Chapter 12: Jiang Boyue, the Chinese military tent, set up a clever plan to suppress the grain road Wei Ziliang was suppressed

It was already night, and at this time, in the big tent of Beiying in Shudu, it was still brightly lit, shining like day.

"General, this time our army went out, only 20,000 troops, although it can be claimed that 50,000, but the Wei army Guo Huai's army has nearly 30,000 soldiers, and Xiahou Ba also has nearly 30,000 troops. Liao Hua looked at the march map on the table and spoke.

Jiang Wei waved his hand and said: "Yuan Jian doesn't know, this time Shu sent troops, not to occupy the land of Wei, but to welcome the Qiang people into Shu. After the management of Fei Xiang, my Shu State has been recuperating for ten years, and now if we do our best, we can at least send 100,000 troops out of Qishan. But in this way, the strength of our Shu Kingdom will be completely exposed, and if the war is unfavorable, it will also greatly hurt the vitality of our Shu Kingdom. Today, our Shu State only sent 20,000 elite soldiers into Wei, one is convenient for the commander to command, and can be fought and retreated at any time, and the other is the Qiang people, many of whom are repeatedly unrighteous. Now forced by the Wei State, the disaster of extermination is imminent, and it has to descend on our Shu State. However, in the future, if the Qiang people develop and grow in Shu, Shu will have trouble, it is to welcome the Qiang people into Shu this time, I intend to make the Qiang people the pioneers, consume their strength, so that the Qiang people do not dare to rebel after entering Shu. ”

Wang Ping said: "The general's words are wonderful. But now the Xiahou Ba garrison is winged, and Guo Huai's soldiers are surrounded by moths, both of which are critical places. Does the general have any plans? ”

Jiang Wei said: "This time, if you want to return completely, you must capture the wings, if the wings are in the hands of the enemy, then our army will cut off my grain when the Qiang people return to the army, and then Guo Huai will send troops to Hongnong, then our army will be in danger." It is the wings that our Shu army will take in the first battle. ”

"What the general said is very true." Liao Hua pointed to the wings on the map and said: "But Guo Huai and Xiahou Ba are not vain people, they will definitely notice that Weiyi is the key place of our Shu army, and the Wei and Qiang wars together, then Xiahou Ba will occupy Weiyi and garrison here, although the news confirms that Xiahou Ba is currently only 6,000 soldiers living here." Weiyi is located in a critical place, but relying on my 3,000 vanguard army and the general's 12,000 Chinese army may not be easy to take, once the war is scorched, our Shu army is in danger. ”

"What Yuan Jian said is exactly what I am worried about." Jiang Wei sighed and said, "It's not advisable to attack. It seems that only surprise soldiers can win. ”

Wang Pingxi said: "What is the general's clever plan, but please tell me!" ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "Zijun and Yuan Jian are the only three of me in the camp at this time, please call me directly." Then he pointed to a place on the map and said: "This place is ninety miles away from the moth blockage, and the distance is one hundred and ten miles from the wings. ”

Liao Hua and Wang Ping looked fixedly, and it turned out that the place Jiang Wei was referring to was a single city.

Liao Hua praised: "This plan is wonderful, but if we want to attack Shancheng at present, our army's grain transportation force will be extended by more than 200 miles, and we must beware of the Wei army cutting off our grain route." ”

Wang Ping continued: "I have made arrangements for the grain road, I will divide my subordinate generals and generals into four ways to transport grain, the first road is mainly by water, from the Han River downstream, I will arrange elite soldiers to guard the grain road." After the other three roads go out of the plank road, they go to Tianshui, Weinan and Qishan respectively to do the army of fraud. ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "In this case, we can also arrange for the Chinese army to change the food requirement from five days to ten days, so that nothing goes wrong." ”

After the three of them finished their discussion, they all laughed, full of confidence in Wuhou's first expedition ten years after his death......

Three days later, in the middle of the day, the point of the school field outside the gate of Xiyuan in Shudu will be under the stage, and the flags will make up for it, and the guns and halberds will be like a forest. On the stage, Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, personally took the stage to pay respects to the generals and personally gave the tiger talisman to Jiang Wei, which indicates that the Jiang Wei era of Shu has finally arrived.

Jiang Wei stood on the platform, his eyes were slightly moist, since the death of his mentor Zhuge Wolong, he has been committed to fulfilling his mentor's last wish, reviving the Han dynasty and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. After a decade, it's all on track.

Jiang Weichang took a breath and shouted: "When the army travels, it must be in accordance with military regulations." ”

Suddenly, there was a herald Jiang Wei's words passed down layer by layer, the Han Dynasty military herald to take this method, the herald held the order flag high, and after the main general passed down a command, the first herald immediately waved the command flag in his hand downward, and repeated the words of the main general loudly, after the repetition was completed, the order flag was returned to its place, and the next instruction of the main general. In fact, this was caused by the inconvenience of communication in ancient times, and this method was still used until the early Qing Dynasty. When the general gathers the generals to order the troops, it is not like in the TV series in later generations when the main general shouts and talks endlessly on the platform of the generals, and the orders passed by the main generals are generally short and concise, which is also convenient for the heralds to repeat the instructions.

At this time, on the entire school field, the herald passed Jiang Wei's words layer by layer, until the last herald waved the order flag in his hand and took it back again, Jiang Wei shouted again: "If you don't get in when you hear the drum, cut it!" ”

"Those who don't hear the drum will be killed!"

