Chapter 408: The Beginning
Tang Yu waved his hand and said: "It's okay, this time it was originally to lure the enemy, tomorrow the Japanese will order the whole army to go into battle lightly, once there is a disagreement, this will immediately withdraw to the camp, with our defense line here, hold it for a day or two, so that the king can prepare in advance, it is not difficult." β
When Zhong Lijun heard this, he surrendered his hand and asked: "Si is defeated, you are the main general in the army, how can you easily fall into trap and implement the plan to lure the enemy, it is better to go forward tomorrow to lure the enemy." β
Tang Mo immediately shook his head and said: "It's not proper, if it's to lure the enemy, then you need enough bait, our Chu battalion only has a total of 50,000 Chu troops, even if they all go to lure the enemy, the weight is insufficient, not to mention only 30,000 Chu troops." Therefore, if you want to lure the Qi army out, you have to go up in person.
Moreover, the general knew that there were fifteen people in the Qi army, but he still led the 30,000 Chu army to challenge, such an abnormal behavior, even Kuang Zhang had to think carefully about it and investigate it clearly before he dared to take action.
Besides, the general is not a reckless man, if the Qi army comes with an army of 100,000, the general will immediately turn around and leave, and he will not fight with the Qi army. If it was 350,000 troops, Ben would lead 30,000 elites, and he would not be afraid at all. Even if the Qi army wants to entangle the Chu army, I will withdraw it directly. The Qi army is afraid that I will set up an ambush in secret, and they will definitely not dare to rush into pursuit. Therefore, tomorrow's actions seem dangerous but are actually safe, Zhong Lijun, you don't need to say more. β
Zhong Lijun saw that Tang Wu said so resolutely, so he arched his hand and said, "No." β
After Tang Mo handed over the Chu camp to Zhong Lijun, he thought about it again, and said with a heavy face: "Now that the army in the northern part of the Qi State has lost the containment of the Yan State, it may go south at any time, and even now it has gone south. Therefore, I'm worried, will the State of Qi not wait for the State of Wei to send troops, and only need to stabilize the State of Wei, and directly engage in a decisive battle with us? β
Saying that, Tang Yu shook his head again and said, "No, maybe the envoy of Qi is already lobbying King Wei now." β
"This..." Zhong Lijun was a little uncontrollable, and looked at Tang Yu hesitantly and asked, "Si Luo, what do you mean?" β
After stroking his goatee for a moment, Tang Mo spoke: "Send a message to the Great King, start deploying the operation against the Qi army now, and within three or five days, you should be able to complete the battle plan against the Qi army." Later, I'm worried that something will change. β
"Good!" Zhong Lijun nodded.
Xiong Huai's side, after receiving Tang Yu's summons, began to quietly deploy troops to set up an ambush that night.
Early the next morning.
Tang Yu selected 30,000 Chu troops from the camp, and without bringing any siege equipment, he rushed to the direction of the Qi army.
More than an hour later, the Chu army rushed to ten miles away from the Qi army camp, and then set up a formation, beat the war drums, and slowly moved forward, like a stream of water, slowly advancing towards the Qi camp.
After approaching the camp for three miles, Tang Yu waved his hand and ordered: "Order, stop beating drums, and the whole army will stop." β
As the drumming stopped, the slowly moving Chu army immediately stopped advancing.
Then, Tang Mo ordered the general on his side: "Send someone to challenge immediately." β
"No."
Qi camp.
Tian Jia had already learned that the Chu army had changed as early as when the Chu army had just left the barracks, and ordered the Qi army to prepare for battle.
After the scouts reported that the Chu army only had 30,000 troops and did not carry any siege equipment, they knew that this Chu army was only here to invite battle.
After the Chu army approached, Tian Jia came to the tall building to the west of the military camp to observe the movements of the Chu army.
Looking from a distance, I saw that the Chu army was advancing in an orderly manner, and there was no confusion between the various departments, as if they were one. Although far away, Tian Jia still felt that this Chu army was unusual, it was a long-trained army.
