I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 620, fight consumption

Liu Shi did not reply and said: "We only have 10 days of food and grass. I am afraid that the Han army on the mountain has not run out of food, so we will run out of ammunition and food first! Only by taking back Yangping Pass can we take the initiative again!"

Liu Shi never thought that his grain road would be cut off, so the grain and grass he closed at Yangping Pass was only enough for the army for 10 days, and if Wei Yan's army could not be cleared, the army transporting grain would not be safe, and he would He wanted to use a small half of the army to guard against Wei Yan, but there was Liu Bei's 10 army in front of him. Facing Liu Bei, he did not dare to let an army behind him.

Then Liu Shi began to change his strategy, reducing his troops on the frontal battlefield at Yangping Pass, and attacked Dingjun Mountain with 3 main forces, with Han Sui as the coach, and he led the rest of the army to block Liu Bei's army at Yangping Pass!
On the other side, Wei Yan also soon received the latest battle report. Liu Bei and the others knew that Wei Yan had successfully occupied Dingjun Mountain, not to mention cutting off the retreat of the large army, and defeated tens of thousands of large army!

The news of the victory spread to Liu Bei's entire army, and their morale was greatly improved. Liu Bei even summoned all the generals and said: "Now Liu Shi's food road has been cut off by Wen Zhang, and we have taken the initiative. Now everyone is discussing how to defeat Liu Bei. Shi, take back Yangping Pass?"

General Ling Bao of the Yizhou Army suggested: "Dingjun Mountain is occupied by our army. The general should continue to march to Dingjun Mountain. We will attack from both sides and completely annihilate Liu Shi's army. At that time, we will not only be able to keep Hanzhong, but also to go to Dingjun Mountain." Sending a large army to attack Xiliang, not to mention occupying all of Xiliang, but even occupying Wudu County is a huge victory for our army. The army of the big man will once again have the land for raising horses, and the cavalry of the big man can fight again Cavalry clash!"

In recent years, Liu Bei and the others felt most deeply about the danger of the lack of cavalry, because Xiliang, Bingzhou, and Youzhou were all captured by the Dagan, and the cavalry of the Dahan lost their horse breeding land. They have always been at a disadvantage in the war, and their huge army was divided, surrounded and annihilated by the cavalry of the Dagan Army.

But Yuan Ji said: "The matter in Wudu County is still too far away, let's deal with Liu Shi's army first!"

Huangfu Hong said: "Dingjun Mountain is a small mountain after all, it is difficult to garrison too many troops, and food and grass are also a big problem, we can still supply 5000 of them now, but if tens of thousands of people go to Dingjun Mountain, I'm afraid All the peasants in Hanzhong are going to transport food and grass!"

"My subordinates think that when the soldiers are panicking, our army should find a way to clear the camps around Dingjun Mountain. If Liu Shi leads troops to rescue us, we will surround them and help them. If he doesn't rescue us, we will demolish them one by one. Cut off Liu Shi's power bit by bit in these camps, and when Liu Shi is at his weakest, we are attacking Dingjun Mountain!"

After discussing with the generals for a while, Liu Bei felt that Huangfu Hongwei's strategy of attacking and aiding was most suitable for the current Han army.

The next day, Ling Bao led an army of 2 to storm the camps outside Dayang Pingguan. The battle was extremely fierce, and the captain who only fought for half a day asked Liu Shi for help!

Liu Shi ordered Ma Chao to lead 1000 cavalry to support the battlefield, but he did not expect that Liu Bei had already prepared for this time. He arranged antlers on Ma Chao's marching route, and defensive fortifications such as resisting horses, blocking the cavalry from advancing, and slowing down Ma Chao's cavalry. , Wu Yi led another 1 infantry to besiege Ma Chao's cavalry regiment, and the cavalry who lost their speed could not display their combat effectiveness. Although Ma Chao was brave, he still couldn't get out of his way!
After Liu Shi noticed Ma Chao's predicament at Yangping Pass, he led 5000 soldiers to rescue Ma Chao, but after he had worked so hard to fight Ma Chao, he didn't know that he had fallen into Liu Bei's scheme. After the army left Yangping Pass, Liu Bei commanded an army of 3 to besiege Liu Shi's army again, and let Li Yan lead an army of 3 to attack Yangping Pass!

When the sound of shouting and killing came from Yangping Pass, Liu Shi realized that he had fallen into Liu Bei's scheme and was repeatedly divided by Liu Bei. Now there are less than 3000 defenders at Yangping Pass. It is very dangerous to face the 10 times superiority of the Han army!

