Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 725 Zhang Fei's Strange Request

"Reporting to the son-in-law, although Zhang Fei said this on purpose, he will definitely kill the prisoners in private. He can't divide the troops because of the prisoners of war, and he can't let the prisoners of war affect mobility." Liang Qian popularized common sense of war for Xia Houmao.

"Since you know the result, why do you still?" Xia Houmao had question marks all over his face.

Liang Qian shook his head speechlessly: "The family members of the officers and soldiers are all in the city. If the humble officials do not meet Zhang Fei's conditions, the relatives of those captives will inevitably mutiny, and the chaotic situation will be caused by that time. The humble officials are worried that they will not be able to control it. leave"

Seeing that Liang Qian answered fluently, Xia Houmao guessed that the other party had prepared his speech in advance in order to avoid responsibility, so that he could not find any loopholes to ask the crime, so he could only nod slightly in agreement.

Liang Qian's expression was calm and calm. Xia Houmao couldn't understand the other party's "satisfaction", so he laughed at himself coldly: "According to General Liang's description, how could such a cunning general be Zhang Fei? It feels as good as Zhang Wenyuan and Zhou Gongjin." Let."

"Eh, it's unbelievable, but Zhang Fei really did it." Liang Qian lowered his head.

"Hmph, for a famous general like Zhang Fei to play gangster's tricks, it's really a bit low-key." Xia Houmao spun around on the spot angrily.

Liang Qian didn't dare to speak, which made the scene awkward. At this time, the guards outside came in to report that Han Shao had returned to Shanggu from Qishan Road, and the soldiers and horses he brought with him seemed to be unharmed.

Xia Houmao said in his heart that if someone delivered food to Zhang Fei, there was no need for him to go over the mountains from Wudu to bring it. Han Shao must have missed out on Qishan Road.

Not long after, Han Shao came to the county government office to return his order.

"My son-in-law, the general has been guarding Qishan Road for several days, but he didn't find a grain truck. The villages within a hundred miles are deserted. Because he was worried about supply difficulties, he didn't dare to go further south." Han Shao clasped his fists and replied. .

"Zhang Fei shouldn't be short of food now. It doesn't make any sense after the Qishan road is broken. It seems useless to Zhang Fei to sit on the sidelines and wait for a rabbit. He must take the initiative to go out." Xia Houmao said in his heart that if he didn't make an attack, how long would he have to eat in Liangzhou? bitter?Finish the game early and go back to Chang'an early to enjoy it is the real thing.

Han Shao's eyes were wide open. The son-in-law originally planned to advance steadily during the march. How could there be such a huge change now?

Upon seeing this, Liang Qian explained: "Zhang Fei has entered Kou Liangzhou several times, and he is already familiar with the terrain in this area. The people near Qishan Road have all run away. Restrain Zhang Fei."

"Oh, when are we going to leave?" Han Shao asked.

"Immediately, immediately, I really want to meet that black servant and ask him where he learned his evil idea from." Xia Houmao felt pain even after waiting for a moment.

Zhang Fei's exchange of captives for food was inspired by Lantiankeng Jiangdong. Sometimes killing the living force is not the best way, and his purpose of coming to Liangzhou is not to slaughter.

Both Cao and Liu are recuperating. According to Lantian's proposal, Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to enter Liangzhou with a small amount of troops. By stirring up the situation in the northwest, the purpose of consuming Cao Wei's supplies was achieved. Jiang Wei cannot be taken back.

A black-faced man who loves to laugh usually has good luck.

The timing of Zhang Fei's entry into Liangzhou was just right. First of all, last year's severe drought in the north resulted in a warm winter. Zhang Fei did not bring heavy winter clothes to keep out the cold;

Secondly, the barbarians in Hexi rebelled almost at the same time, Cao Zhen, the governor of Liangzhou, led a heavy army to put down the rebellion, otherwise Zhang Fei's thousands of people would not be enough;

Finally, there are compressed grains provided by Zhuge Liang and kelp provided by Lantian. These two foods are easy to carry and light in weight, and they are simply artifacts for expeditions.

Among Liu Bei's many generals, Zhang Fei is the only general who regards guerrilla warfare as the core method of tactics research. The more than [-] elite cavalry he brought to Liangzhou have been well-knit.

