Chapter 087: Drinking the Yellow River (7)
Li Dan didn't stay in the military tent for too long, because time was urgent, and at the same time he had more important things to do. After Young Master Zhuge sent Li Dan away, he hurriedly took Xiaobai and Zifeng to find Zhao Yun, Sun Jiao and Fu Shiren. The three foodies gathered in Zhao Yun's military tent tonight to eat roast goats, which Zhao Yun hunted in the mountains. The Shu army went deep into the enemy's territory, there was no logistical supply, and in addition to eating and drinking, in addition to looting the Cao army's city, there was only hunting.
When he was still more than a hundred steps away from Zhao Yunjun's tent, Young Master Zhuge smelled the fragrant smell of roast mutton, Young Master Zhuge clapped his hands and said with a smile: "I should have come early!" ”
The guards outside the military tent saw that Young Master Zhuge was coming, and hurriedly reported to Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun heard this, smiled and lifted the curtain out, did not forget to hold a piece of roast mutton in his hand, and said with a smile: "If you come early, you don't come, I regret it!" ”
Young Master Zhuge smiled and took the roast leg of lamb from Zhao Yun's hand, took a bite, his mouth was full of oil, and said with a smile: "I really regret it, it's so fragrant!" ”
Young Master Zhuge and Zhao Yun entered the tent hand in hand, Xiaobai and Zifeng followed, after coming in, seeing Sun Jiao and Fu Shiren sitting around the fire, drinking wine and eating meat, so uncomfortable, Young Master Zhuge smiled and said: "Accompanied by fine wine and barbecue, don't change it for a fairy, I really don't want to disturb your Yaxing!" ”
When Sun Jiao heard this, he threw the meat into the bowl and said, "Listening to Siyuan's words, is there another battle to be fought?" ”
When Fu Shiren heard this, he also stopped, and looked at Young Master Zhuge with a curious expression.
Young Master Zhuge sat down, nodded with a smile, and said, "Do you remember Zhang Han?" ”
Sun Jiao, Fu Shiren, and Zhao Yun thought about it and shook their heads. Young Master Zhuge smiled slightly, and then said: "Zhang Han was originally a partial general under Cao Xiu, after Cao Xiu was ordered to go west, he left the deputy general Xiahou Yuan and the partial general Zhang Han to guard Xuzhou together, and the day we broke through Xuzhou, Xiahou Yuan died, but Zhang Han led his troops to escape and became a fish that slipped through the net." After this Zhang Han escaped from Xuzhou, he went all the way south and defected to Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Shouchun. Cao Zhen went north to pursue our army, passing through Shouchun, Zhang Liao ordered Zhang Han to lead his troops to follow Cao Zhen north, and gave him more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, led by him and another Xuzhou general Li Huai, who escaped from Xuzhou with Zhang Han, and were under Cao Zhen's control! ”
"Hey, what was the big deal for me! Isn't it that Cao Zhen has more than 10,000 soldiers and horses? Since we swung our army north and attacked Xudu, when has Cao's army been less? Sun Jiao pursed his lips and said indifferently.
When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he restrained his smile, shook his head, and said: "It doesn't matter if it's just Cao Jun's troops, but I just learned that after Cao Zhen heard that we were searching for ships and intended to cross the river north, he ordered his troops to delay the pursuit of our army and try to attack it halfway, but Zhang Han thought that we would not cross the river, so he refused to carry out Cao Zhen's order, and asked Li Huai to outflank our army in two ways with him, I estimate that Cao Jun should be on the road by now!" ”
"What? Outflank? Is the message accurate? How many of them are there? When Zhao Yun heard this, he frowned slightly and asked.
"The two armies of Zhang Han and Li Huai add up to about 10,000, they are a mixture of infantry and cavalry, this army is borrowed from Zhang Liao, and it is the elite of Huaisi under Zhang Liao, which is not easy to deal with!" Young Master Zhuge replied.
"Zhang Liao's command? It's really a narrow road! Sun Jiao squinted, a look of indignation on his face. In the Battle of Hefei, Sun Jiao also participated, and in that battle, Sun Jiao's troops suffered great losses, and Sun Jiao has always been obsessed with this.
