Entering July, the city of Xi'an was already running out of food.

People began to look for all kinds of food to satisfy their hunger, including wild vegetables, leaves, bark, and even mice, sparrows, and earthworms.

Although the Zhensong Army did not capture Bailuyuan, they robbed a lot of food in other counties and villages, so they would not starve for the time being.

Therefore, Army Commander Liu Xiazi still persisted, hoping to wait until the people of Xi'an were so hungry that they could no longer stand it any longer before opening the city gates and surrendering.

"Hei Wa, can you think of a way to burn the grain and grass of the Song Army?" Lu Zhaopeng came to Xiang Nandao.

"It's not difficult to burn the grain and grass." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "But what I'm worried about is that after the grain and grass are burned, the Zhensong Army will exploit the people more vigorously. By then, the people will not even have any rations left. They will starve to death.

How many people are there?”

It is not difficult for him to burn grain and grass. Even if it is an iron wall, he can still penetrate it and burn the grain that Blind Man Liu snatched.

But the key point is that he is afraid that Blind Liu will jump over the wall and take away every last grain of food from the people in order to collect food. In this way, the people will starve to death before there is a severe drought in the coming year. By then, he will feel guilty

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"But the city of Xi'an has run out of food. If the Song Suppressing Army does not retreat, people in Xi'an will starve to death." Lu Zhaopeng advised Xiang Nan, "Moreover, the Song Suppressing Army has already robbed 77% of the summer grain from the common people.

Eight, there wasn’t much left.

If you burn their food now, they won't be able to grab much even if they want to, and they will have to retreat in the end. In this way, the crisis in Xi'an City will be resolved. You saved the lives of all the people in the city. What a great merit.

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Xiang Nan nodded, "Okay, I'll just leave for a while. If Blind Liu doesn't retreat after the food is burned out, I'll go and kill him."

Previously, he was afraid that after Liu Xiazi's death, his three subordinates would fall into internal strife, and the hundred thousand Song-suppressing Army would completely turn into rogue bandits, wreaking havoc across the land of the Three Qin Dynasty.

But now times have changed. Once they have no weapons, they are like toothless tigers. Tigers are feared only when they have teeth. Even children dare to kick a toothless tiger;

Secondly, they had no food and salary, so they could not win over people's hearts. When they were soldiers, they had to eat food, and if they were to eat food, they were soldiers. Most of the Zhensong Army were bandits, bandits, local gangsters, etc. The purpose of being a soldier was to eat and get paid.

Now that they don’t have enough food to eat and no military pay to receive, will these soldiers still be obedient? Once Liu Xiazi dies, I’m afraid his subordinates will immediately start fighting among themselves. By then, one hundred thousand Song-suppressing troops will kill each other, and how many of them will survive?

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Afterwards, Xiang Nan went down to the plain again and came to the granary of the Song Army.

This time, Blind Liu was smart. He collected grains from various places and stored them in eight granaries.

These eight granaries are not located in one city, but are scattered in several surrounding counties.

In this way, even if something happens to one granary, other granaries will not be wiped out.

Moreover, after an accident occurs in one granary, other granaries may be able to be saved as long as they strengthen vigilance and protect them in time.

But this still doesn't trouble Xiang Nan.

He sneaked into six granaries and left behind homemade ignition devices.

Although the six warehouses are scattered in different counties, with the farthest one being nearly 100 kilometers apart, it still cannot be troubled by Xiang Nan, who possesses unparalleled light skills.

If he runs freely in one night, he can run up to three to four hundred kilometers, which is comparable to a good BMW horse.

Therefore, although Blind Liu had taken precautions, he still underestimated Xiang Nan's horror.

In order to light six grain depots at the same time, Xiang Nan also specially modified the ignition device, from the original incense stick to a more punctual clock.

In this way, as long as the time is set in advance, the six warehouses can be ignited at the same time.

Sure enough, two hours later, huge fires burst into the sky at the same time.

Although the fire was discovered quickly and the Zhensong Army put out the fire immediately, Xiang Nan poured kerosene on the food, so it was very difficult to put out the fire.

What's more, during the Republic of China, fire-fighting equipment was not so complete. It was still possible to rely on manpower to transport water, carry buckets and basins, and extinguish sparks. Putting out a fire as big as a granary was simply a drop in the bucket, so we could only watch six granaries go up in flames. .

The fire burned all night, and the whole city was filled with the smell of burning.

Seeing that the grain of the Zhensong Army was burned, all the people couldn't help but clap their hands and cheer.

These crow soldiers have not done a single good thing since they came to the land of Sanqin. Now that the food is burned, it is really retribution.

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"Hei Wa, the food has really been burned." Lu Zhaopeng looked at Xiang Nan in surprise.

He didn't expect that Xiang Nan could really burn all the food of the Song Army in one night. It was so powerful that it was unbelievable.

"Yes, who allowed them to commit too many sins? This is a divine punishment." Xiang Nan nodded.

"Yes." Lu Zhaopeng nodded in agreement.

Although he knew that Xiang Nan did this, since Xiang Nan refused to admit it, it was hard for him to explain clearly.

"However, I actually did not burn down all the grain depots." Xiang Nan added, "I left two of them for him."

"Why?" Lu Zhaopeng asked puzzledly.

"You have heard the story about two peaches killing three soldiers." Xiang Nan explained, "The food in the eight warehouses before was enough to sustain the Song Army until the autumn harvest.

Now there are only two warehouses of food left, which can only last for a month at most. And they have sent troops to rob food before, taking away the summer grain from the hands of the people, and there will be no more food left.

Therefore, if the Zhensong Army wanted to have enough food, they could only point to these two granaries. And these granaries were located in the counties under the jurisdiction of Zhang Zhigong and Chai Yunsheng respectively.

When the time comes, Liu Xiazi will definitely have a conflict with them if he asks for food from them. If he doesn't want food, he will have no choice but to let the soldiers starve to death. We will just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

Xiang Nan is not only a top master, he also served as an emperor and has rich experience in political struggles.

The Zhensong Army is originally composed of a group of ragtag people. When the situation is favorable, they can unite for the sake of their own interests. But once they encounter the situation against the wind and there is a conflict of interest, they will definitely think of themselves first.

Now that Xiang Nan has lost six granaries and only has two left, the Zhensong Army will definitely start internal strife in order to grab the granaries. When the time comes, just wait and see the good show.

Lu Zhaopeng couldn't help but stand in awe after hearing Xiang Nan's words.

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Sure enough, within half a month, the Song-Suppressing Army began to have internal strife.

The reason was as Xiang Nan expected. Blind Liu wanted Zhang Zhigong and Chai Yunsheng to give up the food and share it equally with everyone.

But Zhang Zhigong and Chai Yunsheng knew that food was hard to come by and they had to rely on it until the autumn harvest, so they obeyed Blind Liu's grain adjustment orders.

Although Liu Xiazi was extremely angry, he did not want to break up with him because he knew that if civil strife broke out, it would be difficult for him to take over the Three Qin Dynasty.

But he could endure it, but his hungry soldiers could not. Finally, a group of hungry soldiers rushed into Chai Yunsheng's territory and began to grab food. After being counterattacked, the two sides started fighting.

Originally it was just Liu Xiazi fighting Chai Yunsheng, but Zhang Zhigong knew that once Liu Xiazi destroyed Chai Yunsheng, he would be in danger, so he also joined the battle group.

In the end, all three parties suffered heavy losses, and after tens of thousands of corpses were left behind, they had to withdraw in despair.
Chapter completed!