When Hu Yang exited the camp, he could already see the banner of General Zhao Jun clearly in the morning light. He was not in a hurry, maintaining the square formation and retreating slowly. Then he heard the drums stop, indicating that the Zhao army had entered the camp fence left by the Qin army and stopped advancing. Seeing that Zhao Jun was not pursuing fiercely, Hu Yang let the rear camp relax a little and marched forward instead.
On the way, he met a sentry sent by Wang Lu to the camp. Hu Yang knew that Wang Hao and Sima Jin's personal camp were in front, so he felt relieved and let the team of sentinels lead the front army to move quickly, while he and the people from Ye County were dragged at the end.
In the battle just now, Zheng Anping and Chen Si both joined the Ye County formation, but they were not at the front, so they did not gain anything. After coming down from the Taihang Mountains, Chen Si's physical condition gradually improved. Everyone thought he was acclimatized, but he didn't have diarrhea or vomiting, and he couldn't figure out the reason. His mapping did not stop because his troops were stranded. In addition to letting him contact the soldiers back and forth, Hu Yang specially arranged for people to escort him to various places around Wu'an. He even went in and out of Handan and the Great Wall quietly, leaving behind many geographical maps, and he knew the topography of Wu'an well.
The civilian army in Ye County was designated by Hu Yang as a pro-camp. Chen Si was a quasi-martial soldier, and Zheng Anping was a martial soldier. They were rare "professional soldiers" in the pro-camp, and their titles were not low. Hu Yang asked Zheng Anping to choose a soldier. One hundred people are trained according to the methods of military soldiers. They go out for reconnaissance and liaison in peacetime. They serve as a special reserve team in wartime and are called "personal guards". Zheng Anping selected soldiers according to Wu Qi's method of selecting soldiers, and only dozens of people could meet the requirements; he could only lower the standard and barely managed to get a hundred people.
The important source of combat power of warriors is the three-layer leather armor, which ensures that warriors are difficult to kill on the battlefield, but Qin soldiers don't wear much armor; the core weapon is the crossbow, and Qin soldiers' use of crossbows is very basic. . The close combat skills of martial soldiers are long-arm fighting, mainly spears, halberds, and daggers, especially halberds, which have the characteristics of both spears and daggers. The use of weapons in infantry warfare is different from that in chariot warfare, but Zheng Anping had learned about chariot warfare when detailing the sequence, and was able to integrate the use of weapons in chariot warfare and infantry warfare to form his own set of characteristics. He taught his own martial arts to these one hundred people. In the battle just now, several of the hundred men shot down Zhao Jun.
Now, Hu Yang asked others to speed up the pace and retreat first with the sentinels. He led a thousand people at the end to prevent Zhao Jun from pursuing. But they only saw Zhao Jun's sentry, but did not see Zhao Jun chasing after him. Hu Yang led his men to march two or three miles behind the front team, and finally met Wang Lu's personal camp. On the way, the officials quietly reported the battle plan discussed by several people to Hu Yang. Hu Yang was a little hesitant, but he couldn't say anything, so he said: "Go back!"
When Hu Yang arrived at the Fushui River, the front two thousand had already crossed the river, and Hu Yang could clearly see them forming a team on the other side of the river. There is a large bridge and two temporary pontoons on the river. There were Sima Jin's personal guards on both sides of the bridge. Even if Zhao Jun came after him, Hu Yang could cross the river calmly. Hu Yang asked his two battalions to cross the river separately from the pontoon bridge, and asked Wang Lu's personal battalion to walk across the bridge. The official said, "I hope the next chapter will cross the bridge."
Hu Yang said: "You are introduced to the fifth doctor!" He followed Wang Lu's personal camp across the river. The pro-camp took him to Wang Lu.
Wang Hao's tent was set up in a house one mile away from the river, and Bing Cao and Sima Jin were also here. When everyone saw each other, they were very sad. Hu Yang introduced the situation of this morning's battle to everyone. Everyone expressed their admiration for Hu Yang and introduced the battle plan they had drawn up on the spot.
Hu Yang asked: "Why must Zhao people pass through this?"
Bing Cao said: "Several volumes of books were obtained in Wucheng. One of the volumes is a map of Handan's reinforcements, indicating that this is the place where the army is stationed." When Hu Yang heard that there was such a treasure in the city, he immediately asked to see it. Unfortunately, they did not take this picture with them. Hu Yang was eager to read these books, so Wang Hao arranged a leather carriage for him. He asked Zheng Anping and Chen Si to quickly return to the city with the one hundred guards, and told Wang Hao to constantly monitor the movements of the Zhao army. I, together with Sima Jin and Bing Cao, took the car back to the city first.
Within a moment, the car entered Wucheng. After entering Wucheng, Hu Yang immediately took the album and looked at it carefully without taking a rest. When Gongzi Zhen and Dianke Zhonglang heard that Hu Yang had returned to the city, they also came to meet him. After a brief chat, everyone sat down together and studied the album.
Unlike Wang Lu and others, Hu Yang had plenty of free time in Wu'an, and in his free time he looked at the terrain maps drawn by Chen Si. With the topographic map of the Great Wall painted by Chen Si as the basis, Hu Yang could understand the true meaning of this map without the need for on-the-spot investigation. Bing Cao and the others were not wrong in their understanding, but their decision was a bit hasty and not carefully considered. Hu Yang asked Sima Jin to send out sentries to all locations marked with garrison on the map. Sima Jin asked: "Qin soldiers have never entered this place, how can they know?"
