Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 40
Qin Qiong didn't return all night, and Sun Xiangfu knew that the strategy he was talking about was probably adopted by Li Shimin. Since Li Shimin dared to launch the Xuanwu Gate Change, he was definitely a risk-taker, so when Sun Xiangfu went to the Yamen in the morning When I was young, the documents for the Ministry of War to recruit all the boats of the Fisheries Department were placed on the desk.

"Hey, I shot myself in the foot by lifting a rock."

When Sun Xiangfu sighed in the Yamen, the matter was not over yet, and an imperial edict was passed to the Fisheries Department by the servant.

"Sun Xiangfu, the Prime Minister of the Animal Husbandry Supervisor of the Fisheries Department of the Ziyou Animal Husbandry Supervision Office, is proficient in shipping and is familiar with the waterways around Chang'an. He is specially appointed to inspect the Jingzhou Road Marching Sima, and he will take up his post immediately."

"Your sister! This is to send brother to the battlefield."

Sun Xiangfu accepted the order with a bloodless face, and immediately a group of soldiers stood in front of his yamen with knives. From now on, these soldiers will be his personal guards that he can call.

"Come here, go to Duke Yi's mansion and ask my guard, Mr. Xi, to come and meet me at Yamen."

Going to the battlefield, Sun Xiangfu remembered his guards. However, after half an hour, Xi Junmai did not come alone. He also came with Qin Hu and three hundred guards from Yiguo's mansion, all fully armed. , obviously Qin Qiong was worried about his safety, and spared no effort to send all his forces to protect him.

"Sun Sima, the [-] shi of grain and more than [-] transport ships conscripted by His Majesty will be assembled at the Weishui Wharf by tomorrow at the latest. There is a military order that General Yuchi's army will enter Jingzhou within three days. Food and grass must be sent to the army, otherwise, the lightly armed cavalry army will not have enough food and grass, and there may be a big change." Zhang Mingyuan, the commander of the army, said.

Although Sun Xiangfu, the marching Sima of the inspection school, was a food security officer, Li Shimin did not dare to let a person with no war experience lead the army. Therefore, he sent two subordinate officers to him, one named Zhang Mingyuan, who was Zhang Liang's subordinate. The son, Liu Renjing, is Liu Hongji's cousin, and he is one of the few young generals in Chang'an who are familiar with military affairs and can adapt to water warfare.If it weren't for Li Shimin's three major navy generals, Zhang Gongjin, Zhang Liang, and Liu Hongji, who were not in Beijing, it wouldn't be Sun Xiangfu, the scum of Zhanwu, who led the army.

"Then what, order our department to prepare more bows and crossbows, and assemble at the Weishui pier."

Sun Xiangfu has no experience in war, but he has watched a lot of film and television dramas. He knows that bows and arrows are mainly used to kill enemies in water warfare, so he issued such a military order, and then brought Xi Junmai and a group of people to brave the cold wind , to the Weishui Wharf.

Among the more than 5000 ships, there are only [-] real warships. Datang's navy is mainly deployed in the Jingxiang and Huainan areas, guarding the counties along the Yangtze River in the south. Therefore, the number of troops under Sun Xiangfu is not large. , [-] people, plus [-] men who operated the boats, were scattered after each ship, and there were only [-] slightly larger warships, each of which could have [-] soldiers, and these [-] soldiers were not all good soldiers. In water battles, at least half of them will get dizzy when they get on the boat. Less than [-]% of them can stand firm and shoot arrows. There is no way, most people in Guanzhong are not good at water!
Such an army can only do errands to deliver food. After waiting at the pier for the food and grass to be loaded, the boats immediately headed towards Jingzhou.

"You buy it! When you arrive in Jingzhou, you must not be more than one foot away from me. I have offered you a salary, and you are entrusted by others. You understand the truth of loyalty!"

On the flagship, Sun Xiangfu put on the armor on himself, and at the same time earnestly bought it to Mr. Xi who was playing with a bow next to him.

