"Your Majesty, the situation has changed." When the sun turned to the west, the captain of the Dark Night Battalion came over to report the new situation, "It seems that Cao Cao is making some moves?"
Feng Yong was shocked, "Has he been discovered?"
"No. It's a new bandit army discovered in the west."
Feng Yong's heart tightened, "How many people are there?
"I don't know yet. The brothers in the camp are trying to find out. But it looks like there are many vehicles, cattle and horses inside, and it looks like they are escorting grain and grass."
At this time, Zhang Yuan, who had been staying on the top of the mountain to observe the enemy's situation, also ran down panting, still holding tightly in his hand the telescope that Feng Yong had temporarily asked him to keep.
"Captain, Cao Cao has sent a batch of food and supplies."
This is...the logistics force?
Feng Yong's mind immediately changed.
Coming from the west, they were either sent by Jincheng, or they came from the opposite side of the Yellow River and crossed the river from Jincheng.
Heading east, there is definitely only one destination: Yuzhong.
Therefore, this small camp is a transit station or a temporary foothold.
From the smooth road in the mountains, to the unguarded mountain pass, to the Wei army's large convoy appearing right before his eyes.
Feng Yong became more and more sure of one thing: Jiang Wei's conjecture was probably right. The Wei army in Jincheng never expected that he would come over the mountain.
Although I don’t know what Liu Hun and Chen Shi did to prevent the Wei army defenders in Hexi from notifying Jincheng.
Or maybe they have already been notified, but General Jincheng didn't pay attention at all.
But no matter what, this is an excellent opportunity.
Feng Yong thought for a while and asked someone to call Li Jian over.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
The turban that Li Jian originally wore has long since disappeared because it is easy to get caught on branches and weeds while walking in the mountains.
The robe on his body also had several tears.
Although this son of an aristocratic family did not seem to have suffered too much, he was able to grit his teeth and persevere all the way, which made Feng Yonggao look at him.
"Are many people aware of this road over the mountains from the south?"
Feng Yong asked.
"There should be quite a few. After all, the clan's caravan comes out of the mountains, so it can't be hidden from anyone."
Li Jian didn't understand why Feng Yong asked this question, and he pointed outside specifically.
"There used to be a small village on the flat land outside the valley. In fact, that was where the clan's caravans stayed for the night after coming out of the mountains."
Feng Yong immediately thought of that small camp, "But there are no small villages outside now, there is only a Cao thief's camp."
Li Jian smiled when he heard this.
"The Lord Hao Jiao learned that since the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty and the restoration of Longyou, many people in Yuzhong and near Jincheng have been moved to Hexi."
"Most of those who have not been relocated are in the city and around the outer city. How can there be any human habitation in other places?"
"So when the tribe's caravan came over the mountains for the last time last year, the small village was no longer there."
Li Jian felt sad when he thought of his family.
At that time, Didao was the only way to go to the Western Regions. Later, although everyone went from Jincheng, there was no problem for the family's caravan to take the old route.
They are all going to the Western Regions anyway!
Unexpectedly, over a hundred years of Qiang chaos, this passage was completely blocked.
Later, the family finally found a new road. Although it was not very convenient, it was better than nothing.
Who would have thought that they would encounter the Northern Expedition of the Han Army again, and this time they would not even be able to make it to Guanzhong.
Fortunately, I could still get some Shuzhong specialties from the Li family in Shuzhong, so I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Who would have expected that the war between Han and Wei in Longyou would stop, and the Qiang would cause chaos again in Longxi, and even Didao was almost occupied by the barbarians.
So sometimes Li Jian really doubted that there was something wrong with the feng shui of the Li family's ancestral tombs?
Otherwise, why has the fortune of the Li family in Longxi become weaker and weaker over the years?
Feng Yong naturally didn't know what Li Jian was thinking. When he heard Li Jian's words, he remembered that there were no people coming and going on the official road, and then he suddenly came to his senses.
