Chapter 41: You're too soon to be complacent

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Directly ahead, the Jingzhou Army was thirty steps away, and if it withdrew its troops at this moment, it would definitely be defeated.

Not only was Xu Rong's thousands of soldiers and horses defeated, but the Jingzhou army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and even Diao Xiong's Chinese army could not be crushed.

"The general is well versed in the art of war, how could he make such a stupid move and withdraw his troops at such a time!?" Xu Rong was horrified, and his thoughts were like waves.

Mustered up the troops and Ming Jin retreated, but it was an iron order in the army, even if Xu Rong was stunned and puzzled, he would never dare to violate the iron law in the army.

In desperation, Xu Rong had no choice but to sigh, turned around and shouted: "The sound of gold has sounded, the whole army retreats, give me a retreat!" ”

Under the autobiography of the command party, Xu Rong had turned his horse's head and ran towards the main formation.

As soon as the main general left, the four thousand equally surprised mink infantry soldiers could only watch the retreat of the main formation in fear.

Jingzhou Army, Chinese Army.

Cai Mao, who was complacent, was naturally surprised when he saw that Diao Xiong suddenly withdrew his troops.

It's just that the surprise flashed and disappeared, and Cai Mao's face swelled with endless surprise and pride.

"Diao Xiong, Diao Xiong, you can't break my formation, you can only choose to retreat, but unfortunately, you made a fatal mistake!"

The corners of Cai Mao's mouth raised a mocking color, pointed at his long sword, and shouted excitedly: "The flaws in the enemy army have appeared, and the order will be passed on, and the whole army will be withdrawn to cover the general's situation, and the enemy army will be leveled in one fell swoop." ”

"General, I heard that the thief of Diao Xiong is very deceitful, but now he suddenly withdrew his troops from battle, the last general feels that his move is quite suspicious, if our army rashly starts a pursuit, what should be done in case of Diao Xiong's plan to lure the enemy." Cai Mao's blood was agitated, but Wen Ping, the general next to him, remained calm, and hurriedly reminded him.

Cai Mao's body shook slightly, and her excited mind immediately sobered up a little.

After thinking about it for a while, Cai Mao revised the order again and ordered the whole army to continue the pursuit, but not to mess up the formation.

As a result, the Jingzhou army, with 30,000 people, maintained its formation, and only accelerated its pace towards the pursuit of the mink army.

The Jingzhou army did not dare to let go of the pursuit, and the speed was about to slow down, and Xu Rong and his thousands of soldiers and horses were lucky to escape the enemy's killing.

"Cai Mao, this person, is really not a mediocre talent, he still has some ability, if you don't chase after him, it will save me the loss of soldiers."

Diao Xiong sneered, every move of the Jingzhou army seemed to be all in his expectation.

At the head-on, Xu Rong's troops had already opened the distance between them and the Jingzhou army, and Mink Xiong saw that the timing was not bad, so he also turned his horse and led the army to retreat south.

Mink Xiong led his "defeated army" all the way north, and soon retreated to the water a few miles to the north.

It's not a big river, and it's barely boating in the summer, but it's not the rainy season, and the river isn't deep, and it's only knee-deep at this time.

As soon as Mink Xiong gave the order, the 8,000 "defeated army" also waded across the river, and the "embarrassed" escaped from the muddy water.

As soon as Minkxiong's soldiers and horses crossed the river on the front foot, Cai Mao led his army to chase after him.

The river in front of him blocked the way, Cai Mao suddenly realized, and sneered in his mouth: "I have some clever plan when this kid is, it turns out that he wants to lure us into the water, lure me to chase after the river, so that I can give me a 'half-crossing attack', hum, Mink Xiong, I Cai Mao is well versed in the art of war, do you think I will be fooled by you." ”

Mocked by Cai Mao, he ordered the scouts to go to explore the depths of the water, and when he learned that the water was only up to the lacquer cover, all Cai Mao's vigilance disappeared, and he immediately ordered the army to cross the river.

Wen Ping heard the order and hurriedly reminded: "General, the art of war is halfway across and attacked, I will wait to cross the river, if it is taken advantage of by Mink, I will not copy it." ”

Cai Mao snorted coldly: "How can I not know this truth, I don't need you to remind me, this confusion is so shallow, how can it block the way of my army, Diao Xiong's plan is just talk on paper, it is useless." ”

Cai Mao did not listen to Wen Ping's persuasion, and immediately gave the order to go down, and the whole army waded across the river and continued the pursuit.

Looking at Cai Mao, who was determined to win, Wen Ping's brows were secretly condensed, but he couldn't persuade anything, so he had to follow the order.

Under Cai Mao's order, the 30,000 Jingzhou troops rolled up their trouser legs and waded to the opposite bank.

Cai Mao was not completely carried away, he still maintained a trace of calm, he ordered that the army was in the process of wading, and they must always maintain a formation and not leave a little flaw for Mink Xiong.

Hundreds of steps away, Mink Xiong was stationed on the mound, looking at the Jingzhou army who was crossing the river from a distance, his cold face quietly appeared a sneer full of irony.

