No one told Liu Yu about the Huns' plan.
But Liu Yu, who had been holding the camp firmly, still saw that the recent situation was unusual.
The Huns at Hulao Pass have recently sent out a large number of cavalry.
At the beginning, these Huns cavalry were still scouting around the Han army's camp, but later, these Huns cavalry often skipped the Han army's camp and went straight to the east of the rear.
If the number of the Huns' cavalry hadn't been too small, Liu Yu would have thought that the Huns were going to attack his rear.
If that were the case, he would ensure that those Huns would never return.
The Han cavalry had no good way to deal with this kind of endless exploration.
Because the Huns in Pingyang had already sent troops to Hanoi County and looked ready to attack Hanoi County at any time, Liu Yu had already handed over most of the Xianbei Wuhuanyi cavalry to Zu Ti and asked him to go to Hanoi County to take charge.
Otherwise, with the powerful troops of Hanoi County, they may not be foolproof.
However, Liu Yu soon realized the purpose of the Huns.
The Han army responsible for protecting and transporting baggage was suddenly attacked by the Huns' cavalry.
"Your Majesty, there are at least thousands of thieves, all of whom are elite cavalry. Our soldiers formed their own formations to defend, but they were unable to defend the baggage. More than 300 carts of food and grass were looted and destroyed!"
After the guard general Zhao Kun went to find out the situation, he immediately came back to report to Liu Yu.
"Plundering food and grass?" The food and grass in Liu Yu's army is actually relatively sufficient. The transferred food and grass are just supplements as usual. Even if some are lost, it will not cause any food shortage.
At least in the short term.
"The thieves plundered the grain and grass, they are trying to upset the morale of our army!" Liu Yu immediately guessed the enemy's intention.
For the task of commanding 100,000 people, the most daily and important task is not to march and fight, but to ensure that 100,000 mouths are fed and drank.
Otherwise, once these 100,000 people are starved of food, even Han Xin and Commander-in-Chief Bai Qi will do nothing.
"Hahaha, the thief's plan is wrong. Our army has sufficient food and grass. How can such a trivial plan succeed!" Xun Sui, who was accompanying the military to join the army, couldn't help laughing.
"As long as your Majesty sends more soldiers and horses to escort the food and fodder, we can definitely guarantee that there will be no more losses."
Zhao Kun thought so in his heart, but he was very unwilling to deal with the casualties of the Han soldiers.
"Your Majesty, why don't you give me a good army, pretend to be soldiers escorting food, grass and baggage, and lure the barbarians to come. At that time, if you suddenly kill them by surprise, you can avenge this time!" Zhao Kun asked.
After hearing this, Liu Yu thought it was a good idea.
As long as you put vegetation, sand, and soil into bags to pretend to be food and grass, you should be able to attract the Hun cavalry to come for a sneak attack.
Then they counterattack with soldiers pretending to be civilian husbands, which should be able to kill and injure many Huns cavalry. After all, the Huns cannot sneak attack too many troops.
Furthermore, if there are too many Huns, they will be noticed by the Han cavalry.
"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is not that simple!"
Before Liu Yu could speak, Xi Jian on the side spoke.
"Why isn't it simple?" Liu Yu asked immediately.
"Your Majesty should know that Sima Bao of Qinzhou and Zhang Zhang of Liangzhou jointly attacked Guanzhong with tens of thousands of troops and captured the three counties of Yongxi. Many powerful people in Guanzhong responded with troops. At such a critical moment, these Huns should quickly return their troops. Guanzhong!"
"But there are not many thieves in Luoyang, and according to the accounts of the Hun prisoners we captured, the Hun Emperor Liu Cong is also in the Hulao Pass, and even tens of thousands of Hulu elites are also in the pass. This is a bit unreasonable. .”
After Liu Yu heard it, he also felt that it made some sense, but it was not very convincing.
"Maybe it's because of this that the Huns want to plunder our army's food routes. They definitely want our army to collapse without a fight, and then they can return to Guanzhong calmly." Liu Yu said.
"However, according to the confessions of the Huns prisoners, the Huns in Hulao Pass already know that the situation in the pass is critical, and many of them want to return to the pass. At this time, Liu Cong refuses to leave. He must have some agenda!" Xi Jian said again.
"There must be a plan?" Xun Sui frowned and began to think.
"What are you trying to do?" Zhao Kun asked directly in confusion.
"There must be a plan? Well, it must be a plan to defeat our army before retreating?" Liu Yu also heard that the Huns emperor had always been stubborn, and he would definitely not be willing to return to Guanzhong to wipe his ass without success.
"Yes, I think so too. The thief Hu definitely wants to cut off our army's food route first. Then after our army is short of food, we will either attack Hulao Pass and fight the Hulu, or withdraw our troops!" Xi Jian said.
After hearing this, Liu Yu couldn't help but start thinking about how high the possibility was.
After much thought, Liu Yu was not sure about the accuracy of this guess.
