On the flat ground at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, eight hundred and one war horses were galloping, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the young face.

Of this group of cavalry, 600 were Changge soldiers and 200 were archers.

On the back of each cavalry archer, a bow and a quiver full of arrows were hung.

Since the Hufu cavalry, the cavalry of the Zhao army has always had a special archer cavalry, even after the restoration of the Zhao State, also attached great importance to the archers, at the beginning of the year specially formed the archers army, among the eight thousand cavalry, there are 1,000 archers.

It can be said that in addition to Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, among the other vassal states, Zhao has the strongest military strength.

In the days when there were no stirrups, horseback riding was a chore and required a lot of riding skills.

Zhao Xie is always at the forefront of the soldiers, although he is tired from riding, but compared with his life, being tired is nothing.

Fortunately, it's only early winter, and the weather isn't too cold, otherwise it would be even more bitter.

It soon got dark, dozens of soldiers lit torches, and the troops continued to advance.

During the day, the horses run at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour for long distances, and at night they can only drop to about 10 kilometers per hour.

The site of the Battle of Jingcheng is located in the eastern section of Taihang Mountain, east of Jingchengkou is the North China Plain, fortunately in the plain area, otherwise the speed will be slower.

After running for more than half an hour after nightfall, Zhao Xie was still tireless and did not stop, and there was only one thought in his heart, that is, to rush to the camp at the mouth of the well as fast as possible.

Ouyang Ling behind him said: "King, you have to rest for a while, otherwise the horses will be tired to death." ”

Indeed, both men and horses were tired, and Zhao Xie had to stop his horses, the horses drank water in the stream, and the soldiers ate dry food.

Zhao Xie sat on the ground with his legs numb, riding a horse for two hours in a row, clamping the horse's body with his legs, no wonder if he was not tired.

The others were much better than him, the cavalry had to be trained often, and the soldiers were accustomed to being on horseback for long periods of time.

In ancient times when productivity was backward, how could the living conditions be compared with modern times, Zhao Xie gnawed on dry food, the taste was not very good, and it was limited to filling his stomach.

"Soldiers, you have to hurry this night, and you must rush to Jingcheng at dawn tomorrow! Thank you all! ”

Zhao Xie said loudly.

From the capital to the Jingcheng Pass, the distance is more than 130 kilometers, just run for more than an hour before dark, according to the night speed of 10 kilometers per hour to calculate, and then subtract the necessary rest time, it is possible to strive to rush to the Jingcheng Pass in the early morning.

It was not uncommon for the soldiers to travel at night, and even the king followed him, eating the same food, and it was impossible for him to complain.

Why did King Zhao rush away? None of the soldiers at the scene knew, and it wasn't for them to ask.

Ouyang Ling sat next to Zhao Xie, and he asked: "Great King, General Rong asked why he was in a hurry to rush to Jingcheng, there were 100,000 troops over there, and the last general and a few hundred horsemen under his command would not play a role in the war." ”

If we understand it only from the perspective of military common sense, this is indeed the case.

Zhao Xie smiled bitterly: "When you arrive at the Jingcheng camp, you will naturally understand." ”

Since the morning, he has always been nervous in his heart, if the war is over after arriving at the well, then everything is over, it can only depend on luck, I hope to get the favor of God.

Ouyang Ling didn't dare to ask any more.

After resting for two quarters of an hour, Zhao Xie and the soldiers continued to set off.

After that, the horses basically jogged at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, and rested for half an hour for every more than an hour.

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In the Chu and Han dynasties, Zhao and Wei took Taihang Mountain as the national land demarcation line, on the road to Zhao in the western section of Taihang Mountain, there is a narrow road about dozens of kilometers long, known as Jingcheng Post Road, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, which is not conducive to the action of large troops, as long as the Zhao army holds the Jingcheng Pass, Han Xin is helpless at all.

In the early morning of October 13, it was two o'clock.

On the east side of Jingchengkou, the camp of the Zhao army was built here, and the west side of the camp is the Jingchengkou of the Taihang Mountains, and the east side of the camp is the plain.

All the soldiers have been assembled, countless torches have lit up the dark night sky, and 100,000 soldiers have gathered in one trip, which is spectacular.

Outside the gate, coach Chen Yu was reviewing the soldiers.

After nightfall last night, the Han army did not attack continuously and attacked the Zhao army's camp, Chen Yu couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to pour out to fight Han Xin. What he didn't know was that this was Han Xin's strategy to lure the snake out of the hole.

Chen Yu's armor is bright and energetic, and in his eyes, victory must belong to him.

As the deputy marshal, Li Zuoche followed next to Chen Yu and said bitterly: "General, as long as our army is held here, it can be invincible." If Han Xin does not withdraw his troops, our army will cut off its grain route again, and the Han army will be defeated. Han Xin is cunning, and please don't risk going to war. ”

Before this, he had advised many times, but Chen Yu just didn't listen.

Chen Yu said unhappily: "Han Xin has few soldiers, as long as he dares to fight in front of our army, I will defeat him in the face." ”

For Li Zuoche's repeated advice, he has long been impatient.

Immediately, Chen Yu gave the order to set off, leaving only 500 soldiers to stay in the camp.

The post road was narrow, and it was impossible for the Zhao army to advance with a large army, so they could only enter the post road in multiple batches one after another, and then reassemble after going out to the west side of the post road to fight a decisive battle with the Han army.

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At this time, in the northwest of the Zhao army's camp, two thousand soldiers led by Guan Ying and Ding Fu were lurking here.

It was Han Xin who ordered him to come here from a remote road, so that they could keep an eye on the movements of the Zhao army, and if the Zhao army came out, they would take the opportunity to raid and seize the camp and plant the Han army flag.

Looking at the Zhao army in the distance, groups of soldiers entered the post road, the two of them were happy in their hearts, and said that the general was really like a god with soldiers, and after sending people to repeatedly harass the Zhao army, the Zhao army was finally going to come out, and they would be able to copy the Zhao army's base camp later.

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To the south of the Zhao army's camp, the Zhao cavalry continued to hurry.

Zhao Xie's heart was like an arrow, and he couldn't wait to fly to the Zhao army camp immediately.

After running for another hour, the sky was white, looking north, the Zhao army camp was already in sight, Zhao Xizhi prayed silently, I hope the camp is still in the hands of Zhao Jun at this time.

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Holding the calf Zhai Mountain, Guan Ying and Ding Fu watched the last batch of troops of the Zhao army enter the Jingcheng Post Road, and there were very few soldiers in the camp, so it could be concluded that they had poured out.

At this point, both of them were smiling.

Han Xin explained the specific details of the sneak attack on the camp, after the last group of troops of the Zhao army entered the post road, they had to wait for another two to three minutes before they could go down the mountain to sneak attack, if they attacked too early, the Zhao army would enter the rear army of the Jingcheng post road at the latest, and it was possible to hear the sound of the camp and return.

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It is getting closer and closer to the camp, and as far as the eye can see, you can clearly see the flag planted in the village, which is the banner of Zhao Jun, and the camp is still in the hands of its own people.

Zhao Xie's nervous heart finally settled down, and finally arrived in time, his life was finally saved, he exhaled a long breath, and the nerves that had been tense finally relaxed.