In fact, before Zhang Chong sent out troops, he did give Li Damu and Yu Jin a military order from Liang Fu, ordering them to prepare provisions. However, Zhang Chong did not say when he would come, and Yu Jin was able to receive them, which shows that he was very careful.
What did Yu Jin do?
He arranged a total of ten sentry teams along this route, with each team of four people lying around waiting for Zhang Chong to arrive. These teams of four people were divided into teams of two people. Yu banned them. If they encountered someone calling for an army, they would be sent to the police once and for all. Only one group can go out, and the remaining two must hide in the grass.
Yu Jin was also worried that he was encountering enemy soldiers. This arrangement was so that if the two people who showed up in the previous shift were killed, the two people who were hiding in the dark could bring back the information. If everything went well, they would continue to lurk.
From this, we can see that there is a reason why Yu Jin was able to become the number one general in Cao Wei in another world.
That night, Zhang Chong, who stayed at the Yujin Camp, greatly appreciated the order and solidity of the camp. Li Damu, who was in the city, originally wanted to go out to meet him, but Zhang Chong stopped him and asked him to stick to the city.
On the fifth day of March, in the dim light of dawn, Zhang Chong, who had been repairing all night, left behind the seriously injured, then led 780 cavalrymen and 1,100 horses out of the forbidden camp and continued to run towards the northwest.
They walked ruggedly along the northernmost ridge line of Meng Mountain, and then rested behind a cliff called Huluya. The soldiers ate some cold millet balls themselves, and then fed their horses fried bean sprouts. Dou. People can suffer a little, but this horse cannot suffer at all.
During the break, the scouts in front also came back and said that there was a large dock wall lying across the plain between the two mountains in front of them, blocking their passage south to Surabaya.
Zhang Chong called for a guide. They met a woodcutter on the mountain road and offered him a stone of millet to guide them.
The guide was a dark-skinned old man. Although he looked tall, his legs and feet were still handy. Then when he asked about his age, he said he didn't know. That's right. After all, some people in the mountains knew their own age, so they knew what the use of it was.
When the guide was brought over, Zhang Chong asked him if he knew the dock wall in front of him?
The guide has lived here for so long. If you ask him who the emperor is now and where he lives, he may not know, but if you ask him who the owner of this Wubi is, then he knows very well. He is a woodcutter. The firewood collected is sold to their families.
I saw the guide saying to Zhang Chong in an envious tone:
"This family's house is called Wei's Bi. It's a great family! There are many cows and horses in the house. They eat leftover swill every day. Even the pigs in the wall can't finish it. Sometimes they can get some while waiting there. This is a big family. "
But Zhang Chong continued to ask about the origin of this family, and the man couldn't tell. He only repeated that this family was a good family, and occasionally had meat in their swill, and they allowed low-class people like them to eat meat. After Zhang Chong gave up, the woodcutter thought about it again and added:
"The ancestors of this family were prime ministers, and the tomb was built on the east side of their dock wall. I don't know how many generations have been buried in it. They are all graves."
This is still news, at least it lets Zhang Chong know that the person in front of him is a powerful family.
But what Zhang Chong didn't know was that the person standing in front of him was not some ordinary powerful man, but Zoucheng Wei from the Zoulu Confucian family who laid the foundation for today's Confucian classics.
His ancestors, Wei Xian and Wei Xuancheng, father and son of the former Han Dynasty, both rose to the position of prime minister because of their knowledge of Confucianism and Ming classics. Wei Xuancheng in particular once participated in the Shiquge Conference during the reign of Emperor Xuan, which was held by the Han court after Dong Zhongshu deposed hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism.
Another far-reaching academic conference. It can be said that this conference established the current pattern of classics in Confucian classics. For example, the official version of "Shangshu" written by the great and small Xiahou Zhuan originated from this conference. This shows the importance of Webster at that time.
Later, there was a folk song from Qilu: "It is better to teach your son once if you leave behind a basket full of gold." It was referring to their family. After the Wei family was passed to this dynasty, the reputation of the family was still strong, with more than ten people in the clan worth two thousand stones.
, a prominent family in the state of Lu.
But regardless of whether Zhang Chong knows the background of the owner of this dock wall, it does not prevent Zhang Chong from knowing the importance of this place.
Lu's Wall is located in a mountain basin that stretches for dozens of miles. It is surrounded by Chengxian County to the east, Wenyang to the north, and mountains and hills on both sides. It is rarely visited by people, let alone large armies.
If you want to go to Surabaya to attack the Lu soldiers stationed on the east bank of Surabaya, there is only one way here. And because this place is so important, Zhang Chong suspected that the Lu State must have built sentries or scouting horses here.
Then Zhang Chong ordered his sentries to explore again, and sure enough, they found a small village on the south side of the dock wall. The flag belonged to the Lu State.
Now things are getting difficult. If we fight, not to mention how their cavalry can capture such a strong stronghold, just saying that they have captured it, the Lu soldiers on the east bank of Surabaya will be on guard. When the time comes, the military strategy of surprise attack on the Lu soldiers will be
Bankruptcy.
Zhang Chong was caught in a dilemma for a while, so he ordered all the military officers to gather at his place to discuss what to do next.
There were twenty or thirty soldiers in the cavalry army. The hedgehogs were talking around Zhang Chong. Some said they would rush over directly. Some said they would go around a little further. Some said they would divide their forces to attack directly, and then intercept and kill them.
