One hundred and ninetieth eight chapters to vote (two)
The Dian Kingdom is located, with mountains and forests everywhere, and it is difficult to travel on the road. There are also many snakes, insects, and beasts. The army's marching speed suddenly slowed down.
He swung his sword and chopped the poisonous snake into several sections. He looked back at the slowly moving team on the road just opened up in the mountains and forests, and listened to the occasional beast roar in his ears. Li Yu finally knew why the Qin State captured Wu County and why Qianzhong did not continue to use troops in the southwest after it. The road was really rugged and the march was difficult. Even if this land was captured, it would be more costly. This vast forest was not a good place to grow grain, and the few pastoral places could not accommodate too many people.
Fortunately, with the help of Yelang Wizard, the injured and sick soldiers were rescued in time. With the unlimited supply of epidemic prevention medicines, there have been no major casualties so far. Only five scouts won the first prize. The poison they received was too fierce and their souls returned to their hometown.
Given the complex terrain, the scouts in the army reduced the spy to ten miles and handed over most of the work to the Yelang people. With the help of the sea soaring in the sky, there was no big problem.
It has to be said that this mountainous land is indeed the main battlefield of the Yi people, and its ability to freely shuttle through the trees makes the trained cavalry feel inferior.
"Wulmi, how far is this place from Dianchi Lake?" After entering the Yunnan territory, Li Yu had been away for five days. Looking at the dense forests around him, he could not help but feel a little bored. He had known that he would have accepted the Chu girl sent by Li Quan. But he was once romantic with the Qi girl named Yanyan. Li Yu temporarily lost interest in ordinary women. It was not good to eat good food too well.
"Report to General, this place is still fifty miles away from Dianchi Lake." After looking around, E Lumo said a rough number.
"Yeah." Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that he was only fifty miles away, but at the current speed of the march, it would take three days. It just made him a little strange that the army was approaching the capital of Dian Kingdom, and Zhuang Qi had not done anything yet, and he had not even seen the shadow of a Dian soldier. Instead, tribal leaders from the army came to like each other, allowing the Yi tribes to accompany him to reach more than 10,000.
It was completely different from what I imagined. Wherever the Zhao army passed, all the tribes of all sizes within a radius of fifty miles came to surrender. Li Yu also refused and handed them over to E Lumo's jurisdiction, and the camp also lived with the Yelang clan. For the Zhao army with abundant logistics supplies, this was just a few thousand more mouths to eat. It could give the rebel general Zhuang Qi less help, and the Zhao army less casualties. A small effort was worth it.
That night, Li Yu summoned the army commander and discussed in the big tent.
"Our army is only more than 30 miles away from Dianchi Lake, but the rebels of the Dian Kingdom still did not do anything. I wonder what you think?" Knowing his own shortcomings, Li Yu never felt ashamed of the following. Only by gaining the wisdom of the whole family can he make better plans. Although the Dian Kingdom is small, even the troops of the whole country are not worth worrying about, Li Yu knows one truth, that is, to despise the enemy strategically and attach importance to the enemy tactically, he can be invincible.
"The army of Dian Kingdom is only 100,000, but the soldiers who fight are actually less than 20,000. Ten thousand soldiers have been sent to our army. The army of Dian Kingdom is only 10,000. I believe the rebel general wants to defend Gaocheng to resist our army." Tai Jin, the commander of the Caval Cavalry Camp, spoke first. After studying in the martial arts hall, he often considered how to attack and defend. If he was in the position of a rebel general, Tai Jin would never fight with the army outside the city, which would be like attacking a stone with an egg.
"Dianchi City is small, and the rebel generals are descendants of the Chu people. I know that our army's advantage in siege, so I may not confront our army head-on. Our army can easily reach this place, and there should be some fraud." Mao Xu, the commander of the Caval Caval Camp, did not agree with Tai Jin's statement. When speaking in the martial arts hall, the two of them often had different opinions and had victory or defeat.
"There is a fraud. Most of the Yi tribes who have come to like each other over the past few days have been entrusted by the rebel generals to disturb our rear army when our army attacked the city. However, the Yelang clan leader sincerely surrendered, and it must have been decided now." He was approaching the target, and Li Yu did not hide it from everyone, and directly told the news he had already learned. He had never believed in the Yi tribes, and using the Yi tribes to control the Yi is a good way.
As he was talking, a cry of killing came from a distance.
"No need to be surprised, it's just a trivial matter." After waved his hand, Li Yu smiled and said to the shocked people. In order to keep the secret, he didn't even say several commanders of the Knight Camp, only the two brothers Xu An and Xia Hong knew about it.
"General, in this rebellion, I am afraid that the Yunnan Army will prevent a sneak attack." A glimmer of light flashed in my eyes, and the infantry commander Zhao Xiang said.
"Oh." He looked at the royal chief in surprise. Li Yu didn't consider this level at the beginning, and he thought of it only after Xu An reminded him.
"kill..."
Seeing the fire in the camp in the distance soaring into the sky, Zhuang Qi, who was ambushing in the mountains and forests, roared and led the soldiers who had been ambushing for a long time to rush towards the Zhao army camp.
Nowadays, the generals of the Zhao army gathered in the general's tent. The Zhao army was without a leader and would be defeated with one blow. As long as he defeated the Zhao army in front of him, Zhuang Qi could return to his hometown and become the monarch of Chu. In such a barbaric land in Dian, what's the use of even becoming king?
Hearing a shout of killing, Li Yu joined in, and said to the commanders under his command: "What Zhao Duke said is not bad, it seems that the rebel generals can't wait. The generals obeyed the orders and returned to their headquarters to meet the enemy."
"promise."
After a sudden agreement, everyone quickly retreated and prepared to face the invading enemy.
When stationed in the camp, the Yi people were arranged separately in the camp tent, which also gave the army the extra camp tents that were confused by the conspiracy of the troops to use.
At this time, the Yelang tribesmen made temporary rebellion, with superior troops and some of them obtained from the Zhao army. In addition, they were already much more powerful than ordinary small tribes. The Yelang tribes easily defeated the Yi tribes with dissatisfaction. The Zhao army soldiers were just guarding the side to prevent fish that escaped the net.
In order to reduce the losses of soldiers, Li Yu did not allow his soldiers to participate in the war between the Yi tribes. Since the Yelang tribe had something to ask for him, he had to give corresponding sincerity.
The only thing that was a little troublesome was the soldiers of the Dian Kingdom who came to attack. Although the combat effectiveness of the Dian Kingdom soldiers was far inferior to that of the Zhao army, the two thousand personal guards led by Zhuang Qi were indeed real war-capable soldiers. The soldiers of the Yelang clan were simply unable to resist, so they could only be resisted by the Zhao army soldiers.
"Are you ready?" Looking at the firelight in the distance, Li Yu asked Xia Hong beside him.
"What do you think?" Rolling his eyes, Xia Hong then disappeared in the darkness, and hundreds of soldiers wearing black clothes and black armor disappeared at the same time.
"Chu State." Li Yu looked to the east, and saw how the one on the throne made a decision.
;
Chapter completed!