"Report, report..."

Sun Jin was still on the way back to the camp, and hundreds of thousands of troops were desperately rushing back, but a soldier came to report: "General, our grain and grass... was burned. ”

"What?!"

What Sun Jin was worried about finally happened.

Grain and grass are his lifeblood, and he is desperately rushing back like this to prevent Wei Wuji from burning grain and grass.

As a result, it still failed to catch up in time.

"Quickly send someone to put out the fire and rush to transport grain and grass!"

"Yes."

"Wait..." Sun Jin asked, "What about Wei Wuji?" What about his Black Armor? ”

"Run... Escaped.... ”

"......" For a while, Sun Jin didn't know what to say.

He had tried his best to contain Wei Wuji, but the speed of the enemy's cavalry far exceeded that of his infantry troops, and he could always escape at critical moments.

This is due to his command errors, but more importantly it is the terrain.

Because this is a hundred miles in circumference, it is all plains, which is suitable for cavalry battles.

Wei Wuji's black-armored army can come and go freely.

His infantry was slow, and there was no suitable terrain to ambush and intercept.

Once the war began, he could only watch the enemy come and go.

Sun Jin threw away all distractions and ordered the soldier: "You go back and pass my order, the soldiers in the camp, do your best to put out the fire." Rush to transport grain, as much as you can transport. ”

"Yes."

After the soldiers left.

Sun Jin said to the generals behind him: "Leave 20,000 people on standby, stand by in a defensive formation, echo with the strength of the large battalion, beware of Wei Wuji coming back, taking advantage of the chaos of our army, to inflict heavy losses." The rest of the army hastened with me to the west. ”

"Tell Dong Siyuan again, go back immediately... Plugging the gap in the west, occupying the official road, and arranging the defensive line, we must not allow Wei Wuji's Black Armor Army to escape from our control. ”

"Yes..."

Sun Jin didn't know if it was right for him to do this.

Should Wei Wuji go back? Regroup your army and fight again? Or do whatever it takes to exterminate Wei Wuji?

You must know that his current army is in chaos, the grain and grass are burned, and the morale of the army is shaken.

And Wei Wuji's black-armored army came and went like the wind, and it was difficult to bite.

But at this moment, he had the same thoughts as Wei Wuji before, and he was all with a hint of luck.

If he bites Wei Wuji and bites Wei Wuji to death, then this war should almost be over.

............

When Sun Jin's order was passed down, the armies took active action.

Wei Wuji's Black Armor Army, after burning grain and grass, rushed to the west non-stop, wanting to evacuate here as soon as possible.

Go to the west hundred miles.

The Black Armor Army met Dong Siyuan's 50,000 cavalry.

These 50,000 cavalry are almost all the troops of Beiqingguo.

Beiqingguo was backed by the grassland, and the cavalry was extremely good at fighting.

Their appearance is destined to become a threat to the Black Armor Army.

There are 50,000 horsemen, and their combat effectiveness is definitely above that of the Black Armor Army.

The two armies came to a halt after encountering.

Wei Wuji said: "Sun Jin deserves to be called a Confucian general, and his thinking ability is far beyond that of ordinary generals. These 50,000 people have not been withdrawn until now, and it is obvious that he wants to trap us here completely and find an opportunity to encircle and annihilate us. ”

"Hmph."

Xu Chu said: "Don't worry, my lord, when we lead the ironclad army to charge into battle, we will definitely destroy the cavalry of Beiqing Kingdom." ”

"The Black Armor Army is certainly strong in combat. But when I went to burn grain and grass just now, there were already 300 casualties. The soldiers are also hungry and should not fight again. ”

Wei Wuji unfolded the map, looked at it, and said, "Let's retreat to the south, find an open place to camp, and find an opportunity to break through again." ”

"This..."

"Listen to me."

"Yes."

Xu Chu really wants to fight.

In this wilderness, the Black Armor Army is like an out-of-body sword, bound to be invincible.

It's just that Wei Wuji won't let him, and he can only obey orders.

It was getting dark.

Dong Siyuan sent 30,000 cavalry to pursue the Black Armor Army that fled south.

But in the end, it didn't catch up.

Sun Jin dealt with the affairs in the camp and rushed to meet Dong Siyuan.

"You're doing the right thing. No matter what time it is, the troops here cannot be completely withdrawn. ”

Sun Jin was in Dong Siyuan's tent, studying the map, and then he said, "Wei Wuji will not stay too long when he goes to the south, he will eventually return here." ”

"From this plain, rush back to Hukou Pass. Unless he wants to take the waterway, go back to Chu first, and then go from Chu to Hukou Pass. ”

"But it's going to take too long, and I don't think he'll do that."

"If we hold this place, we will besiege him."

"It's just that we don't have a chance to annihilate him for the time being."

Dong Siyuan nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes... We must destroy him this time! ”

"But what do we do next? Is it just staying here? ”

Dong Siyuan didn't think too much.

He thought that encircling Wei Wuji was the best strategy at the moment, because Sun Jin said so.

But he didn't know, Sun Jin was also helpless.

He was ordered by the Emperor of Zhao and the Emperor of Beiqing to attack Chu with several times the number of troops, and he should have been invincible, but who would have thought that the war had not yet begun, and the grain and grass would be burned.

He had to catch Wei Wuji before he could explain to Emperor Zhao and Emperor Beiqing.

This is his helplessness, forcing him to fight this encirclement and annihilation battle.

Of course, he also had a trace of luck in his heart, wanting to eliminate Wei Wuji and Xu Chu's black armor army.

In this way, when attacking Chu again, it will be much less difficult.

"That's right, we'll die here!"

"You see, the south is all wilderness, and there is no food. Even if there were villages, they would not be enough to feed thousands of people. ”

"Wei Wuji went south, he couldn't hold out for long."

"I'm sure he'll be back in three days."

Sun Jin rubbed his eyebrows and continued, "There is another possibility... He will attack our camp again, but we have set up an ambush in advance, and he will not be able to bargain for anything. Right now.... We and he are short of food, and it depends on who can hold on. ”

"I've heard about the burning of grain and grass, I wonder how many days of military rations we have?" Dong Siyuan asked.

"Three days. After three days, we must withdraw. Sun Jin said.

"Just three days? Then our plan to attack the Chu State this time is over? Dong Siyuan's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that this was true.

The dignified army of 340,000 was defeated by Wei Wuji's thousands of men and horses?

Sun Jin said: "Of course, it's not over. I have already sent someone to report the situation of the battle to Emperor Zhao, and ask for another transfer of food to the front. It is expected that we will arrive in 15 days, and we will first retreat to the border of Zhao State, and then attack after replenishing grain and grass. ”

"Oh..."

Dong Siyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

..........

Wei Wuji, who fled south, was indeed as Sun Jin expected.

He is now facing a very serious problem, and that is the lack of food!

Three thousand soldiers, three thousand war horses, the grain and grass needed are by no means a small number.

The villages and large households along the way, even if they took out all the food, would not be able to supply the army.

This led to the fact that he could not fight for a long time.

After careful consideration, Wei Wuji decided to go back and fight Dong Siyuan.

Only by defeating Dong Siyuan can we break through the encirclement.

This is a difficult hurdle that must be overcome.

Early the next morning.

The Black Armor Army turned back to the main road to the west.

Sun Jin and Dong Siyuan were both there. 50,000 cavalry occupied all the key roads, and only by passing through their camps could they return to Hukou Pass.

Wei Wuji sent Li Bai to investigate, and found that there was an ambush in the camp.

"Where are the ambushes?" Wei Wuji asked Li Bai.