Chapter 89 Grain and grass

A few days later, Xue Bing sent someone to escort Guo Huai to Baocheng, and also attached a letter. The letter was a pen asked by Zhao Yun. His handwriting was really embarrassed to take it to Liu Bei and look at it.

At this time, Xue Bing stood on a mountain, putting a tent on his hand, and looking at Zhanghe Dazhai in the distance.

Ma Chao stood aside and said, "Now Zhang Hexin was defeated, retreat here to establish a village. I want to lead troops to attack him. Why did Zihan stop him?" Xue Bing did not turn his head, but continued to look at Zhang He's village and smiled at Ma Chao, "Zhang He's village is standing between two small hills, slightly protruding, just guarding the mountain road. However, although the village is big, there is no voice inside. In addition, the smoke from the cooking stove cannot rise, I am afraid that he will set up a fake village to lure our army into the depths.

"Then he pointed to the two mountains beside the village and said, "The hillsides of these two small hills are very gentle, but the sides of the outside are steep like walls, which just happens to be a natural barrier for Zhanghe. If the general and horse ambush behind the two mountains, our army will not be able to look at it here and rashly lead the army to chase after it, and he will be asked to defeat it with an ambush."

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When Ma Chao heard this, he also looked at the terrain on the opposite side carefully. As Xue Bing said, he looked at the situation behind the mountain, so he said, "What method should be used to deal with Zhang He?"

Xue Bing said: "As far as the military advisor is concerned! Drag!"

Ma Chao was stunned and asked, "Drag?"

Xue Bing said: "Now Zhang He's retreat is blocked and he is trapped here. If we attack forcefully and make him fight to the death, even if we win, we will win miserably. Cao Cao has many soldiers and generals, and he doesn't care about these tens of thousands of soldiers, but the lord cannot do it.

The lord brought all his troops to Hanzhong. If the losses are heavy and he cannot recover in a short period of time, how can he plan to Guanzhong in the future? Therefore, we should use the trick of dragging Zhang He to a state where the soldiers are exhausted and the food is exhausted. At that time, we must fight and kill, all of us will make decisions.

Speaking of this, he looked up at the sky again. He looked at the withered branches on both sides and said, "And Zhang and He came to attack in summer, and there were not many clothes in the army.

It is late autumn, and after a while, it will freeze. The weather is even colder at that time. Cao's army has no thick clothes to keep the cold, and there is no enough food and grass to eat, so the morale of the army will disperse.

After saying that, he added: "I asked Boqi to get more thick clothes last time. I don't know when I will arrive?" Ma Chao was stunned when he heard this and said to himself: "The army has already prepared a lot of thick clothes, why does Zihan still need more luck to people?

"Watching this, he also said that Xue Bing was afraid of the cold, so he acted like this. He said intimately, "These southerners can't stand the cold!" Ma Chao was from Xiliang, but that winter was also very cold, because Ma Chao himself had strong cold resistance.

At this time, many soldiers added one more piece to their clothes, but Ma Chao still had the same set of equipment and had never worn one more piece. However, he did not notice that Xue Bing was also in that outfit and had never worn one more piece of clothing.

The second general looked at it for a while. Seeing the smoke rising from Zhang He Village, he smiled and said, "That Zhang He is indeed the soldiers and horses behind the mountain. The village in front of the mountain is just bait."

Ma Chao smiled and said, "Why would you take this village? Isn't it better to trap it in the mountains?"

Xue Bing said: "Since Zhang He is cooking in the back of the mountain, he must know that we have never fallen into the trap.

I guess his army would go back to the village to camp after they had finished their meals!" But there was still something in his mind, because he couldn't figure out whether Zhang He had led his troops into the village and deliberately made meals behind the mountain.

Since he had hit a trap, he had been thinking about this situation for a long time, and he had to think that he could not find any flaws. He would not assert easily. However, since he was determined not to attack, there was no need to spend his energy on his mind.

A few days later, Zhang Yi transported the food and supplies again. At this time, Zhang Yi looked puzzled. When he saw Xue Bing, he asked: "Why did the general ask the last general to take so many food and supplies? I'm afraid that these food and supplies will be enough to eat until next spring!"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "This is not the food of my army!"

Zhang Yi was puzzled when he heard this. He said intimately: "Can General Xue see that Zhang He is pitiful? Can you still send some food?" He couldn't figure it out, so he said: "The clothes the general wants have been prepared long ago.

Zhuge Military Advisor once said that if the general's plan is complete, the extra soldiers can be handed over to the last general to arrange it." After saying that, he asked again: "What does the military advisor mean?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Bing said intimately, "This Zhuge Liang is really amazing. I just asked for some food and clothing, and immediately guessed what I was going to do! Zhou of Thoughts is the best person in the world!" Then he said to Zhang Yi: "Don't be anxious, you will know when it's winter! By the way, has the inferior food I asked you to prepare before you prepare?"

Zhang Yi was puzzled when he heard this, but Xue Bing didn't say it, so he stopped asking. When he heard Xue Bing ask him, he hurriedly pointed to the many grains beside him and said, "These are all inferior grains ordered by the general to prepare, with a lot of sand and stones in it, but he didn't know what the general wanted?"

Xue Bing looked at it, smiled and replied, "Give a gift!"

When Zhang Yi heard this, he was even more puzzled. He said intimately: "Give gifts? Who will give them? Give these grains with sand and stones? Who wants them?"

However, Xue Bing and Zhao Yun had already discussed that if they confronted Zhang He like this, they would break through the siege even if Zhang He had no food. At that time, a fierce battle would still be inevitable. Cao's soldiers, who had no way out, would definitely burst out with terrifying combat power. In order to avoid this situation, Xue Bing proposed this gift-giving plan.

