"Those who were good at fighting in the past were first invincible, waiting for the enemy to become victorious. The invincible lies in oneself, but the victorious lies in the enemy."
--"The Art of War"
Originally, when Zheng Pu and others built a garrison, they integrated the essence of "Being invincible first, then waiting for the enemy to be victorious".
Who would have expected that he would do the opposite?
The traitor Zhu Bao didn't know why he was so concerned about a garrison of less than a thousand men!
A large amount of food and fodder will be wasted here. When the imperial court sends a large army to fight against it, will he still be able to resist?
Standing on the arrow tower, Zheng Pu looked at the bandit camp in the distance, and he was puzzled.
In other words, more than half of the food and fodder in the garrison was consumed, which made him feel uneasy.
Yesterday, Jufu and Liu Yin also discussed whether to appropriately reduce the rations allocated to each soldier on the grounds that the thieves have not been able to attack the enemy in recent days, in order to survive for a few more days.
After all, only those who are far-sighted can achieve great results.
Moreover, the traitor Zhu Bao came here to send so many troops that Zheng Pu and the others realized that Li Yi in Pingyi County only had more than 2,000 troops. Even if he sent troops and horses to rescue, Zhu Bao would still be defeated.
Waiting for work at leisure, gather around to call for help!
The only thing he hoped for was that Li Yi could be as resourceful as his father, Li Hui, the commander-in-chief of Nijiang.
For example, seeing that there were no fighters here, he led his troops to harass Zhu Bao's grain road!
In order to attack it, he would be rescued, forcing Zhu Bao to rescue him and leave.
However, Zheng Pwu thought for himself and felt that it might be difficult to succeed in encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.
Wu, the traitor Zhu Bao, used the combination of encircling three towers and encircling points to call for reinforcements. How could he not pay attention to the sudden movements of soldiers and horses in Pingyi County?
How can we not guard against the evil of robbing food?
Perhaps, as soon as Li Yifu led his army out of the city, Zhu Bao got the news and took the opportunity to set up an ambush along the way?
well..........
What a pain!
I wanted to stand firm, but I didn’t want to end up in a cocoon!
Sitting cross-legged, Zheng Pu supported his forehead with one hand and frowned, looking at the white-lit river outside the garrison, letting his sorrowful thoughts flow with it. However, the river did not understand the customs well and could not take away his thoughts.
"Zijin can make it easy for the two of us to find you!"
Not long after, a soft call came from behind, which also awakened Zheng Pu's thoughts.
He was thinking too deeply about himself and was in a trance. He didn't even hear the sound of the bamboo climbing up the arrow tower.
He quickly turned around and saw Liu Yin and Ju Fu coming hand in hand.
Seeing that he turned his head sideways, Liu Yin pointed to the leather wine bag in the armrest and smiled softly, "Zijin, it's past half-month and the new year is coming soon. Can you have the pleasure of having a drink today?"
"
Except half way through the month?
Zheng Pu was slightly stunned, but soon he came to his senses.
Recently, I have been preoccupied with the military affairs. Without realizing it, it has been three months since the troops left Chengdu, and New Year's Eve is approaching.
But I don’t know if my mother and Xiao Yaner are okay?
Will the elder brother send people to send his nephews and nieces back to the mulberry garden for reunion?
Alas, at the end of this year, I can no longer guard Xiao Yaner.
His thoughts were torn apart in an instant, Zheng Pu secretly sighed in his heart, and then smiled sternly at Liu Ju and the other two, "Since Brother Xiuran and Xiao Xing have an elegance, how can I defeat Xing Xie?"
"Ha! I just said that if people in Bazhong drink sake, Zijin will definitely be greedy!!"
Hearing this, Ju Fu made a joke, and immediately sat cross-legged, took a sip of the wine bag in his hand, wiped the mouth of the wine bag with his sleeve, and then handed it to Zheng Pu.
"We have known each other for a long time, but Xiaoxing is so talkative!"
Shaking his head and smiling, Zheng Pu reached out to take it, sipped it lightly and wiped the mouth of the bag before passing it to Liu Yin.
The three of them talked, joked, and drank.
The small wine bag was all gone in a short time.
