Li Xingzai was looking forward to it in the big tent. If Qi Jiguang could really trick Guan Yu into his camp...it would be like a tiger with added wings, it would be like riding a dragon.
But as soon as he saw the expression on Qi Jiguang's face, Li Xingzai's heart dropped.
"What? It's not done? That's all. We should have figured out that the people under Cheng Dalei are not so easy to fool. After all, Cheng Dalei is very cunning."
Qi Jiguang nodded silently. He didn't tell Li Xingzai the specific story. The key was that he didn't know where to start. He didn't even have time to fool Guan Yu, so he was fooled by him.
Considering Guan Yu's unexpected hospitality, he was probably well prepared. The most damning thing was that Qi Jiguang really listened to some of the words he said.
Heroes in ancient times were lonely. To be honest, the pond in the East China Sea is too small and there are really no big fish. But Liangzhou is full of talents and is accompanied by the world's top masters. It should be much more satisfying to do things...
Qi Jiguang shook his head, recovered his scattered thoughts, and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"
Li Xingzai sighed, with a rather helpless tone: "It's difficult. We can only take one step at a time."
The Rong tribe's troops stationed here are only a mere 10,000 men, but the coalition forces have 100,000 men and horses. However, with the strength ratio reaching such a level, the coalition forces are still restrained in every way, and the men and horses cannot move at all.
Guan Yu used the pocket formation to show off his power to the Rong tribe, but the men and horses of the Rong tribe stationed here were actually a bag containing one hundred thousand coalition troops.
After tonight, the princes quarreled again and again, but still no practical solution was found.
The Rong clan may not be invincible, but the key is who will die and who will reap the credit? When you are desperately killing the enemy at the front, there is no guarantee that these nominal companions will not stab you in the back.
Today there was another quarrel in the big tent. Li Xingzai looked at his eyes, mouth, mouth and heart without saying a word. He had completely lost confidence in all the princes. Guan Yu also had the same idea. Today's
He never participated in the meeting.
When the princes from all walks of life fight among themselves, they are all good hands, and there are endless conspiracies and tricks. But when facing the Rong clan, they seem to have a missing string in their heads, and they have no ability at all.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
A man who looked like an army officer burst into the tent panting. Li Xingzai recognized him. He was a member of Wang Lintao's staff in Yuzhou, but his specific name and official position were unknown.
The officer had thrown away his helmet and looked very embarrassed. As soon as he walked into the tent, he knelt down and said: "I report to the king that my subordinates are incompetent and the grain road in Scorpion Ridge has been robbed."
Wang Lintao of Yuzhou was startled and stood up from his chair. He opened his mouth wide and could not close it for a long time.
This man was a grain transport officer under the king of Yuzhou. The camp of the coalition forces was quite close to Yuzhou, and most of the grain and grass were delivered from Yuzhou.
The Rong camp opposite has not been mobilized. How did the Rong rob food and grass... Could it be that there is more than one Rong tribe nearby.
"Report..." A Yanzhou captain ran into the tent: "Our army's food and grass were robbed in Koutoushan."
"Report..."
There was a series of announcements, and there was silence in the big tent. Everyone had a dark face, and it was hard to see the extreme expression on their faces.
The four main grain routes were all cut off by the Rong tribe, and once a hundred thousand troops were without food and grass supplies, they would be no different from a hundred thousand pigs left to be slaughtered.
After all, Li Xing was the nominal leader of the alliance. At this moment, he suppressed his irritation and said, "How many days can each army hold on to food and grass?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Wang Lintao of Yuzhou said: "Our army probably still has ten days of food and grass."
"Our army has five days left."
"Our army has seven days left."
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The various voices, in fact, everyone knew deep down that no one was telling the truth. They were all discounting their words. But the situation was still as bad.
"The food and grass have been robbed. If our army strengthens its manpower, can we send the food and grass over?" Li Xing asked.
"The whereabouts of the Rong tribe are erratic, and in the plains, it is difficult for any team to compete with the Rong tribe." Yanzhou Wang Lei Tianyin said: "This matter... I guess it will be difficult."
This is obviously an operation targeting the coalition's food and fodder. The most ruthless strategy is to run out of food. Once the food route is cut off, the coalition forces will definitely be in panic. After a few days of hard work and another aggressive attack, the coalition forces will definitely be defeated.
This is not a very clever strategy, but it is very effective in such a situation.
But... Li Xingzai thought to himself: Do the Rong people really have this patience?
There are probably more Rong people around here, maybe 30,000 or not 50,000.
"The Rong tribe does not have an advantage in military strength and may not be able to cut off all grain routes. We are waiting, maybe a grain transport team will arrive." Li Xing said.
Everyone didn't have much confidence in this, but Li Xing's words did give everyone hope. Everyone waited in the big tent together from noon to evening. Indeed, many people arrived, and all they brought with them was robbed of food and grass.
The news. From morning to night, not a grain of rice was delivered to the coalition camp.
This is obviously a carefully planned operation. If you attack the coalition camp with fox troops, it will be better if you can defeat it. If it does not work, temporarily restrict the movement of the coalition forces. Cut off the food road outside, slowly surround them, and eliminate the coalition forces in the area.
here.
Everyone had miscalculated. The Rong tribe had already shifted their attention from Chang'an City to the Allied Forces Camp. After all, the city of Chang'an was strong and the sacrifice of a storm would be too great. In comparison, the Allied Forces Camp was easier to deal with.
At night, the banner of the Rong tribe appeared in the south, with about ten thousand troops.
At the third watch, the banner of the Rong tribe appeared in the north, and the number of troops was still 10,000.
Before dawn, 10,000 Rong tribe appeared in the east. Counting the original Rong tribe in the west, the encirclement was completely formed, and the total strength of the Rong tribe reached 40,000.
Forty thousand versus one hundred thousand, the coalition forces completely lost their advantage.
After the encirclement was formed, the Rong tribe began to narrow the encirclement and set up camp five miles away from the coalition forces.
This is what happened on the first day. On the second day, a flag appeared to the west of the Rong tribe.
Bright as fire, as red as blood...the flaming flag of the King of the Rong Tribe.
The imperial chariot marches in person.
No one thought that the king of the Rong clan would appear here. Sure enough, they postponed the attack on Chang'an City and focused on the coalition's 100,000 troops.
What they want is no longer defeat, but annihilation.
The princes from all walks of life are like ants on a hot pot, anxious and exhausted, but they have no countermeasures. The Rong people are gradually approaching, like a beheading knife, getting closer and closer to everyone's heads.
On the third day, the Rong army mobilized, and the Rong tribe of the Hu tribe in the west advanced forward, approaching the coalition camp.
A man walked out of the Rong formation, holding a sledgehammer and shouting curses in front of the formation.
He claimed that he was a general under the king of the Rong tribe, an angry-browed tiger, and he wanted a respectable general in the coalition camp to come out and die.
A general under Lei Tianyin from Yanzhou went out to challenge him, but he was knocked off his horse and his head was smashed to pieces after failing to make a three-step move.