(PS: October 1st, long live the great motherland!) Long live the monthly pass! ）

Like Jia Lao's poison, when he saw the arrow book shot by the mysterious internal annihilation, Deputy Director Tao, who had just climbed out of bed and was still sleepy-eyed, also suddenly stared at the triangular eyes twice as big as usual, and was stunned for a long time before he burst out with a sentence, "It's the enemy's annihilation plan, right?" Otherwise, who could leak such important information to us? And you don't even sign a name? How dare we believe it? ”

"I also suspected that it was the enemy's plan before, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that it was not like it." Jia Lao Poison frowned and replied: "Because behind this letter, there is not much room for tactics, at most it is a trick to lure the enemy or delay the army, to lure us to send troops to pursue Zhang Fei's team, or let our army delay the siege of the city for five days." ”

Speaking of this, Jia Lao Poison paused for a moment, and said: "But there is no point in doing this, if it is a trick to lure the enemy, we don't have to send troops to chase Zhang Fei, we only need to keep an eye on the southwest road, and wait for Zhang Fei to send troops to intercept or ambush when the grain goes north, then Zhang Fei's team needs to protect the grain and grass to throw rats, and it will be easier for us to break the enemy." ”

"If it's a delaying strategy, it's even more meaningless, our army doesn't carry any siege weapons, if you want to storm Yecheng, you have to fill the moat and prepare siege equipment first, or transport siege weapons from the rear, and you don't have four or five days to prepare thoroughly, so it's meaningless for the enemy to temporarily stabilize us for five days, it's just a snake to add to it."

"And what is the enemy going to do?" Deputy Director Tao scratched his head and said: "Is it another slow enemy plan, wanting us to take it lightly and expose our flaws, and give the enemy a chance to take advantage of?" It's even more unlikely, right? The enemy really takes us for fools, and will he take it lightly and neglect to take precautions again and again? ”

"Could it be a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" Yi, who is not very good at the tactical level, put forward another possibility, and analyzed: "Maybe the enemy is following the plan of the lord to divert the tiger from the mountain back then, and lure us to divide our troops to the southwest of Yexian County like the lord dealt with Cao thief, and then the enemy will highlight the surprise troops and break our army individually?" ”

"It's possible, but it's not likely." Jia Lao Poison shook his head and explained: "Because the overall strength of our army is far above the enemy, even if the army is divided into two, it can still form an overwhelming advantage over the enemy, and we still have 40,000 rear troops in Xuchang, and we can easily transfer tens of thousands of troops to the south within five days, which the enemy is also very clear after obtaining the intelligence support of the Jizhou army, and it is meaningless to induce our army to divide the army." ”

Ruled out the possibility of almost all the enemy's tactics, Deputy Director Tao, who had always been shrewd, couldn't help but be completely confused, and wondered: "It's not a plan to delay the army, it's not a plan to lure the enemy, it's not a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, so what does the enemy plan to do?" Could it be that the information leaked in this arrow book, these two key important pieces of information, are all true? Is it the intention to surrender to our army, or the heart is sent to our army? ”

"I also suspect that all the information leaked in this letter is true." Jia Lao Poison replied: "So for the sake of prudence, before coming to see the lord, Xu has arranged for experienced and capable scouts to rush to the southwest of Ye County to investigate the situation, if the enemy really divided his troops to the south last night, there will be some clues left on the road, I believe that news will be sent soon." ”

"It's still Mr. Wenhe who is cautious." Deputy Director Tao nodded, and then ordered: "Regardless of whether the enemy divides his troops to the south or not, the reconnaissance force to the west and south of Yecheng must be strengthened, double the row of scouts in those two directions, and send three times more scouts at night to closely monitor the four gates of Yecheng, and monitor the enemy's movements at any cost." In the absence of the Junzi army, let the Koji Burma take up the heavy task of the scout war, and send more light cavalry squads out of the camp to sweep the enemy's scouts outside the city and provide reconnaissance space for our scout team. ”

Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi agreed together, and immediately went down to arrange the task, leaving Deputy Director Tao to freshen up and dress in the sleeping tent, while asking Guo Huan to change the dressing for his wound, while reading the arrow book over and over again, and constantly pondering in his heart, "If this arrow book is real, then who shot it?" In Ye City, who can be so kind and leak such important information to us? ”

Thinking about it, Deputy Director Tao's dirty claws habitually reached into Guo Huan's small clothes, and held the little white rabbit that the personal female secretary gradually plumped up in a well-nourished environment, which made Guo Huan squeamish, "Lord, are you okay with injuries?" Don't want to die? The slave family doesn't want to widow you at a young ......age, woo. ”

Hu Tianhu took a look, and the refreshed Deputy Director Tao went to the camp to inspect the construction of the camp again, and made the highest instructions in Xuzhou that it was necessary to strengthen the camp defense, and then the time was close to noon, and it was also at this time that the capable scouts sent by Jia Lao Poison to reconnoiter in the southwest of Yecheng also returned to the Xuzhou camp, bringing an astonishing news to the decision-making level in Xuzhou - last night, a team did leave Yecheng and rushed to the hinterland of Nanyang in the southwest of Yecheng. Upon learning of this, Deputy Director Tao was taken aback, and hurriedly asked several scouts, "Are you sure so?" Could it be a miscalculation? ”

"Lord, please rest assured, villains and others are absolutely sure." The head of the scout replied respectfully: "The villain and others found a large number of footprints facing southwest on the official road southwest of Yecheng, as well as a little fresh horse manure, and at the same time, a large number of footprints were also found in the grass and fields on the side of the road, and judging from the shoe prints, they were all from the prime of life, so it can be inferred that this should be an infantry team." ”

"We are still more than twenty miles southwest of Yecheng, and we have found an open area that may be used by the enemy for temporary rest." Another older scout added, "At the edge of the open area, there are a lot of shallow puddles of fresh human feces and some urine accumulation, and judging by the wetness of the excrement, the team should have stopped in that area at dawn today. ”

"More than twenty miles? The third watch sent troops, and the speed of the march at night was not as fast as that of the day, and they arrived in that area at dawn to stop and rest, and the time was also right. Deputy Director Tao pondered for a moment before he ordered: "It's hard work, go down and rest, tell the guy, add wine and food to you." ”

Several capable and meticulous people thanked them happily, and hurriedly said goodbye and left the big tent of the Chinese army, and then Deputy Director Tao no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered Xu Huang to arrange a squad of scouts to ride lightly, and immediately bring a rotating horse to the south to reconnoitre, and asked this team of scouts to catch up with the enemy team that went south overnight to investigate the more detailed situation of the enemy. And Xu Huang first agreed, and then suggested: "Lord, let the last general lead the cavalry of the headquarters to chase and kill this enemy, since they are all infantry and only a small number of horses, then the marching speed will definitely not be faster there, and the cavalry of the last general is sure to catch up with them." ”

"Don't take any chances." Deputy Director Tao flatly refused, and said: "I know the terrain in the area of Bowangpo, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and there are trees and reeds on both sides, which is not suitable for cavalry combat, and is easy to be ambushed by the enemy. ”

"The last general understands, and the last general will arrange light horses." Xu Huang hurriedly changed his words and went down to carry out the reconnaissance order arranged by Deputy Director Tao, and at the same time, Xu Huang and Jia Lao Poison, Shi Yi and others next to him were also very suspicious, and said together that they had never heard of the lord going to Bowangpo, how could they be so familiar with the terrain in that area?

