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Chapter 840: Grain Looting First

South of Wei County, Su Yao’s camp.

"The enemy soldiers have stepped up their guard. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for us to succeed."

Dian Wei stood on a high place, looking at the busy scene of the Jizhou army camp in the distance, his brows slightly furrowed. Although his own surprise attack caused a huge blow to the enemy, the speed of the Jizhou army's reaction was beyond his expectations.

"After all, Jizhou is the leader of the nine states, and it is full of talented people. It would be unreasonable if we could defeat them in one wave."

Su Yao smiled disapprovingly and said:
"After all, isn't Zilong also from Jizhou? What do you think about this?"

"The general is testing me."

When Su Yao called his name, Zhao Yun hurriedly bowed and said:
"In my opinion, although the Jizhou army has stepped up its vigilance, their morale has been dampened by our army's last surprise attack, and their hearts are unstable. Although they have a large number of troops, most of them are new recruits, so command and coordination are often not smooth."

"Now they are busy setting up defenses. It seems tight, but in fact they are running around in a hurry and have many loopholes."

Su Yao smiled and nodded: "Yes, according to Zilong's opinion, how should our army act?"

Zhao Yun closed his eyes and spoke clearly:

"Now that our main infantry force has not arrived, we should first make use of our cavalry advantage and use a small group of elite cavalry to pretend to harass the various camps of the Jizhou Army, so that they cannot rest day and night, and further deplete their energy and morale."

"At the same time, we should also send scouts deep into the enemy's rear to spy on the location of food and supplies, and find the weak points in their defenses so as to rob their food supply."

"This will continue for several days, and my follow-up troops will be in place soon."

"By then, the enemy will be exhausted and their formation will be in disarray. We will then concentrate our superior forces and launch a thunderbolt attack to directly hit their vital points, and the enemy troops will surely be defeated."

"Zilong, this is a good idea!"

Dian Wei nodded frequently while listening and said with a smile:
"We are like a group of wasps, buzzing around them. When we see the right opportunity, we will sting them hard. I guarantee that we will make them suffer greatly!"

Su Yao laughed: "What Zilong said is quite in line with my opinion, but there is no need to make small fights for now. If we want to make trouble, let's make it bigger."

"Make it bigger?" Zhao Yun and Dian Wei asked in unison, with confusion on their faces.

Su Yao touched his chin and said with a smile: "Cutting off their food supply has always been the only way to defeat the strong with the weak."

"With 200,000 troops from Jizhou surrounding the city, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating are the top priorities."

"So, as long as we take down their food depot in the rear, their army will collapse without a fight."

"what?"

"Rear grain station?"

When these words were spoken, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei were immediately shocked.

Before, Zhao Yun only considered robbing the grain route, but the general wanted to burn down the grain station directly, which really made things even bigger.

But the key point is.
"General, this plan is too dangerous!"

Zhao Yun said anxiously:

"The Jizhou Army's grain depot of 200,000 troops must be heavily guarded. As for its location, we don't know much about it."

"If we rashly go deep into the enemy's rear, we may be surrounded and the consequences will be disastrous."

"Let's take it step by step. First, follow the previous plan and send a small group of cavalry to harass. Then, let the scouts carefully find out the specific location of the grain station. After we understand the situation, we can make a long-term plan. How do you think?"

Zhao Yun spoke earnestly, and Dian Wei responded repeatedly:

"Yes, General, we can't joke with our brothers' lives. If we go to the wrong place, we'll be doomed!"

"Don't panic, I have a plan."

Su Yao glanced at the areas densely covered with red dots along the way behind him on his system map, and said confidently:

"I already know the location of the grain station. If we go there, we will definitely be able to hit them right away and catch them off guard!"

Seeing Su Yao's confident look, Zhao Yun and Dian Wei were still worried, but they also knew that their general had always been calm and steady. Since he dared to say this, he must have something to rely on. The two looked at each other, gritted their teeth, and responded in unison:

"In this case, we are willing to follow the general and go through fire and water without hesitation!"

Seeing the two people express their opinions, Su Yao nodded with satisfaction, but did not send both of them out.

Su Yao first took out a map, drew a few circles on it, and handed it to the two of them:
"Armored cavalry should not attack quickly. Zilong, lead them to ambush from behind and be alert for support from the bandits."

"General Dian and I will each lead the light cavalry and attack in separate groups to clear out the enemy's food depots."

Zhao Yun took the map with both hands, his eyes lingered on the circled areas for a moment, he nodded slightly, and said:

"I will follow your orders and set up an ambush on the flanks to ensure that you two do not have to worry!"

