Chapter 440: Liu Bei's army is dispatched, and Xu Shu temporarily avoids the edge
Is Liu Bei in a hurry? Of course it's urgent!
After learning the news, Liu Bei was in a hurry and summoned all the civil and military generals to discuss countermeasures.
"Chengdu has a cloud chief guard, filial piety and direct assistance, and the lord can be worry-free. It's just that the grain and grass of the Jiangyou battalion are lost, and the 70,000 troops of Jiameng Pass, Jiange, and Zitong City will run out of food in less than a month......"
As Xun You analyzed, the breaking of Fuguan and Mianzhu is not a fatal thing for Liu Beijun. But the grain and grass in the Jiangyou camp really cut off their back road, which is a burden that Liu Beijun can't bear! If you want to raise these 100,000 loads of grain and grass, one is laborious, and the other is time-consuming. Such a large amount of grain and grass can only be mobilized from Chengdu and other big cities, but the road from Chengdu to Zitong has been occupied by the Hanzhong army, where can the grain be transported?
Why didn't Liu Bei know these truths?
"How did these Hanzhong troops arrive in the hinterland of Shuzhong!" Liu Bei patted the case in front of him, and he was extremely angry. But what's the use of anger? If anger could kill the enemy, Xu Shu and Zhang Ren would have been killed a hundred times or ten thousand times by Liu Beijun's generals.
"Divine soldiers descend from the sky~ Perhaps, only the legendary Yinping Ancient Road can explain what the Hanzhong Army did!" Zhang Song muttered in a low voice.
Zhang Song, the word Qiao, a native of Chengdu, Shu County, was born in a big family, his appearance is not good, his talent is extraordinary, he was promoted to Maocai when he was young, and he was appointed to the position of Yizhou. After Liu Yan became the owner of Yizhou, he disliked Zhang Songwu's short stature and thief eyebrows, and he was unwilling to reuse it. Zhang Song was resentful because of this. After Liu Bei entered Shu, he heard his great name, Corporal Lixian, and soon won Zhang Song's allegiance. Liu Bei was able to make a wide range of friends in a short period of time, thus defeating Liu Zhang and occupying Yizhou, and Zhang Song contributed a lot.
"Yin Ping Ancient Road?"
"Exactly! The old people in Shu passed on an ancient road by mouth. Different from the Yinping Righteous Road, this is a dangerous road where the mountains are as high as the clouds, and the Xuanhe is still timidly flying, and it is necessary to climb over the Sky Ridge, which is known as the Ghost Gate. This ancient road has been passed down for hundreds of years, but no one has ever been able to verify the existence of this ancient road. Later, it was slowly forgotten that it was just a legend......"
"What Ziqiao means is that the Hanzhong Army flew through the Yinping Ancient Road, flew over the constraints of Jiameng Pass and Sword Pavilion, and went straight to the hinterland of Shuzhong?"
"Besides, Matsumi doesn't know how else to achieve this impossible thing!" Zhang Song nodded.
"My lord! Let's return to Chengdu with the army! Xun Yu sighed and persuaded, "As the so-called soldiers can't go without food for a day!" If our army can't exterminate those enemy bandits who have wandered into Shu, it will not be able to feed an army of 70,000 at all by relying on the land of Zitong alone! ”
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and understood what Xun Yu meant. Now it is of little significance to explore how the Hanzhong sergeant entered Shu. The biggest problem now is to solve the problem of feeding the 70,000-strong army, and second, to solve the enemy army entering Shu as soon as possible and stabilize Sichuan. As for the reason, if you defeat the enemy, isn't it clear?
Liu Bei Nai was a man of iron will, and he suffered a blow in a hurry, but he quickly adjusted his mood and returned his attention to the key issues.
"The army has returned to the division, who can guard Zitong?" Liu Bei asked.
