Three Kingdoms: Stealing the Tiger Talisman and forcing Yuan Shao to become a monk

Chapter 597
Zhang Fei fought Ma Chao for three days, and Zhuge Liang did not stop him, because he also wanted to use this to attract the attention of the Tianshui army, and prepared to transfer food and grass from other places.

The daily consumption of an army of [-] is a large number. If the city is broken, it can be used continuously, but if it encounters a city that is difficult to attack and hold on, it will be exhausted within a month.

Food and grass must be transported from the rear, otherwise there will be insufficient food and grass, and the minds of the three armies will be confused.

Zhuge Liang also ordered Wang Ping to transport grain and grass from Wudu County to the front line.

When Yuan Tan learned about it, he discussed it with Jiang Wei.

"Bo Yue, I'm afraid the Shu army will not be enough if they send food and grass first. If we hijack this transport team, we can force the Shu army to retreat. What do you think?" Yuan Tan had the idea of ​​​​taking the food.

Jiang Wei frowned, looked at the map and said: "The leader of the Shu army also knows the importance of this food and grass, and he must keep it in the back. First, I have insufficient soldiers in Tianshui City, so it is really difficult to send heavy troops to rob food. .”

"That's not necessary. I think it's only necessary to send a strong army, and it doesn't need to intercept the food and grass, just destroy it." Yuan Tan said.

"It's not impossible, but if you send a strong team, you must have backup, otherwise if you are ambushed, you can withdraw as soon as possible to reduce unnecessary losses." Jiang Wei looked at Yuan Tan and said.

"Boyue and we thought of going together, so that's what we'll do." Yuan Tan said with a smile on his face.

Therefore, after a long discussion between the two, they finally felt that the food and supplies were too important to ignore, so they also sent Pang De to lead 2000 people to find out the truth, and sent Pang Hui to lead 2000 people to respond, if there was an ambush for support.

However, when the two of them set off with their troops, Wang Ping had already escorted the supplies cart past Jiancheng, and they would be able to pass Qishan Camp in a few days.

Wang Ping is a cautious person, even though he is escorting from the rear, he is also on top of defense and has to strengthen his vigilance.

It was noon at this moment, the sky was hot and the sun was eating people, and all the soldiers were sweating profusely.

Yi Duwei said to Wang Ping: "General Wang, the soldiers are working very hard because of the scorching sun. If we force the march again, I'm afraid the soldiers will feel resentment in their hearts."

Wang Ping frowned and said, "This time, the military division of grain transportation has repeatedly asked to act quickly, so what can I do?"

The captain conspired and said: "We are less than a hundred miles away from the Qishan camp, why not let the sergeant rest here for a while, and when the physical strength recovers, we can also speed up the delivery, so that the time for the rations to enter the camp will not be delayed."

Wang Ping thought it would be the same, so he ordered the sergeant to rest on the spot for an hour before continuing to march.

All the generals were overjoyed when they heard it, and they were very grateful to Wang Ping.

When Wang Ping was resting, he looked at the surrounding terrain, but found that the dense forest and narrow road here are suitable for ambushes.

If there is an attack here, everyone will be in danger.

Sighing inwardly, it was not good, so he wanted to issue an order in time to make everyone more vigilant.

Unexpectedly, Pound rushed out from the forest at this moment without any hesitation.

Pang De has been guarding here for a long time, and when he saw Wang Ping's transport team, he was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ping also ordered to repair, which meant that the opponent was exhausted at the moment, and this was a good opportunity, so he immediately ordered to attack.

When Wang Ping saw Pound, he didn't have time to think about anything else, so he directly fought against Pound.

This Wang Ping is also extraordinary in martial arts, but Pang De has a slight disadvantage in fighting against him.

But fortunately, this time our sneak attack gave priority to occupying the ground, not to mention that the Shu army is also low in combat power at the moment, so although I have some difficulties here, I still have the advantage overall. When the hands are tied.

Unexpectedly, there was another group of soldiers in the forest at this moment, they were also from the Shu army. It turned out that Zhuge Liang sent Ma Di here to meet him, but Ma Di discovered Pound when he was exploring the horses, so he made a plan to let everyone stay here. The oriole, together with Wang Ping, ate Pound.

"Don't be afraid, General Wang, I, Ma Di, are here to help you." Ma Di shouted loudly.

Wang Ping was also overjoyed when he heard Ma Di's loud shout, and called on everyone to counterattack and attack Ma Di from inside and outside.

Pang De didn't expect that there were still ambushes here, so he knew that the food robbery had failed, so he called everyone to retreat.

Wang Ping saw that Pang De was already thinking of retreating, so how could he let it go easily.

Calling everyone to wipe out Pound's group, Pang Hui was in the rear. Seeing Pound retreating, he hurriedly led his troops to support.

Seeing that Pang De also had support behind him, Ma Di knew that if he wanted to wipe it all out, it would be impossible, and this time he was mainly escorting food and grass, so he ordered no further pursuit.

Pang De and Pang Hui also returned to Tianshui.

After returning to the city, Pang De also had a look of shame on his face. He was almost successful this time, but he didn't expect that the Shu army would also send an ambush, which resulted in this failure. Now he doesn't know how to face Yuan Tan.

However, Yuan Tan really didn't care too much, so he smiled and comforted Pang De, and then let him go down and have a good rest.

But after Pang De left, Yuan Tan's expression was solemn: "It seems that there are capable people in the Shu army."

When Jiang Wei heard this, he understood what Yuan Tan meant. This robbery of food was just a test. It would be best if it was successful. If it was unsuccessful, it could also test the strength of the commander of the Shu army.

Jiang Wei's expression was serious at the moment. Now that the Shu army had food and grass, they might attack Tianshui again in the near future. If there were no more reinforcements, Tianshui City would be in danger.

Yuan Tan is very relaxed, because he has received the military report today, Zhang Xi has already led people to take Chang'an, and now he is leading troops to support him here.

Seeing that Jiang Wei was worried at the moment, Yuan Tan said, "Boyuemo has to worry. Our army is rushing in to help, and we will arrive in a few days. We only need to persist for a few more days."

After Jiang Wei heard this, although he felt little comfort in his heart, when he looked at the map again, he still felt bad.

"Look, Qihou. If the army comes, they must cross the street pavilion. This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the opponent keeps a team of soldiers and horses here, the army will definitely not be able to arrive in time."

Yuan Tan also looked at the map, but when he heard Jieting, he always felt as if he remembered something.

Ma Di and Wang Ping successfully transported the grain and grass to the camp. Zhuge Liang was very happy, and he called them into the tent and praised them.

Wang Ping heard it and said: "The credit here is all due to Ma's joining the army. If he hadn't supported him in time, the food and grass would have been robbed."

Zhuge Liang also had a high opinion of Ma Di, even this time he saw that the other party wanted to rob food was also brought up by Ma Di.

That's why Zhuge Liang asked Ma Su to lead the troops, but he didn't expect it to be so.

Ma Su was under his own command, and often made suggestions, all of which were good ones, which made him amazed.

Escorting the grain and grass back here safely is really a great achievement now.

Zhuge smiled and praised Ma Su again, but at this time the military report came.

Yuan Jun captured Chang'an, and sent a large army to support Tianshui.

Zhuge Liang then looked at the map, if this army came, even if there was enough food and grass this time, there would be no way to fight it.

(End of this chapter)