Chapter 2890 Burning grain in the warehouse and starving his body, it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treacherous people


    Chapter 2887: Burning grain and burning the warehouse and hungry, it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treacherous people


    "Your Majesty, you will know after reading it."


    After saying that, Guo Jia handed over the letter.


    Ying Hao took it with a suspicious look, and after reading it, he suddenly showed a sudden look. It turned out that the new channel Guo Jia mentioned refers to the food and grass in Chenliu City.


    Chen Liu was also a large granary of Cao''s army. According to the information provided by the surrendered generals, the grain storage in the city was enough for a 100,000 army to use for three months.


    If this batch of food and grass can be seized, it will indeed allow the Qin army to respond, but the problem is that this batch of food and grass is still in the hands of Cao army.


    Although Chen Liu is already an isolated city, the 100,000 Cao troops in the city are already fat from the Qin army, but it does not mean that the food in the city will definitely fall into the hands of the Qin army. After all, it is not the first time that Cao army has done such a thing as burning grain before the city is broken.


    In order to force Cao Ren to surrender as soon as possible, Bai Qi first step was to compress Cao Ren''s activity space and completely turn Chenliu into an isolated city. The second step was to use the lurking spies in the city to burn Chenliu''s grain warehouse.


    Once Chen Liu''s food and grass are burned, Cao''s army will have no reinforcements outside and no food and grass inside. Even if Cao Ren does not want to surrender, as long as his subordinates do not want to starve to death, they will definitely forcibly lead Cao Ren out to surrender.


    Bai Qi was not in charge of the family and did not know that the food and food in Chenliu City was expensive. In order to force Cao Ren and the 100,000 Cao troops to surrender, he would not care about the food and supplies in Chenliu City, but Ying Hao, the head of the family, cared about it.


    "There are many ways to force Cao Ren to surrender. For our army who lacks food, burning grain is undoubtedly the last one."


    After saying that, Ying Hao immediately ordered: "Immediately send Bai Qi the order to seize Chenliu''s food and grass, and he will not be allowed to burn the food unless he has to."


    Guo Jia said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you also know Bai Qi''s decisive personality. It is probably too late to pass the order now."


    “…”


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    Outside Chenliu City, inside the Qin army camp;


    When Bai Qi proposed to start the spy and burn the grain warehouse in the city, most of the Qin generals present expressed support for three reasons:


    First, they did not know that the Qin army was about to face the dilemma of shortage of food;


    Second, the ones that are burned are not their own food, so naturally there is nothing to worry about;


    The third is to force Cao''s army into a desperate situation as fast as possible;


    Although the envoy sent by Bai Qi to the city before came back alive, it was obvious through his observation along the way that even though Chen Liu had completely become an isolated city, Cao Ren was still ready to resist until the last moment.


    Cao Ren was originally planning to kill the envoy to show his determination to not surrender to death, but he was opposed by many of his generals.


    From this point, we can also see that the Cao army is not a solid piece of iron. At least not everyone wants to fight to the end, and it is naturally wise for Cao Ren to take the initiative to retreat, otherwise it will only intensify internal contradictions.


    As of now, there is only a general Cao who has proposed to oppose the execution of the envoy, and no one dares to surrender, which shows that Cao Ren still has a strong control over the Cao army, and no one dares to surrender in front of Cao Ren, because whoever surrenders will die.


    Therefore, what Bai Qi had to do was to deepen the barriers within the Cao army and force those generals who were willing to surrender to express their attitudes, and burning grain was undoubtedly the easiest and most direct way.


    The Qin army is about to face the dilemma of food shortage, so it is naturally impossible for generals to know, but how could senior executives such as Bai Qi, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun not know?


    Bai Qi knew but he didn''t care, so after the meeting, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun came to Bai Qi together, trying to persuade him to take back Cheng Sheng, but unexpectedly, he was persuaded by Bai Qi instead.


    "General, although there is not much food and grass in Chenliu City, it is not too small. Our army now has insufficient food and grass supply. It would be a pity if it burns like this. It would be better not to burn it." Zhao Yun said with a serious face.


    Bai Qi looked at Zhang Liao on the side when he heard this and asked with a smile: "Wen Yuan, do you think so too?"


