Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 103 Burning Out
"crunch, crunch..."

Grain trucks were driving on the official road, most of the people in charge of pushing the carts were ordinary people, and there were a hundred and eighty soldiers accompanying the escort.

It stands to reason that such a large amount of military food transportation usually arranges a large-scale escort force.

It was probably because the camp of the North Army was not too far away from Guocheng, and there was no danger around it, so the escort naturally found some soldiers to follow him, and muddled things along.

It's just that they didn't expect that someone had already been watching them.

Su Yuan poked his head out from behind the slope and looked at the grain convoy approaching in the distance.

Seeing that there were only a few dozen people escorting him, he was overjoyed.

If there are too many people, there may be some delay. If Li Shengtian receives the news and sends troops to reinforce in time, it will still be troublesome.

But with just such a few escorts, the battle can be resolved in an instant.

Su Yuan even put back the Heavenly Soldiers Talisman that he had already taken out.

To deal with such a small number of people, there is no need to call at all, just let the four swords around him handle it.

When the grain cart approached the slope, Su Yuan said decisively: "Do it!"

The four plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums flew up.

The soldiers and farmers transporting grain trucks were shocked by the sudden appearance of four beautiful women.

But before they had time to think about it, the four of them showed the force of innate masters.

The four light swords were unsheathed, and their inner strength exploded. They rushed into the ranks of soldiers and killed them all.

When the blood spewed out, the escort soldiers knew that these were not four weak women, but four female impermanence, and they came here to reap their lives.

"Meet the enemy! Meet the enemy!"

The food transport officer yelled and ran back by himself, but he was stabbed to death by Mei Jian before he could take two steps.

The other soldiers also fell to the ground one after another. Facing the four innate masters, they had no power to resist.

If the farmers unite, it can delay a lot of time.But at this moment, the farmers were all kneeling on the ground, trembling, not daring to get involved in this fight.

Soon, none of the soldiers could stand, and Su Yuan also appeared and walked out.

He didn't bother with the farmers, he just told them to go home.

Watching the farmers run away in panic, he took out a kettle and two flint and steel from his bag.

"Boom!"

The cork of the kettle popped open, and a thick smell of vegetable oil gushed out.

Here is the commonly used kerosene. Su Yuan poured it on a grain truck and ignited it with a flint.

boom!
The flames rose rapidly, igniting the entire grain truck in a blink of an eye.

The four of them, Mei Lan Zhuju, also dragged other grain trucks over, and threw burning objects onto other grain trucks. Soon, hundreds of full grain trucks were all set ablaze.

For a while, thick smoke billowed and heat waves layered upon layer.

It was a pity for Su Yuan to destroy so much food with his own hands, but right now he had to do so in order to make the war end earlier and fewer people die.

After all, his Heavenly Soldiers Talisman can only summon soldiers, and there is no function such as "storage".Otherwise, wouldn't it be nice for him to just put the grain in and take it away.

Looking at the blazing fire, Su Yuan said: "Let's go quickly, the thick smoke from such a big fire will be discovered by Li Shengtian soon."

"Yes, Master!"

This time, Su Yuan did not sneak back with the four of them cautiously, but summoned a few Xiliang cavalry, conscripted their horses to ride on them, and then took the soldiers back into the soldiers.

The five of them galloped to Tianmen Pass on horseback.

At the same time, at the camp of the northern army, the sentry in charge of the investigation had already passed the news to Li Shengtian's ears.

He slammed the table when he heard about it, put on his helmet without saying a word, and led a large number of people to the place where the smoke was coming out.

By the time he arrived, the flames had gradually extinguished, and most of the hundreds of carts of military rations had turned into a piece of pitch-black powder, leaving only a few under the carts that had not been completely burned.

"Quick! Grab the unburned army rations!"

Li Shengtian roared, and everyone stepped forward to extinguish the flames and save food.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, only seven or eight bags were snatched out in the end, and all the others were burned.

Li Shengtian stood blankly.

So much rations are gone?The army has been hungry for a day or two, and this batch of food can no longer be supplied... What should I do?What would the court think?Is there any new food?

All kinds of thoughts were spinning in his mind, Li Shengtian looked at the scorched blackness, suddenly he felt dizzy, his eyes turned black, and he almost passed out.

"General!"

His bodyguard soldiers immediately came to support him.

Li Shengtian stabilized his figure, but pushed the person away, gritted his teeth and said, "Who did this!"

He was asking the people from Guo Cheng. After the farmers ran back, Guo Cheng also knew that something had happened, so he quickly sent soldiers over, but like Li Shengtian, it was too late.

"General! It's the Bei'an Army! Follow the farmer who delivered the grain and say that it was a few women with strong martial arts who killed people and burned the grain. It must be the Bei'an Army!"

"fart!"

Li Shengtian scolded angrily: "How could it be the Bei'an Army! There are guards watching Tianmen Pass all the time, how did Su Yuan's soldiers come out! How did he know the delivery time of the grain and grass!"

"This, this... the villain doesn't even know!"

The generals from Guo Cheng also looked confused.

But everyone knew that something was wrong.

"There must be spies!" Li Shengtian's hatred rose to the extreme.

He now has an idea in his mind, that is, there are spies collaborating with the enemy and burning the army rations.

