The sky was a little gloomy. Tens of thousands of Yan troops were filing out of Songzi City. Zhao Kuo also saw for the first time what tens of thousands of troops were. Starting from early morning, the city gate kept spitting out Yan people.
I haven't vomited it out yet, more than an hour has passed, and the army that set off at the front can no longer be seen. Looking at it like this, the road is slowly filled with Yan people.
Zhao Kuo and others were hiding in the dense forest to the north of Song Zicheng. The dense forest here was a little sparse near the road, so it was easy to be discovered. Zhao Kuo led a few knights and abandoned their horses. Zhao Kuo still remembered
Xing was wearing a "geely suit", so he simply disguised himself and his entourage according to that appearance, and then crawled to the forest near the road, quietly observing the Yan people on the road.
This matter was very dangerous, because it was too close to the Yan people, and it was difficult to escape without horses. Handan Zao and others originally tried to persuade Zhao Kuo not to take risks and let them come, but Zhao Kuo still refused their good intentions.
He had to personally observe and understand the enemy's situation. The information he got from others would inevitably be inaccurate. The dense forest in the early morning was very cold, and with the dew on the ground, Zhao Kuo was crawling forward like this, his whole body was shaking with the cold, and his teeth were chattering.
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Fortunately, it was a little warmer now, but it was not easy to maintain such a motionless posture. After waiting on the side of the road for a long time, Zhao Kuo finally saw the first vehicle frame driving out in the distance. He waited
This was the one. Zhao Kuo watched more carefully. The man driving the car was not young, and there were a few infantry around him. This poorly equipped one was on par with the Zhao army led by Zhao Kuo.
This is not a chariot unit, this is a grain transport unit! Sure enough, Lifu siege will cause the baggage and grain to follow the troops. Zhao Kuo squinted his eyes and carefully remembered everything he saw. There were many grain trucks.
, Of course, there are also troops to escort, but these troops are not the elite of the Yan Kingdom. They may be civilians recruited from the Yan Kingdom, and they are not fully equipped with weapons. They are responsible for construction, escorting, cooking, etc.
They followed the carriage slowly, and there were even a few soldiers looking around. As long as there were no generals around, they would jump directly onto the carriage. The Yan people had plenty of food, and Zhao Kuo had already counted
They had more than seventy carriages. The Yan State, like the Zhao State, had no shortage of horses. What's more, such a short horse could not be used as a war horse, so it could only transport grain.
From the beginning, Zhao Kuo's goal was to cut off the opponent's grain and grass. Unfortunately, the opponent did not transport grain and grass through Yan State. If the grain route could not be cut off, he could only attack their grain reserves. He first sent an envoy to the enemy to transport grain and grass.
To let the opponent know his exact position, relax his vigilance, and then lead these cavalry to the opponent quickly. He didn't know in his heart whether these few hundred people could defeat the enemy, but now this is the best way.
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Facing nearly 100,000 Yan people, his thousands of old and weak people cannot defeat hundreds of them. There is no doubt that destroying the opponent's food and grass and causing the Yan people's army to suffer from serious food shortages is the best way.
.Now he knows the location of the opponent's grain and grass and the number of troops protecting the grain and grass. This is very important. What's more important, he also needs to know whether there are elite cavalry among the troops in front and behind the opponent's grain truck.
Lifu adopted a long formation and did not arrange cavalry on both sides of the grain carts to protect it. This was beneficial to Zhao Kuo, but the problem was that the long formation caused the grain carts to be too far apart and dispersed each other, leaving Zhao Kuo with no choice.
Attacking all the grain and grass carts at the same time was detrimental to Zhao Kuo. After waiting for a long time, Zhao Kuo finally discovered the Yan cavalry. The Yan cavalry was responsible for patrolling the flanks. They passed quickly, and there were enough
Thousands.
There was dust on the road, and Zhao Kuo understood that he had to attack the opponent at night in order to be successful. Otherwise, he would not be able to defeat the enemy if the opponent's cavalry rescued him quickly. At this time, Zhao Kuo felt much calmer.
, before arriving, he had already observed all the roads. Unfortunately, the other road was the only well-maintained road in Zhao. There were no dense forests or dangerous roads where he could set up an ambush.