At this time Liu Shi wanted to return to Yangping Pass, but Liu Bei commanded the army, but he was unwilling to let Liu Shi go just like this. Instead, he added all the reserve soldiers in the camp to surround Liu Shi. Those who were surrounded by the army shouted that they should not respond every day, and those who shouted that the land would not work.

Although under the command of Liu Shi, the generals and soldiers of the Dagan Army fought bravely, but they were helplessly outnumbered, and eventually the entire army was wiped out. Liu Shi also died in the chaos. Only Ma Chao led a dozen cavalry to escape!

And once the coach Liu Shi died, the defenders at Yangping Pass were also in a state of disarray. Li Yan led an army to conquer Yangping Pass. Surrounded, he knew that the situation was over, so he used his ability to escape and led an army of 3 to flee to Wudu County. At the same time, he explained the whole story of the Yangpingguan battle to the Daqian court and asked Xu Wei for help.

Hinata close!

Liu Bei was filled with emotion when he saw Yangpingguan, which was lost and regained. This was the first time that a big man defeated a large army of 5 people, but this battle was also extremely lucky. Although he annihilated 2 large troops, he also killed Liu Shi, the general who killed the general, but the Han army also paid more than 4 casualties. It can be said that the hundreds of thousands of casualties in his hands were heavy, and he needed to rest for a period of time before he could continue fighting.

But all this is worth it. Liu Shi was defeated and Yangping Pass was taken back again. Hanzhong is considered as stable as Mount Tai. He only needs to send a large army to support Zhao Yun. With the terrain of Hanzhong, it is impossible for Zhang Bai to attack with his [-] troops. into Hanzhong.

But Liu Bei's army was happy at Yangping Pass. In less than three days, the bad news came that Baoxie Road was captured by the Dagan army, and Zhang Baiqi's army had entered the pass.

It turns out that although Yang Song and the others betrayed Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu has been operating in Hanzhong for more than ten years, and the people in Hanzhong can be said to be followers of the Five Dou Rice Sect.It can be said that many of these people sympathized with Zhang Lu.

Under normal circumstances, these people can only treat Yang Song and the others in silence for betraying Zhang Lu, and they can't change anything. Hanzhong, which has more than 50 people, was conscripted by Liu Bei with 10 soldiers and tens of thousands of civilian husbands. It can be said that Liu Bei's behavior plundered all the young and strong in Hanzhong, and even many healthy women were forcibly recruited as civilian husbands. Although Liu Bei He has the name of a hero, but to the people of Hanzhong, he is a violent thug, because of Liu Bei's behavior, the people of Hanzhong miss Zhang Lu's rule very much.

So when Zhang Baiqi led the army to attack Hanzhong and it seemed so unstoppable, for the people of Hanzhong, Zhang Baiqi was not an enemy at all, but a savior!

When the Yizhou army in Zhao Yun's hands became less and less, the soldiers in Hanzhong began their own actions. Many of them simply took refuge in Zhang Baiqi and became Zhang Baiqi's leading party. Surrendering at the front line, facing such a situation, even if Sun Wu is alive, it is impossible to continue to resist Dagan's attack, so Zhang Baiqi smashed through the Baoxie Road and directly entered Hanzhong.

Liu Bei almost fainted when he heard the news, he managed to close the Yangping folding door, but the door of Baoxie Road opened again, this is the big man who is about to perish.

The praise ramp has been opened, and Huang Zhong, Chen Dao and even Wenpin have to retreat behind them, otherwise they will be easily attacked by the big army on both sides, and no one will be able to escape at that time!

Although Liu Bei still has the advantage in terms of military strength, the situation is still beginning to fall to the side of the big army. Among other things, Liu Bei is not sure about defeating the 10 army in the hands of Zhang Baiqi, let alone Lei Gong. Support Hanzhong.

Liu Bei knew that the Battle of Hanzhong had just begun!So he began to order the army at Yangpingguan to resume normal drills, and at the same time ordered Huang Zhong and the others to retreat gradually.

The story was divided into two parts, the news of Liu Shi's death on the battlefield quickly reached Jixian County through Feige's message!

This aroused the anger of the entire Jixian high-level. Liu Shi followed Zhang Baiqi to seek refuge with Xu Wei. It can be said that he is a hero. The highest general who has ever died in battle!
Wang Ge said angrily: "We are in power, we want to avenge Brother Liu Shi!"

Guo Daxian even said in person: "Please also give me 10 troops in power, and let me go to Hanzhong to kill Liu Bei!"

