"I sent an order to my soldiers to secretly kill five hundred horses for military rations. Externally, it was said that the war horse was injured and only had two legs left. It was difficult to survive." Hearing that Gaoping Pass had been lost, Bai Qi still remained calm.

But Duke Heng on the side was immediately panicked and stammered: "Our army's food and grass are all at Gaoping Pass, what should we do?"

"Silence!" Bai Qi looked at Duke He angrily: "I wish the army's morale was in chaos! Put all the military rations that were shipped today and put them at the highest place. Put the grain bags outside and pile earth bags inside.

The warehouse official Cao must obey the order. Everyone should eat freely today and do not restrict the supply. Tell them that the grain transport team has brought a lot of grain and grass today.

Yang Duanhe, you have worked hard and brought a team of confidants to sneak out with an empty cart and a few bags of grain. Find a secret place to fill the bags with soil. Remember, when you return to the city, make a big fanfare. You have to be intentional

Let the bag containing the grain fall to the ground and expose the grain inside for everyone to see."

Seeing Bai Qi's reaction and arrangements when facing a crisis, Duke Heng understood why Bai Qi was the number one general of the Qin people.

But even so, it cannot change the prospect that the Qin army's food and grass will be burned and it will soon be destroyed.

"The capture of Gaoping Pass cannot be concealed. Tell the three armies that more than 200,000 Zhao soldiers were trapped and killed by our army and formed a deadly feud. They will definitely not take prisoners this time. Now they have cut off our army's

There is no way out. If you want to survive, there is no other way but to fight hard.

At this time, Bai Qi just wanted to retain the Qin army's effective strength to the greatest extent and retreat quickly.

Gaoping Pass must be captured again.

While he was making arrangements, his sergeant came to deliver another message.

"Report, the Zhao army shouted to our army, saying that if you don't kill those who surrender, you can live by cutting off the thumbs of both hands. Those who participate in the trap and kill Zhao army can live by cutting off their right hands. It's just."

"Just nothing."

"It's just our generals and above. They don't want to spare any of them. They want to kill them all. They will use them to commemorate the robes they were killed in." The sergeant lowered his head and said.

There was silence for a long time in the Qin army commander's tent.

Except for Lei He, who was burned to a vegetative state by Sima Shang and then trampled to death by Li Yun, Bai Qi, Lu Gong, Wang Lu, Zhang Tang and others here were all considered must-kill targets by Zhao Jun.

Wang Jian was even a little lucky that his military achievements had not yet been calculated, otherwise he would also be on the must-kill list after he was promoted.

But he immediately put this idea behind him. What a joke, someone actually planned to kill all the senior generals of the Qin army. This was something that had never happened in the 600 years since the founding of the Qin Dynasty.

"Impossible, we killed so many of them, how could they let us go and tell the whole army that the Zhao people were lying to us." Duke Heng was the first to shout, hysterically.

Just because he is cruel and prone to killing does not mean that he is not afraid of death.

"This is Zhao Jun's plan to alienate our army. More than 200,000 people were killed in a trap, and they have long been enmity." Meng Wu on the side also said.

"Yes, and there is Wei Jun behind them. Under the attack of us and Wei Jun, sooner or later they will be unable to support and become the prey of our army." Yang Duanhe also looked excited and encouraged.

Bai Qi frowned, opened the battlefield, and spoke slowly: "Let's pay attention to what's in front of us first. We were all deceived by Zhao Kuo. The purpose of the inverted geometric formation he set up was not to make a pocket formation.

Not to destroy our central army, but to hold back our central army and two wings.

Now in order to turn around and attack Gaoping Pass, we must retreat. But as soon as we retreat, the Chinese army will be stuck by the Zhao army's central army, and then their two wings will complete the encirclement and stop the Chinese army.

