Chapter 9: The golden cicada sheds its shell

Tian Ming divided the soldiers into three groups, two groups of soldiers as the main force of the battle, everyone was full of quivers, wearing a sword under his crotch, waiting for the enemy to approach, first meet the enemy with bows and arrows.

The third group of soldiers acts as a reserve to respond to critical situations that arise. Tian Ming's formation was obviously deeply influenced by Sun Bin, and Sun Bin asked to retain one-third of his troops as a backhand, and he made a surprise attack at a critical time, catching the opponent off guard, and the effect was amazing.

Su Dai had already put on his master's clothes at this time, and hurriedly found some white hair sticking to his face and pretending to be a beard, and looked closer, of course, he could find flaws, but from a distance, it was difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

Su Dai suggested to Tian Ming that he first go outside the courtyard and pretend to be a walk and wander around, so as to lure the offenders and make them believe that Mr. Guigu was still in the Lonely Pavilion.

Su Qin was worried about Su Dai's safety and proposed that he could also take a walk with Su Dai, which would increase the temptation. Tian Ming nodded in agreement.

After about half an hour, a crowd of men and horses appeared a mile away, and in front of them was Gao Sheng and another burly man, Gao Sheng was still wearing a black tight short, and the burly man was a merchant in a satin outfit.

Behind them were dressed in a variety of clothes. Some look like farmers, some look like merchants, some look like samurai in black, and so on.

Su Dai and Su Qin stood outside the courtyard gate, looking at the group of people from a distance, waiting for them to approach, and when they were sure that the enemy had found out, they pretended to panic, fled to the courtyard, and then closed the courtyard door tightly.

Tian Ming saw that the Su brothers had completed the task of luring the enemy, and ordered the soldiers who stayed behind to carry heavy objects such as the Ding Wok and blocked the courtyard gate.

The enemy has really hit the trick. Gao Sheng saw the fake Mr. Guigu and Su Qin hanging outside, pointed at them, and told the burly man: "The tall man is Su Qin, and the white-bearded old man in gray cloth is probably Mr. Guigu." ”

The burly man called the two black-clothed men who were spying on intelligence at night and asked them if there were any Guiguzi walking outside the Lonely Pavilion. The two men in black actually didn't see the appearance of Guiguzi clearly when the lights were blind in the dark the night before. They vaguely saw Su Dai's white beard, and then looked at the similar figure, so they nodded frequently.

Gao Sheng and the burly man looked at the fake Guiguzi and Su Qin and hurriedly fled back to the Orphan Pavilion, their expressions flustered, believing that they were defenseless and frightened by the black pressure army array. Gao Sheng and the burly man were completely relieved, and smiled at Su Dai and Su Qin who had escaped.

The burly man gave the order to move forward, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the Lonely Pavilion, and more than 200 people rushed towards the Lonely Pavilion.

When the enemy approached the Guhua Pavilion six or seven zhang away, Tian Ming in the courtyard ordered the defending soldiers to divide into three echelons, and stepped forward in turn to shoot with bows, only to see dense feather arrows flying towards the attackers like raindrops.

Due to the carelessness and unsuspecting of the enemy, and the distance was too close, the Qin people who ventured to attack had no time to dodge at all, and the feather arrows pierced deep into the body, and some even pierced through the chest. They fell to the ground one after another, ghosts and wolves howling, and screaming.

Gao Sheng and the burly man, one with a sword and the other with a scimitar, hurriedly dialed arrows. Gao Sheng has the Fire Spirit Sword to protect himself, and there is no big problem. Looking at the burly man again, he was embarrassed. He dodged and blocked, or was shot in the thigh and shoulder by an arrow.

The burly man hurriedly ordered the men and horses of the Qin State to retreat, but in this moment's time, nearly half of them had fallen.

The Qin people retreated sharply, and did not gain a foothold until they were out of range of the feather arrows. The burly man bandaged his wounds, and his heart was extremely angry, and he regretted that he had underestimated his enemy, which caused him to be so embarrassed.

He saw that Gao Sheng was not very damaged, and he couldn't help but envy Gao Sheng's sword very much, staring at the Fire Spirit Sword, his eyes were about to spew fire.

Tian Ming's side was thunderous, and the soldiers raised their eyebrows and their morale was high.

