In three days, Yu Xiaowen took Yichun at the cost of losing thousands of soldiers. Qian Shouyi dug up the Luhe River and turned the surrounding area of Yichun City into a Ze country, which made it several levels more difficult for Yu Xiaowen to attack.

Qian Shouyi lost 4,000 people in Yichun, but for Qian Shouyi, who had 30,000 troops and had prepared for a long time, it was not a bone-wrenching thing, and Yichun City was only the first point he intercepted Yu Xiaowen, and it was the least important point.

Originally, this was not the case, but when Cheng Guangzhi retreated, he almost destroyed the entire Yichun City with a fire, as well as those explosive bags and grenades that could not be taken away, which greatly reduced the value of Yichun City's defense.

Layers of interception, step by step, this is Qian Shouyi's strategy.

With Yu Xiaowen's eagerness to save Ren Xiaonian, he slowly tempted Yu Xiaowen step by step.

Qian Shouyi now looks like he has been pressed into a concave shape by Yu Xiaowen, and the main force that is intercepted head-on has been peeled off layer by layer by Yu Xiaowen like an onion, but Qian Shouyi is not in a hurry at all, because behind him, a large number of people can be made up at any time, once Yu Xiaowen goes deeper and wants to get out again, it will not be so easy.

The losses paid now will naturally be recouped exponentially in the future.

In the dilapidated city of Yichun, Yu Xiaowen had a dispute with his subordinate generals for the first time.

"General, you can't move forward like this anymore, can't you see Qian Shouyi's trick of trying to lure us in so shallowly?" Cao Xin's face was red: "We only have 10,000 people, we can't divide the troops, and Qian Shouyi has 20,000 people in front of us, and on our two wings, he has arranged 5,000 people each." The further we went, the deeper we sank. ”

"Don't you have the confidence to crush the enemy in your face?" Yu Xiaowen glared at him angrily, "For every day we are slow, how many people will Ren Xiaonian lose?" ”

"Ren Xiaonian is to blame. If he hadn't been in a hurry to get credit, and he would have set off after we had come up, how could he be where he is today? Cao Xindao.

"Shut up!" Yu Xiaowen took the case: "What kind of crime is Ren Xiaonian, after we rescued him, we have our own military law accountability, but before that, he is the Zhonglang general of our right Qianniuwei, I, you, are all his subordinates, sit back and watch the boss fall into a deep crisis but do not save it, and the Tang Dynasty military discipline is not tolerated." ”

"Do we want to jump even if we know it's a trap?" Cao Xin almost jumped.

"The Datang army is confident that any trap will be flattened!" Yu Xiaowen said.

Cao Xin was stunned for a long time, and looked at Yu Xiaowen: "General Yu, General Ren's department, has been trapped for half a month, the troops besieging him, as many as seventy or eighty thousand people, they have no supplies, no food, whether they can survive until today is still two words, we don't have any news now, in this case, we can't blindly put ourselves in." Fighting a Yichun, we have already lost a thousand people, Qian Shouyi's next defense is the Luhe River, we have to force the crossing of the Lushui, how many people will be lost? ”

Yu Xiaowen looked at Cao Xin indifferently: "Since you don't have confidence, then you are responsible for breaking the queen!" Yang Hong, in the next battle, your department is the vanguard. ”

"Yes!" Another general, Yang Hong, bowed down to receive the order.

"Tonight, I will cross the water by force, and I will clear the way for you with four cannons!" Yu Xiaowen said.

"I disagree!" Cao Xin shouted.

"You have the right to sue me to the general." Yu Xiaowen said: "But now I am still the lieutenant general of the Right Qianniu Guard, and you must obey orders." ”

On the other side of the river, Qian Shouyi climbed high and looked.

Dozens of stone throwing secrets on the shore of the water, and the outside of Yichun City, Qian Shouyi's old tricks were repeated, before his defensive position, it had already become a Ze country, even if the Tang army crossed the river, the predicament it faced would not be weaker than Yichun. The two 5,000-strong troops on the left and right wings did not participate in the battle, but their existence was Qian Shouyi's biggest hole card.

Yu Xiaowen couldn't divide his troops, he only had 10,000 people, and he could only concentrate all his strength to defeat himself. If he wants to cross the river, under the pressure of the left and right wings, he only has such a place to choose, which gives Qian Shouyi the opportunity to arrange calmly.

"Come on, come on! I know that your Tang army is very brave, your firepower is incomparable, and you can defeat me head-on, but if you want to do this, you will have to pay enough price. Looking at the calm water, Qian Shouyi suddenly burst into laughter.

In the first battle of Yichun, the battle loss ratio of four to one still made him feel distressed, and it also gave him a further understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army.

But fighting a war is not only about being brave.

The time, the place, and the people are indispensable.

"Did the people sent to Zhuzhou leave? Tell Liu Xinda that if he doesn't make a move, he won't have a chance, maybe Yu Xiaowen's army will be wiped clean by me. ”

"It's already gone!" Behind him, a general responded.

