[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition chapter 116

116 – The Battle of Suchun (5)

“Open the door.” “Nope?”

Sima Yi and Pang Tong began fighting over horses over the city gate.

“Open the door? Don’t you know that if Cao Cao’s army knocks on the gate like this, it will have to be opened now?”

“Hmph. If Suchunseong was a place that could be easily attacked, would Wonsul have chosen a place like Suchun as the capital?

Sima Yi focused on pounding the walls using bombs and catapults.

Since the absolute number of soldiers in Cao Cao’s army was smaller than that of Yuan Shu’s army, it was not easy to climb up the castle wall using a ladder.

The rule of war is that at least three times as many soldiers are needed to climb a castle wall.

Cao Cao’s army had fewer soldiers than Yuan Shu’s army, let alone three times more.

So I’m using the power of the weapon.

“Even if Suchunseong shakes, it will not collapse!”

Pang Tong raised his left hand to his face and laughed.

The shadow on his face felt quite insidious, and Sima Yi was anxiously calculating something.

“Master. Wouldn’t this be enough to destroy the castle wall or gate?”

“Well, even considering Yangyangseong as a standard, not yet.”

“…Then you can’t do that.”

Sima Yi bit his lip as he continued to calculate the distance between He Dao and Suchun.

We could all immediately see Sima Yi’s concern.

“Hmph, what do you think? I tried to occupy it quickly and go up, but it’s slower than I thought? Do you eat and fight?”

“Noisy.”

Sima Yi’s anxiety was over ‘military provisions’.

“Even if I carried a month’s worth of military provisions, the number was 100,000….”

The number of troops an army can carry and move at one time is limited.

In particular, as a large army of 100,000 is moving, logistics calculations must be made more thoroughly.

“…Now we are on the verge of depleting our supplies.”

Sima Yi placed his hand on his forehead and muttered.

“Master, is it possible to plunder the rice fields near Shuchun and supply supplies?”

“No. They say that Cao Cao issued a military order. It was to subdue the traitor Yuan Shu, not to take over the people’s rice fields.”

Cao Cao gave up local supply for reasons of ‘justification’.

Therefore, Cao Cao’s army had to attack Suchun Castle with only the troops brought from Heo Island.

“Then wouldn’t the person sending the transport from He Island be able to calculate this as well?”

“If we calculate the amount consumed, shouldn’t we have formed a military transport unit as soon as we set up a military camp in front of Suchun Fortress to arrive in time?”

Feeding the number of 100,000 is not an easy task.

No matter how well you plan, the situation can change depending on local circumstances.

“One. It was the first time that Cao Cao’s army had moved a large army like this. The experience of sending 20,000 troops toward the general of Wan may have been practice, but the number of 100,000 is different. This experience will be a valuable experience that will become your blood and flesh. , I can’t help but feel pain right now.”

Cao Cao, of course, had an army of 100,000 move long distances only once in the past ten years.

Even in that case, as it was a situation when Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao each led an army of 50,000 men and faced each other at Gyekyo, Cao Cao’s army was unable to thoroughly and accurately calculate the amount of troops that 100,000 soldiers would consume.

“We cannot let those on the battlefield starve. The basic ration should be to give them more than the prescribed amount.”

Lack of experience.

This is the first factor.

“Two. Yuan Shu has previously been in charge of supplying the anti-Dong Zhuk allied forces and has supplied supplies to tens of thousands of soldiers. So, he knows very well how much military supplies cost. There may be defeat in the field, but he will lock the gates with the Battle of Suseong. “If it’s a war of attrition, you’ll be fully aware that you have the advantage.”

Those who went on an expedition and those who tried to protect their base.

The difference between those who have to sleep in barracks under the sun until the siege is successful and those who sleep and wake up in their beds even though they are at war is clear.

Those who eat a single grain of rice for breakfast and those who eat at least a vegetable side dish with rice.

Regardless of training, who will be more motivated to fight?

When you’re hungry, you don’t want to do anything.

