On the morning of the third day, Gusu Palace.

King Wu was so angry that he kicked several cases in front of the throne to the ground, and several cases rolled down from the throne, almost hitting Bo Ya, who was kneeling below.

"The king is angry." Bo Yao hurriedly reassured.

"Anger? How to calm the anger?! Damn it! Damn it! Disgusting! I must break this Zhang Xun into pieces! ”

Bo Yao's face showed a fierce light, and said viciously: "King, the Yue army gave up Changyi for no reason, and Zhang Xun resisted the decree three times and did not return, now the matter is very clear, Zhang Xun is undoubtedly treasonous!" Not only did he defect to the Yue country, but even our elite troops were brought to the Yue country by him! I said a long time ago that he had an unusual relationship with that Ji Zheng, but I didn't expect them to collude secretly, hey! I really know people and faces, but I don't know my heart! ”

"Damn! Hateful! I'm so angry! The widow is really blind! How could you mistakenly believe such a scum! When I catch him, I'm going to tear him apart!" No mercy! ”

"King! At this point, we must prepare for the worst! At present, the situation is critical, and the biggest threat is that Zhang Xunhui will come to the country to fight for success, and we must immediately block the country and concentrate our forces to defend the border towns. ”

"Okay, okay, you can do it immediately!"

"In addition, the minister was worried that Zhang Xun would use his position as a general to extract supplies and supplies from the border towns, so he asked the king to immediately announce to the whole country that Zhang Xun had committed the crime of collaborating with the enemy and defecting! And seal the mansion and search for the charges! ”

"Search charges? What else is there to search for! King Wu was furious and shouted: "Declare the whole country!" Wanted traitor Zhang Xun! Whoever can cut off the head of Zhang Xunxiang will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold! Seal the Marquis of Ten Thousand Households! ”

"Whoa! Minister, let's do it! ”

"And! Those who hold the position of centurion or above in the rebel army will seal their homes and arrest their relatives! Waiting for the delivery! ”

"Whoa! Go and do it immediately! ”

At the same time, in the territory of the country.

Zhang Xun led the army to the unknown mountain village. On the open ground at the front of the village, the Vietnamese military flag fluttered in the wind, and the black and oppressive Vietnamese army occupied a favorable position and set up a defensive formation.

The Wu army also immediately opened the queue and formed an offensive formation, and the two sides were ready to fight, and a big battle was about to break out.

Zhang Xun walked into battle and looked at the Vietnamese army position opposite.

He Yu stepped forward and reported: "General, our army is ready to attack at any time. However, our latest investigation found that the Vietnamese army has transferred another 20,000 troops from the country, and now the number of Vietnamese troops has reached 50,000, more than twice that of us. ”

"More people doesn't necessarily mean stronger." Zhang Xun was not worried about the reinforcements of the Vietnamese army, but asked with great concern: "How are the brothers?" ”

"The brothers had a good rest last night, and this morning the whole army had a meal, and now the brothers are full of energy. This battle is of great significance, and the brothers are united in hatred of the enemy, and they are unstoppable! ”

"Good, that's enough. Summons, ready to attack. ”

"But...... General, the Vietnamese army has a large number of troops, and the gap in strength cannot be ignored. Moreover, you should know that the crossbowmen of the Vietnamese army were trained by General Tran Yin, and they had extraordinary archery skills and ingenious formations. If we attack directly like this, I am afraid that we will suffer a big loss. ”

"I know what you said, don't worry, I know it in my heart, you just go and give the order."

Seeing that Zhang Xun was confident, He Yu could only respond to the order: "Oh! ”

After a short time, I only heard the sound of war drums on the Wu army's position, and a horn pierced into the sky. Suddenly, dust rose on the battlefield, and the wind in the mountains and forests was loud.

Ji Zheng stepped forward to the battle, looked at the dust rolling in front of him, and gestured to Qingmen.

Qingmen received the order, and then turned around and shouted: "Crossbowmen come forward!" ”

As soon as the order fell, a thousand crossbowmen advanced at the same time, and they were arranged in two rows, five hundred men in the front row, shooting horizontally with crossbow arrows, and five hundred in the back row, throwing them with longbows.

"Ready!"

So the crossbow bolt clasped tightly, the arrows were long-stringed, and the sharp arrows were aimed forward, glittering with death in the scorching sun.

"Shoot the arrows!"

I saw 500 archers open their bows at the same time, and 500 arrows flew into the sky, and in an instant, they poured like a heavy rain, and the Wu soldiers who rushed to kill were seriously wounded, and a burst of blood mist rose on the front.

Immediately afterward, another order was given, "Release the arrow!" ”

This time, five hundred crossbowmen fired at the same time, and the crossbow arrows came flat, with greater strength, faster speed, and stronger lethality, and the Wu soldiers in the front row fell to the ground in response.

