Bingzhou has always been the Xiahou family's sphere of influence, from the earliest Xiahou Yuan, to Xiahou Xuan, and then to Xiahou Shang, the army of Bingzhou has always been in the hands of the Xiahou family, of which Taiyuan City is the top priority of Bingzhou.

After Xiahoudun took away 20,000 elites from Taiyuan, the strength of Cao's army in Bingzhou was sharply reduced to 30,000, and then 5,000 troops were divided into Zhang He to guard Jingcheng, and the defenders of Taiyuan City were only 25,000 people.

After being occupied by the Xiongnu for many years, the state formed a pattern of southern Han and northern Hu, with Taiyuan County as the boundary, the north of Taiyuan County is the animal husbandry area of the Hu people, and the south is the agricultural area where the Han people are concentrated, and the agricultural area is mainly concentrated in Pingyang County, Hedong County, Hanoi County and the southern part of Shangdang County.

Although the Xiongnu had been extinct for four or five years, it did not change the pattern of the Northern Hu and Southern Han Dynasty, on the contrary, a large number of southern peasants abandoned their land and fled to Guanzhong, which made the agriculture of Bingzhou more and more withered.

The biggest impact of the agricultural withering in Bingzhou on Cao's army was that there was no sufficient military rations, and 200,000 grains had to be transferred from Hebei every year to supplement the shortage of military rations.

Today's winter came very early, only in mid-November, and the first heavy snow fell in Bingzhou, which also made Xiahou Shang also fall into an extreme uneasiness, the Han army went north too fast, and the 200,000 stone grain from Hedong and Pingyang County had no time to be transported back to Taiyuan, and there were only 50,000 stone of military grain reserves in Taiyuan City, which was only enough for his army to eat for two months.

Xiahou Shang stood at the head of the city, looking at the heavy snow fluttering in the sky, his eyes were full of contradictions and hesitation, this was the second heavy snow under the state, and the sky and the earth turned gray.

Xiahou Shang received an eagle letter from Zhang He yesterday, and learned that the main force of the Han army of 40,000 was besieging Jingcheng, no wonder no trace of the Han army was found south of Taiyuan, and they all killed Leping County.

In the letter, Zhang He said that he could send troops south to raid Huguan County, which was the logistics center of the Han army, and alleviate the strong pressure on Jingcheng.

Although this Jianyì is good, but Xiahou Shang is an extremely cautious person, he only has 25,000 troops, if he encounters a counterattack by the Han army in the south, the consequences are unimaginable, Xiahou Shang really does not have the guts.

Besides, even if he had the courage, he would rather send troops south to the counties of Pingyang County to collect grain, which would really be beneficial for him to defend Taiyuan, but now, he didn't even have the courage to send troops south to Pingyang County, let alone send troops to raid Shangdang Huguan County.

Xiahou Shang sighed, turned around and went down the city wall, returned to the Governor's Mansion, he changed his clothes, returned to the Parliamentary Hall, and stood alone in front of the sand table and pondered.

At this time, a personal guard reported under the hall: "Governor, Master Mao is here!" ”

Xiahou Shang nodded, "Quickly invite him in." ”

Mao Junshi is Mao Jue, he was appointed as the military division of the Governor's Mansion of the Prefecture, assisting Xiahou Shang to defend and merge the state, he advocated that the troops should not be dispersed, especially in the face of the pattern of strong Han and weak Cao, must concentrate troops to defend the key points, his plan was finally adopted by Xiahou Shang, for which Cao Jun gave up most of the counties and counties of the state, and defended Taiyuan City and Jingcheng two places.

Xiahou Shang himself also has some ability, otherwise he would not stand out from the many Xiahou children, but compared with his father Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Tang and others, Xiahou Shang still has a certain gap, one is that the force is slightly weaker, and the second is that the overall strategy is insufficient.

It is precisely for this reason that Xiahou Shang relies on Mao Jue very much, and almost obeys his advice, Mao Jie walked into the lobby and said with a smile: "The governor is worried about the matter of Jing Cheng?" ”

Mao Jue had heard about the main force of the Han army besieging Jingcheng, and it happened that Xiahou Shang sent someone to invite him, so he guessed that it must be for this matter.

