I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 19 Waiting for the Opportunity

When the defense of Mayi was in full swing, Zhang Yi, governor of Bingzhou, sent reinforcements, led by Dugu Yun, to Yanmen Pass soon.

In this way, Huangfu Jie's available troops could barely gather [-] troops, including [-] cavalry.Going to the rescue of Mayi has increased the odds of winning.

Dugu Yun has always been regarded as Zhang Yi's direct descendant, but what Zhang Yi didn't know was his other identity, which he kept very secret. This also laid the groundwork for Zhang Yi's later ending. This is a later story up.

During this march, Inspector Zhang Yi specifically told Dugu Yun to avoid the official roads and march in secret, to avoid being discovered by the Hu people's spy. Therefore, this large army also slept on the road, avoiding various towns, and marched on sparsely populated roads. .

Therefore, little is known about this army.

After Duguyun arrived at Yanmen Pass, he also handed Zhang Yi's secret letter to Huangfujie.After opening the letter, it said that Huangfu Jie should guard Yanmen Pass as the top priority, and at the same time, he was allowed to play by ear and fight back against the barbarians in principle, and said to let Dugu Yun obey his transfer.

Because when Dugu Yun set off, Zhang Yi didn't know the Hu people's plan to besiege Mayi and then plot Yanmen Pass, but based on the information he got from Zhang Liao and the others before, he estimated that the Hu people must be aggressive this time, so he planned ahead and dispatched Come to the army to fight against the barbarians.

Huangfu Jie told Dugu Yun the recent abnormal situation of the Hu people and his plan to rescue Mayi. He also wanted to hear his opinion as a bystander, and on the other hand, he also asked him.

Dugu Yun thought for a moment and said: "Lord Prefect, I think this strategy is feasible, and now we have an additional 2 troops, which increases our chances of winning. But I have a doubt, if the Hu people are on the road to the south There are also scouts patrolling around, it is very difficult for us not to be discovered, will we be ambushed by another army of Hu people?"

Zhang Yi also agreed: "Yes, this is indeed what I am worried about. When the Hu people don't find my army, they will definitely pay attention to all possible routes to send troops, but the Hu people's strength is also limited. I don't think they will be in two places. Setting up an ambush will only concentrate our troops on one side, and the other way is to investigate, if we can detect where the barbarian ambush is located, this problem can be easily solved."

While the two were discussing military affairs, a scout came to report. A well-proportioned and very clever soldier knelt down on the ground and said excitedly: "Report... Lord Prefect, I have... found out the location of the barbarian ambush."

"Quickly tell me, where are they hiding and how did they find out?" Huangfu Jie also asked very excitedly.

"Reporting to the prefect, the place where the Hu people are hiding is about... ten miles east of the Sang River Valley... in a mountain depression, here... this place is very... hidden, hard to find." Then he said angrily.

Huangfu Jie asked suspiciously: "Since it's so hidden, how did you find out?"

Hearing Huangfu prefect's question, the scout took a few breaths and then said: "The hunters in the nearby mountains discovered it by accident. It is said that when they were trapping wild deer, they saw the wild deer turning into the mountain. They chased He climbed up, and was about to go down to chase, when he suddenly found many Hu soldiers hidden in the mountain depression, so he quickly hid, without disturbing the Hu soldiers."

"This old Orion turned out to be a retired soldier from Yanmen County. He knew that this matter was of great importance, so he was going to the Yin Pavilion to report to the officials. He met our scout army on the way and told us."

When Dugu Yun heard this, he also asked: "Then did you check it out yourself?"

Seeing that his eunuch did not intend to stop him, the soldier continued: "If you go back to the general, the little one and the Orion sneaked into the col at night. We sneaked in from behind Hongtao Mountain. We didn't dare to get too close. We sneaked in from a high place. Looking down, there are fires burning everywhere in the depression, and the number of people is unknown, but it looks like there are at least 4 to [-] people."

Huangfujie and Duguyun walked quickly to the map and found the location that the scouts said. The original map only had Hongtao Mountain, and there was no mountain depression.I thought to myself that I have been in Yanmenguan for so many years, but I didn't know there was such a place.

