The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

"Brother Dian, what do you mean? What time is this?"

"It's just afternoon. Are you in such a hurry to eat dinner?"

Guo Jia made fun of Dian Wei when he opened his mouth.Among Dian Wei's hobbies, there are only two, one is drinking.One is to eat.

Compared with drinking, Dian Wei prefers to eat.

Of course, he was able to become friends with Dian Wei precisely because they both like to drink.

It's just that Dian Wei likes to eat more, and it's the feeling of drinking and eating meat.

"Oh, I'm not talking about eating. I'm saying that General Huang Zhong has been away for two days, why is there no news at all?"

Dian Wei paced back and forth, worrying about Huang Zhong.

Although Huang Zhong led two thousand soldiers and horses, all elites, to plunder the grain convoy, such things should be easy to grasp.

But there are accidents in everything. Now that he has been there for two days, no news has come back. Dian Wei and Huang Zhong have a good relationship, so naturally he is worried about this old brother.

"General Huang Zhong is very brave and powerful. He is the most powerful man in the army. With him, trivial matters are naturally easy to handle. Brother Dian, why worry about him? We might as well drink a cup of tea here quietly. Wait for his death Good news will do."

Seeing Dian Wei's worried appearance, Guo Jia still comforted him, telling him not to worry so much.

If it weren't for the fact that you can't drink in the army, how could this guy Guo Jia hold back?He must have taken Dian Wei to drink with him.

However, because Liu Zheng was there, I still had to be scruples, so I didn't go directly to drink.

Practice drinking tea here like Liu Zheng.

"Worrying is not worrying, but it's been two days, and there is no news at all. Could something happen?"

Seeing that Guo Jia and Liu Zheng didn't seem to be worried, Dian Wei restrained himself a bit from his originally worried appearance, and sat down on the chair again.

Liu Zheng, who hadn't spoken much, looked at it.Anxious Dian Wei looked at Guo Jia who was pretending to be bored.

How could Liu Zheng not know what these two guys were thinking.

"Okay, okay, you two don't act with me, isn't it just that you are not allowed to drink?"

"It seems that you have been holding back for two days. Today, I guess you don't need to hold back anymore."

When Liu Zheng said this, Guo Jia and Dian Wei's eyes lit up immediately.

"Your Majesty, are you serious?"

"Is what the widow said false?"

Liu Zheng once again said affirmatively to them.

With these words, Guo Jia immediately became excited.

"Let me take a guess. Why is Your Majesty willing to let us drink today? It should be that General Huang Zhong has received a good news. The cutoff of Guan Yu's grain transport team should be completed."

Guo Jia was still smart. After Liu Zheng allowed them to drink, he immediately guessed that the news should be from Huang Zhong.

Sure enough, Liu Zheng couldn't help but smile when he heard Guo Jia's words.

"Feng Xiao is still smart, you can't hide anything from your eyes."

"Feng Xiao didn't dare, it's just that this matter is too easy to guess. After all, General Huang's bravery, it would be overkill to rob a transport team in a small area."

Dian Wei on the side heard the conversation between Liu Zheng and Guo Jia, he thought he recognized it, but he didn't think much about it, he was just happy for Huang Zhong.

From the conversation between Liu Zheng and Guo Jia, Dian Wei knew that Huang Zhong should have done it.

973 Chapter Celebration

Sure enough, while Liu Zheng, Guo Jia and others were still discussing the matter of Huang Zhong going to cut off the food and grass.

There was already a sound of footsteps outside the big tent.

Before Liu Zheng could speak, the spies outside the door shouted and reported to the big tent.

"Report, urgent report from the front line, General Huang Zhong led an army of 320 to cut off the food road of Guan Yu's army, beheaded more than [-] enemy troops, captured [-] seven people, and is returning to the county!"

Although Huang Zhong himself has not yet returned to the camp, he has dispatched Jin Yiwei in advance to send the news back.

Jin Yiwei's speed has always been the fastest.

When Huang Zhong led the army to deal with Fu Shiren's grain transportation team, Jin Yiwei quickly sent the news back to Liu Zheng in the camp.

So Liu Zheng soon knew what happened on the Ziwu Valley battlefield.

