Li Mu laughed and said, "What? Can't wait for it? ”

Gao Yuan also said: "General, if we fight for consumption, we will definitely not be able to fight for Qin, so we must win by surprise, now that the army has been holding for almost two months, our rotation army is coming, then the next batch of grain and grass materials of the Qin army should also come, and we should not be in the camp of Jingcheng, but should take the initiative to attack the logistics team of the Qin army, focusing on the Qin army's supply line." ”

Li Mu also put away his smile, nodded, and said, "You are right, we should indeed take the initiative." This time, you will need to lead the team yourself. ”

Gao Yuan hurriedly said: "I am duty-bound. ”

Although Li Mu had deliberately cultivated Gao Yuan as his successor, Gao Yuan was still only a member of the Zhao army, and at some times, he had to go into battle in person. And this time to attack the Qin army's reinforcement line, it must be Gao Yuan Zhen's own team, because the main force attacking the Qin army's reinforcement line can only be the new cavalry trained by the plateau, so now only he can lead this cavalry army.

And Li Yinghong said on the side: "That's great, I've been holding back a little annoyance for a long time, this time I want to have a good fight." ”

Li Mu looked at her and couldn't help laughing: "People who have already married someone are still so childish." ”

Li Yinghong couldn't help blushing and said angrily: "Father." ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about you, Gao Yuan, how many people do you plan to bring this time?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "The soldiers are expensive but not too expensive, I only bring 3,000 cavalry is enough, 2,000 main forces, 1,000 coercion, one person with two horses, and seven days' rations, at least two or three battles." ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say." ”

Gao Yuan and Li Yinghong also said goodbye to Li Mu and returned to their camp. After the rotation, half of the troops under the plateau were also rotated, and the remaining armies were also replenished. Because compared with infantry, the training of cavalry is much faster, a normal cavalry, as long as about ten days, can get used to the new style of horse furniture, and spend more than 20 days, basically can master all kinds of cavalry combat techniques and tactics, can go into battle. And an infantry needs at least three or four months of training to master the formation of the Mandarin Duck Formation.

After returning to his camp, Gao Yuan immediately recruited the main generals of the cavalry and began to arrange. Now there are a total of 3,000 cavalry in the new style, divided into three thousand teams, Du Yi and Ji Hua, who used to follow the plateau, have now been promoted from lieutenants to generals, and can command a thousand cavalry troops, and the other general is called Zhou Wen, who was appointed later. At this time, it was Du Yi and Ji Hua who were in the camp of Jingcheng. And the other general is called Deng Chengxiu, who is also the old man who went with the plateau to attack Qiu You last time, because they used to fight side by side together, and they should be smoother when they get together with each other.

Although Zhong Sun Qi, Wu Zhanpeng, Wu Hongyan and others have outstanding martial arts, because their time in the army is too short, now Zhong Sun Qi and Wu Zhanpeng are only uncles, and they can only lead fifty cavalry troops, and Wu Hongyan can only be accompanied by Li Yinghong.

Knowing that the attack was about to be attacked, everyone was also very excited, and they rubbed their fists and palms, eager to try. Because of the last attack on Qiu Yu, although a great victory in a cavalry battle was achieved, but in the process of attacking the Qin army in the later period, it was very unsmooth, and not a single quick battle was fought, although in the later battle between the two sides, the new cavalry army fought again, and also showed its skills in that battle, breaking the chariot of the Qin army. But that battle was not a victory after all, it could only be regarded as a slight advantage.

Since that battle, the new cavalry has been hidden in the snow and has not fought again, and they have been in the camp for more than a month, and they are indeed a little tired of waiting. Therefore, after getting the opportunity to play, it is natural that they all want to fight a few more happy victories.

Seeing that everyone's interest was very high, and Gao Yuan was also very satisfied, it seemed that the morale was not bad.

So on the next day, Gao Yuan led 3,000 cavalry troops and left the Jingcheng camp of the Zhao army, and the second phase of the battle of Zhao Qin officially began.

Because the south of Jingcheng is the continuous Taihang Mountain, the three big villages of the Qin army are basically distributed in the northwest direction of the Zhao army, and there is no deployment of troops in the south, so after the plateau led the army out of the camp, he did not directly march west, but first went south along the Taihang Mountain, and then dismantled to the west. Fortunately, he was leading the whole cavalry army, and the whole army moved very fast, and it only took more than a day to make a big circle, and finally went around the flank and rear of the Qin army.

Zhao Jun was very familiar with the area in this area, so he found a mountain depression to rest, and at the same time, Gao Yuan immediately sent a large number of scouts to spy on the Qin army's baggage team.

However, Zhao Jun did not wait too long, and early the next morning, Gao Yuan received news that the Qin army's grain transport team had been discovered.