Liu Ju and Liu Gu lowered their faces and looked at Zheng Pu, making Zheng Pu also look serious in return, with a vague realization in his heart.
Trapped here by thieves, as a lieutenant general in the army, if there is no reason, who has the spirit to get wine to drink evil?
Zheng Pu was appointed by the Prime Minister as Supervisor of the Army, and had the responsibility of supervising the generals.
Therefore, the intention of these two people to come together is obvious: they intend to lead their troops to defend the enemy in World War II.
Sure enough, when Jufu saw Zheng Pu's eyes glaring, he said directly, "Zijin, I have discussed it with Brother Xiuran, and I feel that being trapped here and wasting food in vain is not the solution. Therefore, I thought of leading my troops to go out to find him.
Fighter, see if we can defeat the thief."
After he finished speaking, Liu Yin spoke immediately, "I also think Xiaoxing's words are feasible. I used to be a ranger when I was young, and I have quite a lot of experience in hiding in the wild. I will never let thieves discover me. Moreover, we are
I just want to test it out, not to go out to fight with all my troops. Zijin doesn't want to worry about too many casualties among his soldiers and being unable to hold on to the siege."
"Yes! Yes! The people under my command are known to Zijin! He walks over mountains and ridges as if he were walking on flat ground. He is very good at fighting in hills and forests. The mountain roads here are rugged and the trees are everywhere. If there is no benefit to the troops, they can't retreat back.
Disaster."
"Well, my subordinates are originally domestic servants, knights and warriors. They are also good at climbing and moving, and have outstanding foot strength. Moreover, what I thought was that the traitor Zhu Bao certainly did not expect that we dared to take the initiative to fight, and we were caught by surprise!"
.............
These two people should have reached an agreement beforehand.
As soon as they opened their mouths, the two of them took turns giving advice and advice, giving Zheng Pu no chance to speak.
"Stay! Stay!"
Zheng Pu couldn't help but smile bitterly, and quickly raised his hand to stop the two of them from talking, "Brother Xiuran, Xiaoxing, don't give me more advice, I know what you mean. Well, let me think about it."
Without waiting for their reply, he frowned, pinched his beard and thought.
When Liu Yin and Jufu saw this, they didn't want to disturb them, so they could only look at each other, shrugged helplessly, and waited in silence.
A quarter of an hour passed quietly.
Two quarters of an hour later, Zheng Pu still closed his eyes and frowned.
When three-quarters of an hour was approaching, Ju Fu, who was full of vitality and blood, had a hint of impatience on his face. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Yin, and made a gesture towards Zheng Pu.
The meaning is obvious: I want to wake up Zheng Pu.
But Liu Yin shook his head slightly and motioned with his eyes to calm him down.
Naturally, it was hard to calm down, so I had to shake my head and feel discouraged.
But unexpectedly, at this moment Zheng Pu suddenly opened his eyes and asked loudly, "Brother Xiuran, how many of your soldiers have no bird eyes?"
Those with bird eyes have night blindness.
"Bird eyes?"
Ju Fu, who had long been impatient, happily answered after hearing this, "Zi Jin is thinking something wrong? Well, the Ti people have always had the custom of fishing and hunting, and more than half of my soldiers have no bird eyes."
Liu Yin is much more steady.
After Jufu finished speaking, he thought for a moment before speaking out, "I have more than half of my men. Zi Jin asked, are you planning to attack the bandits' camp at night?"
Zheng Pu, on the other hand, was so hateful that he only focused on pinching and winking, his teeth were shining brightly, and he didn't answer for a long time.
A few days later, at the rebel camp, Zhu Bao knelt and sat in front of the desk, his face full of anger.
In the middle of the night recently, the Han army on the garrison frequently sent twenty or thirty soldiers to secretly sneak in and shoot the sentinels who were keeping watch. Then there was a burst of fighting with drums and whistles, making a lot of noise as if they were trying to steal the camp.
However, when all the soldiers in the army were alerted, they escaped again.
This happens over and over again, even three or five times a night!
Unable to bear the trouble, the soldiers of various departments were harassed repeatedly, their morale was weakened, and resentments grew.
Moreover, he set up ambushes several times, but the Han army was alert and unable to kill him.
