Sima Lun was not afraid of the Wei army's attack, but was afraid of the risk of food outage. After all, any army must have a good logistics supply system. Without this guarantee, no army can persist in it.

People are iron, rice is steel, and they don’t eat for a meal and are hungry. The 40,000 army consumes an astonishing amount of food and grass every day. The area of ​​Jiange is full of mountains and ridges, and there is not even a place for farmland. All the food and grass needed by the 40,000 army must be transported by Chengdu. Once the Wei army cut off the grain and grass supply line, the defenders of Jiange will completely collapse within a month.

You can't sit still and wait for death, Simalun said to himself secretly.

The Wei army's methods were indeed ruthless. They obviously had already estimated that it was difficult to attack Jiange, so they changed their tactics and prepared to cut off the food route of Jiange defenders. In this way, they could force the Shu army to indulge themselves without fighting.

If Sima Lun sits aside, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, although Jiange is good, it is not a place to stay for a long time. In this situation where there is no food or help, Sima Lun is still unable to make up for the sky even if he has the ability to be able to do so.

So Sima Lun decided to follow Lu Kang, voluntarily abandon Jiange, withdraw his troops to Fucheng, and then consider the next direction of action.

Lu Kang retreated from Yong'an after receiving Jiang Wei's order. However, since the Wei army was a long-distance attack on Fucheng, it took a very rapid action and did not give Shu army time to respond. Sima Lun now has no time to ask Jiang Wei or the court for instructions. If he hesitated, once Fucheng was lost, the retreat of the Jiange defenders would be gone.

Although Simalun was young, in terms of his experience in fighting, the veterans who fought for decades may not be as good as him. Simalun knew the importance of temporary change. The situation on the battlefield is often changing rapidly. For generals, they must learn to judge the situation and temporary change. If they stick to military tactics or orders, they may lose their initiative on the battlefield, and even suffer miserable defeat and the entire army will be destroyed.

The order of the king outside the country is not accepted. In fact, this is the truth. Any general who leads a war should have the right to make decisions on the battlefield. After all, only he knows the current situation on the battlefield. The order to go up to the peak is dead, but the situation on the battlefield is alive.

Sima Lun knew very well what the fall of Fucheng meant. Compared with the influence of Jiangzhou on Yong'an, Fucheng had a greater impact on Jiangge.

After the fall of Jiangzhou, Yong'an lost a waterway at most. At least the Shu army in Yong'an still had a chance to withdraw from land, but Jiange did not. Once Fucheng was lost, the only way for the Jiange defenders to retreat would be cut off by the Wei army.

There are only 3,000 defenders in Fucheng now, but the Wei army attacking Fucheng is ten times that of the defenders. With such a huge gap in power, the defenders in Fucheng cannot hold on for long.

If Sima Lun asked Jiang Wei for instructions and reports at this moment, there would be no time in time. Jiang Wei was far away in Nan'an. Even if Jiang Wei knew about the situation in Fucheng and issued an order to retreat, I was afraid that the daylily would be cold by then.

Therefore, Simalun did not think much about it and quickly made up his mind to withdraw his troops.

But the evacuation of the 40,000 troops was not easy, especially outside the Jiange Pass, Deng Ai's men were eyeing him. They continued to launch an attack. Once the Shu army withdrew, Jiange would soon fall into the hands of the Wei army.

Sima Lun has experienced the speed of the Wei cavalry and was also deeply affected. If the Wei cavalry is given the opportunity to pursue calmly, the Shu army will be caught by the Wei cavalry not far from the evacuation of Jiange. Once the Wei cavalry is in the plains, even if they are not dead, the Shu army will be cut off.

At this time, someone must stand up and cut off the rear, continue to block the Wei army in Jiange, and give the main force some time to retreat.

However, this task is often a life-and-death death. Simalun is not willing to forcefully assign someone to cut off the rear. Simalun gathers the generals. These generals have been following him since he was in Guanlong. Over the past few years, after experiencing great changes in the world, these generals still follow him unanimously. This makes Simalun sigh, but at the same time, it also makes Simalun unable to speak.

After all, the chances of survival of those who stayed are extremely slim. How could Sima Lun push one of them into the fire pit with his own hands?

At this time, Zhou Tai took the initiative to stand up and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, I am not talented. I am willing to stay in Jiange. Please lead your army first."

Although Sima Lun did not say that, Zhou Tai was also very clear about the current situation. Jiange would definitely not be able to defend it. Sima Lun's withdrawal was inevitable. The only thing he lacked now was probably a general who cut off the rear. Zhou Tai certainly knew the risk of cutting off the rear, but he still took the initiative to stand up and receive the order.

Sima Lun looked at Zhou Tai, a strange look flashed in his eyes, and said, "General Zhou, do you know that staying in Jiange is a life-threatening life, and he may throw his life here?"

Zhou Tai laughed and said, "Since the general of the United States has been following His Highness, he has already prepared to wrap the body of horses. The battle is difficult now. I hope that his highness will be able to repay His Highness once he dies. I hope your highness will be fulfilled."

Sima Lun nodded silently. He was extremely moved by the heroic spirit of Zhoutai who put life and death outside the country. These former Sima Army generals were always loyal and devoted to him. No matter how difficult their situation was, they were never determined to die in battle than surrender to the Wei army.

At least 100,000 troops followed Sima Lun to surrender to Shu, but in recent years, the loss of soldiers and horses was as high as 60%. Most of the Sima army soldiers were buried in a foreign land, but they were always loyal and loyal. There was no escape incident, and no one took the initiative to surrender to the Wei army.

This made Simalun feel a lot. In fact, he was incompetent and had these loyal soldiers.

Sima Lun surrendered to Shu Kingdom with deep revenge on blood with Cao Liang. Like Lu Kang, he hopes to use the power of Shu Kingdom to help him complete the great cause of rejuvenation and take revenge.

However, judging from the current situation, Sima Lun wanted to avenge his blood and hatred, and he undoubtedly had no chance to achieve it if he ascended to heaven. The great cause of restoring the Sima family gradually became far away. And each general and soldier who followed him died, one less person was lost. Sima Lun didn't know what the way he was waiting for him, and his future was confused.
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