Great Sui Dynasty

"Notify the army to camp in the Luokou warehouse tonight, and let the generals come to the account to discuss matters!" After traveling all day, the troops are basically infantry, and it is already considered very fast to have this kind of marching speed.

Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Xutuo took back the Luokou Cang on the first day of dispatching troops, leaving only a small number of troops waiting for the army, and directly broke into the hinterland of Luoyang.

By the time the army had set up camp, it was already completely dark after Li Jing and the others rushed over ten miles ahead.

"I called everyone here because I want to explain it again. Don't think I am too wordy, but the strength of Luoyang is much stronger than what we know, so I remind you again not to take it lightly. If Wang Shichong is not prepared, I will say I don’t believe in anything!” Yang Hao said with a straight face, he wanted everyone to pay attention to this war from the bottom of their hearts, otherwise they would suffer.

"Entering the territory of Luokou Cang is regarded as entering Luoyang's sphere of influence, so everything needs to be cautious, and you must not rush in!" If Yang Hao were Wang Shichong, he would definitely not let a large army rampage on his own territory.

"Yes, subordinates, please remember!" Seeing Yang Hao's seriousness, everyone put away their contempt.

The night was calm, and the next morning, a large number of scouts were sent out, and the marching speed of the army slowed down.The army is following the official path, such a large army can't hide it even if it wants to hide, it's better to attack it directly.

"Aren't there any defenders?" Yang Hao thought suspiciously when he heard the news from the scouts and Li Jing, and there was no news from Feihong.If there are no defenders in ordinary county towns, it’s fine, but now they don’t defend the city during special times, then it can only explain two problems. The first is that Wang Shichong has shrunk all his troops to Luoyang; the second is that Wang Shichong is carrying out a conspiracy.

If Yang Hao is to defend, then he will disperse his troops and send troops to garrison every city and every place. In this way, it is impossible for the attacking party to attack one city and one pool. If they do not attack and directly attack the hinterland, then Once the peripheral forces are assembled, they can cooperate from inside to outside.Of course, if the enemy army attacks one city and one pool, then there is no need to defend to the death. Destroying the enemy's vital forces is the kingly way.It stands to reason that it is impossible for Wang Shichong not to know this truth. Could it be that he did not personally lead the troops as in history, resulting in lack of experience?

"No, is Wang Shichong's simple words worthy of my attention? Eliminate the vital force. By the way, hum, Wang Shichong has a good plan." Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Yang Hao's mind, and he instantly understood Wang Shichong's plan.

"Go and tell General Li, let him ignore this, just march, and find General Luo and the others by the way!" Knowing Wang Shichong's plan, it's easy to handle, isn't it easy to see the trick?Unless Wang Shichong comes here in person.

"You guys are like this..." After Luo Shixin and the others arrived, Yang Hao made some arrangements.

"Yes, I promise to complete the task!" Hearing Yang Hao's arrangement, everyone smiled heartily.

In an inconspicuous forest in Xingyang County, some soldiers in full armor were lying scattered here and there, and some clustered together and whispered.

Suddenly a horse rushed in.

"What's the matter? Have you found out?" A general-looking person asked eagerly.

"Back to the general, everything has been investigated. The enemy army simply ignored those defenseless cities and went straight to the Eastern Capital."

"What? They didn't occupy it?" The general felt very strange. Generally speaking, sieging cities and plundering the opponent's power step by step is the mainstream of war in this era. Xiang Yang directly rushed to the main goal of Luoyang. It is very rare to go to the outer city, unless he is sure of winning the battle, otherwise he will repeat the mistakes of Yang Xuangan and be besieged by the inside and outside.But these are not what he considers. What he has to consider is that some of Yang Hao's soldiers occupy these cities, then the weakening effect will not be achieved, and they have come out to drink the northwest wind for two days. The combined forces of these small outlying cities couldn't sneak attack Yang Hao's Qingzhou army from behind, so he suffered from a terrible headache.

"Yes, I didn't even enter the city, only some people went into the city to investigate and left. But my subordinates got an important news!" The man said to the general mysteriously.

"What's the news?"

