Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 369 Wei Yi's Difficulties

At Huoshan Pass, Shao Xing got off his horse and quickly stepped into the commander's tent.Jia He and Feng Sai who were warming up inside hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Shao Yun walked to the fire, and said to the two: "I came back from Lu's Express, and I have some news for you!"

Jia He laughed and said, "Looking at your panting appearance, what's the big news? Could it be that the Jin army on the opposite side is about to withdraw?"

Shao Yundao: "It's not that the Jin army is about to withdraw, but that we are going to counterattack! No longer defend Huoshan Pass, but counterattack Wei Yi! Run Wei Yi away and reoccupy Guozhou! After occupying Guozhou, we may even recapture Shanzhou !"

Jia He and Feng Sai were taken aback.He stepped forward and stared at Shao Yun for a few times, and said: "Jing Lue really said that? We have less than 2 soldiers, and Wei Yi on the opposite side has nearly [-] soldiers! Wu Shu is gone, but the [-] soldiers are still there! "

Shao Yun waved his hand and said, "In addition to Jinglue, there is also Wang Zhenfu in the Lu family. This time when he came north, Wang Zhenfu brought 1 soldiers and horses. Including our 5000 people, there are a total of [-] soldiers. People. Wei Yi is just a wanderer, so why not be afraid!"

Jia He and Feng Sai lowered their heads and thought for a while, then nodded together.

Shao Yundao: "When we returned to Lu's this time, Wang Zhenfu and Jinglue ordered us to spend ten days to find out Wei Yi's camp on the opposite side. How many troops are there before the pass and how are they stationed. On the way to Guozhou, How many people are there, and where are they stationed. Wait for the military order in ten days, and counterattack the Jin army! As long as we defeat Wei Yi's army on the opposite side, the follow-up army will immediately follow and attack Guozhou!"

Jia Heqi said: "Soldiers are expensive! If you want to counterattack, why do you have to wait ten days?"

Shao Yundao: "The road from Luanchuan to Lu's is too difficult. Many armors and weapons in Wang Zhenfu's army have not yet been transported to Lu's. To attack, we need to transfer troops from Dengzhou, recruit civilians, and transport food and supplies. Only then can it be."

Feng Saidao: "At the beginning of the year, Wang Zhenfu rescued Shanzhou without so many troubles. There are 3 of them, and they have enough food and clothing."

Shao Yun sighed: "It is precisely because we rescued Shanzhou at the beginning of the year that it is so difficult now. At the beginning of the year, Wang Zhenfu concentrated the manpower and material resources of Dengzhou, Xiangyang, Tangzhou, and Suizhou, and mobilized most of the troops. , can be relatively easy. People’s power is limited. The people were recruited once at the beginning of the year, and now they are recruited again, and the people have not rebelled! You can only spend money and hire from the people, and it will not be like the beginning of the year.”

"Spend money? Spend money to hire people? How much will it cost tens of thousands of troops to join the war and rely on hiring people to transport food?" Jia He was stunned when he heard that.

Shao Yundao: "Xiangyang is a rich place, don't compare it with our Shanzhou. They use Huizi, which is printed by the government. If they are short of money, just print Huizi. Unlike other places, gold, silver and copper coins are so convenient."

Feng Saidao: "If it's that simple, all the eunuchs from all over the world will learn it. In fact, not to mention the meetings printed by the local government, even the meetings printed by the imperial court are often not wanted. At the beginning of the year, the Tonghui can buy more than a dozen shi Rice, until the end of the year, you can’t even buy a stone. Huizi in Xiangyang has never heard of such a thing, and they like to use it on several roads around, so there must be something different.”

Shao Yun nodded: "It's true. The meeting in Xiangyang is not just printed casually."

The three gossiped for a while, and Shao Yun warmed up.Said: "It's getting late, I'll go to the front and replace Zhao Cheng. Zhao Cheng is here, and you can tell him what we just said. This matter is very important, don't underestimate it!"

Watching Shao Yun leave, Jia He said: "It's interesting, we have defended for nearly a month, and suddenly we are about to counterattack."