Although Chen Si and Zheng Anping came back from running, they have not arrived yet. All Hu Yang could rely on were the two thousand people Sima Jin had in the city. He asked Zhonglang: "Among the travelers, is there anyone who knows the path well?" Bing Cao suddenly said: "Whenever you go out, the path is the clearest. But within the Great Wall..."
Young Master Zhen said: "This is the youngest child. He is very naughty and is afraid of making mistakes!"
Hu Yang said: "The military situation is urgent, I hope you will take charge of it!"
Young Master Zhen came and asked people to call all the Young Masters to come with him. Zhonglang also went to call the pedestrians. Hu Yang memorized the names of the places and collected the album. When everyone arrived, he asked: "There are five places, all of which are important. Who can know them?" He named the five places one by one.
After telling the names of these places, some passers-by claimed several places. Only the young master said: "These five places, three on the mountainside and two on the Zhangshui River, are all the passages in and out of the Great Wall. Anyone who enters or exits the Great Wall must use these five places." When the road comes out, all other roads are difficult to follow. It is also difficult to find it, but there is a bridge on the water of Fu."
Hu Yang was overjoyed to see Young Master Yiren saying this, and said: "But please give me your instructions!"
The stranger talked and pointed out the five roads one by one. Hu Yang asked: "Is it clear?" Several passers-by said: "What the young master said is true. I also understand this!"
Hu Yang said: "I would like Doctor Sima to send sentinels from all walks of life to various places." Sima Jin immediately asked each traveler to come out and guide a hundred people each to divide the sentries into five groups. When Sima Jin came back and everyone dispersed, Hu Yang was still bending over the desk and reading the books and brochures carefully, and suddenly said: "How many people are there?"
Sima Jin said: "There are countless of them in the treasury!"
Hu Yang said: "This is an important thing and cannot be left behind. Let's go and take a look at it!"
So Sima Jin took Bingcao, Gongzi Zhen and others to the mansion. He saw simple books and books, divided into categories, and a room full of them. Hu Yang picked out the scrolls one by one and put them all on the table without taking a closer look. He also took out the accounts of the grain depot and the arsenal, the soldiers on the Great Wall, the income from the fields, the merchants and the city taxes...all the corresponding slips were taken out and placed on the case. There was actually a table set up on the table. Ignore official correspondence and such. At this time, Zheng Anping and Chen Si arrived with the one hundred personal guards.
When he heard that Chen Si was coming, Hu Yang was overjoyed. In addition to asking Sima Jin to arrange for the guards to rest, he ordered Chen Si to come over quickly. After Chen Si arrived, he looked through these albums and found that he could read the languages of various countries without the need for explanation. He was naturally overjoyed. So he traced with his fingers and clearly explained the key points of the Great Wall.
After Chen Si finished speaking, it was announced again from outside that the rear section had arrived. Sima Jin took the initiative to go out and arrange for these soldiers to station and guard the territory. When he came back, Hu Yang stared at the map and said thoughtfully: "If I use troops, they will come out of the mountains and slant into the Great Wall to cut off my return. If I go south by flowing water, I have nothing to fear!"
Sima Jin followed Hu Yang's guidance and moved to the far left of the map, where there was a garrison and a mountain road leading directly to the Great Wall. Sima Jin knew that in that direction, the Qin army was unguarded and the Zhao army was about to enter uninhabited land. He asked nervously: "Is it my fault? What can I do?"
Hu Yang said: "It's not your fault, it's your minister's fault. You can ask Doctor Wang to lead half of the men and horses, and advance rapidly by land and water. We must occupy the bridge fifteen miles upstream!" Sima Jin responded with a low voice and was about to pass on the order. Hu Yang stopped him and said, "Wait a minute! I would like the young master to go with us and lead the army to the west bridge of Fushui. Is that okay?"
Young Master Yiren said: "I sincerely accept your teaching!"
Young Master Zhen shouted: "But if there is a delay, we must take military orders!"
The young master said: "Here!"
Although he adjusted his deployment, Hu Yang always felt uneasy. He pointed at the pile of books and said to Sima Jin: "I hope the doctor will send someone to send this album and slips across Zhangzhou so that they are not lost. It will be of great use in the future!" Sima Jin was a little confused, but he knew that these things were useful. They were of great use, and were probably of the same type as the map, so they sent a hundred people from the pro-camp to send these books across the river overnight and handed them over to the official. They must be preserved and not lost. Hu Yang asked Chen Si to follow these books across the river and keep these books on the spot.
After being busy, Hu Yang had time to calm down and think about what happened today. I felt that Zhao Jun, who followed later, was extremely extraordinary. He was able to keep his composure under such circumstances, decisively gave up pursuit, and let him enter the Great Wall. A thought had actually crossed his mind: Why don't we just skip this battle and just cross the river? But the 20,000-strong army retreated without a fight and achieved nothing. This time it was all in vain: the officers and soldiers who went out in battle collectively failed! Therefore, the idea of fighting a war prevailed in the end.
At this moment, a military envoy came to report that the front army led by Doctor Wang had detected the Zhao army coming straight towards Fu River; it had been discovered that the general was none other than Zhao Shangqing Lianpo! After hearing the news, Hu Yang sent someone to follow up the previous order and sent an order to Wang Lu: The order to divide the troops was cancelled. He was ordered to fight a battle at the Fushui River with concentration and retreat immediately!
At this time, various nearby sentinels reported that Xishan discovered that Zhao Jun was crossing the river, with about ten thousand people! In addition to hundreds of people crossing the bridge, a bridge is being built across the river.
The atmosphere in the house suddenly became tense. Hu Yang asked Sima Jin to send troops to scout along the way, making sure to keep track of the Zhao army's movements.
