Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

What is this important task that Zhuge Liang said? After the eight formations are laid out, there must be formations hidden inside.With the eight-formation map of the soldiers, this can become a killing formation.

The important task Zhuge Liang wants to entrust to Tai Shici is to be in charge of and train the soldiers in the eight formations.

After the meeting dispersed, Zhuge Liang rushed to Chanling City without delay.

After Zhang Zhao and Gu Yong left the Wu Palace, Gu Yong was unhappy along the way.

Gu Yong thought to himself, Zhang Zhao is a bit abnormal today, and recruiting civilian husbands is not a good job.And they clearly give you ten days, but if you don't want it, you want seven days.Tell me about you, Zhang Zhao, aren't you a prodigy?

After arriving at Zhang Zhao's mansion, Gu Yong finally asked the question in his heart.

"Brother Zhang, it is not easy to recruit civilian husbands. These ordinary people will not willingly participate in labor labor. If we use force, we will have to bear the stigma."

"These seven days have to include the consumption of the journey. 20 people are not so easy to recruit." Gu Yong said to Zhang Zhao.

"Hey!"

"Brother Gu, this matter is not as complicated as you think. There are only 20 civilians, and the young and strong in three or five counties are enough."

"As for the problem of the route, we will transfer from the county town near Shanyin Pass, so we won't have to worry about delaying the route." Zhang Zhao explained.

"What?"

"It will be transferred from the nearby counties, and 20 people will be transferred from three or five counties. Are you trying to catch a sheep and bald it?" Gu Yong was puzzled.

There are no more than 10,000+ people in this county at most, and only 30 million people in large counties.According to the normal ratio, the three or five counties can indeed mobilize 20 young and strong laborers.But if this method of transfer is used, there are quite a few young and middle-aged people in these two or three counties, and they all have to participate.

The normal drawing method is generally to draw one for five dings, and one for three dings is already a big deal. Such a drawing of dings will be infamous.

"Brother Zhang, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to smoke like this?" Gu Yong hesitated.

"Brother Gu, let's smoke in the county towns in front of Shanyin Pass, and not in the towns beyond."

"Since the 72 counties in front of Shanyin Pass are destined to be given up to Daqin, and their homeland is hard to leave, these people may not want to move. Since this is the case, it is better to let them contribute to Soochow."

"That's Zhuge Liang's plan, I'm afraid." Zhang Zhao explained to Gu Yong.

What Zhang Zhao said was right, time was urgent, and the people in the 72 counties were willing to relocate.Then there is no rush in terms of time. Even if the time comes, Soochow, which has lost nearly half of its territory, will feed these people.

Therefore, although no one mentioned it in the court meeting, these people have actually been abandoned by default.Therefore, Zhang Zhao naturally has no psychological burden by forcibly mobilizing these common people to act as anchors.

"Brother Gu, do your best."

"Since we can defend Jiangdong, we still have to defend it. You and I, even if we vote for Qin, can we still be as powerful as we are now?" Zhang Zhao patted Gu Yong on the shoulder and asked.

Chapter 393 I'm Not Here

As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.Despite Zhang Zhao's words, Li Chen's subordinates were like clouds, and fierce generals were like rain.Even if Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others took refuge in Li Chen, they might not be able to be reused.

It was a last resort to vote for Qin. Since there are still choices now, it is natural to help Sun Ce defend Soochow.

Now, under the command of Zhuge Liang, the entire Soochow Wu is like a precision pole, spinning continuously.From top to bottom, Soochow is working hard to resist Qin.

Chanling City.

above the city wall.

At this time, Cheng Pu, the deputy governor, was staring at a pair of dark circles, leading soldiers to patrol the city wall.

Ever since Zhou Yu fell ill, the burden of defending the entire Chanling City has been placed on the shoulders of veteran Cheng Pu.

You know, this Chanling City is now in a state of slack in the army, and there is already a shortage of food and grass.These days, the gruel that the soldiers ate was already enough to make people look like people.

"Mr. Zhuge, when will we come?" Cheng Pu sighed in his heart.

Cheng Pu knew how much he weighed. If he was to charge forward, it would be fine to lure him to ambush him.However, if he were to command hundreds of thousands of troops to strategize, then Cheng Puke would not be able to command them.

Even though he knew in his heart that he couldn't do it, now that Zhou Yu was sick on the bed, if Cheng Pu didn't shoulder this burden, then who would be able to shoulder this burden.Now, Cheng Pu only hoped that the Qin army would not come to attack before Zhuge's army division arrived.

"Da da da."

Cheng Pu was leading the soldiers to patrol the city wall, when there was a sound of footsteps, it was Zhou Tai who hurried over.

"Deputy governor, I have something important to report." Zhou Tai said to Cheng Pu, which seemed to mean that it was inconvenient to say this on the city wall.

Cheng Pu is also a shrewd person, so he naturally understood what Zhou Tai meant.He quickly ordered the deputy general to inspect the city defense, and followed Zhou Tai down the city wall.

After the two went down the city wall, they came to a secluded place.Only then did Zhou Tai say to Cheng Pu: "Deputy governor, the food officer came to report, even if the food is so thin, our food and grass will last for three days at most."

