The so-called "peeking leopard in the tube, you can see it". In ancient times, when the two armies were at war, in addition to negotiating with each other, they also had the meaning of using the name of the envoy to investigate the truth. And Luo Xi's mission this time has achieved the role of a spy very well.

"The former general, although the lower officer was blindfolded and entered the Jin army camp. But all I could hear was the groans of wounded soldiers and the buzzing of locusts. The morale in the Jin army camp must be extremely low. ”

Yes, the locust plague in the shaking pass has no tendency to abate at this time. And with the scattered grain, weeds were gnawed away. Locust swarms are increasingly concentrated in areas where there is food. And the two armies that are fighting near Yixian County at this moment have naturally become the areas that the locust swarm focuses on.

Guan Yi's side is relatively fine, although as an agricultural student, Guan Yi only knew how to use pesticides but did not know how to make pesticides before he crossed. But after all, he is an agricultural student and knows how to use the food chain to restrain locusts. Chickens and ducks eat locusts quite well, not much to say, Guan Yi consciously asked the logistics troops in Hanzhong not to destroy the spider eggs attached to the hay poles when transporting hay. So now in the two cities of Yixian and Anguo, in addition to chickens and ducks eating happily, spiders have also been greatly prosperous.

In addition, Guan Yi's soldiers were mainly from Yizhou. Due to the shelter of the Qinling Mountains, the locust swarm in Guanzhong never affected Yizhou. Therefore, the soldiers in Yizhou did not have a fear of locusts, and after all, the Han army was trapped in a lonely city and had lost its food source. Eat a little less food here. In terms of whether to let the messenger of the locust god live or live themselves, the choice of the Han soldiers became very easy and firm.

Although locusts are lower creatures, as long as they are creatures, survival is instinct. Since there were heavy losses on the side of the Han army, everyone naturally gathered towards the camp of the Jin army.

The locust swarm gathered in the camp of the Jin army, in addition to causing the morale of the local soldiers in Guanzhong to be low and the morale of the army to be scattered. Even the Jin army from the Kanto region could not muster up the spirit to cull the locusts.

The reason for this is that whether it is Guanzhong or the North China Plain, it has been an area with a high incidence of locust plagues since ancient times. The people here have a natural fear of locust swarms. It is believed that these things are the messengers of the locust gods, and they cannot be killed or killed. Besides, after all, the Jin army is backed by the rich eight states of Kwantung, and there is no food here, and the rear will also be sent in a steady stream, so although the soldiers of the Jin army camp are under the strict order of Shibao, the locusts are exterminated. But in fact, it is mainly driven away, and there are very few cullings.

As a result, the daily food loss in the Jin army camp was at least twice as high as normal.

Not only that, in addition to the excessive consumption of food and grass with the army. Due to the ravages of the locust plague, the loss of the Jin army's grain during the transshipment was unprecedentedly higher than that of Shu Han!

On the Guan Yi side, due to the completion of the zipline laying in the valley of Micang Mountain, most of the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains has also been completed. Therefore, in the past, Chengdu's grain was transported to Longxi or Guanzhong, and the high proportion of 70 percent and a half had to be lost has dropped to more than 20 percent and less than 30 percent. And what about the Jin army's side? In the past, only 5 percent of Luoyang's grain was lost along the way to Chang'an, and 1 percent was at most 1 percent from Chang'an to Yixian. But now this trip, due to the continuous gathering of locusts, its loss has reached an astonishing thirty and a half percent!

Li Mubu, who was responsible for transporting grain and grass between Chang'an and Yixian, found that although they were desperately culling locusts along the way despite the huge fear of the locust god. However, more than 17,000 stones of grain and grass were gnawed off by locusts during the three-day transit. According to the amount of loss given to them by Shibao in advance, even if they handed over all the heads, they would not be able to afford to pay for it.

In the end, Shi Bao still didn't take it completely seriously, but just let Li Mu hand over ten heads and come out. Even so, Li Mu also said that this job can't be done!

"Da Sima, the team sent by our army to collect the soldiers who died yesterday has returned. A total of 8,200 bodies and more than 2,700 wounded soldiers were brought back. Most of the wounded soldiers were missing hands and feet or were delirious, and it was basically impossible to fight again. ”

"So, seven or eight thousand people have deserted?"

"Uh...... Think so! ”

"Humph! Go to Weibei to transfer some of the commanders, commanders, and military officers of the Central Army, and then let them identify the bodies. The deserters were then counted on the basis of the general list of dead and missing. Verify one, and let our cavalry raid their homes! ”

"Whoa!"

Looking at the low-level officers who hurriedly left the big tent, Shi Chong said to Shi Bao: "Father, will this make the morale of our army even more unstable?" ”

"Hey, Qi Nuer, doing this, of course, will make the army's morale even more unstable. But what if you don't? ”

“…… Uh, there will be more deserters. Even the soldiers with the Kanto region will be disheartened. ”

"Yes, chasing and killing deserters just completely lost the military spirit of Guan Zhongbing. The morale of the Chinese army and the Kwantung soldiers can still be preserved. If you don't do this, sooner or later, the whole army will collapse. ”

"But father, in this way, the hearts of the people in Guanzhong will not be in my Dajin."

