The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

After all, Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang's troops in Nanzheng City suffered heavy losses in previous battles, and now they can only hide in the city.

As long as he is willing to lose troops and horses, if Guan Yu's army forcibly attacks the city, it will not be a problem to hit Nanzheng City.

It's just that it is not certain how many people will be left in Guan Yu's 6-strong army after the forced siege of the city.

When Liu Bei heard Guan Yu's words, he frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about what he said, what are the chances of winning?

After a while, Liu Bei still shook his head.

"Second brother, this matter is very important. If we forcefully attack the city, our army will suffer heavy casualties. Even if we can take down Nanzheng City, there will not be many soldiers left, and Gan Ning's tens of thousands of troops are watching. When our army attacked Hanzhong, Gan Ning's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would certainly not sit idly by, if they appeared from behind our army while our army was attacking the city, wouldn't it be a big deal to attack our army back and forth?"

Liu Bei was still very cautious. After realizing that this matter could not be done, he immediately rejected Guan Yu's proposal.

After Guan Yu heard Liu Bei's rejection of his statement, his face was flat and he didn't say much. After all, he also understood that what he said just now was just angry words, and the chances of really attacking Nanzheng were too small.

Even if it is hit, it is not worth the loss.

"My lord, another way is for our army to give up attacking Nanzheng City, but to dispatch all the troops from Nanzheng to Ziwu Valley, and open up the Ziwu grain road first."

"The reason why the Ziwu grain road was cut off by Huang Zhong's troops is precisely because our army has placed a large number of soldiers and horses on the side of Nanzheng City. We only need to send troops and horses to open up the grain road, and wait for the next batch of grain and grass to arrive. At that time, our army's food and grass crisis will be resolved!"

Guan Yu's army transported grain and grass from Chang'an City to Chenggu County every 10 days.

Although the food and grass this time were robbed by Huang Zhong.But we only need to wait another 10 days for the next batch of grain and grass to arrive.

So as long as the grain road is opened up, the next batch of grain and grass will be shipped, and the grain and grass crisis on Guan Yu's side can be temporarily relieved.

It's just that if you do this, you are not completely 10% sure that it can be done.

After all, what they did before was based on the fact that people like Huang Zhong didn't know the grain transportation route of Guan Yu's army.

In order to be able to ignore the soldiers and horses that Liu Zheng's army may appear at any time to rob food.

But now that Huang Zhong has already done the thing of cutting off the grain road once, it may not be impossible to do it a second time.

Even when Fu Shiren disappeared, most of them had already been arrested by Huang Zhong's men for interrogation and torture. No details of the entire grain and grass transportation process could escape the investigation of Huang Zhong and others.

As a result, the difficulty of transporting grain and grass on the Meridian Grain Road has skyrocketed.

"Xianhe Jianyong, what you said is feasible, but it is also difficult to succeed. Now that the food road in Ziwu Valley has been discovered by Huang Zhong's soldiers, even if we send a large army there, the other party will be able to Relying on the terrain of the Meridian Valley and stalemate with us."

"Let's not talk about whether Huang Zhong's army can be defeated within a few days, even if Huang Zhong is really defeated in the end, when our food transportation team comes over and Huang Zhong comes back, I'm afraid we may not be able to keep the food and grass Ah. All they need is a fire to make our efforts go in vain."

Liu Bei is not very confident about regaining the grain road of Ziwu Valley.

After all, when the Meridian Valley was chosen to transport grain and grass at the beginning, it was because of its concealment. Now that Huang Zhong's men knew about it, it would not be a wise move to continue using this channel to transport grain and grass.

After Jian Yong's words were finished, Liu Bei's consent was not obtained, and his face became a bit more dignified. After all, for Jian Yong, he had already raised these doubts when he discussed with Guan Yu before, and now he brought it up again. Liu Bei denied it again.

"My lord, since it's not enough to attack Nanzheng by force, and it's not enough to protect the grain road, we only have 20 days of grain and grass left, and as time goes by, the news that our grain road has been robbed will definitely spread in the army , I’m afraid it won’t take 20 days for our troops to start to turmoil.”

Although the robbery of the Ziwu Grain Road has not been made public yet, the soldiers and horses under Guan Yu are not fools. The transportation team has not transported the grain and grass these days, so they can realize that what happened in the land of Hanzhong whats the matter.

After another ten days passed, and the luggage was still not seen, those smart people naturally knew that the shortage of food and grass in Hanzhong would be impossible for Guan Yu to suppress the turmoil of the soldiers and horses below.

"If this doesn't work, we can only find a way to transport grain and grass from Xiegu. However, even if we spread the news back quickly, it will take at least a month before the news reaches Chang'an. And transport the food and grass to Chenggu."

Jian Yong thought for a while, and then came up with another solution.

