After the two groups of men under Pu Jian's command were fully ready, they left Yecheng and ran in the direction of Jicheng, and this action was immediately targeted by the scouts of the Wei State and launched a reconnaissance.

After learning about the specific situation, the Wei scouts immediately returned to the north bank of Zhangshui to report the situation to Wang Wu.

"Report, general, the Yan army has once again escorted the prisoner car to Jicheng, and it has been more than an hour." The scout clenched his fists and reported.

When Wang Wu heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked, "Have you investigated carefully?" Who were the people in the prison car? Did you find out that the king did not? ”

The scout hugged his fists and said: "General Hui, my subordinates passed by the prisoner car and saw more than ten adults they knew, but they were in a hurry and didn't notice the king." ”

"Oh, is this going to be another trick to lure the enemy?" Wang Wu frowned and said.

The scout replied: "General, before this team set off, another 3,000-strong Yan cavalry quietly left Yecheng and ran to the northeast. ”

"Oh, are you sure there is a cavalry of three thousand Yan countries, leaving Yecheng and heading northeast." Wang Wu confirmed.

The scout nodded and said, "My subordinates have seen it with their own eyes, and they can't be wrong." ”

Wang Wu raised his head and pondered for a moment, and said softly: "What trick did Pu Jian do, and he actually came to this trick again." ”

"General, since Pu Jian only sent 3,000 volt soldiers, then the main force of our army will definitely thwart Pu Jian's conspiracy and destroy his 3,000 cavalry by the way." A general, hugging his fists, built yì road.

Wang Wu heard this. nodded, and said loudly: "Okay, pass the order, immediately order 10,000 elite soldiers, I am going to fight in person, see what Pu Jian's 3,000 volt soldiers can do to me?" ”

"Yes, General, the last general will go and prepare." The general answered, and then turned to prepare.

Obviously, Wang Wu and his soldiers were deceived. They regarded the 3,000 troops sent by Pu Jian to escort Ran Zhi and others as ambushes. didn't know that this team would run to Jicheng at the fastest speed, so as to complete the task of escorting Ran Zhi, and the other way. The escorts were all ordinary officials of the Wei State. Even if he was successfully rescued by Wang Wu. There won't be much loss, besides, Pu Jian has long wanted to let go of these inconsequential people.

After ten thousand elites are ready. Wang Wu immediately led this group of men and horses, running to the northeast, in Wang Wu's heart, no matter whether there was Ran Zhi in the prisoner car team, he had to go to the rescue, in fact, his more important purpose was to annihilate the three thousand ambush soldiers of the Yan army, so as to teach Pu Jian a good lesson, in order to relieve the hatred in his heart.

In the vicinity of Qiqiu County in Wei County, 10,000 elite men and horses led by Wang Wuqin finally caught up with the team escorting the prisoner cart and prepared to attack.

"General, they're just ahead." A subordinate general, a reminder.

Wang Wu nodded and ordered: "Ben will wait here, you immediately lead two thousand men and horses to kill, and rescue everyone in the prisoner car." ”

When the general heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Yes, general." After speaking, he led 2,000 men and horses to kill the hundreds of Yan troops who were in charge of escorting the prisoner car.

The reason why Wang Wu ordered his subordinates to lead 2,000 men and horses to kill first was to deal with the Yan army's 3,000 ambush soldiers, he and the 8,000 main force stayed in place, so that he could clearly see the situation ahead, in case, the Yan country's 3,000 volt troops were killed, he could also lead the 8,000 main force under his command to launch a counter-encirclement from behind the Yan army's 3,000 men and horses, thus defeating the Yan army's ambush.

Seeing the 2,000 troops of the Wei State coming violently, the hundreds of Yan soldiers who were responsible for escorting the prisoner cart immediately abandoned the prisoner cart and fled in all directions.

Seeing this situation, the Wei soldiers were stunned for a moment, then ran over, began to open the prisoner cart, and closely monitored the people walking towards the prisoner cart.

The dozens of prisoner vans were all held by Wei ministers, and after being rescued, these ministers were all glad that they could regain their freedom and expressed their gratitude to the Wei soldiers.

Wang Wu, who was standing in the distance, kept observing the surrounding situation, and a long time passed, but he did not find any trace of the ambush soldiers of Yan Kingdom, which made him feel very strange.

"Many scouts have found out that Pu Jian sent three thousand cavalry to the direction of Jicheng, why has it been so long, they haven't appeared yet, could it be that Ben General guessed wrong?" Wang Wu frowned and said.

When a subordinate general heard this, he bowed his head and said: "General, maybe it was the Yan State ambush soldiers, and they found that the strength was inferior to our army, so they didn't dare to come out." ”

Wang Wu nodded with a smile and said softly: "There is such a possibility!" ”

It didn't take long for the two thousand men and horses sent out, with more than 100 Wei ministers who had been rescued, to Wang Wu.

"General, our soldiers are bloodless, and they have saved more than 100 adults of my Great Wei." The general said proudly.

"Thanks to the general's timely rescue, I am waiting to thank the general." The ministers of the Wei State clasped their fists and thanked them.

