At Huoshuo Pass, Shao Xing got off his horse and quickly entered the handsome tent. Jia He and Feng Sai were warming themselves by the fire inside and quickly stood up and saluted.

Shao Yun walked to the fire and said to the two of them: "I'm coming back from Lu's quickly to tell you some news!"

Jia He smiled and said: "Looking at you panting, what's the big news? Could it be that the Jin army on the opposite side is about to withdraw?"

Shao Yundao: "It's not that the Jin army is going to withdraw, but that we are going to counterattack! No longer defend the Huoshan Pass, but to counterattack Wei Yi! Drive Wei Yi away and reoccupy Guozhou! After occupying Guozhou, we will even reoccupy Shaanzhou

!”

Jia He and Feng Sai were shocked. They stepped forward and stared at Shao Yun for a few times and said, "Did Jinglue really say this? We have less than ten thousand soldiers, and Wei Yi opposite has nearly twenty thousand! Wu Shu is gone, now

Twenty thousand soldiers are still there!"

Shao Yun waved his hand and said: "In addition to the management, there is also Wang Zhenfu in the Lu family. This time when he came north, Wang Zhenfu brought 15,000 troops and horses. Adding our 10,000 troops, it is a total of 25,000

Thousands of people. Wei Yi is just a disciple of a wanderer, so what should be feared!"

Jia He and Feng Sai lowered their heads and thought for a while, then nodded together.

Shao Yundao: "When we return to the Lu family this time, Wang Zhenfu and Jinglue ordered us to use ten days to find out Wei Yi's camp on the opposite side. How many troops are there in front of the pass and how they are stationed? On the way to Guozhou,

How many people are there and where are they stationed? We will wait for military orders in ten days to counterattack the Jin army! As long as we defeat Wei Yi's army on the opposite side, the follow-up army will immediately follow and attack Guozhou!"

Jia He wondered: "Soldiers are very quick! Since we want to counterattack, why do we have to wait ten days?"

Shao Yundao: "The road from Luanchuan to Lushi is too difficult. Many armors and weapons from Wang Zhenfu's army have not been transported to Lushi. To attack, we need to mobilize more troops from Dengzhou, recruit civilians, and transport grain, grass and baggage."

That’s all.”

Feng Daodao: "At the beginning of the year, when Wang Zhenfu rescued Shaanzhou, there were not so many troubles. There were 30,000 of them, and they had enough food and clothing."

Shao Yun sighed: "It is precisely because we rescued Shaanzhou at the beginning of the year that it is so difficult now. At the beginning of the year, Wang Zhenfu concentrated the manpower and material resources of Dengzhou, Xiangyang, Tangzhou, and Suizhou, and dispatched most of the troops

, the talent is relatively easy. The people's power is limited. We recruited civilian husbands once at the beginning of the year, and now we recruit them again, and the people still don't rebel! We can only spend money and hire people from the private sector, which will not be like at the beginning of the year."

"Spend money? Pay money to hire people? How much does it cost to hire people to transport food when tens of thousands of troops join the war?" Jia He was dumbfounded after hearing this.

Shao Yundao: "Xiangyang is a wealthy place, don't compare it with our Shaanxi Province. They use Huizi, which is printed by the government. If you are short of money, just print Huizi. It's not like other places, where gold, silver and copper coins are so convenient."

Feng Daodao: "If it is so simple, all the governors in various places have learned it. In fact, not to mention the huizi printed by the local government, even the huizi printed by the imperial court are often not wanted. At the beginning of the year, a huizi can buy more than ten shi.

rice, and by the end of the year, you can’t even buy a single stone. Huizi in Xiangyang have never heard of this kind of thing, and they like to use it on many roads in the surrounding areas, so there must be something different about it.”

Shao Yun nodded: "That's right. If you want to come to Xiangyang Huizi, you don't just print it casually."

The three of them chatted for a while, and Shao Yun warmed up and said: "It's getting late, I'll go to the front line and bring Zhao Cheng down. Zhao Cheng is here. You can tell him what we just talked about. This matter

It’s very important, don’t underestimate it!”

