Chapter 974: The Situation in Hanzhong

At the banquet just now, Liu Zheng asked Fu Shiren carefully.

Fu Shiren also knows everything and says everything.

He told Liu Zheng some of the information he had without reservation.

For example, now Guan Yu has deployed 65,000 soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, which are part of the previous Xiliang army, as well as the local court soldiers and horses of Sanfu.

It was the people and horses that were originally recruited by the imperial court to deal with the Xiliang rebel army, but after Liu Bei pacified the chaos in Xiliang, these horses were sent here by Liu Bei to deal with Zhang Lu.

Then there is the huge amount of grain and grass that Guan Yu's army needs in Hanzhong.

These grains and grasses were transported little by little through the meridian grain route.

Because of the large number of soldiers and horses, the need for grain and grass is very huge.

The gap is obvious.

Although the transportation of grain and grass has been started long in advance, the supply has always exceeded the supply.

In addition, Liu Bei's subordinates were not rich in grain and grass. The grain and grass of tens of thousands of troops were all pieced together.

Now that it is just in time for spring ploughing, the grain and grass needed by the army are not so easy to gather.

The grain and grass left here in Hanzhong have only been empty for half a month.

More than half a month's worth of grain and grass had to wait for these grain transport teams to come from the direction of Chang'an.

When Liu Zheng learned the news, he always felt that Guan Yu was very bold.

After only half a month's grain and grass, he dared to attack Hanzhong.

You must know that in case there is a slight accident in the process of attacking Hanzhong.

As a result, the grain road is blocked, and it is impossible to transport grain and grass from Chang'an.

That's a deadly crisis.

Tens of thousands of troops had no food to eat in Hanzhong, and in an instant, his army would collapse and disintegrate.

If it were someone else, they would never do such a thing.

That is, Guan Yu's self-confidence is so fantastic, and he has a super high command ability to be able to deter these people below.

The original Liu Zheng didn't know the details of this.

He always thought that Liu Bei had been preparing for more than half a year on the Hanzhong side, and presumably there should be plenty of food and grass and other things.

Even if Guan Yu's grain channel is cut off, at least Guan Yu will not be hurt in a short period of time, and he can hold on for at least two or three months.

But now after hearing Fu Shiren's words, Liu Zheng understands that there is not much time left for Guan Yu.

Now that the grain road is blocked by Liu Zheng, as long as you continue to control the grain road, you will have the right to speak in Meridian Valley in your own hands. Half a month is enough to collapse the tens of thousands of troops under Guan Yu.

Even Liu Zheng didn't need to send Huang Zhong and Gan Ning to take the initiative to attack.

He only needs to keep his soldiers and horses in place for a month.

Watching Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops, civil strife occurred due to the shortage of food and grass, and then gradually collapsed, and after the soldiers and horses were completely lost, Liu Zheng sent his own soldiers and horses to clean up the mess.

So when he heard the news from Fu Shiren's mouth, Liu Zheng was still very happy.

"General Huang Zhong, this time you have brought us good news."

"I thought that if we wanted to seize Hanzhong, we would inevitably have a hard battle with Guan Yu, but now that their grain route has been cut off, we don't need to take the initiative to attack, we just need to wait here for a month and watch Guan Yu's army mess up."

Liu Zheng praised Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong also smiled happily and bowed to Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect that there wasn't much grain and grass around this Guan Yu, but they dared to attack Hanzhong in half a month, and they were really bold!"

Guo Jia, who had not spoken, heard that Huang Zhong and Liu Zheng were already happily planning to celebrate at this time, but he opened his mouth to remind him.

"Your Majesty, General Huang, this matter is not known to be true or not, we should make this decision only after we have been sure carefully!"

"It's hard to say whether Fu Shiren is really taking refuge in us, and the news that comes out of his mouth is also up for debate. However, our army only needs to stick to the Meridian Valley, so that Guan Yu's grain and grass cannot be transported, and we should be able to occupy an advantageous position. ”

Guo Jia is still more cautious and wants Liu Zheng to make all arrangements.

Hearing Guo Jia's reminder, Liu Zheng also nodded immediately.

"What Feng Xiao said is extremely true, now is not the time to celebrate, Huang Zhong, you immediately send people to stick to the Meridian Valley, and be sure to let the Meridian Valley grain road be in the hands of our army!"

"Your Majesty!"

Liu Zheng, Guo Jia, and Huang Zhong briefly discussed the next plan in the camp, and then immediately went down to make arrangements.

Anyway, Liu Zheng would not send the soldiers and horses in his hands to take the initiative to deal with Guan Yu.

Don't make senseless sacrifices, just wait for Guan Yu's soldiers and horses to mess up.

When the time comes, just clean up the mess.

It was Huang Zhong who cut off Fu Shiren's grain route and plundered their grain and grass.

The news also reached Guan Yu's camp.

Although Huang Zhong and others did not leave a living mouth.

However, according to the scheduled time, Fu Shiren should arrive at Guan Yu's Chenggu County on the third day.

When it came to the appointed time, I didn't see Fu Shiren coming here with the grain transportation team.

Guan Yu naturally understood that something must have happened to Fu Shiren.

Then send some spies in the direction of the Meridian Valley.

It doesn't take much effort to find out what happened in Meridian Valley.

After all, as soon as their spies arrived at Meridian, they would be killed by the men and horses left here by Huang Zhong.

The spies are missing, and the Guan Yu army in Chenggu County is naturally clear.

At this time, the camp of Guan Yu Army in Chenggu County.

Jian Yong was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

What happened in Meridian Valley, Jian Yong already understood.

He had already roughly guessed from the news sent back by the spies that Fu Shiren should have been captured by Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses.

The Meridian Grain Road is now also noticed by Liu Zheng's men.

This grain transportation channel from Chang'an to Chenggu County is afraid that it will no longer be used by Guan Yujun's army from today.

The grain and grass transported by Fu Shiren was lost, and this matter was relatively small. But once the Meridian Grain Road is controlled by Liu Zheng, this matter will be very involved.

On the one hand, Liu Zheng can control the trail from Hanzhong to Chang'an.

On the other hand, Liu Zheng is now choking the throat of Guan Yu's army.

So that Guan Yu's army did not have enough food and grass to be replenished in a short period of time.

This matter is still unclear to Guan Yu.

If Guan Yu knew the situation that their tens of thousands of troops were facing now, I was afraid that this matter would be even worse. Guan Yu, who can't bear it, may make some irrational moves.

This is what Jian Yong is worried about.

"Where's General Guan?"

Jian Yong asked the guards beside him.

Although this incident may make Guan Yu lose his cool, Guan Yu is the main general here in Hanzhong after all, and this matter will have to be notified to him sooner or later.