Chapter 162: The East Wind Blows, the War Drums Beat (8)
Properly discussed, the battalions go back to prepare, hundreds of thousands of troops go out to fight is not a trivial matter, since ancient times there has been a saying that the army has not moved the grain and grass first, not only refers to the grain and grass first transport, which is just to highlight the role of grain and grass, hundreds of thousands of troops, hundreds of thousands of mouths, a day of consumption can be imagined, the lack of food will inevitably lead to morale and the army is discouraged, in history because of the grain guide zhì march before the abandonment is not a few.
Zhao Kuo ordered someone to carefully count the grain and grass, and the grain transport officer came to report, "King, the remaining grain and grass will last for a month at most, and it will take more than a month to send grain from the nearest Wei State." β
Zhao Kuo nodded, the difficulty is only temporary, I don't know how many times better than when Changping was in the past, many soldiers in the army experienced the disaster of that year, and they could only rely on bark and wild vegetables for more than ten days to satisfy their hunger, even so, they still relied on their strength to break through the Qin army's iron bucket defense.
"Immediately order someone to inform Wei Hou that the grain and grass are related to the overall situation, and they must be delivered on time." Who is the Marquis of Wei, Wei Wuji, the king of Xinling, because he stole the talisman to save Zhao that day, he was hated by the king of Wei and had to stay, and the land of Wei is now under the jurisdiction of Wei Wuji.
The messenger promised to leave quickly, that is, Mocheng was far away from Handan, most of which were dangerous places, and it was more difficult to transport grain, so he simply adopted the method of nearby mobilization, and the grain from Wei was transported to the front line, and the grain in Handan City was transported to Wei at the same time, so that a lot of travel could be reduced.
"My lord, the crusade has been written."
Zhang Liang walked in with the cloth scroll in his hand, the cloth scroll was handed over, Zhao Kuo opened the cloth scroll, and listed the atrocities of the Yan army one by one, some of the behaviors were outrageous, in order to increase the world's hatred of the Yan country, there was no lack of deliberate exaggeration in the words.
"Copy a few more copies and send cavalry to post them along the way."
"Yes!"
After the army was rectified, Zhao Kuo walked out with a long sword in hand, Mu Chen, Bai Ying and others held the reins to stabilize the war horse, just waiting for the king's order to go out immediately, a figure approached quickly, it was Liu Liu, who entered Jimo City, and handed over the chamber of commerce to a credible person to take care of when he left, and simply stayed.
"Sixth son, what's wrong?"
"A little thing."
"It's not too late to talk about it on the road!"
Zhao Kuofei stepped on his horse and pulled out his long sword, and the sword light shook and said loudly: "King Yan has no faith, Yan Jun has no way, now Xingren is crusading, be united and make contributions!" β
The long sword fell, the war drums sounded, the army was immediately launched, and the soldiers went straight to the border of Yan Country in two ways, the drum gradually subsided, Zhao Kuo's speed slowed down, Liu Liu stepped forward, "Let's say, you and my brothers don't have to be too restrained." β
Liu Liudao: "Originally, it wasn't a big deal, but I always felt strange. Zhao Kuo nodded, and Liu Liu continued: "A new chamber of commerce has appeared in Xianyang City. β
"Chamber of Commerce! Xianyang is the capital of Qin, what is the surprise of the Chamber of Commerce entering the city? β
Liu Liudao: "It's not the Chamber of Commerce that is strange, but the leader." β
"Speak."
Liu Liu then told the story of meeting the Ba Chamber of Commerce that day, especially the ecstasy eyes, as long as he looked at it, he would never forget it for the rest of his life.
"Widow Qing, Qin Qing!"
"Does the king recognize this man?"
Zhao Kuo sneered, the only impression should be that the beautiful woman who coexisted with appearance and wisdom in Xun Qin Ji has now become a lewd slut who knows how to seduce men in Liu Liu's mouth.
"Just heard, but anything else unusual is happening?"
Liu Liu nodded, "The strength of the Ba Chamber of Commerce is amazing, not only the financial resources, but the operation of the entire Chamber of Commerce is even more mysterious, in order to find out the truth and the truth, several teams of people have been sent to try to get close, but in the end they are all in vain, even those who usually stare at the Ba Chamber of Commerce will disappear inexplicably." β
"It's kind of interesting."
Zhao Kuo sneered, no matter what, she is still a woman, you must see it if you have the opportunity, Liu Liu smiled and said: "It's also to blame the six sons for being too careful, the king will definitely not take such a small matter to heart." β
In the important town of Qin, Lu Buwei's face was gloomy, two secret reports were placed on the table, footsteps sounded, Wang Qian, Meng Tian and others walked in quickly, "Xiangguo, is there a war?" β
Wang Jian couldn't hold back for a long time, compared to Meng Tian is more calm, Lu Buwei knows how to use people, Wang Jian is brave and rare in the world, Meng Tian is different, and knows how to grasp the overall situation.
