Liu Mang was really helpless. When it rains, it pours. Originally, he could get 20,000 shi of provisions from Sun Qian's mouth. This way, Liu Mang would not only have the possibility to attack Runan, the main city of Yuzhou, but also reduce the pressure on Xu Shu in Shouchun. But now, the fire completely destroyed all of Liu Mang's plans. 20,000 shi of provisions was enough to fill the entire granary of the barracks, but now it was burned to the ground. How could Liu Mang not be sad?
"Ai!" Liu Mang shook his head. He couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't turn back time! Liu Mang couldn't help but look at Sun Qian. He hoped to learn from Sun Qian that there were other places where the provisions were hidden, but it was obvious that Liu Mang was disappointed.
As soon as he saw Liu Mang looking at him, Sun Qian couldn't help but tremble. He knew that this general in front of him wanted to kill him. He originally took out 20,000 shi of provisions to buy his life, but now that the 20,000 shi of provisions was gone, there was only one possibility left. That is, he would be chopped up by this fierce general and used as a sacrifice. "I didn't do it, I didn't do it!" Sun Qian hurriedly shouted, trying to get rid of the suspicion that he set the fire.
"Ai!" Liu Mang shook his head with a wry smile. It seemed that he couldn't get any more provisions from Sun Qian. Of course, he knew that Sun Qian didn't do it. The 20,000 shi of provisions was used by Sun Qian to buy his life. If Sun Qian was a person who wasn't afraid of death, then he wouldn't say where the 20,000 shi of provisions were. After all, Liu Mang only occupied Yuzhou temporarily. He took down a city for provisions, and it was very likely that he missed the granary of the barracks. So, it didn't matter if Sun Qian said it or not. Why would he send people to burn the granary of the barracks? Moreover, it was burned at the right time after Sun Qian was captured.
This could only mean one thing. That is, Sun Qian, Mr. Sun Gongyou, had offended too many people and was schemed against! Empty city strategy? Although the empty city strategy was good, it actually stopped Liu Mang's army for four days. However, how could the person who set up this strategy not know about it? Liu Mang's army's provisions were definitely running out. If Liu Mang's army couldn't get Ruyin's provisions, then even if he had the time, he wouldn't be able to attack Runan. After all, Ruyin and Runan were hundreds of li apart. Even if he walked there, it would take at least ten days. At this time, Liu Mang's army was almost out of provisions. Adding the time needed to attack the city, Liu Mang's army definitely wouldn't be able to hold on until then.
Moreover, this empty city strategy also depended on who it was used against. If it was someone with a high IQ like Liu Mang, they might think too much. They might think too highly of Sun Qian and let Sun Qian's empty city strategy succeed. However, if Liu Mang had sent a general to attack Ruyin, then Sun Qian would really be finished. Xu Sheng wouldn't care if it was an empty city strategy or if there was an ambush in the city. He would just charge in. If there was an ambush, then he would just fight it out with you! He had a bunch of heavy armored soldiers under him, so he wouldn't be afraid of you. At that time, this so-called empty city strategy wouldn't be able to last even a day. The only thing waiting for Sun Qian was to be captured. Therefore, this empty city strategy was a scheme to kill with a borrowed knife.
However, Sun Qian was lucky and encountered Liu Ye attacking the city. This allowed Sun Qian to stop Liu Ye for three days. However, Liu Ye wasn't a fool. He had sent scouts to guard all four city gates of Ruyin. It could be said that Sun Qian, who was in Ruyin, couldn't escape even if he had wings. Once there was any movement, Liu Ye would lead his army to kill his way in. It could be said that this was a dead end. Now that Sun Qian was captured, there were only two paths left for him. The first was to rather die than surrender. The person who designed this empty city strategy would probably be so happy that he would laugh out loud. What he wanted was to kill Sun Qian. The second path was to subdue Liu Mang's Army. After subduing Liu Mang's Army, there would naturally need to be something to surrender. In order to gain the attention of Liu Mang's Army, Sun Qian would definitely hand over the rations that weren't transported to Ruyin in exchange for the 20,000 dan of rations. If the 20,000 dan of rations were destroyed, what would Liu Mang's Army do? If Liu Mang didn't know that Sun Qian wouldn't send people to burn the 20,000 dan of rations, he might have already ordered his subordinates to drag Sun Qian out and kill him!
