"Well, if you insist on this, then this matter will be left to you. What do you think? He said.

Although I have made a certain regression, in this way, it has undoubtedly turned Zhang Mingtong, a deputy general, into a logistics role to guard the grain road.

But for this, Zhang Mingtong was not angry at all. As a Wanhu, he is loyal to Zhang Shihua, and this time he has no idea of competing with Zhang Shihui.

Therefore, seeing that Zhang Shihui finally agreed to his proposal, his face was happy, and he couldn't help but immediately respond: "The last general will obey the order." That being the case, the general will gather his troops and horses now, and set off in the afternoon. ”

"Okay, in that case, I'll ask Mingtong to pass you." Seeing Zhang Mingtong, even if he agreed, Zhang Shihui's prejudice against Zhang Mingtong in his heart was invisibly much less. So at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart.

But Zhang Mingtong didn't know about this. At this time, he just bent down to Zhang Shihui again, and then retreated in stride.

……

More than an hour later, the black-clad barracks outside the city walls. Under the order of Zhang Mingtong of Wanhu, the three thousand black-clothed soldiers couldn't help but follow him, left the army, and turned back in the direction they came.

"Look, General. That black-clad thief seems to have withdrawn? For this, the guards on the city wall checkpoint naturally noticed it at the first time. Therefore, a personal guard next to De'an Wanhu Libo couldn't help but say something like this to Wanhu Libo.

However, for this, Li Bo is naturally not as naïve as a pro-soldier. On the contrary, at this time, he couldn't help but sigh silently.

Withdraw troops. There were nearly 15,000 black-clothed thieves, and in this battle, they suffered only 300 casualties. With such casualties, for the army of black-clothed thieves, it can be said that they have not even been injured by the fur, how could they withdraw their troops. If the expectation is good, this black-clothed thief eight achievements are to guard against the grain road.

Thinking so silently in his heart, Li Bo's originally happy face couldn't help but become a lot more gloomy.

"Quick, the general has an order. Ordered to follow the military craftsmen and the king's nineteen divisions, and make every effort to build trebuchets, nest cars, and crashes in preparation for the siege! At the same time, outside the city wall checkpoint, under the command of Zhang Shihui, the black-clothed army also couldn't help but cut down trees on a large scale to build siege equipment.

Under the actions of the black-clothed army, the officers and soldiers on the city wall, the atmosphere that was still happy and active couldn't help but gradually become depressed.

……

There was no word for a day, and in the blink of an eye, a few hours passed, the sun set, and the sky couldn't help but get dark.

And it was at this time of night, in a courtyard with many soldiers and horses defending in this Suizhou checkpoint, in the front hall, De'an Wanhu Li Bo and his thousands of officials under his account couldn't help but gather here to discuss the matter of breaking the enemy and resisting the enemy.

"Generals, the situation is critical at this time. So I wonder if your generals have any good ways to defeat the enemy? Above the main seat in the hall, Wan Hu Li Bogao sits, and a pair of bright eyes scanned the people in the hall with the help of the lights in the hall, and couldn't help asking.

"General, the black-clothed army can be said to be far superior to our army in terms of strength and equipment. So if our army wants to defeat the Black Thief, then the best way is to win by surprise. The generals looked at each other and were silent for a long time, but it was Wu Kang, a thousand households in Suizhou, who stood up first, and then said such a thing.

And Li Bo heard Wu Kang say this. silently looked at Wu Kang in the hall, but couldn't help but nod.

"General Wu, there is some truth in what you said. But I don't know, how can our army 'win by surprise'? The interested Libo continued to ask.

"General, you know. The black-clothed thieves outside the city wall checkpoint were killed from Xiangyang. And if you come from Xiangyang, you can only take the official road between Xiangsu, which is more than 300 miles and has fallen into disrepair. And now our army has used the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls.

Therefore, in this way, the supply of food for the black-clothed thief will definitely be stretched. Therefore, at this time, if our army wants to win by surprise, the most effective way is to sneak attack their grain routes. The army will disperse if there is no food. As long as our army can block their food routes, then it will not take a few days for the black-clothed thieves outside the checkpoint to collapse without a fight. Wu Kang said this word by word, but in a calm and slow tone, there was confidence in it.

