To the north of the Zhangshui River, the Yan army had a military camp every few dozen miles, with a number of one or two thousand, and a total of 17,000 troops were deployed on the defense line on the north bank of the Zhangshui River.

At the fourth watch, all the Zhao soldiers in the barracks got up and had enough to eat.

At the fifth watch, all the cavalry left the camp, marched by the faint moonlight, marched eastward for more than ten miles, and then turned to march north.

Li Zuoche has already grasped the distribution of the Yan army's military camps along the coast, and he wants to quickly intersperse between the two military camps of the Yan army, so that the Yan army will not have time to organize troops to meet the battle, and try to avoid fighting with the Yan army.

The biggest advantage of the cavalry is mobility, and Zhong Liyang told He Yan about the distribution of the Yan army south of Jicheng in order to let the cavalry of the Zhao army break through quickly.

In his letter to the king of Zhao, He Xian told that the Yan army had only 3,000 cavalry. One thousand of them are in Jicheng; 1,000 were deployed in the northern defensive line to guard against Donghu; Another 1,000 are deployed along the border of the Yishui River.

The south of Yanshan belongs to the North China Plain, a horse and a flat river, as long as it is not entangled by the Yan army's foot soldiers, it is not a big problem to rush to Jicheng within a day.

At six o'clock (half past six), 7,000 cavalry quietly approached the south bank of the Yishui River. In the middle of winter, it will not dawn until after the hour, and Li Zuoche will take advantage of the night to cross the river.

In the cold winter night, the earth was silent, and most of the Yan soldiers on duty on the lookout on the north shore curled up and dozed off.

At this time, Zhao Jun's war horse had already stepped on the ice of the Yishui River.

In order to prevent the sound of horses' hooves from being too loud, each horse's hooves are tied with a layer of cloth. The ice surface is more slippery than normal ground, which in turn prevents slippage to a certain extent.

In the dark night before dawn, it was as silent as usual, and what the Yan army on the north shore didn't know was that Zhao Jun had already arrived.

At this moment, a Yan soldier got up and peed down from the lookout.

As if something was wrong, he seemed to feel something strange ahead, and rubbed his eyes and looked forward.

It wasn't completely dark now, the moon hung in the sky, with a faint moonlight, and the Yan soldier seemed to see something, but he wasn't sure for a while.

At this time, half of Zhao's army had already crossed the river, and it was going well for the time being.

Qian Fan and his subordinates were in the middle of the team, and soon after crossing the river, Qian Fan suddenly sneezed, although he covered it with his hands in time, everyone could still hear it clearly in the silent scene.

Fuck it! Just sneeze at this time! Qian Fan scolded himself in his heart.

The Yan soldier who was looking at him was not sure at first, but when he heard the sound of sneezing, he was shocked.

"There are enemy troops! There are enemy troops! ”

Yan Bing immediately woke up the two companions who were lazy and slept, and then picked up the horn and blew it.

The sound of the horn of "Huhu ......" pierced the quiet night sky, making all Zhao Jun feel surprised.

An unexpected situation occurred, Li Zuoche did not panic in the slightest, and ordered the soldiers to move forward quickly and ignore the Yan army.

As long as it advances quickly, it is difficult for the Yan army infantry to organize the defense line in time, and if it encounters cavalry, it will be divided into a group of cavalry to deal with it. The Yan army itself has few cavalry, and Li Zuoche is very sure of the surprise attack on Jicheng.

After the horn is blown at the nearest lookout, the nearby lookout is blown and passed down one by one.

In a certain military camp of the Yan Army, where 2,000 soldiers are stationed, the sound of the horn sounded from the lookout ten miles away can also be heard here.

The Yan soldiers in the barracks quickly assembled.

As soon as the soldiers were assembled, the scouts hurriedly came to report that the cavalry of the Zhao army appeared more than ten miles east of the barracks, and was running in the north direction.

The Yan army stationed here, under the jurisdiction of a middle-level and high-ranking general, named Ding Zhao, when he led the soldiers to hurry to the destination, the cavalry of the Zhao army had already gone away, and only the small figure could be faintly seen.

Ding Zhao immediately dispatched a fast horse and quickly summoned Jicheng.

Li Zuoche and his 7,000 soldiers marched quickly, and after running for more than half an hour, they had entered about sixty miles into the territory of Yan Kingdom, and the war horses were tired, so they ordered the whole army to stop and rest.

The horses ate the snow on the ground to quench their thirst, and the soldiers sat in the snow to rest.

Qian Fan came to Li Zuoche, with a guilty face, and blamed himself: "It's all my fault, but I sneezed at that time!" General, if you are dealt with by military law, I have no complaints! ”

Before the operation, Li Zuoche gave a death order, and those who made the noise were in violation of military orders and would be dealt with by military law. However, the possibility of an accident cannot be completely ruled out, Qian Fan's situation is an accident, fortunately, it did not affect the overall situation.

Li Zuoche said with a straight face: "If you violate the military order, of course you will be severely punished." Remember the last time you made military merits, this head will be remembered first, and you will be given the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”

About two quarters of an hour later, the soldiers and horses had recovered some of their strength, and Li Zuoche was about to lead the troops to continue to set off. At this time, the sound of horses' hooves came from the southwest, and following the sound, the cavalry of the Yan army appeared on the horizon, and it did not look like there would be more than a thousand people.

Ouyang Ling said: "If a small group of Yan army cavalry dares to chase after them, it will be sent to death!" Our outnumbered side was absolutely superior, and we rested for a while, waiting for work. ”

Li Zuodao: "That's right" and then said to Qian Fan: "Your opportunity to make meritorious service has come, you come to be a striker and charge head-on." ”

This time, the combat policy was to avoid fighting as much as possible, and if Zang Cha could successfully surrender, the Yan army would be transformed into the Zhao army. But for the enemy cavalry, if you don't kill it, you may follow it like a ghost, and then you decide to destroy this Yan army.

The enemy army is coming, there is a battle to fight, Qian Fan is very excited, he took 550 subordinates, and launched a charge against the enemy.

Li Zuoche stepped onto the war horse and watched the battle.

This Yan cavalry only had 800 people, and after receiving the summons, they immediately chased after it, and after running for most of the hour, they finally caught up with the Zhao army.

Maybe it's good that they can't catch up, but since they do, it means that the time of death has come.

A group of Zhao troops quickly rushed towards them, and the Yan army hurriedly met them.

Qian Fan took the lead and rushed into the enemy army first, and his subordinates followed, and the two armies fought fiercely.

Qian Fan was extremely brave, killed several enemy soldiers in a row, and the horses and soldiers of the Zhao army were rested, and their physical strength was better, and they soon gained the upper hand.

At this time, Li Zuoche sent two teams of soldiers and horses to outflank from the left and right flanks, and he wanted to quickly destroy this enemy army, and he could not delay too much time.

Under the strangulation of the Zhao army, the cavalry of the 800 Yan army was quickly killed and wounded, and no one survived.

The Zhao army suffered more than 100 casualties, and the soldiers who died in the battle did not have time to be buried, so 20 people stayed behind to take care of the seriously wounded and find a place to hide nearby.

Li Zuoche led 6,800 soldiers to continue to advance.

On the way forward, the soldiers of Zhao repeatedly saw the Yan army's foot soldiers, and they all effectively avoided them with their mobility.

The fast horses of the Yan army, racing against time with the Zhao army, sent a message to Jicheng at the fastest speed, and there was a post station after every half an hour of running, and the soldiers continued to move forward after changing horses, and finally arrived at Jicheng in the afternoon.