"Also, many soldiers have already started talking about it. If things go on like this, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

Hearing this, Cheng Pu's heart sank, it was still raining all night because of the leak in the house.

"Let's go, let's take a look at the warehouse first." Cheng Pu said to Zhou Tai.

Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai came to the storehouse to count the grain and grass. Seeing it, they almost stopped crying.Now in Chanling City, there are empty warehouses and empty wells, so where is there any food left?

Right now, in the warehouse in Chanling City, the mice would cry when they came.

"Where is the grain officer?"

"Old man, let me ask you, if you slaughter the army horses, how long can you last?" Cheng Pu called the grain officer and asked him.

"Deputy governor, we are the city guards. Ordinary soldiers don't have horses. Only generals have horses?"

"Here, kill them all?" the grain officer asked hesitantly.

Soochow had few horses in the first place, so it had its own generals to have horses. A small grain officer would not dare to say much about the horse that killed the general.

"At this time, the life of a human is more valuable than that of a horse. Let alone a general, even my Cheng Pu's horse must be killed if it should be killed?" Cheng Pu said firmly.

"Deputy governor, if all of them are killed."

"That's about three days more." The grain officer thought about it in his mind, this horse meat, horse bones and even horse skin could be eaten.In the last three days, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Then eat the food first. If there is no food, we will kill horses to satisfy our hunger." Cheng Pu gave the order decisively.

After leaving the warehouse, Cheng Pu told Zhou Tai: "Send out scouts quickly to see where Mr. Zhuge is. In addition, tell Mr. Zhuge that there is a shortage of food in the city, and ask Mr. Zhuge to think of a way."

At this moment, Cheng Pu became more and more flustered. Killing the horse was already the last step.If it was time to kill horses for the soldiers to eat, these soldiers were not fools, they would definitely be able to realize that the city was already running out of ammunition and food.At that time, the morale of the army in this city will inevitably become even more scattered.

Cheng Pu was anxious, now that the water in Chanling City was too deep, he was about to lose control, Zhuge Liang had to control it.

Zhou Tai got Cheng Pu's order, and quickly dispatched a team of scouts to deliver a letter to Zhuge Liang.At this time, Zhuge Liang was leading three thousand armored light cavalry to Chanling City.

"Report, Mr. Zhuge, the old general Cheng Pu sent someone to send an urgent military report."

On the main road to Chanling, a hurried voice came, and the former army who explored the way came to report the news.

"Quickly, give me the situation of the general." Zhuge Liang asked hastily.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was also eager to get news about Chanling City. Only when he got the specific situation of Chanling, could Zhuge Liang adapt to the situation.

The soldier handed the information in his hand to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang opened the information and took a look, his face suddenly changed dramatically.That complexion was so gloomy that it could drip water.

Cheng Pu asked Zhuge Liang for food, which made Zhuge Liang very embarrassed.Now time is urgent, and Zhuge Liang came in a hurry.He only brought three thousand light cavalry, where did he bring any food and grass.

Seeing what Cheng Puxin said, the city of Chanling planned to slaughter horses for food, Zhuge Liang thought to himself, even if their 10 horses were slaughtered, it would not be enough to feed the [-] people in the city.

For food, we must find a way to solve the food crisis in Chanling City.Otherwise, even if Zhuge Liang arrived in Chanling City, Chanling City would not be able to defend without food.

While preparing food and grass for Chanling City, he could not delay his speed to Chanling City. This was also a big problem for Zhuge Liang.

However, Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang after all, and the famous people in the Three Kingdoms are naturally quick-witted.It didn't take long for Zhuge Liang to think of a clever plan.

Zhuge Liang rushed to Chanling City with three thousand light cavalry, and when he was five or six counties away from Chanling City, he stopped the team.

"Ding Feng, Xu Sheng, you two will each lead a thousand soldiers and search for food and grass along the way. No matter what, the food and grass can only be more or less." Zhuge Liang ordered.

Zhuge Liang said that he was searching for food and grass, but in fact he was searching for food and grass. If he said it more directly, it would be to grab food and grass.

At this time, the government's food storage has already been requisitioned.Now there is still food there, that is, the grain merchants in the city, the wealthy households, and the homes of ordinary people, who still have some rations.

At this time, there is no need to care about military discipline or not.The soldiers are going to starve to death, so how can they control military discipline or not.

The author said that during the court meeting in the Wu Palace a few days ago, the 72 counties including Chanling had already made up their minds to give up to the Qin army.Since this is the territory of the Qin army sooner or later, Zhuge Liang will not care about the lives of these ordinary people.

In Zhuge Liang's view, everything must be defended first, and there is no way to grab food.

Chapter 394 Let's Fight Tonight

Under Zhuge Liang's signal, Ding Feng and Xu Sheng rushed all the way to Chanling City.Zhuge Liang said, the more food the better.Therefore, Ding Feng and Xu Sheng were merciless.As long as there is food in and outside the city, even the mouse holes have been turned upside down by the two of them.

