In order to cooperate with Wang Ben's raid plan, Cai Ze pinched the time and ordered the messenger to deliberately get stuck before dusk, and handed over the declaration of war to Wei Wang Zeng.

The Qin army would not directly launch a surprise attack at night, but if the Wei sentinels set out from Daliang in the morning to spread the news of Qin's declaration of war to the east, it would take five days to change men and horses, but if they set out at night, it would take half a day more.

What Yingzheng fought for Wang Ben was this half-day situation, and whether he could seize this half-day fighter plane depended on Wang Ben's ability.

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Two days after Qin declared war on Wei, Pingqiu City, which was 300 miles away from Daliang, was still full of traffic and people.

Although this city built on the north bank of Jishui is a fortress in the east of the Wei State, it is still three hundred miles away from the border, even if the Qin army raids, even if the Taoren City, Guiling, Shouyuan, Qicheng, Pucheng, Xiangqiu, Yancheng, and Xucheng in front all fall overnight, it is impossible to hit Pingqiu City in less than half a month.

Therefore, Pingqiu City still maintained normal trade exchanges, but the inventory of merchants who came and went was more strict, so as to prevent people from Qin from being mixed in.

Although the people in Pingqiu City were forcibly conscripted in the form of conscription to build fortifications, strengthen the city walls, and carry ordnance for the Wei army, the overall atmosphere did not have the feeling that a major war was coming.

In the dense forest, which is only ten miles away from Pingqiu City, nearly 10,000 light horsemen are quietly stationed here, there is no cooking smoke, no fire, and no one shouts for horses to neigh.

In the swarthy woods under the hazy moonlight, only a faint light diffused from under the river, and that was where Wang Ben gathered.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Pingqiu City, only ten miles away from our army!"

A sheepskin map was hung on the thick trunk of a tree, a torch swayed in the hand of the marching Sima beside the tree, Wang Ben stood under the tree, the Qin sword in his hand circled the map and deployed to the generals under his command, his voice was low and short.

The war horse was also put on and wrapped in the mouth, and the horse's hooves were also wrapped in cloth to prevent making a loud noise, if you didn't walk into this dense forest, I'm afraid no one would have imagined that in the depths of this dense forest, nearly 10,000 Qin army light horsemen gathered in broad daylight.

Wang Ben gathered a group of generals, and confirmed from the sentry that Pingqiu City was not as well defended as it had been after the battle, and confirmed that they had run ahead of the Wei heralds and arrived at Pingqiu City.

Two days ago, Wang Ben crossed the eastern border of Qin and Wei and invaded the land of Wei.

Unlike Wei, which was declared war, the date of the war of Qin was set in advance, so Wang Ben did not need to wait for the edict of war to reach Dongjun before he could directly send troops on the day of war.

This light cavalry of 10,000 people was reduced to zero, marching in a team of 1,000 people, and rushed towards the fortress of Pingqiu City in the east of Wei State.

Pingqiu City is about 300 miles away from the border of Qin and Wei, and Wang Ben gave a death order to his light horsemen, bypassing several cities in front of him, and gathering under Pingqiu City two days later.

Running 300 miles in two days, this was something that was absolutely unimaginable before, and at the moment when this kind of military order was issued, even if it was resurrected in vain, it had to be scolded and protested by the generals under his command.

However, it is by no means difficult for today's Qin cavalry.

With the new horseshoe assembly, the horse no longer has to worry about breaking his leg due to stepping on gravel when he is galloping, and the equipment of the double stirrup greatly saves the physical consumption of the horseman on the horse, and even the experienced and well-ridden horseman can recover his strength by taking a nap on the horseback with the double stirrups.

The imitation of the steppe wolf clan's abandonment of the baggage battalion and the raid with a large amount of forage and dry food, as well as the number of war horses now abundant enough to equip one man and three horses, further reduced the difficulty of two days and three hundred miles.

