Chapter 224: The Attack Succeeds
The climate Xing Tianze asked about was the sum of the two meanings of weather and time.
Murong Yu chose a very good time to attack, it was in the deep winter in the north of the Xingzhao Kingdom, and now that the snow was falling outside, it was impossible to use troops at all, let alone gather troops to forcibly attack the city.
Xing Tianze's soldiers and horses had no way to get out of the city, and Murong Yu also had enough time to slowly dispatch troops and grain and grass from the Qingcang Kingdom.
By the time the spring flowers bloom next year and the ice and snow melt, the soldiers and horses of the Qingcang Kingdom have already adapted to the north of the Xingzhao Kingdom, but the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the three armies led by Xing Tianze have long been exhausted by time.
The long rest will make the soldiers feel that they are not here to fight, but to enjoy the mountains and rivers.
We all know that the morale of the two armies is very important, and now that the fifth prince led the army to recover the Black Dragon City as soon as he arrived in the north, the morale can be said to be at its peak, Murong Yu must choose to avoid fighting and recuperate at this time, and wait until our morale declines before waiting for the opportunity to move.
Although there were no losses on both sides in this way, if the army continued to grow for a long time, the army would become more and more lazy, and it would be even more difficult for Xing Tianze to achieve any major victories when the war broke out in the future.
So now Tao Mingxi and Wuji suggested that he go out to attack the enemy's grain and grass, and he must choose a good weather and a time that the enemy ignores, otherwise even if he goes out, it will be in vain.
"The soldiers are urgent, and the heavy snow outside today is a good time to send troops." Tao Mingxi spoke again and suggested.
"Do you want to go out of the army now?" Xing Tianze's brows furrowed slightly, he got up and came to the window and opened a small opening in the window, and the cold wind instantly poured into the room, lowering the originally warm temperature in the room by several degrees in an instant.
"Close it quickly, close it, you're not afraid of the cold, I'm afraid." Tao Mingxi immediately yelled cold.
"You know the cold, too? Will it be good to send troops in such weather? Xing Tianze slammed the window hard, returned to the chair and sat down, and said angrily.
But Wuxian shook his head slightly, and still agreed with Tao Mingxi's idea to let Xing Tianze send troops now, and he would also divide the troops into three places.
Murong Yu's military likes to use troops to make dangerous moves, so he concluded without a trace that the grain and grass of Qingcang Country were not in those three cities.
Immediately, Traceless took out a shrunken map from his arms, which he specially asked Xing Tianze when he set off, just to be able to think about fighters anytime and anywhere.
After letting Zhu'er take a stool over, Wuxian slowly explained to Xing Tianze.
In fact, there is a feature of the northern road of the Xingzhao Kingdom, including the Black Dragon City and the other three cities that have not yet fallen, and the seven cities are very clever to bypass the avenue, but each of those important towns is a battleground for soldiers.
Because they are stuck in every choke point in the north of the Xingzhao Kingdom, and any important town is closely linked to the three cities that the Qingcang Kingdom now controls, if Murong Yu stores grain and grass separately, at least two of these four places are stored.
In addition, although the weather today is extremely bad, we think the same way, and the enemy thinks the same way, so they should have calculated that there will be no fighting today.
Coupled with the low temperature, the low temperature will definitely make the place where the grain and grass are guarded empty.
Xing Tianze lowered his forehead slightly, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, and after a while, he made up his mind to let Tao Mingxi stay in the room and rest, while he left without a trace.
Half an hour later, the east gate and the north gate of Black Dragon City slowly opened, and each of the five thousand elite soldiers went out of the city and headed in two directions, with Wu Ji and Xing Tianze each leading the troops and horses.
Although there were a lot of people, their actions were extremely secret, and the soldiers who saw such a scene in the city were strictly ordered not to divulge a single word, so that even many generals in the city knew about it.
They left the city in the morning and did not return to Black Dragon City until the afternoon of the same day, whether it was Xing Tianze or the soldiers and horses without a trace, although the damage was not big, the important thing was that they brought back a considerable amount of grain and grass.
The two of them each led their soldiers and horses to attack the two important towns of astronomy and psychic, and Traceless did not misestimate at all.
The first place in these two places was very loose, and there was no other ambush except for the 10,000 defenders who came out, and no one thought that Xing Tianze and the traceless protruding cavalry led to the two important towns being conquered an hour later.
After handing over the grain and grass to his subordinates and letting them settle down, Xing Tianze and Wuxian returned to the Shuaifu in Black Dragon City, and the two of them had just taken off the armor they were wearing, and more than a dozen generals came in armor.
"Marshal, didn't you say that you can't hold out today? Why do you and Traceless still send troops to attack the town? General Zhang clenched his fists and asked respectfully.
"Yes, Marshal, why do you have a plan and don't know us?" Liu Teng's face also looked a little ashamed.
It's a shame that these people are still veterans of the battlefield, and they didn't even think of Xing Tianze's surprise attack.
"The marshal is not greedy for merit, you are the commander of the three armies, what do you have to do, but what can be ordered is that we will not hesitate to do anything even if we are liver and brains." Wen Qian bowed slightly.
Xing Tianze couldn't help but be the commander of the three armies, and it was even more terrifying that the status of the fifth prince of the Xingzhao Kingdom was high, and it was good to return from victory today, if there was any accident if he fell into the enemy's tricks.
Even those of them who are generals can't afford it.
"Okay guys, it's not that the commander doesn't want to tell you, and it's not that the commander doesn't trust you, it's just that today's battle is a whim between the commander and the military advisor, and I also want to test the enemy's reality." Xing Tianze wiped his somewhat stiff hands with a hot handkerchief: "Ben Shuai is here to assure you that there will never be such a situation in the future." ”
"Marshal, what kind of battle plans do you have for the future?" General Zhang has always been outspoken, and as Xing Tianze's old subordinate, he has nothing to worry about.
"Gear up and wait!" Xing Tianze simply answered these eight words, and asked the generals to retreat first, and after turning around and glancing at Wuji, an obvious smile appeared on the faces of the two.
When they attacked two important towns today, they saw a very important warplane.
Qingcang is dominated by cavalry, but in really bad weather, the frozen ice on the ground is too smooth, and it is not suitable for the fast running of horses' hooves.
Therefore, among the 5,000 soldiers and horses led by each of them today, there were only 2,000 cavalry, but as soon as the enemy defenders got on their horses and ran, they fell directly to the ground and were shot by random arrows.
"It looks like we're going to have to seize the opportunity to organize a large-scale operation." Without a trace, he casually threw the Repa in his hand aside.
"Let's go to Xi'er first, she should be worried about us for most of the day." Xing Tianze was the first to leave the hall of the Shuai Mansion.
At the same time, in the handsome tent of Qingcang Kingdom, Nangong Yuan threw the teacup on the ground vigorously: "Is there anyone who can explain it to me?" ”