Chapter 253: Praying Mantis, Yellow Sparrow

Wei Zhonghui was reprimanding his son here, and the situation was tense on Weicheng's side. The Weicheng County Commander lay on the head of the city, trembling, revealing only a pair of eyes looking out of the city from the battlement.

I saw that the outside of the city was dark and oppressive, like thunderstorms and dark clouds, the neighing of war horses was like muffled thunder, and the foot soldiers were holding armaments, but they were extremely quiet.

Wang Rong rode on Chiyun's horse and looked at the Weicheng city wall with great interest. Weicheng has a long history, the earliest fief of the Xia Dynasty Youhu clan, yes, it is the Youhu clan attacked by Xia Yu and Xia Qi father and son for two generations, and Xia Qi made a "willing oath" that has been passed down through the ages.

After that, Weicheng passed through the Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Qin dynasties, and became the birthplace of Guan Chinese, an important city in Guanzhong, and a part of Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty. The city has a long history and is located in Gyeonggi, which means that the city is tall and thick, and although it is located on the plain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wang Rong turned his head and said to Wang Hao, "Send someone to Weicheng and tell the Weicheng county order that as long as he can provide grain and grass, we will not attack the city."

Wang Mo asked with a puzzled expression, "Marshal, this... How much grain and grass do you need?"

Wang Rong smiled and said, "The more the merrier, you can do it yourself."

Wang Mao had no choice but to send a guard to the local area fifty steps outside the city gate to shout.

When the Weicheng County Commander saw that the Bingzhou Army had sent a cavalry to the city, his heart was suddenly raised, only to see the cavalry shouting loudly, "Our Hou Ye said it! As long as Weicheng provides grain and grass! will not attack Weicheng! And also! There are still many old and weak people recruited by Choi Dong-wook, and we will release them!"

When the Weicheng County Commander heard the shouts of the cavalry of Bingzhou County, his heart fell to the ground, and he shouted and asked, "Dare to ask how much grain and grass your army needs?!"

The cavalryman of the state army, apparently having been ordered, replied in a loud voice, "Leave behind the grain for the winter and the grain for spring ploughing!" The rest of the food will be delivered!"

Hearing this, the heart of the Weicheng County Commander was completely grounded, and the state army was not as vicious as the palace newspaper issued by the imperial court said, and it knew how to let the people survive.

The county man on the side rolled his eyes and suggested in a low voice: "Lord County Commander, this is not the state army and doesn't know how much food we have, we just need to provide them with some food."

The Weicheng County Commander looked at the self-proclaimed smart county commander coldly, and said, "You seem to have forgotten that there are a large number of Weicheng prisoners in the hands of the Bingzhou army, including the old officials, do you think they will make such conditions for no reason?"

When the county magistrate heard the words of the county order, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he didn't dare to make up his own mind anymore.

The Weicheng county order ordered: "Leave the grain and grain seeds behind, transport the surplus grain and grass out of the city, exchange the captured old and weak back, and whatever happens, I will be responsible for it."

One hand over grain and grass, the other hand to the prisoners, this transaction went very fast, and when the transaction was completed, Wang Rong got a specific report, Wang Hao said excitedly: "Master Hou, this Weicheng is really rich, the grain alone is enough for our 20,000 troops to eat for three months, and there is enough forage for the war horses to eat for half a year, and these grains and grass are loaded with hundreds of carts."

Wang Rong sneered and said, "The pattern is small, just this little grain and grass is rich? Then you don't know what happened in Weicheng before."

Pinyang is not far from Weicheng, of course Wang Rong knows what the situation in Weicheng is, it is located in the impact plain of Weishui, the soil is fertile, very suitable for farming, so the grain yield here is very high.

Weicheng is able to take out so much grain and grass now, which is actually quite small, and this is still what is left after being requisitioned many times.

Wang Rong took more than 20,000 people from the Bingzhou army to continue to march westward with the collected grain and grass, and the righteous servants were no longer qualified for the task of scouts.

The speed of the march of the Bingzhou army was very fast, and they never approached any city on the way, but all the way along the Weishui River to the vicinity of Shangqi, which was surrounded by the remnants of Longshan Mountain, and there were many mountains.

At this time, Wang Rong and the Bingzhou army were hiding in a valley that was relatively close to the Tiger Shooting Valley. Wang Mo was reporting to him the situation that the scouts had detected: "Master Hou, these three princes have completely given up on detecting the surrounding situation, and instead concentrated their forces with all their might

Attack the second prince in the Tiger Valley. However, the situation in the Tiger Valley is special, the second prince concentrated his forces on infrastructure construction, and built the Tiger Valley as solid as a rock, and the soldiers were even more fed, open to eat, and their physical strength and combat effectiveness were very strong. It has brought a lot of trouble to the army of the eldest prince and the third prince."

Wang Rong listened to Wang Hao's words, his eyes narrowed slightly, his heart turned, his fingers habitually tapped on the table, and after a period of thinking, his fingers on the table paused.

Wang Rong raised his head, looked at the hanging map, and said, "Something is wrong, order the army to stop resting, pack up, and prepare to move."

