Chapter IX: Reconnoitring the Enemy's Situation (2)

Zhuang Shaoyou led the team from the camp of the Yellow Turban Army of Guangzong and advanced to Yecheng in Wei County in the southwest, but it was also peaceful along the way.

The team brought five days of double dry food, which was originally only rationed for three days, and it was also Zhang Meiniang's order that there was such a good treatment, and the rations were doubled when they went out, which was the rule of the Yellow Turban Army, so that the soldiers could eat a full meal before going to the battlefield, and they could be a full ghost when they died.

The morale of the soldiers on the horses is very high, and occasionally some people say that they laugh and chat and fart, Zhuang Shaoyou does not prohibit it, after all, it is not a team brought out by himself, as long as it does not delay the business, it doesn't matter.

Zhuang Shaoyou led the team from Guangzong, entered Guangping County, passed through Qizhang County and Feixiang County, traveled for three days, and gradually approached Wei County.

In the past three days, I did not meet any officers and soldiers, and the team camped in the mountains and forests or on the riverside, so that they could go up the mountain to hunt some prey or catch some fish to fight tooth sacrifices and save rations, after all, even five days of double rations are not enough to go back and forth, and the rest has to be solved by themselves.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Zhuang Shaoyou got up as usual and practiced the sword for a short while, only to see a colorful glow in the sky, although it only appeared, but the very dense morning glow did not go out, the sunset traveled thousands of miles, it seems that there will be a heavy rain tonight.

Zhuang Shaoyou couldn't help but scold: If it rains heavily in the place where this bird doesn't, it must be a chicken soup for these 100 good people in the city! This god is too unscientific! But there is no way, how can God's thoughts be understood by ordinary people?

At noon, more than 100 miles away from Yecheng, the scout team exploring the way ahead hurried back, led by the Shichang Qinling, who was pointing Zhuang Shaoyou on horseback, Zhuang Shaoyou signaled him not to salute, and hurriedly said something.

"Report to the centurion, there is a brigade of officers and soldiers thirty miles ahead, and there are 3,000 black-armored cavalry, not like the people of the Central Plains; 10,000 crimson fish-scale infantry; They didn't carry any baggage, and they were coming in our direction under the banner "Ox", and they could arrive in about an hour. ”

Zhuang Shaoyou pondered for a while, cow? With such a domineering surname, is there such a person in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? I don't seem to have heard of it, so I don't care about him yet,

This should be the vanguard of the official army, and there must be a large army behind the official army, thinking of this, Zhuang Shaoyou put away his idle expression, his face was solemn, and he said:

"Chief Li Shi, I order you to lead your troops back to the camp immediately, and report the enemy situation to General Tiangong and Miss, the military situation is urgent, go quickly!"

"Yes!"

Then he turned to Qin Ling and said: "Qin Shichang, I order you to lead your troops to bypass the vanguard of the official army and conduct reconnaissance behind the enemy. After exploring clearly, go to Qujialing, fifty miles northeast to meet me, pay attention to safety! ”

"Yes!"

After the two chiefs split up, Zhuang Shaoyou turned to the remaining soldiers and said, "Brothers, follow me to Qujialing, fifty miles ahead, and go at full speed!" ”

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Jizhou, Guangping County, Feixiang County

A large group of various infantry lined up in a long snake formation marching, the order is not bad, in the center of the team, a fat man riding on a horse, the horse is also very strong, but being sandwiched by the man's elephant-like legs, it feels very weird, just like a minotaur riding a little wolf, people are very worried about whether it will lie down at any time.

The fat man's swarthy face was full of beard, very messy, and a head of miscellaneous hair, black, dense and messy, like a bird's nest, a face of horizontal meat from time to time with the horse's bumps swaying, a pair of eyes that were not big were squeezed into a slit by the horizontal meat, listlessly looking around, if he looked at you with his eyes, you may not know!

The fat man pressed one hand on his round belly to keep it from jolting too much with the horse, and patted the mouth with his left hand, which could be called a bloody mouth, and yawned, very lazy.

There were two pale red carriages behind the fat man, and at a glance he knew that they were used by women, and the fat man looked back at the carriage from time to time, with an obscene look on his face.

However, it was such a man, and the soldiers around him were very nervous and cautious, as if they were afraid that they would accidentally make some undeserved sound and bring disaster to themselves.

After a while, a fast horse galloped over, and a scout quickly dismounted and knelt down on one knee and gave a military salute: "Report to the lord, the troops of the forward general Niu have arrived at Qujialing, fifty miles ahead, and I have come to ask the general for the next action order!" ”

"Let General Niu lead the team through Qujialing to continue the road, and in addition, the army will camp in Qujialing tonight." The eyes that were originally not bright flashed a little when they gave the order.

Qujialing, Zhuang Shaoyou stood in a hidden mountain dense forest, observing the officers and troops passing through, at this time, Qin Shichang, who had gone to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, came back in a hurry, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute,

As a result, Zhuang Shaoyou stopped: "Qin Shichang, you don't have to salute, take a breath first, speak slowly, don't be in a hurry." "Centurion, I met a few officers and soldiers scouts on the road, but fortunately we found it early, so we quickly avoided it, and it is estimated that the officers and soldiers have not yet discovered us.

The officers and soldiers really drove a large rear force from the direction of Yecheng, the number was about 80,000, but the style of equipment was obviously different, of which 50,000 infantry wearing crimson should be the official army of the imperial court;

The remaining 30,000 infantry wearing black leather armor looked like people from the Liangzhou area, and the main general of the official army was in the center of the 30,000 black-armored infantry, and the word "Dong" was written on the banner

The officers and soldiers carried a large amount of grain and grass. It is less than fifty miles away from Qujialing, and it takes about two hours to get here. ”

Supervise? Liangzhou? Could it be Dong Zhuo? Zhuang Shaoyou groaned, and then thought of the forward's cow, it might be Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. How did you meet this dead fat man?

It will be dark in two hours, is Dong Zhuo planning to camp in Qujialing?

Zhuang Shaoyou was silent, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he laughed: God help me! Dong Fatty, you have to be careful!

Thinking of this, Zhuang Shaoyou looked up at the sky, as if he had made up his mind, his face became serious, quite dignified, and said to his subordinates:

"Brothers, are you willing to fight with me Zhuang Shaoyou, the so-called wealth is in danger, let's go to rob the camp tonight!"

The soldiers were blinded when they heard this, what kind of joke, eighty people went to rob eighty thousand people? The old birthday star hanged himself, and he was afraid of a long life? Although the soldiers didn't say anything, the expression on their faces was obvious, don't go!

Zhuang Shaoyou secretly scolded in his heart, this group of waste, is it a man? Can you not get a handful? But he still said with a smile on his face: "I know everyone thinks this is an egg hitting a stone, but will I let everyone go to death?" I'm only eighteen years old, and I'm in the prime of my youth, and I haven't married a wife yet, so how can I just send me to death? ”

The soldiers below suddenly quieted down, our centurion is different from others, he gave a speech on the school field that day, and went to lead the army a few days ago and needed dry food, all of which were full of surprises, when did our hundred-man team be so generous?

Zhuang Shaoyou saw the soldiers quiet, and then said: "I look at the celestial phenomena tonight, and I can know the world's major events!" There will be a heavy rain tonight, and this day will be too! The officers and soldiers will camp at the foot of Qujialing tonight, but we are condescending and unexpected, and this place is also advantageous!

The official army is divided into two factions, one is the regular army of the imperial court, and the other is the private soldiers of Dong Zhuo of Xiliang, and Dong Zhuo is the main general. With such a favorable time, place, and me, how can there be no reason to win? ”

Zhuang Shaoyou talked nonsense, he felt that it was reasonable, although the soldiers below didn't quite understand, but they had heard the right time, place and people, as if the centurion was reasonable, they nodded one after another, but they were still very hesitant.

Zhuang Shaoyou observed the expressions of the soldiers, and his eyes rolled, these rabbit cubs don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, so they have to add more fire: "Besides, we are not going to fight with the officers and soldiers, what is the difference between that and sending them to death?"

That Dong Zhuo marched and fought with women, and his vigilance must not be high, let's capture the thief and capture the king first! We took advantage of the heavy rain to raid Dong Zhuo's main tent tonight, and catching Dong Zhuo is victory! We can get a lot of benefits, such as food, such as big fish and meat! Isn't it much better than gnawing on the nest head here? ”

The more the soldiers listened to Zhuang Shao's lobbying, the more confident they became, and when they finally talked about food and meat, their eyes lit up, and they seemed to be happy to die immediately!

Zhuang Shaoyou saw that the soldiers had been moved, and he was secretly proud in his heart, but his face was very serious and said: "Pass my military order, everyone is hidden, take out all the rations, eat half of it first, and eat half of it before the action at night, feed all the forage to the horses, don't save, do a good job of rainproof measures, restrain your horses, and don't make any sound."

Wrap the horse's hooves in cloth before the action, and tie the horse's mouth! ”

At this time, a chief surnamed Song stepped forward and asked, "Centurion, don't we send someone back the information of the rear team of the officers and soldiers?" Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, I'm worried that if the above blames it, it will be troublesome. ”

After hearing this, Zhuang Shaoyou smiled and said: "Don't worry, Li Shichang has already brought someone to report, although I don't know the specific situation, but General Tiangong and Miss must have a proper plan." Besides, it's hard to say whether the official army can hit Guangzong! ”

Speaking of which, he looked at the mountain and smiled, there are so many people left, if you send out another one, you still have a hair? If you want to do it, you can make it big, and you can eat it for a few months! It's much better than honestly going back and reporting!

Besides, how can you miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Even if we don't believe that we really dare to attack the camp, the officers and soldiers can't even think of it, Comrade Dong Zhuo, you have to be careful!