After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 470 Waiting for an Opportunity
Seeing Wu Qi's confidence in what he said, Huang Ye was a little moved. He is not young now, and it would be great if he could take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of achievements.

What's more, if Wu Qi is really defeated, it won't be a problem if he still has a large army to resist for a period of time. After all, Pengcheng has been strengthening for so many years, and Huaicheng sent a lot of bed crossbows a while ago.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded and agreed, but he still reminded him.

"3 people is indeed a little low, why don't I send you another 2 people, that way, it's safer."

But Wu Qi shook his head confidently, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Zi Ban and Zi Yao of Zheng State, as well as the passers-by at Gong Lian Chu, are all mediocre people. It doesn't take much effort to face such people. The general can rest assured that 3 people are more than enough to deal with them. "

Huang Ye felt a bit uncomfortable with writing, he had a headache in the face of Zheng Guo and Lu Guo's coalition forces, but in Wu Qi's eyes, such a difficult problem seemed as casual as drinking water and eating, so he didn't say any more.

Afterwards, Wu Qi directly led his troops to the expedition, and after three days of traveling day and night, he had already met the armies of Lu and Zheng, because he led all infantry, and now there are already many cavalry in Lu and Zheng. .

So under such circumstances, Zi Yao and Gong Lianchu's father led the cavalry to entangle Wu Qi's men and horses, and the army behind them chased after them. The purpose was very clear, which was to eat up this Han army directly and boost morale. , against the arrogance of the Han army.

No matter how they have an army of more than 30, Wu Qi rushed over with 3 to provoke. If he is not taught a lesson, then the armies of Lu and Zheng will become the laughing stock of the world from now on.

It was based on this mentality that the coalition forces began to chase and intercept Wu Qi's troops frantically, but Wu Qi had already responded to this. He carried air bags made of animal viscera on top of the military supplies.

Skillfully use the Sui River to avoid these pursuits, the method is to fight and retreat during the day, and then make preparations, wait until night to inflate these air bags, tie three or five to the raft, or simply cross the river with people holding them. Quickly cross the Sui River.

In this way, they escaped from the encirclement without anyone noticing. Zi Yao and Gong Lianchu father stood by the Suishui River with bewildered faces, looking at the surging water, they didn't know what to say, and there were Han troops camping beside them. Mark of.

All the evidence points to one thing, the Han army crossed the river last night, but the question is how did they do it?That's 3 people, not 3000. What's more, there are military marquises who have been doing investigations, and they haven't found the Han army building a pontoon bridge at all.

They didn't find that they felled trees to make rafts, which made it hard for them to imagine, but now the facts in front of them have proved that the Han army has indeed crossed the river. In desperation, they can only choose to cross the river.

Just to be careful, they sent a military marquis to investigate the surrounding situation first, but they found no trace of the Han army, but they did not expect that the Han army miraculously appeared on the other side of the Sui River just a day after they crossed the river.

They also raided Zheng Guo's military camp. Although they didn't kill many people, they were too insulting. With so many people, they chased and intercepted this small group of Han troops. Not only were they not surrounded, but they were even attacked. .

This was completely unacceptable, so the armies of Zheng Guo and Lu Guo became more cautious, and their marching speed slowed down significantly. However, news came from the rear at this time that a cavalry of the Han army was harassing the grain road.

So Gong Lianchu's father, son Yao, and Zi Ban got together to discuss a countermeasure.

Zi Yao frowned and stared at the map for a long time before speaking slowly.

"Although the Han army doesn't know what method they used to cross the river, it shows that this method crosses the river very quickly. It may be difficult for us to stop them, because this Han army is very cunning."

"The marching routes they chose are all around our army. It's hard to figure out where they go up and down. If we cross the river to pursue them, the gain will not be worth the loss, and we may be attacked by the other party again."

"Besides, there are Han cavalry in the rear harassing our grain road. Under such circumstances, we should allocate a cavalry to maintain the grain road, and then be born in the army and steadily advance towards Xiao County."

"This will not only ensure the safety of the rear, but also force this team to take the initiative to fight. After all, their strength is not as strong as ours. As long as we approach the city, it will not take long to take down Xiao County and go straight to Pengcheng."

"This is the gateway to Huai City. They are dragging our marching speed here. They are just delaying time. This time is different from the previous few times. All the princes and states in the world are involved."

"Even if the Han Dynasty is strong, it may be difficult to deal with it for a while, so we don't need to worry. At the same time, we must make some ambushes in advance to try to catch this Han army and annihilate them directly."

After hearing this, Father Gonglian showed a deeply appreciative expression on his face, nodded and said.

"This is indeed a way, but I think it can be more daring, that is, I lead the troops to go straight to Xiao County, and Zheng Guo's army is setting a trap behind them at this time. After all, the opponent only has 3 people, so we don't need our army. Go all out."

Zi Ban also felt that it would be better to do this. On the one hand, it would not delay the overall battle plan, and on the other hand, it could teach the Han army a heavy lesson. After all, this is a field battle, not a siege battle. Annihilate it.

No matter how well-equipped the Han army is, it is impossible for him to turn defeat into victory when he is absolutely superior in numbers.

What's more, with the iron smelting law enforcement provided by the Jin State and the production method of bows and crossbows, they now have equipment similar to that of the Han army. Compared with the two, the advantage of the Han army is not great.

After making the decision, he immediately started to act, but when Wu Qi learned that the armies of Zheng State and Lu State were moving separately, a smile appeared on his face. Although he said that he could defeat the armies of Lu State and Zheng State with a small number of troops.

But it doesn't mean that 3 people are directly fighting against 30 people. Now that the opponent divides the troops, it is a good opportunity. Obviously, the opponent thinks that their strength is superior to deal with them, and they are very confident.

This is the obvious underestimation of the enemy. The enemy's situation is unknown, but if you have the heart to underestimate the enemy, you will not be far from defeat.

(End of this chapter)