Recently, Song Sheng in Xi'an felt a little restless.

Since October last year, the rebels' sentry cavalry has been dispatched frequently, and a large number of rebel sentry cavalry have been found on Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Xiegukou, and Fu Luo Road.

At first, the rebels were in a squad of 20 men, and later it was found that the officers and soldiers were also in a squad of 21, and then increased to a squad of 30 men.

Song Sheng also followed and increased to a team of forty people.

As a result, the two sides often fought and ambushed in these roads.

You ambush me, I ambush you.

Song Sheng soon discovered that the official army was inferior to the rebels, and he was always ambushed by the rebels.

Because the rebels seem to know the terrain better than they do.

After Qu Neng arrived in Sichuan, he followed Zhu Gaoxu's orders and sent people to enter Guanzhong many times, and cooperated with Zhu Gaoxu's people to survey and map the topography of Guanzhong, especially the Qinling Mountains, which was the top priority.

These roads, where they are steeper, can be ambushed there, and there is water over there, all of which are clearly touched by Zhu Gaoxu.

Song Sheng was only stationed in Liangzhou and Gansu before, and he was really not very familiar with the nearby terrain.

Some of his subordinates are slightly familiar, but it is impossible to draw all the pictures like Zhu Gaoxu, and they all remember them clearly.

As a result, Qinling, which was the home of the official army, was ambushed by the rebels again and again, and suffered heavy losses.

Song Sheng knew at this time that Qu Neng might be going to Guanzhong, but he couldn't judge where he would go.

Because the sentry cavalry always couldn't do the other party, Song Sheng simply took the sentry horse back, ordered the exit of each road, build a sentry tower, strictly observe, and at the same time put a small number of people, hide in these roads, pay attention to warnings, do not conflict with the opponent's sentry horse, and protect himself.

It is too easy to hide some people in the Qinling Mountains in these eight hundred miles, but how to survive is a problem, as long as there is water and food, it will not be discovered for a year.

In October last year, Zhang Wu came to Xi'an.

Because Song Sheng felt that the rebels would come out of the Meridian Valley, he invited Zhang Wu to come over to discuss the matter, and wanted Zhang Wu to bring 10,000 cavalry to patrol the vicinity of the Meridian Valley.

After Zhang Wu came over, he was extremely dissatisfied.

"Will the rebels go to Meridian Valley?" Zhang Wu asked in person: "Is the old general joking?" The Meridian Valley is long and difficult to walk, can Qu Neng be so stupid on the other side? ”

There were many generals on the scene, Zhang Wu was very faceless, and deliberately called the 'old' general.

Song Sheng was also not angry, and said: "The rebel sentry horses are in all provinces, but there is no one in the Meridian Valley, which is obviously deliberate. ”

"The Meridian Valley is more than 600 miles, and you have to consider eating and drinking when you ride in." Zhang Wu said with a smile: "Of course he won't send it, he deliberately caused us to think, don't be fooled by the old general." ”

Many generals at the scene also believed that it was impossible for the rebels to go to Meridian Valley.

The Meridian Valley is more than 600 miles, all of which are mountain roads, and people are sleepy and tired when they walk in, and half of their lives are gone, so how can they still have the strength to fight.

Gao Yingxiang at the end of the Ming Dynasty is a living example.

However, Lao Gao's preparation was not sufficient, and he encountered winter, and in the end, there was a lack of food and grass, and he didn't have a good rest before coming out of the Meridian Valley, and Sun Chuanting was waiting for him, so he was beaten miserably.

Song Sheng said: "Everyone thinks that the more unlikely it is, the more Qu Neng will appear, he is Qu Neng, not Li Jinglong, because if he loses, it will be a big deal to return to Hanzhong." ”

Song Sheng's idea makes a lot of sense.

The Meridian Valley is difficult to walk, but if it is blocked, Qu Neng can still retreat, just send a small number of soldiers and horses to save the main force.

Zhang Wu smiled, looking disdainful.

Song Sheng said again: "Qu Neng is quite bold, and he also likes to block Bo. ”

"When I attacked Beiping City, I was almost broken into by him."

"Sichuan is on the verge of fighting against the water, and his subordinates support a lot, and he is not afraid of news leakage, which shows that he is very bold."

"This kind of person is born with a blockage nature, and I conclude that he has a ninety percent chance of going to Meridian Valley."

