Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 833 Arrangements

  The Jie people are brave and ferocious. They are better at farming than the Huns, better at riding and shooting than the Central Plains people, but more ferocious than the two tribes.

   Knowing that the county seat of Mengxian County was under attack, Taobao, who was guarding the border line, went crazy and led the army to attack desperately. It was very likely that he would take advantage of the situation to attack Sui County and take down the Zhao family in one fell swoop.

   Their reckless fighting style made Xun's army fearful, and Jiehu was already brave, so Xun Xiu's second attack still failed to reap benefits. Not only did they not gain an inch of land, but they also lost more than 800 people.

   There were more than 2,000 injured.

  Xun Xiu's face was very ugly, so he had to withdraw his troops and take refuge temporarily.

   As soon as he retreated, Jie Hu took advantage of the victory to pursue and almost broke into their camp in Sui County. At that moment, when Zhao Ming was closest to Jie Hu's rebellious soldiers, the **** smell coming from the shop made his face calm and furious.

  He didn't expect Xun Xiu to be so useless, and Jie Hu to be so brave.

  Seeing this, Qiuwu couldn't help but said: "Governor, use gunpowder, otherwise let alone cooperate with the governor, I'm afraid we won't even be able to defend Sui County."

  Zhao Ming pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Tomorrow, order Xun Xiu to attack again, if it doesn't work, then use it again."

  He said: "There is not much gunpowder, we need to save some, and expect it to break through the south gate of Meng County."

   Qiuwu should go down.

   Xun Xiu retreated back, Zhao Ming's face softened, and he tried his best to treat him gently, "Peach Leopard is so fierce, does General Xun have a good plan?"

   Xun Xiudao: "Meng County is too wide to set up an ambush, so we can only confront them head-on, and it will be really difficult to find a better strategy in the end."

  Zhao Ming frowned, "Today's defeat in the battlefield, although Jiehu has temporarily retreated, will there be a night attack later?"

  Xun Xiu thought for a while and said: "Probably not. Although the last general led the army back, they are not having a good time. Tonight they will have no energy left to attack at night."

   Zhao Ming said: "You should still be careful. That Shi Le is a lunatic. Taobao followed him to become a bandit. He killed people like hemp. He has done all kinds of evil things. He is also a lunatic. It should not be judged by common sense."

  Xun Xiu pursed his lips, feeling that Zhao Ming clearly didn't understand military affairs, but he still intervened. He was the main commander of the East Road counterattack.

  However, Zhao Ming is the county guard, and this time he is like a supervising army. Even though Xun Xiu was not happy, he still said: "The general will send more people to patrol, and if there are enemy troops approaching, he will immediately warn."

  Zhao Ming stared at his face, nodded slightly, and said with a smile, "Okay, General Xun, go down and rest."

   Xun Xiu retreated, and Zhao Ming put away the faint smile on his face, his eyes were heavy and he didn't speak.

  Looking at him left and right, they all lowered their heads, all terrified.

   Xun Xiu is really bold, dare to show dissatisfaction with Zhao Ming, you know, even the governor is very obedient in front of him.

  Zhao Ming lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then beckoned to his confidants and said, "Go and call Chen Siniang and Qiuwu."

  Compared to Xun Xiu, Chen Siniang and Qiuwu were much more obedient, and they came over soon.

   Zhao Ming said to Chen Siniang: "Separate your people from the army and hand them over to Qiuwu."

   Chen Siniang should go down.

   Zhao Ming said: "Including Chen Siniang's people, our Zhao family army can have 20,000 people here, and all 20,000 people will be handed over to you. From now on, you will only obey me."

  Akitake agreed without even thinking about it.

Zhao Ming said: "You send a team of scouts out to investigate, beware of the peach leopard's night attack tonight; leave 2,000 people for me, and take the remaining 8,000 with you. Now bury the pot, make food and sleep. As long as there is an enemy attack, you will immediately take them with you." Two thousand riders are going to the enemy camp, and I must disperse the enemy camp, and the remaining six thousand people lie in ambush on the road, just waiting for them to retreat."

