Chapter 291: Food Robbery
The King of Jin has been a little anxious these past two days, fearing that his people would not be able to deliver supplies in time, and that they would fail to besiege Qinzhou and would instead drag him down.
His original plan was to besiege Qinzhou City and trap Bai Li to death in the city.
He firmly believed that as long as the food supply in the city was cut off, Bai Li would surrender sooner or later.
At this time, the atmosphere in Prince Jin's tent was depressing.
The generals were either sitting or standing, their faces full of fatigue and frustration.
"No news from the capital yet?"
The generals looked at each other, but no one answered.
According to the plan, their food and supplies would arrive three days after their march, but there has been no news until now, and no one knows what the situation is.
Prince Jin slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Have our people been bewitched by the Regent and are going to oppose me?"
A general said cautiously, "Your Highness, that shouldn't be the case, right? We are all in the same boat."
"But we don't have much food left. If we don't get more supplies, I'm afraid..."
After a fit of rage, the King of Jin calmed down and snorted coldly, "It's okay. I have made other arrangements. This time the supply will be safe."
The generals did not dare to ask, but when they heard that supplies were arriving, they felt relieved and no longer panicked.
Three days later, Bai Li smiled slightly when he received the news, and immediately summoned generals such as Luo Yang and Nangong Min to arrange tasks.
Bai Li pointed at the map and said, "Everyone, this is a perfect opportunity. If we can rob King Jin of his food supplies, not only will we be able to escape the siege, but we'll also make King Jin's situation worse."
Luo Yang frowned and said, "Marshal Bai, the King of Jin will definitely be very careful with the food supplies. It won't be easy to rob them."
Bai Li nodded and said, "So, we need the help of Ji Huanan outside the city.
His elite squad is familiar with the surrounding terrain. We can leave the city tonight under cover of darkness and join forces with them from the inside and outside. We will surely succeed."
Afterwards, Bai Li wrote a letter, detailing his plan to rob grain. He bent his finger and blew a whistle. Soon, a black hawk flew over. Bai Li asked it to take the letter out of the city at night and contact Ji Huanan.
In the middle of the night, taking advantage of the pitch-black darkness, several figures in black climbed up the city wall and climbed down the wall using ropes.
The next day, before dawn, a team came from the direction of Simon, escorting dozens of carts of food and fodder, and moved slowly forward on the winding mountain road.
The team was heavily guarded and heavily guarded.
The general escorting the grain rode on his horse, looking around vigilantly.
He was fully aware of the importance of this mission and could not make any mistakes.
At the same time, Bai Li led two thousand elite soldiers, bypassed the King of Jin's camp, and ambushed in a valley not far from the road that the food and grass team had to pass through.
Ji Huanan also took his team to hide on the other side of the valley in advance.
When the food and grass team entered the valley, Bai Li gave an order and many stones rolled down from the mountain wall.
While they were in chaos and howling, another wave of crossbow arrows came.
This grain robbery was similar to the previous ambush on Simon's army. Luo Yang, Wu Lanzhi and others were familiar with it and all they had to do was wait for the net to be closed.
Seeing that the soldiers transporting grain were almost killed, Bai Li blew the whistle, and the soldiers ambushed on both sides of the valley rushed out like tigers descending from the mountains, killing towards the grain team.
The general escorting the grain was horrified, but he quickly calmed down and commanded his soldiers to resist.
As the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle, Ji Huanan seized the opportunity and led his team to attack from the rear of the enemy, cutting off the retreat of the grain and forage team. For a time, the Jin King's grain and forage team was attacked from both sides and fell into chaos.
"Oh no, we've fallen into a trap! Break out quickly!" the escorting general shouted.
But it was too late. Bai Li's soldiers were extremely brave and continued to launch fierce attacks on the enemy.
Including the first two rounds of raids, the enemy suffered more than half of their casualties and soon could not hold out and was defeated.
Bai Li led the charge, her machete raised, charging into the enemy lines. Her machete was simple and effective, striking with every blow.
Wherever she went, the enemy fell.
"kill!"
Bai Li's shouts inspired the soldiers' morale, and they fought more bravely.
After a fierce battle, which could be said to be a one-sided massacre, King Jin's grain and grass team suffered heavy casualties. Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the escorting general wanted to escape, but was stopped by Luo Yang. After a few moves, he was beheaded by Luo Yang.
Bai Li was overjoyed when he saw the mountains of food and fodder.
"Transport the food and supplies back to Qinzhou City immediately!" she ordered.
The soldiers acted quickly, loaded the food and fodder onto the carts, and returned safely to Qinzhou City under the escort of Bai Li and others.
The entire grain robbery process, from start to finish, took less than an hour.
When the people sent by King Jin arrived, they saw only corpses on the ground and a broken carriage.
In the tent of Prince Jin, upon learning that the food and grass had been robbed, Prince Jin was furious.
"Waste! You are all waste!"
"Bai Li, this king and you are irreconcilable!"
He roared and slammed his fist on the table, his eyes full of anger and unwillingness.
"Investigate! Where did the news leak out, allowing Bai Li to take advantage of the opportunity!"
King Jin roared for a while before slowly calming down.
"Also, contact the court urgently and order them to hurry up and deliver more supplies."
But at this time he also understood that losing food and supplies meant that he himself would be trapped here.
The plan to besiege Qinzhou City cannot be implemented for the time being. We can only solve the problem of food and grass for the army first and then make plans.
"Also, buy emergency food from nearby villagers. Remember, buy, don't rob!"
The generals' heads almost dropped to their crotches, and no one dared to speak out in rebuttal.
The soldiers of King Jin always took whatever they saw and never gave a penny to the common people.
If they were asked to use money to buy it, they would subconsciously think that there was no need to waste that money.
But when they met the sinister eyes of King Jin, everyone knew better than to stroke the tiger's whiskers.
Inside Qinzhou City, the soldiers cheered and celebrated their successful grain robbery.
Bai Li looked at the high-spirited soldiers and shouted happily, "Let's kill two pigs tonight to celebrate. There will be plenty of rice!"
"Good! Good! Marshal Bai is so domineering!"
"Marshal Bai is mighty!"
Wu Lanzhi, who was in charge of logistics, seemed to be hesitant to speak when she heard this.
Bai Li glanced at her and said with a smile, "I know you feel bad for those two pigs. Don't be so stingy. I'll go to the mountain and catch them for you in a couple of days!"
Wu Lanzhi choked. Was she being stingy? It was true that even the best cook could not cook without rice.
Those were the only two pigs in the city, and all the meat and lard that the people in the city needed to eat were stored there!
Alas! Marshal Bai has already issued the order. Kill them if you don’t want to. Kill them!
In Qinzhou City, people slaughtered pigs and sheep to celebrate the victory, and the people of the city were busy with the celebrations in high spirits.
Gou'er and Grandpa also helped. The Great Zhou army was good. They ate meat and the common people could have a sip of soup.
After eating white rice porridge for a few days, his grandfather's health has improved a lot. Apart from occasional coughs, he is no different from usual.
To be honest, all diseases are caused by hunger. Once you have food in your stomach, all diseases will be cured.
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