Shangtai.

The day's fierce battle had just come to an end, and there were corpses and blood stains everywhere in Shangtai City, and the soldiers of the Wei army and the soldiers of the Shu army who had just died fell together, and some of them still maintained the state of fighting each other before they died. They may be strangers who don't know each other, or maybe they were once fellow villagers, but now they all fall together for the so-called righteousness that has nothing to do with them.

Zhuge Liang has besieged the city for 100 days, but the Wei army in the city has no meaning of surrendering, maybe there is, but they are all suppressed by Guo Huai. Seeing that the enemy was so tenacious, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to forcibly attack the city. Of course, there is a shortage of food in the city, and his food is not abundant, and the wheat in Shangtai was burned by the Wei cavalry a lot, which seriously affected his military food supply, and after three months, whether it was the military food brought or the wheat harvested, it was almost exhausted, and he could only arrange for Wu Yi who stayed in Hanzhong to transport another batch of grain.

Thousands of miles without transporting grain. It is more than 600 miles from the camp in Hanzhong to here, and although there is a long section of waterway, which reduces a lot of consumption, the difficulty of transporting grain still cannot be ignored. What's more, Hanzhong has limited grain stocks.

The common sense of the soldiers, no longer registered, and the grain is not three years, because the consumption of transportation is too large, so every general will find a way to meet the enemy because of the grain. Zhuge Liang rushed to send troops before the autumn harvest, the purpose was to harvest the wheat in Shangtai. If we can grab all the wheat in Shangtai, we can greatly reduce the burden of transporting grain.

Most of his jihua came true, with only two minor surprises. First, the cavalry of the Wei army cruising outside the city resorted to the ruthless trick of burning jade and stones, desperately starving themselves, and setting fire to wheat. The second is that Zhuge Liang underestimated the will of the Wei army in Shangqi City, and after a hundred days, they still had no intention of surrendering, and there was not even a sign of loosening.

Next, there is only one way to storm it. It takes time to storm and more food. Zhuge Liang had to change the original jihua and transport grain from Hanzhong again. He knew very well that the storage of grain in Hanzhong was also limited. Two more shipments, and there will be no food to transport. If it is transshipped from Chengdu, even if there is food, it will be too late.

This is still accepting Wei Ba's suggestion. Changed the original combat jihua and postponed the result of sending troops for half a year. If troops had been sent at the beginning of the year, then Hanzhong would have fewer grain reserves. He must withdraw his troops now, or risk running out of food. stayed in Hanzhong for half a year, planted a season, not only waited for the big haode fighter, but also increased his grain harvest by one season. When this is translated, it gives him at least three more months.

These are all the credits of Wei Ba. As soon as he thought of this, Zhuge Liang's heart was a little uneasy.

It has been three months since Wei Ba's father and son entered Guanzhong. They held the eastern defense line of Guanzhong, blocked more than 100,000 Wei troops east of Guanzhong, realized the strategic concept, and bought him time. However, the cost is staggering. To face the onslaught of more than 100,000 Wei troops, their casualties were certainly not small, and their casualties would increase every day they defended. In addition to these casualties, what made Zhuge Liang even more uneasy was Wei Ba's actions in Guanzhong.

Wei Ba recruited troops in Guanzhong, and at first said that he would recruit 10,000 to 15,000 soldiers, but now it seems that he recruited at least 30,000 soldiers, and maybe even 50,000. Those Hanzhong people who were forcibly relocated to Guanzhong by Cao Cao were all gathered under the banner of Wei Ba, and he now even has the identity of the Guanzhong District Zhitou Great Sacrificial Wine in the Heavenly Master Dao. Because of this status, he almost controls nearly half of the population of Guanzhong.

Wei Ba had more men, and his hopes of holding Guanzhong were greatly increased, but the rapid growth of his strength also brought new destabilizing factors to the Shu Han regime. Zhuge Liang knew very well that Wei Ba was such a cautious person to make such a move, not only because the situation was compelling, he was expressing his anger, the anger of being deceived by him.

This is not the situation that Zhuge Liang wants to see.

The internal contradictions are still secondary, Zhuge Liang believes that even if Wei Ba is angry, he will not let the Wei army enter Guanzhong, on the contrary, he will guard Guanzhong more carefully. At least from this point of view, it is good for the situation as a whole at the moment.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang is not most concerned about Wei Ba now, but how to conquer Shangtai City.

During the siege, Zhuge Liang was not idle, and he built a large number of siege equipment, including thunderbolts and repeaters. These thunderbolts and repeaters are basically similar to those used by Wei Ba, because they were originally offered by Wei Ba. Wei Ba suggested that when he waited patiently for the fighter plane, he offered three suggestions at the same time: first, increase grain reserves in Tuntian, Hanzhong; First, it is necessary to step up military training and intensify the training of those newly recruited soldiers to increase their combat effectiveness. One of Zuihou is to build these new types of ordnance.

Zhuge Liang himself has good attainments in machinery, and he readily agreed to these suggestions provided by Wei Ba and adopted them one by one. Even the repair of the plank road in the valley adopted Wei Ba's suggestion, which greatly improved the speed of repair, so that Zhao Yun could rush to Guanzhong in time. Now, he used these ordnance to siege the city, which caused great pressure on Shangtai City.

It's a pity that these pressures are still not big enough, and Guo Huai in the city is also not easy to match, he has enough troops to guard Shangqi City very tightly, and he did not leave Zhuge Liang a chance.

The two sides can only fight hard, fight for troops, fight for food, fight for morale, and fight for all kinds of techniques and tactics.

