Chapter 1609: The Decisive Battle Begins

Zhou Yafu is undoubtedly a commander with both wisdom and bravery, although he did not perceive Li Jing's intentions at first, but this is the result of a blind spot based on intelligence, and as the direction of the army's march deviates more and more from the main line, Zhou Yafu gradually senses that something is wrong with the situation.

"The whole army obeyed the order and stopped the pursuit." Zhou Yafu suddenly reined in and shouted.

"Appeal ......"

The generals reined in one after another, and looked at Zhou Yafu suspiciously, only to see that his face was cloudy.

"It's a plan, Ran Min wants to transfer us away, if we continue to chase, even if we eliminate the cavalry of the Qin army, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with the main force of the Qin army." Zhou Yafu said with a solemn face.

"We can ignore the cavalry of the Qin army and go directly to the main force of the Qin army to chase Li Jing." Gongsun Shujin said.

Zhou Yafu shook his head: "Our army can ignore this cavalry, but they will not ignore us, even if they catch up with Li Jing at that time, I am afraid that they will fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides." ”

"What then?"

Xia Ruqi frowned and said, he came to help the Northern Han in order to make meritorious contributions, but he was repeatedly frustrated without fighting the Northern Han in the first war, and now he is in a dilemma.

Hearing this, Zhou Yafu couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and after a while, a carrier pigeon landed on his shoulder.

Zhou Yafu took out the letterhead with an expressionless face, and after seeing the content, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he exclaimed: "Jintai is not in Li Jing's army, Li Jing sent Jintai to lead 2,000 cavalry back to Beihai in advance." ”

This carrier pigeon was naturally released by Zhu Tianpeng, and his information was too timely for the Northern Han Dynasty.

The generals were stunned when they heard this, and Ju Wuba was puzzled: "The Qin army only has a total of 5,000 cavalry, of which 2,000 cavalry have been brought back to Beihai by Jintai, so where did Ran Min get the 5,000 cavalry?" ”

"Suspicious tactics."

Sha Roll frowned, and said in a deep voice: "What we are chasing is not five thousand Qin troops at all, but three thousand, Ran Min deceived us with a suspicious strategy. ”

"What?"

Everyone exclaimed, and they were all furious.

If he knew that Qin Qi only had three thousand, Zhou Yafu would never have divided his troops into two ways before, because he could already be crushed by strength, and there was no need to implement any strategy at all, but now it is not too late to know, Zhou Yafu already has a strategy in his heart to win.

"From now on, the troops will be divided into two ways again."

A gleam flashed in Zhou Yafu's eyes, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Gongsun Shu, you lead three thousand cavalry to contain Ran Min, and this general leads the rest of the cavalry, pretending to turn back and pursue Li Jing."

Ran Min wanted to lure our army away to ensure the safety of the main army, and if he learned that our army ignored him and instead pursued Li Jing, he would definitely be shocked.

With General Gongsun Shu's containment, Ran Min easily couldn't turn back, and if he learned that you only had 3,000 horsemen in his hands, with Ran Min's arrogance, he would definitely fight a decisive battle with you, and after defeating your infantry, he would continue to move forward to contain our troops.

In fact, before the decisive battle was launched, the general would lead the army to lead the army again, and then the two armies would join forces and annihilate Ran Min. ”

"Good plan." The generals exclaimed.

"Yutai Yu, Ju Wuba, and Sand Roller Blind, although the three of you are Gongsun Shu, act together."

"No."

On the other side, when Ran Min's department, who fled to the southwest, suddenly found that Zhou Yafu behind him heard it and did not continue the pursuit, everyone had a bad premonition in their hearts.

"I should have sensed the intentions of our army."

Ran Min sighed, and secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, if it was a little later, even if Zhou Yafu saw through it, he would be sure to continue to drag it down.

The generals also secretly said in their hearts that it was a pity, after all, if the strategy was discovered, I am afraid that the next loss would be great.

"Report ...... General Qiyu, Zhou Yafu divided the troops again, Zhou Yafu asked Gongsun Shu to lead 3,000 to stay, and the other 7,000 went to the direction of Beihai under the leadership of Zhou Yafu. ”

"What?"

Everyone, including Ran Min, was shocked.

There was nothing to stop the pursuit, but it was somewhat intriguing that the troops were divided into two again, and that three thousand cavalry were left.

This shows that Zhou Yafu not only understood the intention of the Qin army, but also saw through the reality of the Qin army.

"There is no way, only to defeat these 3,000 cavalry first to save the situation."

Ran Min's eyes were full of solemnity, and then he sneered: "But Zhou Yafu is really conceited, do you think that leaving 3,000 cavalry can contain our army?" ”

"But General Ran Min, this may also be Zhou Yafu's strategy to force our army to fight a decisive battle, and launching a decisive battle so easily is contrary to the strategy formulated by Taishou."

After Tai Shi Ci hesitated for a moment, he still said: "The last general thinks that it should still be planned by Tai Shou in advance. ”

After pondering for a long time, Ran Min waved his hand and said, "Fighting a war is about immediate response, after all, how can anything be expected?" The situation we are facing now has greatly exceeded Taishou's expectations, and it is no longer appropriate to follow the previous plan. ”

"This ...... But ......"

Tai Shici still wanted to persuade him, but Ran Min said: "The generals will not be subject to military orders abroad." If Taishou-sama had been here, maybe he would have done something else, but now that he's gone, we'll have to rely on ourselves. ”

Tai Shi Ci was speechless when he heard this, they were indeed too dependent on Li Jing, Li Jing planned everything well when he was there, they only needed to follow Li Jing's orders to reap the credit, and now that Li Jing was not there, they didn't seem to be able to think about it.

The rest of the generals also agreed with Ran Min's plan, after all, the current situation was indeed beyond Li Jing's estimate, in the implementation of the dark original plan, if the enemy army did not take the bait, it would be completely hopeless.

Seeing that most of them agreed, Ran Min immediately said: "Okay, since that's the case, the whole army listens to the order and prepares for a decisive battle." ”

"No."

With Ran Min's order, the three thousand tiger battalions turned around and went against the Northern Han army that had just chased them.

"Qin Jun is here, Ran Min is really fooled."

A trace of excitement flashed in Gongsun Shu's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Send a message to General Zhou Yafu, everyone, let's go and meet Ran Min." ”

"Ben Jiang has long thought that he will meet Ran Min, not long ago, he injured Yuwen Chengdu in Jizhou, this time I will look at it to see if Ran Min is worthy of his ranking." Yu Taiyu said with a smile.

The Qin army's 3,000 tiger cavalry and the Liao's 3,000 Liaodong cavalry marched at full speed in one direction, and soon met on a plain.

Both sides did not immediately launch a decisive battle, but tacitly stopped, and both chose to observe each other.