Wang Mo listened to Wang Rong's order, his face was inexplicable, and he said puzzledly, "Master Hou, why is this?"

Wang Wei interrupted Wang Hao's move to continue the inquiry, and said urgently: "Go and give an order quickly, let the brothers pack up the ordnance or something, and then transfer, the camp tent or anything is not collected, and the camp should not be demolished."

Wang Mao didn't get an answer, but he still carried out Wang Rong's order to the letter.

Soon, the entire camp began to move, and more than 20,000 members of the state army silently packed their bags, and then quickly moved to the new camp. The new camping site was moved directly to the Guanshan grassland north of Weishui.

This place is surrounded by alpine meadows, where forests, grasslands, rivers, mountains, canyons, etc., winter and spring are unbounded, summer and autumn are connected, and it is known as the saying about the cold and frost of the mountains in June.

Guanshan Horse Garden has a long history, in the early years of the Zhou Dynasty, the ancestor of the Qin people Feizi was in the Weizhi Hui for the Zhou royal family to breed horses, "Ma Da Fan Xi", outstanding achievements, King Xiao of Zhou was named the food in the eighth year, and the city was built in Qinyi.

In the sixth year of King Youyou of Zhou, the Duke of Qin Xiang moved the capital to the newly built Wangyi, in the first year of King Ping of Zhou, Duke Xiang of Qin escorted the royal family of Zhou to move east to Luoyi, thanks to King Zhou Ping, was officially named a prince, Wangyi became the first capital of Qin State lasted until the ninth year of King Zhou Ping, as long as 14 years, the Qin people started from animal husbandry in the mountain grassland of Longshan, and completed the transformation process from nomadic to agricultural people; It was also in the Qianhe Plain that the vassal states were established, and they went to the Guanzhong Plain, and then unified the whole country.

After the unification of Qin, although the land of Longshan and Qianhe became an ordinary state and county, it was still the gateway to the northwest and an important frontier, which was the safety of Great Qin.

Wang Rong looked at the Guanshan Horse Garden, which was already a little dilapidated, and his face was expressionless. Li Sujie stood aside and sighed, "It's a pity that a good royal horse garden is now so dilapidated."

The fifth candidate appeared behind the two of them and said, "If it weren't for the war horse of Guanshan Mayuan, Jun Sima thought that there would be such a powerful cavalry in Liangzhou."

Li Sujie listened to the words of the fifth candidate, and pretended to be nervous and said, "Fifth, you are really becoming more and more elusive now, like a ghost."

Wang Rong looked back at the fifth candidate and said, "What's the news?"

The fifth candidate gave a military salute and said, "As the commander expected, many unknown troops are approaching the valley where they were camping."

Li Sujie glanced at Wang Rong and said puzzledly, "Zhong Ming, how did you find out that there was a problem?"

Instead of answering his question, Wang Rong instructed the fifth candidate, saying, "Fifth, gather all the brigade commanders here."

The fifth candidate saluted and promised, "Oh!"

After a while, Wang Rong, four brigade commanders, and military Sima Li Sujie, and the fifth candidate gathered on this hillside.

Wang Rong looked at everyone and said, "You should know the fifth information."

Several people nodded, looking at Wang Rong with a pair of eyes, and the curiosity on their faces was not hidden.

Wang Rong saw the expressions of the people, and he knew that it would not work without satisfying their curiosity.

Wang Rong said: "I feel your curiosity, about the transfer of the army station, mainly thanks to the news from our scouts, think about it, the eldest prince with the Liangzhou army, the third prince with the Bashu army, there are strong cavalry, there are good foot soldiers, even if the second prince's army is elite and the supplies are sufficient, logically speaking, when we reach the valley near Shangtai, the battle in the Tiger Valley should have ended."

Li Sujie said with a puzzled expression

"But the battle in the Tiger Valley is not over, right?"

Wang Rong shook his head and said, "It's over, it's over with the union of the three princes, and their goal has been transferred to us."

Everyone listened to Wang Rong's words, their faces were incredulous, they never thought that they had traveled a long way and came here, originally planning to be fishermen. Why now, they have become praying mantises, praying mantis catching cicadas, yellow finches are behind, and the three princes have become the yellow finch.

Wang Rong looked at everyone's expressions and said with a smile: "The water level in Weishui is shallow now, and in some places, it has just passed the calf of the war horse, and it is completely possible to wade on the back. So, everyone, step up your preparations, Guanshan Mayuan is not our end point, we must continue to retreat eastward, all the way to Yongxian, this is the old capital of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the city is still strong, we can completely use this as a base and fight a decisive battle here."

Li Sujie frowned and said, "But this is located in the plain, the terrain is open, and the battle situation is clear at a glance, even if we want to escape, it will be difficult. Moreover, the army of the three princes together is 100,000."

Wang Rong smiled and said, "Yes, so we are just about to enter Yongxian, and here we will beat them and cripple them, so that they have to make way for us."

Chu Luxu said in embarrassment: "Marshal, 20,000 against 100,000, this is difficult."

Wang Rong's face turned grim, and he said loudly, "The future war will be difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, we must have the confidence to win and defeat them!"