"PS: Tomorrow I have to get up early and go to IKEA with my daughter-in-law to buy a new table codeword, I have to go to bed early, and I won't make up for it tonight."

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Time goes back to the early hours of this morning, just as Zhao Ben and Lian Po fled back to the military camp of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao after the defeat, and Meng Zhong returned to the Qunqiu military camp with nearly 4,000 Wang Shi troops.

In the northern part of Feiyi, where the Xinwei army was stationed before, Meng Zhong, Le Yi, Meng Sui and others used to train soldiers on this land, and they were also familiar with the nearby terrain, so they would not easily expose their whereabouts.

Of course, the main thing is that no one pays attention to it - who would have thought that the Xinwei Army, who had "defected" to the rebels, would sneak back to their former camp?

And further north from the garrison of the Xinwei Army, that is, the only road between Handan and Quliang.

Yes, Handan, Feiyi, and Quliang, from a bird's-eye view, the three places are triangular, which makes Le Yi lead the army to lurk here, and he can easily monitor the transportation team from Handan to Quliang.

However, because Handan did not send people to Quliang every day, Le Yi led the army to arrive here in the first two days, but there was no gain, until the early morning of August 26 today, Le Yi received the news, learned that a grain transport team was coming from the direction of Handan, heading for Quliangyi.

"How many grain trucks are there in this grain transport team? How many pawns? Le Yi asked the sergeant of the Xinwei who came to report.

The sergeant replied, "There are five or six hundred grain trucks, escorted by thousands. However, according to visual observation, most of them should be conscripted soldiers, and there are only a few hundred soldiers. ”

Some people may think that there are only more than 100 soldiers in such a large scale of grain transportation team, and Handan is too negligent.

But in fact, there is a reason for this, because in contemporary times, the strategy of "sneaking up on the grain route" is extremely rare, after all, most of the art of war at this time is aimed at "how to reduce the enemy's living forces", and rarely involves the grain route that specializes in sniping the enemy's army.

What's more, Handan and Quliangyi are too close to each other, so Handan sent more than 100 soldiers to follow.

By the way, even the hundred soldiers who escorted the grain and grass were not tasked with guarding against the enemy's sneak attack, but to manage the thousands of soldiers and urge them to transport the grain and grass to their destination on time, otherwise, whether it was those people or more than a hundred of his soldiers, they would be punished.

"That's ......"

Le Yi frowned and thought when he heard this.

Seeing his appearance, Wu Ying said beside him: "Those thousands of people are just soldiers, vulnerable to a single attack, even if there are more than 100 soldiers, they can't stop my 300 guards...... If you attack, you will win! ”

"Don't underestimate those soldiers, after all, there are thousands of people......" Le Yi shook his head slightly.

The soldiers in their mouths, to put it bluntly, are civilians who serve in the military, have received more preliminary training, and will use weapons and armor, but only to this extent, compared with the real soldiers, there is still a big gap, in non-war situations, these soldiers are generally responsible for escorting grain and grass, but in the case of tight national war and serious troop consumption, these soldiers will also be called up again, undergo intensive training again in a short period of time, and then quickly put into the battlefield, which is roughly the meaning of reserves.

Considering that these soldiers have undergone basic training, and considering that he only has 300 Xinwei troops after all, Le Yi does not want to confront them head-on, after all, attacking more than 1,000 people with 300 people, even if the Xinwei army is brave, there will be some casualties, and this is what Le Yi does not want to see.

"I have an idea."

beckoned Wu Ying to come forward, and Le Yi whispered a few words to the former.

With just a few words, Wu Ying's slightly tense face immediately showed a smile, and he couldn't stop nodding his head in praise: "Good strategy, then do it!" ”

After the discussion, Le Yi immediately summoned the Xinwei army under his command, only to see that he handed over the rest of the soldiers to Wu Ying, and he took a hundred Xinwei soldiers to appear on the road in a grand manner, heading towards the transport team in front.

At this time, about six or seven miles away from Le Yi's team, the grain transport team from Handan was slowly walking on the main road.

