Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2600 Two Consecutive Victories, Cunxiao Falls into an Ambush

Li Mu was worried that Han Xin had set an ambush, so he hurriedly sent Bai Hu to the rescue.

But not long afterward, news of Li Cunxiao's victory arrived.

Li Cunxiao successfully routed the Qin army's rearguard, beheading two thousand and even killing Qin Jinfu, a famous general of the Qin clan.

Qin Jinfu, one of the three tiger generals of the State of Lu in history, was considered a master at the peerless level when he was born. However, now that he has grown old, his strength has declined to the point where he can barely reach the peerless level.

Age is a hurdle for any military general, and one that is impossible to overcome. As they get older, it is only a matter of time before they lose their strength. Every military general will encounter this, it's just a matter of sooner or later.

However, for powerful warriors like them, the more their combat strength relies on brute force, the faster and earlier their abilities decline. Power-based warriors are more dependent on their physical attributes.

Most of those powerful warriors find it difficult to maintain their peak performance shortly after they turn forty.

On the other hand, those skilled warriors tend to have a longer peak period compared to those powerful warriors, and it might even be shorter.

Now, only Qin Jin's father, who had just reached the level of peerless combat power, was left. He couldn't even withstand a single exchange from Li Cunxiao before being knocked off his horse by Li Cunxiao's spear and trampled to death.

"General Li won?"

"No, I'm afraid it's Han Xin's scheme to lure the enemy into his trap!" Wei Renpu said with disbelief.

If Han Xin were so easy to deal with, why would Li Mu have been so hesitant and timid lately?
During this period, is Li Mu trying to turn an offensive situation into a defensive one?
It's because he thought his chances of winning a direct confrontation with Han Xin were too low!
At the beginning, Li Mu was also aggressive, but unfortunately, he suffered considerable losses in several small-scale probing attacks.

Although these losses did not fundamentally damage the Jin army, and were insignificant to them, they still made Li Mu realize that his chances of winning a direct confrontation with Han Xin were lower than Han Xin's.

Therefore, Li Mu adopted a conservative strategy, preferring to lose face himself rather than wait until the outcome was decided on the Qing-Han side.

After all, the tide is in their favor.

Once the battle between Qing and Han is decided, hundreds of thousands of troops will march north, and even if Han Xin is incredibly powerful, it won't make a difference!

Everything that followed proved that his choice was correct. Qi Jiguang's landing in Youzhou from Bohai Sea directly led Youzhou down a dead end.

Now that the battle on Xue Rengui's side has completely ended, more Jin troops are about to head north, further accelerating the dead end for Youzhou.

Li Mu's behavior demonstrates the most basic mindset of a great coach. At their level, if there is a safe way, they will not take any risky actions for the sake of so-called impulse.

Those who risk tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, no matter how skilled they are in battle, can at most be called generals, not commanders.

Would Han Xin, who was forced to adopt a conservative strategy by fighting with a weaker force, be completely unprepared for a retreat? Would he be so easily defeated by Li Cunxiao?

In particular, Li Cunxiao had already won a battle in such a short time.

In Wei Renpu's view, this clearly attracted more of their troops to chase after them.

"Such a clumsy plan doesn't seem like something Han Xin would come up with!" Li Zhen shook his head and said.

He also believes that Li Cunxiao's so-called victory is definitely not what it seems.

However, if this strategy, which was so obvious, were solely Han Xin's doing, then the enemy wouldn't have needed to push them to this point during this period.

"No!"

"The generals are already restless. Now that Li Cunxiao has won, what will they do?" Li Mu shook his head and said. Many generals were already feeling frustrated because they had the advantage of superior forces but had maintained a conservative attitude. Li Mu was about to lose his temper.

At this time, it even came to light that Li Cunxiao had led his troops out on his own without authorization.

At this moment, Li Mu was not afraid of Li Cunxiao losing, but he was afraid of the opponent winning.

If he loses, the initiative will fall into his hands. In fact, if Li Mu is ruthless enough, he could even have ample reason to kill Li Cunxiao without considering the consequences.

However, things are different if the other side wins.

Losing would be considered disobeying military orders, but winning would mean that the initiative would be completely out of Li Mu's hands.

Moreover, with Li Cunxiao winning like this, he will probably be even less able to control his subordinates.

"Perhaps, it was Han Xin who did the opposite."

"Han Xin was eager to leave, using this method to make our army hesitant to pursue!" Li Zhen put forward another conjecture.

In fact, he thought that someone like Han Xin might be able to achieve both goals simultaneously; if one goal wasn't achieved, he would take the opportunity to achieve the other.

In short, you always have to make a profit.

However, regardless of Han Xin's true intentions, Li Mu was now even more hesitant to make any rash moves.

Not only that, but how to control his subordinates was also a problem that Han Xin brought him.

"General Li, General Cunxiao has already won a battle. It will be even more difficult to call him back!"

“In that case, it would be better to let nature take its course!” Wei Renpu suggested.

With Li Cunxiao's victory, the other generals who have been holding back for so long are probably already itching to make their move.

At this point, it's better to gamble than to gamble.

Whatever schemes Han Xin may have, as long as they don't send all their troops in at once, it won't cause any major harm.

The same principle applies: for the size of the Jin army, losing a few thousand men is far from crippling them.

Thus, following Wei Renpu's advice, Li Mu pursued Li Cunxiao all the way ahead, with Bai Hu's troops trailing behind Li Cunxiao, while Li Mu's main force moved slowly at the very back, providing cover for those in front.

During the march, Li Cunxiao won a second victory, defeating Ju Xin, the Qin general who was covering the rear of the second route. Apart from Ju Xin himself, who barely escaped with his life, his five hundred elite soldiers were almost completely wiped out, even though they held the strategic positions.

Two consecutive victories made Li Cunxiao even more complacent, and he believed from the bottom of his heart that the Qin army was nothing but a group of paper tigers, and was actually no match for them.

Therefore, they pursued the Qin army in the direction they had left.

However, Li Cunxiao would soon pay the price for his complacency.

After catching up with the Qin army once again, just when Li Cunxiao thought he could achieve a third victory, or rather, at this point Li Cunxiao was about to win.

But at that very moment, a large number of Qin troops who had been lying in ambush for a long time suddenly appeared from all directions.