Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 511 Hutuo River

How many famous generals does Liu Song have now?

But Liu Yizhen had such high hopes for an ordinary school lieutenant, which made people familiar with Liu Yizhen think highly of Chen Xiangao.

Liu Yizhen's vision was surprisingly accurate.

Let's not talk about Wang Xiu, Wang Zhen'e, Fu Hongzhi, these Liu Yu assigned to Liu Yizhen's team.

Just talking about Wang Maide, Gao Yun, Pei Fangming, Yuan Huzhi, and the famous "Little Five Tigers", which one was not dug by Liu Yizhen himself?

Thinking about the achievements of these people before, everyone has reason to suspect that Chen Xian is actually a hidden talent.

But no matter how talented a person is, let him face Tuoba Tao, who is like a wolf and a tiger... I don't know what to do.

Chen Xian was already fearless, and he made three more requests to Liu Yizhen.

"Don't say three, even three hundred I promise you."

"Not so much."

"First, I request Your Majesty to hand over all the chariots in the general's camp to our department."

"Secondly, I request His Majesty to allocate a sufficient amount of crossbows and arrows."

"Thirdly, I request that Your Majesty allocate a thousand war horses to me."

The first two are easy to handle, only the last point...

A thousand horses is not a small amount, and the horses in Liu Yizhen's army are all the horses of the cavalry of the Habayashi Army, that is, the Xiliang horses. It is still a bit distressing to use a thousand horses to lure the enemy.

But Liu Yizhen didn't hesitate at all: "Take them all!"

Such arrogance made all the ministers in the tent dumbfounded, obviously they did not understand why Liu Yizhen was so rich and powerful.

"Chen Xian, if you want anything else, just ask, I will satisfy you."

Chen Xian shook his head: "This is enough, any more is a waste."

"If there is any other request..."

Chen Xian boldly grabbed a wine glass from a table on the side: "I respect Your Majesty for a glass, and I hope Your Majesty will allow it!"

This request froze the air in the big tent, until it was broken by Liu Yizhen's burst of laughter.

"I saw you right!"

Raising the wine glass in front of him, Liu Yizhen stood up and came to Chen Xian, touched Chen Xian's glass with the wine glass, and then gently put down the glass in his hand.

"I won't drink this wine."

Under Chen Xian's puzzled eyes, Liu Yizhen also took the wine glass from his hand.

"I never drink farewell wine, I want to drink, and I also want to drink celebration wine!"

"I'm afraid..."

"I believe you can live!"

Liu Yizhen's tone was decisive.

"To break the [-] cavalry in the formation, I will personally host a banquet to offer you a cup!"

A few traces of water mist suddenly rose from Chen Xian's eyes, and he immediately fell to the ground on one knee——

"The minister takes orders!"

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To the east of Fanyang County.

A large number of cavalry were lingering here, and Tuoba Tao, the leader, stared at the Song Army camp not far away with a depressed expression.

"Song Jun, from the emperor to the generals, they all belong to the tortoise!"

Just as Liu Yizhen expected.

Tuoba Tao has been wandering wantonly outside the battle formation, trying to create opportunities for combat.

I thought that attacking Tan Daoji would at least allow Liu Yizhen's headquarters to make some moves. Unexpectedly, Liu Yizhen was so cautious. Even if he made some moves, he would direct Wang Zhen'e to attack, and he would sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"If he is willing to guard, let him guard."

"As long as we keep an eye on Hejian Kingdom's food and grass transportation team, Liu Yizhen will come out and fight our army sooner or later!"

Tuoba Tao has been eyeing Liu Song's logistics supplies since he learned that Liu Yizhen's army was coming.

To fight head-on, Tuoba Tao is not a fool, it is impossible for him to get off his horse and fight the Song army.

In the same way, Liu Yizhen would not be so crazy that he would use the body of an infantry soldier to resist the berserk horses on the plain.

As for fighting Liu Yizhen in a war of attrition... Tuoba Tao had really thought about this strategy.

But as Liu Song gradually invested in the sea, which greatly reduced Liu Song's transportation costs, Tuoba Tao didn't think he was the winner in the end.

Only by taking advantage of his own advantages and the flexibility of cavalry to block the connection of Liu Song's army and guard the food and grass in Hejian Kingdom, Liu Yizhen had to fight himself decisively.

After a few days of raiding, Tuoba Tao was not running around in the eyes of everyone.

During this period of time, through high-intensity movement, he roughly figured out several grain transportation routes and time for the Song army.

Now there are two lines at Mingchu, one for every ten days.

There is another route in the dark, this route is extremely hidden, it took Tuoba Tao a long time to find it, and the interval between food deliveries is almost once a month.

These three antennas were all stared at by the soldiers under Tuoba Tao's command, just waiting for Song Jun to show his flaws and give Song Jun a severe blow.

This opportunity is not difficult to wait.

Just after Tuoba Tao's first trial failed, soldiers under Tuoba Tao's command discovered the abnormality of the Song army.

In the dark grain road, thousands of war horses pulled hundreds of tightly packed grain trucks gradually approaching the Song Army camp.

No one knew how this team came close to the Song army's camp under heavy surveillance. At least when the Wei army scouts found them, they were already very close to the boundary of Fanyang County.

Some soldiers of the Wei army speculated that this grain transport team came around the bend from Hanoi, but that didn't matter.

Thousands of horses were used to transport the grain, at least tens of thousands of shi.

These grains are enough to support Tuoba Tao's team to continue to do things behind Liu Song's army.

In other words, it was this batch of grain that was worthy of Tuoba Tao sending out an army to intercept it.

Tuoba Tao immediately divided the team into two, one part was led by Xi Jin and continued to wait for opportunities on the periphery, while he himself led [-] cavalry to attack the grain transport team.

It was found that the location of the food transportation team was in the west of Hejian State and the north of Guangping County, so Tuoba Tao led his soldiers to wait on the north bank of Hutuo River.

The Hutuo River was also known as the Hutuo Pond or Hutuo Pond in ancient times.From its name, it can be seen that this river is not a good master to serve.

The facts are indeed true. The Hutuo River is famous in Hebei for its rich sediment, good flushing, good silting, and good migration. It is the founder of the Hebei Plain. Its banks are extremely flat on both sides, with almost no twists and turns.

The unique environment makes the view here excellent, and Tuoba Tao is not afraid of any ambush, and after arriving, he let the horse go to the surrounding farmland to eat, giving the horse a last wave of energy before the battle.

"Your Majesty! Here we come!"

Tuoba Tao's time estimate was just right, and in less than half a day, the Song Army's grain transport team had arrived at the south bank of the Hutuo River.

The Song army on the south bank obviously also found Tuoba Tao who had been waiting for work on the north bank early, and panicked for a while, and hurriedly urged the team to change direction and retreat towards the rear.

"I still want to escape now, it's too late!"

Having already eaten the prey in his mouth, how could Tuoba Tao let him escape?

With an order, the five thousand cavalrymen of the Northern Wei Dynasty rushed towards the Song Army's food transport team with thunderous momentum.

(End of this chapter)