Chapter 354: Sending Troops to Hanzhong
"The general's father and I complement each other very well, and we are brothers from the same clan. Now I heard that the rice thief Zhang Lu has long occupied Hanzhong and blocked the court and Yizhou. I can't bear to see my brother's education being taken away by Zhang Lu, so I have sent 500,000 troops to the west to Liangzhou, hoping to hunt with the general in Hanzhong. I wonder what your opinion is..."
"That's enough, that's enough, stop reading!"
Inside the Hanzhong prefect's mansion, Zhang Lu, with an angry look on his face, rudely interrupted the reading of Lü Yi's manifesto that was sent to Hanzhong and Yizhou, and could not help but slam the table.
"This Lu Yi actually treated me as prey and wanted to hunt me together with that wimp Liu Zhang!"
"It's really too much!"
Zhang Lu has been managing Hanzhong for a long time.
Especially since he is the leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, it is no exaggeration to say that he is a weakened version of Zhang Jue.
Therefore, under his management, Hanzhong achieved unity of politics and religion, and the whole city was united.
Especially relying on Yangping Pass, a famous pass in the world, Hanzhong can be said to be as solid as a rock.
Only a few thousand soldiers are needed to stop an army of 100,000.
Historically, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and Wei Yan all resisted several attacks from Cao Wei's army with just one county because of Hanzhong's dangerous terrain.
Therefore, Zhang Lu had the confidence to leave a small number of soldiers under the leadership of his younger brother Zhang Wei to defend Yangping Pass.
He led tens of thousands of troops under his command to attack Yizhou.
But confidence is confidence.
Now that Lu Yi has really started preparing for the attack, he has even issued a manifesto.
Faced with this fierce man who was invincible both inside and outside the country and unified the twelve states in the blink of an eye, Zhang Lu was still guilty and panicked. He immediately gave up the great victory he had finally achieved overnight and led all his troops back to Hanzhong to garrison.
Therefore, after Zhang Lu was briefly angry after hearing Lu Yi's manifesto, his anger suddenly eased. He looked at the civil and military officials in the hall and sighed.
"Now Lü Yi's army of hundreds of thousands is marching westwards in an attempt to attack Hanzhong. Do you have any strategy to help me repel the enemy?"
Although Zhang Lu asked the question, because his opponent was the great devil Lu Yi, the usually arrogant civil and military officials in the hall were uncharacteristically silent today.
They looked at each other, but no one stepped forward to answer Zhang Lu's question.
"Humph!"
"Yang Song, you are my Hanzhong strategist. Facing a powerful enemy attack, do you have a good plan to repel the enemy?"
Zhang Lu waited for a while, and seeing that no one answered, he could not help but frown and point to a scholar with a wretched face on his left to answer.
"Um...this..."
Yang Song, who usually speaks sharply, couldn't help but speak slurredly.
However, he saw that his lord's face was becoming increasingly darker, and knew that Zhang Lu was on the verge of a violent rage. He thought to himself that something was not right, so he kept watching Zhang Lu's expression and answered carefully.
"My lord, Lü Yi has now taken over twelve-thirteenths of the empire, with a million soldiers, counselors as numerous as rain, and generals as numerous as clouds. The only place he has not taken is Yizhou."
"If you could have defeated Liu Zhang quickly before, and used Yizhou as a backup, you could still have resisted Lü Yi."
"But now, Lu Yi has sent a letter to Liu Zhang, asking him to attack the lord together. How can we escape safely when we are attacked from all sides?"
"Liu Zhang may not be stupid enough to provoke the lord in front of a powerful enemy, but as long as he stands by and watches, the lord will still be defeated."
"Since the situation is doomed to fail, why don't you surrender the land of Hanzhong to Lü Yi to avoid death and extinction of your clan?"
"If Lu Yi accepts the lord's surrender, he will still retain his title of marquis, and the people of Hanzhong can be spared from the ravages of war. This is the best policy!"
"The best strategy?"
"I'm afraid you can also beg for mercy from Lu Yi and continue to serve as your officials under Lu Yi's command, right?"
