It is not a simple matter to exterminate the cavalry on the battlefield, the cavalry is whistling and whistling, if you have the intention to hide, it is extremely difficult to catch the trace, which is also the reason why Liu Biao let Lu Bu go out. Pinshu.com

Back in the army, General Lu Bu handed over the major affairs to Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, led a thousand flying horses, and rushed to the battlefield with Ma Chao.

The news that Chen Lan successfully plundered the grain and grass of the princes came, which made the slightly silent Anfeng City lively, but all the generals who had gone through the war knew the importance of grain and grass to a large army.

After Yuan Shu learned the news, he was overjoyed, and directly crowned Chen Lan as the right general, and did not hesitate to praise everyone in front of everyone, and even praised Zhang Xun with him.

Zhang Xun's face couldn't stop smiling, what if Huaxiong was strong in martial arts and could take charge alone, he was the general who could save the Zhong family, since Huaxiong took refuge, he continued to provoke Zhang Xun's status in the army.

"Order Chen Lan to be cautious on the battlefield." Zhang Xun admonished.

Cutting off the enemy's food and grass is the easiest to get credit for, and it is also the easiest to annihilate the whole army.

"Meng Qi, I wonder if you have a clever plan to destroy the enemy's cavalry?" Lu Bu's eyes couldn't hide his admiration for Ma Chao.

Ma Chao hugged his fists and said: "Marquis of Jin, the number of thieves is only a thousand, but our army has 2,000 cavalry, and the Xiliang cavalry below is enough to break the thief army." ”

Seeing Ma Chao, who was full of confidence in his words, Lu Bu smiled slightly: "I don't know how Meng Qi found out this cavalry?" It must be known that the road from Yangzhou to Jingzhou is far away, and the cavalry of the thief army is uncertain, even if there are 10,000 cavalry, it is difficult to find the other party if they are willing to hide. ”

Ma Chao looked stunned, obviously taking into account the details, and pondered for a moment: "Since this thief army is here for the food and grass of the army, just wait at the places that must be passed along the way, and if they appear, lead the army to go." ”

"If we wait until then, won't the grain and grass be lost again, and at this time, the army's grain and grass are already running out, and if it is taken advantage of by the enemy army, it can only return in vain." Lu Bu asked with a smile, his heart was worried about the situation of the army, he didn't expect Yuan Shu to have such courage to dare to send cavalry to cut off the grain route.

"Please also ask the Marquis of Jin for advice." Ma Chao hugged his fists respectfully.

"Let's go to Xiyang first." Lu Budao.

Although Ma Chao was puzzled, he still led the army to follow Lu Bu, and after hearing Lu Bu's words, he also wanted to see how Lu Bu broke the enemy cavalry on the battlefield.

On the battlefield of Xiyang, there are still traces of burning grain and grass, and there are even wisps of dust and smoke on the side of some grain trucks, and the unique smell of burnt grain and grass permeates the surroundings.

Lu Bu turned over and dismounted, bowing his head and observing carefully.

"What is the Marquis of Jin looking for?" Ma Chao came and wondered, in his heart, Lu Bu should be a fierce general on the battlefield, the kind that has no power to fight back against the enemy who draws a sword and fights without a word, but Lu Bu's previous question made him quietly change this opinion, from Lu Bu's body, he saw not only domineering, but also careful, thinking of his father's previous teaching, Ma Chao was a little embarrassed.

As a general, not only must have the courage to rush to the battlefield, the invincible momentum, but also have the carefulness beyond ordinary people, any subtle situation on the battlefield may change the situation of the entire war.

"There are thousands of cavalry under Chen Lan's command, it is impossible for these cavalry to cover all the traces, there has just been a big battle here, the horseshoe prints will not be eliminated, you only need to observe the horse's hoof marks, you can roughly judge the movements of Chen Lan and others."

"It's just that there are a lot of horseshoe prints on the battlefield, not only Chen Lan and others, but also the cavalry of the Jingzhou Army, how can you determine where these people are going?"

"If Meng Qi is in charge of cutting off the enemy's grain route on the battlefield, what will he do after he succeeds in one blow?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

"Naturally, all the grain trucks were burned and the enemy's grain and grass were cut off." After Ma Chao finished speaking without hesitation, he suddenly became stunned.

After walking through the battlefield, Lu Bu ordered the army to choose a flat place to station, and Ma Chao was even more puzzled by this, "Marquis of Jin, since Chen Lan and other traitors can be found through the hoof prints of the war horse, why don't you go immediately?" ”

"Meng Qi is a little restless, it can be seen from the location chosen by Chen Lan to burn the grain and grass of the army, Chen Lan is a careful general, and there is a valley not far ahead, if it is an ambush here, wouldn't it be more effective, but Chen Lan chose this place." Lu Bu pointed to the mountain peak road in the distance.

"Why here?" Ma Chao felt that he had gained insight with Lu Bu.

"If Meng Qi is a general and sees a valley ahead, what will he do?"

Ma Chao pondered for a moment and said, "Immediately order the army to investigate the situation in the valley in detail to see if there are any invincible troops. ”

"What Meng Qi can think of, Chen Lan and Wang Wei must have thought of it, but Chen Lan arranged the ambush location here, in order to let the Jingzhou army relax their vigilance after passing through the valley, which led to the burning of the army's grain and grass." Lu Bu sighed, if Chen Lan really had such thoughts, it would be a little difficult to break Chen Lan on the battlefield this time.

But the battlefield has Yuan Shu's cavalry wandering, the pressure of transporting grain and grass is huge, the transportation of grain and grass is a huge consumption, when transporting grain and grass, not only livestock need grain and grass, but also the people and soldiers who are transported also need to eat, this is also the reason why it is difficult to transport grain and grass in the war, there are more people transporting grain and grass, and they do not wait for the arrival of the army, the grain and grass transported are almost eaten, and there are fewer people, if the enemy intercepts and kills on the battlefield, the grain and grass are difficult to protect, and it can be said that it is very difficult to do a good job of grain and grass.

War, not only the elite of the soldiers, but also the logistics of the guarantee to a greater extent, the timely delivery of grain and grass, for a war is of great significance, this is also after Gaozu Liu Bang owned the world, the first to reward is Xiao He.

After listening to Lu Bu's words, Ma Chao's eyes showed a contemplative look, if these words were told to him by another person, Ma Chao would definitely disdain them, but the person in front of him was the world-famous Marquis of Jin, and the weight of the words was worth thinking about.

"Young master, the Marquis of Jin is really careful." Pound whispered.

Ma Chao nodded slightly, "The Marquis of Jin was able to sweep the Xianbei cavalry and defeat the Jizhou army in Youzhou, there must be something extraordinary, and it was this general who underestimated the Marquis of Jin before." ”

Pang De was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was able to make the rebellious Ma Chao say this, and this crusade against Yuan Shu was not in vain.

The next day, Lu Bu discerned his direction and headed west.

Before Ma Chao rode the horse, he once again expressed his question, "Marquis of Jin, why to the west, Chen Lan and others may also be in the east, or north." ”

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