Gongsun Ce hesitated for a long time, and then said with a wry smile: "Shuang'er, where do I dare to let you be wronged?" Rest assured, Lord Wang is my example, and I will do what he says. ”

"Well, that's pretty much it." Nie Shuang'er said with satisfaction.

Gongsun Ce didn't want to say more about these gossips, and said to Wang Mang: "Lord Wang, as for the changes in the battle situation. It stands to reason that we have won a big victory, and we should take advantage of the situation tomorrow to pursue it. However, his subordinates thought that this was not appropriate, and his subordinates suggested that the adults could pass the order down, and according to the plan, they would retreat ten miles now. Only a few soldiers and horses were left here to hide people's eyes and ears and confuse others. ”

"What does that mean?" Chen Chong asked.

Gongsun Ce replied: "The strength of our army is already insufficient, if we take the initiative to attack because we have won a game, it will be a bit too fake." After all, the previous two times, we didn't take the initiative. Now that we take the initiative to step back, we can give Pi Tong an illusion. Let him wonder what we have to do?

Master Chen, think about it, if you sit in Pi Tong's position, how will you think in the face of such a situation? I'm afraid I can't think of a reason for it, right? Therefore, in the face of such a situation, you must only fight steadily, slowly march forward step by step, and slowly force us back to the tiger prison, once and for all.

As I said earlier, no plan can be easily changed. Pi Tong wants to force us back into the tiger prison and make us bear the unjust reputation of dragging the people into the water. And we're going to have to wait for reinforcements to arrive. As long as we don't deviate from these two points, it doesn't matter if we use our strategy flexibly halfway, we don't have a good way to do it at the moment. ”

"That's a good plan!"

Wang Mang nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Gongsun is reasonable. We retreated, just to preserve our strength and wait for the right moment. Pi Tong avoided entering just to oppress us and let us retreat to the tiger prison. Now that we have won a small victory, and instead retreated, it may make him think that our army is unstable, or that we are plotting other tricks to kill with one blow.

Therefore, in the face of this situation, he will act safely, crush us with a rolling momentum, and force us to have no power to fight back. ”

Dong Wu replied: "Since this is the case, then the general will lead some soldiers to stay here, and Lord Wang, you and the rest of the adults can retreat first." ”

"Well, when you stay behind, you don't need to completely block the news of our retreat, try to put on a posture that is difficult to hide, and let the Pi army know that we are retreating again." Wang Mang instructed.

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Pi Tong's military tent, Zishuo came here, and told Shangguan Ning Xuan about the sudden appearance and capture of Zhang Hu.

Pi Tong heard the words, and his brows furrowed slightly, "This woman has a lot of ability, if you want to kill her, you must be surrounded by equally powerful masters." ”

"My lord, what should I do now?" Zishuo asked.

"The plan remains the same, tomorrow you can still lead the troops to call the battle, I don't expect that Shangguan Ning Xuan should not go out again. Also, since she has such words, you should pay attention to them when they call the battle, so as not to provoke her again. This kind of character can only find a way to kill secretly. Oppressing her with a large army is basically useless, but victimized. ”

Pi Tong said coldly: "She holds the willow sword among the nine swords in the world, which shows that her fate has long been doomed, and there is only one way to die." A few months ago, Ji Yun was ordered to go out of the mountain to find the true Son of Heaven and seize the Nine Swords. I'll repair the book and invite him to come and let him contain Shangguan Ningxuan. ”

Strategist Zhang Shiyuan said: "My lord, you have been here to lead the army for a long time, I am afraid that something is wrong. In my opinion, it will take some time for Wang Mang to completely return to the Tiger Prison. Therefore, I think it is better for you to choose a time to return to Shangqiu County as soon as possible to preside over major affairs, so as not to have loopholes in the rear of our army.

Of course, if you want to return to Shangqiu after dealing with the affairs here, can you let the army enter in full force and speed up the speed to force Wang Mang to retreat from the Tiger Pass? ”

"What Mr. Zhang said is true!" Sun Feng, the commander of the right wing, nodded and said, "My lord, I also think that Mr. Zhang's words are quite reasonable. The matter here is just a trivial matter, so why should you spend too much time here, my lord? Shangqiu County in the rear of our army is fundamental, and it must not be left in a state of ownerlessness for a long time.

The last general is not talented, and he is willing to make a military order, and lead the troops here with Mr. Zhang and others, which is bound to force Wang Mang back to the Tiger Prison Pass once and for all. ”

"I'm also thinking about it." Pi Tong nodded and said: "The eight cities of Shangqiu County have indeed had a lot of problems in recent days, and they can't be careless. ”

After everyone talked for a while, a young general walked in and said: "Lord Qiyu Pi, just now my subordinates found out that Wang Mang's army has withdrawn, and there are only a few hundred people left behind in his camp. ”

"What? He evacuated? Pi Tong was taken aback, a little puzzled.

"Yes, sir." The young general replied: "The person who stayed behind to lead the troops is Dong Wu, and the matter of Wang Mang's withdrawal from the army is very secretive, if it weren't for the last general who planted a spy in his army, this news would be difficult for us to discover." ”

Pi Tong thought about it for a long time, but then he laughed out loud, very heartily.

"This is a trick that the soldiers do not tire of, trying to let our army chase deeply. Moreover, the positions of their current retreats are mostly mountains and forests, and it is extremely easy to ambush them.

It can be seen that Wang Mangqian's donkey skills are poor. Zishuo, when it comes to tomorrow, you can continue to call the battle and test the details. And step by step, but not in a hurry. Once they've retreated to a difficult place, you can speed up and push in. ”

"Yes, sir!"

At this moment, Zishuo is also the same as Pi Tong thought. In his opinion, Wang Mang wants to have no soldiers and no food, so he can only do this trick and take risks. Trying to take advantage of the terrain to ambush the troops and turn back the general trend.

With a plan, Zishuo made up his mind and returned to the frontline camp to preside over the overall situation.

On the second day, Su An came out to call the battle as usual.

Dong Wu and he fought a big battle, and then took advantage of the situation to defeat and retreat for more than ten miles.

Zishuo led the army to chase after him, but encountered Wang Mang's ambush halfway, so he had to stop, adjust his troops and horses, and fight again in the future.

After more than ten days, Wang Mang has retreated more than 100 miles. At this point, he was less than forty miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, almost one step away.

On the fourteenth day, Wang Mang was also a little anxious. Because of this, there is no place where the soldiers can ambush the soldiers for more than 30 miles in the Tiger Prison, and it is all plains.

What's more, there is not the slightest news from the army he asked for help.

If Pi Tong's army is out to kill at this moment, he will have no place to retreat, but can only be stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass.

In this way, he is like pulling a tiger prison to put the people into the water. As a result, the people who were originally locked up in the tiger prison and had no disasters were caught in the war, and their benevolence and righteousness were lost.

"Mr. Gongsun, we have no way to retreat now. If the whole Pi army is killed tomorrow, how can we resist? Chen Chong said worriedly.

Gongsun Ce was also a little flustered at this time, and said with a wry smile: "Lord Chen, there is nothing I can do now, it all depends on the will of heaven." If the reinforcements don't arrive, or if they are late, we will be completely defeated and lose this battle with Pi Tong. At that time, in the eyes of the people of the world, we will become a model of hypocrisy and hypocrisy. ”

(End of chapter)