1

On the third day of October, Yuan Xian led the army to attack the west city of Tuhe, annihilating more than 6,000 enemies, and then moved the main camp to the edge of the city of Tuhe, and set up a new front battalion of 5,000 people to garrison the west city of Tuhe, transferred the right battalion to the southern coastal area to collect ships, and the left battalion went north to capture the ferry.

On the fourth day of the first month, the left battalion crossed the Xiaoling River with 15,000 people, and encountered 6,000 people from the north on the east bank to block it, and fought for nearly an hour, killing more than 3,000 enemies. At the beginning of the victory, Dai Ying brought reinforcements to kill, and the army formation on the right side was in chaos, so he had no choice but to temporarily return to the west bank, losing 4,000 people. 、

On the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Yuan Xian tried to cross the river from different locations eight times, but even if he attacked at the same time, Dai Ying's reinforcements could always arrive as soon as possible, because the east bank side was full of beacon towers built by Dai Ying in advance, and the ferries were limited, so it was impossible to form an attack on Dai Ying with superior forces at the first time. At this point, Yuan Xian decided to repair the whole army for three days and build a ferry with local materials.

After dinner, Yuan Xian inspected the military camp as usual, and suddenly saw that the Red Dragon Army was all hurrying over. "General, can you take a step to speak?"

Seeing his expression, Yuan Xian had already guessed that something was wrong with the logistics, so he ordered the guards to wait on the spot, and he took a few more steps with him. "Tell me, what?"

"According to the agreed day at Shanhaiguan, today's military quartermaster should arrive. But I haven't seen a shadow yet, could something have happened in the middle? Just now I asked the commander of the Canglong Army, and now the battalions on both sides add up to only three or four thousand stone grain and grass, if there is no supply, I am afraid that the army will run out of food within three days. ”

When Yuan Xian heard this, he thought that it was Shi Fei who had made a move on the supplies. "Don't be silent for now, I'll send someone to investigate the supply. Can you think about it first and see if there's anything around here that you can eat for the time being? ”

"There are indeed some around here, and there is a lot of seafood that can be picked up on the coast every morning. However, the fireheads of several battalions add up to only 1,000 people, and they still have to provide food on time every day, and the little things they pick up in their spare time are at most enough to add soup to the brothers, and they can't solve practical problems. ”

It is also true that all the rations are said, after all, the daily consumption of these 60,000 people is not a small amount. When Yuan Xian was thinking about how to alleviate the problem, he only heard the sound of Pegasus galloping from a distance. The door of the camp opened, and a scout was lying on horseback, and the color of the military uniform could no longer be seen in the mud on his body. Seeing this, Yuan Xian stopped talking and stepped forward to check first.

"General......" Seeing Yuan Xian coming, the scout said weakly, listening to the voice, it seemed that he was about to faint at any time. Jieshi, the third day of October......"

"Why did the letter of the third year of junior high school arrive at this moment?" The officer on the side asked.

"Return...... Someone stopped me on the road......"

"It's okay, let's talk about the content." Yuan Xian listened anxiously.

"On the afternoon of the third day of the first lunar month, the Beifeng fleet attacked our Jieshi East City, with about 10,000 people."

"Is there a result?"

"Not reported...... I came out during the engagement. However, when we encountered obstacles, a few of us hid in the mountains, and saw a fire burning on the sea, burning from afternoon to night, and it should have been our army's victory. ”

Hearing the scout say this, Yuan Xian's hanging heart was somewhat relaxed. "You're the only one of you who escaped?"

"Those are artificial intelligence, I asked them to lure away the enemy and ran out on their own...... When he left, he saw that a large camp had been built in the north of Jieshi City, like Shi Fei's banner......" After saying this, the scout fainted.

Yuan Xian immediately understood the situation of the supply in her heart, but it was still difficult for her to estimate how many people Shi Fei still had, and where the soldiers and horses of that fleet came from. "Send the military doctor quickly, add another rank to the official, and reward thirty gold."

2

Returning to the big tent, Yuan Xian summoned the commander of the Karakumi battalion, the partial general Mu Gong, and the commander of the middle battalion of the Canglong Army, the general Li Yan (pronounced "de"). Li Xian is an old subordinate of Yuan Xian's father, who has been in the army for more than ten years, and when Yuan Xian first came, he was often around him, and he can be regarded as half of her master. As for Mu Gong, although he had only known him for a few days, Yuan Xian felt that he had a clever energy, which was very similar to Zhong Li, so he inexplicably had a sense of trust.