"Good!" Qian Shouyi said with satisfaction: "Liu Xinda has been driven by Tang Jun as a dog for so long, and now that he has the opportunity to vent his anger, I think he will definitely not refuse." ”

Qian Shouyi is now full of confidence, Yu Xiaowen is really getting deeper and deeper, and when he crosses the water, Qian Shouyi will retreat again, but at this time, according to the original plan, Liu Xinda should make a move.

At that time, Yu Xiaowen will have Lushui behind him, Qian Shouyi's troops on three sides, and Liu Xinda's army of nearly 20,000 will become a decisive force.

Of course, in order to persuade Liu Xinda, Qian Shouyi gave another 500,000 taels of silver.

Now Liu Xinda is like a gold-swallowing beast, only money can drive him to do it.

Qian Shouyi waited for the Tang army to attack, but the time chosen by the Tang army to attack still made him stunned.

When he sat on the edge of the fire and drank warm wine, on both sides of the river, the sound of drums and trumpets was loud, and he hurried to the battle line to see the brightly lit scene on the opposite bank, and said in amazement: "Night crossing? ”

"Major General, many of our soldiers have night blind formations!" A member of the general said worriedly: "As far as I know, the Tang Army does not have this problem. ”

"Then light a fire and light the battlefield for me like day!" Qian Shouyi said: "The living can still suffocate urine, and in addition, all the people who do not have night blindness will be transferred to the front for me." ”

"Most of the people who don't have night blindness are our core troops!"

"Where else can you pay so much attention now? Tune it up! Qian Shouyi said angrily.

Before the words fell, there was a sudden rumbling roar on the other side, a ball of fire flashed, and a sharp whistling sound came immediately.

"Artillery!" More than a dozen pro-soldiers rushed forward, holding shields and surrounding Qian Shouyi in the middle.

The cannonballs crossed the water and landed on the clearing, exploding with a bang, and countless mud and stones flew up.

With the first cannon sound, the other three guns also opened fire in turn.

Qian Shouyi, under the protection of his own soldiers, slowly retreated, looking at the trebuchets on the edge of the water, in the roar of artillery, they were blown up one after another, angry and angry, but helpless.

In the face of such a weapon as the Tang Army, he did not have the slightest recourse. He could only be beaten passively, and then wait until the foot soldiers of the Tang Army came to him.

In Yichun, if it weren't for the Tang Army's huge weapon superiority, he wouldn't have had to pay such a big sacrifice.

On the left bank, Yang Hong's troops were already preparing to cross the river.

One by one, the rubber rafts were slowly puffed up by the pumps, and there were already soldiers on standby carrying the rubber rafts on the edge of the water.

After the military was in the same place, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves.

Yu Xiaowen turned around and looked.

"Stop attacking!" A voice came from a galloping horse.

Hearing that familiar voice, Yu Xiaowen was stunned.

The war horse stopped directly in front of Yu Xiaowen, and the person who came did not dismount, but rode on the horse, looking at Yu Xiaowen condescendingly: "Stop the attack and withdraw the army!" ”

"High Surveillance!" Yu Xiaowen shouted.

"This is General Li's order!" The person who came was Gao Wufu, the supervisor of the Right Qianniuwei, although he was not in charge of the military, he was the out-and-out second-in-command of the Right Qianniuwei. "Do you know why I'm here? General Li is just worried that you will insist on going your own way. ”

"Why? Ren Xiaonian is waiting for us! Yu Xiaowen clenched his fists.

"Yu Xiaowen, this is no longer the business of our right Qianniuwei family." Gao Wufu said coldly: "His Majesty the Emperor's order has arrived in Eyue, General Li is leading his troops to rush over day and night, before General Li arrives, any military operations must be stopped." ”

"Isn't Ren Xiaonian saved?" Yu Xiaowen said sadly: "That's ten thousand brothers!" ”

"Surviving is luck, not surviving is fate!" Gao Wufu sighed: "But I believe that they can hold on, even if they die, they must die at the right time." ”

Listening to Gao Wufu's ruthless voice, Yu Xiaowen picked up the big knife beside him, and with a loud roar, cut off a tree with the thickness of a bowl mouth beside him.

On the other side, Qian Shouyi was waiting for the battle, but the Tang army was thundering loudly and raining little, and after a burst of artillery bombardment, they actually died down, and in an instant, they extinguished the torches and retreated without a trace. It disappointed Qian Shouyi.

When it was dawn, Qian Shouyi, who sent teams of scouts one after another, was stunned to find that the Tang army was still retreating, and it was only after retreating to Yichun that it stopped.

This retreat, the concave situation he had created with great difficulty, was smoothed out by the Tang Army. In other words, thousands of his predecessors died in vain.

This made Qian Shouyi depressed, could it be that now he really took the initiative to attack the Tang army? Although he still has a numerical advantage.

"Order the left and right flanks to try to attack the Tang army, the main force, re-cross the Lushui and advance to Yichun!" After thinking about it for a whole day, in addition to sending people to persuade Liu Xinda to send troops again, Qian Shouyi finally made a decision.

He wanted to try again.