Zhu Nao

A few miles away from Puzhou City, there is a small courtyard in the county town bordering Henan Prefecture. In that courtyard, a man has been wandering for a long time distractedly.He seemed to be waiting for someone, but the person he was waiting for never came.Now and then he stopped to sit for a while, and soon he couldn't help getting up and walking back and forth.

This person is an official of Henan Prefecture, named Wu Wei.Since Shangguanxian was trapped in Puzhou City, Wu Wei has thought of many ways to rescue Shangguanxian.But after all, he is not a general, he doesn't know how to dispatch troops, besides, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so he doesn't have many soldiers and horses to mobilize.So he could only keep writing to Yedu, asking Taobei for help.

Not long ago, Tao Bei finally sent someone to take charge of rescuing Shangguan Xian.At this moment, Wu Wei was waiting for that person to come back.

Until it was getting late, the sound of horseshoes finally came from outside.Wu Wei's eyes lit up, his exhaustion was swept away, and he hurriedly greeted him.

At dusk, a group of people ran back quickly.The person riding in the front was tall and tall, with rough features and a very dignified appearance.And the group of people behind him were all strong and strong, holding swords, they looked like well-trained elite soldiers.

Wu Wei ran forward and hurriedly asked, "Lieutenant Meng, did you succeed today?"

Meng Huan jumped off the horse and shook his head.

Wu Wei immediately showed a disappointed expression when he saw the baggage truck following behind.

Meng Huan saw his expression in his eyes, and said calmly: "Don't worry, Mr. Wu. The people of Shu put so much effort into besieging Puzhou. I'm a newcomer, so it will take some time. After these few days, I'm very familiar with the terrain and The combat habits of the Shu army have already been understood. Just give me a few more days, and I will be able to open a gap and send food and grass to Puzhou City!"

Hearing that he spoke so confidently, Wu Wei couldn't help being a little skeptical.But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that this person might really be able to do it.

Although this Meng Huan's military rank is not high, he is indeed a fierce general. He was born in a poor family and has worked in the army for many years.He is especially good at breakout battles, and it is said that he has made countless achievements in similar battles.

Moreover, Shangguan Xian was Tao Bei's favorite general. Tao Bei's ability to send Meng Huan here must show that this person has outstanding abilities and is the most qualified person for this task.Could it be that Tao Bei would still cheat Shangguan Xian?So he put his hanging heart back into his stomach.

Wu Wei hurriedly squeezed out a gratifying smile: "With Captain Meng's words, I feel relieved!"

Meng Huan smiled lightly.

It is true that Meng Huan is a fierce general, but Tao Bei didn't give him many troops, and he was facing Xie Wuji, a world-renowned ever-victorious general, why is he so confident?It's not that he's arrogant, but that his task is actually very simple - he doesn't plan to repel the [-] Shu army. Tao Bei didn't ask him to do such a stupid thing; he didn't need to send Shangguan Xian from Puzhou City rescued.Shangguanxian has been sticking to it so far. If they chose to give up Puzhou in the end and hand over Hezhong to Zhu Nao, why did they stay and stick to it from the beginning?

Meng Huan has only one purpose - he only needs to find a way to open a gap in the encirclement circle of the Shu army, and transport the grain and grass into Puzhou City!

Right now, the biggest dilemma for soldiers and horses in Puzhou City is lack of food and clothing.If there is enough food and grass and a strong city wall, what if they spend another ten or eight years?The Shu army brought much larger soldiers and horses than them, and consumed several times their food and grass. As long as they gritted their teeth and continued to consume, it must be the Shu army who could not survive in the end!At that time, the Shu army had to retreat if they didn't want to retreat. They held the river at a very small cost and consumed a lot of wealth of the Shu army. It can be said that they won a complete victory!

Therefore, after Meng Huan arrived here, he didn't need a large army from Henan at all.He only carefully selected a group of elite soldiers to form a few stormtroopers, spent a few days carefully studying the nearby terrain, and continued to launch small-scale tentative attacks on the Shu army.

Although their previous attacks were unsuccessful, it also gave him a lot of understanding of the Shu army. After all, this was the first time he had fought against the Shu army, and he needed time to know himself and the enemy.Now, he knows the terrain around him like the palm of his hand, and he has a good idea of ​​the combat effectiveness and habits of the Shu army.

