The last three kingdoms

Chapter 233 Abandoning the Sword Pavilion
This feeling comes from the heart. In the eyes of everyone, Jiang Wei is always so energetic, high-spirited, and determined to forge ahead. He has always fought on the front line in the Northern Expedition again and again. He is the evergreen of the Shu Han. Trees and pine trees, with his burly shoulders, support the sky of Shu Han.

However, at this moment, Jiang Wei felt a sense of exhaustion and powerlessness. He felt tired and exhausted. Years of fighting had left countless wounds on his body, but this was not the point. The point was that his heart was very tired. Tired, he even suspected that all the efforts he had made in the past few decades were in vain and useless.

The Shuhan Building was about to fall, and Jiang Wei felt that he could not support himself alone.Half a year has passed since retreating to defend the Jiange, but the Wei army's offensive seems to have never been weakened. The combat power supported by the huge national power has reached an appalling level. It is said that food cannot be transported for thousands of miles. The army's Northern Expedition was repeatedly frustrated, and the problem of food and grass has always plagued the Northern Expeditionists of the two generations of the Shu Han like a nightmare, but the same dilemma does not seem to be a problem in the hands of the Wei State.

The momentum of Wei State's offensive remained unabated, the day of retreating troops was nowhere in sight, and Jiang Wei's counterattack plan became more and more uncertain. Now it seems that the plan to gather troops and gather valleys is a completely failed plan.

What worried Jiang Wei even more was that when the Shu Han was in danger, the former allies fell into trouble and took advantage of the fire to loot. Wu Guo brazenly sent troops to capture Yong'an Jiangzhou in the name of aid, and the entire three counties of Badong fell. Achnatherum splendens is in danger, and the situation in central Shu is even worse.

Although the Shu Han court sent an army headed by Zhuge Zhan to resist, Jiang Wei was a little worried. Although Zhuge Zhan was famous, he was a layman when it came to fighting.Although Jiang Wei had different political views with Zhuge Zhan, he did not have a deep hostility towards the only son of his mentor Zhuge Liang. What's more, Zhuge Zhan's success or failure determined the future of the Shu Han Dynasty. war situation.

The scene Jiang Wei didn't want to see the most happened. In the battle of Qingyangpu, the Shu army was defeated and Zhuge Zhan was killed in battle. Jiang Wei couldn't help sighing.

However, this Lu Kang, who had never caught Jiang Wei's attention, sent out surprise troops after the great victory in Qidong, and captured Fucheng, an important town in northern Sichuan. tensed up.

Lu Kang sent a letter to Jiang Wei at this time, but it was just throwing stones to ask the way.And Jiang Wei's steadfastness to the Shu Han is unmatched, so how can a mere high-ranking official and generous salary be able to lure him.

But the fall of Fucheng undoubtedly shocked the entire Jiange the most.

Although Fucheng is still south of Jiangyou, hundreds of miles away from Jiange, Fucheng is the only way from Chengdu to Jiange, and it is the food road center of Jiange.When the news of the fall of Fucheng came, the entire Jiange army was flustered and panicked.

The left chariot general Zhang Yi rushed into Jiang Wei's big tent, anxiously said: "Boyue, Fucheng has fallen, and the rations stored in the Jiange are not enough to last for half a month. What should we do?"

Jiange's food, grass and logistical supplies have always been a pain in the ass.Jiang Wei's original advance base was in Hanzhong, and both Hanzhong and Yinping Wudu had places where the Shu army garrisoned fields. Apart from a part of the army's food supply coming from Chengdu, most of it could be self-sufficient, which could reduce the consumption of long-distance food transportation.However, after the fall of Hanzhong, these farming places naturally could not be counted on. The food and grass expenses of Jiange's [-] troops all relied on Chengdu to supply them.

As a result, the supply of military supplies in Chengdu suddenly became tense. Huang Hao suggested to Liu Chan that the grain and grass supplied to Jiange should be transported twice a month, so that the army of Jiange can guarantee a one-month supply of grain. On the one hand, it can reduce the supply pressure on Chengdu, and on the other hand, it can effectively prevent the disobedience of the generals in command. As long as the front-line generals have dissent, they will immediately cut off their military food supply, which is called preventing rebellion.

Liu Chan was overjoyed, so he acted according to Huang Hao's words, and shipped food, grass and luggage to Jiange on the [-]th day of each month. This plan has been implemented for half a year.

Although this grain transportation plan caused a lot of criticism from the frontline soldiers, since the entire transportation line was in the rear, there was no need to worry about the surprise attack of the Wei army, and there was no shortage of grain and grass on the frontline, so almost everyone ignored a potential crisis.

Although Jiange's grain storage is nominally required for a month, in fact, Jiange's granary will be full only when the grain and grass arrive at the beginning of the month and the middle of the month, and sometimes due to road and weather conditions, the grain transportation team will There are some delays, sometimes three or two days late, and the inventory of Jiange's grain and grass sometimes drops to only ten or so days' stock.

When the Wu army attacked Fucheng this time, the grain transport convoy was delayed in Mianzhu for a few days because of the rain and did not arrive at Fucheng. But it became a luxury.

As for Jiange's grain and grass inventory, there are only more than ten days left.

This is undoubtedly fatal!
Zhang Yi is also in charge of the affairs of the supply camp. He has scolded that damn Huang Hao thousands of times in his heart. The daily expenses of a [-]-strong army are huge. Once the army runs out of food, the consequences will be unimaginable. Zhang Yi has no choice but to come to Jiang Dimensional consultation countermeasures.

Liao Hua, the general on the right chariot, was also present, and immediately asked for his order: "Fucheng is very important, and nothing can be lost. I am willing to lead an army and vow to take back Fucheng!"

Jiang Wei said solemnly, "Fucheng's walls are solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it weren't for Lu Kang's trickery and sneak attack, how could the Wu people succeed? Now there are at least 6 or [-] Wu troops stationed in Fucheng. Jian, how many soldiers and horses do you plan to bring to take back Fucheng?"

Liao Hua couldn't help being at a loss for words. According to general military knowledge, the attacking army must have at least two or three times the strength of the defending army to be able to break through the city, and it also depends on the quality of the equipment and morale of the soldiers on both sides. Now the strength of the Wu army occupying Fucheng is equivalent to that of the Shu army in the entire Jiange. Even if all the Shu troops in Jiange are transferred to attack the city, they may not be able to attack the city.What's more, the Wei army's offensive outside the Jiange was like a tide, and the defenders of the Jiange could only rely on the dangerous terrain to support them, and they couldn't mobilize extra troops to attack Fucheng.

"According to Bo Yue's opinion, how should we deal with it?" Liao Hua said helplessly.

Jiang Wei's deep eyes suddenly shot two cold lights, and he said in a deep voice: "The only solution now is to give up Jiange!"

(End of this chapter)