In fact, at this time, the Qin army stationed nearly 400,000 troops in Jingcheng, and the food and materials needed to be consumed every day were huge, and various materials were transported to the Qin army's camp almost every day. Therefore, as long as they are guarding between Jing Cheng and Qiu Yong, they will not be able to touch the baggage team of the Qin army.

However, the scale of this grain transport team is very large, with a total of more than 7,000 carts, of which 5,000 carts are loaded with grain, totaling about 200,000 stones, and the other 2,000 carts are loaded with fodder for war horses, about 100,000 stones, totaling 300,000 stones of grain and grass. Although this is a huge number, the consumption of 400,000 troops and more than 100,000 war horses can only support half of the army at most.

The vehicles carrying grain and grass were larger and still two-wheeled, and the carrying volume was about forty stones, which is about one in modern times. About two tons. It was pulled by two horses or donkeys, and each car was staffed by five servants, one of whom was responsible for driving the car, and the other four were following the car, because the roads of the era were so poor that two horses and donkeys were not enough, and in many places they needed help to push and pull. As a result, more than 35,000 civilian servants were requisitioned for this grain transport team. In addition, there were 5,000 Qin soldiers, escorted by them.

The whole team was stretched into a long line, and from a distance, it was impossible to see the head and tail at all, and the front and back were probably more than ten miles long. Although there were 5,000 Qin troops to escort them, it was impossible for such a small number of troops to protect the entire grain transportation team.

It is not that Qiu Yong could not send enough troops to escort the grain transport, but because the soldiers escorted by the escort also had to eat for civilian service, and although the distance from Qiu You to Jingcheng was only one hundred and fifty miles, the walking speed of the grain transport team took about four or five days, and the time to return was at least seven days. With only 35,000 civilian servants, the food consumption for seven days was close to 10,000 stones, plus the horses and donkeys pulling carts, so the grain and grass transported to the front line had to be discounted. If you add more soldiers accompanying the escort, then the consumption along the way will be even greater.

If you count the transportation from all over the Qin State to Qiu Yuanlai, then the loss rate is definitely about half, and if you convert other manpower, material and financial resources consumed, as well as the impact on social production, the overall utilization rate is only two or three percent at most, and sometimes even more than one percent. Therefore, it is not false at all to say that fighting a war is a war of logistics supply and the overall national strength of the war.

In this case, the Qin army could only reduce the number of soldiers escorted to ensure that the utilization rate of grain transportation was improved. Moreover, in the eyes of the Qin army, although before the war, the Zhao army had traveled more than 150 miles and attacked the Qin army, but now the Qin army's army has reached Jingcheng, and the Zhao army retreated to Jingcheng Mountain, guarding by risk, unable to take a step to the west, so the distance from Qiuyou to Jingcheng is also absolutely safe, and there is no need to send more troops to escort it.

The transportation of grain is the most important part of the logistics supply of the army, and it is also the largest part of consumption, because the people who transport the grain also have to eat and drink along the way, so the art of war in this era, as well as the famous generals, pay attention to the food to the enemy, that is, to snatch food from the enemy as much as possible and have it for themselves. On the right [Sun Xiao's Art of War * Combat Chapter], there is a saying that "eat the enemy for one minute, and be my twenty bells", which means that if you grab the enemy's food for one minute, it is equivalent to saving yourself twenty minutes of food.

However, it is not easy to rob the enemy of food and grass on the battlefield, and many troops will burn all the remaining food when they retreat or flee, and they must not leave it to the enemy. Therefore, Li Mu captured nearly 500,000 stone grain from the Qin army in the last Fanwu War, which can be said to be one of the biggest gains in that battle in addition to the occupation of Jingcheng.

And the grain transportation team of the Qin army in front of him is in front of him, and of course the plateau cannot let go of this great opportunity. Moreover, now the Qin army's transportation team is more than ten miles long, and it is difficult to take care of the end and end, which is also conducive to launching an attack on the grain transportation team.

The main force of the attack was of course the new cavalry of the Zhao army, and the plateau also divided the two thousand new cavalry into ten teams, each team of 200 people, from ten directions, respectively, to attack the Qin army's grain transport team, so that the Qin army was difficult to take care of, and could not be guarded, while the other thousand cavalry left 200 people to guard the horses, and the other 800 people also went to battle with the army, responsible for setting fire to the grain after the cavalry in front of them killed the Qin army and civilian service.

After assigning all the tasks, Gao Yuan also immediately ordered the whole army to lay in ambush in the woods on both sides of the mountain road, preparing to intercept the Qin army's grain transportation team halfway.

Sure enough, just after the Zhao army was arranged, less than an hour later, the Qin army's grain transportation team came, but because the Qin army's grain transportation team was too long, and the Zhao army's ambush position was also very wide, so it waited for more than half an hour for the Qin army's grain transportation team to completely enter the Zhao army's ambush position.

Gao Yuan then ordered the whole army to attack and kill the grain transport team of the Qin army.