Chapter 16 The horse has a stumble, and the man has a miss

Don't ask and order each cavalryman to carry only ten days of grain and grass and three empty sacks, and abandon the heavy armor and extra burdens, he just wants the soldiers to be fast! Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis made Prime Minister Kwon who came with the army very worried.

"Mo Lao, it doesn't seem appropriate to give up grain and grass, right? Wanzhou is dangerous, even if it is a group of rabble, it is difficult to capture it in a short time. What will we do when there is no food and grass?"

"Haha, Prime Minister Kwon doesn't need to worry, Jeju will send us grain and grass when the time comes. ”

Prime Minister Kwon was puzzled, Jeju was indeed very close to Wanju, but it had already been captured by the rebels, so how could this rebel army send us grain and grass? But he didn't want to ask and refused to elaborate, so he had no choice but to give up.

On the other side, the spies of the rebel army probed their brains and hid beside the boulder, and this thief was a rebel army at a glance, where was the sanctimony of the regular army of the Great Zhao? I saw the cavalry of the Zhao army all the way to smoke and dust, and the speed was extremely fast. There is already news that the elite Zhao army is 150,000, and it is up to Mo to ask Zhao Yinzhi to lead the attack on Wanzhou, and now this spy sees the scene in front of him and is even more convinced of this.

Wanzhou guard Meng Da is also a talent, otherwise he would not have come to defend this dangerous fortress. Meng Da is different from ordinary rebels, he is not used to seeing the corruption of Zhao State and taking the initiative to surrender. Otherwise, how could the rebels easily take this Wanzhou fortress? Meng Da had already been famous for a long time before his rebellion, and his ability to guard the house was to build high camps and not fight for a long time. Hearing that Zhao Jun was coming, he smiled quite confidently, although the elite of Zhao Guo is powerful, but what can I do if I don't fight you?

As expected, Meng Da was determined to fight a war of attrition, and he was bound to use 60,000 militiamen to drag down 150,000 elites and create opportunities for the rebel army to expand its strength. So Meng Da sent a letter to Jeju early to transfer enough grain and grass to fight a protracted war. Jeju is close to Manju, and although it is not a natural hazard, it is a fortress. The location of Jeju is just so convenient that it can echo and be accepted by the other five continents, so it has naturally become one of the granaries.

In the past seven days, Meng Da has become more and more unable to calm down. Because the marching speed of the Zhao army was inevitably too fast, it stands to reason that the food and grass of the 150,000 army are burdensome, and it will take one month to reach Wanzhou at the earliest. However, according to the information of the spies, these 100,000 troops can arrive in five or six days at most! On the other side, the grain and grass from Jeju have not yet arrived, which shows how fast the Zhao army is!

Judging from the days, there will be about three or four days before the grain and grass can arrive, and once the grain and grass are in place, it will not be a problem at all to hold on for a year or two! It's just that Zhao Jun's abnormal marching speed made him feel uneasy, and judging from it, Zhao Jun should just want a soldier to quickly attack Wanzhou and catch him off guard. If it was other generals who led the army, Meng Da might not care, such a surprise attack was fast, but it would definitely not be able to capture Wanzhou for a while, and when the time came, the grain and grass would not be able to keep up, and they would definitely no longer defeat themselves!

But the ones who can lead the troops are the famous Mo Yaowen and Zhao Yinzhi, so they must have a certain degree of certainty in doing so. Meng Da frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly he understood in a flash of inspiration!

In fact, it is not difficult to figure out that his own grain and grass and Zhao Jun arrived almost at the same time, and it depends on who is faster! Zhao Jun just wants to grab this time, and then Zhao Jun is estimated to be in a hurry day and night. In this way, the Zhao army could arrive within two or three days, and the news of the siege of Wanzhou could not be spread by then. Then this batch of grain and grass will become Zhao Jun's grain and grass!

