Chapter 400 Pressing the Granary

Zhang Jaw shouted angrily, and after chopping off Cen Yu's head, before the Yellow Turban Bandit could react, he rushed into the enemy's formation first, killing the Yellow Turban Bandit on his back.

And the hundreds of riders behind Zhang Jai followed behind, forming an formation and rushing into the Yellow Turban Bandit's supply unit, and the high-raised saber fell, killing the Yellow Turban Bandit by surprise.

You know, this supply unit was originally mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. The real elites were all mobilized by Xu He to fight on the front line of Suanzao, and Zhang Jaw suddenly changed from a friendly army to an enemy. .

Zhou Shen, who was not far away, took a deep breath, and resolutely said: "Attack." Although Xu He swept the Central Plains, he was repeatedly defeated by the imperial court. The Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing and other events caused a great drop in prestige, but with Liu Ye as a great general, all the generals under his command can be good at fighting, and I am afraid that the country will be reorganized.

He, Zhou Shen, did not ask for the title of Marquis or Prime Minister, but he had to follow his promotion to get rich.

The 1,500 cavalry who were left behind by Zhang Jaw suddenly rushed out from not far away, and the yellow turban's supply troops immediately changed their expressions, and dispersed before the 1,500 cavalry arrived.

"The iron cavalry intercepted all around, and no one will be let go!"

The mission Zhang Jai came to carry out this time was to go deep into the enemy's territory and sneak attack on food and grass while the enemy was not behind. If his whereabouts were revealed, it would be extremely dangerous and lead to the failure of the operation.

Hearing Zhang Jaw's order, nearly two thousand cavalry immediately attacked in all directions, like a fisherman standing on a boat throwing out a wide fishing net, stopping all the yellow scarf thieves in all directions like a fish net.

Although the yellow turban thieves fled in all directions, they were all infantry, and Zhang Jaw's subordinates were all iron cavalry. Naturally, most of the yellow turban thieves were intercepted and killed. However, there seemed to be some locals among these yellow turban thieves, so they were quite familiar with the nearby geographical situation. , even escaped.

Zhou Shen asked for instructions: "General Zhang, do you want to pursue?"

It seems that Zhou Shen has begun to gradually accept the change of his identity. Zhang Jai waved his hand: "No need, our army is wearing yellow scarf armor and marching quickly, just hurry up."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Jai looked at a captured Yellow Turban officer, and said sharply, "This is General Annan, a big man. If I have something to ask you, don't say a single word of lies."

The Yellow Turban officer hurriedly shouted: "Whatever the general asks, the villain must answer truthfully. I just ask the general to spare the villain's life."

Zhang Jaw did not agree, but said: "That depends on whether you are honest or not."

"Honestly, whatever the general asks, the villain will answer."

"What position do you currently occupy among the Yellow Turban Bandits?"

"The villain is the head of the supply camp."

"What is the mission of your trip?" Zhang Jaw asked again.

"The villain was ordered to escort food and grass to Suanzao to supply the needs of the army."

"En." Zhang Jai nodded: "Where do you come from, and where are you waiting for the food and grass to be transferred?"

When Zhang Jaw was asking the other party, he had been observing carefully. The head of the village spoke a little faster because of nervousness, but basically he didn't think much about it. It seemed that the answers were all true.

"Our army came from the injustice sentence, Dingtao is where the food and grass are transshipped."

Dingtao?

Zhang Jai's eyes lit up. In fact, after accepting Liu Ye's military order, he analyzed the possible granaries of the Yellow Turban Bandit on the map, and Dingtao was one of them.

As the saying goes, before the three armies move, food and grass go first. The importance of food and grass to the army is self-evident. The larger the number of troops, the more serious their dependence on food and grass. Xu He mobilized 130,000 troops in one breath. A devastating blow, so the selection of the granary can be described as cautious.

Dingtao is located in the middle of Jiyin County, and Jiyin County is located in the middle of Yanzhou. There are cities and troops in all directions. The security is naturally beyond doubt, and it is difficult to invade.

"Okay, you go down." Zhang Jaw waved his hand.

The head of the village looked happy: "Thank you, General, for saving my life!"

After the head of the village went down, Zhang Jai's face suddenly became cold and stern.

"General Zhang, what should we do with these Yellow Turban bandits?" Zhou Shen asked.

Zhang Jaw's face was stern, and he spit out a word: "Cut!"

He is not a person who is easy to kill, and he is not like Bai Qi who massacres cities and people. Moreover, people are precious resources in troubled times. Therefore, Zhang Jaw usually does not kill soldiers.

But this time was different, more than a thousand yellow scarf thieves would definitely not be able to go to Dingtao to burn food with him. It can't be released anymore. If more than a thousand people escaped, the news will definitely leak out immediately.

Then, there is only one way left.

kill!

Zhou Shen was silent for a while, and said with a wry smile: "The general understands."

Unexpectedly, just after surrendering to the imperial court, he would swing the butcher's knife at his former comrades, but there was no way, Zhou Shen had never fought in battle, and he knew the consequences of releasing these people, so he wanted to kill them both emotionally and rationally.

Zhou Shen went down to prepare, while Zhang Jaw stood still for a while, and there was a burst of shouts, wailing, and begging for mercy not far away, vaguely mixed with cursing and begging for failure, which lasted for about a cup of tea. , the voice gradually weakened and disappeared into nothingness.

There was a smell of blood, and Zhou Shen came over: "General Zhang, the Yellow Turbans have captured more than 1,400 people, and all of them have been executed. Please give instructions to General Zhang."

Zhang Jai nodded: "Okay, order the whole army to mount their horses, and make sure to arrive before dark today!"

"How to dispose of these grains, have they been burned?"

Maybe it was because of the murder, Zhou Shen quickly accepted the change of role and regarded himself as a subordinate.

"It can't be burned. It's a pity. Besides, once the food and grass are burned, the black smoke may attract the enemy. Let's find a hidden place and bury it." Zhang Jaw said slowly.

Two thousand people worked together, first dug a big pit and buried the bodies of nearly two thousand yellow turban thieves in it, and then found an abandoned village, pushed the grain truck into it to cover it up, Yanzhou has experienced the yellow turban thieves. In a catastrophe, few people wandered out, so the food and grass were relatively safe.

After burying the corpse, hiding the food, and taking care of everything, Zhang Jai immediately gave the order to set off, and two thousand cavalry galloped eastward, heading towards Yuanju.

At the same time, the "envoys" departing from Luoyang also arrived in Yecheng and Beiping.

".Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, has no rules and regulations. He is good at killing Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou. He is arrogant. He can be called Dong Zhuo's second. He specially appointed Yuan Shao as the governor of Jizhou. I hope Shao will send troops to crusade against Gongsun Zan, as a warning to others."

The speaker said to Yuan Shao: "Yuan Bohai, oh no, it should be Yuan Jizhou now, please accept the order?"