"Prince, the situation has changed." When the sun was setting in the west, the captain of the Dark Night Battalion came over to report the new situation, "Cao Thief seems to be moving?" ”

Feng Yong was taken aback, "Discovered?" ”

"It's not. It was the discovery of a new army of thieves to the west. ”

Feng Yong's heart tightened, "How many people are there?"

"I don't know for the time being, but now the brothers in the camp are trying to find out. However, it looks like there are many wagons and horses in it, and it looks like they are escorting grain and grass. ”

At this time, Zhang Yuan, who had been staying on the top of the mountain to observe the enemy's situation, also ran down out of breath, still holding the telescope that Feng Yong had temporarily asked him to keep.

"Mountain chief, Cao thief sent a batch of heavy grain and grass."

This is...... Logistics troops?

Feng Yong's mind immediately turned.

Coming from the west, they were either sent by Jincheng, or they came from across the Yellow River and crossed the river from Jincheng.

Heading east, there must be only one destination: Yuzhong.

Therefore, this small camp is a transit station, or a temporary foothold.

From the smooth road in the mountains, to the unguarded mountain pass, to the Wei army's baggage team in front of him, such a big horn appeared under his nose.

Feng Yong was more and more sure of one thing in his heart: Jiang Wei's conjecture was very likely to be right, and the Wei army in Jincheng didn't expect that he would come over the mountain at all.

Although it was not known what Liu Hun and Chen Shi had done, the Wei army guards in Hexi did not inform the Jincheng side.

Or maybe it has been notified, but the Kaneshiro Shogun didn't care at all.

Either way, it's a great opportunity.

Feng Yong thought about it, and asked people to call Li Jian over.

"Prince, but what are your orders?"

The hair curtain that Li Jian originally wore was long gone, because when walking in the mountains, it was easy to be hung by branches and weeds.

There were also a few cuts in his robe.

Although this family member didn't seem to have suffered too much, he was able to grit his teeth and persevere all the way, which made Feng Yonggao look at him.

"Coming from the south over the mountain, how many people know about this road?"

Feng Yong asked.

"It should be a lot, after all, the caravan in the clan can't hide it from people when they come out of the mountains."

Li Jian didn't understand why Feng Yong asked this question, and he deliberately pointed outside.

"On the flat land beyond the valley, there used to be a small village. In fact, that is the place where the caravan of the clan came out of the mountains and stayed overnight. ”

Feng Yong immediately remembered the small camp, "But now there is no small village outside, only a camp of Cao thieves." ”

Li Jian smiled when he heard this.

"The prince of Haojiao learned that since the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty pacified Longyou, most of the people near Yuzhong and Jincheng have been moved to Hexi."

"Most of the people who haven't moved away are also in the city and around the outer city, where are there still people in other places?"

"So when the clan's caravan came over the mountain for the last time last year, that little village was gone."

Thinking of his family, Li Jian was also embarrassed.

Back then, Di Dao was the only way to go to the Western Regions, and later, although everyone walked from Jincheng, there was no problem for the family's caravan to take the old road.

Anyway, I'm going to the Western Regions!

Unexpectedly, more than 100 years of Qiang chaos made this passage completely blocked.

Later, the family finally opened a new road, although it was not very convenient, but it was better than nothing.

Who knew that he would encounter the Northern Expedition of the Han Army again, and this time he couldn't even go to Guanzhong.

Fortunately, I was able to get some Shuzhong specialties from the Li family in Shuzhong, and I was finally able to barely breathe a sigh of relief.

Who would have expected that the dispute between the Han and Wei in Longyou would stop, and there would be Qiang chaos in Longxi, and even Di Dao was almost occupied by the Hu people.

So sometimes Li Jian is really suspicious, could it be that there is something wrong with the feng shui of the Li family's ancestral tomb?

Otherwise, why is the luck of the Li family in Longxi getting weaker and weaker over the years?

Feng Yong naturally didn't know Li Jian's thoughts, when he heard Li Jian's words, he remembered that there were no people on the official road, so he suddenly came over.