At this time, when everyone heard Wu Kang's words, they couldn't help but agree.

"Yes, General Wu is right. The official road from Xiangyang is in disrepair, long and far away, and with so many soldiers and horses of the black-clothed army coming to attack us, their food supply will definitely not be easy. Our army uses sneak attacks and harassment methods to block their food routes, and we will certainly be able to achieve surprising results. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll do this too. If we want to defeat the Black Thief, this method should be the best. After all, the army will be dispersed if there is no food. ”

All of a sudden, the generals echoed it, and it seemed that they were so united.

However, at this time, after Uncle Li in the hall coughed lightly, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Don't think too simply. Have you seen the 3,000 soldiers and horses who withdrew and returned today? If the general's prediction is correct, the 3,000 soldiers and horses who left this afternoon should have gone to guard their grain route.

The black-clothed thieves can easily divide 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard the grain route, but how many soldiers and horses can we divide to sneak attack? Li Bo said this, and after the words fell, the atmosphere in the hall that had finally become active couldn't help but become depressed again.

Yes, the black-clothed army outside the city can send 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard their own grain routes. But under the all-out attack of more than 10,000 black-clothed troops, how many troops and horses can they divide to sneak attack? It is estimated that there will be no more than two thousand people at most. And in order to keep it secret and not be discovered by the enemy, they can send less than a thousand soldiers and horses at most in a sneak attack.

As soon as the thought came to this, how could this group of officers and soldiers not suppress it.

However, at this time, what Li Bo didn't expect was that Wu Kang, who was standing in the hall, actually spoke again.

"General, listen to me." Wu Kang stood upright at the bottom of the hall, bent over, clenched his fists, bowed, and then used a small voice to gather the eyes of everyone in the hall to him again.

"General Wu has something to say, and he just has to say." Seeing this, Li Bo waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.

"Yes. General, for the things of the day, the last general naturally knows about it. But generals, sneak attacks don't have to be a lot of soldiers. That's right, during the day, the black-clothed thieves did send 3,000 soldiers and horses to guard the grain road. But even from Zaoyang, Zaoyang City is still more than two hundred miles away from here.

And with such a long grain road, it is not easy to defend it. Moreover, I have confidently observed that the number of black-clothed thieves outside the level should be about 11,000 to 12,000. However, despite the fact that there were so many soldiers and horses, there was not much place for them to store food in their camp.

Based on the estimation of their grain storage, the food of the more than 10,000 black-clothed thieves should be enough for them to eat for another three days. And this means that by three days at the latest, the grain convoy of the black-clothed thieves will definitely come. However, according to the celestial phenomena observed by the last general, from the day after tomorrow to the day after tomorrow, there will be heavy rain here. ”

"What, there will be heavy rain! Can you be sure? Hearing Wu Kang say this, Li Bo's face couldn't help but show a touch of joy.

As Wu Kang's top boss, he is naturally very clear about Wu Kang's background. Therefore, he knew that this inconspicuous thousand households under his command actually had the ability to observe the sky and predict wind and rain. The reason why Li Bo promoted him to a thousand households at the beginning actually has a lot to do with this matter.

Therefore, when he heard Wu Kang say this, he couldn't help but believe Wu Kang's words.

"Yes. General, although I dare not promise you, the last general is seventy percent sure. Wu Kang said.

"Seventy percent sure" Hearing Wu Kang's words, Li Bo touched the beard on his chin and couldn't help but ponder.

"Okay, seventy percent sure but enough. If there is heavy rain the day after tomorrow, the black-clothed thief's grain transport team will definitely be temporarily trapped in the road because of the heavy rain. And leading troops to sneak attack them on a rainy night should also be the biggest opportunity for us to successfully grasp it. So this time, we're going to have to take a gamble anyway. Li Bo's mouth said this, his eyes flashed, and he couldn't help waving his fist vigorously.

"General Wu, I will leave this matter to you. But you know, I'm only going to give you a maximum of 800 pawns, and we're only going to have this one chance. So whether you win or lose, it's all up to you. Saying this, Li Bo couldn't help but bow to Wu Kang.

