Don't say it, at this time in Chencang City, Xiahou Nan was really thinking about whether to abandon Chencang City and retreat into Guanzhong.

Wei Yandu has already sent scouts to investigate the situation in Chen Cangcheng, and even if the Wei army scouts are lazy, they should also notice that the Shu army has come under their noses at this time. If you don't know this, then you're simply looking for your own death.

After the Wei scouts found out that the Han army scouts were haunting Chencang City, they also quickly cheered up and fought with the Shu army scouts, and finally found out some information about the Shu army, and hurriedly reported it to Zhuge Qian.

When Zhuge Qian heard the news, he was furious. The enemy army is already twenty miles outside of Chencang City, and you have just discovered it now?!

It's okay if you find it late, but you have been doing it for so long, except for the approximate strength, you don't even know who the other party's leading general is, and you dare to send such information up?!

Really, Zhuge Qian really had the intention to kill a few scouts to correct the military law. But at this time, no matter how many scouts he killed, it would be useless.

The most important thing now is to quickly inform Xiahou Nan, the defender of Chen Cangcheng, of this information, and ask Xiahou Nan to organize the whole army to assemble, open the treasury, distribute ordnance, and let the soldiers prepare to defend the city.

The enemy doesn't give himself much time to prepare.

As soon as Xiahou Nan heard that no less than 20,000 Shu troops had invaded Chen Cangdao, he was stunned.

One thing to say, Xiahou Nan, who had just learned the news, was just a little surprised to the point of being a little stupid, and he hadn't fast-forwarded to the point of abandoning the city and escaping so quickly.

Really, although Xiahou Nan is a little incompetent and greedy for money, he will not be frightened when he hears the attack of the Shu army.

But Xiahou Nan really didn't expect that the Shu army would suddenly appear in Chen Cangdao, which was completely different from what he thought.

Xiahou Nan is a person, although Zhuge Qian feels that this is a second generation of nobles who are not reliable at all, but Xiahou Nan himself still feels that his ability is very strong.

This can't be blamed on Xiahou Nan, whether it was in Yecheng before or now in Chencang, there are always a group of people who tout and echo what he said, which makes Xiahou Nan really think that his ability is not bad.

Although it may not be comparable to his father Xiahoudun and uncle Xiahouyuan, compared with peers like Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, the gap should not be very big. Yes, that's how Xiahou Nan understands his own ability.

Therefore, after his own "careful research and judgment", Xiahou Nan came to the conclusion that the main force of the Shu army had been exhausted, the direction of attack was clear and discerning, and it was impossible for any more troops to attack Chencang Dao.

Xiahou Nan is quite convinced of his conclusion.

But now, the intelligence of his own scouts has completely broken Xiahou Nan's self-confidence, and the Shu army has really come to attack Chen Cangdao.

As a result, Xiahou Nan fell into a deep self-doubt - he didn't believe it, but he couldn't disbelieve the facts in front of him.

But in the current situation, there is not much time left for Xiahou Nan to continue to doubt himself, the Shu army is indeed about to come to the city, Zhuge Qian has come to ask for orders, this kind of thing, it can't be a joke.

Therefore, Xiahou Nan, who reacted, snatched the scout information from Zhuge Qian for the first time and read it carefully and carefully.

But Xiahou Nan looked at the information back and forth several times, except for knowing that the enemy army had 20,000 people, he did not obtain any valuable information.

Who is the leading general of the enemy army?! How are the troops arranged?! Do you carry large siege equipment?! Where is the location of the grain and grass quartermasters?!

None of this information is available. How is this going to be fought?!

Yes, at this time, Xiahou Nan still had no intention of abandoning the city and escaping, and his first reaction was to stick to Chencang City and block the Shu army from entering Guanzhong.

But the problem now is that Xiahou Nan doesn't know anything other than knowing that the other party has an attack scale of no less than 20,000 people. There is a cloud in the art of war: knowing oneself and knowing that the other side can survive a hundred battles, I don't know any intelligence, how to defend this Chen Cangcheng?!

Xiahou Nan, who claimed to have read the book of soldiers, did not have any effective way to deal with this situation of unknown enemy situation.

Xiahou Nan didn't know what he should do at this time, so he could only judge it a little more simply from the strength of the army.

The Chen Cang garrison had only 5,000 men, while the Shu army on the opposite side was at least 20,000, or even necessarily only 20,000. Xiahou Nan is now a little worried about whether he can defend Chen Cangcheng.

Plus. Xiahou Nan carefully recalled the current situation in the treasury of Chencang City, and this worry was even more serious.

The treasury of Chencang Mansion now has less than a month's stock of 5,000 soldiers and soldiers, and only enough ordnance to equip 4,000 people.

Yes, in the current Chencang Mansion, not only is there not much military ration stock, but there is also a very large shortage of ordnance.

In the first half of this year, Xiahou Nan frantically resold military rations and ordnance to make money, and then falsely reported the loss to Cao Zhen in Chang'an, and asked Cao Zhen to transport military rations and ordnance to replenish the treasury.

If there is no war situation, it is not impossible for Xiahou Nan to plug this hole by virtue of his status and identity, and make up for the military rations and ordnance needed to defend the city in Chencang Road.

But in the second half of the year, some changes have taken place.

In July and August, it was okay, Cao Zhen on the Chang'an side was still saving face, and sent some military food and ordnance over, but in October, since Liu Bei led the troops out of the Zhuan Slope, Cao Zhen put all his thoughts on resisting Liu Bei's Northern Expedition, and the frequency of supply and transportation to Chencang Road also decreased a lot.

This led to the fact that Xiahou Nan has not been able to completely plug the hole in the treasury of Chencang Dao until now.

