"Damn!"

Soon, Li Dao and the three of them figured out what was going on. Although the three of them don't know any strategy, they are not fools after all, the other party's intentions are so obvious, if they can't even figure this out, it is better to break up the gang and return to their hometown to be incognito and low-key.

Li Dao darkened his face, looked at Guo Yan and Zhang Ji, and said, "Both, what do you think should be done?"

Obviously, the other party used a trick to leave a bunch of belongings to delay Li Dao's speed. If it were a well-disciplined team, this strategy would naturally not have succeeded. However, although the Xiliang Army is still an army and has some combat effectiveness, in terms of discipline, it is no different from bandits and bandits. In the past, they were ordered by their superiors to loot, but now they don't have to loot, they can bear it if they look for what they have?

The soldiers at the bottom didn't understand, but the three of them knew very well what was most important at the moment. However, it is clear that they could not stop the soldiers' actions. In itself, they rely on their own prestige to control the troops, if these soldiers are not allowed to take some benefits, I am afraid that they will all resist, without the backing of these soldiers, their lives may be lost at any time. It's just that if Liu Xie escapes, their fate will not be much better, so they will be in a dilemma.

Guo Yan thought for a while and said: "Otherwise, let the soldiers search, there will be countless belongings for the soldiers to pick up, and it won't take much time to think about it, Liu Xie and them will take the carriage, and the speed will not be fast, we will be able to catch up after all." ”

"At the moment, it seems that this is the only way to go!"

After the three of them finished discussing, they decided to let the soldiers go to search for benefits, and after a full two quarters of an hour, all the soldiers returned to the team, so that the three of Li Wei's anger and blood surged, and the heart attack almost didn't happen.

Then the army set out again to catch up. It's just that the three of Li Dao almost wanted to vomit blood happened, and they chased for half an hour, and some soldiers found their property. Because Li Dao and the three of them did not stop it before, this time the soldiers directly dispersed to search for property.

"Hateful!"

Li Dao and the three of them jumped to their feet in anger, but they didn't stop it before, and if they blocked it at this moment, they were afraid that it would cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers, so naturally they couldn't stop it. Generals with dreams want to be promoted, while soldiers at the bottom only think about getting rich, if they don't even let them take this road, you can imagine what the consequences will be. You must know that among the hundreds of thousands of soldiers, there are only a few who have dreams.

Li Dao's face darkened, and he said in a deep voice: "I can't go on like this, if I continue to let it go, I'm afraid that Liu Xie has already arrived in Shaanxi County to cross the Yellow River." At that time, it will be useless for us to have more soldiers and horses, so we must think of a countermeasure. ”

After all, Zhang Ji was nurtured by Jia Xu for some time, and when he heard this, he suggested: "Commander of the army, see if anyone can come up with a good countermeasure, if it is feasible, promote his position and give some rewards, it is better than you and me being so helpless." ”

"That's a good idea, that's it!"

Li Dao and Guo Yan couldn't think of a way to deal with it, so they naturally wouldn't oppose Zhang Ji's proposal. At that moment, the three of them sent orders to the generals at all levels of the army and asked them to give advice.

Soon after, news came that a centurion had come up with a plan.

The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly summoned this centurion, a man who looked a little kind-faced. After seeing Li Dao and the others, he did not hesitate, and said directly: "Three generals, a large amount of property was found on the road, and it must have been deliberately left by the enemy to delay the speed of our army. Therefore, the subordinates thought that the three generals could form a team of 1,000 men to collect these goods. ”

Li Wei frowned and asked, "I have also thought about this idea, but it will inevitably make the soldiers below dissatisfied, and feel that the high-level generals will embezzle property, so what?"

The centurion smiled confidently and said, "Three generals, this is not a problem. The three generals could order that whoever first discovered a certain place had property could divide it equally among the thousand-strong squad that that person belonged to. Come to think of it, the soldiers will not have any opinions. ”

Guo Yan also had doubts and asked, "Having said that, the thousand-member squad where the person who found it belongs has property divided equally, so how can the other soldiers agree?"

