Wei Ni

Chapter 45
The flowers bloomed with the red trees and the warblers crowed, and the egrets flew in the grass Changping Lake.

In Huainan Shouchun in mid-April, the greenery is already flourishing, and everything is charming.

"Liulang, I'll just say goodbye."

Outside Shouchun City, a black-faced man smiled and bowed his hands to Xiahou Huilue on horseback, "This is a war zone, and the interrogation is especially strict when entering the city. Brother Zhang and I are not locals, so we won't be in trouble." .”

His surname is Gou, and he is Xiahouwei's disciple.

After Xia Houhui left his follower, Uncle Sun, in Chengyang County to select the children of the Shi family, Xia Houwei sent him and another family member named Zhang to escort Xia Houhui to Huainan out of love.

Although there have been few wars between Yanzhou and Yuzhou in recent years, and it is hard to find traces of bandits, it is better to be cautious.

After all, Xia Houhui's horse from the Western Regions was too easy to covet.

Moreover, the arbitrarily arrogant Haoyou has always acted domineeringly, once he has the idea of ​​seeing a "horse", he doesn't mind quietly sending his disciples and children to pretend to be bandits and rob along the road.

"it is good."

Hearing this, Xia Houhui also hurriedly returned the gift, and said with a little embarrassment, "I am very grateful to you two strong men who traveled thousands of miles to send you off. It's a pity that I don't have anything to say today, so it's hard to express my gratitude. I'm really ashamed."

"Liu Lang's words are so good."

As soon as his words fell, another yellow-faced doorman surnamed Zhang took up the conversation, "We are all the doormen of your fourth brother. Since you have been instructed by your fourth brother, we will protect you along the way. But it is only a few hundred miles away. That's all for the journey, nothing to worry about. Liulang, I won't go there. When Liulang returns to Chengyang County in the future, I will have a good time with you. Brother Gou, let's go."

After saying that, he turned his horse's head straight, and without looking back, he greeted the doorman surnamed Gou to leave.

This clean and reckless style of the rivers and lakes also made Xia Houhui smile even more.

He likes such reckless people very much.

Every time Zhengyi slaughters more generations of dogs, if you hang out with this kind of people, you don't need to worry about the dirty tricks of intrigue.

Yes, there is intrigue on the Huainan front.

Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, had a disagreement with Man Chong, the general of Zhengdong.

To be precise, it was Wang Ling's dissatisfaction with his desire for power.

Wei's Yangzhou front line is divided into two parts, one is Huainan County where Shouchun and Hefei are located; the other is Lujiang County under Wei, which is governed by Lu'an.

Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, and Wen Qin, the prefect of Lujiang and the leader of Yingyang General, respectively.

But in terms of specific military affairs scheduling, both of them have to obey the orders of General Zhengdong, who supervises all the military forces during the holidays.

Originally, after Cao Xiu passed away, the Huainan front belonged to Wang Ling with the deepest qualifications and the most meritorious service, so he should be in charge of the military affairs.

However, Emperor Cao Rui transferred Man Chong from Yuzhou.

No matter in terms of qualifications or achievements, Wang Ling can't stand shoulder to shoulder with Man Chong, and can only condescend.

But he did not give up the idea of ​​monopolizing the power on the Huainan front. Before Man Chong had changed from the former general to the general who conquered the East, he went to the temple and slandered Man Chong for being old but still good at drinking and often being greedy. This reason will squeeze away the full favor on oneself.

It's almost the same method as Wang Xiong, governor of Youzhou, who squeezed Tian Yu away.

Back then, Wang Xiong also wanted to monopolize the military and political power in northern Xinjiang. He was very afraid of Tian Yu, who had a high prestige in northern Xinjiang and was the leader of Captain Karasuma.

And it worked.

Because Tian Yu had served Liu Bei in his early years and was from Youzhou, Emperor Cao Rui transferred Tian Yu to be the prefect of Runan.

But Wang Ling obviously couldn't fulfill his wish.

Since the Battle of Suizheng Chibi, Man Chong has more than 20 years of experience in fighting the thief Wu.

Both Emperor Wu Cao Cao and Emperor Wen Cao Pi had great trust in Man Chong, and today's son Cao Rui would not easily believe Wang Ling's slander.

Therefore, when Man Chong was called back to Luoyang to report on his work, Cao Rui deliberately gave a banquet to test it with wine.

It's time for a banquet, full of favors and booze, one stone is still sane, not even the slightest bit drunk.

It also made Cao Rui understand what was going on in the above table.

Therefore, changing Man Chong to General Zhengdong completely cut off Wang Ling's thoughts.

Of course, now that Xia Houhui is just a mere goalkeeper, he doesn't need to worry about such things.

Even if you want to participate, you are not eligible.

But in his "unpredictable prophecy", if you want to make meritorious service on the Huainan front, you should follow Man Chong's strategy in everything and keep up with Man Chong's pace at all times~
At that time, you won't be angered by Lai Wang Ling, will you?

Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou and the leader of Jianwu General, can't help but be full of favors; but if you want to embarrass yourself, it's not too easy~
With this in mind, Xia Houhui led the horse and headed for the city gate.

After being able to enter the city after going through a very cumbersome inspection and documentation process, and being led by two city gate soldiers in name and under surveillance, it took Xia Houhui half an hour to arrive at the barracks in the city.

After entering the barracks, I feel at ease.

The captain who was guarding the camp didn't pay much attention. After casually glanced at the transfer document, he asked a small soldier to take Xia Houhui to the office in the middle of the camp.

At this time, Man Chong was not in the office, and such a trivial matter was not worth his personal attention.

The person who received Xia Houhui was the long history of General Zhengdong's office.

