Immediately, Li Ran said this. Yang Hu seemed to have woken up and immediately agreed:
"Sir, this is a great plan! According to what you pointed out, the Fan family's grain storage place should be at a pass eighty miles east of here! However, there is still a checkpoint along the way. If you want to make a sneak attack, you have to be afraid. It’s not easy either!”
Li Ran smiled slightly, took out a tiger charm from his sleeve, and said:
"Since it is a surprise attack, we must not let them know our identity! The general can order the sergeant to disguise himself as Qi Shi, and then use this tiger charm as a trust, and use the excuse of protecting food to get through! They must not be aware of this. Watch, and as soon as they open the gate, the general will kill them directly and burn their food roads!"
When Zhao Yang saw that this tiger talisman was indeed belonging to the Fan family, he couldn't help but be shocked and said:
"Where did this thing... come from?"
Li Ran sneered and said:
"General, don't hesitate, this thing is definitely true!"
Zhao Yang took this thing and couldn't help but look at it carefully, nodding his head in approval and saying:
"Well, sir, it's really impressive! Now that we have this thing... according to sir's wishes, how many troops should be sent to rob the grain?"
Li Ran thought for a moment, spread his fingers and said:
"Five thousand is enough!"
Zhao Yang had some doubts:
"Five thousand? Isn't it a little less? If something happens along the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with..."
Li Ran said:
"Even if you come to transport food, you must not have too many troops! If you bring too many troops, it will make people suspicious. Moreover, if the food route is blocked, I guess the Chaoge division will not remain indifferent. The camp will be attacked by then, so we also need to be prepared to deal with the enemy!"
Zhao Yang was puzzled and said:
"Their food road was robbed. They should be going to save the food road. Why did they come to attack us?"
Li Ran said:
"The rescue food route is a long way and must not be taken. In order not to sacrifice the near for the far, they will definitely think that our camp is empty and seek a quick decision with us!"
Kuai Ke couldn't help but nodded and said:
"Sir, this is really a clever plan. In this way, both sides will be completely victorious. The other side will burn their food and grass, and the other side will be able to defeat the enemy. It is really wonderful!"
Li Ran smiled and said:
"But... this matter of robbing food now is extremely dangerous. I wonder who can do it?!"
Zhao Yang suddenly asked:
"Sir, do you think that after this food road is robbed, they will decisively come to attack the camp?"
Li Ran nodded and said:
"If nothing unexpected happens, there is no doubt about it!"
Zhao Yang hesitated for a while, then raised his head and said loudly:
"Since both sides are very critical, I will personally go to rob the food! Yang Hu, Kuai Chi, and You Wujie, the three of you will be in charge of the camp. You must follow Mr. Zi Ming's instructions and do not act rashly!"
Yang Hu, Kuai Chi and You Wuxie heard this and said in unison:
"promise!"
Everyone followed the order and left, but Zhao Yang stayed with Li Ran and asked him sincerely:
"In this battle...can we really capture Chaoge in one fell swoop?"
Li Ran heard this question, but he only shook his head:
"We have come all the way from afar. The city of Chaoge is well-defended, and we have all the troops to assist us. This battle is indeed extremely difficult for the general. Now we can only win by outsmarting him, and we must not fight him with force!" "
"Now, although we can cut off the food road first, we can disturb the morale of the army and mobilize all the troops to attack. But after all, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, and the chance of victory or defeat is unclear!"
"Fortunately, the general has many capable people under his command now, and they are all worthy of important responsibilities. General, there is no need to worry too much, just deal with it carefully!"
As for the talents of Zhao's men, it is indeed as Li Ran said.
Zhao Yang's employment of people can be said to be eclectic.
There is no need to say much about Yang Hu's abilities.
Another example is Kuai Chi. Although he was originally just the pampered young master of Wei State, in these years, Zhao Yang often let him command troops abroad. He was actually forcefully trained from a helpless young man to a general capable of leading troops in war.
As for Youwuxie, it was just a stable for raising horses at first. His real name was Wang Liang and his courtesy name was Bole. He was also single-handedly promoted by Zhao Yang, and followed Zhao Yang, going through countless battles, and finally became a great weapon.
After Zhao Yang heard this, he nodded with peace of mind, and went directly out of the big tent, personally ordered five thousand troops, and ordered them to dress up in disguise, pretending to be an army of Qi State. When passing by the pass, he called himself It was Qi State reinforcements who came to transport food, but the guard did not know the truth and actually put it into the pass...
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Let’s talk about Zhong Xingyin and Fan Jishe
Since they fled from Jinyang to Chaoge, when they learned that the Zhao family was raising troops to invade, they sent Qin and Gao Qiang to lead the army and asked them to stop the invading Zhao family's army in Ludi.
On the other hand, they immediately contacted Qi State and Zheng State, asking them to come to support quickly.
Qi and Zheng also came as promised and are currently stationed at Tieqiu.
Immediately afterwards, as Zhao's army marched directly outside Chaoge City, they hung up their no-war card and prepared to defend to the death!
The two of them stood on the city wall and watched from a distance, but they still saw no movement in Zhao's camp. They couldn't help but feel a little strange about this.
Fan Jishe said in confusion:
"They are now approaching the border with a large army, but they have not made any move yet. I wonder if they are harboring some bad intentions! It is really worrying..."
Zhong Xingyin stroked his beard and said:
"Zhao's army came from afar and traveled a long distance. The number of people is bound to not be large. At best, it is on par with our city. And now we still have Qi and Zheng as backup, so what can we say about Zhao's army? ?”
"It's just that we have just experienced two major defeats in Jinyang and Ludi. Our morale is low, and they are taking advantage of the victory. We still need to avoid their edge for the time being! But within a month, we will definitely Teach Zhao Yang that there is no return!"
When Fan Jishe heard what his uncle Zhong Xingyin said, he gradually became convinced:
"What my uncle said is true, we will avenge Jinyang and Ludi! And now this Chaoge City of my Fan family is the burial place of Zhao Yang!"
However, just when they were still complacent, that night, Zhongxing Yin and Fan Jishe suddenly received an urgent report, saying that a Qi army of nearly ten thousand people was rushing to the grain road to help. Zhongxing Yin and Fan Jishe Hearing this news, they couldn't help but look at each other for a while.
Fan Jishe scratched his head:
"It's inexplicable. Is this Qi State's army short of food? Why did they go to the grain road? Moreover... my Fan family's food storage place has always been the most secretive... We have never told Qi State, and they are How did you learn that?”
At this time, Zhongxing Yinshi stood up and shouted:
"No! Where is the Qi army here? This is clearly Zhao Yang's surprise attack on our grain harvesting place!"
When Fan Jishe heard this, he couldn't help but turn pale in shock, and immediately asked:
"Then... what should we do? Now that I have just received my revenge, I'm afraid it's already too late..."
Just as the two of them were talking there, they heard another urgent message coming from outside:
"Report! There is a fire in the southeastern foothills!"
