I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 17 Rescue Mayi
Because there were still [-] infantry in Gan Xing's Han army, the marching speed was not fast, and the Hu people were galloping on light horses, so He Lian had already received the news before they reached Mayi.

He Lian listened to the report of the scouts with a puzzled expression, and asked some hesitant questions: "Sir, do you think the Han people are just scouting the way as General Qiu Mu expected?"

At this time, Qibili said very calmly: "My lord, the Han army has already taken the bait. I expect they will come to rescue Ma Yi!"

"Why do you know? Please tell me quickly, sir." He Lian asked with a happy face.

Qibilli said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, what is the purpose of the Han army sending a small team? Isn't it just to worry that Mayi will be captured by us? If they really abandoned Mayi, why send a whole team here?" To die?"

"Sir, what you said is right, that's exactly the reason." He Lian also recalled it.

Qi Bili went on to say: "The reinforcement of the Han army is to ensure that Mayi will not be captured by our army in a short time. They are probably fighting a strategy of exhaustion. When our army encounters Mayi, it will be bloody." , so that they can cooperate with the inside and outside of the city and defeat us in one fell swoop."

"The abacus is good, but I'm afraid they will miscalculate this time." Qibili smiled contemptuously.

"Then according to Mr.'s plan, what should our army do?" He Lian asked sincerely.

"My lord, we should..." Qi Bili approached He Lian and said softly.

"Wonderful, just follow Mr.'s words."

In order to be able to catch the big fish, the main force of the Han army, the Hu people decided to keep the bait of Mayi, and even decided to release the support army first.

However, He Lian didn't intend to let Gan Xinghan's team enter the city so easily. When Gan Xinghan's team appeared near Mayi, he sent troops to attack them several times, causing a lot of casualties to this small army.

In the end, when the Hu people deliberately "released water", only more than 1000 people entered Mayi City, more than half of which were lost, and most of them were infantry.

What Gan Xinghan proposed was indeed a conspiracy, and the Hu people would definitely swallow this bitter fruit, but Helian and the others didn't intend to make it easier for the Han army, and severely weakened the strength of the support army.

Firstly, we can't let Mayicheng lose the hope of holding on, and lose the bait for fishing, and secondly, we don't want to give them too many troops so that they have a chance to fight back.

It is also a conspiracy.

Originally, Gan Xinghan thought that he would not be ambushed by Hu people on this trip, but he did not expect that when he was about to enter the city, he was still besieged and suffered a lot of losses.

Fortunately, there were still 1000 people entering the city, and the arrival of Gan Xinghan's reinforcements still brought great hope to Mayi City, and the morale of the army and the people also improved to a certain extent.

After Gan Xinghan and Cao Wenbao entered the city and saw Li Shimin, they knelt down on one knee and said excitedly and ashamedly: "My lord, the last general is incompetent and only brought more than 1000 reinforcements."

But Li Shimin didn't take it seriously, he laughed and said: "The two generals can come, they are better than a hundred thousand soldiers, get up quickly!" Then he pulled the two into the army tent.

After everyone sat down among the guests of honor, Gan Xinghan told Li Shimin the order of the prefect of Huangfu, "Let him stick to Mayi for at least fifteen days. He himself will command the army to go around Loufan Pass from the south, sneak along Guancen Mountain to Mayi, avoid the barbarian ambush and give them a cohesion from the inside out."

At this time, Li Shimin also understood that the Hu people had already seen through their plans, and probably sent a large army to lie in ambush along the way.

However, Li Shimin was still a little worried. He felt that He Lian had an expert around him, and he was afraid that our army's plan might not be implemented so smoothly this time.

However, he is just guessing, and there is no better way now, so he can only take one step at a time...

Li Shimin rearranged the defense of the city, and asked Gan Xinghan and the others to replace the soldiers who had been defending the city for several days, and let them come down to rest.

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In Bingzhou Governor's Mansion, Zhang Yi was also observing carefully on the map. Some time ago, he had received a military report from Gan Xinghan and the others, and obviously he also attached great importance to this barbarian knock.

An army of 2 people has been recruited in advance to go to Yanmen for support.Right now, this is the limit of the troops that can be mobilized, and rebellions occur from time to time in various places in Bingzhou, and enough troops must be left to guard the important cities.

This support army is led by Dugu Yun, a general with five sense organs. According to the speed of the advance, it should be approaching Yanmen Pass.

Inspector Zhang Yi was studying the enemy's situation, when he heard a report from a yamen servant, Ding Sima begged to see him, he hesitated for a while and asked him to be invited to the middle hall.

