Volume 1, Chapter 100: Trapped in a Deadlock

Tian Suanzi led the most elite cavalry of the Xiongnu, with the intelligence provided by the Tianji Sect, and frantically harassed the logistics supply line of Honghua City.

One after another, the grain escort team was completely annihilated.

Cart after car of grain was burned on the spot.

"Lord Tian Suanzi is really a genius. We can ambush the enemy every time."

"This battle is so cool!"

The Xiongnu cavalry kept complimenting Tian Suanzi. If the captured grain and grass can be escorted back to the Xiongnu this time, each of them can buy a lot of cattle and sheep, so that they can have more women.

Tian Suanzi smiled and waved his hand, not caring. The reason why he could be so brilliant was really inseparable from the strong support of the Tianji Sect.

The Tianji Sect sent all the disciples down the mountain, and then followed the grain transport team of the Great Zhou along the way, and then used the unique flying crane of the Tianji Sect to send letters.

If they still can't handle the logistics supply line of the Great Zhou.

Then they, the Tianji Sect, will simply be removed from this world.

"Let's go, keep killing until there is no grain escort team left in the Great Zhou!"

Tian Suanzi burned the bodies of the soldiers of the Great Zhou and led the army to set off again.

"This time, we must kill Yang Wudi! How many of our warriors have he killed over the years!"

"Also, slaughter all of Honghua City!"

The Xiongnu cavalry rushed forward with a howl, their eyes full of bloodthirsty light, thinking that this time they would destroy the Central Plains Dynasty, they must plunder well.

To avenge the hatred that Yang Wudi had suppressed them for so many years.

.......

As the Xiongnu cavalry continued to attack the logistics supply line of Honghua City, finally, the capital felt something was wrong.

Because there was no news of the grain escort team reporting back.

"Report--"

A very sharp eunuch's voice suddenly came from the Great Zhou Palace.

This was the eunuch next to the Great Zhou Emperor. When the Great Zhou Emperor heard his eunuch's voice so shrill, he shuddered all over. It

was not good news at first glance.

But he immediately summoned the eunuch into the worship hall.

"Tell me what happened?"

The Great Zhou Emperor couldn't wait to know. He grabbed the eunuch's collar and pulled him up from the ground.

The three worshippers on the side narrowed their eyes slightly. Obviously, he really didn't want to make any more mistakes at this time.

The eunuch's face became extremely ugly, and he stammered:

"Your Majesty, it's not good. Something big has happened. Our grain-pressing team that went to Honghua City to transport grain has basically all died. There is no news of returning."

When the eunuch said this, he was also terrified. He certainly knew how much impact it would have on the soldiers in the front if there was a problem with the grain-pressing team.

"What!? No grain-escorting team came back? Are you sure?"

The Zhou Emperor also felt that he was hit hard on the head by a wooden stick, and his whole head was confused.

As the saying goes, the three armies have not moved, but the grain and grass must go first.

If there is a problem with the grain and grass, how can the soldiers in the front fight?

They will starve to death!

The Great Zhou Emperor almost roared and questioned the eunuch beside him. He felt that this dead eunuch must be lying!

Yes, he absolutely did not believe that there was a problem with his logistics.

The consequences would be too terrible.

He simply could not bear it.

The eunuch was also trembling all over. He immediately reported all the information he had obtained to the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and said in horror:

"Your Majesty, there really is no one back, and there is no feedback from Honghua City. The general in charge of grain and grass dispatch is now asking, can we go and check it out?"

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty sat down on the ground. There was basically no need to check, there must be a problem.

"Third tribute, what should we do now?"

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty wiped the cold sweat and his tone changed. He could only pin his last hope on the royal tribute.

The third tribute also had cold sweat on his face.

He immediately waved his hand and summoned the fourteenth tribute Huang Gonggong, and ordered him: "Go and check what's going on."

"Yes! Ancestor!"

The fourteenth tribute immediately left the palace.

He moved very quickly, checking along the route taken by the grain escort team one by one, but every time he went to a place, he would find the scene where the grain escort team had been destroyed.

Tian Suanzi and others did not want to cover up these traces.

They could not cover them up.

When the fourteenth priest found that the grain escort team was wiped out, his heart sank a little. Finally, he suddenly found that all the grain escort teams sent by the Great Zhou to Honghua City were killed.

Seven days later, the fourteenth priest rushed back to the Great Zhou Palace in a hurry.

As soon as he entered the door, he reported with an ugly face: "Something big happened to the ancestor. Our grain escort team was really killed by someone, and the grain and grass were burned to ashes."

What!?

The third priest jumped up directly from the ground and could no longer maintain his usual calm state.

Although he was already a strong man at the level of a grandmaster, he felt his blood boiling when he heard such information, and he almost went crazy.

"How could this happen?"

"Have you found out who did it?"

The third priest's eyes were boiling with murderous intent. If this battle went wrong and the Great Zhou royal family was destroyed, then the priests of their Great Zhou royal family would also be wiped out by other sects.

