Chengdu Prefecture is located on the plain, and the Jinyiwei has set up a stronghold here, so the location and transportation routes of the Xichuan army's grain storage and grass storage are not difficult to find. After all, the grain and grass required by tens of thousands of troops are astronomical and cannot be hidden.

The Xichuan army was mainly stationed in Lutouguan and Mianzhou, so the logistics camp of the Xichuan army was established in Hanzhou City south of Lutouguan.

No matter how far Hanzhou is, it is still a prefecture city. Although the city walls are not as tall as Chengdu Prefecture, they are not something that Zhao Xiong and the cavalry of both capitals can break.

Zhao Xiong did not intend to attack the prefecture city or county towns along the way. His purpose was to burn the enemy's food and grass, to cut off the enemy's food route or cause panic among the enemy, and to play a role in hindering the enemy's food route.

Every day, there are a large number of ox carts, and horse-drawn carts pull food and grass from Chengdu Prefecture to Hanzhou, and then transported from Hanzhou to Lutouguan and Mianzhou.

Therefore, the most common ones on Taurus Road are not business trips, but teams transporting food and grass to the front line. You can see a team of dozens or hundreds of cattle and carriages moving northwards within ten miles.

Since there is the Longquan Mountains to the east and there are tens of thousands of troops stationed at Lutou Pass, there is no accident in the food route. At the same time, Xichuan did not expect that King Shou would send a cavalry to attack his food route.

It rained heavily for many days in Mianzhou, and the same was true for Chengdu Prefecture and Hanzhou. Heavy rain was extremely inconvenient for transporting grain and grass, so after finally waiting until the weather was clear, the carriages that transported large quantities of grain and grass set off from Chengdu Prefecture.

But just when the team transporting food and grass was about to arrive in Xindu County, they were suddenly attacked by the cavalry of the Tiance army.

When hundreds of soldiers and more than a thousand civilians saw thousands of cavalry suddenly appearing, they were shocked. Without even weapons, the cavalry had already reached the forefront.

Zhao Xiong did not kill all the soldiers and civilians who transported food and grass. He was not a butcher. He only killed all the soldiers who resisted and released the others. Of course, when he left, he burned the food and grass transported with a torch.

Looking at the food and grass that turned into ashes, these soldiers and civilians were in tears. The food and grass were not transported and destroyed, which was a death penalty. Even if the cavalry of the Tiance army did not kill them, they would not be able to escape death when they returned to the camp.

The best way is to escape, only in this way can you escape.

The reason why Zhao Xiong did not kill all these people was because Zhao Xiong needed these people to create panic. Moreover, this was not a battle against foreigners, and it was not as good as killing them.

Then Zhao Xiong led more than 2,000 cavalry to attack from Chengdu Prefecture to Hanzhou, and even once attacked Xindu County. In just a few days, Zhao Xiong's thousands of cavalry caused an uproar in Chengdu Prefecture and Hanzhou.

However, after breaking through Xindu County, Zhao Xiong had a bold idea.

As night fell, Zhao Xiong took more than 2,000 cavalrymen to rest in a farm temporarily. This was a manor in Chengdu Prefecture where Li Ye once left Chengdu Prefecture. After Li Ye left Chengdu Prefecture, he was taken away by Chen Jingxuan.

There were only some servants and farmers from the Chen family. After Zhao Xiong asked someone to kill a few of the head-in-chiefs, he locked the others in the woodshed. If Chen Jingxuan was allowed to scratch his head, he would not have thought that his more than 2,000 cavalry would hide under his nose.

"What? Commander Zhao, would this be too bold? Attack Chengdu Prefecture? Just the cavalry of our two capitals?" Qin Yian was obviously shocked when he heard Zhao Xiong's thoughts.

"What? Even Qin will not dare?" Zhao Xiong said with a smile.

"It's not that I don't dare, but I feel it's a bit too risky." Qin Yian said respectfully, "I am a member of Chengdu Prefecture and knows Chengdu Prefecture better. Since the invasion of Nanzhao, the city walls of Chengdu Prefecture have been raised and reinforced, and we are cavalry, how can we attack the city?"

"What is the purpose of our trip?" Zhao Xiong asked in a deep voice.

"Of course, it is to cut off the enemy's food supply, harass the enemy's army, and reduce the pressure on His Highness on the front." Qin Yian blurted out immediately.

"You have also seen the actions of the previous few days. It's only a little distance from Chengdu Prefecture to Hanzhou. If we keep squatting on this road, it will be easy to be ambushed by the enemy. The purpose of our attack on the food road has been exposed. The enemy will definitely strengthen the escort force. If we forcefully attack, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Although we are cavalry, flexible and powerful, this place is Chen Jingxuan's territory after all. If he loses people, he can replenish it immediately, but we can't.

Since our mission is to attract the attention of the enemy, why should we keep a close eye on the enemy's food route?

What I mean is that our troops are divided into two groups, and the scope of activities is expanded to the entire surrounding area of ​​Chengdu Prefecture. Pengzhou, Shuzhou and Meizhou are all available, so we can create panic as much as possible, and then sneak attack the food route while the enemy is relaxing its vigilance.

This will inevitably make Chen Jingxuan angry and send a large army to encircle us. Xichuan's main force is in Mianzhou. If we restrain some of the enemy troops, the defensive power of Chengdu Prefecture will inevitably decline.

My goal is not to take down Chengdu Prefecture, I know that that is impossible. My goal is that even if I only attack Chengdu Prefecture for one time, it will be a big blow to the enemy's anger."

After saying that, Zhao Xiong looked at Qin Yian seriously. The plan must be agreed to by the other party, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve it by his own troops alone, and there would be too few people.

