Hu Lie, the 10,000-year-old protector, has really carried it back in recent years.

I want Hu Xuanwu to take Yang'an Pass majestically back then, and win the first credit for Sima Zhao's battle of Shu. As a result, in the blink of an eye, he became a prisoner in the same place. was transferred to Jingzhou, and lost Xiangyang inexplicably under Sima Liang's blind command...... Wait for him to come back to his senses. Yes? Why was my brother taken off his head by the Qiang people, not to mention, and even lost the stability of his hometown?

This time, he was sent out by Yanghu to support Sima Jun, and at first he thought that with his status as a veteran general, how could he get a main attack. As a result, he was assigned a thankless job as a grain officer. Obviously, Sima Jun had already sent Gou Xi to lead the cavalry to support, and he saw that he could join forces with Gou Xi the next day, but today, his grain ship was attacked as expected.

Speaking of which, Hu Lie, who has experienced many failures, is already very cautious. This time, the grain was transported from Jingzhou, 50,000 stone of grain. In order to prevent being served by the enemy, he used very carefully a hundred grain boats, each of which contained only 500 stone of grain. More tonnage, he took to load the soldiers.

Not only that, but once the grain ship was about to sail to the relatively flat part of the riverbank, he would let the soldiers on board disembark first and line up on the flat river beach to guard first. Wait for the fleet to sail again into the hilly section on both sides of the river, and then let the soldiers re-board the ship.

It can be said that he has done the best he can.

However, the enemy does not play according to the rules at all.

On November 20, west of Yang County and east of Mulan Sai. This section of the Han River mainly passes through the mountains. The river meanders and narrows due to the pressure of the mountains on both sides. As a result, the river is flowing faster, and this section of the journey is the most difficult for grain ships going upstream.

Therefore, when it comes to this section, not only the people who accompany the ship, but also some of the soldiers on the ship, must also go to the bottom of the cabin to row hard, otherwise the grain ship will not advance or retreat. In response to this situation, Hu Lie ordered some of the soldiers to go to the cabin to help paddle, and at the same time ordered some of the soldiers to disembark: while reducing the weight of the boat, he continued to strengthen the vigilance on the shore.

Then, it was at this time that the enemy attack took place.

The enemy had no intention of getting on the boat to grab food, nor did he expect to approach the river and shoot with bows and arrows. Instead, he began to greet him with a trebuchet from a long distance: yes, he used a trebuchet to greet the river. And the trebuchets are all fire bombs!

"Hey, Captain Cavalry, the old man really doesn't know what to say." Looking at Gou Xi who came in a hurry, the veteran Hu Lie was full of shame: "At that time, I only heard the sound of tying, and many trees on the mountainside broke at once, and then the trebuchet hidden by the trees was revealed. The density of the fire oil bombs, huh...... When the soldiers sent by the old man in advance climbed halfway up the mountain, the thieves did not retreat, but took advantage of the terrain to shoot condescendingly. By the time the old man sent out the soldiers on the other side and the soldiers in the cabin, the thieves had all withdrawn......"

"Hmph, this must be the ambush location that the thieves have prepared for a long time." Looking at the undulating hills and the dense vegetation on the hills, Gou Xi also felt bitter: "My King of Ruyin, what use can you give me cavalry?" ”

"Hey, now that the thieves are familiar with the geography, these hundreds of miles of grain roads, with the help of trebuchets, can be said to be everywhere where thieves can attack, which is really impossible to prevent."

"Well, General Rongyu, the last general doesn't think it's necessary."

"Oh? What did Captain Rider think? ”

"General Hu, listening to your description, the thief simply fired fire oil bombs halfway up the mountainside, and didn't mean to come down to grab food at all? And when your follow-up troops were assembled, although there were still a small number of grain ships that had not been ignited, the thieves quickly retreated? ”

"Exactly."

"Well, that's what you can deduce. First, thieves are not short of food. Second, the thieves are not strong enough. ”

"Riding the captain is terrifying. So what can be deduced from these two items? ”

"Hehe, the general is taking the school exam. Then I'll tell you what I think, and I'll ask the general to correct me. ”

"Don't dare to be corrected, the captain is really a young man and talented, and the old man listens to him."

"General Hu, the reason why thieves are not short of food is, of course, not that they grow their own food. Instead, he brought some grain out of Xicheng in advance. Moreover, if the last general expected it to be true, the thief must have several burial points for grain. It is counted as a soldier who has to carry food on his back, as well as knives, tools, and even some of the key parts of a trebuchet. A soldier can carry up to three to five days of food on his back. Therefore, their attack point and the burial point of the grain must not be too far apart, and with an exposed attack point, the general will be able to find one or more of their grain burial points as long as he is willing to take the time. And the more attack points the enemy exposes, the more likely it is that their grain burial points will be exposed. Once its grain burial point is exposed, hehe, this thief army that is fighting outside will definitely be self-defeating! ”

"Lieutenant Cavalry has a point. It's just that, but if you look at the undulating mountains and dense vegetation here, even thieves can only maneuver within one or two days, and it is not easy to find. ”

"General, it's because of the dense vegetation here that it's easy to find. It is necessary to know that if people want to travel through this place, how can they not leave traces through thorns and thorns? If you get the order of the king of Ruyin, and mobilize some hunters who are good at tracking from Nanxiang County and other prefectures and counties close to the Qinling Mountains, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort? ”

"Really...... The Captain of the Cavalry is indeed very talented. Hey, don't worry, the old man will draft a plea form to the King of Ruyin later, but the old man will also write your analysis into it. All actions are subject to the decision of the king of Ruyin. ”

"The last general, thank you for your care."