“Three. Cao Cao suffered almost no loss of troops during the siege. Paradoxically, Cao Cao’s army’s field victory had a further negative impact on military consumption.”

“If 40,000 people died and 20,000 people died, there would be fewer mouths to feed.”

It’s a cruel thing to say, but it’s reality.

“The survivors will be able to eat their share of the survivors as much as the dead. Then, it will be possible to control the number of troops.”

“The staff makes plans based on the assumption that the number of soldiers will be consumed. hehehe, what should we do with this? The Yuan Shu army was defeated so overwhelmingly that Cao Cao’s soldiers became even more hungry?”

“That’s not something Wonsul, who created Saman’s corpse, would say.”

“Why not? It’s Yuan’s art that founded the Middle Kingdom. Do you think you would blink when the soldier Saman died? The wound to your pride from defeat is greater than the death of Saman.”

Due to Yuan Shu’s crushing defeat, the strength of 100,000 soldiers was maintained almost intact.

It is said that Wonsul’s army had fewer mouths to feed as 40,000 of its soldiers were massacred.

“Chief of Staff of Liu Bei’s army. Say something.”

Sima Yi turned his gaze towards Zhuge Liang, who was still.

Zhuge Liang was reaching for the refreshments in front of him.

The refreshments were bought by Sima Yi with his own pocket money.

“why?”

“Gunryang, what are you going to do?”

“How can it be possible? A small feudal lord like Liu Bei came running after emptying the small fortress solely out of loyalty for one country, so is General Zhao demanding money from us for military supplies?”

Zhuge Liang spoke in a clear voice and swallowed the refreshment in one swallow.

“I think it’s worth sharing the troops for annihilating Wonsul’s army.”

“Tsk…!”

Unspoken and unspoken.

The accomplishment of defeating the enemy’s vanguard was more valuable than the supply of food for 5,000 soldiers.

The fact that he was arguing about it was proof that Sima Yi was that nervous and focused.

“…Okay, okay. I give up. I’ll aim for a short decisive battle before our supplies run out.”

Sima Yi deployed all his troops forward.

“A hundred thousand troops will fight against one side with all their might. After feeding them all the food they have, and with their morale at its highest, we will break down the gates and advance into Suchun Fortress.”

“The loss of soldiers must be overwhelming?”

“Even if that happens, defeat is impossible.”

Sima Yi glared at Pang Tong and broke the standard on the wall that Pang Tong was holding tightly with his hand.

“With desperate determination, I will win.”

“…Who will win if this happens?”

“hmm.”

I defeated Sima Yi’s two military disciplines.

“Losing 20,000 and destroying the gate. Is this enough?”

“I think thirty thousand will do.”

“What? We lost 20,000 people against Wonsul.”

A situation occurred where 10,000 people died or died in an instant, but what is clear is that even Pang Tong did not have much faith in Yuan Shu’s military power.

“The gate was breached by Cao Cao’s army. If it were Yuan Shu, he would run away.”

“Yes. He will run away somewhere else. He is not the kind of person who will fight to the death or anything like that.”

Even if you give up Suchun City, the capital of China, Yuan Shu himself will flee to another city in his sphere of influence.

The most likely place is… .

“Hoenam.”

It is also called Yeonam, a place separated from Shinya by a mountain.

Wonsul will run away to a place really close to Jingju.

Suchun Daejeon, results.

The victory of the allied forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei.

Yuan Shu was defeated and fled to another place.

… Perhaps, this is the result of the Battle of Shuchun.

“This is good enough. Pang Tong, I will accept you as a disciple.”

“Phew. Is this the end now?”

Pang Tong let out a long sigh as if the tension was relieved.

“Really, I don’t want to be bullied like this again. What is this? I’d rather go to Jojo-gun next time.”

“There might be a case where Cao Cao’s army is defeated?”

“Still, it is better to serve the emperor. He is someone who acts for the sake of the imperial family.”

At Pang Tong’s words, Zhuge Liang’s hands, which were organizing military discipline, stiffened.

