Seven hundred and three were tricked

Shi Bin's army has always been forbidden by order, and now that the military order is given, Li Chao and Wang Jian immediately went to prepare to send troops. As long as all goes well, the vanguard army can be pulled out at the time of the light. From Yongzhou (Nanning) to Qinzhou is only 300 miles, even if the road has to pass a lot of mountains, it will not take much longer, at most it will take four days.

On the one hand, the military situation was urgent, and on the other hand, Li Chao and Wang Jian didn't want to be scolded by Shi Bin anymore, so after they were ready, they immediately ordered the army to be deployed, and they returned to the commander's tent and resigned with Shi Bin.

Knowing what the two of them did, Shi Bin was very happy, and he still did not hesitate to praise them, which made them much happier in their hearts, and the three generals became a harmonious group again.

After Li Chao and Wang Jian left, Shi Bin didn't take long to speak: "Xu Feng, the intelligence says that Chen Guojun is so good, how do you think he will protect the grain road and the grain storage location?" ”

"My lord, the mountain road is difficult to travel, Chen Guojun led a lot of troops at the address, if he wants to transport grain, he is afraid that he can only take the official road. If you take the official road, the only way to protect the grain is to send more food protection teams, at most, like a big handsome. Please forgive me for being too shallow in my studies and can't think of any other way. ”

"That's true, but I've been feeling a little uneasy. Since Chen Guojun is quite strategic, how can he not think of our methods? How can we not find another way to transport grain? Although it is difficult to live up to his fame, I always feel that he has a way to take another way to transport food. ”

"Marshal, do you want me to send someone to inform the two generals, Li Chao and Wang Jian, so that they can pay more attention to Chen Guojun's grain route and see if there is anything wrong?" Xu Feng asked.

"Okay, send someone quickly. Tell me again that tomorrow the army will be drawn out. Shi Bin said.

Unexpectedly, Shi Bin was in a hurry, Xu Feng didn't want Shi Bin to be so reckless, so he reminded him that the grain and grass had not yet been fully transported and could not support the advance of the 80,000 army. And Shi Bin's attitude is: support as much as you can, but you must draw another 20,000 troops within three days, and all 80,000 troops must make peace with Li Chao and Wang Jian within ten days.

The military order is like a mountain, and he has already disobeyed the military order once before, even if he borrows a hundred dares from Xu Feng, he does not dare to disobey it a second time. Therefore, seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, he stopped speaking, turned around and went out of the account to convey Shi Bin's military order.

Seeing the military order, no one dared to bargain anymore, nor did they dare to complain, so they could only desperately transport grain. After doing this day and night, he really drew another 20,000 troops in three days.

Because the army led by Shi Bin was not far away from the army led by Li Chao and Wang Jian, and Li Chao and Wang Jian naturally walked slowly and cautiously in front of the road, Shi Bin was chasing, so on the afternoon of the fifth day, Shi Bin led his troops to drive out Li Chao and Wang Jian's troops.

"Have you found any new information in the past few days?" Shi Bin asked.

"Commander, there's nothing too strange. Chen Guojun also arranged an additional 20,000 horses in Qinzhou, bringing the number of soldiers and horses defending the city in Qinzhou to 30,000. This is not surprising, my Great Song 100,000 soldiers and horses came, and it is normal for him to leave 30,000 to defend the retreat. Li Chao said.

"What about the grain and grass?" Shi Bin asked.

"Dashuai, there is nothing wrong with the grain and grass. The detective who went to investigate was very experienced, and even told me the depth of the wheel indentation. It is said that that one cart of grain is enough for thousands of catties, and hundreds of truckloads of grain can be transported at a time. This is very much in line with Chen Guojun's needs now. Wang Jian said.

"How many days have it been?" Shi Bin was a little unconvinced.

"Dashuai, not only these days, since

This was the case after Chen Guojun led his army to conquer Qinzhou. Therefore, it is almost certain that there is a lot of grain in Qinzhou City. Li Chao said with certainty.