Compared with Guo Huailai in the city, although Zhuge Liang was anxious, he was more confident. As long as Guanzhong is still in the hands of Wei Ba, Cao Wei's reinforcements cannot arrive, and Guo Huai's collapse is a matter of time. He can boost morale, but he doesn't have enough food, and even if he eats people, he won't last long.

Without food, will he be able to hold on?

Both sides are at an impasse, and relatively speaking, Zhuge Liang's situation is better.

Of course, this is good, and to a certain extent, in fact, both sides have reached the most difficult time. At this time, it depends on who can persevere to the end.

Zhuge Liang sighed and stood up from the command platform. The day's fighting was over, and he was to withdraw to the camp to rest. As the sun sets, the soldiers are regrouping, but this time not to attack again, but to retreat.

One by one, the barracks of the array withdrew to the main camp, in an orderly and orderly manner. After months of fighting, these recruits have grown rapidly and have already shown the rudiments of elite. This is a point that Zhuge Liang is more satisfied with, and he believes that after this battle of Longyou, these tens of thousands of elites will repair the damage caused to Shu Han by the Battle of Yiling to a certain extent.

"Duke Wei, does Wu Yi have any news?" Zhuge Liang walked into the big tent. said to Yang Yi, who followed up.

Yang Yi spread out the account book in his hand: "Prime Minister, the food is already on the way, but." He said that the requisition of new grain was not going well. ”

"It's not going well, what do you mean?" Zhuge Liang looked at Yang Yi puzzled: "Those Hanzhong clans refuse to accept grain?" ”

"It's not that you refuse to pay for food." Yang Yi sighed: "The prescribed grain has been handed over in full. It's just another levy......" He looked at Zhuge Liang and paused. It seems a bit of a dilemma. Zhuge Liang sank his face, and the displeasure in his eyes was very obvious. Yang Yi didn't dare to be perfunctory, so she had to say: "They said." Their food has another use, and it has been sent to Guanzhong, so ...... There is no surplus grain to sell to us. ”

"Sent to Guanzhong?" Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "Did it give it to Wei Ba?" ”

Yang Yi nodded and did not speak.

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, then slowly slowed down, and then asked, "Has he checked?" What's going on? ”

Yang Yi's eyes flashed, and he lowered his voice and said: "According to Wu Yi, these things have nothing to do with Wei Ba, it was those Hanzhong clans who took the initiative to send people and food to Guanzhong. It is necessary to help Wei Ba stick to Guanzhong. However, this matter was not a trivial matter, and it took at least two or three months from the beginning of the movement to the completion of the trip, and it stands to reason that he could not have been unaware of it in advance. Those in Hanzhong are all under our surveillance. ”

Zhuge Liang glanced at Yang Yi and was silent. He heard what Yang Yi meant. Yang Yi not only alluded to Wei Ba uniting those Hanzhong clans, but also pointed the finger at Wu Yi. He believed that Wu Yi was conniving at those Hanzhong clans and supporting Wei Ba with inaction.

It can't be said that this is impossible, but thinking so without evidence, Yang Yi's intention to plant the false accusation is even more obvious.

"Duke Wei, Wu Yi is the brother of the Empress Dowager, and his loyalty to the court is impeccable."

Yang Yi's heart was cold, and he hurriedly nodded and said, "Prime Minister, my subordinates don't have any suspicions about General Wu, but they ...... These Hanzhong people are also too much. They should know that the prime minister needs food more here......"

"Guanzhong also needs food, Wei Yan and them hold Guanzhong, so we have enough time to conquer Longyou."

“…… Well, what the Prime Minister said is very true. Yang Yi saw that Zhuge Liang's face was not good, and quickly stopped talking. This kind of sowing discord can only be pointed, and it is not beautiful to say it too explicitly. He believed that Zhuge Liang's jealousy of the Wei family's father and son was not weaker than him.

"How long will we be able to sustain our food?"

"Half a month." As soon as he talked about his duty, Yang Yi immediately became energetic, he pointed to the number on the account book, explained one by one, and Zuihou comforted Zhuge Liang and said: "Prime Minister, please rest assured, the second batch of grain and grass is on the way, and it will arrive in ten days at most, and it will definitely be connected." In addition, I suggest sending people to Longyou to collect grain, and the wheat harvest in the Hehuang area is good this year. ”

Zhuge Liang sighed. He also knew that the wheat harvest in the Hehuang area was good. But he didn't want to go to the grain requisition, because he had just obtained Longyou, and before he fully mastered Longyou, he couldn't treat them too harshly, otherwise it would be very easy to cause turmoil in people's hearts. The reason why the three counties of Longyou are willing to surrender to him, on the one hand, has the role of military might, and another more important reason is that the people of Longyou do not obey Cao Wei, a few years ago, there was just a big rebellion here, although it was pacified by Cao Wei, but the people's hearts are still confused, so as soon as he comes out, Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding will respond immediately. If he is like Cao Wei, it is difficult to guarantee that those unruly Yongliang clans will not rise up against him.

However, now that the situation is urgent, it seems that it will be difficult to sustain too long without levying food.

Just when Zhuge Liang weighed the pros and cons, Ma Dai hurriedly walked in. His face was covered with dust, and his eyes were a little flustered.

"Prime Minister, Cao Wei's reinforcements have arrived."

With a "snap", the account book in Yang Yi's hand fell to the ground.

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The monthly pass is rising, and there are more flies in the book review area, and Lao Zhuang really can't expect too much from some people's self-knowledge. (To be continued.) )