Suizhou City.

Suizhou City was originally a small city, but at this moment the city has been demolished. It became a huge barracks structure, and the city was divided into four parts.

Set aside the Crossroads.

Xu Huang and Zhang He also entered the city when they came, but they didn't do it at that time.

Because it was a waste of the soldiers' physical strength to demolish the houses in the city, the soldiers could just find a place to live. But now they do.

Because if you find a place to live casually, it will not be conducive to defense.

Xu Huang and Zhang He have already begun to pay attention to defense.

The reason is simple.

In the first battle of Anlu, Xu Huang and Zhang He led a large army to storm Anlu City, fought bloodily for several days, and almost attacked Anlu and knocked Zhuge Liang out.

But his own soldiers were killed and thousands were injured. Later, the winter rain continued, and the soldiers' injuries were difficult to heal, and they were infected with wind and cold, which was transmitted to the healthy soldiers.

Wind chill began to circulate in the army, and a batch of good was improved, and a batch was infected.

Even if it is a good soldier, it is weak, and there is a danger of contracting the wind and cold again. At present, the morale of the army is not high, and it can also be said that the army has no fighting spirit.

Zhuge Liang expected the matter correctly.

At this moment, among the four areas of Suizhou City, there is a small camp in each. Ordinary soldiers were not allowed to enter or leave, only healers and those who carried food and food were allowed to enter and leave.

Because this is a special camp for soldiers infected with wind and cold. The camp was full of feverish, coughing, and even dying of illness.

In the Han Dynasty, there was no special medicine, and a cold would kill people.

Moreover, Cao Jun came from afar, and the Chinese herbal medicines he brought were also insufficient. If the situation continues, the army will not collapse, but it will be half dead.

Xu Huang and the second general Zhang He didn't dare to go out to inspect casually, so they only hid in their own Chinese army tent to rest, and drank some ginger soup to prevent it from being the danger of the main general's cold.

On this day, Xu Huang and Zhang He gathered in Xu Huang's big tent, and each of them drank a bowl of ginger soup.

There is a situation that greatly reflects Cao Jun's cold words.

In the past, when the generals met, we had a drink.

Now that the generals meet, let's drink a bowl of ginger soup to suppress the start.

After the two sat down after making this bowl of ginger soup, Xu Huang sighed: "Guo Fengxiao once said, "There is an epidemic in the south, and I will die if I go to the south." "Not to mention a sick and weak person like Guo Fengxiao, even a strong soldier came to the south, and he was also in danger of dying. I have crisscrossed the north, fought dozens of battles, but rarely encountered such a situation. ”

"Northerners, don't accept the water and soil of the south." Zhang He also sighed.

The two of them felt a little nostalgic, and then they fell on the current war.

"The situation on our side is like this, I am afraid that the 200,000 troops are more or less sick. Now the people of Jingzhou are not satisfied with the prime minister and act recklessly. Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu led the naval army to attack the counties and counties, and this went on for a long time. Jingzhou is difficult to defend and does not produce grain. The 200,000 army of food and grass needs to be supplied by the north. I'm afraid it won't last long. ”

Zhang He sighed and said.

"And that's not all. Guan Yu is a general, at present, there are 2,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun in Xinye City, I am afraid that Zhao Yun will see that our army is decadent, and I am afraid that he will send troops to attack and disturb the grain road. Although there are heavy troops escorting food, I am afraid that it will cause panic and anxiety in the people. ”

Xu Huang's thoughts were more profound.

The two of them looked at each other, and both let out a sigh.

Jing Chu, Wu Yue.

It's really a poor mountain and a bad water out of the people. Our prime minister swept away the Central Plains and Hebei, so strong, but Jing Chu, Wu Yue's people were not convinced, and the boats and boats were rampant in the water system, which was really gnashing teeth.

However, it was said that Zhuge Liang guessed that Guan Yu would send Zhao Yun out of the city to attack the grain road, and Xu Huang and Zhang He were also worried. And how could Guan Yu be a person who really sits?

Even if they didn't dare to go out on foot, the cavalry went out, but they still made it.

On this day, the ministers of Guan Yu's conference and the horses among the generals were all concentrated in Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun had more than 2,000 cavalry and 4,000 or 5,000 horses, including war horses and half horses.

It was the man who had two horses, and now the man had three horses.

Guan Yu's generals concentrated all the horses in Zhao Yun, so that the configuration of three horses per person was achieved. On the one hand, it was a declaration that he would never go out of the city to fight with Cao's army on foot. On the other hand, it increased the number of horses in Zhao Yun.

If there are more horses, they can transport more dry food, soybeans, and rice.

War horses are horses to ride in wartime, and in normal times, cavalry sits on horses, and horses are also responsible for carrying goods, two horses, of course, can carry more supplies.

In addition, if there is not enough food, you can also kill the horse to satisfy your hunger.

Guan Yu planned to send Zhao Yun out, and he would be there for a few months, and even be self-sufficient. Let them go, attack the Cao army's grain road, come and go like the wind.

It must be known that it is a long supply line from Xudu to Wancheng, and from Wancheng to Xinye, it is also a supply line of hundreds of miles.

Since the war in the Central Plains, the cities on all sides have been sparsely populated. Zhao Yun led more than 2,000 cavalry seems like a lot, but in such a large area, it is basically equivalent to finding a needle in the sea.

As long as the general is not mediocre and the opponent's army is not concentrated, he can come and go freely.

And Zhao Yun is of course excellent.

In the evening, Zhao Yun was already ready.

In the north of Xinye City, the wind is high and the moon is dark.

