I am the God of War Lu Bu

Chapter 44 The Great Fire in Meixian County
Chapter 44 The fire in Mei County Ma Chao withdraws troops
"Burned?"

"Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of stones and grains here!"

The school was very puzzled by Lu Bu's thoughts.

Lu Bu glanced at the small guard guard on the side, and said with a smile: "You also know that there are tens of thousands of stones here!"

"With 5000 troops in our army, how do we transport these tens of thousands of stones of food and grass?"

"Burn it! Don't leave a single grain for Ma Chao!"

The little school suddenly realized: "Here!"

Altars of grease were poured over the granary, and then thrown over with a torch,

With a bang, flames soared into the sky!

In the blink of an eye, the Meixian granary was on fire!

The flames shot straight into the sky, illuminating most of Mei County!
Lu Bu looked at the burning granary calmly,
He said to the small school on the side: "How many prisoners have been captured by our army?"

"There are thousands of people!" The little school said quickly.

"Let them all go, without giving them food or water," Lu Bu said.

"No." Although the little principal didn't understand, he still followed Lu Bu's wishes.

In the captive camp, thousands of Xiliang Army prisoners looked at the tiger and wolf divisions around them in horror. They were afraid that they would die if they surrendered.

But fortunately, the small school is here.

"Listen, you captives!"

"My lord is merciful, for God's sake, let you go!"

"Now, you can get out!"

Hearing the words of the small school,

These captives knelt and kowtowed in excitement:

"Thank you Wen Hou! Thank you Wen Hou!"

On the city wall of Mei County,
Lu Bu watched the thousands of captives spilled coldly, and quickly ran away, with a smile on his lips.

"Do you know why this general is doing this?" Lu Bu asked.

The little school shook his head obediently.

Lu Bu smiled even more happily:

"You, listen carefully."

"There are [-] soldiers and [-] horses in Ma Chao's army. How much food do people eat a day, and how much fodder do horses need in a day? With so many people and horses, how much is the consumption in a day when people eat and chew?"

"Ma Chao marched, and the food he brought in the barracks will never exceed seven days!"

"Among them, three days' marching food and grass are also included."

"Except for the march, it has already been six days. That is to say, after tomorrow, there will be no food in Ma Chao's army."

"Tell me, once Ma Chao knows this news, will he tell his subordinates?"

"In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he will definitely not disclose this news. He will only say that the food and grass in the rear will arrive soon."

"However, these thousands of captives have no food, water, or horses. Where can they go?"

"Back to Xiliang?"

Lu Bu sneered and continued:

"They can only go to Ma Chao and the candidate barracks to beg for work!"

"However, the candidate camp is too far away. Except for some people, most of them went back to Ma Chao's camp! These hundreds of people went to Ma Chao's camp, and Ma Chao couldn't hide the fact that the grain and grass in Mei County were burned!"

"People's hearts are floating, with the intention of returning to the west, internal and external difficulties, Ma Chao will definitely lose!"

The little principal understood Lu Bu's plan after hearing this, and couldn't help sighing: "The general is really a ghostly plan. If Ma Chao meets the general, he will surely suffer this disaster!"

Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "Let the soldiers have a full meal, rest for three hours, and then go to Huaili to fight Ma Chao!"

"Our army, there is not so much time to delay!"

That evening,

Ma Chao, who failed to attack the city again,
He returned to the barracks full of anger!
Originally, Xiliang soldiers had already attacked the top of the city, and even fought on the city wall!

But in this case,

A cavalry force of 5000 men suddenly arrived!
The siege soldiers cut off by this cavalry made Ma Chao's steady stream of ants to attack the city fail.

That's fine, but when Ma Chao personally led the army forward, another cavalry force of 5000 came out and stopped Ma Chao!

Two cavalry, tens of thousands of horses, completely disrupted Ma Chao's plan, and even killed Ma Chao's soldiers to collapse and flee!

Pang De led the army to try to reinforce Ma Chao, but was stopped by a cavalry of 5000 men. Two cavalry with more than [-] men encircled Ma Chao, almost leaving Ma Chao behind!
The day's hard work made Ma Chao's face extremely gloomy and ugly!

That's fine,
However, at night, there were noises from each battalion, and there was a faint tendency to bomb the battalion.

Ma Chao got out of the camp angrily, but bumped into Pang De.

Pound's expression was very bad: "Major General, something happened in Mei County!"

When Ma Chao heard about the accident in Mei County, Ma Chao's face immediately changed: "What's the situation?"

Pound waved his hand, and the soldiers came up with a few surrendered soldiers. Pound said, "Talk to the major general what happened!"

"Report, Major General, the enemy raided Mei County last night, and burned tens of thousands of grain and grass in Mei County!"

"what?"

Ma Chao was frightened and angry, and kicked the surrendered soldier over: "There are three thousand defenders in Mei County! How did Henry Zhang defend the city?"

"Major General, our army had no problem guarding the city at first, but the enemy army attacked the city at dawn, and Lu Bu personally led the team with tens of thousands of cavalry. We couldn't resist it at all!"

Hearing the words of surrender,

Ma Chao's face was as dark as ink: "You said, Lu Bu personally led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the city?"

"That's right, Major General, there are tens of thousands of cavalry!" The surrendered soldiers had already begun to exaggerate Lu Bu's strength in order to survive.

"Pound!" Ma Chao said suddenly.

"Major General!" Pound hurried forward.

"How many people know about the burning of food and grass?" Ma Chao's eyes flickered coldly.

If there are few people who know about this, then get rid of them all and stabilize the camp. In this way, he can retreat slowly and let the candidates help him attract Lu Bu's attention.

After all, according to what Jiang Jun said, Lu Bu personally led tens of thousands of cavalry behind him, and there were [-] cavalry in front of him, which added up to nearly [-] cavalry!
This power is no less than his own soldiers and horses!

What's more, I am short of food and grass now!

Pound sighed: "Major General, there are hundreds of surrendered soldiers who have returned, and now the whole army probably knows about it!"

Ma Chao's complexion became even uglier, turning blue and black for a while, as if he had been poisoned.

Gritting his teeth, Ma Chao almost squeezed out a sentence:

"The whole army knows that the food and grass have been burned? Now, we have to withdraw!"

Pound said helplessly: "Major General, right now, that's all there is to it!"

"Notify the whole army to withdraw tonight! Withdraw overnight!" Ma Chao said decisively.

Pang De looked at Ma Chao in surprise: "I'm leaving tonight? Is it too hasty?"

Ma Chao waved his hand and said, "Don't be in a hurry! Right now we have fifteen thousand cavalry in front of us, and behind us are tens of thousands of cavalry led by Lu Bu himself!"

"Two flanks, our army is at a disadvantage. If we don't retreat tonight, we won't have a chance to retreat tomorrow!"

"Lu Bu will not let us go, we must withdraw tonight!"

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(End of this chapter)