At the meridian pass, when Wei Yan's scouts appeared here, they could already see that the defenders had changed their banners.

With the collapse of Wu Zhen and the Yongliang Army under his headquarters, the situation in Guanzhong became clear in an instant, and the Wei troops everywhere either changed banners to accept the reorganization, or surrendered, waiting for follow-up negotiations and repatriation.

Regarding the blatant act of 'capital enemy' of repatriating the surrendered army and returning to their hometown, Tian Xin let it go once that year, and once let Cao Zhen go in front of Cao Zhang's tomb in Eagle Mountain, and tied Cao Xiu in front of the two armies and released him back as agreed.

The military officials of Wei were generally inclined to believe in Tian Xin's credit.

Faced with a Guanzhong that has been fully taken over by the Beifu soldiers, what else can Wei Yan do?

can only take the army out of the Meridian Valley and join the Beifu soldiers in Shaolingyuan; To the north of Shaoling Plateau is Longshouyuan, which is the land of Tian Xintun's army.

In Shaolingyuan, the Xifu soldiers set up a temporary camp on the north bank of Fanchuan and waited for the supply of materials from the Beifu.

When they arrived here, the Beifu soldiers had already nailed wooden stakes around them to plan the camp for the Xifu soldiers, saving half a day of measurement and calculation. However, the construction of the camp also required the Xifu soldiers to do it themselves, cutting down trees and collecting grass bundles from the surrounding areas.

In charge of receiving the Xifu soldiers, the commander of the Northern Shogunate, Zhou Bai, with his left arm hanging down and his right arm holding a wooden stick, pointed out the surrounding military camp and logistics transportation routes on the map, as well as the precautions for camping.

Wei Yan, Changshi Guo Youzhi, and Sima Fu Wei listened together, Guo Youzhi and Zhou Bai were more familiar, and asked: "Why don't you see Zhao Gongzuo's military camp?" ”

Wei Yan also looked at Zhou Bai, after experiencing the tempering of the Thousand Miles Meridian Road, Wei Yan's face was lean, and his temples and beards grew arbitrarily, looking fierce and rough.

Zhou Bai did not hide it, although it was an unexpected thing for Xifu to participate in the war, but the size of the left army was so large that it could not be concealed if it was moved: "Zhao Gong has led the left army to Liangzhou, and Liangzhou Zhang Ji and You Chu resisted stubbornly. ”

Let Ma Chao go to Liangzhou...... Wei Yan and the three of them glanced at each other, only to feel that things were troublesome.

Ma Chao Liangzhou Mu this position in the first emperor since the establishment of the Han Dynasty King has been canonized, Zhao Gong, Zhijie, Liangzhou Mu, Hussar General, and lead the left army, this is Ma Chao's title, official title full name.

Guo Yu was like a fish in his throat at the same time, and Fu Wei pouted quickly: "Chen Gong arranged it like this, and it is really difficult to understand the general." ”

Zhou Bai just glanced at Fu Wei, turned his head sideways and said to Wei Yan: "General Zhengxi, my father-in-law is planning a new city in Longshouyuan, and it is really difficult to get out. After the camp in Xifu was completed, General Zhengxi was also invited to go to Longshouyuan to meet with my father-in-law. ”

"Okay, Wei has this intention."

Wei Yan got up with Zhou Bai, arched his hand, and watched Zhou Bai board the car and leave.

Not long after Zhou Bai left, Zong Yu rode a fast horse to see Wei Yan, turned over and dismounted to wipe his sweat first, and asked Guo Yuzhi anxiously: "Acting chief, why did Xifu send troops?" ”

Guo Yuzhi went to see Wei Yan, but when he didn't answer, he asked, "Why did Deyan say this?" ”

"Ugh."

Zong pre saluted Wei Yan and said to the three of them: "Wu is brutal, Guanzhong has been in decline for a long time, and now it is even more difficult to support the army. The autumn rain in Nanshan was incessant, and 10 days ago, the auxiliary soldiers and people who transported grain were successively repatriated. Therefore, the army was short of food, so Zhao Gong had to lead his troops west into Tianshui and eat Liangzhou. ”

Seeing the map spread on the grass on one side, Zong Yu hurried over to take a look at it in two steps, and said: "There are 5,000 officials in the Western Mansion, it is really difficult to supply for a long time, I don't know what the plan of the general of Zhengxi is?" ”

Wei Yan's face was unhappy, this was to drive people away, and asked rhetorically: "Does Deyan have any teachings?" ”

"Don't dare."

Zong's expression was really bad, and he had a lot of concerns, and the issue of the army's rations was always a very sensitive matter; Sometimes it can be adjusted very flexibly, and sometimes it can be as much as it should be, and it can't be less than a spoonful of rice.

For example, now, Wei Yan's 5,000 population is also very easy to solve; As long as there is no combat training and preparation, it can be completely broken into pieces, and in the area of Shanglinyuan, they can eat in the wild, whether it is hunting or gathering, and it will not be a problem for a mere 5,000 people to mix until the beginning of spring next year.

