A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 513: Advance and Rebuke Chapter provides advice to defeat the enemy, and cuts off the food road, Gongsun is reassured

September 10th
Bai Shu's army was in Quliang, replenishing troops and reorganizing armaments, and the soldiers all got a good rest.

In order to achieve the strategic goal, Bai Shu gathered more than 10,000 Yuan'an troops, a total of 45,000 people, and stationed in Quliang to the west, across the water from Guangping, leaving only Bai De to lead 3,000 troops and guard Quliang. Liang, take care of the army's food road.

September

Bai Shujun arrived to reprimand Zhang.

On the same day, 60,000 Jin troops from Sima Jiao, Wang Chang, and Tuoba Yulu crossed the Ming River and arrived at Kuizhang. The two armies faced each other fifteen miles southwest of Kuozhang.

September

The two sides started a big melee.

Although the Bai army was small, there were 20,000 elite soldiers inside, and the formation was tight. The Jin army did not take any advantage.

The Xianbei cavalry roamed outside the battlefield all day, but could not find any loopholes in the White army, so they had to hurriedly fire several rounds of arrows from a distance and retreat.

It was like this for several days.

September

Jin army camp
Sima Jiao, Wang Chang, and Tuoba Yulu met in Sima Jiao's military tent to discuss matters.

Tuoba Yulu proposed in the account that his side's losses were too great. If there was no victory in another half month, he would lead Tuoba's tribe to retreat and rush to the battlefield of Jinyang.

Sima Jiao tried his best to persuade him to stay, but Tuoba Yulu had made up his mind.

Reluctantly, Sima Jiao found Wang Chang, Linghu Sheng and other Han generals in the reinforcements and asked them for advice.

Linghu Sheng said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our army has many cavalry, but the enemy's cavalry is few. We can let Tuoba Yelu, Duan Ji, Lujuan and others lead the cavalry to Quliang and cut off the food route from Quliang to Kuizhang.

No matter how elite the White Army is, without food and 100% of its combat strength, it can only exert 10% to 20%.

The king only needs to hold on to the camp, prevent the White Army from retreating, and contain it in the attack. In less than half a month, the White Army will definitely be trapped in a situation where soldiers and food are scarce, and the opportunity to break the army is not far away. "

Sima Jiao put his palms together and laughed and said, "Good."

Then according to his plan, he sent Duan Ji and his family members to lead 20,000 Duan's cavalry to harass the Bai army's food road and pretend to attack Quliang;
Sent Tuoba Yulu to lead 15,000 Tuoba cavalry, and garrisoned the Bai camp to block its reinforcements and prevent the White army from retreating. As long as the White Army makes a move to retreat, stay close to them so that they don't dare to act rashly.

Sima Jiao personally led an infantry force of more than 30,000 people, including Wang Chang, the governor of Zhongshan, Ruan Bao, the governor of Zhongshan, Zhao Jing, the internal historian of Guangping, and Bu Yuliang, the captain of the Xiang Kingdom, to contain the White Army head-on.

Linghu Sheng's strategy really worked, making Bai Shu, the leader of the White Army, feel as if he had suddenly fallen into a quagmire.

They wanted to attack the Jin army, but Sima Jiao refused to camp, so it was impossible to attack the Jin army's camp. This would allow Duan Ji's Lu family members and Tuoba Yulu's tribe who were wandering in the rear to take advantage of most of the Bai army to attack the Jin army. At that time, they attacked the rear army.

He wanted to retreat, but whenever he made a move, Tuoba Yulu would bring people up to harass him. He did not attack, but just rode around and fired at the White Army from a distance to hinder the White Army's retreat.

Tuoba Yulu sent out the Hussar Battalion to invite a fight, but Tuoba Yulu knew how powerful the Hussar Battalion was, so he didn't even engage in combat with them, and walked away as soon as he touched them.

What makes Bai Shu even more troublesome is that he has been without food and grass in the camp for several days. According to the food and grass officer, the current food and grass can only last the army for ten days at the maximum.

If no way to defeat the enemy is found within ten days, the army will fall into a state of food shortage, which is a death sentence.

Fortunately, Bai Shu strictly ordered the grain and grass officials not to leak the news that the grain and grass were running out, otherwise the military law would be dealt with, so this did not cause turmoil in the morale of the army.

