Qin Yi lowered his head and muttered: "It seems that there are more than 10,000 people."

"More than 10,000 people are scared like this, and there are still 5,000 defenders in Shouchun, how can they be afraid of these rabble? Why is Li Dian so timid? Xiahou was so angry that he stomped his feet, splashed his lower body full of muddy water, and immediately left two hundred soldiers to watch, and led his army to Tuntian District.

During the march, Xiahoudun sent scouts into the city to deliver a letter, ordering Li Dian to lead his troops out of the east gate to attack, and let Liu Fu stay in Shouchun.

Xiahoudun was worried about the damage to the rice fields, and ordered his soldiers to advance at full speed, but by the time they arrived in Tuntian District, they had become a mess, and the originally lush seedlings had been trampled on by people and horses, and Chen Lan's troops were gone.

Li Dian and Xiahou Xun rushed to the scene, and tens of thousands of Li family members and family members took refuge in Cao Cao, so he knew everything about farming, and he had already predicted the scene in front of him on the road, and he was ready to be reprimanded by Xiahou Dan.

Xiahoudun stared at Li Dian who was bowing his head, clenched his fists tightly, and asked coldly: "Give me a reason, why don't you send troops to stop it?" Why did you watch the rice fields being destroyed, do you know that the front line collects one stone of grain, and Xun Lingjun can transfer a few stones? ”

Li Dian scrupulously abides by Cao Cao's entrustment, as long as he guards Shouchun well, it is a credit, so he has confidence in his heart at this time, and slowly raises his head and clenches his fists and says: "Return to the general, it is raining and foggy, and the number of thieves is more than the defenders. ”

Xiahoudun saw Li Dian's 'quibble' and teased: "What's the use of having more soldiers? Sun Quan's soldiers and horses are all rabble, how can more than 10,000 thieves be in the army? Now my rice fields are destroyed, what can I do? Do you continue to plant your songs? ”

"The agricultural season has passed, and replanting may not be a good harvest." Li Dian shook his head and said: "Moreover, the thief army has not retreated, so we had better defend the city."

"Hmph." Xiahoudun snorted coldly, and said: "If General Li had sent troops to contain him, and I would have led the army to join the siege, more than 10,000 Jiangdong rats would have been killed a long time ago, how could they be so passive now?" ”

Seeing that Li Dian was silent, Xiahou looked at the southeast, and then instructed Qin Yi: "We came from the southeast just now, there is Huaishui blocking the way in the north, this group of rats is bound to flee to the east, you release all the scouts, you must find out the whereabouts as soon as possible, if we don't destroy this group of rats, how can we protect Shouchun safely?" Perhaps Sun Quan's main force will follow, and the detailed military situation must be grasped as soon as possible, otherwise it will be passive in the future. ”

"Yui."

Qin Yi clenched his fists and was about to turn around, when Li Dian suddenly reached out and grabbed him.

"Captain Qin, wait a minute?"

"Mancheng still has advice?"

Xiahou looked at Li Dian with a thoughtful expression.

Li Dian clasped his fists and replied: "Recently, there has been a lot of rain in the Jianghuai region, and rainy days are extremely unfavorable for the siege of the city, and the last general thinks that this is a lone army, otherwise he will not use fishing boats to attract attention, if Sun Quan personally leads the main force to come, he can learn from the siege last year, and then use the rice fields to lure the general to attack."

"Why didn't you say it before the war?" Xiahoudun sneered: "Now that the rice fields are ruined, what's the use of analyzing so much?" I hate wasting food more than anything else. ”

Li Dian was neither humble nor arrogant, and continued: "The last general thinks that there is no need to scout to investigate, these more than 10,000 thief troops are here to destroy the rice fields, and now the matter should be taken to retreat." ”

"Do you take the initiative to retreat? When did we become soft bones? Let the rats on their heads? After Xiahou finished teasing, he waved his hand lightly at Qin Yi: "Why don't you go and give the order quickly?" As a lone army, can I let them escape? ”

"Yui."

"Wait a minute."

Qin Yi was about to leave, but was interrupted by Li Dian again, and Xiahoudun next to him was directly angry, pointing at his nose and scolding: "Li Mancheng, you are such a big dog, you have three times to stop me from ordering, when I can't kill you?" ”

Li Dian hugged his fists and asked for guilt and said: "General, please calm your anger, the last general did not intend to contradict, just called Captain Qin, and wanted to remind the thief army that it is not necessarily in the east."

"Not in the east? Where is that? ”

Xiahoudun went straight to the city and did not go deep, at this time he only cared about the whereabouts of the rice thieves, and it was not unforgivable for Li Dian to collide twice just now.

Li Dian analyzed: "If this army really comes from Jiangdong, they will inevitably go south along the river, and maybe there will be ships to meet them on the waterway."

"Wonderful, why didn't I think of that?" Xiahoudun listened happily, and couldn't help but pat Li Dian on the shoulder to encourage: "You really have something, this group of rats must be Sun Quan's soldiers, and their sneaky style is exactly the same." ”

"Then the end," Qin Yi wanted to say and stopped.

Xiahou said: "According to General Li's inference just now, send more scouts to the water to investigate, and send fewer sentinels to reconnoiter in the east, and once the main force of the thief army is found, they will report immediately." ”

"Yui." Qin Yi clenched his fists and left.

This time, Li Dian didn't interrupt, but Xiahou saw that he wanted to stop talking, so he asked, "Does Mancheng have anything to say?" ”

Li Dian said with a worried face: "There is a way to be poor and not to chase, it is true that our rice fields have been destroyed, but today the army has been walking in the rain for several hours, if we continue to pursue, it may induce diseases and affect combat effectiveness."

"Haha." Xiahoudun shook his head and laughed: "Man Chengzhen is a cautious general, although our army is in the rain today, isn't it raining?" If, according to your reasoning, the main force of the thief army will take a long detour to the water, who do you think will be more affected? ”

"Ahh Li Dian was speechless for a while.

Xiahoudun patted Li Dian on the back, and put on a preachy look to the juniors, "Let's go back to the city to rest for two hours, and when the scouts find out the exact news, I will select soldiers and horses to pursue, and I will definitely be able to defeat this lone army." ”

"This" Li Dian hesitated for a while, and then reminded Xiahoudun: "The lord let us hold on"

"What a good chance to destroy the enemy, does it mean that Mancheng thinks that I am not as good as Zhang Wenyuan?" Xiahoudun's right eye was half-narrowed, and he looked directly at Li Dian.

Li Dian waved his hand and explained: "No, no"

"Okay, Mancheng is still in Shouchun, I will personally lead the troops to pursue, and today's rain will have an impact, pick out two thousand infirm people to defend the city with you." Xiahou said in his heart that he knew that you didn't like to fight, even if it was in front of Li Gan, he would not be reluctant.

Li Dian exclaimed: "The general wants to take away eight thousand? ”

Xiahou was stunned: "Isn't it okay?" ”

"No, no."

Seeing that Xiahoudun's tone rose sharply, Li Dian did not dare to recklessly advise.

After returning to the city to rest for about two hours, the scouts sent out by Qin Yi heard back, saying that hundreds of fishing boats in the river sailed into Shaobi, and did not turn around along the upper reaches of the river to apply water, and the main force of the thief army that destroyed the rice fields fled to the southeast of Shouchun.

Xiahoudun looked at the map and muttered to himself: "Turning to Shaobi and dividing the troops, this group of rats will not return to Jiangdong?" It doesn't make sense."

Li Dian suddenly said something wonderful: "Maybe they weren't Jiangdong soldiers and horses."

Xiahou was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Li Dian pointed his hand to the map: "General, look at the river that connects this Shaobi."

(End of chapter)