The military camp of the northern Sichuan army, in the tent of the Chinese army.

Mu Heng had long since lost the wisdom bead in his past, the clouds were light and the wind was light, his face was gloomy, and he stared at the subordinates in front of him: "How much grain do you say there is still in my army?" ”

This one was intimidated by his momentum, his eyes lowered, his body trembled, and he whispered: "Only...... It's just enough for today...... Moreover, it is still according to the rule of halving the meal per person......"

Bang!

Mu Heng couldn't bear it anymore, slammed the table, and shouted, "What are you doing to eat?" As the logistics director of my army, why didn't he explain everything to me until now? ”

The man immediately threw himself on his knees and said in a loud voice, "Little confession...... However, when the small newspaper reported to the patriarch two days ago that there was a shortage of food in the army, you only said that you would send it later, and the small one didn't dare to make a claim......"

One sentence blocked all the rebukes behind Mu Heng, and also made his face more and more gloomy, and his eyes flickered, like a vicious wolf who chooses people to devour.

Five or six days ago, the other party did come to report that he was worried that the supply of military food would not be available, and at that time, he really didn't take it too seriously, but said that there was a delay in Tongchuan.

It wasn't until three days ago that an astonishing news came, and Mu Hengfang knew how dangerous and unfavorable the situation was—Tongchuan had actually been lost, and the grain there was destroyed by the Vietnamese army who rushed over from nowhere, and even the Tongchuan Yang clan turned against and surrendered at this juncture.

This result was undoubtedly devastating for his southern expedition, no matter what army, no matter who commanded it, the most important thing for an army to defeat the enemy was to feed the soldiers below.

And the food consumption of 100,000 troops is an astonishing astronomical figure, which makes it all the more necessary for the rear to continuously transport grain and grass to the front line.

And now, as Tongchuan changed hands and the military rations were destroyed, their logistical support was completely cut off, and they couldn't last long by relying only on the little grain stored in the army. In comparison, the problem of Tongchuan falling into the hands of the enemy and cutting off the rear route of the army is not worth mentioning.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Mu Heng and other clan leaders have always concealed this matter from their subordinates, but the food supply cannot lie. In the past two days, we may have been able to find an excuse to give only half a portion of food to each soldier, saying that we can solve the problem by waiting for the military rations to be delivered later.

But now, even this little bit of food cannot be distributed, and the situation is naturally at the worst.

They were left with only two choices, to retreat, or to take advantage of the morale to defeat the southern Sichuan army in front of them in one fell swoop.

However, under the premise that all the soldiers are hungry, it is impossible to break the southern Sichuan coalition army as before, so there is only one way to retreat.

And if you retreat, you have to worry about the pursuit of the southern Sichuan coalition army, which may be a rout.

So in the end, Mu Heng thought of using the previous victory to force the other party to retreat first, as long as the southern Sichuan coalition army retreated first, he could also lead the army to retreat calmly, and after cleaning up the enemy in the rear, he would regroup and march south.

It's just that his wishful thinking didn't start in the end, and Zhou Chang, who was sent to negotiate, was like a mud cow entering the sea, and he didn't come back for most of the day, I'm afraid it's already ......

The worst possibility is that the people in southern Sichuan saw their weakness, not only rejected their proposal, but also detained everyone.

Does that mean that soon the southern Sichuan army will turn around and launch an attack?

In such a situation, Mu Heng's mentality was on the verge of exploding, and he was actually robbed by this little logistics manager, so he couldn't bear it anymore and shouted: "Someone!" ”

The cronies and guards waiting outside the tent entered in response, and they heard the murderous words of the patriarch of the family: "Drag out this guy who has secretly swallowed military rations, caused a shortage of food in our army, and made the warriors only eat by half, and cut it down." Then pass the whole battalion and tell all the soldiers that as long as they survive the battle in front of them and defeat the rebels in southern Sichuan on the opposite side, the food will be delivered soon! ”

The unlucky grain official was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly shouted: "Patriarch, I was wronged, I only deducted the grain according to your wishes, and I didn't embezzle a grain of grain......

But his words to defend himself were completely useless, and the guards quickly stepped forward, knocked the man down, and gagged him with Nabu to prevent him from talking nonsense and disturbing the morale of the army.

Seeing this scapegoat being dragged out, only a trace of apology flashed in Mu Heng's eyes, and he quickly became firm.

It is related to the entire battle situation, and it is related to the survival of him and the Mu family, not to mention sacrificing one person, even if there are hundreds of people and thousands of people, he will not hesitate to give an order.

He now needs to use this person's head to boost the morale of the army and prepare everyone for battle.

As long as the attack of the southern Sichuan army can be blocked by their own family and defeat them, there is still a way to survive behind.

And at this point, he is still very confident, the previous series of battles have shown that there is still a huge gap between the combat power of the two sides.

However, until the end of the day, until nearly noon the next day, the imaginary Southern offensive did not come.

Ten miles away, the southern Sichuan coalition army was still only holding the camp as before, and had no intention of attacking at all, let alone retreating, so it was spent there.

And this, for Mu Heng and others, as well as the entire army in northern Sichuan, is the most terrifying.

Because the food in their camp had run out of food, and by the evening almost all the soldiers would not have their rations, even if they had halved the food as before.

Once it becomes an established fact, this seemingly united and powerful northern Sichuan army may fall apart and completely disintegrate in a short period of time.

Yang Jianting...... I really underestimated you......" Standing on the high slope outside the big tent, looking at the enemy camp ten miles ahead, without the slightest movement, Mu Heng gritted his teeth and said.

Procrastination is exactly the trick he is most afraid of encountering and the most difficult to deal with now.

Now, there is only one last way to go.

The sun had just moved slightly west from its highest point, and the sound of trumpets had sounded from all parts of the northern Sichuan army, and immediately the camp gate suddenly opened, and a most valuable cavalry had rushed straight to the enemy army to the south like a whirlwind.

Behind it, there were tens of thousands of foot soldiers, all of them cheering up, shouting, rushing at full speed, cooperating with the cavalry, and launching the fiercest attack on the southern Sichuan camp.

Mu Heng finally decided to take a desperate gamble when he had nothing to do!

And when the horn sounded from the enemy camp and saw the enemy killing so mightily, Yang Jianting in the southern Sichuan camp not only did not show any panic, but laughed with joy: "Everyone, you see, as long as we hold our troops still, we can force them to mess up!"

"Their food routes have been cut off, and the army has run out of food, as long as we hold on and drag it out, we will win!"

At this time, the tribal leaders who had kept saying that they were going to withdraw from the army before also showed excited expressions.

And with their successive orders, the sound of the horn also sounded quickly in the southern army barracks, but the military horses in the camp did not go into battle, but occupied important defensive positions one by one.

An attack and defense of the northern and southern armies of Sichuan and Shu finally began.