The current method is to let the two wings of our army attack the two wings of Zhao army again so that they cannot surround our center army. I am not worried about Wang Hao on the right wing. He is holding his breath to wash away his shame. Lei He on the left wing unexpectedly

Died in battle. Mr. He, now we need you to go there in person and lead our left wing. We must repel Zhao's right wing, otherwise our central army will not be able to retreat."

"Wu'an Lord, why not take this opportunity to advance directly with the Chinese army and eat Zhao Kuo's army." Duke He suggested.

"Zhao Kuo cut off the Zhao army's retreat. They formed a formation with their backs against the water, advancing and never retreating. Today's Zhao people know that they will die if they surrender, and their retreat is cut off. Therefore, everyone fights hard and has to hold back even if they die.

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There are more than 200,000 of them. If everyone works hard, they won't be able to kill them all in ten and a half months. If our Chinese army goes deeper, it will collapse in two days without food and grass. At the moment, the only option is to attack Gaoping Pass quickly.

, can you escape from death." Others thought of being reckless, but Bai Qi knew that even if he succeeded, it would only be an advantage for the Wei people.

Grain! Grain! Grain!

At the same time, the Zhao army was in the middle. The black smoke caused by the fire at Gaopingguan made the Zhao army here celebrate.

Zhao Kuo sat on the ground and asked Sima Yue to disinfect and bandage the wound on his left calf again. He grinned in pain, but a big stone fell to the ground in his heart.

Li Mu, the last patron saint of the Zhao Kingdom in history, today completed a plan that was destined to be recorded in history.

The reason why I put up such a formation full of flaws was because of my 200% trust in Li Mu.

"I don't know how long the Qin people's food and grass can last. The advance is so fast that our food and grass only last for more than a month." Sima Yue finished bandaging and said.

At this time, they were still not sure how much of the grain and grass burned at Gaoping Pass accounted for the Qin people's inventory.

"Be prepared to kill the horses. I also heard from the right wing that a lot of horses have been captured. Let them kill them all. Don't try to keep a few good ones. The horses also have to compete with people for beans. Win this battle.

, what kind of good horses are there? And those livestock, cattle and sheep that eat a lot, kill them quickly." Zhao Kuo said.

If it weren't for the need for cavalry to convey intelligence, reconnaissance, pursuit, and transportation, Zhao Jun's war horses would have all been turned into military rations.

Killing horses early will also reduce food and grass consumption, but the degree of this is difficult to grasp.

"The fire on Hanwang Mountain will probably be extinguished in more than ten days." Cheng Zhao took his helmet, filled it with some corn, and gave it to Zhao Kuo.

This is Zhao Kuo's instruction, specifically to eat where the soldiers can see, and to eat the same food as the soldiers.

Under the current conditions, there is no way for him to pretend to eat with his son outside, and then go back to the handsome tent and open a small stove.

But Zhao Kuo was very tired after fighting for a day. The corn tasted very sweet when he ate it in his mouth.

Gai Nie was wearing heavy armor and holding an iron sword in his hand. He stood beside Zhao Kuo and stared at the surroundings vigilantly.

He now considers himself Zhao Kuo's personal bodyguard.

"First you gave Qin Gou a way, and now you send troops yourself. The Wei people are really disgusting." Sima Yue originally wanted to say Wei Gou, but when he saw Gai Nie, he changed his name and said Wei people.

"I think the Qin army will find a way to attack both flanks of our army, so that their central army can withdraw to attack Gaoping Pass. Or they may directly engage in a decisive battle and attack our central army with all their strength. If the battle is like this, it is nothing more than gritting one's teeth and persevering to survive.

Let’s see if the Qin people can’t support us first, or if the Wei people come out from behind us first.” Zhao Kuo said.

"Report, our army's right wing has used up the kerosene pots and there are not many catapult bombs left. Li Yun has asked Sima Shang to dismantle the four catapults as defensive fortifications."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo reluctantly stood up and bowed towards the right wing.
Chapter completed!