Due to the joint blockade of Tiehuying and Houhou, Dangxiang's scouts could not get close to the Shu army camp and could only inquire from a distance.
Viewed from a distance, the number of soldiers patrolling the Shu army camp has obviously increased a lot. From time to time, one or two groups of soldiers can be seen running out of the camp. Some teams are also carrying large and small boxes. It looks busy.
This is also in line with Li Lingrui's speculation that Jin Feng is making final preparations before the war.
But what Li Lingrui didn't know was that people were coming and going in the Shu army camp. It looked like the soldiers were busy, but in fact it was just a few groups of people running back and forth.
The large and small boxes they carried were also empty inside.
These groups of people were deliberately left by Jin Feng to confuse Dangxiang. At this time, the main force of the Shu army had arrived at Brass Valley more than 30 miles away and began to set up camp.
Tiehuying and the reconnaissance company focused on blocking the vicinity of the Shu army's camp. However, when a team of tens of thousands of people began to rush, the team stretched for more than 20 miles. After dawn, they were still discovered by Dangxiang Xizuo.
But by the time Li Lingrui received the news, the Shu army camp had been evacuated, and almost all the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had been withdrawn!
"What? Jin Feng escaped?"
Li Lingrui's eyes widened with surprise.
Since Jin Feng came out of the mountain, his fighting style has been very tough and his resistance attitude has been very determined.
Li Lingrui thought about Jin Feng launching a sneak attack at night, and was also worried that he would come up with a new weapon, but he never expected that Jin Feng would run away directly.
This made Li Lingrui's emotions a little incoherent.
In the morning, he used his binoculars to look at the Shu army camp. Although he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside, he could see a large number of tents.
It was also because of this that the Dangxiang scouts did not discover anything unusual about the Shu army.
Who would have thought that Jin Feng wouldn't even want a tent?
"Yes, their main force has already passed Brass Valley at this time." The person in charge of intelligence nodded.
"That brass trench thirty miles away?" Li Lingrui turned to look at the person in charge of intelligence, his eyes full of questions: "Their tents are still there. Did Jin Feng throw away all the food, grass and baggage?"
When he originally chose to set up camp here, he was familiar with the surrounding terrain in advance and knew the location of Brass Valley.
Thirty miles is not a very far distance. Cavalrymen can sometimes run hundreds of miles a day to deliver urgent military information. Even some hunters can sometimes run dozens of miles a day to hunt down prey.
But marching in an army is different from traveling alone.
The army has to maintain formation and carry food and baggage, so it will move much slower.
In Li Lingrui's view, Jin Feng had to make his soldiers throw away all their equipment, even their armor, so that they could travel thirty miles in one night!
Otherwise, just wearing a suit of armor and traveling all night would tire out many people.
However, generally only in the event of a major rout would such a situation of abandoning one's armor and fleeing as soon as possible occur.
Now that neither side has officially started a war, why would Jin Feng do this?
Also, if they don’t bring food and grass, what will they eat on the way?
Knowing that there was going to be a war, all the people in Xizhou had already fled, either going to the city to join their relatives or fleeing to the south.
Jin Feng couldn't grab the food even if he wanted to!
The person in charge of the intelligence knew that Li Lingrui had gone astray and quickly said: "Your Majesty, Jin Feng did not throw away the food, grass and baggage, he brought them all with him."
"How could he run thirty miles in one night with all the food and supplies?" Li Lingrui glared at the person in charge of intelligence: "Do you think this king is easy to deceive?"
"Your Majesty, do you still remember those big boxes sent by the Shu Army a few days ago?" the person in charge of intelligence suddenly asked.
"Big box?" Li Lingrui was stunned: "Yes, he was ready to run away, why did he get so many big boxes in such a big way?"
Thinking of this, Li Lingrui stared at the person in charge of intelligence: "What's in those boxes?"
He knew that since the intelligence chief mentioned the box again, he should have already investigated it clearly.
Sure enough, the intelligence chief nodded and replied: "Those boxes contain two-wheeled vehicles!"
"Two-wheeled vehicle? What two-wheeled vehicle?" Li Lingrui asked.
"It's the kind Jin Feng did for Chen Ji in the capital."
The intelligence chief took out a piece of white paper from his pocket and put it on the table.
There is a bicycle drawn on the white paper, with a sack on the back seat and on both sides of the crossbar.
"It's this kind of car. A car can carry hundreds of kilograms of things. It can run much faster than a horse-drawn carriage on flat ground. This kind of two-wheeled car can also go where people can walk on mountain roads. When going uphill, a two-wheeled car can
It’s enough for one person to support you and another person to push you from behind.”
The person in charge of intelligence pointed at the white paper and said: "With this kind of car, the Shu army can travel several times faster than usual, so they only ran thirty miles in one night!"
"Damn Jin Feng, you actually ran away!" Li Lingrui punched the table, then raised his head and stared at the person in charge of intelligence and asked: "If we send the cavalry to chase now, can we still catch up?"
"Actually..." the person in charge of the intelligence hesitated and said, "Actually, there is no need to send people to chase them. They stopped when they reached Brass Valley. It looks like they are going to set up camp in Brass Valley!"
"Stop?" Li Lingrui was stunned again.
Too many things happened today that he couldn't understand.
But as a veteran, Li Lingrui quickly realized something, turned around, walked to the map, and looked at the location of Brass Valley.
"That's it!" Li Lingrui stared at the map and muttered to himself: "No wonder Jin Feng lost all the tents!"
The reason why Brass Valley is called Brass Valley is because it used to be a copper mine.
More than a hundred years ago, Dakang mobilized tens of thousands of people to dig here for more than ten years before they finished digging the copper mine.
There are mines everywhere in the Brass Valley. Jin Feng can just let the soldiers live in the mines. It is much warmer than living in tents.
In addition, Brass Valley is either a canyon or a cliff, which is very suitable for defense!
"It turns out that Jin Feng didn't run away, but chose a battlefield that was more beneficial to him!"
Li Lingrui finally came to his senses at this time.
Because of the appearance of Haidongqing, Jin Feng responded hastily. In order to buy the people of Xizhou time to retreat and escape, Jin Feng had to send people to confront Dang Xiang's southern expeditionary army at the border.
Now almost all the people in Xizhou have been notified by the Zhongming Group, and almost all those who should run away have escaped. There is no need for the Shu army to guard the border anymore.
So Jin Feng withdrew thirty miles back and put his camp in Brass Valley!
There is a mine in the middle of Brass Trench and cliffs on both sides. It is more suitable for defense than the current camp!
"Damn Jin Feng, you're so cunning!" Li Lingrui wanted to slap himself!
He knew he had been fooled!
If he hadn't been suspicious and launched an attack directly after the hostage exchange yesterday, Jin Feng would have had no chance to retreat!
At that time, hundreds of thousands of troops could definitely crush the Shu army camp!
But Jin Feng has already run away, so what's the use of regretting it anymore?