"General Han, this is the surrender of our leader."
Gu Lian picked up the large sheepskin on the ground and presented it to Jiang Wei with very respectful hands.
The sheepskin was polished very finely, not only all the fine velvet was scraped off, but also tanned many times, making the leather smooth, soft and smell-free. Some lines and circles were drawn on it with charcoal.
It is obvious that the person who draws does not have this talent.
But Jiang Wei, who had observed the Wei army's defensive fortifications during the day, recognized it at a glance. This was the defensive deployment map of the Mingsha Mountain area.
"Wen Rong, let's take a look."
Gently spreading the sheepskin on the ground, Jiang Wei took out a torch from the soldier's hand and did not forget to call Zhang Bao.
Because the picture was very different from what he saw during the day.
For example, when they were observing Wei's defense from a distance, they could not see that behind the two military camps that were located next to Quwu Mountain and Mingsha Mountain, there were actually several pontoon bridges connecting the opposite banks. And they were built along the direction of the river.
On the other side of the garrison, a line of "XX" was painted on it. I don't know what it represents.
Could it be where the Wei army's baggage was stored?
After Zhang Bao looked at it, he made a guess in his mind. He looked up and saw that Jiang Wei was still thinking, so he asked Gulian directly, "Strong man, I can roughly understand this picture. For example, these five points are the Wei army's garrison. However, you
The leader of the tribe is here to guard Liu Mo on the other side. I don’t know what he means by evil?"
Hearing this, Gu Lian slightly poked his head and looked at it. After confirming where Zhang Bao was asking, he said softly, "Come back to the Han general, these are the crossbows and thunder chariots of the Wei army."
It’s actually a bed crossbow and a thunderbolt carriage?!
Suddenly, Zhang Bao was stunned.
This is not to question the fact that Wei State actually has such cumbersome offensive and defensive equipment in a place like this where there is no city to rely on.
When the Wei State ordered Xia Houru to besiege the Manyin City Fortress, a lot of equipment was transferred from Guanzhong. Later, after the governor Guo Huai arrived and joined forces, he also used it to try to attack the city. However, the strong attack failed, so the Wei State
Instead, they continued to besiege the city and just transported the equipment away.
Zhang Bao was surprised because he could vaguely deduce Wei's intention of deploying these weapons behind the garrison.
After all, the range of the bed crossbow and the thunderbolt chariot is several hundred steps away, so there is no disadvantage of being unable to attack due to the river separating the east and west.
"Boyo, in your opinion..."
There was a hint of worry in his eyes, and he stopped talking to Jiang Wei.
"Um."
Jiang Wei nodded calmly, gently tapped the small black dots on the sheepskin that represented the garrison with his fingers, looked at the bones and asked slowly, "Have any strong men or people from your noble tribe ever entered such garrison?"
"Never."
Gu Lian shook his head slightly, with curiosity in his tone, "Wei's general has an order that no one within two hundred steps of these garrisons is allowed to approach, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed! My leader doesn't know why this is the case. Every one of these garrisons
There is nothing strange about guarding two or three hundred people."
No one is allowed to come near?
Hearing this, Jiang Wei immediately continued to ask, "A strong man, think about it carefully. For example, how often do the soldiers in the garrison change their defenses? Or do they eat morning and evening in the garrison or in the military camp?"
Asking this question really stumped me.
He scratched his temples, frowned and thought hard for a long time, and then said with some uneasiness, "Returning to the Han family, General, our troops have only been in Mingsha Mountain for a short time, and most of the time they have been on the other side of the river, dealing with those garrison troops.
I don’t know much about Wei. However, my department has also heard some jokes made by soldiers from other departments to the soldiers in the garrison during their free time. I don’t know if it has anything to do with what the general asked.”
"Haha~~"
With a chuckle, Jiang Wei handed the water bag to him, "You don't have to be restrained, a strong man. I'm just curious about the daily life of the soldiers of the Anti-Wei Dynasty. It's not something urgent, and I'm not forcing the strong men to explain in detail how to dispatch the soldiers of the Anti-Wei Dynasty. Well,
If you have heard any gossip, please tell me about it without worrying about making mistakes."
"Huh~"
Bone connected to the water bag and drank, smiled slightly, and his uneasy expression relaxed, "Those soldiers on guard are stupid! When they go out to eat every day, they don't walk on the flat sand.
They climbed over the rocks behind to return to the camp; and when they changed defenses and returned to the other side, they did not take the pontoon bridges on both sides of the camp, but instead lowered the rope into the river and rowed a raft back."
really!
Involuntarily, Zhang Bao and Jiang Wei looked at each other.
After seeing the similar look in each other's eyes, a wry smile appeared on their faces.
Because of their wisdom, it was not difficult to guess the mystery behind the Wei army's garrison.
In terms of defense, the garrison built along the water was naturally inferior to the camp built on the mountain. If the Han army brought troops to attack, they would naturally attack the garrison first.
In this way, if the Wei army in the two camps came out to rescue, it would turn into a field battle, which would offset the Wei army's geographical advantage.
And if the Wei army does not come out to rescue, the Han army can take advantage of the situation to attack and occupy it, and use it as a stronghold to forcibly cross the river, or they can attack the downstream camps from front to back along the river.
In fact, Jiang Wei and Zhang Bao had this in mind after watching the Wei army defend the defense line during the day.
But now with the arrival of Bone Lian, they gave up this thought and said they were lucky in secret.
Bedeng Ai strictly ordered that the garrison should not be approached within two hundred steps. The soldiers guarding the garrison did not dare to set foot on the flat sand. This must be because the front of each garrison was covered with pits, iron bars, and even thin wooden boards.
Trench covered by sand! Relying on the crossbows and thunderbolt chariots on the other side of the garrison, if the Han army attacked by force, it would end with heavy casualties.
In other words, Ni Wei's position defense was perfect!
Deng Ai was able to defeat Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang and Wei Dynasties, and he was able to pull him out of a weak position and give him a heavy responsibility. He was indeed a good man for a while!
With a sigh in his heart, Jiang Wei became more and more afraid of this opponent whom he had never met and was unknown to him.
Zhang Bao was also silent.
He had been urging Jiang Wei to send troops as soon as possible because of his disdain for the Wei army in this area.
Without him, Fei Yao, who had previously served as the general of the Empress of Wei, was a defeated general under them. Now he is replaced by a general who has never been in battle and is in charge of farming. What is there to be afraid of?
There was silence for a while.
Not knowing what Jiang Wei and Zhang Bao had in mind, seeing that they kept frowning in silence, they couldn't help but said, "Two Han generals, the main point of this picture presented by my leader is that
Two red circles."
Indeed, there are two red circles on the sheepskin, both of which fall on the east bank of the river.
It must have been painted with the blood of livestock, and it was very conspicuous. Jiang Wei and Zhang Bao saw it at first sight.
As for why they didn't ask, it's because they all have their own intentions and understandings.
"What the strong man is referring to is that these two places are the places where grain is stored against the Wei Dynasty!"
"Yeah!"
Gu Lian nodded like garlic, smiled brightly, pointed at the red circle near Qu Wushan and said, "Two Han generals, the gift of surrender that my leader wants to offer is to help the Han army burn this grain field.
