The big man is on the run

Chapter 170 Please share the food

"Your Majesty, I think Xiaozhi's words are justified, and it's from a military point of view. If it's from a civil point of view, then there will be more problems."

Xun You, who had been listening for a long time, said next to him: "The key now is not whether we send troops to rescue Zang Hong, we should think about it, even if everything goes well, or even in the best case, Yuan Shao retreats without a fight and is scared away by the court. After we send troops to rescue Zang Hong, how much burden will the disaster victims in the entire Dongjun County bring to the court, and will we be able to bear these burdens?"

Probably because he was afraid that Liu Yi would misunderstand what he meant, Xun You added: "The burden I mentioned does not refer to the victims themselves, nor the soldiers, horses, food, and civilians to be recruited for the war, but the restoration of the existing related items. Damage caused by mandatory interruption of development.

If we don't send troops, what kind of punishment will we get?It was nothing more than Dongjun, which did not belong to the imperial court, was broken by Yuan Shao.As for the hearts of the people, the banner of Zang Hong is needed to oppose Yuan in the world. A living Zang Hong is indeed more useful than a dead Zang Hong. The elite of the forbidden army went in, the minister thought it was worthless! "

Fazheng also persuaded: "Yes, Your Majesty, these things need to be thought about carefully. After all, the difficulty of this rescue is really too great. The words of the few of us not only involve ourselves, but also involve the whole world." The interests of the big man, so please consider it carefully, Your Majesty."

"What you two said is very true." Liu Yi looked at Xun You and Fazheng approvingly, and said appreciatively, "I really need to think about it."

"Your Majesty is wise. Your Majesty must think carefully and don't act impulsively." Xun You persuaded from the side.

"I know the risks of doing this."

Liu Yi sighed, and said again: "But I'm still a little bit unwilling."

Xun You and Fa looked at each other face to face. As a counselor, I was most afraid of encountering such a situation. The stakes were clearly laid out, and I still had to rely on my own preferences and feelings to make a decision.

Unfortunately, this man is the Son of Heaven.

Fortunately, Liu Yi didn't say anything outrageous, he just started a deduction hypothesis.

"Leaving aside whether to save or not and what price to pay, let's say that if we go to rescue, the key now is how to solve the problem of rescue, and only talk about the specific action plan. I believe that several people must have thought of some solutions in their hearts. Come on, let’s talk about it.”

Jia Xu smiled and cupped her hands at Liu Yi and said, "Your Majesty, I have come up with a solution that bests both worlds, but this solution requires a lot of risk."

"Oh? What method? Let's listen to what Mr. Wen He said. Anyway, it's just a deduction, just say it casually." Liu Yi said with interest, but he knew that Jia Xu would never talk nonsense under normal circumstances. Once he spoke, then There must be a way to solve the problem.

"This method can be said to be unexpected." Jia Xu looked mysterious.

"Mr. Wen He, please tell me," Liu Yi said.

"Your Majesty, is your purpose to rescue Zang Hong from Yuan Shao's siege? Or is it to save the entire Baima City people?" Jia Xu asked.

"Huh? Is there any difference?" Liu Yi asked back.

"Of course there is a difference. Yuan Shao is a traitorous minister of our great man. He not only seized the land of Jizhou and Qingzhou, but even the Dongjun of the righteous man Zang Hong has fallen into his hands because of his resistance to Yuan Shao's tyranny. The reason why villains can run amok is nothing more than relying on the strength of their armor.

If His Majesty is able to save Zang Hong, people of insight in the world must be grateful to His Majesty, but if His Majesty only saves Zang Hong, how will His Majesty explain to the people in Dongjun, especially Baima City? "

Jia Xu's words were very cryptic. He first praised Yuan Shao's strength, and then mentioned the people in Baima City. It seemed that it didn't matter much, but thinking of his problem, Liu Yi suddenly came to his senses.

"Mr. Wen He said that there is a way to save only Zang Hong, but the people of Baima City are hard to save?"

"Yes."

Jia Xu nodded and replied: "The navy that our army built in the Weishui River this year can be put to use. Most of Henghai General Gan Ning's soldiers are from the south and are proficient in water warfare, while Yuan Shao doesn't have a large-scale naval force." Army, as long as they sail to Baima City and send people to break through at night to meet the two ends, Zang Hong will naturally be rescued."

Liu Yi fell into deep thought.

The establishment plan of the Weishui Navy was directly approved by him. Since the Weishui River leads directly to the Yellow River, there is no problem for the navy to enter the Yellow River.

You know, Gan Ning quarreled with the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households one by one for these planned warships.

Northern princes generally don't pay much attention to the navy. Now the Weishui navy is also very small. There are warships, fighting ships, and no building ships.

Therefore, it is impossible to rescue the entire Baima City people by water transportation, but it is still possible to save some major generals and officials, and the probability of success is very high.

After all, Yuan Shao didn't have a navy, and he would be dumbfounded when the pontoon burned.