"Take it and see."
LΓΌ Buwei picked up the secret report on the left hand, and several people stepped forward, Meng Tiannian couldn't help but change everyone's expressions, and the secret report was clearly written, the army of Zhao State conquered Linzi, and then attacked Jimo, and at this time was gathering to the border of Yan State.
"This is to raise troops and destroy Yan."
"In this way, the entire northern land is returned to Zhao, and the possession of Changping land is enough to pose a threat to my Great Qin."
"Xiangye, immediately exterminate the rebellious army and send troops to attack Zhao."
Lu Buwei nodded, "How don't you want to do it, let's take a look at this." β
A few people quickly opened, and the movements of the chaotic army were recorded on it, the largest of which successively annexed the surrounding rebel forces, with a strength of nearly 300,000, plus the other three rebel armies, the total strength of the rebel army was almost the same as the elite that LΓΌ Buwei could mobilize, of course, there was one point that could not be negligent, LΓΌ Buwei was in control of the elite of the Qin army, and the combat effectiveness was amazing after the experience of large and small wars, and the chaotic army was mostly composed of bandits and homeless people.
Wang Jian said: "This is easy to do, Wang Jian only needs 50,000 soldiers and horses, and he will definitely be able to defeat the rebel army head-on. β
Lu Buwei's eyelids moved slightly, his eyes fell on Meng Tian, Meng Tian thought for a while, "Although General Wang's method is outstanding, it can't be ignored at all, once the main force of the frontal chaotic army is defeated by our army, the other chaotic troops will definitely not dare to move lightly, and if they want to quickly quell the chaos and then raise troops to attack Zhao, they can't do it." β
"Go on." LΓΌ Buwei heard some signs, the most important thing as a leader is to know how to listen, sometimes too much attention to power can ruin a good game.
Meng Tian said: "The chaotic army is in full swing, and our army's refusal to attack will inevitably be arrogant, and then raise troops on a large scale, so that there will be a chance to defeat these three rebel armies with the elite, and then block the news to make a false impression to force the main force of the rebel army to march, and form a three-sided attack here to eliminate it in one fell swoop." β
Lu Buwei nodded again and again, what Meng Tian said was almost exactly what he thought, "Just let the rebel army run rampant for a while." β
There was a change in the border of Zhao State, located at a high place to observe the situation, the soldiers found that it was inappropriate and immediately came to report, the generals did not dare to delay all the way to see the king of Yan, the border of Yan country, since the tribal leader came, the wine and meat continued to sing and sing every night, and the Yan army drank porridge one by one and made a sizzling sound, and his heart had already been scolded.
"It's coming, it's finally here."
King Yan stood up, and King Donghu and other tribal leaders stood up one after another, "Go and have a look." β
A group of people climbed to a high place, looking into the distance from the gap in the city wall, the flag of Zhao State in the border area was several times more than usual, Zhao Kuo did not mean to hide it, the Yan army must be prepared, the night attack could not play a role at all, so they simply fought with the Yan army head-on.
King Donghu pointed with his hand, "Go out of the city tonight and ambush on the east side, your department will ambush the west side, and then kill after the Zhao army has fully attacked the city, and the city defense will be handed over to the Jebe tribe, and this battle must take the head of the king of Zhao!" β
There is still a large open space between Yan and Zhao, and the city fortress is established according to the topography between each other, there is a canyon on the east side that extends upward, as has been explained above, the canyon separates the two cities of Linzi and Jimo, and the more you go up, the narrower it is, even so it is not difficult to hide a team of elite cavalry, and the distance on the west side is a dense forest, which is also the best place to ambush the soldiers.
After the deployment of the king of Donghu, the archers of the Jebe tribe, who are good at bow shooting, are responsible for defending the city, and the king of Yan smiled bitterly, this king of Donghu is too big, saying that it is a joint attack on Zhao, so that the whole battle and the Yan army have nothing to do, so it's okay, it's not too late to fight until the end.
Handan City
Zou Yan looked up at the night sky, the clothes behind him danced in the wind, they were dressed properly, and the unique beauty of a woman was revealed all over their bodies.
"Teacher, how?"
"Strange, really strange."
Zou Yan has specialized in astrology all his life, trying to deduce people's fortunes with the method of astrology, and the army of King Zhao has not returned for a long time, and everyone is worried about it, so Yun Nu has to come to his mentor Zou Yan.
"What the hell?" Yun Nu was a little anxious.
Zou Yan said: "Judging from the astrological appearance, scattered stars appear around the main star and there is a siege, which is a catastrophe!" β
Yun Nu's face was worried, "That day, the teacher said that the king has three tribulations, human tribulation, earth tribulation, and heavenly tribulation, is it fulfilled, can there be a way to crack it?" β
Zou Yan shook his head, "Every qiΔ has a fate, and the mandate of heaven cannot be violated." β
"How so?"
"Girl, don't listen to Old Man Zou scaring people there."