Zhuge Liang left 13,000 people for Xiang Lang, with a large number of ordnance assistance, and Guo Huai in the city was not dangerous to him, so Xiang Lang was not worried about Guo Huai, but about the war in Mumen.

He thought about it for a long time and said to Hu Ji, no matter what, this batch of military rations has been robbed by Zhang He, and even if the prime minister defeats Zhang He, Zhang He probably will not leave the grain to the prime minister. The lack of food is already the result of no doubt. We can't sit back and wait, we should ask Guanzhong for help, and let General Zhendong and General Zhenbei send some more food to help the emergency.

Hu Ji was also like a mirror in his heart, Xiang Lang said that he was asking for food from Guanzhong, but in fact, he wanted to inform Wei Ba of the battle situation in Longyou, so that he could be prepared for contingencies. Food is just an excuse.

Considering the current predicament, Hu Ji agreed very cooperatively. Xiang Lang then sent people down the river by boat, through the Kei Valley, and into Guanzhong. From Shangtai to Guanzhong, this road is the fastest.

As soon as Xiang Lang's messenger passed through the Kei Valley, he saw the ships that were crowded with almost the entire Weishui. Every ship was filled with food.

When the messenger asked, he learned that this was the grain prepared by Fufeng Taishou, and it was all in Linwei County, ready to be transported to Longyou at any time. And Wei Ba, who he was anxious to see, was not in Chang'an, he had already arrived at Longguan.

The messenger was overjoyed, and immediately turned around and hurried to Longguan.

After reading Xiang Lang's letter of "asking for food", Wei Ba wanted to cry without tears. Zhuge Liang, who is known for his caution, will be robbed of grain by Zhang He? Which one of the soldiers doesn't know the importance of the grain road, even I, a newcomer to the battlefield, know that robbing the grain road is a nirvana. Prime Minister, why are you so careless?

It's just careless, your idea of trying to block Zhang He at the wooden door is too self-righteous, right? Zhang He has food supplies and recovered, will he still be at your mercy? 10,000 fine riders, whether it is facing 20,000 people in Ma Jian or your 20,000 people, Zhang He has a very high winning rate. You are all together. There may be a chance to do it. Now split up and chase the cavalry with footmen. Running for three hundred miles, the chance of catching Zhang He is very small.

If he is caught, is it still Zhang He? You have been played by Zhang He once, and you don't know how to wake up. But still thinking about catching turtles in the urn, is this a little too confident? Haven't you recognized what kind of opponent Zhang He is? When it comes to ingenuity, he's better than all of you combined.

It's short. Hit the other side, Prime Minister, if you really win this battle, it will really be called against the sky.

"Zhongde, the prime minister is going to be defeated." Wei Ba threw Xiang Lang's letter to Zhao Guang and said with a wry smile: "He was actually robbed of the grain by Zhang He. ”

Zhao Guang was inexplicable, he just saw from Wei Ba's face that the situation had changed. But he didn't know the details, he was in a hurry, and after hearing Wei Ba's words, he was first startled, and then stunned: "What grain?" Where does the grain come from? ”

"Of course, it is grain from Hanzhong. was robbed by Zhang He. Wei Ba slapped his thigh, shaking the wound and causing him to gasp a few times in pain.

Zhao Guang quickly read the letter, frowned, and sighed: "This is really providence." ”

Wei Ba grinned and asked in surprise, "What do you mean?" ”

"I mean Zhang He's robbery of grain." Zhao Guang shook the letter in his hand: "This is simply an incredible coincidence. ”

"Coincidence, what kind of coincidence is this, this is common sense in soldiers."

Zhao Guang smiled, smiling bitterly, he shook his head again and again: "Ziyu, you think too simply." The prime minister has no grain road, the prime minister's grain is all in the camp in Shangqi, and he has no food road at all. This grain road is simply temporary, who would have thought that it would be hit by Zhang He? ”

Wei Ba was confused.

Zhao Guang had no choice but to explain to him, and Wei Ba knew that he had taken it for granted again.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first, which is indeed true. But this is a different situation. Fighting on the mainland, because of the ease of transportation, and considering that the positions at the forefront may be lost by the enemy, there is no need to store too much food. After the start of the war, the rear will continue to send food to the front. At this time, there is a relatively fixed grain route, which is easy to become the target of the enemy's sneak attack. Both sides will regard this grain route as a key point of contention.

But for an expedition like Zhuge Liang, the situation is completely different. The soldiers are no longer in service, and the food is not for three years, it is already obvious. Generally speaking, the army will not prepare for a long-term battle, the short is two or three months, and the long is only half a year.

Therefore, the expeditionary army will bring enough rations for three or four months, and when the battle does not achieve the desired goal, the food will be transported a second time. If you need to transport grain for the second time, the battle situation is already unfavorable, and only when you see tangible benefits and you can succeed as long as you hold on to it, you will transport grain for the second time, otherwise, most people will take the initiative to retreat.

For the expeditionary army, his granary is close to him, protected nearby, and there is no so-called grain route. If a second or even third shipment of grain is required, there will be a grain route. From Qishan to Shangqi, more than 200 miles, the time for this grain road to appear is four or five days, and at most six or seven days.

Six or seven days, and hundreds of miles apart, even if the enemy knew that such a grain route might exist, it would be difficult for him to capture the fighters. Because it's too far away, send scouts to go deep behind enemy lines to find out the news, and when you send the news back, the army will come again, maybe the people's grain has been transferred in place, and the grain route has completed its mission, where is there still a chance for you to rob the grain.

