After five or six days of tossing around in the hinterland of Sichuan, these kidnapper horses finally retreated because they ran out of food.
After eight hundred riders met in the north of Luocheng, they rode back to Jiange together.
Lu Bu listened carefully to the report of the leading general and thought that indeed, Zhuge Liang was trying to use a strong wall to clear the country, supplemented by the strategy of using a large army to cut off food routes to deal with him.
Moreover, the two camps in the east and west had enough food reserves.
Because it took such a long time, the attackers who came to harass Kaizima did not notice the teams transporting food and supplies to the two camps.
In addition, Lu Bu also concluded based on the intelligence they provided that Zhuge Liang would definitely move the entire Bashu and all the farmers outside the city walls to the southeast of Bashu.
That's just outside the combat radius of Guaizima without logistical support.
Therefore, the old routine of waiting until the autumn harvest season and then burning the grain with horses will not work.
I have to find a way to force the Shu army to fight me.
Lu Bu continued to think along this line of thinking, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.
The Shu troops stationed in the east and west camps discovered the unusual movements of Lu Bu's army in the past few days.
They began to dig trenches and build barriers outside the camps.
And not one, but two.
The inner one is used to besiege the Shu army camp, and the outer one is used to resist the attack of the Shu army.
The two inner and outer walls formed a circular fortress.
Tall logs were erected on top of the rammed earth barrier that was half a battle tall.
There is also a tower every 100 meters.
At first, Wei Yan, the commander-in-chief of the East Camp, and Yan Yan, the new commander-in-chief of the West Camp, didn't care.
They thought that the enemy was just building a camp to confront them nearby, and at most it would affect the safety of their supply transportation.
But military advisor Zhuge Liang had already thought of this, and the camp had enough food and grass to last the soldiers for a year and a half.
As the opponent's project progressed, they felt more and more something was wrong, and their instincts told them that this was very dangerous.
So they all reported this situation to Chengdu one after another.
However, the soldiers were quickly captured by Lu Bu's reconnaissance cavalry, and the message was not sent.
A certain area outside the West Camp.
Some Lu Bu Army soldiers were digging trenches with special tools.
Some special instruments were no different from later military engineer shovels and engineer hoes.
There was also a special plow specially used for digging trenches, driven by plow oxen.
On the side, other soldiers used a special instrument to tamp the earth barrier on one side of the trench.
This special instrument uses pulleys, ratchets, reset pedals, etc.
A group of several soldiers can repeatedly step on the pedal to rhythmically let the machine's pile hammer hit the soil barrier repeatedly, which is much more energy-saving than the traditional pile driving method.
This was also produced by Zhucheng's dark high-end workshop, and of course it was designed by Lu Bu himself.
Suddenly, with several horses whistling and neighing, more than a hundred Shu army cavalry rushed out from the West Camp fortress, their horse hooves flying and their swords waving.
Obviously they want to kill these Lu Bu soldiers who are doing construction.
At Lu Bu's military construction site, the sound of the horn sounded immediately.
The soldiers who were under construction and some soldiers who were on guard in the rear picked up their crossbows and gathered together to prepare for the attack.
The crossbows in their hands are the newly issued Lu Bu repeating crossbows.
When the Shu army cavalry rushed within a hundred meters, arrows were fired, pouring towards the opponent like a torrential rain.
Wave after wave, endless.
The Shu army cavalry were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and some of their horses were injured and frightened and fell off their horses.
But after several waves of shooting, the remaining dozens of cavalry rushed over.
The soldiers of Lu Bu's army stopped shooting and dispersed to both sides.
Just as the Shu Army cavalry was about to start massacring these scattered infantry, more than a hundred cavalry horses patrolling not far away joined the battle group.
These Shu Army cavalry were the opponents of the latter.
In a moment, they were almost They were all beheaded.
In the end, only a dozen riders escaped back to the West Camp.
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This is one of the dozens of cavalry groups sent by Yan Yan.
Their mission is to attack and harass Lu Bu's soldiers who are under construction in order to hinder the completion of the fortifications.
However, these cavalry suffered a devastating blow from the crossbowmen of Lu Bu's army and the cavalry cavalry.
Wei Yan of Dongdaying also took the same measures and suffered the same consequences.
After several such attempts, Yan Yan and Wei Yan did not make such unnecessary attempts again.
Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others who lived in Chengdu did not receive reports from the East and West Camps for more than 20 consecutive days.
Zhuge Liang sensed that something might have happened, because he had ordered Yan Yan and Wei Yan to report the battle situation to Chengdu every half month.
Zhuge Liang immediately ordered the nearby Fucheng defenders to conduct an investigation.
Soon, Zhuge Liang learned the news that Lu Bu was building fortifications around the camp.
He thought carefully for a moment and immediately understood what Lu Bu wanted to do.
He wanted to use two circular forts to lock up his eastern and western camps.
Lu Bu must not let him succeed.
Otherwise, the eastern and western camps would be in danger and the entire plain in central Shu would be in danger.
Zhuge Liang immediately reported the emergency situation to Liu Bei and explained the serious relationship.
Without saying a word, Liu Bei ordered Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun to lead 10,000 troops each to relieve the two camps.
Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei: "My lord, this matter requires Liang to go personally.
This Lu Bu is definitely not the common man I heard about.
They are very resourceful, but I am afraid that the two generals, Yide and Zilong, have fallen into Lu Bu's scheme."
Liu Bei replied: "That's very good.
It's a tribute to the hard-working military advisor."
Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei's 10,000 troops moved north and garrisoned in Fucheng two days later.
At this time, Lu Bu had already learned through scouts that Liu Bei's two armies were attacking, and estimated the approximate strength of the opponent's troops.
There are about ten thousand people in each army.
Lu Bu calculated that 40% of the Shu army was currently assembled in these two locations.
If we can win in one battle, we will get half of the land of Bashu.
On the day he stationed troops in Fucheng, Zhuge Liang sent a team of scout cavalry to the West Camp, a hundred miles away, to inspect the enemy's situation.
The scouts reported that the enemy's camp was basically constructed.
Zhuge Liang said to himself in surprise: "How is it possible?
The construction period can only be more than twenty days.
In just twenty days, a strip of fortress can be built to lock up the Western Camp.
How much manpower will be needed?
Where can Lu Bu come from so many people?
Manpower: Could it be that he has transferred most of the troops from three states and two counties?"
While Zhuge Liang was thinking about it, Zhang Fei walked over carelessly and said in a loud voice: "Commander, why are we halting our troops?
This Fucheng is still a hundred miles away from the West Camp."
Zhuge Liang was startled by the sudden sound.
He looked around and saw that it was Zhang Fei.
Zhuge Liang then responded: "Lü Bu has already been prepared and has built the outer fortifications.
This man is extremely treacherous, so we must proceed with caution.
The army is stationed in Fucheng, which has something to rely on, and it is convenient for us to build a catapult."
After confirming that there are no ambush around and preparing the siege equipment, we can go to break the siege of the West Camp. " "Hey, military advisor, you think too highly of Lu Bu.
He is just a domestic slave with three surnames.
He got these three states and two counties by recognizing his father everywhere and being lucky.
Just let me lead five thousand elite soldiers to break it.
This birdman's battle.
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Zhuge Liang still shook his head in disapproval, so Zhang Fei had no choice but to walk away angrily
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