I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 326 Guo Huai’s strategy and pressure
"Report, Prime Minister, there is someone in front of you claiming to be the envoy sent by General Xiahou Ba of Wei State, saying that he has important matters to see you, Prime Minister."

Zhuge Liang was a little surprised: "Xiahou Ba?"

"It must be a trick of the enemy!" Yang Yi said, "We only need to form a formation to kill the Wei thieves, there is no need to see the Wei envoy!"

"No, no, bring it up immediately!"

The messenger was brought up.

"Xiahouba, I have met the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty!"

Everyone was even more surprised.

Where is the promised messenger?

How did he become Xiahou Ba himself?

Xiahou Ba was seen wearing a suit of armor, but he took off his helmet and threw away his weapon.

"I'm here to surrender."

"Guo Huai wants to quickly occupy the battlefield terrain and consume the Han army's strength. He heard that the prime minister is seriously ill. If this situation continues, it won't be long before the morale of the Han army is low and there will be chaos."

"General sincerely surrenders to the Han, how can I not agree?" Zhuge Liang laughed, and his common problems seemed to be alleviated.

"I also led three thousand cavalry in the front, and I asked them to remove their armor and surrender."

No wonder we have traveled such a long distance!
The troops immediately divided into two factions. One faction expressed its willingness to follow Xiahou Ba and surrender to the Han Dynasty, and the other faction was unwilling.

"Then why did the general go deep here alone?"

"The old thief Sima slaughtered the generals and killed innocent people in the capital. People and gods were outraged. All the heroes in the states were angry. The strength of the Wei State has been exhausted. If you are willing to surrender to me now, if you are not willing, leave now and I will not stop you. Just throw yourself into the battlefield behind and be responsible for your own life and death."

"What if they don't want to surrender?"

"General, does he know that the two armies are at war now?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"If you don't want to surrender, just let them go. Now the war between the two sides is imminent. If the prime minister insists on dealing with these people, I'm afraid he will miss the opportunity."

"Why?"

"Nature knows."

"Yes!" Zhuge Liang nodded repeatedly, "General, he is indeed a famous general of Wei!"

At this time, they realized that Xiahou Ba actually brought them here to surrender.

Zhuge Liang asked again: "When is the time?"

"The old thief Sima seized power in Luoyang and massacred my Xiahou family. I don't dare to be in Wei anymore. Please ask the Prime Minister to take me in."

"General, please get up quickly."

Xiahou Ba went to persuade those who came with him.

"Did the Prime Minister agree to this?"

Immediately, Zhuge Liang asked Fei Yi to arrange for someone to be with Xiahou Ba.

After saying that, Xiahou Ba got off his horse, knelt down on one knee, and his tone was full of sincerity.

Those who were unwilling did not resist, because an organized counterattack at this time was not called a counterattack, but meant to lead to death.

There was no room for the cavalry to charge. Behind them was a chaotic battlefield, and in front of them were the main forces of the Han army arriving one after another.

Those who wanted to leave left, and those who stayed took off their armor, handed over their horses, and arranged to gather in one place.

At noon, the Han and Wei flanks outside Chencang City had been fighting for a long time, but the main force of the Chinese army had not moved.

This situation was expected by Guo Huai. The Han army was extremely capable in field combat and would be difficult to defeat quickly.

But this time Guo Huai's reason for agreeing to send troops is also very simple: the people's livelihood in Guanzhong has been almost destroyed.

A large amount of Han money was circulating in Guanzhong, and the currency devalued to an unimaginable level.

Food prices skyrocketed.

Soaring food prices sound like a good thing for farmers?
That would be too naive!

The prerequisite for the sharp rise in food prices to be a good thing for farmers is that there are strong laws to restrain all strata of society.

But it's a pity that Wei couldn't do it.

When your butt is worth money, you may even lose the freedom to shit.

Not to mention the current farmers.

Food prices soared, and local tycoons immediately purchased grains at extremely low prices and then sold them to armies in need of food.

As for buying grain from farmers at low prices, throw them some depreciated Chinese money and say some nice words.

When they sold it to Guo Huai, they said that the price on the market was now the same and there was not much food left. As the supreme commander of the Western Front, Guo Huai is well aware of the current sentiments of the people in Guanzhong and is extremely panicked.

It's more panic than the battle in front of me.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang was seriously ill at this time, and Guo Huai finally got the chance.

If there is no fight and the confrontation continues for three to five years, the people's livelihood in Guanzhong will completely collapse.

When people's livelihood collapses, people will flee in large numbers.

Food on the front line of Chang'an must be dispatched from Luoyang, which undoubtedly increases the length of the supply line and is fatal.

How can the 800-mile supply line feed the 300,000 soldiers and civilians on the Chang'an front line?
Just thinking about it is a devastating thing.

Guo Huai's plan is also very simple. Zhuge Liang is ill, and the Han army's patience has dropped by at least half.

He doesn't look at the strength of the Han army now, he looks at the strength of the Han army in the next two to three months.

The fatal injury of the Supreme Commander's serious illness does not affect the morale of the army immediately, but will affect it gradually.

For example, half a month, one month, two months.

As time goes by, the impact increases exponentially.

So even though the situation on the Wei army's left wing is now stabilized by Jiang Wei, Guo Huai remains calm.

"Report! Commander, General Xiahou..."

"How? Have you launched an attack on the Shu army?"

"General Xiahou is heading towards the new city."

"Ok?"

"General Xiahou is heading towards the new city!"

"What did you say?" Guo Huai was stunned, thinking he heard wrongly, "I asked him to attack the left wing of the Shu army!"

"But he went towards the new city!"

"What is he doing there?"

Guo Huai, who had always been calm, became furious.

The scout said nothing.

"Xiaoxian!"

Guo Tong came out and said: "The last general is here!"

"You take this governor's token to capture Xiahou Ba and take over Xiahou Ba's troops!"

"Here!"

When Guo Tong hurried over, he learned that Xiahou Ba had already crossed the new city.

This news was quickly passed back to Guo Huai, and an ominous premonition arose in Guo Huai's heart.

"Send a few more scouts immediately to investigate the situation!"

"Here!"

For more than half an hour, Guo Huaicai once again received news that shocked him: That bastard Xiahou Ba had surrendered to the enemy!

At this time, the left wing of the Han army on the Chencang front had been completely repaired.

As for the right wing, it has become a Shura field, with swords like a forest and corpses like a mountain.

A lot of blood flowed into the Wei River.

The war horse was submerged in the pile of rotten meat.

Guo Huai issued an order: "Go and arrange a camp!"

"Here!"

What he ordered was a fortification, not a retreat, and he did not even mention the movements of the Wei army in Beiyuan City and Xincheng.

This shows that Guo Huai is determined to fight the Han army to the end this time.

In Guo Huai's view, as long as part of the Han army is disabled, Zhuge Liang's condition will inevitably worsen, and the Han army's situation will become worse.

Indeed, as Guo Huai expected, when Zhuge Liang learned that Beiyuan City's defense line had been breached, although he was calm on the surface, he was already a little anxious in his heart.

He kept coughing, and it was not until late that the main force of the Han army crossed the Wei River and entered the battlefield.

But the war at this time was extremely unfavorable to the Han army.

(End of this chapter)