Han Xiang

Chapter 332 Xiahou Dun: Am I inferior to Zhang Liao?
Qin Yi lowered his head and muttered, "There seem to be more than ten thousand people."

"More than [-] people are scared like this, and Shouchun still has [-] defenders. How can you be afraid of these mobs? Why is Li Dian so timid?" Xiahou Dun stomped his feet in anger, splashing muddy water all over his lower body, and immediately left two hundred soldiers behind. Surveillance, led the army to march towards Tuntian District.

During the march, Xiahou Dun sent scouts into the city to deliver a message, ordering Li Dian to lead his troops out of the east gate to attack, and let the governor Liu Fu stay in Shouchun.

Worried about the damage to the rice fields, Xiahoudun ordered his soldiers to advance at full speed, but when they reached the Tuntian area, it was already in a mess. The lush seedlings had been trampled to death, but Chen Lan's trilogy was nowhere to be seen.

Li Dian and Xiahou Dun rushed to the scene. Tens of thousands of Li family members and their family members took refuge in Cao Cao, so he knew everything about farming and farming. He had foreseen the scene on the road and was ready to be reprimanded by Xiahou Dun.

Xiahou Dun stared at Li Dian, who was bowing his head. He clenched his fists tightly and asked coldly, "Give me a reason, why didn't you send troops to stop it? Why do you want to watch the rice fields being destroyed? Knowing that the frontline receives one shi of grain, how much can Xun Lingjun save?"

Li Dian abided by Cao Cao's entrustment, as long as he kept Shouchun well, he would be credited, so he had confidence in his heart at this time, slowly raised his head and cupped his fists and said: "Reporting to the general, it was raining and foggy just now, and the number of rebels outnumbered the defenders. I will be worried that the opponent will make plans to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so I dare not send troops out of the city."

Seeing Li Dian's 'sophistry', Xia Houdun teased: "What's the use of having more soldiers? Sun Quan's soldiers and horses are all mobs, so what's the point of having more than ten thousand bandit troops? Now my rice fields are destroyed, so what can I do? Continue to plant your songs. Is it?"

"The farming season has passed, and replanting may not guarantee a good harvest." Li Dian shook his head and said, "Besides, the rebel army has not retreated, so we'd better focus on defending the city."

"Hmph." Xiahou Dun snorted coldly, and said, "If General Li had sent troops just now to contain them, and I would lead the army to encircle them, the tens of thousands of Jiangdong rats should have been killed long ago. How could they be so passive now?"

Seeing that Li Dian remained silent, Xiahou Dun stroked his beard and looked to the southeast, and then told Qin Yi: "We came from the southeast just now, and the Huai River blocked the way to the north. These rats must have fled to the east. You release all the scouts." Going out, we must find out the whereabouts as soon as possible, if we don't destroy this group of rats, how can we safely protect Shouchun? Maybe Sun Quan's main force will follow closely, and the detailed military situation must be grasped as soon as possible, otherwise we will be passive again in the future."

"only."

Qin Yi clasped his fists and was about to turn around when Li Dian suddenly reached out to grab him.

"Captain Qin, wait a minute?"

"Mancheng has any advice?"

Xiahou Dun looked at Li Dian with blank eyes, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Li Dian clasped his fists and replied: "Recently there has been a lot of rain in the Jianghuai area. Rainy days are extremely unfavorable for attacking the city. The general will think that this is a lone army, otherwise he will not use fishing boats to attract attention. If Sun Quan leads the main force to come, he can do it." After besieging the city last year, use the rice fields to lure the generals to attack."

"Why didn't you say it before the war?" Xiahou Dun sneered: "Now that the rice fields have been destroyed, what's the use of analyzing so much? I hate wasting food the most."

Li Dian was neither humble nor overbearing, and continued: "The general thought that there was no need for scouts to inquire. These ten thousand bandits came to destroy the rice fields. Now that the matter is done, they will take the initiative to retreat."