Of course, I believe the words of Li Chao, a hardcore brother, but Shi Bin still faintly feels that something is wrong in his heart. So he asked again: "Li Chao, is Chen Guojun just this one grain station?" ”

"The other one is in Luzhou, but that is already at the junction of the address and my Great Song Dynasty."

"Luzhou? This is a bit interesting, I remember that Nalu Prefecture belonged to the Protectorate of Annam in the Tang Dynasty, and was forcibly seized by the address when I was in the Great Song Dynasty, right? Shi Bin asked.

Li Chao replied with some shame: "What the marshal said is not bad, and there is still a dispute with the ownership of my Great Song Dynasty in this place, but it is actually controlled by the person who handed over the address." ”

"Okay, I want you to do three things for me. The first is to rob the grain transport team five times in a row, and I don't ask you to bring back the grain, as long as you see what the grain cart is, and the grain will be at your disposal. The second thing is to sneak into Qinzhou City to see what the handover army is doing and how much grain and grass there is in the city. The third was to go to Luzhou to see how they transported grain to Qinzhou. Shi Bin said after pacing a few steps.

Due to the appearance of 100,000 Song troops on his flank, and the leading general Shi Bin, Chen Guojun did not dare to slack off and despise the slightest bit no matter how arrogant he was, so he immediately stepped up his attack in order to break the city in the shortest possible time.

As a result, the Lianzhou defender felt the pressure and hope soar, but the enthusiasm aroused by hope outweighed the fear brought by the pressure. Lianzhou City, which was originally precarious, suddenly became indestructible. This made Chen Guojun regret it and felt like he had bitten a hard bone. It's just that he is not afraid, because he has the killer weapon to remain undefeated.

Although Chen Guojun's performance was normal, Shi Bin felt that he was too normal. The master game should not be a step-by-step approach to every step, otherwise it will definitely be a failure. Shi Bin wouldn't believe his prestige, and Chen Guojun wouldn't know. So Shi Bin must have something strange in this, but it has not been discovered for the time being.

After a few days, the follow-up 60,000 horses arrived one after another, and Li Chao also sent the news: two of the five grain teams from Qinzhou to Lianzhou transported not grain and grass but stones. There is not so much food in the city of Qinzhou, just enough for 30,000 troops to be handed over for half a year. If we continue to transport grain to Lianzhou like this, we will soon be unable to support it.

Since he has such important information, Shi Bin knows that everyone has been tricked by Chen Guojun, and Chen Guojun's grain road is not in the official road of Qinzhou at all, it is just a cover set up by Chen Guojun. Qinzhou's role may be to defend Chen Guojun's retreat.

The pre-war meeting was held again. Everyone in the handsome tent had solemn faces, and Shi Bin laughed angrily, "Li Chao, Wang Jian, are you two guilty!" ”

"Guilty." The two said in unison.

"Do you know what crime you have committed?" Shi Bin said angrily.

"The sin of slackness." Li Chao replied.

"The sin of stupidity." Wang Jian replied.

"It seems that you two are not hopeless. Before the war, the punishment will be unfavorable, so I will write down your mistakes first, and then settle the accounts together after the war. Shi Bin said, "Then have you found Chen Guojun's grain road?" Shi Bin asked.

"Dashuai, due to lack of time, there is no definite answer, but it can still be speculated that most of Chen Guojun's grain and grass came from the sea. Set sail from Luzhou, walk along the coastline, and then take the land route to Chen Guojun's camp after landing in Lianzhou. Li Chao said.

"So what are you going to do? Chen Guojun can deal with us for one more day as long as the food and grass continue for a day, and he really can't support him to withdraw from the army, but I am the one who suffers

The people of the Great Song Dynasty. So you have to find a way for me to cut off his food and not let them leave easily, and I want to teach this Chen Guojun a good lesson. Shi Bin said viciously.

