On 11 May, Zhang Xun had already led a vanguard army of 5,000 to march most of the distance, and only by crossing Luochuan could reach the border of Wu.

Nakcheon is a narrow river with steep terrain and rugged roads, so it has been almost untouched for thousands of years, and it still retains its most primitive style. From time to time, the chirping of birds and animals can be heard from the flourishing trees on both sides of the river, as if to warn those who approach not to enter rashly.

At noon, Zhang Xun led the vanguard army into Luochuan, and as soon as he entered the mouth of the river, the troops were blocked by dense plants. Fortunately, although Luochuan was dangerous, it was not long, Zhang Xun immediately ordered to select one hundred strong people from the army, a group of ten people, a total of ten groups, at the front of the team to hold a mountain knife to cut through thorns and thorns, and continue to open the way forward.

The movement of the procession startled the birds and beasts in the forest, and although the march was slow, after moving forward for a long time, the team still reached the end of Luochuan.

It was nearly dusk, mosquitoes were raging in the river, and the soldiers were miserable. Now they just want to rush out of Luochuan in one go, and then do a rest.

After another half an hour, the sky became darker, but what was unexpected was that the road in the river suddenly opened up, and the originally luxuriant path became wider, and it seemed that it would not be long before they could get out of Luochuan, and the soldiers were very happy, and they quickened the pace of the march.

At this time, the herald rushed to deliver the order and shouted to the soldiers: "General Zhang has an order, while marching, sing military songs, keep singing!" ”

The soldiers were puzzled and complained.

"I'm tired and hot, why do you want to sing?! How can you have this strength? ”

"It's just, one mouth eats one mouthful of mosquitoes."

"Singing? If there is an ambush, wouldn't it tell people that we are coming? ”

While a few soldiers were complaining, the people in front of them began to sing, but there was no way, and a few people could only sing aloud. The song resounded through the valley, and the birds chirped in fright, as if a lame musician had given the song an incongruous accompaniment.

Just after a few songs, the procession suddenly stopped, the singing came to an abrupt end, and the herald came to herald again.

"General Zhang has an order, the whole army rests in place and buries the pot to cook!"

When the soldiers heard this, they were even more unhappy and continued to complain.

"It's hot! The heat is dead! What kind of food! Wouldn't it be nice to rush out before dark?! ”

"Hey, I'm full of mosquitoes, why don't I need to eat?"

"Damn, my leg is swollen from mosquito bites!"

Soon, night fell, Guo Shu stood on the high slope on the side of the river and looked at the campfire not far away, he couldn't help but admire: "General Ji is really powerful, Wu Jun really appeared here." ”

The adjutant hurriedly flattered: "General Guo is also like a god, and he can calculate that the Wu army will rest here, and now their camp is only one mile away from our ambush point. ”

Guo Shu shook his head and said, "I just chose the exit of the river to set up an ambush, the purpose was only to ambush the Wu army when it was most tired, and I didn't expect that they would just rest here. But it's strange to say, Wu Jun should know that the exit ahead, normally speaking, the faster he gets to the exit, the more he should rush out in one breath, why do you rest in place at this time? ”

"General, we secretly reconnoitred and found that the Wu army is not just resting in place, they seem to be going to spend the night here, and we can attack overnight."

Guo Shu was noncommittal and said: "I always feel a little uneasy, could it be that the people of Wu have discovered us?" ”

"No way, General. All the actions of the Wu people are under our surveillance, and they have absolutely not discovered us! ”

"Okay, let's wait and see what happens."

In the middle of the night, there was silence in Luochuan.

Guo Shu felt a little sleepy, and his upper and lower eyelids were about to tremble, but he suddenly saw the firelight not far away like a ball of fireflies slowly approaching.

"General Guo! Wu Guoren is here! The adjutant said excitedly.

Guo Shu was suddenly in good spirits, he hurriedly got up and looked, only to see the figures swaying in the sparse firelight, the drifting dust flying everywhere, and the Wu Guo Brigade had already set out the camp.

The adjutant was puzzled and said, "The people of Wu are really strange, since they have already set up camp and are preparing to spend the night, why did they suddenly set out of camp?" Could it be that they were afraid of an ambush ahead, so they deliberately chose to set off at night? But if I am ambushed at night, it will only be worse, so I will wait until tomorrow to set off. ”

"Hehe, it seems that the people of Wu really didn't find our ambush." Guo Shu smiled proudly: "Now Gusu is an empty city, they hurriedly came back to the rescue, and they didn't dare to delay at all." But the more anxious they are, the easier it is to be negligent, and it looks like they're going to die here tonight! ”

"Hmmm! They're dead! ”

"Order, the whole army is ready for battle, once the people of Wu enter the ambush area, immediately surround and kill!"

"Whoa!"

Soon, the soldiers of Wu entered the ambush area, and Guo Shu could almost see the appearance of the soldiers at the front. Guo Shu smiled secretly, Zhang Xun, I'm sorry, I'm afraid you're going to die here tonight.

Suddenly, Guo Shu drew his sword and swung it, only to hear an order, three thousand Qi soldiers killed at the same time, and for a while, the wind was loud, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.

