After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 473
But now that Zheng Guo's army wants to withdraw, they have to ask Wu Qi if he agrees. When Zi Pan and Zi Yao were discussing, a military marquis suddenly rushed in, and after arriving in front of them, he saluted and said. "Report, a group of cavalry was found twenty miles away from the camp, and they were fighting under the banner of the Lu army." Zi Yao immediately stood up when he heard this, and his face was obviously relaxed. In a breath, he opened his mouth and said. "Since it's a large group of cavalry, it means that the strength of the State of Lu is still there. I'll take someone to meet it right away, and ask what's going on. I think the father of Gonglian is also a veteran for many years, how could he be defeated so quickly? At this time, Zi Ban was also very puzzled, and immediately nodded his head in agreement, so Zi Yao ordered his soldiers and horses and went out of the camp directly.The sky was just getting brighter now, and his vision was limited. Zi Yao saw a group of cavalry galloping towards him from a distance, and the number of them was only a few thousand, which gave him a bad feeling in his heart.It seems that the state of Lu was seriously damaged this time. So many soldiers and horses went out, but only so few people came back.Moreover, looking at the banner, it was obvious that it was the guard of honor of the Lu State. Zi Yao felt a little worried, so he urged his horse to go up to him.It's just that when the two sides got closer and closer, he felt that something was wrong, because both sides could already see people. Logically speaking, the other side should slow down, but judging by the current situation, these cavalry are speeding up and appearing to be charging. .Zi Yao suddenly felt something was wrong, and immediately ordered the surrounding soldiers to be on alert, but it was too late, after the cavalry picked up their speed, they were already in front of them in an instant, and they swung their knives without saying a word.At this time, Zi Yao immediately realized that it was not a Lu army in front of him, but a Han army, so he shouted loudly. "Immediately go back and report to the Han army to attack the camp." But as soon as his words fell, the torrent of the Han army's cavalry rushed in front of him. As soon as the knife flashed by, Zi Yao felt a pain in his waist and abdomen, and looked down. When I went there, I saw the internal organs of the intestines flowing out.Then his body swayed, and he fell off the horse at one end. At this time, after the Han army cavalry defeated their group, they quickly changed horses and continued to accelerate, rushing towards the camp of Zheng Guo's army.The speed at which everything happened was too fast. Although the Marquis had already reported back to Zi Ban, the cavalry of the Han army had already entered the camp before he gave the order, because they had not been warned in advance.In addition, a large number of Zheng Guo's troops were defeated and returned, so the gate of the camp was opened to welcome these people into the camp, which also gave the Han army a chance to break in. After all, the speed of the cavalry was too fast. .When the soldiers of Zheng State wanted to close the gate, it was too late. Seeing that the gate had missed, they could only retreat in panic, preparing to fight in formation, but Wu Qi would not entangle with them here, and directly ordered. "Don't love to fight, set fires everywhere, and aggravate their panic!" After receiving the order, these Han army cavalry immediately began to bypass these soldiers, rampaging in Zheng Guo's camp, and then the entire camp began to catch fire everywhere. Wu Qi is very purposeful.He carefully identified it, roughly judged the location, then stretched out his finger and pointed in one direction, and said with a smile. "If the prediction is correct, the enemy's general must have set up camp there, and you guys will fight with me and take the head of the enemy's general!" At this time, Zi Ban had just ordered the army to be summoned in a hurry. Suddenly, he saw a group of cavalrymen coming towards him, and he was frightened out of his wits. Without saying a word, he got on his horse and headed towards the rear camp.After chasing and fleeing, Zheng Guo's army became even more chaotic. War is originally a manifestation of order and efficiency.But after all, it was in the enemy's camp, and from time to time a group of people would rush out to block the way, Wu Qi could only watch helplessly as Zi Ban escaped smoothly, but now Zheng Guo's camp was already full of flames.At this time, when the gate of Xiao County opened, a group of troops rushed out. The general Cheng Jun saw the chaos in Zheng Guo's camp, and he hesitated in his heart. He didn't know if the enemy had deliberately set up trap.But seeing later, the sound of shouting and killing continued to come, and there was a report from the army, saying that a cavalry in the Zheng Guo camp was setting fire everywhere, so the guard no longer hesitated, and took a team of troops directly Come out and attack.It wasn't until noon that Wu Qi led his troops and retreated directly into Xiao County together with the Xiao County garrison. But now Zheng Guo's army had suffered heavy losses, and their personnel losses came second, mainly in ordnance and food.How to attack the city without these things?Zi Ban looked at the army rations that had been burned to ashes, and felt like crying, and he just learned that Zi Yao had been killed by the Han army, so he was even more frightened.Under such circumstances, Zi Ban chose to withdraw without hesitation. He was a little cautious at the beginning, but he was relieved to find that the Han army had not chased him out. He just walked out for three days.He met Wu Qi again head-on. It turned out that after a short rest in the city for half a day, he directly led his troops out of the city, and then joined the large troops of the same soldiers. After finding a favorable terrain nearby, he ambushed the infantry around.He still brought thousands of cavalry to stand in front of him. Seeing the scene, Zi Ban couldn't help but get angry. After all, he still had nearly 10 horses in his hands, and the Han army only used a mere few thousand cavalry to stop him. The way to go is simply a dream.However, after Zi Ban's last big defeat, he was a little more cautious, and sent cavalry up to entangle, with the army following behind, and Wu Qi didn't fight directly with the opponent, he just chose to fight.After all, the cavalry of the Han army was well equipped, and the light crossbows used by the cavalry were better than those of the Zheng State army. The two sides fought several times, and the Zheng State cavalry suffered a lot. Zi Ban realized that the opponent was delaying time.His army is running out of food now. If tens of thousands of Han troops from Pengcheng rush over once they are dragged here, then Zheng Guo's army may not be able to escape this time.Under such circumstances, after chasing and fleeing, Zheng Guo's army was slowly brought into the ambush circle. With the sound of a drum, ambushes broke out everywhere, and the morale of Zheng Guo's army suddenly dropped to freezing point, and even many people He began to run for his life in a panic.

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