The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 274 The Prelude to the Decisive Battle ([-])
The so-called "a glimpse of the leopard in the tube can be seen".In ancient times, when the two armies were at war, sending envoys to each other not only negotiated with each other, but also used the name of the envoy to inquire about the truth.And Luo Xi's mission this time has fulfilled the role of a spy very well.

"The former general and the lower officer were blindfolded and entered the Jin army's camp. But all the way through, all they could hear were the groans of wounded soldiers and the buzzing of locusts. The morale in the Jin army's camp must be high. Extremely depressed."

Yes, the plague of locusts in Shaking Pass has not weakened at this time.And as the scattered grain and weeds are eaten up.Locust swarms are increasingly concentrated in areas where food is available.And the two armies that are fighting near Mei County at this moment have naturally become the areas that the locust swarms focus on.

Guan Yi's side is relatively okay, although as an agricultural student, Guan Yi only knew how to use pesticides but not how to make pesticides before crossing.But after all, he is an agricultural student and knows how to use the food chain to restrain locusts.Chickens and ducks eat locusts very well, so I won’t say much. In the spring of this year, Guan Yi consciously asked Hanzhong’s logistics troops not to damage the spider eggs attached to the hay poles when they transported hay.So now in the two cities of Mei County and Anguo, in addition to chickens and ducks eating happily, spiders have also been greatly prosperous.

In addition, Guan Yi's soldiers were mainly from Yizhou.Due to the shelter of the Qinling Mountains, the locust swarms in Guanzhong never spread to Yizhou.Therefore, the soldiers in Yizhou have no fear of locusts, and after all, the Han army is trapped in an isolated city and has lost its source of food.There is less food here.In terms of whether to let the messenger of the locust god live or to live by himself, the choice of the soldiers of the Han army became very easy and firm.

Although locusts are low-level creatures, as long as they are creatures, survival is an instinct.Since the Han army suffered heavy losses, everyone naturally gathered towards the Jin army's camp.

The gathering of locusts in the camp of the Jin army not only caused the morale of the local soldiers in Guanzhong to be low and the morale of the army was scattered.Even the Jin army from the Kanto region couldn't get up the energy to cull the locusts.

The reason is that whether it is Guanzhong or the North China Plain, it has been an area with a high incidence of locust plagues since ancient times.The people here naturally have a fear of locust swarms.It is believed that these things are the messengers of the Locust God, and they cannot be beaten or killed.Besides, the Jin army is backed by the rich and prosperous eight prefectures of the Kanto region. If there is no food here, it will be sent in a steady stream from the rear. Therefore, although the soldiers of the Jin army camp drove and killed the locusts under Shi Bao's strict order.But in fact, it is mainly to drive away, and there is very little culling.

This caused the daily food loss in the Jin army barracks to be at least twice as high as the normal situation.

Not only that, in addition to the excessive consumption of food and grass with the army.Due to the raging locust plague, the loss of the Jin army's food during transshipment was unprecedentedly higher than that of the Shu Han!
On Guan Yi's side, since the ziplines were laid in the valleys of Micang Mountain, half of the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains was also completed.Therefore, the high proportion of 5.00% loss of grain transported from Chengdu to Longxi or Guanzhong in the past has dropped to more than [-]% to less than [-]%.And what about the Jin army?In the past, the food transported from Luoyang to Chang'an generally only lost [-]% along the way, and from Chang'an to Mei County at most [-]%.But for this trip now, due to the continuous gathering of migratory locusts, its loss has reached an astonishing [-]%!

Li Mu's department, who was in charge of transporting grain and grass between Chang'an and Mei County, discovered after transporting grain and grass that although they were desperately culling the locusts along the way, they were terrified of the locust god.However, the 15 shi of grain and grass were eaten by locusts during the three-day transit, and more than 7000 shi were eaten away.According to the loss quota that Shi Bao gave them in advance, even if all of their 1 people handed over their heads, they would not be able to afford compensation.

In the end, Shi Bao still didn't take it seriously, but let Li Mu hand over ten heads and let it go.Even so, Li Mu also said that there is no way to do this job!
"Da Sima, the team that our army sent to arrest the soldiers who died in battle yesterday has returned. A total of 700 corpses and more than [-] wounded soldiers have been brought back. Most of the wounded soldiers are missing limbs or are unconscious. It is impossible to fight again."

"So, seven to eight thousand people have become deserters?"

"Uh...it should be so!"

"Hmph! Go to Weibei and send some of the corporal chiefs, chiefs, and marshals of the Guanzhong Army over, and let them identify the remains. After that, count the deserters according to the general list of dead and missing. If one is found, let our cavalry copy it. Their home!"

"Here!"

Looking at the low-ranking officers who hurriedly left the big tent, Shi Chong said to Shi Bao: "Father, will this make our army's morale more unstable?"

"Hey, Qin Nuer, doing this will of course make the morale of the army more unstable. But what will happen if you don't?"

"...Uh, there will be more deserters. Even the soldiers in Kanto will lose their morale."

"That's right, chasing and killing deserters is just a matter of completely losing the morale of the soldiers in Guanzhong. The morale of the soldiers in the Central Army and the Guandong can still be preserved. If you don't do this, the whole army will collapse sooner or later."

