God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"What did you say?" Zhang Ren turned his head and looked at the messenger again after hearing this, and asked in disbelief.

Seeing their commander like this, the soldiers didn't think much about it. After all, having reinforcements was better than having no reinforcements at all.

Moreover, if so many reinforcements really arrived here, wouldn't their combat effectiveness double? Wouldn't it be easy to defeat the opponent?
"Reporting to the general, General Wu has led an army of 50,000 and has passed the pass. He is speeding up and will arrive soon..." Although the soldier did not understand, he still repeated the good news again.

Zhang Ren knew that this was not good news, but he also knew that he could not show this attitude and idea in front of the soldiers.

What's more, on the surface, this is indeed good news. If you show an unhappy attitude when hearing the good news, it will easily make the soldiers think too much.

Especially since these soldiers are messengers, there are more things involved.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Zhang Ren's face, as if he was happy that reinforcements were about to arrive. At the same time, he praised the messenger with words, and then signaled the messenger to leave.

After the messenger left, Zhang Ren looked at the tent where no one was, and his brows frowned on the spot, his expression looking a little ugly.

According to the information passed on, if nothing unexpected happens, there is a Kushan army on their subsequent food route, that is, outside the pass, which seriously affects the safety of food transportation.

Although it is unlikely to capture the pass, it is also impossible to carry out large-scale food transportation.

Under such circumstances, food problem naturally became a serious problem facing us.

If I were to have only one legion, it wouldn't be difficult to hold out for a year, let alone a few months.

However, the arrival of this reinforcement force, in addition to its huge number of people, also meant a doubling of food consumption.

In reality, the amount of food that the Wenjia area can provide is very limited.

Last year, the country was devastated by war and its food production was greatly affected.

And this year, such heavy rain has flooded the plains. What about food?

What kind of food crops can survive under water that is deep enough to submerge one's chest?

Thanks to the relatively suitable temperature all year round and the advantage of vast land and sparse population, under normal circumstances, even if the temperature and natural conditions are met for three crops a year, there are actually not many regions that can truly achieve three crops a year.

For example, in the Wenjia area, waiting for the flood to pass before planting and then waiting for the crops to mature, thus ensuring their own survival is not a problem at all.

But for Zhang Ren, this is a very serious problem.

Under the current situation in the Wenjia area, the people do have surplus food, and they can spend money to purchase and collect it, but there is a prerequisite for doing so.

That is, his orders, or policies, can be conveyed to the relevant people, and then the grain can be collected normally.

However, above this kind of water surface, ordinary notification methods have long lost their effectiveness. Today, the Wenjia area can be said to be a vast ocean wherever thousands of ships pass.

As for the food in the rear, under the protection of various civil officials, there was indeed no problem with the celestial phenomena, so the food was naturally sufficient.

However, at the current pace, it is still unknown when the enemy can be driven away and the roads for food transportation can be restored.

Therefore, at this time, only the pass west of the mountain range could barely provide some food resources to support the army's supply. However, Zhang Ren had only a rough estimate of how long this part of the supply could last.

If we add the 50,000 troops and cooperate with his own legion, taking into account the high consumption during the war, he can only last for a month and a half at most.

Zhang Ren had no idea how long this war would last.

After all, the scale of the vanguard can reach this level, which shows that the other party has come with bad intentions and is not someone who can retreat easily.

In fact, after a short rest overnight, Miseliu accelerated towards the pass on the east side of the mountain range, which was indeed effective.

Although they failed to complete their goal of taking the pass due to some delay, they did achieve another goal, which was to block the food supply route.

Because of the delay in some time, Yan Yan successfully led the troops that were urgently called out and successfully arrived outside the pass, forming a pincer attack and intimidating the army under Miseliu.

However, because Miseliu's own troops were located in the center and had relatively more people, Yan Yan was not sure he could defeat them by force, so he could only maintain the current situation.

However, after roughly confirming the area occupied by Miseliu and the number of people, Yan Yan did not act hastily. Instead, he notified the personnel in the rear, recruited relevant troops, and added them to his own army to prepare for fighting the enemy.

On the one hand, Yan Yan felt that he should be as cautious as possible regarding this kind of domestic war. If he failed on the battlefield, the impact would be huge.

Especially since they are surrounded by vassal states and kingdoms. If they are affected and jump out to find fault with them, even if it is harmless, it will be a waste of time.

As for whether doing so would drag down Zhang Ren, Yan Yan had no awareness of this at all.

After all, Zhang Ren, who has won every battle and never failed, really makes people feel at ease, especially since Wu Yi has already sent the elite troops of the Han army over, so there will be no problem at all.

How could 50,000 elite Han troops lose?

The Han army guarding the pass did not think too much about it. They just needed to defend their pass.

Although the defense of this pass is far inferior to that of the fortresses in Central and South Asia, with the number of people of a legion, it should have no problem holding out for a while.

Under this double-pronged attack, the Misaliu, which seemed to have the largest number of troops, was caught in a dilemma and was hesitant.

Attacking the pass with the troops at hand and non-existent siege equipment would be like seeking death.

Without heavy siege equipment, even for elite troops, the casualty rate would be terribly high.

But if we turn around and attack Yan Yan's army, it will only be a temporary solution, as this is in the rear of the Han Empire. Even if we repel this wave, another wave will come.

Moreover, once the attack shows signs of slowing down, morale will drop drastically, and it will be impossible to stop it.

But looking at the army in Yan Yan's camp, there was a new one every few days, and the camp seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, his eyelids were twitching.

It would be a lie for Miseliu to say that he was not afraid of Yan Yan, who was quite famous.

But the order had already been received. If I didn't block it, I might be gone when I got back. But if I continued to block it, I always felt like a knife was slowly cutting towards me. (End of this chapter)