"What are you talking about? How much food and grass are there?"
Gao Lian grabbed Yin Tianci's lapel and asked with a ferocious expression. Qinbei Pavilion
"Grain and grass, grain and grass are running out! Originally, the county below would transport grain and grass today, but with such heavy rain, it shouldn't come."
Yin Tianxi did not dare to look at Gao Lian's face and whispered.
These words made the faces of everyone around him darken again. Compared with the lack of food, flooding Gaotang Prefecture was no longer a big deal.
"Sun Lei is doing this one after another. Is this his serial plan?"
Li Cheng said with a sullen face, if calling for wind and rain is a trick and water attack is a conspiracy, then the lack of food is a fatal blow. Marching operations must not be without food and grass.
Everyone looked at the heavy rain falling in the sky, the dam being built in the west, and the army in the city who were short of food. They had been overwhelmed by everything.
"The two armies haven't even faced each other head-on. How is this battle fought?"
Li Cheng angrily slapped the city wall in front of him and gritted his teeth and said that in order to support Gaotang Prefecture, they traveled lightly and did not bring much food and grass at all. Zengtou City, Lingzhou, and Kou Prefecture were similar.
"What can we do without food and grass? If the soldiers are not well-fed, how will they gain combat effectiveness? Also, the war horses need fodder now, so there must be no lack of fodder!"
Zeng Tu looked at Gao Lian with a cold face and said, It is summer now, the war horses have not yet attached themselves to autumn fat, and without enough fodder to feed them, their combat power will drop sharply.
Zeng Tu was talking about war horses, but he was actually asking for food for his soldiers. Otherwise, how could he fight without cavalry if he only had war horses.
"Our Daming Mansion army is a regular army. To form a military formation and kill the enemy, food and grass are indispensable."
Suo Chao said, the 30,000 troops are all from Daming Mansion. If they are not given enough food and grass, they will not go to war.
Gao Lian looked at Zeng Tu and then at Suo Chao. He didn't know what to say for a moment. There was only so much food and grass in the city, and both sides wanted it. Where could he conjure up so much food and grass?
"Everyone, please be patient. I'll find a solution."
Gao Lian could only deal with it first.
After everyone left, Gao Lian grabbed Yin Tianci.
"Go and call all the big families in the city to the government office."
Gao Lian looked at Yin Tianxi with murderous eyes and said, he couldn't conjure food and grass out of thin air, so he could only feed on the big households. There were many rich households in Gaotang Prefecture, and they all had some food in their homes, and gathering them together should be able to meet their urgent needs.
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Liangshan Military Camp.
"Just some food and grass, more than 40,000 troops and nearly 10,000 horses, it will be eaten in three or four days!"
Sun Lei laughed and showed everyone the information sent back by Shi Qian. Shi Qian, Sister-in-law Gu, Sun Xin and others figured out the details of Gaotang Prefecture through one operation in the city.
"After last year's autumn harvest, all the money and grain from various places have been transported to Tokyo by transshippers. There is not much grain and grass left. After several months of consumption, it has bottomed out. Now is the time when the harvest is lean, and there is not much grain and grass anywhere."
Xiao Jiasui said with a smile that the role of transshipment in various places in the Song Dynasty was to transport local money, grain, salt and iron to Tokyo. This approach was in line with the national policy of strengthening the branches and strengthening the branches, but it also made the local areas vulnerable and could not withstand even a small disaster. live.
"Hebei is a major grain-producing area, and Tokyo is extremely strict with the money and food requirements from all parts of Hebei. Gaotang Prefecture originally only had food and grass for two thousand soldiers and horses, but now the number of soldiers and horses has increased more than twenty times, and the food and grass for a month is estimated to be Not enough food for two or three days.”
Xiao Jiasui said with a smile that Gaotang Prefecture has been besieged for several days. If the food and grass from outside cannot be transported in, the food and grass consumption in the city will accelerate.