Zhang Lu couldn't help but snort in his heart when he heard this, and filled in the blanks of what Yang Song hadn't said yet.
Although he knew the stance of his civil and military subordinates and understood that surrender was now their consensus, he could not openly oppose it.
Otherwise, if these people's thoughts are cut off, I am afraid they will surrender to Lu Yi with their heads at hand.
Therefore, Zhang Lu couldn't help but sigh in his heart and began to think about surrendering.
The general trend of the world may sound mysterious, but when the general trend of the world comes towards you, then you may have a deeper experience of these four words.
Dark clouds covering the sky is a true reflection of Zhang Lu’s mood at this moment.
However, surrender is surrender.
There is also a lot of knowledge in it.
He surrendered without a fight and was despised by Lu Yi, who finally sent him away with only a minor official position.
After a fierce battle, he was eventually persuaded to surrender by Lu Yi. In order to quickly pacify Yizhou, Lu Yi even appointed Zhang Lu as a governor and granted him a high title in exchange for the surrender of a county in Hanzhong.
Therefore, after some thought, Zhang Lu came up with a plan in his mind.
"The King of Jin is coming with his army, and it is beyond human power to stop him. I have long wanted to surrender to the King of Jin."
"However, if we surrender so easily, I am afraid that King Jin will look down on us after he takes Hanzhong."
"Why not, we should stop them first and let the King of Jin know the backbone of the men of Hanzhong, and then we can surrender."
"In this way, the Duke of Jin will respect us and will definitely treat us with courtesy."
"I don't know what my plan is. What do you think?"
As soon as the thought of surrender arises, the world and the sky become wide.
After Zhang Lu was ready to surrender to Lu Yi, even the way he addressed him began to become respectful, as if Lu Yi was sitting high in the hall and watching him.
He knew that everything he said and did would be reported to Lu Yi after the war. Since he had to perform, he had to act it out fully.
Sure enough, Zhang Lu's words of surrendering to Lu Yi came out.
The solemnity and worry on the faces of the civil and military officials in the hall were swept away, and the atmosphere in the hall immediately became relaxed.
"My lord, what you said is very true. I think the King of Jin is not an unreasonable person. He will understand your painstaking efforts."
Yang Song said perfunctorily, but in his heart he had already regarded Lu Yi, whom he had never met before, as his new lord.
No matter whether Zhang Lu is dead or alive, as long as he is willing to surrender to Lu Yi in the end, he can still retain his wealth and status.
Although Lu Yi was ruthless towards the noble families, he chose to show leniency to those who voluntarily surrendered.
Therefore, as long as Zhang Lu surrenders, he will still be his good lord. If he is stubborn, he will be a dead good lord.
The civil and military officials in the hall were all quite perfunctory about this. After all, their interests were different from Zhang Lu's, but the same as Yang Song's, so their reactions were mostly the same.
If Zhang Lu could quickly defeat Liu Zhang and seize Yizhou.
Then the game between the monarch and his subjects will still have a basis to continue.
Now that we have failed to capture Yizhou, that is another matter.
However, Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei obviously had a different opinion from the other civil and military officials.
I don’t know if it’s because his interests are consistent with Zhang Lu’s, and he hopes to defeat Lu Yi and gain better value for his side.
Or maybe he just wanted to meet Lu Yi, the greatest devil in the world, and test his own strength.
"Brother, you are right. I am willing to lead 30,000 soldiers to resist Lu Yi."
"People say that Lu Yi is invincible, but I sneer at that. Today I will break Lu Yi's spirit and let him know how powerful we Hanzhong men are!"
"it is good!"
"If my brother is as brave as Xiang Yu, I will go to Yangping Pass with your 30,000 troops to resist the King of Jin!"
Zhang Lu was naturally delighted to see his younger brother taking action, and immediately nodded and said.
There is always an information gap when people receive information from the outside world.
The brothers Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei had never seen Lu Yi's invincible style with their own eyes, so it was difficult for them to know how powerful Lu Yi was just from what outsiders said.
In Zhang Lu's eyes, his younger brother Zhang Wei was the most powerful general under his command and the most powerful general he knew.
