I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Under the city of Dawan!

Liu Bei led the army to quickly support Zhang Fei, so that Duan Peng could not see the edge of Liu Bei's camp from the city wall!
"How many people did Liu Bei bring!" Duan Peng said helplessly.

According to his many years of combat experience, there are at least 15 soldiers in this camp. This number has already exceeded the entire population of his Dawan Kingdom. It is impossible to win against him. Now he just doesn't know if he can defend It's time for reinforcements to arrive!

The only good news for Duan Peng is that he sent his sons out ahead of time in order to ask for help. Anyway, he will not be left behind!

When he just marched to Shule City, he received the latest news from Duan Peng. When Zhang Xiu knew that Liu Bei had brought an army of 10,000+ to attack the Western Regions, he was also taken aback. This number was beyond his imagination.

"Is Liu Bei crazy? To attack Dawan City, he actually sent more than 15 troops. He wants to eat up all the sand in the Western Regions!" Zhang Xiu said angrily.

The Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, but supplies are extremely scarce, especially food. It can be said to be poorer than Liangzhou, the poorest city in Dagan. There are many soldiers, but it is difficult for these people to gather in such a desolate place in the Western Regions, because there is no place that can help tens of thousands of troops maintain logistics!
This is also the reason why Dagan can suppress the vast Western Regions with only 5000 soldiers, because few forces can assemble an army of more than [-] people, and Dagan can suppress the vast territory of the Western Regions with its superior equipment!

But now Liu Bei's appearance is super-scale. Zhang Xiu found that even if he recruited all the vassal states in the Western Regions, it would be difficult to gather even 10 troops. Although the large army has the advantage of confidence in Liu Bei, but The number of troops has increased several times, and he has no confidence that he can defeat Liu Bei in the Western Regions.

After receiving Duan Peng's call for help, the vassal states in the Western Regions summoned their troops to fight with Zhang Xiu. In less than a month, Wuji City had gathered more than a dozen armies from the vassals.

After everyone who could come came, Zhang Xiu called everyone to discuss how to save Duan Peng!

Liu Hu said: "What should we do now? Liu Bei seems to have tried his best. Not only Duan Peng in Dawan was attacked, but Song Yi in Wusun was also attacked by Guan Yu. They are helping us lie down.

But if we rush forward now, we will either win or lose. If we win, we have made great achievements. Maybe we can take advantage of the momentum to conquer Tianzhu, but if we lose, the entire Western Region will be completely ruined in our hands ! "

Liu Hu’s words made Zhang Xiu feel uneasy. Now that the Western Region coalition forces add up, there are about 6 people in Duan Peng, not counting the besieged ones. During this period of time, he also found out clearly that Liu Bei’s attack on the Western Regions is not 10,000+ people. It was an army of 20, three times the number of troops. Even if he looked down on Liu Bei, he didn't think he could beat Liu Bei's army with his own army.

Zhang Xiu thought for a while and said, "Why don't we find a way to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, the army will stay here to stop Liu Bei's army, and find a way to defend most of the Western Regions, and we will blow Liu Bei's head when the reinforcements in power arrive! "

This was the best way he could think of. It would be difficult for them to attack with more than 6 people, but he was confident that they could defend.

Logistics in the desolate Western Regions is a big problem, not only for Dagan, but also for Liu Beifang.

Although Liu Bei occupies the northern territory of Guishuang, he must be the closest party on land.However, the land in the north of Guishuang has long been smashed, and the population is either robbed by them or plundered by Liu Bei. The agriculture in the north of Guishuang will not be able to recover in a few years, so Liu Bei's army must only transport food and grass from central and southern Tianzhu. .

Don't underestimate this point. This time, there will be an extra 5000 miles to transport food and grass. To ensure the food and grass of an army of 20, Liu Bei must prepare at least 200 million civilians. Zhang Xiu can guarantee that he only needs to wait for half a year in the Western Regions. Even if Liu Bei wants to stay in the Western Regions, all his troops will starve to death!

For other vassal states, such a strategy is most beneficial to them. Although they are the ministers of Dagan, they are also the lords of a country. They must find ways to protect the interests of their own country. There are so many people, how can they fight?
They may not be able to defeat Liu Bei if they are all young and strong, but they will definitely hurt their vitality. In this desolate western region, land is worthless, and only the population is the real wealth. The country must be seriously injured!
But Duan Yun refused and said: "This is not to ask Duan Peng to die. He only has more than 1 soldiers in his hands, and it is impossible to defend him. If we don't support him now, Duan Peng is really dead!"

Duan Yun and Duan Peng came from the same tribe. The relationship between the two is not that brothers are better than brothers. He cannot accept such a conservative strategy!
Liu Hu thought for a while and said, "Why don't we gather the cavalry to support Duan Peng and rescue him from Dawan City, and then we'll find a way to wait for reinforcements from the ruling force. Liu Bei will be arrogant for half a year at most. Revenge and revenge, revenge and resentment!"

After thinking about it, the others nodded and agreed. Duan Peng is their old brother for decades, so it's not good for him to turn his back on him completely.

So Duan Yun, Liu Hu and others gathered [-] cavalrymen to rush to the vicinity of Dawan, and directly took Duan Peng out, and then they completely abandoned Dawan Kingdom and retreated directly to Wuji City.

And Liu Bei didn't care too much about Duan Yun's rescue of Duan Peng. After all, his strategy was to find a way to destroy the Western Regions. Without Duan Peng's obstruction, he was in line with his wishes. Instead, he took advantage of Dawan's leaderless opportunity to conquer Dawan!

Then his army began to fortify the walls and clear the fields, transporting the people of Dawan and Wusun to the hinterland of Guishuang, and his soldiers continued to dig ditches and build fortifications in the mountains near Dawan!

Divide the words!

Xu Wei in Jidu is also gathering troops. Even in terms of time, the speed of gathering troops is still higher than that of Liu Bei. Relying on the powerful railway system, it took 5 troops to move from the northern theater to the confluence in Chang'an. Less than 10 days!
The advancement of the railway system is undoubtedly evident!But after coming to the Xiliang territory, the marching speed of the Dagan Army dropped to 2% of the original speed, because there is only a wooden rail system in the Western Regions!And when the 5 troops of Daqian came out of the Western Regions from Xiliang.At this time, they didn't even have wooden rails, so they had to rely on camels and horses to march, and the marching speed suddenly dropped to only 50 miles per day, which was the speed of an army in the feudal era.