I am not a counselor, I am trying to survive in the late Han Dynasty

Chapter 12 Xu Shu’s approach
Xu Shu let his hair down, slowly took out the dagger Cheng Yu gave him, narrowed his eyes calmly, and stepped firmly on the boat.

Guan Hai looked at Xu Shu with a smile, twirled his messy beard with his left hand, and said softly:
"How did Yuan Zhi know that I would watch and let you do it?"

The surrounding Yellow Turban Army shouted in unison, the momentum was overwhelming, everyone's expression was pale, only Xu Shu's expression was still quite relaxed.

"The commander-in-chief doesn't know how to detect Cheng Yu's incoming attack at night. If I were to use troops, I would lead an army to ambush halfway and attack Cheng Yu head-on.

If you think you are losing, you should also ambush a troop and let Cheng Yu take the lead and attack its baggage.

Cheng Yu was quite vigilant along the way, just to be on guard against strong men ambushing him along the way, but he didn't expect that Guan Shuai actually thought of abandoning the ship to lure the enemy. Obviously Guan Shuai didn't want to fight the enemy for fear of damaging his subordinates.

If my magic doesn't work, I'll jump into the cold pond and feed the fish myself, how about not bothering the boss to do it? "

Guan Hai's eyes suddenly opened wide, he looked at Xu Shu carefully for a long time, and nodded gently:
"Not bad, good eyesight."

Guan Hai lost an arm in the battle to attack Beihai, and his energy was not as good as before. He had long lost his ambition to fight for supremacy. He just wanted to be a bandit and lead his loyal men to live out his remaining years in peace. He was afraid that his men would be damaged. one.

Husband war, courage also.

Guan Hai was so careful, so naturally the yellow scarf under his command could not be said to have the courage to move forward.

But Liangshan was their foundation. There was an invasion, but they couldn't do it without fighting. They didn't dare to ambush Cheng Yu on land, for fear of being killed by Cao's army like before, so they had to come up with an idea to lure Cheng Yu to take a fishing boat to attack the mountain. The fishing boat was scuttled and Cheng Yu's entire army was wiped out.

But they didn't expect that it wasn't Cheng Yu who came, but Xu Shu.

Xu Shu's boats were all filled with grain, which was more valuable than anything else at the moment. Guan Hai thought for a long time and decided to send people to surround him, trying his best to scare the prey to death with intimidation, and then win calmly.

But Xu Shu was very courageous and managed to remain calm in this difficult situation.

His so-called "magic" also gave his soldiers the last hope. If Guan Hai attacked at this moment, his men would not be unscathed. Even if they fell into the water, catching the cold in this season would be fatal.

Therefore, Guan Hai did not choose to attack by force. He wanted Xu Shu to perform his clumsy spell in public. If it failed, the last straw for his subordinates would be gone, and another attack would be half the result with half the effort.

only……

Guan Hai himself is the commander of the Yellow Turban Army. Of course he does not believe that there is any real magic in this world, otherwise hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans would not have been wiped out by Cao Cao with such a small number of people.

But Xu Shu had seen through his plan from beginning to end, so why was he still so calm and composed.

Is he just a lunatic?
"I have little knowledge, please ask Yuan Zhi to perform the trick to open my eyes."

Xu Shu nodded and said:
"Okay, but... my spell is extremely effective. I'm afraid that Guan Shuai won't accept it. I have to say that I can't stand the bumps in the water and fall down. I also ask Guan Shuai to sit down first."

Guan Hai started to sweat slightly on his forehead.

what happened?

This Xu Shu said has a nose and eyes, is there really something different about it?

"Okay, I'll sit down!"

Guan Hai sat cross-legged and sneered:

"I want to see what kind of magic Yuan Zhi has to make this old man kowtow to you!"

Xu Shu sneered and said:
"Okay, then please take care of me."

He held the dagger and gestured in the air. Several yellow scarves around Guan Hai immediately stepped forward to protect him, but Xu Shu slowly squatted down and lightly scratched the sack on the boat.

Puff.

The sack opened in response, and the golden wheat grains flowed out gently like a trickle.

Xu Shu held up a handful of wheat, and everyone suddenly became nervous. In a moment, more than 800 people from both sides of the water cast their eyes over. Looking at the golden wheat, their hearts were in their throats.

Xu Shu put the handful of wheat in the palm of his hand and showed it to everyone, and said in a cold and gentle voice:
"Gentlemen, what a good wheat. When was the last time I ate such good wheat?"

Guan Hai's Adam's apple moved. Looking at the golden grains of wheat in Xu Shu's palm, an unspeakable bitterness arose in his heart.

What beautiful wheat.

The wheat grains are golden in color and plump, and you can smell a sweet smell just by looking at them. If they are boiled in water and eaten with these fish and shrimps, it must be a rare delicacy in the world.

Guan Hai had seen the last afterglow of the great man.

In those years, he was just an honest farmer, working hard with his face on the loess and back to the sky, enduring all kinds of exorbitant taxes and corvee, devoutly looking forward to the harvest of the farmers in the fields, and living a poor and boring life.

In his memory, he often complained about the hard life, but at that time, he did not know that a few years later, the Han Dynasty would collapse and the world would become like this. He, who was once an honest man, had to hold up the hoe for cultivating the land and was forced to fight against this man-eating man. of the world.

After the defeat of Beihai, he took a few loyal brothers to hide in the water and make a living by fishing. In the past few years, wars and natural disasters have continued. Cao Cao and Lu Bu have continued to use troops. The world has become a mess. He has really not seen this for a long time. Good wheat now.

Everyone in the Yellow Turbans also widened their eyes and looked at Xiaomai with a pious look on his face.

One more step, one more step and we can get this wheat.