"General, don't worry. ”

Still confident, the centurion explained: "The soldiers feel that they are the lucky ones, because they will only be able to get more if they divide the goods equally among the thousand-man squad, so the soldiers will definitely agree." Moreover, because they were found in more than one place, even if the other soldiers were not the first to find them, they would think that there would be another opportunity, which would in turn stimulate them to speed up their march. ”

"Haha, good, good!"

After hearing this, Li Dao and the three of them immediately burst out laughing. Even if this centurion is promoted to lieutenant, the reward of wealth is not less. Moreover, the three of them thought that he had a lot of ideas, so they let him follow the three of them so that they could ask questions.

Sure enough, as he said, no one in the soldiers objected to this order. Just like buying a lottery ticket, everyone thinks that the person who wins the jackpot is himself, and if he can get more money, why not choose such an opportunity, but let others get it? Therefore, after this order was given, it was approved by the soldiers, even if there were a few opposition, under the general trend, it had no effect.

Moreover, in order to be the first to find the belongings, the soldiers were indeed more motivated and moved faster.

"Haha, I found out, there are belongings here, these are ours!"

After a while, a Xiliang soldier laughed excitedly, and accidentally discovered a hiding place with leftover belongings, which obviously belonged to their thousand squads. Although it doesn't seem like much to divide 1,000 people equally, it is obviously still good compared to the equal division with the whole army.

"Dog, yes, you were the first to find out!"

"Haha, the brothers were able to get these possessions because of you!"

"Dog, when you return to the city, my brother will take you to find the best girl in the city!"

And the squad that this soldier was in was also excited, and he was not stingy with his praise. Then, Li Dao and the three of them also sent people to verify, and after confirming that this soldier was the first to discover, they left a thousand search teams to find their belongings, and the team continued to move forward without affecting the speed of the march at all, which naturally made the three more satisfied.

Of course, the other soldiers were all kinds of envy and jealousy of the winning team, but it also gave them hope that they might win the lottery next time. As a result, it stimulates their fighting spirit even more, and they don't feel tired all the way forward.

"Haha, Lao Tzu also found out, it's mine, our team!"

"I also found out, the first one is from our squad, don't grab anyone!"

Subsequently, before it got dark, two more treasure hiding places were discovered, and two more teams won the lottery, and everything was naturally business as usual. It was getting late, and the army did not continue to advance, so they were stationed on the spot. And Li Dao and they sent spies to report that Cao Ren's army was not far away, and if they were lucky, they would be able to catch up soon tomorrow, and at most the morning after tomorrow. In this way, Li Dao and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

A sneer rose at the corner of Li Wei's mouth, and he said mockingly: "I don't know which fool came up with a strategy to delay our marching speed, but they didn't expect it to stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers and improve our marching speed." Thinking about it, they are afraid that they will regret it. ”

"Haha, yes, I'm thanking them. The soldiers below have already complained a little, and now because of their actions, they have boosted our morale in vain, and we will really have to thank them when the time comes. ”

In the camp of Cao Ren and several people in front, at this moment, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Dong Cheng, and Yang Feng also gathered together to discuss, and the atmosphere was a little dull.

Yang Feng was born as a thief, and he couldn't bear it the most, so he complained immediately: "General Cao Ren, your strategy is completely ineffective. Not only did it not delay the speed of Li Dao's march, but it allowed them to march faster. So it won't be long before they catch up with us, so what should we do now?"

Dong Cheng is an old oilman in officialdom and didn't say anything, but Cao Ren naturally knows what he thinks.

Of course, Cao Ren would not shirk his responsibility, and blamed himself: "This matter is indeed my mistake, I didn't expect that there are also capable people under Li Wei's command who can come up with a countermeasure so easily." ”

Cao Ren himself is a military general, not a strategist, and the strategies he can come up with are naturally not very clever. Besides, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Li Dao, and there are always one or two people who can come up with a countermeasure, which is naturally not surprising. As for Dong Cheng and Yang Feng's complaints, Cao Ren will not refute anything, just ignore it, anyway, the two sides are not in the same camp, so what if they say a few words.

