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Guandu is not a city, but a camp built for transporting grain and grass.

Late at night, the camp was silent. Except for the bright lights at the east and west gates, darkness shrouded a large camp tent. Only the faint light in the tent of the Chinese army camp.

The general who sat in the Guandu camp was Ren Jun, the word Boda, and a native of Zhongmu County. He was one of the first cronies to respond to Cao Cao's army, leading hundreds of clan guests to defect to Cao Cao's command, and since then he has followed Cao Cao to fight in the south and north for more than ten years, and has been Cao Cao's most trusted and effective commander of the rear army. Every time Cao Cao led his troops to fight, Ren Jun was the chief general of the rear army, and he supplied grain and grass in the rear; This has been the case for more than a decade, with few exceptions.

The most rare thing is that until now, Ren Jun has never been in charge of escorting the armament and grain and grass baggage, and has repeatedly thwarted the enemy's plot to cut off the grain route, which is truly foolproof, and has won the trust of Cao Cao and even the generals of the whole army.

It is precisely because he is good at commanding the rear army that Cao Ren still ordered him to serve as the chief general of the rear army when he led the army to preside over the transportation of armaments and grain and grass, camp in Guandu, and supply grain and grass for the more than 100,000 troops in front.

You are right. Since the outside of Kaifeng encountered Zhao Yun's army to rob the camp at night, Cao Ren's army lost tens of thousands of people, and when he captured Zhongmu County, Cao Ren's 120,000 troops lost more than half, leaving only 60,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Zhongmu, relying on the benefits of the city, and the Western Jin Dynasty army of the Luoyang camp confronted each other. However, in the half month that Li Li personally led the army to aid Luoyang, the Jingzhou army attacking Nanyang County once again mobilized 200,000 reinforcements from the rear, and Cao Ren's army attacking Henan County was also increasing troops. When Li Li's army arrived in Luoyang. Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty sent the generals Cao Hong and Le Jin to lead 100,000 Qingzhou soldiers to reinforce Cao Ren, and arrived in Henan County almost at the same time as Li Li's army. So far. Cao Ren had as many as 170,000 soldiers and horses under his tent, and he garrisoned Zhongmu City. Confrontation with the Luoyang camp where the Western Jin Dynasty army was stationed.

The arrival of 100,000 Qingzhou reinforcements greatly boosted Cao Ren's confidence in leading the army to attack Henan County. Therefore, instead of being afraid of withdrawing because Li Li's army arrived in Luoyang, he strengthened Zhongmu City, arranged troops, and put on a posture to confront the Western Jin Dynasty army, which was quite a decisive battle with the Western Jin Dynasty.

At the same time, when more than 100,000 Cao troops were stationed in Zhongmu City, Cao Ren ordered Ren Jun, the commander of the army, to build the Guandu camp to supply the army with grain and grass. So, when Zhao Yuntun's army opened the city. Guandu was at best a ferry port for fishing boats, but after Cao's army occupied Zhongmu City, in just half a month, Guandu, which was originally a very inconspicuous Yellow River ferry, completed a gorgeous transformation and became a thoroughfare connecting Yanzhou Chenliu and Henan County. And Ren Jun is the chief general of the Cao army sitting in the Guandu Fortress, with a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses, responsible for receiving the grain and grass delivered from Yanzhou, and then supplying the 160,000 troops in front. Therefore, Guandu is a transit station to ensure the logistics supply of Cao's army. It is also a baggage base for hoarding armaments and grain and grass.

