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Chapter 472 Grain Crisis

Jingping Pass also has garrison troops, but the number is small, with only 3,000 people. The garrison guarding here, named Han Zhongping, can barely be regarded as a member of the Left Prime Minister.

At this time, the Wei State summoned a hundred thousand troops nearby. Han Ping originally planned to join the army to attack, but was stopped by the generals sent by the Wei State court.

In the court of the State of Defense, the imperial party had a quarrel with the parties, and the left prime minister took a step back, and the price paid by the imperial party was to hand over the command of the military power to the people of the left prime minister.

"Zhongping, this time you go to the expedition, don't go to the people from Jingping Pass."

The commander elected by the Left Prime Minister this time was Tong Wenshan, an old general who had fought with the Great Zhou for many years in the East. When he was in the East, he fought with Mo Congyi. He was a very strong veteran, but he was a little old and his hair was a little gray.

But at this moment, he was not good-looking when he came out of the mountain. He looked at Han Zhongping with a serious expression and said, "The situation is not clear now. If there is anything wrong, you Jingping Pass must guard the last line of defense, so you Jingping Pass must not act rashly."

To be honest, Tong Wenshan was unwilling to come out this time because this battle could not be fought at all. So far, the barbarians blocked the intelligence tightly. He now doesn't even know how many barbarians are and who is the leader.

In this case, one bad thing is to lead the army to die.

As for what those people in the imperial court said, the barbarians may have only one small group of people. Tong Wenshan directly thought that he was farting. Can a small group of people block the intelligence so much? Is it true that the people in Longbei County are dead?

The most important thing is that the general party is completely thankless this time. He is a member of the general party. If he loses, then the left prime minister will have to take the blame this time, because he is not good at employed people. If he wins, the imperial party will be proposed by the imperial party. So although he wins, most of the credit will be in the hands of the imperial party. It can be said that no matter how the imperial party is counted, it is a sure win.

Han Zhongping naturally knew the game in the court, so when he heard Tong Wenshan's pessimistic words, he couldn't help but remain silent for a moment, and then asked, "Tong Shuai, since that's the case, why do you still have to go?"

"Since that little... His Majesty is willing to do anything, why should the left minister wade into this muddy water and let him find someone by himself? Why should he take on this chore?"

Han Zhongping had no respect for the new emperor of Wei in his words. If Tong Wenshan had not been glared at him, he would have blurted out the words "Little Emperor".

And his resentment is not without reason. In recent years, the young emperor acted recklessly, promoted speculative officials and allowed them to send them to eliminate dissidents. Han Zhongping was squeezed out in this situation. If the Zuo Xiang had not seen that he had the ability and secretly helped him, he would probably not be the garrison in Jingping Pass, but was waiting for the beheading in prison.

"Let Your Majesty choose people, who do you ask Your Majesty to choose? How many of the so-called imperial parties have the ability? If they were asked to lead their troops, wouldn't they let these soldiers die?"

Tong Wenshan was also very helpless. He had a close relationship with Zuo Xiang, so he naturally knew that Zuo Xiang had controlled the court over the years, not because he could not bear to give up this power, but because the little emperor was really incompetent.

Not to mention anything else, just say that the people he was trying to win over the imperial party that he was trying to fight against the left prime minister were all the things, flattering, scheming, excluding dissidents, embezzling and bribery, were all more skilled than the other, but when dealing with the serious business, these people were more wasteful.

When he learned that the Wei Dynasty had mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress them, Wuliang did not care as much as other barbarians, because he had long been planning to defend the country, and he could be said to be very familiar with the situation of the Wei State. Therefore, when he learned that this army was led by Tong Wenshan, he felt a little solemn.

A famous general like Tong Wenshan should not be underestimated even if he only led a hundred thousand miscellaneous army. Of course, this does not mean that Wulianghe was afraid of Tong Wenshan. He had more than 100,000 barbarian troops and hundreds of thousands of barbarians who could serve as soldiers at any time. Not to mention that Tong Wenshan only brought 100,000 miscellaneous army, even if he brought 100,000 elite troops, he was not afraid at all.

But he is not afraid of being afraid. His barbarians have not yet established a firm foothold in the State of Defense, and all losses cannot be regenerated. Therefore, he must try his best to avoid excessive losses of the barbarians' power.

"Tong Wenshan..."

Wulianghe pondered for a long time and finally decided to take back his manpower, use the county city as the defense line, temporarily avoid the sharpness of Tong Wenshan, and then buy time to allow the craftsmen under his rule to build equipment for the wolf guards.

But this time cannot be too long, otherwise it will be difficult for them to fight after the Wei Dynasty court reacts and continues to send additional personnel to come.

Therefore, Wulianghe finally decided to two months. During these two months, he planned to use the county city defense line to only defend but not attack, and hide his main wolf guards. Then, within two months, no matter how many soldiers and armor they have built, he would lead the wolf guards to attack and destroy Tong Wenshan's 100,000 troops.

After using the batch of military armor that Mo Zizai, after he was deeply involved, the combat power of the wolf guards with military armor and the wolf guards without military armor were completely two levels. So for this batch of military armor, he felt that it was worth waiting for two months.

