Chapter 133: Sima Yi's unexpected response

In addition to jerky and biscuits, Hongjun also has a new style of food is the jar dish, the so-called jar dish is very simple, that is, use a clay pot to fill some vegetables and fruits with good taste, seal them with a stopper, and then steam them thoroughly and thoroughly.

This is the latest development of Liu Hou in imitation of the principle of canned food. After the food inside is steamed, what bacteria, mold, parasites, viruses and other microorganisms are all killed, because the opening is sealed, and the microorganisms outside cannot enter, so without the corruption of microorganisms, these jar vegetables can be stored for a long time.

However, this new type of military ration has just been made, and the quantity is not large, and only one jar is supplied per platoon every day, and only half a bowl of this canned vegetable is distributed to each person every day. The soldiers were so fond of this new flavor of food that they were often snatched up as soon as they were opened.

Patience is an essential quality for a successful sniper, and to carry out an ambush, as well as sniping, the entire army must have very good patience. As a general who can take charge on his own, Bu Qi's patience is beyond doubt.

He led the ambush team to wait in the barren mountains and mountains for two days, no matter how good the logistics support, these two days were indeed very difficult, fortunately, the Hong army was very strict in training, and everyone was very disciplined, so there were no accidents.

On this day, he finally waited for the scout's return: "Report ~ Huhu, general, the Wei army is here, Huhu." ”

Bu Qi looked at the scout who was still panting, and hurriedly asked, "How many people are in the Wei army, and how far is the distance?" ”

"Report, report to the general, when we first met the Wei army, the distance was fifty miles, and now it is estimated that they have walked five miles forward, there are many people, and at least fifty thousand can be seen, but our captain said that it may be more than that, he asked a certain to come back first to report, he led the brothers to do further reconnaissance, and there will be a more detailed report back later."

Hearing the words of this scout, Bu Qi couldn't help frowning, the Wei army seemed to have more people than expected, according to the previous estimate at the military meeting, the Wei army might send about 30,000 people to relieve the siege of Zhangling, at most no more than 50,000 horses.

Now the scouts have reported that the Wei army has more than 50,000 horses, and it is a bit difficult for so many people to gnaw, so don't knock out your teeth when the time comes.

"Immediately sent an order to E Huan, saying that the Wei army reinforcements are coming, let them evacuate immediately." Bu Qi only thought about it for a moment, and then issued the first order first. No matter how many or too few Wei troops there are, Ehuan's people must go first, and if they are late, they will not be able to walk if the road is cut off by the Wei army.

Then, Bu Qi asked the scout to rush back, join up with their scout team, and continue to scout the news of the Wei army, and then he also began to arrange the ambush.

In fact, the ambush has been almost arranged a long time ago, mines have been planted in many places, and some places have been dug and trapped, everything is ready only to owe the east wind, he just re-checks to see if there are any omissions, and an excellent general is often very cautious.

Soon, Bu Qi received several batches of reports from the scout team one after another, and his brow furrowed a little with each message, and in the end, his brow tightened.

Summarizing all the news, he found a very bad thing, the scale of the Wei army's dispatch this time far exceeded their expectations. The "east wind" he was waiting for did not look like a warm and gentle east wind, but a bitter Siberian wind.

The Wei army's reinforcements were not 50,000, but a total of 200,000, and the four armies were separated to maintain a distance that could quickly support each other at any time, and rushed to Zhangling County. And each army was divided into front, middle, and rear armies, and they hurried forward while on guard.

Sima Yi sent almost all the troops outside Xiangyang City, leaving only 50,000 horses to guard Xiangyang. In this way, it is impossible for the Shu army to eat these reinforcements in one bite.

It seems that Sima Yi had long expected that the Shu army would come to a siege point to send reinforcements and attack halfway, so he simply dispatched a large army to rescue Zhang Ling in a crushing posture.

In this case, if Bu Qi still wants to implement the sneak attack plan, it will be very dangerous, because once the Shu army launches a strike, its whereabouts will be exposed, and it will face the encirclement and pursuit of 200,000 troops, and it will reproduce the experience of going north to Xiangyang some time ago.

Second, even if the ambush can be successful, since the Wei army's troops are walking in sections, then they will definitely only be able to ambush some of them, and even if the Wei army is hit, it will only lose a small part of them, and it will not be able to deal a fatal blow to the 200,000 army.

Will you launch a sneak attack according to the original plan, or will you quietly withdraw? Bu Qi couldn't help but hesitate. Fortunately, the leader of this sneak attack mission will be Bu Qi, not a tendon vulture, the word "main general" and "assertive" pronunciation is similar, to be the main general does need to be assertive, Bu Qi is a very assertive general.

He quickly came out of his hesitation and made up his mind: since he had already made so many arrangements before, how could he not leave without a vote? Since he took refuge in the Shu camp, he has not made an inch, he decided to get some military merits first, at most be careful, leave with one blow, and do not entangle with the Wei army, so as not to be surrounded by the Wei army and cause big losses.

The Shu army marched faster than Wei and Wu, and after training in mountain warfare, it had more advantages in walking in the mountains and forests than the Wei army, and believed that as long as they escaped in time, they were not worried about being caught up by the Wei army.