Feng Saidao: "The Wushu army left Guozhou. Wei Yi's so-called [-]-odd army is as straight as chickens and dogs! At this time, Guozhou is like an empty city! Jinglue can come up with this plan, which is to attack the enemy. Weakness!"

Jia He nodded repeatedly.The two sat by the fire, discussing what to do next.

In the handsome tent closed by the volcano, Wei Yi was sitting in front of the fire, holding a roasted grouse leg in one hand.He took a sip of wine, took a big bite of the chicken leg, looked gloomy, and watched the flames swaying in the fire.

Fang Zhen opened the tent door and came in, crossed his hands and saluted Wei Yi: "Captain, the soldiers who searched for food and grass nearby have returned."

"How?" Wei Yi put the wine bowl on the ground and asked eagerly.

Fang Zhendao: "There are big mountains nearby, and the population is not large. I heard that when the Jin army arrived in Guozhou, many households fled. After searching for a long time, only a dozen families were found nearby. Most of them were hunters. There is no rice and wheat, only some dried animal meat. I asked, and today I only found six buckets of rice, which is nothing to worry about."

Hearing this, Wei Yi couldn't help frowning: "We have thousands of troops, what should we do? It is inconvenient to transport grain from Guozhou. Moreover, the fourth prince went to Luoyang with troops and horses, and the grain and grass left for us were not enough. many."

Fang Zhendao: "Isn't it too much for the 3000 troops in front of the volcano? The Song army on the opposite side, in my opinion, has at most a few hundred people. There are mountains everywhere, and our [-] people don't even have a place to camp."

Wei Yi said: "What if there are fewer people? In Lushi County behind, there are nearly [-] people from Li Yanxian, as well as soldiers and horses from Wang Xiaohun to help. Once we break through Huoshan Pass, we will fight with them!"

Fang Zhen couldn't help frowning: "There are so many people in the Song army, how do you get the food and grass? Neixiang is hundreds of miles away from Lu's, and it's not easy to transport food."

Wei Yi said: "Wang Xiaolie occupies several prefectures and governs millions of households, but he still has no one to transport food? If there is no other way, we will also go to Guanzhong to recruit some peasants. Huazhou is a densely populated place, and tens of thousands of people are recruited. It shouldn’t be difficult for the folks. Letting them transport food saves us a lot of energy.”

Fang Zhen hurriedly said: "What the supervisor said is true. There are also nearby Shanzhou, Mianchi and other places, you can go!"

Wei Yi bowed his head and thought for a while, then said decisively: "That's it. Send troops to Huazhou and Mianchi respectively to search for some food and grass, and then recruit peasants to let them transport food for us! The fourth prince is in Luoyang, so naturally Meng Bangxiong will help him Liang, don’t worry about them!”

Fang Zhen agreed and hurried out to make arrangements.Wei Yi took a sip of wine, staring at the fire in front of her in a daze.

Wu Shu led Liang Qi and Gao Qiong to Luoyang and stayed in Guozhou.With Wushu gone, my pressure was much less, but the food and grass in Guozhou was also taken away by Wushu. It was not easy to raise my own army of more than 1.Li Yanxian cherished the people under his rule and did not collect too much food, which made Wei Yi cheaper.But Guozhou is a small place, if we rob all the people's food, how much can there be?
Sighing, Wei Yi frowns.Suddenly feel that your army is too much?The army was raised a few months ago, and it suddenly expanded to nearly [-] troops.At the beginning, I felt very majestic.Only now do I realize that it is not easy to feed them.

In the battle of Fuping, the Song army quickly collapsed, and the Jin army swept through Guanzhong.The habit of the Jin army is not to garrison a large number of troops to defend the place, but to maintain mobile forces and use local forces to help themselves.Due to chance, Wei Yi got up at the right time.His nearly [-] army actually included all kinds of ghosts and monsters from several state capitals.Coupled with the joining of the defeated Song army, it quickly expanded.Although this kind of army has many numbers, its combat power is limited.But for the leader, he is often confused by the huge force of his subordinates, and feels that he has suddenly become an important person.Little did they know that in the eyes of the regular army, they were mobs.

(End of this chapter)