After autumn, the weather was still hot, making people unable to lift their spirits. On the wide and long official road, a group of soldiers protected the carriages on their way.
"诱辘辘!"
The wheels turned, ran over the official road, and moved forward slowly.
There were quite a few soldiers on the official road, six hundred in total.
The leading general was riding on a horse, holding a sharp sword in his hand, and was riding forward slowly. This general was about twenty-seven or eighty years old, with a chin and beard, and a dignified appearance, but his expression was serious, exuding a murderous air.
He took the lead and did not look back at the soldiers behind him, but none of the soldiers dared to be lazy.
This person is Cao Ren, Cao Cao's general, who is responsible for escorting Cao Cao's grain and grass.
The Art of War says that before the three armies move, the food and grass go first. In order to ensure the safety of the food and grass, Cao Cao specially sent Cao Ren to escort the food and grass to ensure that there would be no mistakes. When Cao Ren was young, he had a perverse personality and acted without scruples, but when he grew up, he was respectful and serious.
Every movement is quite orderly and makes people feel good.
Such a huge change has to be said to be a surprising thing. Because of this, Cao Ren was very important under Cao Cao, and his status was even stronger than Xia Houyuan's.
Not only that, Cao Ren also has another identity. He is Cao Cao's younger brother.
In ancient times, the ancients regarded men who had the same great-grandfather but different fathers and were slightly younger than themselves as their disciples. Between Cao Cao and Cao Ren, Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, and Cao Ren's father, Cao Chi, had different fathers.
They are the same, and their grandfathers are also different, but their great-grandfathers are the same. In later generations, they are described as cousins.
However, the ancients valued family very much.
Although they are separated by several generations, they belong to the same family and have a very good relationship.
When Cao Cao raised an army to attack Dong, Cao Ren followed Cao Cao and became a marching Sima under Cao Cao. Now that Cao Cao has occupied Yanzhou and launched an army to attack Chang'an, Cao Ren is responsible for Cao Cao's logistics and food supplies. Although this is an idle job, Cao Ren is very strict and has no trace of it.
Laxness, it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao can be entrusted with big things.
The sun was high in the sky, and the sun was extremely dazzling.
Cao Ren looked up at the sun hanging in the sky and made a mental calculation.
It is definitely impossible to complete the rest of the journey today and reach the camp outside Chang'an City. Even if he travels all night, he will not be able to reach the camp. He will not arrive until tomorrow. Cao Ren thought for a moment, raised his right hand, stopped the army that was continuing on its way, and ordered
Said: "Everyone stopped to rest, bury the pot and make rice. After eating, rest for half an hour, and then continue on their way."
The soldiers escorting the grain and fodder immediately relaxed after hearing this.
However, Cao Ren did not relax. He asked his five hundred soldiers to rest, and the remaining one hundred were responsible for guarding.
In this way, we can respond quickly when encountering emergencies. Cao Ren dismounted from his horse, walked to the side of the official road, sat and rested under the shade of a tree, and waited for the soldiers in charge of cooking to finish cooking before he could fill his stomach.
At this time, a primary school student under Cao Ren ran over, smiled, and sat down.
The colonel tilted his head and said: "General, we have escorted enough food and grass for the army for three months. With this food and grass, we can defeat Wang Can and then support the army to return to Yanzhou. After we arrive at the camp, can we go up?
I have accomplished meritorious service by killing the enemy on the battlefield, and my brothers have been escorting the grain and fodder, and they are all ready to go to the battlefield."
Cao Ren glared at the principal and said, "Just do whatever the Lord tells you to do, don't think too much!"
Xiao Xiao didn't get the answer, so he curled his lips and stopped talking.
Cao Ren saw that the principal looked a little disappointed, and said: "Don't worry, in today's troubled times, wars are frequent, and you will have the opportunity to go to the battlefield. Haha, as soldiers escorting food and grass, you don't have to fight desperately. You are not blessed to have such leisure.
I’m on an errand, but I want to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, I don’t understand!”