Although Bai Shu has a high prestige in the army, once there is no food, even if he is Bai's son or Gongsun, there is no hope that his soldiers will starve to death rather than resist.

Even if the elite battalions such as the Hussars Battalion have the highest loyalty, they will not persist for a few more days.

September 28
At Linghu Sheng's suggestion, Sima Jiao sent people to spread the news that the White Army was short of food, hoping to cause the White Army to rebel.

Sure enough, they learned that no food trucks had entered the camp for nearly half a month. The soldiers at the bottom began to become restless and approached their superiors one after another to ask about the real situation.

The only answers available are:

"Da Sima has his own calculations, how can you let you know about it? You just need to obey orders and act."

For the first day or two, the soldiers listened to the advice. Later, when they saw that the superior's reply was still the same, they had to start thinking about the future.

October
A military commander in Baiying saw that the rice porridge was becoming increasingly sparse today, and knew that the food shortage was indeed true. He asked his superiors, but was kept silent, so he came up with the idea of ​​​​surviving.

That night he summoned several of his fellow villagers and prepared to lead his men to the Jin camp at night.

But he was unlucky. He was discovered by Ying Sima who was patrolling at night and was captured in one fell swoop.

Why did Bai Shu not know the concerns of the lower-level soldiers, so he ordered five battalions including the Hussars Battalion, mixed with the new army battalion, to be stationed early in the morning to facilitate suppression at any time.

Night patrols have also been strengthened, so that the military law Sima and the battalion Sima, who are responsible for military law and battalion inspections, will alternately patrol every night, so that problems can be discovered in a timely manner.

October rd
The Bai camp was completely out of food. When the soldiers saw that lunch was not being distributed, their resentment reached its peak. Thousands of people gathered together and wanted to rush to Bai Shu's military tent and ask for an explanation.

"Da Sima, in recent days, the food has become more and more sparse, and the chopsticks fall down after a moment. We have nothing in our stomachs and are unbearably hungry. How can we go into battle to kill the enemy and serve the country and save the people?"

If there is really a shortage of food, please ask the Grand Sima to issue a marching order. We would rather die on the battlefield than starve to death in the camp and become the laughing stock of the world. Please be aware of this! "

"Better die in battle than starve in the camp!!!"

Under the leadership of an old military lord elected by the crowd, thousands of soldiers raised their voices to Bai Shu. Even the guards guarding Bai Shu and the generals standing beside them clenched their weapons, with red eyes. Looked at Bai Shu.

Isn't this the common inner thought of all of them?

Bai Shu looked at the densely packed soldiers at the steps. Even so, these people did not carry weapons and kill the generals like other armies, but gathered in front of him unarmed. This shows that the Bai family's prestige is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"What is your name, where are you from, and when did you enter the camp?" Bai Shu did not respond directly, but asked the old Junhou.

The old Junhou said, neither humble nor arrogant:

"Reporting to the Great Sima, I am Xia Baiji, a native of Xiuwu County of the Bai Kingdom. I am thirty-nine years old. I cannot return to the army after one year of investigation. In the early years, I followed the great king across the Yellow River and fought with Sima Yan in Chenggao. This is the third recruitment. "Bai Shu walked down the third floor, patted the old military lord on the shoulder hard, and said as if to get closer:
"I am forty-three years old. How many years older than you are, please call me brother.

Brother, since your surname is Bai, you have been recruited three times, and now you have not rebelled with arms, but brought everyone empty-handed to ask for an explanation, which shows your loyalty to the country and your trust in the Bai family.

Since you treat me with sincerity, I must also treat you with sincerity. I am not willing to lie to you. Now we are indeed out of food, and there is no surplus food. "

"I can testify that not only did we have no food today, Da Sima has even stopped eating since yesterday."

The grain officer, who had been watching from the side, stood up and proved that what Bai Shu said was true.

"I can prove it too."

Immediately afterwards, the guards at Baishu's door stood out one after another.

"Ah, we really ran out of food."

"Even Da Sima can't afford to eat. It must be true."

"This is how to do ah!"

"Anyway, you will die if you stay here, and you will die if you rush out. It is better to rush out while everyone still has the strength. Maybe there is a chance to come back alive."

