Chapter 111: Burnt Out
On the official road, Meng Wu stood on the chariot, and the Qin army advanced in an orderly manner, and the length of the team was invisible.
"It won't be long before we can recapture the land of Shenqi."
Meng Wu looked into the distance, always with a bright smile on his face.
Meng Tian only relied on more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to capture the Turkish fortress, Meng Wu also felt honored, and his mood was even more beautiful.
If Meng Wu was born in the later life, he might even twist the square dance at this time and sing freely: get up early in the morning and open the window, the sun is beautiful; Looking at the butterflies and smelling the flowers, the scenery is beautiful; You watched me from afar, smiling beautifully......
"After this battle, presumably my father's position in the Qin State will be stable."
"Tian'er has emerged this time, and I expect to be able to get the king's respect, and the future is limitless, and I have a successor to Montessori."
"Report!"
Just when Meng Wu was in a beautiful mood, he suddenly saw a horse galloping from behind, and the knight shouted hoarsely, and he could faintly see the urgency on the other party's face.
"What's going on?"
Seeing this, Meng Wu's originally good mood suddenly became a little bad.
"Stomp, stomp!"
After the knight came to Meng Wu from far and near, he hurriedly jumped off his horse, panted and said: "Pingqi Jun Zhao Jia led 3,000 cavalry into the country, raided and broke our army's baggage team, and all the grain, grass and materials were burned!" ”
"What did you say!"
Suddenly hearing this bad news, Meng Wu's body shook, his face was even more bruised, and he jumped out of the chariot and shouted at the knight's collar.
The knight swallowed, but repeated the answer one more time.
"How dare he!"
"How dare you do that!"
Meng Wu received a definite answer, and although he was extremely annoyed in his heart, he finally let go of his right hand that grabbed the knight's collar, and his face was cloudy.
No one expected that in the case of the loss of the Turkish army fortress, Zhao Jia actually did not send troops to seize the Turkish army fortress, but instead entered the Qin land from Pingzhou to pursue and kill the main force of the Qin army.
Such a crazy move took the Qin army by surprise and burned the logistics of the 100,000 Qin army.
This matter is by no means trivial.
The logistics of 100,000 Qin troops is not a small amount.
Originally, Meng Tian captured the Turkish army fortress, and Meng Tian could command the army from the Turkish army fortress into the land of Shenqi, and he could easily take the entire land of Shenqi.
At that time, Montessori will definitely be able to achieve great merit.
Unexpectedly, before the feats were received, the Qin army suffered such a heavy setback, and the logistics of 100,000 soldiers and horses were burned.
In this matter, Meng Wu is absolutely inseparable.
Even if Meng Fu was finally able to capture the land of Shenqi, due to the huge loss of materials for the Qin army this time, his merits would inevitably be greatly reduced.
"Three thousand soldiers and horses dare to enter my Qin land, I don't know whether I live or die!"
Meng Wu was already a little annoyed at this time, and his eyes flashed with anger.
"Pass my military order, stop the march, encircle and annihilate this incoming Zhao army, and capture Zhao Jia, the eldest grandson of King Zhao!"
The wind rises, the flag hunts, and the flying sand covers the sky.
On the one hand, Meng Wu reported the losses to the Qin court and asked for food and grass supplies, but on the other hand, he led tens of thousands of troops to turn around and wanted to annihilate the 3,000 cavalry commanded by Zhao Jia.
Shangjun is located in the northernmost part of the Qin State, with a large desert north of the Great Wall and a plain to the south, which is suitable for animal husbandry.
However, because this place is too far north, and the Hu people often go south to plunder, the upper county is vast and sparsely populated, and the number of cities is also very scarce.
Mengwu commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, crossed the humiliating water, and pursued the cavalry of Zhao State.
"Report!"
"The cavalry of the Zhao State moved quickly, coupled with the fact that the nearby area was sparsely populated and there were few people, and the traces of the cavalry of the Zhao State had been lost!"
When Meng Wu heard the news, his face immediately became very ugly.
Meng Wu delayed for a few days, thinking that with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, even if he could not destroy the 3,000 cavalry of the Zhao State, he could expel them from the country.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Jia relied on the speed advantage of the cavalry and did not confront Mengwu head-on at all, but just kept attacking various villages near the Qin army.
Whenever Mengwu divided his troops to protect the village, he would be wiped out by Zhao Jia's concentrated forces.
The Qin army suffered more than 1,000 casualties in a few days, but Meng Wu never encountered the main force of the cavalry of Zhao State at all, but was led by Zhao Jia by the nose and ran for his life.
"General, the cavalry of the Zhao State comes and goes like the wind, and we have no way to take the Zhao army at all except to be defended, and continue to send troops to pursue, except for the increasing losses, it will not help at all."
"According to the opinion of the last general, it is better to station here first, and when General Meng Fu arrives with his troops, he will break it with cavalry!"
Qin also had a lot of cavalry, and this time to attack the land of Shenqi, the king of Qin allocated 5,000 elite cavalry to Mengqi.
However, the 5,000 cavalry were taken away by Meng Fu and were on their way to the Turkish fortress.
"Father Shuai is leading the troops to the Turkish army fortress, if he returns at this time to deal with the three thousand Zhao troops, won't he lose a big loss because of a small one?"
"The person Zhao Jia relies on is just the speed of the cavalry, if you give me thousands of cavalry, you can also win the battle."
"Ask my father to send someone to transfer five thousand elite cavalry, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will continue to attack the land of Shenqi from the Turkish army fortress, and now that Zhao Jia has led the troops into the land of Qin, the land of Shenqi will be empty."
"If the land of Shenqi falls, Zhao Jia will be the turtle in the urn!"
While Meng Wu was waiting for 5,000 cavalry to come to help, the cavalry under Zhao Jia was scattered into many small units, wandering around every day, and even repeatedly approaching the Qin army's camp to harass.
Qin military camp.
"Chirp!"
Dozens of arrows were shot into the village, and two Qin soldiers were accidentally hit by arrows and died on the spot.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
The soldiers of the Qin State who reacted all shouted loudly with anger on their faces, grabbed their weapons and rushed outside.
These days, the cavalry of the Zhao State came and went like the wind, raiding the Qin army camp every day.
They didn't attack strongly, they found the right time to release a few cold arrows, and hurriedly retreated, slippery.
Although the daily casualties of the Qin army were not much, they were also nervous by the cavalry of the Zhao State, and there was no way to rest well even at night.
Some radical Qin generals led their troops out despite orders, but they were divided, surrounded, and strangled by the Zhao cavalry.
Tossing and turning for several days in a row, in addition to being aggrieved and angry, the Qin army has become exhausted, especially those Qin troops stationed on the walls of the camp, which are even more unbearable.
"All back!"
Those Qin Jun, who had long been full of anger when they saw Pao Ze being shot, were about to rush out when they heard Shangguan's stern reprimand.
These days, there have been countless cases of being provoked by the cavalry of the Zhao State to go to war and being counter-killed, and Meng Wu has already issued a strict order that no one is allowed to fight at will.
"Promise!"
Although the soldiers were still full of anger, they still carried out the general's orders and restrained the idea of rushing out.
"Hahahaha, a bunch of shrunken turtles."
The cavalry of Zhao State knew that the Qin army did not dare to fight at will now, and they were much bolder, and after breaking away from the range of the Qin army's bow and crossbow, they actually did not leave, but rode on the horse and laughed unscrupulously.