Four days ago, when Cao Ren learned that Li Li of the Tun army in Luoyang had sent two lines of soldiers and horses, he felt that the long-awaited fighter plane had finally appeared. So Cao Ren immediately made a decision, and ordered Ren Jun to strictly guard the official camp. On the one hand, he led the army south to Yingchuan and went to contact the Jingzhou army. Therefore, the Cao army that remained in Zhongmu City to confront the Western Jin Dynasty army was definitely no more than 50,000. Coupled with the 10,000 rear troops of Ren Jun's account stationed in Guandu, this is the entire strength of Cao's army left behind in Zhongmu, Guandu and Kaifeng. Correspondingly. The remaining 110,000 troops followed Cao Ren south to attack Yingchuan. This is the reason why the east gate and the north gate of Yingchuan Yang Zhai City were attacked by Cao's army at the same time.

Since Cao Ren led the army quietly south, Ren Jun, who was stationed in the granary of Guandu, was highly vigilant. Tighten your heartstrings at all times and dare not relax at all. He soberly realized that as Cao Ren led his army south to attack Yingchuan, the battle line was getting longer and longer, and the supply pressure in the rear was also increasing.

At the same time, because the battle line was too long, it was easy to have defensive loopholes, which gave the Western Jin army an opportunity; Once the Western Jin Dynasty sent troops to attack, the consequences would be unimaginable. If the Xiliang Army really sent troops to sneak attack, then the first target of the sneak attack was the Guandu camp where Ren Jun was stationed. Because Guandu is the most important and weakest link on the front of the Cao Army's one-word long snake formation, which is equivalent to the seven inches of the snake, where the heart is, is directly related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of troops.

It is precisely because of this worry that Ren Jun sleeps late every night, and as of tonight, he has been sleepless for three consecutive days, changing his schedule to camp at night and sleeping during the day. This is a habit he has developed in the rear army for many years, and no one knows that he has this habit except for his wife and concubines and personal soldiers. It is precisely because of the good work of secrecy that he has never been negligent in presiding over the transportation of armaments and grain and grass over the years, and has thwarted dozens of attempts by the enemy army to rob the camp at night.

And there is another extremely important reason why Cao Cao is so heavy-duty. This is that Ren Jun's wife is Cao Cao's sister (cousin), and it is this relationship that makes him Cao Cao's confidant general, a veritable relative of the emperor. If it weren't for this, how could Cao Cao, who was suspicious by nature, hand over the rear to a general with a foreign surname for a long time?

Not only Cao Cao, but even Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty was the same. Li Li has been fighting all the year round, and it is Li Xuan who is responsible for logistics supply in the rear, and Li Xuan is the brother of his wife Li Xin. Therefore, Li Li was undoubtedly the most relieved to hand over the rear to Li Xuan, and his trust in Cheng Dù was still above his uncle Li Dao.

?????? The door of the Chinese army's big tent was hidden, and Ren Jun, who was dressed in armor, worked the desk, and after approving a bamboo slip, he gently put down the wolf's hair, picked up the military book that he hadn't read last night, and looked at it absentmindedly. It is not wrong to say that he is absent-minded, because his eyelids jumped a few times when he picked up the military book, and even though he was holding the military book in his hand, his mind was not on the book, and his eyes were deep and dark, and he looked around from time to time, and his eyes paid attention to the hidden door intentionally or unintentionally.

Tonight for some reason, Ren Jun was restless, and his eyelids kept jumping. I felt uneasy, and an unprecedented sense of crisis filled my heart. Little by little, as time passed. This indescribable uneasiness intensified so much that he was depressed. Worried, not in the mood to read at all. Years of war career made him feel that the crisis was approaching him step by step, and the thing he was most worried about had finally happened, the Xiliang army had already set its sights on the Guandu camp, and soon tonight, or tomorrow at the latest, the Xiliang army would definitely come to rob the camp.

After picking up the book of war and reading it for less than a quarter of an hour, Ren Jun put down the book of war, got up and walked down the steps, and walked to the door. Pushing open the hidden door, a refreshing cool breeze blew in front of you.

"Ugh!" The moment the cool breeze rushed into his nostrils, Ren Jun smelled a hint of fishy smell in the air, which was a unique smell on the bank of the Yellow River not far from the Guandu ferry. Because Guandu was a place where fishermen docked their fishing boats to trade after fishing, the fishy smell on the banks of the Yellow River not far from Daying was very strong, and as long as someone tugs the boat into the water, the fishy smell accumulated over the years will be dispersed by the wind.

