The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 376 Attack and Defense of West City ([-])
Hu Lie, the guard of ten thousand years, has really lost his mind in recent years.

I think Hu Xuanwu won the Yang'an Pass majesticly and won the first victory for Sima Zhao's campaign against Shu.As a result, he became a prisoner in the same place in the blink of an eye.Was transferred to Jingzhou, and lost Xiangyang inexplicably under Sima Liang's blind command... More than that, wait for him to recover.ah?How come my elder brother's head was taken by the Qiang people, and even the stability of his hometown was lost?
This time he was sent by Yang Hu to support Sima Jun. At first, he thought that with his status as a veteran general, he could get a main attack no matter what.As a result, he was assigned a thankless job as a food security officer.Obviously, Sima Jun had sent Gou Xi to lead the cavalry to support him, and it seemed that he would be able to join forces with Gou Xi the next day, but today, as expected, his grain ship was attacked.

Speaking of which, Hu Lie, who has experienced many failures, is already very cautious.This time the grain was transported from Jingzhou with [-] shi of grain.In order to prevent being taken over by the enemy, he used a hundred grain ships very carefully, and each ship only contained five hundred shi of grain.More tonnage, he used to load soldiers.

Not only that, once the grain ship was about to sail to a relatively flat area on the river bank, he would let the soldiers on the ship disembark part of the ship first, and line up on the flat river beach to guard.The soldiers were allowed to board the ship again after the fleet sailed into the area with hills on both sides of the bank again.

It can be said that he has done the best he can do.

However, the enemy didn't play cards according to the rules at all.

On November [-], west of Yang County and east of Mulansai.This section of the Han River mainly runs through the mountains.The river twists and turns, and the river surface is also narrowed by the pressure of the mountains on both sides.As a result, the flow of the river accelerated, and this section of the journey was the most difficult for the grain ships going upstream.

Therefore, when this period came, not only the civilians accompanying the ship, but also some of the soldiers on board had to paddle hard at the bottom of the cabin, otherwise the grain ship would retreat instead of advancing.In response to this situation, Hu Lie ordered some soldiers to go to the cabin to help paddle, and at the same time ordered some soldiers to disembark: while reducing the weight of the ship, continue to strengthen vigilance on the shore.

Then, the enemy attack happened at this time.

The enemy had no intention of boarding a boat to grab food at all, nor did they arrive near the river to shoot with bows and arrows as expected.Instead, they began to greet with trebuchets from a long distance: yes, they greeted the river with trebuchets.And the catapults are all kerosene bombs!

"Hey, Captain Qi, I really don't know what to say." Looking at Gou Xi who came in a hurry, the veteran Hu Lie was ashamed: "At that time, I only heard a sound of binding, and the people on the mountainside were not happy. The few trees were broken at once, and then the trebuchets hidden by the trees were exposed. The density of the kerosene bombs, hey... When the soldiers sent by the old man climbed up the mountainside, the thieves not only did not retreat, but Taking advantage of the terrain, he shot down from above. By the time the old man sent out the soldiers on the other side and the soldiers in the cabin, the culprits had all withdrawn..."

"Hmph, this must be the ambush site prepared by the thieves a long time ago." Looking at the undulating hills and the dense vegetation on the hills, Gou Xi also felt bitter: "My king of Ruyin, you What's the use of giving me cavalry?"

"Hey, now that the thieves are familiar with geography, these hundreds of miles of food roads, with the help of catapults, can be said to be everywhere that the thieves can attack. It is really hard to guard against."

"Well, General Rong Rong, the last general doesn't think so."

"Oh? What did Captain Rider think of?"

"General Hu, according to your description, the thieves just fired kerosene bombs on the mountainside, and had no intention of coming down to grab food? And after your follow-up troops are assembled, although there are still a small number of food ships that have not been ignited , but the thief quickly retreated?"

"exactly."

"Well, it can be inferred from this. First, the thieves are not short of food. Second, the thieves have insufficient troops."

"The young captain riding a captain is formidable. So what can be deduced from these two items?"

"Hehe, the general is testing me. Then I will talk about my thoughts and ask the general to correct me."

"I don't dare to correct you, Captain Cavalry is really a young man with talent, the old man is all ears."

"General Hu, the reason why the thieves are not short of food is of course not that they grow their own food. It is because they brought some food from the west city in advance. Moreover, if the general's expectations are not bad, the thieves must have several places for food. The burial point. Calculated by the fact that a soldier has to carry food, knives, tools and even some key parts of the trebuchet. A soldier can carry food for three to five days at most. So their attack points and food burial points , it must not be too far away. With an exposed attack point, the general will be able to find one or more of their food burial points as long as he spends time. The more attack points the enemy exposes, the more food burial points The possibility of being exposed is higher. Once the food burial point is exposed, hehe, this bandit army that is mobile and fighting outside will definitely be destroyed without attack!"

"Captain Rider's analysis makes sense. But despite this, you can see that the mountains here are undulating and the vegetation is dense. Even if the thief can only maneuver within one to two days' journey, it is not easy to find."

"General, it's easy to find this place because of the dense vegetation. You need to know that if you want to walk through this place, how can you not leave traces? If you get the order of the king of Ruyin, call from Nanxiang County and other counties close to the Qinling Mountains. Wouldn't it be more effective if the following Orion came here?"

"It's really... Captain Cavalry is indeed talented. Hey, Captain Cavalry, don't worry, I will draft an apology form to the king of Ruyin later, but I will also write your analysis into it. Please let Ruyin do everything. The king decides."