However, his contraction of defense made Tong Wenshan suffer. Even without the wolf guards, the strength of the barbarian soldiers far exceeds that of the soldiers of the guards. In addition, Wulianghe has now contracted the defense and put on a casual Tong Wenshan attack with a turtle with a turtle. He couldn't defend it.

The most overwhelming thing is that Wulianghe doesn't care about his power at all, because Longbei County does not have a city that is suitable for defending, so he ordered his barbarian generals to burn the city and leave directly, leaving Tong Wenshan an empty city at that time.

In this way, Tong Wenshan suffered huge losses, but the results of his harvest were vague.

However, Tong Wenshan was a famous general who had fought with Mo Congyi after all. In the face of this unfavorable situation, he was not discouraged at all. Instead, he took a steady step, pulling out all the cities guarded by the barbarians like pulling out nails, and then compressing the barbarians' activity space to the maximum extent.

In just one month, except for the county town, all the other cities were pulled down by Tong Wenshan.

However, when he reached the county town, Tong Wenshan stopped because in this month's battle, he found that the number of barbarians was beyond his imagination. Although he had achieved his strategic goal, the barbarians' losses were not considered a battle. If the decisive battle rashly started, with the remaining few people in his hands, there would be no hope of winning at all.

Therefore, after reaching this point, Tong Wenshan no longer attacked the county town, but spent half a month building a camp comparable to a city outside the county town. After the time he came, he planned to guard it. He wanted to use this strong city town to nail the barbarians to the county town.

In this way, when the army arrives, the barbarians whose activity space is compressed to the extreme will be dead.

However, he had a good plan, but the accident happened faster. The thing he was most worried about before going to war still happened.

That is, those imperial parties operated from top to bottom and cut off their food and supplies. The memorials he sent for help and requested to allocate food and supplies were basically intercepted. As for the garrison of Jingping Pass, Han Wenzhong, the garrison of Jingping Pass, had also been seized from power at this time.

As for the reason for cutting off his food and grass, it was very simple, that is, even though he had been reporting bad news but not good news during this period, the spies from the Imperial Party in his army only saw him constantly capturing the city, looking invincible.

In this news, the imperial parties could not see the situation of the war, nor could they see that the city captured by Tong Wenshan was deliberately abandoned by Wulianghe. All they could see was that the barbarians were very weak and Tong Wenshan was almost invincible. Therefore, they were afraid that Tong Wenshan would make too much contribution to the return of the Left Prime Minister's Party, so they cut off Tong Wenshan's food and grass without hesitation and detained his letter of request for help.

As for what Tong Wenshan said in the letter of help, they thought that Tong Wenshan was alarmist, or they deliberately wanted to raise the enemy to respect themselves, and they didn't take it seriously at all.

"How much food and grass are there in the army?"

Tong Wenshan, who had not had a good sleep for several days, had bloodshot eyes, and was obviously extremely tired.

The quartermaster lowered his head and said in a very low voice: "Return to Tongshuai, the army's food and grass are only enough to support it for half a month."

They went to war, because the court urged them to hurry, so they only brought more than half a month of food and grass. Although they had replenished food and grass once during the war, they only had half a month of food and grass. Now the court has not replenished food and grass on time, so they only had these seven days of food and grass left.

And if Tong Wenshan had not asked the army to bring more food and grass when he left the pass, they would have been out of food now.

"Seven days..."

Tong Wenshan was a little confused when he heard this. If the court wanted to transfer the army, it would take at least three months. His original plan was to let the court replenish people here on a small scale first, and then hold on here for three months.

But now, without reinforcements, their army has become alone, and their food and grass have been cut off. In this case, let alone guarding for three months, it can't even be guarded for half a month.

"It's okay, seven days are enough."

Tong Wenshan forced himself up and then persuaded the military officer to persuade the military officer: "There is still the left prime minister in the court, so he will definitely not let them do whatever he wants. The food and grass will be transported here in no time. You don't have to worry at this time."

After hearing what Tong Wenshan said, the qualifier thought it made sense, but he relaxed a lot. He nodded and agreed: "What Tong Shuai said is that the left prime minister will definitely ask about it at this time."

"However, the matter of food and grass being cut off in the army should not be leaked, so as not to cause any chaos."

Tong Wenshan looked at the quarrel and said with a serious expression: "If you dare to talk nonsense in the wheel and disrupt the morale of the army, I will definitely be killed!"

"Don't worry, Tong Shuai, I know the importance of the job."

The quartermaster directly issued a military order, "If there is any news, please kill my head, Mr. Tong."

"Well, that's good."

Looking at the military officer's assurance, Tong Wenshan nodded slightly, and then said, "You go down first. In addition, save some food and grass in the army first, and change the soldiers' three meals to two meals for the time being."

"After all, I don't know when the food and grass will be supplied."

"Here."

The quartermaster responded, without saying much, and turned around to the camp.

After he left, Tong Wenshan's confident face suddenly became a little dark. The imperial party suddenly attacked. No matter how fast the left prime minister reacted, it would be impossible for him to beat them in seven days and then transport the food and supplies.
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