"But father, in this way, the hearts of the people in Guanzhong will no longer be with me."

"As a father, how can I not know." Shi Bao's eyes kept wandering, and after confirming that there was no one else around the big tent, he lowered his voice and said to Shi Chong: "The country is unfortunate, and there is such an emperor who is indecisive and reuses his relatives. If in Three years ago, when the Wei and Jin Dynasties were just under the Chan Dynasty, he sent me or Chen Xiuyuan to preside over here. How could the situation of this war have deteriorated to this point? Not to mention three years, it was last year when he received the news of the invasion of Western Shu. With me, can Jiang Wei take Longxi easily? Hey... Now Longxi and Liangzhou are completely lost, and I don’t know when I want to get them back. The only chance for our army is to capture and kill Guan Zifeng here. The country will be good when they are in power, but their powerful ministers can never be hereditary. So if this son dies, Western Shu will be in chaos! Then it will be our chance to fight back."

"But father, now..."

"Yes, the locust plague is getting worse. The summer locusts are about to subside, but there will be more autumn locusts in the near future. At that time, the Kanto side may also be affected. The hearts of the people in Guanzhong are also gradually going away. Not only that, even here The aristocratic family has also begun to renounce us... So, if one is not good, we will not only lose Liangzhou and Longxi, but also lose Guanzhong! Once Guanzhong is lost, Luoyang will become a border, and the country will be in danger!"

"So no matter how hard it is, father will persist here?"

"Yes. Yesterday's large-scale siege of the city can be regarded as an explanation to the emperor of Luoyang. Next, I can only follow Sima Wang's example and block Guan Zifeng under the two cities of Mei County. The next evolution of the situation No more than four."

"The child is stupid, please tell the father clearly."

"Well, firstly, under the persuasion of Pei Jiyan and Jia Gonglu, the one in Luoyang gritted his teeth and persisted, and kept transfusing blood to Guanzhong. With the country's much stronger national power than Western Shu, it took a year or two to die. Guan Zifeng. In this way, there will be no worries in Guanzhong, and civil strife in Western Shu."

"Secondly, the country sent blood transfusions to Guanzhong, and Guan Zifeng ran out of food. Jiang Boyue came from Hanzhong to rescue Guan Zifeng. Our army won the battle with nearly 20 troops. In this way, not only Guanzhong is worry-free, Longxi and Liangzhou can also take advantage of the situation. If it is done well, Yizhou will be pacified as well."

"Thirdly, Jiang Boyue came to rescue Guan Zifeng, the two sides fought a decisive battle, and our army was defeated. Then Guanzhong will be lost. But no matter what, Tongguan can still be saved. If Tongguan is saved, we will keep those who fought back hope."

"Fourth, the emperor in Luoyang was not determined, and Guan Zifeng couldn't hold on before starving to death. Or Soochow achieved great results on the eastern and central lines. The emperor was forced to order us to withdraw. If When this situation arises, Xishu, which has not lost its combat power, has the strength to attack Tongguan with all its strength. Once Tongguan is lost, Luoyang will become a border, and the country must move its capital. At that time, my Shi family should consider changing the owner. "

"So that's the case. Then, in my father's opinion, that kind of situation is most likely to happen?"

"Hmm...for my father, I thought..."

"Report~~~ Urgent report! Da Sima, General Guan Chao who is stationed in the east of the headquarters is here to report that the cavalry team of the Shu thief has attacked our army's grain team from Chang'an. All the grain and grass of the [-] stones have been burned!"

"what?!"

.......
Speaking of which, Guan Yi had released Zhao Yi, Qianhong, Huangfukai and others for a long time in advance.

It stands to reason that it is difficult for a cavalry team of tens of thousands of people to hide their traces on the endless Guanzhong Plain, right?It's a pity that the Xianbei people and the Huns have been flirting with Guan Yi for a long time.And the second-class aristocratic families in Guanzhong are also full of expectations for the improvement of their family status after the Shu Han settled in Yongzhou.In addition, Li Mu was already full of anger towards Shi Bao.All of the above finally allowed Zhao Yi and others to successfully raid a handful of Di people's transportation troops.

This battle was fought very strangely: the cavalry of the Shu Han and the infantry of the Di people, the casualties on both sides were almost zero.But all the [-] shi of grain transported by the Di people were burned.

How smart is Shi Bao?After he personally rushed to the scene of the incident and watched it for a while, he felt dizzy: with so many horseshoe prints, the enemy must be a rather large cavalry force.Such a large number of cavalry units must successfully attack the food transport team under the siege of more than 20 troops.Is it feasible to release water from alien races without external security?What about the usual supplies for such a large force?Is it feasible without the support of a local family?With such a large army fighting with our nearly ten thousand grain transport team, not even much blood was seen on the ground, who would believe it if it wasn't a fake fight? !

After such an inference, Shi Bao only felt desolate in his heart: It's over!In Guanzhong, the hearts of the army, the people, the officials, and even the foreign races with a large population base have all begun to shift towards the side of the Shu Han.

(End of this chapter)