The last three kingdoms

Chapter 234 Jiang Wei's Decision

"What?" Liao Hua and Zhang Yiju's faces turned pale with shock. For a moment, they even suspected that their ears had heard it wrong.Of course, they can't be blamed for this, Jiang Wei's brain is really too big.

The importance of the Jiange to the Shu Han is self-evident. It can be said that losing the pass is not as great as losing the Jiange to the middle of Shu. If they abandon the Jiange now, it means that their persistence for half a year has become meaningless.

"Bo Yue, how can this be done? Jiange is the gateway to northern Sichuan. Once we give up, Wei soldiers will drive straight in. Ji Han may be in danger of subjugation!" Zhang Yi's face was pale and he trembled.

The cold light in Jiang Wei's eyes also dimmed, and his expression looked lonely and lonely. At this moment, he no longer looked like a powerful general, but like an old man in his dying years.

"Let's not say that the Jiange is suffering from enemies from the front and rear. In terms of food and grass alone, it can barely last for ten days. So what should we do after ten days?"

Liao Hua and Zhang Yiju were shocked, the most difficult thing for the Jiange Shu army now was not how strong the enemy was, but that the food and grass were about to run out.The Jiange is located in a remote mountain and precipice, and there is no one inhabited. All the supplies of food and grass are counted on the supply from Chengdu, and the possibility of raising food and grass locally is almost zero.And once the food road is interrupted, the [-] Shu army in Jiange will be in a desperate situation. People have to eat food and horses have to eat grass, there is no food in the army, and the army will be demoralized.

Of course Jiang Wei is aware of the importance of the Jiange, but compared with the Jiange, he cares more about the fifty thousand soldiers under his command. They are almost the last elite force of the Shu Han. If it is damaged, the last hope of the Shu Han will be wiped out.

The most intuitive consequence of the fall of Fucheng is that the food roads will be cut off. If Jiang Wei still has a month or two of food and grass in his hands, he will definitely fight Wu Wei, but now he only has more than ten days of food in his hands. With food and grass, what can be done for more than ten days, it will pass in a moment. If it is really reached the point where the food is exhausted, it will not be so easy to get out of the Jiange.

Now there is not much time left for Jiang Wei to choose. Jiang Wei must make a decisive decision. If he wants to leave or stay, he must make up his mind at this moment. If there is more delay, there will be more danger.

This is undoubtedly a painful decision. Giving up the Jiange is tantamount to attracting wolves into the house. Jiang Wei knows very well that without the support of the Jiange, the land in central Shu may no longer be able to resist the powerful cavalry of the Wei people.

However, this is also good. After the Wei people broke through the natural danger of the Jiange, their next goal must be Chengdu, the capital of Shu, and the Wu soldiers guarding Fucheng stood in their way. There must be some competition between the two tigers. In the fierce fight, the crane and the clam compete, but it is the fisherman who wins in the end.

Jiang Wei doesn't want to be a fish belly surrounded by others, but wants to be a yellow bird behind, so he can only give up Jiange.This is similar to his strategy of gathering troops and gathering valleys that he has always insisted on. It is both to lure wolves into the house and lure them to destroy them. The plan is to let the Wei and Wu countries fight for their heads and blood, and both sides will suffer.

"Order all the troops to withdraw from the Jiange at the third watch tonight!"

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When the sky was just misty, Wei Jun launched a new round of attack.

Even Zhong Hui couldn't remember how many times this was the first time he had attacked Jiange Pass. The entire narrow and steep mountain road was covered with corpses and bones of Wei Jun. The undecomposed corpses had just fallen down in the past few days. Those white human bones can be traced back to last winter. Those remains were all within the range of the crossbows of the Shu army. More and more, almost filling up this mountain road.

Yi Zhonghui's plan was to retreat to Hanzhong, and at the same time lure Jiang Wei to pursue him, and set up an ambush to kill him along the way.However, Zhonghui's plan did not get Sima Zhao's approval. Sima Zhao sent Jia Chong and [-] troops to Hanzhong to help, and at the same time increased the intensity of food transportation. The food and fodder of the army was sent to Jiange exactly as needed.

This also reflects the military differences between Wei and Shu from one side. In the past few years, Wei Guo has gathered a large number of logistics support materials in Guanzhong in order to prepare for the destruction of Shu. Now, what can really reach the front line is just a drop in the bucket. It can be seen how terrible Wei's background is.

With Sima Zhao's order, Zhong Hui naturally did not dare to disobey, and with sufficient logistical support, Zhong Hui could devote himself to the attack with all his strength.

However, the Jiange Pass, which is controlled by one man and cannot be opened by ten thousand men, is by no means a pass that can be easily taken. Jiang Wei used his troops like a god, and the tiger was far above the Jiange. Wei Jun gathered 10,000+ troops, and it turned out to be within half a year Not an inch.

Shi Duyu, the head of General Zhenxi's residence, took the initiative to invite Ying to attack Jiange today.Chang Shi was a civil servant, so he was originally Zhong Hui's aide, but after several months of fighting, Hu Lie, Pang Hui and other generals who had been in charge of the former army's attacks were tired and exhausted. Du Yu took the initiative to invite Ying to fight, which made Zhong Hui very happy.

Du Yu was versatile in both civil and military affairs, and wrote beautiful articles. From this point of view, he was somewhat similar to Zhonghui, so he was appreciated by Zhonghui and took up the most important post of long history.

When the attack was launched, the sky was dimly lit, and the weeds on the edge of the cliff were still covered with dew.Du Yu led 5000 troops to meander through the narrow valley road.

But soon Du Yu discovered that today's valley is unusually quiet and silent, completely different from previous fights. If in normal times, this location has entered the effective range of the Shu army's bow and crossbow, the bones of the roadside can be used to shoot. It was so real.

Du Yu was vigilant, and thought to himself: Could it be that Jiang Wei set up an ambush?

However, Du Yu did not back down. Instead, he sent a team of scouts to climb up the steep mountain road to find out the news, while 5000 troops stood still at the bottom of the valley, cautiously guarding against possible ambushes by the Shu army.

The scouts climbed up the rock and entered the camp of the Shu army. They were shocked by the sight in front of them. The entire camp of the Shu army was empty, except for the half-burned stove, which proved that the Shu army had left not long ago, and there was no one at all.

"Reporting to Du Changshi, there is no one in the Shu army camp!"

Du Yu was stunned. What kind of situation was this? He immediately led his troops forward and entered the camp of the Shu army. Sure enough, there was no one in the camp. Ambush, really retreat.

"Hurry up and report to Commander Zhong, the Jiange has been taken!"

(End of this chapter)