The general responsible for escorting grain and grass is called Zhao Dan, and he is also a son of the Zhao family, but he is not from the two branches of Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Yangwenjun Zhao Bao, but the cousin of Zhao Zao in the internal history.

"At most, tomorrow at noon, this batch of grain and grass should be able to be transported to Quliang...... I don't know how the fighting is going on over there. ”

On the only chariot of this grain transportation team, Zhao General Zhao Dan looked in the direction of Quliangyi and muttered in a low voice.

Handan and Quliangyi are not far apart, after all, Quliang is in the northeast of Handan City, the straight-line distance is about 100 miles, but counting the hills between the two places, the actual distance is about 120 miles.

Considering that Wu Qi's trained Wei Wushu was carrying a load of dozens of catties, he could hike a hundred miles in about half a day, which was really not far away.

Of course, it was only a rapid march, and the target was still Wei Wushu, the most elite foot soldier in the entire Central Plains, and Zhao Dan's trip to escort grain and grass was far inferior to Wei Wushu.

No, after receiving an order from Zhao Zao, he set off in Handan on the morning of 26 August, leading more than 1,000 people and more than 100 grain carriers, and he only traveled more than 50 miles for a day.

It's no wonder, after all, in this era when horses are still in short supply, horses are generally divided into three classes, namely Rong Ma (war horse), field horse (hunting horse), and horse (horse with poor qualifications), but even if it is a horse, it is currently quite precious, most of them are used to transport grain and grass over long distances, such as transporting grain and grass materials from Handan to Yanmen County, thousands of miles away, etc., and the closer places, for example, Zhao Dan is now ordered to escort grain and grass to Quliangyi, and it is generally conscripted to serve as a manpower and use manpower to transport it.

Relying on manpower rather than horsepower to transport grain and grass is certainly not going much faster.

And just when Zhao Dan was thinking about the battle on Quliangyi's side, the soldier who drove the chariot for him suddenly reminded: "Tianbu official, there is a team approaching ahead. ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Dan was stunned, looked up, and sure enough, he saw a team of about 100 people coming towards his group.

"These people ......"

Zhao Dan frowned, and immediately ordered the team carrying grain to stop in place, and immediately, he ordered the soldiers driving the car to approach and shout towards the opposite team from a distance: "Over there, where are you waiting for the soldiers?" ”

The team of 100 people who appeared in front of Zhao Dan at this time was the 100 Xinwei army led by Le Yi.

After hearing Zhao Dan's shout, Le Yi replied loudly: "I am the commander of Fengyangjun's command, and I was ordered to go to Handan to urge food. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Dan didn't doubt it, and when Le Yi approached, he asked strangely, "Is Qu Liang very short of food?" ”

Le Yi shook his head and said: "There was no shortage of food before, but recently, the military camp under the command of Yang Wenjun has been attacked by the rebels several times, and some grain and grass have been burned during this period......"

"Oh." Zhao Dan nodded relievedly, after all, he was in Handan, and he also heard that Yang Wenjun's military camp was attacked by the rebels, so he didn't think it was strange.

Relieved, he reminded Le Yi to show the warrant.

Of course, Le Yi would not have the command talisman in Fengyangjun Li Dui's army, but he didn't panic, he just deliberately looked at Zhao Dan with a funny look and said, "This little thing, what kind of talisman to use?" As he spoke, he diverted the topic and asked, "Could these be the grain and grass that was transported to Quliang?" ”

It may be that the Xinwei army is also wearing the armor of Zhao Guo, which makes Zhao Dan unable to distinguish, or Zhao Dan did not expect that there would be rebels bypassing Quliang and appearing here, so that he had no doubts about Le Yi, who claimed to be "a subordinate of Fengyang Jun", nodded and said: "Yes, I was ordered by Neishi to escort this batch of grain and grass to Quliang...... What do you call a little brother? ”

"Li Yi." Le Yi confessed.

As soon as he heard that the other party claimed to be surnamed Li, Zhao Dan, who didn't care about it, immediately became a lot more polite.

After all, in Zhao State, the surname Li comes from the late Zhao General Li Tong, Fengyangjun Li Dui is the grandson, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Li family of Zhao State, at least seventy percent of which are Li Tong's branch, and the same as the Zhao family are the surnames of Zhao State.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan immediately got out of the chariot and greeted Le Yi politely: "Originally, I saw that the little brother was a little blind, but I never thought that it was actually a child of the Li family, the foolish brother Zhao Dan, who is currently serving as a Tianbu official......"

As he spoke, in order to show his closeness, he patted the armor on Le Yi's body.

As a result, he felt a little wrong, because he felt that the armor on Le Yi's body was very thick, and it seemed that he was wearing more than one layer of armor.

However, the army of Zhao generally only has one layer of armor, except for ......

"The Guardians!"

In an instant, Zhao Dan's face changed greatly, and he was about to retreat, but suddenly saw a sword light flash in front of him, and immediately, a cold sword was placed on his neck.

"I didn't expect ......"

Glancing at the place on his body that was photographed by Zhao Dan, Le Yi suddenly turned pale and shouted: "Do it!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the Xinwei soldiers, who had already unintentionally approached those grain trucks, immediately aimed their weapons at those soldiers and killed them.

At this time, while holding Zhao Dan hostage, Le Yi shouted loudly: "I believe in the guard army Zuo Sima Le Yi, this time I have come to loot this batch of grain and grass, if you don't want to die, just run for your life!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a shout of killing in the distance, and it turned out that Wu Ying led the remaining two hundred Xinwei soldiers to kill this side from a distance.

The poor soldiers didn't know what was going on, and when they saw that several of their companions who were transporting grain were killed by those soldiers, they immediately panicked, and then heard Le Yi's words again, and immediately threw down the grain cart and turned around and fled.

Even the more than 100 soldiers turned around and fled.

Also, a group of soldiers who may not have even set foot on the battlefield, how can they have the courage to face the Xinwei Army, who is known as Zhao Wushu?

Without much effort, Le Yibing intercepted the grain and grass of hundreds of grain trucks of Wang Shi without blood.

After Wu Ying and his troops converged, Le Yi ordered his soldiers to take away fifty grain carts full of grain, and as for the other hundreds, he ordered them to be set on fire.

Seeing the truckload of grain being burned, anyone who wants to come will feel distressed, but there is no way, after all, it is impossible for the Xinwei Army to take away all the food here, so it can only be burned.

"What is he going to do?"

After setting fire to the grain, Wu Ying turned his head to look at Zhao Dan, who was held hostage by two Xinwei soldiers.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan was frightened, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "I'm just responsible for escorting grain and grass, I ......"

"Let it go. …… As he said, he was just an official in charge of transporting grain and grass, and it was useless to kill him. Le Yi thought for a while and said.

"Released?" Wu Ying frowned and said, "If this person is released, he will definitely go to report this matter to Li Dui......"

"So what?" Le Yi chuckled.

To tell the truth, he still wished that Li Dui would send someone to encircle and suppress him—if Li Dui only sent a few hundred people to encircle and suppress him, then he and his Xinwei army would not be able to do anything at all; If Li Duijun dared to send thousands of troops, Gongzi Zhang and Meng Zhong would definitely take the opportunity to attack Quliang.

Thinking of this, Le Yi said to Zhao Dan: "You go to Quliang to tell Li Dui, I believe in the guard army Zuo Sima Leyi, this time I attacked your grain and grass, and I will continue to attack your army's grain and grass......

"Yes, yes......" Zhao Dan nodded again and again.

In this way, Zhao Dan escaped by luck, and after Le Yi and Wu Ying left with the soldiers, he was robbed of the chariot, and ran to Quliang on foot with the only few remaining soldiers around him, and reported the incident to Fengyang Jun Li Dui.

"Faith Guard Army Zuo Sima Leyi ......"