The road grain road is easy to cut off, according to what Shi Bi said, with a hundred soldiers holding a flag of 1,000 people to attack and rob the grain everywhere, so that the road grain team of the army at the address is struggling. In order to be safe, Chen Guojun could only continue to reduce the official grain transportation and increase the shipping grain, but cutting off the sea grain route was a troublesome matter. The coastline is so long, can it be held?

"Marshal, I think that sending a small force to the coast to harass and attack should be very effective in attacking Chen Guojun's grain transport team. In order to transport grain, the grain transport team will definitely not be able to go fast, and it will only be beaten. Xu Feng said.

"It's a solution, but it's not good enough."

"Commander, the general thinks we may be thinking a little wrong. Although the coastline is long, there are actually only a few ports suitable for stopping ships, as long as we find a way to control those ports, Chen Guojun's grain route will naturally be cut off. Wang Jian said excitedly.

Port? Shi Bin was very happy to hear Wang Jian's words, because it reminded him of another word, 'stranded'. Indeed, as Wang Jian said, as long as he occupies the port, Chen Guojun's grain ship will only face two options: running aground or returning to the sea.

"Okay, then Ben Shuai will send you to lead the army to recapture the seaport on the front line of Qinzhou and cut off Chen Guojun's sea grain route." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"My lord, our army is 100,000, and the address army is also 100,000. Our army also needs to prevent the surprise attack of the enemy army in Qinzhou, so we should not send too many troops to blockade the port, it should be as few as possible. Therefore, the strategy of Lord Wang can be slightly improved. Xie Qiangbing suddenly spoke, but said very cautiously.

"Let's talk about how to improve it." Shi Bin said.

Xie Qiangbing said, "There is a method in the end that should save some of the land forces. Please scuttle the ships to block the harbor and send some sailors to patrol the coastline, constantly scuttling ships and attacking Chen Guojun's grain carriers. ”

"Scuttling ships to block the port? Send a navy to patrol and attack the grain ship? "This method is really powerful, if the ship can't dock, it will be a lot of trouble to transport the ship's grain and grass to Chen Guojun's camp. When a grain ship is attacked, a lot of grain and grass will be lost, and the deepest thing in Shi Bin's memory is 'burning Chibi'.

"Okay, that's a good addition. I also want to add that I don't have to send my Great Song Dynasty Navy to fight with those barbarians at the address, just give me a 'fire to the red cliff'. Shi Bin smiled slyly.

As soon as they heard Shi Bin's method, Li Chao, Xie Qiangbing, Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi all admired it, and shouted that Shi Bin was virtuous, benevolent, and cherished his soldiers.

"Dashuai, once Wang Jian, Xie Qiangbing and Xu Feng's ideas are realized, Chen Guojun's sea grain road will indeed be almost broken, but the last general still wants to add a small point. It is to destroy all the official roads leading from the beach to Lianzhou, Qinzhou and other places, making it difficult for people to move an inch. But this may cause a lot of trouble for the generals who lead the army, so please consider carefully before making a decision. Li Chao said.

This method is more ruthless than cutting off the sea grain route, and if there is a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, it will cause a situation where not a single grain of rice can enter Chen Guojun's army by sea. But it will also make the Song army who went to cut off the grain route very uncomfortable and dangerous.

For a while, no one spoke in the tent. Seeing this, Li Chao said: "Marshal, since the generals don't want to go, in order to atone for their crimes, the last general is willing to take 3,000 soldiers and horses to cut off Chen Guojun's sea grain road, and at the same time ask the marshal to transfer 1,000 sailors to help me defend the coast." ”

Of course, Li Chao couldn't be a hero, Wang Jian, Xiang Shibi and Xie Qiangbing immediately fought. In the end, Shi Bin ordered Wang Jian to lead, which was regarded as letting the two of them atone for their sins together.