"With the heavy rain now, we will definitely not be able to transport the food and grass around us. When the weather clears up, we will rob a few more waves, and we will be hungry enough to make them faint."
Sun Lei pointed at Gaotangzhou and said with a smile.
The heavy rain gradually subsided after a long time, but the clouds in the sky showed no sign of thinning and were still dark, indicating that the heavy rain would continue.
"Let's go to Gaotang Prefecture to meet Gao Lian."
Sun Lei watched the rain stop, stood up with a smile and said.
The Liangshan army arrived all the way outside Gaotang Prefecture.
With so many things happening today, the defenders on the city were already exhausted. When they saw the enemy coming, they were so frightened that they hid behind the city wall and did not dare to show their heads.
"Gao Lian, come out and meet me!"
Sun Lei looked at the tower and shouted, Gao Lian and others were in that tower.
"Sun Lei, if you have the ability, come and attack the city!"
Gao Lian walked out of the city tower and roared. He was in a good mood today. Forty thousand troops came out of the city in a mighty manner, thinking that there would be a big victory, but Sun Lei made him miserable.
He had just threatened and intimidated the big households in the city to hand over their grain and grass, and finally straightened things out a little, but immediately some soldiers shouted that the enemy was coming with troops.
This made Gao Lian feel better again. Now looking at Sun Lei showing off his power, he was so angry that he just wanted Sun Lei to attack the city quickly. He wanted to use this city to strangle Sun Lei's troops. Almost exhausted.
"Haha, why should I attack the city? When the water level reaches enough, I will flood the city and wipe out the entire Gaotang Prefecture!"
Sun Lei laughed and pointed at the city.
These words made everyone in the city turn pale. Sun Lei's flooding of Gaotang Prefecture was far more vicious than the massacre of the city. Some people were spared from the massacre, but the flooding really left no one alive.
"you dare!"
Li Cheng pointed at Sun Lei and shouted angrily, Sun Lei was the most ferocious bandit he had ever seen. Generally, thieves only plundered and slaughtered villages, which was considered a heinous crime, but Sun Lei actually wanted to kill an entire city.
"I am a thief, what can I not dare to do!"
Sun Lei said lightly.
"Give you a chance, put the firewood in, and I will spare you!"
Sun Lei turned around and said again with a smile.
"Don't even think about it, Chai Jin is a traitor! If you don't retreat, I will kill Chai Jin now!"
Gao Lian suddenly thought of Chai Jin and immediately threatened.
"If Chai Jin dies, you must die too. I think it is worthy of his status to have people from the city buried with him."
Sun Lei was not a person who was threatened. He wanted to save Chai Jin, but that was within his own power. If not, it was not impossible to avenge Chai Jin.
Gao Lian gritted his teeth and dared not speak. It was easy to kill Chai Jin, but what would happen to his life? When Sun Lei was hit by the flood, he could not escape.
"Koshifu, don't talk to him."
Song Jiang watched Gao Lian fall into the disadvantage and said, "Continuing to talk will only be more detrimental to them."
Gao Lian took a deep breath and stopped caring about Sun Lei. He was just waiting for the weather to clear up. As long as the weather cleared up, he would be able to lead his army out of the city. When the time came, he would not have to worry about the floods flooding Gaotangzhou. He would directly lead 40,000 troops and horses. Go out of the city to kill Sun Lei. As long as you kill Sun Lei, Gaotangzhou can still do business without him. Anyway, everything was done by thieves.
"Gao Lian, think about it! It seems to be raining again!"
Sun Lei pointed to the sky, and it started to rain again in the dark cloudy sky.
Gao Lian, Li Cheng, Shi Wengong and others looked at the sky. The rain was like a reminder. As soon as they got up, the soldiers in the city were panicked and their morale was completely gone.
Sun Lei smiled and led his troops to retreat in the rain.
"Too arrogant!"
Li Cheng stared fiercely at Sun Lei who was walking away. How dare a bandit be so arrogant in front of the army.
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