Aimon shouted again, "Ready! ”

The crossbowmen reopened their bowstrings and prepared to shoot again, they had been trained countless times and were already familiar with this formation, but when they changed their formation and were about to shoot again, they found that countless black shadows had rushed out of the dust in front of them.

The black shadow struck forward at a great speed, and the earthquake trembled, and the crossbowmen trembled with fear, and the eyes were blinded by the utter fear. Immediately afterwards, the deafening sound of horses' hooves blasted through the dust, and three thousand cavalrymen rushed across iron horses and halberds in hand!

The cavalry was like a storm and lightning, and in an instant, the crossbow array was scattered in all directions. Tens of thousands of infantry also rushed to the front of the battle, the two sides were hand-to-hand, white-knuckle combat, the sound of killing in the narrow mountains and forests was everywhere, and the sky and the earth were dark.

Although the Wu army was fierce, the Vietnamese army was outnumbered, Ji Zheng sent an order to the rear, the Vietnamese army immediately changed its formation, the rear team quickly detoured forward, and 10,000 Vietnamese troops circled around the front of the formation, trying to surround the vanguard of the Wu army.

At this moment, only the sound of gold sounded on the position of the Wu army, the sound was rapid and sharp, and the soldiers of the Wu State were ordered to retreat immediately.

The battle situation suddenly changed, and Qingmen immediately stepped forward to report to Ji Zheng: "General! Wu Jun Mingjin withdraws his troops, and the troops are retreating back! ”

"Strange...... Why is that? Ji Zheng looked into the distance, only to see that the position of the Wu army was in chaos, and the "Zhang" character general flag also began to retreat.

"General! Wu Guo retreated the flag! Could it be that they found out that they couldn't defeat us, so they planned to flee back to Wu? ”

Ji Zheng frowned, in a dilemma. On the one hand, he knew that Zhang Xun's use of troops was changeable, and this move was likely to hide a killing move, on the other hand, he was afraid that Zhang Xunzhen would lead the army to withdraw to Wu, after all, he finally seized this opportunity to annihilate the main force of Wu, once his main force withdrew to Wu, he didn't know how many years he would have to wait to destroy Wu.

Ji Zheng thought about it, and finally thought about it, and whispered to himself: "No matter what tricks you have, my army will crush you!" ”

Ji Zheng's eyes were sharp, and he ordered sharply: "The whole army pursues and annihilates the Wu army!" ”

"Whoa!"

On the other side, Zhang Xun was directing the evacuation, and the Wu soldiers were all red-eyed, not understanding why they retreated suddenly, and He Yu asked puzzled: "General, the battle has just started, and our army is at its peak, why did you suddenly evacuate?" ”

Zhang Xun patted Heyu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Didn't you just say it?" The Vietnamese soldiers were outnumbered, and they would suffer a big loss if they rushed forward to attack. ”

"But...... But we've all rushed up. Just starting the war and withdrawing the troops, this is not good for the morale of the army. ”

"The spirit of the army is important, but if everyone is dead, this battle will not be fought. Didn't you notice? Just now, our vanguard troops were almost surrounded by the Vietnamese army, and once the Vietnamese army successfully encircled it, our losses will be too great. ”

"And now? The flags have been withdrawn, should we withdraw to Wu? ”

"No, we're going to retreat to the nearby forest."

"Huh?!" He Yu was shocked and said in fear: "General! There is no way to open the formation in the mountains and forests, and the mountains and forests are backed by high mountains, once the Yue people chase and kill, we have no way to retreat! ”

"Yes, you're right, but do you know what I'm most afraid of right now?"

"What?"

"What I'm most afraid of is that Ji Zheng won't chase after me."

"This ...... What's going on?! ”

Just when Heyu was panicking, an adjutant general hurriedly came to report: "Report to the general!" The army of the Yue Kingdom poured out of the nest and chased after us! ”

Zhang Xun was overjoyed and ordered: "The whole army retreats in the direction of the mountains and forests!" Fast! ”

Not long after, the Wu army retreated to the mountains and forests, and the Vietnamese army pursued the victory and launched an annihilation, encirclement and suppression against the besieged Wu army. The two sides encountered again, the mountains and forests sounded earth-shaking war drums, and among the shadowy trees, 20,000 Wu soldiers and 50,000 Yue soldiers continued to fight, shouting and killing shook the mountains and rivers, and the sky was dark for a while.

Ji Zheng was observing the movement of the battlefield outside the mountains and forests, he should have won the battle, but for some reason, there was always some inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

Qingmen stepped forward and reported: "General! Our army has surrounded the entire mountain forest, and it is absolutely impossible for the people of Wu to break through. ”

Ji Zheng nodded and ordered: "The whole army will attack, and all the people of Wu must be exterminated!" ”

"Whoa!"