"Zhuge Villager, if you imagine that in history, you used the same means to deal with me as in history, then you just don't even think about it." Director Tao, who didn't know that the battle of Bowangpo had nothing to do with Zhuge Liang, was still secretly proud in his heart, "Because this director has a fine work called Luo Guanzhong, what kind of fire burns new wildfire to burn Bowangpo, you will never want to succeed again." ”

At the same time, the Xuzhou cavalry led by Lu Mian had already launched a scout war against the defenders of Yecheng, and the Xuzhou cavalry with a team of fifty people attacked everywhere, frantically searching and killing all the Yecheng defenders who could meet and catch up, and also chased and killed the defenders of Yexian several times, and the defenders of the city patrol scouts cried wolf howls, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the reconnaissance ability of the enemy situation was greatly weakened. But it is a pity that the cavalry team under the command of Lu Burma has never been a gentleman's army, and the complex terrain in this area of Yexian is also destined to the Xuzhou army cannot kill all the enemy scouts who go out of the city to patrol the outposts, so the basic situation of the Xuzhou army was still brought back to Yexian County by some defender scouts who carried out reconnaissance under the cover of mountains and forests, and brought to the decision-making level of the Jingji coalition army.

"Always stand still? Just to reinforce the camp defenses? Someone's face was impassive, and he sneered in his heart, "Sure enough, he is cautious and suspicious, and he would rather miss the fighter than send troops to pursue Zhang Fei's team, but unfortunately, this is expected by a certain person!" ”

Someone sneered in his heart, but General Liu Pan, who was supervising the army in the city tower to strengthen the city defense, was a little breathless, and asked everyone in front of him: "Zhugong, the pottery thief team is still moving, and they are vigorously searching for and killing our army scouts, why is this?" ”

"It's very simple, Tao Envoy Jun needs to prepare siege weapons." Zhuge Liang replied: "From Xuchang to Yecheng two hundred miles, the road is not easy to walk, but the Xuzhou team only took about three days to arrive at Yecheng, which is enough to prove that Tao Zhijun's team did not carry too much baggage, so if Tao Zhijun wants to attack the city, he must first build siege weapons and fill in the moat, and without four or five days, the Xuzhou army should not launch an attack." ”

Liu Pan suddenly nodded in recognition of Zhuge Liang's judgment, and Pang Tong next to him asked thoughtfully: "Kong Ming, Yuan Zhi, during this period, if we can induce the pottery thief to attack Yecheng with improvised siege weapons, then the battle situation will be very beneficial to us, do you have a clever plan to provoke the pottery thief and make him act like this?" ”

"It's impossible, don't even think about it." Xu Shu replied: "When Shu was in the Cao thief team, he had a lot of fights with the pottery thief, and he knew that this thief was the world's first shameless and ruthless man, and any agitation could not impress him. ”

"Yuan bluntly said that it is reasonable, Shi Yuan had better not fight the idea of provoking the generals, Tao Envoy Jun and Jia Wen and these clever people will never fall for the scheme." Zhuge Liang also opened his mouth to echo Xu Shu, and then said: "At present, the most important thing for our army is the issue of grain and grass, if General Zhang Fei can't transport grain and grass to Yecheng, then no matter how many clever tricks he has, he can't use it." So we don't have to worry about how to break the enemy now, let's wait for the grain and grass to be delivered to Yecheng first. ”

Pang Tong, who only wanted to prove himself to Deputy Director Tao for a long time, was helpless, and sighed: "Also, it's useless to say anything without grain and grass, so you can only wait for the grain and grass to be transported to Yecheng." But fortunately, there has been no loss of our important civil and military forces so far, and it is impossible for the pottery thieves to grasp the situation of our grain and grass. ”

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In the early morning of the next day, the Xuzhou scouts sent by Xu Huang to track down the enemy also returned to the camp, bringing new and accurate news to Deputy Director Tao - there was indeed a Jizhou infantry that was rapidly moving south, advancing in the direction of Bowang, with a number of about three thousand, but Zhang Fei's banner was not seen.

