Chapter 184 No Food in the Army

Han Sui squeezed the millet in his hand, couldn't help laughing, and then shouted: "Take all these grains back, quickly."

As the saying goes, eat the enemy for one minute, and be my enemy for twenty minutes. In fact, although the grain production rate in ancient times was not as high as it is today, there was still no problem in supplying soldiers. The key reason for the shortage of grain and grass in ancient times was the loss of grain and grass transportation.

In general wars between princes and forages, civilian husbands must be temporarily requisitioned to transport grain and grass. A civilian husband can carry a hundred and ten catties of grain, and he consumes one stone or twenty-seven catties of grain every month. It takes twenty days to travel a thousand miles, and if the food is delivered to the defenders, half of it will be good.

The so-called transportation of food for thousands of miles is the reason why everyone is hungry. Therefore, if the enemy's food is seized, our own army does not need to transport it at all, and what is saved is not only the rations of the soldiers, but also the rations of the civilians. You can't make them work and not let them eat, right? The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.

Han Sui led his troops to escort the grain and grass of the Han army back to the Kuiyuanxia barracks, and it really felt good to get food from the enemy.

Han Sui led his army to get stuck in the Kuiyuan Gorge, and he caught many of the Han army's grain transportation team and scouts. The Zhou Shen tribe who surrounded Yuzhong City for a while not only couldn't get food, but even had no contact with the outside world. was cut off directly.

Outside Yuzhong City, Zhou Shen's military camp.

Dissatisfied, several soldiers used wooden chopsticks to poke the millet in the bowl in front of them. The clear soup lacked water, and the rice grains in it were even faintly visible. How can people eat like this?

boom!

A soldier of five big and three rough places the pottery bowl in his hand on the table heavily, and the clear rice soup spilled out.

"Damn it! What happened to the heavy supply camp? We worked our lives for the country, but in the end we can only drink clear soup and little water?"

Hearing his comrade complain impatiently, the soldiers around him also shouted.

"That's right, why did the supply battalion use small buckets to let us eat?"

"Could it be that the army is running out of food?"

Rumors suddenly spread in Zhou Shen's military camp, because recently many soldiers ate small buckets, and the rice grains in the soup were clearly visible. It was just dozens of grains of rice and a pot of water. These soldiers were all strong and healthy people. How can you bear it?

The reason for the use of small buckets in the army is naturally very simple. Of course, the army is short of food.

Heartbroken, Sun Jian, who wanted to go out for a walk, frowned when he heard the commotion in the camp, opened the tent and walked in.

"What are you arguing about? Is the barracks the place where you shout?"

"Sun Sima!"

Seeing the well-respected Sun Jian entering the account, more than a dozen soldiers in the camp hurriedly stood up and lowered their heads slightly, but the five big and three rough soldiers still had expressions of resentment on their faces.

Sun Jian frowned: "Wang Lin, your face looks like a bitter melon. If you have any complaints, how about telling me about it?"

Hearing this, Wang Lin couldn't help asking: "Dare to ask Sun Sima, why did I wait all the way to Yongliang?"

"Squeeze the rebellion of the Qiang people, report to the emperor, and bring peace to the people."

Wang Lin pointed to the pottery bowl on the desk, and said indignantly, "I'm going to fight bloody battles, can't I just eat these things?"

Sun Jian had a strange expression on his face. He picked up the wooden bowl from the table and couldn't help but stare at the rice grains inside: one, two, three, twenty-seven, and there were only twenty-seven grains of rice!

"It makes no sense!"

Sun Jian was furious, so he threw the wooden bowl on the ground, turned around and left.

"Don't worry, I will go to the supply camp to see, and I will give you justice."

There is a saying that the emperor does not send hungry soldiers. War is a matter of wearing the head on the waistband of the trousers. How can the soldiers fight if they are not full?

The more Sun Jian thought about it, the angrier he became, he walked towards the supply camp angrily, and shouted.

"Where's Zhou Jin! Let this kid get out."

The soldiers guarding the supply camp saw Sun Jian's face looking like he was about to eat people, so they hurried inside to report.

"Why is Brother Wentai here?"

Zhou Jin rushed out to greet him. Everyone in the army knew how powerful Sun Jian was. Although he was the captain in charge of the supply battalion, he didn't dare to offend Sun Jian.

Sun Jian snorted: "In a certain inspection battalion, there were only twenty-seven grains of rice in the bowls of the soldiers. If Captain Zhou didn't distribute the rice, is he waiting for the next spring to sow the seeds?"

Zhou Jin said with a bitter face: "Brother Wentai, it's not that I don't want to distribute rice and grain, but that the grain and grass in the army are only a thousand stones. If I don't distribute the food with small fights, I will have to stop cooking today!"

"What?" Sun Jian couldn't believe it, and grabbed Zhou Jin's collar: "Why is there no food, Zhang Cheqi didn't send food from Meiyang?"

"I don't know. The food and grass are not arriving. I sent out a sentry to find out the news, but no one sent a message back."

Sun Jian was stunned for a moment, and a bad feeling filled his heart.

He threw Zhou Jin away, turned around and walked towards his tent, rushing into the camp in a hurry, Cheng Pu just raised his head, only to see Sun Jian's face sinking like water.

"My lord?"

"Map!"

Seeing this, Cheng Pu understood the urgency of the military situation, and hurriedly took out the map and laid it on the table. Sun Jian held the map, fixed his eyes on Yuzhong City, then moved to Meiyang County, and then searched carefully between the two cities.

The food transportation team disappeared, and the scouts never returned.

"Demou, what is this place?"

"My lord, this place is called Kuiyuan Gorge, and the rumors are quite dangerous."

Sun Jian raised his head slowly, his face full of shock and anger.

"It's over. It's over!"

The three armies have not yet moved, and the food and grass go first. Now that the food and grass have been cut off by others, how can they break the city?

No way, we must take a risky move!

Sun Jian rushed out of the tent without saying a word, and walked towards Zhou Shen's camp.

Zhou Shenduan sat in the camp with a troubled expression on his face.

"General, I'd better retreat immediately when we can't get enough food and grass."

Zhou Shenwei said: "Our army was ordered to besiege Yuzhong, and now we are retreating without a fight. Doesn't Zhang Cheqi blame me?"

"Our army retreated without food, and had to retreat without fighting. Moreover, if the soldiers ran out of food, the general would not be able to retreat even if he wanted to."

"This..." Zhou Shen thought for a while, then nodded slightly.

"Okay, let's retreat soon."

"No!"

There was a loud shout, a big hand with protruding bones opened the tent, and Sun Jian rushed into the tent.

"General!" Sun Jian prostrated himself on the ground, his expression firm and resolute: "Our army is short of food and grass, and the enemy in the city may not know it, so why don't we distribute all the food and grass in the battalion and encourage the soldiers to fight to the death with a lot of money.

Yuzhong City is only a county seat with thin walls. The Qiang people are good at cavalry combat, but they are not good at defending the city. We will be able to capture Yuzhong City within a few days by building ladders and hitting wood. The final general is willing to lead the troops to fight first! "

Zhou Shen sighed: "Wentai, do you know how much food and grass there are in the camp now? If we can't capture Yuzhong City, won't we starve to death?"

"retreat!"