Xu Yue looked at the family members behind her, Wang Pingping sneered, Xu Dalang's eyes flashed with a strange green light, and they seemed to be a little impatient.

Wang Pingping nodded at Xu Yue, then stepped forward and said calmly: "Leader, you, Xu Mo, and Xu Lin led a thousand men and horses to stay in the city, and Xu Da and I led two thousand soldiers and horses, took the north road to block Liu Qi, and then went back to fight with you inside and outside, and dealt with Zhao Yuanji!" ”

"However, since it is a personal expedition, the real elite soldiers should be on Zhao Yuanji's side, in order to protect their Emperor Majesty, they will definitely not dare to launch a fierce attack, you just need to delay the time and wait for me and Xu Da to come back."

"Don't go out of the city to fight unless necessary!"

There is a thickened cement city wall, only 10,000 soldiers and horses, and it will take at least two months to break through the county seat of Yuyang.

This is still on the premise that Zhao Yuanji and others can keep up with the logistics supply.

But as long as it is in Yuyang County, they will not let Zhao Yuanji and the others not get the slightest chance to replenish!

In Yuyang County, the hoarded food and blades are completely enough to support half a year, and the three brothers and sisters of Xu Yue can delay the time until she and Xu Da come back as long as they use the defense of the city wall.

As long as Zhao Yuanji dares to enter Yuyang County, she dares to guarantee that they will not go too easily.

The villages and towns she encountered along the way, she had already made arrangements in advance, even if she couldn't deal any blow to Zhao Yuanji and the others, it was enough to exhaust them.

"When they get to our territory, they don't want to go back!" Wang Pingping sneered. She didn't take Zhao Yuanji's so-called royal driving pro-campaign in her eyes at all.

It is true that the imperial expedition can boost morale, but on the contrary, in order to protect the emperor, the soldiers need to have more scruples, although they have a great advantage in numbers, but sometimes, it is not possible to win the battle with more soldiers and horses.

Besides, this is not 100,000 20,000 soldiers and horses, only 20,000, Wang Pingping feels that it is not enough for herself and her son.

However, her pride is only hidden in her heart, and Wang Pingping is extremely serious about every war.

Because once they lose, everything that their family has worked hard to run will turn into a bubble.

The plan was drawn up, Wang Pingping and Xu Da immediately took command and led 2,000 light cavalry to rush out of Yuyang County.

At the same time, Xu Yue also issued a blockade order to all villages and towns in Yuyang County.

All the villages and towns that Zhao Yuanji's soldiers and horses were going to pass by, all the people in the village were transferred to the caves in the mountains, so as not to be affected.

The villagers' food and property had already been successfully transferred in the previous war preparation campaign.

When Zhao Yuanji's army came to these villages, they were left with nothing left.

Even the well water was blocked with stone piles piled up by huge stones, sealed with a cement layer, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were never allowed to drink a mouthful of water.

The only thing to worry about is the hybrid rice planted in the field that has already begun to tassel.

But in this case, the only option is to sacrifice a part of the food.

Xu Jiajun also assured the villagers that even if they can't keep these hybrid rice, as long as Xu Jiajun is there, no one will starve to death this year.

On the other hand, Wubao, which has a defensive tower like Gongsun Village, locks its gates and organizes self-defense forces, and when necessary, it will also participate in battles in the form of guerrillas, making it more difficult for the enemy to march.

However, in fact, the situation was even better than Xu Yue expected.

As soon as Zhao Yuanji's army stepped into Yuyang County, they encountered a trap set by the spontaneous peasant self-defense forces.

It sounds a little incredible, but it is precisely because he has never faced such a peasant before, that Zhao Yuanji's large army was defenseless at all, and stepped on the hunting traps laid by the old hunter one after another.

Every time the imperial army traveled some distance, one or two unlucky people would fall into the trap that suddenly appeared.

At first, they thought they had encountered a trap by Xu Jiajun, which caused a lot of riots.

But it soon became clear that the traps were too shoddy to be put on the table.

However, this thing that can't be put on the table has caused them to lose more than a dozen people as soon as they enter Yuyang County.

The first five were stabbed to death by a bamboo because they strayed into a trap.

Then the dozen or so people died in various accidents because of panic and riots, which triggered a chain reaction.

Some rolled off their horses and were trampled to death by their own horses, some ran in the wrong direction and threw themselves into traps and were stabbed to death, and some were killed by their own commanders because they wanted to run away in fear.

And this is the consequence of not daring to use the elite left by Wang Pingping.

The team led by Zhao Yuanji had more than half of the veterans, and the rest were all temporary patchwork recruits, who were only trained for half a month and learned how to hold a knife, and were taken to the battlefield.

The ancient march was really difficult, and Zhao Yuanji was in charge of the army for the first time, and after the excitement and heat of the first three days, he felt a deep powerlessness.

It turned out that not all soldiers would unconditionally obey the orders of their superiors. Some teams are so stupid that they can't even tell the difference between front and back, left and right.

The closer he got to Yuyang County, the more traps he stepped on, the more Zhao Yuanji felt a sense of unease.

However, when he looked back at the long line behind him, thinking that this was also tens of thousands of horses, his heart was uneasy and then dispersed.

Liu Qi said that the Xu family's army would not exceed 3,000 soldiers and horses at most, even if Wang Pingping led it and met 20,000 horses head-on, she couldn't help it.

Their troops are divided into two routes, Wang Pingping will definitely divide the troops and leave some of them in the city, so that the strength of the Xu family's army will be even weaker.

10,000 against 1,000, win steadily!

It's just that Liu Qi doesn't seem to include these people in Yuyang County.

When he saw the empty village in front of him, Zhao Yuanji immediately chuckled in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the well water is sealed with a solid stucco, and the blades can't be pried open even if they are curled, and it is very strong! And the village is full of empty houses, and there is not a single grain in the house! ”

"I don't know if I want to camp here, please make a decision!" The soldier said anxiously.

Zhao Yuanji raised his eyes to look at the village that was so silent that only the sound of the wind came out, and his eyes were slightly dark. He knew that Xu Jiajun was by no means simple!

To be able to mobilize the people of the whole county to cooperate to such a point, none of the previous kings could do it.

Fortunately, they still have plenty of food and grass.

Zhao Yuanji looked at the distant mountains behind the village again and ordered: "Continue to speed up!" Go to the next village! ”

The twilight is drowsy, and if you go any further, there is no guarantee that there will be a more suitable camp than the village is now before dark.

The general standing behind Zhao Yuanji wanted to speak and stopped, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Because the fact is that there is not even a high-quality water source here, even if the wellhead is sealed, the river surface is so turbid that it is impossible to set up camp and rectify it, as if someone is constantly throwing mud powder from the upstream.

(End of chapter)