As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers.

When a new dynasty is born, people will choose new sects to cooperate with.

And then they will be the target of encirclement and suppression by various sects.

The three priests have no confidence that they can survive the encirclement and suppression by so many sects.

So at this moment, they are very concerned about the war in front.

The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty also looked at the fourteenth priest with a wooden expression. In fact, he had no idea in his heart. What would it matter if he knew who did it?

The Great Zhou Dynasty could no longer allocate the second batch of grain and grass to Honghua City.

Even if it was allocated from other states and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty, it would take too much time, and then transport it to Honghua City. Yang Wudi would have run out of food long ago.

This is a dead end!

The fourteenth priest said with an ugly face: "According to my observation, it should be done by the Xiongnu cavalry. There are many traces of Xiongnu people left at the scene."

Impossible!

At this moment, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty jumped up to object, because he thought it was too incredible. How could the Xiongnu break through the defense line of Honghua City and run to the rear to plunder our logistics?

Did Yang Wudi let them in on purpose?

The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty may remember that Pan Hu of the Pan family once cooperated with the Huns and placed them behind Honghua City, hoping that they would ambush and kill Bai Qi.

Only if his own people deliberately let the enemy go would such a situation occur.

He absolutely did not believe that the Huns could descend from the sky.

But is Yang Wudi such a person? Absolutely not!

Although he did not like military generals, he knew that with the patriotism in the hearts of the military generals, these people would not let the enemy ride on the Central Plains.

Yang Wudi was even less likely!

"Fourteen, what's going on? Explain clearly!"

The third priest looked at the fourteenth priest with cold eyes, wanting to know what he thought about this matter, after all, it was the fourteenth priest who investigated on the spot. The

fourteenth priest sighed and said, "I saw a small hill cut off by a sword, and there was a small path inside that could cross the defense line of Honghua City."

"And this road seems to have just been opened not long ago."

Damn it!

The third priest's face changed drastically, and he understood.

"This is definitely a sect involved! And it's a big sect!"

"To be able to cut a mountain with a sword, it must be a strong man above the grandmaster, even I can't do it."

The third priest smashed the chair beside him with a hand, his eyes full of anger.

"Some sects want to join forces with the Xiongnu to destroy our Great Zhou."

"Go check it out for me. Once we know which sect it is, we will immediately go to encircle and suppress them!"

The Third Priest was so angry that he jumped up and down. Although he could not participate in the struggle for hegemony in the dynasty, he could go to clean up the sects. He had to know which sect had

surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. The Third Priest must kill them all, old and young.

The Fourteenth Priest immediately accepted the order and went to investigate.

But these things were no longer important to the Emperor of the Great Zhou. He sat on the chair like a puddle of mud, and his whole body had lost its spirit.

He kept muttering in a sticky way: "It's over!"

"Once Honghua City is broken, the Xiongnu can march straight in, and they will definitely hit the imperial city at that time."

"Third Priest, should we think about where to escape to!"

The Emperor of the Great Zhou now wants to directly pave a retreat, or flee overseas?

But as soon as he finished speaking, the Third Priest slapped the Great Zhou Emperor and flew away, cursing: "Stupid! Where can you escape to?"

"The king of a fallen country has only one way to go, and no one will let you leave. Even if you escape to the ends of the earth, someone will hunt you down."

The Third Priest really hated him for not fighting.

But at this moment, the Great Zhou Emperor had no intention of resisting, and said painfully: "What else can we do? Who can turn the tide?" The

Third Priest looked towards the north, and a person's name emerged in his mind, Bai Qi!

I hope he can create a miracle this time.

But this hope is too slim.

The sects are all involved, can Bai Qi do it?

Moreover, he also told Bai Qi that he must not use the power of a cultivator!

This is too difficult!

He even had the idea of ​​escaping.

.........

Logistics supplies were cut off, and the real impact was definitely not on the rear, but on the front!

At this moment, the situation in Honghua City was even more critical.

The war strategy adopted by Yang Wudi was defense.

This was what he had discussed with Bai Qi before. He was responsible for defending the main force of the Xiongnu's attack and delaying the Xiongnu, so that Bai Qi could implement his plan.

However, more than 10 days had passed, and the food and grass he requested from the court had not been delivered.

The food and grass in Honghua City were drying up at a terrifying rate.

After all, there were 190,000 troops here, and even more war horses, as well as residents of the entire city.

The amount of food consumed every day was an astronomical figure.

You know, Honghua City, like a city, has no production capacity, and at most it can only grow vegetables.

And the place where Honghua City is located is also a bitter and cold place, with high mountains and dangerous roads, which is not suitable for growing crops at all.

Most of the residents here come to do business, and then there are some families of soldiers, and the rest are some guilty people who were exiled here.

Food cannot be produced here at all, and all food needs to be allocated from the rear.

