Wei Ni

Chapter 62
Jiangdong's large-scale military operations cannot be concealed from Wei Guo.

It didn't take long for the winter to come, and news came back one after another from the secret agents of the State of Wei that Jiangdong Dayan and many troops gathered in Niuzhuji on the south bank.

In this regard, Man Chong is not surprised.

In other words, at the beginning of Cao Zhen's conquest of Shu, he expected that Jiangdong would do something.

It's just that Wu Sunquan, the thief, was so dawdling that he didn't move in the autumn when there was plenty of rain, but was eager to try in the winter when the water flow in the river was reduced.

After confirming the military situation, he went to the temple and asked to conscript the scholars from Yanzhou and some county soldiers from Yuzhou to help defend.

Yes, he did not ask the emperor Cao Rui to send the Chinese army to come.

It's not that he is arrogant, he thinks that the Wu soldiers who invaded in winter are nothing to fear.

But knowing that asking for instructions is useless.

Because many Luoyang Chinese troops participated in the conquest of Shu, they have just returned to the station to rest now, and there is no possibility of rushing to help again whether it is morale or military spirit.

As for whether relying solely on the less powerful scholars and county soldiers, can they resist the invasion of the thief Wu~
Full pet feel enough.

There were no Li Shus below Shouchun, and the scattered farmland had already been harvested and put into storage. He couldn't afford to go out of the city to fight fiercely with the bandit Wu.

And when the rivers are shallow in winter, it is difficult for the navy that Jiangdong relies on to rule the roost. The odds of winning have increased by two or three points before the battle against Wei. What is he?
Yes!

Man Chong just intends to guard the city without losing it.

He didn't expect that the warlords would go out of the city and fight the thief Wu to win a great victory.

Xia Houhui is different.

After hearing the news from the detailed work and seeing soldiers from the two prefectures of Yan and Yu coming to Huainan to gather one after another, he was inexplicably excited, and wandered around with his scouts all day long, "waiting" for the arrival of the Jiangdong army.

And every time the abnormalities detected by the secret operations or scouts, he would personally review and analyze every detail, and then report it back.

Even Man Chong secretly praised his diligence when he heard about it, thinking that young people can still improve after being beaten.

Of course, it was a misunderstanding.

Xia Houhui was just looking forward to military achievements.

He begged the emperor to come to Huainan, waiting for this moment with all his heart~
However, what happened next made him very frustrated.

Just seven or eight days after the troops from Yanyu and Yuzhou arrived in Huainan, Ruxuwu, Jiangdong's outpost in Jiangbei, really sent more than 20 warships, large and small, into Chaohu Lake as pioneers.

But did not go ashore.

It was just that after carefully wandering around and inspecting for a while, seeing that Wei Guo was already prepared, he went back.

And even the sailors who have already arrived at Hengjiangpu and Ruxukou have also evacuated!
It seems that just like last spring, Sun Quan planned to invade Huainan, but Man Chong, who had learned the news early, stationed troops in Xiyang, so he gave up because it was not profitable.

Not like Sun Quan, has he been "subdued without fighting" by our country Wei again?
Not only Xia Houhui had this doubt, but also people like Wang Ling and Wen Qin thought so.

After the military situation spread to the Luoyang temple, the emperor Cao Rui and the princes of Gungun also had the same idea, so they ordered Man Chong to send the reinforcements back to the two prefectures of Yanyu.

But Man Chong did not follow the edict.

It is because the above table claims that there was the battle of Shiting before, and now that Wei defeated Shu and returned at a disadvantage, that thief Wu must have the heart to despise Wei.Just when the veterans of the Luoyang Central Army Division were exhausted and unable to rush to Huainan, they would not miss the opportunity to come from the north.Now that they retreated before the battle, they probably saw that the reinforcements from the two prefectures of Yanyu and Yuzhou had already arrived to set up defenses, so they thought of pretending to strike to paralyze the Wei army.

In this way, he asked the temple to suspend the repatriation of the reinforcements from the two prefectures of Yanyu and Yuzhou.

After finishing the above table, Man Chong also made some calculations.

It is to order all the cities and garrison points to reduce the number of soldiers who climb the city walls and the low walls of the camps to guard by two-thirds, and correspondingly let some soldiers eat dry food and reduce the daily cooking smoke, so as to confuse the thief Wu. , let Sun Quan think that Wei's reinforcements have returned; he will also be happy to think that he has a plan, and the supervisor will come back to attack.

In fact, it turned out as expected.

Only more than ten days later, the bandit Wu soldiers came back in a big way, and the large and small warships were almost full of Ruxushui.

However, when they were about to besiege the city and attack the camp, they suddenly found that the Wei soldiers had filled the walls to the brim, and then returned home without firing any arrows from their crossbows or the sound of drums.

This time he didn't pretend to retreat, but really left.

The detailed news came back with very convincing news: Even Niuzhuji on the south bank of the great river already has two or three boats!
This kind of child's play style of raising troops and fighting as an outing made Xia Houhui speechless.

Also extremely depressed.

Co-author, if you want to get some credit from the thief Wu Sunquan, it depends on luck?

