The last few days of August in the first year of Guangxi were really turbulent.

On the 25th, Zhang Rang and other ten permanent servants killed the general He Jin, Yuan Shao, the captain of the Sili school, killed Zhao Zhong, etc., and Hu Ben Zhonglang burned Yuan Shu to the east and west palaces.

On the 26th, Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and other eunuchs abducted the Queen Mother, the Son of Heaven and hundreds of officials and fled.

On the 27th, Wu Kuang, the general of He Jin's troops, killed He Miao, a general of the chariot cavalry, and his subordinates.

On the 28th, Yuan Shao opened a killing ring, and anyone who caught a beardless person should be killed as a eunuch; On the way to escape, Zhang Rang and other traitorous eunuchs were forced by the minister to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river; Dong Zhuo, the pastor of the state, led 3,000 iron horsemen into the capital, killed Jin Wu Ding Yuan, proclaimed himself Sikong, welcomed the return of the Son of Heaven to the dynasty, changed the Yuan Zhaoning, and granted amnesty to the world.

On the 30th, Peng Cheng Xiang Zuoshang ordered Xue Li to be responsible for escorting the grain and straw, and as a supervisor, he led the army to escort it together with the soldier Cao Liu. As long as the weather is clear, the road is good, that is, to Yuzhou.

Six days later, Xue Li and Liu only led 3,000 sergeants, 6,000 people, and more than 3,000 vehicles.

Peng Chengguo originally had auxiliary soldiers to transport food, Zuo Shang dismissed the auxiliary soldiers in order to save expenses, and the transportation was a temporary conscription of people, and the most important thing for Peng Chengguo was labor.

Most of the carts that transported grain were ox carts requisitioned from the people, and there were also a small number of military horse-drawn carts. In order to prevent sudden rain, Xue Li made a lot of effort to add a canopy to the car.

In recent days, heavy rains have been pouring down, rivers have swelled, and roads are muddy, and anyone will consider transporting them along the river. But Xue Li was worried about a lot of water transportation safety problems such as capsizing and water leakage, but he chose land transportation. There are deeper reasons for this, one is that during the war with the Yellow Turbans last year, in order to prevent them from using ships to build ladders, almost none of the domestic ships were burned to the ground. With the current level of craftsmanship and materials, it takes more than ten days or even longer to build a safe and insured medium and large river boat. Xue Li was afraid that he would have a long night and a lot of dreams after a delay, and it was a question whether Zuihou could make the trip to deliver food. Moreover, Zuo Shang was distressed about the large amount of money spent on building a new ship, and felt that land transportation was very good. He also asked Xue Li to try to recruit ships, but only a pitiful few ships were collected, and it was more troublesome to divide the troops and escort them.

In fact, in addition to long-distance transportation such as paying taxes to the imperial court, the transportation of baggage from the junction of Yan, Henan and Xu to the neighboring areas was mainly carried by ox carts, which were not dense and the transportation was very underdeveloped. Especially in recent years, the government has not paid attention to restoring people's livelihood and has not organized the dredging of rivers, and water transportation has often encountered river silting. In addition, due to the successive disasters, skilled craftsmen and skilled workers in the area have become increasingly scarce, and water transportation is at an irritating low point.

The same is true in the hinterland of Yuzhou. Due to the severe drought in the first half of the year, Biansi was cut off, most of the rivers and lakes dried up, and very few people built new boats. Last year, the war spread to the entire territory of Yuzhou, causing the mountains and rivers to be ruined, and the people's livelihood withered. Huang Wan has been using ox carts to transport materials since the beginning of the year, and water transportation has not been used on a large scale in the disaster areas of northern Henan.

Although the cost of land transportation has increased significantly, it is mostly a large plain as far as the eye can see, and the roads are flat and the safety factor is extremely high.

In addition, horse-drawn carriages were generally used to carry people, except in times of war, when it was a luxury to transport baggage. Because the cost of horses is quite staggering, they are generally used as a supplement to ox carts, or to transport valuables in an emergency.

The speed of the ox cart is indeed a headache, under the load, it generally travels more than 20 miles a day, and more than 30 miles when it is fast. In this way, the entire march is slowed down. In addition to the rapid march, taking the ordinary infantry as an example, it is more than 30 miles a day, otherwise the baggage will not be able to keep up. If you go fast, you must stop and wait for the baggage, and everyone must rest and eat and drink. Leaving behind the burden of long-distance travel, it is generally necessary to consider the speed of action or the ability to obtain food on the spot.

The brigade traveled very slowly, and it was not until dusk three days later that it arrived more than ten miles west of Xiao County, and it was still more than thirty miles away from Zhuqiu. Xue Li and Liu only set up camp, ordered to bury pots and make rice, and then went to the barracks to inspect.

