The next day, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge led their troops to march forty miles westward, and moved to the east bank of the Luoshui, Tang Zhi had 10,000 soldiers under his command, and Jiao Ge commanded a complete army establishment, that is, 12,500 people, a total of 22,500 people.

After giving the soldiers the order to cut down trees and build a military camp nearby, Jiao Ge and Tang Zhi patrolled the east bank of Luoshui together, first, they were idle, and second, by the way, to take a look at the situation in the west of Luoshui, after all, they didn't know much about this area.

While walking, Jiao Ge asked about the incident where Tang Zhi volunteered to help Meng Zhong in the handsome tent yesterday.

"Why help that kid?" Jiao Ge asked curiously.

"Help that kid?" Tang Zhi chuckled, then shook his head and said, "I didn't do that. ”

"You're still going to be cunning?" Jiao Ge said with a slight complaint: "Originally, I stayed in the camp in a good way, maybe I could still get some war merits in this battle, but because of a few words from that kid, you dragged me to run here......" As he spoke, he stopped and looked at the other side of the river a few times, and complained: "Stationed in this kind of place, how can there be any opportunity to make war merits?" ”

Hearing this, Tang Zhi shook his head and said lightly: "Even if we stay in the camp, you and I may not have the opportunity to make war merits, and the most important ones are Dou Xing, Wei Qing, and Fei Hui......

The Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Fei Hui and others he talked about, that is, the generals of the Hedong Army under the command of Gongsun Xi, are different from the generals of the Wei Dong Zhai Zhang line such as Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge, the Hedong Army is the direct subordinate of Gongsun Xi, no matter how you think about it, Gongsun Xi will take more care of the generals under his command - this is human nature, even if it is changed to Meng Zhong and Tang Zhi.

Therefore, Tang Zhi felt that instead of staying in the camp and giving a hand to the Hedong army like Zheng Zheng, Cai Wu and several other military horses, it was better to move out of the camp, at least for the time being, so that Gongsun Xi would not be consumed with the Qin army as a sacrifice.

As for the others, what Meng Zhong said yesterday, Tang Zhi was more or less concerned.

I remember that Meng Zhong had a sentence that was deeply recognized by Tang Zhi: The more than 100,000 Qin troops can't even break through the 100,000 Han troops at present, but they dare to divide their troops to Xiangshan to try to sneak attack his 180,000 Wei troops, how arrogant is the commander of the Qin army to dare to do that?

At the end of the day, that's a counterintuitive thing in itself.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Tang finally decided to move to Luoshui, after all, if he stayed in the camp, he and Jiao Ge basically wouldn't get any great credit, but if the Qin army really attacked his Wei army from the west as Meng Zhong predicted, resulting in heavy losses for the Hedong Wei army, then he and his generals would definitely not be able to escape this catastrophe, rather than this, it is better to take the initiative to respond to this matter and guard the west side for the Hedong army, if the Qin army really came to attack from the west, then he could also block this wave of attacks for the Hedong Wei army- At least let the Hedong Wei army have a chance to reflect in time.

Isn't that a big deal?

I have to say that Tang Zhi still thinks very thoroughly.

"So...... Will the Qin army attack our army behind the back of the two crossings of the water as predicted by that kid? Jiao Ge asked thoughtfully.

“……”

Tang Zhi didn't answer, after all, in the end, in fact, he couldn't be sure, at best, he felt that this matter was very likely.

In fact, the Qin army, which was responsible for the encirclement of the Wei army, had quietly come to the area of Yushui, about sixty miles northeast of Yiyang City, on the day Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge and others arrived on the east bank of the Luoshui, preparing to carry out a sneak attack on the Wei army.

Since the strategy of encircling the rear of the Wei army was proposed by Bai Qi, it was natural that this Qin army, which was responsible for encircling the rear of the Wei army, was naturally led by Bai Qi himself.

In all fairness, this was not the first battle of the new city, his first battle was the "Battle of Xincheng", as for the result, the new city that the Koreans spent several years of hard work to build, this city that was originally used to resist the Qin army, like Yiyang, has now fallen into the hands of the Qin state, and has become the bridgehead of the Qin state to attack Korea.

Although it was not the first battle, it was undeniable that this battle was the biggest challenge that Bai Qi has faced so far.

The 300,000 allied troops of Wei, Han, and Eastern Zhou are what a shocking number, and in terms of strength alone, the number of allied troops is more than twice that of the Qin army.

But Bai Qi was not afraid, he was even a little excited, because he saw the opportunity to break the coalition army - taking advantage of the sluggishness of the Wei army, taking advantage of the fact that the two armies under the command of Gongsun Xi and Storm Kite were in harmony, and took the lead in breaking the 180,000 Wei army!

