Chapter Eighty-Nine: Ambush

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Under the blue sky, there is a boundless grassland, the wind blows the grass low, but the cattle and sheep are gone, only an army of 10,000 people mixed with foot and horse, horse hooves and human feet trampled through the grass, but could not defeat the tenacious life, only a moment when this army passed, they stood up again, so that the footprints of the march were also covered in this sea of grass.

Now it is the sun is shining, this season is a rare sunny day in spring, and everything seems to be full of life, but it may not be a good weather for the soldiers of this army.

At this time, the wind that blows on their cheeks seems to be hot, not to mention that they are now wearing leather armor in the sun, the leather armor is not too heavy, but it is very impermeable, plus they are on the march at the moment, and after walking for so long, the iron man should be tired; And even those knights on horseback actually spent time in constant turbulence, not to mention that they did not have bilateral horses, let alone good saddles, and the buttocks and thighs were constantly rubbing against the horse's mane, and the clothes on their bodies could not hinder this friction, and the slight pain was infinitely magnified in the sun, and they did not feel much more comfortable than the infantrymen, but only felt uncomfortable all over.

Every soldier in the army was drenched in sweat on his forehead and back, and from time to time he raised the back of his hand to wipe the beads of sweat that dripped from the corners of his eyebrows and were about to block his vision; The horses were fine, but they also looked a little hard to lift their spirits.

At this moment, at the forefront of the army, a middle-aged man in a soap-blue scribe's robe frowned, his eyes were radiant and shiny, and the temperament of the whole person was completely different, which was unique and conspicuous in this army, and he looked around in silence, but his brows furrowed even deeper. I couldn't help but say to the general on the horse in front of me, "General, this looks a little strange......

The general led the army to cross the border between Dingxiang and Wuyuan, and was preparing to cross the border between Wuyuan and Xihe County at this moment, and it was Han Meng, a general under Yuan Shao who entered Xihe County. He was no different from those ordinary soldiers at this time, his face and body were covered with sweat, and the only good thing was that he rode better, which reduced the pain caused by friction.

Han Meng is in the prime of life. It is also a time when a martial artist is at his peak, and a warrior is always a little arrogant, especially for the kind of literati who only have kung fu and no power to restrain the chicken. It is inevitable that he will be a little contemptuous, but he has been in the army for five or six years, don't look at the rough appearance, and his face has become rougher because he has been affected by the wind and frost in the north of the country recently, but he is not a stunned young man for a long time, and he is still a little delicate in his heart, although he does not appear to be very respectful to this scribe, he will not be cold. So when he heard his words at this time, he laughed loudly: "The Overseers are inevitably overly cautious, and scouts have been arranged along the way, and nothing wrong has been found, if you want to say that the neighborhood is quieter." But the Overseer doesn't know that this place has always been small in people, and with the Huns in rebellion, it's normal that we haven't found anything. ”

He knew that this scribe didn't look thin and weak, but he was deeply used by Yuan Shao, you must know that when Yuan Shao fled from Luoyang, in addition to some generals arranged by Yuan Huai for him, there were only Xu You and this scribe, although he was ordered by Yuan Shao as the commander of this army, and the other party was only an overseer in name, but this word "governor" is not simple, which means that he is now representing Yuan Shao in this army - Yuan Shao asked him, can he not answer?

For a military general like Han Meng stationed abroad, Yuan Shao naturally couldn't be completely at ease, and this time he was also worried that he would not be able to support the task he sent alone, so he specially sent this scribe to supervise the army.

The scribe's name is Feng Ji, the character Yuan Tu, he is a more important adviser under Yuan Shao, there are good people who say that Yuan Shao has four major strategists under Yuan Shao today, that is, Tian Feng, Xu You, Feng Ji and Chen Lin, in addition to Tian Feng is Yuan Shao after entering Hebei before he came to defect, the other three have long been involved with Yuan Shao, such as Xu You and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others have a popular so-called small relationship, Chen Lin as early as Yuan Shao and others for the general He Jin planned ten permanent servants mixed with him, Feng Ji was also when Yuan Shao was still in Luoyang.

Since Feng Ji can be rated as one of the four great strategists, he will naturally not be without real talent and learning, but in fact, if he talks about his ability to strategize, he should be second only to Tian Feng among the so-called four strategists, after all, Xu You may have some resourcefulness, but if he doesn't see the overall situation, he is born with a soft board, and Chen Lin's article does well does not mean that he has a high IQ, but he is very favored by Yuan Shao, and I am afraid that not many people will object to saying that he is making up the numbers.

