Great Han Empire

Chapter 112
The three of them stood on the tower, looking at the rising sun slowly in the distance, feeling heavy.

"Yu Xing, there are 10,000+ ant thieves outside the city, and the momentum is huge. Can our 1 people survive until next month?"

Looking at Wang Ru's worried look, Xian Yufu comforted him: "My lord, why don't you have confidence? Concentrate all our strength and fight the ant thief in Zhuocheng. We have built the walls of Zhuocheng, stored enough food and weapons, and mobilized tens of thousands of people to prepare for the work. Even if all the soldiers are gone, we still have tens of thousands of people who can continue to fight!"

"Common people?" Wu Chi sneered, looked at Xian Yufu and said, "I must warn you in advance that these people and the ant thieves outside the city are of the same mind. You ask them to help look after the wounded and transport weapons in the city Food is fine, but they are absolutely not allowed to go up the city wall. Once they defect, Zhuocheng will be over."

Xian Yufu nodded indifferently.

"Has Wei Biejia left yet?" The Wei Biejia that Wang Ru said was Wei You from Biejia's governor's residence in Youzhou.

"He has already set off. With Kuaiqi going south, it is estimated that he will arrive at Anping Kingdom in Jizhou in about ten days."

"I hope Lord Muguo of Jizhou can save our urgent need." Wang Ruo muttered to himself, looking in the direction of Jizhou to the south.

Zhuojun prefect Wang Ruo and Xian Yufu preliminarily decided that Li Hong's suggestion was very feasible and the only way now.Youzhou does not have enough troops to defend against the Yellow Turban Army. If you want to drive Zhang Niujiao away, you can only rely on Jizhou to launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army's lair, otherwise it will be a dead end.So they wrote their opinions into documents and sent them to Jicheng quickly.Yang Huang, the governor of Youzhou, and Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan, called the county officials to discuss carefully and agreed to this plan.They immediately sent Wei You, the governor of the governor's office, to go to Jizhou in person, hoping to persuade Guo Dian, the governor of Jizhou, to send troops to attack the Yellow Turban Army of Zhao State and Changshan State.

Suddenly, in the camp of the Yellow Turban Army a few miles away, the battle drums blared, people shouted and horses neighed, and the huge sound went straight into the sky.

The faces of the three of them changed drastically, and their hearts beat violently.

The enemy is about to attack.

Facing the rising sun, Fengyun cavalry galloped across the plain.

Li Hong led the Black Panther Yicong out of the main force and galloped towards a small hill.

On the hillside, Tian Zhong and the soldiers from the rear guard were sorting out their horses.He now holds two positions, not only as the assassin of the Fengyun Cavalry Army, but also as the leader of the Weiwei Tun.

Since Daijun Xianyuyin's [-] troops all joined the Iron Cavalry Army, the troops' establishment was readjusted.Daijun's cavalry was added to each trilogy to make up for the losses of the troops in the battle of Dukang Pavilion.For the remaining part of the cavalry and [-] infantry, Li Hong asked them to form a separate song, with Xianyu Yin as the military marquis and Tie Yue as the fake military marquis.For the convenience of communication, this song is called Yan Zhao song.Tie Yue went to Yanzhaoqu to serve as a false military marshal, and this guard station did not have a supervisor, so naturally it would not work.So Li Hong asked Tian Zhong to take up the post concurrently.

When Tian Zhong saw Li Hong, he immediately yelled: "My lord, there are tens of thousands of troops now, but we still have 300 people in the rear guard, and we are really too busy."

Li Hongfei got off his horse, walked up to Tian Zhong, and asked with a smile, "Do you need help?"

"Of course it is necessary. Although each department has set up a guard team to deal with these eating, drinking, and messing things up, which has lightened our burden, but there are indeed too many things in the guard camp, and there are too few people."

"That's why you summoned me with the sound of a trumpet?"

"Yes, the army brought out a lot of food and weapons this time. Thousands of transport horses were carrying these things. We have a small number of people and we can't take care of them. You can send me some people for a while."

Li Hong looked at the horses around him, and at the Black Panther Yicong behind him, nodded helplessly, and said to Tian Zhong: "I have neglected this issue. The importance of the Weiwei Tun to the entire army is self-evident. Many people, few people. Why haven’t I heard your opinions?”

Tian Zhong smiled lightly.

"This is all caused by the kindness of the captain."

Li Hong laughed in surprise, "Old man, just tell me if you are dissatisfied with me, why go around in circles."

"That's true. You put most of the soldiers who survived the Luronse war in the rear guard and paid them a high salary. As a result, the rear guard became the most popular place in the army, fighting at the end. They get the most money, and everyone envies them. The soldiers in Weiwei are grateful to the adults, and everyone works hard. Although they are very tired, no one complains, so naturally you can’t hear your opinions.”

Li Hong laughed, "After the battle is over, I will expand the rear guard. Now you can overcome it for a while."

Then he turned around and waved to Qi Chen.

"Old man, I will ask Qichen to bring 300 people to help you along the way, okay?"