"Thank you, General, for your love, General."

"Hey, it is a virtue to support and advance backward. If Captain Qi doesn't dislike it, how about asking the old man to get a name for you first?"

"Stick to what you want, and dare not give up."

"Well, Xizhe is also dawn. The sun rises in the east, and the avenue will go. Let's use the word 'Daojiang'."

"Gou Xi, thank you General Hu for the word!"

……

"Everyone, this is Captain Cavalry. No, he has his name now. Hey, why didn't the king think of giving him a name. Such a talented man, Hu Xuanwu, an old man, took the lead. That's all. That’s all, let’s get down to business, what do you think of Dao General’s analysis?”

Tsk tsk, you have already said that you are so talented, what should we say?However, this analysis really makes sense.

"My lord, we think it is feasible."

"Good, then allocate 3000 people from the Jingzhou Army, and allocate 2000 people from us to the Taoist commander, who will be fully responsible for strangling the thieves. Well, I took it for granted at the beginning, this time I took back all the cavalry, and then let The Taoist general commanded the infantry to suppress the bandits."

"No, this subordinate will arrange it later."

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"Your Majesty Chen Jun, on the tenth day of October, Wang Shi went south to suppress the rebellion. Relying on my emperor's power, the rebels fled. Wang Shi made great strides all the way, and successively recovered the two counties of Xincheng and Shangyong. Now the rebels are huddled in a corner of Xicheng and perished The day is not far away. However, the west city has high walls and deep walls, and the thieves are gathered in one place. It is difficult to get off for a while. There are also a small number of thieves who harass our army's food ships on both sides of the Han River. Therefore, the war cannot be fought in a short period of time. The inside is good, the minister has been ordered...since the minister has been ordered to hunt down the thieves, he must fulfill his duties, and he will return the head of Cao Ti, the chieftain of the thieves."

At the beginning of December, Sima Jun's seal was sent to Luoyang.Sima Yan immediately summoned Pei Xiu, Jia Chong, Du Yu, Yang Jun and others to discuss the matter.

"My lords, after reading King Ruyin's report, what do you think?"

What can we say?What regained Xincheng and Shangyong counties?What about beheading?If there is no decapitated capital, it can only mean that the two counties were given up by the enemy on their own initiative.Now the battle situation is very obvious: Our army has not been able to take advantage of any advantage, and the food road has also been threatened.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is very clear. After the thieves are concentrated in one city, the [-] soldiers of King Ruyin seem to be insufficient. If the imperial court does not send reinforcements, at least in the west city, King Ruyin's troops will not be able to attack by force." , can only besieged. It’s just that if this time is long, the grain road is indeed not safe. Moreover, it’s hard to say that there are any variables.”

"Well, for the issue of food road maintenance, General Gou's method is good. I think it can be adopted."

"Du Qing, do you think we can send more reinforcements?"

"Your Majesty, additional reinforcements can be sent. I just want to remind Your Majesty that, in accordance with His Majesty's will last month, in order to contain the troops of the Shu bandits in Yongzhou, our troops in Bingzhou and Tongguan have already begun to move. Reinforcements will be sent. , it can only be transferred from the Luoyang Central Army and the Jingzhou Army. However, out of the 8 people in the Luoyang Central Army, 6 have been trained for less than a year. I am worried that if these people are sent to the battlefield, there may be more casualties heavy."

For Sima Yan, when he was born, the Sima family was already a senior official of Cao Wei. All along, because of the protection of his ancestors and fathers, he had no experience of rolling in the ranks of his ancestors, and he had never even been on a real battlefield.So the life of a soldier is just a number to him.

But in recent years, the changes in this number are shocking.Therefore, no matter how ungrounded he is, and no matter how serious he is about the lives of ordinary people, he, the emperor, cannot squander the Luoyang Central Army at will.

Therefore, when Du Yu said this, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​sending more Chinese troops.

"Then what about the Jingzhou army?"

"Your Majesty, the Jingzhou Army now has [-] members, and [-] have been dispatched to support King Ruyin. Now the movement of Soochow is unknown, if the Jingzhou Army is deployed again..."

"Hmph! These Wu dogs don't want to betray the alliance again, do they?"

This is really hard to say.In fact, whether it is Cao Wei or Sima Jin, from the emperor to the officials, they all prefer to deal with Ji Han: simple and clear.This Soochow is really confusing.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that King Ruyin encircle the west city first, and then step up efforts to wipe out the thieves in the mountains and forests to maintain the safety of food roads. At the same time, pay close attention to the movements of Soochow. The minister's advance Cao sent a message, saying that it is Yangzhou of Soochow The legion has successively dispatched a large number of troops to Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. If Dongwu really follows the covenant to attack the Shu rebels, we can dispatch troops from Jingzhou and even Yangzhou to support King Ruyin."

"The words of General Cheqi are actually old Chen's theory of seeking the country. Good, then let's reply to King Ruyin like this. Well, that General Gou Dao is very good, and there are still many outstanding young people in my Dajin. Like this , Du Qing can pay more attention to him. If he performs well in the next battle to wipe out the thieves, he can be added as a general of Xiaoqi Zhonglang."

"I will obey your orders!"

"Maoxian, prepare your pen and ink. I want to write a letter to the false emperor of Wu. Do you want to uphold the covenant between the two countries? If he doesn't send troops, I will lose my face."

(End of this chapter)