Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 589 Digging a Trap

Prince Rui laughed and said, "Lin Feng advanced all the way from Zhenxi to the Central Plains, but at that time he was only given the title of Zhenxi General, and he did not covet anything else."

Grand Tutor Wan snorted.

"If you weren't greedy for anything else, why would you hesitate in Tianzhi Prefecture and allow the rebels to besiege Kyoto City?"

Prince Rui was immediately displeased: "Master Wan, do you want to clarify this matter?"

Grand Tutor Wan was silent. He knew that if he brought up the past, it would come back upon him.

Zhao Zhen looked at Grand Tutor Wan and asked, "Can we launch a counterattack against the rebels outside the city now?"

Grand Tutor Wan shook his head: "The Acropolis is strong. Only 100,000 imperial guards can't threaten it."

Zhao Zhen slammed the dragon desk: "How did it become like this again? Sigh..."

King Rui immediately changed the subject.

"Royal brother, you can hold a morning court tomorrow and summon all officials to discuss matters. If anyone fails to show up, there should be punitive measures."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Okay, approved."

In fact, civil and military officials had already gathered in front of the palace all day, clamoring to see the emperor and attend court meetings.

One reason is that the rebels have been unleashed, and there are clear signs of defeat.

The second reason is that since there is nothing to eat at home, the court must give them some food.

After all, he is an official appointed by the court, and the court cannot ignore him.

Putting aside the fact that it was evading the issue, how could the court avoid the issue of officials' salaries?

King Rui suggested that before going to court tomorrow, all officials should be gathered in the square in front of the palace and explain one by one where they had been in the past few days.

After the results were counted, Emperor Zhao Zhen and Prince Rui Zhao Xun were left in a state of confusion.

Most of them are sick and bedridden, and cannot be lifted out.

Some people also injured their lumbar spine and cut their legs.

What's more, some said he fell off a horse and was in a coma for three months.

He only woke up yesterday and insisted on coming to see the emperor today.

These cannot be seriously investigated. Now is an unstable stage and we can only wait until autumn to settle accounts with them.

The emperor and Grand Tutor Wan only knew that the Zhenxi Army and the rebels were in a quiet standoff, but they didn't know that Lin Feng had already arranged a series of plans to attack the rebels.

This plan was inspired by his battle with the Tatars in Zhenxi.

Facing 100,000 rebels, their food and fodder supplies must be huge.

Given that the rebels have few cavalry and many infantry.

Lin Feng sent out more than a dozen teams, each with a thousand people.

Specialized in attacking the rebels' food transport teams.

Either act alone or work together.

Faced with the fast-moving and sharp-attacking Zhenxi cavalry, the rebels were helpless and at a loss.

After being attacked several times and cut off from food supply, the rebels finally could not stand it any longer.

Qiu Jie's grain transport team suddenly increased to 8,000 people, and he almost exhausted all his brain cells in order to ensure the food supply.

I have never fought such a frustrating battle.

However, Lan Yu gave him an idea, asking Qiu Jie to take advantage of the Zhenxi Army's food cut-off action to set a trap.

Just wait for the Zhenxi Army cavalry to attack the grain team and give them a devastating blow.

Perhaps because they were used to the food-cutting operation, the 1,000 cavalrymen this time were led by a captain named Zong Huan under Li Donglai.

He led a cavalry of a thousand men and was nearly seven hundred miles away from his base.

Because there were 100,000 troops and a lot of food and fodder needed, the rebels expanded the scope of their search for food and fodder.

The surrounding areas have almost been completely collected, and we can only gradually collect more from farther away.

In the vast Central Plains, numerous counties, villages and towns were like naked women, exposed to the elements and ravaged by thousands of troops.

Wherever the rebels passed, there was almost no grass left.

The two sides crossed each other everywhere, making it very clear for the people in different places to distinguish them.

Whenever the rebels come, those who need to hide should hide, and those who need to run should run.

If you can't hide or run away, just consider yourself unlucky.

However, when the Zhenxi Army arrived, the people were very calm, knowing that they would not cause any harm to them.

Even when they set up camp at night, they would eat the dry food and drink the water they brought with them in the fields outside the village.

Even many children would come over and look at the soldiers curiously.

Lucky children could even get some food from the soldiers of Zhenxi Army.

It’s enough for these kids to show off in the village for a long time.

Zong Huan led his team through a town. Based on the information from the cavalry camp and the information the soldiers had learned from the local people.

A 5,000-man rebel grain-collecting team had just passed by.

Half a day had passed and the rebel army's grain-collecting team had already rushed to the county town in the west.

About a hundred miles west of here, there is a county town called Ji County.

It is not large in scale, similar to Kan County where the Zhenxi Army is stationed.

Zong Huan felt that he should stay near Ji County and attack the rebels' 5,000-strong grain-collecting team.

Although the rebels had 5,000 people, they were composed of infantry and food carts. If they were in the fields, they could not cause much damage to their 1,000 cavalry.

Based on my past experience, this is still a perfect opportunity for an ambush.

As a soldier, the most taboo thing is indecision. Zong Huan immediately decided to do it.

He immediately ordered the cavalry to gallop towards Ji County while it was still light.

The distance was about a hundred miles, and the war horses galloped, and they arrived at the destination in more than half an hour.

When Zong Huan was less than five miles away from Ji County, he ordered the troops to stop advancing.

According to the map, Ji County was located southwest of Lindu. He ambushed his troops northeast of the county, right on the way back from the rebel grain-collecting team.

It was already dark, and the thousand-man cavalry scattered across the wild slopes, each finding a place to rest.

The soldiers dismounted and busied themselves feeding the horses water and grass, and washing their bodies.

Zong Huan had already sent out cavalry to keep an eye on the movements in the direction of Ji County.

After spending a night on the wild slope, when the sky was just beginning to brighten, the rangers came to report.

The rebel army's grain-collecting team of 5,000 people, escorted by hundreds of horse-drawn carriages, has already left Ji County and is heading this way.

Zong Huan licked his lips and felt excited.

"Boy, look carefully to see if there is any food on the carriage?"

The soldier nodded quickly: "General, they are all fully loaded and covered with oilcloth."

"Okay, not only can I kill people, I can also steal food, hehe."

After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "Attention, ambush on the left and right wings, and then cross the attack. Wait for my order."

All the generals agreed and began to arrange cavalry positions on both sides of an official road.

However, after waiting for nearly half an hour, the rebels' food supply team still did not show up.

Just as Zong Huan was wondering, some cavalry rushed over.

"Report, General, the rebels' supply train has changed direction and is heading south."

Zong Huan frowned and asked, "Why are they going south?"

The Ranger also shook his head in confusion.

"Now that we've collected all the food, shouldn't we be returning to camp?"

Zong Huan was a smart captain and did not rush forward rashly.

"Bring me my map."

A guard came forward and handed over a map.

Zong Huan spread the map on the ground and carefully observed the terrain around Ji County.

"Damn it! If we go any further south, we'll be in Jingxi Prefecture. What are they going to do there?"

Some of his generals gathered around and looked at the map.

"Boss, is it that they haven't collected enough food yet?"

"Boss, never mind him, just chase him and kill him."