Chapter 3255 What to do
Just as Pei Jun was planning to find Anyi, Xun Chen received a secret letter from Pingyang in the cavalry camp on Emei Ridge.
The information was encrypted. After Xun Chen translated it word by word on the desk, he moved a few war games on the map, pondered for a moment and said, "Please General Zhang come."
After a while, Zhang Xiu arrived.
『There is good news, and there is bad news.』 When Xun Chen saw Zhang Xiu coming, he said, 『Just received the news that Sichuan and Shu defeated the Jiangdong Army, had recovered Zigui, and were preparing to station and build a defense line, and then march towards Jiangling...』
Zhang Xiu was immediately overjoyed, and then he was a little confused, "This is great! Well, ah, but... the news of Sichuan and Shu has spread here?"
"Did you forget there are pigeons?" Xun Chen said.
Zhang Xiu suddenly realized, "Hey! My memory... let alone, I don't eat pigeons anymore... This is indeed good news, now Cao's army has no help... Jiangdong's son also wants to covet my Sichuan and Shu, and it's simply seeking death! Haha, hahaha!"
『But there is bad news.』 Xun Chen smiled slightly, then pointed to the guide,『Cao army is ready for the last fight...General Zhang has also hunted, and the prey is dying and counterattacking...』
Zhang Xiu frowned slightly. It was not that he was afraid, but that his troops were not large, and he received Fei Qian's advice before going to war, saying that fighting against Cao's army was definitely not the best strategy.
Xun Chen pointed to the map and said, "According to the original lord's idea, it was to delay the Cao army until it was exhausted and then fight back. At that time, Cao army was difficult to continue, and he was in a dilemma. In addition, morale was low, and he had to retreat from Hangu and had only one way to retreat. In a hurry, it would be difficult to take care of it. In addition, we were waiting for it to work hard, so we must have been defeated... But it was still a little too early and the time had not arrived yet..."
Zhang Xiu scratched his head, "So, Cao's army knew that Jiangdong was defeated? So he was anxious?"
Xun Chen nodded, "Maybe it is. But I think even if Cao Thief knew about Jiangdong, it would be a blockade news and would not be announced easily, so as not to disrupt the morale of the army."
Zhang Xiu raised her eyebrows, "Since that's the case..."
Xun Chen laughed, "You mean to spread the news of the defeat of Jiangdong to Cao's army? This is a bit useful, but it is not very effective... One is that it takes a certain amount of time for the news to spread, and on the other hand, it is always better to tell it from us, as it is not as effective as the ones that come from behind Cao's army..."
Zhang Xiu nodded after hearing this, "It's true. So why is Changshi worried?"
"These refugees." Xun Chen said.
Zhang Xiu fell silent.
After all, Zhang Xiu, who is biased towards military commander, and Xun Chen, who is biased towards logistics and civil affairs, have definitely different thinking patterns. Zhang Xiu must have thought of how to attack Cao's army, while Xun Chen first thought of the refugees trapped in the battlefield under the counterattack of Cao's army, the refugees trapped in the battlefield must have been the most injured.
Zhang Xiu blurted out without thinking about it, saying, "Or......... speed up the screening speed? Or just stop screening and send it to Linfen first? Anyway, there is still one-third left..."
Xun Chen frowned, "This is a bad word!"
Zhang Xiu knew that he had no brains to say something wrong, so he apologized first, then sat down again with a frown and said, "What should I do? Now the soldiers are tired enough to identify... There are so many hours a day, and many of these refugees are not even speaking neatly..."
Over the years, Fei Qian has been vigorously literacy in the army, allowing many soldiers to recognize some words more or less, which can help the civil servants solve some of their workload, otherwise it will be slower!
Imagine that two people who don’t know how to read come together, and then the accents of different places are different, and the chickens and ducks talk...
Most of the refugees who were diverted out in the early stage are easy to determine whether they are farmers in Hedong, and the remaining one-third of the refugees are relatively difficult to determine.
This kind of language and writing difficulties exceeded Xun Chen's imagination.
It was not until this moment that Xun Chen truly realized how important it is to recognize words in Fei Qian as much as possible, especially the lower class people!