In the past Yuan Shao's plan for Hebei, Feng Jizeng and Tian Feng repeatedly offered advice, and they all had great credit for Yuan Shao's current good situation, and several battles between him and Han Fu were especially obvious, almost the two of them and Han Fu's subordinates were frustrated, judged, Guo Tu and Xin Ping The four strategists were discouraged, of course, unlike the two of them who were dedicated to planning for Yuan Shao, Han Fu's four strategists had different intentions, and frustration and trial could still be said to be loyal. However, Guo Tu and Xin Ping and another inconspicuous Yingchuan Xun family contacted Yuan Shaofang behind Han Fu's back, otherwise even if Yuan Shao was strong and strong, his reputation was rising, and he had the name of the fourth and third princes to attract all parties to vote, it would be difficult to gain such an overwhelming advantage over Han Fu, who had a firm foothold in Jizhou and the help of such strategists.

This Feng Ji successively offered strategies to break the natural alliance between Han Fu and Gongsun Zhan, and provoked the contradiction between the two, and Yuan Shaocai waited to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now this qiē has nothing to do with him, because he came here.

However, Feng Ji was not dissatisfied with Yuan Shao for letting him come here at this critical moment, he knew that this was because Xu You had slandered Yuan Shaojin, saying that if he stayed in Jizhou any longer, he might be a master of high merit, so that Yuan Shao was on guard against himself, so he simply sent himself over - in fact, it was similar to distribution; He also knew very well that the reason why Xu You would do this was just because he supported the eldest son Yuan Tan, and he supported the third son Yuan Shang, Yuan Shao Hebei was undecided, but in fact, the two sons had a tendency to fight for power, and people who supported different sons naturally inevitably fought with each other, perhaps only Tian Feng could stay out of the matter, because he often annoyed Yuan Shao's style and even the two sons couldn't stand it.

Although it is like being allocated, Feng Ji did not give up on himself because of this, he can see that although Yuan Shao obeyed Xu Yu's construction and assigned himself, he still did not lose his trust, and it is also very important here in the state, if he can take the opportunity to help Yuan Shao take it, then he can immediately form a semi-encirclement of Dong Zhuo, which can contain Dong Zhuo, and enable Yuan Shao to calmly solve the Hebei problem with his free hand, after all, even if the contradiction between Han Fu and Gongsun Zan intensifies, there will be a big war soon, But if Yuan Shao wants to sit in peace and reap the benefits, he also needs to pay attention to the threats from Dong Zhuo in Luoyang, Xu Rong in Yanzhou, and Li Yu and Guo Yan in Yuzhou.

So for this dispatch, Feng Ji was naturally very concerned, and when he heard Han Meng say this, he just said lightly: "Ji means that you should be careful in everything, which is also what the lord ordered when I came." What General Han just said is indeed true, but although it is not uncommon that there are no Han people in this vicinity, there are not even Huns, so it is a little unreasonable. General Ji Xiang has been in Bingzhou for a long time, and he should be no stranger to the Southern Huns, if Ji remembers well, their residence has always been very scattered, and there will be tribal residents around this single Yuting, but we have already entered Xihe County for several miles, and there is not even a trace of people along the way, isn't it strange? ”

"Uh......" Han Meng thought for a while, then smiled: "This Xiongnu army has been expelled by Lu Bu, where will these Xiongnu people continue to stay here?" ”

Feng Ji shook his head, pointed to a trace next to him and said: "I have just observed, if it is said that these Hun people fled one after another because of the defeat of the army, then they should be panicked, but these traces show that they were orderly when they evacuated here, how can this be explained?" ”

How do I know how to explain, you know how to explain yourself!

Han Meng couldn't help but secretly slander when he heard this, but he also had to say that Feng Ji was indeed right, he was somewhat persuaded by him, no matter what the reason, this thing was indeed weird, he quickly ordered the ten thousand troops to stop marching first, rest here for a while, and then immediately send someone to summon the scouts who were sent out.

When all these scouts arrived, Han Meng asked, "Have you found anything you have found when you have just passed this way?" ”

After several people looked at each other, it took a long time for the person who took the lead to bite the bullet and said: "General, I didn't find anything abnormal all the way over, but ......"

"Huh?" Han Meng frowned, "But what? ”

"But......" The scout leader gritted his teeth and said, "According to common sense, this is already a place for scouts, but we haven't found a single enemy scout so far, which is a bit unreasonable. ”

Hearing this, Han Meng couldn't help but roll his eyes, it turned out that it was just a guess, so what else to say.

If he wants him to say that this is clearly worrying about the sky, the absence of scouts means that the other party has suffered a great loss of vitality after the battle with the Huns, and now he has no heart to care about this, this is a good opportunity for them, thinking of this, he can't help but be hot.

As for what Feng Ji was worried about, he could guess it, wasn't he afraid of the other party's ambush?

But there are flat grasslands around here, and Han Meng is not worried that the other party will take advantage of the terrain to set up an ambush, because there is no suitable place for ambushes here, what can the light cover with those grasses that are less than the length of a calf?

It is said that Han Meng thought so, and it was true, but he didn't think that sometimes ambushes may not necessarily rely on the terrain. (To be continued.) )