He felt that no matter how strong Lü Yi was, he would only be strong to a limited extent. Zhang Wei would be able to stop Lü Yi by relying on the natural barrier of Yangping Pass.
Let him retreat when faced with difficulties.
At that time, if I surrender, I can achieve my goal.
But he overestimated his younger brother and even more seriously underestimated Lu Yi.
Lu Yi is a fierce man who emerged from the border areas after fighting against the foreign tribes and facing mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Although Zhang Wei was brave, it was hard for him to become the most powerful one in Shu.
Not to mention the wider world.
It is true that when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey dares to claim to be king.
After receiving instructions from his brother Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei immediately led his 30,000 troops to garrison Yangping Pass.
Yangping Pass is not as majestic as Hulao Pass, nor as dangerous as Jianmen Pass.
But there is naturally a reason why Hanzhong is the gateway to Shu.
With these 30,000 troops guarding the city, Zhang Wei was confident that he could easily resist Lu Yi's attack.
But after waiting for half a month, when Lu Yi's army arrived at Yangping Pass, Zhang Wei, who had been very confident, was dumbfounded after witnessing Lu Yi's luxurious northern armored cavalry with his own eyes.
Although Hanzhong was considered wealthy under Zhang Lu's governance.
However, there were no conditions to raise such a large number of war horses, let alone equip 100,000 Northern Iron Cavalry with full armor.
Even if Zhang Lu in the south was richer, Liu Zhang, who owned Yizhou, did not have such wealth.
After all, he is the big devil who basically unified the world.
Only Lu Yi has the financial resources to support such an invincible army.
However, cavalry are not good at attacking cities, so Zhang Wei is still confident that he can stop Lu Yi's iron hooves.
But after Lu Yi saw Yangping Pass, his 100,000-strong army actually retreated ten miles and set up camp.
In Zhang Wei's mind, Lu Yi was obviously also shocked by the powerful defense of Yangping Pass and did not dare to attack the city.
There is even a layer of fantasy in Zhang Wei's heart.
That is, Lu Yi heard his own name and was frightened and retreated far away.
Arrogant people are like that.
The disregard of the strong is often interpreted by them as weakness.
However, for the next three months, Lu Yi camped ten miles away with peace of mind, seemingly having no intention of attacking.
Even the war horses in the camp were let loose in the surrounding valleys.
It seemed as if they were planning a long-term siege.
"not good!"
"This Lu Yi is trying to trap me to death in Hanzhong!"
After Zhang Wei realized what was happening, he couldn't help but scream and began to panic uncontrollably.
Zhang Wei didn't know how long Lu Yi could support the 100,000 troops under his command.
But he understood that even if his brother used all of Hanzhong, he would not be able to support the 30,000 troops at the border.
The greatest danger for an army on an expedition is the huge consumption of food.
Without food, unless you are made of iron, you will starve to death.
Why is it that the same army can be easily supported at the garrison, but the difficulty of supporting it soars when it is deployed hundreds or thousands of miles away?
Without him.
All because of the cold weapon era and the poor transportation-consumption ratio.
If the distance is long enough, then of the one hundred stones of grain required to transport them, including the journey by coachmen and oxen, as well as the return journey, only one stone may actually reach the front line.
Although Zhang Lu in Hanzhong transported grain to Zhang Wei's Yangping Pass, the transportation-consumption ratio was certainly not so exaggerated.
But the losses are also staggering.
To provide food for an army of 30,000 troops far away in Yangping Pass.
Enough to maintain 100,000 soldiers in Hanzhong.
And what is the population of Hanzhong as a whole?
How can he be compared with Lu Yi, who can easily mobilize the national strength?
As a result, in just three months, half of Hanzhong’s stock was consumed.
Zhang Wei's food reserves were also beginning to run out.
After all, Zhang Lu had already consumed a lot of food in order to attack Yizhou.
Now that Lü Yi was attacking, Zhang Lu had consumed so much food but gained nothing. In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, he ended up vomiting all the meat.
It's really not worth the candle.
Naturally, there are not many food reserves.
"This is not the way to go!"