Guo Daxian and Liu Shi have a deeper friendship. They are the same group of Taiping believers who took refuge in Zhang Jiao, and they were accepted as disciples by Zhang Jiao at the same time. The friendship between the two parties has been going on for decades. It is difficult for him to accept that the world is about to be unified, but Liu Shi Die on the battlefield!
Seeing the emotional scene, Xu Wei had a headache and said, "I will personally lead the army to defeat Liu Bei!"

Xu Wei also didn't expect that the Battle of Hanzhong would turn out to be similar to the history. Dingjunshan's beheading Xiahou was too famous. When he played the Three Kingdoms War, Xiahouyuan was beheaded by him thousands of times, but he didn't expect Cao Cao's Things happen to themselves!Liu Shi actually died in Yangping Pass, is it true that Hanzhong is really Liu Bei's destiny?
Originally, Xu Wei planned to focus on climbing the technology tree, but now it seems that it is difficult for him to climb the technology tree without unifying the world!

So Xu Wei issued an order to let Sili gather another 5 troops and lead them into Hanzhong!
Hanzhong, Chenggu, Longting!Big dry barracks!
Liu Shi's death in battle made Zhang Baiqi very angry, but he was not overwhelmed by anger. Instead, he set up camp in Longting, and then rounded up with Zhang Meng, who was marching in Meridian Valley. The 5 troops aggressively attacked Chenggu !On the other side, Hu Zhen and Zhang Xiu's army had a round, and the two led an army of 5 to attack Nanzheng!
Facing a large army of 10 men, Liu Bei was aggressively attacking Nanzheng. Liu Bei knew that it was difficult to defend Hanzhong. The portal and the main army in the middle were consumed.

At the same time, in order to reduce food consumption, but also to reduce losses and snatch the population, Liu Bei mobilized the elites in Hanzhong to lead the people to either go south from the Han River to Jingzhou, or go to Yizhou. In short, the whole Hanzhong will become a big war The battlefield where big men fight, soon this place will not be suitable for ordinary people to live in!
Faced with such a situation, Yang Song and the powerful clan really wanted to cry. They betrayed Zhang Lu, exhausted the family's children, and consumed all the family's food, grass and money. It turned out to be the same result. I knew it would be like this , they might as well go to Lei Gong directly, so their land may not be kept, but their family property can still be kept.

It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now. Liu Shi, the great general, died in Hanzhong. I'm afraid that Lei Gong hates them so much that it's impossible for them to surrender!
But Liu Bei didn't have time to care about Yang Song's thoughts. He ordered his soldiers to confiscate all the money and food of the entire Hanzhong clan. IOUs were stamped with the seal of my own general. After this war, they may still get some family property. As for how much, only God knows.

Hanzhong, the camp of the Han army!
Liu Bei said to his subordinates: "Let's calculate now, if there are 20 large cadres in Hanzhong, relying on the rugged and difficult mountain roads in Hanzhong, how many civilians will be needed to transport grain and grass, and how much food will be consumed by these civilians and the army. How long can the food and grass of the Dagan army sustain such consumption!"

Liu Bei has always avoided fighting a war of attrition, because he knows that a big man can't spend a lot of money, but the current situation in Hanzhong, even if he doesn't want to fight a war of attrition, they will die faster if they fight head-on. They can still continue to fight Dagan.

Yuan Jidao: "One person consumes 2 shi of grain in one month, 20 cadres, 40 shi of grain, nearly 500 million shi of grain a year, and the mountain roads in Hanzhong are rough and difficult, not to mention the rail carriages of the big cadres in many places. Even a wheelbarrow is difficult to move, and with the distance of thousands of miles, the big army at least wants a million civilians to transport food and grass to maintain the consumption of the 20 troops. A million civilians consume 200 million shi of grain a month and consume a year 2400 million shi of grain! In addition, the army will consume 3 million shi of grain a year!"

Then Yuan Ji smiled wryly and said, "Although this number is huge, for Dagan, who has more than one billion shi grain stocks, this consumption is a drop in the bucket!"

More than one billion shi grains, this is a desperate figure, which almost means that it is impossible for them to let the big army withdraw from Hanzhong because of grain!
Liu Bei thought for a while and continued to ask: "If we maintain the lowest level of troops to stop the large army, how many years can the food in Hanzhong last and the consumption of the large army?"

Huangfu Hong thought for a while and said: "The Dagan Army has 20 troops. Even if we use the mountains to resist them, at least we need more than 10 troops. The food and grass consumed by 240 people will exceed [-] million stones a year. However, the distance from Hanzhong to Chengdu is not short, and there are also thousands of miles. If you want to transport grain and grass from central Shu, you may need [-] to [-] people to maintain the situation on the battlefield, and you will consume tens of millions of shi in grain this year. !"

(End of this chapter)