Tian Zhong immediately smiled.

Then Li Hong saw Laoguai.As he went up to meet him, he shouted loudly: "Old Guai, Lao Guai..."

Laoguai is in his 30s and is Xu Wushan's hunter.Li Hong didn't know his name, he only knew that he was called Laoguai. In the scout village back then, he was good at martial arts and had a little reputation.An arm was cut off during the defense of Luronsai.According to the requirements, he could not continue to serve in the army, but his relatives died in the war and became homeless.There were quite a few people like this at the time, who were disabled but homeless.Li Hong then sent all those who could still do their jobs to Weiweitun. Li Hong had no choice but to pay more for returning home and let them fend for themselves.Although he couldn't bear it, he really didn't have the ability to solve this matter.For this reason, he was always very uneasy.

Laoguai is of medium build, strong and strong, with a long face and thick beard, and a pair of very shrewd eyes under thick eyebrows.He has one left hand left. Although he is not good at martial arts, it is not a problem to do some ordinary strength.Seeing Li Hong calling him, Laoguai hurriedly jumped off his horse, and was going to salute Li Hong, but Li Hong stopped him.

Li Hong supported half of his shoulders, and said with a smile, "What kind of ceremony are you doing? We're old friends. How are you?"

Laoguai looked at him gratefully and nodded repeatedly.

Li Hong was very sorry for him, if it wasn't for the loss of a hand, he would be the head of the village now.Originally, Li Hong wanted to promote him to be the captain of the Centurion in Weiweitun, but because Laoguai was illiterate, he could not handle many things in Weiweitun if he was illiterate, so he had to give up, and he is still a soldier to this day.Li Hong felt sorry for him.Now, as long as the veterans in Lulongsai are in good health, they are basically low-level officers above the captain of the centurion.

"How many of our veterans are left?" Li Hong would ask this question every time he saw Laoguai.

"Not many more, there are casualties in these few battles. There are 110 and seven people." Laoguai also noticed that Li Hong cared about the veterans, so he inquired carefully about the veterans' deaths after each battle. When Li Hong asked, he had an answer.

"More than 160 people came out of Lulongsai with me. In less than half a year, dozens of people died in the battle?" Li Hong asked in surprise.

"A lot of people are very long, centurion captains, so..." Laoguai didn't continue.These people are all grassroots officers who rushed to the front line after the battle started, and the chance of death is of course greatly increased.

Li Hong was a little depressed, he and Laoguai walked aside and chatted.

Tian Zhong commanded Abandoned Shen and San Baiming to help the soldiers pack up supplies and prepare to set off immediately.

Zheng Xin came flying.

Laoguai, Li Hong and Zheng Xin were all in Lisong's scout camp last year, and it was Cheng Jie who took them after Lisong was injured and left.In a year or so, after the ravages of war, things have changed.Li Song and Cheng Jie died in the battle one after another, and only a dozen comrades in the scout village survived.Li Hong was the luckiest, he was promoted all the way, and now among the veterans in Lulongsai, he has the highest rank, he is Captain Xing Lifeng.And Zheng Xin, a comrade in the scout team who arrived in Lulongsai a while later than Laoguai, is now a military candidate, and the younger Xiaolan is also a fake military candidate.It would be a lie to say that Laoguai had no idea after seeing all this.Just because he was missing an arm, the promotion had nothing to do with him anymore. He felt very regretful and desolate.

Zheng Xin greeted him affectionately.When he met Laoguai, his former comrades-in-arms sympathized with him.After one battle, too much has changed.Some died, some were promoted, some went home with their bags on their backs, and some became useless with missing arms and legs.Laoguai is unlucky, unfortunately, he is missing an arm, and how to survive in the future has become a darkness; Laoguai is also lucky, fortunately, he met Li Hong, and resolutely put him together with a group of comrades who suffered almost the same experience. Staying with you, you won't be living on the streets begging for a living.So Laoguai is particularly open to it.He always compares himself with his dead comrades-in-arms, and being alive is actually the greatest happiness.As for being an official or not, it doesn't really matter.Just live happily.

Seeing Zheng Xin approaching Li Hong, Laoguai knew that they had something important to discuss, so he left immediately.

Seeing him get on the horse, Li Hong patted his thigh and said, "You seem to be more flexible with your left hand than your right now."

"It's been almost a year, and I'm used to it." The old guai smiled heartily, and rode away.

Li Hong watched him disappear into the distance, heaved a long sigh, turned around and asked Zheng Tao:
"Any news about the Yellow Turban Army?"

"Yes. The scouts reported that Sun Qin had set up a large defensive convoy at Dingxing Ferry with a cart transporting weapons, which was very unfavorable for the cavalry to launch an attack. Now his follow-up convoy is crossing the river. At the same time, he continued Send people to the country of Nai, to the Yellow Turban camp in Zhuocheng, I don't know if it is to call for reinforcements."

"Is there a scout returning from the direction of the country?"