    Zhang Liao frowned slightly and said, "Cao Cao intends to use the people to drag down our army''s food route. Now, just by capturing Jiyin County, there are more than 200,000 people as a burden. Cao Wei still has seven counties.


    Next, our army will have great logistical pressure, so it is better not to miss any opportunity to seize food and grass. ”


    Hearing Zhang Liao say this, Bai Qi nodded and asked the two of them, "Then how do you think our army can get the food and grass seized from Chenliu?"


    "Just force the Cao army to surrender." Zhao Yun replied.


    "How to force surrender?" Bai Qi continued to ask.


    "Forehead…"


    Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao also reacted at this time. The Qin army had defeated all the cities around Chenliu. Even if Chenliu is an isolated city now, Cao Ren did not think of surrendering, and he also prepared to burn grain once the city was broken.


    Chenliu''s grain storage is enough for the city''s defenders to eat for three months. The Qin army cannot delay for so long, but if the attack is strong, the casualties will definitely be huge.


    After thinking about it, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao discovered that burning grain was indeed the simplest and most direct way to force Cao''s army to surrender.


    "No wonder Grand Tutor Jia didn''t come to persuade Bai Qi together. It turned out that he knew from the beginning that Chen Liu''s food and grass were not forced to do so, so he could only choose one of the food and grass and surrendered troops." Zhang Liao said in his heart.


    Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you ask Your Majesty for advice? Chen Liu''s food and grass are not small numbers after all."


    Bai Qi said dissatisfiedly: "If you are not allowed to accept anything and ask for instructions on everything, how can you seize the opportunity that disappeared in a flash? This matter is settled, and I will take it all by Bai Qi."


    Bai Qi said this, and Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao didn''t have much to say anything, so they could only obey orders.


    Bai Qi naturally knew that Ying Hao and Guo Jia must have wanted to protect food and grass, and there was more than one way to keep this batch of food and grass, but the price was that it would take longer, and Bai Qi did not want to delay Chen Liu for too long. Another point is that it is the responsibility of civil servants to provide food and herbs to the front line. Now that civil servants want to give all this trouble to Bai Qi, Bai Qi naturally doesn''t want to. Cooking grain is to facilitate the army and throw the trouble to those civil servants who are thieves.


    In a word, Bai Qi is only responsible for fighting. As for food and grass logistics, it is the job of the civil officials, and it is not his own. He is only responsible for doing the best things within his authority, and he does not care about anything else.


    Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun had just left the camp when they saw Jia Xu watching them outside the camp, as if they had been waiting here for a long time.


    "Military advisor, have you guessed that the general would do his own thing?" Zhang Liao asked.


    Jia Xu laughed in silence when he heard this, "What does it mean to do your own thing? The general has done all his duty and should be loyal to him.


    As for the food and grass issue? Your Majesty and the ministers in the court are worried. Why are you two doing that idleness? I, Daqin, wouldn’t have been stumped by just a few million stones of food and grass. ”


    "We are just worried that the general will be impeached by the ministers in the court for this." Zhao Yun sighed.


    Jia Xu looked helpless when he heard this: "Will the general be afraid of impeachment? He hopes that more people will come to impeach him."


    Bai Qi''s self-deprecation was guided by Jia Xu, but now Jia Xu regrets it a little. After all, with the achievements, prestige and mind of the founding emperor of Ying Hao, no matter how great the contribution is, he will not be able to dominate the master. However, Bai Qi is increasingly giving up on the road of self-deprecation, which also makes Jia Xu wonder if he had said it back then.


    After saying goodbye to Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun, Jia Xu went to the tent alone to report to Bai Qi: "General, our army has 214 secret spies in Chenliu City. This is the list of secret spies in the city. Mrs. Aqing and Mr. Huang Shang have also sneaked into the city and can start operations tonight."


    Although there are 100,000 Cao troops in Chenliu City and the defense is extremely strict, if the Grand Master sneaks into the city, he will definitely not be able to defend himself.


    In order to ensure that the grain burning was successful, Jia Xu not only had to activate all the spies, but also sent two great masters, including Bai Qi''s wife, A Qing.


    Seeing that Jia Xu did not miss the arrangements, Bai Qi had nothing to add, and asked, "Burning grain is not the key point. The real purpose of our army is to deepen the cracks within the Cao army through this operation. The frame-up after burning grain is the top priority. I wonder how you arranged it by the military advisor?"