Zhang Wu Yin and Yang said in a strange manner: "The old general can learn other ways, send a fine work to sneak into the Meridian Valley, occupy a high place and hide, and when he sees the rebels, he will burn the peak fire." ”

Song Sheng really did it.

But.

Before dawn the next day, Chencang Road was on fire, and the smoke was billowing out, and it could be seen clearly dozens of miles away.

Song Sheng found a few strongholds in Chencang Road, contacted them with beacon fire, and contacted them all the way to Dasanguan.

Not long after, there was also smoke rising into the sky at Dasanguan.

Wang Hai, who was stationed at Dasanguan, immediately sent a fast horse to report to Song Sheng, and at the same time made every effort to prepare for war.

When Zhang Wu got the news, he laughed, and felt that he was still smart.

Because he thought before that Qu Neng had a heavy artillery, he would definitely not take the mountain road, but take the more gentle Chencang Road and Qishan Road.

Zhang Wu led 20,000 cavalry to provide emergency support.

But when they arrived at Dasanguan, Wang Hai said that the rebels had retreated.

"What?" Zhang Wu was dumbfounded, shocked and angry.

Wang Hai said that after the people hiding in Chencang Daodao lit the beacon fire, the rebels walked forward for another hour, and then the whole army suddenly turned around and returned to Guanzhong.

Zhang Wu asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there in the rebels?" ”

"I can't see it, anyway, the brocade is endless."

Whether it is Qishan Road or Meridian Valley, the five passages from Sichuan to the customs can only walk seven or eight people side by side at the widest point, so if the other party uses two people in a row, or three people in a row, thousands of people are a long queue, and you can't see how many soldiers and horses the other party has.

Zhang Wu had no choice but to lead his troops back to Fengxiang.

But his soldiers and horses were still halfway there, and a beacon fire broke out on Qishan Road again.

Zhang Wu returned to Fengxiang before he could sit on the hot fart, and the news from Qinzhou Wei came to Fengxiang.

He hurried out with 20,000 horsemen.

As a result, they walked to Tianshui, and the people from Qinzhou Weilai said that the rebels had gone back.

"Hold the grass." Zhang Wu scolded, this Qu Neng is really treacherous.

Then the officers and soldiers did not have a stable life.

On November 7 last year, there was a rebel army entering the mouth of the valley, the road here was extremely narrow, two people could make a trip, and a thousand people could discharge a long line.

On November 8, a large number of rebels appeared in the Meridian Valley, and because the official sentry cavalry was lurking deeply, the rebels penetrated deep into the middle of the Meridian Valley, and had entered more than 200 miles, which proved that the rebels had entered a few days earlier.

Song Sheng was shocked, and after getting the news, he hurriedly ordered his troops and horses, and more than 60,000 elites in Xi'an went straight to Meridian Valley Road.

Everyone didn't expect that the rebel army would really go to the most difficult Meridian Valley.

Song Sheng had a lot of cavalry on his side, so he first came to the outside of Meridian Valley with 30,000 elite horsemen.

His strategy was similar to Sun Chuanting's ambush of Gao Yingxiang hundreds of years later.

There is the Tiger and Leopard River in the west of the Meridian Valley, and there is the mouth of the Liyu River in the east, these two valleys form a pocket to enclose the Meridian Valley, and Sun Chuanting is also ambushing troops here after a few hundred years, Song Sheng is also arranging 10,000 fine horsemen on the left and right, and the main force is ambushed on the mountains on both sides of the exit of Heishuiyu.

He opened his pockets and waited for Qu Neng, but after waiting for a few days there was no news, and on the sixth day, there was a beacon fire on Fu Luo Road, and a large number of rebels appeared, and on the same day, the sentinels of Meridian Valley ran out and found Song Sheng, saying that the rebels had gone back.

“。。” Song Sheng's face was Mengbi.

The rebel prison division moved the crowd to walk more than 200 miles, and then went back?

Song Sheng was furious: "How many rebels do you see and light beacon fires?" ”

"The rebel ranks are very—long—there's no end in sight—"

This is not nonsense, there are two people in it, or even a single person can go in a line, and a team of 1,000 people, plus other supplies, can be discharged for several miles.

When they saw the long procession, they must have thought that the rebels had come in, and immediately lit a fire.

As a result, I was deceived, not to mention, all the hiding points were also exposed, and I needed to change the position again.

And a lot of people had to come out of it in order to report that the rebels had gone back.

At this time, Song Sheng found that the trick of lighting the beacon fire was very bad.

