Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 243 Robbery Grain (1)

Ten days later, Chen Dao led the troops to arrive first, saying that the defense of Runan had been taken over by Cao Ren, and Zhou Cang ordered Chen Dao and Qu'a to camp together for defense. Twenty days later, Zhang Jai led the cavalry and the old man's barracks to report to report with 20 shi of grain and grass. Zhou Cang's grain and grass had always been brought with him, and he did not rely on Cao Cao's supply.The soldiers under him sometimes exchanged rations with Cao Jun for weapons, armor or arrows, and the generals of both armies turned a blind eye.

"My lord, Zhang Jaw came here under orders. Congratulations, my lord, on being promoted to Xuzhou Inspector." Zhang Jaw saluted.As the commander-in-chief of the Xuzhou military, Zhang Jai was very happy to see all the generals making contributions: Xu Huang captured Lujiang, Pei Yuanshao captured Donglai, Gan Ning defeated Sun Ce, and Chen Dao attacked Runan.Others have made contributions one by one, and Zhang Jaw is anxious at home. It is easy to be misunderstood that he is not based on military achievements, but on seniority.Zhou Cang was promoted to governor of Xuzhou, so it's time for him to show his face.

"Great, I'm waiting for Jun Yi." Zhou Cang opened his jaw and said, "Has Liu Li gone back?"

"I arrived in Pengcheng ten days ago, and I brought Liao Hua with me. According to my lord's instructions, I arranged for Liao Hua to be a Sima to participate in military training. It's quite satisfactory, and I haven't seen anything special yet. Liu Li only stayed for a day, and said that my lord still has important responsibilities. , left his family in Xuzhou, and set off for Donglai with his entourage."

"Okay, okay. I'm relieved to have you in Xuzhou. We'll talk about Liao Hua's matter later." Zhou Cang said three good things in a row. It seems that everything is going well without any deviation. Speed ​​up, this is related to Xuzhou's financial resources in the future, money is not everything, without money it is absolutely impossible.Captain Mojin's notoriety has been given to Cao Cao, so he needs to find a new way to make money quickly.

"After receiving the Lord's letter, Yuanfang and Ziming have sent people to take over the two counties of Pengcheng and Xiapi, and Ganchi and Chen Zhong will be in charge of the two counties. When passing through Pengcheng, the local people heard that the Lord was promoted to the governor of Xuzhou and took over Pengcheng. Our army lined the road to greet each other. It can be seen that the lord has won the hearts of the people. However, I heard from Yuan Fang that Xiapi experienced floods and serious damage. Cao Cao once ordered that taxes be exempted for three years..."

"Hehe, it's because I stayed in Pengcheng for a few years that the common people could get along with me. Now that I think about it, I really miss those days. Pengcheng is the former residence of Duke Gan, and Ganchi happened to be there. So thoughtful." Zhou Cang nodded with a smile. "I can't just sit back and watch the people in Xiapi suffer. I will write to Yuan Fang, and the policy of exempting taxes for three years will not change, so that the people can feel at ease." Zhou Cang wanted to compete with Cao Cao to win the hearts of the people.

"It's too late for Jun Yi to rest. You can see how urgent the situation in Guandu is now. Guo Jia suggested that Yuan Jun's supply road is long, so he sent troops to attack and disturb Yuan Jun's heart. I have already obtained a military order from Cao Cao." Zhou Cang explained to Zhang Jah some of Cao Cao's grain robbery plans. "Let's first discuss how to harass Yuan Jun's Liang Dao."

"From Junyi's point of view, this is the route of Yuan Jun's grain and grass that scouts have explored in the past half a month. Yuan Shao's grain and grass are all transported from Hebei. There are two routes across the Yellow River from Liyang, one is through Yanjin, and the other is through Baimajin arrived at Yangwu. The governor of grain and grass was former Xiyuan school lieutenant Chun Yuqiong, and there was also a trial and dispatch. The soldiers were about [-] soldiers, usually led by Chu Jiao and Zhang Nan, and cavalry about [-] Thousands of people, each time there are more than a thousand grain carts, and the grain and grass are nearly [-] shi."