Young Master Zhuge nodded, took out the map from his arms, spread it on the ground, Sun Jiao and others surrounded him, Young Master Zhuge pointed to a certain location on the south bank of the Dahe River on the map and said: "You see, this is our current location, this is the location of the Cao army, starting from the Cao army's station, to our station, if it is a cavalry, it will only take two days, if it is a mixed infantry and cavalry, it may be slower, but at most it is about three days, that is to say, the enemy has not much time left for us!" ”
"So what are we waiting for? Hurry up and cross the river! I've collected all the ships! "Cao Junjun is powerful, Fu Shiren doesn't want to be dumplings.
"Crossing the river? Who said we were going to cross the river? When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he asked with a smile.
"Don't cross the river? Zhan'er, didn't you say...... "Hearing Young Master Zhuge say this, Zhao Yun was also confused.
Of course, Young Master Zhuge knew what Zhao Yun meant, Young Master Zhuge smiled slightly, and said: "I have changed my mind, since Cao Cao eliminated the Yuan father and son, Hebei has been stable for more than ten years, Cao Cao coerced the edict of the Son of Heaven to appease Hebei, the people's hearts were attached, and the foundation of the rule has long been solid. ”
"Hey, Siyuan, don't talk nonsense, now it's all burning your butt, what do you want to do!" Sun Jiao has a bold personality, and what he can't stand the most is those twists and turns.
Zhang Han disobeyed orders, acted privately, and divided his troops into two ways to outflank, which seemed to be menacing, but in fact there was a hidden crisis. Zhang Han is an officer in Xuzhou, under the command of Zhang Liao's old department, they are very strange to each other, there is no run-in of the battle array, command and coordination are problems, plus more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, they come separately, each way is only four or five thousand people, what a godsend! Young Master Zhuge analyzed with a smug face.
After listening to Young Master Zhuge 's words, Zhao Yun understood, "Siyuan means to kill him?" ”
"Those who know me, the master also!" Young Master Zhuge smiled and nodded.
This is a big deal, after all, there are too many people on the other side, and they are still fighting at home, which are very unfavorable for the Shu army, Zhao Yun sat on the table, looked at the map for a while, thought about it, and said: "Siyuan, if we can't eat Cao Jun all the way, but are stuck by Cao Jun, and the other way comes to reinforce again, we will be finished!" Zhao Yun said that it is not unreasonable, the Shu army has traveled thousands of miles for a long distance, and more than half of the soldiers have been killed or wounded, and now the Shu army is only four or five thousand people, and it is not so easy to eat an army that is well-equipped and almost equal in number to himself.
Although Sun Jiao has a deep-rooted hatred for Zhang Liao's army, it does not mean that he will be swayed by hatred, which will affect his judgment of the battlefield situation. Hearing Zhao Yun express his worries, Sun Jiao also nodded and said, "This point General Zhao is consistent with what I think. Since our army attacked Xudu, it has been fighting continuously for more than a month, the soldiers are very tired, Siyuan, you also said, Zhang Han's subordinates are mostly the Huaisi army under Zhang Liao, this army I have dealt with them, brave in battle, not afraid of death, and well-equipped, well-trained, not my Sun Jiaochang others will destroy their own prestige, but as far as the current situation of our army is concerned, it is really not suitable to start a war with such a strong enemy! ”
After hearing this, Young Master Zhuge turned his head, looked at Fu Shiren, and said, "You think so too?" ”
Hearing this, Fu Shiren glanced at Zhao Yun and Sun Jiao beside him, turned around, nodded, and said, "Major General, I know that you are very capable of fighting, but judging from the current situation of our army, it is still the best policy!" ”
When Young Master Zhuge heard this, he was silent for a while, shook his head, and said: "If we don't fight and leave, then with Cao Jun's horsepower and familiarity with the terrain, we won't be surrounded if we can't go far, and at that time, we won't be able to go even if we want to!" It's not that I don't know where we are now, but this battle must be fought, the fight is to leave, and the more beautiful we fight this battle, the more likely it is that our whole division will retreat! ”