He is confident that he will be able to tear a gap in the defense line of the Shu army in a short time!

He would like to see, after he sent the food and grass into Puzhou City, how long can Zhu Nao stay here with the army?I'm afraid that when the time comes, the Shu army will use a bamboo basket to fetch water, not to mention nothing, and they will lift a rock and shoot themselves in the foot!

Thinking of this, Meng Huan couldn't help but sneer.When this battle is successful, he assists Shangguan Xian to keep Puzhou City, and he will not be far from being promoted from a school captain to a miscellaneous general...

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In the Shu Army camp outside Puzhou City, the officers of the Shu Army are reporting to Xie Wuji about the surprise attack they encountered today, and it is Meng Huan who launched the surprise attack on them.

After Xie Wuji finished listening to everyone's report, he frowned slightly, his expression a little dignified: "It seems that Tao Bei has sent someone to come here. This person should not be underestimated."

All the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay.

In recent days, they have been frequently attacked by the Henan army. In fact, the scale of the attack is not very large, most of them are just tentative contacts, and they have blocked the enemy's attack every time.But if you look at these surprise attacks together, you will find that every time the opponent tries, they can go one step further.

Just today, the Henan army led by Meng Huan almost broke through the encirclement of the Shu army!Fortunately, Meng Huan's purpose was to transport food and grass into Puzhou City. They were slowed down when they were carrying a lot of luggage, and the nearby Shu army arrived in time, so they held the line of defense without any danger.

Although Xie Wuji didn't have the chance to fight the general of the Henan Army in person, but from the report of his subordinates, he found that the other party should be a master who is proficient in tactics, and he also has a group of well-trained soldiers who cooperate tacitly.In order to save his beloved general, Tao Bei also spent a lot of thought on selecting talents.

"General," an officer suggested, "we might as well inform the whole army of the enemy's purpose, so that the soldiers of each battalion should strengthen their guard and increase the patrol manpower. We must not let the enemy take advantage of it!"

Xie Wuji was noncommittal for such a well-regulated suggestion.

It is indeed necessary to strengthen vigilance, but as the saying goes, only a thousand days can be a thief, but there is no one who can prevent a thief for a thousand days.What they met now was the "thief".

The strength of the Henan army is obviously not enough to fight against their [-] army, and the enemy has no such intention, so it is obvious that they just want to send some food and grass to the city, so that the people in the city can hold on longer.These peripheral enemy troops may be dispatched in the middle of the night, or they may sneak attack at noon, and they may come from the west or the south.The soldiers of Shu soldiers are not made of iron, they always have to eat and drink, and they will inevitably relax sometimes. How can they withstand the constant vigilance?With such a long siege front, it was inevitable that there would be individual weaknesses.And the enemy is not an idle person, with outstanding combat power, I'm afraid they will find a chance to break through the encirclement sooner or later!

But Xie Wuji couldn't just watch such a thing happen.

He knew very well that there was not much time left in Puzhou city. If the enemy were to join the city at this time, even if only a little food and grass were sent in, it would be a huge blow to the Shu army who had stood firm so far!One more day in the city.Their [-] army will also consume an extra day, and the consumption every day is huge!Therefore, the enemy's intentions must not be allowed to succeed!

But what should be done to make the "thief" unable to attack?

Xie Wuji pondered for a moment, suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, and had an idea.

He said coldly: "Order the soldiers of each battalion to strengthen their vigilance and defense, and send more patrolling men, so that the enemy will not take advantage of it. In addition, each battalion will select fifty strong, agile, and brave fighters. The soldiers came to see me, I have other arrangements."

The officers were slightly taken aback.Xie Wuji wants a group of elite soldiers?This is a special mission!If the task can be done well, it will be a chance to rise to the top!

"Yes, General!"

The officers hurried back to choose their favorite men.

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Two days later, in Pucheng Prefecture.

Shangguanxian came to the granary again and asked the quartermaster to submit the accounts for inspection.

Shangguan Xian frowned more tightly every time he looked at the numbers on the account.The quartermasters stood beside him, not daring to breathe, and kept crying in their hearts, for fear that Shangguan Xian would turn his anger on them in a fit of anger.It just so happens that a woman can't live without rice, and the numbers on the books are not good. Is it their fault?It's really hard to be a quartermaster!

After reading the account, Shangguan Xian's complexion was covered with dark clouds, as if he wanted to be angry but didn't know how to be angry.

