After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 13
In the next few days, Wu Jun always fought and stopped, and every time he made Chu Jun suffer a small loss, he fled tens of miles away.

After chasing and escaping, the terrain gradually became rugged, and it was already at the foot of Dabie Mountain, hundreds of miles away from Yingdu.

During this period, the generals kept persuading them not to pursue them any more, and the general Xie She even blocked the chariots and tried his best to admonish them. Wu Jun's style of play was clearly a tactic to lure troops.

However, Nangwa had already lost his head with anger, the [-] army could not take down [-] disciples, and they repeatedly lost troops and lost generals, so they were ridiculed by others when they returned.In addition, the scouts have not found the main force of the Wu army, so there is no need to worry about being cut off.

Seeing that Xunshe didn't know what to do, he picked up the longbow and smashed it. Xunshe didn't dare to dodge, and his face was covered in blood.The generals talked a lot, but no one persuaded them any more. .
Bai Bing's eyes lit up, and he stepped forward to salute and said, "Wu's army is thirty miles ahead, and they are already exhausted. The last general is willing to lead a light chariot first, and take Fugai's head before sunset."

"Okay" Nang Wa left Bai Bing originally just because of his archery skills, and was by his side as an auxiliary car to protect himself.Now it seems that he is much more sensible than others.

"I'll give you two hundred light carts without any disciples. You only need to block Fugai's way, and that's a great achievement."

"Order!"

Monty's hunch was correct.

Shen Yinshu brought tens of thousands of soldiers from the Qin and Jin borders to Fangcheng. He ordered Douxin to lead his troops to follow and went to Xicheng together. Xicheng was the place where Meng Di and others burned Wuying.

"Wu Ying was burned down? What else are you going to do?"

Dou Xin convened a meeting with the deputy general in the tent, and Mo Cheng asked in surprise.

"Shen Sima is going to burn the boats of the state of Wu, so that Helu can come and go."

At this time, everyone already knew the news that Wu Junbing was approaching Hanshui.

"I saw that there were not many boats on the mountain that day. Since Wu Jun wanted to wait for the shore, why did he choose Xicheng?"

.Meng Di pondered for a moment and pointed to the map. Although the map pierced on the animal skin was very rough, several large rivers and mountains were marked.In the past few days, I have also learned a lot of information from the soldiers, which can basically be compared.

Everyone looked intently, but didn't understand why.

Meng Di explained: "The Huai River near Xicheng is tortuous and difficult to navigate, and the water surface is narrow, so it is difficult for boats to turn around. Besides, Xicheng is far away from Cai State, so it is very easy to be attacked by me. Wu Jun came from afar. The most important thing is to prevent the rear If the commander-in-chief of the Wu army can set up such a sneak attack, how could he not have thought of this?"

"Then where do you think Wu Jun's boat will be parked?"

Meng Di looked at the lower reaches of the Huai River, and tapped his finger lightly.

"Zhou come?"

"Yes, the water near Zhoulai is wide, and boats can advance and retreat. At the same time, when Zhoulai reaches Xicheng, there are no mountains and rivers to block it, so it is convenient to march. If I were the commander-in-chief of the Wu army, I would definitely land in Zhoulai, travel all the way to Xicheng, and then go to Xicheng. Turn south."

"This……"

Everyone was doubtful, Dou Xin sighed, and said: "Shen Sima fought for half his life, he was resolute and resolute, it's useless to wait for speculation, let's go to Xicheng first and see."

Several dilapidated sailboats docked on the shore, undulating slightly with the waves.

Shen Yinshu stood next to the former site of Wuying, which had been burned to the ground, watching the Huai River slowly flow eastward, without saying a word.After a long time, someone called Mengdi.

"Are you the apprentice who set Wu Ying on fire?"

"Exactly."

"I heard that you often say amazing things. You already knew that the boat was moored in the state?"

"Just guessing."

"Then tell me, what should I do next?"

"It will take ten and a half months to go back and forth to Zhouzhou. The soldiers are exhausted after traveling for days. Why don't we just follow the Wu army's trail and go south here."

"Okay, the army is moving slowly. I will give you two hundred more good riders to act as pioneers and go south immediately."

The Chu army brought by Shen Yinshu mainly consisted of chariots, and they could only march 200 to [-] miles a day. Now they are forced to travel more than [-] miles in less than ten days. Many soldiers are left behind, and the vehicles are in urgent need of repairs. Stopped and trimmed.