"Yes, Da Sima, let's fight the enemy!"

"Fight!!!"

When Bai Shu personally admitted that he was short of food, everyone talked a lot, and finally converged into one voice, asking only to fight with the Jin army, kill every one he could, and rush out every one he could.

Bai Shu returned to the high platform and pressed it down with both hands. Seeing this, everyone stopped shouting and stared directly at Bai Shu.

Bai Shu's eyes were slightly red and he said:
"You are very good and are the best warriors of the Bai Kingdom. However, since I have brought you out of the Bai Kingdom, I must also take you back to the Bai Kingdom. This is the promise I made to your family when I went on the expedition.

I have been keeping secrets from your generals before, unwilling to disclose my inner plan, so that even the generals do not know why I would rather bear the threat of food shortages than force a retreat.

Now, I think it is time to spread the word to everyone. "

"Da Sima..."

Zuo Cheng, the secretary who was close to Bai Shu, hurriedly wanted to stop him, but Bai Shu stopped him with the palm of his hand.

Bai Shu organized the language:

"The reason why I go abroad to fight is to protect the country and the people.

But someone said that Bai Guo was not attacked.

I can only say that this statement is superficial. The Bai Kingdom has indeed not been attacked, but it does not mean that it will not be attacked in the future.

Like other people in the world, we are all people of the Xia Dynasty, sharing the same ancestry and the same origin.

Today, millions of people are suffering from barbarian invasions and have been killed.

The reason why the Bai Kingdom has been able to maintain peace for hundreds of years is not because of how capable I, the Bai family, are, but because the Han Dynasty was able to defeat the enemy in all four frontiers.

If I watch the people outside being slaughtered and remain indifferent, then when the Hu people kill all the Han people outside, will I let the people of the Bai country go?

Will they see the golden mountain of Bai Kingdom standing beside them, motionless like a mountain? Will the hundreds of thousands of Bai people be able to reach the Hu people's millions of cavalry by then?
You will not understand the principle of dying of lips and cold teeth, born of sorrow and dying of happiness.

Now that you understand this truth, you should know that if the foreign barbarians do not withdraw from the Central Plains for one day, and the soldiers of the Bai Kingdom do not return to the Bai Kingdom, this is the way of life and death, which is what the Bai family swore to found the country.

He also talked about how to solve the current dilemma.

As early as two months ago, I received a secret report from the north. There is a supporting army. I heard that the King's "Order to Defeat the Hu" will arrive soon. This is the best way for our army to defeat the enemy in one battle. Opportunity, I am not willing to give up.

Unexpectedly, the Jin army relied on the Hu cavalry to cut off our food and grass, leading to today's crisis.

But I can promise you that reinforcements will arrive in as little as one or two days, or as long as two or three days. "

Hearing that there were reinforcements, the soldiers felt relieved. At this time, the veteran army Hou Baiji expressed his worries again:

"But without food, even if reinforcements come, we won't have the strength to go into battle and kill the enemy."

Bai Shu frowned, as if he had made up his mind, and immediately shouted:
"Hu Yanying! Ma Xie!"

"The general is here!"

Hu Yanying, the captain of the Hussars Battalion, General Pingbei, and Ma Xie, the captain of the Fifth Military Battalion, came out.

"The Hussars Camp and the Fifth Barracks each killed two thousand horses to provide food for the army."

The two of them were shocked. There was no one in the cavalry who didn't love horses. He immediately knelt down and asked to take back the military order.

Bai Shu said with determination:

"Now that people have no food, what's the use of leaving horses behind? Besides, I also left three thousand horses for your hussar camp, which is enough for the war to come.

The soldiers of your two battalions who have lost their horses will be merged together and handed over to the command of Sima Liu Cheng of the Fifth Military Battalion as my personal bodyguard.

Cavalrymen are brave warriors on horseback. Without horses, will they become cowards? "

Hu Yanying and Ma Xie had no choice but to wipe their tears and obey the order, and the soldiers of the two battalions also sent their horses off with tears in their eyes.

In this way, Baiying's army finally made up its mind. Only 4,000 war horses can only guarantee the needs for one day, and they will need to be measured again tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)