The defenders in the counties of Tianshui County suffered a great loss in guerrilla warfare. Shangyu, Wangyuan, Xixian, and Jixian were all tricked into sending troops at first, and they were all surrounded by Wudu cavalry.

In Tianshui County's individual combat strength and military tactics, both are at a disadvantage. Being "blackmailed" and "exploited" by Zhang Fei has become the norm. In the past few months, Zhang Fei has become "robbery" and "kidnap and ransom". The 'bandits'.

The redeemed captives were not complete. The captured war horses became spare mounts for the cavalry. The armor and weapons of the prisoners were thrown into the Wei River, and the luggage that could not be taken away was destroyed and burned. He returned to his relatives naked, and those clothes became firewood for Zhang Fei to keep warm.

Through these coquettish operations, Zhang Fei not only supplemented the horses and food, but also seriously weakened the strength of the Tianshui defenders.

The armor, weapons, and winter clothes destroyed by Zhang Fei cannot be replaced in large quantities in a short period of time, that is, these captives who were released back have a high probability of becoming food-eating soldiers with zero combat power.

Zhang Fei became richer and richer as he fought, and the counties in Tianshui became poorer and poorer, and the defenders gradually lost the idea of ​​attacking.

Even if Zhang Fei dismounted dozens of cavalry and cooked seaweed soup in a pot in the open in front of the defenders on the city wall, the other party would not be fooled because of the opportunity, mainly because they were afraid of being tricked in the past few months.

Cao Pi's order to strengthen the wall and clear the country has not yet arrived, but the counties in Tianshui have already begun to do so.

Except for the four counties of Shanggu, Wangyuan, Xixian, and Jixian that were directly "disaster-affected", the rest of the counties such as Longxian, Lueyang, Xianqin, and Xiedao directly "closed their doors and households" to prevent Zhang Feilai like an anti-virus Harassment.

Zhang Fei spends most of his time around Ji County, because Ji County is the seat of Tianshui County, and there are more villages around the county than other counties.

These thousands of cavalry are like grassland tribes. In order to maintain mobility, they didn't carry too many supplies, and they didn't have many tents to shelter them from the wind and rain when they rested at night, so they had to go to the homes of the 'villagers' to borrow.

Many people in the surrounding villages were forced to move into the city by the government for corvee service, leaving empty houses that could not be taken away, and a small number of old and weak people stayed in the villages to die. As a result, Zhang Fei's cavalry was really just borrowing That's all, the common people were left with an incredible impression.

As the chances of fighting became less and less, Zhang Fei calculated the stock of compressed grain and planned to return to Wudu by the end of February at the latest, otherwise he would have to kill horses to satisfy his hunger when he ran out of grain on the return journey.

Zhang Fei sent people to Ji County every day to yell and threaten, demanding that the prefect Ma Zun hand over Jiang Xu, otherwise he would treat Tianshui County as his hometown, and threatened to go back to his hometown every year for a visit.

Jiang Xu and Yang Fu had a big grudge against Ma Chao. Ma Chao beheaded Yang Fu in Hechi.

Ma Zun told the truth about the situation, while Zhang Fei asked Zhonglang Jiang Wei's family to be taken away. The reason was that Jiang Wei's father, Jiang Jiong, was also an accomplice back then, and he had to bring back an enemy for Ma Chao.

The Jiang surname is a common surname in Tianshui. Jiang Yu and Jiang Xu belong to the same family, but they are not related. Jiang Yu was defeated and killed in the suppression of the Qiang Hu rebellion. The orphan Jiang Wei got the official position of Zhonglang because of his father's credit.

Ma Zun explained with great earnestness for a long time, but Zhang Fei outside the city couldn't listen at all, saying that he would not return to Wudu if he could not get his "enemy" Jiang Wei.

In late February, after Zhang Fei went to Ji County for an inspection tour as usual, General Zhang Da sent someone to report: "General, Xia Houmao led [-] troops to Shanggui, and there is not much food left. Don't plan to return?"

"Xiahoumao? Who is it?" Zhang Fei frowned.

"It is said that he is the second son of Xiahou Dun." Zhang Da replied.

Zhang Fei's expression was flat, and he murmured: "It turns out that he is the son of Blind Xiahou. With this yellow-mouthed boy to deliver food and grass, I can hold on for a long time."

(End of this chapter)