Zhao Yun immediately objected: "The soldiers are having a hard time, the people are even more miserable, even if there is still some stored grain, it is also life-saving food, the general forcibly requisitioned all the grain and grass, didn't he drive them to death and force them to eat?"
"So what" Guan Yu slapped the case, glared at Zhao Yun's gaze, burning with cruelty, but said with great righteousness: "The most important thing now is to defend Zhuo County, Zhuo County is related to the life and death of my Han Dynasty, as long as it helps to defend the city, what if those people are sacrificed, even if they starve to death, it is for the Han to starve to death, and the glory of death" "General, you" Zhao Yun was speechless when he retorted, his eyes looked at Sima Yi anxiously, and motioned for him to say a few words.
Sima Yi sighed lightly, shook his head secretly, and turned his gaze to the side, pretending not to see it.
"For the sake of the Great Han, Ben Jiang has already sacrificed a son and two daughters, what else can't be sacrificed" Guan Yuteng stood up and shouted: "Wen Chou, what are you waiting for, do you want to disobey Ben General's orders, and you can't be a sinner of Dahan?"
Wen Chou's body shook violently, hesitated, and finally didn't dare to disobey Guan Yu's order, so he had to sigh bitterly in his heart, arch his hand and say "I understand", turned around and left silently.
Seeing Wen Chou take the order away, Guan Yu snorted with satisfaction, his eyes shot out of the door, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and said hatefully: "Tao thief, do you think you can trap me, even if I Guan Yu sacrifices the people of the city, I must hold out until the moment when my eldest brother's reinforcements are killed."
That night, the end of the Han people in Zhuo County finally came.
Under Guan Yu's instructions, Wen Chou led those hungry soldiers, like wolves that loosened their chains, to break into the remaining homes of the people, digging three feet into the ground, and ruthlessly snatching away every grain of rice he had left.
These last grains are the hope of the people's lives, and naturally they will not be obediently released, and Wen Chou's forced requisition will of course cause fierce resistance.
It's a pity that Guan Yu has already ordered that those who dare to ignore the overall situation of the whole country, secretly hide food, and resist forced conscription, will be punished as collaborators with the enemy, and they will be killed.
Wen Chou also strictly implemented Guan Yu's order, and waved the butcher's knife without hesitation to those who dared to resist and desperately protect the grain.
How could those unarmed and hungry people be the hands of those crazy soldiers, after a bloody killing, the only remaining food was robbed after all.
For a time, there was blood mist flying in Zhuoxian County, and there were miserable cries, as if it had become a hell on earth.
Guan Yu robbed the people of grain and grass, and could barely alleviate the shortage of food and grass in the army for a while.
As for the people who were robbed of life-saving food, it was not something Guan Yu needed to consider, whether they lived or died was no longer Guan Yu's concern.
Soon, the people of Zhuoxian County have been forced to the point of cannibalism.
None of the Han army could sneak out of the city, but the potters had masters like Shi Qian, who came and went freely, and soon reported Guan Yu's atrocities in the city to the potters.
The potters knew very well that if they didn't capture Zhuoxian and end this war, the people of Zhuoxian would probably really have to eat each other.
Moreover, Guan Yu has been besieged for three months, and he has reached the point of running out of ammunition and food, and it is almost time to lose his use value.
Almost, it's time to capture Zhuo County and destroy Guan Yu.
The pottery merchant then passed down the order, ordered the heavenly thunder cannon to adjust the target, and began to bombard the city wall of Zhuoxian, just waiting for the city wall to break, 200,000 troops poured in, killing Guan Yu and his 20,000 remnants of the army.
Guan Yu forced his soldiers, withstood the shelling of the Wei army, desperately repaired the city wall, and made the last dying struggle.
Guan Yu pinned all his hopes on Liu Bei, firmly believing that Liu Bei's army was already doing its best to attack the Wei army, and even killed not far outside the city.
All he could do was to hold on to his convictions and hold on to that day at all costs.
Dozens of miles away, north of Liangxiang City, the Han army camp.
In the imperial tent of the Chinese army, Liu Bei stared at the imperial meal full of cases, but he had a sad face and did not know the taste of food.
As early as a month ago, he stopped all attacks against the Wei army, whether it was a frontal attack or an attack on the grain road, he had exhausted all his strength, but it was still to no avail.
In order to preserve his strength, Liu Bei could only stop the attack and confront Han Xin's 100,000-strong army here in a dilemma.
"I don't know if Yun Chang is surrounded, but there is meat to eat" Liu Bei sighed, brushed his hand and said: "Come on, remove all the meat on the case, although I am not in Zhuocheng, I have to share weal and woe with Yun Chang." ” The guards on the left and right were busy removing the meat dishes on the table, leaving only a few vegetarian dishes, and Liu Bei took a few bites with chopsticks, still chewing wax.
"Your Majesty and Yun Chang are really heart-to-heart."
Zhuge Liang next to him shook his feather fan and sighed faintly, and there seemed to be a bit of resentment and jealousy in his words.
"Report, and the gentleman and the lord are out asking to see you."
A scout stepped into the tent and bowed.
Liu Bei's heart shook slightly, and when he heard that the gentleman who supervised the grain and grass suddenly came to ask for a meeting, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Let him in."
Liu Bei flicked his hands.
A moment later, a middle-aged man with a round head walked into the big tent and bowed down to Liu Bei.