After listening to Zhao Dan's narration, especially after listening to Le Yi's original words relayed by Zhao Dan, Fengyangjun Li Dui slammed his fist on the desk in front of him, and on a face full of wrinkles, he scolded angrily: "Arrogance, it's really arrogance!" A kid from Zhongshan dared to ......"

He thought to himself, I can't help Meng Zhong, after all, Meng Zhong's kid has thousands of rebels under his hands, and he also occupies the favorable terrain around the hills, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, you Le Yi only led three hundred Xin Guards, and you dare to cut off my grain route behind our army? I really don't know whether to live or die!

Thinking of this, he immediately turned his head to look at Lian Po, ready to ask Lian Po to lead troops to deal with that Le Yi.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Li Dui changed his mind.

He suddenly thought of a question, if Lian Po was sent to deal with Na Le Yi, then what would Meng Zhong do? Obviously, Meng Zhong's kid is more threatening!

And at present, in his army, only Lian Po can still compete with that Meng Zhong, if Lian Po is sent to deal with Le Yi, the next time Meng Zhong leads the army to sneak attack, he may not be able to keep this military camp.

Thinking of this, he summoned his son Li Ji, and after explaining the situation, he instructed his son: "Ji'er, you immediately lead three thousand soldiers to the west of Quliang and north of Feiyi to search for the traces of the rebel general Le Yi, and be sure to surround and kill him to deter the rebels!" ”

"Whoa!" Li Ji clenched his fists and left.

Glancing at the back of Li Ji leaving, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao asked Li Dui: "Looking at you like this, are you unwilling to give up Qu Liang?" ”

Hearing this, Li Dui slowly shook his head.

Yes, although the current battle situation is very unfavorable, Li Dui still refuses to give up Quliangyi just like that, on the one hand, because he thinks that abandoning Quliang will greatly increase the morale of the rebels, and on the other hand, he does not want the rebels to occupy Quliang.

After all, Quliang is a large town around Handan, since one of the six kings of the Jin Dynasty Xun Lin father (Zhongxing clan, Zhibo) defeated Chidi in this area, Quliang Yi has become more and more prosperous, and later Zhao Jinghou moved the royal capital from Zhongmu to Handan, also considering that there is a large city of Quliang nearby.

What's more, it is now approaching September, and the crops in the fields in Quliangyi will be harvested soon. Not to mention that Quliangyi is also quite wealthy, and if this big city is ceded to Gongzizhang, Gongzizhang will be able to collect a batch of money from here to motivate the rebel generals under his command.

No matter what you think, you can't let the rebels get Quliangyi.

"Again...... Hold on and see. Li Dui said hesitantly.

Seeing this, Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao couldn't say anything more - although it didn't have much to do with him, it couldn't be denied that the Handan army under his command had already been defeated, so he was not qualified to refute Li Dui's decision.

At noon that day, Li Ji, the son of Fengyang Jun Li Dui, led 3,000 soldiers to leave Quliang and went west to search for Le Yi's traces.

To be honest, this is not an easy task, after all, the scope of Le Yi's army is in Handan, Feiyi, Quliang between the three places of the land within a radius of 100 miles, although the terrain in that area is flat, but there are more or less many low hills in the territory, Le Yi only has 300 Xinwei soldiers under his command, if they hide on a certain hill and do not show their faces, I am afraid that Li Ji will not be able to find the whereabouts of the other party in a short time.

After much thought, Li Ji ordered to go to the camp of the Xinwei Army.

If the Xinwei Army really hid in its original camp, then he Li Ji would no longer need to look for its traces everywhere; On the contrary, if the Xinwei Army is not stationed in that camp, then it is also a good idea for him Li Ji to lead the army into that barracks, and then slowly look for the whereabouts of Le Yi and the others.

Thinking of this, Li Ji immediately ordered his troops to go straight to the Xinwei military camp on the west side of Zhangshui.

However, what he didn't expect was that in that barracks, Li Jijun really discovered the whereabouts of the Xinwei Army.

As the saying goes, it takes no effort to break through the iron shoes and find nowhere to go, Li Ji didn't expect to find the whereabouts of the other party so easily, and without saying a word, he ordered his soldiers to storm the camp.

