Chapter 887: Falling short
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Liu Bei's big tent of the Chinese army was surrounded by overwhelming rain, huge raindrops beat the tent like a war drum, and a brazier was erected in the middle of the ground.
Sun Qian accompanied Liu Bei to sit next to the brazier to roast the fire, there was a small wine jug on the brazier, and now the wine was warm, and there was a faint aroma of wine, which was in the mouth of the wine jug, slowly overflowing, making people already intoxicated when they smelled it.
The battle between the two armies had been in battle for a long time, but it was indeed boring, and the enemy could not hold on to the strong walls, leaving his 100,000 troops helpless. Although the enemy's reinforcements came to the rescue, they hesitated 300 miles away, and finally retreated 50 miles, which made Liu Bei very disappointed.
"If our plan to encircle and send reinforcements continues in this way, I am afraid it will fail."
Sun Gan poked his hands, also frowning: "Let us put up a guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will not dare to move forward with all his strength, if he really retracts, we will be helpless against him." โ
Listening to the dense raindrops like war drums beating on his tent, the dense sound that could not be heard made Liu Bei feel unbearable, and then ordered a personal guard beside him: "Go to the front line in the rain, let General Ma Chao take him to ambush the men and horses back, such a windy and rainy day, no matter who it is, can no longer do anything, let the soldiers drench in the field with such a torrential rain, the body and bones will not be able to stand it." โ
Liu Bei is not a fool, if he encircles the point to send reinforcements, he must be prepared to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and he also knows that Sima Yi has 20,000 cavalry in his hands, if he really attacks, it is just that he can kill in front of his eyes in one day and night.
Fortunately, Liu Bei was very pleased, because he had a general in his hand who knew the best about cavalry, that was Xiliang Ma Chao. Although Ma Chao no longer has a cavalry commander, with his familiarity with cavalry, there is definitely a way to deal with it by taking the infantry to ambush a cavalry unit.
But at this time, God suddenly rained this heavy rain, making the heavens and the earth become chaotic, in such weather, even a ghost will hide in his netherworld, who can carry out large-scale military operations? In such weather, if anyone launches a large-scale military operation, he will be completely defeated by this weather without the enemy attacking him, which is a matter of common sense.
And the 50,000 men and horses in ambush brought by Ma Chao are the most elite troops in his control, and the Bai'er Army that was pieced together in the Middle East is condensed by his own painstaking efforts and handed over to Ma Chao's command, which is to prepare to intercept Sima Yi's cavalry on the way and complete the effect of a battle.
But God has this heavy rain, and his brothers are ambushed in the wild, and they will be drenched, first of all, it is impossible for the enemy to attack again in such ghost weather, and Liu Bei is indeed benevolent, caring and sympathetic to the soldiers, which is the foundation of his life, and it really can't be reflected at this time.
Sun Gan also didn't think that such a disposal was inappropriate, in such a ghost weather, the enemy would never march forward again, those ambush postures were simply useless, such a downpour, under the drenching, the soldiers would have cold disease, and the combat effectiveness would be greatly damaged, especially in this era, being drenched in a heavy rain would kill people, this is a matter of common sense, so Sun Gan thinks that this kind of treatment is very appropriate.
Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Cao Cao and Lu Peng really have different methods and means of raising soldiers, but they can all make the soldiers work for themselves.
Lu Peng's method is high enviable welfare, Cao Cao's method is to have an absolute thunderbolt means, Sun Chuan's method is to let the soldiers have a comfortable life, Liu Bei's method is to infinitely care for the soldiers, this is the means that individuals can do to buy the hearts of the people.
When the order was issued, Liu Bei and Sun Qian were beside the brazier, drinking gentle wine while they began to talk about the situation in front of them, in fact, there was nothing new, how many times they had said.
But this time all the main thing is the problem of flood control, the army of more than 100,000 horses stationed here, plus the forage camp of the people, so spread out, stretching for more than ten miles, the terrain is not equal, it is inevitable that there will be flash floods, flooding the tents of the soldiers, if there is a mudslide again, then the consequences will be quite serious.
So the two of them carefully calculated where to prevent floods and where to guard against mudslides, and then prepared to move the camps that were in danger when the rain was a little lighter to ensure the safety of the soldiers.
"A rainstorm, although our strategy to encircle the point to send reinforcements went bankrupt, so that Chen Guocheng got a chance to breathe, but this is nothing, the initiative is still in our hands, as long as the heavy rain stops, we can still calmly arrange."
While she was talking, a group of generals rumbled into the big tent, Liu Bei looked up, it was Ma Chao who was the leader, and it was his group of brothers who followed her.
For Ma Chao, Liu Bei is very honored to him now, seeing Ma Chao who was covered in rain coming in, Liu Bei immediately stood up, picked up the rag he had prepared a long time ago, and went up to wipe the rain on Ma Chao's body, Ma Chao couldn't even hide it.
There is a difference between the top and bottom, in this era of strict hierarchy, Ma Chao, who has always been treated like this by the lord, has always had to be moved to tears, and his body that was originally drenched in rain couldn't help but tremble lightly with excitement.
"Hurry up, hurry up, come here, the wine here is warm, hurry up and take a sip to warm up." Liu Bei didn't have a shelf, pulled Ma Chao, beckoned a few brothers behind him, and hurriedly sat down around the brazier.
Sun Qian obediently picked up the wine jug and gave it to every general.
After thanking the lord, Ma Chao took a sip of wine, let his stomach have some temperature, and then raised his head and said with a solemn face: "I don't know why the lord suddenly asked us to come back, but what big thing happened?" โ
Liu Bei replied with a smile: "Today's heavy rain is pouring, in such bad weather, I don't think the enemy will do anything, let the soldiers ambush in the wilderness again, and they will freeze to death." Then he said to the soldiers beside him: "You should immediately arrange some wine and meat for those soldiers who have just returned to the camp and are ambushing outside." โ
Hearing such an order, Ma Chao not only did not cry gratefully, but changed color: "Lord, you are so confused, just for the sake of sympathy for the soldiers, we will call back the soldiers who are in ambush, in case the enemy launches a surprise attack, we will defeat the whole army." โ
Liu Bei shook his head nonchalantly: "The general said that he was joking, how could anyone still act in such bad weather?" โ
"Otherwise, the best thing for cavalry is to run thousands of miles, under such a downpour, our soldiers will be even more slack, once the enemy sneaks in, the consequences will be unimaginable."
Liu Bei was about to comfort the impatient general again, but at this time, outside the tent door, a person suddenly rushed in, but it was his nephew Liu Peng, Liu Peng was full of panic and reported loudly to Liu Bei: "The lord of Qi, the prime minister, Zhuge Liang has an urgent official document delivered." โ
Zhuge Liang's official document must not be delayed, Liu Bei immediately tore open the seal and took out the slip inside, with only a few words scribbled on it: "All arms war, be careful of sneak attacks." โ
Just when Liu Bei was shocked, there were already bursts of muffled thunder in the sky.
(End of chapter)
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