Ji Zheng took a deep breath and looked at the mountains and forests silently.

Brother Xun, why did you kill yourself?

Or do you have a trick that I didn't expect?

However, it doesn't matter anymore, everything will end today.

I hope you survive......

If you die, I'll bury you well......

The scorching sun slid down the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the air was no longer hot. The slanting light cast a long shadow in the mountain forest, the noisy shouting and killing slowly subsided, and the smell of blood diffused in the mountain forest gradually drifted away with the warm wind.

A Vietnamese soldier was seriously wounded, and he was already angry, he limped out of the mountains and forests, and before they could return to the Vietnamese army, he fell to the ground and died.

At this time, a figure covered in blood came out of the mountain forest, it was none other than Zhang Xun. Immediately afterward, He Yu and countless Wu soldiers poked their heads out of the mountains and forests.

They won.

Although the strength was less than half of the Vietnamese army, they became the ultimate victors.

Zhang Xun walked to the front of the battle tiredly, raised the blood-stained blazing sword, pointed at Ji Zheng not far away and shouted, "You lost." ”

"Hmph." Ji Zheng squinted his eyes, with a disdainful smile on his face, "You won this time, but aren't you going to attack the Huiji?" Come on, I'll be waiting for you at Huiji. ”

"Okay, we'll settle the accounts then."

"It's a deal."

With that, Ji Zheng turned around and led Qingmen and the remaining remnants of the defeated army to withdraw to the direction of Huiji.

Looking at Ji Zheng's distant figure, Zhang Xun was paralyzed on the ground weakly, and the cheers of Wu Jun's victory burst out in the mountains and forests.

He Yu excitedly grabbed Zhang Xun's shoulder and asked, "Brother!" It's incredible! I thought we were going to lose, and I still don't understand how we won the battle?! ”

Zhang Xun took a long breath of relief, and a smile appeared on his face, "Ji Zheng shouldn't have chased him in, he should have been able to think of my plan, but he was too eager to win, so he failed." ”

"I'm still shocked, the Vietnamese army has 50,000 people, and we only have more than 20,000 people, it's incredible that such a disparity in troops can win! Brother, how the hell is this done? ”

"Hehe, war is always about the strong defeating the weak, and there is never the possibility of the weak defeating the strong. The reason why the winner can win must be stronger than the opponent under certain conditions. ”

"But the Vietnamese army is obviously more than twice as many as us!"

"Does a large number of people mean that it is strong? The reason why I introduced the Vietnamese army into the mountains and forests was to use the terrain to force both sides to be unable to put up a formation, and without the factor of formation, the importance of individual combat effectiveness was magnified. As soon as individual combat is launched, the superiority of our soldiers is manifested. Our soldiers are generally mature and have more combat experience, while the Vietnamese soldiers are relatively young, not strong enough, and still lack experience. As a result, the Vietnamese soldiers lost their effective organization and array, and their combat effectiveness was seriously reduced. Therefore, under certain terrain conditions, our army should be stronger than the Vietnamese army, and this is the fundamental reason why we were able to win. ”

"Oh, I see."

"In addition, our army is backed by mountains and forests, and there is no way to retreat, but to fight to the death, and the soldiers' desire to survive further strengthens their ability to fight. When the Vietnamese army saw our army retreating, they were proud, and the art of war was cloudy, and the arrogant soldiers would be defeated. Therefore, although the number of our army is less than half of the Vietnamese army, it will definitely be able to achieve the final victory! ”

After listening to Zhang Xun's story, He Yu stepped in front of Zhang Xun and saluted solemnly: "Brother! The little brother is convinced! ”

At this time, the remaining soldiers of the Wu State also surrounded one after another, and everyone saluted deeply in front of Zhang Xun.

A young general took the lead and shouted: "General Zhang is like a god!" We are willing to follow General Zhang to capture Huiji! ”

The rest of the soldiers shouted one after another: "I am willing to follow General Zhang to capture Huiji!" ”

"I'm waiting for the general!"

Zhang Xun hurriedly returned the salute and said loudly: "Brothers! Today's victory is your victory! It is a victory for the country and the people! You fought bravely and successfully annihilated the main force of the Vietnamese army, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Vietnamese country, and it was you who saved the country and the people in times of crisis! You are the heroes of the country! It is the god of war of the people! Da Wu is proud of you! ”

"Roar! Roar! Roar! The crowd cheered in unison.

"Tomorrow, we will continue to advance towards Huiji! Although we will fight alone, although it is difficult for us to get supplies again, remember that behind us are relatives and homes worthy of protecting with our lives, and countries and people worth defending with honor! ”

He Yu stood tall and shouted: "Forward!" ”

The crowd shouted in unison: "Forward! Advance! Advance! ”