Inside the Zhou army barracks.

After Captain Ding received the order to go out of the tent, Wang Lin compared the approximate distance on the map. Keep calling the shots:

"Captain Li, gather your troops and horses, and wait for two hours after Captain Ding leaves the camp, immediately send troops to respond, if there are ambush soldiers, directly cooperate with Captain Ding to attack and annihilate on the spot!"

"Yes!" Another man was commanded to go out.

"Captain Lei, did you have any news from the people sent yesterday to find General Huangfu?" Wang Lin asked one of the people in the account after Captain Li came out of the account.

"General Qiyu, another group of people came back at dawn, saying that they searched one hundred and twenty miles downstream along the river and still did not find General Huangfu, and there are still four hundred cavalry continuing to search, according to the original plan, they should be ready to return to the camp now, I hope to find General Huangfu." One of them stood up and replied.

"When the troops were dispatched three days ago, I wanted to directly seize Qiaotou Town, and if I could enter the hinterland of Shuo State, I could retreat to stick to Qiaotou Town, and seize the materials that Shuo Country operated in Qiaotou Town, so as to feed the war. However, he did not expect General Huangfu to lose in Qiaotou Town, and the grain and grass obtained through Santong Town were not enough to support the consumption of tens of thousands of troops for three or five days. Wang Lin is not worried about the safety of his more than 12,000 cavalry, the current situation of Shuo is that they can't keep these cavalry who come and go like the wind, but the battle of Qiaotou Town not only lost nearly 3,000 men and horses, but the whereabouts of Huangfu Qin are unknown, if this battle can not achieve the original goal, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect my return to China, and the second prince is afraid that he will also be attacked by the court.

"General Wang doesn't have to worry, my Great Zhou cavalry can come and go freely, and Zidang can retreat with his whole body, and when the reinforcements from the second prince arrive, Zidang can take Jia and Nei counties." Zhang Han said with relief on the side.

"Since this is the case, the defeat of Qiaotou Town has already happened, and it can only ensure that the most basic strategic objectives are achieved. At present, the main force of the army is not yet moving, and it is necessary to be stuck between Jia, Nei and Guangtong counties to maintain the scattered state of the Shuo army, prevent the convergence of the Shuo army in Jia and Nei counties, and at the same time block Shuo from Qiaotou Town, Guangtong County to Chunnei Road support. Wang Lin then turned to the three lieutenants in the tent and ordered: "The three of them must still ensure the attendance of the scouts during this time, and focus the scouts on the roads in the two directions of Santong Town, Qiaotou Town, and Jiaxian. ”

The three lieutenants were ordered to go out of their accounts at the same time to deploy scout missions.

"General Zhang, yesterday the scout came to report that there were more than 20 Shuo army cavalry escorting a young man from Qiaotou Town to Jiaxian, I am afraid that it is a hermit who defeated our army with a plan in Qiaotou Town and shot General Huangfu down Beihe." Wang Lin went to the map again and thought about it and said to Zhang Han, who was still in the tent: "If you can defeat General Huangfu, I am afraid that the lowest is also a second-class master." In this way, there are many variables. ”

Zhang Han also stood up and walked to Wang Lin's side.

"General Wang doesn't have to worry, although General Huangfu's martial arts are also in the top class, but if he is really against the top armor master, he will not just be defeated in the North River, and he will be killed by the enemy at the very least.

"General Zhang has a point." Wang Lin also put down his heart and began to study the map form.

It's just that people are not as good as heaven, Zhao Yingqi was ambushed, and when Zhao Tong made a move, the scout who returned to the camp of the Zhou army had already left, and no one would have thought that there was anyone in this world who could make a head armor master who was less than twenty years old bow his head and be willing to be a maid of others.

…

At this time, outside Santong Town, less than ten miles to the northwest, the grain transportation team led by Vice General Chen of the Shuo Army was still on the road, and more than 40 carts were squeaking and writhing on the road under the drag of the horses.

Just now the front reported that the reinforcements received by Neixian County had arrived in Santong Town, and the captain of the Neixian reinforcements wanted to come directly from Santong Town to meet with Vice General Chen, but was stopped by Vice General Chen's emergency cavalry, according to Zhao Yingqi's plan, the soldiers and horses of Neixian County were required to prepare directly to meet the cavalry of Zhou State after arriving in Santong Town.

At this time, there was a big cart in the back of the convoy that pulled the horse, because it snowed two days ago, and there was snow on the road to cover the road conditions.

