Shi Bao acted recklessly in Lingling County, harvesting a large amount of food supplies in circles, and then returned to Wuling County the way he came.
At this time, Lu Dai was still stationed in Quanling County with 10,000 soldiers. It would take at least ten to fifteen days to return to Wuling County in time.
This made both Lu Zhi and Lu Kai very anxious.
It's not that he is worried that Wuling County won't be able to support Lu Dai's return reinforcements. If he just can't defend, Lu Kai is still confident that he can hold on for a while with the siege capabilities of Shi Bao's rabble.
The real trouble is that after Shi Bao returned to Wuling this time, the tactics he adopted were completely different from the last time.
After Shi Bao defeated Zhaoling, he did not continue to pursue tactics to attack the city. Instead, he chose to wander around Wuling County, hiding in the mountains of Wuling County for a while, and appearing near Wuling County for a while. His whereabouts were very strange. .
This resulted in Lu Zheng and Lu Kai not daring to transport food to the front line easily.
If they transport food rashly and use civilians as the main force, they will definitely be robbed by Shi Bao, but if they send troops to escort them. If Wuling County has enough troops, why should Lu Zhi and Lu Kai worry? !
Even if Lu Dai could lead his troops back to defend Wuling County, the dilemma would still not change.
Lu Dai led his troops back to Wuling to aid Wuling. Wuling County had enough troops to send troops to escort the grain and grass transportation. Shi Bao really couldn't rob the grain.
But the problem is, Shi Bao can just repeat his old tricks and break into Lingling County again, or go east and directly enter Changsha County, but Lu Dai doesn't care? !
What should we do if we pursue him, let Shi Bao get rid of the entanglement, fight back to Wuling County, and block the grain route? !
If we don’t pursue it, Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties will be looted and destroyed, and the grain and grass there will not be transported to Wuling. If we only rely on the grain garrison in Wuling County to support the logistics supplies of the front line, we can only support the front line at best. One month's time.
After all, it was an army of hundreds of thousands of people, and the logistics consumption was too great. The fact that Wuling County's grain harvest could last for a month was the result of Lu Kai's careful calculation.
But this is obviously not what is needed to become a general.
The most terrible thing is that until now, Lu Dai has not figured out how Shi Bao managed to re-enter Wuling from the bank of the Xiang River near Quanling without anyone noticing.
If it is said that in Lingling County, because all the troops were exhausted, the counties could only shrink their defenses and were unable to detect the movements of the Shu army. But Zhaoling County in Wuling County did not have any warning at all and was so easily defeated by Shu. The army was defeated? !
Lu Dai couldn't figure out this situation, so he couldn't guarantee that if he chased Shi Bao, he would be able to bite him.
The reason why Shibao can do this is actually very simple.
The northwest of Wuling County and Lingling County has not much else but mountains, and in the mountains, there are a group of large and small Wuxi barbarians entrenched.
The most indispensable thing under Shi Bao now is the Wuxi Man tribe.
Among these Wuxi barbarians, there are indeed many who have hatred for each other, but equally, there is no shortage of those who are related to each other. If it is not possible, if you hide in the mountains, not to mention Lu Dai, even if Zhou Yu comes in person, he will look for him. Not enough people.
Another thing, for the Wuxi Barbarians, their requirements are really not much. Shibao can bring them the food and grass they need, allowing their tribesmen to survive, and even strengthening their tribesmen, their combat effectiveness and fighting ability will be greatly improved. Will is actually not as bad as imagined.
Before, under Wuling City, it was because they saw no hope of capturing Wuling County and thought there was no profit to be gained, so they blamed each other and were even quite dissatisfied with Shi Bao.
But after following Shi Bao on a trip to Lingling County, among the tribesmen and leaders of the Wuxi Barbarians, who wouldn't be dissatisfied if they didn't transport several carts of grain back? !
Even when Shi Bao led this group of grain transporters through the territory of other Wuxi Barbarian tribes, even if this tribe had conflicts with the Wuxi Barbarians that Shi Bao belonged to, it was no longer important at this time whether he could join in and share a share. Soup is the most important thing.
There is no way, in this world, survival is always the first priority.
In this way, under the full cover of the Wuxi barbarians near Wuling County and Lingling County, Shi Bao shuttled through the mountains and forests, or suddenly appeared in Lingling County, or suddenly fought back to Wuling County, causing a little trouble for Lu Zhi and Lu Kai. There is no way.
Finally, after Lu Dai led his army to return for reinforcements, he sent the first grain and grass supplies to the police under Lu Dai's personal escort in more than half a month.
