Chapter 214: Winning by Surprise
There is less than a month left before the effective combat time of two months, and the time left for Yuan Qi is getting less and less. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoAt this time, the Qianlong members successfully completed the task assigned to them by Li Ru, and successfully spread a lot of rumors in the territory ruled by the western Xianbei Maidang, provoking the dissatisfaction of the leaders of various ethnic groups with Maidang, and at the same time arousing the suspicion of the leaders of the subordinates, the entire western Xianbei fell into internal strife, so that Cui Shou and Gao Shun, who were responsible for resisting the western Xianbei, gradually occupied the initiative, and the crisis in the northwest of the state was temporarily alleviated.
Different from the western battlefield, Xianbei in the east, which Yuan Qi personally led the army to resist, marched forward with great vigour, came to Zhangwu and Yuan Qi to confront, and set up camp fifty miles outside the enemy's camp, and had the momentum of a showdown with Yuan Qi. The most sinister situation is to belong to the central Xianbei, under the leadership of Qi Tian intentionally or unintentionally, the central Xianbei under the leadership of Lian Man, the whole army is divided into ten squads, burning and looting on the northern border of Youhe, all evil.
The members of the Qianlong once again reported the situation of Xianbei in the middle to Yuan Qi, and now, the situation has gradually become clear, Qi Tian must have deliberately put the Lianman Department into the territory of Youji. Most civil and military officials were very angry at Qi Tian's actions, and wrote to Yuan Qi one after another, asking Yuan Qi to sanction Qi Tian. In this regard, Yuan Qi turned a blind eye and listened carefully to the opinions of various officials, but did not make any measures to restrain Qi Tian. Tian Feng, who is famous for his crimes, even wrote three letters in a row within five days, but still failed to make Yuan Qi change his original intention.
Seeing this, the officials knew that Yuan Qi would definitely not be unfavorable to Qi Tian, and they were helpless in their hearts, but they also admired Yuan Qi's love and righteousness very much, so they had no choice but to put their attention on confronting the Amaiti Department, and only by solving the Amaiti Department as soon as possible could Yuan Qi free his hands. Clean up the erosion situation in the central part of the country.
So, the battle with the Amaiti department was put on the agenda. Yuan Qiduan sat on the throne of the big tent, looked around at the generals and strategists, and asked, "Tell me, everyone, is there any way to solve the Amaiti Department as soon as possible?"
Originally, the reason why the Xianbei people invaded was because of the heavy snowfall, which caused a shortage of food for the Xianbei people. Focus on defense and hold on until the Xianbei people run out of food. Then it is the safest way to defeat the Xianbei people in a sortie, but the current situation, not only the Xianbei people are short of food, but also the Yuan Qi is also short of food, and the money and food available for fighting can only last for two months, and now Qi Tian's attitude is more ambiguous, so the battle with the Xianbei people. It is already destined to be impossible to delay, and defeating the Xianbei people as soon as possible is the best way to solve the dilemma.
Zhuge Liang, as the chief thinker of Yuan Qi, was naturally the first to speak: "Lord." Amaiti is brave and good at fighting, and I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat him easily in his eagerness. We are planning for the present, and it is better to win by surprise. After a pause, Zhuge Liang slowly stood up and said to the people in the tent: "For now." Think about it, if Amaiti is given a chance to cut off the food and grass of our army, will he still be able to calm down? Liang thought that he would not. He will definitely lead the light cavalry and take a shortcut to rob the grain, and our army will use the grain and grass as bait to catch the big fish of Amaiti. ā
The rough Xu Chuhong asked in a loud voice: "However, our army doesn't have so much grain and grass to take out as bait." Xu Shu, who was sitting opposite Xu Chu, chuckled lightly and patiently explained: "General Zhongkang, what Kong Ming means is that as long as Amaiti thinks that our army is transporting grain and grass, as for what our army is transporting, isn't it up to us to decide?"
Dian Wei, who was as brainless as Xu Chu, asked angrily, "What kind of medicine are you selling in this gourd?" Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and a kind smile appeared on their faces at the same time, for tiger generals like Xu Chu and Dian Wei, who were full of muscles in their brains, it was simply too difficult for them to use strategy.
Xu Chu and Dian Wei can't understand it, it doesn't mean that Yuan Qi can't understand it. Yuan Qi smiled and explained to the two: "We don't have any extra food in our hands, but we can cheat." Fill the cloth bag with more floating soil and other things with a specific gravity similar to grain, and then cover the surface with a thin layer of grain and grass, will it not be long before it can reach the point of being fake?"
Hearing Yuan Qi's straightforward explanation, Xu Chu and Dian Wei finally wondered, Dian Wei nodded and praised repeatedly: "This method is good." Namaiti must have thought that the sack was full of grain and grass. But my lord, what is the specific gravity?" Yuan Qi often pops up one or two terms in his daily language, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and other resourceful people, although they have not heard of these words before, but they can also understand the meaning, but Dian Wei can't understand it at all, but he still has to make a look of being dedicated to learning, and he has to break the casserole every time to ask the end.
"Specific gravity...... Uh......" Yuan Qi looked at Dian Wei a little helplessly, he really didn't know how to tell Dian Wei the meaning of this word clearly. Looking at the depressed look on Yuan Qi's face, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu couldn't help but laugh at the same time. Seeing the two laughing, Xu Chu also laughed, although he didn't understand why the two were laughing, but he knew that the two were laughing at Dian Wei, so he laughed along with the fun......
The next day, the news that the enemy was about to transport a batch of grain and grass from the rear reached the ears of Amati under the effective dissemination of the members of the Hidden Dragon. Amaiti is nine feet tall and has a tiger's arms and a bear's waist, but his mind is very delicate. After hearing the news of the enemy's delivery of grain and grass, Amaiti did not go to loot the grain recklessly, but sent fifty fine sergeants, disguised as ordinary Xianbei merchants or hunters, to inquire about the enemy's supply line.
In the evening, the sergeants sent out by Amaiti returned to the camp one after another, and reported to Amaiti, and according to the traces of ruts and the speed of travel, it was inferred that the enemy's carts were indeed carrying grain and grass. Several sergeants said they had seen a small hole in the cloth bag on one of the carts, and golden wheat flowed out of it.
Hearing the spies' return, Amat was relieved. For Yuan Qi, Amaiti was very jealous, and was able to pacify Goguryeo and Buyeo in a row within a month, so that the two free and easy countries became two counties under his command, and they all used tricks to defeat the enemy, so that Amaiti had a scheming intuitive impression of Yuan Qi. It wasn't until the spies confirmed that the enemy was indeed transporting grain and grass that Amaiti dispelled his doubts and decided to take advantage of the night to lead 10,000 light cavalry to rob the enemy's grain and grass.
At night, 500 sergeants who were in charge of escorting grain and grass gathered around dozens of carts and lit bonfires to keep warm. Behind the rocks about two hundred paces in front of them, Amaiti rolled his eyes and carefully watched the enemy's every move. Amati had been here for some time, and out of caution, he hid in the shadows to make a final observation of the enemy army. After a period of observation, Amaiti did not find anything unusual or any sign of an ambush nearby.
Turning over his horse, Amaiti gently pulled out his war knife, pointed at the five hundred enemy soldiers two hundred paces away, and shouted in a low voice: "Sons, quickly rob the grain and grass and kill them all!" The 10,000 light horsemen behind him turned over at the same time, and in a sonorous sound, 10,000 snow-bright war knives were pulled out and held high in the air, and then, under the leadership of Amaiti, the war horses were instigated to kill the enemy.
The sound of horses' hooves rattled and alarmed the sergeants two hundred paces away, and the five hundred people exclaimed, without even the slightest intention of resisting, and fled directly in all directions.
Amaiti rode his horse to the middle of the grain and grass cart, and cut open the cloth bag in front of him with a knife, and sure enough, golden wheat flowed out along the crack in the cloth bag. Ah Maiti smiled contentedly: "People say that Yuanqi is the reincarnation of the overlord of Chu, and he is even more resourceful, and it seems that today it is nothing more than that." ā
Amaiti's laughter hadn't stopped, and Yuan Qi's majestic voice made his smile freeze on his face: "Amaiti, you're finally here!" As Yuan Qi's voice came out, nearly 10,000 elites of the Heavenly Return Army suddenly appeared behind the mountain rocks, everyone raised their arms flat, aiming at the 10,000 light horses brought by Amaiti, and on the arms of the Tiangui Army, they were clasped with Xizi hand crossbows that had been improved by Wang Yezi and Ma Jun! After improvement, the Xizi hand crossbow now equipped on the arm of the Heavenly Return Army has a range of up to 100 paces, which is almost the same as the range of a bow and arrow, but it is more accurate and penetrating than ordinary bows and arrows. What's even more terrifying is that Wang Yezi and Ma Jun are worthy of being outstanding talents across the era, and they have made the capacity of the hand crossbow reach the level where it can store five crossbow arrows without expanding the volume of the hand crossbow, which can be launched at a single point or shot out all at once.
Ever since he heard Yuan Qi's voice, Amaiti knew that he had been very careful, and in the end he was fooled. Annoyed, Amat picked up his sword again and slashed again at the sack that had been cut by him earlier. This time, what appeared in front of Amati's eyes was completely different from the scene just now. There was no more golden wheat flowing out, but brownish soil.
Desperate situation! Absolute desperate situation! Amaiti was soberly aware that under the protection of tens of thousands of crossbows, the 10,000 light horsemen he brought with him wanted to break out of the encirclement and return to the Xianbei camp, which was absolutely as difficult as climbing to the sky. However, the brave Eastern Xianbei never had the mood of fear, and it was not their character to sit back and wait for death, and the next moment, after Amaiti let out an angry roar, 10,000 Eastern Xianbei light cavalry, ignoring the Tiangui elite hand crossbow, launched a desperate attack!