More than 2,000 cavalry and more than 7,000 horses led by Zhao Yun have already left the city and are ready to set off. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei bid farewell to Zilong at the door.

"Zilong, play as much as you want. You have a chance to play, we have to stay in Xinye to be a shrunken turtle, but I am suffocated. Zhang Laosan said with envy.

Zhao Yun was speechless.

Guan Yu glared at Zhang Fei, and then said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, if you encounter the opponent's cavalry, you will mainly run." ”

"Don't worry, my lord." Zhao Yun clenched his fists and said. Immediately, Zhao Yun turned over his horse, took the whip from the hands of his own soldiers, and led the cavalry to disappear into the night.

This is a light cavalry, only Zhao Yun has iron armor in all the staff, but Zhao Yun's iron armor and spear are usually carried by horses. The soldiers were dressed in leather armor, with only a ring-headed sword, a bow, and a few arrows.

Comes and goes like the wind.

Mainly to run.

Wretched.

..........

Cao Jun's grain road is very long, and it is a long road from Xudu to Wancheng, but there is not much on this road at present. Because before the outbreak of the war, Cao's army took the first step to transport a large amount of grain to Wancheng.

It is enough to feed 200,000 troops for half a year.

Therefore, Cao Jun supplied grain, using Wancheng as a forward base and heading to Fancheng, which was a grain route hundreds of miles long.

As Cao's army dispersed, diseases were rampant in the army. It would be too stupid for Zhao Yun's cavalry to move.

After Zhao Yun left the city at night, he chose an empty city as a base, ordered a large number of cavalry to recuperate, and then sent spies to disperse to find out the news.

Of course, Cao Jun does not often transport grain, but a hammer is a hammer, escorting a lot of grain at a time, so where is this grain road and when will there be grain passing by, we need to listen.

Zhao Yun stayed quietly in this empty city for ten days, and finally got an accurate news on the tenth day.

In a dilapidated mansion in the city, Zhao Yun is eating jerky, this kind of jerky is really dry, as hard as a stone, it can't be chewed, it can't be bitten, and it needs to be boiled in water to be delicious.

But Zhao Yun has good teeth and eats dry.

And in fact, many times, cavalry has no time to live when they are out fighting, and it is normal to chew jerky.

"General. We killed a group of other spies, captured one of them, and heard that Cao's army was marching about twenty-five miles to the west. ”

One of Zhao Yun's personal soldiers walked in from outside and said excitedly.

"How many people are on the other side." Zhao Yun swallowed the jerky in his mouth, but his expression did not move.

"There are 10,000 elite soldiers, and General Li Dian personally escorts them. Five thousand people and five hundred grain carts. There are 30,000 or 40,000 stone of food. ”

The pro-soldier said excitedly.

"The opponent's crossbow?" Zhao Yun asked again.

"There are a lot of crossbow arrows." Hearing this, the pro-soldier calmed down and said in a deep voice.

Crossbow arrows are the nemesis of cavalry, especially light cavalry. General Li Dian, of course, is not easy to deal with. There will definitely be casualties in the fight, and it can't be beaten.

But Zhao Yun's purpose is to burn grain.

"Putting down our burdens in the city, we have two horses and hay and alcohol. Do not entangle each other when encountered, make hay, alcohol, ignite each other's grain, carts. ”

"If Li Dian's army is encircled, we will break out with the team as a team, don't entangle."

Zhao Yun said.

"No." The soldiers agreed, and then Zhao Yun put on his armor, brought bows and spears, and led more than two or three thousand cavalry, with a large number of hay and alcohol, to the west.

Alcohol is a good thing to clean wounds, but it is also a high-burning item.

The generals all knew about this, so they attacked with fire, and they must bring alcohol.

Of course, if you fight Li Dian hard in this battle, you will lose the battle, but it is not a big problem to attack the other side and burn the other party's grain.

Because of Zhao Yun's scout, he killed the opponent's team of spies. And the whole team of spies disappeared, and it took a while for Li Dian to get the news.

And 10,000 elite soldiers escorted grain, 5,000 people and countless carts. Such a team walking on the main road must be in the shape of a long snake.

The infantry army is assembled, of course, there is a big problem, especially the Cao army has crossbow arrows.

If the infantry army is a long snake, and 2,000 cavalry break through at a fixed point, before the Cao army is encircled, it is still possible to kill a person on his back and turn over.

...........

West, on the avenue from north to south. A thousand carts, walking on the road. A thousand carts, two in parallel.

In addition to the five hundred grain carts, there were also wagons of baggage, which were tents and timber for encampment.

Minzhuang carried knives, some with arrows, and wore leather armor.

Cao Cao was rampant in the north, with countless weapons and baggage, and it was easy to arm the people with a little training.

In addition to the people, there is the elite Cao Army. This part of the Cao army was not equipped with iron armor, shields, only leather armor, and weapons were mainly spears, crossbows, and bows.

Spears, crossbows, and bows were all meant to block the opposing cavalry, and if a major battle broke out, the grain carts were the block.

These elite soldiers were also scattered among the grain carts.

The general, Li Dian, rode in the center of the team. There are dozens of Li Dian's horsemen and hundreds of personal soldiers to protect him.

The banner with the word "Li" was also held in the hands of a personal soldier.

Li Dian was actually very cautious, and he sent many spies to listen to the movements of the Quartet. In the hands of the spies, there are horses.

It's a pity that the team of spies was killed by Zhao Yun's scouts, and the news did not leak, so there was this surprise attack.

But this is also normal, after all, it was not invented by Zhao Yun to attack the grain road, and Cao Cao himself is very good at the grain road.

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