The last three kingdoms

Chapter 822 The Hardest Winter

With a sigh, Liu Yuan could only order the withdrawal of troops. After several months of fighting, not only did not achieve the results Liu Yuan expected, but he lost tens of thousands of soldiers. It was not a good time to use troops, Liu Yuan could only give up his encirclement and suppression plan in the end, and withdrew his troops back to Huguan.

However, the situation in the base area is not optimistic. Although the Huns' encirclement and suppression were repelled, there was no trace of a smile on Liu Yin's face.

The Huns walked very cleanly. They took away everything that could be taken away, and destroyed everything that could not be taken away. The land that the Huns once stayed on has been turned into scorched earth, and there is nothing left to be found. Something to take advantage of.

The Huns’ Sanguang tactics were still quite thorough. Due to the lush vegetation on the mountain, the Huns set fire to a forest fire, which burned almost [-]% of the vegetation in the base area, including all plants including forests, grasslands, and crops. They were all burned up in the fire. If it weren't for the heavy snowfall in early winter, it is very likely that the entire southern part of Shangdang would be burned by the fire.

Heavy snow covered the mountains, and there was only a vast whiteness between the sky and the earth. For the Shu army and the Han people in the base area, this winter will undoubtedly be the worst.

Because the Huns set fire to the mountain, even if the Shu army and the people rushed to harvest, they only harvested less than [-]% of the grain. The [-]% grain gap will severely test the survival ability of the Shu army.

After the Huns withdrew, the crisis in the base area was only temporarily resolved, but the Huns still controlled the fortresses that connected the east, west, north, and south of Shangdang. The southern base of Shangdang was still unable to connect with the bases in the west and east. , It has obviously strengthened the defensive strength of the various fortresses. It is much more difficult to break through these fortresses than to attack the Hanshan Fortress.

It seems that the large base seems to be significantly smaller, and even the birds and beasts that inhabit here are burned to death because of this devastating fire, and those who escape escape. In the empty mountain, even a bird can die I have never seen it, and as for those wolves, tigers and leopards, they have completely disappeared.

Originally, these hordes of beasts could also be used as rations by the Shu army and the people to make up for the lack of food, but a fire wiped out everyone's hopes.

Repelling the encirclement and suppression of the Huns was supposed to be the most congratulatory day for the whole army, but the current situation made every Shu soldier feel extremely heavy. They knew very well that what awaited them this winter was the most A cold and tormenting winter.

When Chen Shou faced Liu Yin, his mood was also very heavy: "General, the current food storage can only last for a month and a half at most. What should we do next?"

Fu Zhu said: "One and a half months is definitely not enough. One winter alone is three months, and there is still a spring famine. If we persist like this, we can only starve to death. In my opinion, we should take advantage of the situation and break through to the west. Lishan Pass, as long as you enter Hedong County, it is not difficult to obtain supplies. If we can take the opportunity to take Pujin Pass, we can also open up traffic with Guanzhong, so that a steady stream of supplies can be transported from Pujin to Hedong. Then we won’t have to worry about the shortage of food and grass.”

The other generals also expressed their support for Fu Zhuo's plan. Now that there is a shortage of food and grass, if they don't get supplements, they will not be able to survive this winter. Now moving to Hedong is a way out.

Liu Yin did not agree, because his consideration was far more profound than that of Fu Zhu and the others.First of all, breaking through the Lishan Fortress was a difficult problem. After the siege was over, the Huns strengthened the defense force of the surrounding fortresses. The original 3000 troops in the Lishan Fortress doubled to 6000. It is superior to the Huns, but the fortress battle is by no means as easy as a field battle. The half-finished Hanshan Fortress cost the Shu army a lot of effort, not to mention the fact that the Hanshan Fortress was attacked by a tiger riding a tiger twice. The strength of an army.

But now that the Tiger Cavalry army is facing Lishan Fortress with complete defense facilities and double the number of defenders, how to break through is by no means an easy task.

Secondly, the three armies of the Central Army of the Shu Army were distributed in the entire county of Shangdang in the shape of a character. Although they were divided and surrounded by the Huns, the three armies each refused to defend a base area and leaned on each other. A kind of containment, so that the Huns will never be able to concentrate their forces to defeat them one by one.

If the Tiger Cavalry Army retreats westward to Hedong County at this moment, then the entire southern base of Shangdang will have to be abandoned. Judging from the current situation, the Yong'an Army may be able to march westward with the Tiger Cavalry Army, but the Tiger Cavalry Army is much more difficult. Without taking Saishan Fortress, it is impossible for the Tiger Army to withdraw.

And once the Tiger Cavalry Army and Yong'an Army withdrew, Liu Yuan would no longer have to worry about the future. He could concentrate his forces to encircle and suppress the Tiger Cavalry Army.

In any case, Liu Yin can't just sit back and ignore the survival of the Tiger Army. More importantly, it took him a lot of effort to open up the Shangdang South Road base. greater than what you get.

Therefore, Liu Yin made up his mind to stick to his position. As long as he can survive this winter, all difficulties will be overcome.

After distinguishing between interests and interests, Fu Zhuo and the others naturally agreed with Liu Yin's proposition, determined to defend the Shangdang South Road base to the death.

Liu Yin ordered all the food and grass to be collected and distributed uniformly. The ration of each soldier was reduced from the original one catty per day to four taels per day. There are no exceptions to this standard.

Four taels of standard food is a luxury for these strong soldiers, even filling their stomachs is a luxury. It can only barely maintain a state of not starving to death, and even daily combat readiness and training cannot be guaranteed.

Fortunately, the Huns will not come to attack this winter. Liu Yin ordered the soldiers of each battalion to stay in the battalion and not to be dispatched. Except for the [-]% increase in food for the soldiers at the checkpoint, the other battalions remained unchanged.

In this way, the soldiers of the Shu army rushed to stand guard, so that at least they could eat [-]% more food. Although compared with the previous food, it was still a lot worse, but it was better than nothing.

Throughout the winter, all the soldiers were starving, including Liu Yin and the generals of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion, everyone was treated the same, and no one came to specialize.

But despite this, the Shu army was completely out of food near the end of the year.

(End of this chapter)