Wei Ni

Two days later.

Huainan Shouchun, Zhengdong General's Office.

Xia Houhui and Leliang, who looked tired but were extremely excited, walked in hand in hand under the guidance of the soldiers on duty.

Man Chong, Li Changshi and Zhai Dan, who had returned early, were present in the house. As for Gou Quan and Jiao Yi, who had also returned early, they were not yet qualified to report military affairs to Man Chong.

As usual, Man Chong, sitting in the main seat, looked sleepy, holding a small wine bag.

Li Changshi and Zhai Dan, who were sitting side by side, twirled their beards and pondered, with a little expectation and a little worry on their faces.

The expectation was naturally that Xia Houhui's ambush on Sun Shao would go smoothly, while the worry was that the Huainan cavalry would suffer too many casualties, which would offset this achievement.

Because what they learned about the battle situation at this moment was that Jiangdu Wubao and Kuangqi City had been attacked.

"I've met General Man and Chang Shi."

Xia Houhui and Leliang strode in and bowed solemnly.

"No need, take a seat first."

Man Chong opened his eyes slightly and moved his chin to the seat, "Tell me, how was the battle? Don't go into details, I already know the battle situation between Jiangdu Wubao and Kuangqi City."

"only."

Le Liang remained silent after taking his seat as instructed, while Xia Houhui went on to tell the story roughly.

But when he was talking about using fire to force the Wu soldiers ashore, Man Chong interrupted him with a "Huh" and asked, "There are actually three hundred Xi Zhou in the new army of the three tribes under the supervision of Zhi Quan." Boatman?"

Yes~
But that was Deng Ai's plan for a rainy day.

Nodding, Xia Houhui told the whole story of Deng Ai's selection of soldiers to practice the boat, and did not forget to add, "General, in this battle, our army can lure the Wu soldiers to go deep and cut off their return. This is all Deng Shizai's plan." ”

"Well, he is quite a talented person."

He nodded with satisfaction and made a nasal sound. Man Chong first raised his head slightly towards Li Changshi, indicating that when he wrote the merit list, he should add Deng Ai's urging the soldiers to learn boating, and then continued to urge, "Childish." Quan continued."

"only."

This time Xia Houhui's speech was not interrupted again.

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Changshi couldn't help but raise his palms and praise, "Oh, how magnificent! In this battle, the thief Wu clan general Sun Shao was killed. Your Majesty would be very happy if he knew about it!" He also gave Man Chong some suggestions. He said, "General, the thief Wu Sunshao has been guarding Dan Tu for nearly twenty years. Our army has never defeated him in a single battle. He is lying dead now. This will definitely make our soldiers happy and encouraged!"

"What Chang Shi said is absolutely true, it should come to light!"

It was rare that Man Chong also laughed heartily. After picking up the wine bag and taking a sip, he continued, "This matter can be announced to all the military departments and Qingxu Prefecture."

Well.
Isn't it a good idea to publicize it in such a big way before sending the detailed work to Jiangdong for confirmation?
If Sun Shao is destined to die, then I will become a laughing stock, and I will have to bear the crime of falsely reporting military merits?
Looking at the smiling Man Chong, Xia Houhui hesitated for a moment, then quickly stood up and raised his hands to remind him, "General, the arrow shot by the general pierced his chest and ribs, but I don't dare to confirm whether he was killed or not. If not, the general will go ahead." Will you go to Wu to inquire about it?"

Didn't you categorically say that the arrow pierced the chest?
Wouldn't this still make you die?
Man Chong glanced at Xia Houhui's arms, which were longer than ordinary people, and muttered in his heart.

But he still nodded in approval and turned his head to look at Zhai Dan.

Zhai Dan was also aware of this, so he immediately stood up and said, "I will ask someone to inquire later. At most, there will be news in three to five days."

"Well, General Zhai, please take care of yourself."

Man Chong, who was in a good mood, did not hesitate to say polite words to Zhai Dan, and then waved his hands to disperse everyone, "In that case, let's wait until Xi Zuo comes back to inquire about the news, and Chang Shi will record his merits. Well, Zhi Quan and Zi Shan After all this hard work, let’s go back and rest.”

"only."

Everyone stood up and retreated.

Xia Houhui, on the other hand, deliberately slowed down and fell behind everyone.

It seemed like he was being humble, but in fact, after everyone left the hall, he solemnly bowed to Man Chong and thanked him, "The general's promotion will be deeply felt by Hui Ming, and he will never forget it."

After saying this, he turned around and left without waiting for his words.

However, Man Chong had no intention of speaking.

Half well-deserved, half unconcerned.

As a former official, he had long lost interest in an official career, and he had never expected Xia Houhui to win anything for the Man family in the future.

Furthermore, allowing Xia Houhui to accumulate meritorious deeds was in compliance with the emperor Cao Rui's intention to reserve talents for the country. He himself still insisted on the opinion that young people should be trained many times, so he felt that Xiahouhui's meritorious service was like a blessing in disguise. blessing.

Didn’t you see that Cao Xiu, who had been promoted very quickly in the past, had his whole camp collapsed during the Battle of Shiting?

How many low-ranking generals and soldiers would die for him?

If Cao Xiu had been like Zhang Liao and had trained his troops from the bottom up step by step, convincing his soldiers with his real achievements and making his soldiers willing to fight to the death, even if Shiting fell into the trap, his defeat would not have been so disastrous!
It is even possible to use the trick to prevent the thief from stealing the chicken but losing the rice!
A lesson from the past, a teacher of the future.

