Chapter 113

How much food and grass is enough to feed an army of 100,000?

In the early feudal society, due to production reasons, farmers generally only ate two meals in the morning and afternoon. At this time, only wealthy families could afford three meals.

Calculated based on two meals, half a catty of staple food for each meal would consume one catty a day, while one stone in the Han Dynasty was 27 catties, basically equivalent to a person's monthly meal intake.

One hundred thousand yellow turban thieves ate for a month, that is, one hundred thousand shi, or 2,700 tons of grain, and it was suddenly burned by Liu Ye in a big fire. How majestic was that?

A big fire was ignited, and the head of Changshe city could be seen clearly.

"Well, this is?"

Huangfusong looked at the blazing fire with great interest, it turned out to be burnt out in the camp of Yellow Turban bandits. Afterwards, countless yellow turban thieves were seen rushing in and out to fight the fire, but an iron cavalry suddenly came out of the camp, killing the yellow turban thieves without their helmets and armor, unable to put out the fire, and the flames grew even higher.

Huangfu Song looked at it with great interest, only to see that this Han army was quite brave, and killed several yellow scarf thieves one after another.

But now this Han army seems to be in trouble, because Bo Cai led the army to come in person, Liu Ye and Yu Jin can't see clearly from the flat ground, but Huangfu Song is standing on the top of the city, standing high naturally see far.

Bocai was well versed in the art of war, and he ordered He Man's generals to lead his troops to surround them from both wings long before he attacked them head-on.

At this time, Sun Duo ran up to the top of the city excitedly, ran to Huangfusong's side non-stop, and said excitedly: "General Lang! Just now, it has been found out that the Yellow Turban thief hoarded food and grass in Dongdaying and burned seven or seven times." Eighty-eight, the yellow turban bandits are powerless."

Huangfu Song was overjoyed when he heard this, "Really?"

Sun Duo patted his chest: "At the end, I will use the head on the item as a guarantee!"

Huangfusong smiled slightly, then pointed out of the city.

"look."

Sun Duo looked around, only to see yellow turban thieves covering the sky and covering the sky, vaguely encircling a large army and horses, and the surrounding formations were surrounded by overlapping formations. A small rub of bright red color completely drowns it out.

"this?"

Huangfu Song said in a deep voice: "This is the army horse that burned the food and grass of the Yellow Turban bandits."

Sun Duo turned his head and was taken aback: "It's them?"

Huangfu Song nodded, while Sun Duo sighed, with a complicated expression: "General Lang, I'm afraid this army will be surrounded and wiped out by bandits."

Huangfusong's figure slowly turned around, as if he couldn't bear to see this insignificant Han army being swallowed up.

"Sun Duo."

"General Lang."

"Do you know the past of Emperor Zhang of this dynasty?"

Sun Duo touched his head and shook his head: "A certain one only knows how to fight the enemy, but he doesn't know the old things."

Huangfusong didn't take it seriously either: "How about I tell you about it?"

Although he didn't understand the story Lang Jiang told himself at this time, Sun Duo still listened attentively.

"That was an old story in the period of Emperor Zhang of this dynasty. In the eighteenth year of Yongping, Emperor Ming passed away, and Emperor Zhang personally took charge of the political affairs. The Northern Huns sent tens of thousands of troops to invade the Western Regions. Geng Gong led 300 troops to the ambulance division. The number of Huns Wan Dajun besieged the city, but Geng Gong defended it with hundreds of men, wearing leather armor and digging wells, the Xiongnu could not break through.

The request for help was sent to Luoyang, and the imperial court started a court discussion. Sikong's Fifth Lun said that after a year, he feared that the city would be destroyed early and could not be saved, but Situ Baoyu gave another answer. "

Huangfusong's originally casual face suddenly became serious, as if every word he was about to say was as heavy as Mount Tai.

"Today, when people are in danger, they are thrown away in a hurry. On the outside, the violence of the barbarians will be unleashed, and on the inside, the ministers will be killed. If you don't save them at this time, the Xiongnu will invade the fortress again. How will your majesty use the general?"

Sun Duo was fascinated by what he heard. After all, he was a general in the army, and he was naturally very concerned about the fate of the seniors of the Han army a hundred years ago.

Huangfusong smiled: "Emperor Zhang has made up his mind, with Wang Meng, Huangfu Yuan, and Fan Qiang as generals, he will lead the frontier army and Western Region cavalry with 7,000 people to rescue him, rush to Liuzhong City for a battle, behead 4,000 people, and Geng Gong is still north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the mountains are covered by heavy snow at this time, and the Han army is unwilling to move forward."

Sun Duo listened carefully.

"Fan Qiang insisted on rescue, but Wang Menghuangfu had to divide him into two thousand soldiers. Fan Qiang led his army over the Tianshan Mountains. When he saw Geng Gong, there were only 26 people left. When he returned to Yumen Pass, there were only 13 people left."

"This is the return of the thirteen generals to Yumen."

Huangfu Song sighed leisurely, while Sun Duo's blood boiled when he heard it.

"Then Huangfu Yuan and Wang Meng were really angry. If Fan Qiang hadn't insisted, how would Geng Gong have come back?"

Huangfu Song shook his head: "Huangfu Yuan Gong is the ancestor of this general."

Sun Duo's words stopped abruptly, like a drake whose neck was pinched, the old man blushed and smiled.

Huangfusong stared at him with deep eyes.

"About the matter of the ancestors, I regret it even now. If Fan Qiang hadn't crossed the Tianshan Mountains, wouldn't the soldiers of the Han family have to die?"

His palm pointed to the Licheng army who was fighting bloody battles with the Yellow Turban bandits outside the city.

"My comrades are just outside the city, and we don't need to cross the Tianshan Mountains. Could it be that we just watched these Han soldiers die at the hands of the thieves?"

Sun Duo stood up and gritted his teeth.

"If General Meng Lang does not give up, I am willing to lead elite soldiers out of the city to support the soldiers of the Han family outside the city!"

Huangfusong nodded in satisfaction: "You led two thousand elite soldiers, and a certain person personally beat the drums to cheer for you."

Sun Duo clasped his fists in response, walked down to the top of the city, and selected two thousand sharp soldiers from Changshe City, among them were dozens of armored soldiers. In the past, Sun Duo killed thieves because he was a general, so of course he had to kill thieves, but now Sun Duo suddenly had a brand new feeling.

The gate of Changshe city opened slowly, Sun Duo raised his axe and couldn't help shouting.

"Big man!"

"Big man!"

The two thousand sharp soldiers also roared, followed Sun Duo, filed out from the city gate, and killed the yellow scarf thief who could hardly see the side in front of him.

But at this time, a burst of passionate war drums sounded on the top of the city, and it turned out to be Huangfusong, the Zhonglang general, beating the drums himself. A battle drum was placed on the head of the Changsha city, Huangfusong held a drumstick in each hand, and thumped the drum.

With the dignity of the general, he beat the drum himself. It is conceivable that Huangfusong attaches great importance to the rescue of the Licheng army. Besides beating the drum to cheer for Sun Duo, another reason for him to beat the drum is to let the Licheng army outside the city. The army heard it, knew which direction to retreat, and met Sun Duo.

Huangfusong no longer wanted to see a bloody Han army, but no one came to rescue him.

(Note: The relationship between Huangfuyuan and Huangfusong is compiled, and the plot needs it)