Zhu Nao

In the wilderness, an army is moving fast.

At noon, the sun became more and more venomous, and the soldiers were burned red by the scorching sun. The commander finally gave the order to suspend the march and asked the army to take a rest in the shade.

"General, drink some water." The guard took a jug of water from a nearby stream and handed it to the general who led the army - this general was Tao Bei.

Tao Bei drank a few sips of water, turned his head and asked the scout in charge of exploring the way: "How far is this place from Yunyang?"

The spy hurriedly said, "General, it's less than two hundred miles away."

Tao Bei nodded.He asked again: "There is no change in Yunyang?"

The spy said: "No abnormal movement was found."

Tao Bei said with satisfaction: "Very well, our army's surprise troops made a surprise attack, and they really didn't have time to react."

A few days ago, Tao Bei decided to give up attacking Jingzhou at the ferry of the Yangtze River, and instead attacked Changsha, but he did not transfer all his troops to Changsha—it was unnecessary, and dealing with Sun Xiang's remnants and defeated generals was outsmarting. There are enough people; secondly, he came south for Zhu Nao, even if he could get Changsha in the end, it would be quite different from his original purpose.

For Tao Bei, he really needed a war to defeat the Shu army.Victory itself is even more important than his occupation of Jingzhou, Changsha or which territory!This will give him more chips in the battle for orthodoxy with Junao!

Therefore, Tao Bei finally decided to divide his troops along the river and sent [-] troops to attack Changsha, while he himself led [-] elite troops to turn west and head straight for the Shu territory.

He fought with great speed, taking advantage of the defenselessness of the Shu army, he captured Jianshi County in just two days, broke through Liangping in another two days, and rushed all the way to Yunyang.

Ordinary troops can only travel fifteen miles a day, but Tao Bei gave up a lot of luggage and led a fast team with light clothes, which can travel forty or fifty miles a day.Wait until the Shu army receives the news, and then dispatch the troops, I'm afraid he will return to Changsha after defeating Yunyang!

——Yes, he used this method to conquer the counties, and he couldn't hold the territory he had won, and he didn't plan to hold it.All he wanted was to slap Jun Nao hard on the face, and then leave.

Such a victory is unwarranted.Yunyang and other places are not places that must be contested by military strategists, nor do they have rich products. The Shu government would not have deployed a large number of troops here.But Tao Bei didn't care - after all, he had no better way right now.A slap in the face in a fake way is better than retreating, right?

The army rested in the shade for a period of time, and when the sun slanted slightly, Tao Bei ordered the army to continue on the road and continue to advance in the direction of Yunyang.

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"General, at six o'clock this morning, the Central Plains Army marched to forty miles northwest of Liangping, so there are still about 120 miles left."

Listening to the spies' report, Xie Wuji slid his finger on the map: "Here?"

The spy hurriedly said, "Yes."

Xie Wuji nodded, continued to look at the map intently, and thoughtfully said: "According to this calculation, they travel about forty or fifty miles a day..."

A few days ago, they received news that Huang Dongxuan had surrendered Fangji in Changsha. Zhu Nao deduced that Tao Bei would not let this go, and might temporarily divert his route to capture several counties around the Shu Mansion before returning.Xie Wuji immediately deduced several possible attack routes for Tao Bei, and finally chose the most likely route - Yunyang!

Now as expected, Tao Bei really followed the path Xie Wuji predicted.

Xie Wuji asked: "Did you find out? Who is their leader? How many people are there in the army?"

The spies said: "They didn't fly the general flag, and they don't know who the general is. The army is about 9000 to [-] people."

Xie Wuji's expression was a little dignified.

Although he predicted Tao Bei's advance route, he did not send troops after receiving exact information, but only decided to send troops based on Zhu Nao and his speculation just in case.It is impossible for them to work hard on such uncertain things, and they have no time to work hard.

Moreover, Tao Bei made a temporary U-turn around Jingzhou and headed straight for Shu, while Xie Wuji came from Hanzhong, and the journey was farther than Tao Bei's. If he slowly assembled his army, the Central Plains army might be beaten and left by the time he arrived.

Under such circumstances, although Xie Wuji had predicted Tao Bei's route, he didn't bring many people.He only brought 4000 elite soldiers, and even counting the local defenders in Yunyang, there were no more than [-] to [-].Taobei's troops were several times larger than theirs, and the situation was not favorable.

Xie Wu thought for a moment, then he had an idea, and said: "Call all the officers."

In a short while, many officers under him were called into the account.

Xie Wuji told the situation of Tao Beijun that he had just learned, and the generals were overjoyed, and praised repeatedly: "The general is really good at predicting things like a god!"

To be able to predict the enemy's actions and routes without knowing anything requires extremely rich battlefield experience and an understanding of the enemy, which not everyone can do.It should even be said that very few people have achieved it, otherwise everyone would be able to guess the enemy's movements, so what else is there to fight?

Xie Wuji was not happy.This is only the first step, they only have the advantage in intelligence, they know that the enemy has arrived, but the enemy doesn't know they are here.If the enemy cannot be wiped out in the end, what is the point of such an advantage.

He said indifferently: "Now the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, we should not underestimate the enemy. I have a plan, just listen to it."

