Three Kingdoms

Food and grass are extremely important reserves for the army, and the grain-robbery path is basically a sure-fire move on the battlefield.

As the saying goes, before the troops and horses are moved, the food and fodder go first. Of course, the first move here does not mean to let the food and fodder go first, but to arrange the dispatch of the food and fodder in advance.

Because Yinshan is now officially included as part of Bingbei, there is no need to carry a large amount of food and grass. As the saying goes, if the army is no longer in service, the food will not last for three years. The meaning has been very obvious. When a large army goes on an expedition, food and grass are important. The requirements and consumption are very large.

Generally speaking, no one has any intention of conducting a long-term war. The main reason is that they really cannot afford to delay it. Therefore, the short time of the war is only two or three months, and the long time is only about half a year. If you can succeed, you can continue to fight. If you cannot If you succeed, you will retreat first and come back next time.

If fighting on the mainland or on the frontier, it is impossible to store too much food because of the convenience of transportation and the possibility of losing the frontline position to a surprise attack by the enemy. And if the war really begins, the rear will naturally continue to deliver food to the front.

For an expeditionary army, they will generally bring three to four months of rations, depending on the situation. When the battle fails to achieve the expected goal, they will order the rear to transport rations. At this time, the entire battle situation must be as long as With a little persistence, you can achieve final victory, otherwise, most people will choose to retreat temporarily.

However, precisely because of this, one or several relatively fixed grain roads will be formed, which can easily become the target of enemy sneak attacks. Both the enemy and ourselves will regard these grain roads as the key points of competition or defense.

There cannot be too many routes to choose for grain roads. On the one hand, it must be convenient for people to pass, and on the other hand, it must be convenient for the transportation of baggage vehicles. Therefore, in some special areas, these roads are very easy to guess.

But robbing the grain road is easier said than done.

Generally speaking, grain and grass are not on such a grain road and exist all the time. From the beginning of grain transportation to the end of grain transportation, generally speaking, the shortest time is five or six days, and the long time is only ten days and a half month. At this point in time, it is just like the armored vehicles of later generations. Although we all know that the armored vehicles carry banknotes, and we also know that the armored vehicles are traveling every morning and evening. If we pay more attention to the actual path taken by the armored vehicles, Usually there are three or four, but creating a suitable opportunity at the right place is not as easy as in movies and TV series...

If you arrive earlier, the grain transport team may find out and retreat. If you arrive later, the grain transport team may have already left. And in the Han Dynasty, when there were no facilities for long-distance communication, if you want to rob the grain road, in most cases Next, I can only wait and try my luck.

Just like the Montenegrin Cavalry this time.

As long as it was not from God's perspective, who would have thought that the Montenegrin Army actually had large-scale cavalry?

Therefore, when Zhenlin's guard immediately received the news that the rations had been robbed, his first reaction was that it was done by barbarians...

Coupled with the testimony of some soldiers and civilians who escaped, they said that the attackers did not have much formal armor at all, and they didn't even have a few leather armors. This further proves the possibility that they are barbarians. However, these shocked guys couldn't explain the specific situation very clearly, so the defenders of Zhenlin Camp thought about it and finally concluded that it was the barbarians who did it.

The Zhenlin Camp is not equipped with cavalry, only some infantry. Therefore, even if it is attacked, it does not have the ability to make any pursuit actions. Therefore, it can only report the situation to Pingyang and Yinshan as quickly as possible. , and Zhenlin is closer to Yinshan...

When the messenger brought the news, it somehow leaked out, causing an uproar.

Ma Yue immediately led a group of thousands of cavalry out of the camp and headed south, apparently preparing to find traces of those who had robbed food and grass...

As Ma Yue's soldiers became active, the people near Yinshan gradually began to become uneasy. That night, a large-scale riot broke out, with flames everywhere and panicked people running around.

In the flickering firelight, the faintly running crowd swayed like ghosts in the dark night. Frightened screams sounded from time to time, which was even more thrilling in the wilderness here in Yinshan.

There were noisy and chaotic sounds all around, but they smashed into pieces on the wall of the Yinshan Fortress. The torches on the unfinished wall were shining brightly, and a soldier wearing armor held the Standing with weapons ready, ready.

In the shadows outside the Yinshan village wall, Yang Feng and many people hid in the grass. Seeing the situation above the village wall, he couldn't help but frown.

