Since Guanqiu Jian received the order, it can be said that he has done his best, leading three thousand elite cavalry to aid Mei County at starry night.
Well, saying "starry night rushes to the rescue" is a bit exaggerated. After all, in this era, there are not many soldiers who can see at night. They have to ride a horse in the dark. If you fall from the horse, it is easy to accidentally fall off. A life-threatening incident.
No matter how anxious Guan Qiujian was, he could only set out at dawn and rest until dusk, so as to save as much time as possible on the road.
It has to be said that there is nothing wrong with Guanqiu Jian's strategy. After all, no one knows the situation in Mei County at this time. He can only hurry up and hurry up to shorten the rescue time as much as possible.
According to Guanqiu Jian's calculations, it would have taken three or four days to reach Mei County from Wuzhangyuan on a galloping horse. With his own galloping, it might only take three days to reach Mei County. The county guard general Wang Shuang has to stay for himself, right? !
But soon, Guanqiu Jian suffered the first blow of this operation.
On the evening of the first day after setting off, the front reconnaissance cavalry sent by Guanqiu Jian encountered a tattered remnant army. There were about twenty or thirty people. Judging from the military uniforms, they should be members of his own family.
When encountering defeated soldiers on the road, no matter how anxious Guan Qiujian is, he still has to stop when it is time to stop and ask. Who knows where these defeated soldiers came from, and whether there is an enemy ambush ahead. If you don't ask clearly about these things, who dares? Are you ready to march with peace of mind? !
As a result, when Guanqiu Jian asked, he learned that they were the remnants of the army that had followed Xia Houmao from Chencang Road to Mei County. They were scattered by the Shu army on the way and ended up living here, hoping to return to the Wuzhangyuan camp.
Well, this matter is not really about how cohesive the Wei army is. The main reason is that Wei's military laws are strict. Once a soldier deserts or is killed in battle, the soldier's property and family members will be distributed to other soldiers.
The small soldiers actually don't matter. Most of the small soldiers who join the army have neither property nor family members, but who knows that there is a small school among this group of defeated soldiers, and this small school happened to have just gotten married not long ago.
How could he just abandon his newly married wife? !
no way! ! !
Therefore, this small school took these twenty soldiers together to go to Wuzhangyuan to return to the army, and happened to meet Guanqiu Jian halfway.
Guanqiu Jian didn't care about the reason why this small school was rebuilt. He was more concerned about how Chen Cangdao was lost. !
Not only Guo Huai couldn't figure this out, but Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin also couldn't figure it out. There were five thousand soldiers guarding such a dangerous place, so how could it be lost so easily? !
It's understandable that Xiaobing doesn't know the reason. Since he met a small school, he must ask.
For example, how many soldiers and horses the Shu army had, who led it, what kind of siege strategy was adopted, and how General Xiahou responded. These are battlefield intelligence that need to be clarified.
But apart from knowing that the Shu army numbered about 20,000 people, Guanqiu Jian didn't get much information he wanted.
After all, that was specific information that even Xia Houmao didn't know. How could a small school know it?
The small school only knew that the enemy's leading general's flag had the word "Wei" written on it. As for which Shu general was leading the army, he didn't know that there were so many generals named Wei that it didn't mean anything at all.
As for how Chen Cang was lost, the elementary school was even more confused. At that time, the elementary school was resting in the military camp. Suddenly, he was called up to assemble in the early hours of the morning. He followed General Xiahou and ran all the way, and was then killed by the Shu army. He chased and ran in a panic, not knowing what was going on!
Guanqiu Jian, the depressed man, really couldn't lead the troops according to who he was.
Xia Houmao himself was confused when he lost Chencang, and his soldiers were also confused.
But no matter what, since they came to return to build, Guanqiu Jian couldn't say anything. He still had his own mission, so he left some dry food for the team and pointed out the direction of the Wuzhangyuan camp, and then ignored it. Continue to rush to Mei County for help.
On the second day of his journey, Guanqiu Jian received another blow - he encountered another defeated army.
By this time, Guanqiu Jian had already rushed to a place less than a hundred miles away from Mei County. In another day's journey, he could reach Mei County to support Wang Shuang. As a result, when he was resting by the roadside, he happened to meet this man. Defeat the troops.
There were only about ten people in the defeated army, and none of them had any armor on them. There were not even three ring-headed knives among the ten people. At first glance, they were soldiers who abandoned their helmets and fled for their lives.
When Guanqiu Jian saw these defeated troops, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he quickly sent people to intercept them and bring them to him.
These defeated soldiers are not going to return to the army. They are all small soldiers. There are no people or property worth worrying about at home. The final result of this group of defeated soldiers will most likely be to hide in the mountains for a few days and wait for the storm to pass. A wealthy family is living as a hermit and living a living.
Guanqiu Jian didn't want to worry about what these defeated troops were doing. The world was like this in these days, and no one could worry about such things.
Guanqiu Jian was concerned about where these defeated troops came from.
It would be fine if the idiot Xia Houmao led the defeated troops, but this place is already very close to Mei County, let alone the defeated troops in Mei County.
