In a village thirty miles east of Chengcheng, Yuyang County, a small official is standing with the pavilion chief, the chief and the three elders of the village at the entrance of the village, this person is just a small official, but he is a person sent down from above, the pavilion chief, the chief and the three elders do not dare to slack off, and serve carefully.

From time to time, the little official shouted to the villagers who walked over: "Folks, go faster, if the Wei army comes, everyone will definitely not be able to leave, not only will the food and family property not be guaranteed, the Wei army will kill people at every turn, and the big guy will lose his life!" ”

"Fellow villagers, rest assured, when the official army has repelled the Yan army, you will come back, if the house is damaged by the Yan army, the government will send someone to repair it for you!"

"The purpose of letting the villagers temporarily withdraw is to let the big guys take away the food, livestock and valuable things, and if they don't let the Yan army get it, the Yan army will starve if they don't get food, and if they starve, they won't have the strength to fight, so they won't stay in Youzhou for long!"

The little official kept shouting to the villagers, and the pavilion chief, the lieutenant chief, and the three elders of the village were also helping out.

This happened in all parts of the Yuyang Army, and the villagers of each village were hidden by the pavilion chief and the chief of the village who went to the location designated by the government.

Less than a day after the villagers were relocated, a small group of Yan cavalry came to the village, and they came to collect food and livestock.

The unusual silence in the village made the Yan cavalry very puzzled, they were worried about being ambushed, so they couldn't help but be careful, and first sent a few cavalry into the village in turn to reconnoitre.

Soon after, a cavalryman returned and reported to the leading officer: "Boss, there is no one in the village!" ”

"No one?" The team officer was a little puzzled, how could there be no one?

"Yes, no one! Not even a ghost, not a grain of grain can be found, chickens, ducks and livestock are all gone! ”

"Damn, it's really bad luck to come out and come back empty-handed before it opens!" The team officer couldn't help but scold.

A senior next to him asked, "Boss, what now?" ”

"What to do? We were ordered to come out to raise food, and if we didn't find food, we went back like this, you don't think your neck is hard enough, right? How many heads are enough to chop off? ”

The team officer waved his hand: "Come with me and go to the next village!" ”

After a short time, this group of Yan cavalry soon came to another village, and it was still surprisingly quiet, and everyone stood at the entrance of the village on horseback and felt panicked.

"Boss, why do I feel a little scared? It's the same village as before, it's so quiet, there's no sound at all! A chief said.

"Afraid? I'm afraid of your mother! The team officer slapped him, scolded him, and scolded: "You take your people into the village to have a look, go quickly!" ”

The chief had no choice but to take nine of his men and ride slowly and cautiously into the village.

When he came to the door of a broken thatched house, he shouted, "Is there anyone?" ”

No one answered.

Shi Chang pouted at a small soldier, and the little soldier jumped off the horse with a spear in his hand and kicked open the broken door and broke in, and soon came out and spread his hands: "Boss, it's empty, no one!" ”

"Let's go, go to the next one!"

It wasn't until he searched the whole village and found nothing that the chief had to ride back to the village with his men and replied to the team officer: "Boss, every house has been searched, but there is nothing, let alone people, even a dog!" ”

The officer's face was very ugly, and he shouted, "Let's go, let's go to the next village!" ”

In the same way, the third village was also empty, and there were obvious traces of human activity in the village, but there was not a single person, let alone the living, nor the dead.

"I call his grandmother, Lao Tzu doesn't believe in evil anymore, and then go to the next village!" The officer turned around and left with the cavalry.

Not only this group of Yan cavalry, but also the other Yan cavalry who were discharged to collect grain and grass encountered the same situation, searched for a whole day, and turned over all the villages they found, without a single grain of grain.

The Yan army's camp has been built, more than 13,000 people and horses all live in the camp, although the purpose of this camp is not really used for defense, but the Yan army still built it to look good, strong, strong, tall, there should be a watchtower, arrow tower, can be used for defense of the wall is a lot, the wood used are newly cut trees.

At this time, Zhang Xing was listening to the scout's report in the Taishou Mansion in Yuyang City.

"Dashuai, the last general heard that the history of the Youzhou Assassin has been replaced, the new Youzhou Assassin is a person named Zhao Junsheng, very young, but he didn't expect to act so weirdly, people are confused, what is the purpose of his sudden disappearance with soldiers and horses?" Adjutant General Feng Yu said.

Adjutant General Qin Du said; "The last general thought that this matter was unusual, this Zhao Junsheng must want to do something. Dashuai, I'd better be careful! ”

Zhang Xing listened to the words of these two people, and turned his head to look at Yao Zhao: "General Yao, you tell Ben Shuai again about the process of encountering the Youzhou Army!" ”

"Yes!" Yao Zhao promised that he had already told Zhang Xing and others several times about this experience, but Zhang Xing asked him to talk about it again, and he had to talk about it, and he was tired of talking about the same thing too much!

