The Invincible Summoning of the Three Kingdoms

577: Food Crisis

Liu Bei's words made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei look at each other.The three brothers have been together for many years, and naturally they knew that Liu Bei would not lie to them because of this.

"Brother, even if Sima Yi didn't mean to see us, but this matter of reducing food and grass, you must give us an explanation!" Zhang Fei said with a loud voice.

Liu Bei frowned, then chuckled softly, and said, "Yun Chang, Yide, don't be impatient, sit down first and listen to what I'll tell you slowly."

Liu Bei appeased the two of them, and even after talking about Sima Yi and Liu Biao today, he opened his mouth and said, "Although the current situation in Nanyang City is not extremely dangerous, it is not optimistic. Sun Bofu has bad intentions again, and we can only stick to Nanyang and wait for the opportunity in the future!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were also surprised. When Pang Tong advised Liu Bei, they finally chose to stand on Liu Bei's side, but now, Cao Cao and Sun Ce both wanted to divide Jingzhou.

"Brother, it seems that we should have agreed with the counselor's proposal in the first place! Otherwise, we wouldn't be so passive now!" Zhang Fei sighed.

However, Liu Bei shook his head slightly and said, "Third brother, don't talk nonsense, even if I knew about Cao Cao and Sun Ce's plans, I wouldn't do such a thing!"

Guan Yu also nodded solemnly and said, "Big brother is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness, don't imitate this kind of villain's behavior!"

Seeing the attitudes of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei didn't say more. The three brothers discussed it again, and then they talked about other things.

"Big brother, today's food and grass are being cut. There is a rebellion in the inner circle of his camp. It is said that hundreds of soldiers are worried that they will not have enough to eat, and they are making trouble!" Guan Yu thought of what happened in the afternoon and started talking. .

"Yeah, brother, my second brother and I happened to pass through the camp at that time, and those soldiers were crying and insulting, and they were suppressed badly!" Zhang Fei also heard the incident, and couldn't help but feel some sympathy in his eyes. .

However, Liu Bei shook his head and said in a low voice: "Most of the soldiers and horses on the inside of the camp were forced by Sima Yi, and many were pushed to the battlefield without training. Now Sima Yi wants to adjust the food and grass, these militiamen are naturally I don't want to!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both nodded, Zhang Fei said regretfully: "Alas, if these soldiers and horses can be given to me, within a month, I can train these people to look good, and it will not be like this now. Unbearable!"

Zhang Fei's military training ability Liu Bei and Guan Yu are naturally very clear, and they will not say more at the moment.These soldiers and horses belonged to Liu Biao, and even if they were jealous, they were helpless.

However, Liu Bei couldn't sit still, and immediately got up and said: "The military is unstable, this matter is very important, should I still go to the dead? !"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both got up in a hurry and followed Liu Bei to the outside of the city. After a while, they came to Sima Yi's tent outside the city.When Sima Yi saw Liu Bei, he also hurriedly got up to greet him.

After everyone was seated, Sima Yi asked, "Prince Xuande is here today, I don't know what you are doing?"

"Zhongda, I heard the second and third brothers say that some soldiers are making trouble today because of food and grass, so I came to remind you that this food and grass is the most important thing in the army. If there is any problem, I hope you will Can you tell me!" Liu Bei bowed his hands, and Sima Yi was immediately flattered.

Liu Bei was polite to Sima Yi, and Sima Yi naturally did not dare to be vague, and immediately frowned and sighed: "Gong Xuande doesn't know something, then Liu Rui has cut off three or four of our grain and grass routes, and now there are only some in the east and west. The city can still provide us with food and grass, but I'm afraid it won't last too long!"

"It must be the light cavalry of Huo Qubing under Liu Rui's command!" Liu Bei sighed deeply. When they formed a coalition to attack Liu Rui, Liu Bei was burned by Huo Qubing and broke the baggage, which led to the final fiasco.Now that I think about it, Liu Rui's light cavalry unit is a very troublesome existence every time it is in a war.

Such as Liu Bei, Cao Cao and other princes, it is not that they have not thought about restraint.It's just that Huo Qubing's light cavalry is strong in combat, and his crotch is also full of Xiliang horses. Liu Rui holds Xiliang in his hand and can buy good horses from many foreign races in the Western Regions, but Cao Cao and others can't!

It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others have formed similar light cavalry before, but this war horse alone cannot be compared with Liu Rui's light cavalry.If this speed cannot go up, Qingqi will naturally not be able to exert any effect.

Moreover, Liu Rui was able to form this elite light cavalry, because the base in the army was large enough, so he was able to select soldiers who were good at cavalry and archery to form them.And whether it's Cao Cao or Liu Bei, it's okay to ask them to come up with three or five hundred marksman, but it's impossible to have thousands of them!

It is precisely because of this that the princes gradually gave up this idea in the following time, but also because of this, the princes have no good way to deal with Huo Qubing's Qingqi.