There was a letter from Surabaya in the west, but Zhang Chong felt that it was not stable enough.
On the contrary, Li Bi remained silent among the army officials. Zhang Chong knew that he had a plan, so he asked about his strategy.
Li Bi was silent for a while and said:
"There is no risk in using military force. If you want to have all the chances of victory, it is impossible. So sometimes victory depends on the number of days, but naturally we as generals cannot place all our hopes of victory on the illusory number of days.
Therefore, it is also important to plan for the general. This time the Weishi wall blocked the road, it did not happen overnight. Logically speaking, when we carried the flag and scouted the sentry before, we should have reported this matter to the leader. In this way, what we are planning
You can take this into consideration when you are ready…”
He would also like to say here that he was immediately stopped by an impatient Cavalry General. This general was called Duan Zhi, a native of the Xue family, the earliest member of the Cavalry General, and one of Zhang Chong's old brothers. He
scolded:
"It's already this time, what's the use of talking about it? If you have something to say, just say it quickly."
After all, Li Bi was still young, and he used to be a self-contained Yishan Kou Kui. He was used to scolding others, so he unconsciously lost the focus of his words. This would be reprimanded by General Yuan Cong in the Cavalry Army. Let's see
With the frowning brows of the surrounding military officials and the worried and troubled expression on his brother's face, he immediately realized that although what he just said was correct, it was inappropriate.
Li Bi immediately corrected him and said directly:
"Qu, I think I can clamp my horse and hold it in place, sneak through the north side of Weishi in the middle of the night, then march quickly, and directly attack the Lu soldiers on the north bank of Surabaya early the next morning."
As he said that, Li Bi drew on the ground. First he drew a large square in the middle, which means Weishi's Dock Wall, then he drew a circle to the east of it, which means Weishi's Tombs, and finally he drew a circle on the south side of Weishi's Wall. Another small square was drawn, which means the small village where the soldiers of Lu State were established.
This made some military officials who had no sense of space understand what Li Bi meant.
When Zhang Chong saw that everyone agreed with this policy, he clapped his hands and ordered:
"Let's do it like this. After a while, the whole army will find shelter to rest, and then set off at midnight and sneak through the Weishi Wall. From here through, the enemy's position on the east bank of Surabaya is about thirty miles. If everything goes well, we will Make a surprise attack on the enemy at the beginning of Mao. If it doesn't go well, then you have to do your best and wait for fate."
The generals received the order and said, "Hey."
Then the Taishan Army's assault cavalry found a shelter from the wind and waited silently for darkness. But no one knew whether they could succeed in hiding this time.
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On the same day that Zhang Chong left Yujinyingpan, that is, the fifth day of March, Jibei Prime Minister Chen Gui also sent 4,000 troops down the Wen River to attack Ding Sheng's tribe in Bo County.
Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei, stationed at Sheqiu on the second day of March. In other words, he only stayed at Sheqiu for no more than three days before he led an attack with 4,000 troops in a vigorous and resolute manner.
On the one hand, it can be seen that he is capable. The provisions, Dingfu, and ships required for the four thousand expeditions cannot be arranged at will, but Chen Gui benefited from his excellent shogunate team, especially Dai Qi, named Jibei Wulong. Fan Zhao, Xu Yan, Xia Yin, and Liu Bin were all able to plan and praise paintings and organize the raising of money and food in an orderly manner.
On the other hand, we can also see how enterprising Chen Gui, the Prime Minister of Jibei, is. It seems that he really hopes to eliminate the influence of his uncle Chen Qiu on the family through this victory.
When the troops were sent out, there were numerous rafts and boats connected with each other on the Wen River. On each boat were hung the flags of each family and the flags of the chief generals, "Chen", "Dai", "Fan", "Xu", "Xia", "Liu" , "Zhang", "Li", "Zhou", "Xing", the flags are flying in the wind, gathering the essence of the northern country.
This is indeed the most unprecedented military gathering in Jibei Kingdom in recent decades. Thanks to their trust in Chen Gui, the children of each family brought their own troops and enthusiastically joined the army. Now there are eight children of all ethnic groups on this expedition. The family sent either two hundred or more than a hundred troops, plus two thousand old soldiers from the Jibei Kingdom, and finally gathered a force of four thousand troops.
This is because the King of Jibei didn't agree to Chen Gui's request and didn't lend Chen Gui his palace fighting swordsman, otherwise the military would be even more powerful.
At this time, Chen Gui, who was sitting on the large ship, was hosting a banquet for the generals and powerful disciples. At this moment, some powerful disciples were toasting and praising Chen Gui for his efforts to lead the army to fight for the cause of the thunderous attack. If you pass it, it will turn into powder.
Chen Gui, who was sitting at the top, was stroking his long beard. Although he spoke modestly, he could not hide his pride and satisfaction. Indeed, with his elite soldiers fighting for 4,000 people, he could only serve less than 1,000 people. How to lose to the thieves?
That means you can never lose.
Don't tell him that the weak can defeat the strong, and don't tell him that the enemy is an elite. If the weak can defeat the strong? Then you still have a lot of soldiers. As for you saying that the enemy is an elite? My son Lang is not?
If four thousand elites fight against one thousand elites, no matter how you fight, you will win.
So amidst the endless hymns, the banquet reached its climax. Only one person sitting in a corner looked through the side of the boat at Ding Fu, who was silently earning food on both sides of the Wen River, and sighed: