Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Official Way Takes Food
Dozens of miles outside Qin County, Zhao Yun's troops slowly approached, and on a hill, Zhao Yun waved his hand and signaled the soldiers to stop, and Qin County lying on the plain could be seen here. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Report." At this time, a scout came with a horse: "Qin County is well defended, difficult to spy on, it is said that there are Montenegrin generals in charge, but after our observation for three days, they will count the grain and grass at noon and send it to Huguan and other places." ”
Zhao Yun motioned for him to go down, but the number of enemy troops was unknown, and there was no map to explain the terrain and other conditions.
"So we have to wait for the rabbit." Zhou Yu pondered for a while and looked at Jia Kui: "You have lived in the state for a long time, can you judge which way they go." ”
Jia Kui got off the horse, thought for a while and said: "The route from Qin County to Huguan is not very clear, but near Huguan, there are only three roads. ”
As he spoke, he picked up a dead branch and scratched it on the ground a few times: "This is Taihang Mountain, Huguan guards the main road, and there are three paths to go afterward, but the grain and grass transported to Huguan in Qin County are too heavy, and they will inevitably be dragged by wooden carts, so that only the official road of Yushe is flat and can be walked."
Zhou Yu nodded, and Jia Kui continued: "The official road of Yushe County is on the south side, because it is close to Baihu, there is a place in the terrain of the road around the mountains, where it will be much more convenient to rob grain. ”
Jia Kui finally landed not far west of Huguan, if according to Jia Kui, this is indeed the most suitable place for ambush, but the danger will be relatively high, after all, it is less than a hundred miles away from Huguan, and now the atmosphere of Huguan is tight, the ice and snow are melting, and the slightest carelessness will cause war.
Zhou Yu took a deep breath, the secret soldiers are not in danger, but I will do the opposite, I will be able to surprise, in fact, Zhou Yu pays more attention to the location of Baihu, which is the most important thing.
After having a plan, Jia Kui led the way, carefully passing through various townships and counties all the way, mostly choosing some remote paths to march, so that although it could avoid being discovered by the ears and eyes of the Montenegrin army, it also greatly increased the marching time.
"Gong Jin, a soldier came to report just now, saying that the pickles brought and the grain and grass borrowed from Changzhi County are almost exhausted." Zhao Yun's brows have never loosened, he is still exhausted in killing the enemy on the battlefield, and the running out of grain and grass is the most deadly.
Zhou Yu only drank some water, and now his stomach is a little empty: "How long will it take?" ”
Jia Kui calculated the distance: "If you march overnight, you will be able to reach the official road of Yushe in less than half a day." ”
"Okay, Zilong, please take a trip and gather the soldiers."
In a few moments, less than 3,000 sergeants stood in a neat formation.
"Soldiers, we only have one meal of food and grass, are you afraid of death?" Zhou Yu shouted loudly.
Running out of food? Hearing the news, the soldiers were all shocked, and some panicked and noisy.
"But I promise, as long as we reach our destination, our own Black Mountain Army will send us grain and grass, I don't know if you are willing to gamble with me for a hundred and ten catties and a fight."
The soldiers all quieted down, and through this long time together, they knew that Zhou Yu's personality was not like a fake, and some soldiers responded immediately: "I am willing to fight with my lord." ”
The rest of the people also gritted their teeth and shouted.
"Then we will march all night and divide the last ration." The soldiers agreed and spontaneously distributed the pickled vegetables and grains wrapped around their waists to those who did not have them.
After a night of hurrying and hurrying, I finally arrived at Yushe County at dawn, and under the leadership of Jia Kui, I went to the place where the road around the mountains was sandwiched.
Zhou Yu observed the terrain and knew that what Jia Kui said was true, so he instructed left and right: "Arrange two thousand soldiers to ambush left and right, base stones for use, and ambush at a high place with bows and arrows in hand, and wait for my order." ”
"Zilong, you lead the rest of the footmen, as long as the mountains and rocks stop, they will rush over to snatch grain and grass."
Zhao Yun nodded and went to prepare.
"The day before we set off from Qinxian, there happened to be a large amount of grain and grass to set off, and the wooden cart pulled hard, and it will definitely not be able to catch up with our footsteps. Jia Kui said firmly, but in fact, he was not sure at all, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and it was extremely difficult to control.
"Here we are." Zhou Yu excitedly looked at the black line in the distance, and it should be the team escorting grain and grass without accident.
As the black line approached, Zhou Yu's face completely changed, and those soldiers stretched for miles before they reached the end.
"My lord, something is wrong, this is not a team escorting grain and grass."
Zhou Yu naturally saw it in his eyes, gestured to the opposite mountain, not to move, and then instructed the soldiers on the side to inform Zhao Yun to find a place to hide his deeds.
"This should be the people and horses who went to the hall to reinforce Huguan, at least tens of thousands of people, I can't face them directly, so I have to let them go."
