At this time, the coalition forces knew that the Qin State had occupied a border city and lacked supplies, but General Wanqing still insisted on attacking the city. [26nbsp;] Upon seeing this, Xu Sancai immediately led the reorganized elite troops deep into the interior of Dongxing State the next day.
Another internal county was captured. After the battle for the border city, more than 40,000 elite troops were wounded, and only more than 80,000 were able to fight again.
However, there were less than 20,000 defenders in the counties and cities within the Dongxing Kingdom. After the surprise attack troops captured the city gates, there were not many casualties in the capture of the counties and cities. Dongxing Kingdom quickly dispatched troops to redeploy, while the coalition forces besieging the border town of Daqin in two days
After the forceful attack failed, they had no choice but to retreat to the territory of Dongxing Kingdom.
The coalition forces suffered more than 200,000 casualties during the several-day siege. However, the retreat was not because the coalition forces suffered excessive losses, but because the material losses could not be replenished. Many large-scale siege equipment was damaged during the siege. Without those equipment, the troops could not attack the city.
The difficulty of the city and the casualties will inevitably increase greatly. The most critical thing is the lack of food and grass, especially the food and grass needed by the war horses has been completely exhausted, and the food is only enough for two or three days.
Although General Wanqing was unwilling, the coalition forces had to retreat temporarily. Indeed, 80% of the rolling wood and stones in the trapped border city had been consumed, and the casualties of the defenders had reached tens of thousands. If they could hold on for a few more days, this city would
The border town was probably in danger. However, the coalition forces, which lacked supplies, could no longer hold on and gave up the siege unwillingly.
After the coalition forces returned to the border town, they were unable to obtain sufficient supplies. The elemental birds were burned far more thoroughly than the fire rats. Not only were all the food and grass lost, but most of the strategic materials were also damaged. A border city could not afford the food and grass for a million coalition troops. In addition,
The coalition forces had to break up the supplies needed for a large number of wounded soldiers and temporarily dispersed them to five nearby counties and cities to wait for the arrival of supplies.
Great Qin took the opportunity to reallocate its troops and replenish the rolling wood and stone. Moreover, Great Qin's wounded soldiers were close to one hundred thousand, so the troops naturally needed to adjust their training. Xu Sancai handed over the command of the troops to other generals, and he took some members of the Thieves Guild and
The elite troops rushed to the west of Dongxing Kingdom and met up with the troops originally sent out to disguise themselves as bandits.
The task of these bandits is to intercept caravans traveling to and from Dongxing Kingdom. The bandits are composed of three hundred elite troops selected from the two medium-sized countries in the west of Dongxing Kingdom. The thieves guild is originally best at spying on wealthy targets.
, now the Thieves Guild has specially sent more than 20 full-time informants to several major counties and cities. Coupled with Wang Youcai's intelligence agency, all caravans traveling to and from Dongxing Kingdom are immediately discovered.
The robbers sent out to rob were specifically targeted at food, medicinal herbs and materials that could be used for military purposes, and occasionally attacked caravans carrying daily necessities. Nowadays, most caravans no longer dare to go to Dongxing Country, leaving many supplies in Dongxing Country.
There was a shortage. And the robbers were not from the territory of Dongxing Kingdom, and they had a well-connected intelligence system, so Dongxing Kingdom was helpless.
Xu Sancai knew that Dongxing Kingdom would definitely seek help from the outside world and purchase grain from neighboring countries. He wanted to personally intercept Dongxing Kingdom's supply of supplies. This time he brought more than 20 people from the Thieves Guild to strengthen the bandit team. Naturally, Xu Ling'er also had to
They were all traveling together on flying monsters, and hundreds of elite troops were wearing makeup and going around separately before rushing there.
Not all members of the Thieves Guild have flying monsters, but Xu Sancai's Gale Eagle can now carry four people, and there are several flying monsters of the Thieves War Sect, which can also carry three or four people, and the group quickly bypasses them.
Dongxingguo,
Rendezvous with the group of bandits. The bandits usually do not gather in the mountains and forests, but disguise themselves as ordinary people and hang out in the three cities. Even if they want to encircle and suppress them, it is difficult to find the target. The arrival of Xu Sancai and his party will naturally increase the strength of the bandit team.
Xu Sancai usually did not use the Gale Eagle in the Great Qin War. This was also to avoid being discovered when he went out. The group flew to the wild and landed, and then mixed into three cities respectively. He and Xu Ling'er entered the target county together after disguising themselves.
It is an ordinary county town, but it also has its own specialties. He accompanied Xu Ling'er to shop in the shops in the city.
Xu Ling'er usually practices in seclusion. Even when she was in the Thieves Guild, she rarely went out. She is an active and fun-loving character, and she is of an active age. Naturally, she wants to have fun when she can go out this time. She also needs to practice.
Relax, otherwise her mood might be reversed. Xu Sancai accompanied her to relax in the store, making Xu Ling'er relax happily for a few days.
It wasn't until intelligence arrived that a large caravan carrying food was rushing to Dongxing Country, Xu Sancai and Xu Ling'er left the county to gather with others. This was a large caravan that set out from Dongwang Country, one of the coalition forces, to escort the goods.
They bought 3,000 grain trucks, each carrying tens of thousands of kilograms of grain, for a total of thirty million kilograms. Although it was insignificant for a million-strong army, it could temporarily relieve the urgent need.
Even for a large country, raising 30 million grains and mobilizing 3,000 transport vehicles is not a small matter. And the troop transportation team of Eastwatch Country is dispatched with the coalition forces, and now it needs to be prepared to transport a large amount of grain and war preparation materials. Therefore,
The procurement and transportation of grain this time was handed over to the three major chambers of commerce in the country. Naturally, the guards employed by the chambers of commerce were responsible for escorting the grain this time.
The three major chambers of commerce sent a lot of manpower this time. After all, the three thousand grain trucks were so vast that they needed enough manpower to take care of them. However, the value of tens of millions of kilograms of grain was not high, and it was not very valuable.
The Chamber of Commerce did not send a large number of experts to escort the profit, but because the team also carried some wound medicine, a War Sect escorted it.
This time, the three major chambers of commerce are part government-sponsored mission and part business. The distance is thousands of miles. If costs such as escort fees are added together, the business will still lose money. But if the higher-profit healing medicine is added,
On the contrary, you can barely make a profit or make a small profit. This is mainly because food is produced in various places. Unless there are special reasons, transporting food thousands of miles will basically not make money.
However, even robbers generally will not rob these low-priced, large, and relatively heavy items. For the robbers, it is difficult to move them, and it is also difficult to realize them. Except for the large groups of robbers gathering in the mountains and forests, they will
No one has ever done such a thankless thing as stealing part of the food for daily expenses, so there is no need to worry about robbery.
Therefore, although the caravan's escorts were large in number, they were not very powerful. Most of them were just warriors and warriors. Xu Sancai immediately gathered all the people pretending to be bandits, but did not let other war sects be dispatched. He and Xu Ling'er only led
Several war spirits and three hundred elite troops pretended to be bandits and went to intercept.