After ten minutes of rescue, the Shun army finally took all the food they could get to their boat.

More than a dozen bags of grain were completely submerged in water and could not be rescued.

"It doesn't matter, these grains are almost enough."

"The army will definitely have to transport food from Dongting County in a few days, and then we can find a way to grab some."

Wang Yong thought very clearly that they need to consume a lot of food, and the army of Nanhu County also needs it. They are not heavenly soldiers and generals, and they can survive by drinking wind and dew every day.

The more elite the army, the greater the daily consumption.

Ordinary troops may only train once a few days, and if they train less, they will not consume a lot of energy and eat less.

But the elite troops are different. Even if there is no combat mission, they still insist on training once a day, and their physical energy consumption is less than that of combat, and they need to supplement rich nutrition.

Food and meat are essential.

That's why the dry country grain transport ships on Dongting Lake appear frequently.

Shenwuwei has already been able to requisition part of the grain in Nanhu County, but the bulk still has to be transported by Dongting County.

Zhao Long has already sent more people into the hinterland of Nanhu County, and Shi Kuan's men have restrained many Shunjun troops in the hinterland of Nanhu County, making it easier for Zhao Long's new faction to attack.

Liu Jiwu didn't have a good solution either.

If he wanted to block the Gan army in the northern part of Nanhu County, he had to divide his troops from the frontline army in his hands to stop them, or send troops from the southern city of Nanhu County to go north to stop them.

Neither is a good solution.

The first one is definitely not possible, even if Liu Jiwu doesn't transfer troops, he still feels that his soldiers and horses are not enough, and he may be defeated even faster after they are transferred.

It was a good way to transfer troops from the southern city, but Liu Jiwu gave up this way after he knew that Zhao Long had an extremely fast cavalry.

Only when the city in the rear is stable can the army on the front line be stable.

Most of the soldiers in Nanhu County were recruited from Nanhu County. Once their hometown was occupied by the dry army, even if it was just harassment, they would be shaken and unwilling to fight.

My hometown is about to be copied, how can I fight the enemy wholeheartedly.

Therefore, there is no need to think about large-scale deployment of troops to prevent the army from going south.

Only a small number of troops can be drawn from various cities to form a city coalition army, relying on terrain and cities to prevent the army from going south.

Although the county soldiers and defenders in each city are under Liu Jiwu's command, they are not familiar with each other.

They may not have seen each other for several years before Liu Jiwu came.

That is to say, after Liu Jiwu came to Nanhu County, he transferred and rotated the county soldiers in each city and increased the defenders. Only then did the generals and soldiers in each city have a little understanding of other cities.

In order to deal with the soldiers of Shi Kuanbu, the soldiers from the six cities gathered together for a short time.

The result was not good, the soldiers and horses of Jing'an City were defeated by Shi Kuan without even seeing their comrades from other cities.

The Shun army in the other five cities were also teased by Shi Kuan, and less than 300 people escaped from Nan'an City and Nanshui City.

After the South Route Army was defeated, the North Route Army could only join the Central Route Army and stop advancing towards Huqiu Mountain.

This gave Shi Kuan two more days to rest and recuperate, but as soon as the two days were up, Shi Kuan led his troops and horses to leave Huqiu Hills.

After all, Tiger Hill was still too small. Although there were more than a dozen towns, even if all of them were captured by Shi Kuan, the Nanhu County government might swallow this breath.

If Shi Kuan's troops break through one or two, or even three or four towns, they may be furious and urge the Shun army to send troops to encircle them immediately.

Once Shi Kuan's tribe broke through more than a dozen towns in a row, they didn't dare to urge the Shun army to encircle and suppress Shi Kuan's tribe easily. If the Shun army was defeated after they spoke out, whose fault would it be?

So the coalition forces of the six cities, no, it is the coalition forces of the three cities now, and they are still guarding Huqiu hills without moving.

The supplies in Tiger Hill made them live comfortably, and the towns that have not been breached are also willing to provide them with additional supplies. As long as they are willing to stay, we will definitely not bombard them!

Several towns that had been breached were still located on the outskirts of the hills, but they had long since changed.

The town is still the same town, but the people in the town will never come back.

With the coalition forces present, the hearts of the remaining towns will be much more stable.

They can continue to make money only when their hearts are stable. What is it to provide some extra supplies?

Sprinkle water!

It's just that it provides Shi Kuan with a wider space for activities.

Now he really became a monkey grandson who got into Princess Iron Fan's stomach. The noisy Nanhu County government was very troubled, but there was no good way to solve him in a short time.

The failure of the coalition forces of the six cities made the defenders of the cities understand that it is useless to simply send troops from each city to unite to encircle and suppress the Gan army without making any preparations.

Not only can the dry army not be wiped out, but it will be caught by the dry army and cause heavy casualties to the coalition forces.

So they have learned the lessons of the last time, and they must go through a running-in before they send troops to encircle and suppress the Gan army in the future.

The dry army must be encircled and suppressed, and the coalition army must also be formed.

It's just that they need a little time for the coalition forces to adapt better and exert stronger combat effectiveness.

"Don't worry, my lord, as long as our seven-city coalition forces finish their training, those dry troops will surely die without a place to bury them!"

Nanhu County officials really didn't want to urge Shunjun to send troops easily, but Shi Kuanbu's actions forced him to do so.

"General Jian, I don't want to urge you to send troops easily, the lesson from last time is already great enough!"

"It's just that the dry army is extremely rampant, attacking villages and towns wantonly outside the city, and messing up Nanhu County. If they are allowed to continue to cause trouble, even if this dry army is wiped out in the future, you and I will not escape the responsibility!"

General Jian didn't know this truth.

"I don't have a good solution. I don't let them run in and fight. The probability of defeat is too great!"

"If we lose the next battle~lightnovelpub.net~ Liu Shuai will not spare us."

"Compared to future punishment, saving your life is the most important thing now, isn't it?"

After General Jian finished speaking, the two people in the room fell silent at the same time.

too difficult!

Why is it so difficult to fight against Qianguo!

Are we still the three major hegemons?

Why can't even beat a group of rebels now!

Although they lost nearly half of their territory, some officials and generals of the Shun Kingdom still retained the pride of being a hegemonic country.

In the first battle of Nanhu County, the Shun army commanded by Liu Jiwu was already facing an overall disadvantage.

Only Xu Fan's department on Dongting Lake was a little more proactive and could cause a little trouble for the army.

But only a little.

Now that the Qian Kingdom has the Angry Dragon Army again, this trouble will soon be resolved.

On Dongting Lake, after Wang Yong grabbed nearly two thousand shi of grain, he did not continue to pursue the retreating army.

What are you going to do?

I can't keep up anymore.

It was almost meaningless at first, but now that there are two thousand shi of grain, it will be even more impossible to catch up.

It doesn't matter if you can't catch up, Wang Yong is not angry either.

"Let's go brothers, go back to camp!"

The Shun Army led by Wang Yong happily returned to the camp. On the other side, the ten warships led by Xu Fan were still wandering in the center of Dongting Lake.

He was worried that the Dongting army would ambush the team he sent to chase the grain ship.

As a result, no!

"It seems that I really think too much, the navy army is still as bad as before!"

"Back to camp."

The warships of Xu Fan's department returned to their camp one after another. This camp was built in a short period of time, so it was very simple.

But it is very important to Xu Fan's department, at least to ensure that they have a place to dock and will not be discovered by the dry army.

Although the camp is crude, it can save lives!