Zhou Yu really wanted to keep this army here, through them, he could also guess the tension of the battle situation in Huguan, if this reinforcement force could be wiped out, maybe they would not need to blow up the hundred lakes and release the water.
But even if Zhou Yu was very intelligent, there was no perfect way to leave them behind in a hurry, and it stretched for several miles, even if he threw stones, he would not cause many casualties, and if the enemy eased up, it would cause a devastating blow.
"Let them go." In the end, it was decided to ambush them in the shadows and let them go.
"Leader, I don't know what Qu Shuai thinks, Zhang Yanhu Pass was almost lost, not only did he not blame him, but he also sent us reinforcements, which is really favoritous."
"Okay, in the past, Zhang Yan was the commander of the Yellow Turban in Bingzhou, and he was rescued by Zhang Qushuai before finally joining forces together, I also admire Zhang Yan, not only his martial arts are outstanding, but also he is bold and magnificent, don't talk nonsense next time."
The pair put away the smile, and saw that Tao Sheng's appearance did not seem to be fake, so he smiled.
"This ice and snow melt is the coldest, and no one will live, and there is no sound of birds in the huge canyon." The other lieutenant said, hugging his neck.
Tao Sheng glanced at him, but didn't care: "This late winter is the coldest, and the big girls in Xiaoyao Lou know to hide in the bed, not to mention the birds." ”
Zhou Yu's two thousand soldiers lay on the side and didn't dare to take a breath, and the general's voice was very loud, and it fell into Zhou Yu's ears word for word, so frightened that his sweat was covered with sideburns.
"Good fellow, it's finally coming to an end, and there must be 30,000 of them." Jia Kui was stunned when he looked at the stretching army, it took nearly half an hour for these people to walk in front of him, but there was also a trace of excitement, this is called the army, walking on the road is like an endless black line, and the group together cannot surround Changzhi County.
"The Montenegrin army claims to have a million troops, but I think it is actually only tens of thousands, and there are some untrained people mixed in, so there is no need to worry, but this Shangtang suddenly transferred 30,000 people, I don't know how much is left."
It wasn't until Tao Sheng's department disappeared at the end that Zhou Yu was truly relieved.
After another two hours, it was clear that the sun was setting behind the clouds, and scouts were creeping in.
"My lord, an army of less than two thousand men was found twenty miles to the northwest, and we followed it and found rut marks, judging from its depth, it should be an army escorting grain and grass."
Zhou Yu was shocked and overjoyed: "Inform the whole army to prepare for battle." ”
At this time, a team of soldiers came at dusk, which was the grain and grass team from Qin County.
The soldiers held their breath and looked down with their eyes shining, and their faces were full of excitement, which was their food.
"Kill." When the tail of the army entered the encirclement, Zhou Yu got up and shouted, and a soldier on his side gave a signal.
The well-built stones rolled down, and immediately frightened the soldiers who carried the grain, and they shouted to avoid the stones falling from the sky, and Jia Kui also excitedly picked up a half-human high stone.
Everything was in vain, in the face of the debris and arrows mixed in the sky, there was no way to avoid it, and when the stones were exhausted, Zhao Yun at the end of the canyon led his troops to rush over, picking up the kills that did not cut off.
And half an hour ago, Tao Sheng's reinforcements were about to approach Huguan for another thirty miles, and almost a silhouette could be seen.
"Chief, it seems that spring is not far away, and the geese are starting to fly south, watch me shoot him down." As he spoke, the lieutenant bent his bow and arrows, and was ready to shoot.
When Tao Sheng heard this, he looked at the wild goose blankly, his face pale.
"Something's wrong." After speaking, he ordered the deputy general to order 10,000 foot soldiers and run towards the way he came.
Looking back, Zhao Yun covered up the killing, naturally there was no living mouth, Zhou Yu led the soldiers down to count the grain and grass, and then transferred.
"My lord, a total of 50,000 stones of grain and grass." This soldier's words were excited, so much grain and grass can be said to have never been seen in his life, and 50,000 stone of grain and grass is enough for an army of 10,000 people to eat for a month.
Zhou Yu looked at them with a simple smile and said, "Let the soldiers be transported to the high ground, don't drown them when the water is released." "We have our own soldiers to carry the grain and grass for transportation.
Not long after, Jia Kui rushed over: "My lord, it's not good, just now I saw a large number of troops coming from the direction of Huguan on the mountain, I'm afraid we have been exposed." ”
Zhou Yu knew that this was also a matter of time: "How far is it?" ”
"They're coming very quickly, I'm afraid they're only a dozen miles away at this time."
Zhou Yu called Zhao Yun and asked the soldiers to bring some grain and grass as much as possible, and spread out the rest of the words, and set it on fire with a ruthless heart, since it can't be taken away, then make the best use of it.