"Our army's food supply won't last until autumn. I'm afraid it will be gone by summer."
"This Lu Yi is quite patient. I wonder where he gets all the food to supply his army."
Zhang Wei, who was pacing back and forth on the top of Yangping Pass like an ant on a hot pan, did a little calculation in his mind and he could no longer remain calm.
"If I delay any longer, I will die. I can't delay any longer!"
"Since you, Lu Yi, are a coward and dare not attack the city, I will take the initiative to attack!"
Zhang Wei suddenly hardened his heart, looked towards the Lu Yi camp in the distance where thick smoke was rising, and said harshly.
……
"It seems that Zhang Wei is just as the military advisor thought. He can no longer hold on and is actually planning to attack our camp at night in three days!"
Lu Yi held a secret letter from Yangping Pass in his hand and couldn't help but smile.
Even the county magistrate Zhang Lu has openly planned to surrender, so it is nothing for the soldiers under Zhang Lu to find a way out for themselves and surrender to Lu Yi in advance.
"Haha, Zhang Wei doesn't know the strength of our army, so he can't sit still."
"How could he know that the lord had already stored enough food for the army to use for three years in advance for the war to destroy Shu, and had already secretly transported it to Chang'an."
Ju Su, the military advisor who was accompanying the army on the expedition, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and he was extremely calm and confident.
"Since Zhang Wei can't sit still, let's treat him well. We can't return empty-handed after a long journey, so let's just be the guest of honor!"
Lu Yi couldn't help but smile when he heard that and immediately began to make arrangements.
"There has been no sound at all. It seems that Lu Yi has been lax over the past three months."
"Listen to me, everyone. When we enter Lu Yi's camp, we will set it on fire and kill anyone we see. Don't let Lu Yi escape!"
Three days later, in the middle of the night, Zhang Wei led 10,000 elite soldiers wearing bound hoofs and approached Lu Yi's camp. After carefully watching for a while, he gave an order with a slightly ferocious tone.
"promise!"
The elite soldiers he brought with him were also eager to fight when they saw how careless Lu Yi's camp was.
……
(End of this chapter)
"The general's father and I complement each other very well, and we are brothers from the same clan. Now I heard that the rice thief Zhang Lu has long occupied Hanzhong and blocked the court and Yizhou. I can't bear to see my brother's education being taken away by Zhang Lu, so I have sent 500,000 troops to the west to Liangzhou, hoping to hunt with the general in Hanzhong. I wonder what your opinion is..."
"That's enough, that's enough, stop reading!"
Inside the Hanzhong prefect's mansion, Zhang Lu, with an angry look on his face, rudely interrupted the reading of Lü Yi's manifesto that was sent to Hanzhong and Yizhou, and could not help but slam the table.
"This Lu Yi actually treated me as prey and wanted to hunt me together with that wimp Liu Zhang!"
"It's really too much!"
Zhang Lu has been managing Hanzhong for a long time.
Especially since he is the leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, it is no exaggeration to say that he is a weakened version of Zhang Jue.
Therefore, under his management, Hanzhong achieved unity of politics and religion, and the whole city was united.
Especially relying on Yangping Pass, a famous pass in the world, Hanzhong can be said to be as solid as a rock.
Only a few thousand soldiers are needed to stop an army of 100,000.
Historically, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and Wei Yan all resisted several attacks from Cao Wei's army with just one county because of Hanzhong's dangerous terrain.
Therefore, Zhang Lu had the confidence to leave a small number of soldiers under the leadership of his younger brother Zhang Wei to defend Yangping Pass.
He led tens of thousands of troops under his command to attack Yizhou.
But confidence is confidence.
Now that Lu Yi has really started preparing for the attack, he has even issued a manifesto.
Faced with this fierce man who was invincible both inside and outside the country and unified the twelve states in the blink of an eye, Zhang Lu was still guilty and panicked. He immediately gave up the great victory he had finally achieved overnight and led all his troops back to Hanzhong to garrison.
Therefore, after Zhang Lu was briefly angry after hearing Lu Yi's manifesto, his anger suddenly eased. He looked at the civil and military officials in the hall and sighed.