"Liu Feng, the deputy general of the army, is both civil and military, and can be the main general; Tong Bingzhong General Sun Qian, Tong Ram Spring and Autumn, rich in strategy, can be a long history; Captain Ling Bao and Captain Liu Bi have good martial arts and can be partial generals. ”
"Good, according to what Gongda said, he ordered Liu Feng to be the main general, Sun Qian to be the chief general, Ling Bao and the school captain to be the deputy generals, lead 10,000 troops, and assist Liu Feng to guard Zitong."
"The child swears to defend Zitong to the death!" Hearing Liu Bei's order, Liu Feng, the seventeen-year-old son, was so excited that he hurriedly clenched his fists and took his life.
Liu Bei nodded with a relieved face, under the current situation, the use of young people is also a last resort. Although Liu Feng is young, he has a resolute personality, extraordinary martial arts, and has the potential to be a general. With the assistance of Sun Qian, who has a calm personality, he should be worry-free to stick to Zitong.
"Besides, how much food and grass do we have for our army?"
Xun You replied: "Normal consumption is enough for one month, and half of it can be used for two months." ”
"On the front-line battlefield, how can the military rations be halved? Pass on my generals, the army will bring fifteen days of military rations back to Chengdu with the general, and the rest of the food will be left for Zitong, Jiange and Jiamengguan in case of emergency! ”
"The lord is wise!" After arranging the military affairs of Guanghan, Liu Bei took Xun You, Zhang Song and 40,000 troops to Shuzhong non-stop. Hanzhongjun's plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle this time was too vicious, which made Liu Beijun fall into a state of complete passivity, and had to be led by Xu Shu.
And just when Liu Bei was leading the army to find Xu Shu's bad luck, Xu Shu led more than 10,000 people to quietly hide in the Silkworm Po Mountain in the south of Zitong City. Silkworm is silk, Shuzhong legend teaches the people to plant mulberry and raise silkworms. "Shu is dedicated to the "Gu Father Silkworm Mother". Silkworm Po Mountain mountain shape twists and turns, its momentum is majestic, the pines and cypresses are verdant, the cover day is cloudy, the quiet and verdant, the bird song does not stop, the forest hides the ancient temple, the wind is elegant and quiet. Lingao overlook, the Tongcheng in the distance is in full view, the Tongjiang River meanders, flows around the mountain, is the jade barrier in the south of the city.
"General, Liu Bei's army returned in a hurry, why didn't we ambush them halfway?" Deng Xian asked himself to understand some tactics of war, and saw that Xu Shu was a good talker, so he lost no time in suggesting a few words, first, to show his ability, and secondly, to express his loyalty.
Xu Shu knew that he was careful, and he didn't say anything, but just asked: "What do you think is the most important thing in the ambush war?" ”
Deng Xian thought for a moment and said, "Dangerous terrain? Plenty of troops? ”
Xu Shu shook his head: "It's unexpected!" The most important thing is to surprise the enemy, so that we can win more with less and defeat the strong with the weak. Now, our army has attacked Jiangyou, Fuguan and Mianzhu one after another, do you think Liu Beijun will still be defenseless against us? ”
Deng Xian shook his head: "No!" Liu Bei is the most eloquent person the last general has ever seen...... Of course, there is still a certain distance from you, the general. “
Xu Shu was happy and smiled at Deng Xian's sycophancy.
At the beginning, Liu Bei, the general of the left, relied on his own strategy to help the young emperor Liu Wei calculate the three major groups of eunuchs, relatives, and Qingliu party members, and almost led the royalists to rejuvenate the Han family. It's a pity that in the end, because Dong Zhuo led the troops into Luoyang, he fell short. When everyone in the world thought that Liu Bei would sink, Liu Bei sneaked into Yizhou and made a splash in Shu. After Liu Yan's death, Liu Bei directly occupied the magpie's nest and captured Yizhou. If it weren't for the general's quick decision to help Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in time, Hanzhong would have been captured by Liu Bei long ago. For such a hero, Xu Shu did not dare to have the slightest contempt in his heart.