Since he "generously" killed all the livestock in the city and gave half of the meat to the enemy, he failed to fool the Shu army into retreating, but succeeded in making the city's plight worse.

Now the granary is almost exhausted, and the grass roots and bark in the city have almost been dug up. If they go any further, they will kill the horses and eat them.How many days can war horses eat?What about after eating?what to do?

Shangguan Xian didn't know either.Now it seems that only a millet rain in the sky can alleviate his plight...

At this moment, a soldier rushed into the granary in a hurry, shouting out of breath: "General! General Shangguan!!"

Everyone was taken aback by him, Shangguan Xian saw his flustered expression, thought that something had happened, asked quickly: "What's the matter?"

The soldier panted heavily: "General, outside the city, there is a group of reinforcements breaking through the encirclement, and they are rushing towards the city gate with luggage!"

Shangguan Xian was stunned, and everyone in the granary widened their eyes.reinforcements? !

When Shangguan Xian came back to his senses, his eyes immediately became bright, and an ecstatic smile appeared on his face.He casually threw the account of the granary into the arms of the quartermaster, turned around and walked out: "Hurry up, send someone out of the city to meet them!!"

In the past few days, Meng Huan sent people to try to break through the encirclement of the Shu army. Although he failed, the spies under Shangguan Xian discovered the surrounding battles, so Shangguan Xian already knew that there were reinforcements outside trying to help them.Shangguanxian also knew that Tao Bei couldn't transfer a large army, so he could only send people to find a way to support the city with food and grass.But that's enough!What I need most is food and grass! !

Shangguan Xian led his men and ran all the way to the bottom of the tower, found the officer in charge of guarding the tower, and asked anxiously, "How is the situation now?"

The officer hurriedly said: "It's too late to wait for the general's order, I have made my own decision and sent 100 people out of the city to pick it up!"

Shangguan Xian praised: "Well done!"

He strode up the tower again, wanting to stand on a high place to see if the two sides were connected, whether the pursuers of the Shu army were in a hurry.However, he had just climbed halfway, when he suddenly heard exclamations from the tower.

"what!!!"

"No, there is a fraud!"

"Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!!"

Surprised, Shangguanxian rushed up the tower in three steps and two steps, and threw himself to the edge of the city wall to look down.When he saw the situation below, it was as if someone had poured cold water on his head, which drenched all the blood in his body!

At the bottom of the city wall, the "reinforcement army" who brought food and grass was holding up a knife and chasing the Henan soldiers who came out of the city to meet them.And those soldiers from Henan were originally here to help them resist the pursuers to buy time, so they were not prepared at all, and they were shocked by the cold knife, and they were all panicked.More than a dozen people had been cut down on the ground, and the remaining Henan soldiers fled in all directions, but because it was difficult to distinguish the enemy from the enemy, they didn't even know where to run, and a few more were cut down in a blink of an eye.

At this time, someone pulled back the cloth covering the luggage cart, and what was exposed on the cart was clearly a pile of dust and wood. How could there be any food that could be swallowed? !

——Those people were not reinforcements who came to deliver food and grass at all, but the Shu army in disguise!The soldiers guarding the city were eager to collect grain and grass, and before they had time to discern carefully, they sent people out of the city to meet them, and they were fooled.

How excited Shangguan Xian was when he heard the news of the arrival of reinforcements, how angry he is now.But even if the anger made him tremble all over, as the general, he must remain calm.

He gritted his teeth and said viciously: "Bring the gong quickly, let them go back to the city!"

Everyone was fighting under the tower, and the people on the tower couldn't help if they wanted to.The archers were afraid of being accidentally injured by the arrows, so they couldn't do it at all.

As a result, the rapid sound of gongs resounded through the city tower, and the Henan soldiers outside the city finally found their backbone, stopped fleeing indiscriminately, and turned around to rush into the city gate.The disguised Shu army dared not enter the city, and chased down a few Henan soldiers, then left the "supply cart" where it was, turned around and ran away.

Soon, the city gate was closed.

Until it got dark, the city gate never opened again.The soldiers in the city did not leave the city, and the Shu army outside the city did not attack again.Occasionally, a group of crows flew by in the sky, making a squawking sound, which was crisp and loud.

Everything is so peaceful, only the mess and crooked corpses outside the city wall prove what happened today...