Chapter 171 People’s Suffering
In fact, before Zhang Chong sent out troops, he did give Li Damu and Yu Jinbu military orders to Liang Fu, ordering them to prepare food and grass. But Zhang Chong didn't say when he would come, and Yu Jin was able to receive them, which shows that he is as careful as his hair.
What did Yu Jin do?
He arranged a total of ten sentry teams along this route, with four people in each team, waiting for Zhang Chong's arrival. This four-person team consists of two people per team. Yu Jin ordered them that if they encounter someone calling for troops, they can only send out one group at a time, and the remaining two must lie down in the grass.
Yu Jin was also worried that he was encountering enemy soldiers. This arrangement was so that if the two people who showed up in the previous shift were killed, the two people hiding in the darkness could still bring the information back. If all goes well, keep lurking.
From this, we can see that there is really a reason why Yu Jin was able to become the number one general of Cao Wei in another world.
That night, Zhang Chong, who stayed at the Yujin Camp, greatly appreciated the orderliness and solidity of the camp. Li Damu, who was in the city, originally wanted to go out to meet him, but Zhang Chong stopped him and asked him to guard the city.
On the fifth day of March, in the dim light of dawn, Zhang Chong, who had been repairing all night, left behind the seriously injured, then led 780 cavalrymen and 1,100 horses out of the forbidden camp and continued to run towards the northwest.
They walked ruggedly along the northernmost ridge line of Meng Mountain, and then rested behind a cliff called Hulu Cliff. The soldiers ate some cold millet balls themselves, and then fed fried bean sprouts to their horses. People can suffer a little, but this horse cannot suffer at all.
During the break, the scouts in front also came back and said that there was a large dock wall lying across the plain between the two mountains in front, blocking their passage south to Surabaya.
Zhang Chong called for a guide. They met a woodcutter on the mountain road and offered him a stone of millet to guide them.
The guide was a dark-skinned old man. Although he looked big, his legs and feet were still handy. Then when he asked about his age, he said he didn't know. Yes, after all, there are a few people in the mountains who know their own age and what the use of that is.
When the guide was brought over, Zhang Chong asked him if he knew the dock wall in front of him?
The guide has lived here for so long. If you ask him who the emperor is now and where he lives, he may not know. But if you ask him who the owner of this dock is, he will know very well. The firewood he collected was sold to their families.
I saw the guide saying to Zhang Chong in an envious tone:
"This wall is called Wei's wall. It's a great family! There are herds of cows and horses in the family. They eat leftover swill every day. Even the pigs in the wall can't finish it. Sometimes they can get some while waiting there. This is a big family. ”
But Zhang Chong continued to ask about the origin of this family, and the man couldn't tell him. He only repeated that this family was a good family, and they occasionally had meat in their swill, which allowed low-class people like them to eat meat. Just when Zhang Chong gave up, the woodcutter thought about it again and added:
"The ancestors of this family were prime ministers, and the tomb was built on the east side of their wall. I don't know how many generations have been buried in it. They are all graves."
This is still news, at least it lets Zhang Chong know that the person behind him is a powerful family.
But what Zhang Chong didn't know was that the person standing in front of him was not some ordinary powerful man, but Zoucheng Wei from the Zoulu Confucian family who laid the foundation for today's Confucian classics.
His ancestors, Wei Xian and Wei Xuancheng, father and son of the former Han Dynasty, both rose to the position of prime minister because of their knowledge of Confucianism and Ming classics. In particular, Wei Xuancheng once participated in the Shiquge Conference during the reign of Emperor Xuan, which was held by the Han court after Dong Zhongshu deposed all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone. Another far-reaching academic conference. It can be said that this conference established the current pattern of classical classics. For example, the official version of "Shang Shu" written by the great and small Xia Houshuan originated from this conference. This shows the importance of Webster at that time.
Later, there was a folk song from Qilu: "It is better to teach your son once if you leave a son with a basket full of gold." It's their home. After Wei's family was passed to this dynasty, his family reputation was still strong. There were more than ten people in the clan who were worth two thousand stones, making it a prominent family in the state of Lu.
But regardless of whether Zhang Chong knew the background of the owner of this dock wall, it did not prevent Zhang Chong from knowing the importance of this place.
Lu's Wall is located in a mountain basin that stretches for tens of miles. It is surrounded by Chengxian County to the east, Wenyang to the north, and mountains and hills on both sides. It is rarely visited by people, let alone large armies. . If you want to go to Surabaya and attack the Lu soldiers stationed on the east bank of Surabaya, there is only one way here. And because this place was so important, Zhang Chong suspected that the Lu State must have built sentries or scouting horses here.
Then Zhang Chong ordered his sentries to explore again, and sure enough, they found a small village to the south of the dock wall. The flag belonged to the Lu State.
Now things are getting difficult. If we fight, not to mention how their cavalry can capture such a strong stronghold, just saying that they have captured it, the Lu soldiers on the east bank of Surabaya will be on guard. When the time comes, the military strategy of surprise attack on the Lu soldiers will be Bankruptcy.
Zhang Chong was caught in a dilemma for a while, so he ordered all the military officials to gather at his place to discuss what to do next.
There were twenty or thirty soldiers in the cavalry army. The hedgehogs chatted around Zhang Chong, and some said they would rush over directly. Some people say we should go a little further. It was also said that they would directly divide their troops to attack, and then intercept and kill the messages heading west to Surabaya. But Zhang Chong felt that it was not stable enough.