At the same time, I was even more certain in my heart that General Jincheng Shou was totally unprepared for this side road.
"Go and call all three generals."
Feng Yong ordered Zhang Yuan.
Li Jian resigned wisely.
After learning the true situation outside, Jiang Wei became excited and was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, this is a great opportunity!"
"Food and grass are the foundation of an army. If Cao Cao's food and grass appear here, then Jincheng must have sent reinforcements to Yuzhong."
"As long as we cut off their food and grass from the rear, Cao's bandits will have no food in their army, and then Cao's bandits who went to rescue Yuzhong will collapse! This is much better than containing the Jincheng bandits!"
Well, this speech is very consistent with Jiang Wei's historical character.
Sometimes I like to use surprise troops and dangerous troops to either win a big victory or a big defeat.
Feng Yong looked at Zhang Ni and Jufu, but saw that they were also looking at him with eager eyes.
"Your Majesty, the enemy's food routes are often heavily guarded and carefully guarded. Opportunities like this are rare to find now, so don't miss it!"
Although Zhang Yi was more steady and suppressed his voice, his tone was urgent.
Feng Yong pondered, "These are just our guesses. How sure are you?"
Jiang Wei, Zhang Ni, and others looked at each other, and finally Zhang Ni spoke: "It's worth talking less."
That means there is still 30% danger?
Feng Junhou felt a little regretful. In fact, I wanted nine points... and left one point for God's will.
"Okay! Then we will rob this batch of food and grass."
Feng Yong nodded in agreement.
Now I know nothing about the situation in Jincheng and Yuzhong. If I can rob this batch of food and grass, I can at least get some information from the Cao thief, so I can make some countermeasures.
The captain of the Wei army stood outside the camp, constantly shouting at the auxiliary soldiers and civilians, asking them to place the grain carts and baggage inside the camp according to the rules.
At the same time, they were asked to place all kinds of livestock around the camp.
Some people were in such a hurry that the food and grass in the car suddenly fell out, causing the captain to curse loudly.
"Are you looking for death in a hurry?! This is the food and fodder for the army ahead. If something goes wrong, I'll see how many of you have your heads chopped off!"
The military prince guarding the camp led his people out to help, and all the food and grass had to be placed before the sun went down.
It was busy and chaotic inside and out.
"Captain Yang has been traveling all the way. He must have been tired and thirsty for a long time. The camp has already prepared some hot soup. Why don't we go in and rest for a while? I can leave matters outside to my subordinates."
The military marquis said to the leading captain.
The captain nodded, and just as he was about to turn around, a farmer who happened to be passing by carrying grain and grass suddenly shook his hand.
With a "peng" sound, the grain bag fell to the ground, the mouth opened, and the yellow millet spilled out, mixing with the dust on the ground.
"you wanna die!"
The captain was furious, strode forward, took the handle of the knife and hit the civilian husband hard on the head.
The civilian husband was knocked to the ground, and a stream of blood quickly flowed from his forehead.
He screamed and was about to cover his wound when suddenly a look of fear appeared in his eyes and he pointed his finger behind the captain.
At the same time, he opened his mouth and screamed, as if he wanted to speak desperately, but he couldn't say a word.
"Are you pretending to be dead? Why don't you get up and start working soon!"
The captain raised his foot and was about to step on it when his arm was suddenly pulled by someone: "Uncle...Uncle..."
Who do you call uncle?
The captain turned his head angrily, and his open mouth could no longer be closed.
Under the golden light of the sun in the west, countless Shu troops poured out of the valley, like a surging red tide, approaching this small camp.
"Captain Yang, what should we do?"
The military lord with less than 200 men guarding the camp was the first to react, his face extremely pale.
Before the captain could say anything, one of the busy civilians shouted: "The Han army is coming!"
So with the small camp as the center, there was a "boom", and many civilians suddenly fled in all directions like headless flies.
"boom!"
Huge stones hit the city wall, and even the Wei soldiers hiding inside the city gate felt the vibration of the city wall.