He explained his plan in this way, and after he finished speaking, all the generals looked at each other, and no one spoke for a long time.

Finally, someone said: "General, although some of the enemy troops can be killed and wounded in this way,...wouldn't it be a shock to the snake?"

They are short of troops, so they should try to find a way to take advantage of intelligence to injure the enemy as much as possible.Xie Wuji's arrangement runs counter to this.

Xie Wuji said: "Can you use 2000 people to destroy their [-] army?"

His subordinates were dumbfounded.It is not a simple matter to put a several times difference in strength there.

Xie Wuji said: "If there is no better way, I will follow my plan. I have my own ideas."

When he said this, the generals naturally had nothing else to say, and stepped back to make arrangements.

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Two days later.

As the sky was getting dark, Tao Bei led the army that had driven for a day to camp and stationed there. After eating, he asked the army to prepare for a rest.

After Tao Bei was busy with the military affairs at hand, when an officer asked to see him outside, he summoned the officer into his account.

"What's the matter?" Tao Bei asked.

The officer said: "General, the two teams sent to Hukou Village last night and Hetian Valley today have not returned yet. This matter is quite abnormal. I am here to report to the General."

Tao Bei was slightly taken aback, and said, "The two teams didn't come back? Then send more people to look for them in those two places."

As the army advances, they will continue to send small groups of troops to investigate the enemy's surroundings.The investigative men and horses failed to come back in time. Sometimes they might have stumbled by accident, sometimes they might have encountered an enemy accidentally, and sometimes they might even have lost their way.

Although two patrol teams disappeared at the same time, the two teams were not going in the same direction, and Tao Bei didn't take it seriously.

After all, he knew that Yunyang didn't have many troops.He came here on a whim, the attack speed was so fast, and the attack was not an important city, it was impossible for Zhu Nao, who was far away in Hanzhong, to react in time.Even if they ran into any troubles, at most they were minor troubles, nothing to worry about.

After finishing his work, Tao Bei also went to sleep on the couch.

After about half an hour, there was a commotion outside.Tao Bei was awakened from his sleep, put on his clothes and rushed out of the camp. The soldier who reported the message just rushed out of the tent, and said anxiously: "General, it's not good! There is a rebellion in the Jiachou camp, and the rebels are killing people and burning the camp!"

"What?" Tao Bei was startled, "It's so good, how could there be a sudden rebellion?"

The incident happened in a hurry, and the soldier didn't know the details, so he couldn't answer for a while.

Tao Bei could only put aside the reason for now, and ordered: "Quickly notify Jiazi and Jiayin camp to help and suppress the rebellion!"

The [-] soldiers were stationed in dozens of battalions. The battalions were not far apart, and the terrain supported each other, which could prevent the enemy from stealing the camp at night or internal rebellion.

The Central Plains Army who followed Tao Bei all had rich combat experience. Before Tao Bei's order came, the officers of the neighboring battalion learned of the situation and sent troops to help.

Another half an hour later, the rebellion had been suppressed, and the officers of the Jiachou Battalion came to report the situation to Tao Bei in disgrace.

"What's going on?" Tao Bei asked, "Why did the soldiers in your camp suddenly rebel?"

The officer said with a mournful face: "General, it is not the soldiers who rebelled, but a group of unknown people wearing our military uniforms, mixed into our barracks, making trouble at night, killing soldiers everywhere, and setting fire to the camp. The night was dark, and the soldiers suddenly It is difficult to distinguish between the enemy and ourselves, so the rebellion is falsely reported.”

"What??" Tao Bei was even more shocked.

It turned out that after the disturbance at night, the unknown soldiers saw that the murderers were all dressed up like themselves, so they mistook it for a rebellion in the barracks.

It wasn't until other battalions came to help that it was finally discovered that all the "rebels" had strips of white cloth tied to their arms.After they found a way to identify the "rebels," they began to suppress the rebellion, and found that these people were not soldiers from the Central Plains at all, but had sneaked in from outside.

As for where these people got their uniforms from?Undoubtedly it was the two patrols who disappeared and failed to return.

Tao Bei asked anxiously: "Have you been caught alive? Have you passed the interrogation? Who is it?"

The officer's face became more and more ugly: "It's a group of dead soldiers. When we found out how to identify them, they began to retreat. The few that were captured also committed suicide."

"..." Tao Bei was furious, "Trash!"

If caught alive, he could interrogate the identities and plans of these people.If there are no survivors, it will be difficult to investigate such a thing.

Tao Bei calmed down and asked again, "How many casualties did our soldiers have?"

The officer tremblingly said: "The inventory has not been completed yet..." His mouth moved a little, and he swallowed the second part of the sentence "I'm afraid at least a few hundred".

In the middle of the night, when the lights were dark, a group of rebels rushed into the camp and chopped down anyone they saw. Many soldiers were killed by swords while they were still asleep. time; after finally finding a way to tell the difference, more than half an hour has passed, how could there not be heavy casualties?

In the final analysis, such a thing happened because the army was in a hurry and thought that there would not be many enemy troops around, so they took it lightly.

Tao Bei's face was frosty, and he said viciously: "Investigate! Check it out for me! Do everything possible to investigate! You must know who did this!"