Chapter 977 Ma Chao's Strategy

After Jian Yong finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bei.

From Chenggu County to Chang'an.In fact, there are two ways to go.

One is Ziwu Valley, but Ziwu Valley mountain road is difficult, although the distance is closer, it cannot pass through the army.

It's okay to transport grain and grass slowly, but it will be very difficult if the army passes by.

The other is the inclined valley. The road on the inclined valley is wider and easier for troops to pass.

This is also the route for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of Guan Yu's army to go all the way south from Chang'an to Chenggu County.

It's just that if you go to the inclined valley, you need to go around a long way, and the original journey of five or six hundred miles has suddenly become eight or nine hundred miles.

There will be some more days in time.

Even if you hurry up, pass the news of the grain shipment back to Chang'an from Chenggu.

It also takes at least four or five days.

It will take at least a month for Chang'an to prepare the grain and grass for transportation to Chenggu.

If the supply of food and grass in Chenggu is not too tight, this method is not bad.

A month later, Liu Bei was still able to resume the transportation of grain and grass.

That would not be considered a crisis.As long as food and grass can be supplied continuously, Liu Bei will not be afraid of Liu Zheng's troops in Hanzhong.

But now Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops are all wolf cubs who are waiting to be fed, and they consume a lot of food and grass every day.

As far as the food and grass under Guan Yu's men are concerned, it is already very good to persist for 20 days.

Even if you live frugally and distribute less food and grass every day, you can only persist for 25 days. It is too difficult to persist for 30 days.

"If you go to the Xiegu side to transport grain and grass, the soldiers on the Hanzhong side will have to persist for at least 30 days before they can wait for the first batch of grain and grass shipped from Chang'an!"

"30 days is a lot of pressure for us!"

Jian Yong also told Liu Bei about the difficulties he would encounter with the plan he proposed.

Liu Bei fell into deep thought after listening.

But Guan Yu on the side was about to speak.

"In fact, it may not be impossible to persist for 30 days. Our current food and grass can last for 20 days. As long as we distribute less food and grass and halve the food and grass for each meal, let alone persist for 30 days, it may not be impossible to persist for 40 days. !"

Guan Yu's thinking was relatively simple, thinking that he only needed to reduce the daily ration distribution to survive this crisis.

But Liu Bei did shake his head quickly after listening to Guan Yu's words.

"Second brother, this method is inappropriate!"

"Well, why brother?"

Liu Bei rejected Guan Yu's proposal, which naturally made Guan Yu a little puzzled, and immediately asked Liu Bei.

"Second brother, I'm afraid we won't be able to hide the news of our army's shortage of food and grass for a long time."

"If we still reduce the supply of food and grass at this time, I'm afraid it will make those soldiers guess that we are going through a food crisis at this time."

Liu Bei's worries are not unreasonable.What they should hide most now is to hide from their soldiers that they have encountered a food crisis.

Otherwise, once the men and horses under him know the news of the food shortage.

Not to mention 20 days, even 10 days may not be suppressed.

If you want to spend these days smoothly, you must think of other ways.

"My lord, what should we do?"

After the successive proposals were rejected by Liu Bei, Jian Yong could only ask Liu Bei to see if there was any better solution.

Liu Bei was silent for a moment, frowning as if he had been thinking about how to break the situation in front of him.

No one dared to interrupt Liu Bei's thoughts, and there was complete silence in the big tent at this moment.

But Ma Chao on the side seemed to think of something, and immediately opened his mouth to remind Liu Bei.

"My lord, I have a suggestion. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Little brother, do you have any suggestions just say it?"

Liu Bei did not expect Ma Chao to speak at this time.

He was also curious about what Ma Chao was going to say, so without hesitation, he responded directly to Ma Chao.

"My lord, just now I heard you say that you want to transport grain and grass from the inclined valley?"

"It will take more than a month. In fact, this matter is easy to solve."

Ma Chao seems to have a plan in mind, and is not worried about this matter.

"Oh? Little brother, do you have a way to solve our army's food and grass problem?"

After Liu Bei saw Ma Chao's expression, he became more curious about Ma Chao and continued to question him.

Ma Chao didn't hide anything, and immediately responded to Liu Bei.

"My lord, it's actually simple. The road on the side of the inclined valley is wider, suitable for horses to run long distances. Although the distance is a bit longer, we now have several thousand cavalry, and the war horses here are useless now. We use them to transport food and grass. "

"With my war horses to transport food and grass, it doesn't take 30 days, but only [-] days. I can transport a batch of food and grass back and forth from Chang'an to Chenggu to solve the crisis of our army's food and grass."

When Ma Chao said this, Liu Bei was immediately excited about the use of war horses to transport grain and grass from the inclined valley.

At first, Liu Bei, Jian Yong and others did not think of this, because the troops they sent to Hanzhong this time did not have many cavalry, and the cavalry were mainly Ma Chao's subordinates.

