From refugee NPC to mythical general

Chapter 168: The Advisor Escapes
This farce of attack initiated by the Wu Dynasty ended in such an undignified way.

The Wu Dynasty sent an army of 70,000 to attack, but in the end only about 60,000 soldiers were left. Now they can only hide in the Wu Dynasty, and have to switch from strategic offensive to strategic passive defense.

Compared with the tremendous pressure from the Wu Dynasty, the Dameng Dynasty felt much more relaxed and resolved the crisis of the Wu Dynasty. To some extent, the Dameng Dynasty had already taken the strategic initiative.

The economy of the Wu Dynasty is now sluggish. It can be said that as long as the Dameng Dynasty continues to drag on, the Wu Dynasty will automatically collapse.

Inside the meeting hall of the Dameng Dynasty, everyone looked very relaxed, and everyone's tense nerves completely relaxed at this moment.

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "Okay, from now on we won't face any pressure anymore."

"But General Zhuge, General Zhang, I suggest that you start doing military simulations now. The Wu Dynasty is in chaos now, and we can already turn the situation around and attack them."

Zhuge Liang's idea coincided with Jiang Wei's. Although the Wu Dynasty had a large number of troops, their food supplies were burned, they suffered heavy casualties, and their morale was low. The high-intensity corvee and taxation in recent days had overwhelmed the people in their territory, and their food production had decreased. It was likely that famine would occur in their territory soon.

If the Dameng Dynasty seized this opportunity, it might be able to defeat the Wu Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Okay!"

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "There's no need to be so anxious. Let's make full preparations for the attack first, and give them some time to make them more chaotic. Then we can attack them and have a better chance of success."

Zhuge Liang and Zhang Liao nodded in agreement at the same time. Zhang Liao laughed and said, "With Mr. Jiang here, it won't be long before we can unify the world!"

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Wu Dynasty.

After the failure of this war, the Wu Dynasty, to a certain extent, had completely lost the qualifications to compete for hegemony. Although they still had a large number of troops, the country could no longer meet the grain output, and the people could no longer afford to eat.

All the food was supplied to the army and was even burned. The army had no choice but to continue to impose heavy taxes on the people.

Inside the meeting hall.

Wu Yingxiong asked Zhuge Jin: "Mr. Zhuge, what should we do now?"

Zhuge Jin pondered for a moment before sighing and saying, "My Lord, you can now give up the border cities, withdraw the troops, and migrate the people back, so as to free up more financial space and use the funds for city construction."

"If we continue to defend the border cities, it will still consume too much financial resources and food. It is better to abandon these cities and concentrate financial resources on building cities closer and constructing fortifications. Only in this way can we have more time to develop the economy."

This was the last and most loyal advice Zhuge Jin gave to Wu Chao. He still had illusions and hoped that his lord would listen to his advice.

However, Xiahou Yuan said, "If we lose our territory, how will the people in our country view us? How will the soldiers view our court?"

"My lord, we cannot give up an inch of our territory!"

Wu Yingxiong nodded heavily: "Not giving up an inch of our territory is a cowardly act!"

Perhaps Wu Yingxiong has read too much historical materials in the real world, and always thought that history should be passionate and uncompromising, but history has never taught him to be forbearing.

Zhuge Jin sighed and said no more. Since no one listened to him, he didn't say any more.

"The only solution now is to defend the city and focus on developing the economy."

Zhuge Jin spoke helplessly.

Wu Yingxiong said: "Okay, then I'll listen to you, sir!"

After the meeting, Zhuge Jin said to Wu Yingxiong: "My Lord, I want to go out and inspect the border to see if there is any way to improve our defense."

Wu Yingxiong said with a smile: "Okay! Sir, go ahead without any worries. No one in the Wu Dynasty dares to stop you."

Zhuge Jin nodded, then rode his horse and hurried towards the eastern border. To the east of Hebei is Youzhou. Zhuge Jin had completely lost confidence in the Wu Dynasty. He also considered the Dameng Dynasty in the south, but he could never make such a decision.

He knew too much about the Wu Dynasty. As long as he went to the Dameng Dynasty, with his understanding of the Wu Dynasty, the balance of victory would almost entirely tilt towards the Dameng Dynasty.

After all, Zhuge Jin still has feelings for the Wu Dynasty. After all, he has witnessed the high-rise buildings of the Wu Dynasty being built step by step all the way to the present. These are all his hard work, and he does not want to destroy them with his own hands.

All he could do was watch the fight between Wu Dynasty and Dameng Dynasty. He didn't care who would win in the end.

All the way to the border, Zhuge Jin was stopped by soldiers. Zhuge Jin said, "I am on patrol, let me out of the city."

The border soldiers did not dare to stop Zhuge Jin and asked, "Will I send someone to protect you?"

Zhuge Jin said: "I am nearby and will not be too far away. I will be back soon. There is no need to send troops for protection."

"Be careful, sir."

Zhuge Jin nodded, spurred his horse, and drove quickly towards Youzhou in the east.

The border troops guarding the city waited for a long time but still did not see Zhuge Jin coming back. They couldn't help but feel worried. They knew that Zhuge Jin was the most powerful strategist in the Wu Dynasty. If any danger happened outside, he would not be able to bear it.

So the surrendered border army general hurriedly sent troops out to look for Zhuge Jin. After searching for a long time, they still did not see Zhuge Jin.

Until a personal soldier came back and said to the general guarding the city: "General, we asked some passers-by, and they said that Mr. Zhuge went to Youzhou."

"what?"

Isn't this running away?

The generals guarding the city were horrified and quickly rode their horses towards the main city of the Wu Dynasty.

Inside the meeting hall.

Wu Yingxiong was discussing the next defense plan with Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but ask curiously: "Where is Mr. Zhuge?"

Wu Yingxiong said, "Master said to go out and patrol to see if we can find a way to defend it."

Xiahou Yuan nodded and said nothing more, but at this moment, a low-ranking general came running over in a hurry, sweating profusely and said, "General, General!"

"Something happened, something happened!"

Wu Yingxiong looked puzzled and asked, "What happened?"

The soldiers guarding the city said, "Zhuge, Mr. Zhuge, he ran away."

"Run away? Where did you go?"

The soldier guarding the city swallowed his saliva and said, "It seems, it seems that he went to Youzhou."

"Isn't that someone else's territory?" Wu Yingxiong suddenly realized what was happening and asked, "Mr. has betrayed me?!"

"He went to seek refuge with someone else?"

The troops guarding the city remained silent.

Wu Yingxiong was furious and said, "I was so good to him, but he betrayed me? This is outrageous!"

(End of this chapter)