She informed the two of them about what the food capital and the scout had said, and told them to keep quiet. "At the moment, I don't know the situation of Jieshi and the safety of Mo Huan, so I have to lead some soldiers and horses back first, and then find some food and grass. What do you have any suggestions? ”

"I can't interfere with the matter of returning reinforcements," it was Mu Gong who opened his mouth first, "The Karakuri Battalion is not suitable for maneuvering. As for grain and grass, I do know that there are still a lot of seafood to buy in this season, and shrimp and crabs are also quite fat. I know the fishing gear, but I can draw it tonight, and let the craftsmen in the camp make it tomorrow. ”

Yuan Xian nodded, but saw that Li Yan was silent on the side, as if he was thinking about something. "Uncle Li," this is what Yuan Xian called Li Yan in private, "You seem to have any other considerations?" ”

"Definitely. I was thinking, although it is not impossible to go fishing and catch shrimp, but if there is a big move, I am afraid that not only the whole army will know that our army is short of food, but the north will also know that our army has no intention of fighting, so that the morale of both sides will be lost, and I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the siege. ”

"General Li is thinking about this, but our army's food is only enough for three days, does the general have a way to conquer the Tuhe River in three days?" Mu Gong replied before Yuan Xian.

"That's what I'm thinking about, too." Yuan Xian took over, "At present, there is no time to attack the city, and it will take at least seven or eight days to send some men and horses back and forth, and the army will be afraid of running out of food for several days, and there will inevitably be chaos in the army." But it was easy for Dai Ying to seize the opportunity to fish along the coast. Is there only a trade-off between the two? ”

"If that's the case, I don't know if it's feasible." Seeing that the two of them cast their eyes, Mu Gong continued: "It just so happens that the whole army is going to repair and build a ferry in the past few days, so you can hold a hunting competition from the beginning." I know that there should be a lot of game in this pine ridge, so I can ask each department to choose a place and send the same men and horses to hunt for the same time. In this way, morale can be improved and military rations can be replenished. ”

"That's the way to go."

Seeing Yuan Qian's approving look, Mu Gong's heart was full of joy. "As for the number of people and how long, it all depends on the general's decision, after all, I don't know much about the overall situation."

"Uncle Li, what do you see?"

"At present, our army is fully organized into the front, middle, and rear battalions of the Canglong Army, and the Jiqiao battalion, and the left and right battalions of the Chilong Army, a total of six battalions, so that each battalion can produce 300 to 500 people, and the time is limited to the three days of this repair. This should not affect the normal military affairs of our army, and if it is really as Mu Gong said, this mountain is rich in game, then it should not be a problem for the prey to replenish the military needs for three or five days. In this way, I went back and forth to the Jieshi, and I should be in time to return. ”

"So, Uncle Li wants to personally rush to the aid of Jieshi?" Hearing that Li Yan took the initiative to ask for help, Yuan Xian seemed to reveal a trace of gratitude.

Li Yan smiled innocently, "Idle is idle, then let the young men enjoy the fun of hunting." What's more, who else in this army can reassure you? ”

3

The next morning, a notice was posted in each of them, and because they were very tired from marching and fighting for several days, there was an endless stream of people who came to sign up for recreation, so few people noticed that Li Yan had brought 5,000 men and horses back to help him in the morning.

However, this hunting competition still caused a trouble, and in the early morning, the left and right battalions of the Red Dragon Army almost fought with each other in order to win Yuan Xian's joining. In desperation, Yuan Xian had no choice but to say that she was a referee and could not join any party, although she also wanted to change her mood by hunting. However, before a wave of peace, the Canglong Army quarreled over the choice of plots, and the three parties took a fancy to the same place at the same time, and no one refused to let anyone. Yuan Xian had no choice but to add rules and let the six battalions send representatives to draw lots and decide the order of selecting positions.

"Hey, it seems that the soldiers under his command are like wolves and tigers, and sometimes it may not be a good thing." Seeing that Yuan Xian was busy cleaning up things, Mu Gong was idle and talking about cool things.

