Since it was already expected that the first division would be short of food and ammunition, Liu Hou would certainly not sit idly by. One brigade of the First Division did not follow Zhang Bao on the expedition, but stayed behind to supervise the Xianbei prisoners, and now is the time to use them.

Liu Hou ordered them to immediately bring a large amount of ammunition, replacement barrels, and a lot of grain to Guanzhong through the Hetao area day and night.

When the 1st Division went out to Xianbei Wangting before, it used a large number of horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, ox carts and other vehicles, and now it came in handy, and this brigade of the 1st Division used them to transport these materials.

As for their original work, Liu Hou sent a brigade of the Fourth Division to take over. Originally, two brigades of the Fourth Division were transferred back to Xuchang by Liu Hou, one to strengthen Xuchang's defense forces, and the other to serve as a reserve force, which was sent out to carry out temporary tasks when necessary.

Isn't it time to send out reserves? As a result, this brigade of the 4th Division was again sent to supervise the work. This made the commander of the Fourth Division, Wu Tugu, very dissatisfied, and went to Liu Hou all day long to ask for battle, shouting that he wanted to go to the front line.

This brigade of the 1st Division entered the Hetao area and followed the route taken by the troops of the Northern Front all the way south to Xiaoguan. Previously, the troops of the northern front swept through the entire Hetao area, easily eliminating and crippling many troublemaking forces, and now the various forces in the Hetao area have an instinctive fear of the Shu army.

This time, they all learned to be obedient, even though the brigade of the First Division was relatively small in manpower, and the supplies escorted were a lot, and it looked like a big fat fish, no one dared to make any bad decisions about them.

After all, the lessons of the past are there, and no one wants to be wiped out because of a momentary greed. The brigade had been sent to work as overseers for a while, and they were holding back their breath and were eager to find someone to fight and vent their grievances, but to their great disappointment, no one dared to plunder them across the entire Hetao. In the end, they reached Xiao Pass without any problems.

However, after arriving at Xiaoguan, they did not dare to continue to advance, after all, there were hundreds of thousands of people fighting in the Guanzhong area now, and when the situation inside was unclear, they were worried that there would be problems with the materials in their hands.

After all, there are only a few thousand people in a brigade, and even if they have weapons far beyond this era, in the battlefield of hundreds of thousands of people, a few thousand people are like a drop in the ocean, and it would be good to be able to protect themselves, not to mention protecting so many supplies.

They are not familiar with the terrain in the Guanzhong area, and they do not have a mass base, if there are only a few thousand of them, they are still brave enough to break through. As mentioned earlier, they have long been suffocated, and they wish they could fight a few big battles.

If there are only a few thousand people, they can use flexible and mobile play, and if they can't win, they can quickly transfer, and slowly hide and seek with the enemy, and slowly drag down the enemy with sports warfare, even if they face hundreds of thousands of enemy troops, they may not have no chance of winning.

But with so many supplies, it's different, they have to protect the safety of these materials, not let these materials fall into the hands of the enemy, and they can't let the enemy burn or destroy these materials, then it will be more difficult.

After all, there were too many of these supplies, and the vehicles transported were miles away, which also meant that in the process of marching, the personnel of this brigade had to be scattered within a range of miles long, so that the people were scattered, and if a large force attacked, they could not gather together in a short time to form an effective defensive line.

Even if it is a firearms unit, if it can't assemble into a larger camp and output enough firepower per unit of time, then it will not be able to resist the charge of more enemies, and it is likely that the cup will end up in the end.

Moreover, this time they are shouldering a heavy responsibility, and if they cannot safely hand over this batch of materials to the army on the northern front, it will most likely have a very adverse impact on the overall strategic situation. In view of this, the brigade commander of this brigade forcibly suppressed the strong fighting spirit of the whole brigade, decided not to enter the chaotic pass, but to stay at Xiao Pass instead, and sent a message to inform Zhang Bao and asked him to send someone over to receive supplies.

Zhang Bao also knew the importance of this batch of materials, he did not send a small unit to receive them, but decided to personally lead the remaining two brigades of the entire First Division to Xiaoguan and that brigade to join the division, and receive the materials by the way.

In this way, there is a complete division of troops to protect it, and no matter which army of Wei comes, it will not dare to fight these material ideas. The First Division basically suffered no casualties in the previous battle, and after replenishing its ammunition this time, it was equivalent to resurrecting with full blood.

As for the reinforcements on the western front of Wei, Zhang Bao sent Xianbei cavalry to deal with it. In addition to the men who surrounded Chang'an City and the thousands of people who guarded the prisoners, the Xianbei cavalry now has more than 30,000 and nearly 40,000 horses.

With 40,000 cavalry against 50,000 Wei infantry, it is enough. Moreover, most of the elite troops of Wei were concentrated on the battlefield on the eastern front, and the second-class troops were deployed on the southern front, and the newly captured Xiahou Chong troops belonged to this category.

As for the troops of the Western Front, they are not well known and should belong to the third-rate troops of the Wei State. With the elite and ferocious Xianbei cavalry, against the third-rate Wei infantry, the difference in numbers is not too far, unless Su Li is a very straw person, otherwise, it can be said that it is a foolproof arrangement.

Zhang Bao felt very relieved about his arrangement, so he was not in a hurry, and let the troops march slowly, and strive for more time to rest and rest along the way. In the past few days, the entire army of the northern front has been rushing and fighting day and night, although the intensity of the battle is not high, but there are really too many roads, and the battles are also one after another, almost never stopping.

Therefore, the whole army is already tired, and they need a rest. According to the estimation of the General Staff, after the elimination of the troops on the Western Front, Wei estimates that there are not many reinforcements, Chang'an will become an isolated city, and the war will soon enter the final stage.

Therefore, Zhang Bao was not worried that his troops would be attacked by the Wei State. Now there is no cold-weapon unit that dares to attack an entire division of firearms troops, of course, provided that they do not know that the first division actually does not have much ammunition in stock, and this division is not fully staffed.

Zhang Bao led the troops to Xiaoguan like a leisurely stroll, and then spent three days in Xiaoguan while resting the troops and counting and receiving supplies. In the end, the entire first division was fully formed and all the spirit and spirit were replenished, and it was truly resurrected with full blood.

Then, they left Xiao Pass slowly and headed south again into Guanzhong. They were like taking a long vacation and traveling, and they lived a good life, ignoring the fact that the Xianbei cavalry was in a bitter battle on the Western Front.

Whatever, of course, those tiring and dirty jobs are left to these alien barbarians to do, and the big ~ masters of the first division should go on vacation. This is what many people in the First Division think, and even Zhang Bao has such thoughts. However, when he returned to the Guanzhong area, he received a message that stunned him.