Guanqiu Jian really came to whatever he was worried about. After asking carefully, these broken troops were really the defeated troops who followed Wang Shuang out of the city to fight.
Now, Guanqiu Jian can finally ask what happened in the war ahead. But Mei County has been lost! ! !
Guanqiu Jianqiu wanted to curse everyone, especially Wang Shuang! ! ! !
You said you only have 2,000 men in your hands. If you don't defend the city with peace of mind, you actually dare to fly out of the city with others to fight in the wild? !
Well now, it doesn’t matter if you were captured on the spot, Mei County is still missing!
With the loss of Mei County, from Sanguan to Wuzhangyuan, all the logistics and food for the 50,000-strong army were completely lost.
The army is going to run out of food! ! !
Guanqiu Jian was really angry and anxious, but after all he still had the potential to be a famous general. Despite his urgency, he could not lose his composure.
Guanqiu Jian repeatedly asked this group of defeated soldiers, and finally got some useful information.
First of all, Guanqiu Jian was keenly aware that the number of the Shu army that raided Mei County was not large, only about six or seven thousand people. This was very different from the number of Shu troops mentioned by Chen Cangdao's defeated army.
After thinking for a moment, Guanqiu Jian immediately judged that in order to march quickly, the Shu army commander chose to divide his troops and advance suddenly. He first led a small number of troops to raid Mei County.
Secondly, Guanqiu Jian probably figured out some of the reasons for the fall of Chencang Road. According to the defeated soldiers of Mei County, the commander of the Shu army's raiding force was named "Zhuge".
This surname is so rare.
Anyway, Guanqiu Jian didn't believe that Zhuge Liang knew the art of avatars. He could confront Governor Guo on the front line of Wuzhangyuan and at the same time lead troops to raid Mei County.
The deputy general of Xiahou Mao, the general of Chencangdao, happened to be named Zhuge, and his name was Zhuge Qian.
This "Zhuge" is very likely to be this Zhuge Qian. No wonder Chen Cangdao lost it so easily. There was an insider helping the co-author!
If you think about it this way, you can't blame Xiahou Mao entirely. After all, this Zhuge Qian was promoted by Governor Cao Zhen.
After learning this information, Guan Qiujian analyzed and organized it a little and began to think about what he should do.
According to common sense, now that Mei County has been lost, the normal approach is to return to Wuzhangyuan, tell Governor Guo the news, and ask Governor Guo to find a way to withdraw his troops. We can no longer confront the Shu army in Wuzhangyuan. If the confrontation continues, it will Food is out.
However, when the Shu army attacked Chencang Road, there were 20,000 soldiers. After capturing Chencang Road, some soldiers must be left behind. But now the Shu army attacking Mei County only has 6,000 or 7,000 soldiers. There are more than 10,000 Shu soldiers left. Where did the sergeant go? !
Is there any place along the entire Wei River defense line worthy of attack by the Shu army? !
Guanqiu Jian thought about it and couldn't think of any place with strategic value for the Shu army to divide its troops. The only possibility is that the more than 10,000 Shu troops have not arrived at Mei County yet. Now Mei County is just the vanguard of the Shu army. Just occupied.
It is impossible for six to seven thousand people to lose nothing in the battle with Wang Shuang. At best, there may be only about five thousand Shu troops defending Mei County.
The three thousand men he led were cavalry. Guanqiu Jian was not stupid enough to use three thousand cavalry to attack the city, but the three thousand cavalry slowed down the march of the more than ten thousand Shu troops, preventing them from reaching Mei County in time. , it seems to be still certain.
Guanqiu Jian made a decision instantly.
He sent a fast-horse messenger from the army and quickly returned to Wuzhangyuan to inform Governor Guo of the changes in Mei County. At the same time, he told Governor Guo that he would lead troops to entangle the main force of more than 10,000 Shu troops so that these Shu troops could not reach Mei County quickly. He suggested that Guo Governor The governor sent elite troops to counterattack Mei County and recapture the Mei County granary.
Of course, Guanqiu Jian also knew that his plan was actually very risky. After all, Governor Guo had 40,000 soldiers under his command. It would take at least six or seven days to rush back to Mei County, and it would take at least six or seven days for him to send a message back to the Wuzhangyuan camp. Two days, if combined with the siege, it may take longer. From a time perspective, the feasibility of this plan is actually not high.
However, now that Mei County has been lost, the remaining food and grass in the army can only last for ten days and a half at most. If they don't try, it will be even harder for these soldiers to safely withdraw to Chang'an.
Of course, it doesn't matter if Governor Guo doesn't accept his suggestion.
Guan Qiu Jian led all cavalry, while the Shu army only had infantry, which could not stop Guan Qiu Jian's troops. As for food and grass supplies, the food and grass supplies needed by the three thousand cavalry could be solved in any small town, or by sneak attack. So can the enemy's food transport team.
Guanqiu Jian felt that he had the capital to lead the cavalry in guerrilla warfare. Even if it failed in the end, it would only take them seven or eight days to rush back to Chang'an.
Anyway, he won't have any problems. The people who really have problems are Guo Huai and the more than 40,000 infantrymen led by him.
And Guo Huai is really feeling very uncomfortable now.
(End of chapter)