"According to a hunter nearby, he saw an army of more than [-] people escorting thousands of chariots and horses from a small road towards Dongdu. Although they walked in secret, after the investigation of several subordinates, It was found that those cars were full of food and grass, judging by this posture, it is estimated that the Qingzhou army spent nearly a month, if..." He didn't say clearly, but the general could hear the meaning of these words.

"Go and inform the other troops, tell them the news, let them pull all the troops over, and let's concentrate on eating the fat that is brought to our mouths!" The general pondered for a while and then suddenly made a bold move. decision.With so much grain and grass being escorted by only 1 people, it can be seen that this grain guard army must not be underestimated.But even so, if there were tens of thousands of horses and an ambush in advance, then it might not be impossible to eat it, so the general felt that he should take this risk. If it succeeded, maybe the siege of Luoyang could be solved.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that as long as he had this idea, he would fall into the trap Yang Hao prepared for him.Yang Hao confessed to Luo Shixin that they sent a team to pretend to be a food delivery force. Of course, in order to pretend to be more realistic, one-third of the car was filled with real food. If the enemy failed to seize it, they would attack Yang with fire. You will lose a lot, but Yang Hao is still willing to pay for being able to eliminate these people.

Yang Hao sent Yang Fan to lead the Black Dragon Army and [-] infantry as bait, and took away some simple grenades and a large number of bows and arrows. Once they collided, it would take Yang Hao an hour or more to complete the encirclement of those people. Come to the rescue. After all, the army is too close to be spotted by the enemy's scouts, so their mission this time is very dangerous, and they can't run away. They have to "swear to the death" to defend the food and grass.

There are no high mountains in Xingyang County, but ordinary hills are not lacking. The [-] decoy army led by Yang Fan is walking on a hilly path. This situation is very dangerous for them. Once the enemy has They couldn't hold an ambush for an hour no matter what, and these "grain trucks" couldn't be pulled up the hill, so Yang Fan hoped to get out of here quickly, at least to hit a relatively open area.

"Report to the general, there is an open space ahead for camping, and there is a small spring, the fish in it are not dead!" A scout came back to report.

"Order the army to speed up! Get there quickly!" Yang Fan ordered decisively. It has been a long time since he entered the hill, and it is almost time for the enemy to attack, otherwise he will go out of this trail.This is the place Yang Hao chose specially, and after the news spread, the enemy army moved and was immediately monitored, so he knew that the enemy army was watching them not far away.

"Hey, why didn't they leave? Could it be that they found us?" A general muttered puzzledly as he watched Yang Fan's grain transport army stop advancing immediately after reaching the open space.

"Impossible. If they were to find out, they would have discovered it a long time ago. They should be tired from walking, and they should rest here to replenish water." Another person said.

"If I had known earlier, I would have put some medicine in that spring, it would have saved a lot of trouble." One person said with emotion.

"Nonsense, if you put gunpowder in it, the enemy won't find it? How can they drink it? Isn't this a reminder to them that there is an ambush? Otherwise, why don't we deal with them on the way ahead and insist on giving them water? Isn't it just to let them drink water?" Let them relax their vigilance, and when they are back on the road after resting, we will suddenly attack them and give them a surprise attack! That will get twice the result with half the effort." Said the general who was the first to notice Yang Fan's army moving towards him. It is absolutely not suitable for raids, it is much easier to wait until a person is completely relaxed.It's just that he didn't expect Yang Fan to know that they were ahead. He quietly ordered the troops to enter a state of alert, fully recover their physical strength, and built a defense with "grain trucks". It is also necessary to minimize the loss of personnel.

"No! Why did they rest for so long? Not good! They know that we have an ambush here! Hurry up and attack!" The general suddenly found that all the resting soldiers were holding their weapons tightly in their hands, so he knew they had been discovered, but I don't know why there is no movement, has someone been sent for help?

"attack!!"

"Finally it's coming!" Yang Fan looked at the figures who were already shaken by the shouts of killing all over the mountain, and his heart was relieved.

"Prepare to defend against the enemy! The Black Dragon Army mounted their horses to prevent the enemy from rushing in, and the rest of the soldiers took bows and arrows!" Yang Fan calmly directed the deployment of troops.