Wei Ni

Chapter 48 Fearless
Although the ruling and opposition parties in Wei State often referred to Jiangdong as Thieves Wu, because it relied on the advantage of the great river to survive in a corner, but in fact, in the past Wei-Wu wars, Wei State had more defeats than victories.

Well, there is no lack of ridiculous and generous incidents between the two sides.

And the so-called rule by two families across the river is actually not accurate.

As early as the period of Wei Wu and Cao Cao, Sun Quan had already occupied the whole river, and built fortifications at various ferry crossings along the north coast of the river.

For example, Ruxukou, which enters the river from the north bank.

Ruxushui is connected to Chaohu Lake and Dajiang, and the location of Ruxukou is just adjacent to the location of Dajiang Zhongzhou, which allows Wei to realize the offensive strategy of Ruxukou-the small island in the middle of the river-the bridgehead on the south bank, and greatly avoid the shortcoming of the navy's infighting The board made Wei Guo flock to it.

But from the beginning to the end, Wei Guo did not take Ruxukou from Jiangdong.

Moreover, after many wars in Jiangdong, Ruxuwu was built at the end of Ruxushui as a bridgehead to attack Huainan.Its strategic significance in Jiangdong is equivalent to Hefei City in Wei State.

But it is much easier to defend and harder to attack than Hefei City.

Because Ruxuwu is on the river channel between Qibao Mountain and Ruxu Mountain, it is a natural and dangerous place.Since the completion of Wubao, Wei State has never been conquered, let alone the opportunity to drink horses and moisten the beard.

Therefore, when Xia Houhui claimed that he asked Jiang Ban to select twenty elite cavalry soldiers to follow him to Chao County to test the military situation, Jiang Ban's first reaction was that he had misjudged himself——

Xia Houhui is not a person who keeps his own place at all!

You know, Chao County is located at the junction of Ruxushui and Chaohu Lake, and is now within the warning range of Ruxuwu in Jiangdong!

Moreover, there is no Li Shu in Chao County, there is no lack of water, and it is surrounded by the Ruxu Mountains. The terrain and geography are not conducive to cavalry to spy.

As usual in the army, the garrison in Hefei City dispatched spies to lurk in the mountains in rotation, keeping an eye on the movement of Ruxuwu day and night, while Shouchun's cavalry scouts only needed to be on guard along the shore of Chaohu Lake, waiting for spies to spy on them. Out of the enemy's situation, and then quickly pass Hefei and Shouchun.

Now, Xia Houhui wants to go deep into Chao County. Jiang Ban, who is very familiar with the terrain of the Jianghuai River, can of course hear the string songs to know the elegance.

He must have wanted to cross the Ruxu Mountains and go around to the back of Ruxuwu, which is another crossing on the north bank of the river controlled by Jiangdong, to find the beheading in Hengjiangpu area.

Yes, decapitation.

Hengjiangpu generally refers to a long river bank with moderate water flow.

When Sun Ce led Sun Jian's old troops across the river from Shouchun to start the Jiangdong foundation, it was from this area that they crossed the river.

The ferry corresponding to the south bank is the gate of life in Jiangdong, located in Niuzhuji (also known as Caishiji) in Liyang County.

Moreover, there is also Jiangxin Island between Hengjiangpu and Niuzhuji. Therefore, in the previous Wei-Wu wars, Hengjiangpu has always been the first choice for Wei Guoqing and Xu Erzhou's soldiers and horses to cross the river to attack.

It is precisely because of this that Jiangdong built fortifications at the western end of Hengjiangpu, which is supported by mountains.

Its strategic significance was initially used as an outpost to defend Oxford.

But since the Battle of Shiting, the offense and defense of the Wei and Wu countries have completely reversed, and this place has also become one of the bridgeheads for Jiangdong to attack Huainan.

Naturally, Jiangdong also stationed a lot of soldiers and horses here.

If Xia Houhui could pass through the Ruxu Mountain Range without anyone noticing, and suddenly kill it, he would definitely be able to capture some heads and return.

And if things don't go well~
For example, if Wu Bing stationed at Ruxuwu discovered it, he would be caught in Jiangdong's urn and beheaded others not far away.

After all, the distance between Ruxuwu and Hengjiangpu is not too far.

It has always been the horns of each other, watching each other.

Once in power, you will be greedy for merit and risk your life~
Is this what the noble children did?

In other words, the members of Xiahou's family have never recognized the admonition "When you are weak, you can't just rely on courage", and they can't change the fate of being brave and brave?
This was the second thought in Jiang Ban's mind.

However, complaints are complaints, and emotions are emotions. On the second day, he still selected twenty elite cavalry pawns according to his words, and went with Xiahou Huidong.

no way~
The heroic words that I generously promised to "let the general drive me" are still in my ears!

You can't break your promise and get fat in a moment.

Furthermore, he is also an old soldier who has been in the army for many years. He has seen a lot of life and death, and he is used to life and death, and he has long since given up life and death.

As noble as Xia Houhui, he is not afraid of death.

What is he afraid of!
"This time, I will go east with General Xiahou to find some merits of beheading."

This is what he said to the twenty elite cavalry, with a mysterious expression, "Don't say anything, just follow orders."

It also made the eyes of those cavalry pawns become extremely hot in an instant.

Because since the Battle of Shiting, in order to inspire the bravery of the soldiers on the Huainan front, the temple has rewarded the beheadings very generously!

But it was also after the Battle of Shiting that Jiangdong Sun Quan was busy proclaiming himself emperor, moving the capital, and sending troops to sea to find Yizhou and Qizhou. There was no sign of sending troops to invade Huainan. The tactics of defending and luring the enemy to go deep, ordered their scouts not to go deep into the area where the bandit Wu was occupied, and made them lament those soldiers who dared to fight.

