"Don't worry, I will report it to Chief Zuo personally. I believe Chief Zuo will take this kind of important matter seriously and personally lead his troops to deal with it."
Outside Waihuang City, Yang Xiong patted Zhao Tuo on the shoulder and asked him to leave with peace of mind.
Zhao Tuo nodded and said, "With Brother Yang around me, I will naturally feel at ease."
As he said that, Zhao Tuo looked at Zhao Bi who was standing next to Yang Xiong. When he saw the other party nodded, Zhao Tuo felt relieved.
With Zhao Ben guarding Huang outside, I thought there would be no trouble here, allowing Zhao Tuo to follow and pursue the Wei army with peace of mind.
This was a decision made by Zhao Tuo and the other two people after hearing about the Battle of Jiyang.
The Wei army gave up rescuing Tao Qiu and turned westward. There must be a big plan for this trip.
Although Zhao Tuo could not know exactly what the Wei army was planning, he had a vague feeling that the other party might be planning a strategy to "surround Qin and save Wei" and raid the hinterland of Qin to break the siege of Daliang.
There are still tens of thousands of Wei soldiers in Daliang City, and they are capable of fighting.
As long as Wang Ben's besieging army is forced to mobilize and there is a flaw, the Wei troops in the city may seize the opportunity and launch a surprise attack out of the city in search of hope.
If the Wei army's plan succeeds, it may be difficult for Qin to gain full credit for the war to destroy Wei.
And this is precisely the last thing Zhao Tuo and Yang Xiong need. As long as they can prevent all of this, they can successfully achieve their meritorious service.
"This matter is very risky. What if Wei Bao is really a fool and doesn't want to attack Qin from the west. Instead, he really goes south to lead his army to attack Waihuang. When I go there, I will just run into his southward army.
If we use the few against the many, we may be in danger of overthrowing the army."
"But since Wei Bao can raid the Qin army in Jiyang, he at least has some military acumen. Coupled with his previous move to abandon the city, the possibility of him going south is very small. Even if he does encounter it, as long as I send the scouts ahead
If you react in time, you can lead your troops to retreat, and the losses will not be great."
Zhao Tuo personally led more than a thousand Qin soldiers north to pursue them.
Some of them came from the defeated Qin army in Hanoi.
Jiyang was defeated. Not only did they have no merit, some generals were even convicted. Therefore, these Hanoi troops were quite fighting in order to atone for their sins. After all, their defeat was all due to the Wei army's surprise attack from the rear, not a frontal defeat.
, morale has not dropped to the bottom, and there is still the will to fight.
As a result, there are still six to seven hundred people guarding Waihuang City.
Originally, Yang Xiong wanted to lead the army to follow him in person, but the matter was so important that Zhao Tuo did not dare to let Yang Xiong go into battle, so he persuaded him to stay on the grounds that he needed to contact Huan Zhao to report.
As for Zhao Ben staying, it was because Waihuang City was now very unstable.
After hundreds of Hanoi troops were defeated and entered Waihuang, all the Wei people in the city knew that the Qin army was defeated by the Wei prince at the foot of Jiyang City. Many Wei people had thoughts in their hearts that there was a possibility of rebellion at any time.
Zhao Tuo could only let the steady Zhao Bi stay. Only with this person and 700 soldiers guarding the city could he ensure that he had a safe way out and could attack when advancing and defend when retreating.
Another point is that Zhao Tuo was worried that Huan Zhao would use this matter to punish him, but if he thought about it carefully, if he succeeded in this battle, Huan Zhao, as the commander-in-chief, would also be promoted.
In this case, as long as Huan Zhao was not a fool, he would not only not stop it, but would also personally ensure the victory of this attack.
This is a matter of common interests.
So Zhao Tuo led his army northward with peace of mind.
He only had a thousand soldiers under his command, but Zhao Tuo still cautiously sent out a hundred elite soldiers, led by Shejian, to explore the way ahead for the purpose of raising troops to prevent an ambush from the Wei army.
Another close confidant, Black Butt, led two hundred people to the rear and was responsible for the security of the rear route.
Zhao Tuo himself led 700 men in the center. With this arrangement, they could be aligned from head to tail and would not be annihilated by a single ambush.