The next thing is simple, they just need to hold a banquet in Daying and wait for Huang Zhong and others to come back.

And Huang Zhong's soldiers did not stay on the battlefield too much. Except for sending a small number of troops to stay on the battlefield to observe the movement, the other soldiers escorted Fu Shiren and the prisoners back to Xicheng County.

After Huang Zhong's army returned to Xicheng.

The whole camp began to cheer. After all, the grain road was cut off. When Huang Zhong left, he blocked the mountain road, which was not considered wide, with boulders. When the grain transporters came, they just cleaned it up. These stones need to waste several days.

In this way, it would take a lot of time for Guan Yu to react, and once he led the army over, Liu Zheng could just wait here for Guan Yu's army to come over, and then fight Guan Yu near the west city.

Of course, after Liu Zheng went out of the city to welcome Huang Zhong, he immediately saw Fu Shiren with a downcast face.

Liu Zheng didn't know Fu Shiren, but after seeing the armor Fu Shiren was wearing, Liu Zheng judged Fu Shiren's identity, which shouldn't be low.

At first glance, he looked like a general-level figure, so it naturally attracted Liu Zheng's attention.

"General Huang Zhong, is this a prisoner you captured?"

Liu Zheng took the initiative to ask Huang Zhong about Fu Shiren.

Huang Zhong nodded, pointed to Fu Shiren, and then began to introduce the unlucky food supervisor to Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, this person is the grain supervisor of Guan Yu's army, named Fu Shiren, who was captured by our army. Now that he is captured, we can get some information from him, which is beneficial to us."

After all, Fu Shiren is a general, and some things he knows must be beyond the reach of Liu Zheng's detailed work.

Even if Fu Shiren didn't understand the deployment of Guan Yu's soldiers and horses, the information on the transportation of grain and grass that he, the grain transport officer, alone was enough for Liu Zheng to understand that Guan Yu, who is now in Hanzhong, has how much grain and grass in his hands, and he can still hold on. how long.

After mastering Guan Yu's food and grass problem, Liu Zheng also knew a lot of Guan Yu's plans. After all, you can still eat food for a few days, so you have to do something.

"Oh? This person's name is Fu Shiren?"

After Huang Zhong briefly introduced Fu Shiren to Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng immediately matched Fu Shiren with the historical Fu Shiren.

After all, this Fu Shiren is too famous.

It indirectly led to Guan Yu's death, but anyone who knows a little about Guan Yu probably knows Fu Shiren and Mi Fang.

Today's Mi Fang is serving as the Minister of Finance under Liu Zheng, and Fu Shiren's surrender now pushes these two idiots to Liu Zheng's side in disguise.

"It turned out to be Fu Shiren. No wonder he chose to surrender on the battlefield. He is so spineless, but it's against his superiors."

Liu Zheng muttered something in his heart.

But on the face of it, Fu Shiren's attitude towards Fu Shiren is not bad.

"General Fu, I have heard of your name for a long time, but seeing you today has fulfilled my wish."

Liu Zheng complimented Fu Shiren, but for Fu Shiren, facing Liu Zheng's words, he just smiled wryly.

Fu Shiren is still aware of his status. Although he can barely be regarded as a figure under Guan Yu's subordinates, he has no record, so it is naturally impossible for Liu Zheng to hear his name.

Who is Liu Zheng? He is the emperor, a man who is more powerful than Liu Bei and Guan Yu. The brothers Liu Bei and Guan Yu suffered a lot from Liu Zheng's hands back then.

He, Fu Shiren, He Dehe Neng, can be remembered by Liu Zheng.

"How could Your Majesty have heard of my name, Fu Shiren? I'm a young general with no merit."

"Hehe, I have indeed heard of the general's name, but the general is not that famous, that's all, let's not talk about that, let's talk about the general's food transportation this time."

Now that Fu Shiren has been captured, Liu Zheng will naturally focus on these things, and first find out how much military rations Guan Yu has left.

"Since I have become your prisoner, if you want to know anything, just ask. I have already surrendered. In order to save my life, I will cooperate with you."

At this time, Fu Shiren had completely lost his vigor. As a prisoner, he only wanted to survive at this time, so his attitude towards Liu Zheng and others was not bad.