The grain and grass are okay, Xiahou Nan still has a little bottom line, and he also knows that the consequences of the lack of food in the army are extremely serious, so he still has a month's stock of grain and grass.

But the defenders of 5,000 people in the ordnance now only have 4,000 sets of ordnance stocks, that is to say, Xiahou Nan can't even ensure that the 5,000 defenders are equipped with ordnance, let alone armor.

The armor is missing, and the soldiers won't complain too much, after all, the armor covering rate here is really "touching", and the soldiers are used to it with or without armor.

But if you don't even have weapons, it will really be a big deal if you let these soldiers go into battle again.

Once the soldiers knew that they could not use weapons for war due to their reselling of military rations and ordnance, the military rations would only be enough for a month. There will be mutiny, there will definitely be mutiny in the army.

There is a Shu army attacking the city outside, and there are soldiers mutiniing inside.

At that time, it will not be a question of whether or not Chen Cang can be defended, but a problem of causing a chaotic army.

Ordinary soldiers, Xiahou Nan doesn't care, how many Xiahou Nan die, I don't care.

But if it causes a mutiny in the army and causes Chen Cang to fall, whether he can save his life from the chaotic army, and even whether he has a chance to escape, is a big question!

Rather than this, it is better to retreat into the customs as soon as possible, and don't try to make a good plan.

Anyway, Lao Tzu is the brother-in-law of the Great Wei Tianzi and the eldest son of Xiahoudun, even if he retreats to Guanzhong, who can do anything with him?!

After thinking about this inner drama, Xiahou Nan finally chose to protect himself as the first priority.

Xiahou Nan immediately ordered the whole army to assemble, prepare to preserve its strength, and retreat into the pass to defend it. Frightened, Zhuge Qian hurriedly stopped the horse captain.

Where is this to preserve strength, this is to escape!!

can't be returned, no matter what the high-sounding reason, Chen Cangdao really can't be refunded here. 20,000 Shu troops, crossing Chencang Dao and taking advantage of the situation to enter the pass, Zhuge Qian did not dare to think of this consequence.

At that time, whether Xiahou Nan, the main general, would die Zhuge Qian didn't know, but he, Zhuge Qian, the deputy general of Chen Cang, was dead.

Besides, Chencang is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and we have a strong city in hand, and behind us is Guanzhong Chang'an. It's only a month's time to go back and forth.

As long as we can hold on to Chencang for a month, then Cao Zhendu, the governor of Chang'an, will send reinforcements, and we don't have to worry about not being able to hold it at all.

Zhuge Qian really didn't understand, why did Xiahou Nan's first reaction when he heard that the Shu army was coming, was to withdraw the army?!

Zhuge Qian repeatedly persuaded Xiahou Nan to think twice, but Xiahou Nan would not listen to Zhuge Qian's words at all.

The matter of reselling the military rations and ordnance of the Chencang Treasury, how do you ask Xiahou Nan to explain to Zhuge Qian?!

What's more, Xiahou Nan actually knew that Zhuge Qian had secretly told Cao Zhen about himself, if it weren't for Cao Zhen's concealment of his noble birth and complicated internal relations, he would have been unlucky to this Zhuge Qian a long time ago.

But even so, Cao Zhen still wrote a letter to reprimand Xiahou Nan, which made Xiahou Mao quite annoyed.

Therefore, Xiahou Nan will never tell the truth to Zhuge Qian, and he will not give Zhuge Qian any reason now, that is, to gather the defenders and retreat with the whole army.

And Zhuge Qian repeatedly persuaded Xiahou Nan to stay and resist, and repeatedly tried to defend the advantages of Chen Shoucheng. But Xiahou Nan didn't listen at all.

In the end, Xiahou Nan was also a little annoyed, and said that since you Zhuge Qian is willing to stay and defend to the death, then give you 2,000 soldiers and horses to guard Chen Cang, and the remaining 3,000 people, he will definitely take them away.

Of course, Xiahou Nan couldn't say that he abandoned the city and fled, he made an excuse for himself - the Shu army went out of Chencang Road and invaded Guanzhong, and he must tell the news to Cao Zhen in person.

Can you make excuses for Zhuge who is pious, and find a decent one?!

This kind of thing that can be done by a scout messenger, do you need to do it as a city guard general?!

But Xiahou Nan insisted on leaving, and Zhuge Qian had no way. After all, the official level crushes people to death.

It's just that even if Xiahou Nan wants to go, it doesn't mean that he can go, after all, the army has to assemble, and it takes a day or two to distribute grain and grass. These times were enough for Wei Yan to rush to Chencang City and launch an attack.

This can't be blamed on Wei Yan, after all, according to normal people's thinking, such an important place as Chen Cangcheng is notoriously easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention waiting for help, at least you have to hold on for a while to see if you can hold it, right?!

Who would have thought that now Xiahou Nan's mind is full of leading troops to withdraw the army.

So, it's really not that Wei Yan is in a hurry, it's really that Wei Yan didn't expect Xiahou Nan to pull his hips like this.

And as soon as Wei Yan attacked like this, things were even more terrible.

Originally, Zhuge Qian thought that Wei Yan led his troops to the city, and now you Xiahou Nan are a little too late even if you want to run, and if you run now, it will be easy to be chased and killed by the Shu army.

At this point, you have no other choice. You should be at ease with this, right?!

As long as Xiahou Nan guarded for a little two days, he found that guarding Chen Cang was not a difficult thing at all, and he could even make meritorious contributions. Maybe Xiahou Nan dispelled the idea of leading the troops to retreat.

But Zhuge Qian overestimated Xiahou Nan's courage after all, and also underestimated Wei Yan's ferocity Wei Yan's siege was quite ferocious, which not only made Zhuge Qian quite tricky to deal with, but also completely frightened Xiahou Nan.

(End of chapter)