After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 14
The crisp sound of hooves broke the silence of the forest in the early morning. A group of cavalry was galloping through the mountains. Suddenly, the leading knight pulled the reins and stopped amidst the neighing of the horses. The cavalry behind them stopped their horses.

"General Meng, what did you find?" Li Yan, the pawn commander, approached.The five hundred cavalry were divided into five pawns, and those who performed outstandingly were appointed as pawn leaders.Peng Ji, Xiao Wu and Li Yan were all among them.

"The capital of Ying is to the south, but the army of Wu is heading east."

Li Yan observed carefully for a while, then nodded, "That's right, but there are only mountains to the east, what is Wu Jun going to do?"

"Judging from the traces along the way, the Wu army seems to have delayed a lot of time. The army has only left here for ten days at most. The Wu army on the north bank of the Han River that Shen Sima said should be only a small number of vanguards. Come and report to Shen Sima."

Along the way, Meng Di had already noticed, and it was finally confirmed that Wu's army did not reach Hanshui as scheduled.As for why he went east, he had some vague guesses, but the most important thing at this time was to get in touch with the Hanshui Chu army in the south.

There was Yima Pingchuan in front of them. After this period of continuous marching, everyone's riding skills have improved a lot. When they heard Mengdi's whistle, they all let go of their horseshoes and galloped away like a storm.

The Wu army was not found, but the Chu army was defeated.Meng Di stopped a group of Chu soldiers who were fleeing in all directions, and then asked about the situation.

There was a soldier in the defeated army. He told everyone that the Chu army fought against the coalition forces of Wu and Tang and Cai in Baiju, and the Chu army was defeated.One hundred thousand Chu troops, I don't know how many are left. Anyway, they were defeated all the way and fled all the way to this place, where they were gathered by General Xie She.

Just as he was burying the pot for cooking, a Wu army suddenly came and shot him to death. The rest of the soldiers scattered and fled for their lives.

Li was familiar with geography, and said in surprise, "Baiju has traveled a hundred or two hundred miles to this place, and you have been chased so far?"

The soldiers cried bitterly. At first they still had chariots, but later the chariots were damaged, so they had to flee with the disciples. After fleeing for five or six days, they almost collapsed.

Meng Di stood on his horse and pondered. Just now he learned that this Wu army was fighting under the banner of Fugai. There were thousands of people, mostly disciples, and they were enjoying the lunch prepared by the Chu army in front.

Fugai, this man Meng Di heard Dou Xin mention that this man is a mighty general who has always been greedy for meritorious service.According to the armored soldiers, the main force of the Wu army should not have arrived so soon. It is likely that Fu Gai killed him because he rushed over alone while the Chu army's morale was gone.

This is indeed the case. Fugai was chased all the way by Nangwa before, and he was very depressed. This time, he wanted to fight all the way back to Hanshui, and once he avenged his past, he didn't care that the army was still far behind.

Five hundred cavalry against thousands of Wu troops, Meng Di thinks it can be considered.Although he opened the way ahead, the mountain road was difficult, and Shen Yinshu's Chu army was still a day away.If Fugai's nail is pulled out and the defeated soldiers are gathered together, it may not be impossible to fight.

Let the soldiers lead the way, and several pawns quietly went around behind the hill to observe the situation.

Wu Jun was sitting on the ground, distributing the food left by Chu Jun. Li Yan was also a bold master, and said softly, "General Meng, why don't you rush over while they are eating."

Meng Di shook his head. The Chu army always kept half of the people eating and the other half on guard. The people eating were also holding weapons in one hand. It can be seen that Hugai is very good at fighting, and he cannot take advantage of the cavalry by forcefully charging.

Quietly retreated, let the cavalry divide into two teams and lie in ambush in front.

After Wu Jun had dinner, he continued to move forward under Fugai's urging.At this time, Wu Junye was exhausted, he had just had a full meal, and he was even more lazy and didn't want to move.

Just after walking down the hill, there was a sound of hooves, and dense arrows flew from the side.Fugai's men were all elite soldiers who had fought in hundreds of battles, and they quickly turned around to defend. However, after the cavalry shot a round of arrows, they didn't stop and looked away.

Fu Gai was startled and suspicious, when there was a sound of hooves behind him, and arrows splashed like rain, Wu Jun was caught off guard and fell to the ground one after another.

In the chaos, he barely adjusted his formation, and the cavalry behind him had already gone away, and the arrows shot out sparsely, even the horse's tail could not catch up.

Fighting in this era is all straight forward, how have you ever seen this kind of fighting style that looks forward and suddenly looks behind.

Fugai was indeed extremely brave. He threw the spear in his hand and knocked down a cavalryman. After capturing the horse, he swung his sword and chased the cavalryman.

During this period of hard training played a role, the cavalry did not entangle with him, but only wandered outside the Wu army.

Although Fugai was brave, his riding skills were mediocre. After hacking and killing for a while, he found no effect, so he had to go back to the front to command angrily.

The cavalry interspersed alternately, and when they approached, there was a rain of arrows, regardless of whether they were shot again, they always maintained their speed.

After several rounds of impact, Wu Jun couldn't maintain his position any longer, he turned around and ran away with a cry.

Fu Gai was furious, and knocked down several deserters with his sword, but he couldn't stop his defeat, and was finally dragged by the lieutenant general to join the fleeing ranks.

The cavalry pursued and killed them, and they had to drive for more than ten miles before they retreated.Fugai's subordinates fled for their lives in all directions, but they couldn't gather for a while, so they went directly to the camp.

Seeing all the cavalrymen beaming with joy, Peng Ji and the others shouted to kill all the way to Baiju, Meng Di couldn't help but smile bitterly.In front of the army, these hundreds of cavalry were useless at all.

What's more, this cavalry is still in its infancy, and it is mostly used to scare people. Just now, Wu Jun was a tired army, but he was suddenly ambushed. He didn't know the details of the Chu army, so he was forced to break up. Not many.

So Mengdi stayed here to gather the remnants.

A day later, Shen Yinshu and Douxin Fengchen arrived, and Wu Jun also advanced fifty miles ahead.

Knowing the impressive performance of the cavalry, Shen Yinshu praised it loudly, but when he realized that the battle situation had been corrupted to this point, he fell silent again.

Of the [-] Chu troops, less than [-]% were collected, and most of them were apprentices.It is said that Nang Wa ran away with his own soldiers, Shi Huang, Xie She, Wu Chenghei and other generals were all killed, and there were not enough thousand chariots left.

Shen Yinshu is a stubborn person, he ran for thousands of miles, and less than half of the soldiers who managed to get here were already exhausted.

Even so, he still laid down his position and faced Wu Jun.He proposed the strategy of attacking from both sides, and now it seems like a joke, since you can't just walk away like Nangwa, then let's die to thank the king.

Needless to say, the result was that he was defeated in all three battles and died by slaying himself.It was Mengdi who led the cavalry, snatched the head, and Douxin took the remaining chariot, broke the bloody road, and went to Yingdu.

The Han River could no longer be defended, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and it was too late to destroy the pontoon bridge. The soldiers who had not crossed the river either knelt down and surrendered, or fled in all directions.Even the army stationed at the camp on the north bank was surrounded by the remnants and retreated to Yingdu.

Since then, the 15 troops of the Chu State disappeared in smoke.

(End of this chapter)