Seeing that nearly half of the enemy troops had crossed the river, Diao Xiong raised his silver spear and shouted: "The time has come, light up the wolf smoke and send a signal to Li Zhengfang." ”

Under the military order, three wolf smoke rose into the sky, and the thick black smoke pierced the clear blue sky, which was clearly visible within a radius of dozens of miles.

When the wolf smoke was released, Diao Xiong immediately ordered the armies to form again and prepare to meet the enemy.

In the world, even if it is an elite soldier, in the case of defeat and retreat, the indestructible fighting spirit will become extremely fragile.

These 8,000 mink soldiers have been running for more than ten miles in a row, and their fighting spirit has long been dissipated with the general trend of defeat and retreat, and they only hope to evacuate the danger as soon as possible and retreat to Wancheng

However, they never expected that Diao Xiong would order to stop retreating, and prepare to use this panic to regroup to meet the enemy who was chasing across the river.

Xu Rong and other generals were all surprised and puzzled, and looked at Diao Xiong in surprise one by one.

This wise and brave young general, who is good at surprise, once led them to kill Yuan Shu with a mere 2,000 soldiers, and finally captured Nanyang, but now, why did he suddenly become faint, and used faint tricks one after another.

Could it be that Diao Xiong is hiding an ambush again?

Seeing Mink Xiong release wolf smoke, Xu Rong and the other generals all had such speculations in their minds.

Apart from the ambush, they couldn't think of any other strategy that could stop the menacing 30,000 Jingzhou legions.

However, as time passed, seeing that more than half of the Jingzhou army had crossed the river, but there was still no shadow of the ambush, the already uneasy mood of the generals became more and more urgent.

"General, it would not be good if the Jingzhou army crossed the river in the middle of the war, why don't we rush forward now and give the enemy a head-on blow." Xu Rong knew the art of war, and finally couldn't help but speak to Mink Xiong.

At this time, Ji Ling, who was also confused, also persuaded: "The water is so shallow, not as deep as the knees, and Cai Mao's gang has already been on guard, and his army formation has not moved, even if it is half a crossing, I am afraid it will be difficult to work." General, whether to fight or retreat, it is necessary to make a decision quickly, and it will be too late when they all cross the river. ”

Ji Ling's words naturally advocated the withdrawal of troops back to Wancheng.

In response to them, the young man smiled faintly.

"Don't be impatient, wait and see a good show." Mink's expression and words are calm and calm, and there is a kind of momentum that controls everything.

The main general was determined to do so, and Xu Rong and other generals could no longer persuade him, so they could only suppress their suspicions and uneasiness, looking at the Jingzhou army who was crossing the river from afar, and wondering in their hearts what kind of medicine was sold in the mink male gourd.

A few hundred steps away, Cai Mao sat on a high-headed horse on her hips, and she had already landed on the north shore without a drop of water.

As soon as the Chinese army landed, two-thirds of the soldiers and horses had crossed the river, and Cai Mao ordered the soldiers and horses who had landed to slow down, not to mess up the formation, and only wait for all the soldiers and horses behind to come ashore before launching a pursuit of the enemy.

Cai Mao, who crossed the river, was still worried that Diao Xiong had fled away, but when he looked up from afar, he smiled disdainfully.

Hundreds of steps away, Cai Mao saw that Diao Xiong and his thousands of defeated troops turned back and lined up, looking like they were going to fight him to the death.

"Diao Xiong, you have a little courage, but unfortunately you don't know the art of war after all, if you attack, you still have a few chances of winning, now that our army has landed, you can only fight again at this time, you can only hit the stone with an egg."

Cai Mao secretly sneered, and stationed his horse on the shore, waiting for his rear army to come ashore.

At this time, the keen Wen Ping noticed the three wolf smokes, and reminded again: "General, that Diao Xiong suddenly put on a decisive posture, and three wolf smokes were ignited, and the last general was only afraid that he had a trick." ”

Cai Mao glanced at the wolf smoke, but said disdainfully: "Even if he has a trick, it is nothing more than hiding an ambush. Wen Zhongye, I didn't say you, you were too cautious and looked down on that kid. ”

Hearing Cai Mao's sarcasm, a trace of displeasure flashed in Wen Ping's eyes, but he didn't dare to refute, so he had to stop talking.

"Order the rear army, speed up the crossing of the river, the general will be cleaned up today......"

Cai Mao was about to give an order, when suddenly, his ears moved, and he heard something strange.

The subtle sound, which sounded like the sound of a waterfall across the mountain, was approaching itself from far and near, and in the blink of an eye, it was faintly like the sound of waves and water, rushing endlessly.

The sound seemed to come from the upstream of the confused water, and Cai Mao subconsciously raised her head and raised her eyes to look upstream.

Suddenly, Cai Mao's eyes widened, and endless horror burst out of his eyes.

At that moment, he stared at Dou Da's eyes, as if he had seen something terrifying that had never been seen before.

On Cai Mao's face, all the pride and pride disappeared in an instant, leaving only a stunned shock.

Upstream, the torrent roared and rushed like a beast in the water, surging downstream.