Three Kingdoms: I Am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 622: No Choice
Liu Bei was a little relieved when he heard this. Under his governance in Shuzhong over the years, it was still possible to produce more than 10 million shi of grain a year.
Yizhou was originally a land of abundance. After Liu Bei occupied Yizhou, he found ways to repair various water conservancy facilities in Shu such as Dujiangyan. Dujiangyan was the largest water conservancy facility in the Han Dynasty, and the grain output of the surrounding land was the highest in the Han Dynasty.
After Liu Bei occupied Shuzhong, he began to imitate various agricultural tools, struvite and other productivity-enhancing tools of the Qianqian Army, which greatly increased the grain output of Dujiangyan. With the addition of various stalls, he tried to find a way to create Shuzhong. With the hidden fields of powerful families, the fiscal revenue and food in the entire Shuzhong have doubled! Liu Bei can now receive tens of millions of dan in food and 2 billion in taxes from Yizhou every year!
It can be said that Liu Bei has been able to fight Xu Wei in Jingzhou over the years. The soldiers relied on Nanman soldiers. The food relied on Yizhou, a country of abundance. The food in Yizhou could be flowed down the Yangtze River waterway, and the food was not consumed in Jingzhou. Not much. The Yangtze River is the largest highway of this era!
In addition to Liu Bei's granary in Yizhou, Hanzhong itself was also a huge granary. After Zhang Lu occupied Hanzhong and spent more than ten years recuperating, Zhang Lu left a large amount of grain and grass in Hanzhong's treasury.
Although the fighting in the first three months has consumed a lot, after the people of Hanzhong leave Hanzhong, the food and grass can still sustain the Han army for several months. If the food and grass of Yang Song and other Hanzhong nobles are also included, Liu Bei suddenly discovered , he can spend several years in Hanzhong with Da Gan!
But what Huangfuhong said later overturned Liu Bei's idea!
"General, the grain and grass production in Hanzhong and Shuzhong is enough to sustain our battle with Daqian for a year, but also because of the war, the entire Yizhou will lack 500,000-600,000 young men for agricultural production, which is almost equivalent to the entire Yizhou. The young people in Yizhou will no longer be able to farm, so starting from the second year, Yizhou's grain output will plummet, and it will even be difficult to be self-sufficient! In other words, we can only confront Daqian for one year at most!"
This can be regarded as a flaw of Yizhou! Although Yizhou is a land of abundance, it has thousands of miles of fertile land and rich products. Coupled with Liu Bei's reforms, a large amount of food and materials have been stored in various warehouses, which is enough to support a long war.
But the scale of the war that is about to be carried out now has exceeded Liu Bei's original expectation. Yizhou's food cannot cope with such a large-scale war, and it is difficult for Jingzhou and Yangzhou to support Yizhou's battle! The Yangtze River waterway can flow downstream, but I want to It is extremely difficult to go against the current to support Yizhou!
But obviously there are not many options left for Liu Bei now. He can only see if he can defeat the army within this year!
In the next month, Liu Bei and Zhang Baiqi were preparing for the upcoming war!
Liu Bei sent Yuan Ji to Chengdu, Jian Yong to Ba County, and Zhu Hao to Guanghan County, and asked the three of them to transport grain and grass to support the front line. At the same time, they dug deep trenches on the front line of Micang Mountain, did more to resist horses, and accumulated grain to prepare for the battle. The idea is to hold on to the dangerous situation, hold on to the wall without fighting, and fight against the enemy in Hanzhong!
Zhang Baiqi, who was on the front line, also captured Nanzheng, Mianyang, and Yangping Pass, once again opening up the connection between Wudu County and Hanzhong!
After Han Sui of Wudu County learned that Zhang Baiqi had conquered Hanzhong, he immediately led his 30,000 troops to report to Zhang Baiqi, and excitedly said to Zhang Baiqi: "General Zhang, please let the last general be the vanguard, for the sake of clarity." Take revenge!"
Zhang Baiqi looked at Han Sui with disgust. He knew that what Han Sui said was just for the sake of publicity. He was worried about avenging his own revenge, so he simply asked Han Sui to be the vanguard of the army to attack Liu Bei's camp!
But at this time, Liu Bei's camps were all built on the dangerous mountains in Hanzhong. Although Han Sui wanted to take advantage of the situation, his troops did not achieve much results, but instead lost many troops! The only result was that Zhang Bai and Liu Bei's camp were strong and even Beyond the fortified cities like Chang'an and Luoyang! Liu Bei's hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed in the mountains and planned to hold out. It was difficult to defeat the Han army with just the army in his hands. He could only camp at the foot of Micang Mountain and wait for Xu Wei's army. Meet!
In the first month of the third year of the Daqian calendar (AD 202), Xu Wei led an army of 50,000 people out of the Xie Valley from Chang'an and marched toward Hanzhong. Along the way, he first sent troops to control various dangerous passes to prevent Liu Bei's army from intercepting them.
On January 15, Xu Wei's 50,000-strong army joined Zhang Baiqi's army in Hanzhong. Zhang Baiqi and Xu Wei reported the intelligence on the front line. The layout of the Han army made Xu Wei understand that Liu Bei wanted to fight a war of attrition with him. , but Xu Wei looked sarcastic and fought a war of attrition with him. Liu Bei was looking for death!
Xu Wei immediately ordered the officials of Sili to build a track carriage from Chang'an to Hanzhong to facilitate the transportation of grain. Since Liu Bei wants to compete with him for consumption, Xu Wei will compete with Liu Bei to see who has more money and grain!
After Xu Weilai arrived in Hanzhong, the morale of the army was greatly shaken, and its strength reached its peak of 180,000.
After the army rested for three days, Xu Wei led his soldiers to attack Liu Bei's position!
And Liu Bei led the army to prepare for the battle. He dug 5 trenches, and each trench was dug very deep. Xu Wei could hear the movement on the mountain, but it was difficult to see the Han soldiers. Obviously, these soldiers were hiding in the trenches. .They are also very far apart. With the protection of these trenches, it is difficult for Xu Wei’s artillery to directly attack the camp behind.
Xu Wei used a telescope to observe the trenches of the Han army, and was surprised to find that they were almost the same as modern army trenches. Liu Bei had been afraid of being bombed in recent years, so he forced Liu Bei to use this method to avoid the artillery of the army! Of course! How effective it will be remains to be tested in war!
Xu Wei didn't say anything to Liu Bei, but sent the artillery battalion to fight from the beginning. Hundreds of 10-pound cannons were lined up in front of Liu Bei's position!
Xu Wei ordered the artillery battalion: "Bombard the Han army's positions for half a day first!"
The artillery battalion captain said: "The last general takes orders!"
"Boom, boom, boom!" Daqianjun's artillery fired continuously, and gunpowder smoke filled the surrounding battlefield.
At this time, the Han soldiers could only stay in the trenches and avoid carefully!
Wei Yan in the trenches even shouted: "Everyone hide in the trenches, don't raise your head, and don't run around. Dagan's artillery can't hit our trenches!"
Compared with these soldiers, Wei Yan has been bombarded by artillery more times. With experience, he understands that the power of artillery is only this, and it is not as lethal as flying thunder cannons!
Liu Bei, who was at the rear, looked helpless as he saw the artillery battalion that was constantly bombarding his soldiers. A bombing of this scale could not kill many people at all. The gunpowder and artillery in Liu Bei's hands were limited, so it was impossible to waste ammunition like this.
But his enemy Lei Gong does not care about this consumption, and although such an attack is not very lethal, it can seriously dampen the morale of his own soldiers!
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with more sounds.