Chapter 353: Reluctance to give up day and night
The deep mountains that the Han army sneaked at the moment are not as steep as the Shu road, but it is also difficult to walk, even if the Han army has been warned to be cautious along the way, but there are still more than ten soldiers who do not fall off the cliff, its steep momentum, it can be seen in general, which is also the reason why Huang Sui chose to camp troops here to hide grain.
Moreover, out of the decline of the cliff, the poisonous insects and poisonous snakes in the mountains are also a headache, Rao is to carry all the sulfur and other things in the original army to prevent snakes and insects, or there are many soldiers who were bitten by poisonous insects and died, and even a few people were bitten by the sudden appearance of poisonous snakes and killed immediately, which can be described as difficult.
As soon as it was down, there were dozens of non-combat attrition in the army, but the good news for Fu Quan was that among the dozens of non-combat attrition soldiers who lost for no reason, only five were the original Ban Yu barbarians led by themselves.
In addition to the three people who were bitten to death by poisonous insects and poisonous snakes, the other two accidentally fell off the cliff and died because the road was not clear, otherwise if they were familiar with the mountain roads of Lujiang, these two people would not be able to die, fortunately, most of the deaths were those rebel soldiers, otherwise, the elite barbarians brought out by themselves, one more death is enough for Fuquan to feel distressed for a long time, after all, these are the elite soldiers who have been trained for a long time, not those ordinary cannon fodder.
In the afternoon of this day, after a long and tortuous mountain journey, the army finally arrived at the place where the rebels were stockpiled on the map of Qinchuan.
After inquiring about the soldiers who surrendered after the rebels who had come to the grain storage place to transport grain, and the real location of the rebel grain storage place that Qin Chuan sacrificed, Fu Quan asked Qin Chuan to lead the way and went straight to the rebel grain storage place. This is also the reason why they were able to quickly reach the place where the rebels were storing food in the middle of this majestic mountain in only five days.
Presumably, the current Huang Sui may have just gotten the news from the rebel soldiers who were defeated by the Han army's counter-ambush last time and fled in all directions, and just knew that Mahu's soldiers were defeated by Fuquan, and he never imagined that Fuquan could reach his grain storage place so quickly and give him a fatal blow, which is an excellent prerequisite for the Han army to succeed in this sneak attack.
The place where Huang Sui chose to store grain is also surrounded by mountains, with high mountains and dense forests, and majestic terrain. The knife-like cliff rises from the ground, the top of the cloudy sky, the dangerous peak stands upright, it is daunting, as if it was split by someone with a giant axe, the towering peak, abruptly pulled, the wall stands thousands of miles, stretching the mountain range for hundreds of miles.
Next to the cliff where the grain is tuned, there are many cliffs nearby, all of which have been hoarded and stationed by Huang Sui, making the mountains of this hundred miles densely covered with rebel flags, reminding outsiders that the number of soldiers and horses stationed here is too large to be underestimated.
Of course, those flags that can be seen are already dense, and others are shocked, in this long and narrow mountains, it is estimated that there are no more than 5,000 soldiers, which can still be seen by people, and even more can be seen by people in the mountains.
According to Qin Chuan, although Huang Sui has never fought and is not good at military affairs, he also knows the importance of grain and grass, in order to ensure the safety of the grain and grass of more than 120,000 troops accumulated by him in the two counties, Huang Sui not only set up soldiers and horses to guard grain and grass in the open, but also set up a lot of secret posts in the dark places that cannot be seen in the mountains, which is to prevent people from lurking in to investigate, which can be described as quite strict.
In short, although the number of rebels defending grain and grass is actually not much, but with the geographical advantage of the cover of the mountains, it is better to be dense, so that the small people are unable to defend themselves, and if others want to attack, they have no other way but to uproot those rebels who are guarding the mountains one by one.
What Fu Quan didn't know was that in history, it was precisely because Huang Sui took advantage of the steep terrain of the mountains and mountains in the south of Shu County to set up troops and establish countless cottages by mountains and rivers, which made him repeatedly undefeated in the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army, until a few years later he was defeated by Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, who was extremely capable.
It is precisely because of this that these cottages where Huang Sui was stationed in the Tun soldiers have become quite well-known ancient ruins in the future, and later generations have named those relics after the story of the Huang Sui Uprising, so that they left Huangtun, Huang Shanzhai, Huang Yanchong, Beacon Pier, Shuai Qifeng and other famous relics and ruins.
At night, it was not quiet, and the chirping of the summer cicadas and the frolicking of the rebel soldiers in the opposite valley shattered the silence that should have existed in the middle of the night.
"Ahh
"Prince, is it okay?"
"It's okay, it's too cold in the mountains, so it's okay."
Fu Quan, who was lurking in the grass, couldn't help but sneeze, and Guan Yu, who was frightened, hurriedly cared about the inquiry, after all, the temperature difference between morning and evening in the mountains in summer is large, and people are extremely prone to cold, so they get a cold because of it, and now the army does not carry a medical craftsman who is in the way. If something happens to the commander of Fuquan's army, there are three longs and two shorts, and they will lose their backbone.
Frankly speaking, the camp built by the rebels did not look like a camp at all, plus the rebel soldiers who were born with mud legs in the village, there was not much military discipline in the uprising, and now they are being sent to guard the grain at the much safer grain storage place in the rear, and they are even more lawless and wanton playing.
Don't they know that such an important place for the protection of hoarding grain and grass must be silenced at night, and at the same time strictly patrolled to prevent the enemy from prying eyes? If Fuquan was given enough troops, with the Han army's sophisticated siege equipment, it would not be difficult for him to pull out these camps in this situation.
It's just that it's easy to pull out, how to take down all the defending troops here in the shortest possible time, and burn all the grain and grass hoarded inside, this is the most difficult. After all, he didn't attack here to kill people, but to burn the rebels' grain and grass, and only by destroying the rebels' grain and grass could the Han army quickly eliminate the rebels in the entire grand strategy.
However, if Fuquan's sneak attack lasted too long and attracted the attention of Huang Sui and the other rebel troops, who rushed to support, then his surprise attack strategy would have been in vain. Therefore, after an afternoon of contemplation, Fu Quan discussed with his commander for a long time, and finally chose an extremely risky method to implement the strategy of this sneak attack.
The night was still slowly changing, gradually making people feel cold, many people's eyelids were a little drooping, and even Fuquan felt sleepy. However, he had important things to do tonight, and he couldn't sleep, so he tried hard to find the people next to him to talk and gossip, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong were not very disturbed, and avoided them one after another, only Qin Chuan, who had just taken refuge, listened to Fuquan's nonsense with a wry smile.
"The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night, Wen Han's word is interesting."
"Back to the prince, the family teacher chose the word 'Wenhan' for the lower officials back then, which was intended to encourage the lower officials to study hard."
"Indeed, wonderful! Wonderful! ”
As he spoke, Fu Quan and Qin Chuan talked to him about his cousin, which also made the two talk to each other a lot.
The name of "Wenhan", look at its meaning, you will know to cherish it in literary affairs, after all, learning is not easy to come by, this sentence just corresponds to the "Analects" in the "Zi Zai Chuan said: 'The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night'" The meaning of cherishing time, it can be said that the name is far-reaching.
Talking and talking, and finally arrived at the rebel camp opposite, the sound of the soldiers was scarce, presumably those rebels were tired of playing and resting around, at this time, it was the opportunity for the Han army to dispatch......
Zi Zaichuan said: "The deceased is like a husband, reluctant to give up day and night." ”
Excerpt from "The Analects of Zihan"