Chapter 676: Three Three Six: Zhi Wei Doomsday! The final strangulation!
Three days before the grand battle, Zhi Wei suffered a tragic defeat, vomiting blood and losing consciousness. Upon waking, he immediately decided to remain at his position, continuing the siege of the Wind Thunder Fortress Defense Line and tying down Suo Lun’s main forces.
Having recuperated for three days, he was already able to get out of bed and walk.
That night, he was once again shocked by terrible news, and this time it was two-fold.
First came the news that all the bridges over the Tianshui River, behind them, had been destroyed, and the army guarding the river had been annihilated. Their supply lines had been cut.
Then, the army’s supplies were burned to the ground in an air raid by Suo Lun’s griffin beasts.
Stimulated by these two pieces of bad news, Zhi Wei could not bear it any longer, and once again spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood, fainting away!
In truth, the burning of the supply depots was serious, but not as serious as it could be.
Though Duke Zhi Wei had not recovered in health and was lacking in energy these past few days, he still had many competent officials and military generals under him. Having foreseen and simulated the potential burning of supplies, they had already distributed parts of the supplies to various army encampments.
Moreover, they dispatched thousands of soldiers to dig tunnels and hide the supplies within them.
So, even though most of the supplies were burned, the army now only numbered a little over sixty thousand soldiers, the dispersed supplies could suffice for about ten days, barely enough to hold out until the Tuling Tuo Army arrived.
These elite officials managed to distribute supplies in advance, ensuring that the army would not starve. However, they failed to gauge the sentiments of the people, unable to predict the massive blow to the army’s morale caused by the burning of the supplies.