Chapter 165 [Stove Reduction Plan]
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There is no wind on the grassland? There seems to be a huge hot steamer in the world, covering everyone. Even the most elite Yiqu cavalry could not bear it. They had to remove their leather armor and tighten the reins of the horse. The war horses were shaking and could not run out of the straight line at all. If they ran down, they would die suddenly. The unlucky guy who was thrown off the horse would be trampled into meat paste by his own people.
Looking at the scattered drums and weapons on the grass, Mu Xijing frowned slightly. This was a strange thing I had never seen before. It had been chased forty miles. Even the best Yiqu horses began to foam at the mouth, but they still couldn't catch up with the Qin army. Are these guys all rabbits?
"Brother Wang, this matter is too strange. Most of the Qin army is infantry. How could it go so fast? Could it be that there is a fraud in it?"
"Xijing, you are too suspicious. The other party is escaping, just like a wounded rabbit, and it will even run faster than a hungry wolf. Moreover, our army was dragged down by the two thousand Yongdu elite cavalry, and the mental strength was greatly exhausted. Most of the war horses were tired, so it was normal that it could not catch up today. I was told that the army would camp here, and wait until the mental strength was restored tomorrow, and then catch up with the Qin army, and capture the mushroom and Ying Quliang alive!"
Xijing was still too cautious, so Chinese people should read books, but they should not read too much, otherwise they would become elm-heads; Mu Zhongtu glanced at his brother and shook his head slightly.
The people of Yiqu were resting well this night, and even the alert rovers were half less than before. The Qin army was defeated, and Pang Juan was still far away. If you weren't worried about the fact that there was a situation, you wouldn't even need these alert rovers.
When he woke up early in the morning, Mu Zhongtu happily ate two roasted lamb legs. He walked to the carriage that bound Mu Zhuobei and Mo Shi, grabbed her hair hard, kissed her hard on her face, and then jumped onto the horse with a smile, directing his army to pursue her with all their might. Sure enough, less than ten miles away, he saw the abandoned tent of the Qin army.
"stop!"
Mu Zhongtu glanced at his younger brother Mu Xijing, jumped off his horse and said, "Xijing, come with Brother Wang..." He led a team of soldiers to enter the abandoned Qin army camp.
"Damn it, it's just ten miles away! I had known that I should have continued to pursue yesterday. Junbian Laogou and Gongzi Quliang were our prisoners!" Wu Laogu slapped his thigh hard and shouted: "King. That's an abandoned camp. What are you doing there?" He is the number one general under Mu Zhongtu. In terms of blood ties and generations, he is Mu Zhongtu's uncle, so he doesn't have to worry too much about speaking.
"The abandoned camp may not have the clues we need..."
Mu Zhongtu smiled slightly: "Send someone to count the Qin army's stoves and see how many are there. Report it quickly! Xijing, aren't you always worried? Brother Wang tells you that although you must be cautious, you must have some basis. Brother Wang defeated the strong and seized the grassland that Bu had ruled for hundreds of years by using his weakness to defeat the strong. Did he rely solely on reckless behavior? Did you see that the stoves in the camp are arranged in a mess and there is no rules at all, which means that the Qin army is in chaos. Also, the stove eyes are still warm, which means that our army should be able to catch up quickly after they left."
"It turns out that there are many secrets in the eyes of this small stove. Xijing has received teachings."
Mu Xijing nodded slightly. Brother Wang was still very careful: "Brother Wang. Are you sending someone to count the number of stoves to calculate the number of Qin troops?"
"I am worthy of being my younger brother, smart." Mu Zhongtu nodded with satisfaction: "Xijing, you have to remember Brother Wang's words. It is impossible to have no food for soldiers, but the way of using food is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower..."
Mu Xijing was curious: "Brother Wang, what is the third grade of grain?"
"The best ones are in a high and cool autumn, and the armor is well-equipped, and can be hit a hundred miles a day. The soldiers can eat dry food and drink stream water; the middle ones, the two armies fight each other, and the advantage is that they are not hot or cold. As long as they eat dry and hot food half of each other, they can maintain the strength of the soldiers; the inferior ones are just like our army and the Qin army being pursued. It is the hot summer and the troops are exhausted, so they need to pile up stoves and bury cauldrons to ensure that the soldiers can eat hot food. The Qin army is mostly infantry, and they run down desperately in one day. To recover their physical strength, they must eat hot food, so how many people they have will be buried. The Qin army has about 30,000 people, and there should be three hundred. We can judge how many available soldiers they have by checking the number of stoves!"
"Report to the King, there are actually two hundred and thirty-seven Qin army's stove eyes!"
Before Mu Zhongtu finished speaking, the soldiers responsible for counting the stove had already reported accurate numbers.
"Haha, it turns out that the army is defeated like a mountain. Did you see Xijing? The enemy's defeat was already suffering heavy casualties. I'm afraid there are still many soldiers who have left the team to escape. Even if they don't die on the grass, they will be eaten by the wolves. Now their troops are less than 30,000, but about 23,000!"
Mu Zhongtu smiled proudly: "Get on the horse and continue to pursue the Qin army!"