Because he didn't believe that Su Yuan sent troops to do it anyway. How could there be no movement when the army was dispatched.Could it be that the sentries of the Northern Army were all blind and deaf?
Someone inside Guocheng must have been bribed by Su Yuan, which caused such a catastrophe!

When Li Shengtian thought of this, he really wanted to go to Guocheng now, arrest all the generals who knew about the military rations, torture them one by one, interrogate them carefully, and arrest the spies!
But he also knew that now was definitely not the time to be impulsive.

Even if he wanted to find spies, he had to take care of the army first.Now that there is no military rations, there is absolutely no way for the hundreds of thousands of troops to stay any longer, and they must temporarily return to Qingzhou.

As for breaking the boat and sinking the boat, he put all his strength into attacking the gate of heaven, and launched a desperate attack...

Li Shengtian thought about it, but had to give up.

He knew very well that the army couldn't go all out without rations!

Hundreds of thousands of troops literally seem like a lot, but in fact, as long as the casualties reach a certain percentage, the entire army will collapse!

"Hit to the last person, the last drop of blood will be shed", this kind of slogan is enough, and whoever takes it seriously is really naive.

Li Shengtian knew that this kind of thing would basically only happen in novels, and it was almost impossible in real wars.

"Just let me remember!"

In desperation, Li Shengtian had no choice but to speak harshly first, and then led his troops to the camp.

At this time, Su Yuan had already returned to Tianmen Pass. On the way, he was indeed spotted by the sentries of the Northern Army, and he was even chased. However, with plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, and Zhao Yun in the soldier talisman, Su Yuan was not afraid at all.

After returning to Tianmen Pass smoothly, Su Yuan summoned Zhao Yun and Chu Changning.

After the three discussed it, they decided to follow Su Yuan's idea and prepare to take the initiative.

The supply of military rations is not enough, if the northern army chooses to work hard, then Su Yuan can just wait for work with ease.

And if Li Shengtian chooses to retreat against the Northern Army, then Su Yuan definitely does not intend to let them go.

"My lord, the enemy seems to have a large number of soldiers, but they are actually not terrible! As long as the northern army withdraws from the camp, the general is willing to lead [-] cavalry himself, and he will definitely be able to smash the enemy's formation!"

Zhao Yun volunteered and said.

He is very confident in himself, and he is also confident in Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

In his opinion, as long as the northern army is asked to evacuate the camp, the traps that have been set up will be useless.Then, as long as he only needs [-] cavalry, he is confident of defeating hundreds of thousands of enemy troops.

Under the enemy's infantry-based regiment, as long as the cavalry's mobile combat capability is fully utilized, it will definitely not suffer.

What's more, the enemy is still in a state of hunger, lack of combat power, and low desire to fight.Taking advantage of this advantage, as long as the vanguard has an advantage, it is very likely that the enemy's large army will surrender directly.

"Okay!" At this time, Su Yuan's opponents and generals naturally gave their full support.

This battle is very important to him, he must trust his generals to win.

Moreover, in terms of breaking the enemy's psychology, he is also planning to use the undead wizards.

"Zilong, I will let ten undead wizards go with you. When the two armies meet, let them use their skills to summon the dead. When the enemy soldiers see it, they must be terrified and their morale will collapse!"

That's what undead wizards are for, and it's definitely not enough to rely on them to kill the enemy.

"Yes!" Zhao Yun responded.

Chu Changning also wanted to fight, but the task Su Yuan gave him was to stay at Tianmen Pass.

Su Yuan knew how to sneak attack others, so naturally he had to guard against others sneak attack.He was worried that if the army was dispatched, the enemy might also send a small group of elite troops to Tianmen Pass to "steal chickens", so people must be kept in the pass.

Not only Chu Changning stayed, but he himself would also stay.

Although Su Yuan had enough confidence in this battle, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and it was quite dangerous for him to rashly lead troops to attack together with Zhao Yun.

If something goes wrong with him, everything before will be a castle in the air, and it will collapse forever.

For this reason, Su Yuan must ensure his own safety.

He had even thought one day before, what if he could build a good world, but what if he died?His lifespan is not infinite, and after his death, the soldiers of the heavens will also disappear together.

How long can this beautiful world last when the summoned soldiers are lost?
Su Yuan, who was thinking about this at that time, could understand the mentality of some ancient emperors seeking the elixir of life.

Of course he doesn't think he can live forever, but in order to live as long as possible, he still needs to practice diligently in the practice of health preservation.

For this reason, he also planned to wait until the Jueyuan Tonghui Kungfu was almost done, and then let Grand Master Zhenmiao teach him other health-preserving internal skills.

It's best to learn her "way of beauty".

Soon, there was movement in the North Army camp.

Su Yuan's predictions were correct, Li Shengtian's rationality still prevailed over his emotions, he did not choose the whole army to attack desperately, but set up camp, it looked like he was about to withdraw back to Qingzhou.

Su Yuan was not in a hurry to make a judgment, he first sent a large number of scouts to investigate, to make sure that Li Shengtian was not pretending and that he really wanted to withdraw, and then take action.

　Remarks:
　　1. This is Chapter 1, there are 3 more chapters today.

　　2. There are a lot of things during the two days on weekends, and the code words are often interrupted, so the update time is not as stable as usual on weekdays, please forgive me.

　　
　
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