Even if they could think of it at the beginning, it was just because the cavalry belonged to Ma Chao, they dared to ask Ma Chao to transport food.

At first, none of them thought of this, but now that Ma Chao raised it on his own initiative, things are different.

If you think about it so carefully, this matter is really promising.

From Xiegu to Chenggu, although the distance is longer, it is better than the Meridian Valley line. It can pass large armies, and if the horses rush, the speed is much faster, and it can consign a batch of grain and grass. It only takes a short time. A few back and forth times can indeed relieve some of the pressure on food and grass.

Moreover, the current number of cavalry is not large, and it is indeed of little use to people like Liu Bei. If they are used to consign food and grass, it can increase the role of these cavalry.

"Okay, Brother Ma Chao, if you can really use your war horse to transport food and grass, it will really solve a big problem for us. If you can really solve the food crisis this time, I will give you the first credit!"

When Liu Bei heard Ma Chao's words, he immediately became excited. As Ma Chao said, as long as there are these war horses, the food and grass crisis cannot be completely resolved, but it is inevitable to have no worries in a short time.

"General Ma Chao, I'll leave it to you this time!"

Jian Yong also heard Ma Chao's words, and at this time, with Ma Chao's solution, the difficulties in the Hanzhong area could be alleviated immediately.

"Although the food and grass crisis has been resolved, Liu Zheng in Xicheng is indeed a difficult matter, and he must be resolved."

Chapter 978 Turning an Enemy into a Friend

Although this time, with Ma Chao's solution, the food and grass crisis in Hanzhong can be solved for the time being.

Liu Bei's face looked a little better, but, in the final analysis, the emergence of the food crisis was due to the fact that Liu Zheng's troops were eyeing the Hanzhong area and affected Guan Yu's troops.

Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are nothing to worry about, but Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses are now more and more frightening to Liu Bei.

"Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng, even if Liu Zheng isn't here, his men and horses alone are enough to put us in trouble. Hanzhong must not be lost, and Hanzhong must be taken down!"

Liu Bei's face was gloomy, and he began to think about how to deal with Liu Zheng's tens of thousands of soldiers in Hanzhong.

"My lord, are you worried about Huang Zhong and Gan Ning's men?"

"Well, it's true, how can someone else sleep peacefully beside the couch? With them around, we will be under the control of others in everything we do in Hanzhong. The constraints are too strong. Otherwise, this little Nanzheng would have been ruled by my second brother a long time ago." It was shot down."

Liu Bei said bitterly.

If it wasn't for the tens of thousands of troops of Huang Zhong and Gan Ning stationed in Xicheng, not far from Nanzheng, always watching Nanzheng's side, Guan Yu's tens of thousands of troops would only need a few days to break through. The gate of Nanzheng City.

Why wait until now, and have been in a stalemate with Nan Zhengcheng, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others.

"Actually, my lord, in my opinion, compared with people like Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, comparing with Liu Zheng is nothing to be afraid of."

"Liu Zheng is our confidant's serious trouble. Instead of us fighting Liu Zhang, we lost both sides, and finally let Liu Zheng take advantage of it for nothing. Then why can't we join forces with Liu Zhang and cooperate to deal with Liu Zheng? Based on what we see now There are still many troops under Liu Zhang, if Liu Zhang is willing to fight with us, not to mention defeating Liu Zheng directly, at least he can gain some advantages in the Hanzhong area."

"Unite Liu Zhang and repel Liu Zheng's troops in Hanzhong, and Liu Zheng's arm can be cut off. Without Huang Zhong and Gan Ning's troops, Liu Zheng is bound to suffer a serious setback. At that time, our army will have enough to counterattack Liu Zheng. ability."

After all, Jian Yong still has a bit of strategy, and when he expressed his thoughts to Liu Bei at this time, he immediately got Liu Bei's response.

"Xianhe! These words are exactly what I want!"

"Originally we came to the Hanzhong area to solve Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu. In fact, there are many ways to solve them. Cooperating with them and uniting them to fight against Liu Zheng is one of them!"

"After all, compared to Liu Zheng, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others are really insignificant. Our enemy is always only one Liu Zheng!"

Liu Bei is a man who can bend and stretch.

Originally, he led soldiers and horses to Hanzhong, the purpose was actually to destroy Liu Yan, the native emperor who occupied Yizhou.

But now that Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses were in trouble, Liu Bei simply thought of turning the enemy into a friend, and joined forces with Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu to deal with Liu Zheng.

Even if Jian Yong didn't mention it this time, Liu Bei didn't want to continue to confront the troops of Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others in Nanzheng City.

"Second brother, help me arrange it immediately. I want to meet Liu Zhang in Nanzheng City!"

Although Guan Yu's army and Liu Zhang's army confronted each other, the two sides did not fight these days.