Some soldiers who couldn't stand the sound covered their ears tightly.
If it weren't for Wei's strict military laws, the parents, wives and children at home would be implicated, and I'm afraid some people would have already begun to flee.
When the Han army stopped throwing stones, faint shouts of killing could be heard outside the city.
The soldiers of the Wei army knew that reinforcements from Jincheng were trying to break through the interception of the Han army.
"I'm going to fuck your mother!"
Zhang Hua, the prefect of Jincheng, watched the soldiers fighting on the front line being forced to retreat, and he couldn't help but pointed at Yuzhong City to the west and yelled.
"I led the army to rescue you. Wei Ping, are you dead? You don't even dare to go out of the city to respond?"
Three months ago, Xu Miao, the governor of Liangzhou, appointed Zhang Gong of the Zhang family in Dunhuang as the prefect of Jincheng. Zhang Gong declined because of his old age.
Xu Miao also wanted to replace him with Zhang Gong's son Zhang Jiu.
Zhang Gong had no choice but to recommend his younger brother Zhang Hua to be the prefect of Jincheng.
Xu Miao, on the grounds that the Zhang family wrote Dunhuang in Hexi, specially allowed Zhang to take up the post with his uncle and serve as the chief historian of Jincheng.
The uncle and nephew of the Zhang family had just arrived at Sanpeng when they encountered a large army of Han troops attacking Yuzhong.
Zhang Hua asked his nephew Zhang Ju to guard Jincheng and be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, while he personally led the army to rescue Yuzhong.
Unexpectedly, Yuzhong guard Wei Ping did not even dare to show his head, let alone go out of the city to respond to him.
How could this not cause Zhang Hua to yell?
But Wei Ping in the city couldn't express his suffering.
When the Han army first arrived at the city, it was not that he did not try to test the strength of the enemy.
Unexpectedly, the jujube-faced military commander opposite him was really extraordinary. He killed the soldiers he sent out in one fell swoop and completely routed his army.
In addition, in the past few days, countless stones have been constantly hitting the city, and a few unlucky soldiers were smashed into pulp under everyone's eyes.
It's truly terrifying.
Although the Han army did not attack the city, the morale of the soldiers in the city had begun to decline.
The rocks flying all over the sky rumbled like thunder from the sky.
Some huge boulders fell into the city and immediately made a big hole in the ground, sinking three feet into the ground.
This is a siege equipment that has never been seen before.
There were even rumors in the city that the Han army had received help from ghosts and gods and had used magic to throw boulders on top of their heads from hundreds of steps away.
Every time a huge boulder was thrown at them, the Wei soldiers hiding under the city wall were frightened, let alone the defenders who were forced to guard the city wall.
Everyone at the top of the city was leaning closely behind the female wall, feeling the vibration of the city wall, always feeling that the city wall would collapse in the next moment.
Wei Yan did not surround all of Yuzhong this time, he only surrounded the south and west sides.
To the north is a big river, blocking the way.
The only way to survive is to the east.
But it’s not easy to go east.
Wei Ping knew that after the Shu captives captured Longyou, the Wei Dynasty actually had three strongholds in Hedong.
In addition to Jincheng and Yuzhong, there is also Zu Li from Wuwei County.
But after the Shu captives imitated the Wei Dynasty and appointed a captain to protect the Qiang, Zu Li had to give up.
Because the fake captain of the Qiang Protector of Shu was so disgusting that he directly placed the prison in Pingxiang, which was like pressing into the throats of Yuzhong and Zuli, making people feel like they were stuck in their throats.
What's even more disgusting is that the fake Qiang guard captain didn't know what method he used to make the Longyou barbarians so obedient.
Because Yuzhong is close to the river and has Jincheng echoing each other, there is no need to worry too much.
But Zuli was different. It was too far away to defend the isolated city, and it was often harassed by barbarians coming from the direction of Pingxiang.
