Chapter 544: Destroy all 100,000 Zhao Army's food and grass

In the 27th year of Qianyuan, on the third day of October, Guan Ling led 500 elite troops to outside Pengcheng. The purpose of their trip was to obstruct the Zhao army's grain transport team and delay their arrival in Lu County, so as to buy time for Xiang Quan to lead his army to Lu County. However, when Guan Ling led his troops to Pengcheng, the Zhao army's grain transport team had already left Pengcheng.

"General, according to the spy's report, the Zhao army's grain transport team had already left Pengcheng in the early morning and had gone far now. However, the grain transport team was slow to march. If we catch up without stopping, we believe we can catch up with Zhao army before tomorrow's sunrise." Guan Ling's general Guan Shan said to Guan Ling.

After Xiang Quan and Guan Ling conquered Wu County, they received a batch of war horses, and with the support of major gentry and nobles, they also collected hundreds of horses. In order to intercept the Zhao army's grain transport team, Xiang Quan gave all the war horses to Guan Ling, so Guan Ling could only arrive in Pengcheng within two days.

Guan Ling thought for a while, and then said, "Brothers have been running for days, and they are already exhausted, and the war horses need to rest. Send the order and rest on the spot for an hour, and then continue to rush."

"Here!" Guan Shan replied.

An hour later, Guan Ling led his troops to continue on the road. After a night of march, they finally caught up with the Zhao army's grain transport team. However, they found that the Zhao army's grain transport team had more than a thousand people, and they were all well-equipped elites, so they would definitely not fight hard.

"General, what should we do now?" Guan Shan asked Guan Ling when he saw this.

Guan Ling pondered for a while and said, "The enemy is large and we are few. Although our army can fight immediately, it is not real cavalry after all. If we fight hard, we will suffer a great loss. Fortunately, the speed of the Zhao army's marching was delayed during our mission. In this way, the entire army was divided into several squads and took turns to harass the Zhao army with bows and arrows. But remember that once the Zhao army comes out, it must evacuate immediately and cannot confront the Zhao army head-on."

Guan Ling thought it through very clearly. Although they had 500 elite soldiers and were all riding horses, they were not real cavalry after all. The strength they could exert on the horse might not be as good as being on the ground. The best way to attack the Zhao army by harassment is to attack the Zhao army.

After receiving Guan Ling's order, Guan Shan immediately divided the 500 people under his command into five teams and took turns to attack the marching Zhao army's grain transport team.

"Enemy attack!" Under the sudden attack of the Deng army, the Zhao army's grain transport team had to stop the march and lined up on the spot. However, when they came out, the Deng army who came to harass him immediately evacuated. Although the Zhao army was puzzled, they continued to move forward, but their vigilance increased a little. At the same time, they sent messengers to Lu County to report the message, hoping that Lu County could send troops to respond.

But before the Zhao army's grain transport team had walked a few miles, the Deng army's attack came again, and this time it was just like a re-use of the same trick. The Deng army who came to attack did not confront the Zhao army head-on, but retreated without stopping at all. In just a dozen miles, they were attacked several times. Each time, when the Zhao army was just planning to send troops out, the Deng army retreated. In this way, even if the main general of the Zhao army's grain transport team was stupid, he would understand what was going on.

However, no matter how clear the Zhao army is, every time they are attacked, they still choose to stop. After all, they are responsible for the food and supplies of the 100,000 troops on the front line, so they cannot be careless. In this way, they will only take two days to stop and stop. Zhao army walked for four days, and also gave Xiang Quan and others time to rush to Lu County.

In the 27th year of Qianyuan, on the seventh day of the October 10th, Xiang Quan finally led 5,000 troops outside the city of Lu County. After gaining a foothold in Wu County, Xiang Quan once expanded his troops to more than 8,000. However, for the safety of Wu County, Xiang Quan still left Dong Ning, Fan Yang and 3,000 troops to stay in Wu County, while he and Li Fang led 5,000 troops to Lu County.

"General, it seems that General Guan Ling's action is very successful. Zhao's grain transport team has not arrived in Lu County yet." Seeing that there were no traces of large groups of people marching around, Li Fang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes!" Xiang Quan nodded, and said with relief: "But according to the calculations, the Zhao army's grain transport team should not be far from Lu County. If you send orders, the entire army will be on guard and attack at any time."

"Here!" Li Fang replied.

"Report!" At this time, a horse was probing his horse and reported: "Report to the general, a large group of Zhao troops were transporting a large number of supplies ten miles ahead."

"It's finally here!" Xiang Quan knew very well that the Zhao army's grain transport team had arrived, so he ordered: "Send the order, the entire army prepares, lurks forward, and slowly approach the Zhao army!"

But before the order was issued, another explorer came back and said, "Report to General Qi, a brigade of Zhao army was found twenty miles east of Lu County, with a population of about ten thousand!"