At the same time, he was even more sure in his heart that the Kaneshiro guard was completely defenseless against this deviant path.

"Go, call me all three generals."

Feng Yong instructed Zhang Yuan.

Li Jian retired with interest.

After learning the true situation outside, Jiang Wei's face was excited, and he was the first to speak: "Junhou, this is a great time!" ”

"Grain and grass are the foundation of the army, and the grain and grass of the Cao thief appear here, so Jincheng must have sent reinforcements to Yuzhong."

"As long as we cut off their food and grass from behind, there is no food in the Cao thief army, and the Cao thief who went to the rescue in Yuzhong will collapse by himself! This is much better than pinning down the bandits of Jincheng! ”

Well, this statement is very much in line with Jiang Wei's historical character.

Sometimes I like to use surprise soldiers, either a big victory or a big defeat.

Feng Yong looked at Zhang Wei and Ju Fu, but saw that the two of them were also looking at him with eager eyes.

"Prince, the enemy's grain road is mostly carefully guarded by heavy soldiers. Nowadays, such opportunities are hard to find, and we must not miss them! ”

Although Zhang Wei was more steady and suppressed his voice, his tone was eager.

Feng Yong groaned, "These are just our guesses, how sure are you?" ”

Jiang Wei and Zhang Wei helped the three of them to look at each other, and finally Zhang Wei opened his mouth: "If you don't talk about it, there are seven or eight points." ”

That is, there is still a three-percent danger?

Feng Junhou felt a little regret in his heart, in fact, I wanted a nine-point ...... One point is left for providence.

"Good! Then we will rob this batch of grain and grass. ”

Feng Yong nodded in agreement.

Now that I don't know anything about the situation in Jincheng and Yuzhong, if I can rob this batch of grain and grass, I can at least get some news from Cao Thief's mouth, so that I can deal with it.

The lieutenant of the Wei army stood outside the camp and kept shouting at the auxiliary soldiers and civilians to put the grain carts and baggage in the camp according to the rules.

At the same time, they were also asked to place all kinds of livestock around the camp.

Someone was in a hurry, and the grain and grass on the car suddenly turned out, causing the captain to scold.

"In a hurry to find death?! This is the food and grass of the army in front, if something goes wrong, see how many heads you have to cut off! ”

The military marquis guarding the camp led people out to help, and the grain and grass had to be placed before the sun set.

It's a bustling chaos inside and out.

"Captain Yang rushed all the way, he must have been tired and thirsty, and the camp was already ready to eat hot soup, so it was better to go first and rest for a while. Outside affairs, and hand it over to the lower officials. ”

The marquis said to the leading lieutenant.

The lieutenant nodded, and was about to turn around, when a man who happened to pass in front of the two of them with grain and grass suddenly shook his hand.

With a "puff" sound, the grain bag fell to the ground, the mouth opened, and the yellow and clear millet was sprinkled out, mixing with the dust on the ground.

"You're looking for death!"

The lieutenant was furious, strode forward, and slammed the hilt of his knife on the head of the man.

Minfu was knocked to the ground, and soon a wisp of blood flowed from his brain.

He screamed and was about to cover his wound, when suddenly there was a look of horror in his eyes, and he stretched out his finger and pointed behind the captain.

At the same time, he opened his mouth and screamed, as if he wanted to speak desperately, but he couldn't say a word.

"What about playing dead? Why don't you hurry up and get to work! ”

The lieutenant raised his foot and was about to step on it, when his arm was suddenly grabbed by someone: "Uncle...... Uncle ......"

Whose uncle do you call?

The lieutenant turned his head angrily, and his mouth could no longer be closed.

Under the golden light of the westerly sun, countless Shu troops poured out of the valley, like a surging red tide, and were pressing towards this small camp.

"Captain Yang, what should we do?"

The military marquis, who was guarding the camp with less than 200 people, was the first to react, and his face was extremely pale.

Before the captain could speak, I don't know who was busy shouting: "The Han army is here!" ”

So with the small camp as the center, there was a "boom", and many people fled like headless flies at once.