"Okay, okay, isn't it just the last battle? I'm here, and I'll keep you safe." Xi Junmai was annoyed by the words, and just wanted to find something to plug his ears, and he easily pulled a military bow Cheng Manyuan, after releasing it, pulled it again. It seems that he practiced swinging the saber hard these days, and his arm strength has grown again.

Sun Xiangfu put a layer of armor on himself, but still felt that it was not secure, so he found another large pair and put on another layer. After putting it on, he still felt that the helmet was not secure, and his entire face was exposed. It was not safe, so he asked someone to make a mask with two eye holes outside, so that he could feel more at ease. You know, Turkic people are good at riding and shooting. If they are hit by arrows, they will die But it's over.

After sailing against the current for two days, the fleet finally arrived at the agreed place in Jingzhou, but they did not see the army led by Yu Chigong. You must know that Yu Chigong's army only brought three days of dry food, and he set off one day in advance of the fleet. Yes, there should be no food to eat now, he is not waiting here, does he want to starve himself to death?
Soon, Sun Xiangfu knew the reason. There were 20 Turkic cavalry, and the plate was too big. The area they had agreed to was already occupied by Turkic people, that is, they did not go ashore. Otherwise, they would be greeted by Turkic cavalry.

"Sun Sima, at this time we should send cavalry scouts ashore to find the whereabouts of Duke E's army." Liu Renjing suggested to Sun Xiangfu.

"Uh, you're right. Quickly order the scouts to go ashore to find the whereabouts of the army, and tell them to hide themselves so that they don't get caught by the Turks."

For the suggestions made by the subordinates when they were in command, Sun Xiangfu listened to one thing and the other. After all, he didn't know anything and had never fought a war, which made him look like a fool.

Among the entire team, only the guards sent by Qin Qiong were able to take on the task of scouting. Qin Hu personally went out and selected 30 people. After landing on the shore, they put down their horses and they rode away.

"Yuchi, old black, don't let anything happen to you! If the Turks step on Chang'an, brother will become a sinner through the ages."

Sun Xiangfu prayed to God and prayed to Buddha in his heart, and all his actions were recorded by a sergeant on board, and may be reported to Li Shimin in the future. This person is one of the secret guards Li Shimin placed in the army.

Ever since Li Shimin adopted Qin Qiong's suggestion and decided to go to war with Jieli, the whole history has changed. This has little effect on Sun Xiangfu, because he doesn't know much about the real situation, and he is used to living a life of going with the situation. Usually things come to him, and he never takes the initiative to find things.

At dusk, things found him again.

"It's Turkic cavalry. It looks like there are three to four thousand troops."

Zhang Mingyuan, Liu Renjing, and Sun Xiangfu, who were forcibly pulled onto the deck, saw the scene on the shore. Once the number of cavalry exceeds a hundred, it will make people feel huge at first glance. Standing full, Sun Xiangfu couldn't imagine the scene of 20 cavalry appearing in front of him together. I'm afraid it would be overwhelming and everywhere?
"what's the situation?"

On the battlefield, Sun Xiangfu gave full play to his studious spirit of asking questions when he didn’t understand. Zhang Mingyuan could only give him a blank look and explained to him, “It should be the Turkic cavalry who discovered our fleet. We are supposed to deliver food and grass to General Yuchi. So this team of cavalry was sent to kill us along the river bank to prevent General Yuchi from getting food and grass."

"So, Yuchi Laohei hasn't lost yet. Can we eat this cavalry?" The whereabouts of the fleet are exposed. Once they are bitten by the cavalry on the shore, they can't get rid of it. The Guanzhong Plain is flat. , The speed of galloping horses far exceeds that of loaded ships. If this cavalry is not destroyed, Yu Chigong will not be able to get the food.