"No banner of Zhang Fei?" Deputy Director Tao's eyes widened again, and he hurriedly asked the scout who reported the news, "Can you confirm that there is no banner of Zhang Fei?" ”

"This ......." The scout captain hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "The lord forgives the sin, the villain and the others can only confirm that they have not seen Zhang Fei's banner, and they dare not guarantee whether there is one in that team, because our team only has a total of eleven people, but the enemy has three thousand people, and they are holding important weapons such as clairvoyant mirrors in their hands, and they are absolutely not allowed to fall into the hands of the enemy, so we didn't dare to get too close to the enemy team, but just detoured to the flank and high ground to reconnoitre, so we can't confirm more details." ”

"This has nothing to do with you, and it is not your fault that I cannot be sure." Deputy Director Tao comforted him and asked, "Then do you see any vehicles?" It is not a vehicle carrying goods, it is a vehicle carrying people. ”

"No, that's confirmed." The captain of the scout hurriedly replied, "The villain and the others looked down condescendingly, and clearly saw that there was not a single carriage in that team. ”

"It's good if you don't have it." Deputy Director Tao nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Go down and rest, you have taken the risk of going deep into the enemy territory to reconnoiter the enemy's situation this time, and the credit is not small, let the warehouse official reward you." ”

Several scouts happily agreed, thanked them and hurriedly left, and then Deputy Director Tao turned to Jia Lao Poison and Shiyi and said with a smile: "It is certain that the Son of Heaven and Lord Yue-in-law are still in Yecheng, and the Son of Heaven and his wife may be able to ride south, but Lord Yue-in-law can definitely only take a car, since there is no vehicle in the enemy's ranks, it can prove that Lord Yue-in-law has not left, and the Son of Heaven and his wife should not have left." ”

"The Son of Heaven and the Empress should not have gone south, and the old Jihou definitely did not go south, only a Jizhou team went south." Jia Lao Poison groaned: "Why is it that the Jizhou team went south to Bowang? According to common sense, the two armies of Jing and Hebei will meet, and the Jizhou team that looks up to people should be the life of hard work, and it is also hard work to go north to send grain, can it be said that this Jizhou team really went to Bowang to transport grain? ”

"Don't worry about this, just send someone to keep an eye on it." Deputy Director Tao said: "Now we only need to make three preparations, it is enough to respond to all changes with the same, one is to prepare siege weapons, the second is to prevent the enemy from withdrawing from the battlefield in batches, and the third is to keep an eye on the Jizhou team, once we find that they are transporting grain to the north, immediately intercept it!" ”

Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi said yes, agreeing with Deputy Director Tao's proposition, and then Jia Lao Poison suggested: "Lord, we should let our scouts go south draw the road terrain, confirm that the location is an open area and can fight with confidence, our army is not familiar with the terrain and roads, intercepting the enemy's food team in the open area, although it will lose the advantage of ambush, but it can avoid being ambushed by the enemy." ”

"Very good, just what I want, Mr. Ziyu is a Danqing master, this is for you." Deputy Director Tao instructed with a smile, and then thought in his heart: "Why didn't you see Zhang Fei's banner?" If it is really the enemy who uses the arrow book to make a plan, it stands to reason that in order to win the trust of our army, he should deliberately let us see it under the banner of Zhang Fei? ”

With this question, and the Jijing coalition army temporarily confronted each other for more than two days, and when the Xuzhou army that had set up the camp was about to start filling the river and opening the road, the fine work sent to the south to lurk quickly returned to the Xuzhou camp, saying that the Jizhou team that had gone south before had gone north again, and brought thousands of heavy grain wagons and a large number of people! After learning this news, Deputy Director Tao was overjoyed, first carefully asked about the distance of the road, and then immediately ordered the troops to be raised and prepared to send troops to loot food.

Considering that the report was too mysterious, and it may not be deceitful, Deputy Director Tao had a careful discussion with Jia Lao Poison and Shi Yi, so he sent Xu Huang and Lu Burma to lead the 5,000 cavalry to rob the grain, and ordered Xu Chu to lead 5,000 infantry to follow, as a backup, and then Deputy Director Tao ordered Wei Yan and Zhou Hui to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to take turns in front of the front camp to prepare for battle, ready to attack at any time, Deputy Director Tao and the rest of the generals stayed in the camp to prevent the enemy from sneaking up and robbing the camp, and at the same time, scouts were sent to closely monitor the movements of the defenders in Yexian City—— There is no way, against Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, Deputy Director Tao has to be careful and careful.

