In late October, the "Taolin Wei Camp" was almost completed, but Zhao Hongrun was not in a hurry to attack the "Taolin Qin Camp" twenty miles away to the south because there was no point.
The Qingya people who were sent out to inquire about the news have returned information. Yan Wuxin Hou Gongsun Qi built at least seven buildings on the 150-mile long and narrow Linhe plain terrain from "Huayin" to "Taolin".
Military camp, if Zhao Hongrun adopts a step-by-step attack method, God knows when and what month he will be able to pass through this plain.
What's more important is that this plain was clearly prepared by Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi to give it to the Wei army "for free" in order to delay the Wei army's time.
Think about it, before attacking those seven military camps, the Wei army had to build a military camp first, right? Considering the number of soldiers and horses under Zhao Hongrun, it would take six or seven days at the fastest to build a military camp using local materials. If you think about it again,
to obtain wood
Due to the difficulty and climate, the speed of building military camps will obviously be greatly reduced. In this case, if we follow the normal tactics to capture the Qin Army's eight military camps, including Taolin, it will cost at least a few
month's work.
More importantly, I believe that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi would not "reserve" trees for the Wei army to build military camps every time.
Zhao Hongrun is no stranger to this kind of little trick: he allowed the Wei army to build a military camp at first, but after the Wei army went too deep, he suddenly resorted to the strategy of "erecting walls to clear the field", allowing the Wei army, who had arduously trudged to the next Qin camp, to
The wood for the construction of the military camp was unavailable, thus leading to a dilemma.
If the Wei army chooses to retreat at that time, then the Qin army will have the opportunity to pursue it - one side is the Qin army that has built up enough strength, and the other is the Wei army that has just arrived and is exhausted. No matter how you think about it, the former has a higher chance of winning.
Therefore, in Zhao Hongrun's view, although Wuxinhou Gongsunqi seems to have made it clear that he will use eight military camps to delay the Wei army, there are still traps in it - is Wuxinhou Gongsunqi someone who is willing to be passive? Qin General Wang
Jian's sneak attack that made the Wei army be more vigilant was enough to prove that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi was actually a man with a very strong desire to attack.
"There is only one way to crack the scheme of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi..."
That day, Zhao Hongrun stood outside the handsome tent of Wei Camp in Taolin, looked at the sky, and said secretly in his heart.
After returning to the tent, Zhao Hongrun picked up a pen and drew a design sketch on the paper. He then summoned the generals of the Shang Navy and ordered them to build a tool according to the design on the drawing.
At the same time, he ordered all the sheep in his generals to be slaughtered and made into dried meat by taking advantage of the cold weather.
As for the sheepskin and wool, the soldiers of the Sichuan-Luo Allied Army were asked to help make sheepskin jackets to serve as winter clothes for Wei soldiers to keep out the cold.
In addition, Zhao Hongrun also wrote a letter in his own handwriting and sent a group of blue crows to deliver it to Jie Zitu in Luocheng, asking the latter to find a way to transport more grain and grass to the front line.
In this way, in the past half month, the Wei army under King Su Zhao Hongrun built a military camp and was only twenty miles away from the Qin camp in Taolin, but they did not launch an attack.
This extremely strange phenomenon made the Qin army's commander, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, feel a strong sense of crisis.
You should know that although Wu Xin Hou Gongsun Qi did not know the specific battle conditions on the "Hanoi Battlefield" and "Song County Battlefield", he could more or less guess that the battle situation in Wei's homeland should be getting more and more unfavorable at this time, so it stands to reason that
For example, Wei Gongzi Ji Run should lead the army to attack madly.
However, the Wei army under the command of Wei Gongzi Run did not move at all for half a month.
If something goes wrong, it must be a monster!
"...This man must be brewing a huge conspiracy!"
Even the usually steady Marquis of Wuxin, Gongsun Qi, couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this moment.
"Come here, please come to the commander's tent, Mr. Wang Lu." He ordered the soldiers outside the tent.
After a while, Qin General Wang Lu came to the commander's tent, accompanied by Qin Shaojun, his bodyguard Peng Chong and others.
It turned out that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi gave Wang Lu the task of monitoring the movements of the Wei army, and Qin Shaojun, because he had nothing to do in the military camp, often approached the "Taolin Wei Camp" with Wang Lu to check the situation.
Perhaps he was imagining that he could see his friend Wei Gongzi Run in the distance among nearly 100,000 Wei troops, although he had never thought about what he would say if they actually met.
"Lord Gongsun."
After seeing Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, Wang Lu and Qin Shao saluted the former and asked why.
Gongsun Qi then asked: "Master Wang Lu, what's going on with Mr. Wei Run recently?"
Wang Ranxin said: Didn’t I just report to you last night?
But since Gongsun Qi asked, he naturally had to give a serious answer: "There is no change yet. It seems that the Wei army does not plan to attack our 'Taolin Army Camp' yet."
"This isn't right... This isn't right..." Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi paced back and forth in the tent. Suddenly he turned to Wang Lu and asked, "Master Wang Lu, you said that the Wei army slaughtered the sheep in their army and was still building a
Planting a chariot?”
"Yes." Wang Hao nodded.
According to his surveillance of the Wei army in the past few days, the Wei army has only been busy doing two things recently: first, slaughtering the sheep accompanying the army and using the materials to make dried meat and winter clothes to keep out the cold; second, building a chariot.
