Chapter 71 The real war
Li Yu finally met Ming. After asking many Wei people, he finally met Ming on the road to Zhao State. The soldiers of Zhao State pretended to be visitors and were protecting each other. The two met very happily. After talking for a long time, they continued to rush. Li Yu said with some resentment: "I originally thought Xinling Jun was a moral gentleman, but I didn't expect that he was not even as good as Pingyuan Jun."
Then, he told Ming the farce that Wei Wuji had made because he didn't want to borrow food. Ming smiled and said, "There are so many people in the world. It is impossible for everyone to be gentlemen. If there is a gentleman, there will be villains. Fortunately, I still bought grain. I didn't have hope at all. I didn't expect that I actually bought 200,000 stone of millet and 50,000 stone of wheat."
Li Yu was stunned and asked, "How much did you say?"
"Twenty-hundred thousand stones of millet and fifty thousand stones of wheat, this is sold to me by one person. People from Wei are so rich."
"What is the name of the person who sells you food?"
"I don't know, and he refused to say that he must be a manager and secretly sold the food of the head of the family. Although I hate such people, Zhao State needs food and must take it."
"Is he a dark-faced and honest young man?"
"Oh? Do you know him?" Ming was also a little surprised now.
"Oh! It's broken!" Li Yu frowned, hurriedly pulled the horse, turned around and was about to leave. Ming hurriedly asked, "Where are you going??"
"Please keep moving forward, I want to apologize!!" Li Yu shouted and drove away.
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Zhao State, the city of dynasty.
Because of Zhao Kuo's previous instructions, the people of the Zhencheng had already fled here. They took away all the things they could take away, especially after receiving the order that Zhao Kuo would not leave anything to the Yan people, they wished that even the well was carried away. The Zhencheng, which was located at a critical location, has now become an empty city. Zhao Kuo led many knights, and when he passed by here, he also saw the dead city.
Li Fu did not attack here. It seemed that the chaos caused by his attack on the Yan army was not over yet. In other words, he was preparing to meet with Qing Qin and march into the city of Zhen. Zhao Kuo did not do anything here. He wanted to return to Bai Ren quickly. The knights followed Zhao Kuo and quickly left the city of Zhen, and galloped towards Bai Ren. The road was not close, and their horses were extremely tired and very slow.
The situation here is particularly bad. The flames were finally put out, but 80% of the food and grass prepared by Yan State for the army were burned down. These food and grass were only enough for the Lili State Army to spend ten days. Food and grass were not the biggest problem. The biggest problem was the morale of the army. After an explosion of a battalion, the Yan army suffered heavy losses. Most of them were killed by each other in the night, and countless deserters were countless.
The generals need to reorganize the army.
The rear army almost collapsed, and the Zhao people brought them great fear. They were like frightened rabbits, worried all day long. Even on the night of the second day, they listened to the sound of their cavalry's hooves and thought that it was the Zhao people's attack, which almost triggered a battalion bombing again. The rear army lost its combat effectiveness. The front army and the central army were still intact, but there was no food, so they could not hold on for too long.
Li Fu could only order Qing Qin to stop attacking Yuanshi City and meet with him quickly. He still had some food there so that the army would not lose food. At the same time, he sent someone to send letters to Yan State, hoping to get food and grass assistance. But Li Fu did not expect that his nightmare was the beginning. The news of Yan State being defeated by Zhao State was spread. The deserters were the best proof. They said that Zhao Kuo was terrified and trembled with fear.
The people from all over Zhao State went crazy again.
Ma Fuzi did not disappoint them, and they could not disappoint Ma Fuzi. The resistance in various places became more and more serious. In Yuanshi City, some people actually ignited Qing Qin's food and grass. At that time, Qing Qin's soldiers recruited local people to push carts for them. Fortunately, there was no fire, and even if it was put out, three days later, Qing Qin came late. He frowned and paid a visit to Li Fu with an unhappy look on his face.
As soon as he saw Li Fu, he was scolded.
It is said that the two had a fight, and the soldiers of Yan State found that they could use less and less food every day, which made them even more dissatisfied. They also knew that their food and grass were burned by the people of Zhao, so this complaint turned into dissatisfaction with Li Fu. If he hadn't been incompetent, how could this situation have been caused? The soldiers' war-weariness was also aggravated, and Li Fu was at a loss. He could only order the army to set out and capture the city earlier.
Just when Li Fu arrived at the city of Zhen, he discovered that this was a dead city. There were no living animals in the dead city. The Zhao people left nothing, even the wells were blocked by them, and the houses were demolished. Li Fu gritted his teeth and said nothing, and his time became increasingly tense. Even with the food brought by Qing Qin, it was not enough. He did not stop in the city of Zhen, and the army rushed directly towards Bai Ren.
At this time, Zhao Kuo and a group of knights finally arrived at Bai Ren.
Compared to the city, Bai Ren cannot even be regarded as a city. He is just a small town. The city wall is particularly short and can climb up without even a ladder. However, it seems that someone is strengthening the city. You can vaguely see someone piled up stones on the city wall. Zhao Kuo just arrived at the gate of the city, and there was chaos in Bai Ren. They thought that the person who came was a Yan man. Ge, who was busy on the city wall, took a look and shouted: "The person who came was Ma Fuzi!"
As a result, the city became even more chaotic.
However, this time it was because of excitement. Surrounded by everyone, Ge and a group of people opened the city gate and walked out in the direction of Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo got off his horse and the knights dismounted one after another. A local official led everyone to pay homage to Zhao Kuo. This person was still an acquaintance. When Zhao Kuo borrowed food from Pingyuan Jun, a Dong Chengzi once sent food to him, and the one who led everyone out of the city was Dong Chengzi.
His white and fat face was stained with dust. When he saw Zhao Kuo in front of him, he was particularly excited. He took Zhao Kuo's hand and almost started crying. Zhao Kuo comforted him a few words before looking at Ge. Ge frowned. Looking at Zhao Kuo in front of him, he was a little speechless. Zhao Kuo was a little tired. He asked, "Have the army arrived at Bai Ren?"
"We arrived the day before yesterday. Dong Chengzi was strengthening the city defense here, so I stayed to help. The people of the city said that they had received your order and came here... Where are you?" Ge looked at Zhao Kuo, paused, and asked, "Are you bad?"
Zhao Kuo smiled at him.
"I am fine."
In the small city of Bairen, a lot of people from Zhao State gathered, and all the fleeing people seemed to have gathered here, just because they heard that Ma Fuzi was here. Finally, Ma Fuzi came. He led a horse, wearing military uniforms, and led some knights, and walked in from the city gate. The people gathered around and poked their heads to see that Ma Fuzi was a little embarrassed at the moment, with cloth tied all over his body, and his military uniform was broken and blood-stained.
However, this did not affect the people's fanatical respect for him, and these bloods were shed for them.
Facing thousands of people, Zhao Kuo just smiled and nodded to them. The people cheered, and the voice seemed to overturn the entire Bai Ren. Everyone was very happy, except Zhao Kuo and his knights, who were very tired and very tired. Dong Chengzi was originally the guardian of the city of the city. After hearing Ma Fuzi's order, he led people to Bai Ren and took over the defense here.
He wanted to host a banquet to entertain Zhao Kuo, but Zhao Kuo refused his kindness.
It is not time to celebrate the achievements now. The previous attacks only caused the Yan people to lose the ability to have a long-term war, and the real war is about to begin now.
Chapter completed!