Hearing Yang Yun's order, the herald immediately beat the retreat drum and waved the command flag of the retreating troops, asking the soldiers in the river to quickly turn the bow of the ship and withdraw to the west bank of the Chu River.

But at this time, it was already too late to retreat, and the infantry who had rushed over had already come to the river. I saw that these infantry pushed away a number of haystacks by the river, revealing something strange.

"It's a trebuchet, so it's a bit of a hassle." The sharp-eyed Zhu Chenan couldn't help but scream when he saw these things.

These infantry were swift and skillful in placing boulders on trebuchets. At different times, stones the size of a human head or even a millstone flew like hail towards the large and small ships in the river.

The boats that were rowing back in the middle of the river had suffered, and the wooden shields in their hands could only hold off the long arrows, but they could not stop the huge stones at all.

Not long after, these stones hit some soldiers in the river, and for a time these soldiers were miserable. Some were smashed and broke their hands and feet, and couldn't get up for half a day; Some were hit in the back by a stone and lay on the boat, spitting blood; The most unfortunate thing was to be hit directly on the head by a boulder, and he was smashed into a blur of flesh and blood, obviously unable to survive.

Some of the smaller boats were directly smashed or overturned by the boulders, and all the soldiers on board fell into the river. Those who knew how to swim swam to the boats on the side, while those who could not swim kept struggling in the river.

It was Liu Yuan who commanded the first batch of crossings, and after seeing it soon, he lost a lot of soldiers, and he hurriedly shouted desperately, ordering all the soldiers to speed up their rowing speed and get out of the range of the opponent's trebuchet.

The soldiers who received the order immediately made an effort to row the boats, and after paying a few more casualties, all the ships finally left the range of the enemy.

After all the soldiers retreated to the west bank of the Chu River, Yang Yun immediately asked people to count the number of people. What made everyone feel frustrated was that this time not only failed to cross the river, but also killed and wounded more than 3,000 soldiers.

Since the dispatch of the Chu State, the soldiers led by Yang Yun have been smooth sailing, eliminating many Chu soldiers and occupying several cities.

This failure finally gave everyone a clear understanding of the dangers that would be encountered in this dispatch of troops to the Chu State.

At least fifty or sixty thousand Chu soldiers rushed to the opposite side, and in this case, if they wanted to successfully cross the Chu River, it was almost impossible to attack the Chu soldiers led by Yu Xian from behind.

What's even more troublesome is that if you can't reach the east bank of the Chu River, you can't go back to Dafu smoothly. When the State of Chu dispatches troops, the lone army led by Yang Yun within the State of Chu will be in danger, and even the entire army will be annihilated.

Now the situation of the army is very bad, and Yang Yun is preparing to gather everyone together to discuss what to do next.

At this time, Yao Xia, who was in charge of going out to find out the news, rushed back and brought back a news that shocked everyone, which made the army suddenly in an even more dangerous situation.

"The State of Chu has gathered 100,000 troops and is rushing towards the 80,000 coalition army led by Yang Yun, which is only fifty or sixty miles away from here." After the news spread among the army, it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

It turned out that after the generals of Chu who were responsible for guarding Qingzhou Pass lost Qingzhou Pass, they immediately fled back to Chu with the remnants of their troops.

Qingzhou Pass is the northwest gateway of Chu State, and it is a sharp weapon to deter Zheng Guo and Yu Yue in the northwest. For so many years, due to the existence of Qingzhou Pass, these two small countries did not dare to fight the idea of Chu State.

At the same time, Zheng Guo and Yu Yue were always worried that the people of Chu would march out of Qingzhou Pass and destroy these two small countries. So over the years, they have always honestly sent tribute to ensure their safety.

The role of Qingzhou Pass in Chu was very important, and Chu invested a lot of manpower and material resources in it. His defense ability is strong, even if Zheng Guo and Yu Yue poured the whole country's troops, it would be impossible to shake the Qingzhou Pass in the slightest, but it was such a strong pass, and it was actually occupied by these two small countries.

It's good now, it was originally a sharp weapon to deter Zheng Guo and Yu Yue, but now it has become the dependence of these two small countries to counter the powerful Chu State.

Under normal circumstances, there is a Qingzhou Pass guarded by 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers, and even if two or three hundred thousand people attack, it will be difficult to take this Xiongguan. Therefore, now that Qingzhou Pass is in the hands of the combined forces of Zheng Guo and Yu Yue, it will be extremely difficult for the people of Chu to recapture it.

This mediocre talent even lost Qingzhou Pass, which made Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, angry, he didn't give it at all, and the general guarding the pass had the opportunity to explain, so he directly cut off his head.

After hearing about the process of losing Qingzhou Pass, Zhao Yuanrang was furious, and hated Yang Yun who planned to seize the pass this time, and he angrily said that he wanted to drive the expedition and break Yang Yun's body into pieces.

The ministers of Chu State finally persuaded Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, to put away the idea of driving in person.

But the anger in Zhao Yuanrang's heart was still not gone, he selected a veteran general of the Chu State who could recruit and fight well, and asked him to recruit 60,000 Chu troops nearby, and then draw 40,000 soldiers from the Chu State Forbidden Army guarding the royal city to form a team of 100,000 people to destroy the team led by Yang Yun.

At the same time, Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, also issued an order to let all the cities and garrisons in Luzhou Prefecture try their best to cooperate with the 100,000 army and encircle and suppress Yang Yun's troops who entered the hinterland of Chu State.