"Now Lü Yi's army of hundreds of thousands is marching westwards in an attempt to attack Hanzhong. Do you have any strategy to help me repel the enemy?"
Although Zhang Lu asked the question, because his opponent was the great devil Lu Yi, the usually arrogant civil and military officials in the hall were uncharacteristically silent today.
They looked at each other, but no one stepped forward to answer Zhang Lu's question.
"Humph!"
"Yang Song, you are my Hanzhong strategist. Facing a powerful enemy attack, do you have a good plan to repel the enemy?"
Zhang Lu waited for a while, and seeing that no one answered, he could not help but frown and point to a scholar with a wretched face on his left to answer.
"Um...this..."
Yang Song, who usually speaks sharply, couldn't help but speak slurredly.
However, he saw that his lord's face was becoming increasingly darker, and knew that Zhang Lu was on the verge of a violent rage. He thought to himself that something was not right, so he kept watching Zhang Lu's expression and answered carefully.
"My lord, Lü Yi has now taken over twelve-thirteenths of the empire, with a million soldiers, counselors as numerous as rain, and generals as numerous as clouds. The only place he has not taken is Yizhou."
"If you could have defeated Liu Zhang quickly before, and used Yizhou as a backup, you could still have resisted Lü Yi."
"But now, Lu Yi has sent a letter to Liu Zhang, asking him to attack the lord together. How can we escape safely when we are attacked from all sides?"
"Liu Zhang may not be stupid enough to provoke the lord in front of a powerful enemy, but as long as he stands by and watches, the lord will still be defeated."
"Since the situation is doomed to fail, why don't you surrender the land of Hanzhong to Lü Yi to avoid death and extinction of your clan?"
"If Lu Yi accepts the lord's surrender, he will still retain his title of marquis, and the people of Hanzhong can be spared from the ravages of war. This is the best policy!"
"The best strategy?"
"I'm afraid you can also beg for mercy from Lu Yi and continue to serve as your officials under Lu Yi's command, right?"
Zhang Lu couldn't help but snort in his heart when he heard this, and filled in the blanks of what Yang Song hadn't said yet.
Although he knew the stance of his civil and military subordinates and understood that surrender was now their consensus, he could not openly oppose it.
Otherwise, if these people's thoughts are cut off, I am afraid they will surrender to Lu Yi with their heads at hand.
Therefore, Zhang Lu couldn't help but sigh in his heart and began to think about surrendering.
The general trend of the world may sound mysterious, but when the general trend of the world comes towards you, then you may have a deeper experience of these four words.
Dark clouds covering the sky is a true reflection of Zhang Lu’s mood at this moment.
However, surrender is surrender.
There is also a lot of knowledge in it.
He surrendered without a fight and was despised by Lu Yi, who finally sent him away with only a minor official position.
After a fierce battle, he was eventually persuaded to surrender by Lu Yi. In order to quickly pacify Yizhou, Lu Yi even appointed Zhang Lu as a governor and granted him a high title in exchange for the surrender of a county in Hanzhong.
Therefore, after some thought, Zhang Lu came up with a plan in his mind.
"The King of Jin is coming with his army, and it is beyond human power to stop him. I have long wanted to surrender to the King of Jin."
"However, if we surrender so easily, I am afraid that King Jin will look down on us after he takes Hanzhong."
"Why not, we should stop them first and let the King of Jin know the backbone of the men of Hanzhong, and then we can surrender."
"In this way, the Duke of Jin will respect us and will definitely treat us with courtesy."
"I don't know what my plan is. What do you think?"
As soon as the thought of surrender arises, the world and the sky become wide.
After Zhang Lu was ready to surrender to Lu Yi, even the way he addressed him began to become respectful, as if Lu Yi was sitting high in the hall and watching him.
He knew that everything he said and did would be reported to Lu Yi after the war. Since he had to perform, he had to act it out fully.
Sure enough, Zhang Lu's words of surrendering to Lu Yi came out.
The solemnity and worry on the faces of the civil and military officials in the hall were swept away, and the atmosphere in the hall immediately became relaxed.