Brother Wang is Brother Wang... I am still too young and I have no reason to suspicion, but I forgot that Brother Wang is the hero of Yiqu. Mu Xijing was convinced and jumped on the horse obediently, and no longer worried about the Qin army's conspiracy. Even if there is one, he will definitely be seen through by Brother Wang!
If Bai Dong was here, he would definitely laugh and make a big plan come true.
No wonder Mu Zhongtu came into the trap. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, military soldiers have mostly used right encounters. Even Sun Wu's military strategy is mostly based on the right path, and the use of strange things is very rare. So when Sun Bin came out, he used the "stove reduction method" to kill Pang Juan alive, let alone Mu Zhongtu, who was born in a wild way and had no famous masters to teach it? This was a poisonous plan that changed the pattern of the early Warring States Period, made the Wei State weaker and lost its dominant position. How could Mu Zhongtu escape?
Mu Zhongtu was actually very cautious. Even when pursuing, he was still guarding against the Qin army's ambush. As a result, his previous prediction was correct. The Qin army was really running for life and had no time to arrange any ambush. All clues told him that he would win this battle. The only thing that made people wonder was that he could not catch up with the Qin army...
After resting at noon, he pursued again, and found the abandoned Qin army camp. This time he was only five miles away. Wu Laogu, who was cursing along the way, was almost crazy, and he was just a little bit away. Is Guangming testing the Yiqu people? But Mu Zhongtu was more calm and continued to order the count of Qin army's stoves. This time it dropped to 211, and the Qin people had more than 2,000 deserters.
Chase! Before the sunset today, I will definitely win the vine and Ying Quliang! Mu Zhongtu looked back at Mu Zhuobei, like a little boy who needs to prove himself and then be praised by his parents.
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The Qin army seemed to have collectively transformed into a group of magical boys who were good at creating miracles. Mu Zhongtu was slapped in the face again, and he still did not catch up until the sun set. Everyone knew that the Qin army's camp might be the front few miles away, but the Yiqiu people no longer had the strength, and even the war horses that they liked to sleep the most were lying on the ground. At this moment, when attacking the camp, the Qin army would only have a beautiful counterattack. By the same token, if the Qin army came to attack the camp, the war would end there.
That night, while the soldiers of the two armies were eating hot food, watching the firelights appearing in the distance, and greeting the enemy's mother. The atmosphere was extremely strange.
When I woke up from my sleep in the morning and had a quick fight, the Yiqu people rushed to the front of the Old Qin camp with breath and found that these guys had taken a step earlier and were left behind by the enemy again. Many Yiqu generals were going crazy, but Mu Zhongtu was still calmly counting the stove, one hundred and fifty! It was just one night, and the Qin army had another 6,000 deserters! Chase!
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People in Yiqu began to suspect that the old Qin people were blessed by Guangming? Why are they just a little bit short of each time? The beans carried for war horses are almost eaten up. Horses are different from people. Although they are fast and have strong recovery, they need more nutrients. There are fat and tender grass on the grassland. On weekdays, war horses only eat these grasses, but in such hot weather, they have to overdraw their physical strength to pursue the enemy every day. Without eating beans, they will cause a slowdown and the war horses will die suddenly!
It was another two days of pursuit, and war horses suddenly fell to death while running, and the marching speed was greatly reduced; however, the situation of the Qin army should be even worse. Their stoves had been reduced to twenty, with only two thousand people remaining at most.
The Qin people must have more exquisite food and some way to stimulate the potential of soldiers, but even so, many people should have run away to death. Mu Zhongtu has found a new tomb near the Qin army camp. The tombs are pitiful. At first glance, it is obvious that the person burying the corpse has no strength to dig too deep.
People in Yiqu advocate cremation and believe that corpses will bring disaster, so they will not dig graves to verify, and there is no need to verify. Many war horses have died, let alone people?
“How many more horses can the remaining beans support you for a day?”
Looking at the Qin army's camp that had shrunk ten times and the scattered twenty stoves, Mu Zhongtu sneered slightly.
"By the king, the remaining beans from our army can be supported by five thousand horses for one day."
"Okay! Pass the order, select the most brave five thousand warriors and five thousand strong horses to follow me to continue chasing the Qin army. The rest will be led by the brother of the king and return to Yuzhi City; the rear is empty, and I am worried that the old guy will have any abnormal movement!"
"Brother Wang, it may be inappropriate to bring only five thousand cavalry..."
"What's wrong? The Qin army is less than two thousand, so are you still afraid that I can't win?"
Mu Zhongtu glanced at his brother coldly: "This is the king's order! Xijing, although Bu Fengyi was defeated by the king and fled to the north, there were still thousands of dead soldiers following him. Brother Wang was uneasy. Don't worry about the Qin army. My army will win all over the place. Look forward to Yu Zhi for me, even if you have a great contribution!"
Mu Xijing had no choice but to take the order: "No... the Qin people are treacherous, Brother Wang should be more careful."
"Sneaking? No matter how sly the young swallow is, it cannot escape the claws of the eagle. My good brother, you can prepare the lamb wine in Yuzhi and wait for the prince to return triumphantly!"
Mu Zhongtu laughed to the sky.
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