Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

Jincheng.

After the fall of Fenguan, Xiahou Yuan led less than a few thousand defeated soldiers and finally returned to Jincheng with a tired body after going through untold hardships.

At this time, the garrison of Jincheng was very few, less than 4,000 people, and faced with the upcoming main force of the Han State, it seemed so vulnerable.

So.

Under the advice of Jia Kui, the deputy governor of Bingzhou who stayed behind, Xiahou Yuan made a quick decision.

He first ordered that all the troops and horses at the passes east of Taihang Mountain be withdrawn to Jincheng, hoping to strengthen the military strength of Jinyang.

After the order was passed down, the Wei army at each pass withdrew one after another.

Within a few days, the military strength of Jincheng barely reached more than 18,000 people.

However.

The difficulties faced by Jincheng were far more than this.

The most fatal thing was that the food and grass in Jincheng were almost exhausted.

Originally, Jincheng had hundreds of thousands of hu of grain and grass.

However, Xiahou Yuan's wrong military order transferred all these grain and grass to Fenguan.

Fenguan fell and became nothing.

The grain and grass in Jincheng were not enough to support the needs of nine days.

Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to collect grain everywhere in order to maintain the rations of 17,000 soldiers in Jincheng.

How could Liu Bei give Xiahou Yuan a chance to breathe.

He personally led the main force of 170,000 to the north, and ordered the troops to be divided into several routes to cut off the grain route to Jincheng.

He wanted to completely cut off Jincheng's retreat.

A few days later, the army was approaching.

At the same time, the Hebei Army also crossed the Taihang Mountains and joined Jincheng. Nearly 300,000 people were deployed on all sides to tightly besiege Jincheng.

Jinyang City has become an island of despair.

Xiahou Yuan feared that the Han army would use artillery to break the city like Xiangyang, so he forced the people in the city to build the city wall in advance, making the city wall of Jincheng as strong as a copper wall and iron wall.

However, Liu Bei was not in a hurry to attack the city.

Deng Mu understood that the food and grass in Jincheng City was only enough to last for eleven or twelve days at most, and there was no need to attack it.

So he suggested Liu Bei to adopt a strategy of siege without attacking and exhaust the food and grass of the Wei army.

When the food ran out, the Wei army would naturally collapse in despair.

Liu Bei adopted this suggestion and ordered to dig trenches and build walls around it, making Jincheng like a trapped beast, unable to move.

The Han soldiers enjoyed the food and grass left by Xiahou Yuan at Fenguan and waited for the collapse of the Wei army.

Unknowingly, the siege lasted for thirteen days.

The food and grass in Jincheng are running out.

Panic spreads like a plague in the Wei army.

Every soldier's eyes are filled with fear.

Jincheng, this once extremely strong city, has now become extremely fragile.

Inside the palace.

The atmosphere is heavy.

Xiahou Yuan has a sad face.

"Jia Kui, our army's food and grass have run out, the soldiers are complaining, and the people are in a panic."

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With a hint of help in his eyes, he asked Jia Kui:

"You have always been resourceful, do you have a good plan to help me?"

Xiahou Yuan's eyes seemed to be looking for the last ray of hope, hoping that Jia Kui could give him hope.

Jia Kui sighed deeply, full of bitterness.

He rarely had the opportunity to make suggestions for Cao Cao.

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Although he assisted Xiahou Yuan in defending Jincheng, Xiahou Yuan's attitude towards him was extremely cold.

Whenever there was trouble, Xiahou Yuan would listen to Gao Rou, but turned a deaf ear to him.

Now facing a desperate situation, Xiahou Yuan remembered to ask him for help.

This made Jia Kui feel ironic.

Xiahou Yuan sensed Jia Kui's dissatisfaction and almost begged:

"Now that the Wei Dynasty is facing the danger of overthrow, how can you stay out of it?"

"Jia Kui, put aside your prejudices and think of a way out for the Wei Dynasty and yourself!"

Jia Kui's figure shuddered and he fell into deep thought.

After a long silence.

The bitterness in Jia Kui's eyes gradually turned into a kind of determination.

Take a deep breath, he bowed and said:

"General, if you want to defend Jincheng, you have to solve the current food and grass problem first."

"And to solve the food and grass problem, General, you only have one way to go." Guang.