Seeing this, the soldiers of Wu State immediately panicked and fled backwards. But what puzzled Guo Shu was that the Wu soldiers who fled were no more than 100 people, which did not match the scale observed before.

When Guo Shu led the soldiers to kill him, he shouted a plan.

It turned out that the large army he saw was only a hundred and ten men, and these soldiers walked in the front row to block the view, and behind them, the so-called brigade of men and horses was nothing more than a pile of branches and grass, which were dragged by the horses and stirred up dust, and in the faint light they looked like the march of a large army.

"Oops! Retreat! ”

Guo Shu had just given the order, but he heard a rustling sound in the wind, and before he could react, a round of arrow rain fell in the sky, and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground with arrows. Immediately afterwards, there was a deafening shout of killing not far away, and the army of Wu came over.

I saw Zhang Xun riding a horse in front, jumped to the front of the formation, pulled out the blazing sword and beheaded Guo Shu's adjutant. Then, the tide of Wu soldiers rushed to kill.

Guo Shu pulled out his sword and shouted: "Fight!" Kill! ”

The Qi soldiers had no way to retreat, so they had to resist stubbornly, but the Wu soldiers seemed to emerge from all directions, and the Qi soldiers' front was disorganized and could not resist at all.

In the middle of the night, the three thousand Qi soldiers were annihilated, and when the sky was faint, Guo Shu and the few dozen remaining wounded soldiers had become Zhang Xun's prisoners.

Zhang Xun wiped the blazing sword, stared at Guo Shu who was tied to the ground and said, "General Guo, let's meet again." ”

Guo Shu smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, General Zhang, you won this time." ”

"I thought there would be an ambush, but I didn't expect that it would be the Qi people waiting for me here."

"Wu Guo deceives people too much, and the men of Qi State should take revenge."

Zhang Xun nodded and said, "The Yue people attacked Gusu secretly, and the Qi people blocked the road and ambushed, all to seek revenge. Hey, Wu Guo has too many enemies. ”

"If King Wu wants to become the overlord, how can he not make enemies?"

"Hehe, yes, for more than ten years, in order to become the overlord, the king has been fighting and killing. Is it true that only by defeating all the enemies in the world can we dominate the world? ”

"That's inevitable, since ancient times, it has been a king and a loser."

"Hey, General Guo is right. Come and loosen the ties to General Guo. ”

Guo Shu was puzzled and asked: "Since I lost to General Zhang, if I want to kill or chop, I will listen to it, why is General Zhang?" ”

Zhang Xun didn't answer, but said: "You take the wounded soldiers back to Qi State, I hope you and I don't have to fight each other again in the future." ”

"Can General Zhang really let me go back?"

"Go back, there is no joke in the army."

Guo Shu stared at Zhang Xun and saw that he had no intention of teasing, so he bowed and thanked him: "Thank you General Zhang for not killing!" ”

"Let's go, I'm going to rush back to Gusu as soon as possible to rescue."

Guo Shu got up and was about to leave, but he froze in place, turned around and asked, "General Zhang, there is still something I want to ask the general for advice." ”

"General Guo, please speak."

"How did General Zhang know that I had set up an ambush here?"

Zhang Xun raised his head, looked up at the blood-like morning glow, then closed his eyes and said, "Do you hear it, the birds are singing." ”

Guo Shu listened carefully, and the call of the cuckoo bird echoed in the river for a long time.

"Nice, isn't it?" Zhang Xun asked.

"General Zhang, I don't understand."

"There are clouds in the art of war, 'the bird rises, and the one who falls'. When you set up an ambush somewhere, the birds there will be frightened and leave their original habitat. After we entered the river, I deliberately ordered the troops to amplify the movement of the march in order to frighten the birds. Once I get to a place where there are no birds flying in shock, it means that I have fallen into an ambush. ”

Guo Shu suddenly realized and exclaimed: "I see, now that I think about it, it is indeed as General Zhang said, the place where I am ambushed has long been inhabited by birds in the past few days. ”

"Hmm."

"General Zhang is meticulous and unfazed, and admires him!"

Zhang Xun didn't say anything more, but saluted Guo Shu and said, "General Guo, don't leave it here." ”

Guo Shu returned the salute deeply and said respectfully: "General Zhang, take care!" ”

Subsequently, Zhang Xun immediately set off with the whole army.

The adjutant stepped forward and reported: "General, last night our army killed 3,000 enemies, and our army killed more than 200 people and wounded more than 700 people. ”

Zhang Xun frowned and said, "Hey, to make matters worse, we don't have many people in the first place, and there are only 4,000 people left who can rush to the rescue." ”

"Yes, the wounded can't keep up with the ranks, I'm afraid they will have to march slowly."

"There's no way, reorganize the team, and the remaining four thousand people are moving forward at full speed."

"Whoa! General, there is something unknown below. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Why did the general let go of the generals of the Qi State?"

Zhang Xun thought for a while and said: "The future path is unknown, and the country is in turmoil, I hope this can reduce one enemy." ”