Chapter 90: Traps and Commands
"Yellow Turban Thief Cavalry? It seems that this is really the case, this group of cavalry always fled away before the army arrived, and while our army was unprepared, they swept in again, which is really a headache! What's the matter, could it be that the two lieutenants are planning to ask for help? The next day, Li Fu and Fang Sheng found Huangfu Song to talk about it, and the latter thought about it and asked rhetorically.
"If the general has an order, of course we are willing to go on the expedition! It's just that this Yellow Turban cavalry is even cunning, it's best to lure them with foot soldiers, and then I wait for the cavalry to suddenly surround and surprise with the infantry to destroy them in one fell swoop! The last general thinks that the corporal under General Li Bi has just joined the army, and he should be looked down upon by the other party! Li Fu stepped forward and said, they will be ready to find such a statement.
"No!" Cao Cao directly refused, "The other party has 5,000 cavalry, and Li Ming's command are all foot soldiers, and the cavalry is less than 300." In the event of an enemy charge, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”
Fools can see that the two will definitely stand by and come up with hundreds of excuses. Cao Cao could almost imagine that these two would inevitably sit back and watch Li Ming be killed, and then pretend to come to the rescue, and when the time comes, as long as they kill hundreds or thousands of thieves, even Huangfu Song will not blame them too much.
"Hmm...... Dawn, do you have any doubts? Huangfu Song looked at Li Ming, and whether he went or not naturally depended on Li Ming's meaning.
How did he not know that the two of them deliberately made things difficult for Li Ming, but the cavalry units of the entire army were the two colonels of Tun Cavalry and Yue Cai, if they didn't move, then who else could deal with a cavalry unit?
The enemy continued to attack and harass the baggage, and even launched two surprise attacks in a row, causing certain casualties, and the baggage troops also complained to some extent. If there is a logistical problem if he continues, then he will not be the third to go to prison.
"My subordinates can't answer right away, can you allow your subordinates to discuss with your subordinates?" Li Ming asked.
"As a partial general, you can't even be the master?" Li Fu sneered and said.
Li once promised his subordinates to return to their hometowns as much as possible. If the bait cannot be avoided, let them be psychologically prepared, otherwise Li is not a trustworthy person? Li Ming patted his chest and said.
"Okay, Shuguang, you go back and discuss, it's best to give me an answer before noon!" Huangfu Song nodded and said.
"Whoa!" Li Ming surrendered, and then returned to his camp, and explained to Xun Cai, and called everyone over.
When everyone was there, he told the story. Huangfu Song is also kind, and gave Li Ming the situation that the enemy has already detected, so that the officers under his command can understand the enemy's intelligence more directly.
"They're taking blatant revenge! Could it be that there will be no doubt about Zuo Zhonglang? Dian Jie's temper is the most straightforward, and he will say it directly if he is unhappy, but he has no worries at all. He joined Li Ming's command, and he didn't care about Huangfu Song's old age.
"Dian Sima!" Simbi reminded in a low voice, "Be careful that the wall has ears!" ”
"Besides, I'm afraid that General Zuo Zhonglang will also have a headache in this matter, and if you deal with cavalry, even if it is an infantry, you must at least be equipped with a crossbow, preferably a rhubarb crossbow, so that you have a chance of winning. If the lieutenants of Tunqi and Yueqi do not do their best, then the matter will naturally not be solved, and in the end, there will be no manpower and material resources wasted, and the court will not be able to take Zuo Zhonglang to ask for blame! Xi Zhicai briefly analyzed Huang Fu Song's psychology, and also understood that he would be forced to ask Li Ming what he meant.
The real problem is that this is clearly a ploy against Li Ming. Even he didn't need to suspect that the two of them would never make a move, they would just sit back and wait for the enemy to launch a charge, and then slowly come out to 'save the game'.
"Speaking of which, there's nothing wrong with this marching map, right?" Zhang Mo suddenly raised his head, "If the map is not wrong, then this army should have appeared near Taihang Mountain and attacked the rear of my army." In other words, within this range ......"
Zhang Mo gestured on the map and continued: "If you search carefully, you should be able to find their lair!" The last general is willing to share the sorrow of the Lord! ”
"The last general is willing to share the general's worries!" The rest of the crowd was not to be left behind and expressed their stance one after another. In fact, in Li Ming's view, they are more just stating their position, and they really want to let them go, unless they are brain-dead.
"What Captain Zhang said makes sense!" Xi Zhicai looked at the map, "It is not difficult to see from the map that the range of several enemy raids is probably in this area. The point is that the terrain of Taihang Mountain is complex, and it is not easy for us to find them. But on the other hand, because of the difficult terrain, if we hide in it, the other party may not be able to detect us! ”
As long as you don't find out, then there are many means that can be used. The easiest way is to lure the enemy deeper, even set up ambushes or traps, or even directly find ways to find and sneak attack their lair, as many means as possible!
"So, can we promise to come down?" Li Ming asked tentatively.
"If it's someone else, no! But if it's the lord, no problem! Xi Zhicai said with a smile, with Li Ming's situation, there is almost no difficulty in ordinary wars, especially the terrain is so complicated, and the possibility of being surrounded is very low.
"Okay, I'll go back and reply!" Li Ming stood up directly.
"Lord, wait a moment!" Xi Zhicai grabbed Li Ming, "Don't be so happy to reply in the past, but show great helplessness, and it's best to accept this task reluctantly, it's best to ask for benefits and more points, think about it in terms of armaments or materials, Zuo Zhonglang should be able to support it strongly!" ”
This is an inevitable result, Huangfu Song owes Li Ming in reason, so he naturally wants to compensate elsewhere. Children who can cry have milk to drink, and sometimes they behave so obediently that others may get used to it. When the time comes, you will be able to look up to you, and it is natural not to give it to you, then it will be a big loss!
"Oh, okay!" Li Ming thought about it and figured it out, some of the things in this system are really hard to evaluate.
Sure enough, Li Ming went directly to Huangfu Song with a sad face, saying how much he had spent to get the sons to agree to this action, and Huangfu Song really showed a guilty expression.
Li Ming took the opportunity to ask for benefits, but the latter naturally didn't dare not give it, and directly gave Li Ming a hundred of the only three hundred rhubarb crossbows. Don't look at it, the big yellow crossbow is a real weapon, except for the border army, it is rarely equipped, and it is not even allowed to be rationed if it does not go on an expedition. More than a hundred pairs of rhubarb crossbows, even Fang Sheng and Li Fu were somewhat greedy at the moment.
It's just that they are not infantry teams themselves, so they don't have too many thoughts. The key is that Li Ming has entered the pit, and they are more inclined to calculate him at the moment.
"Captain Fang, Captain Li, I've worked hard this time!" Li Ming cried and saluted the two directly.
"Well said, well said!" The two of them hurriedly smiled and nodded, looking like a villain's expression.
The next day, the three-way army began to set off, south to Qingyuan County, and then all the way to the west, with the ultimate goal of reaching Wu'an County. Along the way, the two of them were polite to Li Ming, with a posture of 'everything is wrapped up in me, and you can earn credit with peace of mind'.
"It's not happy, it's really unhappy, looking at their appearance, it makes people angry!" Li Ming coped perfunctorily on the surface, but after returning to the camp, he really couldn't pretend to be able to do so, so he complained directly.