"Give a gift?" When Zhao Yunchu heard this, he looked at Xue Bing with a question expression and looked straight at him, waiting for his explanation.

When Xue Bing saw it, she smiled and said, "That's right, it's a gift! I asked Boqi to go back and prepare a batch of food and grass. These food and grass are all inferior food, and there are countless sand and stones inside.

When Boqi returns, I will dress up as the person who transports food and grass, and ask Zhang He to know and ask him to come and rob!"

After hearing this, Zhao Yun asked, "How come Zhang He saw that this army was not prepared strictly, and he guessed that it was our army's plan to lure the enemy. How could he lead the troops to rob the grain?"

Xue Bing smiled and said, "Zilong Dao, how much surplus grain is there in Zhanghe Village?"

Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "There should be not much left."

Xue Bing smiled and said, "Isn't it just too much? I'm expecting that the food will be gone!"

Zhao Yun said: "How can Zihan know that?"

Xue Bing said: "Firstly, Xiahou Yuan led 30,000 troops to camp in Dingjun Mountain. At this time, the food and grass were transported from Yangping Pass to the mountain. Later, Zhang He led his army to attack Baocheng and lost some of the food and grass.

Then our army confronted Dingjun Mountain for a long time, and Yangping Pass did not transport food, grass and supplies. Therefore, the grain stored were all on the mountain. The Dazhai on the mountain entered the hands of our army. Zhang He's troops retreated here in a hurry.

How can I bring too much food and grass? After persisting for a long time, I have told you all!"

Zhao Yun said: "Zihan said so much!"

Xue Bing continued: "Zhang He had finished all the food and grass, and he had to fight to the death with our army. However, if our army asked him to visit the road to transport food at this time and had no protection, he would lead his army to rob him. After all, if he could rob the food and grass, no matter how breaking through.

If you still defend the battle, you will have more room for maneuver. Zhang He has experienced the battle formation for a long time and would not have thought of this."

Zhao Yun said: "But if he had food and grass, wouldn't it be even harder to deal with?"

Xue Bing said: "I have specifically instructed Zhang Yi to prepare the poor food that can be eaten for three months with 3,000 people, mixed with sand and stones to disguise it as the portion that can be eaten for three months with 8,000 people.

Zhang He couldn't see the inside, so how could he tell it? When he stole the food and grass, at most it would prevent his soldiers from starving to death, but it would be impossible to eat enough."

Zhao Yun thought about it carefully and said, "Just do what Zihan said."

In this way, the two men made a plan to confront Zhang Hejun within the tent. Until this day, Zhang Yi led his troops to deliver food, grass and supplies to Xue Bing and reported to him.

Then Xue Bing talked with Zhang Yi for a while, and then gave a few instructions in his ears. Zhang Yi kept nodding after hearing this, and then said goodbye to Xue Bing, leading several trucks of inferior food to go.

Speaking of which, Zhang He, after a great defeat at the Dingjun Mountain, was led by Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, and then ran here to stabilize his position.

The soldiers under his command were counted. There were only more than 7,000 people left, and there was almost no food, grass and supplies, but each of them had some food.

Zhang He hurriedly ordered the food and grass to be concentrated. He asked people to settle it and found that each person would send some food every day, which could barely last for the first half of the month. However, such soldiers were unable to fight at all. He was afraid that the enemy would come.

He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Originally, Zhang He wanted to set up a fake camp and lure the enemy into attack. But he didn't expect that the enemy seemed to have seen through his plan. He actually set up a large camp not far away from the opposite side, facing Jizhai, but he just didn't come to attack.

After some preparation, he did useless work, but he lost some food and grass because of the preparations for the war. In order to give the soldiers the strength to fight, Zhang Hejie made more food, and at least let the soldiers eat half full. However, after some preparation, he did useless work.

Zhang He could only say nothing in the big tent.

The soldiers sent to Yangping Pass for help fled back with a panic look on their faces, bringing very bad news. Liu Bei sent Wei Yan to attack Yangping Pass. Now that Yangping Pass has been under Liu Bei's hands, Cao Hong has long been beaten back to Guanzhong.

There was no way out, no food and grass, and the weather was getting colder and colder, and the soldiers under his command gradually could not stand the cold, and some even had frostbite.

At this moment, a spy suddenly ran back, claiming that there was an emergency military situation. After hearing this, Zhang He hurriedly called him in and asked, "What emergency military situation is there?"

The spy said, "I went out to visit the enemy's camp today, and accidentally discovered the enemy's grain transport troops!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang He suddenly stood up, widened his eyes, and asked anxiously: "Do you see clearly? Are you transporting food and grass?"

The spy hurriedly said, "I am afraid that the land will be bad, so I came closer to investigate again! It must be food and grass!"

Zhang He listened to it but was not as excited as before, but walked around in the big tent, as if he was hesitant.

At this time, the spy seemed to have been plucking up the courage and said in a low voice: "General, when his subordinates saw that the enemy was not on guard, there were not many troops guarding him when transporting food and grass! Why wouldn't they take the opportunity to seize the other party's food and grass..." He was just talking, and suddenly saw Zhang Heyi staring at him with an angry face and shouted: "What do you know? If this is Xue Bing's plan to lure the enemy, wouldn't our army fall into the trap?" The spy was angrily shouted, and Nuonuo didn't dare to say anything anymore, but just lie on the ground and said sadly: "However, brothers don't have the food to cover themselves, even if they have the will to kill the enemy, they will not have the power to resist the enemy!" After saying that, he bowed to the ground and never dared to move again.
Chapter completed!