Yao Zhao was halfway through his speech, but was suddenly interrupted by Zhang Xing: "Wait, you said that you were holding torches at that time, and the Youzhou Army did not have torches?" ”

Yao Zhao said: "That's right! The last general also wondered at the time, you said that the lights are blind at night, how can you rush without torches? What if you fall into the gutter? ”

Zhang Xing thought for a while and asked, "What do you think of the combat power of this Youzhou army?" ”

Yao Zhao couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he remembered the scene at that time, and he was afraid for a while, he said: "Dashuai, I can't say how their combat strength is, but they can form a neat queue to attack our army at night, wave after wave, just like the waves in the sea, wave after wave never stops, but the sky is too dark, and the last general can't see it very clearly, the last general only knows that our army was all washed away without blocking the two waves of impact, that is, in the blink of an eye, the entire team is gone!" ”

The previous times Yao Zhao told the process of that encounter was not as straightforward and detailed as this time, but Zhang Xing and the others listened to it with cold hairs standing up.

Adjutant General Feng Yu said at this time: "This Youzhou cavalry has lost its trace now, and no one knows where they are now!" Marshal, the last general wonders if this army is the same group of men and horses as the Youzhou cavalry that broke into our country a few days ago? ”

Zhang Xing shook his head: "No, although these two cavalry have similar tactics, they are different!" There are still traces of the cavalry that broke into our territory to cause sabotage, but this one is nowhere to be found, and it ······ Like a whirlwind, it comes and goes without a trace! ”

Such a cavalry suddenly disappeared, like a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, which could give Yan Jun a blow at any time.

Others don't know very well, but Zhang Xing knows very well, don't look at this army of only 4,000 people, but if it is used well, it is not very difficult to use these 4,000 cavalry to kill his 15,000 or 6,000 men and horses, and sometimes the victory or defeat of the war is not determined by the number of troops.

At this moment, Guo Yuan, the secretary of the army, walked in quickly and reported to Zhang Xing: "Marshal, there are two pieces of news that are very unfavorable to us. First, the grain route of our army was cut off by the Wei army, and two consecutive baggage teams were intercepted and killed after entering the territory of Yuyang, not only were the personnel killed, but all the grain and grass baggage were also robbed! ”

The situation was very serious, and Zhang Xing and the others felt a huge pressure coming.

Adjutant General Qin Du asked, "Who did it?" Mountain bandit road rage? ”

"Impossible, the official personally took people to check the scene, the two robbery methods of the baggage team were clean and neat, it is impossible for the mountain bandit road rage to do it so cleanly!"

"Then it can only be done by the Youzhou Army!" Zhang Xing furrowed his gray eyebrows, and he asked, "What about the second bad news?" ”

Guo Yuan said: "All the soldiers and horses we sent out to raise grain and grass returned in vain, according to the reports of the returning soldiers, all the villages were empty, not only did there be no people, not even chickens, ducks and dogs, and not a single grain of grain was found!" ”

Yao Zhao said in a deep voice: "They are making a strong wall and clearing the wilderness, not allowing us to raise grain and grass from the people, and sending troops to cut off our grain route, trying to starve us to death!" ”

Zhang Xing's expression was solemn and he asked, "Guo Shangshu, how long can the grain and grass we seized be eaten?" ”

"Counting the grain seized from various cities, it can be eaten for a month and a half!"

Zhang Xing was a little relieved, there was at least one and a half months to figure out a way, but the current situation was not optimistic, the Yan army was now a lone army, and he couldn't find a partner to fight with the Youzhou army.

"Dashuai, what should we do now? We have to find a way to break the game, or we'll be trapped here! Yao Zhao asked.

Qin Du clasped his fists at Zhang Xing and said, "Dashuai, since this is the case, why don't we force the Youzhou Army to show up?" Sending troops to attack Jixian, the last general didn't believe that the Youzhou army would not come out! ”

Zhang Xing shook his head and vetoed this suggestion, his current strength is not superior, and he is alone in the depths, which is very dangerous, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a catastrophe.

"No, immediately write a war report back to Longcheng, ask the squad to return to the court, if the king does not allow it, ask the court to send troops to help! The strength of Youzhou has exceeded our expectations, we only have more than 15,000 people now, and the opponent's troops are not less than ours, and it is a local battle, we are completely at a disadvantage, if we do not withdraw or send troops to help, we will be in danger of defeat! ”

Green Pine Ridge.

Waves of Wei army infantry are storming Qingsong Ridge, there is a pass here, which is one of the necessary passes from Youzhou of Wei to Youzhou of Yan.

Zhao Junsheng observed for a while, and said to Mulan: "Look at these soldiers, if they are fighting with cavalry on flat ground, they will definitely not work, but they are good at attacking the city, according to this siege intensity and troop input, this Green Pine Ridge can only withstand one day at most!" ”

Hua Mulan said: "Although you are right, but Yuyang is not far from here, if you send cavalry to hurry as fast as possible, you won't be able to arrive in a day, you are not afraid that Zhang Xing will send an army to attack your back?" ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "It takes time for Zhang Xing to get the news, and it also takes time to send troops to come, if he had waited for him to send troops, this Qingsong Ridge would have been captured by our army a long time ago!" Besides, Zhang Xu's men and horses are not far from here, as long as Zhang Xing dares to come, I will tell him to come and go, and I wish he would send troops, so that he can eat away at his strength little by little! ”