Three Kingdoms: Jiangdong is no longer a rat

Chapter 110: Making a Feint to the East and Making a Move to the West
Yan Yu said in panic, "Brother, why do you say such things? You are really embarrassing me. My parents gave me life, and my brother raised me. If it weren't for you, I would have died when I was ten. I owe you so much."

"Since I haven't done anything wrong to you." Yan Baihu stared at Yan Yu with his tiger eyes and said word by word: "Then let me ask you, should Yong'er be killed for murdering Yi'er?"

Yan Yu shuddered. This was the first time Yan Baihu had discussed this matter with him so directly, which made him even more uneasy. He whispered, "He deserves to be killed."

Yan Baihu threw the military report about Zhu Zhi onto the couch and sternly said, "You have three sons, and I only have this one. Since you said he should be killed and the matter is over, why are you still targeting Yi'er! If Xu Sheng's army is defeated, do you think Zhu Zhi will let you go? Then he will defeat your army and merge with Wu Jing's army. Our elite troops will be gone. How can we resist the Zhu-Wu coalition? The overthrow of our entire clan is imminent, don't you know?"

Yan Yu picked up the military newspaper and read it hastily. His face turned pale, just like when he was a child seeking Yan Baihu's forgiveness after doing something wrong. He fell to his knees, kowtowed, and cried, "Brother, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. If I do such unkind and unrighteous things again, you must let a thousand arrows pierce my heart and kill me!"

Yan Baihu looked at his brother, whom he regarded as half a son, with mixed feelings in his heart, which eventually turned into a helpless sigh. He said in a cold voice: "Wake up! Assemble the entire army immediately and follow me into battle!"

Yan Yu felt as if he had been pardoned, like a child forgiven by his elders. He stood up tremblingly, put on his armor in a hurry, and ran out of the tent.

Si Qing was waiting outside the tent. When he saw Yan Yu rushing out of the tent in a hurry, running around and loudly summoning his troops, he felt relieved but was not surprised at all.

As the saying goes, there is always someone who can conquer you. The only person in Wucheng who can make Yan Yu obey is Yan Baihu.

Under Yan Yu's diligent mobilization, 2,800 soldiers, including 100 soldiers with minor injuries, were quickly assembled and ready to go.

Yan Baihu sent out more than a hundred cavalrymen in a radius of several miles. While investigating the situation along the way and searching for Zhu Zhijun's traces, they marched quickly towards Shishan.

Just as he was looking for Zhu Zhi, Zhu Zhi was also looking for any trace of Xu Sheng's troops.

Zhu Zhi rode on his horse with a gloomy face. This was the first time he looked so ugly since he led the expedition.

The reason is very simple. The main force of Xu Sheng's army actually slipped away right under his nose and disappeared!

Zhu Zhi felt depressed and uncomfortable, as if he had swallowed a fly. He had sharpened the knife and was about to kill the pig, but he found that the pig suddenly ran away.

If Zhu Hai was beside him at this moment, he would definitely scold him to death.

So, where did Xu Sheng's troops, who were restrained and monitored by Zhu Hai's troops, go?
The story begins at Chou time in the early morning.

After Xu Sheng woke up from his nightmare, he could no longer sleep. Restless, he studied the map and recalled the day's battle.

He was a man with a keen eye for danger and quick wit in difficult situations. It was precisely because of this innate talent that he was able to turn the tide many times in history, and set up a pre-emptive trap to scare Cao Pi away.

Xu Sheng first determined one thing as a high-probability event, that is, the strategic intention of Zhu Zhijun’s main force was not to reinforce Rencheng from Shishan.

This is very obvious. If the main force of the enemy was marching from Shishan, they should have appeared yesterday even at a slow pace.

Since the main force of the enemy did not appear as expected, he needed to make appropriate adjustments.

There are only more than a thousand remnants of Zhu Hai in Shishan at present. There is no need to stop this group of troops. It would be a waste of talent if our troops stayed in Shishan.

Furthermore, Zhu Hai's troops were clearly trying to contain and monitor him, and Yan Yu and Fan Yan's troops hadn't yet arrived to join him as planned. Xu Sheng was a man well versed in military tactics, and if he didn't sense the danger in this situation, he wouldn't be Xu Sheng.

So after careful consideration, he replaced all the soldiers on night patrol with cavalry, expanded the patrol range, and then asked Chen Gan and Han Yang to lead all the infantry to quietly retreat into Lion Mountain under the cover of night.

Yes, Xu Sheng was not worried that the cavalry would be in danger, because with their strong mobility, the cavalry could withdraw calmly under any circumstances as long as they were not surrounded and killed.

What he was worried about was his infantry, especially the heavy infantry who marched extremely slowly.

Once the heavy infantry are caught by the enemy's superior forces, they will almost certainly die if they do not receive timely support.

Xu Sheng knew very well how much Yan Yi had paid to build this heavy infantry, and he could not let anything happen to this elite force at any cost.

And the new base he arranged for these infantrymen was not Shishan.

Because Lion Mountain is covered with dense forests, once the enemy discovers their tracks, they only need to surround the mountain and set it on fire, and the entire unit will be finished.

Near Shishan Mountain, there are also some steep hills with sparse forests. On one of the hills there is a Moon Spring Pond, which can provide sufficient water.

But Xu Sheng did not choose Yuequantan because this place was too famous and could be easily discovered.

The new base he chose for his infantry was a small hill called Jiming Mountain, which was about a hundred meters high, steep and remote, located on the western foot of the Lion Mountain Range. There was a natural spring on the hill and it was not far from Lion Mountain, so it would be very convenient if he needed to return to the main road of Lion Mountain to garrison later.

Because Xu Sheng had not yet received Yan Yi's new military order, the adjustment he made did not completely abandon the garrison at Shishan. It was a compromise based on safety considerations, which was a well-intentioned move.

When Chen Gan led the infantry to sneak into Lion Mountain and march towards Jiming Mountain, Xu Sheng waited patiently for an hour. When the sky began to turn pale and was about to get light, he ordered his cavalry to raise more flags and march towards the mountain in a high-profile manner along the hilly area on the east side of Lion Mountain.

Zhu Hai was immediately alarmed.

However, there were still many cavalry patrolling around Xu Sheng's troops, and Zhu Hai's scouts did not dare to get too close. In addition, it was dark, and Xu Sheng's troops tried to use the hills to conceal their march as much as possible. Zhu Hai did not notice anything unusual for a while, and after hastily commanding his troops to assemble, he followed.

In fact, Zhu Hai had never expected that Xu Sheng would make such decisive adjustments late at night.

By the time he realized something was wrong, it was already more than half an hour later. Because he provided wrong information to Zhu Zhi who was marching towards Shishan, Zhu Zhi's army also moved eastward.
In this way, Xu Sheng bought more time for Chen Gan's troops to march.

By the time Zhu Zhi came to his senses, Chen Gan's troops had disappeared.

The Xu Sheng army in front of him could hardly pose a threat with only the 500 cavalry under his command.

The reason was simple. Most of the cavalry under his command were ordinary war horses worth 200,000 coins. Their horsepower was not as strong as Xu Sheng's army and they could not catch up.
Zhu Zhi was almost mad with anger. He had been in the army for so many years and had never been teased like this before.

However, there is no false reputation under the name, Zhu Zhi quickly adjusted his mentality and commanded the army to chase westward.
(End of this chapter)