At least he knew that if he cooperated with Liu Zheng, he could somewhat please Liu Zheng and get a chance to survive.

This point, many of Guan Yu's subordinates knew that Liu Zheng was not a person who liked to kill prisoners. ,

Ding Yuan, Liu Biao and others who surrendered to Liu Zheng before did not die.

Fu Shiren also understood that if he disobeyed Liu Zheng, he would not be able to survive, but if he cooperated with Liu Zheng, he might still survive.

"General Fu, you are really smart. I like to deal with smart people like you. How about this? Just tell me how many troops Guan Yujun has in Hanzhong, how much food and grass are under his command, and how long he can last. What time is it?"

Liu Zheng asked all the questions he wanted to know in one breath.

It's just that this question is a bit long, and I can't finish it in a while. Liu Zheng simply treated each other with courtesy, invited Fu Shiren to sit down, and said slowly, with wine and food, it happened to be a celebration.

After the celebration banquet, Huang Zhong and others naturally enjoyed it.However, although Fu Shiren smiled on the surface, he was aggrieved in his heart.

After all, he is the general of the defeated army and the prisoner of his rank.

After the banquet, Liu Zheng also asked what he wanted to know.

After temporarily staying and imprisoning Fu Shiren, Liu Zheng returned to the big tent with his own troops.

"Your Majesty, if Guan Yu's situation is known to us, we have already known it. Unexpectedly, Guan Yu actually swollen his face to make himself fat. His food and grass can't last for half a month. Calm down!"

Chapter 974 The Situation in Hanzhong

At the banquet just now, Liu Zheng asked Fu Shiren carefully.

Fu Shiren also knew everything and said everything.

He told Liu Zheng all the information he had without reservation.

For example, now Guan Yu has deployed 5000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong. These soldiers and horses are part of the previous Xiliang Army, as well as the local court soldiers and horses of Sanfu.

It was originally recruited by the imperial court to deal with the Xiliang uprising army, but after Liu Bei quelled the chaos in Xiliang, these troops were sent here by Liu Bei to deal with Zhang Lu.

Then there is a huge amount of food and grass that Guan Yu's army needs in Hanzhong.

These grains and grasses were transported bit by bit through the Meridian Grain Road.

Because there are so many soldiers and horses, the food and grass needed are huge.

The notch is pretty obvious.

Although the transportation of grain and grass has been started long in advance, the supply has always been in short supply.

In addition, Liu Bei's men were not rich in food and grass.The food and grass for the tens of thousands of troops were all pieced together.

Now that it was just in time for spring plowing, it was not so easy to gather the food and grass that the army needed.

The food and grass left over in Hanzhong has only been available for half a month.

Grain for more than half a month has to wait for these grain transport teams to transport it from Chang'an.

After Liu Zheng heard the news, he always felt that Guan Yu was very bold.

Only half a month of food and grass dared to attack Hanzhong.

We must know that in case there is a slight accident during the attack on Hanzhong.

As a result, the grain road was blocked, and it was impossible to transport grain and grass from Chang'an.

That is a fatal crisis.

Tens of thousands of troops have no food to eat in Hanzhong, and his army will collapse in an instant.

If it were someone else, they would never do such a thing.

That is to say, Guan Yu's superstitious self-confidence, coupled with his super high ability to command troops and horses, can deter these people below.

The original Liu Zheng didn't know the details.

He always thought that Liu Bei in Hanzhong had been preparing for more than half a year, so there must be enough food and grass.

Even if Guan Yu's food supply is cut off, at least Guan Yu will not be injured in a short period of time, and he can persist for at least two or three months.

But now after hearing Fu Shiren's words, Liu Zheng understood that there was not much time left for Guan Yu.

Now that the grain road is blocked by Liu Zheng, as long as he continues to control the grain road, he will have the right to speak in Ziwu Valley in his own hands.Just half a month was enough to collapse the tens of thousands of Guan Yu's troops.

Even Liu Zheng didn't need to send soldiers like Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to take the initiative.

He only needs to let his soldiers and horses stay in place for a month.

Seeing Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops, civil strife broke out due to the shortage of food and grass, and then gradually collapsed. After the complete loss of soldiers and horses, Liu Zheng sent his own soldiers and horses to clean up the mess.