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In the next few days, Wei Ran's mood was getting better and better day by day!

Although the annoying Zhao army cavalry still appeared like flies, this could not stop the Qin army from advancing step by step.

In the Dingyang and Diaoyin of Pengya, one city after another was recovered by the Qin army. In just seven days, the Qin army had successfully recaptured two-thirds of Shangjun from the Zhao army.

And in this process, neither side even broke out even in a big battle!

Sitting in the Diaoyin City, Wei Ran felt proud: "Hmph, the Zhao State General Niu Jian is just like this! Apart from using some inappropriate harassment strategies, he has no choice but to do anything to this marquis!"

However, Wei Ran was also a little worried.

Due to the superiority of the Zhao army's cavalry and the fact that the entire Shangjun people were driven away, Wei Ran's intelligence source was completely cut off, and the main force of the Zhao army could not be found, so he could not fight a big battle with the Zhao people as he wished.

Where did the Zhao cavalry go?

Wei Ran pondered for a moment and made a decision.

"Anyway, as long as you continue to go north, you will definitely be able to find the people of Zhao! Even if you can't find it, then this marquis will take the opportunity to recover Gao Nu and Guyang, and the entire Shangjun will return to the hands of the Great Qin. At that time, it will be a great achievement on the king's side."

So Wei Ran continued to reorganize his army and advance northward.

This Marquis Rang did not expect that in fact, the main force of the Zhao army cavalry he was thinking about was not in the north of him, but in the south of him!

About eighty miles south of Diaoyin, Niu Jian and Le Yi were talking.

"You still have to retreat? If you retreat again, the entire Shangjun will be gone!"

Niu Jian's words were filled with dissatisfaction. In the general's opinion, this kind of behavior of retreating without fighting was really undesirable.

Le Yi smiled and said, "The General is at ease. The king said, don't worry about the gains and losses of a city and a place, advance forward and retreat with great strides. Only in this way can the enemy be mobilized and make mistakes in the movement, so that our army can take advantage of it!"

Niu Jian spread his hands and said, "So, what about the opportunity?"

A scout arrived at this time and handed over a military intelligence to Le Yi.

Le Yifei swept his face, smiled, and handed over the military situation to Niu Jian.

"General, our opportunity is here!"

One hour later.

A convoy of thousands of carriages was advancing on the vast land of Longdong. Each carriage was filled with bags of grain. The horses pulling the carriages were sniffing and dragging the carriages with difficulty, pressing deep ruts on the road.

Next to the convoy, four thousand fully armed Qin troops were guarding their guards.

This is the Qin army's grain transport team. The task of this grain transport team is to escort the grain to the north for use by Wei Ran, the chief minister of the Qin State.

At noon, the convoy was passing through a rolling hilly area.

Suddenly, a sound arrow came out of the sky, piercing through the air, causing a sharp sound.

Then, whistles suddenly erupted, and countless Zhao army cavalry appeared from the top of the hill, rushing straight towards the Qin army from a high place!

The general of Qin was shocked and shouted loudly: "Form a formation and guard!"

However, soon the Qin general appeared in despair. There were too many Zhao troops!

The entire 15,000 Zhao cavalry were caught off guard against the 4,000 Qin army's food protection army. This battle was doomed to the end from the beginning!

The Zhao army cavalry first used a skillful cavalry and archery technique to disrupt the Qin army's formation with a dense rain of arrows in the high charge. Then, with the degree of the mount under the crotch and the advantage of condescending, they rushed directly into the Qin army's convoy, waved the long sword in their hands, and started a killing!

In just a short moment, the Qin army was killed and defeated, fleeing everywhere in the mountains.

Half an hour later, the battle was completely over.

The road was covered with the bodies of Qin soldiers. Many Qin soldiers threw down their weapons, hugged their heads in their hands, and knelt on the ground and shivered.

General Niu Jian whistled happily, hung the head of the Qin general next to his saddle, and showed off to Le Yi who was riding his horse: "This is what I killed himself!"

Le Yi was a little amused and laughed: "General, you have a noble status, how can you go on the battle yourself?"

"Bah, the general is not a human being?" Niu Jian spat, wiped the blood from the blade with the head of the Qin general, and said with satisfaction: "Go and ask, when I was conquering Zhongshan, I was not the leader in the battle? I have killed more people!"

Le Yi shook his head, pointed to the convoy that had become the trophy of Zhao's army, and said, "General, it's time to burn these food and grass."

Niu Jian's mouth twitched slightly and said, "Do you really want to burn it? The food and grass here are enough for Wei Ran's army to eat for half a month!"

Le Yi said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because of this that we have to burn them clean!"

Niu Jian was obviously reluctant to leave and said, "If you carry these food and grass back to the north, it would be a great achievement."

No wonder Niu Jian was confused. Food and grass are really important when fighting.

Without food, it is useless to be the world's most powerful army. You are so hungry that you can't even lift a sword. How can you fight?

Le Yi shook his head and said, "If our army escorted so much food and grass north, the degree of food and grass would inevitably slow down. If Wei Ran was determined enough, he would likely send troops to regain the food and grass. By then, our army would not be able to confront Wei Ran head-on. Wouldn't it be a waste of time to send the food and grass back to the Qin army?"

Niu Jian's face was gloomy and calm. After pondering for a while, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "It's all burned according to you!"

A moment later, a raging fire broke out, and except for all the horses pulling the carts of the Qin army, the remaining thousands of carts were all trapped in the sea of ​​fire.

On the way back, Niu Jian suddenly understood.

"So, your enemy advances and I retreat to target the Qin army's grain transport team?"

Le Yi smiled and nodded: "That's it. Wei Ran was afraid of the mobility of our cavalry, so he definitely did not dare to divide his troops and could only go north together, so Wei Ran's logistics supply line would inevitably be lengthened. Before Wei Ran went north, he was only eighty miles away from Shaoliang City, Xihe County. But now Wei Ran is north of Diaoyin and is approaching Guyang. From there, it is more than 200 or nearly 300 miles away from Xihe County, which gives our army the opportunity to ambush the Qin army's grain transport team in the middle!"

Niu Jian said: "And you expelled the entire Shangjun military and civilians, and at the same time our cavalry had an absolute advantage in number, which could block the Qin army scouts. This made Wei Ran lose his eyes and eyes and could not detect the fact that our main force had actually quietly headed south and ambushed on the Qin army's grain transport team."

Le Yi said: "That's right. And with the advantage of our cavalry, we can completely get the opportunity to go as soon as we hit. Just like now, even if we get the news in advance, the long distance will make Wei Ran unable to stop our army! Without food, the Qin army will fall into an absolute passive state! Exchange space for time and opportunity, which is the meaning of the enemy's advance and we retreat."

Niu Jian was silent and sighed for a while: "What an enemy advance and I retreat, what a second one takes retreat as an advance! General Le Yi, the sixteen-character mantra you said really makes me disobey!"

Le Yi smiled slightly and reminded him with great kindness.

"This is what the king said."
Chapter completed!