"My lord, what you said is very true. I think the King of Jin is not an unreasonable person. He will understand your painstaking efforts."
Yang Song said perfunctorily, but in his heart he had already regarded Lu Yi, whom he had never met before, as his new lord.
No matter whether Zhang Lu is dead or alive, as long as he is willing to surrender to Lu Yi in the end, he can still retain his wealth and status.
Although Lu Yi was ruthless towards the noble families, he chose to show leniency to those who voluntarily surrendered.
Therefore, as long as Zhang Lu surrenders, he will still be his good lord. If he is stubborn, he will be a dead good lord.
The civil and military officials in the hall were all quite perfunctory about this. After all, their interests were different from Zhang Lu's, but the same as Yang Song's, so their reactions were mostly the same.
If Zhang Lu could quickly defeat Liu Zhang and seize Yizhou.
Then the game between the monarch and his subjects will still have a basis to continue.
Now that we have failed to capture Yizhou, that is another matter.
However, Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei obviously had a different opinion from the other civil and military officials.
I don’t know if it’s because his interests are consistent with Zhang Lu’s, and he hopes to defeat Lu Yi and gain better value for his side.
Or maybe he just wanted to meet Lu Yi, the greatest devil in the world, and test his own strength.
"Brother, you are right. I am willing to lead 30,000 soldiers to resist Lu Yi."
"People say that Lu Yi is invincible, but I sneer at that. Today I will break Lu Yi's spirit and let him know how powerful we Hanzhong men are!"
"it is good!"
"If my brother is as brave as Xiang Yu, I will go to Yangping Pass with your 30,000 troops to resist the King of Jin!"
Zhang Lu was naturally delighted to see his younger brother taking action, and immediately nodded and said.
There is always an information gap when people receive information from the outside world.
The brothers Zhang Lu and Zhang Wei had never seen Lu Yi's invincible style with their own eyes, so it was difficult for them to know how powerful Lu Yi was just from what outsiders said.
In Zhang Lu's eyes, his younger brother Zhang Wei was the most powerful general under his command and the most powerful general he knew.
He felt that no matter how strong Lü Yi was, he would only be strong to a limited extent. Zhang Wei would be able to stop Lü Yi by relying on the natural barrier of Yangping Pass.
Let him retreat when faced with difficulties.
At that time, if I surrender, I can achieve my goal.
But he overestimated his younger brother and even more seriously underestimated Lu Yi.
Lu Yi is a fierce man who emerged from the border areas after fighting against the foreign tribes and facing mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Although Zhang Wei was brave, it was hard for him to become the most powerful one in Shu.
Not to mention the wider world.
It is true that when there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey dares to claim to be king.
After receiving instructions from his brother Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei immediately led his 30,000 troops to garrison Yangping Pass.
Yangping Pass is not as majestic as Hulao Pass, nor as dangerous as Jianmen Pass.
But there is naturally a reason why Hanzhong is the gateway to Shu.
With these 30,000 troops guarding the city, Zhang Wei was confident that he could easily resist Lu Yi's attack.
But after waiting for half a month, when Lu Yi's army arrived at Yangping Pass, Zhang Wei, who had been very confident, was dumbfounded after witnessing Lu Yi's luxurious northern armored cavalry with his own eyes.
Although Hanzhong was considered wealthy under Zhang Lu's governance.
However, there were no conditions to raise such a large number of war horses, let alone equip 100,000 Northern Iron Cavalry with full armor.
Even if Zhang Lu in the south was richer, Liu Zhang, who owned Yizhou, did not have such wealth.
After all, he is the big devil who basically unified the world.
Only Lu Yi has the financial resources to support such an invincible army.
However, cavalry are not good at attacking cities, so Zhang Wei is still confident that he can stop Lu Yi's iron hooves.
But after Lu Yi saw Yangping Pass, his 100,000-strong army actually retreated ten miles and set up camp.
In Zhang Wei's mind, Lu Yi was obviously also shocked by the powerful defense of Yangping Pass and did not dare to attack the city.
There is even a layer of fantasy in Zhang Wei's heart.
That is, Lu Yi heard his own name and was frightened and retreated far away.
