Chapter four hundred and sixty-one attacking the enemy
After replenishing the army's food and grass, Liu Xiujun's morale was greatly improved. Next, the eyes of Liu Xiu and his generals fell on Handan again.
Now Liu Xiujun and Xie Gongjun are stationed outside Handan City, with a total of 130,000 troops. On Wang Lang's side, there are 100,000 defenders stationed in the city. In addition, behind Liu Xiujun are Li Yu and Zhang Shen's troops, totaling 20
About thirty thousand.
In terms of military strength, Wang Langjun has an absolute advantage. In addition, there is another uncertain factor on Liu Xiujun's side, which is Xie Gongjun.
Now, Liu Xiujun can no longer regard Xie Gongjun as a friendly force. At best, Xie Gongjun may beat the drum and wave flags on the battlefield. At worst, Xie Gongjun may stab his own side in the back and add insult to injury.
The generals under Liu Xiu discussed the next war. During the meeting, Kou Xun pointed out the core of the enemy's army directly. The core of the enemy's army was not Wang Lang in the city, nor the 100,000 defenders in the city, but Li Yu.
, Zhang Shen Part One.
Because of the existence of Li Yu and Zhang Shen, the defenders in the city had the fighting spirit to hold on. Also because of the existence of Li Yu and Zhang Shen, we did not dare to attack Handan City with all our strength.
If you want to defeat Handan, you must first defeat Wang Lang's army of more than 100,000 Li Yu and Zhang Shen.
Everyone present agreed with Kou Xun's analysis, and Liu Xiu also nodded repeatedly, thinking that Kou Xun had hit the point.
Just defeating Li Yu and Zhang Shen is not easy. After this period of confrontation between the two armies, everyone can see that Li Yu and Zhang Shen are not ordinary people, and they also have some real talents and learning.
Liu Xiu's mind was racing, and after a while, he murmured: "I remember that the prefect of Guangping once said that Li Yu and Zhang Shen's troops do not have much food and grass."
Hearing this, Deng Yu's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "My lord, Wang Lang was worried that Li Yu and Zhang Shen would have second thoughts after taking over the military power, so he deliberately did not deliver too much food and grass to them.
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Liu Xiu raised the corner of his mouth, smiled, and said: "In total, Li Yujun's food and grass should be almost consumed by now, right?!"
Kou Xun's face glowed with light, and he continued with a smile: "In other words, in the recent period, there will definitely be a batch of grain and grass in Handan City, which will be quietly transported to Li Yujun's camp."
Liu Xiu nodded and said with a smile: "Wang Lang's army can cut off our army's logistics supplies, why don't our army follow suit and cut off his Li Yujun's logistics supplies!"
When everyone present heard this, they all clapped their hands and laughed. Wu Han said excitedly: "It's not enough to cut off Li Yujun's supplies. We have to rob all the food and grass!"
Geng stood up, stepped in and saluted Liu Xiu, and said in a loud voice: "My lord, I am willing to lead my cavalry to attack the enemy's food road!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Han also hurriedly stood up and said: "My lord, I am also willing to lead my cavalry to attack the enemy's food road!"
At present, the Youzhou cavalry in Shanggu and Yuyang are still commanded by Geng and Wu Han.
Liu Xiu looked at the two of them, pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "Our army's scouts can grasp the enemy's every move, and similarly, the enemy's scouts can also grasp our army's every move. The two sides are close to each other."
At such a close distance, no matter which side there is, the slightest movement will be noticed by the other party immediately."
Wu Han and Geng looked at each other and frowned.
Liu Xiu continued: "If Ziyan and Bozhao want to lead the cavalry and successfully attack the enemy's grain transport team, they cannot stay in the military camp. Only in this way can you two prevent the enemy from doing anything.
aware!"
Wu Han and Geng immediately raised their heads that had just been lowered, looked at Liu Xiu, and said in unison: "Master, we can lead our cavalry brothers and find a hiding place outside the camp!"
Liu Xiu frowned and said, "Although the tracks will be more concealed by doing this, it will be too hard for the soldiers."
It was already April, but the weather in the north was still cold. They were hiding outside the camp, unable to bury pots to make food, and had to sleep in the open air. One can imagine how difficult the conditions were.
Wu Han and Geng said in unison: "My lord, as long as you can defeat the enemy, you will not be afraid of hard work!"
Liu Xiu thought about it for a while, and finally nodded, looked at Yao Qi, and said, "Next time, it's up to you to cooperate with Zi Yan and Bo Zhao on this matter!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Yao Qi is in charge of reconnaissance, and the areas around Handan have been explored by his scouts.
Yao Qi knew very well where to hide and which routes were suitable for long-distance cavalry attacks. In addition, Wu Han and Geng led the cavalry and hid outside, and all contacts had to be completed by Yao Qi's scouts.
Liu Xiu made arrangements for Li Yu and Zhang Shen. Previously, it was Li Yu and Zhang Shen cut off his food routes, but now it is Liu Xiu who wants to cut off their food routes.
As Liu Xiu analyzed, Li Yujun did not have much food and grass left, but Li Yu and Zhang Shen were not in a hurry. After all, Handan City had a large amount of food and grass stored in it, and their camp was very close to Handan City.
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On this day, Li Yu asked his subordinates how many days of food and grass there was in the camp. The grain officer's answer was that it was only enough for three days.
After Li Yu heard this, he sent a subordinate who was good at riding and archery to secretly go to Handan City that night and shoot a message about his own food shortage at the top of the city. The letter sent by Li Yu was quickly delivered to Wang Lang
in the hand.
After reading Li Yu's letter, Wang Lang sneered and said grievances: "When fighting in front of the battlefield, I don't see any extraordinary ability, but when it comes to eating, I am the best!"