On the contrary, Li Bi remained silent among the military officials. Zhang Chong knew that he had a plan, so he asked about his strategy.
Li Bi was silent for a while and said: "There is no risk in using troops. If you want to have all the chances of victory, it is impossible. So sometimes victory depends on the number of days, but naturally we cannot give all the hope of victory to the generals. It is placed on the vague sky, so it is also very important to plan for the general. This time Wei's wall blocked the road, it did not happen overnight. Logically, when he was behind the flag to spy on the sentinel, he should have reported this matter. Damn it. This way we can take this into consideration when planning..."
He also wanted to say here that he was immediately blocked by an impatient Cavalry General. This general was called Duan Zhi, a member of the Xue clan, the earliest member of the Tu Cavalry General, and one of Zhang Chong's old brothers. He scolded:
"It's already this time, what's the use of saying that? If you have something to say, just say it quickly."
After all, Li Bi was still young, and he used to be a self-contained Yishan Kou Kui, so he was used to scolding others. So I unconsciously lose the focus of my speech. This would be scolded by General Yuan Cong of the Cavalry Army. Looking at the frowning brows of the surrounding military officials and the worried and troubled expression on his brother's face, he immediately realized that although what he just said was correct, But out of season.
Li Bi immediately corrected him and said directly:
"Qu, I think I can clamp my horse and hold it in my head, sneak through the north side of Weishi in the middle of the night, and then march quickly, and directly attack the Lu soldiers on the north bank of Surabaya early the next morning."
As he spoke, Li Bi drew on the ground. First, he drew a large square in the middle, which meant Wei's Dock Wall, and then drew a circle to the east of it, which meant Wei's Tombs. Finally, he drew a circle on the south side of Wei's Dock. Another small square was drawn, which means the small village where the soldiers of Lu State were established.
This made some military officials who had no sense of space understand what Li Bi meant.
Seeing that everyone agreed with this policy, Zhang Chong clapped his hands and ordered:
"That's it. After a while, the whole army will find shelter to rest, and then set off at midnight to sneak past the Weishi Wall. From here through, the enemy's position on the east bank of Surabaya is about thirty miles. If everything goes well, we will If the surprise attack against the enemy at the beginning of Mao period does not go well, then it will be up to fate.”
The generals received the order and said, "Hey."
Then the Taishan Army's assault cavalry found a shelter from the wind and waited silently for darkness. And no one knows whether this escape will be successful or not.
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On the same day that Zhang Chong left Yujin Camp, that is, the fifth day of March, Jibei Prime Minister Chen Gui also sent 4,000 troops down the Wen River to attack Ding Sheng's tribe in Bo County.
Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei Province, stationed at Sheqiu on the second day of March. In other words, he only stayed at Sheqiu for no more than three days before resolutely leading an attack with 4,000 troops.
On the one hand, its capabilities can be seen. The provisions, men, and ships required for the four thousand expedition could not be arranged at will, but Chen Gui benefited from his excellent shogunate team, especially Dai Qi, Fan Zhao, Xu Yan, and others named Jibei Wulong. Xia Yin and Liu Bin were both able to plan and praise paintings and organize the raising of money and food in an orderly manner.
On the other hand, we can also see how enterprising Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei, is. It seems that he really hopes to eliminate the impact of his uncle Chen Qiu's incident on the family by defeating the thief this time.
When the troops were sent out, there were boats and boats connected with each other on the Wen River, and there were countless rafts and boats. On each boat were hung the flags of each family and the flags of the chief generals, "Chen", "Dai", "Fan", "Xu", "Xia", and "Liu" , "Zhang", "Li", "Zhou", "Xing", the flags are flying in the wind, gathering the essence of Ji Beiguo.
This is indeed the most unprecedented military gathering in Jibei Kingdom in recent decades. Thanks to their trust in Chen Gui, the children of each family brought their own tribes and actively joined the army. There are now eight families of children from various ethnic groups who are going on this expedition, either sending 200 troops, or more than a hundred troops, plus 2,000 old soldiers from Jibei Kingdom, and finally they have gathered together a force of 4,000 troops.
This is because the King of Jibei didn't agree to Chen Gui's request and didn't lend Chen Gui his palace fighting swordsman, otherwise the army would be even more powerful.
At this time, Chen Gui, who was sitting on the large ship, was hosting a banquet for the generals and powerful disciples. At this time, some powerful disciples were toasting and praising Chen Guixing, who led the righteous brigade and fought against the thunderous attack. If you pass it, you will become a powder.
Chen Gui, who was sitting at the top, was stroking his long beard. Although he spoke modestly, he could not hide his pride and contentment. It is true that with four thousand elite soldiers and fierce tigers, they can only be considered as bandits with less than a thousand people. How can they lose?
That means you can never lose.
Don't tell him that the weak can defeat the strong, and don't tell him that the enemy is an elite. What if the weak can defeat the strong? You still have a bunch of soldiers, but you said the enemy is an elite? Isn’t it my son-in-law? Four thousand elites fight a thousand elites, no matter how you fight, you will win.
So the banquet reached its climax amidst the chorus of hymns. There was only one person sitting in a corner, looking through the side of the boat at Ding Fu, who was silently earning grain on both sides of the Wenshui River, and sighed:
“The people are suffering!”
(End of chapter)