A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 85 Death
After Xu Mao defeated Zheng Hou, after cleaning the battlefield, he sent people to Huai'an to receive the prisoners, and then led an army of [-] to continue northward.

Two days later, Xu Mao's army also rushed down to the vicinity of Pi, and then set up camp.

In the big camp, Xu Mao was reporting the victory to Wang Sheng, and the big camp was full of joy.Soon after the victory was reported, everyone focused their attention on the most important thing in front of them.

"Your Majesty, the place where the allied forces of the princes have stored food has not been found yet, and it has been seven days since the allied forces built the dam. Shall we destroy the dam first?"

"Yishui and Surabaya have a total of [-] troops. I only need [-] soldiers and horses to defeat them in one battle. Please issue an order." Wei Jun stepped forward to ask for the battle.

Wang Sheng shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet. If the dam is destroyed, the coalition forces can quickly build it. It's just a waste of time, but the city and the camp must be well protected."

"Here!" Wei Jun nodded and stepped back.
"Your Majesty has a strategy, maybe you can find a place for the coalition army to store food!" Xu Mao said after thinking for a while.

Hearing the words, Wang Sheng hurriedly asked: "Xu Qing is He Liangce, tell me quickly!"

"Your Majesty, this strategy needs one or two dead men to implement it before it has a chance of success!" Xu Mao said.

Wang Sheng didn't ask any more questions, but nodded and said, "I understand! I will order someone to send two dead soldiers."

At the camp of the coalition army, Marquis Qi was discussing with the princes to make a decision. At this time, a high official hurriedly left the tent. After saluting, he couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the scouts just intercepted and killed two people. A scout from the Huai Kingdom, I have snatched a volume of information, and please read it!" He said, offering a piece of broken brocade with both hands.

"Oh, what's the news?" Seeing Doctor Qing's eager expression, Qi Hou immediately realized that the matter was not simple, and hurriedly stepped forward to take the piece of brocade for inspection.

The brocade silk looked very dilapidated, and many places had been stained red with blood, and many places on it had been erased by ink, but there were still some words that could be seen clearly.

"Where the princes store food. I hope the emperor will send the army." Seeing the words left on it, Qihou's expression changed instantly.

"Have the Huai people discovered the land for grain storage?" Qihou asked suddenly.

"My lord, I don't know!" said the senior official shaking his head.

"The scout team accidentally saw two Huai country scouts rushing on their way today, and then led a group of soldiers to surround and kill them while they were still alive, and robbed them!"

"Has anyone left alive? How did the bamboo slips burn like this?" Qi Hou asked.

"Both scouts are dead!"

"Bang!" Qi Hou slapped the table hard, and said with a bad face, "Why don't you keep alive?"

"Your Majesty, I found out in a hurry. In order to prevent them from escaping, I called a group of soldiers nearby to arrest them. Unexpectedly, the two scouts were extremely powerful. Four of the ten soldiers in the team were beheaded and three were injured. , and then killed the two scouts."

"Even the two of them destroyed the brocade and smeared it with ink. Fortunately, the soldiers snatched the brocade in time, but it's a pity that some places were still unclear!"

"Your Majesty, these two scouts are so elite, presumably the Huai Country must have discovered our food storage and sent someone back to report the news!" Another Shangqing, Cui Lin, said.

"Your Majesty, this kind of important information will definitely not be sent only once to report the scouts. Although two people have been stopped, it is very likely that some scouts have already passed the news back!"

"Your Majesty, this brocade is so broken, and two scouts even daubed it, I think it's suspicious, could it be a trick of the soldiers?"

Qi Hou's face was ugly, he didn't dare to bet.The food and grass of the army are important, and it is related to the life and death of the 25 army.

After a quick balance in his mind, Qihou said: "Order someone to lead 1 horses to guard the transfer of grain and grass. In the future, at least 5000 people will be needed to transport grain and grass. We can't let the grain and grass transport have problems. At the same time, expand the scope of patrols. Once you encounter Huaiguo scouts , shoot to kill!"

"Here!" The general responded immediately, then turned around and left the big tent, and summoned the army to prepare for the expedition.

The mobilization of soldiers and horses in the princes' camp quickly attracted the attention of the scouts of the Huai Kingdom. How could it be possible to hide their whereabouts when an army of 1 people traveled.The scouts of the Huai country have been staring at the camp of the coalition forces of the princes.

Xu Mao's strategy was almost perfect, no matter whether Qihou believed it or not, because he didn't dare to bet.Once the Huai country really knew where the grain and grass were hoarded, the grain and grass would be in danger. For safety, they could only send a large army to guard or transfer the grain and grass.In his opinion, regardless of whether the Huai country knew where the food and grass were, it was right to send troops to protect the food and grass.

And as long as he sent troops to protect the food and grass, it would just fall into Xu Mao's calculations.

Soon the [-] troops left the camp and slowly headed north, and immediately a group of scouts followed from afar.These scouts are all elite veterans with fierce fighting power, and they are not afraid of being strangled by the scouts of the army.The rest of the scouts continued to monitor the Qi coalition camp.

The [-] troops continued to go north, and finally stopped near a water port. This is a bend in a river, and there is a lake next to it. This place is called Yingze. It is connected to Yingshui to the west. The transportation is very convenient. The grain and grass of the coalition forces were transported here through the river.

The coalition forces built camps here to store food and grass.The Huai country scout followed the army and finally found the place where the food and grass were stored, and immediately sent someone back to report.

Xu Mao managed to lure the allied forces of the princes to guard the grain and grass with deadly means, and Wang Sheng was overjoyed.After so many days, Wang Sheng was also under great pressure. After learning about the location of the coalition army's food and grass, he immediately ordered people to prepare the army.

"Your Majesty, the Bangzhou coalition army is guarding food and grass with [-] troops. It is not easy to break through, and the distance from the coalition camp is less than [-] miles. If there is a big battle, the Bangzhou coalition army will definitely be attracted. If they are surrounded by the coalition army, this battle will come to naught!" Xu Xu Mao was a little worried.

If the allied forces of the feudal lords marched in a hurry, they would be able to arrive at a distance of fifty li in two hours. However, there were [-] troops guarding Yingze's camp. It would not be an easy task to break through the camp in two hours and then burn the food and grass. .

What's more, Xiapi was facing off against the camp of the coalition forces. If they dispatched a large army to attack Yingze, it would be easy to be discovered by the coalition forces of the princes.

If you want to be undetected, you can only use the cover of night to mobilize an army of about [-] people to attack, but the success rate is too low in this way.

Wang Sheng closed his eyes tightly, and after thinking for a moment, he opened them suddenly, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

"Xu Qing, you lead the army to attack Surabaya and Yishui!"

"Here!" Xu Mao clapped his hands in response.

"This battle needs to cooperate with the army, attack Sishui and Yishui, and attract the allied forces of the princes to defend!" Wang Sheng said with a serious face.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Xu Mao said confidently.

"Okay! The others stick to Xiapi and lead the army to Yingze alone!" Wang Sheng said directly.

"Your Majesty, don't!" As soon as the words fell, Gongyang Shuo, Wei Jun and others wanted to dissuade them.

"Don't say too much, I've decided my loneliness!" Wang Sheng didn't give them a chance to persuade them.

(End of this chapter)