Qin Yian was moved by Zhao Xiong's words. Xichuan has nearly 50,000 troops in Chengdu Prefecture. With Xichuan's strength, how many troops can be left around Chengdu Prefecture?

Although Zhao Xiong's method is risky, it is worth a try.

If it succeeds, Zhao Xiong, the commander and the two below them, will also become famous. It would be strange if he is young and energetic.

Thinking of this, Qin Yian saluted Zhao Xiong, "All the orders of Commander Zhao shall prevail."

"Okay!" Zhao Xiong was overjoyed and patted Qin Yian and his subordinates. "The three of us will make a good mess with Chengdu Prefecture and let him Chen Jingxuan know what the consequences will be if he offends Your Highness and our Tiance Army."

The next morning, the cavalry of the two capitals were separated and the cavalry were really not big in front of the cavalry. In addition, the military strength was weak, the cavalry of the Tiance Army was like a deserted place. In two days, the Tiance Army divided into two groups and led five cities: Shuangliu, Wenjiang, Tangchang, Mengyang, and Tanglong.

To this end, Chen Jingxuan mobilized 2,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry to encircle and suppress the two thousand cavalry, but none of them had much effect. Although the Xichuan cavalry and the Tiance cavalry once fought, the Xichuan cavalry was even worse than the Tiance cavalry. Not only did they fail to defeat the Tiance cavalry, but they also lost six or seven hundred cavalry.

At noon that day, a team of escorting food and grass on the Qingyi River north of Xindu was resting, preparing to cross the river after resting.

Thousands of soldiers and civilians chatted there after dinner. There was never a topic for a group of men. When talking about women and the recent Tiance cavalry, we could always find some topics.

They were still worried about the Tiance cavalry a few days ago, but it was said that these cavalry were causing trouble in the south these days, and the transportation teams in the past few days were not attacked. At first, they were worried, and seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Hanzhou, the stones in their hearts had already been put down.

Suddenly, black dots appeared on the distant hillside, and then rushed down the hillside. The black dots became larger and larger, and there were hundreds of cavalrymen.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves alarmed the soldiers who were resting. Many people stood up and looked into the distance. When they saw the black dot's face, they were shocked.

"It's the cavalry, the cavalry of the Tiance army."

Suddenly the soldiers started yelling, and the scene was in chaos. The soldiers quickly picked up their weapons and prepared to fight, while the civilians drove their carriages to cross the river as soon as possible.

“There are also in the east!”

Just as everyone was about to fight, I don’t know who shouted, and then everyone saw a cavalry in the east. At the beginning, they were full of hope and reinforcements, but after seeing the flags and armors that were like the cavalry in the west, they were suddenly ashamed.

Two cavalry roared and dense arrows shot at the Nishikawa soldiers holding weapons to defend themselves. For a moment, the soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

Soon the cavalry came near, and the two armies instantly strangled together, fighting fiercely on the banks of the river. It was a bit too intense, but it should be said that it was one-sided. Most of the Xichuan soldiers escorting food and grass were infantry, and the number of people was not as large as that of the Tiance Army, which was the Tiance Army cavalry rival.

Suddenly, screams continued, hundreds of Nishikawa soldiers were killed instantly at the moment of contact. The civilians were so scared that they were scattered. They dared not stop, abandoned their vehicles, and fled in scattered.

The cavalry of the Tiance army did not pursue these civilians, and even the fleeing soldiers ignored them. Looking at the food and grass, they threw them over torches. After the raging fire broke out, with Qin Yian's order, the more than a thousand cavalry fled to the west.

When the Hanzhou garrison who received the news arrived, they saw the corpses all over the ground and the food that had turned into ashes, and looked panicked.

......

"Wastes are all wastes. Ten thousand people, but they can't help but take one or two thousand cavalrymen. What do you do for food? Labor and capital have so much money and food to support you, are you just repaying me like this?"

Hearing the news that the food and grass team was attacked again, Chen Jingxuan was furious in the mansion. In front of him, several generals stood there honestly, not daring to speak out. On the ground, there was a man tied up in many ways. This person was the general who was commanding the 10,000 troops to encircle and suppress the cavalry of the Tiance Army.

After so many days, not only did the Tiance cavalry who had only two thousand people destroyed, but also lost troops and generals. The infantry and cavalry lost more than 3,000 people, but less than 500. What's worse, five counties were lost one after another, which made Chen Jingxuan lose all his face.

Because of the reinforcements of the cavalry of the Tiance Army, the overall supply of food and grass on the front line, the army that should have launched an attack was forced to postpone, and even sent thousands of people to strengthen the defense and protect the food routes in Hanzhou.

The toothed general's eyes were red, and he knelt on the ground and said desperately, "Jie Shuai, for the sake of being with you for many years, I will give you another chance. If you cannot eliminate these Tiance cavalry within two days, I am willing to commit suicide."

"Okay, I'll give you another chance. If I can't see the body of the Tiance cavalry within two days, you can come and see you."

"Thank you, thank you, Ji Shuai, I will definitely live up to the entrustedness of Ji Shuai."

Before the tooth general could finish his sentence, he was shocked by Chen Jingxuan's next sentence, "General Tian, ​​you will follow General Wu with a thousand cavalry and a thousand infantry. If he cannot complete the mission, you will be responsible for bringing his population to see me."

"Yes, Jishuai!"

A general next to him looked at his colleague kneeling on the ground coldly without any sympathy.

Chen Jingxuan, who was angry, did not pay attention. After these two thousand people left, there were only two thousand people in the huge Chengdu Prefecture and some yamen runners to defend. Perhaps, in their hearts, they did not expect that these two thousand Tiance cavalry would violate the military taboo and attack Chengdu Prefecture.

Shortly after these two thousand people left Chengdu Prefecture, a fast horse headed towards the southeast, while the two thousand went northwest.
Chapter completed!