Therefore, before the Shu captives could send troops, the Wei Dynasty had to voluntarily give up Wuwei's territory east of Hedong.
It is now a grazing land for the Hu people, and there are even rumors that the Shu captives are dividing pastures there for the Hu people.
Wei Ping could definitely guess that if he dared to walk from the east, those barbarians who had become the dogs of the Shu captives would definitely bite him continuously on the road.
Therefore, the best way is to wait for the Jincheng reinforcements to arrive, and either repel the Shu captives, or coordinate with the Jincheng reinforcements and return to Jincheng together.
Wei Yan brought more than 20,000 people over, and only surrounded two directions. In addition, there were no soldiers to attack the city for the time being, so the force was naturally sufficient.
However, the Jincheng reinforcements coming from the west made it impossible to concentrate on dealing with the Cao thieves in Yuzhong City, and Wei Yan's anger gradually became uncontrollable.
"Then what happened to Feng Yong? We agreed to contain the Cao thieves in Jincheng, but now all the Cao thieves in Jincheng have gone to Yuzhong City. Where are the others?"
When the sun went down and both sides stopped fighting, Wei Yan was furious in the commander's tent, "Did he take tens of thousands of troops and horses to go on a tour?"
Gao Xiang, the prefect of Nan'an who was responsible for blocking Jincheng's reinforcements, heard Wei Yan's words and could only comfort him: "Maybe Feng Junhou has something to do to delay him."
"Besides, the two armies are divided, making it difficult to communicate and respond in time, which is normal."
Even though he said that, Gao Xiang was still a little worried: Feng Junhou, could something have happened?
Compared with Wei Yan, Feng Yong, who was young and talented, had outstanding performance in the Northern Expedition, and had outstanding methods in governing Longyou, naturally made Gao Xiang feel closer to him.
Of course, as a general who followed the late emperor from Jingzhou to Shu, General Gao was naturally very principled.
It is certainly not because the Jingzhou faction has benefited from those Hanzhong estates, Nanzhong sugar cane, Longyou woolen workshops, etc. that they are willing to get close to Feng Yong.
Wei Yan was still angry: "What I'm worried about is that Yuzhong City may not be able to hold on for two days. If the city is destroyed, Cao's thieves may fight to the death or find a way to escape."
"When the reinforcements from Cao's thieves arrive in the west, how can we annihilate them with all our strength?"
Gao Xiang had another opinion: "General Wei, without Feng Junhou's engineering camp, how could we have broken the city so quickly? Wait a moment."
Wei Yan snorted and refused to answer the topic.
He turned his head and asked Huo Yi who was standing below: "Based on the current situation, how many days do we have before we can break the city?"
Huo Yi was the person sent by the Protector Qiang Colonel's Office to temporarily take charge of the engineering battalion. His most important task was to guard the engineering battalion tightly and not allow others to interfere in the command.
He knew that he had little qualifications, so he always stood on the edge and remained silent.
At this time, when he saw Wei Yan asking questions in person, he stood up and said: "Return to the general, as long as there are enough stones, we will be able to break the city in two days."
This was a literal statement from the chief engineer of the engineering battalion. Huo Yi could only convey it, but in fact he knew nothing about the operating terminology of the engineering battalion.
"Okay, I will wait for another three days. After three days, if there is no news from Feng Yong, then let go of the west and we will just capture Yuzhong City. When the Cao thieves escape, it will be Feng Yong's fault!"
Wei Yan gritted his teeth and said.
Although it seems that the troops are divided into two sides now, in fact we only need to block the enemy in the west.
When the wall of Yuzhong collapses, it will be the day to attack the city. If we divide our troops again at that time, we will be in danger.
Because the collapse of the city wall is only the first step in attacking the city.
Only when the soldiers invaded the city and purged the thieves in the city could the city be truly destroyed. Therefore, by that time, let alone finding ways to encircle and annihilate the defeated army, they would barely even be able to block the enemy in the west.