August 26th, dusk.

Forty miles west of Anyi County, there is a shallow ferry in a shallow ferry. Thousands of people of Baibo thieves are ambushing in the narrow reed marshals. The August lunar month is the season for reeds to bloom in autumn. The white reed flowers fly, providing considerable cover for the view of the boats on the river.

More than ten miles north of the river valley plains are hidden in the jungle on the edge of the river valley plains, and there are more weak fish that have just been mobilized for rewards. The total number of people is 20,000.

Han Xian mobilized his old secrets again. His final decision was to let Taishi Ci ship the goods first, and then intercept them when he finished the goods and returned.

The water is just a narrow river on the land of Shanxi, which is only more than twenty feet wide and is not abundant in water, so where there are reed marshes on both sides of the river are also very narrow and thin. Unlike the reeds in the Dianhu swamp on the Hebei Plain, which can be densely packed and endless.

This means that Han Xian had ambushed by the river in advance and blocked the first tier of the people, otherwise it would not be too many. Therefore, Han Xian could only use these vanguard troops to entangle Taishici first, and then let the second-tier troops invest, so as not to scare Taishici from afar, and give him the chance to be alert or even turn around and escape.

On both sides of the Guangshui River Valley, there are fertile plains with a width ranging from more than ten miles to dozens of miles. There are farmland nearby, and there are hills and jungles in the distance, so that the subsequent main forces can be hidden.

However, Han Xian also had a hint of luck in his heart. He had already inquired before he came. Taishici did not have a special escort force. The entire fleet had more than 200 grain ships, and sailors with an average of less than ten people per ship. He was 2,000 sailors.

If Han Xian had good luck, he would swallow Taishici's two thousand men's fleet by relying on the seven or eight thousand people who were ambushed in the reed marsh at the beginning, and he would not even need to use the rear army. In this way, the rear army would not be able to contribute, and he would give less rewards when the spoils were divided and save more money for the direct troops.

...

The troops lurked in the reed marsh and endured the mosquitoes that had not stopped in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which was naturally miserable. The officers and soldiers became anxious and talked a lot to send the depression in their hearts and diverted the attention that was itchy all over their bodies by the mosquito bites.

Several of Han Xian’s confidant schools also held back their anger and slapped the mosquitoes, but couldn’t help asking Han Xian: “Shi Shuai Daqu, Li Qushuai had inquired about the news before. Didn’t it say that the goods sold by Taishi Ci were several times more valuable than the goods purchased? Why did we let him go and wait for him to return to rob him?”

"Idiot! So you can only be a small school, and you don't have any brains to do things!" Han Xian could have not answered, but he was also bitten by mosquitoes and needed to vent, so he scolded his subordinates a few words and explained to show off.

"You should think this way: Liu Bei took the initiative to attack us in order to protect his food route. No matter whether we take action or not, Liu Bei would be unable to get along with us. If he didn't give him a ruthless person, he would think that he could bully our Baibo army with the chaotic force after fighting Li Jue, so we must fight back firmly.

But Yuan Shao had already withdrawn Chunyu Qiong, and I can also inquire recently. Yuan Shao and Liu Bei made an appointment with Liu Beiping to return to Shangdang and to return to Liu Beiping in Hedong. If we robbed the goods sent by Taishi Ci, it would be given to Yuan Shao. Isn't this forcing ourselves to make more enemies and offend Yuan Shao, who had already stopped? Although we have occupied the benefits of our hometown, if we offended Liu Bei and Yuan Shao's family at the same time, we still can't stand it.

Moreover, the goods Taishici sent to Yuan Shao are valuable, but I also found out that there are many Shujin porcelain and other useless things inside, so we can use iron tools directly - this is not as cost-effective as robbing the whole grain. Because grain and iron tools can be used directly, other expensive treasures cannot eat cold or clothes, and have to be sold.

If Liu Bei and Yuan Shao are offended, who will we go to sell the stolen goods? Even if a wealthy merchant in Henan dares to take this batch of goods, he will definitely take the opportunity to lower the price. It would be great if he could sell the stolen goods for me at a discount. We worked hard and took so many risks, but in the end, the big boss was made away by those stolen goods in Henan. We would not do anything, and we would only laugh at the world!"

Since ancient times, people who have been thieves most hate the fruits of their hard-working robbery, and the big deal is earned by the stolen and tyrants.

