Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 429 Convergence
At this time, a spy rushed in. The task of this spy was to lurk into Chengdu and inquire about the situation of the Chengdu rebels.

The spy knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Ang, cupped his fists and said, "My lord! The rebels in Chengdu have increased by another 12. Now, there are as many as 20 rebels in Chengdu."

Everyone was shocked!Cao Ang's face was gloomy. The total strength of Cao's army, including logistics, was less than 12. It was already very difficult to deal with the original rebels. Now they have added [-].

"Report!" Before Cao Ang and the others could react, a personal guard rushed in, knelt down on one knee in front of Cao Ang and said, "My lord! The grain and grass on the north side of our army was attacked by the rebels, and all the grain and grass were destroyed." .”

"What?" Now Cao Ang and the others could no longer calm down, because the grain storage area on the north side was the largest grain storage area for Cao Jun. Most of Cao Jun's grain and grass were stored there, and it would not violate Cao Jun's lifeblood. Pass.

Cao Ang sat paralyzed on the ground, the joy he felt because of Li Song's withdrawal (the withdrawal was an illusion, in order to cooperate with Meng Da's acting) was gone!Originally thought that God would favor her, but who knew that she would suffer such a calamity again.

"Send people to Jiameng Pass quickly, and order Meng Da to lead the troops here." At this point, the only way is to call the defenders of Jiameng Pass.

Cao Ang didn't know that the attack on the grain and grass on the north side was caused by an inner ghost, and this inner ghost was the person who had just advised Cao Ang to adjust the Jiameng Pass defenders.

He first told the people sent by Meng Da about the largest grain storage area of ​​Cao Jun, including the distribution of troops and terrain, etc., and the people sent by Meng Da told the rebels this according to Meng Da's instructions.

"Promise!" Immediately, someone took the order and left the camp, riding his horse and galloping towards Jiameng Pass.

"Send someone to monitor the movement of the rebels at all times, and report to me immediately if there is any trouble." Cao Ang continued to order.

"Promise!" Immediately, someone was ordered to leave, and not long after, all the spies in Cao's army were sent out to monitor every move of the rebels.

After all the orders were given, everyone took their leave and left.

A few days later, Meng Da led the army to arrive. The vanguard Li Fu led [-] troops and arrived at Cao Jun's camp in the early morning. At noon, Meng Da's nephew Deng Xian led [-] troops to Cao Jun's camp. Finally, Meng Da led the troops Twenty-five thousand soldiers and horses came.

Most of these soldiers and horses were assigned to Meng Da by Li Song later, otherwise, the Jiameng Pass guards would have survived by only [-] people.

When Cao Ang saw an army of this size, he was not happy but surprised!Cao Ang knew exactly how many soldiers and horses there were in Jiameng Pass, what happened to the sudden extra [-] soldiers and horses?

Not only Li Song was puzzled, but the rest of the people were also puzzled!After Meng Da appeared, he didn't have time to greet Cao Ang!Then someone jumped out and questioned Meng Da.

"The garrison of Jiameng Pass is only [-] soldiers, the general is really good! Why don't you ask the general to show his magical powers and conjure up a million-strong army. Defeating the rebels is like picking something out of a bag."

Meng Da sneered in his heart, he really wasn't afraid of being questioned by others, he had already thought up some excuses!And before coming, he ventilated the [-] troops and unified the confession. Therefore, Meng Da was not worried that the matter would be revealed.

"My lord is joking. I, Meng Da, have the ability to conjure tens of thousands of troops out of thin air." Meng Da said, "Don't joke."

"It turned out to be so! Dare I ask the general, if I remember correctly, the lord left the general only [-] soldiers and horses! Then where did the other [-] come from." The man asked.

"To tell you the truth, my lord and all of you, these [-] soldiers and horses are recruits I recruited from Jiameng City and the surrounding areas. If you don't believe me! You can check to see if what I, Meng Da, is saying is true." Meng Da road.

He was not at all worried that people would find out. The extra [-] soldiers were indeed recruits, recruited by Li Song from Hanzhong temporarily, and Li Song directly allocated these recruits to Meng Da.

Cao Ang immediately sent someone to investigate, and after several twists and turns, it was confirmed that what Meng Da said was true. Everyone was very excited. Now that their strength has more than doubled, they don't have to worry about dealing with these rebels.

But besides being happy, everyone is not only in trouble, the [-] soldiers and horses need to eat, and Cao Jun's food and grass are now stretched, and the original Cao Jun can barely support it for a month and a half.

Now there are [-] more mouths, where can I find so much food and grass?

"Now, our army is short of food and grass. I wonder if you have any good strategies? It can solve this urgent need!" Cao Ang asked.

Everyone didn't know how to answer for a while, and they didn't have a good idea at all, so everyone had to stay silent!Seeing this, Cao Ang was furious. He usually boasted of being omnipotent, but at the critical moment, he lost the chain.

Seeing that Cao Ang's face was getting worse and worse, one of them remonstrated: "My lord! Why don't we take out [-] soldiers and horses to attack Hanzhong and plunder them, maybe we can gather what the army needs."

After Cao Ang heard this, he frowned. If he did this, he would leave a bad impression in the hearts of Hanzhong people and easily damage his reputation.

But after thinking about it, it is also impossible to do this. It is called doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times, and we must first overcome the difficulties in front of us.

"Okay! As you said! But who should lead the troops?" Cao Ang made up his mind.

"My lord, don't do it!" Meng Da hastily dissuaded, joking, this really made them go, isn't it just a trick!At that time, he will know that everything is fake, and this is not the result he wants. He also counts on Cao Ang and Liu Xun to hurt both sides, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

"Zijing (Meng Da's word)! Why not! You have to know what will happen if there is no food and grass." Cao Ang said.

"My lord! Zhang Wei, the younger brother of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, has always been dissatisfied with Li Song's occupation of Hanzhong. This time, Li Song withdrew to Xuchang, handed Hanzhong to Zhang Wei before leaving, and brought Zhang Lu back to Xuchang as a hostage."

"Under my persuasion, Zhang Wei is willing to take refuge in the lord and dedicate Hanzhong to the lord. When I came to meet the lord, Zhang Wei ordered people to transport the grain and grass from Hanzhong to Chengdu for the needs of the army. I will go first. The grain and grass are still behind." Meng Da said flickeringly.

"So it is!" Cao Ang and the others were overjoyed!Said: "Zi Jing really worked hard! After the rebellion is put down, there will be a lot of rewards."

Cao Ang was very satisfied with Meng Da's performance, and he did not hesitate to draw a big cake for Meng Da. Anyway, it is not known when the rebellion will be put down.

Even if the rebellion can be quelled, it will not be too late to say when the time comes, the left and right are not deciding what to give him.

"Thank you, my lord!" Meng Da looked grateful, knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists to salute.

Meng Da didn't care about Cao Ang's so-called rewards. As long as he sent you in front of Li Song, he didn't want as many rewards as he wanted. Who would care about your scribbled cakes.

(End of this chapter)