Now Xia Houhui has only been in the army for a few years, and he is already a backbone general, and he may be promoted after his achievements are reported. Wouldn't that be a perfect copy of Cao Xiu's trajectory~
Of course, now that everything has been done, Man Chong won't dwell on it anymore. And I think that because of Xia Houhui's character of gratitude and awareness, when Li Changshi brings over the merit list, he will add one or two words of good reputation.

Xia Houhui didn't know Man Chong's thoughts.

When he came out of Man Chong's office, Zhai Dan had already gone to make arrangements to inquire about the news.

Li Changshi, on the other hand, told him, "Go back and rest for a while. I'll find you again in a few days." Then he went to take stock of the seizures and losses in this battle, and the placement of Wu Jiang's people and Shanyue prisoners. No matter before or after the war, he was undoubtedly the busiest in his long history.

Only Leliang was waiting for him.

It wasn't that he had anything to do, but he wanted to ask Xia Houhui if he planned to go to Cavalry Qutong with him to congratulate him, or if he should go directly to Shijiabiwu outside the city.

"I'd better go back to Biwu first."

After thinking about it, Xia Houhui declined his invitation, "Zishan knows that. The soldiers from Biwu will return first for this battle. I feel uneasy if I don't go back and take a look."

"That's fine."

Leliang didn't force it, he said with a smile and left with emotion, "Sure enough, it's not difficult to be granted a title of Marquis after being released by the emperor to follow the general to Huainan!"

Well, his results this time are not small.

He led the cavalry formation to kill Wu General Sun Yi and more than 600 soldiers, and also contributed to the burning of Jiangduwu Fort. With Emperor Cao Rui's preference for the tiger and leopard cavalry, the title of Marquis of Guannei was foreseeable for him. And if Sun Shao really dies, and his merits are promoted again, he might be able to be included in the list of meritorious deeds and be granted the title of Marquis and the city of food!
Was Sun Shao killed?

Xia Houhui, who returned to Biwu alone, was not thinking about this at the moment.

He was still thinking about the decisive battle between Sun Shao's private army.

Now he is no longer the arrogant person who said, "Jiangdong Taishi Ci, Zhou Tai, Gan Ning and other brave generals have all been lost, and now they are like rats." He has finally realized that Jiangdong is not without elites, but the elites are It is the song of generals.

Just like every time Sun Quan came to invade, the Wei army only defended and fought without taking advantage of Sun Quan's retreat to pursue and cover up the enemy. He often sent Zhu Huan to the rear, and the Wei soldiers did not dare to face the enemy.

Zhu Huan's private army was more powerful than Jie Fan's soldiers under Sun Quan.

Xia Houhui, who saw Jiang Ban lead more than a hundred scouts to surround and kill more than 30 Sun Shao Buqu, and still killed more than 20 people, suddenly felt that it was not good at all for Le Liang to lead 500 cavalry to him as a general.

It is true that Sun Shao's more than thirty troops were mourning soldiers, so they burst out with unprecedented ferocity. Moreover, the more than one hundred scouts of the Wei army were cavalry after all, so such a proportion of battle losses is understandable.

But it still made Xiahou Hui feel that if he recruited troops in the future, he should recruit infantry instead of cavalry.

First, when fighting against Shu and Wu, the cavalry had little room to perform.

The other is that he is poor.

Raising cavalry costs money, and war horses are expensive!
For example, the Huainan cavalry Qu followed the expedition. Only a few cavalrymen were killed, but more than 60 horses were disabled.

Most of them are caused by damaged hoofs, broken calves, or being stabbed in battle.

A man who has been wounded in battle can be revived and bouncing around again after being raised in battle. A war horse is immediately useless as soon as it is injured. Xiahou Hui cannot afford such losses as proper consumables.

Well, the money that my eldest brother Xia Houheng has given me from his horse trading business should be enough to support forty or fifty infantry, right?

But where should I recruit the troops?

Most of the previous Taishan Buqu resigned because of a temporary shortage of money and food; the Yanshan Yibuqu also gave up because they did not want to raise their families to become disciples and their loyalty was difficult to guarantee.

By the way, Yanzhao!
In ancient times, the men of Yan and Zhao were all generous and sad, and there was no shortage of heroic men.

Loyalty, strong physique, and fierce temperament are the most appropriate components.

If Han Long in Youzhou is recommended on his behalf, it should not be difficult to recruit forty or fifty people. Even now, Wang Xiong has not resigned as the governor of Youzhou, and Han Long is still under his command~
Looking for Gongsun Yi, but it won't work.

Baima Yicong's identity is sensitive. If he asks him to do it for him, he may cause unnecessary trouble if someone finds out about it in the future.

Ugh.
I have to make some plans to see if it is possible to go to Youzhou to take up a post and participate in the crusade against Liaodong Gongsun.

Xia Houhui, who was riding his horse slowly and thinking a lot, came up with the idea of ​​leaving the Huainan front.

He felt that it would be of no use to stay in Huainan to resist the thief Wu.

It’s not that there’s no merit to be gained.

But since he entered the army, his achievements have been based on sneak attacks or coordination.

For example, in the previous battles in the Wancheng Valley, the Battle of Mobei Xianbei, and the current battle of Guangling, there was no direct fierce battle with the enemy.

A general who has not experienced "upright flags and dignified formations" cannot accumulate experience in marching and setting up camps, coordinating the deployment of troops, and commanding on the battlefield, let alone the ability to convince the public in the temple and the reason to force the soldiers to die.

In Huainan, where the offensive and defensive situation was difficult, the Wei army no longer had the strength to fight in the field with the Wu army.

Therefore, in order to be able to lead troops on expeditions and oversee towns as a general in the future, he did not want to stay in Huainan. (End of chapter)