"Well, it's a virtue to help those who come from behind. If you don't dislike it, how about letting the old man pick up a table for you first? ”

"I don't dare to quit if I want to."

"Well, Dawn, Dawn also. The sun rises in the east, and the avenue will go. Let's say 'Dao Jiang'. ”

"Gou Xi, thank you General Hu for the words!"

……

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Captain of the Cavalry, no, now he has a table word, hey, why didn't this king think of giving him a table word. is such a talent, and he actually let Hu Xuanwu, an old man, take the lead. That's it, let's get down to business, what do you think of the analysis of the general? ”

Tsk, you've said you're so talented, what do you want us to say? However, this analysis really makes sense.

"My lord, we think it's feasible."

"Good, then allocate 3,000 people from the Jingzhou army, and 2,000 people from us to the command of the Taoist generals, who will be fully responsible for strangling the thieves. Well, at first, the king took it for granted, this time he took all the cavalry back, and then let the general command the infantry to suppress the thieves. ”

"No, my subordinates will arrange it later."

……

"Your Majesty, the head of the minister, on the tenth day of the tenth month of October, the king went south to quell the rebellion. Lai Wu Emperor Tianwei, the rebel thief fled from the wind. Wang Shi marched all the way, and successively recovered Xincheng and Shangyong counties. Now the rebel thief is shrinking in a corner of the West City, and the day of destruction is not far away. However, the walls of Xicheng City are deep and deep, and the thieves are gathered in one place. It was urgent for a while. There were also a small number of thieves who attacked and harassed our army's grain ships on both sides of the Han River. Therefore, the war should not be good in a short time, and the minister has already ordered it...... Since the minister is ordered to beg the thief, he will fulfill his duties and return the head of the thief chieftain Cao Yi. ”

At the beginning of December, Sima Jun's watch seal was sent to Luoyang. Sima Yan immediately convened Pei Xiu, Jia Chong, Du Pre, Yang Jun and others to discuss the matter.

"Zhongqing, after reading the report of King Ruyin, what do you think?"

What can we say? What to recover the two counties of Xincheng and Shangyong? What about decapitation? If there is no beheading capital, it can only mean that these two counties have been given up by the enemy on their own initiative. Now the situation of the war is obvious: our army has not been able to take any advantage, not to mention, this grain route is also threatened.

"Your Majesty, the situation is clear now. After the thieves were concentrated in one city, the 20,000 soldiers of the King of Ruyin were a little insufficient. If the imperial court did not send reinforcements, at least in Xicheng, the troops of the King of Ruyin could not attack it, and could only besiege it. It's just that if this time is long, the grain road is really not safe. Moreover, it is difficult to say what variables there are. ”

"Well, the problem of grain maintenance, this method is good. The minister thinks it can be adopted. ”

"Du Qing, do you think you can send more reinforcements?"

"Your Majesty, reinforcements can be sent. It's just that the minister wants to remind His Majesty that according to His Majesty's will last month, in order to contain the troops of the Shu thieves in Yongzhou, now my country's troops in Bingzhou and Tongguan have begun to move. If you want to send reinforcements, you can only draw them from the Luoyang Central Army and the Jingzhou Army. However, of the 80,000 people in the Luoyang Chinese Army, 60,000 have been trained for less than a year. The minister was worried that if he sent these people to battle, he might suffer heavy casualties. ”

For Sima Yan, when he was born, the Sima family was already a high-ranking official of Cao Wei, and all along, due to the protection of his ancestors and fathers, he had no experience of his ancestors rolling in the army, and he had never even been on the real battlefield. So the life of a soldier is just a number for him.

But in recent years, the change in this number is shocking. Therefore, no matter how ungrounded he is, and no matter how seriously he doesn't take the lives of ordinary people, he, the emperor, can't squander the Luoyang Chinese Army at will.

Therefore, as soon as Du Yu said this, he immediately extinguished the idea of sending more Chinese troops.

"What about the Jingzhou Army?"

"Your Majesty, the Jingzhou army is now full of 30,000 people, and 10,000 have been sent to support King Ruyin. Now the movements of Eastern Wu are unknown, if the Jingzhou army is transferred again......"

"Humph! These Wu dogs, don't they want to betray the alliance again, right? ”

It's really hard to say. In fact, whether it is Cao Wei or Sima Jin, from the emperor to the officials, they all prefer to deal with Ji Han: simple and clear. This Soochow is really uncertain.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests that the king of Ruyin first surround the western city. Then step up the extermination of thieves in the mountains and forests and maintain the safety of the grain road. At the same time, pay close attention to the movements of Soochow. The minister's Jin Cao sent a message, saying that the Yangzhou Army of Eastern Wu had successively dispatched a large number of troops to Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. If Eastern Wu really acted against the Shu thieves according to the covenant, then we could draw troops from Jingzhou and even Yangzhou to support the King of Ruyin. ”

"The words of the general of the chariot are really the arguments of the old Chen Mouguo. Good, then reply to the king of Ruyin like this. Well, that Gou Dao general is very good, and there are still a lot of excellent young people in my Dajin. In this way, Du Qing can focus on him. If he performs well in the next battle to exterminate the thieves, it would be good to add him as the commander of the cavalry. ”

"Your Ministers obey!"

"Mao Xian, prepare pen and ink, I want to write a letter to the puppet emperor of Wu State. Should the two-country alliance be upheld? If he doesn't send any more troops, I'm going to turn my face. ”