On the way to the outside of Chanling City, Ding Feng and Xu Shengshou actually scraped hundreds of carts of grain and grass.If these grains and grasses are eaten sparingly, it will be enough for the soldiers in Chanling City to eat for ten days.

According to Zhuge Liang's plan, Chanling City must be guarded for at least 20 days.The food for these ten days seems to be not enough, but in fact he has enough.

Why do you say that the amount of grain used for more than ten days is enough for twenty days?Because people will die in wars, and more people will die, and there will be fewer mouths to eat, so the cost of food will be less in the future.Therefore, 20 days of these grains is definitely enough. If there are many people who die, then maybe 30 days is enough.

However, there is a premise.That is to let the Qin army attack, and the Qin army attack the city so that both sides can die, and the food can be saved only after the dead.If not, after ten days or so, Wu Jun will still be short of food.

If there is a shortage of food, then Zhuge Liang really has no place to prepare for them.

Now, everything that can be robbed outside Chanling City has been robbed, and the people nearby are all scolding their mothers outside.If you try to grab it next time, you won't have to grab it.

Chanling City.

"Deputy governor, deputy governor."

"Good thing, good thing, Mr. Zhuge is here. He has brought hundreds of carts of food, which is probably enough for us to use for two or three months." Zhou Tai said excitedly to Cheng Pu.

"What, Mr. Zhuge is here!"

"Hundreds of carts of food, a good thing, a good thing."

"Quick, follow me to meet Mr. Zhuge." Cheng Pu hurried out, and he was about to meet Zhuge Liang.

As soon as Cheng Pu heard that the food was coming, his waist straightened a lot.These days, Cheng Pu is worried about food.

This Chanling City is a strong city. Although many soldiers were burned to death by the Qin army, it is enough to defend the city now.The only thing lacking was food, and now that the food came, the defense of the city would have some confidence.

Without food, even if you are in a strong fortress, you will have to break down in the end.

Cheng Pu hurriedly went to greet Zhuge Liang. After Zhou Yu fell ill, Zhuge Liang had to replace Zhou Yu and become the backbone of Chanling City.

When Cheng Pu came to the gate of the city, the people brought by Zhuge Liang were leading people into the city to use food and grass.The cartloads of grain and grass were transported to the city, and grain spilled on the ground from time to time.

Cheng Pu made a rough calculation, and there were a total of three hundred carts of grain.Use sparingly, not to mention three to five months, but two or so months is definitely enough.

Looking at the food spilled on the ground now, Cheng Puna didn't feel distressed at all.Now that there is so much food, let’s sprinkle some as we go.

Didn't Ding Feng and Xu Sheng only collect a hundred carts of grain, how did it triple when they arrived in Chanling City, and it became three hundred carts? Could it be that Zhuge Liang could do magic tricks?

Zhuge Liang is not Liu Qian either, he certainly can't perform magic tricks.Some of these grains are real, and the other part is filled with dirt and grass.

Zhuge Liang knew that among the soldiers and civilians in Chanling City, there must be spies from the Qin army.Therefore, he deliberately used this method to temporarily reassure Chanling City that there is now sufficient food and grass.

Originally, the Qin army's idea was to wait until Chanling City ran out of food and grass, and then it would have to break down.But now that there is enough food and grass in Chanling City, the Qin army will have to attack by force.

Regardless of Zhuge Liang's speculation, there are indeed spies arranged by the Qin army in Chanling City.You know, Jinyiwei is an intelligence agency that is invincible in the world today.Jin Yiwei's Anzi has been lurking in the city for a long time, there are in the Wu army, and so are the people in the city.

It's night, outside Chanling City.

The second half of the night.

In the dark night, a masked man in black came out from a sewage outlet in Chanling City.This person was dressed in black, as if blending into the night, so he didn't attract the attention of the soldiers in the city.

Hiding in the darkness, the man in black quickly came to the moat and swam across.Then, rushed to the Qin army camp.

Chen Qingzhi ran the army rigorously, and the Qin army camp was well-defended.Before the man in black arrived at the Qin Army's camp, he was surrounded by a group of patrolling soldiers from the Qin Army on the way.

"Zhang Ziluo, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, has something important to report to the King of Qin." The man in black took out a token from his arms and showed his identity.

As soon as they heard that the person coming was from the Jinyiwei, the patrolling soldiers didn't dare to stop them, so they hurriedly led this person to the camp.

The camp of the Qin army and the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Chen sat in the camp with a big horse and a golden sword, listening to Zhang Ziluo's news from Ming Chanling City.

"What, you said that Zhuge Liang came and brought three hundred carts of grain and grass to Chanling City?"

"Is it true or not?" Li Chen confirmed here.

"My lord, it's absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes when the grain entered the city."

"Furthermore, according to the news in Soochow, all the county towns near Chanling City were robbed by troops led by Ding Feng and Xu Sheng." Zhang Ziluo said very firmly.

The Jinyiwei people are human beings after all, not gods, and they don't have the perspective of God. They can only judge the truth of things from various news.

Therefore, they didn't know that what Xu Sheng and Ding Feng were grabbing was one hundred carts of grain, not three hundred carts.