If in this case, there are people who can't gallop 300 miles in two days, then such a thousand commanders and two or five hundred lords under his command are definitely dereliction of duty, and beheading is definitely not wronged.

Although Wang Ben galloped 300 miles in two days, this use of troops can be called rapid, but there is a tiger in his heart, sniffing the rose, the rapid use of troops does not mean that Wang Ben did not inherit Wang Qian's prudence, a company sent seven or eight waves of sentry cavalry, repeatedly confirmed the situation, and finally issued the order to attack.

"A moment later, the whole army pointed directly at Pingqiu City, and after entering the city, quickly controlled the city gate, forbade anyone other than the Qin army to enter and exit, and then surrounded and annihilated the defenders in the city!"

"Yes!"

The generals roared neatly, and even after they regained their silence, the low roars of dozens of people were quickly engulfed in this dense forest.

After a short military meeting, the generals dispersed in a hurry.

In the short moment when Wang Ben gathered generals, this light cavalry of 10,000 people had already finished breakfast, a few sips of wine with a pot helmet and a pound of dried beef was enough to satisfy the stomach, but it would not have abdominal pain on the subsequent battlefield, and then quickly fed the horses and brushed the horses, repaired the harness and weapons and other things.

The Qin people have been the horse-breeding tribe of the Zhou royal family for hundreds of years, and have a long tradition of maintaining good horses, which can be called a real horseback tribe. For war horses, the soldiers of the Qin army regarded them as brothers in distress who went to hardships together, whether in wartime or peacetime, they always regarded the maintenance of war horses as more important than eating and drinking themselves.

In the morning light of this meal, almost all of the horsemen had a pot of dried meat in their mouths, and led three war horses to the river in a hurry, chattering with the war horses, checking the horseshoe and saddle bridles, etc., and if everything was in order, they immediately washed the war horses with a rolled grass brush dipped in the river water.

The war horses snuggled up to their masters, relaxed but they were wrapped in their mouths and couldn't neigh, so they could only rub their masters and snort, so intimate as flesh and blood brothers.

Seeing the generals returning in a hurry, the cavalry immediately brought back their horses and returned to their respective teams, and the thousand chiefs and the five hundred lords were still chewing and swallowing, and most of the cavalry under their command had already cleaned up and mounted their horses.

Half an hour later, the first morning sun fell on the earth, and then more warm sunshine sprinkled on the ancient city of Pingqiu. The defenders at the head of the city were sleepy-eyed, and slowly opened the heavy city gate under the shouts of the city gate officials.

The people who had lined up in front of the city gate early and waited to enter the city anxiously rushed towards the city, but at this moment, a strange muffled thunder suddenly came from the sky field, followed by a black cloud that drifted quickly, attracting everyone's attention.

It was a coming storm!

The stunned and ignorant soldiers at the head of the city did not understand whether they should report to the general for inspection, and the black clouds suddenly burst out with an earth-shattering cry and flew over.

The neighing of horses from the cavalry of 10,000 people was like the roar of the thunder prince, and the rumbling sound of the horse's hooves was like the thunder that was accompanied by the roar of the thunder gong.

The premeditated Qin army faced Pingqiu City, which had not yet received the edict from the Wei court and was completely ignorant of the start of the war, and rained that storm.

It's just that the "dark clouds" are the Qin army in black uniforms, the "wind" is the wind driven by the cavalry when it sweeps in, the "thunder" is the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and the "heavy rain" is the blood sprayed after the panicked city gate defenders were beheaded by the Qin army's light horsemen!

The flow of cars and horses entering and leaving the city gate did not have time to exclaim, and when they instinctively rolled away, the black cloud had already swept across the drawbridge and rushed into the city gate...... Everything was like a nightmare in the morning light, and the entire city of Pingqiu fell into a nightmare.

Wang Ben overestimated the defenders of Pingqiu City too much, the defenders in the city hardly made any effective resistance, and the unorganized stragglers could not resist the Qin army at all, and the dark clouds had filled the fortified city that was stretching its waist.

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