"The Wei army slaughtered all the sheep?" Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi asked.
Wang Hao nodded when he heard this.
After hearing this, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi stepped to the table where the marching map was laid, and frowned as he examined the map.
Seeing his solemn expression, Qin Shaojun stepped forward and asked, "Marquis Wu Xin, do you have any questions?"
Wuxinhou Gongsun Qi pondered for a while and said: "The Wei army slaughtered sheep and made dried meat. In my opinion, this is probably the Wei army preparing for the 'attack'..."
"Run to attack?" Qin Shaojun was stunned and asked in surprise: "Where to attack? Is it my hometown in Great Qin?"
"This is the only explanation." Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi said casually, but his eyes turned to Xianyang, the new capital of Qin State, on the map.
He strongly suspected that in order to save Wei and force Qin to withdraw from the war, Wei Gongzi Run might have led his troops frantically and traveled thousands of miles to attack Xianyang.
Yes, the Emperor of Wei, Zirun, who was under the threat of national subjugation, could make such a desperate decision.
Suddenly, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi asked Wang Lu: "How many so-called chariots did the Wei army build?"
"So many, too many to count." Wang Hao replied.
Hearing this, Wu Xin Hou Gongsun Qi narrowed his eyes, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes, nodded and said: "That's right, I think those chariots are not here to attack my "Taolin Military Camp"
It was built for transporting baggage..." At this point, the look in his eyes
He became much more solemn and said in a deep voice: "So it turns out that after Wei Gongzi Run built the military camp, he did not attack our Taolin camp. That is because in his strategy, it is meaningless to attack our military camp. His goal is
I am the homeland of Great Qin!... He seems to be confident that he will leave our army behind."
After hearing this, both Qin Shaojun and Qin General Wang Lu were shocked.
Among them, Wang Hao frowned and said: "Master Gongsun, if the Wei army really wants to attack our mainland of Daqin, then our army must retreat immediately..."
"Retreat to where?" Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi glanced at Wang Lu and said calmly: "Retreat to Huayin? Give up the seven military camps along the way to the Wei army for nothing?"
"Of course not. When we retreat, our army will naturally burn those military camps..." Wang Huan explained his meaning, but saw Gongsun Qi shook his head and said: "I originally wanted to stop the Wei army here until next year. If Wei
Young Master Run played a trick and caused our army to be in disarray..."
He did not continue, but I believe that both Qin Shaojun and Wang Lu understood what he meant: How could it be possible for Wei Gongzi Run to pass through this plain so easily without any worries?
However, I understand that there are some things that Wang Lu must remind the Wu Xinhou in front of him: "Master Gongsun, if Wei Gongzi Run's army really invades our territory of Daqin, I'm afraid..."
Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi did not speak, but looked at the map with confusion.
He couldn't understand one thing: the Wei army was obviously preparing to attack Qin's homeland in winter, but the problem was that it snowed heavily in winter and the roads were difficult to travel. How could the Wei army pass through this plain? Leaving Gongsun Qi's army behind.
Woolen cloth?
"Could it be that "chariot"...what's the mystery?"
Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi let out a long breath and was puzzled.
A few days later, as November approached, the temperature in Sanchuan County dropped rapidly, and then, flying snow fell from the sky, covering everything with a layer of silver.
At this time, there was still no movement from the Wei army. This strange phenomenon made Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi increasingly vigilant.
Finally one day, more than a dozen Wei transport ships docked on the river bank on the north side of Hangu. The Wei army, which had already been prepared, loaded bags of grain on the ships onto their chariots, and then used whips to drive the horses.
, pulled the carriage and drove away.
This scene made the Wei officials on the ship widen their eyes, because they discovered that those chariots running fast on the snow actually had no wheels...
"By the order of His Highness King Su, I would like to trouble you to send these design drawings to all armies and the Smelting Bureau of Daliang according to the markings." Wu Ji, the general of the Shangshui Army, took a photo of a thick stack of design drawings.
On the chest of one of the dumbfounded officials, a reminder was given: "Don't miss anything, just rely on this thing to transport logistics grain and grass in the severe winter."
Hearing this, the official's expression perked up, he carefully held the stack of design drawings in his hands, and curiously read the name of the chariot-like object on the drawings - (horse-drawn) sleigh chariot.
Half a day later, Wu Ji led the grain transport team back to Taolin Wei camp, distributed the grain to each thousand-man team, and then went to the commander's tent to report back to Zhao Hongrun.
"Your Highness Prince Su, the newly arrived food has been distributed."
Zhao Hongrun, who was warming up in the tent, was overjoyed when he heard this, so he led Wu Ji to the camp gate. At this time, he saw that horse-drawn sleighs and chariots were already ready.
I saw Zhao Hongrun, Que'er, Wei Jiao and several other clan guards boarding a horse-drawn sleigh, and then waved forward.
"Let's go!...The target is Xianyang, the capital of Qin!"
With an order, tens of thousands of horse-drawn sleighs and chariots passed by Taolin Qin Camp at a very fast speed, heading towards the vast snowy sea to the west.
When passing the Taolin Qin Camp, Zhao Hongrun turned his head and looked in the direction of the Qin Camp, looking at the Qin soldiers who seemed to be stunned, with a smile on his lips.