Three Kingdoms

Normally, a horse camp with the same number of war horses occupies a much larger area than an infantry camp. It also has some other requirements, such as being closer to a water source to facilitate the washing of war horses, etc.

Therefore, the small area designated by Fei Qian was on the other side of the hillside, a piece of gentle ground along a small stream. At first glance, it does appear to be a good area where war horses can rest and recuperate. However, in fact, the woods across the creek are a little far away from the infantry camp, which makes this area less safe. It's not high up, and you might even be attacked by sneak attacks in the woods on the opposite side.

Zhang Liao himself had a strong ability to lead the army. In addition, although the sand table in the Chinese army's tent was simple, it could generally reflect the mountains and terrain, so Zhang Liao immediately felt that this position was not very appropriate.

Of course, the most important reason is that the number of horse troops is not large.

Although the road from Hanzhong to Sichuan and Shu used gunpowder to open up some dangerous mountain roads, the quantity of gunpowder was not very large and the power was not very powerful. Therefore, it was not possible to directly dig tunnels like later generations. Simplicity is only a relative term. Naturally, the number of war horses entering Sichuan was also restricted, and the number was not large. The horse army under Zhang Liao's control at this time was only 650 people.

If there are one or two thousand more, or just double the number, Zhang Liao will set up two horse camps not far apart, like left and right wings to guard the infantry camp in the middle. Even if any place is attacked During the attack, the cavalry army could quickly assemble and attack quickly. But now the overall number of the cavalry army is small, and every time it is damaged, its strength is reduced by one point, so naturally it is impossible to arrange the camp in the same way as the cavalry of several thousand people.

"Lord, what are you..."

Zhang Liao didn't believe that Fei Qian had been trying to figure it out for a long time before he went to the sand table, choosing from left to right, but ended up choosing a flawed place to set up his horse camp, so Zhang Liao was also quite confused.

"If he were an ordinary Sichuan and Shu general, he might not care about me waiting for the Ma Army, but..." Fei Qian pondered, and said slowly, "Liu Xuande has lived in Youbei for a long time, so he naturally knows the wonderful use of the Ma Army... If he learns this If there is any flaw, use rockets to intrude and destroy it through water...especially during a confrontation..."

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "That's right. If the two armies are facing each other and the cavalry army is attacked, there will be chaos. Even if they are restrained again, they will probably lose their chance of fighting. It cannot be said that other fronts will be implicated..."

"If this army wants to attack the horse camp without being discovered by our infantry camp, it must bypass this mountainous area and then enter this woodland..." Fei Qian gestured on the sand table with his hand, "Wenyuan Have you noticed...Normally speaking, if there are scouts from the other side, observing from the infantry camp in front, it is difficult to see this horse camp due to the mountains and camp barriers..."

"Unless the other party sets up sentinels on this mountainous area!" Zhang Liao said, pointing to a hilltop above the sand table.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Colonel Ling has sent people to survey the surrounding mountains, and there is no trace of Liu Xuande's soldiers."

Zhang Liao seemed to be a little confused and was a little dizzy. He frowned and said, "The Lord's intention is..."

"Today someone assigned Lieutenant Liu to go out to the camp to survey the landforms..." Fei Qian still smiled, but his eyes flickered a little as he said, "Wen Yuan might as well pay attention to the number of people entering and leaving the camp... However, please don't make any announcement..."

Zhang Liao's eyes turned cold and he said: "My lord is talking about Captain Liu..."

"The county defense map sent by Lieutenant Liu is really detailed, even the number of soldiers and the placement of equipment..." Fei Qian spread out the county defense map sent by Liu Li and pointed to it. Some very specific signs said, "And Lieutenant Liu once said that he was transferred from central Sichuan to the county for only three days..."

According to Liu Li, it was because Liu Bei became suspicious and planned to let Liu Li serve as the vanguard of Youying and the first wave of attack suicide squads. In addition, some people in Youying were dissatisfied with Liu Bei, so Liu Li took the opportunity. Inciting these people to cause rebellion, he and his men broke out of the camp and fled to Guanghan.

In terms of the overall logic, there doesn't seem to be any big problem, but Zhang Song's map of entering Sichuan was probably consciously prepared shortly after Liu Zhang came to power. No matter how long it took to draw, at least the investigation and sorting would take a long time. , and Liu Li had only been in the county for three or five days, and he was able to figure out the county's defenses and draw them up?