After hearing this, the uneducated schools were solemn: "It's worthy of being Daqu Massacre, and he really has a far-reaching vision! And even the idiom and principle of 'what hungry and cold', and even thought of selling stolen goods. We can follow Daqu Massacre's idea, but we can't make mistakes."

Here, bragging about horse racing, Taishici's fleet finally appeared in the distance. Han Xian quickly kicked the small school's trunks, so that they could stop and not be exposed, and they were unsheathed and prepared to charge.

...

At the same time, in Liu Bei's army's grain transport fleet, Taishi Ci was drinking with Xu Huang to discuss the possible enemy situation in the future.

Because there is a possibility of war at any time, they dare not drink too much, but just hold a little bland wine, mainly for chatting.

Taishici was stranded in Donglai after Liu Bei chased the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in the fifth year of Zhongping.

Xu Huang was conquered after Guan Yu moved from the battlefield of the Yellow Turban in Pingqingzhou to the battlefield of Hedong. Therefore, the resumes of Xu Huang and Taishi Ci followed Liu Bei's camp can form a time complement.

The two of them worked together for less than half a month, and after discovering this coincidence, they were quite aligned. The main reason was that they all found out that they could ask a lot of information from each other, such as "What are the secrets between the lord and other elders before I came" or "What are the grudges between the lord and the generals and counselors after I left?"

Although information such as achievements and promotion history is open, there are always many inhumane things in the workplace. If you know a lot, it will be easier to meet your preferences in front of your lord and boss.

Who would think that they had too much internal information? The "interconnection" between these two people hit it off, so that this time Taishi Ci even dared to listen to Xu Huang's advice and take some "efficient moves" that might be wasted.

Taishici put down the bronze wine in his hand and looked at the river water outside the porthole:

"Brother Xu, this arrangement is your own initiative, and even I have taken care of you. Although the current disaster relief situation in Guanzhong has eased and I am not in a hurry to ask for food, the fleet sailors will be inexpensive if they run away for nothing. If they are repeatedly wasted, the waste of manpower and ships will be deducted from the rewards of your Hedong Army's previous military merits to recover Anyi!"

Xu Huang smiled and said, "Even if I fail, I will explain to the king myself. The king can still afford these small losses. He is a generous person and gives us the authorization of our former generals to adapt to the situation. Naturally, they will not pursue these trivial matters."

It turned out that the reason why Xu Huang and Taishi Ci had this conversation was because Xu Huang had persuaded him before: With his understanding of Han Xian and other Baibo thieves, since Han Xian already knew that he had a suspicious plan in the siege of Anyi County and was frightened by the fact that he had given up the county town by falsely claiming Guan Yu's reputation, Han Xian would definitely be eager to find the place and save his face and military prestige.

The most likely way to regain the situation is to directly rob the grain fleet.

Therefore, when Taishici returned this time, he actually didn't transport much food in the cabin. He just covered up a layer of grain bags outside, and the inside was transported with elite soldiers! Xu Huang hid three thousand soldiers in the cabin and temporarily transferred most of the main forces of the defenders around Anyi, and the guards were militias and hard labor camps.

The new batch of grain that Yuan Shao sold to Liu Bei is still hidden in the warehouse in Anyi City.

Anyway, it's only a few dozen miles away from the city, so I'm not afraid that Han Xian will suddenly siege the city, even if there is a small accident, he will have time to return to defense.

Taishici felt that the analysis proposed by Xu Huang at that time was reasonable, but during the implementation process, he still felt that it was a bit unreliable: "Then why did you determine that when I went on the journey, Han Xian would not come to rob. I had to wait until we were full of food to return home?"

Xu Huang smiled embarrassedly: "I did take risks with my brother, but I am at least 90% sure. When fighting, I can't be sure. I guess people like Han Xian dare not risk offending Yuan Shao to death and rob the goods you gave to Yuan Shao. So he will only rob the goods that Yuan Shao gave us, but he has offended him anyway.

Although Han Xian is a tyrant leader, he knows how to be able to do everything and do everything. He will never offend anyone who should not offend. Otherwise, in Hedong, where he is in the key areas of transportation, which are coming and going, he will be able to maintain a stable position for six or seven years. If he really wants to do something wrong when he meets people, he will have been surrounded and wiped out by all parties.

In the years when he robbed the Guandong princes, he would slightly ease his relationship with the Xiliang army. When he robbed the Guanzhong princes, he would have good relations with the newly raised Guandong princes. Moreover, this kind of switching is often when the candidates for the princes on both sides change.