Because Xun Chen has lived in a family since he was a child, reading and literacy are as natural as eating and drinking water.
This difference in concept is like the difference between young people and the elderly treating smartphones in later generations. Many young people cannot understand why the elderly cannot see the certainty, the cancellation, or the verification code, etc.... Are those things very simple and obvious?
In addition to the problem of these refugees not knowing words, there is another difficult problem, that is, the more the refugees come, the more scattered they are, the more old and weak they are. For example, the situation in which they could protect each other according to the villages is less and less.
These refugees who came later often rely on a few young and strong people to come here. If there is no conclusive evidence that these young and strong people are spies of Cao's army, then will these elderly and weak refugees who have been taken care of by these young and strong people along the way feel that the Hussar soldiers are justified in arresting them?
Similarly, the Cao army spies who were screened out in the early stage were also relatively frivolous and easier to be determined, while the remaining Cao army spies were naturally becoming more and more cunning...
This has added difficulty to Xun Chen and Zhang Xiu.
No wonder Zhang Xiu was so upset that he wanted to throw this problem to Linfen and Fei Qian to deal with it...
Fortunately, Xun Chen is still relatively sober. He knows that the more this stage, the more critical it is. If all his previous efforts are wasted due to impatience, then the theory of valuing the people proposed by Fei Qian Shoushan Academy will undoubtedly become a joke.
"The lord went to the Shoushan Academy the day before yesterday and said that the cause of the four people is the foundation of the country." Xun Chen said, "Now these people in Hedong cannot be confused with the people of the Hedong clan. Since they want to return to their hearts, how can they give up halfway?"
Fei Qiancai, a fore-legged person, said that he should take care of the people and pay attention to Dingkou. Xun Chen, because of the heavy time and the relatively shortage of officials and the difficulty of communication, he directly used all the same size, killing and rushing.
So in this way, should I give Fei Qian a face or shit on Fei Qian's head?
『But...this speed is indeed a bit slower!" Zhang Xiu said in a low voice, "The vanguard of Cao's army has already reached the bottom of the slope! One of the surnames of Liu and the other is Hu... Although it is not Zhongling Zhonggu, there must be someone following these two people... If this fight really starts, I won't care!"
Xun Chen nodded, "I think of a way... I really need to speed up a little more... But the more at this moment, the less we can't be confused!"
In the end, these people must be successfully completed before they can be considered a great success.
Zhang Xiu looked at Xun Chen, smacked his lips and nodded in agreement.
Although they have obtained certain information about Cao's army by capturing Cao's soldiers, it does not mean that Xun Chen and Zhang Xiu can know the accurate movements of Cao's army. Because even if they capture some Cao's soldiers, the information obtained is one-sided and cannot fully describe the specific distribution of Cao's army and the movements of soldiers.
Just like Zhang Xiu and Xun Chen knew that this time the leader was Liu Zhu and Hu Zhi, but the specific arrangement of Cao's army, whether there were other people following him, where the main force of Cao's army, such as the Central Guard, were hidden in the Central Guard, etc., Zhang Xiu and Xun Chen were not sure, so they could only rely on the only news to speculate...
"Report!" Suddenly, soldiers came, "Report to the Chief Secretary, General, some people claim to be spies of Cao's army, and want to abandon the secret and turn to the light..."
Xun Chen and Zhang Xiu were stunned.
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"Are you Wang Meng?"
Xun Chen carefully observed Wang Meng's expression.
Very calm.
This is what Wang Meng gave Xun Chen the first feeling.
Xun Chen was slightly surprised.
Zhang Xiu shook his eyes at Xun Chen.
Xun Chen knew what Zhang Xiu meant.
Zhang Xiu had previously said that this was a spy from Cao's army, but Xun Chen said that this person was just a suspicion, and now it has been proven that Zhang Xiu is correct, so Zhang Xiu was somewhat proud.