In his opinion, although the strength of the Xinwei Army is outstanding, with a tenfold gap in strength, why should Le Yi compete with him?

And the facts have also proved that Na Le Yi is also a very familiar person, he has no intention of defending the camp at all, seeing that Li Jijun is preparing to forcibly seize the camp, he simply burned the camp with a fire, and no one can get it.

However, in the next two days, the Xinwei army launched a retaliation against Li Jijun, harassing Li Jijun from time to time, and even hunting down those soldiers in Li Ji's army who acted alone like a hunt, which made Li Ji's soldiers panic.

Especially at night, because they were sleeping in the wilderness, Li Jijun's soldiers had to hold their weapons even at night under the pressure of the Xinwei army, so as not to be wronged by the Xinwei army during the night attack.

Of course, during this period, Li Ji did not try to deal with Le Yi, and even deliberately let his corporal pretend to be empty in the garrison, trying to lure Le Yi's army to attack, so that he could ambush Le Yi.

Unexpectedly, he was fully prepared here, and Na Le Yi was not fooled, so he made his soldiers wait for a night in vain.

On the other hand, when he was defenseless, Na Le Yi could always lead a mere three hundred Xinwei soldiers to kill him from unexpected places and unexpected times, which made him angry and hateful, but there was nothing he could do.

Seeing that in just two days, he lost nearly 400 people with 3,000 soldiers under his command, but he didn't even catch the shadow of the Xinwei army, Li Ji realized that he had to build a military camp first, and then slowly deal with Le Yi.

Therefore, he decided to build a camp between Handan and Quliang, on the road that must be passed.

In this way, he was able to take care of the grain convoys passing by this road, and if Na Le Yi dared to lead an army to attack, he could quickly lead the army to dispatch.

But the establishment of a camp is easy to say, but it is not easy to implement in practice.

Thinking about it, how could Le Yi let Li Ji build a camp so easily?

So, during the period from the end of August to the beginning of September, Li Jijun withstood the harassment of the Xinwei army under Le Yi, and built a military camp on the main road with difficulty, and the construction started for three days, but he could not even complete the construction of a camp wall, but the soldiers under his command were attacked and killed by the Xinwei army from time to time.

In the past, Meng Zhong harassed Fengyang Jun Li Dui's military camp every night with a tired enemy, and even sometimes feinted, sometimes swindled, and sometimes attacked, stirring up the misery of Li Dui's corporals, and then Le Yi led three hundred Xinwei troops to attack the grain road, although because of Li Jijun's relationship, Le Yi was not able to sneak attack every time, but it really caused great pressure on this grain transportation route.

And in this situation of the former wolf and the tiger, the Wang Shi stationed in Quliang still had to resist the rebels of Gongzizhang, and the garrison in Xindu Pang Xuan and Ju Xin also often sneaked up and attacked the military camp of Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, in this unfavorable situation, Fengyangjun Li Dui finally gave up his plan to defend Quliang.

On the third day of the ninth month, after the last time he could block Gongzizhang's attack, Fengyangjun Li Dui decided to abandon Quliang and retreat to Handan after consulting with Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Yangwenjun Li Dui.

However, before withdrawing the army, considering that the grain that was about to ripen in the fields around Quliangyi must not fall into the hands of the rebels, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui ordered all the crops in the nearby fields to be set on fire when the Wang division retreated.

Thinking about it so far, they can't take care of the civilians of Quliangyi.

In the evening of the same day, Gongzi Zhang, who learned the news, led a large army into Quliang.

At this time, Handan has been completely exposed to the rebels, as long as Handan is captured, Gongzizhang can regain everything he has lost and become the king of Zhao.

A few days later, Zhao Yuan, Li Xuan, Zhao Gu, Niu Jian and other military commanders stationed in various places of Zhao State, successively led their troops to Handan area, Zhao Wang He and Gongzi Zhang, the civil war of brothers seizing power, is about to usher in the final decisive battle.