Liu Bei's Army, Liu Pi's tent.
This was Yangzhou's Baohe. It was located between Hefei and Shouchun. It was only a hundred li away from Shouchun and would take two days to reach there. Originally, Zhang Xiu's cavalry could reach there in one day. However, both Zhang Xiu's and Liu Bei's armies needed to replenish their provisions. Liu Pi's army was also stationed here.
He was at the front while the Central Army was replaced with five thousand White Eared soldiers. The rear was Zhang Fei's Qingzhou elites. The most important place in an army was naturally the Central Army. The Central Army was the closest to Liu Pi. The Central Army was usually led by Liu Pi's most trusted subordinates. That was why Liu Pi was very happy when he left Yuzhou. This was because Liu Bei let him lead the Central Army. That feeling of trust was very good. Liu Pi was in high spirits at that time. However, he changed after the Battle of Guangzhou. Liu Pi had lost all of Liu Bei's face.
In Liu Pi's tent, Liu Pi was drinking wine. Although the army was not allowed to drink during the march, Liu Pi did not care about it. Could it be that someone in his tent would tell on him? Moreover, Liu Pi's mood was very bad. Only by drinking could he relieve his boredom.
"Move aside. I want to see the general!" Outside Liu Pi's tent, a small soldier shouted at two of Liu Pi's personal guards.
"General Liao, Milord is already asleep. General Liao Hua, please go back." The two personal guards stopped Liao Hua.
Liao Hua stopped and looked at the two personal guards. "I have something to tell the commander. Move aside!"
"I'm sorry, General Liao. The Lord has ordered that no one is allowed to enter without the Lord's orders!" The two personal guards still stopped Liao Hua.
"If the important information here is delayed, can you bear the responsibility?" Liao Hua was a little angry. He did have something very important to report.
"This …" The two guards hesitated.
"I'm telling you, if you don't let me see the Qu Shun now, the Qu Shun will chop off your heads tomorrow! Liao Hua was threatening the two guards. Although the information in Liao Hua's hands was important, it wasn't that terrifying.
"Yes! One of the bodyguards was obviously hesitant. He pondered for a while and said to another bodyguard beside him, "You stop General Liao. I'll go in and ask the Lord if the Lord will allow the General to enter." He then said to Liao Hua, "General Liao, please wait for a moment!"
The guard entered Liu Pi's tent and said, "Reporting to Milord. General Liao Hua requests an audience. He said that he had something important to discuss with me! "
"Something important? What bullsh * t important matter? Can't you see that it's already dark? If there is anything, we can talk about it tomorrow. Tell him to scram. Tell him that this general is already asleep. Tell him to come back tomorrow! " Liu Pi then drank a bowl of white wine on the table. He was annoyed and wanted to beat up whoever came to disturb him. Something important? Something important at night? Enemy attack? What a joke. The Xiliang Cavalry was on the side. Liu Pi was the vanguard. The Central Army was the White Eared Heavy Armored Soldiers and the Qingzhou Army was at the back. Who would dare to attack here? Do they not want to live anymore? Moreover, Liu Pi was not a good-for-nothing. He also placed sentries outside. If there was a big matter, he would have already reported it. If it was a small matter, he could forget about it. He still needed to drink. Thinking about this, he not only ordered the bodyguard to stop Liao Hua but also reprimanded him.
"Yes!" The bodyguard was reprimanded by Liu Pi for no reason. His mood became uncomfortable. It was all Liao Hua's fault. The bodyguard walked out and saw that Liao Hua's attitude had changed. His tone became stiff, "General Liao, Milord is not willing to see you. He wants you to talk about it tomorrow. Men, send General Liao Hua away! " Although the bodyguard was not like Liao Hua who commanded a battalion of five thousand soldiers, he still had four hundred subordinates. Because he was by Liu Pi's side, his position was not lower than Liao Hua's.
"I am not leaving. I want to see the commander!" Liao Hua broke free from the two bodyguards and walked to the entrance of the camp.
"General Liao Hua, please do not make things difficult for me. Milord's original words were for you to get lost. If you really want to get lost, I will help you!" The bodyguard did not give Liao Hua a good face. He was scolded for no reason at all. How could he feel good?
"General Zuo You, I really have an urgent matter to report to Milord. Please help me!"
"General Liao Hua, how many times do you want me to say it? I am powerless to help. Send General Liao Hua back! "Zuo You said and was about to leave.
"I want to see who dares to touch me!" Liao Hua was really anxious. He had found an important information that he must report to the commander. However, the commander did not want to see him. Liao Hua was anxious and took out his sword.
"Hm!" Zuo You frowned. "Liao Hua, I think you are courting death! You actually dare to take out your sword outside Milord's tent! " Zuo You was so angry that he laughed. "Take down this rebellious Liao Hua and report to Milord tomorrow!"
"Yes!" The bodyguards took out their swords and pointed them at Liao Hua.
"Protect the general!" Liao Hua also brought a dozen people. They also took out their swords and confronted the bodyguards. "I want to see who dares to move!"
