Chapter 339: A Bluff
In the entire Battle of Anyi, the coalition army won two battles and wiped out 40,000 or 50,000 Qin troops, but they still failed to defeat the Qin army at the end of the day.
You must know that this is on the land of Wei, and the Qin people can pull and leave if they want to, but the coalition forces are helpless. Su Qin looked at the busy soldiers in the Qin camp outside the city, and knew that the business of the alliance was only a small stage, and there was still a long way to go in the future.
Su Qin was in the West Gate Tower of Anyi, looking at Qin Ying and sighing secretly in his heart. He understood that there were still two options at this moment, one was to quickly gather all the coalition troops and immediately pursue the Qin army with the advantage of more than 80,000 troops; The other is to sit back and watch the Qin army withdraw, and the coalition forces are only on sufficient alert.
Of course, Su Qin had the urge to gather an army at this moment, and he could also anticipate a favorable situation that might arise in the future, that is, to follow the Qin army closely until it reached the east bank of the river, where it was impossible for the Qin army to cross the river with nearly 50,000 troops at once.
Of course, this is also risky, because the Qin army still has 20,000 reinforcements in Xiayang City on the other side of the river, how can they sit idly by and watch the Qin army on the east bank be besieged, therefore, these reinforcements will definitely cross the river to meet them, so that the coalition army and the Qin army are likely to form a confrontation.
The number of coalition forces is slightly superior, if it is a united and strong combat force, even if the reinforcements from Xia Yang City of the Qin army come to the rescue, Su Qin will not have too many worries. And at this moment, after all, the coalition army is a joint operation of the soldiers of the three countries, if the army of one country in the middle cannot hold up and is defeated, then the consequence is likely to be a complete collapse.
Having just won two battles, the coalition has recovered a little from psychological trauma, and if one move is not careful, it may be a complete loss. This was the result that Su Qin was most worried about.
Su Qin was still not very reconciled, he decided to test Chen Xu, so he asked Chen Xu: "Brother Chen, do you think the withdrawal of the Qin army is a good thing or a bad thing?" ”
Chen Xu looked at Su Qin in surprise, as if he didn't understand what Su Qin meant by asking, he pondered for a while before he said with doubts: "How could Ji Zi ask such a question?" Of course, the evacuation of the Qin army is a good thing, and our troops can also evacuate Anyi and go home. ”
Chen Xu's answer really disappointed Su Qin, and he also expected that Chen Xu would choose to be safe, but his answer was too lacking in the ambition to attack.
Su Qin thought: "Chen Xu's mentality reflects the will of most of the soldiers in the coalition army. With such morale, what kind of pursuit of victory can be talked about, and it may be difficult to have a good result if the number is superior. ”
Su Qin couldn't help but sigh, Chen Xu was even more surprised, staring at Su Qin with his eyes, as if he didn't believe his ears, he asked, "It's a good thing that the Qin army is evacuating, why are you still sighing, Jizi?" ”
Su Qin replied, "Brother Chen, have you forgotten our letter to Qin Jun Yingsi?" The conditions we put forward did not accede to the Qin State, but directly withdrew its troops. Are you willing to do this? ”
Chen Xu smiled and said, "Hey, isn't that letter just a cover to scare Qin Jun, who would really think that Qin Jun would return the land on the west bank of the river happily after reading a letter." However, it is good that we can now recover the territory on the east coast. ”
Su Qin had a wry smile on his face, and said in his heart: "It's been a long time, you Chen Xu turned out to be so ambitious, I thought you were really determined to stick to the victory to the end." ”
However, Su Qin wanted to think about it, and it was inconvenient to say it clearly, because Chen Xu was in a state of excitement. Chen Xu's request to recover the territory of Wei on the east bank of the river was just a trivial matter, and even if the coalition forces did not pursue, the Qin army would not dare to stay on the east bank for a few more moments, because they were afraid of being besieged because they were stranded on the east bank.
However, Su Qin was not willing to give up, if the Qin people were allowed to evacuate, and the coalition forces did not react, wouldn't it be too cowardly and timid. Su Qin thought about it, and said to Chen Xu: "Brother Chen, take the city for me, and I will tease Qin Jun." ”
After hearing this, Chen Xu's face turned blue, and he said in his heart: "You Su Qin will stop for a while, the Qin army has finally retreated, what else do you have to do?" ”
Chen Xuyou hesitated and said: "It's okay for me to defend the city, but what are you going to do Ji Zi, should we stay still now?" ”
Su Qin had a resolute look on his face, and replied: "Brother Chen, just guard your city, I have my own arrangements, how can the coalition forces scare and scare them, don't let them walk away with contempt for us like this." ”
Chen Xu was still worried and instructed: "You should be careful in that season, don't make any mistakes." ”
Su Qin smiled without saying a word, quickly said goodbye to Chen Xu, and returned to the big tent of the Chinese army. He sent a herald to summon the three generals, Ning Jun, Yan Sui and Zhou Shao, and arranged for them, asking them to act according to the plan. The three of them listened attentively to Su Qin's plan, and then took the order and prepared to go.
