Before long, thick smoke and fire rose from the west side of Guangzong City where grain was stored.
"Sigh! What a pity!"
Seeing this, Liu Bei thought that they were really burning the excess grain and could not help but sigh.
Dian Wei had told them about this before.
Liu Bei and the others also agreed.
"I have no choice! I can't take it away! We might not be able to defend Guangzong! Dealing with it in advance was for the sake of future victory! Big brother, there's no need to feel pity!"
Guan Yu stroked his long beard and advised.
"Hey!"
Liu Bei shook his head helplessly,""How could I not know? I just feel heartbroken. The Great Han Dynasty is full of starving people. If so much food was distributed to the poor people, how many people could survive?”
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were very sympathetic to this guy's benevolent and compassionate expression.
The soldiers nearby were even more impressed by Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.
Liu Bei calmly observed all of this, feeling very happy.
He did a good job pretending this time!
He had decided that he would imbue this kind of benevolent character into his bones in the future, so that his every move would carry this kind of charm.
In this way, he would definitely succeed in his future!
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In less than half a day, under Dian Wei's intentional indulgence, the Yellow Turban remnants who had escaped were brought to Linzhang and informed Zhang Jiao.
"What did you say? Guangzong was lost? And it happened overnight! How is that possible?"
"Is Colonel Zuo an idiot? Guangzong had a total of 20,000 troops, and the city walls were tall and sturdy. How could they lose them overnight?”
"How many soldiers did the enemy send? Fifty thousand? Or a hundred thousand?"
Zhang Jiao asked furiously.
He couldn't accept such a failure.
Guangzong had many families of the Yellow Turban soldiers and even the higher-ups.
More importantly, their provisions and supplies, as well as the large amount of gold and silver that they had collected from all over Jizhou in the past six months, were mostly in Guangzong.
If they lost that place, not only would their retreat be cut off, but the losses would also be unimaginable.
"This…"
The soldier who came to report said in fear,""The enemy seemed to have suddenly emerged from the city, and they were all cavalry. We were caught off guard and didn't have time to organize a large-scale resistance before we were scattered!”
"It wasn't easy for us to escape. The others are probably trapped inside!”
"As for how many enemies there are! There were probably more than ten thousand elite cavalry, right? In short, there were enemy cavalry everywhere!”
How could he see clearly in the dark?
They only knew that there were enemy cavalry everywhere.
Tens of thousands or so were just his guesses!
"More than ten thousand elite cavalry? Did the government army send cavalry over?”
"And you said that they suddenly appeared in the city?”
Zhang Jiao frowned deeply.
This situation was very wrong.
Was there a traitor in the city?
"Yes, I am!"
The remnant soldier nodded and replied.
"Did someone betray us?"
Huang Long could not help but ask.
"I'm not sure about that either. I'm just a soldier from the South Gate. We don't have any on our side, but I'm not sure about the other three gates!”
The remnant soldier shook his head repeatedly.
"Alright! Stop asking! What he knows is probably limited!"
Seeing this, Zhang Jiao quickly stopped him and analyzed,"Those who stayed behind in Guangzong are all loyal and trustworthy. It shouldn't be a traitor, but Lu Ziyi's methods!”
"Yellow Dragon! I want you to immediately lead 100,000 troops and take back Guangzong within a day!”
"At the same time, we have to ensure the safety of the city's provisions, supplies, gold, silver, goods, and the families of the soldiers.”
Zhang Jiao ordered Huang Long.
Actually, he wasn't sure if there was a traitor.
But now was not the time to pursue this.
Otherwise, not only would it easily shake the morale of the army, but it would also not be able to solve the problem.
The most important thing now was to take back Guangzong, his resources, and his family.
"This subordinate will do it with my life!"
Huang Long cupped his hands and accepted the order with a solemn expression.
"Very good! Hurry up and go!"
Zhang Jiao nodded and waved his hand.
"Here!"
Immediately, Huang Long left the hall and gathered a hundred thousand soldiers as quickly as possible. He only prepared three days 'worth of rations before setting off in a hurry.
He had no choice. The grain in Linzhang was only enough for the 400,000-strong army for seven days. He wanted to leave more for Zhang Jiao.
At the same time, it also expressed his determination to die.
If you don't succeed, you'll be benevolent.
If they successfully recaptured Guangzong, there would be plenty of food there.
If he didn't succeed, he would never return!
Zhang Jiao stood on the city gate tower, watching Huang Long leave with his 100,000-strong army. His face was not good.
After the army had left the city, he immediately ordered,"Immediately speed up the preparation of the army. Tomorrow morning, we will send troops to Ye City. I want to wipe out Ye City in one fell swoop!”
He was not prepared to delay any longer.
He had to make two preparations.
This was definitely Lu Ziyi's doing. Not only was it to cut off their rations and shake their morale, but it was also to make him divide his forces.
If they continued to wait, if Huang Long couldn't take down Guangzong within seven days, wouldn't their 300,000 strong army run out of food?
Therefore, Zhang Jiao chose to advance together.
Even if he gave out 100,000, he still had 300,000 troops, which was still three times that of Lu Yu.
"In addition, I will send a letter to Zhang Bao and Zhang Yan immediately! Tell them to immediately send troops to attack Ye City with me! One battle to decide the world!"
Zhang Jiao added before the deputy general could reply.
"Here!"
The deputy general immediately accepted the order.
Immediately send people to speed up the reorganization of the army.
After Zhang Jiao finished writing the letter, he immediately sent it out on a fast horse.
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