Chapter 882: Empty City Strategy

Summer rain is like a baby's cry, you can't predict when it will be louder and when it will be softer.

It was still raining lightly when the royal soldiers rushed to Miancheng.

But when the soldiers entered the city, the rain started getting heavier again.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the rain seemed to be likely to continue all night, Zhao Xu decided to stay in the camp.

Instead, Chang Wei was asked to enter the city, lead the soldiers to take over Cotton City, and at the same time extinguish the flames in the granary.

After all, the chariot cannot enter the city for a while, so if we leave it here without asking, we are afraid of an accident.

The battlefield is ever-changing and cannot be taken lightly.

As for the coalition forces fleeing south, Zhao Xu was not prepared to pursue them.

the reason is simple.

In ancient times, there were no asphalt roads extending in all directions, and even official roads were dirt roads.

Once it rains, the mud can reach your ankles.

In such muddy ground, soldiers' movement was restricted and pursuit would be too laborious.

Furthermore, although Qin-style rifles and oil-paper-wrapped ammunition are rain-proof.

But it does not mean that it can be protected from rain for an unlimited period of time.

Even contemporary metal bullets may malfunction if exposed to moisture for a long time.

What's more, the outer layer of the paper shell bullet is tied with oil paper, so it will be waterproof in a short period of time.

But soaking in rainwater for a long time will inevitably cause problems.

When the time comes to catch up with the enemy, but the musket is useless, it will be life-threatening.

Another night.

The next morning, the weather still didn't clear up, but the light rain turned into drizzle.

At this time, Zhao Xu, Ma Han and other generals headed for Miancheng.

The soldiers followed closely behind, dragging tanks and artillery pieces.

After entering the city, Chang Wei immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Your Highness, fortunately, they retreated too quickly, and the granary burned for too short a time. Although 10% of the food and grass were lost, 90% of the food and grass were saved by us." Chang Wei said, "The general has done a rough inventory. , the food and grass in Miancheng is enough to feed the 600,000 troops for two months, which is enough for us to eat for the first half of the year. "

When Zhao Xu heard this, he looked at each other and smiled with Ma Han and other generals.

Dou Wei, Ashur and the others played a strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field with themselves.

Now because of the Battle of Cotton City, this strategy seems to have completely failed.

With this six-month supply of food and grass, they no longer have to worry about food and grass problems.

So, he smiled and said, "Dou Wei and the others are probably so angry that they will vomit blood."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

After joking for a while, Chang Wei led Zhao Xu to the Miancheng government office.

This was set up as a temporary combat command room.

After taking Miancheng, they will focus on the next target, which is Yiyang, the capital of Yizhou.

"Your Highness, although we captured Miancheng this time and got a large amount of food and grass, General Mo is worried that if we continue to advance, the Temuta tribe will take the opportunity to go south and cut off the road between us and Miancheng, making it impossible for us to pass through Miancheng. The city will receive supplies." Chang Wei laid out the Yizhou battle map on the table and raised his concerns.

Ma Han nodded and said: "It's very possible. This tail is really annoying. Why not think of a way to get rid of it."

"The Temuta tribe is only responsible for cutting off our food routes and not engaging in direct combat with us. This is difficult." Qin Shan said.

Lu Changze chuckled twice and said: "Whatever he does, I don't think we should care about the food and grass in Miancheng at all. We can directly attack Yiyang. After passing Yiyang, we can defeat the enemy with food."

Guan Tong shook his head, "You think too well of them. In order to stop us, I'm afraid they will dare to do any evil thing. When the time comes, they will kill all the people in Yizhou and burn them all, and we will only have one piece of them." Scorched earth.”

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at each other, their eyes darkening.

Guan Tong is usually very carefree, but this time his guess is not impossible.

After all, in this situation, the powerful people have gone crazy, and the Beidi and Rus people are not my kind.

What they want most is to leave a mess for themselves.

"In this case, we can't rush to Yiyang." Zhao Xu's eyes narrowed.

After searching the map, he looked at Mao Jun.

Maojun in Yizhou is the gateway from Yizhou to Tubo.

There is a pass here called Songyang Pass.

As long as he takes Songyang Pass, he will be equivalent to locking up the Beidi and Ruos people in Yizhou.

Therefore, Songyang Pass is simply the lifeblood for them.

The location of Songyangguan is not far from Miancheng.

Just northwest of Yiyang, southwest of Miancheng, about 350 miles from Dayue.

"If we attack Yiyang, they may really massacre the people like Guan Tong said, but if we attack Songyang Pass, they will have only two choices."

"Either send troops to Songyang Pass and fight us head-on, or they flee in despair from Songyang Pass and hand over Yizhou. No matter which option they choose, they will have no time to do evil." Zhao Xu added.

"Your Highness is absolutely right. That is why they will fight to the death with us in Mian City, because this is the gateway to Yiyang and the gateway to Songyang Pass." Chang Wei said.

In his opinion, Ashur and others' initial thought must have been to spend time with them in Cotton City until they had almost consumed all their food and grass.

At that time, even if Miancheng was attacked, they could burn the food and grass calmly.

As they lacked food and grass, their only option was to go south to Yiyang to obtain supplies. It was impossible to go west to the desolate Songyang Pass.

But this battle in the rain completely destroyed their plan.

They won too quickly and took the granary, so they had sufficient supplies of grain and grass.

Even if we don't rely on the food and grass in Miancheng, a simple replenishment will be enough to take Songyang Pass in more than a month.

"But as Ma Han said, the little tail of Temuta is very hateful. If we attack Songyang Pass, they will immediately cut off our food supply to Miancheng. Although I still have confidence in you, there can be no mistakes on the battlefield. Before attacking Songyang Pass, it is indeed necessary to get rid of Temuta's tribe." Zhao Xu snorted softly.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Right now, this king has a way to trick Temuta."

Chang Wei, Ma Han and others were delighted and quietly waited for the next words of King Yan.

"Don't forget how we dealt with the first Beidi autumn hunt." Zhao Xu said slowly at this time.

"Your Highness means the underground?" Chang Wei immediately understood.

Nodding, Zhao Xu said, "In the next few days, Temujin's troops will definitely follow us. We can take the opportunity to dig tunnels in the houses in the city and hide soldiers in them. When the time comes, we will leave 60,000 troops and the remaining 110,000 will leave the city and head towards Songyang Pass. When we leave, we will open the city gates and make them think that Miancheng is an empty city."

"Great, great." Ma Han couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "The cavalry in the city is basically no threat to the infantry. 60,000 people are more than enough to deal with Temujin's people."

After a pause, he said, "Your Highness, my Qin army is willing to take on this responsibility."