Chapter 883: The Willing Ones Take the Bait

"Well, that's great. Read" Zhao Xu looked at Chang Wei, and Chang Wei nodded.

Since they were going to act, they naturally had to act more realistically.

The royal army was really going to Songyang Pass.

If they dealt with the tail of Temuta, they would directly attack Songyang Pass.

This matter was decided.

Ma Han went back and led the Qin army soldiers to dig tunnels for hiding soldiers in hidden places in the courtyards of the civilian houses in Miancheng.

Chang Wei dispatched another 10,000 people to him and asked him to gather 60,000 people.

These 60,000 soldiers were distributed throughout Miancheng according to the order.

Especially in the houses on both sides of the important roads, the most soldiers were hidden.

After five consecutive days of digging, the tunnels for hiding soldiers were basically completed.

These tunnels are different from underground tunnels. Because they are only used to hide soldiers, they are not as interconnected as the tunnels in the village.

It is enough to just hide some people, so the amount of work is not large.

When they were digging the tunnels, the scouts in charge of reconnaissance really found that Temuta's troops followed them and were far behind them.

Once they leave Miancheng, the Temu Ta tribe will certainly be stationed between Miancheng and them, cutting off the food supply.

"Humph, this time you will be able to follow them enough." Zhao Xu sneered several times when he heard the news.

The next day, he and Chang Wei led the troops out of the city and headed straight for Songyang Pass.

As when they came, they still marched with chariots on both sides and soldiers in the middle.

In this way, since the chariots blocked the soldiers, they could not accurately infer the number of soldiers.

In order to confuse the Beidi scouts, he deliberately widened the distance between the chariots and the distance between the soldiers.

He also ordered the soldiers to deliberately raise dust when walking, so that the entire team was shrouded in smoke and dust, making it more difficult to distinguish.

At the same time.

As soon as the royal army left the city, the Beidi scouts sent the news to Temu Ta.

"They are going to attack Songyang Pass." After receiving the news from the scouts, Temu Ta's heart tightened.

He naturally knew the importance of Songyang Pass.

This is their only way back to the grassland.

Therefore, after the news of the fall of Miancheng reached his ears, he cursed Ashur and Orski a hundred times in his heart.

"My king, what should we do now?" asked a wolf recorder.

Timu Ta frowned and pondered for a while, he said: "It is better to cut off the food supply of the King of Yan. The food loaded on their chariots is limited. The high walls of Songyang Pass are not so easy to take. We still have to use up their food and starve them to death."

Then, he thought of something and asked the scout, "You said the gates of Miancheng are open?"

"Yes, all the gates on all four sides are open." The scout replied.

Timu Ta frowned even more, he said: "What is the King of Yan up to?"

According to the scout, this Miancheng seems to be an empty city.

However, he was also afraid of the King of Yan's conspiracy.

So he said: "Take a team of people to explore the city to prevent fraud."

After answering yes, the scout ordered a team of 200 cavalrymen to go to Miancheng.

When they arrived outside Miancheng, they looked at each other and went to four city gates in four groups.

They stopped their horses for a while and saw that there was no movement, so they bravely entered the city.

But in the city, except for the sound of their horses' hooves, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Then, they checked the shops on both sides of the road and broke into empty houses to search.

In the end, they found nothing.

While they were searching, the Qin soldiers were watching them in hidden corners.

At this moment, the Qin soldiers were extremely nervous.

This plan was a risky one. If it was discovered, the plan would fail.

The royal army could only turn back and think of other ways.

If they could make the Beidi people believe that Miancheng was an empty city, they would succeed.

Therefore, when digging the cave for hiding soldiers, they were very careful.

A hole was dug out on the side of the well wall under the water well, and then the hole was covered, leaving only a small hole for ventilation.

From above, there was no abnormality.

There were also holes dug under trees in the houses and under counters of street shops to hide.

They even pulled down the blue bricks of the inner wall, dug out the mud inside, turned them into soldier holes, and then built them up from the outside.

The soldiers inside only carried fried noodles to fill their stomachs.

After these soldier holes were dug, they also conducted exercises.

The soldiers of the royal palace personally came to look for them.

Those who were found were reorganized until another batch of soldiers came and found nothing.

And just like that, the Beidi scouts searched the city roughly, found nothing, and left one after another.

"It's really an empty city." The news brought back by the scouts made Temu Ta feel strange.

Then he thought: In the battle of Miancheng, the King of Yan won a great victory, and he must be full of confidence, thinking that he could win the battle quickly without the food and grass of Miancheng and get supplies again.

Furthermore, the King of Yan also knew that even if he left people in Miancheng, it would be useless, just like the city in the north. Even if there were food and grass in the city, they could not be transported out. It was better not to leave soldiers.

After thinking this through, he ordered his soldiers to go to Miancheng.

If the King of Yan failed to attack Songyang, he would definitely retreat to Miancheng.

If he took advantage of it now, the King of Yan would not be able to come back.