The Qin army began to withdraw the camp tent early in the morning, and by the time the sun was three poles, it had already been packed up and everything was ready. The commander of the Qin army, Zhu Liji, gave the order to evacuate, and the entire army set off to the west. In the middle of the procession, behind the palace of General Sima Cuo, the procession marched towards the east bank of the river.
At that moment, he was in a very happy mood, thinking: "The news brought back by Gao Sheng is really right, it seems that the coalition forces in Anyi City are more than capable of attacking, how dare they continue to attack, they only want to protect themselves." ”
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but show a smug look, thinking that the prestige of the Qin army was still resounding, which was enough to make the eastern princes frightened.
He evacuated all the way to the east bank of the river, it was almost dusk, there was no movement on the road, and he sat in the car with peace of mind, and began to look forward to the team crossing the river smoothly, meeting with the reinforcements in Xiayang City, and then returning to Xianyang, the national capital.
When he came to Anyi, he passed through Xiayang and ordered Xiayang reinforcements to prepare boats, and when the Qin army crossed the river, he sent 3,000 soldiers to send the boats to the east bank in case the army crossed the river.
When he decided to evacuate yesterday, he had sent a herald to deliver the order to Xia Yang's reinforcements, and their boat should have been waiting at the ferry on the east bank of the river today.
But just when he thought he was at ease, suddenly a fast horse came from the front, and immediately a disgraced herald came to him, and when he saw the general's chariot, he quickly rolled off the saddle.
The man exerted his strength to report loudly: "Report to the commander, the advance of our army has reached the east bank of the river, but the three thousand reinforcements and ferries from Xiayang City are all gone. ”
He hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and asked loudly to the visitor, "What's the matter?" Where are the receiving troops there?"
The herald continued: "There are obvious signs of fighting at the ferry, and there are blood stains on the ground, and the ferry has been demolished, but there are no reinforcements and ferries. ”
He was shocked as if he had been splashed with a scoop of cold water, his voice trembled slightly, and he said, "How did this happen, how did it become like this." ”
At this moment, he was more worried that the information brought back by Gao Sheng was fake, and Su Qin and Zhang Yi co-starred in a plan to capture and indulge. In a hurry, he simply abandoned the chariot, snatched a war horse from the nearby guards, straddled the horse and whipped it, and hurried straight to the ferry.
When he arrived at the ferry, he saw the mess on the ground, and naturally understood what was happening, and he thought to himself: "Sure enough, you fell for Su Qin's trick, so wow, it turns out that you came prepared." At that moment, he was frightened and frightened, and his teeth were rattling.
In this case, he can only urgently find a way to cross the river as soon as possible, otherwise, the coalition army of nearly 100,000 troops will pursue here, and the Qin army will be blocked by the river and have no way out, maybe they will all be buried on the east bank of the river.
After all, he was a brilliant strategist, and he hurriedly ordered the troops who had reached the east bank of the river, ordering them to empty all the bulky wooden ropes and urns that contained food and sundries in the army, and then organize the first vanguard to cross the river as soon as possible.
The troops who arrived on the west bank contacted the reinforcements and sent people to send all the wooden boats, wooden ropes and urns they could find to the east bank to take the large army across the river.
After receiving the order of the Qin army, they immediately launched an operation, they moved out all the large wooden reels and wooden urns that could be found in the army, and collected some from the homes of the people on the east bank, and urgently organized nearly 1,000 soldiers with good water qualities, and then let them cross the river by wooden reels and wooden urns.
He himself anxiously awaited the news that these soldiers who had crossed the river first had brought back Haolu, and at this time he no longer had the joy and complacency of evacuation, and watched the development of events with fear.
Those soldiers who crossed the river first did not live up to their mission, and these people did their best to move quickly to buy time for the follow-up main force of the Qin army. The whole process lasted less than an hour, and these men brought back from the west coast nearly a hundred ships of all kinds, as well as countless large wooden reels and urns.
Nearly 30,000 Qin troops rushed to the east bank of the river to get on the boats, and the soldiers who knew the water were arranged to cross the river with wooden ropes and urns.
At this moment, General Sima Cuo, who was behind the palace, rode up on a war horse, he looked anxious, and when he saw the Zhu Li Ji standing on the river bank, he said breathlessly: "Childe, the situation seems to be not good, and the troops behind our palace see that the armies of the eastern princes are rushing towards us. ”
He was also very nervous, he was very worried that the coalition army would attack at this time, so although the Qin army could cross the river to pass most of the people, it was inevitable that the coalition army would defeat the remaining troops who had not crossed the river.