At this moment, he finally knew that during the previous battle of Shiting, there were defected generals from Jiangdong who came to Wei State to report, claiming that Jianye was already strict and all the troops gathered. After Zhou Bing feared a false surrender, Cao Xiu still insisted on going his own way. marched in.With the style of the thief Wu Sunquan, any general who has stayed in Huainan for a long time will inevitably have a heart to underestimate the enemy~
However, Xia Houhui, who had been so happy for nothing, was not depressed for long.

Before the city of Manchongshi has increased by nearly ten thousand households and the title of "many dozens" has not appeared, sooner or later he will wait until the day when the thief Wu Sunquan comes to the city.

Time flies like a white horse.

Not long after, it was late winter and December.

The elites of various ministries stationed on the Huainan front have also started a large-scale rotation to ask for leave and visit relatives.

This is not the custom in the ranks to have year-end rotations.

But at least for half a year, there is no need to worry about Jiangdong Xingbing's attack.

I don't know if it's because the counties in Jingnan originally belonged to the Kingdom of Shu, or because Jiangdong exploited Jingnan too much. In winter and December, the Wuxi barbarians in Wuling County gathered to rebel against Wu!

The mountains in Wuling County are crisscrossed, and the place where Wuxi barbarians multiply is deep and far away. Wu Guo wants to suppress the rebellion is not something that can happen overnight.

And until the internal rebellion is not controlled within a certain range, it is impossible for Jiangdong to send troops to the outside world.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Wei Guo relaxed his vigilance in Huainan, allowing soldiers to take turns to rest.

The scout battalion also ushered in a rotation break.

Although the number of [-] has been replenished, the camp has become empty after the daily inspections are excluded.

This made Xia Houhui very bored.

He was privately summoned by Emperor Cao Rui to Xuchang a while ago, and he had been on vacation to visit his relatives, so naturally he couldn't leave.

And people like Jiang Ban, Chen Ding, etc. who can make jokes and jokes also go back on vacation, and there are no people who made him want to have fun with his salary.

After repeating this for seven or eight days, he finally couldn't stand his loneliness, so he exchanged half a month's salary for some fine wine and went to the cavalry battalion to "bribe" the chief officer of the cavalry.

In order to be able to steal the teacher openly.

The chief officer of the cavalry battalion was surnamed Zhang, from Zhongshan County, Jizhou, and was in his early forties.

Although the official position is only partial to generals, his status is still higher than that of other miscellaneous generals who oversee 3000 or [-] people.

Because of the completely different tactics of the cavalry, he is a veritable "partial general" on the battlefield.

The reason why Xia Houhui went to curry favor with him was that he wanted to join the daily drills of the cavalry battalion as an ordinary cavalry soldier, and took the opportunity to secretly learn cavalry tactics such as harassment, rushing, outflanking, chasing, and jumping.

These are not things that can be done by a skilled bow and horse.

Another reason is that he came to Huainan Shouchun not only to make meritorious deeds, but also to learn how to supervise soldiers in combat, to put into practice the understanding from the book of war, and to avoid talking about war on paper.

During the few months in Huainan, he has been roughly familiar with the affairs in the army.

However, he has little knowledge of actual operations such as how to march and drop camp, arrange troops, and command in front of the battle.

No way, he was rejected by many miscellaneous generals.

Every time he wanted to enter the infantry camp to observe the martial arts performance, he was stopped by those miscellaneous generals on the grounds that he belonged differently.

Furthermore, the Huainan battlefield is dominated by defense, and there is almost no time for raids or wild battles.

It also gave him no chance to learn about marching and camping.

And the cavalry song is the only place where he can have a chance to steal his master.

Gein's cavalry drills are performed outside the city every day, and although the scout battalion has autonomy and directly reports to General Zhengdong's mansion, it is still subordinate to the cavalry battalion in name.Even if Zhang Qidu didn't want to see him, there was no reason not to let him enter the camp.

Yes, the chief officer of the cavalry battalion was a little displeased with him.

The reason is not that like other miscellaneous generals, he feels disgusted that Xia Houhui will replace him in the future.

It originated from Xia Houhui's unauthorized attack on Fuling's garrison point.

Among the dozens of cavalry soldiers killed in battle, all three were his fellow villagers
Although the surprise attack was rewarded by the imperial court, and there was no shortage of pensions for those who died in the battle, and Xia Houhui was also punished by Man Chong to guard the city gate for a month, which is equivalent to the chief officer being punished and the soldiers gaining benefits, but Zhang Qidu is still unwilling. Difficult to level.

He has been working in Huainan for six or seven years.

There were five or sixty people from the countryside who came to Huainan with him in the early years, but only a dozen people remained after the Battle of Shiting.

Now because Xia Houhui has lost three more, this makes him feel a little ashamed to face his elders when he returns home as a writer.

Whether it is a reward or a pension, can it be worth human life?
Can you make the little ones who live in the countryside leaning against the door all day looking forward to the return of soldiers happy?

Hufu!

If you are greedy for meritorious deeds, you will lose my hometown!
With such thoughts in mind, every time Zhang Qidu saw Xiahou Hui, he would turn his head sideways and cast his eyes sideways, writing clearly on his face that he didn't want to be seen.It's just that if you don't want to see each other, you don't want to see each other. In the past few months, he has had drinks with Xia Houhui several times, and they are familiar with each other.

It's not that he is greedy for the beauty of wine, nor is he weak-minded.

But
However, Xia Houhui is not ashamed!

(End of this chapter)