Chapter 214: Fishing with Grain and Grass (1)
There is less than a month left before the two months of effective combat time, and the time left for Ao Lie is getting less and less. At this time, the Shadow members successfully completed the task assigned to them by Li Ru, and successfully spread a lot of rumors in the territory ruled by the western Xianbei Budugen, provoking the dissatisfaction of the leaders of various clans with the Budugen, and at the same time arousing the suspicion of the leaders of the subordinates, the entire western Xianbei fell into internal strife, so that Cui Yan and Gao Shun, who were responsible for resisting the western Xianbei, gradually occupied the initiative, and the crisis in the northwest of the state was temporarily alleviated.
Different from the western battlefield, Xianbei in the east, which Ao Lie personally led the army to resist, marched forward with great vigour, came to Zhangwu to confront Ao Lie, and set up camp fifty miles outside the Han army camp, and had the momentum of a showdown with Ao Lie. The most sinister situation is to belong to the central Xianbei, under the leadership of Lu Bu intentionally or unintentionally, the central Xianbei under the leadership of Helian, the whole army is divided into ten squads, burning, killing and looting on the northern border of Youhe and He, doing all kinds of evil.
The members of the Shadow once again reported the situation of Xianbei in the middle to Ao Lie, and now, the situation has gradually become clear, and Lu Bu must have deliberately put Helian's department into the territory of Youhe. Most civil and military officials were very angry at Lu Bu's actions, and wrote to Ao Lie, asking Ao Lie to sanction Lu Bu. In this regard, Ao Lie turned a blind eye and listened carefully to the opinions of various officials, but did not make any measures to restrain Lu Bu. Tian Feng, who is known for his crimes, even wrote three letters in a row within five days, but still failed to make Ao Lie change his original intention.
Seeing this, the officials knew that Ao Lie would definitely not be unfavorable to Lu Bu, and they were helpless in their hearts, but they also admired Ao Lie's affection and righteousness very much, so they had no choice but to focus on confronting the Kebi Neng Division, and only by solving the Kebi Neng Department as soon as possible could Ao Lie free up his hands. Clean up the erosion situation in the central part of the country.
So, a battle with Kebineng's department was put on the agenda. Ao Lie sat on the throne of the big tent, looked around at the generals and strategists, and asked, "Tell me, everyone, is there any way to solve the Kebi Neng Department as soon as possible?" ”
Originally, the reason why the Xianbei people invaded was because of the heavy snowfall, which caused a shortage of food for the Xianbei people. Focus on defense and hold on until the Xianbei people run out of food. Then it is the safest way to defeat the Xianbei people in a sortie, but the current situation, not only the Xianbei people are short of food, Ao Lie is also short of food, and the money and food available for fighting can only last for two months, and now Lu Bu's attitude is more ambiguous, so he fights with the Xianbei people. It is already destined to be impossible to delay, and defeating the Xianbei people as soon as possible is the best way to solve the dilemma.
Zhuge Liang, as Ao Lie's chief think tank, was naturally the first to speak: "Lord." Kebi can be brave and good at fighting, and he is familiar with the history of the Han family, so I am afraid that he will not be able to defeat him easily. For the sake of today, we can only use dangerous tactics. It's a surprise victory. After a pause, Zhuge Liang slowly stood up and said to the people in the tent: "For now." The most scarce thing for Kebi is food, think about it, if Kebi can get a chance to cut off our army's food and grass, will he still be able to calm down? Ryo thought he wouldn't. He will definitely lead the light cavalry and take a shortcut to rob the grain, and our army will use the grain and grass as bait to catch the big fish of Kebineng. ”
The rough Xu Chuhong asked in a loud voice: "However, our army doesn't have so much grain and grass to take out as bait." Xu Shu, who was sitting opposite Xu Chu, chuckled lightly and patiently explained: "General Zhongkang, Kong Ming means that as long as Kebi can think that our army is transporting grain and grass, as for what our army is transporting, isn't it up to us to decide?" ”
Dian Wei, who was as brainless as Xu Chu, asked angrily, "What kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?" I still don't get it. Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and a kind smile appeared on their faces at the same time, for tiger generals like Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were full of muscles in their brains, it was simply too difficult for them to use strategy.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei can't understand it, it doesn't mean that Ao Lie can't understand it. Ao Lie smiled and explained to the two: "We don't have any extra food in our hands, but we can cheat us." If you put more floating soil and other things in the cloth bag with a specific gravity similar to grain, and then cover the surface with a thin layer of grain and grass, will you soon reach the point of being fake? ”
Hearing Ao Lie's straightforward explanation, Xu Chu and Dian Wei finally wondered, Dian Wei nodded and praised repeatedly: "This method is good." Na Kebineng must have thought that the cloth bag was full of grain and grass. But my lord, what is the specific gravity? In his daily language, Ao Lie often pops up one or two terms from later generations, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and other resourceful people, although they have not heard these words before, but they can also understand the meaning, but Dian Wei can't understand it at all, but he still has to make a look of being dedicated to learning, and he has to break the casserole and ask in the end.
