One day later.

In Mucheng, after counting all inside and outside the city, the entire army rested, but Di Xin and his generals gathered together.

Deliberate on the next steps.

In the eyes of Emperor Xin, the Dongyi tribes would not sit still and wait for death.

They will definitely find a way to take Mucheng back.

And it must have been before his army advanced east, because once his army advanced east, unless the Dongyi tribes were destroyed, they would basically not turn back.

after all.

He worked hard for more than ten years to achieve this goal.

Mucheng is the throat of Dongyi.

It is the bridgehead for the various tribes of the Dongyi to resist the Shang Dynasty.

Without Mucheng, the Dongyi tribes would be directly exposed to his iron cavalry, and tens of thousands of troops would fight eastward, and no tribe could resist it.

He did not think that the Dongyi would be so ignorant.

They will definitely fight to the death, and in a few days it will be the best opportunity.

Because the food in the city is almost exhausted.

City Lord's Mansion.

Di Xin sat on the throne.

Looking at the sparse generals below, there were not many emotional ups and downs in my eyes.

This time he brought only Qiong Wu, Youhouxi and Eai, three generals. Now Eai is seriously injured and unconscious, and only two generals he can discuss are left.

Have no words.

"Report to the king."

"The remaining food and grass in the city have been found to be able to maintain the army for seven or eight days, but if you save money, you can barely use it for ten days, but after ten days, there will be a shortage of food and grass."

"Can you send a message to Fei Lian now and let them transport food and grass?"

At this time, Youhouxi took over the topic.

Said:

"I'm afraid not."

"The food shortage in the city is probably known to all the Dongyi tribes."

"It will be very difficult for Fei Lian and others to send food under their noses. If they are not careful, they will be ambushed."

"Although our army has a lot of troops, it is distributed around it, and there are actually very few that can be called. If we continue to divide the troops, we may be defeated one by one. If Fei Lian and others transport food, it is probably just the Middle East's desire to be under the will of the Middle East."

"What we are most important at the moment is not to care about food and grass."

“But adjust the state!”

I have no experience and am puzzled.

If there is no food and grass, how can you adjust your status?

In a short time, news of food shortage will spread to the entire army. At that time, everyone in the army will panic and will inevitably be in chaos.

Wait until there is a shortage of supply.

They even had no choice but to abandon the city and flee.

Wouldn't the city that has been built with great difficulty still give up people?

Youhouxi chuckled and said:

“We don’t lack food!”

"What we lack is soldiers, what we lack is time!"

"Soldiers fought for a long time, and although they captured the city, they were exhausted both physically and mentally. It was no longer possible to continue fighting."

"What we have to do now is to restore our state."

"Then......"

A cold-blooded and cruel look flashed in Youhouxi's eyes.

"The army went east and plundered the Dongyi tribes. While consuming the living power of the Dongyi tribes, they took these resources for their own use."

Hearing this, Nuo Wu suddenly understood.

but.

Di Xin was not very optimistic.

He thought further than Youhouxi.

He was worried that the Dongyi tribes would fight to the death.

At that time.

It may be difficult for tens of thousands of soldiers in the city to break through the siege.

grain?

He really doesn't lack it.

As long as he can fight out, Dongyi will be filled with his granaries.

What he lacks is time.

His original idea was to seize Mukawa and then seize the city.

Delay for a month.

Just one month.

He can take the situation completely.

But he did not expect that Mucheng was so short of food and grass.

This is actually what Di Xin wants to do.

The Renfang tribe is not as good as the Da Shang family, and the family is rich.

They are just a small tribe of more than 100,000 ethnic groups. It is not easy to supply enough food and grass every month. It is not realistic to imagine that the food and grass that Da Shang can hoard for months or even years at one time.

This also led to the failure of Di Xin's original plan.

He can't delay for a month!

In the original plan of Emperor Xin, he captured Mucheng and then seized the city and delayed it for a month. After Fei Lian's side trained the slave army into an army, the army advanced eastward, transported food and grass to Mucheng to join, and then sent troops to razed the Dongyi.

But he did not expect that there would be a food shortage in the city.

Emperor Xin closed his eyes slightly.

His eyes kept turning, thinking about ways to break the deadlock.

It is not very desirable to move eastward in advance.

For more than a month, his soldiers have been exhausted for a long time. Although they have only won a big victory, they have not recovered yet.

If you send troops again, the morale of the army may fluctuate.

And if you continue to drag.

It is very likely that the Dongyi tribes will jointly attack.

Going forward and falling behind.

Emperor Xin suddenly opened his eyes and asked with a sharp look:

"What is the maximum force that the Dongyi tribes can dispatch except Yan and Bo Gu?"

"How long as possible can we get together?"

You Houxi was stunned.

I thought about it in my mind.

Said solemnly:

"The main people who can fight in the Dongyi tribes are the eight tribes of Niaoyi, Jaeyi, Laiyi, Huaiyi, Xuyi, Mouyi, Renfang and Zifang."

"Now the human side is half-remembered. If other tribes attack with all their strength, they can send three to five divisions, with a total force of up to eighty or ninety thousand!"

"If the surrounding small tribes are added, it may reach 110,000."

Emperor Xin frowned even tighter.

Coldly said:

"Except for the 10,000 guarding the city of Via, the maximum force that the Dongyi tribes can use is 100,000!"

"And the army under Gu's command is more than 30,000, and 30,000 soldiers will fight against 100,000. You Houxi, do you think Shang has a chance of winning this battle?"
To be continued...