Hearing this, Zhang Mingyuan and Liu Renjing shook their heads almost at the same time. Among them, Zhang Mingyuan said, "Our army has no more than a hundred horses on board, and the enemy has at least three or four thousand troops. We may be able to reinforce them at any time in the future, and the combat power of the Turkic cavalry is not inferior. Give me the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, if they want to cross the river, our army will be able to defend the boat, if we wait to attack the shore, it will be like hitting a stone with a pebble."

"Could it be that our team can't do anything here?" Sun Xiangfu asked after hearing the words.

"Uh, this, maybe there is another way, but I haven't thought of it for a while." Zhang Mingyuan and Liu Renjing bowed their heads in shame.

Xi Junmai, who was on Sun Xiangfu's side, felt that the Turkic people were nothing to be afraid of. If he went ashore, it would be no problem to kill each of them, so he should use their heads to practice the sword-wielding style, so he said, "You can hand over the cavalry. Give me the lead, I will go ashore every two hours and kill one or two hundred Turkic barbarians each time, at most one or two days, I will be able to kill all the Turkic cavalry."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu only said speechlessly in his heart, "What kind of self-confidence makes you dare to pretend to be such a coward? Do you really think you are Changshan Zhao Zilong? If you want to kill seven in and seven out of the ten thousand army, you can't do it." It depends on whether the opponent is a talent-loving Cao Cao! Let you lead a small group of horses ashore, and within a quarter of an hour, you will probably be shot as a hedgehog."

Dragging the heavy armor, Sun Xiangfu closed his eyes and meditated after returning to the cabin. Compared with the ancients, his biggest advantage is that he is good at using his brain, knowing that there are no problems in this world that cannot be solved.

At dusk, the Turkic cavalry on the shore lit a bonfire and began to roast beef and mutton for dinner. After two hours of hard thinking and no results, Sun Xiangfu was hungry and prepared to go to the bottom cabin to eat. The flames were blown by the northwest wind, and Sun Xiangfu suddenly had an idea and found a way.

At this time, the big ships are all sailing. Like the huge fleet led by Sun Xiangfu, the smallest ones have a load of several hundred stones. Without the wind, people can't row at all. At this time, autumn and winter are changing seasons, and the cold wind in Guanzhong is raging. With this wind powering the boat, Sun Xiangfu didn't believe that the horses on the shore would not be exhausted.

Soon, Sun Xiangfu called everyone to discuss the matter.

"Zhang Mingyuan, order all the ships to set sail. From dark onwards, the fleet must keep moving with the wind. If the cavalry on the shore want to bite us to death, let them run after us!"

"Liu Renjing, order all the idle boatmen to pack the grain and grass into fixed-weight packages, fry the millet, chop the horse grass, and put the three-day amount as a portion on the bow, ready to help the army on the shore at any time."

"Xi Junmai, I order you to lead a hundred Qin family guards, ready to go ashore at any time to surprise a small group of Turkic cavalry."

The so-called ready raid at any time means to maintain a state of recharge, that is, to sleep, once you are called to get up, you can immediately go into battle.

After the three of them finished their work according to Sun Xiangfu's assignment, the fleet quickly set off.

"Sun Sima, we left the agreed supply point easily. If General Yuchi can't find us, wouldn't we be defeated without food?" Zhang Mingyuan roughly understood what Sun Xiangfu meant. At present, using this strategy of exhausting troops is indeed the best strategy. But it also brings uncertainty to the future. The army will run out of food and defeat is inevitable.

"If I stay here and don't leave, General Yuchi will definitely die. Don't worry! Guanzhong is our home field. Duke E will not starve to death so easily. Let's lead thousands of Turks to run along the river. With such a big movement, it is impossible for him not to receive news, and if he operates skillfully, he can avoid the main Turkic cavalry and eat this army."

　Today's Singles' Day belongs to me, but I didn't rest, I didn't find someone to date, (in fact, I couldn't find anyone to date), I stared at the screen with red eyes, corrected typos and unreasonable plots, I hope this Hard work can be exchanged for a recommendation ticket dear.

　　


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