Chapter 4 Harassment
Mianzhu was the last line of defense after Luocheng. Almost all the grain and grass allocated from Chengdu to the front line Luocheng were transported here before being transferred to Luocheng.
It is the current logistics transit point for the Shu army.
But that day, dozens of grain trucks transported to Luocheng were robbed when they passed through the bamboo forests on both sides of the pass again.
His army moved extremely quickly, quickly expelling the logistics soldiers, and then after replenishing the necessary dry food reserves, the rest were burned to the ground.
After the soldiers retreated, Pang Tong thought about how he had robbed the enemy's food routes many times in the past few days, and he was probably about to face an encirclement and suppression between the two cities.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help stroking his beard and said slowly: "Commander Zhao, you propose to directly bypass the west Kui gate of Luocheng and instead make a surprise attack between the two cities to cut off the enemy's food route."
"If the next two cities send enemy troops to encircle and suppress them one after another, I wonder if Commander Zhao can think of a clever strategy to defeat the enemy?"
As soon as he said this, Zhao Tong raised his head and looked up, and his eyes met with Pang Tong's.
After all, without a frontal attack on Luocheng, it would be too risky to break into the rear to cut off the food route, which showed that the main force would not be able to support our side when it was besieged between the two cities.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Tong chuckled, and then said slowly: "Please rest assured, military advisor, Tong has a way to deal with it."
One word was spoken with extremely confident words.
Pang Tong felt a little relieved, but Zhao Tong watched his words and saw that there was still some worry on his cheeks. He paused for a moment and then continued to smile:
"Military advisor, in fact, if we follow the established plan to surprise Xikuimen and cooperate with the lord to attack Luocheng, it will be a bad idea!"
"What's the meaning of this statement?"
"Our army's whereabouts have been exposed at Luofengpo, and the enemy's ambush has been destroyed by design. With Zhang Ren's knowledge, it is not difficult to guess our subsequent actions to attack Xikuimen."
"In this way, if the enemy is well prepared, it will be extremely difficult for our army to achieve success in a surprise attack."
This voice immediately woke him up.
After hearing this, Pang Tong finally realized that he seemed to be too obsessed with cooperating with the main force to disperse Luocheng's defensive forces, unlike Zhao Tong who had divergent thinking.
Indeed, our side frequently cuts off food routes. Over time, Luocheng will fall into a food shortage crisis, and the majestic and solid defense line will naturally gradually collapse.
As for the current crisis on our side, I am afraid that the next step is how to avoid the encirclement and suppression between the two cities.
Pang Tong then quietly thought about it.
However, seeing the extremely confident look on Zhao Tong's face, Pang Tong did not have any doubts.
He himself was very resourceful, and since he had accepted Zhao Tong's strategy, he naturally would not give up halfway.
Let’s talk about this for a while.
An army unit disappeared again without a trace.
As food and grass were frequently robbed, Pang Tong's troops also attracted the attention of the two cities.
Due to the delay in transporting logistics, military supplies and other supplies to Luocheng, the pressure on Luocheng's defense has increased. However, as time passed, there was no sign of Mianzhu leading an encirclement and suppression campaign.
Luocheng government office.
The commander-in-chief, Liu Xun, was wearing a battle armor and was in the main position. He was holding an envelope of recent battle reports. His expression gradually changed slightly and he couldn't help shouting: "Since the enemy's troops have gone deep into the enemy's rear to harass them, why didn't Li Zhengfang gather his troops to wipe them out?"
, instead of just letting it go?"
His words were so loud that all the generals in the army were afraid to speak.
Liu Xun was extremely angry at this time.
I struggled to resist Liu Bei's army at the front, but what about the others?
But he did nothing behind the scenes.
How can this not make people feel resentful?
Hearing Liu Xun's roar, the messenger could only lower his head and tremblingly replied: "Sir, before I left, the guard said that although this enemy army is outnumbered, it is extremely powerful. If you want to encircle and suppress it,
The army may need help from the young master."
As soon as these words came out, Liu Xun couldn't help but become more and more angry, and said in a foul language:
"Assist? With the current situation in Luocheng, how can I, the general, still have the energy to go and assist? Doesn't Li Zhengfang always boast that he is a god in using troops? How come he can't even deal with a partial enemy division now?"
These words were spoken out of anger without much thought. If you think about it carefully, if these words were spread, there would probably be a big mess!
It should be noted that the current situation in Yizhou is already very precarious for Liu Zhang.
Zhang Ren, who was on one side, was thinking about this secretly, and he could clearly see it with his eyes.
Immediately, he hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Sir, this is all caused by the fact that the general failed to defeat the enemy army at Luofengpo, and he did not expect that the enemy army would directly cross the mountains and ridges through the trail to the rear.
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"The last general is willing to bring his troops to assist Li Hujun in defeating the enemy."
After Zhang Ren took the initiative to ask for help, Liu Xun gradually woke up from his anger. He also realized that if this enemy force was not annihilated as soon as possible, the subsequent situation might become even more unfavorable.
After thinking for a moment, he agreed to Zhang Ren's request to fight.
When Zhang Ren accepted the order and left, he also ordered the messenger to continue returning to Mianzhu to inform Li Yan and continue to deliver logistical supplies as usual.
Zhang Ren's thinking was very clear at this time.
He also understood at this moment that the enemy troops were coming from Luofengpo. Since they gave up attacking Luocheng to cooperate with the main army in attacking the city and instead detoured to their own rear, they had only one purpose, to disturb the grain road.
Other than that, there will be no other goals.
In this case, if we want to encircle and suppress the enemy's army, we must start from the food route.
Even if the enemy could see through this plan, it would be of no use!
I will transport military supplies. If you don't rob me, that would be the best. Both sides will be safe.
Leading his troops to rob him is exactly what he wanted!
Zhang Ren was naturally full of confidence at this moment, and good strategies had already come to his mind.
This is an upright conspiracy.
He figured out the essence of the enemy's actions when they penetrated to the rear.
This is the so-called "hit the snake seven inches".
And as the plan has been decided.
The plan for Pang Tong's partial division also began.
Several days passed in succession.
Batches of military supplies were still escorted to Luocheng by more than a hundred grain trucks and hundreds of logistics soldiers composed of civilians!
Soon, we arrived at the Mianzhu Forest.
The logistics team marched on the official road in the middle, with lush green bamboo forests on both sides.
At this moment, except for the "sasha" sound of bamboo leaves swaying in the wind, the surroundings seemed to be silent and extremely peaceful.
Such an abnormal situation is also thought-provoking!
However, the logistics team did not make any discovery and continued to move forward.
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The next second.
Suddenly, shouts of killing resounded all around.
"kill!"
At this moment, Zhao Tong was seen holding his spear high and commanding vigorously.
I saw groups of sergeants forming formations, armed with knives, spears and other weapons, rushing out and quickly heading towards the military supplies.
With such a huge momentum, these logistics teams with low combat effectiveness had already been frightened and fled in all directions.
Chapter completed!