Humans were like this. If they didn't get anything, they wouldn't have such thoughts and naturally wouldn't have such grievances. Once they got something and the duck that was right in front of their mouths flew away, this feeling of loss was really uncomfortable. It was as if they had been played for a fool.
"Mister Gongyou, Mister Gongyou, it seems like that black pig is determined to kill you!" Liu Mang shook his head and said to Sun Qian. Naturally, only Pang Tong could make such an arrangement. There were a total of three strategists under Liu Bei's command. The veteran Jian Yong, Sun Qian, and the newcomer Pang Tong. Sun Qian wouldn't harm himself, but what about Jian Yong? He knew Liu Bei when he was young and later followed Liu Bei around. Such a person, if he was jealous of Sun Qian and wanted to kill Sun Qian, he would have already done so. After all, there were too many opportunities. The reason why Jian Yong didn't deal with Sun Qian was that Sun Qian was inferior to him. In other words, the focus of the two was different. No matter how much Sun Qian was favored by Liu Bei, it wouldn't affect Jian Yong's status. Have you ever seen a person compete with an ant?
In the original track, Jian Yong had only yielded to one person, and that was Zhuge Liang. It couldn't be helped. After all, Zhuge Liang was the one who divided the world into three. It could be said that without Zhuge Liang's existence, Liu Mang wouldn't have obtained the entire Sichuan in the original track. Zhuge Liang even helped Liu Bei to cheat Sun Quan of Jiangdong. Sun Quan not only lost Jingzhou, but also lost his sister's happiness.
Jian Yong also had another characteristic. This guy was actually the same as Guo Jia. He was also a prodigal. Guo Jia loved wine, but Jian Yong didn't have the slightest etiquette. Guo Jia was under Cao Cao's command. He didn't need a high position and generous salary, as long as there was wine and meat, plus a place for him to display his talent. Therefore, although Guo Jia and Cheng Yu didn't get along, Guo Jia never deliberately targeted Cheng Yu because he felt that it would be a waste of his energy. Jian Yong was also such a character. He didn't care about trifles. Moreover, Jian Yong and Sun Qian got along very well. Since the beginning of Xuzhou, Jian Yong and Sun Qian didn't interfere with each other's business. Even when Sun Qian's strategy was too bad and led to Liu Bei's failure, Jian Yong would still plead for Sun Qian.
Jian Yong couldn't deal with Sun Qian, so there was only Young Phoenix Pang Tong left. In fact, Liu Mang also knew that people like Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were most afraid of not being able to grasp the overall situation. They needed to be in full control, just like Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was a perfectionist. Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang had thought about it for so many years, and many of Zhuge Liang's habits and characteristics had been infected. As for Sun Qian, he was originally Liu Bei's number one subordinate. Liu Bei was very respectful to him. After all, Liu Bei didn't have anyone else. Sun Qian could only promote the tallest person among the shorties to the front. Although Sun Qian couldn't let Liu Bei develop better, he could guarantee that Liu Bei, this cockroach, wouldn't be completely played to death. After all, a wise man's thousand considerations were bound to make a mistake, while a fool's thousand considerations were bound to be successful. The arrival of Pang Tong suddenly squeezed out Sun Qian's position as the military adviser. If Pang Tong was a little more humble, or a little nicer to Sun Qian, and gave in to Sun Qian a little more, then nothing would have happened. However, Pang Tong was a person who was proud of his talent. He had a strong desire to win since he was young. How could he allow Sun Qian to criticize him and jump around? Pang Tong needed to control the overall situation. For a bug like Sun Qian, it was naturally better to kill him as soon as possible. In addition, during the last military meeting, Sun Qian and Pang Tong had a tit-for-tat confrontation, which thoroughly angered Pang Tong.
"Black-skinned pig, black-skinned pig, you and I can't live under the same sky. If I can't kill you, then I'm not a human!" "Sun Qian is really furious. He has been tricked by Pang Tong again and again. He has fallen into a dead-end situation again and again. Fortunately, Sun Qian was lucky enough to escape. However, who would have thought that Pang Tong would have a series of schemes. One scheme after another, until you are dead.