Xiang Quan and Li Fang suddenly felt nervous when he heard this. Li Fang said to Xiang Quan: "General, it must be the Zhao army in Xia Pi who received the news and came to pick up the Zhao army's grain transport team. The Zhao army is above our army's number and combat power. What should we do now?"

Xiang Quan thought for a while and said, "The Zhao army in Xia Pi must have come here to receive the grain transport team, but they didn't know that we had arrived in Lu County, so the marching speed would not be very fast. If we can solve the Zhao army's grain transport team as quickly as possible, then nothing is wrong. If the order continues, the entire army will set off immediately!"

"Here!" Li Fang immediately sent an order!

Xiang Quan led 5,000 troops and marched all the way. Half an hour later, he finally arrived at the place where the Zhao army's grain transport team was located. At this time, the Zhao army's grain transport team had just been attacked by the Deng army again. He was about to use his usual tricks to send troops to drive away the Deng army. At this moment, Xiang Quan led his troops to kill him. The Zhao army was caught off guard and was immediately defeated by Xiang Quan's rebel army.

Guan Ling, who was hiding beside him, saw Xiang Quan bringing his troops here and then went out. However, the Zhao army's grain transport team was well-trained. After a while of riot, it quickly stabilized and lined up on the spot to protect the food and grass.

Seeing this, Xiang Quan knew that if he delayed it, the Zhao army in Xia Pi would soon arrive, so he ordered a fierce attack at all costs.

After an hour of fierce attack, the Zhao army, who was responsible for transporting food and grass, was finally defeated. Only dozens of people escaped when they saw that the situation was wrong, all the others were wiped out. The civilians who were responsible for transporting food and grass also scattered. However, it was not easy for the rebel army to have suffered a total of 5,000 casualties. Even the 500 elite Yongping Guards brought by Guan Ling were killed or killed. Fortunately, the Zhao army's food and grass were successfully intercepted.

However, after the war was over, Xiang Quan and others were worried about the mountains of food and grass in front of them. If it were the usual, they would choose to transport the food and grass back to Wu County. After all, with these food and grass, they would no longer have to rely on the gentry and nobles in Wu County to transfusion. However, the Zhao army in Xia Pi arrived in a flash and they had no time at all.

"General, the Zhao army already knew that the grain transport team was attacked, so they had already passed Lu County quickly and rushed to fight here. At this time, it was less than five miles away from here." At this time, Li Fang hurried to Xiang Quan and Guan Ling and said.

"There is no time, send the order. Burn the food and grass immediately, and then evacuate it immediately!" Seeing that the Zhao army was about to come, Xiang Quan decided to burn the food and grass immediately. Although it was a pity, in order to preserve his strength, Xiang Quan could only do this.

Soon, with the combined efforts of thousands of people, the mountains of food and grass in front of him were burned. After completing all this, Xiang Quan immediately led his army to leave here. Even the bodies of his comrades who died in battle had no time to clean up, so he left.

When the Zhao army arrived here, the rebel army had already fled. This time, the Zhao army general Wang Brigade, who was responsible for receiving the grain transport team, saw the fire soaring into the sky and quickly let people put out the fire, but everything was in vain. The last batch of food and grass that could support the 100,000 Zhao army for three months was still burned by the fire.

"General, the food and grass were burned by the riots. What should we do now!" the deputy general asked Wang Lu with a sad face.

But what can Wang Lu do? The food and grass of the 100,000 troops were burned down, and as the general who was transporting the grain team, he was finally indebted to blame. Now he wished he could catch up with Xiang Quan and others immediately and breathe a sigh of relief, but the current situation did not allow him to do so.

"Send people to the front line to report to General Zhang Jie immediately, and send people to Lu County and Pengcheng to order them to raise a batch of food and grass as quickly as possible, and I will escort it to the front line in person!" Wang Lu took a deep breath and said, it was a fact that the food and grass were burned down. Now even if he crushed Xiang Quan and others, it would be useless. It would be better to raise a batch of food and grass as soon as possible and lead the troops to escort it. I just hope it would be too late.

"Here!" The deputy general responded and hurried down to pass the order.

On the other hand, after leaving, Xiang Quan and others rushed to Wuxian. According to the original plan, they should have gone to Pengcheng and used Zhang San, the chief clerk of Zhao's army, to see if they could knock on the gate of Pengcheng. However, after fighting with the Zhao army's grain transport team, they suffered a lot of losses. In addition, there were 10,000 elite Zhao troops behind them. In this case, even if Xiang Quan was too arrogant, he would not be able to touch Pengcheng. In desperation, he had to lead his troops back to Wuxian.

On the 10th day of the 27th year of Qianyuan, Xiang Quan finally returned to Wu County, and the dead of winter came as scheduled. There was white snow in the sky. Looking at the flying snow all over the sky, Xiang Quan breathed a sigh of relief. If nothing unexpected happened, this year's war could come to an end, and the nerves that had been tense for several months were finally able to relax a little.
Chapter completed!