Fighters are difficult to capture, and that's just one aspect. Everyone knows the importance of food, who wouldn't send heavy troops to guard it? So easy to rob you? With Zhuge Liang's prudence, at least 10,000 people should be sent to protect him. Even if Zhang He found out the news and wanted to rob the grain road, it would be very difficult to get it.

It is by no means so easy to rob the grain road. In the famous Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao's military rations were robbed by Cao Cao? It's not because those military rations are on the road, but because those military rations are in Wuchao, forty miles away from Guandu, which is too far, which is a flaw. What's even worse is that Xu You, who is familiar with Yuan Shao's flaws, defected and revealed the news to Cao Cao. Cao Cao himself was about to run out of food, so he took a gamble and personally led the main force to raid Wuchao, and wanted to fight to the death with Yuan Shao, burning your grain and forcing you to retreat.

In other words, if Yuan Shao hadn't put his military rations in the black nest so far away from the camp, if it hadn't been for Xu Yu's rebellion, Cao Cao would have wanted to rob Yuan Shao's military rations. That's just a fantasy. These two conditions are indispensable.

Now, Zhuge Liang's grain is in Shangqi, not so far. No one defected and revealed the news that there would be a second batch of grain and grass to Zhang He, but Zhang He was able to seize this fighter, which can only be said to be providential.

Two hundred miles. The scouts also had to hide their whereabouts, and when they found that there was a grain road, they reported it to Zhang He. At least it was already two days later, and it would take at least two to three days for Zhang He to rush there again, that is to say, Zhang He did not delay at all, and it was only two days at most. Just delay a little and wait for him to arrive. The grain has been safely transported to the camp in Shangtai, what grain is he still robbing?

Looting grain has always been the attacking side and the defensive side, firstly, the probability of success is relatively greater, and secondly, it is eaten by the enemy. It can greatly reduce your own transportation costs.

No matter from which point of view, Zhang He robbed Zhuge Liang's grain road, which was an accident.

"As far as I can tell, Zhang He may have had this idea from the beginning, but it is more of an opportunity to really turn the idea into reality." Zhao Guang sighed, admired, and regretted: "To be able to seize the fleeting opportunity is worthy of being a good general of the five sons." If not providence, then what? ”

Wei Ba pondered for a moment, twisted his fingers and said, "We have all ignored a problem. ”

"What's the problem?"

"Zhang He has been fighting here for many years, and he is probably more familiar with the terrain here than any of us." Wei Ba groaned: "His understanding of the prime minister is far greater than the understanding of the prime minister relative to him. The prime minister's deployment is all in his jihua, but his deployment, the prime minister knows very little. Coupled with the advantage of cavalry over foot soldiers, it is not surprising that he played the prime minister around. ”

Zhao Guang's eyes tightened and he nodded slightly. From the news vaguely revealed in Xiang Lang's letter, Zhuge Liang and Ma Tan wanted to brake quietly and wait for Zhang He to run out of food, which should be said to be a safe strategy. If the opponent is not Zhang He, but a slightly weaker general, facing Zhuge Liang, it will inevitably be a dilemma, and there is nothing to be done.

It's a pity that the opponent Zhuge Liang met was Zhang He, and Zhang He saw through Zhuge Liang's jihua, and moved back and forth between Luomen and Shangqi, and then grabbed the key point and hit it with one blow. He used his speed advantage to make a successful comeback.

Zhuge Liang may soon understand Zhang He's intentions, but his army did not have time to react, and in the face of the rapidly mobile cavalry, the inferiority of the foot soldiers was irreparable. When Zhang He gave full play to the advantages of the cavalry, no matter how smart Zhuge Liang was, he could only follow behind and eat ashes.

If Zhuge Liang didn't make a big mistake before, but Zhang He was too clever, then now, Zhuge Liang gave up the positional advantage under the city of Shangtai and gave up the advantage in heavy ordnance, and instead tried to encircle and annihilate Zhang He at the wooden gate, which was the real mistake.

So Wei Ba said that the prime minister was going to be defeated. He wanted to fight after the battle, but Zhang He was not fooled. Zhang He wanted to lure him to the wooden gate, but he rushed over day and night. The superiority of the two sides already understands very well, how can he be undefeated?

"It is inevitable that Longyou will gain and lose." Wei Ba held on to the desk and stood up with difficulty: "We should now think about how to fight the battle after losing Longyou." ”

Zhao Guang nodded silently. He also knew that Zhuge Liang was mobilized by Zhang He and fell into an unfavorable situation, and the failure was now. If nothing else, Zhang He will soon regain Longyou, and the victory of this Northern Expedition is only Guanzhong.

"If you want to fight for the right in the future, it is best to control Shangqi in your hands." Wei Ba slowly spun around in circles, pondering. Longyou is a place to raise horses, Cao Wei refuses to give up, and Shu Han wants to dominate the world, and he is also determined to win. After Longyou fell back into the hands of Zhang He, the position of Shangyou was very important. Shu Han occupied Shangqi, in the future, he could control the upper reaches of Weishui, to avoid Cao Wei down the river, Cao Wei controlled Shangqi, blocked the way of Shu Han out of the Kei Valley, and could launch an attack on Guanzhong at any time.

"Reply to Xiang Gong, the military rations have arrived in Linwei and are on standby at any time. If possible, lure Guo Huai out of the city and annihilate him in the field. ”

Wei Ba said to Zhao Guang again: "Zhongde, gather all the cavalry and prepare to cooperate with Xiang Gong to fight." ”

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