August 6th, the fifth year of Jianning.
At this time, the Han army and the Yilou army had been facing each other across the river for twenty days.
With Liaozhou as its backing and the support of powerful families and merchants, the Han army received a steady stream of supplies, including provisions and equipment.
On the other hand, life was not so good for the Yilou army camp. The Yilou had a small population, were not good at farming, and did not have much grain stored.
The 60,000-strong army had already exhausted all their rations five days prior, and the King of Yilou had sent troops back to requisition supplies, but there had been no response.
At present, the soldiers of Yilou Army are barely surviving by fishing down the river, but most of them are still starving and dizzy.
On this day, King Yilou held another meeting in his tent. After everyone had arrived, King Yilou looked at the grain supervisor with a gloomy expression.
"What's going on? Why haven't the supplies arrived yet?"
The grain inspector shuddered: "Your Majesty, the people of the country are also struggling to survive, and it is extremely difficult to collect grain!"
"Bang!" King Yilou slammed his hand on the table: "Didn't you say a few days ago that you had already collected 20,000 shi of grain? Where is that grain? Why is it nowhere to be seen?"
The grain inspector hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, the grain is on its way, but it seems to have been delayed for some reason!"
"Report!!"
Just then, a messenger suddenly ran in from outside the tent.
"Your Majesty, a Han cavalry force suddenly appeared in the rear of our army, attacked our grain transport convoy, and burned 20,000 shi of grain to the ground!"
"What......?"
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