Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Old Fox Who Fell into the Pit
The sun is gradually falling, and the originally beautiful and rich Qinchuan of 800 miles is devastated by the war, revealing a desolate atmosphere, without any twilight spring.
As an important town in Qinchuan, Yixian County also let out a heavy sigh in the sunset at this moment. Mourning is all over the field, and the land is full of hunger.
"Ziming, how much grain and grass is there in the city?" Han Sui looked at the shoddy food on the table in front of him and asked with a frown.
Han Sui originally thought that Yixian was responsible for supplying Huangfu Song's 30,000 troops with grain and grass, and the city naturally had enough grain and grass.
This time, Han then used the strategy of concealing the sky and crossing the sea, and led the army to attack Yixian. In order to speed up the march, the army was lightly armed and did not carry much grain and grass.
As a result, after they broke through Yixian and entered the city, Han Sui and the others were completely dumbfounded, and there was already little grain and grass left in the city. There was no way, so Han Sui had to order his son-in-law Yan Xing to go to Chencang to escort the grain and grass.
Han Sui didn't know that Dong Zhuo had already asked Li Ru to transfer most of the grain and grass in Yixian County to Meiyang in order to pit Emperor Fu Song, leaving only a little bit of old grain for a long time. As a result, even Dong Zhuo and Li Ru did not expect that Huangfu Song would be defeated in less than a month, and Yixian County was even taken by Han Sui.
When Dong Zhuo and the others learned of this unexpected result, they were all about to go crazy with laughter, this was really unintentional.
If Han Sui knew that all this was a pit dug by Dong Zhuo for Huangfu Song, and as a result, he rushed to jump in first, what would his expression be.
However, it is estimated that Han Sui will not know the reason for this, and it is basically difficult for him to climb out of this pit now.
"General Hui, the grain and grass in the city now is only enough for our army to barely hold out for two days. If General Yan can't bring grain and grass within two days, our army will run out of food. At that time, the army of 20,000 Qiang people will be out of control. ”
A young general who was sitting in meditation said with a sad face. He is Han Sui's military advisor, with the compound surname Cheng Gong, a single name Ying, a table name Ziming, and a native of Jincheng, Liangzhou. Cheng Gongying is quite loyal, during the Jian'an period, Han Sui's army defeated Huayin, the troops were scattered, and even Han Sui's son-in-law Yan Xing attacked Han Sui at night and took refuge in Xiahou Yuan. Only Cheng Gongying was alone until his death, accompanying him and assisting Han Sui to make a comeback. It was not until Han Sui died that Cheng Gongying defected to Cao Cao. (Note: Cheng Gongying only followed Han Sui in the last years of Zhongping, and in order to speed up the development of the plot, this time was advanced in the article.) )
Cheng Yin, who was beside Cheng Gongying, snorted coldly when he heard this, and complained: "There is no food and grass, the soldiers are scattered, what kind of battle are you fighting?" ”
Immediately after, he listened to the horse play and scolded: "And these Qiang people, it's not a good thing, a group of barbarians." ”
The other people in the lobby also echoed and cursed.
Han Sui had a gloomy face, and he was silent, and he did not stop the generals under his command from scolding the Qiang people. He Han Sui was originally a good Liangzhou worker, and he was a famous man all over the world, and even He Jin, the uncle and general of the court, treated him with great courtesy. Now, let these barbaric Qiang people be held hostage as the leader of the rebels. said that he was the leader, but sooner or later he would be exterminated by the imperial court, and in the end there was only a dead end.
It's just that the water is hard to recover, and he has no way back now but to go further and further on this road.
There may be another path, but that one is more difficult and bumpy, full of thorns. If you're not careful, you'll get out of control.
Cheng Gongying hurriedly persuaded: "Generals, be cautious, don't let trouble come out of your mouth. If we anger those Qiang people, we won't have a good life. ”
"Don't worry, everyone, I have asked Yan Xing to escort the grain and grass, and it will definitely arrive within these two days." Han Sui saw that Cheng Gongying stopped the subordinates who were scolding, and he also spoke to appease everyone.
When the crowd heard this, they stopped.