As the Chu army continued to move forward, Tian Jia faintly had an illusion, as if every time the Chu army took a step forward, the pressure on his body increased by one point.
And when the Chu army stopped at three miles, Tian Jia's pressure increased instead of decreasing.
Because even when the Chu army suddenly stopped, the formation of the army was not out of order, and it remained the same.
Seeing this, Tian Jia couldn't help but wrinkle his forehead.
Secret Dao: I heard that this time the King of Chu brought 80,000 elite Chu troops from Yingdu, and the 30,000 Chu troops in front of him must be part of them. Otherwise, the army that is usually called up can only ensure that the headquarters does not make mistakes, and it is simply impossible to ensure that the whole army is connected in a complete and orderly manner, and there has never been a situation where there is no mistake at all.
Of course, this did not make Tian Jia feel afraid, because the Qi army in his hands had 50,000 standing Qi troops in Linzi, and he could also do it to this extent.
Thinking about it, Tian Jia's forehead stretched, but fortunately it was the Chu army that came, not the legendary Wei Wushu who could also change formations normally in the big war.
Seeing that the Chu army stopped three miles away, Tian Jia was wondering what the Chu army wanted to do, when suddenly, a Chu army soldier galloped on a fast horse.
Seeing this, after thinking about what this person was here for, Tian Jia couldn't help but let out a contemptuous laugh.
Tian Jia's subordinate generals heard the laughter, and naturally understood Chu Jun's concerns.
The Chu army was worried that the Qi army would come out of the nest and wipe out the 30,000 Chu army.
So he arched his hand and said: "General, the Chu army stopped in Sanli, obviously afraid of us." Since the Chu army was afraid, the last general asked for battle and led 50,000 Qi troops to repel the Chu army in front. β
Tian Jia has some intentions, 50,000 against 30,000, and the winning rate is extremely high.
But seeing the smoke and dust flying in the sky behind the Chu army, it seemed to be vaguely ominous, and then remembered Kuang Zhang's advice, a crisis rose from his heart, and he shook his head and said: "The 30,000 Chu army is just here to provoke the general to fight, don't pay attention to it." β
After a while, the soldiers rushing from the Chu army array heard thirty steps away from the Qi camp and shouted loudly: "Listen to the Qi army inside, my general heard that the Qi army was cowardly and came to the rescue of Xue Cheng on the order of the king of Qi. As a result, when they arrived in the territory of Xuedi, as soon as they heard that the Chu army was powerful, they stayed for several months, not daring to take a step forward.
Gao Yi, the general of my family, did not want the Qi army to be infamous for cowardice, and he did not want the Chu army to have a bad reputation for bullying widows, so he deliberately led 30,000 Chu troops to play with the Qi army. I don't know if the Qi army has the courage to fight, whether it is 35,000 or 70,000 Qi troops, as long as they come out to fight, our Chu army is happy to fight. β
After shouting three times in a row, the person who shouted immediately turned his horse's head and headed towards the Chu army, regardless of whether the Qi army agreed or not.
In the Qi camp, all the generals looked at each other, and then excitedly asked Tian Jia for battle: "General, the last general asks for battle, only 30,000 Qi troops are needed, go out and compete with the Chu army." β
"Thirty thousand?" Tian Jia muttered inwardly, then laughed self-deprecatingly, ignoring the crowd's excited expressions.
On the other side, Tang Wu waited for a while, and when he saw that Qi Jun did not react, he groaned for a while, and then said, "It seems that Qi Jun should not have heard what he said just now." β
As he spoke, he ordered: "Send an order, send two hundred soldiers to the vicinity of the Qi camp and shout, and ask the Qi army if they dare to go out of the camp to fight." β
"No."
Tian Jia couldn't be able to appease the generals, and as a result, two hundred more Chu soldiers came to the outside of the camp and shouted: "Warriors of Qi country, dare to fight Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·or not."
Over and over again, he shouted more than ten times in a row, but there was no sign of stopping.
Some of the generals became even more agitated and asked for battle again.
"General..."
Tian Jia remembered King Qi's plan, but still shook his head and refused General Qi's invitation to fight.