"How can a father not know." Shi Bao's eyes kept wandering, and after confirming that there was no one else around the big tent, he lowered his voice and said to Shi Chong: "The country is unfortunate that such an indecisive emperor who also reuses relatives has been put on the table. If he had sent me or Chen Xiuyuan to preside over the place three years ago when Wei and Jin had just entered the Chan Dynasty, how could this war situation be so corrupted? Not to mention three years, it was last year, after receiving the news that Xishu had entered the Kou, he immediately used me, Jiang Wei can easily take Longxi? Ay...... Now Longxi and Liangzhou are completely lost, and I don't know what year or month I want to get it back. The only chance for our army is to capture Guan Zifeng here. Although the country will be very good when the Western Shu is in power, their ministers can never be hereditary. So as soon as this son dies, Xishu will be in chaos! That's when we have the opportunity to fight back. ”

"But Father, ...... now"

"Yes, the locust plague is getting worse and worse. The summer locusts are almost gone, but it won't be long before there will be more autumn locusts. At that time, the Kanto side may also be affected. The hearts of the people in Guanzhong are gradually drifting away, not only that, but even the families here have begun to centrifuge us....... so if it is not good, we will not only lose Liangzhou and Longxi. Even the customs are going to be lost! As soon as Guanzhong is lost, Luoyang will become a border, and the country will be in danger! ”

"So no matter how hard it is, my father has to persist here?"

"Yes. Yesterday's large-scale siege of the city can be regarded as an explanation for the emperor of Luoyang. Next, I can only learn Sima Wang, and besiege Guan Zifeng under the two cities of Yixian County. There are only four ways in which the situation evolves. ”

"The child is dull, please let the father show it."

"Well, first, the one in Luoyang, under the persuasion of Pei Jiyan and Jia Gonglu, gritted his teeth and insisted, and kept giving blood transfusions to Guanzhong. With the country's much stronger national strength than Xishu, it took a year or two to consume Guan Zifeng. In this way, Guanzhong is worry-free, and Xishu is in civil strife. ”

"Second, the country transfused blood to Guanzhong, and Guan Zifeng ran out of food. Jiang Boyue came from Hanzhong to relieve Guan Zifeng. Our army relied on an army of nearly 200,000 to defeat it. In this way, not only Guanzhong is worry-free, but Longxi and Liangzhou can also take advantage of the situation to get it back. If it is done well, Yizhou will also be calmed down. ”

"Third, Jiang Boyu came to relieve Guan Zifeng's siege, and the two sides fought a decisive battle, and our army was defeated. Then it will be lost. But in any case, Tongguan can still be saved. Tongguan was saved, and we kept the hope of fighting back. ”

"Fourth, the emperor of Luoyang is not strong-willed, and Guan Zifeng can't hold on before he starves to death. Or maybe Soochow achieved great results on the Eastern Front and the Central Front. The emperor was forced to order us to withdraw our troops. If this situation arises, Xishu, which has not lost its combat strength, has the spare strength to attack Tongguan with all its might, and as soon as Tongguan is lost, Luoyang will become a border, and the country must move its capital. At that time, it will be time for my Shi family to consider changing masters. ”

"I see, so what does my father think is the most likely situation to happen?"

"Hmm...... For the Father......"

"Report~~~ Urgent! Da Sima, General Guan Chao, who was stationed in the east of the headquarters, came to report that the cavalry of the Shu thieves had attacked the grain team of our army from Chang'an. 100,000 stones of grain and grass, all burned! ”

"Huh?!"

…….

Speaking of which, Guan Yi has released Zhao Yi, Xian Hong, Huangfu Min and others for a long time in advance.

It stands to reason that it is difficult for a cavalry team of tens of thousands of people to hide their traces on the endless Guanzhong Plain, right? It's a pity that the Xianbei and the Huns have been with Guan Yimei for a long time. And the second-class families in Guanzhong are also full of expectations for the improvement of their family personality after Shu Han settled in Yongzhou. In addition, Li Mu's side was already on the fire of Shi Bao. All of the above finally allowed Zhao Yi and others to successfully raid a handful of Di people's transport troops.

The battle was fought strangely: the Shu Han cavalry and the Di infantry, with almost zero casualties on both sides. But all the 100,000 stone of grain that the Di people were responsible for transporting were burned.

How smart is Shibud? He personally rushed to the scene of the incident and watched for a while, and then felt that the world was spinning: there were so many enemy horseshoe prints, it must be a considerable cavalry force. So many cavalry troops had to successfully attack the grain convoy under the siege of more than 200,000 troops on their side. Is it feasible for an alien to release water without perimeter guards? What about the usual supplies of such a large force? Is it possible to do without the support of a local Maison? Such a large army fought with nearly 10,000 grain trucks on its side, and there was not even much blood on the ground.

After such an inference, Shi Bao only felt desolate in his heart: It's over! In Guanzhong, the hearts of the military, the people, the officials, and even the aliens with a huge population base have begun to drift towards the side of Shu Han.