Su Qin and Su Dai pulled Tian Ming aside, and Su Qin said: "Gongzi's victory in the first battle is gratifying, but don't be careless, the enemy will not give up, and will definitely attack." We don't have many feather arrows left, so how do you plan to retreat from the enemy? ”

Tian Ming was still immersed in the joy of victory just now, and after listening to Su Qin's words, he couldn't help but be frightened. Just now, in order to retreat from the enemy, the soldiers tried their best to release arrows, but the remaining feather arrows were limited, and it was impossible to repel the attack in the same way again.

"So what are we going to do?" Tian Ming eagerly asked the Su brothers for advice.

Su Qin came up with an idea, he thought: the enemy was defeated in the first battle, and the next step must be extra careful, it is better to take this opportunity to retreat, leaving an empty courtyard for them, and when they find out, everyone is far away from danger.

When Tian Ming heard this, he hesitated, he still wanted to fight for a while, and Sun Bin explained that he had to keep it for three hours, and now the time has not yet come, is it appropriate to retreat?

Su Dai agreed with Su Qin's proposition, and also persuaded Tian Ming: "Son, rest assured, when the enemy attacks again, he must be cautious and cautious, and when they touch the Lonely Pavilion, I don't know how many hours have passed." ”

Under the persuasion of the Su brothers, Tian Ming agreed to come down.

At this time, after a gust of wind and rain, the earthen courtyard wall of the Guhua Pavilion was already soft, and everyone dug a hole in the corner of the wall near the side of the mountain, and the fish came out, along the path behind the mountain, stepping on the mud, and quickly evacuated.

Looking at Gao Sheng and the burly man's side, they finally came to their senses, and they carefully observed the situation on the side of the Lonely Pavilion. But after a full hour, there was still no movement.

The two decided to try again. The burly man picked out thirty sturdy people as his entourage, and cautiously approached the Lonely Pavilion. As they walked, they were always on guard for incoming arrows in the yard.

Twenty zhang away, the burly man stood still and shouted to the people in the Orphan Pavilion: "Mr. Guigu, listen to me, Gongsun Yan, the general of the Lower Qin State, took the liberty to visit and disturbed Your Excellency. ”

He paused for a moment, seeing that there was no response in the courtyard, and then shouted again: "We are here to invite you with sincere sincerity, and I implore you to visit our Qin Kingdom, you will be the most honored guest of the Qin Kingdom." Don't worry about it, we won't hurt him. ”

After finishing speaking, a burly man named Gongsun Yan stood there quietly waiting for a reply. However, I heard the other party's response for a long time. He was suspicious in his heart, and he didn't know what the other party was planning.

Gao Sheng came up from behind at this time, he saw Gongsun Yan talking there, thinking that just words, he couldn't move the other party at all, he had tried it on the Su brothers and Zhang Yi before, but it had no effect.

But Gongsun Yan is often proud of his eloquence, so Gao Sheng wants to see his tongue skills.

Gongsun Yanben was a native of the Yin and Jin dynasties of the Wei State, and was appointed a general in the Wei State and stationed in the Yin and Jin Dynasties. However, he surrendered to Qin without resistance in the first battle of Qin, Wei, Yin and Jin, and was rewarded by Qin Jun Yingsi, who gave him the title of Daliangzao, ranking the sixteenth rank of the twentieth rank, only four levels away from the highest-ranking Marquis of Che. Gao Sheng and other natives of the Qin State have a lot of complaints about this heavy reward.

Gongsun Yan frequently shouted several more calls to the Orphan Pavilion, but there was still no movement. Gao Shengle was happy, and thought: "No matter how good your tongue is, isn't it nonsense!" He then suggested to Gongsun Yan that the team stay still and observe again.

Gongsun Yan was already ashamed and indignant, he ordered the rest of the people, divided into three sides, spread out the formation, and slowly approached the Guhua Pavilion, if they found arrows inside, try to lure the other party to release more arrows, and when the arrows slowed down, immediately speed up the march.

Gongsun Yan carefully arranged it, but when they slowly advanced to the Lonely Pavilion, carefully entered the courtyard, and searched carefully, they found that the building had already been empty.

Gongsun Yan and Gao Sheng shouted again that they were fooled. But since their first attack, more than three hours have passed!