Since the beginning of winter, the food stored in the village is no longer enough for five days. The wives, children, old and weak have tried their best to give them what they can eat to the young and strong, but even so, they are still hungry and skinny. Xu Shu's former soldiers of Cao's army have already counted. Although he was thin, he was physically strong compared to them. That's why Guan Hai didn't dare to ambush him halfway before, so he could only think of a way to lure the enemy into a pool of water and annihilate them.

The same was true for the soldiers of Cao's army who escaped with Xu Shu.

They were also from the Yellow Turban Army, and their life experiences and pain were no different from those of Guan Hai's men.

For many years, they have been living in a muddleheaded world. When they followed the Yellow Turbans, they robbed and killed people everywhere. When they followed Cao Cao, they were forced to raise their swords and fight in muddleheaded ways for rewards and food.This plump wheat will never be seen again after winter.

Because Cheng Yu wanted to ensure that the 6000 people in Zhu Ling's third battalion were fed first. If they had even the slightest complaint, they would immediately become the meal for their colleagues.

After finally escaping from this hellish Cao camp, he faced a desperate situation in the water.

At this moment, seeing the delicious food they dreamed of being held in Xu Shu's palm like this, everyone felt that their hearts had been pinched hard and they were having difficulty breathing in pain.

For a moment, everyone had mixed feelings.

I saw the corners of Xu Shu's mouth slowly opening, and the expression on his face had begun to become a bit ferocious.

"We risked our lives to snatch these wheat from Cheng Yu. Guan Shuai, do you want it?"

Guan Hai heard Xu Shu's sarcasm and wanted to retort, but looking at the crazy expression on Xu Shu's face, he frowned and swallowed his words.

When Guan Hai didn't answer, the expression on Xu Shu's face became even more crazy. He clenched his hands into fists and let the wheat fall from the cracks of his fists, clattering onto the boat.

“In this troubled world, people are in trouble, and all you want is to eat enough and survive.

If this is not possible, then what else should I do? "

He suddenly raised his hand. The guards around Guan Hai thought that Xu Shu was going to launch some hidden weapon and blocked Guan Hai again. But what Xu Shu raised was just a golden rain of wheat, which fell on the faces of those men. , the beating shocked them all.

This……

In all their years of life, they had never thought that someone would use this precious food as a hidden weapon.

But they saw it today.

Wheat grains flew around, falling on the boat and into the water along their bodies. Many fish gathered around and sucked greedily. The men stared blankly, feeling as if their hearts were being torn violently by a big hand.

Xu Shu's expression was already frighteningly cold. He was like a resentful spirit, staring at Guan Hai's body fiercely, and his laughter was cold and particularly frightening:
"If you don't give us a way to survive, we'll feed all the good food to the fish and we won't give you anything!"

As he said that, Xu Shu flew up and kicked the sack hard. The torn sack tilted and a large amount of wheat grains spilled out and fell into the water. Everyone was shocked, but Xu He reacted and also He pierced a sack of wheat with his sword and roared:
"If we are not allowed to live, we will feed all the wheat to the fish and not give any to you!"

The generals of Xu Shu's army also felt that this was the last resort for them to survive. They drew their swords and pointed at the sacks on the boat. As long as Xu Shu gave the order, at worst, they would feed all the wheat to the fish!

If their threats were completely useless on land, the Yellow Turban thieves would have no problem sweeping up the grains of wheat before disposing of them.

But this is water.

If the ears of wheat are sown, even if the water reaches the sky, they will never be able to be collected again.

Guan Hai finally changed his color at this moment and said hurriedly:
"There is something to say!"

At first, the Yellow Turban Army just wanted to repel Cheng Yu's attack. When Xu Shu came, many people thought that the sacks on their ship were filled with thatch.

Seeing that these were just grains of wheat, their hearts were in confusion.

Killing is not the purpose, the purpose is to get food, Xu Shu's army going up the mountain is not the purpose, the purpose is to find a place to eat and survive.

Under the pressure of survival, these soldiers who were previously submissive and huddled in fear turned into bloodthirsty monsters one by one under the stimulation of golden wheat grains.

We risked our lives to get these grains from that man-eating demon Cheng Yu!
Want to eat?

Take your life!
The merchants that Guan Hai kidnapped before knew that they would die, but they could not muster the courage to resist. They could only keep begging for mercy and watched as Guan Hai snatched away all their goods and then pushed them into the water to feed the fish.

He thought it would be the same today.

But seeing the men with red eyes holding steel knives in their hands, facing the cold wind and making desperate gestures, Guan Hai fell into meditation for a long time.

Attack?
We will definitely win through a strong attack, but I am afraid that most of my subordinates will be killed by these madmen, and they will not be able to grab a grain of food.

It's not worthwhile, but if we don't attack by force...

While Guan Hai was still calculating, Xu Shu's slightly crazy voice sounded again.

"Guan Shuai, how many days can the food in Gongshan last?"

"What does it have to do with Yuan Zhi?" Guan Hai said in a loud voice.

Xu Shu raised the corner of his mouth slightly:

"The commander-in-chief killed all of us today and stole all the army rations. How can we survive the winter in the mountains?"

Obviously, of course not...

It was October now, and the cold winter had just begun. Even if we robbed all the food on Xu Shu's ship, it would only be enough for everyone in the village to eat for a month at most. The midwinter and early spring after that would be equally difficult.

Xu Shu saw that Guan Hai was silent and already knew the answer. He laughed:
"I have a way to keep Shuai's entire army through the winter without starving to death."

Guan Hai's eyes widened suddenly. Although this was unbelievable, Guan Hai couldn't help blurting out:

"any solution?"

Xu Shu smiled and said:
"It's easy to say - Guan Shuai just needs to kneel down and kowtow to apologize, and I will tell you what to say!"

(End of this chapter)