As long as he first defeated Gongsun Xi's 180,000 Wei army and the 100,000 Han army under the command of Storm Kite, he could slowly clean it up.

Here's a chance!

He has the opportunity to break the 300,000 allied forces of Wei and Han, so that everyone in the world will remember his white prestige because of this outnumbered victory!

However, just when Bai Qi was ambitious, a scout sent out suddenly returned to the army to report: "Qi Bai Shuai, there are scouts of our army in front who bumped into enemy scouts, killed 12 people, 3 people fled, and 7 soldiers were killed and 5 were seriously wounded. ”

"What?" Bai Qi was stunned and didn't react for a while.

How could there be scouts of the Wei army here?

"Wait! If there are really scouts from the Wei army here, doesn't that mean ......?"

As if thinking of something, Bai Qi's face changed suddenly, and he immediately ordered his troops to stop advancing and hide in the woods along the way, while he himself took Xiang Shou's subordinate general "Ji Hong" and others to quietly approach Yushui and peek at the other side of the river from a distance.

"It's ...... here. Already garrisoned by Wei troops? How could it be ......?

Bai Qi looked at the east bank of the water in disbelief.

You must know that when he and Xiang Shou ventured to Yique Mountain to peep at the Wei camp two days ago, the Wei army had not fortified the east bank of the river at all, and now, the east bank of the Luoshui, which was empty a few days ago, is now full of Wei soldiers carrying wood back and forth - those Wei soldiers seem to be preparing to build a Wei camp on the other side of the river.

Because he didn't dare to get too close, Bai Qi couldn't see it really, but in any case, he estimated that the Wei army stationed on the east bank of the water had at least 10,000 people.

"How could it ......?"

At that moment, even if it was white, it was inevitable that he would lose his mind.

Obviously, there was no Wei army stationed in this area two days ago, why did at least 10,000 troops garrison here at this time?

"Could it be that someone in the Wei army has seen through my plan? Who is it? Who saw through my plan? Gongsun Xi? Still is...... Wait, is that him?'

In Bai Qi's mind, a face suddenly appeared.

It was a face that he thought he would never forget in his life, after all, the owner of that face had taught him a lesson of contempt and arrogance, and he almost lost his life to the young man who was called "Shi Shuai" by his subordinates.

Although Bai Qi still doesn't know what the real name of the "Wei Army Marshal" is, this does not affect Bai Qi's jealousy of the young man of the same age, especially after he escaped by luck on a raft that day, the other party stood on the bank of the Yishui River and stared at him from a distance, Bai Qi still remembers it at this moment.

『…… It should be him, he saw through my plan.'"

Thinking of this, Bai Qi suddenly raised his right hand and pressed the wound on his left shoulder.

Because I don't know what's going on, the pain that has gradually dissipated after applying the medicine is now coming from the wound on the left shoulder again, and on the back of the neck, at the location of the blood stain that has been scabbed, there is also an inexplicable chill at this moment, as if someone is holding a weapon on his neck.

Bai Qi knew very well that in fact, this was fear and fear, just because the "Wei Army Marshal" left too deep an impression in his heart that day.

"Bai Shuai, what should I do?"

Beside him, General Ji Hong asked.

What to do?

yes, what to do?

Looking at the Wei soldiers who came and went on the other side of the river from a distance, they seemed to be building a camp, and Bai Qi was at a loss.

『…… Do you want to give up?'

He asked himself secretly.

Judging from the current situation, the Wei army has taken precautions on the east bank of the Luoshui, and the number of Wei troops deployed in this area does not seem to be quite large, even if his Qin army has a numerical advantage, but once a sneak attack is launched, the Wei army on the other side of the river will inevitably send someone to report to the main camp of the Wei army, which means that his strategy of sneaking up on the main camp of the Wei army will come to naught.

Therefore, it is not feasible to break through the Wei army on the other side of the river as soon as possible and take advantage of the situation to sneak attack the main camp of the Wei army.

The question is, if he gave up on attacking the Wei army, what would his 130,000 Qin troops use to defeat the nearly 300,000 coalition forces of Wei and Han?

There is not the slightest chance of winning!

The 100,000 Han troops under the command of Storm Kite are the only remaining elites in South Korea, and their strength is not much better than that of his Qin army, even if Bai Qi resists 100,000 Han troops with 130,000, the victory or defeat is probably only four or six.