The scouts probed very carefully, and Zhou Cang made clear gestures on the map. "Junyi thinks how to deal with it?"

Zhang Jaw thought for a long time, comparing and comparing repeatedly on the picture. "It's not easy to handle. The lone army goes deep. If there is a large army of Yuan Jun to support us, it will easily make us fall into a tight siege."

Indeed, Yuan Jun's battle line is long, but his robbery army can easily be dumped by the opponent.

"My lord, if you want to rob food, you must use cavalry pawns to quickly intersperse to avoid being entangled by Yuan Jun."

"I thought of this, that's why I asked you to bring the Lightning Battalion. It seems that it is not enough." Zhou Cang rubbed his hands.

"My lord, I feel that since he has two paths, we should also divide into two paths, but one is false and the other is real, and the main thing is harassment."

"What is one false and one real?" "Look, my lord, we can send an army to harass the front line of Yanjin, causing Yuan Shao to think that we are going to intercept the grain and send troops to support it, but the focus is on Baima. As long as the grain carts are burned, we will retreat, so that He was too late to catch up."

"Junyi means that the suspected soldiers use infantry, and concentrate the cavalry to attack?"

"Exactly. Our army has few cavalry pawns, so that's all we can do. After a while, we will change the truth and the reality, and do the opposite..."

"No, let's go on. That's the kind of surprise."

Zhang Jaw was taken aback for a moment, and he immediately understood. "Goodbye my lord!"

"Then send Chen Dao to lead [-] cavalry to Yanjin to bluff, and Jun Yi, Hua Xiong, and Qu'a to lead [-] cavalry to the Baima line?"

"I don't have a big problem here, but Chen doesn't have cavalry cover there, so I'm afraid it's dangerous."

Zhou Cang thought about it. "I'll just borrow soldiers. I can't borrow tiger and leopard cavalry. Zhang Xiu still has [-] Xiliang iron cavalry. I'll ask him to borrow [-]. It's only for cover and can't go to the battlefield. I think he will agree."

Zhang Jai looked at Zhou Cang in surprise, would Zhang Xiu agree? These cavalry were all Zhang Xiu's favorites, would he be willing?
Aware of Zhang Jaw's suspicion, Zhou Cang came to his senses. "I heard that in order to weaken Zhang Xiu's military power, Cao Cao distributed his iron cavalry according to infantry, and relied on Zhang Xiu to find ways to support him. How about this, you send someone to send him good grass and materials, As compensation for borrowing troops."

This is almost the same, there is no reason to use it for nothing, Xuzhou has no shortage of forage, but a shortage of horses and pawns.With such a large amount of supplies, Zhang Xiu should agree, if he does not agree, the iron cavalry who are short of food and materials will be abolished sooner or later.

"Okay, I'll get ready right away. But Chen must be careful when he gets there."

"Can Jun Yi think of something to light the fire?"

"I can bring more torches, and a bunch of hay for each ride. Why did my lord come here to ask?" Zhang Jaw asked strangely, this is the common sense of military strategists.

"No, we just want to be quick this time. I have a way." Zhou Cang took out a porcelain bottle. "I have been collecting porcelain bottles and earthen jars for the past few days. Junyi can pour kerosene into them, seal the mouth with sackcloth, and then light the sackcloth and throw it onto the grain truck."

Isn't this a simple burning bottle?It's not that Zhou Cang never thought about developing gunpowder, but he didn't dare. Once gunpowder was born prematurely, as Cao Cao worried, if the advanced weapon got out of control, it might be a disaster.Zhou Cang didn't think he could control it anymore. Even if he could control it now, after a hundred years from himself and Cao Cao, who would be able to control this magical beast.Lacking foundation, changing history too quickly will not bring about progress, but a disaster.

"Things are good things." Zhang Jaw looked at Zhou Cang suspiciously. "My lord, isn't it too expensive? We can't afford it."

(End of this chapter)