Fortunately, Huo Qubing's light cavalry can only do things like looting food and grass, but can't attack the city, so although it will affect the battle situation, it has no way to play a decisive role.

However, there are exceptions. Just like this Nanyang City at the moment, when the army was besieging the city, their food and forage were cut off, which naturally shook the hearts of the entire Nanyang defending army.Even if Sima Yi had previously sent someone to quell the rumors, those ordinary soldiers were not fools. The food and grass that had been shipped several times a month in the past were no longer visible. The rumor of running out of food naturally became more and more fierce!

At this time, Sima Yi reduced the supply of food and grass to various ministries by [-]%, and there was no reason!

"Mr. Xuande! Now we don't know when our food and grass will be restored, so we can only save food and grass as much as possible, otherwise once the worst happens, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it for too long!" Sima Yi bowed to Liu Bei and said, "Our army's food and forage are all deducted by [-]%. Duke Xuande's army has just come on an expedition, and the soldiers and horses are exhausted. Naturally, they need more, so I only deduct [-]%. !"

Hearing what Sima Yi said, Liu Bei also cupped his hands and said, "Zhong Da doesn't have to do this, you just detain [-]% of my food and grass, and I will go back and explain to the soldiers!"

Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Liu Bei, bowed deeply, and said, "Emperor Xuande is righteous, but the lord also agrees with this matter, you can rest assured, when it's time to cut down to the fore, we Sima Yi. Re-notifying you!"

Liu Bei nodded, and he was no longer humble. The two chatted again for a long time. Just when Liu Bei got up and was about to leave, he suddenly heard a loud shout from the innermost circle of the camp!

"Rebel, recruit rebels!"

Sima Yi and Liu Bei, who were in the tent, hurried out. It was already late at night, and there were indeed a few fires in the innermost circle of the camps, and there were even more people moving! , , .

578: Recruits Revolt

That shout shocked Liu Bei and Sima Yi out of the camp. Seeing the scene in the distance, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and both saw the fear in each other's eyes!

Sima Yi was previously busy with the entire camp outside Nanyang City, so he just dispatched a few generals to train these soldiers continuously, in order to give these recruits initial combat power. Recently, Sima Yi has also been busy defending Liu Rui, so he was a little indifferent to these personal soldiers.

But now, these recruits are rebelling!In an instant, Sima Yi realized the seriousness of it!

In normal times, even if these new recruits have the courage, I am afraid they will not dare to rebel, but now is wartime, and Liu Rui's army will rush up to attack every one or two days, although it is unable to break through Nanyang City. However, the elite soldiers in the outer camps suffered heavy losses.

It is also for this reason that recently Sima Yi began to arrange a certain number of recruits in the frontline camps, and wanted to increase the proportion of recruits to quickly grow these recruits with blood and fire.

In fact, Sima Yi's strategy has been successful. Through this period of actual combat, although the chance of death of the recruits is high, it has also allowed more veterans to survive.

And those new recruits, after going through the war, can't be as powerful as the elite veterans, but at least they are no longer as timid as they were at the beginning.For this matter, Sima Yi also specially found a few recruits from the army who had made military exploits to spread the word, and wanted to use this to inspire the ambition of all the recruits.

However, now, because the food and grass delivery line was interrupted by Huo Qubing, Sima Yi had to start limiting the army's food and grass consumption, and wanted to use this to support more time.

The veterans are naturally familiar with these for a long time, not to mention the reduction of [-]%, even if it is reduced by half, these veterans are just low morale.

But those recruits are different. These people were originally farmers in the village, or people from all walks of life doing various crafts. After Liu Biao captured the strong men, they were stuffed with weapons and armor, and then they were They were assigned to this camp, and they worked every day to strengthen the camp. Occasionally, there would be generals to train these people, but most of them are still the same as when they first entered the camp...

You must know that this is a battlefield. Even if Liu Biao wanted to train troops on a large scale, he couldn't do it.At the beginning of each war, these recruits will be called up. Once the battle in the outer camps gets tight, some people will be sent to the front line. Of course, some of them survived, but more people stayed forever. in the outer camps.

When Sima Yi cut his rations today, some people quit on the spot!

"I, Zhao Jiu, worked so hard for you, so you treat us like this?" The one who spoke first was also a new recruit, but instead of being injured, he came back alive and kicking.

Such a person is naturally highly respected among the recruits. Moreover, this Zhao Jiu is also born with a three-inch tongue. He just packaged himself as a perfect image of a god of war, which attracted the respect and admiration of many people. admire.

"Zhao Jiu, go back to me! Today's order was given by the military advisor! Recruits lose [-]% of their rations, and veterans lose [-]% of their rations. If you're not convinced, go and ask those veterans!" When the officer saw that Zhao Jiu was frying, he immediately shouted.Peerless Tangmen www.jueshitangmen.info