has been attacking Hefei City crazily, regardless of losses. He knew the opponent's plan.

A few days ago, he followed Yuan Huan's strategy and sent someone to notify the prefects of Lujiang and Danyang to intercept Sun Jian's grain ship.

At this time, Sun Jian's onslaught must be due to the lack of food and grass.

But the more so, it also represents Sun Jian's determination.

The east city has been broken, and he knows that Hefei city is very difficult to defend, even though there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in Hefei city.

But Ji Ling knew that most of them were farmers, just newly recruited civilians without any training.

Putting it on the battlefield will not only have no effect, but will also hinder one's own army.

Usually when defending the city, they are asked to carry stones, wood and so on.

The ones who can really fight are less than [-].

Fighting with Sun Jian these days, he lost no less than [-] to [-] elite troops.

However, Sun Jian's losses were not small. After all, he was the siege side, and the losses were [-] to [-]. This kind of battle loss showed Sun Jian's strength.

But Ji Ling is not afraid, the background of the lord is far from comparable to that of Sun Jian, several military advisers also have foresight, there is no need to suppress Sun Jian immediately, as long as it is consumed slowly.

During this period of time, he led a large army to Hefei, and never left the city, just relying on Hefei City to consume.

But right now, it seems that Sun Jian has also made up his mind.

"Military division, the east city is broken, what should we do next?"

Ji Ling returned to the government office immediately and found Yuan Huan.

"The east city is broken, it seems that Sun Jian is really in a hurry"

Yuan Huan heard that nothing had changed, and his expression was as flat as ever, "Since this is the case, General Ji Ling, according to the original plan, let the army withdraw from Hefei City, and at the same time tell the gentry in the city to burn all the excess food."

For the destruction of Hefei City, Yuan Huan had long been prepared in his heart. Hefei City was not a big city, and it would be difficult to stop Sun Jian's attack with the army under Ji Ling's command alone.

The lord's elite army is still in Yuzhou, and it is also thanks to the magic group he brought that can last for so many days.

But even if the city is broken, he will not make it easier for Sun Jian. What Sun Jian lacks is food, and he wants to supply it after he conquers Hefei.

Of course he couldn't let the other party do what he wanted.

"Yes, I will do this in the end"

Hearing this, Ji Ling did not hesitate. After all, the current situation does not allow him to procrastinate.

Ji Ling took the personal guard battalion to various families and forcibly ordered the major families to destroy part of the food.

This process, of course, will not be so easy, but relying on his powerful force, in the end those families have to submit.

Ji Ling's strength, and Yuan Shu behind Ji Ling, are not something their families can provoke. What's more, Ji Ling also said that they will compensate.

Immediately, in the city of Hefei, a unique fragrance permeated the whole city.

"What does it taste like?"

Ji Ling began to withdraw his troops, and the resistance of the four walls of Hefei City became weaker and weaker. Sun Jian's army naturally broke through quickly and entered the city.

Then they caught a whiff.

"not good!"

The faces of Sun Jian, Huang Gai and the others changed wildly. They could already smell what it was like, the smell of burnt grain.

In an instant, they understood.

"So cruel!"

Huang Gai's face was ugly. When they came to the barn in the city, they found piles of ashes and some unburned grains.

All of them had extremely ugly faces, and a few even turned pale.

"Go, look at those big clans"

Sun Jian understood Yuan Shu's army's plan in an instant, so he quickly gave Huang Gai instructions.

General Ye Shi, Sun Jian's army, has occupied the city of Hefei.

However, in the government office, when the generals came back one by one and reported the situation, Sun Jian's face became more and more gloomy.

"What a Ji Ling"

"It's really ruthless"

Following Huang Gai's return, the news that came out became more and more irritating. The big families in Hefei City had no more food than enough food for their own families.

All were burned.

It was Ji Ling's deliberate intention to burn the food in Hefei City with sinister intentions, and his idea of ​​supplying it would be shattered.

Of course, he can choose to plunder the remaining food of those big families in the city. After all, even if the rations left by these families are still a large number.

They robbed their food and grass, which is probably enough for their army, and it will last for a while.

Of course, in addition to this, there are still a group of people in Hefei City who have food, and there is a lot of food.

That is the civilians in the city, they still have some rations in their hands, there are 50 million people in the city, and the rations of these people, together, are no less than those of the big clans.

Either one of the two, if you snatch it, it's almost the same, and it can make him spend a while.

However, no matter which side it was, Sun Jian didn't dare to grab it easily.

For the aristocratic family, once he made a move, he would offend everyone in Hefei City, even the aristocratic family in Jiujiang and Yangzhou.

After all, many of the great families are connected, and if you dare to rob the Hefei family today, then one day you will dare to rob other big families.

Offending the entire family, the consequences are quite serious.

As for those who robbed those civilians, his reputation would be lost. Hundreds of thousands of people would probably die because of him. Such a result was not something he, Sun Jian, could easily bear.

You can kill hundreds of thousands of troops, but killing hundreds of thousands of civilians is different.

This is Ji Ling's conspiracy, which really makes it difficult for him to fight. No matter which one he chooses, it will be extremely difficult for him to occupy Yangzhou.

Although Sun Jian didn't know how water could carry a boat or overturn it, he also knew that the people at the bottom were his foundation.

As for the aristocratic family, they are the pillars under his rule, and they are indispensable.

The situation is very serious now, he is slowly running out of food, let alone chasing Ji Ling and the others, it is quite difficult to stay in Hefei City.

The best way right now is to search for some food and grass as much as possible, and then evacuate Hefei immediately.

Otherwise, if Ji Ling counterattacked again, he would not be able to defend the city without food.

(End of this chapter)