Sili Xiaoweibu, the northeasternmost county in Henan County, Chenggao County, which usually only has tens of thousands of people, is gathering more than his 200,000 army at this time.
At this time, General Han Kai, who conquered the east, was slowly approaching the Xuanmen Pass in Chenggao County with his army. This pass is the only gate east of Luoyang. The Hulao Pass in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was created based on this pass.
As one of the eight passes around Luoyang City, Xuanmen Pass is responsible for defending the east of Luoyang from attacks by princes in the Central Plains.
Usually there is a battalion led by his garrison captain, and two to three thousand people are stationed here. Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is fighting everywhere, and the rebel army from the south has attacked the surrounding areas of Luoyang City.
He also deployed a large army that had just returned from Xiliang to suppress the rebellion. It was led by Lu Zhi, the general of Dongzhonglang who had been recommended by the imperial princes and came back again. A total of 40,000 of his troops were stationed here.
Nowadays, the entire Xuanmen Pass can be said to be heavily defended, and everything is filled with the intention of killing Xiao Leng, and the defenders inside the pass are even more nervous.
Those outside are not those Xiliang rebels. They are poorly equipped and don’t even have enough to eat. Although they have a strong will to fight, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. For those well-equipped and well-trained regular Han soldiers, it is not possible. It's not a big problem.
Everyone in the Imperial Army on the opposite side was wearing leather armor, and they were better equipped than the defenders in the pass. And looking at the number of times they lighted the smoke every day, it was not the two meals that the Han army usually had, but three meals.
Moreover, the faint fragrance blown by the wind from a distance showed that they actually had a meat supply every day. How could this not make the defenders in Guanzhong envious, and at the same time, they should feel a sense of fear in their hearts.
The equipment is well-equipped, and it can be said that it was originally prepared before the army was born. This can only prove that the imperial country is relatively rich after the plunder of the southern expedition!
But eating three meals a day and eating meat constantly is not something that an ordinary army can do. In the military, only those generals who manage thousands of people can enjoy such treatment.
Normal armies often can only eat hard and cold dry food during expeditions, and they often go hungry from meal to meal, often experiencing shortages of food and pay.
Not only did he and the army on the opposite side have plenty of food and grass every day, but he also had an open supply of three meals a day, and he also added a meal of meat every day.
It can be said that it is extremely careful and thoughtful, and it is something that only those generals who are in a high position can enjoy.
This proves that the opponent's army has sufficient food and grass and will not be short of food for a long time, unlike our own army in the pass.
Because the imperial court had been fighting for two years, it had already been short of food, so the military rations had been in short supply for a long time.
Except for those who are on duty on the city wall, they can eat two full meals from him. Others who work behind the scenes can only eat one meal from him, or is it a sparse meal? It can only barely guarantee their survival.
The guard Lu Zhi looked far away from the checkpoint and carefully observed for several days, and found that inside the opponent's camp, the troops were transporting food and grass every time.
It was not transported from the same direction, but from all directions, according to the directions of the surrounding counties. This discovery made him feel faintly cold, and he couldn't help but have a guess in his heart.
That is, the surrounding counties and noble families have all surrendered to the rebels in front of them, and they have used all their family and government savings to supply food and grass for the army in front of them.
That's why the army in front of them can waste food without any worries, without worrying about logistical pressure, because it is entirely up to the local government and noble families who control millions of farmers to provide them with food and grass.
To eat the enemy is originally a very cruel word, often representing very bloody killing and looting.
Now, he refutes it with great irony. The definition of it by anyone in the past is the loyal ministers and righteous men of the Han Dynasty in front of him.
At this moment, they are crying and shouting, saying that the imperial court wanted to increase their income by one penny. They all cried out that they were poor and refused to give them food, grass and money, so they desperately sent them to the big camp in front of them.
On his side, the regular army of the Han Dynasty represented the righteousness of the world. At this moment, he had to come hungry to resist the attack of these rebellious officials and traitors.
This is not the most terrifying thing. Low morale and poor equipment are not the most terrifying thing for an army, because such an army can still obey orders.
The most frightening thing is that some people in the army have already had second thoughts and want to cause trouble and cause internal strife. When the time comes, a camp roar will be inevitable.
Most of the members of his army are the private armies of those nobles, and the former masters of those armies are currently in front of the checkpoint, loyal to the group of rebels.
What should this group of low-level soldiers under his command think? Most of their parents and relatives are in the hands of those noble families. Do they dare to ignore their own families and resist their master's new master to the death
This idea came to mind, and I saw the faces of the soldiers on the left and right. I found that the faces of some of the smart soldiers who had already thought through this problem had strange changes at this moment.
With a very strange and malicious look, they looked at the officers around them. It was as if he was looking at some lambs being slaughtered and was figuring out where to cut them better.
I discovered this threat that was like a powder keg that could explode with just one inducement, sending all loyal officials of the Han Dynasty to heaven in the entire level.
Lu Zhi, the leader of this level, did not dare to stay longer and quickly led his guards down the city wall. He also sent people to recruit those who he thought were reliable and still loyal to the Han Dynasty, and came to his mansion to discuss how to eliminate this chaos.
That night, more than ten carriages stopped in front of the mansion of Lu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of Guanzhong. In the entire pass, he probably held nearly a hundred people among the thousands of generals in official positions.
But only a dozen or so people could be trusted by him and invited to this place. It can be seen how bad the situation inside the customs is now.
At this moment, guard Lu Zhi was anxiously discussing the current emergency situation in the pass with his subordinates, and quarrels sounded from time to time.
Some people think that thunder should be used to gather all other generals who cannot be trusted, and then kill them in one fell swoop, leaving those soldiers without a leader and unable to make trouble.
Some people even think that such a method is too cruel and may arouse the resistance of those soldiers. Instead, it will make the soldiers in the entire level even more confused without a leader, thus leading to chaos without a fight.
Some people think...
All in all, it was chaos, and the generals spent most of the night arguing.
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However, the quarrel did not continue until dawn, at midnight, on the street outside the gate of the city lord's palace.
A group of soldiers with their heads wrapped in green cloth and holding sharp-edged armor slowly advanced towards the lord's mansion.
People continued to join along the way, and the original army of only a few million slowly expanded to tens of thousands, surrounding the lord's mansion.
This group of people, the generals of the noble clans, brought their soldiers together to rebel. I plan to take the guard's head and use it to exchange for merit in front of Zhong Yu. Maybe I can seal the country!
However, the loyal and loyal guards did not notice the situation outside, and the danger was beyond his expectation, making it even more unstoppable.
Instead, they started arguing over the different opinions in the mansion, with red eyes and ears.
(End of chapter)