Chapter 262: Escorting Grain and Grass (II)
At the same time, Cao Liang also hopes that this state of preparedness will become a norm, whether it is in Yiyang, which is far away from the Wu army, or Jiashi, which is closer to the Wu army, they have always maintained a high degree of alert, and they cannot relax for a moment.
When camping at night, it is often the time when the army's energy is the weakest and the defense is the most lax, and this time is also the best time for the enemy to launch a sneak attack, and if you want to ensure that no accidents occur, always be vigilant is the minimum condition.
Escorting grain and grass is different from marching operations, if it is a march to fight, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, if the war is unfavorable, you can also retreat, stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood.
However, the escort of grain and grass is different, no matter under any conditions, the first thing to ensure is the safety of these grain and grass, the army cannot be put into the attack, nor can it easily give up and flee, and hand over the baggage carts that escort grain and grass to others.
In any case, grain and grass are things in this position, and the southern army is used to the battlefield mode of rushing and killing in front, and it is indeed a little uncomfortable to do this kind of errand for the first time.
Cao Liang's move was to reverse this situation, and his special camp requirement was to train the southern army to develop a kind of thinking with grain wagons as the core, and tie their honor and disgrace together with these grains and grasses, so that both glory and loss will be lost.
At this time, it is nearly April, the weather is gradually getting warmer, the climate of late spring is the most pleasant, there is no hot weather during the day, the night of late spring, the wind is breezy, and the heart is fragrant.
The task of escorting grain and grass was meticulous and cumbersome, and many soldiers hated it and were unwilling to do such a thankless task.
But Cao Liang is different, he is happy to accept this task, marching and fighting, escorting grain and grass is the most important link, it allows Cao Liang to learn a lot of things.
Maybe when Xiahou Xuan was not injured, it was difficult for Cao Liang to have the opportunity to come into contact with these things, and now Xiahou Xuan was seriously injured and did not return, and the entire Zhengnan Army was all managed by Changshi Ren Lan, and Ren Lan was born as a scholar, and he was often unable to manage military affairs, because of this, Cao Liang had the opportunity to assist in management, became the behind-the-scenes talker of the Zhengnan Army, and gradually cultivated and tempered Cao Liang.
Every experience in life is a kind of wealth, the more experience in life, the more things you learn, this expedition, Cao Liang really has a deep understanding, from the ignorance in the army to the current ease, Cao Liang really learned a lot of things.
In the early hours of the morning, the southern army has embarked on a new journey, the baggage vehicles one after another, like a long snake, the speed of the baggage vehicles is indeed not fast, especially the thousands of baggage vehicles are concentrated in one place, when they set off in the morning, they all have to go in order, just a departure, can consume more than an hour of time, even if you want to be in a hurry, you can't get up in a hurry.
What the army needs to ensure is the safety of grain and grass, followed by speed.
Cao Liang knew very well that the Wu army had always been eyeing the Wei army's grain route, and Sima Yi had a deep understanding of this, so he would send the southern army to take on the task of escorting grain and grass.
Some people may think that this is Sima Yi wearing small shoes for the southern army, which is overkill, but in fact, Sima Yi is also well thought out, and in the entire army, I am afraid that only the southern army is the most suitable for this task.
After the army entered the rocky mountains, the advantage of the cavalry had been completely lost, and in many areas, the horses could not pass, and the cavalry was not as good as the infantry.
Therefore, the southern army was withdrawn to escort the grain and grass, Sima Yi valued the cavalry of the southern army the most, from Yiyang to Jiashi, most of the area is the plain, and the plain is the most ideal stage for the cavalry, if the Wu army tries to ambush on this road, they may have to be disappointed, just this line of defense of the cavalry, for the Wu soldiers, it is simply like a nightmare.
During the daytime march, Cao Liang deliberately arranged the cavalry battalion on both sides of the team, and slowly marched with the convoy carrying grain, if the convoy was besieged by the enemy, then the cavalry battalion would decisively attack and kill all the invading enemies.
No matter which direction the enemy attacks from, the cavalry can meet the enemy in the shortest possible time, and there will never be a chance to let the enemy get close to the grain and grass.
The reason why the Wu army wanted to sneak attack the grain convoy was obviously not to kill or injure the team escorting the grain and grass, but to destroy the Wei army's grain cart, but with the Xiao cavalry battalion, this attempt of the Wu army was naturally impossible to achieve, and the king of the plain was by no means in vain.
Zhuge Ke will definitely not do the loss of soldiers and horses in vain, so the Wu army, which lacks the ability to maneuver, is very unlikely to choose to attack the Wei army's grain route in the plain area, and the location they choose will undoubtedly be on the road to Jiashi without a strong mouth.
This section of the mountain road, the advantage of the cavalry battalion is no longer there, the narrow and steep road, the cavalry is not possible to fight at all, and the heavy grain cart, it is extremely difficult to pass, the speed of travel will be greatly reduced, this section of the road seems not to be long, if the grain cart needs to pass, it will take at least more than a day.
So after entering Wuqiangkou, Cao Liang was even more energetic, originally in the plains, the Wei army had already set up a wide range of sentry posts, checking passers-by, and preventing the leakage of news about the grain transport army. After really reaching Wuqiangkou, the Wu army probably didn't know anything about the whereabouts of the Wei army, and in a hurry, it was difficult for them to mobilize troops to go around the back of the Wei army for an ambush.
After the last day of marching, the first task of transporting grain to the southern army ended at dusk, and they successfully rushed to the Wei army camp stationed at Jiashikou.
This mission seems simple, the whole process is calm and unwavering, without any attack by the Wu army, and the task was completed smoothly, but in fact, it was obtained by Cao Liang and others with countless hardships, and without a lot of meticulous and careful preparations in advance, this task may not be so simple.
According to the needs of the front-line army, the grain and grass escorted by the southern army at one time can basically meet the needs of the army for half a month, so the southern army must send out at least two tasks every month after that, and escort the grain and grass twice.
So after a short rest of three or five days, the southern army set off again and went to Yiyang to escort grain and grass.
However, compared with the first time, the southern army is familiar with the road and is used to it a lot.
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