In the early morning over Yicheng, the wind is light and cloudy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Ni Tao was dressed in armor, standing on the gate tower of Yicheng with his head held high, holding the hilt of the sword that was boasted at his waist, and the big sword behind him swayed slightly with the wind.

After a while, there was a sound at the city gate downstairs, and the two gates under the city tower were slowly opened by four soldiers. The 30,000 soldiers guarding Yicheng lined up neatly in two columns, trotting all the way out of the city gate. Even though we are in the place where the battle is about to begin, as long as the battle has not started, the homework that needs to be done must be done.

And after a few months, the soldiers have also experienced the benefits of this kind of morning exercise, from the beginning of the run to the uncomfortable, to now if they don't run in the morning, they feel that something is missing.

The army of 30,000 was like a long dragon, and the speed of running was not fast, so it took nearly half an hour to get out of the city. After all the troops were taken out by the thousand-strong generals, Sun Long, who had been standing by the horses and guarding outside the city gate, entered the city and went straight to the city gate where Ni Tao was.

"General, we succeeded in a sneak attack early this morning, and part of the grain and grass of the South Korean army has been burned by us." The bow was behind Ni Tao, and Sun Long couldn't see any expression clearly.

"Okay, okay." Hearing that part of the grain and grass of the Korean army was burned, Ni Tao blurted out praise the moment he turned around: "You have worked hard, you will go down and count this matter by yourself, and all the scouts who participated in this matter will be rewarded for their merits, but they will not be able to wait until the battle is over, and General Yuming can do it." ”

Hearing this, Sun Long still maintained his previous posture, but took out a piece of cloth with his hand, "General, the list of participants has been listed, and there is a general history on it, so my subordinates have seen with their own eyes that at least 5,000 stone of grain and grass have been burned in South Korea." ”

Easily took the dirty cloth that I didn't know where to get it, Ni Tao opened it and glanced at it roughly, then closed it gently, and said lightly: "Well, this matter will be reported to the general, and after a busy night, you better rest early." ”

"Yes." After an answer, Sun Long turned around and walked down the stairs down the city.

After he left, Ni Tao slowly put away the cloth, and then looked in the direction of Han Jun, and the corner of his mouth unnaturally showed a faint smile.

The Han army has no food and grass, and everything on this expedition is based on the help of the Qin people, and now the little grain and grass has been burned, which is undoubtedly worse, how can Ni Tao not be excited.

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In the camp of the South Korean army.

Three hours later, Han Ju found Gong Zhong to resign and return to Zhengcheng to raise grain and grass before the army moved. I don't know how he managed to sleep enough after three hours of sleep. But looking at his two bloodshot eyes, it is estimated that he is fighting his spirits.

By this time, most of the soldiers had already rested and had eaten breakfast. Under the order of Gong Zhongxuan, the army was pulled out of camp, and the cattle and horses that pulled grain and grass were also re-loaded into grain carts, and the 60,000 army was ready to go.

After inspecting the whole army accompanied by Twilight Feng, Gong Zhong traveled to the Chinese army and turned on his horse, his face a little less cold, but it changed into an indifferent look without any expression.

"The order is that the whole army will travel a hundred miles towards the Wei border, and stop the army fifty miles away from Yicheng to rest."

At the sound of an order, the vanguard army began to speed forward at Twilight's signal.

This long dragon-like procession scurried through the official roads among the trees. Finally, when the sun was setting in the west, he came to a place fifty miles away from the city of Wei Yi.

The distance of fifty miles is not long for marching and fighting, but it is not short for short. But if the army is placed here directly, and the troops are sent from here to directly start the siege, it is still a bit impractical.

It's just that the two armies are facing each other, and the soldiers must always have enough energy. The soldiers of South Korea are not as strong as the soldiers of the Wei State, they are all unified equipment and unified requirements, so there is no requirement for half a day and a hundred miles to move quickly, and the speed is much slower.

At this moment, it was already afternoon, and the soldiers who had just traveled a hundred miles naturally could not directly enter the battle. Set up camp and send people to closely monitor the movements of the Wei army, this is what should be done now.

And this is not much different from the original decision of Gong Zhongxuan. For the sake of the general's anger, even if the Wei army scouts burned the grain and grass and attacked him in secret, as a general, he couldn't let himself lose his mind. If it is impulsive, it is tantamount to letting his soldiers die in vain.

However, the rest of the army did not take long, and no one set up camps, for they only rested in place for an hour.

An hour later, the army continued to march according to Gong Zhong's extravagant arrangement, until it was encamped less than twenty miles from Yicheng.

Less than twenty miles, this is already the distance that can be attacked at any time, and it is easy to make the soldiers tired in the charge of the siege battle, but if it is too close, if there is a surprise attack on the defending side, or if there are reinforcements, then it can only be passively beaten, and it will be surrounded and annihilated in one fell swoop.

In the tent that had not been set up for a long time, Gong Zhong sat quietly cross-legged in front of the futon, and in front of him was a fairly detailed map of the rough cases made from local materials, of course, there were only important cities and main passages on the Wei border, the little-known paths in the mountains, and some individual villages hidden at the foot of the mountains.

Next to it is a small triangular tripod roasted by a wood fire. At this moment, the sky was already dark, reflecting the dim light revealed from outside the tent, and the prince stared at the map intently.

"General," at this moment, a soldier hurriedly walked in, knelt on one knee beside Gong Zhongxuan, and bowed his hand: "As far as we know from the investigation just now, the Wei army has about 30,000 foot soldiers guarding the Yicheng in front, and they are currently arranging a formation and exercising five miles away from the south gate of Yicheng, it seems that they want to start a battle formation with our army outside the city." ”

After the prosaic words were finished, all that remained in the tent was the creaking sound of the burning wood in the furnace.

"Yes, who's in charge?" After a few breaths, Gong Zhongxuan didn't look at the soldier, opened his mouth and asked lightly.

"The person in the main formation is a great general, and he doesn't know his name yet. However, the banner they played was still the banner of the great general 'Wu'. ”

"Got it, go down and explore again, it's best to bypass Yicheng and go to Wei Guofu to check it out."

"Yes."

The soldier answered, then turned and walked out.

In the tent, Gong Zhong's two eyes looking at the map were even more embarrassed. According to the intelligence, the Wei army should have at least 50,000 to 60,000 newly built foot soldiers, if Yicheng really only has 30,000, what about the other tens of thousands? The Zhao army has not yet launched an attack, and although an alliance has been concluded, there is not even a sign of Zhao so far.

If they were guarding the Wei-Zhao border, it would be fine for the Han army, but what if not?

Who is the chief general of the Wei army guarding Yicheng? Why don't you see Wu Ming, but always under the banner of the general 'Wu'?

Moreover, judging from the current situation, it is the best policy for the Wei army to defend the city, rely on the city to block them, and wait for the opportunity to move, so why should they set up a formation outside the city?

Zhao Jun's eating and not moving, and Wei Jun's general incomprehensible actions, these are the reasons why Gong Zhong hesitated and did not dare to attack rashly.