Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 447: Danger at Tongguan
Xing Daorong got into the state quickly.

Having just arrived in Tongguan and having filled his stomach, he immediately asked about the situation inside Tongguan.

Zhang Fei had nothing to hide, but he sighed and whispered in Xing Daorong's ear: "There is no problem with anything else, but..."

"But we don't have any supplies right now, so I'm afraid we won't have enough food..."

This is Tongguan’s biggest crisis.

It’s one thing to have powerful enemies outside who are eyeing us covetously, but there’s not enough food and grass inside, and we can’t even get enough to eat, so how can we fight?
Xing Daorong asked, "How long can this food and grass last?"

Zhang Fei said: "Fortunately, we caught them off guard when we attacked the pass, so the food and grass were not destroyed."

"The food and fodder we have now can only last for half a month at most."

Half a month…

Xing Daorong immediately knew that he was in trouble.

As for Liu Bei, it took him half a month to regroup.

It will take at least 30 days to support Tongguan again.

We can't fight on an empty stomach during this fifteen-day break!
Do we have to give up Tongguan?
It’s not that Xing Daorong wants to quit, but the current situation forces him to think so.

The difficulties in reality cannot be overcome by relying on mental strength alone.

By that time, everyone will starve to death, so why bother guarding the pass!
However, if Tongguan was abandoned, not to mention whether these thousands of troops could cross Chang'an and meet up at Chencang, the result of abandoning Tongguan would be that the battle of Chang'an would be in vain.

Now is the time when Cao Pi has just become emperor and his foundation is not yet stable. It is a good opportunity to take Chang'an.

Later on, when Cao Pi established his foundation, things became difficult!
Xing Daorong's face looked very heavy, and Zhang Fei's face looked even uglier.

He didn't know what was going on on Liu Bei's side, so he thought that if he was defeated for a while, he would just fight back.

However, when I saw Xing Daorong coming alone today and his face looked so ugly, I knew that things might be in trouble.

He immediately asked, "Zi Yu, what's going on with you? Is His Majesty in danger?"

Upon hearing this, Xing Daorong quickly comforted Zhang Fei for a while, to prevent him from really thinking that something had happened to Liu Bei and going berserk.

Then he told him everything about the great defeat in Xianyang.

Finally, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "None of us talked about how Sima Yi left no troops behind when Chang'an was surrounded on three sides, and rushed out with his entire army, giving us a chance to divide our forces."

"Now... Your Majesty should gather his troops in Chencang and support us here. It will take at least a month."

"In this month, regardless of whether the Wei army will come, even our food and grass will not be able to hold out."

Hearing Xing Daorong talking about the key point, Zhang Fei's expression also turned ugly.

Yes!

What should we do if there is no support and not enough food and supplies during this month?

With heavy thoughts in his heart, the loud-voiced Zhang Fei suddenly became silent.

Neither of them spoke, and they really were at a loss for what to do for the moment.

Xing Daorong simply thought that it was not a solution to continue thinking like this, so he might as well talk to Zhang Fei again. Who knows, he might come up with a solution while talking.

He asked, "Yide, who is this Tongguan garrison commander?"

Zhang Fei replied, "It is Zhong Yao."

It turned out to be him...

Xing Daorong listened and nodded slightly, but said: "Take me to have a look, maybe I can get some information from Zhong Yao."

Zhang Fei naturally responded and took Xing Daorong to find Zhong Yao.

…Zhong Yao was well settled by Zhang Fei.

This guy is quite famous, so there's no need to make things difficult for him. Just find him a good house and let him eat and drink well.

Zhong Yao could see through it.

I eat and drink as I should every day, and write in my free time, which is also enjoyable.

So tonight, Zhong Yao went to bed early and didn't even know what was happening outside.

I heard someone knocking on the door and felt something was wrong.

He got up, put on his clothes, opened the door and saw Zhang Fei standing outside.

It couldn't be a good thing to come here so late at night.

Just as he was about to ask, he saw another person appear beside him, bowing to him and saying, "Lord Yuan Chang, I am Xing Daorong from Jingnan. When I heard that you were here, I couldn't resist the urge to meet you, so I came to see you in a hurry."

When he heard the three words "Xing Daorong", Zhong Yao felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck the top of his head.

In the moonlight, I carefully looked at the tough guy in front of me.

But he was wearing iron armor, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and he looked majestic, like a god of war descending to the earth, which made people afraid.

But he couldn't help but ask: "Are you Xing Daorong who killed Miaocai, captured Yuan Rang, and destroyed Dongwu?"

To be precise, Eastern Wu was not destroyed by Xing Daorong alone.

After all, the most important battle of Chaisang was led by Liu Bei himself.

But it was Xing Daorong who attacked Jianye and forced Sun Quan to commit suicide in Hefei. Naturally, the credit for destroying Wu should be attributed to him.

Hearing the titles Zhong Yao gave him, Xing Daorong was moved, but he did not show it on his face. He just smiled and said, "It seems that a rough man like me has become famous now. Even Lord Yuan Chang has heard of it."

Hearing Xing Daorong say that he was a rough man, Zhong Yao immediately smiled and said, "General Xing's poems are amazing and unparalleled in the world, how can he be called a rough man?"

"If the general wants to say that he is a rough man, then each of us is a rough man."

When Xing Daorong came, he had already made up his mind that he must not tell the truth to Zhong Yao.

If he knew that Tongguan was full of crises, he would never have been able to get anyone to tell him anything.

Seeing that Zhong Yao seemed to value his literary accomplishment, he took advantage of the situation and said, "Mr. Yuan Chang, I came here today because I have heard of your calligraphy skills. I couldn't bear it, so I came to see you."

"Secondly... I have something in my heart that I want to talk to you about."

Zhong Yao was also a shrewd man. He knew that Xing Daorong's "one" was all an excuse, and what he really wanted to tell him was "two".

I was also wondering what Xing Daorong was thinking, so I said politely, "I wonder if General Xing has any advice for you, and why you would say it at this time."

Xing Daorong was not polite. He entered the house, lit the lamp, and took Zhong Yao to sit down and said, "Lord Yuan Chang, Tongguan has been breached today. The defeat of Chang'an is only a matter of time."

"Chang'an... is the old capital of the Han Dynasty. If Your Majesty enters Chang'an, the whole world will surely fall in despair, and the pseudo-emperor regime of the Cao family will surely fall in an instant."

"At that time, the whole world will be in the hands of my Lord. Who to use... who not to use... is all in my Lord's mind."

"The situation is already like this, why didn't Lord Yuan Chang make preparations earlier?"

Persuade to surrender!

After hearing what Xing Daorong said, Zhong Yao's first reaction was naturally that Xing Daorong wanted to persuade him to surrender.

However, as mentioned before, Zhong Yao is from the Yingchuan family, and the Yingchuan family are all die-hard supporters of the Cao family. How could they betray the Cao family now?

When he was about to refuse sharply, he heard Xing Daorong speak first: "Mr. Yuan Chang, I'm not asking you to surrender, but... I want to ask you two questions to make a good relationship with you."

(End of this chapter)