What's more, food and grass are not unlimited. Reducing some population can also make daily consumption less.

The war drums of Cao's army roared, and the chaotic civilians were forced to attack Mulansai.

The slippery blood flowed down the mountain path.

Shen Dan frowned and stared at Mulansai.

The Shen brothers actually have the same problem. They look down on martial arts and Fei Qian, so they naturally look down on Zhang Liao and Li Dian even more. As children of the gentry who have been influenced by Shandong Confucianism for many years, they have never quite understood why they have been repeatedly frustrated by these martial arts who mean stupid and barbaric.

The Shen brothers were not unaware of the achievements made by Fei Qian, Zhang Liao, Li Dian and others, but they were subconsciously exempted.

People are born with this ability. The brain will automatically block what they want to see, what they want to hear, what they don’t want to see, what they don’t want to hear, what they don’t want to hear, what their brains will automatically block.

"It's impossible to lose." Shen Dan said to himself.

He previously believed that the reason why the Shen family was suppressed was just because of insufficient troops. Now that they attracted Cao's army, they were enough to compete with Li Dian, so how could they lose?

Moreover, in the minds of the Shen brothers, he always felt that the martial arts man was like Dong Zhuo, neither understanding the economy nor the peace of the people. More importantly, they did not know how to manage the land, so Shen Dan felt that Li Dian must have relied on his troops to suppress the Nanzheng area. Now, with the arrival of Cao's army, Li Dian had to lead his troops to defend at Mulan Pass.

In this way, Nan Zheng will inevitably be empty...

'There will definitely be someone...' Shen Dan said to himself, 'But why haven't you heard any news yet? Could it be that Nan Zhengzhen is stable? Impossible, how did this be done?

Shen Dan's eyes were patrolling back and forth on Mulan Pass, as if he wanted to use this to find out the flaws in Li Dian's army.

But the more he looked, the more he became less confused...

The clouds in the sky gradually dyed a golden halo, the sun was about to set, and Shen Dan gradually felt the invisible pressure.

Strictly speaking, he has played well in the past two days of attack.

The physical strength of the defenders and a large amount of wood and stone were consumed. Two trenches on the mountain road were filled with, and two layers of horse resistance were destroyed.

But not enough.

Far from enough.

Moreover, I have consumed a lot of civilians in the past two days, and some of them in Sanyan County are not enough...

what to do?

If we continue to fight according to the current intensity, we will need to replenish a certain amount of cannon fodder, but Sandian County has basically been vacant. If we want to replenish manpower, we have to go further away, that is, we have entered the area controlled by the Shen brothers to allocate the population.

The flesh on Shen Dan's cheek twitched.

never mind……

It’s better to save some money and delay a few more days.

『Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!』

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On the Mulan block, Li Dian looked at the Cao army at the foot of the mountain and retreated with bloody waves as if the tide was receding.

The defenders couldn't help but cheer.

Li Dian frowned slightly.

Ma Zhong was standing aside, looking at Li Dian's expression, and couldn't help but ask: "General, you are..."

Aren't the guys fighting pretty well?

It has resisted the attack of Cao's army for several days, and has not destroyed many defensive facilities by Cao's army.

The Mulan Sect does not look big and cannot accommodate many soldiers. However, in fact, Li Dian adopted a dual defense system of one light and one dark. The Mulan Sect on the mountain was exposed on the surface, and there were not many soldiers. The military camp at the foot of the mountain could replenish its troops at any time. However, due to the mountain's sight, Cao's army could not find the military camp behind the Mulan Sect.

So if you continue to fight like this, Cao's army may not be able to get Mulan Sect even if it lasts for a few months. But why does Li Dian seem to be unhappy?

Ma Zhong looked down the mountain, then looked at the Han River water in the distance, and said incomprehensible: "General, are you worried that Cao's army will come from the river water? Don't we have a sentry tower to monitor it day and night, and there are no Cao's boats?"

Although there is water passing through the Shangyong land in Hanzhong, it is not easy to walk. There are too many turns, resulting in the water flow not being smooth. In addition, although it snows in the Qinling Mountains, it did not affect the flooding of rivers, which made it difficult to march through water. In addition, most of the boats and ships in Jingzhou are concentrated in the southern part of Jingzhou and Hefei. In fact, there are not many ships in Jingbei, so it is already very difficult to use them to transport food and grass to the Cao army and reduce the burden of land transportation. There are no ships available to transport soldiers.

Moreover, Li Dian took some precautions, and what he was worried about was not the waterway problem...

Li Dian also looked at the Han River, nodded slightly and said, "The spring flood of Han River is fierce, and Cao's army has a few boats in Jingbei... Cao's army wants to pass here, but can only overcome this village... I just feel that Cao's army seems a little weak...

"Weak?" asked Ma Zhong.

Li Dian nodded.

Li Dian had been in Cao's army before. He knew what it would be like if Cao's army really wanted to attack and expel the people to fill the pit...

But now it is obviously not strong enough.

Li Dian suddenly looked up at the surrounding mountains, "Cao Jun, could it be a detour?"

Ma Zhong was startled, "No way? This big circle of mountains...there is no water source in the surrounding mountains!"

Li Dian nodded, but shook his head again, "But... it snowed a few days ago..."

『It's snowing?" Ma Zhong was stunned, 『No, General, you mean...』
Chapter completed!