Could it be said that Liu Li is really a spy wizard who is rare in a century?

Things that seem normal may not necessarily be without problems, but if there are some abnormal things, there is probably something wrong. Therefore, Fei Qian deliberately stepped up the strangulation of Liu Bei's scouts, and coincidentally discovered that the scouts sent by Liu Bei were not the weaker ordinary scouts from Sichuan and Shu before, but Danyang veterans...

This is somewhat interesting.

Yesterday, under Ling Jie's powerful strangulation and ambush, Liu Bei probably lost nearly a hundred Danyang veterans. What could these Danyang veterans do wrong? Do you have to sacrifice it in the scout battle?

Are these Danyang soldiers more valuable in positional warfare or in scout warfare?

Some people may think that this is a matter of opinion, but the problem is that Liu Bei also has Dongzhou soldiers, Sichuan and Shu troops, and recruited people. And these soldiers are loyal to Liu Bei. Fei Qian does not believe that they can all be like a game. All of them are worth it...

The biggest difference between reality and the game is that not only generals have loyalty, but soldiers also have loyalty. Fei Qian himself used various methods, including the honor system, preferential treatment, military honors, casualties and other measures to generally ensure the loyalty of his soldiers to the tricolor flag. Then not long after Liu Bei arrived in Sichuan, Is it possible to completely win over soldiers from all different factions?

Fei Qian didn't believe it.

Is it necessary to use Danyang soldiers only to detect the general location of Feiqian, the approximate number of soldiers, etc.? not necessarily. The Danyang soldiers must be Liu Bei's most trusted and loyal force. Such a force is only used as a scout, not as a skeleton of soldiers to manage and coordinate various factions? So from this point of view, there must be a reason why Liu Bei uses Danyang soldiers as scouts.

And is this reason...

"There must be a mystery in this matter..."

Ever since, Fei Qian was ready to test it out.

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"There must be a mystery in this matter..." Kuai Qi also frowned and said, "In the expedition to the west and the people to Anhan, there must be a treacherous plot..."

Kuai Qi was confused and confused by Wei Yan's move. Although she had thought about it for a long time, Kuai Qi still didn't quite understand what kind of medicine was sold in Wei Yan's gourd under Zheng Xi's command...

Expelling the population and destroying surrounding villages, Kuai Qi thinks this is no big deal.

In war, of course, all means are used.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period, why wars were so polite and full of rules and etiquette was mainly because of the social production conditions and population constraints at that time, not because of any changes in people's character and conduct...

Imagine that before the Spring and Autumn Period, the principality was so large and the people's production capacity was so low. If the damage was too great and the land taken was not enough people to farm, it would be meaningless. In addition, most of the time wars occurred, which was actually the result of the Zhou Dynasty. When there is a conflict between feudal noble families and no one can convince the other, just fight to see whose fist is stronger and whoever listens.

Naturally, he is more disciplined.

Then in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the rise of the Warring States Period, although that grandson was not the first to use the vaginal legs, he was the first to summarize the thirty-six ways to use the vaginal legs...

In addition, China's population had also increased a lot at that time, and it was enough to squander it for a while. Therefore, tactics to attack the opponent's productivity, weaken the opponent's strength, and thereby win the war emerged in endlessly and developed by leaps and bounds.

In the late Warring States period, it became the norm to trap and kill people at every turn. Just like Bai Qi, who has been criticized for a long time, if Zhao Guo had not killed Zhao Guo's young and strong people, Zhao Guo would not have fallen directly from a quasi-first-rate vassal state to a third-rate vassal state.

Therefore, it is not a problem for Wei Yan to use this method. The problem is what is the purpose of Zhengxi sending Wei Yan here to do such a thing, invade Anhan and expel the people?

Kuai Qi sent out some scouts, but soon the scouts were injured, disabled, and dead. Apart from bringing Wei Yan and others who were approaching step by step, there was not much special information. Later, when the scouts came The disability was serious. Secondly, Kuai Qi also believed that Wei Yan was coming for Anhan, so he did not continue to send out scouts. He closed the city gate tightly and strictly checked the refugees to prevent Wei Yan's troops from mixing in and taking advantage of the chaos. City or something.