Suppose that after a vicious battle, his Qin army suffered 40,000 casualties and the Han army suffered 60,000 casualties, in other words, he still had 90,000 troops left under his command, and what about the coalition forces that he had opposed? The 180,000 Wei troops did not move.

Can the 90,000 tired Qin pawns withstand the 180,000 energetic Wei pawns?

Can't stop it!

In other words, according to the usual defense, his Qin army would definitely lose this battle, and even Xincheng and Yiyang would be recaptured by the Wei and Han coalition forces.

Only by using tricks and attacking the enemy unprepared, can you have a few chances of winning!

"Calm down...... Calm down......

With a few long breaths, Bai Qi forced himself to calm down as soon as possible.

"Now, if you retreat, this battle will definitely be lost, and there is only ......

A few hints of determination flashed in his eyes, and Bai Qi resolutely said: "Quick! Before the Wei army on the other side of the river could react, he immediately ordered his army to continue to ...... north."

"Further north?"

Ji Hong was stunned, frowned and said, "Further north, that's the ...... of the Western Zhou Kingdom."

"Luoyang!"

Bai Qi interrupted Ji Hong's words and said in a deep voice: "Since the Wei army has stationed defenders here, then go straight to Luoyang and attack the Wei army from behind Luoyang!" ”

“……”

Ji Hong was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, and looked at Bai Qi in disbelief.

You must know that attacking the Wei army from the west of Ruoshui is already a very risky thing, and now, when the Wei army has set up a garrison in Luoshui, the new commander actually wants to go directly around Luoyang and launch a sneak attack on the Wei army from the direction of Luoyang.

If there is still a way to retreat from the west to attack the Wei army from Luoshui, that is, once the sneak attack fails, their Qin army can retreat to Yiyang, then if they attack the Wei army from the direction of Luoyang, once the sneak attack fails, they will definitely be annihilated.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the Wei army on the other side of the river in front of you, as long as these Wei soldiers cut off their way back, where will their 50,000 Qin soldiers flee?

Thinking of this, Ji Hong hurriedly persuaded: "Bai Shuai, the fleeing Wei army scouts must have been sent by the Wei army on the other side of the river, and the generals in his army learned that their scouts were killed, it is not difficult to judge the movement of our army...... Isn't there a danger of total annihilation? ”

"No!"

Bai Qi shook his head and said: "Those who met those Wei army scouts were only our army's scouts, which means that even if those Wei army scouts fled back to the Wei army on the other side of the river and reported the enemy situation to Sima Yu in their army, their army Sima may not be able to accurately guess the number of our army and the specific sneak attack intention...... As for what you said, the Wei army on the other side of the river may send troops to support when our army sneaks up on the main camp of the Wei army, or even cut off the return route of our army, don't worry, I will order someone to report to General Xiang Shou immediately, General Xiang Shou still has 50,000 soldiers under his command, I can ask him to lead 30,000 or 40,000 people straight to this place and drag the Wei army on the other side of the river......"

"Crazy, crazy......

Ji Hong looked at Bai Qi and was speechless.

He had 130,000 Qin troops, 30,000 in Xiangshan, 50,000 here, and only 50,000 people were left in the main camp, and now, the commander actually asked General Xiang Shou to lead another 30,000 troops to this place and attack the Wei army on the other side of the river, so that it could not support its main camp of the Wei army.

What does this mean?

This means that on the side of their main camp of the Qin army, in the end, there are only 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers left, as long as the 100,000 Korean troops opposite the main camp launch a wave of offensive, their main camp may be immediately broken by the Korean army, and even the 100,000 Korean troops can take the new city by force.

It's a life-or-death plan!

Looking at Ji Hong's uncertain complexion, Bai Qizheng said: "Only in this way can we have a chance to defeat the Wei and Han coalition forces!" General Ji, please help Bai! ”

“……”

After a few glances, Ji Hong nodded hesitantly.

At the same time, on the other side of the river, the military Sima Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge were summoning the scouts who had escaped from the newly built military tent.

Those scouts were the soldiers who were sent out to the west bank of the Yushui River to investigate and monitor the movements of the Qin army after Tang Zhi arrived here today, I remember that Jiao Ge laughed at him for being too cautious at that time, but he didn't expect that only three hours later, the scouts sent out bumped into the scouts of the Qin army.

What does it mean for the presence of Qin scouts here?

It means that there is indeed an army of the Qin State on the west bank of the Rushui, and that kid Meng Zhong is right! Those Qin people really wanted to sneak up on them from the west!

"How many troops does the Qin army have on the other side of the river?" Tang asked in a deep voice.

Unfortunately, the three scouts who had escaped for their lives shook their heads and said, "We didn't find out about the Qin army, but we just ran into the other party's scouts...... The Qin people are very brave, and we can't resist it, so we can only flee back and report this matter to the military Sima ......"

Tang Zhi was a little angry at first, but seeing that the armor of the three soldiers in front of him was covered in blood, a little unbearability flashed in his heart.

After all, these three soldiers did the right thing, if they hadn't fled back to the army and informed him of the news Tang Zhi, how could he and Jiao Ge know that there was indeed a Qin army on the west bank of the river? - Admittedly, this is also a credit.

Thinking of this, Tang Zhi comforted the three soldiers and sent them to the camp to rest.

Subsequently, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge each summoned their generals and ordered them to immediately gather the soldiers who were cutting down trees and stand guard on the riverbank to prevent the Qin army from attacking.

It was no wonder that Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge were so nervous, after all, they only had 20,000 men, and if the Qin army on the other side of the river really came to attack their main camp, then the strength would definitely be no less than 50,000 - if they were not well prepared, they would not be able to resist at all.

"Do you want to send someone to inform Xiwu?"

After the generals left the military tent, Jiao Ge said to Tang Zhi with a serious expression.

Tang Zhi pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said, "At present, we haven't figured out the specific strength and intentions of those Qin troops on the other side of the river, so if you send someone to inform Xiwu immediately...... What are you going to say? Say that the scouts we sent were killed by the scouts of the Qin army? ”

"That's just as well."

Jiao Ge nodded in agreement.

Indeed, just for the death and injury of twelve soldiers, there is really no need to alarm Gongsun Xi for this - the main thing is that it is difficult to speak.

Could it be that they were so frightened that they asked for help from the main camp because of the death of twelve scouts?

No matter how they say that they also have 20,000 troops under their command, even if more than 100,000 Qin troops all attack them, they can at least drag the soldiers sent to spread the news of the attack to Gongsun Xi and inform the main battalion to be vigilant, but there is really no need to be in such a hurry.

However, until it was close to dusk, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge still did not wait for the Qin army on the other side of the river to launch a strong attack on them.

Seeing this, Jiao Ge said to Tang Zhi: "What's the matter? Could it be that the Qin army saw that our army was on guard and had given up the strategy of sneak attack? ”

"I don't know ......"

Tang Zhi shook his head, and immediately summoned the two generals "Gan Fu" and "Xia Yang", that is, the original Shangguan of Cao Chun, Wei Xu and others.

A moment later, Gan Fu and Xia Yang entered the tent.

"Sima, I don't know what to call me and the two of you?"

Seeing this, Tang Zhi told Gan Fu and Xia Yang the news sent by the scouts at the risk of death, and immediately ordered: "Xia Yang and Gan Fu, I want you two to immediately lead 3,000 soldiers to the west bank of the water to find out the location and approximate strength of the Qin army. …… This is a very dangerous matter, and I want you both to be vigilant. ”

"Whoa!"

Gan Fu and Xia Yang went away with their fists in their hands, and asked their corporal to build a simple pontoon bridge with cut wood, and took 3,000 soldiers to the west bank of the river.

But unfortunately, after searching for an hour, they kept looking for the Dao nightfall, and Gan Fu and Xia Yang did not see any trace of the Qin army in the surrounding area.

This is not surprising, after all, at this moment, the 50,000 Qin troops under Bai Qi's command have bypassed this side and gone straight to Luoyang.

In view of the fact that the night was not conducive to searching for the traces of the Qin army, and it was even possible to be ambushed by the Qin army, Gan Fu and Xia Yang returned to the east bank of the river with 3,000 Wei soldiers and surrendered their orders to Tang.

"What, there is no trace of the Qin army on the other side of the river?"

After hearing the results of Gan Fu and Xia Yang's reply, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge looked at each other, quite confused.

What about the Qin army on the other side of the river?

"Could it be that the Qin army learned that you and my army were stationed here, and thought that it was no longer possible to carry out a sneak attack, so they withdrew their troops?" Jiao Ge guessed on the side.

"Possibly." Tang Zhi nodded slowly, and then muttered: "But it is also possible that Qin Jun deliberately deceived and wanted to make you and me negligent and precautionary...... Tell the soldiers to be on guard tonight! ”

"Hmm!" Jiao Ge nodded.

However, to Tang Zhi's surprise, that night, the area where they were stationed was quite calm, and until the rising sun the next day, no Qin army came to attack them.

"Could it be that the Qin army really retreated?"

Muttering in confusion, Tang Zhi once again ordered Gan Fu and Xia Yang to search for the traces of the Qin army on the west bank of the river, but within a radius of twenty miles, there was really no trace of the Qin army.