"Quartermaster!"

Yang Wudi waved and called the quartermaster.

"Has the imperial court's food not arrived yet?"

When Yang Wudi asked, he cleared out all the soldiers around him, fearing that the information would be leaked. At this time, he also felt something was wrong.

The quartermaster was also anxious and angry, with blisters on his mouth. He shook his head painfully, and then sighed:

"No news!"

"Marshal, do you think the imperial court will withhold our food and grass?"

It's not surprising that the quartermaster thought so. In the past, the imperial court would withhold their food and wages every time. This was done by the civil officials and the emperor of the Great Zhou.

It was to prevent Yang Wudi and other border generals from living too well and having their own troops.

In order to supplement the military pay of the soldiers, Yang Wudi would go deep into the grassland to fight the Xiongnu every time and make some war money.

Of course, he would also impose taxes on merchants who went to the Xiongnu to do business.

Only in this way can the soldiers' food and wages not be delayed.

But Yang Wudi shook his head at this moment and denied this statement, "The emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is not so stupid. Even if the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is so stupid, the ministers cannot be so stupid."

"Now withholding the soldiers' food and grass will lead to the destruction of the country!"

This is not a peaceful era. The Huns have launched a full-scale attack. It is simply brain-dead to still use the system of checks and balances between civil and military

. Moreover, Yang Wudi also believes that there are many smart people in the court.

It is okay to fight for power and profit at ordinary times, but now that the country is in danger of extinction, some smart people will definitely stand up and take charge of the overall situation. For example, the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty! Can these old guys who have lived for hundreds of years be fools? Hearing this. The quartermaster is now more uncomfortable. Compared with the court's withholding of their food and wages, his next guess makes him even more frightened. He said in horror: "Marshal, will our logistics supply line be cut off?" When he said this, he felt his heart beating unconvincingly. Yang Wudi's face changed drastically. He also thought of this possibility, but he didn't dare to believe it. After all, the consequences were too terrible. "Send someone to check. I want accurate information!" Yang Wudi still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. What if the grain transporter neglected his duty and came late? In the past, if he met such a general, he would definitely chop off his head. Now, he really hoped that this was the case. At least in this way, the grain would still be there. If...

But the quartermaster's next words completely dispelled Yang Wudi's idea.

"I have sent people to investigate, but all the people who went there died."

What!?

Yang Wudi was shocked.

The people sent to investigate the information were killed, which explained all the problems.

"It seems that our logistics line has really been cut off! Damn it!"

"Who is it?"

Yang Wudi punched the city wall, and his hand was bleeding, but he didn't feel any pain. At this moment, a big bubble of fire came out of Yang Wudi's mouth.

He looked at the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who had fought with him, and then looked at the hundreds of thousands of residents he had to protect,

and then looked at the land of the Great Zhou in the rear, and he felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

But he couldn't do anything now.

"How long can our food last?"

Yang Wudi looked at the quartermaster.

"Three days!

The quartermaster reported a number.

When this number came out, Yang Wudi's body swayed and he almost fell down.

It was only enough for three days, and the food would be out of stock after three days. Once the army ran out of food, it might cause a mutiny.

Even if there was no mutiny, the residents in the city would be a big problem. These people would definitely panic and be afraid without food.

By then, the whole Honghua City would be in chaos.

"Pass my order, order the army to reduce the food and grass by half when eating!"

"It's better to delay it for one day."

Yang Wuji finally issued this order. This was the only way.

"General, how about we go out of the city to fight?"

"Fight to the death with the Huns!"

"Maybe we still have a chance."

The quartermaster swallowed his saliva, and finally felt that it would be better to fight than to just wait for the food and grass to run out.

As a quartermaster, he understood the danger of food shortages better.

"Nonsense! "

Yang Wudi started to scold. Can you win if you go out to fight the Huns at this time?

"One hundred thousand against 500,000, they are all cavalry, are you sure you can wipe out the enemy in one battle?"

"The most frightening thing is that others don't fight you!"

"Once you launch a full-scale assault, others will just run away, and you will consume food and grass even faster."

Yang Wudi's words made the quartermaster completely lose his temper. If their logistics supply line was really cut off by the Huns, would the Huns fight them head-on?

They are all cavalry, they can fight a tug-of-war with you. When you come to fight, they will run away. When you want to run back to the city, they will chase you.

Anyway, they will stick to you like taffy.

"Then are we just going to wait for death?

The quartermaster also felt a sense of despair. He couldn't fight, and he couldn't defend, and he had no food and grass. It was

a dead end

no matter how you looked at it. Are they going to be finished, and the Great Zhou will be destroyed?

"It depends on whether Bai Qi's plan is feasible."

Yang Wudi sighed leisurely.

"Bai Qi, can he do it? What's the point of harassing the rear? If the Xiongnu don't withdraw, even if he massacres the Xiongnu nobles, it will be useless!" The quartermaster was not

optimistic at all.