Waihuang is not far from Hufu Township in Yangwu County in the north. At dusk, the vanguard led by Shejian arrived outside Hufu Township and met the Wei soldiers stationed here.
With the sound of fighting in Dongdong, within half an hour, all the Wei soldiers who were attacked were wiped out by the Qin army. Except for a few who were kept as prisoners for interrogation, most of the Wei soldiers had their heads cut off.
"Very good, we will defeat the Wei army in the village in one battle."
When Zhao Tuo heard the military situation coming from Shejian ahead, his expression remained unchanged. He looked at the countryside ahead in the night, his eyes flashing with light.
"As expected, there are less than a hundred Wei troops in the village, and their main force has already left. The news that Wei Bao went south to attack Waihuang is false. He actually wants to use this false news to scare us back where we are, so that he can lead his army westward."
When Zhao Tuo learned about the movements of the main force of the Wei army from the captured Wei soldiers through torture, he further verified his guess.
"Attack Yangwu County to the west, regain the land of Wei, and kill Yangwu Ling who betrayed Wei? Haha, Wei Bao really likes to use these pretexts, and even deceives his own soldiers."
"Gu, send a message to Lord Yang Er500 immediately to inform him of the situation here. He said that it has been confirmed that the main force of the Wei army has indeed gone to the west. Our previous guess was correct. I am afraid that this Wei army is going to attack the heart of the Qin State.
Land to break the siege of Daliang!"
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Zhao Tuo turned his head and gave instructions to Xiqigu beside him.
"only."
Xiqigu agreed and immediately sent a messenger to the direction of Waihuang to convey the military situation here.
"All ministries entered the countryside in an orderly manner. All the soldiers had a good rest and prepared to pursue the pursuit tomorrow. In addition, Black Butt led the soldiers behind the palace to be responsible for night vigilance, guarding the gates and preventing enemy raids."
Zhao Tuo ordered the troops to be deployed tonight, and after temporarily handing over the command to Shejian, he strode into the countryside.
He still has someone to meet.
Humo Township, Zhang's mansion.
Zhang Fu and his son, who were scared in front of Wei Bao a few days ago, now stood in front of the young Qin general, and they were equally worried. They didn't know what would happen to the Zhang family when the Qin army came again.
Zhang Fu boldly said: "If you dare to report it to the general, we have already captured the fleeing Wei soldiers. What happened today will never be leaked to the Wei Bao army."
Zhao Tuo nodded and looked at Zhang negative and his son in front of him with some surprise.
This old man has some skills. After hearing that the Qin army had invaded the township, he stood up and called on the villagers at the right time, blocked the road to the west, and even let several young generals in the village try to escape and send a message
Wei soldiers captured him.
As a result, the Qin army's raid on Hufu Township was completely successful, and not a single Wei soldier escaped.
Even Zhao Tuo's next battle plan will change as a result.
In his original plan, no matter how fast and fierce the Qin army's attack was, it would be difficult to wipe out all the Wei troops in the villages. There would definitely be defeated soldiers who would go west and inform the westward Wei troops about the surprise attack on Hufu Township.
This matter is difficult to avoid, so Zhao Tuo's pursuit is no longer a confidential matter.
But it didn't matter, because in his discussions with Zhao Ben and others, the strategic goal of this trip was to hold back the Wei army and hang it behind Wei Bao.
When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance. If the Wei army dares to attack Qin's cities, they will attack from behind.
Everything was done to delay the Wei army's westward advance, waiting for messengers to convey the military information here to Huan Zhao, Wang Ben, and even Xingyang and other places farther west.
In this way, the cities in the heart of Qin could be defended in advance, Huan Zhao could lead his army north to support, and Wang Ben could be prepared to calmly dispatch his troops to wipe out the Wei army advancing westward.
The Wei army's surprise soldiers, whose traces and strategic objectives have been exposed, will no longer pose a threat.
What Zhao Tuo and Yang Xiong want is this credit.
But now, as Zhang Fu mobilized the villagers to intercept all the Wei soldiers in the city, the situation was completely different again.
"Wei Bao doesn't know that my troops have taken his retreat, so..."
A flash of light flashed in Zhao Tuo's eyes, and he smelled a fighter jet.