Arrogant people are like that.
The disregard of the strong is often interpreted by them as weakness.
However, for the next three months, Lu Yi camped ten miles away with peace of mind, seemingly having no intention of attacking.
Even the war horses in the camp were let loose in the surrounding valleys.
It seemed as if they were planning a long-term siege.
"not good!"
"This Lu Yi is trying to trap me to death in Hanzhong!"
After Zhang Wei realized what was happening, he couldn't help but scream and began to panic uncontrollably.
Zhang Wei didn't know how long Lu Yi could support the 100,000 troops under his command.
But he understood that even if his brother used all of Hanzhong, he would not be able to support the 30,000 troops at the border.
The greatest danger for an army on an expedition is the huge consumption of food.
Without food, unless you are made of iron, you will starve to death.
Why is it that the same army can be easily supported at the garrison, but the difficulty of supporting it soars when it is deployed hundreds or thousands of miles away?
Without him.
All because of the cold weapon era and the poor transportation-consumption ratio.
If the distance is long enough, then of the one hundred stones of grain required to transport them, including the journey by coachmen and oxen, as well as the return journey, only one stone may actually reach the front line.
Although Zhang Lu in Hanzhong transported grain to Zhang Wei's Yangping Pass, the transportation-consumption ratio was certainly not so exaggerated.
But the losses are also staggering.
To provide food for an army of 30,000 troops far away in Yangping Pass.
Enough to maintain 100,000 soldiers in Hanzhong.
And what is the population of Hanzhong as a whole?
How can he be compared with Lu Yi, who can easily mobilize the national strength?
As a result, in just three months, half of Hanzhong’s stock was consumed.
Zhang Wei's food reserves were also beginning to run out.
After all, Zhang Lu had already consumed a lot of food in order to attack Yizhou.
Now that Lü Yi was attacking, Zhang Lu had consumed so much food but gained nothing. In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, he ended up vomiting all the meat.
It's really not worth the candle.
Naturally, there are not many food reserves.
"This is not the way to go!"
"Our army's food supply won't last until autumn. I'm afraid it will be gone by summer."
"This Lu Yi is quite patient. I wonder where he gets all the food to supply his army."
Zhang Wei, who was pacing back and forth on the top of Yangping Pass like an ant on a hot pan, did a little calculation in his mind and he could no longer remain calm.
"If I delay any longer, I will die. I can't delay any longer!"
"Since you, Lu Yi, are a coward and dare not attack the city, I will take the initiative to attack!"
Zhang Wei suddenly hardened his heart, looked towards the Lu Yi camp in the distance where thick smoke was rising, and said harshly.
……
"It seems that Zhang Wei is just as the military advisor thought. He can no longer hold on and is actually planning to attack our camp at night in three days!"
Lu Yi held a secret letter from Yangping Pass in his hand and couldn't help but smile.
Even the county magistrate Zhang Lu has openly planned to surrender, so it is nothing for the soldiers under Zhang Lu to find a way out for themselves and surrender to Lu Yi in advance.
"Haha, Zhang Wei doesn't know the strength of our army, so he can't sit still."
"How could he know that the lord had already stored enough food for the army to use for three years in advance for the war to destroy Shu, and had already secretly transported it to Chang'an."
Ju Su, the military advisor who was accompanying the army on the expedition, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and he was extremely calm and confident.
"Since Zhang Wei can't sit still, let's treat him well. We can't return empty-handed after a long journey, so let's just be the guest of honor!"
Lu Yi couldn't help but smile when he heard that and immediately began to make arrangements.
"There has been no sound at all. It seems that Lu Yi has been lax over the past three months."
"Listen to me, everyone. When we enter Lu Yi's camp, we will set it on fire and kill anyone we see. Don't let Lu Yi escape!"
Three days later, in the middle of the night, Zhang Wei led 10,000 elite soldiers wearing bound hoofs and approached Lu Yi's camp. After carefully watching for a while, he gave an order with a slightly ferocious tone.
"promise!"
The elite soldiers he brought with him were also eager to fight when they saw how careless Lu Yi's camp was.
……
(End of this chapter)
