"Military rations? Naturally, there is no problem, last autumn harvest was quite abundant, and now the warehouse in Beiping is full of grain, and there is no problem with the logistics grain road..."

It was already the middle of the night, and Zhu Di, who had taken off his armor and was preparing to rest in the tent, looked at Gu Huai, who was rushing in, and answered his question with a puzzled expression.

Gu Huai licked his lips: "Lord Wang, that's not what you mean, we know that the military food is sufficient, do they know about peace?" ”

"Of course I don't know..."Zhu Di frowned halfway through, "What did you think of?" ”

"Ping An Guo Ying and Wu Jie want to hold on, just want to drag us to death under Zhending City," Gu Huai walked to the sand table and looked at the huge Zhending City, "On city defense, Zhending and Jinan have to fight, in order to prevent the recurrence of Jinan, we must not attack the city, but if we don't disperse the Zhending defenders, we can't go south, so there is only one way." ”

His eyes burned: "Lure the enemy into battle!" As long as the news of the shortage of military rations reaches Zhending, they will definitely be tempted! ”

Zhu Di's sleepiness was swept away, he walked quickly to Gu Huai's side with only a small coat and looked at the sand table: "Wu Jie is old and fine, what if he is not fooled?" ”

"Wu Jie, the old marquis, will not be fooled, but Ping An Guo Ying can't be sure," Gu Huai looked in the direction of Dezhou, "Sheng Yong is on the throne, a young general like Ping An Guo Ying is very unconvinced, there was news from Jinling before, most of the impeachment of Sheng Yong came from their hands, and now Sheng Yong is defeated, they are forced to withdraw their troops, but if there is a chance to prove that Sheng Yong is nothing more than that, they will not let it go." ”

"That makes sense," Zhu Di nodded, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Since it is to lure the enemy, the most difficult thing is how to let Ping An Guo Ying know the news," Gu Huai pondered for a moment, "There are spies from the Secret Spy Division in Zhending City... But it can't be used, once they detect the deliberate traces, it is impossible to be fooled, so not only can we not take the initiative to spread the news, but also cover it up! ”

He looked at Zhu Di: "In the next few days, I'm afraid the soldiers will suffer some crimes." ”

……

At the end of April, the situation under the city of Zhending still did not change, the generals such as Guo Ying and other generals in the city diligently inspected the city gate every day, turning a blind eye to the provocations and insults of the Yan army, and the Yan army camp on the bank of the Hutuo River did not exist, and they did not plan to go out of the city at all.

But on the other hand, it is clear that time is money for the Yan army, but their actions are a little weird, neither besieging nor attacking the city, just on the banks of the Hutuo River, they are really determined not to move, so that the court generals in the city are confused, and they can't guess what Zhu Di wants to do.

This situation lasted until April 20, countless fleeing people suddenly appeared from all directions, crowded along the official road to Zhending, helping the old and the young to drag their families to the city gate to enter the city, this posture scared the guards of the city gate to the six gods, hurriedly went to find the city guard Ping'an, Ping An sent people to inquire, only to know what Yan Wang Zhu Di has done these days.

It turned out that Zhu Di sent his corporal to scatter out of the camp, collect grain and grass everywhere during this time, and transfer it back to the camp, as for where to collect it - of course, it was to borrow grain from the nearby city, as for whether it would be returned, then God knew that although the Yan army did not grab grain from the people, who would not panic when he saw this posture? Hundreds of people in the counties and towns of Zhouxian who were patronized by the Yan army escaped like this, and when they heard that the Yan army did not dare to attack Zhending, they rushed towards Zhending, crying and shouting at the moment to get out of the city gate, and wanted to enter the city to stay away from the clutches of the Yan army.

Ping'an was overjoyed when he heard the news, the Yan army had not dared to attack the city these days, and he wondered what was going on, it turned out that there was a problem with the grain and grass! And Zhu Di must be unwilling to turn back, so he will fall into a dilemma under the Zhending City, and finally be so embarrassed that he has to go to the place to grab food to serve as military food.

Thinking about it, more than 100,000 troops went south, first fought with Sheng Yong, and then came to Zhending City to camp for half a month, more than 100,000 people sat on the mountain, how much grain and grass do they have to consume every day? Yan Jun must have given a problem with logistics!

As soon as he thought of this, he handed over all the power to deal with the fleeing people to the Zhending prefect, and turned around to go to Guo Ying and Wu Jie to discuss, in his opinion, this is the best opportunity to defeat Zhu Di! The army has no food and grass, and the morale of the army will inevitably be affected, even if you can't leave all the more than 100,000 troops under Zhending City, just forcing Zhu Di back to Beiping is a great achievement, and it is worth betting!