The colonel clenched his fists and said: "General, I follow your example and want to be a general!"
The principal looked very serious, which made Cao Ren laugh.
In fact, after hearing what the principal said, Cao Ren's eyes flashed with anticipation.
For generals like this in the army, the most desirable thing is to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds. When a man is alive, he will make meritorious deeds and strengthen the country, and when he goes out, he will be wrapped in horse leather to show off his family's reputation. How can he do nothing. However, Cao Ren
Knowing that grain and grass are the lifeblood of the army, he escorted the grain and grass without complaint.
Not long after, the fragrant smell of rice wafted from the official road.
The soldiers gathered together, eating and talking.
Cao Ren also walked over to eat a big pot of rice with the soldiers. While the soldiers were eating, in the woods a hundred meters away, the weeds swayed slightly twice, and then there was no movement. On the official road, except for the lively chatting and joking of Cao Ren's soldiers
Sound, noise, no other sound.
…
Yizhou Army, inside the camp.
In the main camp of the Chinese army, while Wang Can was dealing with military affairs, Xu Rong and Lu Meng came to the camp together.
At this time, six days had passed since the battle between Wang Can and Cao Cao. In the past few days, neither side had sent troops. Wang Can was waiting for the opportunity to deal a fatal blow to Cao Cao; Cao Cao sent people to work hard to make sword carts, hoping to give Cao Cao a fatal blow.
A big 'surprise' for Wang Can. Both parties have their own ideas and plans.
Wang Can looked at the two men and asked: "Changming, is there any news about Cao Jun's food and grass?"
Xu Rong and Lu Meng had been in charge of Cao Cao's food and grass affairs, so when Wang Can saw the two of them coming to see him, he immediately thought that they must have discovered that Cao Cao's generals were escorting the food and grass.
Xu Rong nodded, clasped his fists and said: "My lord, Cao Cao's generals led more than 600 people to escort the grain and grass to Cao's camp. According to the scout's estimation, the grain and grass escorted this time was very large, enough for three of Cao's camp's tens of thousands of soldiers.
Yue's grain, if my lord can snatch all the grain back, Cao Cao's army will be short of grain."
After Wang Can heard this, he asked again: "Are you sure there are only 600 people?"
Lu Meng and Xu Rong nodded at the same time and said: "There are only six hundred people."
After Wang Can heard this, he immediately fell into deep thought.
After a long time, Wang Can said: "There are only 300 people in Langya Camp. Although they are equipped with Ma Jun crossbows and Han knives, it is still difficult to annihilate all 600 people without leaking any information. In this way, I asked Pei Yuanshao to lead 400 people.
The soldiers will go with you, and with Pei Yuanshao's help, we can wipe out all the soldiers under Cao Cao's command."
"promise!"
The two of them answered with fists clasped, with excited expressions on their faces.
This time, Cao Cao was defeated.
After the two left Wang Can's camp, they headed towards the camp where Pei Yuanshao lived. After hearing the news, Pei Yuanshao excitedly ordered all 400 soldiers together, and then left with the 300 wolf-toothed soldiers under Lu Meng's command.
However, after the seven hundred people left the camp, they did not choose to bypass Cao Cao's camp to sneak attack the soldiers escorting the grain and grass. Instead, they went directly south to Yizhou, so as to avoid the detection of Cao Cao's spies.
After the spy's sight, Lu Meng, Xu Rong and Pei Yuanshao led the troops to turn around and run towards the east.
After much tossing, the army quietly rushed to the rear of Cao's army where they were guarding the grain supply.
Xu Rong led his troops to sneak attack, but Wang Can did not stay in the camp.
In order to prevent Cao Cao from having time to deal with food and fodder, he simply led the army to Cao Cao's camp and asked Huang Zhong, Dian Wei, and Zhao Yun to fight, hoping to attract Cao Cao's attention and make Cao Cao fight.
With Wang Can leading the troops as cover, it would be much easier for Lu Meng and Xu Rong.
PS: The second update of the fourth update, please collect and send flowers.