The two sides confronted each other. Both sides were shouting for the other to drop their weapons. The battle was about to start.
"Enough!" Liu Pi's angry voice came out. He just wanted to drink a jug of wine. Why was it so difficult? These past few days in Liu Bei's Army camp, Liu Pi had to endure a lot of anger. Zhang Fei laughed at Liu Pi. It must be known that Zhang Fei started his career as a Yellow Turban Bandit. Naturally, he did not have a good impression of Liu Pi. Now that he was finally able to drink a pot to relieve his boredom, he was disturbed by his own subordinates. Now, the two sides were confronting each other. If one of them was not careful, they might start killing each other. They did not even put him in their eyes.
Liu Pi swept the wine on the table to the ground and flipped the table. He walked out angrily and glared at Liao Hua. "If you, Liao Hua, do not give me a good explanation or your information is not important, then do not blame me for not taking our old friendship into account!" Liu Pi said. Liu Pi was furious. Liao Hua was confronting Liu Pi's personal guards. He actually dared to draw his sword. If one were to calculate it carefully, Liao Hua was rebelling. That was why Liu Pi's expression was so fierce. If Liao Hua did not give a good explanation, Liu Pi would really order Liao Hua to be executed.
However, Liao Hua was not scared. He cupped his fist and said, "Commander, this general really has an urgent matter to report. Otherwise, this general would not be so bold. If Commander is not satisfied, there is no need for Commander to take action. This Liao Hua will personally commit suicide in front of Commander!"
"Then speak!" Liu Pi was curious. What kind of information did Liao Hua have to tell him?
"Commander, this is …" Liao Hua looked around. His meaning was that it was inconvenient to speak here. He asked Commander to find a quiet place to discuss.
"Good! Come. Come with me to the tent! "Liu Pi waved his hand impatiently. Do you still want to talk in the tent?
"Yes!" Liao Hua nodded and ordered his bodyguards to put down their swords and followed Liu Pi into the tent.
"Speak!" Liu Pi did not invite Liao Hua to sit.
Liao Hua did not mind. He cupped his fist and said, "Commander, during the day, we caught an enemy scout!"
"Just this information?" Liu Pi frowned. Wasn't it enough to kill a small scout? Was there a need to report?
"In order to catch this scout, we lost twenty-two brothers!" Liao Hua continued to explain.
"Twenty-two!" This was not a small number. Such a powerful scout had already made Liu Pi interested. However, this was not the reason for Liao Hua to disturb him. To be able to kill twenty-two meant that this scout was a veteran soldier. Liu Pi did not have this kind of people.
In fact, the scout was able to kill twenty-two of Liao Hua's men because Liao Hua did not have a warhorse. They were slowly killed during the chase. Fortunately, Liao Hua's archery skills were many. He was able to kill the scout with one arrow and obtain a good warhorse.
"Commander, the scout was not killed. We captured the scout and obtained two pieces of information under torture!" "This is what Liao Hua said. These two pieces of information are very important. Otherwise, Liao Hua would not take the risk of being beheaded by Liu Pi to report. The greater the risk, the higher the reward. If these two pieces of information are true, then Liao Hua will be rich. At the very least, Liu Pi's Deputy General position will have Liao Hua.
"What information?" Liu Pi did not want Liao Hua to keep him in suspense. He was already in a bad mood. Now that he was interrupted while drinking to relieve his boredom, he was even more annoyed. He did not want to hear Liao Hua show off here.
"Yes, Commander. The first information we received was that in Shouchun, the Lvbu's Army did not have enough provisions!" Liao Hua also knew that he could see that Liu Pi was in a bad mood. He did not dare to keep Liao Hua in suspense and directly said the first information.
"Nonsense! I also know that the entire Yangzhou, no, the entire Lvbu's Army does not have enough provisions! "Liu Pi was furious. Who did not know this information? Not only that, Liu Pi also knew that the one who caused the Lvbu's Army to have insufficient provisions was none other than his lord, Liu Bei, Jiangdong's Sun Ce, Wancheng's Zhang Xiu, and Jingzhou's Liu Biao. It could be said that other than Lao Cao who was kind because of the Battle of Guandu, no one else in the Lvbu's Army was good. They were all scheming against the Lvbu's Army. Liu Pi knew all of this and did not need Liao Hua to say it again.
"No, no!" Liao Hua saw that his first information was not able to change Liu Pi's expression. He immediately said the second information. "Commander, we also learned from the scout that Lü Bu of Lujiang is going to transport provisions from Lujiang to Shouchun!"
"Transporting provisions? From Lujiang to Shouchun? " Liu Pi's eyes lit up. If this information was true and Liu Pi intercepted the provisions, then Liu Pi's image in front of Liu Bei would change greatly. A batch of provisions was nothing. The most important thing was that the provisions represented military merit. If Liu Pi intercepted the provisions and led to the capture of Shouchun, then Liu Pi would have profited greatly. He might not be able to claim all of the merit for capturing Shouchun but he would still be able to obtain the first merit.