Watching Shao Yun leave, Jia He said: "But it's interesting. We have been defending for nearly a month, and suddenly we are about to counterattack."

Feng Daozuo: "The Wushu army left Guozhou. Wei Yi's so-called army of more than 10,000 people was as big as chickens and dogs! At this time, Guozhou was like an empty city! The manager was able to come up with this plan to attack the enemy.

Weakness!"

Jia He nodded repeatedly. The two sat by the fire and discussed what to do next.

In the handsome tent under the volcano, Wei Yi sat in front of the fire, holding a roasted grouse leg in one hand. He took a sip of wine, took a big bite of the chicken leg, looked at the flames in the fire with a gloomy face.

.

Fang Zhen opened the tent door and came in. He crossed his arms and saluted Wei Yi and said, "Captain, the soldiers who were searching for food nearby are back."

"How is it?" Wei Yi put the wine bowl on the ground and asked eagerly.

Fang Zhendao: "There are mountains nearby, and the population is not large. I heard that the Jin army arrived in Guozhou, and many households fled. After searching for a long time, only a dozen households were found nearby. Most of them were hunters, and their families were originally

There is no rice or wheat, only some dried animal meat. I asked, but I only found six measures of rice today, so I can’t think of anything.”

After hearing this, Wei Yi couldn't help frowning: "We have thousands of troops, what should we do? Transporting grain from Guozhou is inconvenient. Moreover, the fourth prince's troops went to Luoyang, and the grain and grass left for us were not available.

many."

Fang Zhendao: "Are the three thousand troops in front of the volcano too many? In my opinion, the Song army on the opposite side is at most a few hundred people. There are mountains everywhere here, and there is no place for us three thousand people to camp."

Wei Yi said: "How can we do it with a small number of people? In Lushi County behind us, there are nearly ten thousand people from Li Yanxian, as well as soldiers and horses from Wang Xiaolie who came to help. Once we break the Huoshan Pass, we will fight with them!"

Fang Zhen couldn't help but frown: "With so many people in the Song army, how can we transport food and grass? The inner countryside is hundreds of miles away from the Lu family, so transporting food is not easy."

Wei Yi said: "Wang Xiaolie occupies several states and governs millions of households. He still worries that there is no one to transport food? If there is no other way, we will go to Guanzhong to recruit some civilians. Huazhou is a densely populated place, and tens of thousands of people will be recruited.

It shouldn't be difficult for the civilians. Let them transport food, which saves us a lot of effort."

Fang Zhen said quickly: "What the supervisor said is that you can go to nearby Shaanzhou, Mianchi and other places!"

Wei Yi lowered his head and thought for a while, then said decisively: "That's it. Send troops to Huazhou and Mianchi respectively to collect some grain and grass, and then recruit civilians to transport grain for us! The fourth prince is in Luoyang, so naturally Meng Bangxiong will help him transport it.

Food, don’t worry about them!”

Fang Zhen agreed and hurried out to make arrangements. Wei Yi took a sip of wine and looked at the fire in front of her in trance.

Wushu led his men Liangqi and Gao Qiong to Luoyang, leaving him in Guozhou. With Wushu gone, he felt much less pressure, but Wushu also took away the grain and grass in Guozhou, and raised an army of more than 10,000.

It was not easy. Li Yanxian cherished the people under his rule and did not collect too much grain, which was an advantage to Wei Yi. But Guozhou was a small place and he robbed all the people's grain, so how much could he have?

Wei Yi sighed and frowned. Suddenly he felt that his army was too large. He raised his army a few months ago and suddenly expanded to nearly 20,000 troops. At the beginning, he felt very majestic. Only now did he realize that

Feeding them is not easy.

In the Battle of Fuping, the Song army quickly collapsed, and the Jin army swept through Guanzhong. The Jin army's habit was not to garrison a large number of troops to defend local areas, but to maintain mobile power and use local forces to help themselves. Wei Yi met by chance and took advantage of the opportunity. His

The nearly 20,000-strong army actually included all kinds of monsters and monsters from several states. In addition, the defeated Song army joined in, and it quickly swelled. Although this kind of army is large in number, its combat power is limited. But for the leader, it is often
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