Seeing this, Wu Kang's face couldn't help but be shocked. "Rest assured, this time, the last general will also do his best to fight with his life." Wu Kang assured in front of everyone that it was equivalent to making a military order in front of everyone.

So after hearing Wu Kang's words, the generals in the hall couldn't help but feel a little respect in their eyes when they looked at Wu Kang.

……

"General, Ma Qianhu has already led his troops to escort this grain convoy to departure. With a thousand elite soldiers of our black-clothed army, plus a militia with weapons in the food delivery team. In this grain transport team, the number of people who can fight has reached more than 2,000. More than 2,000 soldiers and horses escorted a grain team, unless the Tartars are ready to give up their defensive checkpoints and take out half of the soldiers and horses to sneak attack, otherwise our grain transport team will definitely be fine. ”

On the afternoon of the next day, almost 90 miles away from the Suizhou checkpoint, the commander of the guards under Zhang Mingtong's account couldn't help but report to Zhang Mingtong like this.

Yes, for another whole day, Zhang Mingtong, who was lightly marching, returned ninety miles non-stop along the direction he came, and Zhang Mingtong led 3,000 soldiers and horses to catch up with a team transporting grain.

This contingent of grain transporters is very large, with more than 3,000 people carrying grain, and more than 200 grain trucks transporting grain. They carried enough food for more than 14,000 soldiers and thousands of mules and horses for five days. Therefore, in order to protect this batch of grain, after Zhang Mingtong intercepted a batch of grain for his own use, he couldn't help but send his subordinates Ma Qianhu, with a thousand soldiers and horses, to escort this batch of grain.

As for himself, at this time, he was stationed in an abandoned village next to the official road almost eighty miles away from the level.

Because this place is almost the middle of the grain transportation road, he led 2,000 soldiers and horses to garrison here, which naturally means that he can bring the entire grain road under his control.

After all, since the cavalry could not participate in the siege battle, he still had a thousand elite horsemen with him this time.

With the speed at which the cavalry came and went like the wind, he was stationed in this area, so to speak, as long as the situation was normal. Then if an accident occurs anywhere on the grain transportation road, he can also rush to the place where the accident occurred as quickly as possible. In this way, the harm of sneak attacks and harassment of grain routes by officers and soldiers was naturally minimized.

But I don't know what's wrong, but at this time he always feels a little uneasy.

But what his personal guard commander was right was right. A full 1,000 black-clothed soldiers, plus 1,000 armed civilians who escorted grain and grass in the grain transportation procession. The grain convoy that had just left had more than 2,000 people able to fight.

More than 2,000 people, even if the grain transport team walked very slowly because they had to escort the grain, they could only travel more than 40 miles a day. But Zhang Mingtong didn't think that under the escort of more than 2,000 people, there was still a possibility of an accident with the grain.

After all, there are only a few soldiers and horses in Suizhou, and if they want to eat a batch of grain transportation teams escorted by more than 2,000 horses, it is impossible unless God is helping them.

Zhang Mingtong thought so in his heart. Then, when he was relieved by such self-comfort, he stopped thinking about it. Instead, he sent two hundred of his horsemen to inspect the long grain route.

And just like that, after a few hours had passed, the sun had set, and the time could not help but be at night again. And because Zhang Mingtong himself admires Zhang Shihua very much, Zhang Mingtong often imitates Zhang Shihua in terms of governing the army.

No, at this time, Zhang Mingtong couldn't help but learn from Zhang Shihua, and at night, he walked to inspect this camp.

"Hey, it's hot!" It's been almost June, and the weather is naturally hot. So at night, even though the soldiers were wearing only one single coat, many of the soldiers couldn't help but sigh while wiping the sweat from eating hot rice on their foreheads.

"yes, it's hot and stuffy. But this kind of weather has been going on for several days, and it is estimated that it will not be long before it will rain heavily. During the inspection, a soldier subconsciously said something, but Zhang Mingtong, who was inspecting the camp, couldn't help but stop suddenly.

"It's raining heavily" suddenly heard these three words, but Zhang Mingtong, who has always been calm, couldn't help but beat wildly in his heart.

Because at this time, he finally knew why he was restless during the day.

(To be continued.................. ）