Xun Chen nodded slightly at Zhang Xiu, indicating that Zhang Xiu is powerful, but Xun Chen did not feel any dissatisfaction because of this. Instead, he was more looking forward to what Wang Meng could bring to him. After all, Wang Meng was suspected and was under the focus of attention, he could still stand up until the moment of his career, which shows that he had some skills.
"Are you a spy from Cao's army?"
Wang Meng bowed to the ground, but raised his head, not as if he was embarrassed as he was, "That's right."
"Why do you have to come from the head?" Xun Chen asked again.
Wang Meng smiled, and there was a special smell in his smile, "I came to throw it, just for a piece of cake!"
『Uh?』 Xun Chen was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react, 『What? Cooking cakes?"
"Cooking cakes. But this is not the point, the point is... I guess you are anxious too..." Wang Meng nodded. He seemed too lazy to explain clearly to Xun Chen, but for the sake of rushing time or other reasons, he said very directly, "Cao army is approaching... If these refugees cannot distinguish the good and bad as soon as possible, they may... become powder!"
Xun Chen was silent for a moment, "If you can help me, you can help the displaced people to be safe as soon as possible."
"I understand. This is what I want, too." Wang Meng said, trying to touch something from his arms.
Although Xun Chen's guard had searched Wang Meng before he met Wang Meng and found no weapons, Wang Meng's move still made Xun Chen's guard a little nervous and pulled the knife out an inch with a chorus.
Wang Meng glanced at the guard, his expression remained motionless, and then slowly took out the items in his arms, just a piece of rag.
Obviously, I don’t know where Wang Meng picked up the rag, and there were even some stains left on it.
Wang Meng spread the rag in front of him, and it seemed that he had written some characters and marks with charcoal or something.
"This is Cao Jun who was hiding in the private hut...." Wang Meng's voice was a little low, "You can arrest people according to this..."
Xun Chen signaled.
The guard stepped forward and took the rag in front of Xun Chen.
Before Xun Chen could ask, Wang Meng said directly, "I don't know how your sheds are numbered, so I just follow my habits... Taking the shanty town where I am, the north is divided into the left and right... The number of people above is not very complete, because I don't know how many people came... But Jian Erlang on this list should know more..."
Xun Chen and Zhang Xiu looked at each other.
Zhang Xiu immediately stood up and said, "I'll send someone to do it separately!"
Zhang Xiu quickly left with the list.
Xun Chen looked at Wang Meng and asked, "I don't know what... the hero wants?"
Wang Meng shook his head, but quickly changed his words, "I don't want anything... Oh, maybe I can give me a place to rest? I want to have a good rest..."
"good!"
Xun Chen didn't think much about it. After all, the authenticity of the list still needs to be verified before talking about it. It was because someone took Wang Meng to the idle tent next to him...
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Under the slope of Emei Ridge.
Cao Jun camp.
Just as Tongguan blocked Cao Cao's army's advance westward terrain, Emei Ridge has now become a natural barrier that blocks Cao's army from heading north. Faced with this natural terrain limitation, Cao Xiu really has no good way to cross it, and he can only attack according to the limited gap on Emei Ridge.
These gaps were washed out by ancient glaciers, so the terrain made Cao Xiu frown when he saw it.
In addition, the terrain of the valleys on the Loess Plateau makes it difficult for Cao's army to detour even if they want to take a detour. For Cao's army, who is not familiar with the place, it is undoubtedly a huge problem.
And the key is that there are cavalry on Emei Ridge. As long as you want to support somewhere, it will be faster than Cao's army.
Even if the gentry in Hedong is guided, they are only familiar with the roads they often take. There is almost no need to think about those roads. There must be heavy troops from the cavalry. It is obviously unlikely that they can understand the arrangements on Emei Ridge by relying on these guides in Hedong.
Faced with such a difficult situation, Cao Xiu could only increase the scout's inquiry into Emeiling on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was waiting for the spy sent into the refugees in advance to bring back some surprises...
In addition, I also hope that the cavalry can bite the bait.
However, in the past few days, the progress of the scouts discovered by Cao's army has slowed down significantly. Sometimes, when the scouts went out all day, they didn't know what they had investigated. This angered Cao Xiu and scolded the scouts team, but the effect was still not good.
