Xu Menchao saw that the large army of Qi was coming, surrounded his own part of the men and horses, and was fighting. Although the Wu army was well-trained and had strong combat effectiveness, it was unable to compete with the Qi army, which was several times its size.

If you continue to fight hard and no reinforcements arrive, this army will be wiped out. It is still unknown whether reinforcements will arrive. So reinforcements cannot be counted. There is only one way, and that is to break through desperately.

Now a large number of Qi troops have just entered the battle, and the encirclement has not been completely formed, and there is still an opportunity to take advantage of it. When the Wu army adjusts its deployment, there will be only one dead end.

Xu Menchao hit the horse and climbed a high ground, the battlefield situation was in full view, he saw the northwest corner, there is a passage between the earth and mountains, the terrain is unique, both sides are earth ridges, the middle passage is narrow, the large army can not be deployed, no matter how many Qi troops are useless. Concentrate your forces and rush from here, and you will definitely be able to rush out.

So while passing the order to retreat, he shouted: "Gather and break through to the northwest, I will break the rear." "Rushed down the dirt mountain, organized the army to break through, one person and one horse, galloped vertically and horizontally, and the one who was in charge died, and killed a hundred people in the army.

Those who were soldiers in the Wu army were able to judge the current situation and knew that they were in a predicament, and only by fighting to the death could they escape for their lives. So everyone rushed to the northwest with courage.

At this time, no matter how many Qi troops there are, it is useless, that place can only accommodate a limited number of troops, where can the Qi army here stop the Wu army who everyone is desperate, and soon open this passage, and the Wu army rushed out of the encirclement like a torrent.

After Xu Menchao broke the spear, the Qi army could not come forward to fight, and it was not until the brigade was out of danger that they rode their horses to catch up with the troops. After a few miles out and a cursory check, the battle lost thousands of soldiers.

Xu Menchao was in a heavy mood, and he failed in the first battle, which was a great crime. led the army back to the camp and pleaded guilty to the king of Wu.

Qi Shuai Guoshu and the generals rode and stood on a high place, and fled when they saw the defeat of the Wu army. Haha laughed: "What a Wu dog, he runs faster than a rabbit." ”

Zonglou said; "The last general will take the men and horses of the headquarters to hunt down and kill the Xumen Nest."

Guoshu said: "Forget it, the defeated army runs fast and can't catch up." Order, set up camp on the spot, bury the pot to cook, everyone eats enough, sleep well, and fight with the husband tomorrow. ”

The Qi army won the first battle, the army's morale was greatly boosted, from ordinary soldiers to generals, everyone was excited, all excited, all said how powerful the Wu army was, a battle was fought down, and it was easy to win, but the Wu army was just like that.

Guoshu went to visit the injured Gongsun Hui. Gongsun waved his face with shame and said: "Dashuai, the last general is incompetent, and he was injured in the first battle, which is a shame for you." ”

Guoshu comforted: "The general fought bravely, and although he was unfortunately wounded, the credit was still quite great. It was inconvenient for the general to recuperate from his injuries in the army, so the commander immediately arranged to send the general back to Qi for treatment. ”

Vehicles were immediately arranged, and soldiers were dispatched to escort Gongsun Hui and other wounded soldiers back to China to recuperate. Gongsun Hui was fortunately injured and was spared death in the later battle.

In the Battle of Ailing, Wu Wangfu sent to completely annihilate the 100,000 army of Qi State, which was the first beautiful annihilation battle in the history of war. This battle showed the great military talent of Fucha. Not to mention.

It is said that Xu Menchao led the defeated army to flee back to the camp, and entered the tent to see the king of Wu in disgrace, and said: "King, the last general is ashamed, and the Qi general Gongsun Hui battled, although he was stabbed in the thigh, but later the Qi army arrived, we were surrounded, and then desperately fought out of the encirclement. But the battle cost more than 3,000 soldiers. Defeat in the first battle. The end will also be wrong. ”

King Wu was furious, pointed at Xu Menchao and said, "You still have the face to come to see me." As a general, you can't judge the situation on the battlefield. If you can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will fight, you know that you can't fight, and you will lose thousands of soldiers' lives in vain, what do you want of such useless people, come and pull them out and cut them off! ”

The warriors under the tent rushed forward and wanted to tie up the Xumen nest. "Wait! ”

The samurai retreated. Bo Yao knew that deliberately causing a small defeat in Xu Menchao was a ploy of King Wu to use his troops. The purpose is to create the feeling of pride and contempt for the enemy in the Qi army. In fact, it is a special arrangement of psychological warfare. King Wu wants to kill Xu Menchao to make a show in order to establish his prestige, and at this time, someone needs to come out to play a round. So this good person is up to himself.

He bowed and said, "King, although Xu Menchao was defeated and lost thousands of soldiers, it also stabbed the enemy general Gongsun Hui, and there was victory in defeat. The failure of the first battle affected morale and should be punished heavily, but there are also insurmountable factors. Killing a general in battle is also a taboo for soldiers. Please consider it comprehensively, and bypass the Xumen nest and die, so that he can make meritorious contributions. First, it shows the generosity of the king, and second, it can also spur the soldiers to kill the enemy bravely. Please, the King, to play. ”

Xu Menchao knelt on the ground and said: "On the battlefield, the minister did not expect the sudden arrival of the large army of the Qi army, so that the headquarters was trapped, resulting in the loss of troops and the defeat of the general. Deserves to be beheaded. But the minister failed to die on the battlefield, and was executed by military law, and the minister was ashamed. Please spare the king, let the ministers fight again, and if they fail again, the ministers should judge themselves to thank the king. ”

King Wu's face softened slightly, and he said: "Your human head, for the time being, let it grow on your neck first, and if you have any more failures in the future, you can come and see you." Retire! ”

Xu Menchao bowed his head and retreated.

At dusk, King Wu once again led his generals to inspect the terrain. As he walked, he said, "Look, here you can ambush a troop of men." ”。 After walking for a while, he said, "You can also ambush a group of men and horses here." Finally, he came to the open land surrounded by mountains and said, "This is the place where the national letter is buried." ”

Bo Yao said: "King, the strategy of destroying the enemy is already in mind, please tell everyone the strategic intention, so that the generals can have a clear understanding in their hearts, so as to better coordinate and cooperate." ”

King Wu hit his horse and climbed to a high place and said: "Generals, the soldiers say: Go to the army and plan." Both the Wu army and the Qi army have 100,000 troops, and their strength is about the same, if we follow the usual two armies to face each other, set up troops in formation, and fight head-on, what will be the result? ”

All the generals looked at King Wu and waited for him to continue. King Wu said: "If you continue to fight like that, there will be no winner." We have 100,000 horses, and in the end, whether we win or lose, we don't know how many people can go back. Therefore, we must use stratagem to defeat and defeat the Qi army. ”

King Wu's horse whip pointed into the distance and said: "Look at the terrain here, surrounded by mountains on all sides, a flat land in the middle, we set up a pocket array here, lure the Qi army here, and then ambush the troops on all sides, divide the Qi army into several pieces, and then concentrate the superior forces and annihilate them piece by piece." ”

When everyone heard this, they were shocked, this is really a killer plan.

Bo Yao also sighed in his heart, don't look at this guy who usually plays with women is a master, and he really has a set of ways to fight.

Wu Wang said: "Now everyone follow me back to the camp, let's study every detail of the play." ”