Once Zhao Jun has so much grain and grass, it will be himself who will suffer in a protracted war when the time comes! Thinking of this, Meng Da couldn't help but admire the far-sightedness of not asking, but unfortunately, this wishful thinking is good, and there is always a mistake in the sage's thousand thoughts.

Meng Da hurriedly sent people to take the fastest flying horse to inform the grain and grass troops to retreat quickly! At that time, the Zhao army was exhausted from a thousand miles of attack, and he was exhausted in a few days, and he was defeated!

Jeju received a request for grain and grass from Wanju five days ago, and wrote a letter to Mengda Plan, Jeju had a total of only 100,000 troops, so he hurriedly dispatched 70,000 troops to escort grain and grass. They also didn't expect the Zhao army to march so fast, so they still transported it at a normal speed.

Suddenly, a team of flying horses appeared, and it was the Wanzhou militia in the clothes.

"Report! Zhao's army is about to arrive in Wanzhou, and General Meng ordered the grain and grass to retreat to Jeju quickly!"

The face of the general in charge of escorting grain and grass changed, what? Zhao Jun is coming? How is it possible, they don't have grain and grass with them? After he confirmed the token, he hurriedly sent his troops back!

Sure enough, as soon as dawn was three days later, the Zhao army besieged Wanzhou. Dense camps have sprung up overnight. Wanzhou uses mountains as a natural barrier, and the black walls are sprinkled with smooth fire oil that is difficult to climb, and can be ignited to block enemies if necessary. As soon as the sky was bright, Zhao Jun called for battle outside the door. Meng Da signaled that he didn't need to pay attention to it, he didn't believe that Zhao Jun's grain and grass could run so fast!

The next day, Meng Da got up and saw that Zhao Jun was actually planning to withdraw his troops! The direction of retreat was Jeju! He smiled coldly, presumably Zhao Jun mistakenly thought that he had received Jeju's aid. Jeju gave Wanju grain and grass, and the army, and it must be empty. I went to Jeju to catch Jeju off guard!

Now counting the days, this grain team is probably still on the way, and the Zhao army will definitely catch up if it marches so fast, and Meng Da hurriedly ordered to fight. Sure enough, when he saw the battle, Zhao Jun hurriedly fought back. Meng Da will not really fight with Zhao Jun, as long as he delays for two days, the food team can return to Jeju safely!

Another day, Mo had to ask, watching the city wall gate in front of him open and the people coming in and out, but he knew that once he sent troops, the city gate would be closed quickly.

"Pass my command, and all the soldiers fill sacks with soil and throw them under the city wall, and reward one bag of silver or two!"

Suddenly the sergeants were boiling, and only one sandbag was needed for a tael of silver. This money is so easy to make! I wondered why I had to bring three empty sacks, but it turned out that this was what I was for, and all the sergeants hurriedly loaded sandbags and rushed to the city.

The defenders of the city were shocked, what were these people doing with sacks? But the Zhao army was not besieging the city, the sandbags above their heads were a good defense against arrows, and the rolling stones and logs could not fly far, so they could only roll down the city wall. Instead, it became a stepping stone for Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun ran back to fight the second bag after losing the sandbag.

Hundreds of thousands of sandbags quickly built a ladder to the city wall! The Zhao army quickly killed the city wall, and the elite against the militia naturally quickly won the victory!

The battlefield was particularly comical, with a huge pit outside the city. A bridge made of sacks leads to the top of the city walls.

Quan Tianchao was completely stunned, he couldn't imagine that the sack that he didn't want to ask was used like this!

"Mo Lao is really good at scheming, admire and admire! It's just that this grain and grass ......"

Quan Tianchao looked at it, and there was not much grain and grass in the city! Zhao Jun only had enough to eat for three months at most! In this way, the other states were not enough to recover!

"Hehe, don't worry, the prime minister, count the days, the grain and grass will arrive in these two days. ”

Don't ask a confident look, which makes Quan Tingchao very puzzled.