As the saying goes, it is better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. If Zhang Zhao doesn't say this, Li Chen's civil servants are like clouds and fierce generals are like rain. Even if Zhang Zhao, Gu Yong and others defect to Li Chen, they may not be able to be reused.

It is a last resort to joining Qin. Since there is still a choice now, it is natural to help Sun Ce defend Dongwu.

Now, under the command of Zhuge Liang, the entire Eastern Wu was like an extremely precise one, turning around. From top to bottom, the Eastern Wu was working hard to resist Qin.

Chanling City.

Above the city wall.

At this time, Deputy Governor Cheng Pu was staring at a pair of dark circles and patrolling the city walls with soldiers.

Since Zhou Yu fell ill, the entire defense of Chanling City has been under the shoulders of veteran Cheng Pu.

You know, not only is the morale of Chanling City now deteriorating, but there is also a shortage of food and grass. These days, the porridge the soldiers ate can already show the figures.

"Mr. Zhuge, when will it come?" Cheng Pu sighed in his heart.

Cheng Pu knew how much he had. If he was allowed to charge into battle, he would be fine. However, if he wanted to command hundreds of thousands of troops to plan, Cheng Pu would not be able to command him.

Although he knew that he was not good, Zhou Yu was ill on the bed now, and Cheng Pu did not carry this burden, so who could carry this burden? Now, Cheng Pu only hopes that before the arrival of the military advisor Zhuge, the Qin army will not attack.

"Ka, da, da."

Cheng Pu was taking his soldiers to patrol the city walls, and a sound of footsteps came, and Zhou Tai ran over hurriedly.

"Deputy Governor, report important things." Zhou Tai said to Cheng Pu, which seemed to be inconvenient to say this on the city wall.

Cheng Pu was also a shrewd person, so he naturally understood what Zhou Tai meant. He quickly ordered the deputy general to inspect the city defense and followed Zhou Tai down the city wall.

After the two of them got off the city wall, they came to a secluded place. Zhou Tai then said to Cheng Pu: "Deputy Governor, the grain manager comes to report. Even if we eat so much, our food and grass will last for up to three days."

"And, many soldiers have begun to discuss now. If this continues, there will be trouble."

When Cheng Pu heard this, his heart sank. It was just that it was raining all night.

"Let's go, go to the warehouse first to take a look." Cheng Pu said to Zhou Tai.

Cheng Pu and Zhou Tai came to the warehouse to count the food and grass. When they saw it, they almost cried. Now, the warehouses and wells in Chanling City are empty, so where is there any food?

Even in the warehouse in Chanling City, mice will cry when they come.

"Where is the grain manager?"

"I'll ask you, how many more days can you last if you slaughter the military horse?" Cheng Pu called the grain management officer and asked at him.

"Deputy Governor, we are soldiers guarding the city. No ordinary soldiers have horses, only generals have horses?"

"Are you killing this?" the grain manager asked hesitantly.

Dongwu originally had few horses, so there were only horses with their own generals. This horse that killed generals and officials did not dare to say much about a small grain-manager.

"At this time, human life is more expensive than horse life. Not to mention generals, even my horse, should I kill my horse?" Cheng Pu said firmly.

"Deputy Governor, if you kill them all."

"Then you can hold on for about three more days." The grain manager thought about it in his mind. This horse meat, horse bones and even horse skin could be eaten. After holding on for three days, the problem should not be big.

"Then eat food first. If the food is gone, kill the horse to satisfy your hunger." Cheng Pu decisively gave the order.

After leaving the warehouse, Cheng Pu ordered Zhou Tai: "Send the scout quickly to see where Mr. Zhuge is. In addition, tell Mr. Zhuge that there is a shortage of food in the city, and ask Mr. Zhuge to think of a solution."

Cheng Pu was getting more and more anxious at this time. Killing horses was already the last step. If it was time to kill horses for the soldiers to eat, these soldiers were not fools. They would definitely be able to detect that the city had run out of ammunition and food. By then, the morale of the army in the city would inevitably be even more disintegrating.

Cheng Pu was anxious. Now that the water in Chanling City was too deep, he was about to lose control. He had to change it to Zhuge Liang to grasp it.

After receiving Cheng Pu's order, Zhou Tai quickly sent a team of scouts to deliver a letter to Zhuge Liang. At this time, Zhuge Liang was taking three thousand iron armored light cavalry to Chanling City.

"Report, Mr. Zhuge, and the veteran General Cheng Pu sent someone to send an urgent military information."

On the road to Chanling, a rapid voice came, and the front army exploring the way came to report the news.

"Hurry, give me the military information." Zhuge Liang asked hurriedly.

At this time, Zhuge Liang was also eager to get news about Chanling City. Only by getting the specific situation of Chanling could Zhuge Liang adapt to the situation.

The soldier handed the information in his hand to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang opened the information and looked at it. His face suddenly changed drastically. His face was so gloomy that it could drip into water.

Cheng Pu was in charge of Zhuge Liang's request for food, which made Zhuge Liang very embarrassed. Now that time is urgent, Zhuge Liang is coming in a very hurry. He only brought three thousand light cavalrymen, and there was any food and grass there.

Seeing what Cheng Puxin said, the city of Chanling had planned to slaughter horses for food, Zhuge Liang thought that even if they were slaughtered by these three thousand horses, it would not be enough for hundreds of thousands of people in the city to eat.

For food, we must find a way to solve the food crisis in Chanling City. Otherwise, even if Zhuge Liang arrived in Chanling City, Chanling City would not be able to defend without food.

While preparing food and grass for Chanling City, we cannot delay our speed to Chanling City. This is also a big problem for Zhuge Liang.

However, Zhuge Liang was Zhuge Liang after all, and the famous people among the Three Kingdoms were naturally a little anxious and wise. Not long after, Zhuge Liang thought of a brilliant plan.

Zhuge Liang rushed to Chanling City with three thousand light cavalry. When there were five or six county towns away from Chanling City, he stopped the team.

"Ding Feng, Xu Sheng, you two each led a thousand soldiers and horses to search for food and grass along the way. In any case, the food and grass can only be more, not less." Zhuge Liang ordered.

Zhuge Liang said that it was searching for food and grass, but in fact it was to plunder food and grass. If you were talking more directly, it was to rob food and grass.

At this time, the government's grain reserves had long been recruited. There was still food there, that is, the grain merchants and wealthy households in the city, and there were some food in the homes of ordinary people.

At this time, there is no need to care about military discipline or military discipline. The soldiers are about to starve to death, so how can they still control the military discipline or not?

Zai said that during the court discussions at the Wu Palace a few days ago, the 72 counties including Chanling had made up their minds to give them to the Qin army. Since this place is sooner or later, Zhuge Liang would not care about the lives and deaths of these ordinary people.
Chapter completed!