    Hearing Bai Qi''s words, Jia Xu immediately took out a document from his sleeve and handed it over and said, "General, this is a plan to disagree against the generals of the Cao army after burning the grain."


    Bai Qi''s eyes lit up after seeing it, and he thought to himself: He is worthy of being a poisonous man, he is cruel and poisonous. Once this plan is made, Cao Ren will not have the strength to resist, and Cao''s army will definitely have internal strife.


    Jia Xu''s plan this time is not a clever plan, but now there are serious internal differences between Cao''s army and the contradictions are gradually intensifying. Cao Ren doesn''t believe anyone except Cao Hong. So as long as you find the right direction, even ordinary strategies will be effective.


    After Jia Xu left, Bai Qi looked at Chenliu''s city wall and said to himself: "Current grain and burn the warehouse to starve his body, and loyalty and treacherous people are hard to distinguish. Cao Ren, I hope you will like the gift I give you."


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    At night, Chen Liu and the prefect''s office were still dealing with military affairs.


    Although the Qin army trapped Cao''s army to death in Chenliu City, Chenliu City had high walls and thick walls, and could eat food and grass for three months. The defenders had sufficient supplies. In addition, the Qin army only besieged the city but did not attack the city, so although the morale of the defenders in the city was low, it was not to the point of being unable to recover.


    Compared with external threats, Cao Ren is now more worried about the instability of internal people.


    During the day, Cao Ren wanted to kill the envoy and express his ambition, but in fact he didn''t really want to kill him. After all, the two countries would not kill him when they were in war.


    The Qin and Wei countries fought bloodily on the front line. Even if many royal families such as Xiahou Dun were killed in battle, Cao Cao never killed a single Qin person. Because the nature of the killer became, the Qin Dynasty would use more ruthless means to retaliate against Cao Wei.


    Cao Cao did not even kill the envoy, so Cao Ren naturally would not do it. The reason why he pretended to be wanted was just a test by him, but the result was far beyond his expectations.


    Under Cao Ren''s temptation, more than 20 generals of the Cao army were divided into three factions:


    Half of the generals led by Cao Hong and Cao Yun and Cao Can support Cao Ren;


    A quarter of the generals led by the brothers Cao Zhen and Cao Bing clearly expressed their opposition;


    Another quarter of the generals led by the brothers Cao Youwen and Cao Youwan expressed neutrality.


    There must be many people in the neutral faction who objected, but they just didn’t dare to stand up openly, that is, at least one-third of the opposing generals accounted for.


    This scared Cao Ren. After all, if only a few people were there, he could still control him and deprive him of military power. But now there are too many people. If all of them are deprived of military power, Cao''s army will be in chaos first. How can he confront the Qin army then?


    In this regard, Cao Ren could only compromise first to stabilize everyone, and then find a way to slowly solve it.


    Cao Ren already had a specific plan in his mind, which was to shoot the first bird out of his head, kill the chicken to warn the monkey to deter the monkey, and then find a way to separate it and resolve the internal contradictions as much as possible.


    But what Cao Ren never expected was that before he could take action, Bai Qi had already made a move, and he had a killer move at all, which made him unable to learn.


    "It''s not good, the grain warehouse has caught fire, please put out the fire..."


    Cao Ren, who was about to go to bed, heard the shouts of putting out the fire, immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He didn''t even care about changing his clothes and ran out barefoot. Then he saw that the direction of the grain warehouse had already shot up, and his face turned pale in an instant.


    "I will order my general that except for the four gate guards, everyone will go to put out the fire for me..."


    Cao Ren shouted with a collapsed look on his face. Originally, he wanted to rely on the Qin army''s heartache and the casualties to only siege and not attack, and try to help Cao Cao, who escaped to the east, to fight for one to one and a half months. But if the granary was burned, it would be a tough day.


    "The Chenliu Granary is built underground, with extremely strict garrisons and orders are changed every day."


    Cao Hong looked at the fire that soared into the sky and gritted his teeth and said to Cao Ren: "Brother, there must be a traitor leaking the secret, otherwise the Qin army would not have been able to enter so easily."


    (This chapter ends)