There are always reasons for scouts or that, which sounds like a reasonable thing, but this is not the main reason why Cao Xiu's office can continue to tolerate the scouts. If there is a second choice, Cao Xiu will definitely cut off this guy's head!
However, during the confrontation with the Cavalry, many scouts of the Cao army had been damaged. Although the Cao army and the Cavalry had never fought in a big situation, the scouts' fighting between each other was relatively tragic on the ground in Hedong, especially the scouts who were cunning and cruel, and good at disguising, which led to not many scouts remaining and their morale was very bad.
Of course, Cao Xiu had another way to investigate his guard team, but similarly, Cao Xiu did not have many of his own teams.
When on the road of Zhuangguan, Cao Xiu spared no expense in order to break through as soon as possible...
So he paid a lot of money.
So it is really difficult to let Cao Xiu stick the remaining parts into it now.
"General!" Cao Xiu's escort came from outside, "Report to the general, five thousand soldiers and thirty cars of supplies were sent from behind!"
Cao Xiu's eyes lit up slightly, but he soon calmed down again, "Are they soldiers from Heluo County again, or are they replenishing soldiers?"
"This... should be a new soldier..." the guard whispered.
"Huh..." Cao Xiu nodded.
It's better than nothing.
"Where are the two generals Liu Hu now?" Cao Xiu asked again.
The guard replied: "It's at the pass."
Cao Xiu pondered for a moment, "Let him snatch the Cao family flag!"
"ah?"
Cao Xiu repeated: "I say, let Liu Hu and the others take my banner!"
"only!"
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Liu Zhu stood in front of the slope of Emei Ridge. At first glance, he looked like a thick earth wall spanning the sky and the earth, completely cutting off his road.
In fact, if you really want to detour, this Emei Ridge is not absolutely impossible to get around, but just like most ancient wars, what is called the main road always has its own reason. If you detour on a folded terrain like the Loess Slope, it will naturally be a great victory if you succeed. However, once you fail, the corpse will be gone.
But the frontal attack really made Cao's army very embarrassed.
There was loess everywhere in front of me, which made Liu Zhu feel as if he was flooded by loess.
In Shandong, at this time, there should be green grass, willow catkins flying, and peach blossoms should be in full bloom!
He still prefers Shandong.
On the one hand, he also hoped that Cao Cao could win Guanzhong as soon as possible and defeat Fei Qian. On the other hand, he was unwilling to be a bait and kept swaying.
This taste is not good.
After hearing Cao Xiu's order, he pondered for a long time before saying, "Where is General Hu?"
"General Hu...uh, he is busy with military affairs, so please wait for a while."
The muscles on Liu Zhu's cheeks pounded.
Strictly speaking, Hu Zhi is a military supervisor and can control Liu Zhu, but Liu Zhu generally finds it difficult to control him.
Since Hu Zhi understood that he had become a bait, he seemed to be in a state of drunkenness and dreaming of death.
After a long time, Hu Zhi walked over with some alcohol and his steps were floating.
"General Cao Wenlie asked us to shoot the Cao family flag!" Liu Zhu didn't bother with Hu Zhi about whether he was drinking or not, and said directly, "Do you understand? Cao family flag!"
Hu Zhi shook his head, as if he would throw the chaos out of his head, and then he would sweat coldly, "General Wen Lie... how can this be done? I... I... I...
Liu Zhu snorted, "Why can't this be so? Your surname is Hu, and my surname is Liu, so what's so strange about attacking another Cao family?"
『No, no...』 Hu Zhi thought Liu Zhu didn't understand the problem, but when he looked up at Liu Zhu's expression, he realized that Liu Zhu understood everything, 『You...you...you...
"That's it!" Liu Zhu waved his hand, "If I were you, I'll take a few less sips...if, then what, I won't get on the horse at that time...hahaha..."
Although Liu Zhu didn't say anything, Hu Zhi understood what Liu Zhu meant, and couldn't help but tremble, and his drunkenness completely dissipated.
"This is really to let us..." Hu Zhi murmured for a while, then woke up and swallowed the following words.
Chapter completed!