Half a month later, '.2

Yelu Abaoji used Sima Yi's strategy, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately led 80,000 Xianbei iron horsemen to Pan County to join Liu Bei.

The two armies met, and the number of troops reached 110,000, and more than 80,000 of them were cavalry, which made Liu Bei finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Two days later, the pottery merchant led an army of 200,000 Wei troops and cavalry, and also arrived in Pan County.

Nearly 300,000 troops on both sides formed a confrontation at the junction of this Dai-gun and Shanggu County.

In terms of troops, although the Wei army had more than 100,000 troops of the Han and Xian coalition forces, it did not actually have much advantage, because in terms of the number of cavalry, it was nearly 50,000 or 60,000 fewer than the enemy army.

Fifty or sixty thousand cavalry, if used properly, is enough to offset the advantage of one hundred thousand, or even more infantry.

Of course, the potters could also transfer the remaining nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses who remained on the front line of Yanjing to the front line to deal with the Han and Xian coalition forces.

The potters did not.

One is because of the initial destruction of the Han Kingdom and the initial determination of Yanjing, but north of Yanjing, Yuyang, Shanggu, and Youbei Pingping Counties, there are still many cities that have not been taken, and the situation is not stable.

Moreover, in Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui still had 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the potters were afraid that he would take the opportunity to collude with Wanyan Agu outside the Guan, and when his army poured out, he would enter the customs and take Yanjing directly, copying his back road.

At that time, his army of 300,000 will be blocked between the mountains of Shanggu County, and there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated.

Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of the rear, the potters had to leave more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, commanded by Han Xin, to pacify the rear and guard against the threat of the Shanhaiguan line.

As for the pottery merchants, knowing that the 200,000 army did not have much advantage over the Han and Xian coalition forces, they still chose to have a long-term confrontation with the enemy in the area of Panxian.

The reason is also very simple, the grass must be eradicated, he must not let Liu Bei go to a corner of peace, and he doesn't know which day he will make a comeback.

He knows Liu Bei too well, with Liu Bei's tenacious style of beating Xiaoqiang, how many times has he been beaten by Cao Cao to run away like a lost dog, but he has risen tenaciously again and again, and finally miraculously got one-third of the day.

This time, if it is to be destroyed, it will be wiped out, and Liu Bei must not be given another chance.

Moreover, Liu Bei had lost the grain-producing areas in the Youzhou Plain, and the remaining cities that were still under control were all located inside and outside the Great Wall, and although the terrain was dangerous, it could not provide Liu Bei with enough grain and grass.

Even if it's just 30,000 soldiers.

That's why the potter doesn't mind spending more time with Liu Bei, anyway, his family has a big business, and it depends on who can fight whom.

In addition, Liu Ji also analyzed to the pottery merchants, from the fact that Yelu Abaoji took advantage of the danger of people and asked Liu Bei for land before he was willing to send troops to rescue, it can be seen that Yelu Abaoji and Liu Bei are allies, but they are actually ghosts.

Liu Bei wanted to use Yelu Abaoji's hand to fight against the Great Wei and help him recover the country, while Yelu Abaoji wanted to take advantage of Liu Bei's fall to encroach more on Liu Bei's territory and profit as much as possible.

Since both of them have their own selfish intentions, the so-called alliance must be incompatible, so such an alliance does not seem to be weak on the surface, so what is there to fear.

Under the comprehensive consideration of various conditions, the potter decided to go on with Liu Bei and Yelu Abaoji like this, and the big guy saw who couldn't hold it first.

The confrontation continued day by day, and before I knew it, a month had passed.

During the confrontation, the potters were afraid of the existence of the Xianbei Iron Cavalry, and did not attack as fast as before, and remained stationary most of the time.

In Jizhou, tens of thousands of grains and grass were sent to Yanjing in a steady stream, and then from Yanjing to the front line of Panxian County, as of January of the confrontation, the pottery merchants alone in the front line camp of the grain and grass has reached 300,000 hundred.

Under the abundance of grain and grass, the potters were naturally not in a hurry, and asked the soldiers to eat and drink all day long, recuperate their energy, and confront the enemy army leisurely.

Liu Bei couldn't sit still.

As the pottery merchants had predicted before the war, Liu Bei's remaining territory was simply not enough to supply him with enough grain and grass, and more than half of these cities were taken over by Yelu Abaoji in a state of cession in a month's time, and became the territory of the Xianbei people.

As for the rest of the cities, many of the county magistrates were either watching the battle, or secretly talking to the Xianbei people, all kinds of yin and yin, and it was not good to provide food to Liu Bei.

Under all kinds of disadvantages, in less than a month, Liu Beijunzhong entered the predicament of a serious lack of food.

Xianbei people are not short of food.

They are a nomadic people, with the meat of cattle and sheep as their staple food, this time they fought with the Wei army, and the Xianbei people brought nearly 100,000 sheep with the army, which was enough for them to consume with the Wei army.

Therefore, when Liu Bei was short of food and grass, he cheekily sent someone to Yelu Abaoji for help, wanting to borrow a few sheep to eat and help him get through the difficulties.

Of course, Yelu Abaoji was not so generous, lying that there was a drought in the grassland, the loss of cattle and sheep was serious, and his own army rations were also seriously affected, and he was about to be unable to open the pot.

After crying a little poor, Yelu Abaoji let his soldiers "starve" in the spirit of righteousness among his allies, tightened his belt and gave Liu Bei 300 sheep.

With only 300 sheep, for an army of 30,000, it was not enough to even stuff the teeth, and within two days, they were eaten to the point that there were no bones left.

Liu Bei had no choice, even if he knew that this was Yelu Abaoji's stinginess and deliberately refused to help, he had no choice but to hold on.

Liu Bei thought, since Lao Tzu can't solve the problem of insufficient grain and grass, then I will try my best to make your potter's grain and grass not enough to eat.

So, under Zhuge Liang's offering, he planned to send cavalry to raid the Wei army's grain route.

If you want to cut off the grain and grass of the Wei army, it is naturally far from enough to have a few thousand cavalry, at least tens of thousands of cavalry, set out in groups, and raids day and night can be effective.

If this had been left in those years, with Liu Bei's family background, it would have been enough to send tens of thousands of cavalry to rob the pottery merchants' grain and grass.

But today is different from the past, after a few defeats, his cavalry is almost defeated, and the number of cavalry under his command has dropped to less than 5,000.

With 5,000 people to raid the Wei army's grain and grass, isn't that equivalent to meat buns beating dogs, and there is no return?

Liu Bei had no choice but to be cheeky and beg Yelu Abaoji again, begging him to send Xianbei Iron Cavalry to raid the Wei army's grain and grass.

Yelu Abaoji was determined to trap Liu Bei to death, and he was not even willing to give a few more sheep, and how could he be willing to send a large-scale cavalry to attack the Wei army's grain route.

Of course, since Liu Bei made a request, Yelu Abaoji, who is an ally, is naturally embarrassed not to agree, otherwise it will not be sincere enough.

Yu Ming, Yelu Abaoji almost didn't hesitate, and happily agreed in one breath.

Of course, Liu Bei was overjoyed, and in order to show his sincerity, he also gave up his old book, took out thousands of valuable cavalry, and took the initiative to attack and rob the Wei army's grain and grass.

As for Yelu Abaoji, on the surface, he promised happily, and indeed sent nearly 20,000 cavalry to the east of Pan County with great fanfare, declaring that he wanted to cut off the grain route of the potters.

However, under his secret instructions, the 20,000 Xianbei cavalry did not make any effort, either wandering around in the ravines and ravines, or as soon as they found out that the Wei army's food team appeared, they hurriedly walked around, pretending not to meet them.

Under the foolishness of Yelu Abaoji, Liu Bei's plot to cut off the Wei army's grain route was declared bankrupt after not holding out for a few days.

After tossing for a long time, Liu Bei only burned the pitiful Wei army, less than 10,000 hus of grain and grass, on the contrary, he lost nearly 2,000 cavalry.

Because the potter is not stupid, he has already calculated that Liu Bei will have no good way to turn things around in this unfavorable situation except for robbing his own grain.

Therefore, the potters took precautions in advance and sent many cavalry generals such as Huo Quai, Rome, horses, and most of the cavalry troops to escort the grain and grass and protect the grain road.

After several confrontations, Liu Bei naturally failed to steal chickens, but was pecked a few handfuls of rice.

The grain and grass were about to be cut off, and the plan to rob the grain was unsuccessful, and Liu Bei was in a desperate situation.

In desperation, Liu Bei had to send someone to meet Yelu Abaoji and ask the two to meet in person to discuss countermeasures.

It was dusk.

In the south of Pan County, in a dilapidated small stone pavilion, Liu Bei and Yelu Abaoji finally met officially for the first time.

After the greetings were over, Liu Bei said with a bitter face: "Da Shan Yu, recently the grain and grass in our army have been exhausted, and the soldiers are almost to the point of killing horses for food, Da Shan Yu will see if he can lend me a few more sheep to help me tide over the difficulties." ”

As soon as he heard about borrowing grain, Yelu Abaoji's brows immediately condensed into a rope, and he said bitterly: "Xuande, it's not that Ben Dan Yu refuses to lend you sheep, it's just that Ben Dan Yu is also poor and is about to be unable to open the pot, and last time in order to lend you those hundreds of sheep, it has caused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers. ”

"Since Da Dan Yu is so difficult, then it will be ...... Forget it. Liu Bei sighed in disappointment, but said again: "What about the matter of robbing the grain road, why is it that some of the big orders of my sense are perfunctory." ”

"Is this such a person!" Yelu Abaoji immediately jumped up and said unhappily: "In order to rob the grain road, Ben Dan Yu sent tens of thousands of soldiers who couldn't eat enough to go deep behind the enemy to rob the enemy's grain road. ”

Yelu Abaoji pushed Liu Bei back with a few words, and he was speechless, knowing that he was lying, but he didn't dare to expose it.

There is no way, who told him to ask for help, if he pierced this layer of window paper, Yelu Abaoji was furious, and withdrew his troops and horses, leaving him not to drink the northwest wind.

"Ahh

Liu Bei let out a bitter sigh and said silently: "Now that the grain and grass of your and my two armies are approaching, and the plan to cut off the Wei thief's grain route has failed, is there any clever plan for Da Dan Yu to reverse our unfavorable situation?" ”

"You ask me, I ask who to go, this is not like Xuande you, there is a top strategist like Sima Zhongda." Yelu Abaoji spread his hands, glanced at Sima Yi, and put on a helpless look.

Liu Bei was choked again, but he had nowhere to vent, so he had to turn around and glare at Sima Yi, his eyes complaining, and he seemed to be complaining that Sima Yi had failed to give him a clever plan.

Sima Yi looked embarrassed, sweat rolled on his forehead, and he was silent for a while, so he had to give up his hand and say with a straight face: "Your Majesty, Da Danyu, the war has reached such a point, we have been forced to a dead end, and we have no choice but to fight against the water." ”

Yelu Abaoji and Liu Bei's bodies shook slightly, and their expressions immediately became solemn.

"What's the last way to fight?" The two asked almost in unison.

Sima Yi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty and Da Shan Yu took the opportunity to raise the whole army, and the troops attacked the enemy camp at night in two ways, and fought with all our strength to defeat the pottery thief in one go!" ”

(三七 Chinese.)