Chapter 4 The joy of the world 1

I was invited to the Central Military Office early the next morning. As soon as I entered the gate, I bumped into a man. This man is Yu Qiujin, who was recently recruited from elsewhere to Liu prison's army. When he saw me, he said quickly, "The general is waiting for you. Go quickly."

When Liu Baozhi saw me coming, he smiled and said, "I just received a report from a spy that the thief had retreated and fled to the south. What do you think should happen next?

I thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what kind of news the detective is? If the enemy's food and fodder do not continue, the army will inevitably be dishearted and have no intention of fighting again. It is natural for them to flee to the south. However, it is also possible to take advantage of this opportunity to make a final attempt. The so-called mourners will win, and the dangerous soldiers will win. If they ambushed our army to leave the city, and then break through Wujun City and defend ourselves, then I'm afraid we will stay in Wu County for more days.

"That's exactly what I'm worried about."

"If..." My words were interrupted by the sound of Xie Yan entering the house outside the door.

Liu and I went out to greet him. Xie Yan only took Sima Gaosu and a few soldiers.

Xie Yan saluted us, entered the house, sat down in the hall, and said to Liu Prison, "Sun En ran away, you know?"

"I didn't know until now that we are discussing how to deal with it. It's just that it's not clear whether he really fled or lured the enemy. Liu Jianzhi said.

"It's escape, not to lure the enemy." Xie Yan said exactly.

"Oh? How can you see it?"

"I learned from the 'Cao Yu's debate'. I sent dozens of cavalry to chase Sun En for more than ten miles in the morning. I have been reported to the situation along the way. Sun En is indeed cunning. We heard that the thief had been making trouble all night, but it was actually his suspicious plan. The thief soldiers returned to chaos, but they did not kill each other. Most of the troops fled last night, leaving only a small number of troops to prevent us from pursuing and stayed until the early morning.

"So, the enemy has been withdrawing for a long time. It's too late to chase now.

"Exact. That's why I went to the city to discuss the action with you.

"Since the thief army has fled, it's better to leave a force here to guard the city of Wu County, and then we will go south to pursue it." Liu Laozhi's suggestion.

"In my opinion, I might as well follow Sun En from land with an army. The other army routed from Taihu Lake to Wuxing, and then rushed to Zhejiang, blocking the fleeing thieves to the south in the north of Zhejiang. As a result, the north and south attacked and trapped the fleeing enemies in Shanghai (Note 1) for siege and annihilation. Xie Yan said.

"That's a good idea." Liu Laozhi agreed with Xie Yan's proposal, "What are your opinions?"

Everyone here talked about their views. Everyone agreed with the plan to annihilate the enemy, but began to argue about the marching route and the strategy of encirclement and annihilation.

After a meal, the result has still not been discussed. I can't listen any more: the enemy is taking advantage of our deliberations to flee south. How can we have the leisure to talk here?

With my many years of experience: most people hold meetings to discuss things in the end, and most of them can't form a unified opinion.

The same is true of our military meeting. The dozen people sitting in this mansion, under the circumstances that the strategy of ten * has been decided, have been discussing for a long time for those trivial matters.

Liu Jaozhi and Gao Su listened carefully to everyone's opinions, but Xie Yan's expression was obviously a little impatient. He kept raising his cup of tea and looking at this, looking at that, but the man he saw was not the one who was talking. It seems that everyone's discussion has nothing to do with him.

Finally, Xie Yan coughed and said, "These things will not be discussed for the time being. Go and chase the enemy, and I will attack Wu Xing from Taihu Lake. At that time, we will set the day of Shanghai's blaspence. You and I can decide how to arrange the march and tactics before the siege.

When everyone saw that Xie Yan undoubtedly calmed down the discussion, they stopped talking. After the deployment was established, Xie Yan rushed back to the camp.

We left the garrison brought from Jingkou in Wu County, leaving 2,000 soldiers to defend the city, and the army lightly pursued the rest of Sun En's troops to the south.

There were no obstacles on the way to Shanghai. The thief's army was distracted, and they dispersed as soon as they fought with Wang Shi. Our army sang triumphantly all the way, **, and went straight to Shanghai.

However, just when we were high-willed and thought that the thief was not worried, we were ambushed by Sun En's troops in Shanghai.

Since the beginning of Wujun City, our army has always been on guard against the ambush of the thief soldiers on the way to escape, but except for being disturbed by several scattered soldiers, it has not encountered effective resistance. The terrain around Ludu is flat and not an ambush at all. Seeing that the thief soldiers were about to be driven to the site of encirclement and annihilation, our army's morale was extremely high, and we went all out to pursue it. Everyone hopes to deal a strong blow to the thief soldiers before the siege, so as to make more achievements before Xie Yan arrives.

A light advance is a taboo for marching. Not only were the soldiers carried away by successive victories, but even the main general Liu Laozhi took the lead.

It was in the impossible place to set up an ambush that Sun En used 30,000 troops to set up a huge trap.

He first used a thousand scattered soldiers to lure our army into the middle of the ambush circle, and then the troops rose up side by side and took advantage of the number to divide our army into three sections to launch a crazy attack. Although the combat effectiveness of the hungry and cold thief soldiers is not strong, the advantage of the number of people is fully played in this sudden ambush.

The beginning and end of our army cannot be taken care of, and the scope of the Lord's order is extremely limited. Even the generals of Beifu with rich war experience can't reverse the passive war situation in the face of such an ambush for a while. The three separated armies are in their respective positions and deal with the enemy. The situation is very dangerous.

Once, a large band of thieves collided with the Chinese army. Liu Laozhi, we shogunate soldiers, and even civil servants involuntarily pulled out their swords.

The so-called light-up battle not only left the heavy cavalry in Wu County, but also the heavy cavalry who could not bear to attack for a long distance. Perhaps it was because he knew that there were no daunting heavy cavalry in the army that Sun En dared to ambush after lured the army to Shanghai.

The heavy cavalry that had dealt a major blow to the thief soldiers before was not there, and the archers could not exert their combat power because of their range. The battle turned into a scuffle between the infantry on both sides.

The Chinese army was originally the most defensive battalion in the whole army, but after the thief broke through, the defense was also destroyed. Although the thief soldiers are not good at positional warfare, this battle is very orderly, because they have a clear and unique goal: to attack the Chinese army at no cost.

The military uniform of our army is extremely recognizable, and the military rank is also very obvious. Even if we are among the soldiers, we can recognize them. Facing the swarming of thieves. Several brave generals and I protected the soldiers who were not familiar with hand-to-hand combat. However, our behavior invisibly gave hints to the thief soldiers. They gave up attacking us and instead attacked the soldiers.