Liu Lin and Liu Jie glanced at Wang Lang and said seriously: "Your Majesty, although the Grand Sima and the Grand General failed to defeat Liu Xiujun on the battlefield, they successfully restrained Liu Xiujun and prevented Liu Xiujun from rashly attacking Handan.
Sima's army is short of food, your Majesty should make arrangements as soon as possible!"
Wang Lang may not have realized the importance of Li Yu and Zhang Shen, but Liu Lin and Liu Jie knew very well that the current Handan City was said to be supported by the 100,000 defenders in the city. In fact, it really relied on
It was an army of more than 100,000 people commanded by Li Yu and Zhang Shen.
If there were not more than 100,000 troops to contain Liu Xiu outside the city, it would be impossible to defend Handan alone.
Wang Lang was just saying angry words. How could he not deliver food and grass to more than 100,000 soldiers and just sit back and watch them fend for themselves outside the city.
He chuckled and said: "King Zhao, don't worry, King Guangyang, how can I not care about the life and death of the great Sima, the great general and more than 100,000 soldiers?! Let King Zhao arrange the transportation of grain to the great Sima's department!"
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Liu Lin, the king of Zhao, was the prime minister in the Handan court. He could be said to be the second-largest person besides Wang Lang. Of course, he was the one who single-handedly pushed Wang Lang to the throne. Liu Lin responded and turned to the palace.
Go outside.xdw8
Of course Liu Lin would not go out of the city to transport grain in person, so he left the matter to Prime Minister Lu Heng. Prime Minister Chang Shi was not a minor official. In the Prime Minister's Office system, he was second only to Prime Minister Sizhi. Lu Heng himself was also Liu Lin.
Lin's confidant.
After receiving Liu Lin's order, Lu Heng did not dare to delay and immediately prepared food and fodder.
The food and grass he prepared was 30,000 shi, which was almost enough for Li Yujun to need it for a month. To the north of the city was Liu Xiujun's camp, and to the west of the city was Xie Gongjun's camp.
Lu Heng neither dared to go to the North City nor the West City, but went to the South City. He took the grain transport team and quietly left Handan at night through the South City Gate. He made a big detour outside the city and headed towards Li Yujun's camp.
Go ahead.
He felt that his actions were covert enough, but what he didn't know was that when Li Yu sent his subordinates to send a message to Handan, Liu Xiujun's spies had already noticed it.
As soon as the grain transport team headed by Lu Heng left Handan City, the nearby Liu Xiujun spy immediately passed the news back to the camp. Yao Qi, who received the spy report, immediately took out the map and recorded the information of Lu Heng and his party.
After a careful analysis of the marching route, he clicked on a route on the map and sent someone to report to Wu Han and Geng who were hiding outside the camp, asking them to attack Wang Lang on this route.
Food transport team.
By the time the news reached Wu Han and Geng, a full hour had passed.
If they had been replaced by infantry, it would have been too late to catch up with Lu Heng's grain transport team after such a long time. However, the four thousand soldiers commanded by Wu Han and Geng were all cavalry, and they were all Youzhou cavalry, which were extremely fast.
After receiving the news from Yao Qi, Wu Han and Geng immediately led their cavalry and launched a long-distance attack according to the route directed by Yao Qi.
The grain transport team headed by Lu Heng never dreamed that their route had been predicted in advance by Yao Qi, and that the Youzhou Assault Cavalry headed by Wu Han and Geng were rushing towards them like lightning.
Late at night, at Chou hour, that is, at one o'clock in the morning, the grain transport team had already bypassed Handan, bypassed Liu Xiujun's camp, and was traveling from east to west, heading straight for Li Yujun's camp.
According to their current traveling speed, they will reach Li Yujun's camp in another hour.
But at this time, people vaguely heard the muffled sound of thunder in the distance. People's first reaction was to look up at the sky, thinking that it was going to rain.
The night sky is deep blue, dotted with stars, a half-moon hanging high, and the stars shining brightly. Not even a single dark cloud can be seen in the sky.
"It's strange! It doesn't look like it's going to snow or rain. It's so good, but why did it suddenly thunder?" Some soldiers muttered unconsciously.
Lu Heng also felt baffled. At this moment, a follower beside him suddenly changed his expression and exclaimed: "Sir, this... this doesn't seem to be thunder, it seems... like the sound of galloping cavalry!"
"Cavalry?" Lu Heng scratched his head and muttered, "Do the Grand Sima and the Grand General already know our route?"
His first reaction was not that it was an enemy attack, but that Li Yu and Zhang Shen had sent people to respond.
But one thing he couldn't figure out was that he had temporarily decided on this grain transport route, and even King Zhao didn't know about it. How did the Great Sima and the General know about it? He couldn't figure it out.
After a few more minutes, the sound of thunder became louder and louder, getting closer and closer. Amidst the continuous rumbling sound, both Lu Heng and the soldiers below felt as if a big stone was pressing on their chests.
, the feeling of being out of breath.
Through the moonlight, I could faintly see how high the dust on the road ahead was rising, as if a hurricane was coming. At the same time, the ground beneath my feet was shaking violently.
As the cavalry in front got closer, Lu Heng took a deep breath, walked a few steps forward, and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the cavalry in front, listen, I am Prime Minister Shi Lu Heng, escorting grain and grass to the general's camp...
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Before he could finish his words, he suddenly heard an exclamation coming from beside him: "Sir, be careful!" Following the shouting, before Lu Heng could realize what was going on, he was knocked down by a follower beside him.
On the ground.
At the moment when the two of them fell to the ground, they heard a series of whizzing wind sounds above their heads, and countless crossbow arrows were suddenly shot out from the cavalry team. Several other followers around Lu Heng still had confused expressions on their faces.
, people have been hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
