There used to be many cities between Chang'an and Luoyang. It was originally considered the large county seat of Hongnong, but now it has become a dumping ground for garbage.
Huayin is one of them.
All the common people have been relocated, and only soldiers are left.
Xiliang soldiers.
Huayin was originally Dong Yue's residence, but Niu Fu, perhaps because Dong Yue did not obey orders, or perhaps because Dong Yue's surname was Dong after all, so after Dong Zhuo's death, in the name of discussing countermeasures, he suddenly launched an attack and killed Dong Zhuo.
Yue, annexed its troops.
Since Niu Fu could become Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he must have some ability in marching and fighting. But what is very interesting is that Niu Fu stopped suddenly after his sudden outburst. Perhaps it was because of Xu Rong, Duan Yan, and Hu
Zhen surrendered to Chang'an one after another, dealing a heavy blow to Niu Fu. Niu Fu did not take advantage of the opportunity to continue to receive Dong Zhuo's inheritance, but stayed in Huayin County.
When Huangfu Song attacked Yiwu and killed Dong Zhuo's family, Huangfu Song led his own old soldiers and did not use Chang'an City's imperial army, nor did he dare to use it, because Chang'an's imperial army had connections with Dong Zhuo in the future.
No tampering is allowed until the cleaning is completed.
Dong Zhuo's other two important generals, Niu Fu and Dong Yue, killed each other again, and Li Jue and Guo Si were just generals under Niu Fu at this time...
In this way, the Xiliang soldiers were divided into two parts, one in Chang'an and the other in Huayin. The Xiliang soldiers in Chang'an did not dare to move because of the court's suspicion, while the Xiliang soldiers in Huayin did not dare to move.
The Xiliang soldiers had to divide their forces because they had to defend against the Shandong nobles...
Li Jue and Guo Si were not near Huayin at the moment, but were sent to Mianchi by Niu Fu.
Because at this time, the old royalist Zhu Jun summoned a group of local warriors in the countryside, and after Sun Jian retreated, they reoccupied Luoyang and were cleaning up the debris in Luoyang and reorganizing the city. This made Niu Fu very worried, so Niu Fu asked Li Jue
, Guo Si led the army to attack Zhu Jun, and at the same time defend against the possible advance of the Shandong nobles.
The people of Huayin have been relocated, and the original source of supplies has been completely cut off. Although Li Ru had hoarded a lot of food and grass in Huayin before, he was still sitting on the empty mountain, watching the granary become empty little by little, and the food and grass were getting empty day by day.
As the amount of blood decreased, Ushifu's heart became more and more panicked...
Maybe if you let Niu Fu lead the attack and gallop on the battlefield, there won't be too many problems, but if you let Niu Fu strategize and take charge of the overall situation, it will be a little more difficult.
For example, right now, Niu Fu is walking around in the Huayin County government office with a frown on his face.
I had just been happy the past two days, but then I encountered such an annoying thing. It made Niu Fu feel like there were ten or eight chickens and ducks in his head, arguing endlessly, and he didn't know the direction at all.
Where.
Wang Yun in Chang'an City heard that Niu Fu had sent Li Jue and Guo Si to Luoyang. He felt that there was an opportunity, so he sent troops to attack Niu Fu from the court, but he did not dare to let Xu Rong and Duan Xuan.
Hu and Zhen led the troops to attack, fearing that they might turn into meat buns and beat dogs...
Huangfu Song held the opposite opinion, saying that Chang'an's supplies were already tight and could not withstand the consumption of the army. It was better to rely on the city of Chang'an and just stick to it. The Xiliang soldiers outside had no food to use and would naturally collapse.
No need to fight.
Yang Biao neither agreed nor disagreed. He was neutral anyway and expressed an opinion that caution should be exercised in military and national affairs...
Of course, the individual thoughts here are not enough to be publicized to outsiders.
Anyway, under such circumstances, Wang Yun finally sent a force of 5,000 men, led by Li Su, and then nothing happened...
Although Li Su was also a general from Xiliang and had some tricks, the soldiers he led were not Xiliang soldiers, but the Imperial Guards who had lived in Chang'an for a long time. They usually acted as ceremonial guards and had a dignified appearance, but when they went to the battlefield, they didn't
He peed, but Niu Fu and three thousand people pushed him directly to the ground and rubbed him for a while...
Li Su returned in defeat, so naturally he was thrown out to take the blame and his head fell to the ground.
However, Ushifu could not be happy for long because the difficulties he faced did not reduce at all.
"General..." the quartermaster in charge of logistics handed over a bamboo slip and whispered, "We don't have much food and grass left..."
Niu Fu unfolded the bamboo slips, glanced at it for a few moments, frowned and asked: "How long can it last?"
The quartermaster said: "If we are more frugal... maybe we can last for a month..."
"One month!" Niu Fu stared, wanting to get angry, but he didn't know who to get angry at, so he had to throw the bamboo slip on the table with a bang.
The guards outside the hall rushed in after hearing the sound, but Niu Fu waved his hand and drove him away.
The quartermaster was not wrong, it was just Niu Fu who was in a irritable mood.
Niu Fu frowned and twisted his neck twice. The friction between the cervical vertebrae bones made a rattling sound. As a general, he naturally knew the importance of food and grass to the army...
But where does this food and grass come from?
The Luoyang area is basically a piece of wasteland, Hongnong is also in ruins, Huayin doesn't even have any farmers, Chang'an can't conquer it at all with the few people on hand...
What to do?
Where is the food and grass?
Niu Fu said these words to himself unknowingly.
The quartermaster took a step forward, and then said hesitantly: "General...if you ask where there is food and grass, humble position... humble position would think..."
Niu Fu walked up to the quartermaster and asked, "What do you think?"
The quartermaster said: "I feel that only Hedong has food and grass at the moment..."
When Niu Fu heard this, he suddenly felt enlightened, right!
There is food and grass in Hedong! Why didn’t I think of that?!
Now with Luoyang in the east and Chang'an in the west, we can either continue to search deep into Hongnong in the south, or cross the river and advance to Hedong. But compared to the Yang family in Hongnong, Niu Fu feels that the nobles in Hedong are easier to bully.
Some……
What's more, Hongnong has been dealt with by Li Ru before. Now the relatively flat counties near the river have no food and grass. Or they can only cross Xiong'er Mountain and go to the hinterland of Hongnong. But in this way, it will be difficult to climb over the mountains.
In the mountains, if you can't find any food and grass in the mountains and are blocked by others, then you are simply asking for death.
Hedong is great, hahaha. Niu Fu was in a good mood after thinking about it like this, and immediately said: "I'll give you three days, no, two days, to collect the grain and grass and load them all into the truck!" The next step is to make the first step.
They pretended to attack Chang'an, and then while the Chang'an defenders were busy defending, they turned to Shaanxi County, quickly crossed the river from Shaanxi and Jin, and rushed to the east of Hedong to eat!
At that time in Xiliang, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Xu Rong, Duan Xuan, and Hu Zhen were considered important generals, while Li Jue and Guo Si were just lower-level generals...
