The morning light first appeared on the second day, when the sky was just bright.
In addition to leaving a group of soldiers to garrison, nearly a thousand Qin troops had packed up and began to prepare for the westward journey.
Zhao Tuo stood at the west gate of the township and watched as Shejian led the Xingjun, mostly composed of cavalry, to set off. Behind him, the infantry also began to wear armor and started marching with spears and halberds in hand.
"Chen Ping... I didn't expect this guy to be from Hufu Township."
Zhao Tuo looked back, looking at Zhang Fu and his son who were nodding and bowing behind him, and couldn't help but sigh.
Yesterday, he was surprised that Zhang Fu, an old man from the countryside, could keenly sense an opportunity and successfully change his family. When he inquired about it, he found that the mastermind of this matter was Zhang Fu's grandson-in-law, Chen Ping.
"They were all ideas given to us by Ping Lin before he left. He said that the demise of the Wei State was inevitable. Even if Wei Bao successfully led his army to the west this time, the most he could do was to allow the Wei State to survive. When the Qin army invaded the country again, the Wei State would The country will still perish."
"So he told us that no matter when the Qin army comes, we must immediately stop and help capture the countryside, so that the family can be preserved."
When Zhang Zhong said this last night, he couldn't help but feel complacent and made fun of his son Zhang Zhong.
"In the past, I thought that Chen Ping would grow up to be beautiful and would be successful in the future, so I wanted to give him a daughter. You also said that his family was poor and did not work. Everyone in the county laughed at his behavior and thought that I was crazy. My granddaughter married him and lent him money as a betrothal gift. Now you know my intentions. This son can save the lives of my entire family!"
Hearing this, Zhang Zhong did not dare to refute, and hurriedly lowered his head and said: "Wei, Wei, Wei, Aweng said that."
Although the Zhang family sent more than a thousand people and food to support Wei Bao, it was a helpless move after all. Now he reversed the situation in time and helped the Qin army seize the township and conquer the country.
Naturally, Zhao Tuo would not embarrass them, let alone the future Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty.
"Chen Ping's wife was said to be quite beautiful. She married five times, but all five of her husbands died."
"I heard that the first husband didn't even enter the wedding room. He drank too much at the wedding banquet, broke his head and died on the spot. This is really not a blessing to receive the kindness of a beautiful woman."
What Zhao Tuo was thinking about was this piece of tidbits that would be talked about by future generations, but he was not Wei Bao's kind of person, and he would not be so rude as to visit other people's wives.
"Zhang Jun, please get in the car. This pursuit will cause trouble for you."
Zhao Tuo smiled at Chen Ping's father-in-law Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Zhong said with a bitter look on his face: "Zhong, follow the general's orders."
Zhang Zhong got into the car and said goodbye to his father Zhang Xi in tears.
Seeing this, Zhao Tuo no longer delayed, got on another chariot, and began to lead the army.
At this moment, Huan Zhao in Chenliu City saw Yang Xiong who rushed to Chenliu in person to report the military situation.
"That's it. Please ask Chief Zuo to send troops immediately to assist Zhao Tuo."
After listening to Yang Xiong's words, Huan Zhao fell into deep thought.
The Hanoi army was attacked from behind by the Wei army at the foot of Jiyang City and suffered a tragic defeat. This news was shocking. If spread, it would definitely cause turmoil in the Wei cities newly occupied by the Qin army. Many Wei people who were secretly rebellious would definitely take advantage of this news. Get into trouble.
But compared to this news, what really surprised Huan Zhao was the speculation of Zhao Tuo and others.
Judging from the military qualities Huan Zhao had accumulated over the years, Zhao Tuo's guess was very reasonable.
The Wei army marched westward to seize the heart of the Qin State, thereby mobilizing Wang Ben's army under Daliang City and giving the King of Wei in the city a chance to breathe.
Moreover, Xingyang!
A flash of light flashed in Huan Zhao's eyes. He had just been burned by Wei Bao. He was very sensitive to grain and grass.
He happened to know that on the westward route of the Wei army, there was a city where the Qin army stationed grain.
