Chapter 41 The Soldiers
In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed, and in November, the two armies faced each other in Meiyang during these three months, although there was a lot of friction, but there was no big war, although the Qiang people organized attacks every day, but the Han army defended according to the large camp, and each time the Qiang people were able to repel them. However, most of the infantry under Zhang Wen fought against the Qiang people, and Dong Zhuo and Zhou Shen's subordinates just went out at the right time to rush and kill.
Zhang Xiu also led his troops into battle several times and killed many Qiang people, but every time the Qiang people saw Zhang Xiu, they retreated after a battle, which made Zhang Xiu extremely depressed.
In Sanfu, Sun Jian led the army to sweep constantly, and basically swept away the soldiers scattered by the Qiang people in three months, and drove them back to the Qiang people's camp in Meiyang, and Sun Jian also successfully led the troops to the Han army camp in Meiyang.
After entering November, the weather was very cold, and there were a few times when it snowed lightly, but the Han army had cotton clothes to send better, on the other hand, the Qiang people sent troops in winter, and only at the end of October did they hurriedly transfer cotton clothes from Xiliang, during which hundreds of soldiers also froze to death.
On this day, in Dong Zhuo's big tent, Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were sitting in front of the long case drinking hot wine to warm up.
Dong Zhuo asked Li Rudao: "Wen Wei, two months ago, I heard Ru Yan say to Zhang Wen that the army was stationed here to confront the Qiang people, and it was already winter at this time, I don't know when the opportunity to break the enemy as Wen Wei said will come?" ”
Li Ru heard this, shook his head and said, "There is no chance to break the enemy. ”
Dong Zhuo was a little disappointed when he heard this: "Wouldn't you have to wait a little longer." ”
Li Ru said with a smile: "But we can create our own opportunities to destroy the enemy." ”
Dong Zhuo heard it and said in surprise: "What is the strategy for Wen Wei?" ”
I saw Li Ru leaning into Dong Zhuo's ear and talking non-stop, Dong Zhuo nodded again and again, smiled, and finally laughed.
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After Dong Zhuo heard what Li Ru said, he immediately found Niu Fu, and after explaining it in detail, he ordered all departments to prepare for a big battle tomorrow morning.
When Zhang Xiu received Dong Zhuo's order, he felt a little inexplicable, the two armies confronted each other for more than two months, and he did not see any vision of the Qiang army, but from time to time to the Han army to provoke, one time to shoot arrows, one time to scold, the moves are endless, although the morale is less than when he first arrived, but there is no precursor to the collapse of the army, Zhang Xiu does not quite understand why Dong Zhuo suddenly ordered to attack early tomorrow morning, after all, it is already afternoon, Dong Zhuo cannot be unpredictable, he is not a traverser.
Zhang Xiu had doubts in her heart, so she naturally thought of Jia Xu, so after Zhang Xiu ordered the army to prepare, she went to Jia Xu's camp alone. Zhang Xiu let Jia Xu and the other two scribes have a marching tent alone, and specially arranged for the soldiers to wait, which can be regarded as very preferential treatment, but in fact, it was the other two scribes who were stained with Jia Xu's light, Zhang Xiu naturally wanted to be courteous to Jia Xu, but he didn't want to be noticed by others, so he let the three of them have such treatment together, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was Corporal Zhang Xiu Lixian.
Zhang Xiu came to Jia Xu's tent, but as soon as he entered the tent, he saw Jia Xu reading, so Zhang Xiu walked to the side and sat down, waiting for Jia Xu to finish reading. Zhang Xiu is very familiar with this matter, but every time Zhang Xiu comes to find Jia Xu, he is studying, and Zhang Xiu does not dare to disturb, and over time this has become a tacit understanding between the two.
Jia Xu held the bamboo slip and read it for nearly half an hour before putting it down, and then said to Zhang Xiu: "The general is confused by Lord Dong's dispatch of troops tomorrow morning?" ”
Seeing that Zhang Xiu nodded, Jia Xu said: "If the Qiang people are not chaotic, they can make themselves chaotic, but it is a plan for literary worries." ”
Zhang Xiu heard Jia Xu's words, and knew that it was Li Ru who made a plan, but still asked: "Sir, do you know what the military advisor has planned?" ”
Jia Xu smiled and shook his head: "I am not a ghost or god, how can I know what others think." ”
Zhang Xiu heard it and said secretly: "Yes, after all, it is reality, although Jia Xu is powerful, he can only guess what others are planning, but as for what the plan is, he naturally doesn't know." Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu asked, "Sir, do you have any advice for me?" ”
Jia Xu said: "The wisdom of Wen Wei is not ordinary. Even if there are capable people among the Qiang people, if they are undecidedly handsome, they will not escape this difficulty. Wen is worried that this plan is only for his commander, with the generation of Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, this battle will be lost, and the general only needs to fight to kill. ”
Hearing Jia Xu's words, Zhang Xiu was sure in his heart and said, "Thank you, Mr. for solving your doubts, let's go and prepare one or two first." ”
Jia Xu nodded, but Zhang Xiu walked out of Jia Xu's tent.
Zhang Xiu returned to his tent and ordered the soldiers to have a good rest tonight and recharge their energy for tomorrow's battle.
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At night, the moon is in the sky, the stars are shining, and the surroundings are quiet. Zhang Xiu wanted to know what Li Ru was up to, so he didn't sleep all night, stayed in the cold wind and looked at the direction of the Qiang camp.
In the middle of the night, a meteor of more than ten zhang long suddenly rose from the south in the quiet sky, illuminating half of the sky like a pillar, and the place that shone was only on the side of the Qiang camp, on the other hand, the sky on the side of the Han army was still a bright moon, the stars were bright, and it looked quiet and nothing.
Zhang Xiu was puzzled, but in his cognition, he didn't know what meteors could illuminate half of the sky like a pillar of fire, thinking of this, he suddenly remembered Jia Xu's words, Zhang Xiu's heart froze, and then carefully looked at the meteor in the sky, and remembered the introduction of meteors by scientific people before the time crossing.
After a closer look, Zhang Xiu smiled at the corner of his mouth, and muttered: "What a Li Ru, Li Wenwu can even get a vision from the sky." At this time, Zhang Xiu absolutely believed that the Qiang camp must be in chaos at this time, and the Qiang people who couldn't sleep well had no energy in the morning after a night of quarreling.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu immediately returned to the camp to close his eyes and recuperate, and ordered all the soldiers not to make noise and go out of the camp, and they must stay in the camp, even if they can't sleep, they have to lie down. He also ordered men to patrol the camp and drive them back to the camp as soon as they were out of the camp.
Zhang Xiu's order was still very timely, but Zhang Xiu heard that the battalion of several generals under Dong Zhuo next door was already noisy at this time, and then the voice was louder.
Zhang Xiu closed his eyes in the camp for a while, and heard Dong Zhuo's herald coming, and the order conveyed was that the soldiers must be ordered to return to the camp to rest, and if there is any noise, they will be decided.
And the herald came to Zhang Xiu's camp and saw it quietly, not at all like the other generals' camp riots, and secretly praised Zhang Xiu's ability to govern the army, and conveyed Dong Zhuo's order through the motions, and the herald went back to hand over the order.
After nearly half an hour, the entire Dong Zhuo camp regained its calm, but Zhang Xiu knew through a few screams from the camp next to him that there must have been a soldier who had been beheaded, so he calmed down so quickly, but this had nothing to do with Zhang Xiu, he was now closing his eyes and recuperating, waiting for the big battle in a few hours.