Wang Wu looked up at these ministers and asked softly, "Where is the king, why are you all here, but you are the only one who does not see the king?" ”

All the ministers shook their heads again and again, and one of the ministers clenched his fists and said: "General Wang, our ministers and the king are not imprisoned together, and we don't know the situation of the king at all!" ”

"Yes! I really don't know what is going on with the king. The other minister frowned and became worried.

Wang Wu frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly ordered: "Immediately send scouts to investigate in the direction of Jicheng to see if the three thousand cavalry sent by Pu Jian are going straight to Jicheng." ”

"General, did you find anything?" Seeing Wang Wu's brows frowning slightly, a general hurriedly asked.

Wang Wu frowned and said: "The three thousand cavalry under Pu Jian's command disappeared inexplicably, and there will always be an ominous premonition, before the scout reported that there are more than a dozen chariots among the three thousand cavalry, if these cavalry want to set up an ambush, when the cavalry is the most flexible with a single horse, what is the use of bringing a dozen chariots?" ”

"Does the general think there is something wrong with these dozen or so tanks?" The general hurriedly asked.

Wang Wu nodded and said: "The chariot can hold food, and it can also carry people, maybe Pu Jian has put the king in the chariot and escorted it in the direction of Jicheng, this is just the general's speculation, but if these three thousand men and horses really keep marching in the direction of Jicheng, then this possibility is very big, after all, Pu Jian will not send three thousand cavalry to Jicheng for no reason." ”

"General, if this is the case, won't the king be more than lucky?" When the general heard this, he was extremely worried.

Wang Wu said softly: "It's all up to heaven, our army should return to the camp immediately!" After saying that, he turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of the camp.

Under the leadership of Wang Wu, he commanded a main army of 10,000 and escorted more than 100 Wei ministers to the direction of the Wei army camp on the north bank of Zhangshui.

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In the direction of Jinyang City, in the face of the unfavorable shape of the water and land grain roads are cut off, all the generals under Xie Ai are very worried, according to the current grain stock in Jinyang City, it can be supported for two months at most, that is to say, if the Yan Dynasty coalition army has been controlling the two grain routes on land and water, after two months, Jinyang City will be short of grain, and once there is a shortage of food in Jinyang City, it will inevitably cause extremely strict consequences.

However, for such a grim situation, Xie Ai is not very worried, at the beginning, the reason why he evacuated from Dingxiang City was because the main army under his command had a strict mood fluctuating, and now, this situation has long ceased to exist, and in these days of being surrounded, Xie Ai ordered the craftsmen of Jinyang City to transform the baggage chariots on a large scale, and equip the baggage chariots with two or four war horses, so that these baggage chariots that originally had no combat effectiveness were transformed into chariots with strong combat effectiveness.

Although the chariot has long been eliminated by the times, it is because the terrain adaptability of the chariot is relatively poor, and it can only fight in the open land with flat terrain, once it encounters hills, its combat power is greatly reduced, and when it encounters mountains and rivers, it completely becomes a burden to the army, which greatly limits the strategic mobility of the main army, and then is eliminated by the times.

But no matter what, in the flat open field, the chariot will always be the king, and it is a powerful existence that no class of troops can resist.

Xie Ai believed that as long as he quietly trained a large-scale chariot force, he would be able to defeat Daiguo's elite desert iron cavalry in one fell swoop, thus completely reversing the unfavorable situation.

"General, five thousand chariots, all of them have been built." The general who was responsible for building the chariot walked into the big tent of the Chinese army and reported loudly.

Xie Ai nodded, and asked Zhengse, "Have all the chariots been inspected?" ”

"General Hui, all of them have been tested, and they can be used by the army." The general replied confidently.

Xie Ai stood up and said softly, "Okay, I'm going to test it myself." After speaking, he walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and walked out to the position of building the chariot.

In a large open space near the granary, there were 5,000 chariots full of 5,000 chariots, which were originally 5,000 large baggage wagons, but after some transformation, they became chariots that could be used for battle.

The most significant change was the conversion of the baggage cart into a chariot, with the addition of two flaps to cover the bow and arrow, one in front of the rider and one in front of the hull.

The flap in front of the rider is relatively small and short, only blocking the rider's body and legs, and the rider's hands and head are still exposed, after all, the rider needs eyes and hands to steer the chariot.

The baffle in front of the hull is wider and taller, and its role is to block the shooting of bows and arrows, protect the safety of several combat soldiers on the chariot, thereby greatly reducing battle damage and improving the combat effectiveness of the entire team.

Xie Ai drew his saber from his waist and threw it at the baffle of a chariot, only to hear a thud, and the saber was stuck in the baffle, but it did not penetrate the baffle.

"Good, good, good." Xie Ai nodded affirmatively, quite satisfied with these vehicles.

"General, five thousand chariots need at least more than 10,000 war horses, and there are not so many war horses in Jinyang City, how can this be good?" The general who was in charge of building the chariot said worriedly.

Xie Ai said with a smile: "This is easy to do, pull all these chariots to the Blue Valley camp and hand them over to General Yang An, and the rest is none of your business." ”

"Yes, the general's subordinates will do it." The general responded with a fist clenched. (To be continued......)