The moment he smelled the fishy smell, Ren Jun's face changed greatly, and he was stunned. Then he tilted his head slightly and pricked up his ears to listen to the sound of the northwest direction of the camp. Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came to his ears: "Not good! The Xiliang Army is here! ”

In the midst of the screams, Ren Jun instinctively ran wildly. Quickly ran to the war drum on the left side of the camp, grabbed the drumstick and beat the war drum: "Knock——— knock!" "This is the unique general drum of the Chinese army's big tent, that is, the drum raises the tent. Gather the generals and point the troops.

The rumbling drums of war resounded through the camp. In the blink of an eye, the tent, which had been pitch black, moved. The lights quickly turned on, and the generals of the battalions distributed around the Chinese army's tent rushed out of the tent as soon as possible. While running to the military tent, he put on his clothes and armor. At this moment, there was a rumbling sound of horses stepping outside the west gate of the camp, and almost at the same time, there was a screaming sound of arrows breaking through the air above the east gate of the Chinese army, which was quite close to the big tent of the Chinese army.

Ren Jun stood on the war drum platform and followed the prestige, and with the help of the firelight on the tower of Yuanmen City, he clearly saw a rain of arrows and arrows like a dark cloud hanging over Yuanmen. At this moment, just based on this dense rain of arrows like locusts, Ren Jun could judge that the Xiliang army attacking Dongyuanmen at this moment had at least 10,000 soldiers and horses, and all of them were elite cavalry who were good at riding and shooting.

"The generals will obey!" When the generals who hurriedly left the camp rushed to the door of the military tent, Ren Jun was already standing on the steps in front of the tent with a spear in hand, without any greetings, and there was no need to discuss the strategy of defending against the enemy, he directly ordered: "Cao Xiu led 4,000 soldiers and horses from the left battalion to garrison the west gate, and the general personally led 4,000 soldiers and horses from the right battalion to garrison the east gate, and Ren Xian led the remaining 2,000 people to guard the granary." The battle death is urgent, and the generals must not hesitate to quickly lead the army to defend the camp! Before the words fell, Ren Jun jumped down the steps, flew on his horse, and led his soldiers to the east gate.

"Father is handsome and slow!" Just as Ren Jun was about to ride his horse, he saw a young general running over and pulling the reins, and said urgently: "My father is the main general in the army, how can he take risks in person?" The child is not talented, and he is willing to go to the east gate to guard the camp for his father, and implore his father to sit in the Chinese army to plan everything! It was Ren Xian, the cavalry captain who was ordered by Ren Jun to guard the granary, who spoke. Ren Xian is Ren Jun's eldest son, who was twenty-three years old, but has followed Ren Jun to fight for many years.

Seeing that his beloved son Ren first asked Ying to guard the camp, Ren Jun was very relieved in his heart, and he really felt his son's filial piety, but his face was ugly, and he scolded sharply: "The military order is like a mountain, how can it be changed?" If you guard the granary for me, it will be a great achievement. Without the general's order, you are not allowed to move 2,000 men and horses under your account, and if not, you will be severely punished! Quickly let go??????" Reprimanded his son with a straight face, Ren Jun snatched the reins, waved the spear in his hand, and went straight to the east gate with his own soldiers and the soldiers and horses of the right battalion.

Cao Xiu, who was preparing to reorganize the army, rode his horse in front of Ren Xian after seeing this scene, and comforted: "Uncle is loving you, I'm afraid that you will be in danger." In this case, the elder brother left to guard the grain depot, and he must not be rash. Ren Xian nodded lightly after hearing the sound, then bowed to Cao Xiu, and led the soldiers and horses to the grain depot behind the big tent of the Chinese army.

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