The surname is Li, I don't know what his name is, but from his face full of dimples and white beard and hair, it can be seen that he has passed the age of knowing destiny.Moreover, his decree lines are deep, as if engraved with a knife and axe, which makes people know that he is a rigid and stubborn person at first sight.

But he greeted Xia Houhui with a smile.

When Xiahou Huiyi met with him, he still kindly called him in Biaozi, "The imperial documents arrived in Huainan a few days ago, but Zhiquan arrived today, which shows that Zhiquan is diligent in his work!"

uh~
It has been more than 20 days since I was released from the left, and the transfer order document arrived a few days ago?
Is this because the efficiency of the imperial court's affairs is too low, or is it not worth transferring the order of a Yamen general alone?
And, why are you so kind to me?

In an instant, Xia Houhui couldn't help being surprised.

He also hurriedly said humbly, "I don't dare to be praised by Li Changshi. The last general just has nothing else to do in the capital, and he is afraid of the military law like a mountain. He is worried that the rain in early summer will delay his schedule, so he hurried to his post."

"Hehe~"

Unexpectedly, Li Changshi's smile became even brighter, and he said in an earnest tone, "It's just a temporary setback, and Zhiquan should not lose his ambition. Moreover, Zhiquan speaks uprightly and benefits the community, which is in the heart of the emperor." .”

Alas!
You are far away in Shouchun, Huainan, and you are a member of the army, but you even know the reason why I was moved to the left?
Suddenly, Xia Houhui was stunned and didn't know how to reply for a long time.

When Li Changshi saw him, he first pointed to the seats under the hall to signal Xia Houhui to take a seat, and then slowly explained the reason with his beard.

It turned out that he was also from Qiao Pei.

When the late great Sima Cao Xiu was in charge of Huainan, it was the long history of General Zhengdong.

And earlier, he also served as Junzheng in Cao Ren's army and a clerk in the Luoyang Central Commander's Office.

That is to say, he is a diehard loyalist of Cao Wei, and a confidant of the two emperors, Cao Pi and Cao Rui, who stayed in the Huainan battlefield.

"In Zhiquan's transfer order document, His Majesty also added a sentence."

After roughly telling his own experience, he bowed his hands in the direction of Luoyang to salute at the end, and said in a slow voice, "Your Majesty's words are brave and resourceful, so I don't want to treat him with ordinary teeth."

That's it!

I have to say that at some point, Emperor Cao Rui still thinks highly of me~
I was released from the left, and I still didn't forget to tell my confidants to take care of me.

Xia Houhui, who suddenly realized it, hurriedly bowed his hands in the direction of Luoyang without mentioning it.

And Li Changshi didn't say anything else, and on the grounds that Xia Houhui had just arrived and was transferred to the cavalry battalion, he gave him a general account of the situation on the Huainan front.

Except for some county soldiers, the current standing soldiers of Wei State stationed in Huainan only have 1 cavalry.

And most of them are concentrated in Shouchun.

For example, in the two cities of Lu'an and Hefei, only [-] infantry were stationed.

Needless to say, Lu'an is more than 200 (Chinese) miles away from Chaohu Lake, relying on the bandit Wu Xing's troops to invade the bandits are all relying on the navy, so there is no need to worry about being attacked by surprise, and there is no need to garrison too many troops.

Even if the thief Wu really landed and attacked Lu'an City, it would be too late to send troops from Shouchun to rescue him.

And maybe they can take the opportunity to cut off their retreat and catch the turtle in the urn.

And Hefei City, as a frontline stronghold, why is there such a small number of troops stationed~
That is impossible.

There are no Li Shu in the south of Shouchun, and the north of Hefei City is an endless swamp, limited by land resources and food supply, naturally the number of guards is reduced.

Among the soldiers and horses stationed in Shouchun, there were only 300 cavalry.

Among them, [-] riders are still scout camps that patrol the enemy's situation on a daily basis and are on guard outside.

The reason for the scarcity is also limited by the region.

To the south of the Huai River, there is a lot of rain in summer and autumn, and there are many times when it rains for dozens of days in a row.

This environment makes it difficult for war horses produced in the north to adapt. Symptoms such as illness, mania, loss of appetite and weight loss are the most common.

The most important thing is that the thief Wu, who ruled the roost as a navy, often chooses to send troops to invade the country when there is plenty of rain and the tributaries of the big river are flooded.

Therefore, the number of cavalry stationed in Huainan is small, which is also a choice after weighing the gains and losses.

"Zhiquan is transferred to the cavalry battalion, why not take a deputy position in the cavalry song. The scout battalion is out all day, eating wind and drinking dew, it is too difficult."

After Li Changshi finished speaking, he also made a dispatch.

After hearing this, Xia Houhui pondered for a while, then got up and saluted, "Li Changshi, the general has the ambition to serve the country and is not afraid of hardships. I don't know, can I let the general enter the scout camp for training?"

"Well, the scout camp."

Hearing this, Li Changshi frowned slightly, lowered his eyelids and pondered.

It also made Xia Houhui a little confused.

Could it be that there is something wrong with me wanting to enter the scout camp?

However, Li Changshi didn't say anything else, and after pondering for a moment, he nodded with a smile on his eyebrows, "Forget it, since Zhiquan has the ambition to serve the country, and His Majesty also intends to let Zhiquan make contributions, then enter the scout camp. "

After saying that, he called out the little official to take Xia Houhui to pick up spare horses, military uniforms and other sundries and go to the scout camp.

After arriving at the scout camp, Xia Houhui knew the reason for Li Changshi's hesitation for a moment - he unintentionally took the promotion position that others had worked so hard to get
Moreover, that man's surname was Jiang, he came from a humble background and was quite talented, so he happened to be a good choice for him to make friends in Huainan.

(End of this chapter)