Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Jia Xu laughed loudly. There was no trace of panic in his laughter, and it even contained a hint of joy.

This long laugh made Zhang Ji a little confused.

what's the situation?

Jia Xu couldn't stand the current situation and had a mental breakdown. This shouldn't be possible!

In his impression, he obviously did not fit Jia Xu's style.

"Why are you laughing when you are about to die?" Zhang Ji couldn't help but ask.

It was a long time before Jia Xu stopped laughing.

"I laughed at you, Zhang Ji, for being so reckless. Now that disaster has come, you are still sitting here. Can't you see that I am here to save you?"

"Save me." Zhang Ji sneered, "What a joke! I have 100,000 elite soldiers under my command. It's not your turn to save me now."

"One hundred thousand elite soldiers?" Jia Xu said calmly, "General Zhang, do you believe what you said?"

Without waiting for Zhang Ji to answer, Jia Xu began his own analysis.

"When Li Jue and Guo Si attacked Chang'an, you were behind them. At that time, you had only 5,000 soldiers. After you fled from Chang'an to here, you collected defeated soldiers along the way, and the number of people you gathered was no more than 10,000."

"If my guess is correct, your current military strength is no more than 20,000. General Zhang, where are the remaining 80,000? Let me go and see them."

When Zhang Ji heard this, cold sweat broke out on his back.

Jia Xu's calculations are too accurate.

For a moment, he even doubted whether Jia Xu was in his tent at that time. Jia Xu had described his current situation exactly.

When Jia Xu was preparing to come to Hongnong County, Liu Yu sent out scouts to conduct a detailed investigation of the situation in Hongnong County.

Zhang Ji’s military strength is one of the important information.

There is also another more important information. After Zhang Ji moved into Hongnong County, the largest aristocratic family in Hongnong County, the Hongnong Yang family, adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative approach towards this Xiliang general.

This was already within Jia Xu's expectations. Who was the leader of the Hongnong Yang family? It was Yang Biao, who now held an important position in Chang'an City.

Yang Biao was an old minister of the Han Dynasty. When Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an, he openly opposed Dong Zhuo. Although he later surrendered to Dong Zhuo due to his power, everyone in the family knew Yang Biao's true thoughts.

Yang Biao was willing to serve the enemy out of consideration for the overall situation, but in fact he was sworn enemies with Dong Zhuo.

So when Zhang Ji asked the Yang family to borrow grain because of food shortage, the Yang family's reply was to postpone it for a few days.

When Zhang Ji went there again, Yang Jiazhen took out some food and gave it to Zhang Ji.

However, the amount of food was not much, and it was not enough to support the consumption of 20,000 troops. When he sent troops into the Yang family granary, he found that the Yang family's granary was almost empty.

Zhang Ji was helpless when he saw this.

After all, if he wanted to gain a foothold in Hongnong County, he would not dare to offend the Yang family too much.

Among the aristocratic families of this era, the Yang family is second only to the Yuan family.

The Yang family of Hongnong County is so powerful that no other family can compete with them.

The Yang family's attitude was clear. Others naturally followed the Yang family's path.

Zhang Ji had a difficult time collecting grain in Hongnong County, which was one of the reasons for his distress these days.

Jia Xu observed Zhang Ji's expression and saw a gleam in his eyes. He knew that what he had just said had worked.

He began to strike while the iron was hot and continued to deceive people.

"Since General Zhang doesn't believe that he is in danger, well, I don't want to waste my breath any more. Executioners, come quickly and take my head."

After saying that, he strode out.

Looking at Jia Xu's determined look, Zhang Ji felt a little panicked.

Although he had few opportunities to interact with Jia Xu in Dong Zhuo's camp, he had some understanding of Jia Xu's character.

This person often keeps silent and protects himself. He gets along well with everyone, at least on the surface. He values ​​his life very much and will never do anything that would put him in danger.

Once such a character is formed, it is difficult to change in a short period of time. Zhang Ji naturally would not believe that Jia Xu's character changed after he had been with Liu Yu for a period of time.

A person who cherishes life suddenly becomes indifferent to death?

Impossible, absolutely impossible. It seems that what he just said should not be false.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked someone to stop Jia Xu.

"Wenhe, wait a minute. Tell me how I came to be in such great trouble."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction on Jia Xu's face.

"General Zhang, I have come all the way from Chang'an to here, to give you advice and save you from danger, but not only have I not had a drop of water, I have almost lost my life. Is this how you treat guests?"

Zhang Ji pondered for a moment, waved his hand to signal the soldiers to leave the hall, and at the same time ordered wine and meat to be served.

When Jia Xu saw the wine and meat on the table, he sat down on the couch and started to eat with relish without any hesitation.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Ji was anxious, but he could do nothing but be patient and wait for Jia Xu to finish eating.

Jia Xu ate for a long time, and when he felt that the food was almost cooked, he raised his head and asked slowly, "General Zhang, how many days will the army have enough food and grass for?"

"The army has sufficient food and fodder to sustain it for half a year."

Jia Xu smiled without saying anything and continued to drink with his head down.

Seeing that Jia Xu had returned to his previous state, Zhang Ji felt a little guilty.

"To be honest, the army's food and fodder can last for three months."

Jia Xu took a sip of the wine and praised it in his mouth: "Good wine, good wine."

Judging from Jia Xu's state, he obviously didn't believe what he said, which made Zhang Ji a little nervous.

His army does not have much food or fodder left, but these are all military secrets. Apart from himself, no more than five people in the entire barracks know about this. And these five people are all his confidants and will never leak this information.

Judging from Jia Xu's state, it is obvious that he already knows the situation in his army.

"Wenhe, to be honest, the army only has enough food and grass to sustain it for ten days."

Hearing this, Jia Xu put down his wine glass, raised his head, looked at Zhang Ji and asked, "In that case, what are General Zhang's plans for ten days from now?"

"I have already ordered the noble families in Hongnong County to provide another 10,000 dan of food and fodder within ten days, otherwise I will put them to military execution."

Jia Xu laughed and said, "General Zhang, are you sure that the noble families can provide food? What if they can't provide food in ten days?"

Zhang Ji had cold sweat on his forehead. He had no confidence at all in asking the noble families to provide grain. If he was sure, the army's granaries would have been full long ago. Why would they wait until now?

As for what to do if you can't raise food? Actually, it's very simple. One word: rob.

He couldn't just watch his soldiers starve and do nothing.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Jia Xu continued, "If they can't produce it, General Zhang wants to let his soldiers rob the food. Am I right?"

"That's right." Zhang Ji did not hide it. "Since they don't know how to appreciate my kindness, I won't give them any face anymore."