Xiahou Shang hurriedly bowed his hand, "Not only for the matter of Jing Cheng, but also about the lack of food, I also want to discuss it with the military advisor." ”

Mao Jue nodded, slowly walked to the sand table, he stared for a moment, and then said: "Is the governor ready to respond to Zhang He's construction and send troops to raid Huguan?" ”

Xiahou Shang sighed, "I just can't make up my mind now, in fact, I want to take advantage of the Han army's siege of Jingcheng to quickly go south to Pingyang County and transport grain and grass back to the north." ”

Mao Jue smiled slightly, "In fact, Huguan also has a large amount of grain and grass for the Han army, and the governor is worried that the attack on Huguan will be intercepted by the Han army, I'm right!" ”

Mao Jue said something about Xiahou Shang's heart, and he smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay!" ”

"Actually, I have a plan, I wonder if the governor would like to give it a try?"

Xiahou Shang was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down to salute, "I am willing to listen to the good advice of the military advisor!" ”

Mao Jue said unhurriedly: "I've been thinking about a problem recently, the main commander of the Han army attacking Bingzhou this time is Guan Yu, and the military advisor is Zhuge Liang, both of whom are generals from the Jiaozhou department, if Ma Chao's incident doesn't happen, I can also think that Liu Jing is broad-minded and tolerant, but before the Ma Chao incident, how could Liu Jing still trust Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang so much, at least he has to appoint an influential deputy general, so I always feel that this seems a little strange." ”

"What does the military advisor think is the reason?"

Mao Jue said slowly: "I think Liu Jing is actually taking this opportunity to test Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang. ”

"But. What does this have to do with us? Xiahou asked puzzled.

"Of course it has something to do with us, and we can infer from this that Liu Jing will not let Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang play too much, such as ...... Let them withdraw their troops after they lay the well, I think Liu Jing will not let them occupy the entire territory of Bingzhou, let them monopolize one side, that is a hidden danger!

Xiahou Shang was silent and speechless, he disagreed with Mao Jue's analysis, after all, this was just Mao Jue's speculation, Liu Jing's king's mind was not something they could measure, if Mao Jue's plan was based on his guess, then Xiahou Shang would rather not adopt it.

Mao Jue also realized that Xiahou Shang's resistance was clear, and he smiled and said, "It's me who digressed, and my plan has nothing to do with this." ”

"I would like to listen to the plan of the military division!"

Mao Jue realized that Xiahou Shang was a very practical person, and he would not guess the strategy and tactics of the Han army, but only make decisions based on the shape in front of him.

Thinking of this, Mao Jue smiled and said: "We are short of food, and the Han army should also know that we plan to go to Pingyang County to transport grain, and the Han army can also think of it, but our plan must be beyond the imagination of the Han army." ”

Xiahou Shang suddenly refreshed his spirits and hurriedly said, "What is the specific plan?" ”

Mao Jue picked up the wooden pole and pointed to Jiuyuan County in the north of Taiyuan, "At present, there are still tens of thousands of Huns in the north of Bingzhou, in the spring they go to the north to graze, and in winter, they will go south to hide from the wind and snow, there are at least 20,000 Huns in Jiuyuan County and Yu County, they have no army to guard, they have at least millions of cattle and sheep in their hands." ”

Without waiting for Mao Jue to finish speaking, Xiahou Shang suddenly reacted, and was so excited that he clapped his fists, "Why didn't I think of it?" Millions of cows and sheep! It's enough for my army to last a year. ”

Mao Jue smiled slightly: "It is very simple to preserve beef and mutton, we also have an ice cellar in midsummer, put the killed beef and mutton in the ice cellar, and put it for two or three years There is no problem, so that the governor does not need to send troops south, but as a confusing Han army, I will send an army to Pingyang and Huguan." ”

After speaking, Mao Jue looked at Xiahou Shang, and saw that he seemed to be a little hesitant, Mao Jue knew that Xiahou Shang was worried about the safety of Jing Cheng, so he smiled and said: "As for Jing Cheng's side, if Zhang He can't hold Jing Cheng Pass, he can retreat east and then defend Wei Ze Pass, and even retreat east to guard Tumen Pass, in short, as long as Zhang He does not surrender to the Han army, the Han army will not open up Jing Cheng lightly, and when the Han army retreats south, we will cooperate with Zhang He inside and outside to recapture Jing Cheng, what do you think?" ”

Mao Jue's construction made Xiahou Shang nod again and again, not only was the strategy of seizing the Huns' cattle and sheep wonderful, but Xiahou Shang also knew that he could not do anything on Jingcheng's side, and could only rely on Zhang He to defend steadily, this is indeed the best plan, as for the raid on Huguan to force the Han army to retreat, it is simply impossible, how can the Han army not gather heavy troops to defend in Huguan.