At this time, Guo Ying was inspecting the city wall, and after listening to Ping'an's words, his mind was also lively, and the two hurriedly found Wu Jie, but before they finished speaking, they saw Wu Jie shaking his head like a rattle: "No way, no way!" The two generals might as well calm down, in the two years since Yan rebelled against the army, have they ever made such a reckless move? If the Yan army has really run out of food, Yan Wei must have led the troops to retreat at this moment, how can he hesitate under the city of Zhending? This move must be deceptive! ”

As soon as he heard this, he was not happy when he heard this, he followed Zhu Di for the longest time, and naturally knew that Zhu Di was an adventurous character, and the reason why he could always win was just that Zhu Di used his strong command ability to make up for those risks, he saw that Zhu Di was far less respected and looked up to than others, and listened to Wu Jie describe Zhu Di as if he had no last resort, and he objected: "Master Hou is too careful!" Yan Yi is not a god, if he wants to go south, he must be decided! The reason why the Yan army hesitated at this moment was just because he felt that Sheng Yong had been newly defeated, and the morale of the imperial army had been damaged, and he wanted to take Zhending in one go... If you go to war at this time, you will definitely have to make a great contribution! ”

Guo Ying also nodded: "General Ping'an is reasonable, the two armies are facing each other, and the fighter plane is fleeting, if Yan Wei is allowed to solve the grain and grass, wouldn't it be a waste of such a great opportunity?" If the soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't imagine that we would take the initiative to attack, how could Yan Yi think of it? Yan Rebellion sent troops to search for food, the camp must be empty, as long as the night sneak attack and burn the camp, Yan Rebellion will inevitably be defeated. ”

Wu Jie still refused, to put it mildly, it was that theory, it was determined that Zhu Di could not make such a mistake, let alone be greedy to such a point, Ping An Guo Ying was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but not to mention Wu Jie, even if Ping An was Sheng Yong's deputy, he could not mobilize the army brought by Wu Jie from Shanhaiguan, and in desperation, Ping An could only call a few fleeing people into the city for careful interrogation, and confirmed his identity in front of Wu Jie, and asked Qing Yanjun about the truth, the urgent desire to fight was written on his face, Wu Jie still refused to nod.

In the end, a fierce quarrel broke out between the three of them, and Wu Jie used the marquis to go back, and finally the three broke up unhappily, and they still didn't come up with a result.

Ping An returned to his residence, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he thought that his skills, military exploits and qualifications were above Sheng Yong, but now he was under Sheng Yong, and was restrained by Sheng Yong everywhere, not only could not lead the troops to rebel, but could only nest in this really set to watch the play, and now Sheng Yong's defeat is a great opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions, and he is about to miss it, how can he be willing? He was heartbroken, so he simply found Guo Ying, and the two discussed, so he sent a scout horse out of the city to explore the reality in the Yan military camp, and found that as those refugees said, the camp was empty, and the Yan soldiers were all hungry, so they made up their minds immediately, even if they only brought their own soldiers and horses, they would attack the Yan army.

In this way, at midnight, the gate of Zhending City was opened, and the two troops of Ping An Guo Ying were in one place, and 100,000 foot soldiers were killed to the Yan army camp on the bank of the Hutuo River, Wu Jie was old and had already fallen asleep, and he was shocked when he heard that Guo Ying of Ping An did not care about him at all, and went to attack the camp by himself, he couldn't help but be shocked and angry, but he could only quickly put on his horse and take the headquarters to gallop to help.

The road from Zhending City to Hutuo River is not long, after all, it took half an hour for Zhu Di to lead the troops to attack, and although Guo Ying is a foot soldier at the moment, he is also quite confident that he rushed to the front of the camp The Yan army will not have time to react, and the truth is similar to what they expected, when they crossed the newly built bridge and gathered in a formation to charge towards the lit Yan army camp, the faces of the Yan soldiers who were patrolling outside were really hungry and blue, and there were expressions of shock and fear on their hungry faces.

-- But that's the end of it.

I don't know when, on the plain where countless corpses and bones were scattered on the riverbank, those cavalry that terrified the Southern Army appeared again, they appeared from all corners, lit the torches in the night, silently watched the nearly 100,000 foot soldiers frantically storm the empty camp, watched the expression on their faces change from joy to despair, watched them stop and look this way, and then the weapons in their hands slowly drooped.

The continuous explosion broke the rebuilt bridge on the Hutuo River again, and Gu Huai led the cavalry and looked at Wu Jie on the other side of the river.

It seems that Wu Jie is indeed old, he has been running around in the north for the past two years, exhausting himself, and he has indeed dried up the last essence in his body, under the night wind, his appearance is a little bleak, and after being silent for a long time, he passed down the military order, and the whole army withdrew to Zhending.

These tens of thousands of soldiers were brought all the way south by him from Shanhaiguan, and they were also used to defend Zhending City in the future, and they must not die on the edge of the Hutuo River, it seems that Zhu Di's appetite is not so big that he blows up the bridge, in addition to leaving Ping An Guo Ying on the north bank, there is also a point to tell him, go back to Zhending, don't come to mix.

What to do? Forced crossing of the river in a bloody battle? The cavalry on the opposite bank was waiting to attack half-crossing, and it was absolutely impossible to give him the opportunity to build a pontoon bridge.

Will something happen to Zhending City? Did Zhu Di send someone to steal the city around the back? Should I go to reinforce Ping An Guo Ying, or should I turn back and at least keep a real decision?

This choice didn't seem difficult to make, because Wu Jie didn't even hesitate for too long.

On the other side of the river, the sound of fighting all day suddenly sounded, and Wu Jie's waist bent even more, he knew that Ping'an and Guo Ying, as well as the 100,000 soldiers, were over.

Is it time for me to go back to Jinling to recuperate?