However, he encountered several scouts of the Qin army, and the other party immediately fled after seeing the armies of Gan Fu and Xia Yang from a distance.

After learning of this, Tang Zhi said to Jiao Ge: "Sure enough, this Qin army still has no intention of giving up, hiding its whereabouts and trying to sneak attack our army, you and I have to take more precautions." ”

I have to say that Tang Zhi misunderstood, he thought that the Qin army scouts that his soldiers bumped into in the past two days were the same group of people, but in fact, what he met yesterday was the scouts in Bai Qi's army, and what he met today was the scouts in Xiang Shou's army - after receiving Bai Qi's message for help, although Xiang Shou was angry, he finally took 30,000 Qin soldiers to the Luoshui area about sixty miles northeast of Yiyang, and hid in the woods about forty miles away from Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge's Wei army. Waiting for Bai Qi to make an appointment with him to attack the Wei army together.

As for the 50,000 Qin troops under Bai Qi's command, they had taken advantage of the night to go around the north side of the Wei army in the Luoyang area last night, and were now hiding in the mountains and forests around there, on the one hand, to restore the strength of the soldiers, and on the other hand, to wait for the night to come.

After dusk that day, Meng Zhong, who was stationed on Yique Mountain, suddenly received a message sent by Jun Sima Tangzhi.

It turned out that although Tang Zhi did not dare to make a fuss about the casualties of the twelve soldiers, Gongsun Xi, the commander of the 180,000 Wei army, this did not prevent him from sending someone to tell Meng Zhong about this matter, which was intended to let Meng Zhong make a judgment - anyway, Meng Zhong was not far from the main camp of the Wei army, and if he noticed that something was wrong, he could also immediately tell Gongsun Xi.

Gongsun Xi can't help this kid Meng Zhong, Tang Zhi knows it very well in his heart.

"Huh? You said that there was no trace of the Qin army on the west side of the water? ”

When he learned the general situation from the soldiers sent by Tang Zhi, Meng Zhong also felt a little puzzled.

"Yes." Hearing Meng Zhong say this, the soldier sent by Tang Zhi added: "According to Jun Sima, judging from the fact that the scouts sent by our army can often encounter enemy scouts, there must be a Qin army hiding on the west side of Luoshui, but for some reason it did not sneak attack our army, nor did it prevent our army from building a camp......

"The Qin army actually allowed Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge to build a camp on the east bank of the Luoshui?"

Meng Zhong was more and more puzzled.

Because it stands to reason that if the Qin army really wanted to sneak attack his Wei army from the area of Yushui, it would never be possible to sit idly by and watch Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge build a camp, unless they had given up the sneak attack.

Can abandon sneak attacks...... How could more than 100,000 Qin troops resist 300,000 coalition troops?

"I can't figure it out......

After sending away the soldiers who had come from Tang Zhi, Meng Zhong stood in his unfinished military camp, looking at the main camp of the Qin army in the distance, sorting out his thoughts.

『…… Tang Zhi and others found traces of the Qin army on the west side of the river, which means that my judgment was correct, and the Qin army really wanted to attack our army from the west side of the river...... It's just that when he saw that the armies of Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge were stationed in Yushui, he knew the difficulty and retreated...... Did you really retreat in the face of difficulties? Since the Qin army came up with a plan to surprise attack our army, this means that they have realized that ordinary tactics are not enough to resist the 300,000 Wei and Han coalition troops, and on the premise of knowing this, just because the 20,000 troops of Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge are stationed in the Luoshui area, the Qin army will give up the surprise attack on our army? Or is it ...... Qin Jun just changed his offensive position?'

Meng Zhong frowned and turned his head to look at the Xiangshan on the other side of Yishui.

"It can't be from here, this is the suspicious soldiers of the Qin army, and it has successfully attracted Gongsun Xi's defense, it is impossible for the Qin army to launch a sneak attack from here...... East Exclusion; There are 100,000 Korean troops stationed in the south, which can also be excluded; To the west, the Qin army actually did not launch a sneak attack on Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge last night, and let them build a camp, the Qin army still has the possibility of a sneak attack, but the probability is low; All that's left is ......

Slowly turning his head to face the north direction, a few dignified colors appeared in Meng Zhong's eyes.

"North!"

Glancing up at the sky that was about to fall into the night, Meng Zhong frowned and immediately went straight to the main camp of the Wei army.

If he is not mistaken, tonight, the Qin army may launch a sneak attack on the main camp of his Wei army from the north.

It's still too late!