The sentinels finally found a place to hide, and when they saw a large group of rebels entering the industry, they immediately lit a beacon fire.

This led to the Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Xiegukou, Fu Luo Road, and Meridian Valley being full of beacon fires, and the officers and soldiers were running around, tired and tired.

Song Sheng did this in order to detect the rebels early and make full preparations.

But he didn't expect Qu Neng to seem to guess his moves, and sent people to enter the five passages of Qishan Road, Chencang Road, Xiegukou, Fu Luo Road and Meridian Valley in a row, which not only broke his secret agent, but also led the officials and soldiers to mobilize the army.

Song Sheng was ashamed and angry, feeling insulted by Qu Neng.

He couldn't help but recall Wei Shu's confrontation during the Three Kingdoms.

Wei also used beacon fire, but it was not as deep as his, usually less than a dozen miles away from the exit, where it could be seen.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang can basically bring the soldiers and horses out smoothly, for example, the last time he came to Wuzhangyuan, the Wei army did not come and blocked him inside.

At that time, the Wei State was strong and had many soldiers and horses, so it was good to dare to let Zhuge Liang in and hold other places.

But he didn't dare to put Qu Neng in now.

But if you want to block Qu Neng, you must find it in advance.

But if you find out in advance, you will be easily deceived.

Now, for example, as soon as their peak fire is lit, the rebels will walk for another hour or two, and then immediately turn back.

By the time the officers and soldiers arrived, the other party had already left.

"Qu Neng is really deceitful." Song Sheng finally looked up to the sky and scolded angrily.

He returned to Xi'an and convened the generals again to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Wu said ignore them and wait for them to come in and then fight, wasn't this the case with Wei during the Three Kingdoms? Are we not as good as Wei?

Song Sheng didn't snort, obviously disapproving.

But then the rebels sent a wave of troops and horses to these roads after a while, and turned back halfway through.

Sometimes they walked quite closely, and most recently, the rebels walked all the way on Chencang Road and only turned back when they approached Dasanguan for ten miles.

At that time, the official army was like a great enemy, Zhang Wu's 20,000 elite horsemen were in place, and Song Sheng also took tens of thousands of foot horsemen to rush to Dasanguan overnight.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, I received news that the rebels had retreated.

"Grass" Song Sheng, such a good-tempered old comrade, forced his eyes to the sky and exploded a thick word.

At this time, all the generals were tired of persuading Song Sheng to wait for the rebels to come out and block it.

Song Sheng said angrily: "If we work hard, the rebels won't be tired?" Walk dozens or hundreds of miles in the mountain roads? ”

The congregations were noncommittal.

Zhang Wu said: "The question is, we don't know how many rebels there are, what if there are only a few thousand?" Are we tens of thousands of people tossing around here? ”

“。。” Song Sheng was speechless for a moment.

Of course, Qu Neng is not a few thousand people, in order to be realistic, every time it comes out, there are at least five thousand people.

And carrying a large number of horses and mules, the team can pull out more than ten miles long.

Because he knows the hearts of the people, the official army sentry cavalry may have the patience to see one mile, but when he sees that the team has three or four miles, he will not have much patience, and when he sees ten miles, he will inevitably light a beacon fire, believing that the main force of the army has come in.

He entered the various roads with a small number of soldiers and horses, in addition to confusing his opponents, but also training elites.

Every time he set out on the expedition, Qu Neng said: "We will inevitably go through these passages in other days, and we must try to go as fast as possible, so you are training, and you must go out as fast as possible in the mountain road." ”

The rebel army frequently entered these five channels, and they were more capable of training.

According to what King Han said, Qu Neng asked the soldiers to soak their feet in hot water every night to form a habit.

The places passed, the places that are more difficult to walk, are repaired in situ and laid gently.

So don't look at Qu Neng also sent a large number of soldiers and horses, but they can confuse the officers and soldiers, take care of training, and familiarize themselves with and pave the road.

For most of the following half a year, Qu Neng kept sending people in and out, with almost no interruption in between.

At first, Song Sheng was often sent in advance to intercept him, but after a long time, he found that Qu Neng was all bluffing, and after half a year, by April this year, Song Sheng's side except for Song Sheng himself, no one else wanted to deal with Qu Neng.

Only Song Sheng personally practiced every day, reminding the generals from time to time that he could bewitch us, he might attack us at any time.

But the generals will only agree on the surface, and they don't want to deal with him in their hearts.

(End of chapter)