Vice General Chen was still urging his subordinates to hurry, heard the sound of the rear team, quickly went to the rear team to control, and saw that five or six soldiers were trying their best to untie the horses from the two overturned carts to prepare to push the carts, Vice General Chen counted the hours, felt that it was too late, and immediately ordered the sacks of the three cars to be scattered to the other cars, and the three cars were discarded here.

When the convoy stopped and the soldiers were scattering with sacks on their backs, Vice General Chen heard a dull rumbling sound from far and near.

"Enemy attack! Fight with all arms and move closer to the front team! ”

Vice Admiral Chen drove his horse to the front team.

"The rear team quickly moved closer to the front team, didn't care about the grain and grass first, quickly approached, and marched towards Santong Town!"

The cavalry of the Zhou State was extremely fast, and it had already appeared in the northeast direction after a while, and the dark red armor and brown-red horses seemed to be a blood-colored dark cloud coming with the wind.

There were only 200 cavalry in the convoy of Shuoguo, and the remaining 800 were infantry, and the convoy was nearly a mile long in front and back, and it was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of formation, combat effectiveness and numbers.

Seeing that the men and horses had just been gathered and had not yet formed a formation, Vice General Chen decisively gave an order.

"Put the cart across the road, and the whole army retreats to Santong Town!"

Captain Ding of the Zhou State was a third-class master, leading two thousand cavalry in his headquarters, with excellent equestrian skills, and he took the lead in biting the tail of the Shuo army. After rushing and killing for a while, he stopped his horse, watched the Shuo army leave dozens of corpses and fled towards Santong Town, and ordered to turn back to the cart.

The onslaught of the two thousand cavalry disturbed the horses on the cart and scurried in all directions. When the cavalry of the Zhou State tried their best to gather the convoy and was about to pull it back to the barracks, a soldier reported:

"Report, General Ding, there is no grain and grass on this cart, and the sacks are full of sacks!"

"What? No food and grass? Captain Ding was very surprised. Immediately ride to a cart and dismount to check.

Captain Ding took out the war knife on his waist and stabbed it into the sack, but he didn't see a grain of grain, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of coarse sacks! There were also several carts of tools such as hemp rope, shovels, and pickaxes, and on average, more than forty carts, as if they were all grain and grass.

"What the hell is this Shuo army doing!" An annoyed Lieutenant Ding kicked a sack to the side of the road.

Captain Ding had a bad thought in his heart, and looked around, the convoy had already stretched the line for a long time because of the hurry, and at the same time, the frightened horses were scurrying around, and his two thousand cavalry were scattered at this time, and many of them got off their horses to drag the cart. At this time, if the Shuo army attacked, the consequences would be unimaginable, and the cavalry without horse speed would be a live target for the infantry!

At this time, loud reports such as "no food" and "all sacks and hemp rope" were also heard from all over the team. Captain Ding broke out in a cold sweat, hurriedly got on his horse, and shouted the order:

"The whole army got on the horse, and the horses of each army hurriedly gathered their subordinates and quickly returned to the camp!"

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In Santong Town, Vice General Chen had already met with Captain Liang of Nei County, and after the two sides greeted and exchanged information, a military Sima came over to report the situation:

"Report to General Chen, the Zhou army has quickly withdrawn after discovering that it was all sacks."

"Okay, you go down, take your headquarters soldiers and horses, and those carriages will be brought to Santong Town."

Captain Liang from Neixian couldn't help asking, "How does Mr. Zhao know that Zhou Jun won't burn all the carts?" ”

"Mr. Zhao really expected things like a god, Zhou Jun found out that there was fraud, so he would naturally find a way to get out as soon as possible, if the sack was lit and the smoke rose, it would be equivalent to telling the ambush soldiers their location and preparing to withdraw the army."

"Oh, yes, if you are ambushed, you will naturally not retreat with great fanfare. A wolf with his tail between his legs can live," the two looked at each other and laughed.

After the carriages were all pulled back and the personnel were basically complete, Deputy General Chen counted the carts of supplies and casualties, and then led the 200 cavalry originally brought out from Jiaxian County back to Jiaxian.

The nearly 800 soldiers who had brought it with them and the more than 1,000 soldiers who had come from Neixian County began to unload the sacks and arrange them in various places in Santong Town according to the original order.

Zhao Yingqi was honestly grateful for being possessed by him through his previous life, and the battle of Qiaotou Town made the main general of the Zhou army a little dilemma.