This time, the leading general sent by Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, named Zhao Yue, is over sixty years old, he is a famous general of Chu State, and he is a royal clansman, and he has a high prestige in the military of Chu State.

Originally, someone recommended Zhao Yue as the generalissimo of the Chu army, but Zhao Yuanrang, the king of Chu, thought that Zhao Yue was old, so he used the young and promising Yu Xian.

Zhao Yue was a steady person, and when he received the task of sending troops, he had not yet raised all the soldiers and horses sent out, so he sent scouts in advance to the front to inquire about the situation of the 80,000 soldiers led by Yang Yun.

Therefore, before encountering Yang Yun's army, he already had a clear understanding of the situation of the leading generals in Yang Yun's army, as well as the composition of Yang Yun's soldiers.

This Zhao Yue is indeed a scheming man, and the 100,000 Chu soldiers he led began to "make moves" not long after he left Chuyang and was still far away from Yang Yun's troops.

Zhao Yue is a fierce general of the Chu State, and the handbag soldiers are all the elite of the Chu State, with an army of 100,000 under his command, half of which are the best-equipped Wangcheng forbidden army of the Chu State.

The 100,000 Chu troops led by Zhao Yue in the early stage will soon encounter Yang Yun, so Yang Yun will soon be defeated, and even if Yang Yun escapes, more than 200,000 Chu soldiers are being gathered in various parts of the Chu State, and they are about to chase and intercept Yang Yun, and Yang Yun will definitely die without a place to be buried.

Zheng Guo and Yu Yue had always been friendly neighbors of Chu, and this raid on Chu was coerced by Yang Yun and Fu Guo. As long as Zheng Guo and Yu Yueshi's soldiers leave Yang Yun's team, Chu will definitely not be responsible for the past, and let the army leave Chu and return to Zheng and Yu Yue.

I don't know when these rumors appeared in Yang Yun's army, and in the end, some people even wrote these messages into notices and posted them on some eye-catching walls in Luqidu.

This time, Yang Yun failed to cross the river and lost thousands of soldiers and horses, which was the time when the morale of the soldiers was at its lowest. These news reached Yang Yun's army, which lowered the morale of the soldiers led by Yang Yun to a greater extent.

What's more serious is that Zheng Guo and Yu Yue's soldiers are already there

Passed down quietly. What Chu hated the most was Yang Yun and the Dafu soldiers he led, and he and others didn't need to bury Yang Yun.

This news quickly reached the ears of Yang Yun and his subordinates, and Yang Yun came to the Juyuanguang tent as soon as possible, ready to discuss with this think-tank how to deal with the current situation.

"If the battle fails, the morale of the soldiers will decline, this is for sure, we can use words of encouragement, or rewards to improve the morale of the soldiers, but the most effective way is to motivate the soldiers with a big victory, but Zhao Yue is menacing, and it is indeed too difficult for us to defeat them." In this situation, even Ju Yuanguang couldn't think of any good way for a while.

Since the enemy made a move, no matter whether Yang Yun wanted to or not, he had to accept it, Yang Yun successively found his commanders and generals, and talked to each of them individually.

After only half a day, the soldiers of Dafu caught several Chu spies who were spreading rumors in the army. Yang Yun asked people to behead these Chu State spies in front of all the soldiers and throw them into the Chu River.

Immediately afterwards, the commanders and generals also gave severe punishments to some soldiers in their battalions who were not determined and spread negative remarks according to their circumstances.

"Brothers, there are no victorious generals in this world, a defeat is nothing, and the experience of those so-called victorious generals is summed up from failure. Defeating oneself is the saddest defeat, and defeating oneself is the most precious victory. Only cowards will be defeated and take out our blood, the dead brothers are watching us, we must wash away our shame with the blood of the enemy and avenge the fallen brothers. In front of all the soldiers, Yang Yun's enthusiastic words finally gave these dejected soldiers a trace of spirit.

There are still more than twenty miles away from Luqidu, where the Dafu army is stationed, and according to the information transmitted back by the scouts, the Dafu army is now at a loss in Luqidu, and now is the opportunity to defeat them.

"Let's take a break, eat something, regain our strength, and be in the best mental state for the battle that will start right away!" Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Luqidu, the scheming Zhao Yue would not give the enemy a chance to work for him.

After resting, the team went on a little further, and by this time it was only four or five miles from where the enemy was stationed.

It stands to reason that his team was already so close to Luqidu, and the opposing army should have lined up and prepared for battle, but the other party didn't seem to know, and not a single soldier came out of the camp.

The scouts in front came back to report that the enemy's tent was still there, and the sound could still be faintly heard inside, but no one had come out.

As things stand, there must be something wrong?

Zhao Yue instructed his generals to beware of the enemy's ambush. As a precaution, he sent a team of 10,000 teammates to advance towards the enemy's camp little by little.

This 10,000 Chu army, they were divided into ten square teams, each team was led by a thousand commanders, and slowly went to the other party's camp.

As they got closer and closer to the enemy's tent, they faintly heard voices in the tent and the sound of war drums.

It seems that there must be an ambush in this tent, and these ten thousand household chiefs who lead the team are also very experienced people. They formed a battle formation with their soldiers on high alert, spread out widely, and slowly got closer and closer to the enemy's camp.

They had already reached the outside of the enemy's tent, but there were still no enemy troops rushing out from inside, and even though they had removed all the fences that were blocked outside the tent, there were still no soldiers rushing inside.

But in the enemy's tent, there was a clear sound of war drums, and even human voices could be faintly heard, so the Chu soldiers did not dare to act rashly.