It was a full seven days later than the original delivery period of grain and grass.
This frequency of transporting grain and grass made Zhou Yu quite uncomfortable.
It's not that the army's rations have reached the point where they can't sustain it, but the rations that were originally delivered every two months were delivered twenty days later. According to military law, both Lu Ju and Lu Kai had to be beheaded.
Moreover, if this is just a delay caused by special reasons, then that's it. But according to Lu Zhi's military report, this kind of thing is likely to become the norm in the future? !
Who can bear this? !
If this is the case in the future, if Zhou Yu relies on the food reserves in the army at Jiangling City, he may not be able to last more than three months before he will run out of food and withdraw.
To be honest, after three months, Zhou Yu himself felt a little unsure.
If you give yourself another three months to attack Jiangling City, it is not without hope.
But the problem is, Zhang Xi's defensive toughness, Zhou Yu had already experienced it once in E County twenty years ago. There is indeed hope that he can capture Jiangling, but how big is this hope and how much price needs to be paid? Zhou Yu himself also Can not be sure.
Moreover, the premise of all this is that no reinforcements will arrive from Jiangling.
But judging from the current timing, it seems a bit unrealistic.
During the month when Lu Dai was busy playing hide-and-seek with Shi Bao in Lingling, Zhou Yu was not idle either and continued to attack Jiangling. At the same time, he sent Lu Xun to attack Yidu and cut off the land passage for the Shu army in Yizhou to come for reinforcements.
Lu Xun's march went smoothly, but when he entered Yidu County, he encountered constant resistance from Zong Yu, the prefect of Yidu County, and Li Qiu, the former public security guard who retreated to Yidu County.
Lu Xun only had 10,000 soldiers in his hands, while Zong Yu and Li Qiu combined had more than 10,000 soldiers to defend them.
Moreover, both of them chose to be relatively conservative, seizing important passage nodes and fighting a battle of attrition with Lu Xun. Lu Xun did not have enough troops, the geographical location was not advantageous, and he could not divide his troops to outflank the retreat, so he could only be forced to fight little by little. It didn't go well.
On the other hand, Quan Cong from Hulukou has sent reinforcements requests to Zhou Yu three times in a row, and each time he is more urgent.
In a recent military report, Quan Cong had clearly informed Zhou Yu that he and Zhu Huan's private soldiers had been depleted to the point where only one-third of them were left, and actual combat also proved that it was impossible for the county soldiers to stop the Shu army's onslaught. They can hold out for another ten days at most. If no reinforcements arrive, they will have no choice but to abandon Hulukou, withdraw their troops to the rear, and find another fighter plane to resist.
To put it nicely, it means finding another fighter opportunity; to put it worse, it means simply withdrawing.
The situation is like this. If we really want to hold people accountable afterwards, if Quan Cong and Zhu Huan were able to fight their own soldiers until only one-third of them were left and they still haven't retreated, this lawsuit will be brought before Sun Quan. Quan Cong and Zhu Huan are both meritorious. No fault.
This is the world military system of Soochow. Quan Cong and Zhu Huan can achieve this step, which is already quite loyal to the country.
Zhou Yu also knew this, so he was also hesitating whether to send reinforcements.
Send it, your offensive troops will be reduced again, and the difficulty of the strong attack on Jiangling will increase again.
Don't send it. With the withdrawal of Quan Cong and others, Kou Feng led the troops of the three eastern counties to come for reinforcements. The number of defenders in Jiangling City increased, and the difficulty of the attack continued to increase.
After careful consideration, Zhou Yu decided to send 5,000 reinforcements to Hulukou.
If no reinforcements arrive in Jiangling, and the casualties of Jiangling's defenders increase as they launch a strong attack, their morale will inevitably become weaker and weaker.
But on the contrary, letting Kou Feng lead the reinforcements from the Three East Counties to arrive will greatly improve the morale and confidence of the Jiangling defenders, and it will be more difficult to attack the city by themselves in the future.
It's the lesser of two evils. It's more cost-effective to send reinforcements.
However, it is not an option to remain in such a stalemate, especially when Lu Dai has been unable to eliminate the Shu army that caused logistical instability.
We still have to think of a way to capture Jiangling quickly.
At this time, Zhou Yu would occasionally complain. What on earth are Cao Wei and his gang doing? After fighting for so long, they still haven't conquered Luoyang? !
Even if you don't capture Luoyang, even if you threaten Luoyang, then at least the soldiers from Dongsan County will not go back to Jiangling for reinforcements and they will go to Luoyang for reinforcements.
These Wei dogs are indeed getting worse from generation to generation! ! !
(End of chapter)
