Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 580 Yuan Shu Who Killed Himself (1)

Lei Bo and Chen Lan can only be regarded as second-line generals on Yuan Shu's side, unlike Qiao Rui, Zhang Xun, and Ji Ling, who are not valued by Yuan Shu.

Therefore, the two are sitting in Hefei County. Although there are more than [-] soldiers under their command, they are very aware of the situation in which they control the army. The soldiers can't eat enough, so how can they let the soldiers defend the city and fight.

As for recruiting local young and strong, it is even more ridiculous. Originally, they don't have much military rations, and they have to find more mouths to eat, so they don't need to be beaten, and they can eat themselves to pieces.

As Yuan Shu's generals, Lei Bo and Chen Lan were also people who could understand the situation. Facing Zhu Wei's so-called 20 strong army, they had no idea of ​​​​daring to compete.

However, Yuan Shu gave them a death order, telling them to stay in Hefei for at least half a month, but did not send them any food and grass supplies. Obviously Yuan Shu felt that they might not be able to keep Hefei for a long time, and it would be a waste to send food supplies. .

This act of wanting the cattle to plow the land without feeding the cattle naturally made Lei Bo and Chen Lanlai even more chilling, so the two simply surrendered to Zhu Wei's side and offered the city.

This move surprised Zhu Wei, but it also made Zhu Wei very satisfied. He could win a city without fighting, and it would also allow Zhu Wei's army to obtain a frontier for garrisoning troops in Jiujiang County. Zhu Wei's campaign against Yuan Shu last time was an added advantage.

Therefore, Zhu Wei was very happy to take over Hefei County from Lei Bo and Chen Lan, and at the same time praised them both very much, and Zhu Wei also took into account the attributes of these two people.

"Lei Bo, general, city of Hefei, age 34, loyalty 71, tenure 0 years, soldier 6231, intelligence 37, politics 26, force 65, charisma 14, land finger 59, water finger 22, training 48, morale 32."

"Chen Lan, general, city Hefei, age 29, loyalty 73, tenure 0 years, soldier 4231, intelligence 32, politics 20, force 65, charisma 32, land finger 54, water finger 20, training 48, morale 32."

Obviously, the attributes of these two people are so-so, so they can only be used as ordinary generals. They can barely be regarded as third-rate generals. However, the loyalty of the two is not bad, and they probably really want to mix their backgrounds with Zhu Wei. of.

So Zhu Wei put the two of them in the Chinese military camp for the time being, and waited for the future to see the situation before making specific arrangements for other places.

The reason for the surrender given by the two of them also gave Zhu Wei a better understanding of the situation in Yuan Shu's army. It is no wonder that Yuan Shu's army of more than 20 troops is so weak.

In fact, the army of Liu Xun and Liu Kai that Zhu Wei faced in Lujiang County before was considered to be an army that still maintained a certain combat effectiveness among Yuan Shu's troops.

Because Lujiang County is relatively an independent vassal under Yuan Shu, at least the common people are safe under Liu Xun's governance, and the food and other needs of the soldiers can be met.

However, in Jiujiang County, Huaibei Yuzhou, and Xuzhou, which Yuan Shu directly subordinated to, the situation has reached a very bad state.

The common people could not live their lives due to drought and famine. Not to mention this tragic experience, even the soldiers in Yuan Shu's army did not have enough to eat, so naturally they could not maintain their combat effectiveness.

It can't be said that Yuan Shu's warehouse is completely out of food, but Yuan Shu is like a stingy landlord and rich man, he would rather let the grain pile up in the warehouse to rot than take it out casually.

Of course, Yuan Shu may also use these grains at critical times.

After all, Yuan Shu's territory has encountered a severe drought, and the food tax is almost gone, but Yuan Shu still has to support more than 20 troops. If he really takes out the food, the more than 20 troops may be able to support them in one or two months. Eat all your food.

Such good steel will naturally be used on the cutting edge, and food must be kept until a war occurs.

Anyway, now Yuan Shu only needs to ensure that the soldiers under his command will not starve to death, that's fine. Yuan Shu doesn't care about starving and lack of energy.

However, Yuan Shu forgot that once his army lost its morale, it was time for war, and it would be useless for him to bring out food.

Therefore, now that Yuan Shu has captured Chen State and obtained Chen State's food, grass and money, his 10,000+ army is completely unable to resist the attack of the coalition forces of Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei, because the combat effectiveness of his army has been weakened to the bottom by himself.

In fact, Zhu Wei naturally knew about the severe drought that broke out in Jianghuai at the end of last year. In fact, this severe drought also affected Jiangxia County and Guangling County on Zhu Wei's side.

However, Zhu Wei’s accumulation is solid, and each war basically uses the food that Zhu Wei obtained from the Three Kingdoms game system, but not the local food reserves. Therefore, Zhu Wei’s side quickly allocated food to the local area through official means. The disaster relief resolved the calamity of the local people, and at the same time accepted many people who had fled from the Jianghuai region.

It's just that Zhu Wei didn't expect Yuan Shu to ignore his own army.

After all, according to the information about Yuan Shu's city that Zhu Wei saw through the Three Kingdoms game system, Yuan Shu still has a certain amount of grain reserves. It is also impossible to go into details to the extent that Yuan Shu's generals like Lei Bo and Chen Lan can understand.

Only in this way did Zhu Wei understand why Yuan Shu was defeated so quickly in the original history. It was because his soldiers had been starved to death by him, so how could he have the strength to fight.

Of course, it's no wonder that Cao Cao was short of food when he attacked Shouchun in history, because he really couldn't get food from Huainan, but it seemed that it was more difficult to transport food from his own base camp.

According to the intelligence information Zhu Wei has obtained so far, in fact, during the end of last year, the Central Plains and Guanzhong lands under Cao Cao's control were also affected by a certain drought, and there was also not much food tax revenue.

Therefore, in the original history, Cao Cao had to borrow food from Sun Ce, because Cao Cao's own food reserves were also insufficient.

From this, we can also know the necessity of Zhu Wei's continuous storage of food through the Three Kingdoms game system. Although the Jingzhou and Jiangdong lands under Zhu Wei's control were not affected by the drought, the Central Plains is indeed plagued by disasters during this period of time. There are signs of food shortages in many places.

Now it is estimated that the land in the south of the Yangtze River under the control of Zhu Wei and the land in the north under the control of Yuan Shao are relatively stable. The place is stable, and the people can farm with peace of mind. Provide food.

However, the Central Plains controlled by warlords such as Cao Cao and Lu Bu have hardly had time to recuperate since the Yellow Turban War, so even if there was no famine, few people could farm with peace of mind, and the local food production would naturally be insufficient. ...

(End of this chapter)