However, there is still a question in Kuai Qi's mind.

Is it just like Wei Yan claimed that these people gave money and food to Liu Qi but not to Zhengxi just to retaliate?

Is it possible to be a fool?

Who would believe such a ridiculous reason?

Are these cottages and villages located near Anhan still sending their money and food all the way, well, hundreds of miles to Guanghan where the troops of the Western Expedition are located?

Obviously unreasonable.

However, this unreasonable reason was used as a cover by Wei Yan, who was under Zheng Xi's command. What was it for? Or is it to cover up something?

If it was just to create refugees, Kuai Qi was not afraid.

A large number of people arrived in Anhan, which caused some trouble for Kuai Qi, but it was not very big. Although it is said that after collecting money and food from these people, they should assume certain protection responsibilities for each other, but the problem is that these people are originally people from Badong, Sichuan, and are not from Jingxiang, so that's fine, who will really go there? Do you care about the life and death of these people?

In order to reduce the burden, Kuai Qi sent people to declare that the pain these people were facing now was entirely caused by Zheng Xi, without mentioning the lack of protection on his own part. He directed all his hatred towards Zheng Xi and another aspect. He began to loudly declare how difficult Anhan was, how empty the grain and grass were, how difficult it was for him to gather a little bit of supplies, and then naturally reduced the supplies of various items...

As a result, these refugees outside the city were naturally in trouble. They had no food, no clothing, no shelter, and were miserable. They also hated Zhengxi very much.

Kuai Qi thought she had handled the situation well. If the expedition to the west really sent Wei Yan to attack Anhan, who knows what kind of death squads these refugees could become. They would attack and consume Wei Yan's troops on their own initiative. Wouldn't it be beautiful?

Behind the unbearable pain of the refugees, the sitting tigers in Anhan City are now smiling. Secretly, I don’t know how much I want to thank Zhengxi Weiyan for doing this, otherwise I wouldn’t have chosen several sisters to spend money. Some people even picked up twins and prepared to train them for three or four years. Whether they kept them for themselves or gave them away to others, they were all excellent. After hearing the news, they were so greedy that they watched them every day. In the name of disaster relief, they go to residential areas outside the city to buy people with some small favors.

There are people who want young and strong men, and there is no shortage of pretty girls. As for those old and weak people who are not wanted, when the hoarding reaches a certain amount, Kuai Qi will find an excuse to say that these people are causing trouble. She doesn't even need to make excuses, just directly Declare these people to be Zhengxi spies or something, send soldiers to surround them, and slaughter them all. Then you can blame Zhengxi, and then you can save a lot of money and food.

Under such a situation, even though Liu Qi and Kuaiqi had arrived in Anhan and increased their soldiers' strength, the refugees outside the city had not yet reached the limit that the wealthy households in Anhan could not tolerate. There were even many wealthy households who felt that this It is a God-given opportunity to make a fortune and a good opportunity to increase the population, so I am not very interested in sending troops to encircle and suppress the Western Army Wei Yan's troops, and I don't support it very much...

As for Liu Qi and Kuai Qi, they had seen the bravery of the soldiers who conquered the west before. After suffering a big loss, they did not have much courage to lead the army alone, so they sent messengers to Chengdu in central Sichuan to urge Liu Bei to come to help, while guarding Anhan, wait for Wei Yan to come and attack the city...

Three days have passed, five days have passed, seven days have passed...

Even the refugees outside the city have gradually become sparse. They are no longer as dense as the ones coming to Anhan in the past few days. Now there are only a few scattered ones. It seems that the surrounding cottages have been wiped out by Wei Yan, or that Wei Yan Stopped the offensive.

But no matter which one it is, Wei Yan and others are still missing under Anhan City.

Liu Qi and Kuai Qi figured it out and figured out that waiting was not an option, so they began to drive away these leftovers that had been raked over and over again by nails and were already tasteless, and went back to their original place to let these The guy used some of his spare energy to see where the Zhengxi troops were.

But when the people of Badong, who had been chewed to the point of losing much juice, returned, they suddenly discovered that the people who conquered the west were nowhere to be found. Even the villages that were originally thought to have been burned down and destroyed still existed, and even the villages that had been attacked before were still there. The door has also been sealed. When you pry it open, you can see that most of the belongings in the village are intact...