Guokui is what we call big cakes now. They are baked with flour on a hot pot. They are hard when cold and harder than iron. They are not eaten without copper teeth.

The cavalrymen were chewing the cold and hard pot and took a sip of cold water from time to time. Cold cakes and cold water was really bitter.

Zhou Chong rode his horse and asked, "How do you eat cakes? Don't cook with fire. Beat a hare, put some wild vegetables, and stew a pot of hare wild vegetables. The taste makes people swallow their saliva."

"Sir, it's just that when the State of Zhao is destroyed and the King of Zhao is captured, the wine and food will be exciting." The cavalry answered.

Zhou Chong waved the horse whip in his right hand, making a clear sound, and teased: "And the beautiful concubine of King Zhao, do you want to hug one? I have seen the concubine of King Zhao, and I didn't tell you that she was so delicate that she could twist out the water."

A loud laughter rang out, and the cavalry laughed and said, "That's the best."

"Beautiful, you guys." Zhou Chong hit them and said, "Don't forget to get me a pot of the most beautiful wine. Oh, by the way, I also have to make the best blister kitchen. I want to eat the dishes he cooks every day."

Another burst of laughter sounded, and the cavalry laughed and said, "No problem!"

Zhou Chong laughed, pulled the reins and galloped away.

When he arrived in front of Meng Tian, ​​Zhou Chong pulled the reins and stopped immediately and said, "Mortality is good. With the current morale, there will be no problem."

"I dare not say anything else. My soldiers of Daqin can guarantee high morale in the face of victory, and can not be discouraged in the face of failure and maintain good military discipline." Meng Tian said proudly.

He mentioned a very valuable quality of the Qin army, and what caused this good quality was the complete military system of the Qin State.

Zhou Chong asked, "How many people have you captured?" This time the operation is a secret marching, and keeping the secret is the most important thing. It is impossible to not worry about the people on such a large scale. There are two ways to deal with these people.

First, they killed them all, and second, they threatened them and sent small troops to watch them. When the large troops were far away, they would just let them go when they arrived at a place where they were not afraid of secrets being leaked.

Zhou Chong asked himself that he could not do it, but he adopted the latter method.

"Nearly two thousand." Meng Tian replied: "Forty-six people wanted to escape, but they were shot and killed."

Zhou Chong just wanted to watch them and not let the secret be leaked. He had to compensate them when he let them go, but there was nothing to say about trying to escape. He killed him and said, "Don't kill the people as much as possible, and you don't have to be polite if you have to.

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While the two were talking, Wang Ben came over and jumped off his horse panting and said, "Mr. Zhou. Discover the situation."

Meng Tian said in surprise: "Has our whereabouts been exposed?" Ten thousand cavalrymen interspersed in depth, which was considered a big deal at that time, but once exposed, they would attract ten times or even more enemies, and the situation would be very bad.

How can Meng Tian be in a hurry?

Wang Ben took a breath and said, "That's not. So far, our whereabouts are still very secretive and Zhao State has not noticed them at all. I found a Zhao army behind us moving eastward. According to their land's formation, it should be a retreat."

This is a major military situation, Zhou Chong asked: "How many people are there?"

Wang Ben replied: "It's about 20,000."

"Is it a lonely army, or is there other troops behind them?" Zhou Chong was eager to find out the situation.

Wang Ben said bluntly: "It's not clear yet. If I find this Zhao army, I will report to Mr. Zhou. Please rest assured that I have sent a detective post and there will be a reply soon."

Famous generals are famous generals, and everything is thought of. Zhou Chong secretly praised in his heart. "General Wang handled it very well. Come on, let's take a look at what the intention of this Zhao army is." Only by understanding the intention of this Zhao army can we deal with it.

"If this is a lonely army, it should be that Zhao State will increase troops in Handan, which will increase our efforts. It is best to find a time to eat him." Meng Tian thought and expressed his opinion.

Wang Ben nodded and said, "I think so too, the lonely army must eat it. Otherwise, we will be very dangerous under Handan City. But if it is eaten.

It is tantamount to telling Zhao that a Qin army will make Zhao ready if it penetrates deep into Zhao territory.”

"You have made sense. If you want to keep the secret, you can only wipe out this Zhao army. With our current forces, it is easy to defeat, but it is difficult to wipe out. It is not good to eat it, but it is still bad to not eat it. It is really difficult to get it.

"Zhou Chong said in embarrassment: "It's better to wait for the whistle before making a reason."

A spy came and jumped off the horse. He was too tired and did not stand firm. He fell to the ground. The Hu Ben Guard hurriedly helped him up.

With the help of Hu Ben Guard, the spy came to Zhou Chong and was about to salute Zhou Chong. Zhou Chong waved his hand and said, "You are too tired, don't have to salute, just talk about things."

The spy responded and panted, "There are a large number of Zhao troops retreating eastward."

"How many?" Wang Ben asked in shock.

The spy gave the vague term again and said, "I don't know. I only saw the Zhao soldiers being touched by others, but I couldn't see the head."

Zhou Chong waved his hand and said, "Help him down and rest." He looked at Meng Tian and Wang Ben, and the three of them said in unison: "Sima Shang retreats."

Meng Tian thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhou, Meng Tian thought that we should stop Sima Shang from retreating. Until now, we are the only one who can stop Sima Shang from retreating."

Wang Ben said with no doubt: "That's right, but our goal is Handan. If we fight a blocking battle, we have to give up Handan.

Besides, we only have 15,000 people, so it is not easy to stop hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops from retreating.

Having said that, if we don’t stop Sima Shang from retreating, he will jump out of the encirclement of our army. If he evacuated and retreated to the city of Handan, with the strong city of Handan as a support, our army will face much greater pressure.

Mr. Zhou, what do you think you should do?" There are pros and cons of blocking and not blocking, and it is difficult for him, a famous general.

Meng Tian echoed: "Mr. Zhou, what should we do?"

The two people had already made it clear. Zhou Chong frowned and thought, "Handan is our target, but Handan is dead and cannot escape. As long as the Zhao army is eaten, Handan will be taken down.

If Sima Shang jumped out of the encirclement, the consequences would be unimaginable.

If Sima Shang jumps out, he will definitely reorganize the army and fight again, waiting for Li Mu to return to help. The two Zhao troops will be in a very unfavorable situation for our army. Zhou Chong thought blocking Sima Shang was the most urgent task at present. What do you think?"

"Mr. Zhou said he would do whatever he wanted." Meng Tian and Wang Ben had no objection.
Chapter completed!