"Yes. The report said that there has been no movement in the country for the time being."

"Any news about Zhuocheng?"

"I haven't received any news from Zhuocheng today. We set off early in the morning and have traveled [-] miles so far. The scouts rushed from Zhuocheng to Fangcheng, and then caught up from Fangcheng. It may not be until the afternoon."

Li Hong walked back and forth a few steps, and then made a gesture to Yan Liang who was standing in the distance.

Yan Liang immediately took out the map from the bag on the horse and ran over.Li Hong sat on the grass and looked at the map for a long time without making a sound.

"Zhang Niujiao and Sun Qin will both consider that we will attack their supply transportation." Zheng Xin said sitting on the side, "so they will not easily give us the opportunity to attack. As long as they have enough people to protect the convoy, they can ensure Food and supplies are safe.”

"Yesterday you told everyone that even if we can't destroy the supplies of the Yellow Turban Army, we still have to delay its arrival in Zhuocheng. But now it seems that this grandson is not easy to deal with. He has probably been sent to the left school and we destroyed him. Therefore, he was very careful and made careful preparations at Dingxing Ferry. Now we rush directly to Dingxing Ferry to beat him, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to take advantage of it.”

Li Hong nodded.

"In order to protect the convoy, Sun Qin's 1 horses are obviously a little weaker. If Zhang Niujiao dispatches troops from the camp to Dingxing Ferry to meet them, it will weaken the attacking force. Now the Yellow Turban Army attacking Zhuocheng is only 11 people , with their strength, it's barely enough. Moreover, it is more than 300 miles from Zhuocheng to Dingxing Ferry, and they may be attacked by us at any time along the way. The danger is too great, and Zhang Niujiao will definitely not take the risk."

"For the time being, there is no Yellow Turban army to support from Fanyang, and the number of Yellow Turban soldiers left in the south of Juma River is very small."

"The only thing that can be used now is the [-] troops left behind in the country. The horns of this army were originally used to protect the safety of the supply transportation route."

Zheng Xin glanced at the map, shook his head and said, "If this troop is transferred, it is equivalent to giving up the Nai country. Doesn't Zhang Niujiao consider that we will take the opportunity to occupy the Nai country?"

"Sun Qin is one of the three young generals in the Yellow Turban Army. He is brave and good at fighting. Doesn't he have the ability to send this batch of supplies to Zhuocheng alone?"

Li Hong shook his head and said with a smile:

"Chu Feiyan, Sun Qin, and Wang Dang, although they are young and good at fighting, but in this situation, who dares to say that I can defeat [-] cavalry?"

Seeing Li Hong's funny words, Zheng Xin and Yan Liang laughed.

"As for the country of Nai, the small town of Danwan, it's no big deal if you give up. If Zhang Niujiao takes down Zhuocheng and drives us all to the east of the Shengshui River, this small town will be his if you don't need to fight it. Besides, I don't care about that small town at all. Not the slightest interest."

"Oh." Zheng Xin was surprised, "Why?"

Li Hong ignored him, raised his head and said to Yan Liang: "Zishan, please help me invite Mrs. Xianyu, Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Yan."

Yan Liang agreed, and flew away with a few attendants.It didn't take long, Xianyu Yin, Yushi, and Yan Wuwei came galloping from three different directions.

Li Hong invited them to sit on the grass, explained his analysis, and concluded:
"I think Zhang Niujiao will definitely give up Nai country and order the 1 troops left behind in Nai country to go down the river to support Sun Qin, so I decided to destroy these [-] troops."

He pointed to the map and said:

"I'm going to intercept the Yellow Turban Army in Nai Kingdom supporting Sun Qin in four directions. Whoever stops the enemy first will immediately notify the other three teams."

"Junyi, you lead Yan Zhaoqu to the hoof slope at the fastest speed. It is [-] miles away from Dingxing Ferry and [-] miles away from Naiguo. From Congyi, you lead Qianqu to Yinting. Fifty miles from Nai country; Wuwei, you lead Zhongqu to Juting, which is [-] miles away from Nai country. If the Yellow Turban Army of Nai country goes down the river to support Sun Qin, these three places must be passed. I will take the rest Sanqu and Black Panther Yicong rushed directly to the vicinity of Nai Country."

"If Congyi and Wuwei's troops stop him, start charging immediately. Because the terrain is not good, you don't want to fight, just charge. Chase all the way to the footpath slope, and then Junyi's infantry will block him. You charge and kill him. They were wiped out completely."

"My task is to wait for the enemy to leave the city, follow and intercept them all the way to ensure that they cannot escape back to the city."

"Understand? I don't understand, let me say it again."

Xian Yuyin, Yushi and Yan Wuwei nodded repeatedly.

"What if they stay in Nai country and don't come out?" Yan Wuwei asked suddenly.

Li Hong lowered his head, pretending to be depressed and said: "We have to find another way."

Zheng Xin suddenly appeared in front of Li Hong with a nervous expression.

"What happened?" Li Hong asked hastily.

(End of this chapter)