At this time, neither of them knew that Nangwa's [-] troops had been lured to the foot of Dabie Mountain.

Bai Bing dashed forward with [-] light chariots in high spirits, and indeed intercepted the Wu army before sunset, but the price was also huge, dozens of chariots were destroyed on the rugged mountain road.

Seeing that there were less than a thousand of Fugai's subordinates, all wounded and pale, Bai Bing laughed out loud. As long as he takes down Fugai, it doesn't matter even if all the two hundred chariots are destroyed.

"Fu Gai, Bai Bing is here, if you are captured without a fight, you will be spared!"

Fugai also burst out laughing strangely, and shouted: "Bai Bing, I can spare you if you don't die!"

Bai Bing was furious, he drew his bow and wanted to shoot, only to hear the sound of a drum, countless Wu troops emerged from the valley, and arrows flooded the sky and covered the earth.After several rounds of volleys, the field became quiet, and none of the hundreds of soldiers of the Chu army survived.

Poor Bai Bing just had the opportunity to make meritorious service, and died in a blink of an eye.

He Lu finally adopted Sun Wu's strategy.Sun Wu suggested that since surprise attacks are no longer possible, it is better to hide the army near the Dabie Mountains.The Chu people thought that the Wu army would seek a quick battle, but they did the opposite, causing the Chu army to lose its target.

Then, with the vanguard operating near the Han River, Yin Nangwa, the order of the state of Chu, was very happy and self-willed. He did not find the main force of the Wu army, so he would not tolerate the harassment of a mere small group of Wu troops.Once Nangwa is successfully lured to the vicinity of the Dabie Mountains, they can be gathered and wiped out.

He Lu is also an adventurous person, his eyes sparkled when he heard the words, he immediately agreed, and he was going to send someone to replace the striker Fu Gai.

Sun Wu hurriedly said: "General Fugai cannot be replaced."

"Oh? Fugai is brave and warlike. He never admits defeat. If you tell him to retreat and lure the enemy, I'm afraid it won't be right."

"It needs a brave fighter like General Fugai to succeed in this trick to lure the enemy. If you are defeated in one blow, you will not be able to deceive Nangwa."

Just as Sun Wu expected, Fu Gai was furious after receiving the order, and fought fiercely with the Chu army several times before slowly retreating, attracting the Chu army to chase all the way.

Nangwa's face was full of bitterness at this time, not long after Bai Bing set off, a large number of Wu troops appeared around him.They sent people to investigate and found that the flags of Wu and Tang and Cai were both there, and the number of people was probably more than [-] to [-]. At this time, even a fool understood that the main force of the Wu army was in ambush here.

The Chu army retreated several miles in a hurry, found an open area and laid out their formation.Nangwa was no longer in the mood to blame the scouts, but in fact he couldn't blame the scouts either.After the main force of the Wu army went south, they did not go straight to the Han River, but circled eastward to the foot of the Dabie Mountains.The scouts were only ordered to investigate in the north and south, so naturally they couldn't find any traces.

The problem now is that the Chu army was chasing too quickly. The [-] troops scattered along the way like a long snake, and the snake's head and tail were hundreds of miles away.

But Wu Jun waited for work with leisure, and he knew he had lost this battle without fighting.

In the tent of the Chinese army, there was silence, looking at Nangwa's disoriented state, all the generals murmured in their hearts, if you hadn't insisted on pursuing and refused to listen to advice, how could you have come to this point?

At this time, Nangwa was already thinking of retreating, how could he be in such a dangerous place as the dignified Ling Yin of Chu State.

Looking at Shi Huang and Xie She with his eyes, he said, "It's better to retreat to Hanshui immediately, the Wu army has too many soldiers, and they can't catch up with the chariot."

Xie She hurriedly said: "No, if the Wu army pursues and kills, the [-] troops will be defeated."

Nang Wa secretly hates Yao Yi for selling the old, always loses face, but also knows that what he said is stupid.

Seeing this, Emperor Shi had no choice but to go forward and said: "There is a place called Baiju more than ten miles away. The terrain is open and beneficial to our army. It is better to fight against Wu army there. At the same time, gather people and horses. If it is difficult to win, you can also fight for a while. And back."

The generals discussed for a long time, and only this method was feasible, so they arranged it, and each took orders to arrange it.

After the generals left, Emperor Shi stayed alone and asked, "Does Ling Yin want to abandon the army?" The two had known each other for decades, and they had already seen Nangwa's intentions.

Nangwa is silent.

(End of this chapter)