"Then, what do you mean, Your Majesty?"

Liu Yi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Let's find a way to solve the immediate crisis. No matter what, Zang Hong is still alone, and it is more meaningful for him to live after all for the matter of destroying the national traitor Yuan." Instead of dying, what we have to do is to find him and rescue him as soon as possible."

"People, we have more than enough heart but not enough strength. Just like what Xiaozhi said, even after the second Battle of Hedong, it still hasn't changed the fact that Yuan Shao's mobile force is far greater than ours. Now we can still face each other in the mountains. Pingyuan, facing Yuan Shao is really hard to be sure of defeating."

The three left the palace.

Liu Yi sat on the dragon chair in frustration, he was a little disappointed in himself, why couldn't even the people in Baima City be rescued after working hard for so long?
No matter how many reasons there are, no matter how much you weigh the pros and cons, you can give up the people. This is an indisputable fact.

Liu Yi's rationality told him that this decision was correct, but his conscience still couldn't overcome this hurdle.

Lowering his head, Liu Yi looked at the terrain of Yanzhou and the terrain around Baima City, and suddenly fell into deep thought.
It seems that there is no way out?

East County, Baima City.

"Prefect."

Holding the knife, Zang Hong looked at the guard behind him who was so hungry that he couldn't straighten his waist. He didn't say anything, and he had no strength.

People are so hungry that they really don't even bother to talk.

"There's no more food."

Zang Hong was taken aback when he heard what the guard said. No matter how much he saved his rations, the granary was exhausted.

After hesitating for a moment, the guard added, "There are still three liters of rice at your wife's place."

Zang Hong sighed, and only said, "Call everyone over here."

Not long after, the soldiers who could move in the city, the peasants and common people who assisted in defending the city, all came to the high platform in the center of the city.

Looking at the ragged, hungry, and sad-faced people of Baima City who followed him loyally, Zang Hong felt very sad, but he didn't say anything to comfort everyone.

There is nothing more to say about the current situation.

There are only four words that are exhausted.

"We have been defending the city for four months." Zang Hong was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "Now the food and grass in the city have been exhausted, even if I, Zang Hong, disregard myself and your lives, it is impossible to continue to defend Four months, so, take my head and ask Yuan Shao not to massacre the city."

Zang Hong's voice was hoarse. After speaking, he picked up the knife in his hand and slashed at his chest.

All the soldiers were stunned when they saw Zang Hong's actions. They didn't expect Zang Hong to do this.

"Prefect!"

"Stop the prefect quickly."

Everyone rushed forward and grabbed the saber in his hand. Blood flowed from the wound on Zang Hong's chest, staining his clothes red.

Fortunately, Zang Hong was too weak, his hands were weak, and the knife had cut its curling edge, so the knife did not cause fatal injuries.

"Prefect, prefect, you can't do this." A soldier knelt down at Zang Hong's feet and begged, and the rest of the soldiers knelt down and begged.

"We...we will always be with you."

"We're going to stick to it."

The soldiers and common people in the audience watched them all kneel down, and also knelt down one after another.

Zang Hong smiled and looked at everyone, lying on the ground, just talking intermittently.

"Yuan Shao's ambition is great, and he conspired against the Han Dynasty. I eat the Han Lu while I live, and die as a Han official. I die for righteousness. Death is worth it. You have not eaten the Han Lu. There is no need to die with me."

All the generals and people in the city burst into tears and said: "The prefect, we must die together!"

"Prefect, I am willing to accompany you to die together!"

Looking into their eyes, Zang Hong felt warm in his heart.

These people are really very good, for the sake of righteousness, they are not afraid of death, they are their loyal subordinates, and they are the people they trust most.

"You all get up, stop kneeling, get up."

All the soldiers stood up after hearing Zang Hong's words. They all looked at Zang Hong, hoping to hear his next order.

"Lan'er, come here."

Zang Hong's favorite concubine walked over timidly. Even though she was a little out of shape, she could still see that the woman's appearance was indeed beautiful.

She seemed to have a premonition, her body trembling uncontrollably.

"I heard that there are the last three liters of rice left, let's cook it into porridge for everyone to drink."

The concubine took out the clay pot as she said, and everyone was looking at her with suffocating eyes. She slowly lit a fire on the high platform, set up the pot, and cooked the porridge.

Half an hour passed.

"Prefect, the porridge is ready."

Zang Hong nodded, and with all his strength, he grabbed the knife with both hands and stabbed the concubine's back heart.

Zang Hong was weak, and the knife still failed to cause fatal injuries.

But the concubine took the initiative to fall in the direction of Zang Hong, letting the knife penetrate deeply into her chest.

The two fell to the ground.

"Lan'er, don't blame me."

The soldiers and common people in the audience were already weeping.

Zang Hong reluctantly got up, without looking at the corpse in front of him, sat cross-legged on the ground, with a blood-stained long knife on his knee, and said expressionlessly: "Please share the food."

"I'm full, kill the thief."

(End of this chapter)