The two met and exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then went straight to the topic, Ding Yuan said: "Lord Inspector, I just received the urgent military report from Yanmen three days ago, and I am about to present it to you. You have a look."

Seeing a military report, Zhang Yi also became interested and asked, "What about the Yanmen Huangfu Festival? How is the situation now?"

Ding Yuan told Zhang Yi the report of the Huangfu Festival in detail, and at the same time said cautiously: "Lord Inspector, I think that Mayi is besieged. Although the situation is not good, there must be no mistakes at Yanmen Pass. Since The barbarians are fighting for help, why don't we stay put, the most important thing is to defend Yanmen Pass, the barbarians will definitely retreat when they see that there is no chance, and we really shouldn't go to rescue Mayi anymore."

Zhang Yi sneered inwardly when he heard this, "Ding Jianyang really has evil intentions, and his intentions are to be punished. If it is true what Ding Yuan said, he would sit back and watch Mayi fall, no matter what the reason is, then Huangfu Festival will definitely be impeached by the court and dismissed from office and go home. As the governor of Bingzhou, I will definitely be implicated, and I can kill two birds with one stone. I heard that this person has become a big man in the dynasty, and it seems that he has a lot of ambitions, huh..."

Because of this, Ding Yuan was not allowed to lead the army to support Ma Yi this time. Zhang Yi had already noticed that this man had ulterior motives and had to guard against it.

But his face was still very kind, and he patiently explained: "Jianyang doesn't know something, Huangfu Jie has always been a staunch and loyal man, besides, he is a general guarding the pass. on the way."

As the chief general of Yanmenguan, he has always been Zhang Yi's confidant general, and he has deep trust in him. In addition, he also secretly sent a letter to Huangfu Festival, so that he can play by ear, and told him that he will call in the army for support at critical moments. But we must ensure that Yanmen is not lost.

Zhang Yi thought to himself, my big man Tianwei is a barbarian who dares to commit crimes.In today's terms, he is a pure "nationalist".

Seeing that Zhang Yi wasn't fooled, Ding Yuan didn't think it was strange, but secretly swore, "One day, this Bingzhou will be my world after all."

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After three days of onslaught, the Hu people seemed to have changed their strategy. The army surrounded Mayi tightly, and did not let anyone go. They only shouted and cursed at the city every day, but they stopped attacking the city on a large scale.

Surrounding the city without attacking now not only cuts off the news from inside the city, but also cuts off the connection between the inside and outside of the city, making it impossible to act in a unified manner, and also avoids the loss of soldiers and generals in the siege, damage to morale, and let the Han army's plan of exhausting the army be dead. .

"My lord, it seems that the barbarians have already guessed our army's plan. The general is worried that the barbarians are very likely to pay attention to the route of Loufan Pass. If the barbarians find out about General Huangfu's whereabouts, they will send another A large army is waiting for work at leisure on the way, and General Huangfu is in danger." Gan Xinghan said anxiously.

Li Shimin said with some emotion, "The current situation is complicated. There are experts in the Hu army to give advice, and we are trapped in Mayi City, with no news and no way to get in touch with the outside of the city. Let me think about it..."

Li Shimin thought to himself, "Right now, I'm afraid I can only ask him to take action to restrain the attention of the barbarians, so that they don't dare to be distracted, and buy time for the army of Huangfu Festival. With that man's force, the barbarians will definitely be frightened by the news. , will definitely strengthen the siege of Mayi, and dare not divide the troops."

"In addition, we must continue to cause trouble for the Hu people and attract the attention of the Hu people. We must try to inform Zhang Liao to let him secretly investigate the location of the Hu people's food and grass. At this stage, the enemy and our armies are at a stalemate, and the Hu people surrounded Mayi again. It is absolutely unexpected that we still have a surprise soldier lying in ambush, it is a heaven-sent opportunity for a sneak attack, if we can attack and burn the enemy's food and grass, the barbarians will be defeated."

Thinking of this, Li Shimin ordered: "Come here, go and get my flying pigeon." At the same time, he took a pen to write the order.

"Let Zhang Liao secretly inquire about where the Hu people store grain and grass, and when they find out, stand still and wait for your order."

This flying pigeon was specially trained to deliver letters. In order to avoid being caught by the eagles raised by the barbarians, a special potion was specially applied to the feathers of the flying pigeon. It was the potion provided by Dr. Li in the city. It is said that it was passed down from his family. recipe.

But right now, this flying pigeon only knows the way to and from Zhang Liao's troops, otherwise it would be so convenient to pass the letter to General Huangfu directly.

(End of this chapter)