"Boom!"

The huge stone smashed into the city wall, and even the Wei soldiers who were hiding in the city gate felt the throbbing of the city wall.

Some of the soldiers, who couldn't stand the sound, covered their ears tightly.

If it weren't for Wei's strict military law, it would have been connected to the parents, wives and children at home, but I am afraid that some people would have begun to flee.

In the interval when the Han army stopped throwing stones, the sound of killing could be faintly heard outside the city.

The soldiers of the Wei army knew that this was a reinforcement from Jincheng who was trying to break through the interception of the Han army.

"The old man is your mother!"

Zhang Hua, the Taishou of Jincheng, watched the soldiers fighting on the front line being forced back, and couldn't help but point to Yuzhong City in the west and jump to his feet and scold.

"The old man led the army to come to the rescue, Wei Ping, are you dead? Don't even dare to go out of the city to echo? ”

Three months ago, Xu Miao, the assassin of Liangzhou, appointed Zhang Gong of the Zhang family in Dunhuang as the Taishou of Jincheng, but Zhang Gong refused because of old age.

Xu Miao wanted to replace him with Zhang Gong's son Zhang Qi.

Zhang Gong had no choice but to recommend his younger brother Zhang Hua to Jincheng Taishou.

Xu Miao took the Dunhuang Zhang family as a reason to write in Hexi, and specially allowed Zhang to take office with his uncle and serve as the chief of Jincheng.

The uncle and nephew of the Zhang family only arrived at the post of three friends, and they encountered the Han army attacking Yuzhong.

Zhang Hua asked his nephew Zhang to guard Jincheng, and at the same time was responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, and he personally led the army to rescue Yuzhong.

Unexpectedly, Wei Ping, the general of Yuzhong, didn't even dare to show his head, let alone go out of the city to echo himself.

How did this not cause Zhang Hua to scold?

It's just that Wei Ping in the city can't say what he is suffering.

When the Han army first arrived in the city, he did not try to test the depth of the other party.

Unexpectedly, the military general with a jujube face on the opposite side was really extraordinary, and he killed the soldiers he sent out at once.

In addition, in the past few days, the countless stones have been continuously smashed into the city, and a few unlucky soldiers have been smashed into meat sauce under everyone's eyes.

It's terrifying.

Although the Han army did not attack the city, the morale of the soldiers in the city had already begun to slump.

The stones flying in the sky rumbled like thunder.

Some boulders fell into the city, and they directly smashed a big hole in the ground and sank three feet into the ground.

It's a siege apparatus like you've never seen before.

There were even rumors in the city that the Han army had been helped by ghosts and gods to perform spells that allowed them to throw boulders on top of their heads from hundreds of paces away.

Every time a boulder was thrown over, the Wei soldiers who were standing under the city wall and hiding were terrified, not to mention the defenders who were forced to guard the city wall.

Everyone at the head of the city was leaning closely behind the female wall, feeling the vibration of the city wall, and always feeling that the city wall would collapse in the next moment.

Wei Yan didn't surround all of Yuzhong this time, he only surrounded the south and west.

To the north is a large river, blocking the way.

The only way to survive is to the east.

But the east side is not easy to walk.

Wei Ping knew that after Shu Yu took Longyou, the Great Wei was originally in Hedong, but there were actually three garrisons.

In addition to Jincheng and Yuzhong, there is also an ancestor of Wuwei County.

But since Shu Yu learned from the Great Wei and appointed a captain to protect Qiang, Zu Li had to give up.

Because the pseudo-Qiang captain of Shu Lu was disgusting, he directly put the governance office in Pingxiang, just like going to Yuzhong and Zu Li's throat, making people feel like they were stuck in their throats.

What's even more disgusting is that the pseudo-Qiang Captain doesn't know what method he used to make the Longyou Hu people so obedient.

Because Yuzhong is leaning against the big river, and there are golden cities echoing each other, there is no need to worry too much.

But Zu Li is different, he is too far away, the lonely city is difficult to defend, and he is often harassed by the Hu people who come from the direction of Pingxiang.

