After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 411
And when Tian Shu received the news of the fall of Gaotang, he was shocked and speechless for a moment. His face turned pale and his expression was a little dull. Then he changed into a heartbroken expression and said in a sad voice.

"Gaotang is the fiefdom of my Tian family. The money and food accumulated by my Tian family over the years are stored in it. Now it has been destroyed. How can I explain to the Patriarch when I go back?"

Gao Wupi was also a little panicked at this time, but he was thinking about what to do next, so he quickly reminded him.

"General, we should withdraw our troops now. The cavalry is marching very fast. Gaotang has fallen. Even if we go to the rescue, it will not help. If we are cut off, then defeat is inevitable. .”

After saying this, Tian Shu immediately reacted, he braced himself up, calmed down his emotions, and gave orders.

"Order the army to withdraw to Linzi immediately. No matter what, the scheme of the Jin people cannot be succeeded. Otherwise, this time, we may only be able to apologize with death."

However, it was too late to withdraw at this time. On the third day after the Qi people withdrew their troops, You Liang had already appeared behind the Qi army with a large army, and set up a formation, waiting for them to hit.

Under such circumstances, Tian Shu led the cavalry, and Gao Wupi led the chariot soldiers, preparing to attack the cavalry of the Jin army with superior forces.

After Shaoshizhou saw this situation, he immediately grasped the location of the fighter, and he pointed to the Qi army in front of him and said.

"Their cavalry is on the left, and the chariots are on the right. The two sides seem to be cooperating, but they don't have any relationship with each other. If this is the case, we should concentrate our forces and go around to the right of the chariots to avoid the Qi army. cavalry."

"If their cavalry divides into two lines, then we will attack one of them. If they attack from one side, then we will go around. As long as the formation of the chariots is chaotic, then we can hit with one hit."

"As long as our army can destroy the formation of the chariot, then the Qi army's cavalry will be useless. In this case, victory is only a matter of time."

After hearing this, You Liang felt that it was very reasonable, and then he spoke directly.

"Dazai is more familiar with cavalry combat than I am. Since this is the case, please take Dazai as the general for this battle."

Shaoshizhou did not refuse, and then sent an order that the whole army go around to the right side of the Qi army. As soon as Tian Shu saw this situation, he subconsciously chased after him, because in his opinion, the opponent's cavalry had a long distance. came rushing.

Therefore, the physical strength of the Jin army will definitely decline. Although they are looking for opportunities to fight, they will also greatly consume the physical strength of their cavalry. can win.

It can only be said that Tian Shu's understanding of cavalry is still inferior to that of Shao Shizhou. It is not a big problem for the chariot soldiers to charge forward directly, but turning around is a big problem. It is inevitable that there will be inconsistencies in the cooperation between them.

So when the Jin army detoured to the rear of the cavalry army, a certain degree of chaos had already appeared in the Jin country's convoy. Shaoshizhou seized this opportunity and crashed into the two chariots before they closed.

In an instant, a gap was opened in the Qi army's formation, and then a steady stream of cavalry poured in directly, tearing up the gap, Tian Shu was dumbfounded, and chasing after him would be equivalent to helping the Jin army busy.

The chariot formation of the Qi army was scattered, and if they faced the attack directly, Qi's own chariot soldiers would stand in front of them. For a moment, he was like a headless chicken, leading his men and horses around the back for a long time. lock up.

Gao Wupi also panicked at this time, desperately trying to stabilize the formation, but things have reached this point, and the defeat is irretrievable, so he can only helplessly start to lead people back, thinking that Tianshu cavalry team With help, let's put some distance away first.

However, how could Shaoshizhou give him this opportunity to chase after him directly, so that driving these chariots drove away Uncle Tian's cavalry formation. Under such circumstances, Tian Shu also knew that the situation was over.

They could only lead the cavalry to start retreating. Shaoshi Zhou and the others pursued all the way, and after tracing back for nearly seventy miles, they stopped. Along the way, there were corpses of Qi soldiers everywhere, and the blood flowed on the ground into a stream. .

Next, the Jin army basically did not encounter any decent resistance, and they fought all the way to the bank of the Jishui River before taking a temporary rest.

And Meng Di brought the army to Huai City, and stayed there for a few days, mainly to replenish the arrows that were consumed, to reward the soldiers, and at the same time to reward them for their merits, and to meet Xu Cheng who had just surrendered.

This Xu Cheng was also afraid of being beaten. After he attacked Huaicheng that day, he saw the envoys who came to persuade him to surrender and immediately drove him out. However, he was attacked that night. Tens of thousands of people armed with light crossbows launched a night attack.

The rain of arrows all over the sky was like a heavy rain, falling towards his camp continuously, and directly stunned Wu Jun. The whole battle lasted all night, but when it was dawn, they withdrew their troops and returned to the city.

The next night was the same treatment. Xu Cheng led people out of the camp directly, ready to give the other party a look, but after rushing out, they met only small groups of troops. Basically, they withdrew immediately after discovering the Wu army. gone.

When he returned to the big camp, he was completely dumbfounded. The whole big camp had been engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and there were basically no food and supplies. He only found out after careful questioning.

After he left, another rain of arrows fell, so many people began to think of various ways to resist, but unexpectedly, the last wave was actually a rain of fire. There was no unified command in the entire camp, and there was chaos.

After tossing for two days, and at this time the military officer reported that he had not heard any news about Wu Jun's marching into Huai City, Xu Cheng was completely heartbroken, and if he continued to fight, he would just be consumed to death here. .

So he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet and directly chose to surrender. When Mengdi saw Xu Cheng, he still had an expression of constipation.

And Meng Di didn't care too much, he smiled indifferently, motioned Xu Cheng to sit down, and then spoke.

"Even if you don't surrender, the result will not be much better. The Han and Wu warriors have long since ended. Your King Wu has already fled back to Helu City, and also ceded all the land east of Shandao to Han."

"Besides, our Han army has already occupied Liuhe. It is also beneficial for you to make such a choice. If you don't want to continue to serve the king, then stay in Huai City and become a rich man."

(End of this chapter)