If Wei Bao raids Xingyang and burns all the Qin army's food and grass, then everything will come to a halt this time.
When he thought of this, Huan Zhao was not only shocked but also excited.
opportunity!
This is exactly the military merit he lacks if he wants to be promoted to the right concubine!
Huan Zhao couldn't help but think of how he had
What he said when appointing military officers under his command.
Zhao Tuo, with you under my command, I will be able to achieve great achievements in Wei this time!
These words are really coming true now!
"I didn't expect that this boy from Zhao is really a lucky general. When he was under my command, he won a great victory in Yishui and promoted me from the fifth official to the Zuo Shuchang."
"Later, when we entered Yan territory, Zhao Tuo was transferred as a short-term soldier by General Li. Then as soon as he left, I never made any contribution in the battle against Yan."
Huan Zhao's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his thinking became more metaphysical.
"Because Zhao Tuo acted as a short soldier for General Li, General Li built a huge cannon to capture Jicheng, and then detoured to intercept and kill the fleeing Duke of Yan, and captured Yan Dan. Whether it was the huge cannon or the interception Zhao Tuo came up with all the strategies, and then General Li listened to his words, and he really made a contribution and was promoted."
"Then after I led the army to Wei, he captured Xiaohuang and Waihuang successively, which also brought me a lot of credit."
The more Huan Zhao thought about it, the more excited he became. The more he thought about it, the more sense it made. He felt that he had discovered the secret to being promoted.
Especially today, Zhao Tuo has made another great contribution.
Thinking of this, Huan Zhao stood up with a snap, which actually startled Yang Xiong.
"Your decision is right, but you have to guard against the enemy's intention to go south. You should hurry back to Waihuang to ensure the safety of this city. I will report the military situation to General Wang, and then summon Chen Liu's soldiers to the west. Go and meet Zhao Tuo."
After Yang Xiong was sent away, Huan Zhao summoned his confidants and told him, "Go to General Wang Liang immediately and report the news that the Hanoi army was defeated by the Wei army at the foot of Jiyang City."
"According to my speculation, the army led by Wei Bao most likely wants to take Xingyang westward and burn my food, grass and baggage. I also ask General Wang to be careful. I will lead the army to pursue this Wei army, and I will definitely not let the other side's conspiracy succeed. "
"only."
According to the rules of the Qin army, the confidant recorded Huan Zhao's military intelligence report on a silk book, and then immediately walked out of the hall and prepared to go to Daliang.
Huan Zhao squinted his eyes and watched his cronies walk out.
The credit for his promotion has come to fruition.
At this time, south of Yangwu County, the Wei army faced Yangwu County across the river.
"Sir, shall we cross the river and attack the city?"
A general reported to Wei Bao.
"Crossing the river? What kind of river are we crossing? Our army continues to march westward and speeds up!"
Wei Bao laughed. In order to fear that the news of their attack on Xingyang would be leaked, he had always announced that they were attacking Yangwu County. Now that they have arrived, there is no need to hide it anymore.
Na Pi will leave with a face full of surprise.
Wei Bao looked at the thoughtful Zhou Market and said, "General Zhou, our army is now less than two hundred miles away from Xingyang. If we speed up the march, we can arrive in just a few days and accomplish a world-shattering feat. Are you still worried about something?" "
Zhou Shi raised his head and looked to the east in the direction of Hufu Township.
"I had previously ordered the soldiers from Hufu Township to rush forward every other day to report information from the rear. But now except for the first day, not even a single reporting soldier has been seen. Something is wrong here."
Wei Bao heard this and laughed loudly and said: "I think you, General Zhou, are thinking too much. You must know that although the soldiers who reported the news came quickly, we are also marching for days. Every day we march, then The soldiers who came to report the news had to travel an extra distance, and if there was rainy weather on the way, it would take several nights, isn't it normal?"
Zhou Shi glanced at Wei Bao in surprise, not expecting that the young master still had some sense.
He nodded, suppressing his uneasiness.
At this moment, fifty miles behind the Wei army, a Qin army of about a thousand people was running rapidly.