Now, Jiang Ban's words made them enthusiastic.

Even on the way to Chao County, looking up at the back of Xia Houhui in front of her, she felt inexplicably kind.

However, their enthusiasm quickly faded.

It took one day to arrive at Chao County, and carefully avoided the scouts and secret sentinels scattered by Wu Bing in the Ruxu Mountains. It took three full days to pass through the mountains and go around to the back of Ruxuwu.If you continue to go another seventy or eighty miles, you will be the bridgehead built by Thief Wu in Hengjiangpu.

At this time, Xia Houhui's order made everyone very dissatisfied.

In the Hengjiangpu area, the thief Wu still set up some farms.

But now, when Xia Yun is waiting for the autumn harvest, there are many men and women busy in the field farming.

According to the meaning of those cavalry pawns, just find an opportunity to rush over, and if one person cuts off two or three heads, he will return with a full reward.

Anyway, those thieves Wu farmers who farmed the fields were the same as Wei Guoshi's family. They also had to join the army in wartime.

But Xia Houhui flatly refused.

Claiming that these thieves Wu Tuntian farmers were all yellow and emaciated, haggard, and did not carry bows and crossbows. Even if they killed and brought their heads back, they could not prove to Yousi that they were Wu soldiers.

Even, maybe, they will be judged by the Secretary that they didn't know that they found the survivors and savages from that corner, killed them and brought them back for false credit. Instead of rewards, they will be punished.

Regarding this, Jiang Ban also came out to appease everyone.

It's not just that he doesn't bother to kill these farmers.

What's more, these farmers were all afraid of being relocated to Huaibei by Emperor Wu Cao Cao and fled to Jiangdong in the early years. They can be regarded as the elders of his Jiangban's hometown.But when the time came to the sixth day, he, who had not waited for a small team of Wu soldiers to come out from Hengjiangpu, also began to be moved by those beheadings that were within easy reach.

Without him.

They took only ten days' rations.

After deducting that they had to leave a day's rations on the way home, they already had no time.

After driving for hundreds of miles and carefully dormant in the enemy-occupied area for several days, you can't return empty-handed, right?
Therefore, at dusk, after the scout who went out to spy came back with a face full of regret, he went to find Xia Houhui in private, intending to persuade him to follow everyone's wish.

But what Xia Houhui said next left him dumbfounded.

Because Xia Houhui already had a plan.

He planned to let Jiang Ban take his cavalry to go north along the mountains first, and rush to Fuling to lie dormant, while he drove his horse between Hengjiangpu and Fuling alone to intercept and kill the thief Wu scout who was in contact with the two places. With the messenger, lure out some of Jiangdong's defenders stationed in Fuling and kill them, and then they will go back to Shouchun through Fuling.

Fuling is a big gap between the Ruxu Mountains and the Jianghuai Hills, which can accommodate large-scale troops and horses.

It is also the only way for Wei State to attack Hengjiangpu.

Jiang Dong set up a defense point there, and more than [-] people were on guard.

As for why Jiangdong has so few soldiers stationed~~
The gap on the Fuling side is very large, and it is not fortifications that can completely isolate the north and the south.

Moreover, it is hundreds of miles away from the big river, and there are too many soldiers and horses stationed to attract the attack of Wei State.

This also gave Xia Houhui's plan a chance to be implemented.

The center of gravity of the Fuling garrison in Jiangdong is in the north. He led the cavalry to rush out from the rear, and the Wu soldiers who were caught off guard must not be able to stop it.And as long as they pass through the gap in Fuling, they can go back to Shouchun directly without going through Chao County.

Jiang Ban's astonishment was not because he felt that everyone could not pass through the Fuling Gap.

Instead, he felt that Xia Houhui was too bold and reckless to single-handedly lure out Wu Bing.

You know, his surname is Xiahou and he is also the chief officer of the scout battalion!

If someone accidentally died here, which one of them could escape the blame?
Everyone is willing to come out with you to fight for their lives. It's fine if you don't get the military exploits, but you will be implicated instead?
That's why Jiang Ban insisted on his own opinion and tried every means to persuade him to stop him.

Regarding this, Xia Houhui didn't waste much time talking, just got up and scratched Wusun Liangju's mane, and asked with a light smile, "Gong Jun thinks, is there such a good horse in the thief Wu army?"

Self is nothing!
Jiang Ban was silent for a while, then shook his head.

He knew what Xia Houhui meant. With Wusun Liangju's steed, the thief Wu couldn't trap him and kill him.

And Xia Houhui took out his strange bow with more than one stone and less than two stones, pointed to a small tree a hundred steps away and asked again, "Did Gongjun see that small tree? It's the one with the crooked neck."

"Um"

Jiang Ban nodded silently.

It was said that Xia Houhui set the arrow, drew the bow, and loosened the string without hesitation, all in one go.

"Boom!"

Amidst the sound of the strong bowstring, the arrow drank the long wind, stepped on the afterglow of the sunset, and nailed to the crooked neck tree a hundred steps away like lightning.

Without waiting for Jiang Ban to applaud, Xia Houhui changed hands and nailed an arrow to the tree again.

It turned out to be left and right!
Sure enough, those with ape arms are good at shooting because of their nature.

"Gong Jun acts according to orders, so there is no need to worry about my safety."

Backhanded the bow into the bow bag under the saddle, Xia Houhui walked slowly to retrieve the arrow, and proudly said with his back, "Jiangdong Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, Ling Tong and other fierce and heroic generals have all died. , Now they are all scumbags! To me, they are nothing more than local chickens, tile dogs, and peddlers, so why not be afraid of them!"

(End of this chapter)