Huangfu Jie was very confused at this time, wondering in his heart, "Since I don't know, how did the Hu people know?"

No wonder the scouts searched for so long, but they didn't find out that the direction of this col facing the Sang River Valley is the remnant of Hongtao Mountain. Going around, it only takes less than a quarter of an hour for the army to appear at the mouth of the San River Valley.

Huangfu Jie pondered for a while in front of the map, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, his frowns disappeared, and he made up his mind, so he whispered to Dugu Yun and asked him to act according to his plan.

At the same time, immediately on Huangfu Festival, the messengers will beat the drums and gather the generals, ready to send troops!
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In Guan Censhan Li Shimin's barracks, Zhang Liao also received Li Shimin's letter from Feige, and received the task of investigating where the barbarians were storing grain.Before that, Zhang Liao had applied to Li Shimin many times to join the battle, thinking that he would be caught off guard by the Hu people's unsteady foothold and attack the camp at night.

But Li Shimin refused, and just asked him to train well and wait for his order, and told him that there would definitely be a big battle to fight, so don't worry.

Zhang Liao had paid close attention to the movements of the Hu people before. The so-called knowing oneself and knowing the enemy is invincible, but the Hu people are cunning. In addition, he does not have many troops, so he dare not be too blatant. He can only investigate and collect some information secretly. The place is unknown for the time being.

He knew that Li Shimin was under great pressure, and at the same time felt the importance of his task.If he can burn the food and grass of the barbarians, he will win this battle. On the contrary, if he fails to complete this task, the result will be hard to say.

At this moment, Zhang Liao fell into deep thought, "Where would the barbarians hide their food? They have an army of [-], with so many horses, their food consumption is huge every day. Even if they can slaughter cattle and sheep for military rations, what about the soldiers and horses?" Forage will definitely not be carried so much with the army."

Grain, grass, cattle and sheep must be mobilized from the depths of the grassland. In order to facilitate unified management and deployment, they should be stored in a secret place and then sent to the Mayi barracks.So it seems that this place where food and grass are stored should not be too far from the barracks of the barbarians.

Zhang Liao recalled the terrain around Mayi in his mind, because he grew up on this land since he was a child, so he was very familiar with this place. Since this place must be close to Mayi and easy to defend, and It is very likely that a large number of cattle and sheep will be kept in captivity. If you choose this way, this place should not be difficult to find.

After thinking for a while, a flash of inspiration suddenly came to my mind. I remembered the experience of going to the grassland a few years ago. At that time, I took a small road in order to hurry and lost my way in an unnamed valley. It took a lot of effort to run out.

That place is very inconspicuous, and it is not easy to be found.In addition, the most important thing is that he is on the only way from the grassland to Mayi, the location is very convenient, and it is also conducive to raising cattle and sheep.

In order to confirm whether it was as he had guessed, Zhang Liao took two capable captains and rode towards the place in his memory under the cover of dusk.In order not to disturb the barbarians, the three of them hid their horses and walked on foot when they were approaching.

At this time the night was already very dark, and Zhang Liao also relied on this memory to grope forward.Because it is night now, although the moon is high and there is some moonlight, it is still difficult to discern the direction.

The three of them searched in this area for a while, but they found nothing. Just when they were about to give up and prepare to go back home, they suddenly heard the neighing of war horses. The three of them looked at each other to confirm that they hadn't heard it wrong.So Zhang Liao rushed towards the direction of the sound with the two of them.

The three of them followed the sound very carefully, paying attention to the observer's surroundings and making sure not to be spotted by the Hu people's secret whistle.

After climbing over a low mountain peak, the three of them saw a lot of fodder densely piled up in the valley, and tens of thousands of sheep were also raised in captivity. It seemed that this was the place where the Hu people stored grain.

The three of them were extremely excited, and retreated along the original road, keeping the surrounding routes in mind by the way.

"This time I want to let the barbarians know that I am not easy to bully!" Zhang Liao said viciously.

Just when Li Shimin was worrying about how to defend Mayi and how to get in touch with Huangfu's army, Mrs. Zhang brought a piece of good news, which made Li Shimin very excited. It seems that there is hope for internal and external cooperation to defeat the enemy...

(End of this chapter)