"Heshen, you are not in Beijing to supervise the grain and grass, what are you doing here" Liu Bei asked unhappily.
He Shen looked bitter and said: "Back to Your Majesty, this year's drought in Youzhou, and due to the destruction of the thief rebellion, the grain in many places has not been harvested, and the grain that can be collected this year is probably less than sixty percent of last year." ” Liu Bei frowned, a chill in his heart, and secretly shivered.
"Right now, General Yunchang is besieged, and the consumption of grain and grass in our army is extremely heavy, but at this time, the grain is not harvested, and it is really a house leak and even a cloud, alas" sighed in frustration.
"There is also bad news, the minister doesn't know whether to do it or not" and the gentleman hesitated, not daring to speak.
Liu Bei took a light breath and said in a deep voice: "The grain has been harvested, what is worse news than this, let's say it." ” He Shen swallowed his saliva and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, several granaries in my Jijing caught fire, and more than 100,000 grains and grass were burned down. ” "What" Liu Bei couldn't sit still now, and got up with a bang, so angry that his eyes were about to fall off.
Even the original grain storage can be burned due to fire, and it is as much as 100,000 hulls when it is burned That's unlucky, isn't it?
"Your Majesty is angry, the minister has severely punished the officials who are derelict in their duties, and the minister will do his best to raise more grain and grass for His Majesty to make up for the loss."
The gentleman hurriedly knelt on the ground, fearing that Liu Bei would be guilty.
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Looking at the fat-headed and big-eared guy, Liu Bei gritted his teeth with hatred, and he really wanted to be angry, cure the gentleman of a dereliction of duty, and pull him out to cut off his head.
You must know that at the moment he is confronting the potters and competing for national strength, the grain and grass are already insufficient, but at this time, he burned 100,000 grains and grass, and it is strange that Liu Bei can not be angry.
At this time, Zhuge Liang hurriedly persuaded from the side: "Your Majesty is angry, this time the grain and grass were burned, and the minister thinks that it is not the responsibility of the gentry, and His Majesty also needs him to supervise the grain and grass. ” Liu Bei had already poured into his throat with dissatisfaction, and in a blink of an eye, he was extinguished by Zhuge Liang's words, and after weighing the pros and cons, he had to swallow it forcibly.
"That's it, for the sake of the prime minister's intercession for you, I will spare you this time."
Liu Bei waved his hand reluctantly, but ordered: "You hurry back to Beijing and double the amount of grain and grass that I have lost, if you delay the war, I will punish you." ” "Yes, thank you for your majesty's forgiveness, the minister will go back, and the minister will go to raise food immediately."
He thanked the gentry again and again, and fled from the big tent in a hurry.
The gentleman retreated, and Liu Bei's chopsticks slammed into the table, and he lost his appetite at all.
Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time, and after hesitating again and again, he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, to such a point, Zhuocheng must not be able to hold it, and it is impossible for us to break through the Wei army's defense line. ” Withdraw to the capital Liu Bei's body was shocked, and surprise suddenly swelled between his eyebrows, and a pair of eyes looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, as if he couldn't believe that he would make such a proposal.
"Prime Minister, do you want me to abandon Yun Chang and abandon those 20,000 soldiers" Liu Bei asked sharply.
Zhuge Liang said helplessly: "The minister knows that His Majesty and Yun Chang are brothers, of course the minister also knows that His Majesty is the most affectionate and righteous person in the world, but Your Majesty hasn't seen it yet, the pottery thief is fully capable of eating Zhuocheng, the reason why the siege is not attacked, is to nail our main army here, consume our grain and grass, if we continue to stalemate, not only can we not save Yun Chang, when the grain and grass are exhausted, what do we use to guard Jijing At that time, the Han will be finished" Dahan is finished This sentence, like a knife, stabbed Liu Bei's heart fiercely, instantly shattering his anger and stabbing his heart to the point that his heart was shaken.
Perhaps, he had already had the idea of retreating, but because of his face and brotherhood with Guan Yu, he couldn't speak.
Zhuge Liang spoke his mind for him, but it made him feel relieved.
Of course, Liu Bei couldn't show a relieved look, and he had to squeeze out the wrinkles of pain, and said with tears in his eyes: "How can I not know the truth you said, but you also said that I and Yun Chang have a deep affection, like siblings, I really can't bear it."
Saying that, Liu Bei was already in tears, hiding his face and sighing constantly.
Zhuge Liang stopped talking at this time, glanced back at Frustrated, and signaled that it was time for him to speak.
He didn't hesitate, and hurriedly said: "Between Your Majesty and the general, it's just a brother's righteousness, Your Majesty, don't forget that you are the king of a country, and you are also tied to the important task of reviving the Han Dynasty and saving the people of the world, this is the righteousness of the world, how can Your Majesty ignore the righteousness of the world for the sake of your own small righteousness" The sentence "the righteousness of the world" is like a gorgeous ladder with the word "justice" written on it, which is comfortably laid in front of Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's body shook violently, as if awakened by the words of frustration, and fell into silence.
After struggling for a long time and weighing for a long time, in everyone's eyes, he had gone through extremely painful torture.
After a long time, Liu Bei let out a long sigh and said with tears: "That's it, you are reasonable, I can't be so selfish, I can't ignore the righteousness of the world for the sake of brotherhood, just do what you say, and prepare to withdraw to Jijing." ”isjgy: