Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1824 Grain Dao Competition Twelve
On the bank of the Yellow River, at the ferry.

"Cross the river at speed!"

Gongsun Du is urging his infantry to cross the river. After crossing the river, basically there will be no major problems. It must be bad to stay on the north bank.

It was a beautiful battle.

But it also aroused Wei Jun's desire to win and lose. Wei Jun was basically irrational at this time, and they couldn't stop them from really killing them.

"Liu Yi!"

"exist!"

"You lead an army of three thousand to meet Xu Yuanzhi!"

He pulled Liu Yi aside, and said in a low voice: "Remember, since we have chosen to surrender to the Ming army, Xu Shu is very important. With him, we can gain a firm foothold in the future, so we can't let him have any problems. When the time comes, our son can sacrifice, but he cannot die!"

He also sighed, and said: "You have also seen Xu Shu's ability. We can't afford to offend such a ruthless person. Liaodong may depend on him in the future!"

"understand!"

Liu Yi smiled wryly.

He saw the end of this battle from the beginning. Xu Shu's ability to calculate people was too strong. Xia Houyuan, an opponent who was difficult to match in the eyes of their Liaodong Army, was led by Xu Shu in the end.

From their assault on the camp, from Xu Shu's fighting out, to turning their troops around and attacking their cavalry, everything seemed like a dream.

too fast.

And under such calculations, even their own people were a little frightened, not to mention how Wei Jun could react so easily.

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"Come up!"

"Kill them!"

Wei Jun began a fierce pursuit.

Their strength was superior, but this battle seemed to be provoked for a while, and then they patted their asses and left. They lost hundreds of men and hundreds of horses.

But the loss is not the biggest, the biggest is the sense of shame.

Xia Houyuan now has a special sense of humiliation, he wants to kill Xu Shu, at least kill one of the bottomless ones, and leave no one behind.

But his sanity has not completely disappeared.

He was still thinking about the strength of the Ming army that did not show up, so even if he pursued him, he was cautious and asked the left and right wings to repeatedly check some dangerous places.

It was at this speed that Xu Shu escaped without daring to pursue too much.

"It's too hanging!"

Under Liu Yi's support, Xu Shu finally returned to the river bank. He looked at the faintly visible pursuers and let out a turbid breath: "Everyone cross the river immediately, throw away the heavy weapons on their bodies, and pass lightly. To prevent the floating bridge from collapsing, and after crossing the river, the floating bridge should be chiseled immediately!"

The so-called pontoon bridge was prepared by them in advance. The water potential of this ferry is the most stable. It is connected by wooden rafts, bamboo rafts and iron cables to form a rickety pontoon bridge. One of the ten people walking past will fall into the water unsteadily. .

But this is also the fastest way to cross the river.

If they used rafts and bamboo rafts, they would not even think about crossing the river at this time.

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When the Wei army appeared at the ferry, the Ming army had already withdrawn to the other side of the Yellow River.

"Xu Yuanzhi!"

Xia Houyuan cried out in despair, with endless killing intent.

He's rarely this angry.

But I have to say, Xu Shu really played him like a monkey, is it really a monkey?

"General, the Ming army has already crossed the Yellow River, and no ambush has been found on the north bank!" A scout came to report.

"No trace at all?"

Xia Houyuan was still a little surprised.

Although he was fought hard by Xu Shu, he did not suffer much damage. In terms of his current strength, he is still stable in Hanoi, and he can also reinforce Hedong.

Moreover, although the Ming army took advantage, since they had already withdrawn, it was difficult to harass them, so did they give up reinforcements to Hedong?

There is another big problem.

That is where the disappearing forces of the Ming army in Henan went.

This is critical.

In the east?
Do not!
Xia Houyuan believed that this force was not in Hedong. If it was in Hedong, then Cao Xiu had already reported it and asked for help.

This made him a little uneasy.

"General, let's cross the river and pursue!" Dianman and the other captains felt very unwilling.

"Cross the river and pursue?"

Xia Houyuan glanced sideways at these generals, and said coldly: "On the north bank of the river, we still have an advantage, but entering the south bank of the river is equivalent to entering the battlefield of Mangshan. What kind of place is Mangshan? Most of the places are narrow. Yes, our military superiority will be completely lost, let alone dealing with them, whether we will be beaten back by them is a question!"

It wasn't that he underestimated himself, but that it was the fact that Xia Houyuan had been suppressed and beaten by the Ming army several times, and Xia Houyuan had lost the will to compete with the Ming army.

What he wants now is to remain undefeated, keep the situation, and wait until the main force of the Ming army in the north is defeated, then the strength in front of him is not worth mentioning at all.

"Pass my military order and set up camp on the spot!"

Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "Immediately set up defenses against all the ferry crossings on the north bank of the Yellow River, and strictly guard against them. This time I will not let them cross the river!"

"Yes!"

The generals took the lead.

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The day passed, and the night fell silently.

On both sides of the Yellow River, there are two military camps.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, the Ming army barracks.

The Liaodong Army and Xu Shu's Ministry are merging. With today's battle side by side, and the coaches of both sides are very harmonious, there is not much anti-gap between the two sides.

"My lord, they really didn't dare to pursue!" Gongsun Du admired Xu Shu very much. Every step Xu Shu made was equivalent to guessing the enemy's thinking.

"It's not that I dare not, it's that I can't!"

Xu Shu looked at the other bank, and under the flickering flames on the other bank, he could see figures looking at him from afar. The corner of his mouth slightly raised a faint smile: "Xia Houyuan is too calm. I'm happy, whether it's in Mang Mountain, or going west into the Sunset Pavilion, or going east into Yanjin Ferry, I have the opportunity to entangle with them and drag their main force to death here!"

He said with some regret: "Unfortunately, Xia Houyuan can still keep calm even in a state of extreme anger. He knows that there is no advantage in crossing the river, so he stopped. He didn't suffer much damage, at most the cavalry was damaged Hundreds of war horses will hurt some vitality, but they still have fighting power!"

"What if they reinforce Hedong?"

Gongsundu thought for a while and asked.

"Reinforce Hedong?"

Xu Shu said with a sneer: "This is not the only one behind me. They Wei Jun can take the back road, but I can't take their back road. If he wants to reinforce Hedong, he has to give up his grain road. Now I guess , the news will reach his ears soon, whether he will reinforce Hedong or maintain his own food supply, it depends on his choice!"

"I see!"

Gongsun Du suddenly understood: "No wonder you asked me to hold him back before. Only by holding him, he will not find that our main force is not at the Hanoi battlefield at all, and when they react, you will strike again and let them He doesn't have time to think so much for now, even if he reacts now, it will be difficult for him to get out of the decision!"

He is not a stupid person, but it is difficult to detect Xu Shu's calculations when he is in the game. Now that he is reminded by Xu Shu like this, it is tantamount to picking out the outsider.

Naturally, he understood all of Xu Shu's plans.

Xu Shu first used his troops to hold Xia Houyuan back, and then made the illusion of transporting grain to the north, but the grain was all fake, and the purpose was to hold back the Wei army.

This is procrastination.

After this operation, the real grain transportation team of the Ming army has already marched from Hedong, and in order to buy time for Hedong and prevent the Wei army from Hanoi to reinforce Hedong, there is only one way to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Wei Jun wanted to kill the Ming army's grain road, why didn't the Ming army hope to control the Wei army's grain road.

So that part of the main force that has disappeared basically went to attack Wei Jun Liangdao.

As long as such news comes, the possibility of Xia Houyuan wanting to go west is zero. If he chooses to prevent the Ming army from going north from Hedong Yunliang, he must mobilize the main force, but the east will not be taken care of.

Your own food supply will be cut off.

The morale of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Wei army was not so easy to stabilize. At this time, Xia Houyuan couldn't care less about whether the Ming army could transport food to the north.

"But this is just a calculation. Whether they can really do it or not depends on whether they can complete the task!" Xu Shu narrowed his eyes, eyes flickering, watching the dark night slowly, waiting for the news, and he couldn't help feeling a little anxious in his heart.

"Master Xu's calculations will not fail!"

Gongsun Du said in a low voice.

"General Gongsun, you can call me Yuan Zhi if you are not polite. In the future, you and I will be regarded as courtiers together. There is no need to be so rude!"

Xu Shu released kindness. After all, he had plotted against him several times, and he had to see some kindness, otherwise his experience would always be tugging, and he would not be solid enough.

"Since this is the case, you are welcome. General Yuan Zhi, you are a rough person. I have done the most in the past. Please forgive me. I will be a minister of the same dynasty in the future, please take care of me!"

"must!"

The two reached a very perfect reconciliation.

………………

the next morning.

There was a light snowfall in the sky, and under the cover of light snow, there was a chill in the air.

Xu Shu didn't sleep all night.

He is waiting for news.

The news has never come. Whether Zhang Ren and Pang Xi can successfully control Wei Jun Liangdao is still a matter of fact. No one dares to say that they will succeed.

There is also a contest between Jingwusi and Yelou. If the news is not symmetrical, then there is no hope of knowing the situation of Wei Jun Liangdao.

Yelou is a rising star, but under Jia Xu's command, it also has a strong force, and it is not so easy to deal with.

"General Yuan Zhi, our army's scouts discovered in the morning that the Wei army had withdrawn about ten miles from the north bank of the Yellow River. They seemed to have given up the defense of the ferry!"

Gongsun Du has been staring at the other side.

"Leave them alone!"

Xu Shu shook his head and said, "No matter what Xia Houyuan does at this time, it won't be sincere. He just wants to lure us back to the north bank to fight again!"

"Then I will order my subordinates to guard against death, and be careful that they may sneak attack across the river!"

"Ok!"

Xu Shu thought for a while and said, "By the way, the battalion of wounded soldiers in the army must be sent back to Luoyang immediately. After all, the conditions here are too bad. Luoyang has a reserve of medicinal materials, which can make many wounded soldiers survive!"

"Okay, I'll go prepare, and then let someone escort the wounded barracks back to Luoyang!"

Gongsun Du breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. There are many wounded soldiers under his command. In this era, wounded soldiers are extremely easy to die, because there is no tetanus medicine, and there is no penicillin. It is more concerned about it, but it is difficult to avoid the infection of wounded soldiers.

As for the wounded soldiers of other princes, there are very few who can survive.

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North shore.

Xia Houyuan tried twice, but he didn't see any response from the Ming army, so he lost his mind, because he knew that Xu Shu would not cross the Hebei.

It's a pity.

But there is nothing unacceptable.

Since Xu Shu didn't dare to go north, his troops didn't need to be entrusted here. Xu Shu's grain transportation team was fake, so Hedong must be the real grain road.

As long as the east of the river is blocked, the Ming army's plan to go northward with Yunliang will basically go bankrupt.

His next step is to reinforce Hedong.

But how to reinforce, he is still considering, whether to send troops for reinforcements on a large scale, or to divide troops into reinforcements taking into account Hanoi and Hedong.

He hesitated.

However, his hesitation didn't last long, and a sudden news made him collapse quickly.

"what?"

Xia Houyuan stood up against the case, stared at the Yelou messenger, and said coldly: "Is what you said true?"

"The subordinates dare not expire. Now that the situation is critical, the general should send reinforcements quickly. Otherwise, if the original Wu is breached, our army's food and grass will burn hundreds of thousands of stones!"

The Marquis of Yelou bowed his head to the ground and said sadly.

"hateful!"

Xia Houyuan glared angrily: "So their strength is here!"

Because the food and grass of the Wei army were collected from the three states of Henan, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, the transportation was more critical. They did not dare to take the mountain road from Jizhou to the north, which would consume too much and take too long.

They walked through Hulao Pass. After entering Hulao Pass, they quickly went north. After going north, they didn't dare to be too ostentatious. They took the journey of Yangwu County and Yuanwu County. As long as they passed these two counties, they went straight to Chaoge , basically safe.

But I didn't expect that the traces were still exposed, and I didn't expect that the Ming army would choose to ambush them.

They were fought in Yangwu.

Suddenly, at least tens of thousands of stones of food and grass were burned, but this is not the most important thing, after all, they reacted quickly and quickly entered Yuanwu City.

But the most important thing is that their food delivery team was trapped in Yuanwu.

I dare not come out at all.

When he came out, he was attacked by the Ming army.

So they get dragged.

He could only ask for help from Xia Houyuan in Hanoi.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Drum beats gather!"

"Yes!"

Boom boom boom!
The sound of war drums sounded quickly, and the generals had gathered in Xia Houyuan's tent in less than half an hour.

"Everyone, prepare immediately, we will set off in one hour, head east, and reinforce Yuanwu City!"

Xia Houyuan never thought about the second option.

It is very important to cut off the army's food path, but it is risky, and it is very likely to be unsuccessful, and once one's own food path is cut off, everything will be closed, so keeping one's own food path is the most important thing.

(End of this chapter)