After a while, the sound of chirping sounded behind him. Wulu quietly reached up and squatted beside Yang Feng. He stretched his head and looked at the wall. He also frowned and lowered his voice and said: " Damn, the defense is pretty tight... Commander Yang, what should we do?"

Yang Feng did not answer immediately, but stared at the light of the swaying torches on the wall of the village. After a while, he slowly said: "Are these guys on guard? All the workers we had managed to hide in ended up being killed. They were sent outside the camp to either cut down trees or dig dirt. Anyway, they didn’t even stay in the camp..."

"Ah? It's impossible, right? If these people had known about it for a long time, why didn't they come out to stop us? What's more..." Wu Lu grinned, raised his chin, and said, "When we set out today, No action was taken..."

Yang Feng clicked her tongue softly: "It's precisely because there was no action that we took action, right? But look at the state of the village wall... damn, I really can't figure it out..."

"...Then..." Wulu said hesitantly, "...do you still want to drive people away from here?"

These people in Montenegro were already very good soldiers if they could follow Yang Feng and quietly hide and wait for orders. Naturally, they could not be in large numbers, and those more ordinary people were dispersed to cause commotion.

The original plan was to take advantage of the turmoil, and then add Heishan's expulsion, and cooperate with the people lurking in the camp in advance, to deal a heavy blow to the Yinshan camp, but now such a plan seems to be impossible to implement...

Yang Feng lowered his head and said: "Forget it, it seems that these guys will never come out alive or dead... It's not cost-effective to attack by force. Let's go and seize the cavalry camp outside the camp and drive everyone there. go……"

The cavalry requires a lot of space, and naturally it is impossible for them all to huddle within it. Therefore, there is a large area of ​​​​land on one side of the Yinshan camp, which is only surrounded by wooden fences and does not have as high a height as this infantry fortress. Walls and deep trenches.

There are probably more than three thousand cavalrymen in Yinshan. About two thousand are training with Zhang Ji. Originally there were still one thousand stationed here, but today these one thousand cavalry also followed Ma Vietnam to track down the so-called grain robbers. Therefore, the camp was very empty, with almost no soldiers guarding it. It was impossible to resist Yang Feng and Wulu leading their men to rush into the camp, and they were quickly submerged among the Black Mountain soldiers.

"Burn! Burn! Burn!" Wulu was as excited as the FFF regiment in later generations. While waving his sword, he rushed into the broken and torn camp fence, howling loudly and commanding the soldiers around him to go. Burn the camp.

"...This, Commander," a Montenegrin soldier held up a torch and asked hesitantly, "...burn, what are you going to burn?"

"You idiot!" Wulu yelled, "Of course you are burning food and fodder, burning fodder, and burning tents! I still have to ask, do you think this is..."

"...what..."

As the last soft "mo" sound came out, the originally twisted smile on Wulu's face gradually solidified. I saw a gust of night wind blowing by, shaking the torch in Wulu's hand, and also shaking Wulu's heart...

The cavalry camp was empty. The fodder that should have been piled high was only thinly scattered on the ground. There were only a few tents at the entrance of the camp, and the fence was broken from Wulu. Here, there is only empty ground left, with only a few rags fluttering seductively in the night wind.

"This..." Wulu opened his mouth wide, "...what's going on? Could it be that all the fucking cavalry were taken away today..."

"Take that shit away!" Yang Feng also rushed in. When he saw the situation, his heart suddenly became cold and he immediately yelled, "Get out! Get out! He's still holding a torch, but he's lost it all. Get out!" "

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Not long after the flames ignited in Yinshan, the Xianbei scouts who had been monitoring the movement twelve hours a day were already on their way through the night to inform Tuoba Guoluo of this important change.

"Are you sure?!" Tuoba Guoluo said, staring closely at the scout.

The scout patted his chest and said, "I saw it with my own eyes! If I tell a lie, Xiao Wang can dig out my eyes!"

"Well..." Tuoba Guoluo nodded, and then said, "Okay, I understand, you have worked hard, go down and rest first..."

After the scout left, Tuoba Guoluo's mind started to tumble. There was civil strife in Yinshan?

Tuoba Guoluo first considered whether it was a trap, and then whether there was any opportunity to take advantage of it. Of course, it is impossible for the scout to lie, but there is something fishy about this matter...

Why is Yinshan suddenly in chaos?

