From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 161 The destined ending
The Wu Dynasty is now under tremendous offensive pressure. As they concentrate all their resources on military industry, their military strength has increased a lot, but the economy has begun to decline, and the burden on the people in the country is extremely heavy.

Almost all the food was used by the army, and widespread famine occurred among the people in the country. If this continued, the Wu Dynasty would collapse sooner or later.

In fact, Zhuge Jin had suggested that the Wu Dynasty should not develop in this way, but no one listened to him. Everyone naively thought that as long as the military force was pushed to the extreme, it would be easy to defeat the Dameng Dynasty.

As long as they capture the towns of the Dameng Dynasty, they will be able to obtain enough food to make up for the economic decline caused by the explosion of troops.

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel. They can't even get through the first level of defense in Daming Town, let alone taking over the town of Daming to obtain enough food to feed back to the Wu Dynasty.

Now the Wu Dynasty faces two choices: either take the initiative to attack or slowly die, both of which carry great risks.

Therefore, Zhuge Jin suggested to make a desperate move and push all the troops directly into Daming Town, and abandon the rear. If the enemy really wanted to concentrate its forces to attack their rear, the worst that could happen would be to exchange homes for homes.

Xiahou Yuan retorted: "Where do we get our supplies from? An army of more than 70,000 people consumes tens of thousands of grains every day."

"If there is a shortage of food, these 70,000 soldiers will immediately mutiny. What should we do then?"

Zhuge Jin said: "If the enemy attacks our city, it will be enough to show that their troops in the Great Dream Dynasty will be reduced, which will be more conducive to our siege."

"Once the city is broken, food will come."

"If the enemy does not choose to attack our Lincheng, that would be the best. We still have supplies in the rear."

"Besides this, I really can't think of a better way. If we continue to delay, we will definitely be dragged to death."

"My Lord, you decide what to choose."

Zhuge Jin has already thought of the best way to break the impasse for the Lord of Wu Dynasty. As for how to choose, the decision is left to Wu Yingxiong.

No one listened to his previous advice, and now that a crisis has occurred, it is almost impossible to expect him to make any top-notch decisions.

There was only so much Zhuge Jin could do.

Silence, long silence.

Neither Wu Yingxiong nor other Wu Dynasty generals and advisers had a better solution.

They had to admit that Zhuge Jin's strategy was correct. If they didn't fight and just kept wasting time like this, they would be dying a slow death.

If we fight, we don't know the future, the dangers, and it's a difficult decision anyway.

As things have developed to this point, it is meaningless to pursue who is right and who is wrong. Wu Yingxiong was silent for a long time before he said hoarsely: "Do as Mr. Zhuge says!"

Xiahou Yuan did not say anything more. He could not think of a better solution at this moment, so he cupped his hands and said, "Understood!"

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The 70,000-strong army was integrated in a grand manner. After Xiahou Yuan's passionate speech, all the generals, counselors, including their lord Wu Yingxiong, headed towards Dameng.

A military general and a counselor were left behind to guard the rear, mainly to supply them with food and supplies.

This time they did not choose to raid Chenpi Town, but went directly through the 300-mile plain area west of Chenpi Town and went deep into the heart of the Dameng Dynasty.

At this time, the defense of this plain area was replaced by Gao Shun's trap camp.

The current size of the Xianzhen Camp was no more than a thousand cavalrymen. A cavalryman galloped on his horse and quickly found Gao Shun, saying, "General, we have spotted the enemy!"

Gao Shun was a little excited. He hadn't fought for a long time. He thought that with the high mobility of the Xianzhen Camp, he could consume the enemy's troops.

So he said, "Charge forward and kill!" The soldiers hurriedly said, "General, the enemy's forces are too numerous and densely packed. We can't see the end at a glance."

Gao Shun calmed down instantly, and his previous passion was instantly extinguished. He then said, "Follow me back to Chenpi Town, quickly!"

With so many troops, Gao Shun was not a reckless man, so he took the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp and went to Chenpi.

Zhang Liao and Zhuge Liang saw Gao Shun coming back and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What happened?"

Gao Shun looked solemn and said, "We have discovered the enemy."

Zhang Liao was extremely excited and said, "Why are you still standing there? Come with me and kill them!"

Gao Shun hurriedly grabbed Zhang Liao and said, "General Zhang, calm down. The scouts estimate that the enemy's strength may be around 70,000."

What the hell!

Zhang Liao was stunned. So many troops? Did they bring all the soldiers from the entire country here?

Zhuge Liang pondered, then said to Gao Shun: "You take the Xianzhen Camp and stay here, cooperate with General Gongsun and others to defend Chenpi Town to prevent them from attacking."

"General Zhang, follow me back to the main city!"

Zhang Liao nodded, rode his horse and followed Zhuge Liang back to the main city of Daming Town as quickly as possible.

Half a while after Zhuge Liang arrived at the conference room, Zhang Liao arrived cursing.

There was no way, Zhuge Liang's horse was too fast and he couldn't keep up at all!

"Mr. Jiang, the enemy should have come out in full force, with more than 70,000 troops deployed. What should we do?"

Jiang Wei had long anticipated that the other party would go to this step. As long as the other party could not break through Chenpi Town, they would sooner or later mobilize all their forces to attack the Dameng Dynasty.

"Order all cities to defend themselves to the death."

"Their territory must be suffering terribly, and it is very likely that the people have already rebelled."

"Cut off their baggage."

"Don't fight them head-on. General Zhuge, General Zhang, take a group of about 3,000 cavalry, highly mobile light cavalry, to hunt down the enemy's baggage train."

"As long as we can hold our city, once we cut off their baggage train, they will have no supplies in the rear for you to catch up."

"With more than 70,000 soldiers, the amount of food they consume every day is an astonishing number. If they have no food to eat and cannot capture the city, then they will basically collapse without a fight, and we can completely take down the Wu Dynasty at the lowest cost!"

Jiang Wei's thinking has always been clear, and the most important reason is that everyone in Daming Town is united. No matter what strategy Jiang Wei proposes, everyone will carry it out without raising any objections.

But the Wu Dynasty was different. If they had listened to Zhuge Jin's advice, things would not have developed to this point today.

No matter the lord or commander of the Wu Dynasty, they were not well versed in the rules of national development after all. They did not use such good advisers. They naively thought that as long as there was an army, it was enough for war. But in fact, this was not the case. There were too many factors that needed to be tested in war.

Even if you have many soldiers and generals, what good will it do? When your economy collapses, what qualifications do you have to fight the enemy?

The different development strategies of both parties at the very beginning had already determined their fate.

After Jiang Wei gave the instructions, everyone began to act in an orderly manner!

(End of this chapter)