“Did you say you wanted to join Cao Cao’s army…?”

“Oh, that? It doesn’t really matter whether you are Lord Cao Cao or anyone else. As long as you serve the Emperor.”

At Pang Tong’s words, Zhuge Liang bowed his head for a moment. And then… .

“sorry.”

“…huh?”

With a brief apology, he tidied up his military uniform and stood up first.

Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang and grinned.

“Hey, is this fun?”

“Why? What are you going to do?”

“I don’t know what will happen in the future, but at least I won’t feel frustrated if I work with him.”

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“Work together.”

Does Pang Tong think that Zhuge Liang will go to war?

“I don’t really want to work with them.”

“Hmph. Same here.”

Pang Tong entered into a confrontation with Sima Yi.

“You won this mock battle, but you won’t lose next time.”

“Fight at any time. I will always win.”

The two burned their fighting spirit against each other.

Through this mock battle, I was able to further refine my students’ perspectives and strategy.

however.

It was clear that this situation was nothing more than a rumor far away from the scene.

No matter how much we guessed what would happen in reality and got most of it right, we could not predict the unconventional actions taken by those with similar intellectual abilities as us.

One month later.

The process of Suchun Daejeon, which we heard about later through Sunuk, was quite different from what we expected.

“Out of 500,000, only 30 survived and escaped?”

It is true that Yunsul’s army was defeated, but the extent of the defeat was truly serious.

“What did JoJo do?”

“They said they pounded until the gate was broken and the walls collapsed.”

“That can’t be possible. A riot would have broken out before the troops arrived?”

“Well, that is.”

We received information from another direction that Sunuk did not provide.

“Cao Cao killed the quartermaster?”

JoJo solved the problem in a way that no one expected.

* * *

“Joo Gong, I feel wronged!!”

“Yes, yes. It would be unfair.”

Jojo smiled wryly as he swept his hand around the sharp knife.

“It’s not your fault that the rain ruined the crops. It’s not your fault that the soldiers were hungry and on the verge of rioting. That’s right….”

Jojo’s face, reflected in the blade, was smiling.

“It was the order I gave you to give the soldiers only half of their food for three days, hehehe. But unfair is unfair, and military law is military law.”

“Huh…!”

Cao Cao pointed the knife at the quartermaster’s neck.

“I’m going to cut off your head and do it for you. The quartermaster secretly stole military supplies.”

“Jugong…!!”

“I almost said that.”

Jo Jo tapped the quartermaster’s shoulder with the back of his knife, then used the knife to open the lid of the box on the desk.

“Ugh…!”

The fishy scent of blood rang out, and the head of a person with a severely disfigured face was inside the box.

The face and facial features were quite similar to those of the quartermaster.

“Go somewhere else for about a year. I know someone, so let me trust him for a while. I will also let your family live a new life with you in a new place. I could have really killed you, but… .”

Cao Cao patted the officer on the shoulder and sighed.

“It’s because I have a soft heart. You just have to die for a year. Do you understand?”

“Thank you, thank you…!”

“What is gratitude? Go on. I won’t forget your loyalty.”

The officer retreated.

Cao Cao, who was left alone, fiddled with the blade with his hand and twisted the corner of his mouth as he reflected his cut hair on the blade.

“Sigh. A woman like me is too soft-hearted.”

Jojo held back his laughter and went out with the box.

Outside, Jo Hong was taking off the officer’s clothes and changing him into new clothes.

“Lord, Lord Lord.”

“Go to Wan. Yes, there….”

Cao Cao scratched his head and pointed to the west.

“If you say you couldn’t endure the brutality of the Chinese state and ran away, they will accept you.”

next day.

After beheading the quartermaster, Cao Cao declared that he must occupy Suchun Fortress, filled his ships with supplies from Heo Island, and attacked Suchun Fortress.

Uji string.

The castle gate collapsed, and Cao Cao screamed at the top of his voice.

“Run to the castle gate, Cao Hong! “

Waaa!!

Yuan Shu opened the gate on the other side and escaped.