"Retire voluntarily? When did we become soft bones? Let the rats shit on their heads?" After teasing, Xia Houdun waved at Qin Yi lightly: "Don't hurry up and send orders? Since we are a lone army, I can let them escape ?”

"only."

"Wait a moment."

Qin Yi was about to leave in response, but was interrupted by Li Dian again. Xia Houdun next to him got angry, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Li Mancheng, you are so brave, you have repeatedly blocked my general order, pretending that I can't kill you?"

Li Dian clasped his fists in pleading guilty and said: "General, please calm down. The last general didn't mean to contradict him. He just called Captain Qin to remind the bandits that they may not be in the east."

"Not to the east? Where is that?"

Xiahou Dun didn't go straight to the city, and at this moment he only cared about the whereabouts of the rice thieves, and he was not unforgivable for Li Dian's two collisions just now.

Li Dian analyzed: "If this army really came from Jiangdong, they will definitely go south along the Fei River, and there may be ships on the waterway to meet them."

"Wonderful, why didn't I think of that?" Xiahou Dun was delighted to hear this, and couldn't help but pat Li Dian on the shoulder to encourage him: "You really have something, these rats must be Sun Quan's soldiers, and their sneaky style is exactly the same."

"Then then..." Qin Yi hesitated to speak.

Xiahou Dun said seriously: "According to General Li's inference just now, send more scouts to Feishui to investigate, and send fewer sentries to the east to investigate. Once you find the main force of the bandit army, report it immediately."

"Wei." Qin Yi cupped his fists and left.

This time Li Dian didn't interrupt, but Xiahou Dun asked after seeing that he was hesitant to speak, "Mancheng has anything else to say?"

Li Dian said worriedly: "There is a saying that the poor should not chase after us. It is true that our rice fields have been destroyed, but today the army has been walking in the rain for several hours. If we continue to pursue them, it may cause diseases and affect our combat effectiveness."

"Haha." Xiahou Dun shook his head and laughed loudly: "Man Cheng is really a cautious general. Although our army was rained today, why didn't he run around in the rain? According to your inference just now, the main force of the bandit army will take a long way to Feishui , who do you think is more affected?"

"Ah, here." Li Dian was at a loss for words for a moment.

Xiahou Dun patted Li Dian on the back, pretending to be preaching to the younger generation, "Let's go back to the city to rest for two hours, and when the scouts find out the exact news, I will choose soldiers and horses to pursue, and I will surely defeat this army." Lone army."

"This..." Li Dian hesitated for a while, and then reminded Xiahou Dun: "My lord, let us stick to it."

"What a chance to wipe out the enemy. Could it be that Mancheng thinks I'm not as good as Zhang Wenyuan?" Xia Houdun half-closed his right eye and looked straight at Li Dian.

Li Dian waved his hands and explained hesitantly: "No, no."

"Okay, Mancheng is still sitting in Shouchun, I will personally lead the troops to pursue it, and the rain today will definitely have an impact, pick out two thousand weak people to defend the city with you." Xiahou Dun said in his heart that he knew you didn't like fighting, even if he watched In Li Gan's face, he will not force it.

Li Dian exclaimed: "The general wants to take away eight thousand?"

Xiahou Dun was startled: "Can't you?"

"no no."

Seeing that Xiahou Dun's tone rose sharply, Li Dian did not dare to recklessly persuade him.

After returning to the city to rest for about two hours, the scouts sent by Qin Yi heard back, saying that hundreds of fishing boats in Feishui sailed into Shaopi, and did not follow the upstream diversion of Feishui to apply water, while the main force of the bandit army that damaged the rice fields went to Shouchun fled southeast.

Looking at the map, Xiahou Dun murmured to himself: "Turn to Shaopi and split up the troops. These rats won't go back to Jiangdong? It doesn't make sense."

Li Dian suddenly said something wonderful: "Perhaps they are not Jiangdong soldiers."

Xiahou Dun was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

Li Dian pointed at the map: "General, take a look at the river connecting Shaopi."

(End of this chapter)