Cao Fan managed a bitter smile.
This was probably the only thing that could offer him solace in this predicament.
Another two days passed.
On the third day,
the siege from outside the city suddenly ceased!
"What's going on?"
Sha Wenlong asked anxiously, "Could it be that reinforcements have already arrived?"
"Report—"
The scout came back with news.
Twenty scouts went out, but at most only two or three would return each time.
He said wildly with joy, "General Sha, the rebel army's food and forage supply was cut off three days ago. They are now forced to temporarily stop their offensive and send people northwest to gather supplies. The troops outside the city have decreased by one-third!"
Food and forage are generally calculated in advance.
Then, before the supplies run out, new ones are delivered. Any error in between can lead to food supply interruption.
This is often why it's said that provisions should go before soldiers and horses.