Okay, now let's take a look at the specific process of Xu Huang leading the Xuzhou iron cavalry to rob the grain, in order to fight on the open road thirty-five miles southwest of Yexian County, Xu Huang and Lu Burma led the army to bypass Yecheng, just boarded the flat official road, and immediately led the cavalry team to rush to the predetermined battlefield, and rushed to the predetermined battlefield around Shenshi in the afternoon, and also caught two Jizhou scouts who were exploring the way in front during the rest, and interrogated and learned that the enemy's grain convoy was less than ten miles away. After confirming that it was indeed Zhang Fei who led the army to carry the grain, Xu Huang and Lu Mian were both happy and worried, and hurriedly got together to discuss how to rob the grain.

"Zhang Fei is a 10,000-strong enemy, a famous fierce general, you and I may not be sure of winning against him." Xu Huang said to Lu Mian: "Since this is the case, it is better to act like this, you and I each lead half of the cavalry to the south, I will go first and you will follow, after encountering the enemy, Zhang Fei will come to the enemy and me, you take the opportunity to go back to the flank of the thief army's food team, burn the enemy's grain and grass, Zhang Fei will be panicked when he sees the grain and grass burned, and he will be defeated if he panics, and the matter can be helped." ”

As soon as Koji and Burma heard the applause, Xu Huang and Koji Myanmar immediately followed the plan, divided the five thousand cavalry into two, and Xu Huang led the front army first, and Koji Myanmar led the rear army to follow four or five miles away, and when Xu Huang led the army south for seven or eight miles, he really saw a huge convoy heading north, Xu Huang did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the whole army to shout and charge, directly impacting the front of the grain team.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Hurry up! Array! ”

Hearing the shouts and hooves of the Xuzhou army, and seeing the Xuzhou cavalry surging all over the mountains, the Jizhou army team with grain was of course a big mess, the soldiers and generals hurriedly stepped forward to prepare for the formation, Zhang Fei quickly took out the brocade bag that Zhuge Liang handed over to him when he went out of the city, opened it, took out the letterhead and took a closer look, and at a glance, Zhang Fei was stunned, and a pair of copper bell eyes that were already big were suddenly bigger than eggs............

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Okay, now let's take a look at the situation of the rear team of Koji Myanmar, hearing the shouts of Xu Huang's team in front, Koji Myanmar immediately acted according to the plan, ordered the team to charge to the left flank in a roundabout way, and quickly outflanked the flank of the enemy's grain team under the cover of several small earth mountains, but when Koji Myanmar's team arrived at the battlefield, their eyes widened up and down.

There are not many corpses on the battlefield, and there are already kneeling with Jingzhou people who have almost no power to resist, and the Jizhou team that is carrying grain to the north is fleeing frantically for their lives on the way to the south, not to mention that there are thousands of heavy grain trucks, which are full of precious grain and remain in place, so that the cheering Xuzhou cavalry can devour their horses to their heart's content. And after being dumbfounded for a long time, Lu Mian finally remembered that he rode his horse and rushed to Xu Huang, and asked Xu Huang, who was also dumbfounded: "General Gongming, what's the matter, how did we win so quickly?" ”

"Zhang Fei came out of the horse, and after only four rounds of fighting with me, he was defeated and went back, and fled with the army and threw down the grain and grass." Xu Huang replied in despair: "I was afraid that there would be ambushes, so I didn't dare to pursue." ”

"Win so easily?!" Koji Mian was dumbfounded again, quickly looked around the environment on the left and right, and said in surprise: "In this area, there should really be an enemy ambush, right?" (To be continued.) )