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Chapter 68 No.60 Eight Xu Rong Returns (Please recommend, please collect)

Xu Rong never thought that Chang'an could not be captured. From his point of view, there are about 20 troops outside Chang'an, [-] to [-] defenders inside the city, and there are villains like Lu Bu who repeatedly jump around. The small plan will definitely be able to make the forces in Chang'an City cooperate internally and externally, and then the capture of Chang'an will be just around the corner.

"Could you lie to me, and want to see my determination to avenge the grand master?" Xu Rong thought that Li Ru should not fail to see such an obvious situation, unless he did it on purpose.

"General, since you know that I value interests more than you, why don't you listen to my explanation. What you rely on is nothing more than 20 troops outside the city. However, a soldier needs three and a half stones of food a month, and an army of 3 needs food for a month." A total of 20 shi of grain, if Lantian County has not been captured by Lu Buhuangfusong, you can still put pressure on Chang'an City by relying on Lantian County's Zhongliangcang. As time goes on, the power in Chang'an City will inevitably be shaken. With this plan, the city can be easily broken."

"However, as far as I know, there are only 10 shi of grain left in Lantian County. In the early days of the Taishi's rule, most of the grain was divided into two places, one is Meiwu, and the other is Lantian. Now the grain in these two places All of them have been occupied by the imperial court, and the guards of other cities rely on the food of the people in the city. However, it is spring now, and it is the season for farmers to plant. The food harvested in autumn has already been consumed. No matter how it is squeezed, the total amount of grain to be squeezed is only 90 million shi, and these grains are only enough to sustain an army of 20 for about a month. By then, the inside of Chang'an City has not been shaken, but the troops outside the city will be shaken first because of the lack of food."

"Although there are more than 20 troops outside the city, there are also 7 to 8 troops in the city. The walls of Chang'an City are tall and well-defended. It is not comparable to a small city like Lantian. The army may not be sure either."

"Furthermore, when I was in Chang'an City, although I was under house arrest by Wang Yun, I also heard outside news that after Lv Bu killed Dong Zhuo, His Majesty visited Lv Bu's mansion. All the food, gold, silver, treasures, jewellery, weapons and armor that were plundered were sent to the imperial court intact. Although I don't know what happened at the banquet that day, Lu Bu's behavior is the most loyal expression. At this moment, if you It's not easy to instigate against Lu Bu."

"I talked with His Majesty when I came to Lantian County. Your Majesty has promised me the official position of servant, and I can freely go in and out of the palace. Your Majesty has wisdom beyond ordinary people. He doesn't care about our background, and he doesn't even worry about it. The fact that I came to persuade the general is just my escape plan, with such a smart majesty, the interior of Chang'an City will be able to operate stably in a short time." Li Ru explained his reason to Xu Rong in one breath.

Xu Rong actually thought about the food problem early in the morning, which is the main reason why he didn't go to Huayin, but immediately turned his army to Lantian as soon as he received Jia Xu's news, but he never thought that the ambush halfway would delay his time. He also let the grain transportation team in Lantian County know that they were coming. In the end, only less than 100 shi of Lantian's 10 million shi of grain was left for him. Now it is the spring planting season, and the people have no How much food is stored.

Xu Rong is familiar with the art of war. He has been quiet in Lantian County. On the one hand, the soldiers are too tired after trekking day and night; Attack Chang'an City head-on, but there are many forces in Chang'an City. Under heavy pressure, some forces will inevitably rebel. At that time, they should cooperate with each other and take Chang'an City easily.

After hearing Li Ru's analysis, Xu Rong realized that things were not as simple as he imagined. They only had enough food for a month, and it was still a question of which side would shake first. It is also unreliable. The local forces in Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo's subordinates and non-directed subordinates, the three are not in the same group. These three now barely have the same goal to avenge Dong Zhuo's death. If there is a shortage of food in the world, it will surely collapse.

Xu Rong pondered for a long time. He was not Dong Zhuo's direct subordinate in the first place, so there was no need to risk his own future for Dong Zhuo.

Seeing that Xu Rong had been thinking and not speaking, Li Ru knew that Xu Rong had already wavered. At this moment, he only needed to impose another dose of strong medicine to persuade Xu Rong.

"General, His Majesty has completed all the plans in just a few days after he took power. With such wisdom and action ability, he will be the Lord of the World in the future. If I surrender as soon as possible, I will be able to occupy a seat early. I can even become a servant, with the talent of a general, wouldn't it be easy to become a first-rank general of a big man."

After finishing speaking, Li Ru took out two sets of edicts from his sleeves, one of which was his own and the other was Xu Rong's, and casually opened the two sets of edicts in front of Xu Rong.

"Your Majesty, regardless of past suspicions, how can we disappoint His Majesty?" Li Ru finally said.

Xu Rong took the imperial edict, looked it over carefully, and said with emotion in his heart that he had killed countless enemies on the battlefield under Dong Zhuo in the early years. When Dong Zhuo moved east to Chang'an last year, it was he who ambushed Cao Cao and ensured Dong Zhuo's safety. Moreover, he also defeated Sun Jian, a famous Jiangdong general. However, for such achievements, he was not promoted for a long time because he was not a direct subordinate of Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, Niu Fu, did not have many achievements to be able to be a general of Zhonglang.

As long as he returns to the imperial court, he can become a general of the Han Dynasty, and he can easily accomplish what he could not achieve under Dong Zhuo's rule without having to waste a single soldier. In fact, he has no worries in his heart.

"Wen You, I am willing to surrender to the imperial court. Please go back and tell Your Majesty that I would like to become the general of the great man and charge for the great man." Xu Rong said to Li Ru.

"The general is really a wise man. I will definitely tell your majesty the achievements of the general. I think your majesty will reward you a lot." Li Ru said happily, and he finally fulfilled his majesty's entrustment.

"Wen You, what do I need to do now?" Xu Rong is still not sure what to do next. After all, he came to Lantian County to attack Chang'an, and now he is going to return to the court.

"The general doesn't need to do anything, just continue to pretend to be a counterattack to the allied forces in Chang'an. When the time comes, as soon as the alliance has news, it will immediately report to the court. I believe that with the general's talent, I don't need to say more." Li Ru The meaning is obvious.

Xu Rong can naturally hear that this is to make him an undercover agent. Although the relationship of the alliance is not strong, important internal news will still be exchanged. Only a few of their generals and one Jia Xu know these news. It's all about how to set up camp in Chang'an, how to counteract the forces in the city, agree when to attack Chang'an, and so on.

(End of this chapter)