In other words, why is it that there is no chaos in the morning and no chaos in the evening, but it is chaotic at this time?

There is a distance of two to three hundred miles. Even if Tuoba Guoluo rushes over now, the turmoil has probably been calmed down. So what we have to consider now is whether such turmoil can hurt the Han defenders in Yinshan, and whether it will cause any harm. Exploitable loopholes...

But the problem is, if it is indeed a riot, then even if there is a chance, it will only last a few days, so you can leave immediately and take advantage of the opportunity of the Yinshan Han people to counter the rebellion. If you don't seize it, you will wait. In a few days, even if I rush there with my troops, I am afraid that Yinshan will have completely calmed down.

Tuoba Guo walked back and forth in the tent, thinking about it, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on his forehead. As the commander-in-chief of the army, he has great glory, but the burden on his shoulders is not small. With an order, he may be successful or famous, or he may be ruined. This kind of inner pressure and anxiety is not just about eating and sleeping. What ordinary soldiers can understand and experience.

Another scout rushed back and reported the latest information. This time, it was basically confirmed that a riot had indeed occurred in Yinshan.

The news had spread, and the surrounding leaders, whether from Xianbei or Xiongnu, gathered outside Tuoba Guoluo's tent.

"How is it?" Several Xianbei leaders inquired about each other, and gathered around and whispered.

Without Tuoba Guoluo's call, these people would not dare to break into the tent. Are you asking for a meeting? These people are not qualified enough to make any decisions for Tuoba Guoluo, so naturally they will not ask for trouble, so they just gather around the big tent and whisper, waiting for the final order.

Alanyi and Linyinqin stood far away from the Xianbei leaders.

Lin Yinqin arched Alanyi with his shoulder, gestured, and said, "...will you take action?"

Alanyi was silent for a long time, then answered the question: "...Is there any difference?"

Lin Yinqin's eyes also dimmed, he sighed slightly, lowered his eyes, and silently stopped talking.

The chaos outside the big tent did not last long. Soon the door curtain was lifted, and a personal guard of Tuoba Guoluo gave a loud order for the leaders to come in and listen to the order.

Tuoba Guoluo was sitting at the top of the big tent. He could no longer see the slightest trace of worry when he was alone inside. He still put on his trademark lazy look and said: "...I said, Everyone...you all know the news..."

"I know." Several Xianbei people responded unevenly.

"Logically speaking, this is more or less an opportunity..." Tuoba Guoluo said slowly, "...However, on the one hand, our current troops have not yet been fully assembled, and on the other hand, we cannot completely rule out the possibility of The trap of the Han people...and we haven't received the order from the king yet..."

"..." The Xianbei leaders in the tent looked at each other from left to right, exchanging glances, wondering whether Tuoba Guoluo meant to stand still?

"Xiao Wang!" A Xianbei man couldn't help but said, "Are we just waiting here in vain and watching this opportunity pass by?"

Immediately several leaders echoed.

Tuoba Guoluo smiled slightly, then glanced at these people one by one, and then said: "...I haven't finished speaking yet, but you are anxious? Okay, then Krichen, do you want to This position is given to you, and it’s up to you to have the final say?”

The leading Xianbei leader, Krichen, immediately became frightened, slumped his shoulders, lowered his head, and remained silent.

The tent suddenly became quiet, and even the breathing became quieter.

After waiting for a while, Tuoba Guoluo continued: "...However, since the king has entrusted this important responsibility to me, I will naturally share the worries for the king, so... I cannot sit back and let such an opportunity be missed..."

Tuoba Guoluo straightened his waist, put away the lazy smile on his face, and said in a deep voice: "I order! Linyinqin and Alanyi will take their own troops to set off first, and they can rush to Yinshan! Tuyuhunhe... The two of you, Krichen, each with a thousand-man team, will also send out troops together. The front troops will be controlled by Tuyuhun! The rest will follow me and set off later!"

Tuyuhun jumped up and took the order loudly, while Krikhen had no choice but to lower his head and take the order. Alanyi and Linyinqin glanced at each other secretly, then stood up and cupped their chests to take the order, and then they all joined together. Go out of the big tent first.

Tuoba Guoluo returned to his lazy look, and then said: "... report the situation here to the king immediately... Everyone else, go down and get ready..."

A long horn sounded, and groups of barbarian cavalry gathered together, broke away from this gathering point, and began to march towards the Yinshan Mountains...