"Specific gravity...... Uh......" Ao Lie looked at Dian Wei a little helplessly, he really didn't know how to tell Dian Wei the meaning of this word clearly. Looking at the bitter look on Ao Lie's face, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu couldn't help but laugh at the same time. Seeing the two laughing, Xu Chu also laughed, although he didn't understand why the two were laughing, but he knew that the two were laughing at Dian Wei, so he laughed together......
The next day, the news that the Han army was about to transport a batch of grain and grass from the rear reached the ears of Kebineng smoothly under the effective dissemination of the Shadow Members. Kebi can grow nine feet tall, with tiger arms and a bear's waist, but his mind is very delicate. After hearing the news of the Han army's delivery of grain and grass, Kebineng did not go to rob the grain recklessly, but sent fifty fine sergeants, pretending to be ordinary Xianbei merchants or hunters, to inquire about the supply line of the Han army.
In the evening, the sergeants who had been sent out by Kebineng returned to the camp one after another, and reported to Kebineng, and according to the traces of ruts and the speed of travel, it was inferred that the Han army vehicles were indeed carrying grain and grass. Several sergeants said they had seen a small hole in the cloth bag on one of the carts, and golden wheat flowed out of it.
Hearing the spies' return, Kebineng was relieved. For Ao Lie, Kebi Neng was very jealous, and was able to pacify Goguryeo and Buyeo in a row within a month, so that the two free and easy countries became two counties of the Han Dynasty, and they all used tricks to defeat the enemy, so that Kebi Neng had a scheming intuitive impression of Ao Lie. It wasn't until the spies confirmed that the Han army was indeed transporting grain and grass that Kebineng dispelled his doubts and decided to take advantage of the night to lead 10,000 light horsemen to rob the Han army's grain and grass.
At night, 500 Han soldiers who were responsible for escorting grain and grass gathered around dozens of carts and lit bonfires to keep warm. Behind the rocks about two hundred paces in front of them, Kebi could roll his eyes and carefully observe the Han army's every move. It had been a while since Kobi had been here, and out of caution, he hid in the shadows to observe the Han army at the closest. After a period of observation, Kobineng found nothing out of the ordinary, and no sign of an ambush nearby.
Turning over his horse, Kebi Neng gently pulled out his sword, pointed at the five hundred Han soldiers two hundred steps away, and shouted in a low voice: "Sons! Quickly robbed the grain and grass and killed the Han army! The 10,000 light horsemen behind him turned over at the same time, and in a sonorous sound, 10,000 snow-bright war knives were pulled out, held high in the air, and then under the leadership of Kebineng, the war horses were instigated to kill the Han army.
The sound of horses' hooves rattled and alarmed the Han army two hundred paces away, and the five hundred Han soldiers suddenly shouted, without even the slightest intention of resisting, and fled directly in all directions.
Kebineng rode his horse to the middle of the grain and grass cart, and cut open the cloth bag in front of him with a knife, and sure enough, golden wheat flowed out along the crack in the cloth bag. Ke Bineng smiled contentedly: "People say that Ao Lie is the reincarnation of the overlord of Chu, and he is even more resourceful. ”
Kebineng's laughter hadn't stopped, and Ao Lie's majestic voice made his smile freeze on his face: "Kebineng!" Take a closer look, what's in the bag! As Ao Lie's voice came out, nearly 10,000 elites of the Blood Killing Army suddenly appeared behind the rocks, each of them raised their arms flat, aiming at the 10,000 light horses brought by Kebineng, and on the arms of the Blood Killing Army, they were clasped with Xizi hand crossbows that had been improved by Wang Hun and Ma Jun! After improvement, the Xizi Hand Crossbow, which is now equipped on the arm of the Blood Slayer Army, has a range of up to 100 paces, which is almost the same as the range of a bow and arrow, but it is more accurate and penetrating than ordinary bows and arrows. What's even more terrifying is that Wang Hun and Ma Jun are worthy of being outstanding talents across the era, and they have made the capacity of the crossbow reach the level where it can store five crossbow arrows without expanding the volume of the hand crossbow.
Ever since he heard Ao Lie's voice, Kebineng knew that he was very careful, and he was still fooled in the end. Annoyed, Kobi Neng picked up his sword again and slashed at the sack that he had previously slashed a tear in. This time, what appeared in front of Kebineng's eyes was completely different from the scene just now. There was no more golden wheat flowing out, but brownish soil.
Desperate! Absolute desperation! Kebi can clearly realize that under the service of tens of thousands of crossbows, the 10,000 light horsemen he brought with him want to break out of the encirclement and return to the Xianbei camp, which is definitely as difficult as climbing to the sky. However, the brave Eastern Xianbei will never have a fear of emotion, it is not their character to sit back and wait for death, even if it is death, they must cause a certain amount of trauma to the opponent before they die!
The next moment, after Kebi Neng let out a roar of rage, 10,000 Eastern Xianbei light cavalry, ignoring the Han army's bloody hand-killing handcrossbow, launched a desperate attack! (To be continued......)