Sun Qian was angry, but he didn't have the intelligence to be washed away by anger. His face became gloomy again. Now, he had fallen into Pang Tong's scheme. On this side, Liu Mang's Army had lost their Lord, causing their Lord's life to be uncertain. They were also ambushed and played for three days outside of Ruyin. They had also lost their provisions. Previously, Sun Qian even revealed the news of Lü Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in order to gain the allegiance of Liu Mang's Army. It could be said that he had completely offended this group of Liu Mang's Army. He originally thought that he could buy his life with 20,000 shi of provisions, but now that he didn't have the money to buy his life, how could he, Sun Qian, still live?
"My Lord, look at this!" Liu Ye also knew how to comfort Liu Mang. They had painstakingly schemed against Sun Qian, sowing dissension and injuring oneself to gain sympathy. But in the end, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Pang Tong, the oriole, took the initiative and burned the last batch of provisions in Ruyin.
"My Lord? Mister Ziyang, you called him My Lord?! " Sun Qian was stunned for a moment. Liu Mang was Liu Mang's military advisor. He was above everyone else and could only call the commander-in-chief of Liu Mang's Army, the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. However, didn't they say that the King Of Shu was ambushed at Yingshang and his life was unknown? Why did he appear now?
"Mister Gongyou, stop guessing! I am the King Of Shu, Liu Mang. I am also the General of the Southern Expedition, Liu Mang, Hanyang of the Great Han Holy King! " Liu Mang had previously lied to Sun Qian for the 20,000 shi of provisions. Now that the 20,000 shi of provisions had been given away, he naturally would not continue to lie.
"Ruyin Prefect, Sun Qian, Sun Gongyou greets Your Highness, the King Of Shu!" Although Sun Qian knew that he would not live for long, he still knew that etiquette could not be abandoned. He stepped forward and bowed to Liu Mang!
"Mister Gongyou, we originally planned to sow discord between you and Liu Bei's Army's Pang Tong, also known as the black-skinned pig, to become enemies. This way, we would be able to obtain the provisions in Ruyin City. However, it seems that there is no need for that now!" Of course, there was no need. Originally, they had only speculated that the two of them had a grudge. Liu Mang was only adding fuel to the fire. How could he have known that this was the truth? Not only did Pang Tong and Sun Qian have a grudge, they were almost irreconcilable. Pang Tong had planned everything in order to take Sun Qian's life.
"Obtain the provisions in Ruyin City? Could it be that you already knew about it?! " Sun Qian was a little puzzled. He also wanted to clear his doubts. After all, he was a person who was about to die. Naturally, he had to know more before he died. He could not die without knowing anything!
"Mister Gongyou, although I, Liu Ye, Liu Ziyang, have been played by you in Ruyin, I, Liu Ye, am not just a useless scholar who studies to death!" Liu Ye smiled at Sun Qian. "Mister Gongyou, Ruyin is the granary of Yuzhou, and Yuzhou is the granary of the world. Now that the summer grain has just been harvested, there are at least hundreds of thousands of provisions in Ruyin. How could these hundreds of thousands of provisions be transported in just a few days?! Therefore, my Lord and I believed that there must be provisions in this city. It was just that we did not know where they were hidden. If we were to search for them one by one, it would take too long. Our army could not afford it. Therefore, we could only put on a show and hope that Mister Gongyou would tell us the location of the provisions in Ruyin City! "Liu Ye explained to Sun Qian one by one.
"Then, this burning of provisions?!" Sun Qian pointed at the ruins of the military granary and asked.
"These burned provisions were not done by us!" Liu Mang stepped forward and shook his head. What they lacked the most now was provisions. Now, one dan of provisions could be divided into two dan of provisions. How could they burn them? Moreover, there were twenty thousand dan of provisions here. It was almost enough to solve the food problem of Liu Mang's army. But now, it was completely burned by fire! Not only was Sun Qian angry, but Liu Mang was also extremely angry.
"Alright! Your Highness King Of Shu, I know everything. Before I die, I only have one wish. I hope that Your Highness King Of Shu can fulfill my wish! "Sun Qian had already seen everything. He was now much more relaxed. Previously, he was under the threat of death. Now that he knew that he was going to die, he knew that Liu Mang's army would not let him live. "I hope that Your Highness King Of Shu can give me a quick death and leave my corpse intact!" Sun Qian said as he knelt down. However, before Sun Qian could bend down, he was lifted up by Liu Mang. This made Sun Qian even more gloomy. Could it be that the King Of Shu would not even leave his corpse intact?
If that was really the case, Sun Qian was also very helpless. After all, he was a fish on the chopping block.
"Who said that I want to kill you!" “
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