I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 43, Ambush

But Liu Bei smiled wryly and said: "Lei Gong lured the people of Bingzhou with money, helped them cook fires and build camps, so Lei Gong's troops did not need logistics for marching, and the marching speed of 20 people reached 40 miles a day, which is not much worse than my big man's elite. We are still about 300 miles away from the Ministry of Thunder."

Gongsun Zan said angrily, "Are these still the people of my big man? They are not afraid of being punished by the court!"

He led 1 cavalry from Jizhou to Bingzhou, and ran for more than a thousand miles. He was exposed to the wind and the sun every day, and it was fine to eat unpalatable dry food, but the bandits seemed to be in their own country, and there were people to help them with logistics. , eat a hot meal, and sleep in a house, who is the soldier and who is the thief!No wonder Gongsun Zan was so angry.

Zhang Fei on the side said: "Brother, since the Yellow Turbans can use the common people to help, why can't we? If the common people help us bury the pot for cooking, provide camps, and provide fodder, we can march at a speed of more than 300 miles a day. It takes two days to catch up with the Yellow Turban Bandits."

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei in embarrassment but didn't speak, and Gongsun Zan ran to the front of the team angrily.

Zhang Fei was baffled.

Finally, Guan Yu said: "The Yellow Scarves spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to achieve this speed, but we don't have that much money!"

Zhang Fei doubted: "How could it be that the yellow scarf thieves are richer than us? Aren't they so poor that they can't even afford food?"

Guan Yu said: "Yide, you forgot that Lei Gong copied the homes of the entire elite family in Wei County.

Lei Gong is now richer than us, even richer than the imperial court, and the people trust the Yellow Turban Thieves, but the people don’t trust us Youzhou soldiers, so the local people dare not approach us at all, let alone ask them to help us. Logistics. "

In recent years, the military discipline of the Han Dynasty has declined a lot, especially in the border areas. The sky is so high that the emperor is far away. Dong Zhuo often kills good people in Xiliang, and the Bingzhou Army is not much worse than the Xiliang Army, so the people dare not approach the Han Army. , not to mention providing logistics.

Zhang Fei said helplessly: "What kind of thing is this!"

Liu Bei ran to the front of the team to find Gongsun Zan and said, "Brother, Lei Gong's march far exceeded our expectations, and it was more popular than we imagined. Now we have not only increased the marching time, but also increased the possibility of our exposure. If we want to make a surprise attack, I'm afraid." It's already impossible, why not slow down and follow behind the Lei Gongbu!"

Liu Bei was worried that the soldiers and war horses would not be able to withstand such a long-distance raid. They had already traveled thousands of miles from Youzhou to Jizhou, and then traveled thousands of miles to Bingzhou with a detour. After five thousand miles, both people and horses are exhausted.

Now that the purpose of the surprise attack can no longer be achieved, Liu Bei naturally wants to slow down his marching speed to regain some combat power. He remembers that the Leigong Department is powerful, and it is obviously not a good thing to deal with Leigong in a tired state. It's even worse.

Gongsun Zan thought for a while and said, "Let's catch up. We can march 150 miles a day, and the horses can bear it. Even if Lei Gong has spies, they will hardly pass us by in delivering the news! And if Lei Gong really found us, it's a big deal for us." If we retreat again, it is impossible for him to run past our war horses!"

The cavalry is the best at this point, they can advance and retreat freely, and they can fight whenever they want.

Gongsun Zan, on the other hand, was so worried about his defeat that he wanted to personally kill Lei Gong, the one who had brought him defeat.

But Gongsun Zan didn't expect that he was discovered by Xu Wei much earlier than he thought!
The 3000 elite left behind by Xu Wei found Gongsun Zan's cavalry following them after marching for 3 days.

After seeing the tens of thousands of cavalry, these soldiers were worried about Xu Wei's safety, so they sent a team of 10 people, with all their horses, to catch up with Xu Wei and the others from another road overnight, and passed the news to the Niu Gui

After Niu Gui heard the news, he immediately went to Xu Wei and said, "Captain, the Han army has led 1 cavalry in pursuit, what should we do?"

Xu Wei was stunned when he heard the news, and said, "It's really lingering, we are almost running to Taiyuan County, and we even chased after him."

Xu Wei summoned Wang Lei and the others to explain the matter to them: "After I and Niu Gui lead 10000 veterans, Wang Lei, you will lead everyone to move forward. We can't slow down. As long as we come to Taiyuan County, we will be safe."

Taiyuan County is considered the most prosperous place in Bingzhou. You may not be able to see a town for hundreds of miles from Taiyuan County. Xu Wei and the others have 200 million shi of grain to solve the logistics problem by themselves, but how can Gongsun Zan and the others feed [-] soldiers?
All Xu Wei believed that Liu Yu led the team and chased them as far as Taiyuan County at most. Beyond this range, their food and grass would be insufficient, and they would not be able to pursue them even if they wanted to.

Wang Lei said: "Captain, let me break the queen!"

But Xu Wei said with a smile: "Are you better than me? Now is not the time to show off. This concerns the safety of our 20 people."

And he said seriously: "If I am defeated, you will take everyone to hide up the mountain. Things can be discarded. Remember that human life comes first."

He said to Old Man Wang and Old Man Niu: "You two uncles, you should pay more attention to Wang Lei, and Wang Lei, you should discuss with the two uncles more if you have anything to do."

After ordering good things, Xu Wei left the team with [-] veterans.

In order to deal with Gongsun Zan's cavalry, Xu Wei asked Niu Guigui to recruit local people to help him check the terrain, and finally found a place with narrow terrain and a river.

This place can seriously weaken the impact of the cavalry, and it can also allow Xu Wei to attack halfway, so he chose the battlefield here.Then Xu Wei covered the soldiers with straw and leaves, and dug a few trenches to hide in the trenches in the middle of the mountain.

At the same time, he sent 3000 soldiers to make dust out of leaves, disguised as tens of thousands of people, and marched on the road.

Soon Gongsun Zan's scouts discovered Xu Wei's disguised troops, and determined that this was Xu Wei's main force.

"Okay! Finally let me catch this Lei Gong again, this time I will not let him go!" Gongsun Zan was very happy to hear that he had found the Lei Gong Department, and this time he could defeat Lei Gong.

But Liu Bei dissuaded him: "Brother, even if we catch up with Lei Gong's Ministry, we are exhausted, so we might as well rest up for a day before we move."

Gongsun Zan said: "Soldiers are precious and fast. If we rest here, we will definitely be discovered by Lei Buan's spies. At that time, we will only have a hard attack. If we rush up now, we will definitely kill them by surprise. The old and the weak, women and children, are bound to be thrown into disarray if they are caught off guard, and they will be defeated by us!"

Obviously Gongsun Zan wanted to reproduce the battle in Youzhou.

(End of this chapter)