For example, when he compromised with Niu Fu, he robbed Wang Kuang. When Niu Fu died, he felt that the princes of Guanxi could not be relied on his back, and he would not be capricious immediately, but would wait. Later, when Wang Kuang, who had a grudge against him, died, and the prefect of Hanoi changed Zhang Yang, he eased the relationship between the princes of Guandong, and instead robbed Guanxi business travelers, secretly showed kindness to Zhang Yang, saying, "I don't have a grudge with Hanoi people, I just have a grudge with Wang Kuang. Since Hanoi has changed to you now, we will discuss our grudges again and write them off in the past." But this move has been successful again and again, and Han Xian is used to it."

Not to mention, Han Xian’s style of survival in a gap is quite similar to the trick of "I just have a bad relationship with your previous faction, not your regime, since you have changed your colors, we will make a good deal again."

During the time, I was having sex in Qi Chu.

Taishi Ci also felt a little more confident when he heard this: "Brother Xu knows the psychology of Bai Bo Thief very well, and he can be said to know himself and his opponent."

Xu Huang was a little embarrassed, but he was engaging in a relationship with the other party, so he didn't hide it. Instead, he took the opportunity to show that he was very open-minded: "If outsiders say this, Xu would definitely be unhappy. Since he is the old man of Taishi, we will fall into the same situation at first sight, and no one will say secret words - I have been a Baibo thief for two years and is also Yang Feng's deputy general, so why don't I understand?"

Taishi Ci smiled and said, "You know Han Xian, but Han Xian doesn't know how much you know him. It's not unfair to lose."

They were chatting, and suddenly a ship ran aground in front of them, and the sentry immediately came to inform:

"Captain, when I came ahead, the shallows were not that shallow, and suddenly a ship was stranded. Could it be that I was ambushed?"

"Prepare for combat! Push all the crossbows to the starboard porthole! All sailors set their bows and set crossbows. The enemy must come mainly from the north shore!" Taishici ordered in an orderly manner.

"All the soldiers are in a row of guns! The swordsman is ready to set up shields to fight! The swordsman cuts the enemy's fingers of the climbing boats! Here, Han Xian must have wanted to rely on the crowd to climb the boats!" Xu Huang also ordered.

Before their orders spread throughout the fleet, Han Xian's soldiers had already rushed out, surrounded the fleet in the shallow river water that was waist-deep to chest-deep, and then rushed up in a mess.

"Shoot the arrow!" The crossbows in the ship shot wildly at the enemy's direction from the north bank. Ordinary crossbows were also arrows falling like rain. The fire density of the two thousand crossbowmen was not enough to suppress Han Xian at a long distance, but it actually caused some casualties, suffocating the morale of the Han Xian army.

As Han Xian troops suffered casualties with long-range firepower, they suddenly came to the vicinity, and the grain tents on the grain ship were unveiled one after another. Xu Huang pulled a big axe with three thousand spearmen and sword and shield soldiers, and suddenly appeared on both sides of the ship's side, stabbing the white wave thieves who were approaching the water. Some of them rushed to the side of the ship and climbed upwards. The fingers were cut off by the sword and shield soldiers and screamed and fell into the water.

Han Xian didn't care at first. He knew that it was normal for the main attacking party to suffer a little more terrain disadvantage at the beginning. As long as the enemy was cut into several pieces, Taishi Ci could not take care of each other, and the subsequent attack would be easy.

Seeing that he did not recognize him in the dark, Xu Huang quickly roared loudly to attack the morale of the enemy: "Han Siam Dog Thief Don't Be Rampant! Xu Huang, the vanguard in front of General Guan's tent, has been waiting here for a long time! You have fallen into General Guan's plan to show weakness and lure the enemy!"

Han Xian heard this roar among the chaotic army, and then the official army also shouted one after another, and was immediately panicked.

"What? I was trapped again? No, why did I say it again? Then did I fall into trap when I lost Anyi?" Han Xian was stunned for a moment, and couldn't even figure it out.

If Guan Yu is really there, it means that he was trapped this time when he gave up Anyi for the first time.

If Guan Yu is not here, it means that he was indeed trapped by giving up Anyi, but this time he did not.

Since I only got the trap once at most, why did I get hit twice with morale?

Han Xian really wanted to yell out this truth and tell the soldiers of the entire army to tell them not to be afraid. Unfortunately, Han Xian was stupid and he still couldn't figure it out in his mind. It would be really difficult for him to have to explain clearly and stabilize the morale of the army in a hurry.
Chapter completed!