Chapter 271: Here it is
At this moment, the Wu army who was ambushed at Wu Qiangkou had been waiting for three days, and the continuous heavy rain made them miserable.
Because it was to fight an ambush war, so the Wu army's action was carried out quietly, after arriving at Wuqiangkou, it was only ambushed on the high ground on both sides of Wuqiangkou, neither dared to set up camp, nor did it dare to bury the pot to make food, Wu Jun only brought five days of dry food per person on this trip, and traveled lightly, and there were no bulky baggage materials.
Of course, this is for the need for concealment, and in order to launch a surprise attack, the Wu army can only sleep in the open air, without seeing a little cooking smoke, and cannot reveal a trace of his whereabouts.
If it was a sunny day, the situation would be better, but the heavy rain for days soaked the clothes on the Wu soldiers' bodies, from top to bottom, almost no place was dry, many soldiers were shivering from the cold, and at night, there was even a wail, many soldiers could not withstand the wind and cold, and even fell ill and died.
Attrition before the battle is not a good sign, and Zhuge Ke is also worried.
It stands to reason that the Wei army's grain convoy should have arrived at Wuqiangkou three days ago, but the Wu army arrived here in advance to lay an ambush, but waited for nothing, and until now, no half of the Wei army has been seen.
Whether the Wei army's grain team will appear or not, no one knows the bottom of their hearts.
"Call Qin Yuan over!" Zhuge Ke commanded in a deep voice.
Soon Qin Yuan was summoned over, compared to Wu Bing, Qin Yuan was even more bitter, ordinary people had no injuries or pain, and they couldn't stand the rain, but Qin Yuan had a whiplash on his back that had not healed, and when he was drenched in the rain, the wound worsened, and the whole person had a fever, and his mind was dizzy.
"What's the matter, didn't it mean that the Wei army's grain team would have passed by here three days ago, why hasn't it been seen yet?" As soon as they met, Zhuge Ke asked with a face.
There are soldiers in the back for him to hold a big oil-paper umbrella, Zhuge Ke was not wet by the rain, but the bad weather, so that Zhuge Ke is still depressed, the last time in order to take revenge to attack Anfeng City, repeatedly attacked, this time an ambush, actually suffered in the wind and rain for three days, hey, why is it so difficult to take revenge?
Qin Yuan also had a bitter face, all his information was given by Sima Shi, where did he know when the Zhengnan Army would go without a strong mouth, not to mention such a bad weather, the Zhengnan Army didn't know where to hide from the rain?
"The food team has not arrived for a long time, maybe because of the weather, and it may appear if we wait."
Zhuge Ke was silent, in fact, he knew very well that in such bad weather, it would be difficult for the grain team's car to travel, and it would be normal to delay for three or five days.
No strong mouth is the only way for the Wei army, so as long as the Wei army's food team appears, it will definitely pass through here, which Zhuge Ke does not doubt.
It's just that the dry food brought by the Wu army has been consumed, and the remaining grain and grass are only needed on the way back to the division, so the Wu army is waiting for the eyes, and still can't wait for the news of the Wei army.
The rain finally stopped, but the sky was still gloomy and there was no sign of a clear day.
The Chinese officer reported to Zhuge Keyu the consumption of grain and grass, due to the weather, the dry food consumption of the Wu army was much greater than expected, and now the average of each person in his hand is less than a day's ration, and the return journey will take at least two days, even if the Wu army withdraws now, it will be at least a day of hunger before returning to the Guichou Jian camp.
Zhuge Ke couldn't help frowning, originally the sneak attack operation was about a quick battle, they had been ambushed here for three days, which was already a big violation of military common sense, if it wasn't for the heavy rain, it was likely that this operation would have been exposed.
Therefore, even if it was not for the reason of food and grass, it was impossible for the Wu army to ambush so indefinitely.
Zhuge Ke looked north at the vast Huaihe Plain, and he couldn't see anything alive except for a gray color.
Zhuge Ke sighed, it seems that this operation is a failure, the sky is not blessed, he is about to give the order to withdraw the army, at this time, Liuzan, who is in charge of patrolling, hurriedly ran over, with a face full of excitement, and said to Zhuge Ke: "General Zhuge Wuqiangkou found that the Wei army's grain transportation team is coming this way." ”
"What? The Wei army's grain team is coming? Zhuge Ke was overjoyed, he looked up at the sky, and felt that his father's heroic soul was really secretly blessing him, and finally waited for the result he wanted at the most critical time.
If Zhuge Ke had withdrawn his troops earlier, then missing this opportunity would have been a lifelong regret for him.
Zhuge Ke immediately ordered the whole army to enter combat preparations according to the predetermined plan, and launched an attack just after waiting for his order.
The Wei army's grain convoy was indeed late, and the heavy rain and muddy roads made the grain trucks move slowly.
Zhuge Ke could already clearly see the banner and vehicles of the Wei army, but he suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart, waved his hand to signal the Wu army to stung up, don't let the Wei army find out that there is an ambush in Wuqiangkou, now it is only the vanguard of the Wei army has entered Wuqiangkou, and the real large army is still behind, if the Wu army attacks at this moment, the Wei army will only lose a little vanguard at most, and the main force will immediately retreat and retreat to the plains.
Only by putting a long line can you catch a big fish, so Zhuge Ke did not send troops hastily, he hid behind a bush and watched closely the Wei army's grain convoy move slowly, passing through the Wuqiang mountain pass.
This road is obviously often used by the Wei army, so the Wei army did not suspect that there was anything unusual here, not to mention that in such bad weather conditions, they seemed to be urging the way, but the baggage carts were extremely heavy and the road conditions were very bad, so the Wei army's movement was relatively slow.
On the left and right of the baggage vehicle, guarding the heavily armed Wei infantry, Zhuge Ke looked around, and saw no trace of the Wei cavalry, so he called Qin Yuan over to ask, only to know that because the mountain road was rugged and difficult to travel, so as soon as the southern army walked to Wuqiangkou, the cavalry of the Xiao cavalry battalion stayed outside the mountain, and the remaining last part of the road will be escorted by the infantry of the southern army.
To tell the truth, Zhuge Ke is still a little jealous of the Wei cavalry, during the Battle of Anfeng, he had learned the power of the Xiao cavalry battalion, this time in the Wu strong mouth, without the Xiao Cavalry Camp this strong enemy, Zhuge Ke's confidence is even more, Cao Liang as long as he steps into the Wu Qiang mouth, to ensure that he is difficult to fly.