  Qiuwu asked: "If the enemy attacks, then we will camp."

   "You don't have to worry about it, whether the big camp wins or loses, you don't care, just act according to this plan."

  Qiuwu hesitated, "Junshou, although siege is important, your safety is even more important."

   "This is what your governor means."

   Qiuwu looked in disbelief.

   Zhao Ming glanced at him indifferently, turned around to fetch a letter, and took out one of the papers to show him.

  Qiu Wu bowed his head, his eyes widened slightly, this was really Zhao Hanzhang's arrangement.

   This is the last letter Zhao Hanzhang wrote to Zhao Ming, in which the time for the general counterattack was agreed. At the end of the letter, Zhao Hanzhang still mentioned the difficulty of this general attack.

  She wasn't worried about Xiayi County. There was Zhao Ju there. Although Shi Le almost captured Xiayi County several times, Zhao Ju was able to take it back and defend it again, which showed that Zhao Ju was capable of fighting Shang Shi Le.

   What she was worried about was Xun Xiu.

  Mize's talent is mediocre, but he has a calm personality, and he also focuses on stability in battle. He may not be able to defeat Ningling in his counterattack, but he will never advance rashly to let Shi Jun go further;

   It was Zhao Erlang and Xie Shi who attacked Ningling on the outskirts. Zhao Erlang was brave and Xie Shi had geniuses. No matter whether they could attack Ningling or not, they could protect themselves;

   On the contrary, it is Xun Xiu who has always been more famous than Mi Ce. He comes from a family, is conceited and proud, but has mediocre talents. In Yuzhou, only Zhao Hanzhang can hold him down.

  Not only does he hold a large army, he is also the sheriff of Yingchuan County, on the same level as Zhao Ming.

   But he became an official earlier than Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming was still in front of him. He was one of the most powerful generals in Yuzhou and belonged to the confidant of the former governor.

   To Zhao Ming, he has always been a little unconvinced. He thinks that Zhao Hanzhang's kinship can bypass him as the prefect of Chen County and take charge of Yuzhou affairs.

Although Zhao Hanzhang has never said it, she has always seen it in her eyes. She wrote in the letter: "Meng County is open, which is a good terrain for cavalry to charge and attack, and Xun's army is famous for its infantry. Taobao is one of Shile Eight Cavalry, from Shile He followed him when he was a bandit, he has a brutal and ferocious personality, if he gets ruthless, Xun Xiu is no match for him at all."

   "If Xunxiu can't attack for a long time, he will be resentful, and he will inevitably make mistakes under impetuosity. At this time, uncle must be vigilant against the peach leopard's night attack."

  Zhao Hanzhang taught him how to deal with night attacks.

  Jiehu’s night raids are mainly cavalry, and they basically smash the camp, kill them all, and leave after burning them all.

   Xunxiu may not be able to defeat the Taobao, but he can still keep the camp if he is prepared (if you can't, you should run quickly), Zhao Hanzhang suggested that he send troops to counterattack the enemy camp and ambush the Taobao on the way.

   Regardless of whether Taobao Night Attack wins or loses, he must be relaxed when he leaves halfway, because Xun Xiu will definitely not chase.

   This may be their only chance to break up the Taobao army. If necessary, they can use gunpowder.

   Zhao Hanzhang also suggested that they mainly use gunpowder on the opposing cavalry.

  The explosive formula left by Fu Tinghan is actually not that lethal. The blueprint he gave only changed the device for loading the gunpowder and the arrangement of the lead wires.

   He did not write to them the formula for refining gunpowder and increasing its lethality, so their gunpowder’s lethality is not enough to blow down the city wall.

  It is more effective for cavalry at this time, the sound is loud, and the iron pieces splashed during the explosion can make the horse crazy. If the opponent forms an formation with cavalry, the formation can be broken.

  (end of this chapter)