"The last general failed to attack Jingyang, and nearly 300 soldiers were damaged, please punish you!"

Zhao Jia looked at the henchman in front of him, who was holding it in one hand, but his brows were slightly furrowed, and he asked: "As far as I know, there are only 3,000 defenders in Jingyang, and fighting against the defenders of Jingyang, with the elite of the cavalry led by you, must be able to destroy the withering and decaying." ”

"No matter how bad it is, it won't be nearly three hundred casualties."

The casualties were nearly three hundred, which seemed to be a small number, but Su Mo only led three thousand cavalry and went north to attack Jingyang, and the proportion of casualties of nearly three hundred was nearly one-tenth.

If this army were composed of ordinary soldiers, this casualty ratio would have been a great blow to morale.

Zhao Jia has always admired Su Mo more, and feels that although this person has not left a name in history, he can also be literate and martial, and he is a material that can be made, as long as he polishes it a little, his future achievements are absolutely limitless.

He couldn't understand why Su Mo led his troops to attack Jingyang this time, why there were so many casualties and returned in vain.

"When the army approached the eastern suburbs of Jingyang, the last general found that the Qin people had used the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, burning and taking away anything that could be eaten by soldiers and war horses."

"On this expedition, although we carried dry food, we did not carry fodder, so that the horses were hungry after a long journey, but we could not find anything to feed our stomachs."

Speaking of this, Su Mo paused, and then continued: "Presumably, the king also knows that for knights, the war horse is equivalent to his closest robe, how can the soldiers watch the war horse starve? ”

"The last general is a scout sent by Guang, wanting to find something for the war horses to eat, and it happened that in a mountain forest in the northern suburbs of Jingyang, he found a batch of grain and grass that had not yet been urgently transported to the city."

"Although this batch of grain and grass is not much, it is enough for the war horses to eat for two days, and the soldiers immediately asked for war and went to get the grain."

As Su Mo continued to narrate, Zhao Jia's brows furrowed more and more.

That mountain forest was not an ambush set up by the Qin army, but because it was too late to transfer the grain and grass from the villages outside the city, and the people were unwilling to burn it, so the Qin people hid in the forest in order to hide from the soldiers of Zhao.

I never thought that the place where the grain and grass were hidden would be exposed after all.

Those grains and grasses are tantamount to extremely important strategic materials for the war horses of Su Mo's soldiers, plus except for the two hundred old soldiers guarding the grain and grass, the rest are ordinary people, and women, children, and the elderly also account for the vast majority.

After Su Mo found out the enemy's situation, he immediately sent eight hundred elite cavalry to seize grain, according to Su Mo's assessment of the strength of both sides, it was not difficult for eight hundred elite cavalry to seize grain and grass.

Su Mo didn't expect that these 800 soldiers who went to grab food encountered extremely stubborn resistance.

The combat power and fierce aura that erupted from the two hundred old soldiers who were not in Su Mo's eyes also shocked Su Mo.

What surprised Su Mo the most was that the people of the Qin State who were hiding there, regardless of men, women, and children, all drew their swords and fought to protect that batch of grain and grass.

Rao is like this, after the eight hundred elite cavalry lost more than 100 people, they still have an absolute advantage, and it will not be long before they can defeat those Qin people and snatch away the grain and grass.

It's a pity that at the last moment, the remaining Qin army and the Qin people set fire to the mountain, burying themselves and all the grain and grass in the mountains and forests.

Zhao Jun didn't expect that the Qin people would do such a thing of burning jade, and more than 100 people were burned to death by surprise.

"What's more, after the fire was extinguished, some scouts found that some Qin people with children were able to escape from the fire to avoid the fire, and the angry soldiers immediately rushed up and slaughtered more than 400 people!"

As he said this, Su Mo's head drooped.

The massacre of ordinary people is not something to boast about, if this is the Zhao State, those soldiers who raise butcher knives will be dealt with by military law.

It's just that Qin and Zhao have deep grievances, especially the hatred of the Zhao people for the Qin people, even if they pour all the water of the Yellow River, they can't wash it away.

Most of the local soldiers of Zhao who came with the army this time had relatives and friends, and they had fallen under the butcher's knives of Bai Qi and the Qin army.

Therefore, when they suffered setbacks with the Qin army and suffered many casualties, they finally began to release the tyranny and hatred in their hearts and raised their butcher knives towards the common people.

When Zhao Jia heard this, he was silent.

After a long time, he said in a deep voice: "These people are no longer ordinary people who assisted the Qin army in resisting you and others, and they should be treated as enemy soldiers, and it is reasonable to be killed." ”

"It's just that I don't want any soldier to raise a butcher's knife against the people who didn't resist us!"

In the end, Zhao Jia's voice was a little stern.

The war between the two countries will inevitably affect the people, and Zhao Jia is no longer the young man he once was, but has integrated into this society and become a complete careerist.

Even if Su Mo's corporal did something out of line, Zhao Jia would never deal with his subordinates by military law at this time, because of the people of some enemy countries.

Doing so will not solve the problem, but will greatly disappoint people's hearts.

All Zhao Jia could do was to acquiesce in their actions and military law, and then beat them again to show his attitude.

Of course, Zhao Jia did not do this because of the overflow of the Virgin's heart, and if he was forced to be helpless one day, he would not mind being an executioner.

"The last general will remember the king's order!"

When Su Mo heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"As for you, although there were casualties among the soldiers under your command this time, there was no mistake in decision-making, and you will not be held accountable for the time being!"

"It's just that the corpses of those robes who died in a foreign land, although they can't be transported back to Zhao, they must also bring their ashes back, and they can't be buried elsewhere."

Zhao Jia helped Su Mo up, his voice slightly heavy.

"Your Majesty, there is not much grain and grass left for war horses to eat, and now the Qin people are strong and clear, and it is difficult to find anything that can give war horses a stomach within a radius of more than 100 miles."

"If we don't solve this problem, let's not talk about conquering Xianyang, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of robes will die here!"

At this moment, Wang Jian strode over and said with a solemn face.

Although there is still some grain and grass in the army of Zhao State, it is a pity that in the absence of logistical supplies and the inability to grab food, the little grain and grass stored in it cannot last long.

Zhao Jia also knew how serious this matter was, and immediately asked, "Then how do you think we should overcome this predicament?" ”

Wang Jian only groaned slightly, and immediately said: "For today's plan, is the king considering abandoning the advantage of cavalry to storm the county seat, and robbing the city of grain, grass, and baggage as a supplement to our army?" ”

When Zhao Jia heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "Let the cavalry attack the city, and attack the other with your own shortcomings." ”

"What's more, even if you can conquer a few county towns at a sufficient price, there is no guarantee that the county guards will not burn all the grain and grass in the city when the city is broken."

"You can't do anything about this."