The two of them walked not far from the Chinese army, and suddenly they heard someone in the front camp screaming, and then one of them roared: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Enemy...... There is an enemy attack! Express...... Ah......h

Zuihou turned into a miserable scream, obviously, this person has also been poisoned!

Suddenly, the shouting of killing begins!

Xue and Liu were suddenly shocked, what's wrong?

When the two of them hurried forward, a soldier from the front battalion rushed over desperately, panting and saying, "Report...... Report! There are a large number of unknown enemy troops attacking from the south! ”

"Ahh The two of them were stunned for a moment, who is so bold, isn't it already peaceful in Yuzhou?

Although Xue Li was cautious and insisted on being escorted by 3,000 soldiers, in fact, it was only to maintain order, mainly to prevent the victims from looting, and also to prevent petty thieves and thieves and mutinies of the people.

Sun Tzu said: "If you don't come, you can wait for me." ”

It's time now, but it's so fragile.

For a while, the two main generals in the army were a little panicked.

Liu Zhi's face was extremely ugly, because he was joking with Xue Li just now, there was no need to bring so many soldiers, what could happen in a hundred and ten miles? The words are still in my ears, but who knows that something really happened!

As a soldier, he also went into battle to fight, but today, he was really not mentally prepared for war. At this critical moment of decision, he was stunned for a moment, and frowned quite puzzled: "The scouts sent are all dead!" How come there is no return? Xue Jun, you quickly go to the front camp to resist, and I will go to the Chinese army to gather the back camp manpower! Come! Shoot the arrows and beat the drums......"

When Xue Li heard him say this, he hurriedly ran forward, thinking as he ran, "The enemy is too fast and too sudden!" I hope Hyoka isn't too slow. "Liu only needs some time to organize, then he will have to lead the crowd for a while.

At this moment, several chirping arrows burst through the sky, and the originally peaceful field became noisy. The shouts of killing on both sides continued to increase, turning this place into a bloody place of fighting.

Fortunately, the enemy was inexperienced in combat and shot and killed a forward sentry first, causing screams to be heard, giving the soldiers the opportunity to rush out of the camp to meet the enemy. Although the officers and men had the experience of dealing with thieves last year, they were suddenly attacked, and when they saw that the thieves were numerous, they were extremely frightened, although they did not break their courage.

When Yingtao led a group of people to protect Xue Li and ran south, he heard the sound of drums and horns, and it must have been Liu Zhi's arrival in the Chinese army. When the group was about to arrive at the front camp, a strong smell of blood penetrated into the nostrils, and many officers and men had already fallen to the ground with arrows. Countless thieves shouted wildly and threw their bows to the ground, or raised their spears or halberds or raised their swords, and they came over to kill them.

Xue Li was in a cold sweat when he saw this scene, if it weren't for his temporary proposal to set up the front camp to the south in order to facilitate the communication between the Chinese army and the grain team, the enemy army might have broken through to the Chinese army's tent by now, and the consequences would be really unimaginable!

Liu Zhi's way of going down to the village, the weak side is just facing the south, fortunately he Xue Li has made a lot of moves.

The shallow trench in front of the camp is now good, and it has become an enemy army to exercise. Xue Li was very suspicious of this kind of perfunctory fortification, but Na Liu was only in charge of the military, and he endured it for a long time and did not interfere.

Xue Li saw that a large number of thieves trampled on the corpses on the ground and launched a round of fierce attacks on the officers and soldiers!

The officers and men were still fighting on their own, and as soon as the two sides met in a short period of time, a large number of them fell, and there was a huge disparity between the casualties of the enemy and us.

Xue Li didn't have much experience in leading troops, and when he was sweating profusely, Cao Deputy Shi Zhang Shi, a soldier in the army, arrived and commanded his subordinates to form a defensive formation hastily and quickly. Seeing this, Xue Li also shouted to the soldiers who had just run out of the barracks: "Formation!" Formation! Follow Vice Shi Zhang to form a formation to meet the enemy! ”

The thieves were obviously the main force due south, and the offensive was extremely ferocious, penetrating through Xue Lifang's central army, and the troops on the east and west flanks were less invested. Their purpose seemed too obvious, which was to disperse the officers and soldiers, let them flee in all directions, and then seize the grain and straw. Xue Li looked at the situation on the battlefield and commanded a handful of people to move to the flank, preparing to kill the enemy in a roundabout way and counterattack.

But at this moment, the enemy line rushed to count the horses. The leader of the thieves was extremely young, with a cold face and a long face, and his shape was very strong, and he shouted with a spear: "The invincible general Cao Zixiao is here, and the one who blocks me will die!" ”

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Han system weights and measures: 1 li = 300 steps, 1 step = 6 feet, 1 foot = 0.234 meters, so 1 Han li = 421.2 meters.

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