He immediately decided: "According to the strategy of the military division, I personally led the army north to Jiuyuan County. ”

In the evening of the same day, Xiahou Shang ordered two lieutenants to lead 2,000 troops each to pretend to be 5,000 troops, rush to Pingyang County to urge grain, and go to Huguan to raid the Han army's logistics stronghold, while Xiahou Shang led 10,000 troops north to Yuxian and Jiuyuan counties under the cover of heavy snow, preparing to rob the Huns' cattle and sheep.

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At the head of the city, Zhang He looked at the Han army camp, at this time the heavy snow had stopped, and the inside and outside of the city wall were covered by thick snow, and under the sunlight, the snow was dazzlingly white.

Zhang He's expression became more and more solemn, he had been observing here for half an hour, and he found that the Han army camp was very quiet, although there were troops in action, but there were no more than a thousand people.

"Strange!" Zhang He muttered to himself.

"What did the general find?" A few of the tooth generals next to him asked.

"Look at the Han army camp tent!"

Zhang He pointed to the Han army camp from afar and said: "According to common sense, after a heavy snowfall, the first thing is to clear the snow on the big tent, otherwise the snow will turn into ice, and it will be easy to collapse the big tent, but there is no movement in the Han army camp, and no one has cleared the snow, isn't it strange?" ”

Zhang He's reminder made everyone find the abnormality, and it was true, although there were Han soldiers patrolling around, the Han army camp was unusually quiet, even if the Han army kept a low profile, it would not even clear the snow in the big tent.

At this time, everyone thought of a terrible possibility, after all, the heavy snow for a day and a night obscured the view of the city, and no one knew what happened in the Han army camp.

"General, let me test it!" One of the tooth generals couldn't help but ask.

Zhang He didn't say anything, he only had 3,000 troops left, if the Han army was a trick and lured them out of the city to attack the Han army camp, the army he sent would not be able to come back, which would be a heavy blow to Jingcheng Pass, which had few troops.

Zhang He shook his head, "Don't worry, wait a little longer, and continue to observe the movements of the Han army." ”

For a whole day, Zhang He never left the city wall, and by dusk, he was almost certain that the Han army camp was an empty camp, and it was not a trick to lure troops.

The gate of the pass was wide open, Zhang He led two thousand Cao troops to kill out of the city, and went straight to the Han army camp, and the Han soldiers who were patrolling the perimeter saw the Cao army killing, and they evacuated and fled.

Zhang He didn't care about these Han army patrol soldiers, he led the army to rush away from the Han army camp, Zhang He's judgment was not wrong, the Han army camp was indeed an empty camp, empty, and there was not a single Han soldier.

But at this moment, the drums around were loud, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing each led 5,000 troops to kill from both sides, the first 1,000 cavalry was extremely fast, and the war horses galloped in the snow, they rushed to the front of the city, cutting off Zhang He's retreat.

Zhang He was taken aback, and led the army out of the barracks, but 10,000 Han legions were surrounded, a crossbow machine sounded, thousands of Han soldiers fired arrows in unison, and the Cao soldiers couldn't dodge, and there were countless casualties in an instant, and screams and wails rang out.

The battlefield was quiet again, thousands of Han soldiers raised their crossbows together, coldly aimed at more than a thousand Cao troops, Zhuge Liang appeared in the army, he shouted from afar: "General Zhang, why don't you surrender yet?" ”

Zhang He looked at the corpses and wounded soldiers all over the ground, and then at his subordinates, all of them were panicked and had no fighting spirit, he couldn't help but sigh and ordered: "Abandon your weapons and surrender!" ”

The soldiers put down their weapons and took off their armor, Zhang He turned over and dismounted, and shouted on the ground: "Zhang He is willing to surrender!" ”

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