"So what? If there is really no dispute with the world, you can only fall behind in everything. Yuan Xian looked at the sixth place in Mu Gong's hand.

"After falling someone, it may not be impossible to cause people later." After he finished speaking, he went to the map and circled the gap between the people from the boundary, and his behavior immediately attracted the ridicule of the surrounding generals.

"This last choice isn't going to be so self-defeating, is it?"

But Mu Gong just smiled secretly.

After arranging the event, Yuan Xian rarely had a leisure, she had been restless for a few days, perhaps because of a few days of fatigue that made her eyelids jump from time to time, although she didn't believe in this evil very much.

At the end of the day, sure enough, the Canglong army camp that caught the first order gained the most, and more than 300 roe deer were killed, and there were countless rabbits and pheasants. And the rest of the battalions, although more or less harvested, were enough to replenish military supplies. The Karakuri battalion, which was in the last order, went early and returned late, but returned in vain at the end of the day. But seeing Mu Gong's calmness, Yuan Xian knew that it was not simple at this time.

As expected, when the harvest was counted on the second day, the prey of the Karakuri battalion caught up. However, due to the failure to harvest yesterday's grains, the results are still at the bottom.

"After all, you are a latecomer, and I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up in three days." Yuan Xian counted the results and said to Mu Gong.

"In this case, please ask the general for help."

Yuan Xian smiled, "I'm a referee, how can I help, do you think I'll be biased towards you?" ”

"It's not about letting the general take sides." Mu Gong's confidence still hung on his face. "I just want to ask the general to personally send a hundred carriages and horses tomorrow to my hunting place to pick up my harvest, if not, I am afraid that it will be difficult for my hundreds of people to transport things back."

By dusk on the third day, the battalions had brought back their harvest, but they had not seen the men of the Karakuri battalion. Yuan Qian remembered Mu Gong's words yesterday, although she thought it was a joke he made for the sake of face, but at this moment she still sent a team to pick it up. When I didn't want to come back, hundreds of carriages were full of prey, from black bears and wild boars to pheasants and rabbits. However, his prey was not as neat as the other battalions, or the method of death was uniform, and he saw that a cart of prey was wounded by a bow and crossbow, and some seemed to be strangled by something, and the skin and flesh were cut and died in a terrible manner.

"Well, I didn't break my word, did I?" Mu Gong, who has always been polite and polite on weekdays, appeared in front of everyone with blood stained at this moment.

"What did you do when you fell to the ground?" Seeing this, Yuan Xian hurriedly stepped forward and asked, and the generals and captains around him who were dumbfounded were also about to ask the same question.

"What can I use with Camp Karakuri? It's nothing more than a trap. ”

"I know you've used traps, but I've never seen them catch so much prey."

"It's a credit to the generals." Mu Gong crossed his hands and looked around at everyone before smiling before explaining: "Most of the hunting methods are to use gongs and drums to frighten the animals, make them run to the hunters who have been ambushed in advance, and then shoot them. Most people will choose to set the ambush point close to the center, and then beat the drum from all sides to hunt around, so as to collect the prey as much as possible in order to get more profits. However, the first day of the hunt is often very fruitful, the next day is less, and after three days it is necessary to search the hunting grounds repeatedly.

"Our department took advantage of this, because the direction of the prey's escape was around the sound of gongs and drums, not to one side, and even if the wall was pulled to form a line, it could only be retracted to one side. In this way, we are in the middle of the cracks, and we are the gathering direction of the gongs and drums of all parties. On the first day, the prey was scattered in their respective hunting grounds, and we laid traps. On the second day, the prey gradually converged on us from all over the place, and our troops harvested again and again and set up new large traps according to the behavior of the prey. On the third day, we beat drums along the middle of the inner and outer parts to drive away the prey, and those who ran outward would hit the traps, and those who ran inward were surrounded by our troops, so we had this harvest. ”

After listening to the explanation, Yuan Xian nodded again and again. "That's the case, such a déjà vu."

"The general means General Zhong?"

"Yes, he is also the kind of master who often relies on other people's minds to win others."

"In that way, I'm looking forward to having a fight with him all the more."

"Then you have to be careful that he takes advantage of your competitive mind."