So before Shu Lu sent troops, Great Wei had to take the initiative to give up Wuwei's territory in Hedong.

Now it is already a grazing ground for the Hu people, and there are even rumors that Shu Lu is dividing pastures for the Hu people there.

Wei Ping could completely guess that if he dared to go from the east, those Hu people who had become the dogs of Shu would definitely keep biting themselves on the road.

Therefore, the best way is to wait for the Jincheng reinforcements to come, either to repel the Shu captives, or to echo with the Jincheng reinforcements and return to Jincheng together.

Wei Yan brought more than 20,000 people over, and only surrounded two directions, plus there was no need for soldiers to attack the city for the time being, so the troops were naturally quite abundant.

However, the Jincheng reinforcements coming from the west made it impossible to concentrate on dealing with the Cao thieves in Yuzhong City, and Wei Yan's anger gradually became a little uncontrollable.

"Then what's going on with Feng Yong? said that it was good to contain the Cao thieves in Jincheng, and now the Cao thieves in Jincheng have all gone to Yuzhong City, what about others? ”

When the sun set and the two sides stopped fighting, Wei Yan was furious in the tent, "Did he take tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to play?" ”

Nan'an Taishou Gao Xiang, who was in charge of blocking Jincheng's reinforcements, could only comfort Wei Yan when he heard Wei Yan's words: "Maybe Feng Junhou has something to delay." ”

"Besides, it is normal for the two armies to divide their troops, it is difficult to communicate, and they cannot respond in time."

That being said, Gao Xiang was actually still a little worried in his heart: Feng Junhou, it can't be that something happened, right?

Compared with Wei Yan, Feng Yong, who was young and talented, had a brilliant performance in the Northern Expedition, and had excellent means in governing Longyou, naturally made Gao Xiang feel closer.

Of course, as a general who has followed the first emperor into Shu from Jingzhou, General Gao is naturally very principled.

It is definitely not because the Jingzhou faction people are willing to get close to Feng Yong because they get benefits from those Hanzhong Manors, Nanzhong Sugarcane, Longyou Woolen Workshop, etc.

Wei Yan was still angry: "I'm worried, I'm afraid that Yuzhong City won't be able to support it for two days, if the city is broken, Cao Thief may fight to the death, if he finds his way and escapes." ”

"When the time comes, there will be Cao thief reinforcements on the west, how can we go all out to destroy the thief?"

Gao Xiang had another opinion: "General Wei, if there is no engineering battalion of Feng Junhou, how can we break through the city so quickly?" Wait. ”

Wei Yan snorted and didn't pick up the topic.

He turned his head and asked Huo Yi, who was standing below: "According to the current situation, how many days can the city be broken?" ”

Huo Yi was sent by the Lieutenant's Office to temporarily lead the engineering battalion this time, and his most important task was to keep the engineering battalion firmly guarded, and no one else was allowed to interfere in the command.

He knew that his qualifications were shallow, so he stood on the edge every time and was silent.

At this time, seeing Wei Yan personally questioning, he stood up: "General Hui, as long as there are enough stones, the city will be broken in two days." ”

This is the statement of Wen Shi, the chief engineer of the engineering battalion, Huo Yi can only convey it, but in fact, he doesn't know anything about the operation terms of the engineering battalion.

"Okay, I'll wait another three days. Three days later, if there is no news from Feng Yong, then let go of the west, and we can only take Yuzhong City. When the Cao thief escapes, it is all Feng Yong's fault! ”

Wei Yan gritted his teeth and said.

Although it seems that the army is divided into two sides, in fact, it is only necessary to block the enemy from the west.

When the city wall of Yuzhong collapses, it is the day of siege, and if the troops are divided again, they will be in danger.

Because the fall of the city wall was only the first step in the siege.

The soldiers invaded the city and cleaned the thieves in the city before it could be regarded as a real breach of the city, so at that time, not to mention the idea of encircling and annihilating the defeated army, I was afraid that it would be reluctant to even block the enemy in the west.