"Those who don't hear the drum will be killed!"

"Those who don't hear the drum will be killed!" ……

The herald kept repeating Jiang Wei's words. However, these have nothing to do with Wei Yuan, at this time Wei Yuan is holding a three-pointed two-edged knife in one hand and pushing the wheel vigorously with the other hand, due to the uneven road, such a situation is often encountered on the road.

Huang Feng rode on a horse, full of spirit, and secretly proud that he had a good father. Otherwise, how could it be his turn to do such a good thing as not having to go to the battlefield and working hard but having military merits to earn. There is a way that the army goes first before the grain and grass are moved, and Huang Feng, who is the general of the rear army, received the order this time to escort the grain and grass. Huang Feng had to escort the grain and grass to the five cities, which were the second passes in the Tong Pass. The first hoarding of grain and grass in the five cities to facilitate later mobilization was decided by Jiang Wei and the other three in advance.

Huang Feng and his entourage had a total of 500 sergeants plus 2,000 people, a total of more than 400 ox carts, and more than 500 wooden oxen and horses. If you leave the territory of Shu, the number of grain and grass guards who want to escort so much must be increased to at least two thousand. If such a large amount of grain was transported in Wei, it would definitely attract the covetousness of the Wei army.

Among the two thousand five hundred people, Huang Feng is definitely the highest commander, which makes Huang Feng even more high-spirited and complacent. He glanced at Wei Yuan and Niu Mang, who were pushing the cart behind him, and he was even more proud in his heart, these two people had constantly offended him, but now they had to follow his orders, along the way, if he couldn't find an opportunity to take the lives of these two people, he Huang Feng would be considered to have lived in vain.

However, the rations weren't as brisk as they usually were when they rode horses, and the damn mud legs behind them walked slower than snails. Huang Feng angrily pulled a whip flower and ordered: "Take a short rest in this wood, and then go after eating." ”

At the command, all the people immediately cheered. Untie the ropes off your shoulders and rest on the side of the road. And the soldier immediately built a stove and lit a fire to cook.

"Childe, please speed up the march. It has been two days since we set out, and we have only traveled forty miles, eight hundred miles, otherwise we would not have arrived on time. At this time, Huang Yu beside Huang Feng persuaded.

Huang Yu is a general of the Huang Mansion, quite military, and his martial arts are also good. Therefore, Huang Dan, who knew what kind of virtue his son was, sent Huang Yu to follow and protect Huang Feng from going wrong this time.

"There are still more than ten days, what are you afraid of?" Huang Feng reprimanded: "As long as the military grain is sent to the five cities on time, why is it so verbose?" ”

Huang Yu hurriedly said: "Son, Shudu is eight hundred miles away from five cities, General Wang gave our army twenty days of journey, our army must march fifty miles a day to arrive on time, and now we have just set off from Shudu, and when we are full of energy, we should speed up and hurry, so that we can arrive on time." ”

Huang Feng said with a smile: "The date is still very long, we can wait for it to slow down now, and if we can't catch up in time in the future, we can speed up the trip." ”

Huang Yu was about to say something, but Huang Feng had already stretched out his horsewhip to stop him, and said, "Needless to say, I have my own opinions." ”

Huang Yu could only flash to the side in amazement, not speaking.

"Wei Yuan!" Huang Feng suddenly shouted.

"No!" After hearing this, Wei Yuan immediately stepped forward according to military regulations.

"Now our army is repairing here, and you will lead a sentry (Note 1) horse to guard both sides of the grain cart to prevent anyone from stealing grain." Huang Feng squinted his eyes and commanded.

"No!" Wei Yuan agreed, and Niu Mang behind him was about to get angry, but was pulled away by Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan selected Sanshi soldiers to patrol on both sides of the grain truck, and from time to time to check the wear and tear of some vehicle rollers, and mark those that were badly worn, so that they could be repaired when they were camped and repaired at night.

"Why didn't my brother allow me to beat that scumbag? Whenever the road is repaired, he arranges for his brother to be on duty, and last night he arranged for his brother to be on duty for a night, and that guy is obviously plotting against his brother! Niu Mang said indignantly.

"Jin Shang is angry, this Huang Feng is plotting against me, how can I not know? However, in the barracks, everything must be obeyed by military orders, and if we disobey the orders, they can immediately rebuke us with military regulations. Wei Yuan said with a smile.

"Having said that," Niu Mang said, "I can't swallow the breath of discounted pickling." ”

"Jin Shang, bear with him for a while, and when we rush to the five cities, I will ask for an order to be transferred to the vanguard army, and then our brothers can get out." Wei Yuan said with relief.

"But I still can't swallow it." Niu Mang said indignantly.

"Jin Shang, don't you just mess up and plot if you can't bear it?" Wei Yuan smiled: "Let's bear with him for a while." ”

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Note 1: A sentry person, this is a unique name after the Eastern Han Dynasty, because when Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu rebelled against Wang Mang's dictatorship, it was the Green Forest Army that was activated, in fact, the Green Forest Army was originally a vote of bandits who robbed homes. When it was composed, it was mostly a whistle made of bark to transmit information, and in case of a situation, the person who heard the whistle followed the whistle. Generally speaking, the maximum number of people who can be heard by blowing a whistle is basically twenty or thirty people, so in the later stage, thirty people are a whistle.