"That's not right. If the provisions were to be transported, where would they be transported from? Could it be from a small road? Is there another road from Lujiang to Shouchun? "Liu Pi was puzzled.
"Commander, their provisions are transported from the official road!" Liao Hua finally showed off.
"Impossible! Impossible! On the official road? Is he not afraid of being intercepted by our army? "Liu Pi did not understand.
"Commander, do you know that there is a plan called 'darkness under the lamp'?" Liao Hua was proud. His plan was obtained from the Lvbu's Army scout.
"Darkness under the lamp?" Liu Pi looked at Liao Hua doubtfully.
"Yes, darkness under the lamp!" Liao Hua paused for a moment. "At night, when there is light, other than the distance we cannot see, there is another place we cannot see. That is the area under the lamp. It is covered by the lamp itself, creating a dark area under the lamp. This is called darkness under the lamp. The Lu Bu's army is thinking that we all know that we cannot use the official road. Naturally, the defense on the official road will be a lot less. On the other hand, the small road is heavily guarded by our army, making it difficult to travel. Naturally, they will take the opposite route and use the official road.
"Good plan! Good plan!" Liu Pi could not help but be attracted by this plan. Indeed, Liu Bei's scouts were mostly scouting the small roads. There were not many scouts on the official road. This was because the official road was too big. Everyone thought that the enemy would not be able to use the official road. Naturally, they would be lax in their defense.
Liu Pi already believed in Lujiang's ability to transport provisions.
"Commander, think about it. A few days ago, our army was attacked outside of Guangzhou City. Because of that, the Left General was very dissatisfied with the garrison of Guangzhou City. He had already changed our position from the middle of the army to the vanguard. How could Chen Dao occupy the middle of the army? Isn't it because he captured the small city of Gushi? " Liao Hua also knew that the reason why Liu Pi was drinking alone in the tent was because of Liu Bei's attitude towards Liu Pi. Thus, Liao Hua followed Liu Pi's train of thought.
"Sigh. Be careful with your words! General Chen Dao is also a general under Milord. He is not below me in terms of martial arts! "Although Liu Pi said that, he was very happy in his heart.
"Yes, yes, yes! Commander, if we capture this batch of provisions and Shouchun is breached due to the lack of provisions, will the merit of capturing the city go to the general? "Liao Hua patiently and patiently enticed Liu Pi, making it difficult for him to refuse.
"But …" Liu Pi still hesitated. "What if this news is false?"
"Haha. Commander, this is what I got from the scout. That scout was really a tough man. Even if you beat him to death, he would not say anything. I had to cut off his fingers one by one. In order to die more comfortably, the scout confessed." The scout that Liao Hua was talking about was Lou Shaoqi. Liao Hua was originally a Yellow Scarf Bandit, so he naturally didn't care too much about the weather. He used whatever torture he could think of. In the end, Lou Shaoqi couldn't take it anymore and told him the news.
"Let's take a step back, Commander. Even if it's fake news, we won't lose anything. We just need to ambush them on the official road. If it's true, we'll jump out to kill the enemy and take back the provisions. If not, we'll just return to the camp!" Liao Hua's words were very reasonable. If this was true, then Liu Pi would have profited greatly. Not only would he be able to wash away his incompetent image in Liu Bei's eyes, he would also be able to replenish provisions for the army. He could even capture Shouchun and tell the defenders that their provisions have been plundered by them and that they should surrender! This was a great merit. Moreover, the price was not much. He only needed to bring three thousand men. No! Five thousand men was enough.
"Good. Let's do it!" Liu Pi was finally moved. "Liao Hua, where are you?"
"This general is here!" Liao Hua was also very happy. If they succeeded this time and snatched the provisions, Liu Bei would boast about Liu Pi and give him military merit. Liu Pi would also be happy about his contribution. Liao Hua only had five thousand men in his camp. If they succeeded this time, it would become ten thousand men.
"Take your troops and set up an ambush on the road. Wait for the arrival of the other grain transport teams. Once you succeed, this general will not treat you unfairly!" Liu Pi also knew that he had to give his subordinates a big cake. Otherwise, how could his subordinates risk their lives? "Once this matter is successful, this general will recommend you to Milord!"
This was a pleasant surprise. Liao Hua actually wanted to recommend him to Liu Bei. This made Liao Hua smile from ear to ear. If Liu Pi's Army was a small pond, then Liu Bei was a lake. How could Liao Hua not be happy to be able to show his face in front of Liu Bei?
"When is the grain transport?"
"Tomorrow noon. It will be about thirty li away from Baohe!"
"Good. Go and prepare in advance!"
… …
The same thing happened in Zhang Xiu's camp. Zhang Xiu was obsessed with provisions and gold and silver. It was no wonder. After all, Zhang Xiu did not have taxes and could only rely on plundering. Naturally, he was very concerned about provisions. However, in Zhang Xiu's camp, the time changed from noon to evening.
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