But if combat effectiveness is to be maintained, the expenditure on rations is indispensable.

Zong thought about it for a while, and said, "General Zhengxi, the grain reserves in the army can still be used." If there is no more war, it is better for the soldiers to be hungry than to open a warehouse for use. Now only the knights of the three battalions of the guards under Chen Gong have a full meal, and the rest have reduced their rations. If General Zhengxi has other considerations, he can discuss it with Chen Gong in person. ”

He said and looked up at Wei Yan: "It's not that the North Mansion doesn't care for the robe of the West Mansion, but it's really overstretched and weak." ”

Preparing for war and storing grain is a very important thing, and now that there is no war, the sergeants can eat in the field; But if war breaks out, then it is necessary to concentrate on action, and when the time comes, it will either eat food or eat people, and there is no other way. It is better to have the combat effectiveness of the army decay in hunger than to eat the stored grain!

Storing grain is the bottom line, and it is also the confidence to finally counter the enemy; If we eat up the food stock now, and let the enemy know about such an important military situation, then many things will have more negative changes that are difficult to predict.

The choice for Wei Yan and Xifu was very narrow, either the army dispersed and found a way to eat, or obeyed the arrangement, just like Ma Chao ate in Liangzhou, and went to eat in another place.

If you want to be stationed near Chang'an, you also want to eat a full stomach and maintain daily training...... That's basically a dream, and only one-seventh of the officials in the three guards of the Beifu pro-army enjoy this treatment.

Even, Wei Yan couldn't even settle in Chang'an City.

Chang'an City is destined to have no prey around, and there are no ingredients to gather; If Wei Yanru insists on leading the army to Chang'an, he will definitely run out of food.

This is something that cannot be helped, and it is also an objective problem.

War grain reserves are the life and death line of the whole army, and whoever dares to shout to eat the reserve grain will be cut by Tian Xin...... This kind of principled matter cannot be overlooked.

The food problem, for the Jihan Empire, which has no years and no war, has always been a rope hanging around the neck.

Although it has not been tightened yet, no one can get out of this rope noose.

Almost everyone has experienced starvation, but Wei Yan is a little unconvinced: "Where is Gong Chen?" ”

Chen Chengcheng surveyed the Kunming Canal, and now winter wheat is being sown in various fields.

Zong Yu said that he went to see Guo Youzhi and continued: "Before the winter wheat enters the winter, a lot of river water must be irrigated, otherwise it will be difficult to survive the winter. ”

Guo Youzhicai Nanyang has been staying in Beifu for a long time, and naturally knows the wheat planting experiments in various squares in Beifu, wheat has strong adaptability to the climate, and can be sown at any time after spring, and is not as thirsty for water as rice.

The summer climate is warm, and the growing season of wheat is fixed, with early and late sowing...... If you don't pursue extreme replanting and intercropping, it's just one season a year, so you really don't need to care too much about the planting season of wheat.

Therefore, when rice and millet are cut out of production due to natural disasters, wheat is generally replanted as soon as possible to recover and reduce the loss of grain production.

Xifu soldiers in Hanzhong...... It must be mainly planted with rice, and there is a lack of knowledge and understanding of winter wheat.

Wei Yan saw the seriousness of what Zong had said, and his expression was soothing, thinking about this serious problem.

Only by seizing the first place to occupy Chang'an City can their own Xifu soldiers have great value; But now that Guanzhong has been decided, and there is an extreme lack of food, if he is still forced to enter Chang'an, it is not a good thing to wait for him.

If you take control of Chang'an first, and then unite and call on the counties and counties to transport grain to Chang'an; When the Shu brocade in Yizhou arrives, it will be able to trade the grain that depends on it.

But now that there is a shortage of food, and it is all in the hands of Beifu, the Guanzhong clan was killed by Wu Zhen, and many things are in great contrast with the expected situation.

Then again, it was so easy to return to Hanzhong...... So how to explain to the prime minister and the court?

Wei Yan vaguely understood Zong's intention, that is, he made a special trip to tell about the food crisis, hoping that the soldiers of Xifu would take advantage of the situation and not challenge the distribution system of Beifu.

Otherwise, if you bump into it in a daze, Beifu doesn't mind taking the West Mansion to open the knife.

The soldiers of Beifu, who had just annihilated the 100,000 legions of Wu Zhen Yongliang, might not necessarily look at the 5,000 people in Xifu with their eyes.

One is arrogant, the other is ignorant, if they collide with each other and sparks...... It is by no means a situation that the imperial court wants to see.

But Wei Yan always felt that Zong Xin was scaring himself, and Zhou Bai said that Tian Xin was surveying the terrain and planning the new city in Longshouyuan, and now Zong Yu came to say that Tian Xin was surveying the Kunming Canal.

Who's lying?

Wei Yan thought about it and decided to go and see who was lying and what Tian Xin was doing.