Dong Cheng didn't want the atmosphere to be too embarrassing, so he immediately diverted the topic and said, "General Yang Feng, the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more." Your Majesty is not far in front of us, and the soldiers and horses we are waiting for cannot speed up the march, but now they are thinking about how to deal with Li Dao's pursuit. ”

If the two armies are at war and the situation is unfavorable, it is natural to run if they can run. However, if Liu Xie was in front today, if they ran away and Liu Xie fell into the hands of Li Dao, then their previous actions would be meaningless. This kind of situation makes people feel very aggrieved. You can't run too fast, and if you fight, your troops will be at a disadvantage. If they really want to fight, they will naturally not be afraid, but they all have ideas and want to retain their strength. Therefore, it is impossible to fight with all your might.

If Dong Cheng and Yang Feng want to gain status, they must have soldiers and horses under their command. Once there are no soldiers and horses, what is the difference between them and the hundreds of officials who have fled now, they can only pray that they will not be chased by Li Dao and them, so that they will lose their lives; today, only when there are soldiers and horses in their hands can they have the right to speak, and everyone knows this.

Not to mention Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, they were ordered to come to King Qin, and it was impossible to lose all the soldiers for Liu Xie. I believe that Cao Cao is here, and he also thinks the same. At most, it's not Liu Xie, can it be compared to these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Which is more important, obviously.

Cao Ren did not answer Dong Cheng's words, but ordered the army to call a few soldiers who were more familiar with this area to ask, and after careful questioning, Cao Ren sent several soldiers away and took the map.

"General Dong Cheng, General Yang Feng, look here!"

Cao Ren pointed to a certain place on the map and said, "General Ben inquired earlier, this is a valley, and only a road in the middle can pass through it. Tomorrow, after our army has passed here, we can have people push down boulders from the mountain to stop Li Dao's march. Thinking that they want to pass, they will have to delay for a day or two. ”

"Well, it works!"

"Just according to what General Cao Ren said!"

There is nothing wrong with this strategy, and there is no need to fight with Li Dao and them, Dong Cheng and Yang Feng naturally have no objections. As for Xiahou Yuan, he and Cao Ren are all the way, and he will not object.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, after Cao Ren's army passed through the valley, they let the soldiers push the boulders down from the mountain, completely blocking the road, and Li Ji and them wanted to pass, and it took a day or two to clean up, which made them breathe a sigh of relief. So, after Li Dao and the others arrived, they saw the way blocked by the boulder.

"Damn!"

Seeing the situation in front of them, Li Dao and the three of them could only jump to their feet and scold, and then they could only helplessly let the soldiers clean up the passage. As Cao Ren expected, it took two days to clear the road. Moreover, in the past two days, the soldiers took turns to open the road, but they were tired and complained.

In this regard, Li Dao and the three of them were very helpless, so they could only order the army to continue to rest for a day before setting off. If you force your way forward, you will easily provoke a mutiny.

As a result, the speed of their march was delayed for another three days.

According to Liu Xie's travel speed, he will be able to reach Shaanxi County in ten days at most, and once Liu Xie crosses the Yellow River, if he wants to catch it back at that time, I am afraid that there is no hope at all. Therefore, Li Dao and the others must catch up with Liu Xie within these ten days. Of course, Liu Xie's carriage is not fast, and Li Dao and they only need five days at most to catch up, obviously, there is still hope. However, there can be no other thing in between. If they come again like this valley, they will probably have no hope. Fortunately, after finding soldiers who were familiar with the nearby terrain and questioning, they knew that the road would be smooth from then on, and there would be no such thing happening again, so Li Dao and the three of them were much more relieved.

It's just that today's military spirit is already a little slack, and if you go out to battle with such a soldier, the outcome is really not certain. As a result, Li Dao and the three of them each promised many benefits to the soldiers and horses under their command, and after winning Liu Xie, they were promoted and made a fortune, and all kinds of requirements of women were met. In this way, the military side has recovered a lot.

By the morning of the fifth day of the pursuit, Cao Ren and his army had nowhere to flee and had to face Li Dao's army.