Chapter seven hundred and eight: odd
The intelligence system of Dahua Kingdom is still very powerful in collecting intelligence.
In half a month, it was discovered that the food and grass from the Han Dynasty were transported from Chang'an City.
A place where grain and grass gatherings in the west is Yinping City, and the land where grain and grass hoardings in the east is Hanzhong.
Then, from Yinping City and Hanzhong to distribute food and grass to the surrounding areas.
Of course, it is not that easy to make a decision on food and grass.
Because these two places were both behind enemy lines for Shu Han.
If you want to burn these foods and grass, the first problem you need to solve is how to circumnavigate behind.
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In the Shu Han Palace, Lu Bu was discussing affairs with Guo Jia and Pang Tong.
Pang Tong couldn't help but persuade: "Emperor, although Cao Cao's side is short of food and grass, the gap is not too big. If they strictly guard against each other, it will be enough to support it until next year."
"And Cao Cao's strength is not much weaker than ours. If we choose to attack hard, we will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Even if we can take down Zitong County and Hanzhong, we will inevitably pay a heavy price, which will not be worth the loss. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
In fact, Pang Tong and Guo Jia have the same opinion.
In this case, neither of them agreed to continue fighting.
When the strength of the two sides is almost different, the strong attacking side will have to pay a greater price and more resources in exchange for weak benefits.
Payment and income are seriously disproportionate.
Therefore, when the two of them saw that Lu Bu was unwilling to see that the fat meat in their mouth was taken away by Cao Cao and were preparing to continue to use force against Cao Cao, they came together to persuade the emperor to change their minds.
At this time, Lu Bu asked thoughtfully: "Fengxian, Shiyuan, you said, if I could destroy their food and grass and cut off their food channels, what would the outcome of this battle?"
Hearing Lu Bu's words, Guo Jia couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, Cao Cao's side has experienced drought this year and this year's locust plague is short of food in China."
"And according to the information, Shu Han gave all his territory to Cao Cao. In return, Cao Cao gave Liu Bei a million harbor of food and grass."
"This million harbor of food and grass, as well as the subsequent food and grass of Cao Cao's army, will be escaped from the pockets of the Han family. Now these aristocratic families have complained, but they dare not speak out because of Cao Cao's tyranny."
"But if the lord can burn their stock and cut off their food route, I believe that Cao Cao's army will be difficult to continue and will be destroyed without attack. Even the entire Han Dynasty will have turmoil."
"However, I'm bluntly saying that the food and grass storage places of the Han Dynasty are all behind their backs, and the roads are dangerous, so we can't burn their food and grass at all!"
After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Lu Bu couldn't help laughing and said, "What if I say I have a way to burn Cao Cao's food and grass?"
Hearing Lu Bu's words, Pang Tong's eyes lit up, and even Guo Jia was energetic.
Pang Tong couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I wonder what trick you have to burn Cao Cao's food and grass?"
Lu Bu couldn't help but hang up the map, pointing at the map and said to the two of them: "Fengxian, Shiyuan, please see, if we go from Qufu to Deyang Pavilion, and then cross the path and go straight to Yinping City!"
"I think they would never have expected that we would be able to take Yinping City in one fell swoop by surprise! At that time, it would be a clever idea to occupy Yinping City or directly burn food and grass."
Hearing Lu Bu's words, Guo Jia and Pang Tong couldn't help but look at each other.
The two looked at each other and saw two absurd words in each other's eyes.
I'm afraid the emperor is too whimsical, right?
Guo Jia couldn't help but say, "Emperor, there is a small path in Yinping City that can reach Yinping City directly. Why don't you know?"
Lu Bu smiled mysteriously and said, "You are not a native Yinping person, so that's right. But, in the Military Intelligence Bureau of our Great China, there happened to be a spyman, whose home is from Yinping City."
"And this news was provided by this intelligence officer! At that time, this person can lead the way and point his sword at Yinping City."
After hearing Lu Bu's words, Guo Jia and Pang Tong couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
After a while, Pang Tong said: "Your Majesty, even if we can succeed, we can only burn the food and grass in Yinping City. However, Cao Cao's side still had the food and grass stored in Hanzhong, and he could still transport food and grass continuously from Xi'an, which seemed to be unable to determine the final victory or defeat."
Lu Bu smiled slightly, then asked confidently: "Of course, if you only burn the food and grass in Yinping City, it will indeed not cause much harm to Cao Cao."
"But what if we set up a cavalry team, cross Ziwu Valley, head straight to Chang'an, and directly rob and kill their grain transport team? What if they burn their grain and grass directly, what will happen?"
After hearing Lu Bu's words, Guo Jia and Pang Tong couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Although the method the emperor said sounds a bit incredible, it seems that there is no possibility of realization.
Of course, this method is only explained by the emperor before they will consider whether they can succeed.
If it were someone else, they would have been slapped with big mouths.
But since this method was spoken by the emperor, based on the many magical magic created by the emperor in the past, he must have a certain degree of success.
After pondering for a while, Guo Jia couldn't help but say, "Emperor, if Cao Cao's food route can really be cut off, then I will conclude that Cao Cao will definitely lose in this battle!"
"As long as they throw away the food and we don't need to attack at all, Cao Cao will quit obediently. And even after Cao Cao returns, there will be big trouble."
After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Lu Bu couldn't help but nodded, and then said to the two: "Come on, look at the map and see if there is any possibility of success?"
After looking at the map for a long time, Pang Tong couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, I think the chance of this strategy being successful should be more than 40%, which is worth a try."
A 40% chance of success is indeed worth a try.
Because even if you fail, you will probably lose tens of thousands of troops.
But once it succeeds, it will be a big country in Shu Han!
There is basically no need to repeat how to choose.
Hearing Pang Tong's words, Lu Bu couldn't help but nod.
In fact, these strategies also came from the original historical trajectory of Wei Yan's surprise attack on Chang'an.
There is also the route to steal Chengdu!
Lu Bu merged these two surprise attack routes together.
Chapter completed!