 Zhuge Liang fell ill and died during the stalemate and subsequently the Shu forces retreated.In the spring of 234, Zhuge Liang led more than 60,000 Shu troops out of Xie Valley () and camped on the southern bank of the Wei River near Mei County (郿縣; southeast of present-day Fufeng County, Shaanxi).He constantly worried about a shortage of food for the army, because the supply line was overly extended and supplies did not always reach the front line in time.