"If the Hulu are anxious to force our army out of the camp to fight, it means that their rear area in Guanzhong is indeed very critical, and they no longer have the patience to rely on Hulao Pass to hold a stalemate with our army!"
Liu Yu kept thinking while telling his guess.
Among the eight passes in Luoyang, Hulao Pass is the most important, but it is the most common in terms of steepness.
Although there are mountains on both sides to rely on, and the front is blocked by the Sishui River, when faced with an attack by an enemy with a disparity in strength, it must have a fairly reliable number of troops.
If you want to achieve the so-called "one man can pass the gate and no one can open it," Hulao Pass, which is too wide in scope, is not possible.
"If it is true, as Your Majesty said, that the Hulu are in a hurry to return to Guanzhong, then we will not leave the camp, we will rush them to death, and let them all catch fire in the backyard and burn them all to death!"
The guard general Zhao Kun said proudly, "Anyway, our camp has plenty of food and grass, and it won't be a problem to wait for two months!"
Regarding the suggestion to continue the sit-in and stalemate, Xunsui immediately said that the army had sufficient food and grass, and it should not be a big problem to maintain it for two months.
Moreover, the Han army can also divide heavy troops to protect the grain roads, and can also replenish grain and grass.
"If the Hulu were really like this, they should have taken advantage of their tactics. If they persisted in this way, although the Hulu might suffer a big loss in Guanzhong, if Sima Bao and others were exhausted, the Hulu in Guanzhong would be able to take a breather. If you miss the opportunity, your Majesty will miss an opportunity." Xi Jian said immediately.
"How can you take advantage of the situation?" Zhao Kun immediately asked with his eyes widened.
"If it is true as guessed, the Hulu tried to force us to leave the camp, and they just wanted to make a surprise attack while our army was leaving the camp and marching." Liu Yu couldn't help but think more and more that this possibility was very high.
"The march and retreat of a hundred thousand troops, no matter how restrained they are, can easily lead to chaos. If the Hulu can seize one of these opportunities, they might really be able to get what they want!"
Xi Jian said with a smile.
Obviously, although Xi Jian said this, he didn't really think so in his heart.
You must know that these Han armies are mainly composed of government soldiers from various states, counties and counties. These soldiers who live together day and night are basically organized into battalions and brigades. Even if the formations are scattered and scattered, there is rarely absolute chaos.
As for self-collapse due to chaos, it is almost impossible.
For these military soldiers whose career was based on military merit, once they fled, it would be a disaster for the whole family.
"Your Majesty governs the army with mercy and severity. Even if there is a surprise attack, whoever dares to fight will be killed!" Zhao Kun said immediately.
"But Hu Lu may not be willing to believe it." Liu Yu said immediately.
"Since the time when the Hulu troops raised their troops, they have been almost summoned to the blessings of the gods. The enemies they fought were either hopeless beasts or cowards who were afraid of the enemy. Although there are those who fight to the death and refuse to retreat, they may not be willing to believe that there are hundreds of thousands who cannot fight to the death. Those who quit.”
Nowadays, the ban on soldiers in the Han army has become increasingly strict. For these soldiers who are going on expeditions, when they set off, their families will be gathered together to take care of them.
Regardless of the victory or defeat of the war, everyone can return to their respective families only later.
However, once there are deserters or even surrenderers, the families of these people will all be punished as the lowest-level official slaves, and what awaits them will be hard labor until death.
Such a harsh military law was not initiated by Liu Yu, but was adopted by Emperor Wu of Wei when Cao Cao set up garrison troops.
Comparatively speaking, the situation of Prime Minister Cao's field soldiers was even more miserable. Not to mention deserters, even if they violated other military orders, they might be deprived of their property and their wives and daughters. Treat animals like animals.
For the precarious refugees, such harsh field soldiers always get a chance to survive.
But now that the Han army's soldiers are all higher-ranking beings than peasant farmers, it is definitely no longer applicable.
However, Liu Yu still used this method of punishing deserters and rebels, but he retained the harsh punishment and reduced the humiliation of his wife and daughter remarrying others.
Today's Han army is, on the one hand, a rigorously trained army soldier, and on the other hand, it is a victim whose family members have been kidnapped.
Who dares not to fight to the death?
Otherwise, the loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, Prime Minister Cao, was a great talent. Those methods of manipulating the refugees are still effective today in controlling the government soldiers.
"Then what does Your Majesty plan to do?" Zhao Kun asked impatiently.
"Since the thieves are eager to fight, and the one we are afraid of is our army defending the camp, then we should leave the camp." Liu Yu began to tell his plan.
"As long as our army leaves the camp, the Hulu will definitely think they have an opportunity to take advantage of it!"
"Then our army will use one or two more flaws, and the Hulu will definitely send troops to attack!"
When Zhao Kun heard this, he couldn't help but get excited.
"Oh, I understand! We can set up an ambush in advance, and when the Hulu pounces on us, we can immediately turn back and kill them by surprise!"
Liu Yu nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, that's right!"
"If this is the case, then we have to build a big net for Hulu!"
"The net is ready to catch the cunning fox!"