After saying that, he turned around and quickly led his lieutenant general to temporarily take over Su Yao's 1,000 armored cavalry. These cavalrymen were all riding tall and strong white horses, and both the men and horses were armored, shining coldly in the sun. Zhao Yun led them, separated from the main army, and quietly headed towards the designated ambush site.

Dian Wei led his light cavalry to attack together with Su Yao. After marching for half a day, the two arrived at the designated location and then parted ways, each moving towards their own mission objectives.

Along the way, Dian Wei was somewhat cautious and checked his position from time to time, for fear of going to the wrong place.

It was not until the afternoon when Dian Wei's army ran into a grain transport team consisting of dozens of carts on the road that Dian Wei finally put his worries to rest:

"Brothers! Let's follow me to kill the enemy and rob food. Don't lose our prestige!"

"On the battlefield, there is only advancement and no retreat, there is only death and no life!"

Following Dian Wei's order, the light cavalry under his command rushed towards the grain transport team like hungry tigers pouncing on their prey.

"what?!"

"Why are there enemies here?!"

“I’ve never heard that we have to fight a war to transport food!”

Seeing a cavalry rushing towards them, the soldiers of the grain transport team were caught off guard and fell into panic in an instant.

Some of the soldiers in the grain transport team tried to take up weapons to resist, while others fled in panic, and the entire grain transport team fell into chaos.

Dian Wei took the lead, wielding the iron halberd in his hand with great force, like a god of war descending to earth.

He rushed into the enemy camp, and wherever his iron halberd went, the enemy generals were no match for him and their blood splattered on the spot.

"kill!"

Dian Wei roared angrily. Under his leadership, the morale of the Jinwu Guard knights was greatly boosted. They fought bravely and chopped the soldiers of the grain transport team to pieces.

Poor officials of the grain transport team, except for a few regular soldiers, most of them were able-bodied men temporarily recruited by Han Fu. They had no fighting ability at all, and were no match for the imperial cavalry when suddenly attacked.

Li Gang, the leader of the grain transport team, saw that the situation was not good and knew that a disaster was imminent, so he hurriedly organized his personal soldiers to break out:

"Hold steady, don't panic, follow me to break through!"

"We must pass on the enemy's information!"

I have to say that the team leader Li Gang is also a loyal and brave man.

In the desperate situation, he was not thinking about his own life, but the overall situation on the battlefield.

Li Gang led the charge, wielding a long sword himself, and charging left and right with his personal soldiers, risking his life to break out of the encirclement.

Li Gang knew that time was running out. If he could not break out as soon as possible, not only would his life and the lives of his personal soldiers be in danger, but he would also miss military opportunities and allow this sudden cavalry team to cause more tragedy.

However, his personal firm will seemed so weak and powerless in the face of the huge gap in strength.

Although most of the knights of the Jinwu Guard under Dian Wei were new recruits recruited at a later stage, the imperial knights were originally selected from the elite of various military guards and had undergone months of rigorous training. How could these hastily assembled grain transport soldiers be able to resist them?
Dian Wei was seen galloping on his horse, leading the cavalry like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and no one could stop him. The knights of the Jinwu Guard cooperated well, and faced with the breakout of Li Gang and others, they quickly completed the division and encirclement.

"asshole!"

"Kill! Follow me and kill!"

Li Gang roared in anger. Although he fought hard, there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him. He was also wounded in many places and his strength was gradually exhausted.

"No, if we continue like this, we'll die."

"We must find a way. We must find a way."

In the crowd, Li Gang was breathing heavily, thinking about how to escape.

However, Dian Wei obviously would not give him a chance to breathe.

Just now Dian Wei saw this man rushing left and right, and he was really brave, like he was the leader of the team.

Immediately, Dian Wei mounted his horse and raised his halberd, charging forward.

It was said to be late, but it was fast. The halberd stabbed out and hit Li Gang's face.

In a hurry, Li Gang's pupils suddenly shrank and he instinctively raised his knife to block.

There was a loud "clang" sound, sparks flew, his arm was numb from the shock, and the long sword slipped out of his hand.

"Oops!"

Li Gang reached for his waist, ready to draw out his spare sword, but at the same time he moved, Dian Wei struck again with a halberd, so fast that it was hard to keep up.

This time, Li Gang was helpless and unable to dodge. He was stabbed in the chest by the iron halberd. He screamed and fell to the ground, without any response.

(End of this chapter)