After the lobby returned to calm, Han Sui changed the topic and said, "Ziming, with the current situation, in your opinion, what should our army do next?" ”
Cheng Gongying said: "General Hui, judging from the current situation, our army has come from afar, and there is not much food and herbs, so we must fight quickly."
It's just that now there are 20,000 troops under the command of the broken general Dong Zhuo. He himself took the general Hua Xiong and others to lead an army of 10,000 troops to garrison Meiyang, and ordered his generals Xu Rong and Xu Huang to lead 10,000 troops to martial arts. The distance between the two cities was too close, only sixty miles away, and it only took a day for the army to go back and forth.
Now the two cities are horns of each other, if our army attacks Meiyang, then martial arts Xu Rong and Xu Huang will rescue Meiyang or directly attack our Yi County. On the contrary, if it is an attack on martial arts, Dong Zhuo will rescue martial arts or attack Yixian. In this way, it is difficult for our army to start. ”
When Han Sui heard this, he was not much surprised. With Han Sui's intelligence, such a simple situation can naturally be seen.
It's just that the current situation is also unexpected, in his original plan, Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song sent troops to attack Chencang together, and he led the army to take advantage of the emptiness of the three cities of Yixian County to take one of them down and cut off the back road of the Western Expeditionary Army. When the time comes, it will be able to defeat the army of Emperor Fu Song and Dong Zhuo. But what he didn't expect was that Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo did not get along, and the two fought openly and secretly, Dong Zhuo did not send troops to Chencang with Huangfu Song, but was stationed in Meiyang to recuperate. Therefore, they only attacked Yixian and defeated Huangfu Song, while Dong Zhuo's army was intact.
At this time, Han Sui went straight to the topic and asked Cheng Gongying: "Ziming has a way to solve it?" ”
After thinking about it, Cheng Gongying said: "Take martial arts first, and then take Meiyang." ”
Without waiting for Cheng Gongying to finish speaking, Li Kan, who has always been impatient and reckless, interjected and interrupted Cheng Gongying. "Didn't you just say that Dong Zhuo would be reinforced? Why do you have to fight martial arts first? ”
"Huh?"
Han Sui glared at Li Kan, then looked at Cheng Gongying and motioned for him to continue.
Cheng Gongying continued: "Our army must be divided into two routes and act at the same time in order to become a momentum. The general personally led the main force of the army to attack Wugong, and at the same time, he ordered another general to lead the troops to feint on Meiyang to contain Dong Zhuo's army in the city, so that he did not dare to act rashly and could not support Wugong. ”
Cheng Yindao: "Why do you take martial arts first, Meiyang is the closest to Yixian, and if you take Meiyang first, the soldiers will consume less physical strength?" ”
Cheng Gongying patiently explained: "Meiyang is garrisoned by Dong Zhuo, this person is famous for his bravery in Liangzhou, and there are many generals under his command, so he is invincible. And martial arts are only garrisoned by Dong Zhuo's two subordinates, although it is claimed that there are 10,000 soldiers and horses, it must be a bluff. When our army wins the martial arts, Meiyang will become an isolated city, and when our army takes Meiyang again, it will be easy. ”
"That's great!" Han Sui slapped the case and said loudly: "When Yan Xing returns from escorting grain and grass, our army will immediately send troops to attack martial arts." ”
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Under the setting sun, although the fields are green, they are also glowing with a little golden light.
A cavalry was now galloping across the field, and before the harvest came, the wheat was trampled by the horses' hooves, leaving only a mess and a dilapidated state.
Hua Xiong carried a big knife, and the BMW Heifeng under his crotch took the lead.
"Stop!" With a wave of his hand, Hua Xiong ordered the army to stop advancing.
A group of soldiers stopped their horses, looked fixedly, and saw Hua Xiong flying towards him.
"Report to the general, ten miles ahead, I found that there was an enemy brigade of soldiers and horses camping, and there were many grain trucks in the camp."
"This must be the enemy's troops escorting grain and grass, and there is no doubt that Lao Tzu has finally found it." Hua Xiong was overjoyed and ordered: "All the troops listen to the order, rest in place, and send troops to rob the camp at the same time." Remember, pay attention to concealment, forbid anyone to start a fire, and do not expose the objectives of our army. ”