Of course, there is an exception here, that is, the rattan armor soldiers, the soldiers of the vine armor soldiers have also received mountain combat training and long-distance training, and there is a considerable proportion of the southern barbarians among the vine armor soldiers, they also walk over the mountains and mountains, but that refers to the situation of not wearing rattan armor.

Although rattan armor is relatively light compared to other types of armor, it is only relative, in fact, it is still quite heavy, and the volume is also very large, or rather, it is relatively bulky, it is okay to wear them for a short time to fight, if you go over mountains and mountains, it is still quite fatal.

On the march in peacetime, they all had to take off the rattan armor and put it on various carts, which were used to transport it, including this secret sneak, which was also smuggled by homeless people disguised as caravans and migrates with horse-drawn carts, ox carts, donkey carts and even carts.

In the original plan, the firearms unit would first carry out the first round of strikes, and the enemy's troops would be half-crippled and thrown into chaos, and then the vine armor soldiers would go out to clean up the battlefield and completely annihilate the remnants of the enemy. However, in this way, if the follow-up troops of the Wei army rushed to the rescue, it was very likely that the vine armor soldiers would not be able to escape.

Therefore, Buqi had to let them take the first step, so that they would not be caught up by the Wei army after the sneak attack on the Wei army, and then they would steal chickens and rice.

In this way, only the first round of strikes of the firearms unit is left, so it is difficult to ensure the total annihilation of the enemy, although it is a pity, but safety first, Bu Qi knows, not only the firearms troops, but also the rattan armor soldiers are the little emperor's baby bumps, which cannot be used as cannon fodder to consume.

Sometimes, it is more important to preserve one's own strength than to deplete the enemy's living forces, and as one of the three members of the military committee around the little emperor, Bu Qi has a clear understanding of this.

A qiē arrangement stopped, however, that day Buqi did not wait for the arrival of the Wei army, the Wei army was very vigilant and cautious along the way, so they did not walk much every day, and they had already set up camp more than ten or twenty miles away from the ambush site of the Shu army.

In desperation, Buqi had no choice but to wait for the arrival of the next day, and at the same time sent additional scout forces to keep an eye on the movements of the Wei army, preventing them from discovering themselves and carrying out a sneak attack at night.

But after thinking about it, this is not bad, this is equivalent to letting the vine armor soldiers leave a day early, and even if the Wei army wants to chase them, it will be difficult to catch up with them, so that he can let go of his hands and feet to fight with the Wei army.

The next day, when it was time to arrive, the Wei army's forward troops were late. The Wei army lined up in two columns and meandered along the path, and Bu Qi watched the situation on the high ground on one side, and couldn't help frowning again.

This formation is easy to sneak attack, but it is not easy to inflict heavy losses on the enemy by sneak attack. Generally speaking, the sneak attack force can only lie in ambush on a favorable part of the terrain, and because the line of the attacked side is very long, the number of people who fall in the ambush area will be very small, in that case, even if all the enemies on this section of the road are destroyed, there are not many in fact.

Now this is the case, the Shu army planted mines in the area of about two miles, the place with the trap is about one mile, these places can only accommodate about 6,000 people at the same time, their own labor and people ran out to set up an ambush, and E Huan cooperated with the feint, if only a few thousand enemies were killed, it was obviously a loss to grandma's house.

But now there is no good way, at this point, it is already ready to be sent, how much can you eat, it is better to have a little record than to go home empty-handed, you can only blame yourself The three strategists did not calculate that Sima Yi would deal with it like this.

If he had known that Sima Yi had transferred 200,000 troops to rescue Zhangling, then he should have arranged for a group of men and horses to take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang City, instead of stupidly guarding Maicheng. It seems that he and the others are still not thoughtful, and their skills are still not as good as Sima Yi.

When the vanguard of the Wei army walked through the minefield, the herald stared nervously at the Bu Qi, waiting for him to give the order to attack, but the Bu Qi did not say anything, and when the Wei army walked through the trap area, the herald still did not wait for the order of the Bu Qi, and could not help but be a little anxious.

When the Wei vanguard had about 4 or 5,000 men through the trap area, Buqi decisively gave the order to attack, and after receiving the order, the herald immediately sounded a bird flute, which played a beautiful birdsong-like sound.

Since this expedition required stealth, it was inconvenient to carry heavy gongs and drums and other tools for the army to issue orders, so this time they brought a small bird flute. The bird flute is small and simple, but it produces a high-pitched and high-pitched whistle, which is very suitable for issuing military orders.

The production of a bird flute is very simple: first, find a bamboo pipe with an inner diameter of about 10 mm and a length of 130 mm to make the flute pipe, 15 mm away from one end of the bamboo pipe, use a fine-toothed saw to cut a triangular notch, and use a file or knife to smooth the notch. Break a small log with the same diameter as the inner diameter of the bamboo pipe, make it slightly oblique, press it into the head of the bamboo pipe, and form a whistle with the triangular notch.

Then, use iron wire and cloth strips to make a push and pull rod: the cloth strip is wound around one end of the iron wire, and the thread is firmly tied to make a cloth stopper. The cloth plug should be made not big or small, and put it in the bamboo pipe, which will not leak air and can slide flexibly in the pipe. After the push-pull rod is tucked into the bamboo pipe, the bird flute is made.