Zhao Kuo led everyone back slowly and came to the depths of the dense forest. Just now he looked at the knights on the side and said: "Please go to Haocheng quickly and convey my order to let them abandon the city and return to Bairen. Just tell Ma Fuzi
We are about to arrive at Bairen. I will fight the enemy there and let them take away all the food and not leave it to the Yan people!" The knight hurriedly agreed, and Zhao Kuo ordered again: "Then you go back to the army and let them
Rest and practice in Bairen and wait for my orders."
"General... Haocheng is a very important city. If this place is captured by the Yan people, the Yan people will have no choice but to attack Handan directly. How can they abandon the defense?" Zhao Fu asked hurriedly, and Zhao Kuo shook his head.
He shook his head and said: "Haocheng is a dangerous place, but there is no place to ambush around. Please don't ask any more questions. I have my own way." After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Zhao Fu could only accept the order.
No more words.
At this moment, Li Fu, the general of the Yan State, also encountered many difficulties. He had never encountered such a thing since he attacked the Zhao State. The people of the Zhao State were all crazy. This was a big problem. Since the last time
After the large-scale Zhao rebellion occurred in Song Zicheng, similar situations occurred one after another in various places today. They shouted Ma Fuzi and killed the Yan people stationed there. Even Jiumen City was once conquered by the old and weak Zhao people.
After capturing it, they killed hundreds of Yan people stationed there.
Li Fu was in a hurry. He never thought that he would encounter such tenacious resistance on the land of Zhao State where there were no soldiers garrisoned. The old and weak people of Zhao State buried wells, deliberately burned food, destroyed city defenses, and attacked the soldiers of Yan State.
, they did everything they could, and tried everything they couldn't. In just a few days, they caused great losses to Yan's army, and Li's defense was in dire straits.
The government could only send elite cavalry to rescue and suppress the people everywhere.
Li Fu, who had always been unwilling to kill people, could only harden his heart and threaten the rest of the Zhao people with brutal suppression, but this did not have much effect. The Zhao people had a banner and they were no longer afraid of death.
After marching for a day, at night, before Lifu even gave orders, many soldiers couldn't help but camp and rest. Some of the troops behind Lifu's central army stopped to rest, and some were still marching.
It was extremely confusing, so Li Fu still issued an order to rest, and then ordered: "Recently, many Zhao people have attacked the Yan army. Let the scouts be vigilant, patrol back and forth, and beware!"
Li Fu sat in the tent and sighed. This Ma Fuzi was not an opponent that could be underestimated. His name alone had such power. So what was he doing by sending this envoy? He was deliberately sending someone to Are you showing weakness? Let yourself relax your vigilance? Li Fu frowned and thought seriously. As the Prime Minister of Yan State, he is not stupid. On the contrary, he is a very smart person.
But the news he first got from Handan was the same as the news from the envoy. There is no doubt that Zhao Kuo only has a few thousand old and weak people. Of course, it may be tens of thousands, but it is true that he is not elite enough. Could it be Did he want to let himself be lazy, and then the whole army rushes to Haocheng to prepare to attack him? Li Fu stroked his beard and thought seriously, alas, he is still old, and his mind is not as clear as before.
What exactly did he want to do? Li Fu never figured it out, but he still felt that he needed to be more vigilant and ordered people to strengthen the defense of each battalion.
At this moment, Zhao Kuo was riding a horse and looking at the dots of sparks in the distance. The Yan people had already begun to set up camp and rest. They formed a circle around the carriages, and the soldiers were resting in the circle. At the same time, there were also many cavalrymen. They were patrolling back and forth, and bonfires were lit everywhere. The Yan army was very scattered, and the distance between the front and rear completely exceeded the limit for marching, but there was no general to criticize.
Zhao Kuo just waited quietly.
Gradually, there was no more noise in the Yan Army camp, and the cavalrymen only pretended to patrol once, then got off their horses and went to play. Yes, they were indeed playing, even the soldiers were They gathered together and played games such as pot throwing and stone throwing. The military discipline was quite loose. Li Fu's orders were not carried out by the soldiers at the bottom. The generals of Yan State lived in the camp, and the atmosphere inside and outside the camp was filled with wine. The smell is accompanied by the screams of Zhao women.
Zhao Kuo slowly pulled out the dagger from his waist. Zhao Fu handed him a torch from behind. He held the torch in one hand and the sword in the other. He asked calmly: "Second and Third Son, the wine bag given by King Zhao." , but you got them all?”
"Get it!"
"Have you, the second and third sons, remembered what I ordered before?"
"remember!"
"Okay, please follow me and burn all the Yan people's food and grass!"