Prime Minister take care

Chapter 270 No victory, no victory
Ho Kyung.

"Lord, I'm late!"

The house was quiet, except for the chirping of cicadas in the small courtyard.Fang Yuting looked at the gray-haired and skinny old man on the bed, and he didn't even recognize him.

Everything seemed to have changed overnight, but Huan Wu's eyes were still burning with fiery light.

"Get up!"

Huan Wu lay on the bed and waved his hand slightly, signaling Fang Yuting to get up.

"I ordered the plank road in the Magpie Valley to be burned. What rumors are there outside?"

"This" Fang Yuting paused for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "There are no rumors outside."

"Lie!" Huan Wu stared at Fang Yuting with a disdainful smile on his face, "What other rumors can there be outside? They are just saying that I am afraid of that kid Yang Xian."

Fang Yuting looked at Huan Wu, who had no grudge at all and spoke frankly.

"Lord, those are just the ignorant words of a bunch of young people. How can they understand the profound meaning of my lord."

Next to the large bed was a short table with several exquisite lacquer plates.Huan Wu picked up the preserved fruit on the plate, threw it into his mouth and chewed it. He felt a sweet and sour taste, which stimulated his taste buds.

"I'm afraid it's not just some Xiaoxiao! After this battle, both the people, the princes from various places, and even the generals in our army all think so.

"Lord!"

"After this battle, Youji died, my eldest brother died, and even Bin'er died in front of me. Yang Xian was as vicious as Naizu. I lost miserably, but he didn't win either!"

When Huan Wu said this, a flush of red appeared on his entire gray face, and his eyes were bright.

"In the battle of Sanshiyuan, the Shu army lost [-]% of its troops. Then Yang Xian rushed to attack Huanbiao's camp for ten days, and soon after capturing it, he fought fiercely with our army on Quegu Road for two days, and lost another [-]% of his troops. After this battle, , Yang Xian wants to compensate the fallen soldiers and reward them for their merit, and Yizhou’s treasury may be at its bottom.”

A slight cough resounded throughout the room. Fang Yuting picked up the teacup on the short table and handed it over.Huan Wu drank some tea to calm down the violent vibration in his chest.

"I used to be too anxious. After this defeat, I realized that the best way to deal with Yang Xian is not to play any tricks with him, but to rely on a great teacher to win. Time is on my shoulders, not on him. Xian. I burned all the plank roads, and Yang Xian devoted all of the national power of Shu to build it. It will never be repaired within three to five years. If Yang Xian wants to go north to the Central Plains, he needs to transport food roads for thousands of miles just like we attacked Shu. Let’s take one city at a time. I’d like to see, with the strength of Shu, can he survive?”

With the failure of the Liang army's second attack on Shu, the two armies of Liang and Shu have already had different offensive and defensive positions.Huan Wu ordered Liang Jun to build more city defenses for dozens of cities on the Yongyi border.Liang Jun in Yongzhou also changed from strategic offense to strategic defense.

The Quegu Road has been burned down, the Baichuan Road cannot be marched at all, the Shiyang Trail is dangerously blocked, and the Micang Road is remote.While Huan Wu had people build more Sanshui Pass, he also had people build a large number of sentry camps near the other three crossings to monitor the movements of the Shu army.

Huan Wu took a breath and his expression changed slightly.

"The autumn wind is about to rise! After the arrangements for Yongzhou are completed, I will set off back to the capital of God. Let Huan Zhong take charge of the affairs in Haojing!"

"Subordinates obey!"

String city.

"Have the pensions for the casualties and rewards for the meritorious officers been awarded?"

A huge map lay across the palace, depicting the deployment of Liang Jun on the border of Yongliang.Yang Xian looked at it for a long time and suddenly asked.Yan Le walked out from the side, held up his hands and said: "Everything that should be distributed has been distributed, but after this battle, the treasuries of Nanzhong, Baocheng, Miancheng and Gucheng have been exhausted. Ba, Lang and even Jiangzhou's treasury has been reduced to [-]%. Lord, although our army is victorious, I am afraid that we will not be able to launch a counterattack against Liang's army in a short time."

Yang Xian smiled and pointed at Liang Jun's defense point on the map.

"Huanwu sent a large army to garrison Sanshui Pass, and built more than ten cities in Zhongdi, Meiguo, and Fufeng, and even built two fortresses at Baichuan and Shiyang Pass. Perhaps he was waiting for our army to counterattack so that we could suffer. Where’s the head!”

"My lord, the Magpie Valley Road has been cut off. It's not easy for our army to move northward."

Yan Le put it very euphemistically, this was not only not easy, it was simply difficult.This thousand-mile road to Shu will not only test the combat power of the Shu army, but also the national strength of the two countries.

Huan Wu burned down the plank road, which was equivalent to completely admitting defeat in front of the people of the world.But at the same time, he also found the stupidest but effective method.That is to compete with Yang Xian for national strength.

The power of offense and defense is different. Although the attacking side holds the initiative, the financial resources and military resources that can be spent are several times that of the defending side.But on the Thousand Li Shu Road, this number may be doubled several times.

Huan Wu held seven states in the Central Plains, and his resilience was not comparable to that of Yang Xian, who only had one state.Even if victory cannot be won on the battlefield, as long as the country accumulates national strength, it can still win in the end.

Moreover, the land of Yizhou is not easy to get in, and it is equally difficult to get out.Even if it takes 20 years, Yang Xian can be consumed to death.

"This is not the time to counterattack yet." Yang Xian looked at the generals of the armies in the room, "Give the order, and the troops assembled on the front line will return to their bases to reorganize their troops and make up for the battle losses. Our army and even the entire Yizhou need to Recuperate.”

"The last will obey!"

All the generals handed him over.

"My lord, I will report something at the end."

At this time, Yang An handed it over and said.He was originally the commander-in-chief of the Zhechong Army. After the battle on the front line, he passed through Xiancheng and was about to return to Jiangzhou.

"what?"

"After the defeat of the Liang army, in addition to the soldiers captured by our army, there were also a large number of people fleeing in Zhounan County. Huan Wu burned the plank road, and they had no hope of returning north, so they flocked to various places. Among them, Liang General Rong Can It has become a habit. He originally had thousands of heavy armored infantry under his command. After the defeat, he fled south and entered Badi. According to reports from scouts, he not only took in the defeated soldiers of Liang Army, but even began to recruit bandits and bandits near Badi. Over time, In the end, I fear it will become a serious disaster.”

Yang Xian pondered, "There are many mountains in Badi. If we send an army to conquer them, it will be expensive and wasteful, and I'm afraid it won't be effective in a short time. Our army is just about to recuperate, and it is not appropriate to raise troops at this time."

After speaking, Yang Xian glanced aside.At this time, among the ranks of the ministers of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Jiang Zhou, Fang Pei, Xu Ji and other surrendered generals of Liang Army were among them.

These surrendered generals returned with their subordinates, each with thousands of soldiers and horses, and they were also a considerable force.Sensing Yang Xian's gaze, these surrendered generals all felt guilty.

This was their time to make achievements, but these surrendered generals did not dare.Because they knew Rongcan's temper very well, if Rongcan saw them, he would probably be stabbed if they disagreed.

In the past, persuading people to surrender was tantamount to death.

Finally, Dickson stood up.Unlike other generals, he did not have any troops under his command.

"General, I would like to go and give it a try to persuade Rong Can to surrender!"

(End of this chapter)