"Little trick?" Xu Renjie was puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang explained in a low voice: "Actually, it seems that the scouts of our two armies cast nets and squeeze each other, and it seems to be an equal game, but in fact, we have a certain advantage. ”

"Where's the advantage?" Xu Renjie was puzzled.

"Because we are withdrawing, Du Wenhuan is chasing." Zhu Yuanzhang said patiently: "Those who withdraw can go as they like, and they can retreat in whichever direction they want, but those who chase must follow the retreat, and they can't march according to their own wishes." In such a situation, the pursuer must concentrate the scouts in front of him, and he will always hang on the retreating side, so that we can judge the direction of the enemy army at any time by the direction of the enemy's scout. ”

"That's right, but the enemy can also keep an eye on our scouts and follow us all the time." Xu Renjie said: "I think this is equality. ”

"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed: "Who said that my Chinese army must be in the same direction as my scouts?" Don't forget, I am the one who withdraws, I can withdraw as I like, and the current situation is up to me, not Du Wenhuan. ”

He suddenly waved his hand and said to a herald: "Command the whole army, turn to the southeast, the scout troops continue to maintain a scattered state, and go northeast...... Meet again at the edge of the Huanglong Mountain Range. ”

When Xu Renjie heard this, he suddenly realized: "I understand, because the enemy scouts can't directly see our Chinese army, they can only guess where the main force of our army is through the situation spread by our army's scouts." If you let the scouts remain scattered and go in the direction of the northeast, the officers and soldiers will follow the scouts to the northeast, but in fact, the main force of our Chinese army has already turned to the southeast......"

"That's right, this is the golden cicada's plan to get out of its shell." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Thirty-six strategies can also be used in this way." ”

Xu Renjie was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground: "It turns out that the battle can still be fought like this!" By the way, Brother Zhu, let a scout team of less than 100 people attract the main force of officers and soldiers, they will be very dangerous, right? ”

"I'm afraid of danger, how can I be a scout?" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a smile: "The scouts are all carefully selected, the fastest and most shrewd soldiers, I believe that after they lead the main force of officers and soldiers away, they will get rid of the pursuers and join us beautifully." ”

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To the west, ten miles away, a troop of up to 800 officers and men was marching eastward at a rapid pace.

This officer and soldier has bright armor, the weapons are polished, the mental outlook is also very good, and the morale is like a rainbow, obviously an elite soldier, and the flag soldier headed by the flag soldier holds a big banner with the word "Du" embroidered on it, which is the bandit army led by the chief soldier Du Wenhuan.

Du Wenhuan is not a rookie, but an extremely experienced and experienced veteran. This person is also known as Du Tongzi, the word 弢武. In the forty-third year of Wanli (1615 AD), he was only a guerrilla general, Yansui Mansion was attacked by thieves, he led his family to rescue and destroy the thieves. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli, the acting official Bingzhong Zhen Yansui was repeatedly defeated by thieves and beheaded hundreds of levels.

The two tribes of Fanguo Huoluochi and Buyan in the west were also repelled by Du Wenhuan with troops, so they called the ministers Nagong. Later, the Huoluochi tribe rebelled and wanted the court to be crowned king, Du Wenhuan led his troops to attack the enemy tribe and beheaded one hundred and fifty people, so that the Huoluochi tribe bowed down and became a vassal again. The Shaji tribe gathered 42 troops of thieves, the number of people was two or three thousand, and the number of people was also a thousand horses, and they were actually broken by Du Wenhuan one after another.

In the first year of the Apocalypse (1621 AD), Du Wenhuan galloped to the aid of Liaodong and fought against Jiannu. He sent troops to take the initiative to attack, made a mess in Jiannu's house, and killed many tribes of Jiannu, which made Jiannu hateful and threatened to capture Du Wenhuan for revenge, but Du Wenhuan was very cunning and did not give Jiannu a chance, and soon retreated.

This guy can be said to be a very powerful general, and in the case of the overall low quality of officials in the late Ming Dynasty, he is already a rare general. So when Yang Hong said that Zhu Ba was very powerful, Du Wenhuan didn't care about it at all, just a bandit, in his opinion, it was just a group of local chickens and dogs, not to mention that he had a thousand people, even if it was only five hundred, he had the confidence to catch it.

This time he led troops to Luochuan to suppress Wang Zuohang, just arrived at the place, and before he did anything, Wang Zuohang actually came to the door, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, begging the court to allow him to surrender, Du Wenhuan picked up a great achievement for no reason.

Replaced by ordinary officials, it is time to be satisfied!

But Du Wenhuan is not satisfied, he, a veteran who has fought countless tough battles, has not drunk blood from the sword this time, how can he easily collect his troops and return home? It happened that the people came with the news that Zhu Ba's army had entered Luochuan, and he was in good spirits, leaving only 200 people to greet Wang Zuohang, and he took 800 people and ran out to arrest Zhu Ba.

This person is indeed very skilled, running with 800 people, and within a few days, he bit Zhu Yuanzhang's tail, but soon, he found that this group of thieves was a little unusual.

At the same time that his scouts discovered Zhu Bajun, he actually found enemy scouts near his own army!

This is really a big joke in the world, the thieves came out to burn and loot, and actually arranged scouts? This really made him unbelievable...... When did the thieves of the Ming Dynasty understand this?

The next more surprising thing was still to come, the enemy not only knew how to send out scouts, but also knew how to block them, and used an expanded scout network to drive them out of the way...... As a result, his scouts could no longer directly see the main force of Zhu Ba's army with their eyes, and could only see the enemy scouts swaying in front of them......

The scouts of the two armies were very astute, and they shot a few arrows at each other, and after finding that the other side was not easy to provoke, the scouts on both sides did not make further tentative moves, but kept a watchful eye on each other, forming a situation of confrontation and movement.

Du Wenhuan secretly screamed in his heart, hell! How many years has he not encountered this kind of thing where the army did not fight, and the scouts greeted each other first? Well...... In fact, the bandits had never been encountered before, and only occasionally encountered similar situations in the battles with Jiannu. Is it really a bunch of bandits on the other side?

He couldn't help but recall the words Yang Hong had said: "Zhu Ba is a big trouble, and those other rogues are not at all in the climate." ”

Perhaps, you should really pay attention to Zhu Ba!

"Report!" A scout ran back and reported in front of Du Wenhuan: "The thief scout network is still moving northeast...... There has been no change of direction for most of the day. ”

It turned out that this was a regular report of the scouts, and every hour or so, even if there was no change, the scouts would come back to report on the enemy's movements, so that Du Wenhuan could grasp the current situation.

Our scout net has been flattened to a width of three miles...... Du Wenhuan was so big in his heart that he calculated, then the enemy's scout net should also be very flat, and it seems that our army is only six miles away from the enemy.

He was very satisfied with his rapid march, after tracking Zhu Bayi for a whole day, the original distance of ten miles had been shortened to six miles, and at this speed, before Zhu Bayi's army escaped into Huanglong Mountain, he could bite the enemy's tail and give him a severe blow.

He didn't think at all that he only had 800 people, and he could win against the other party's 1,200 people, because in his opinion, 1,200 rogue people was not a matter at all, and even the king of 8,000 people dared to come to suppress him, and he was afraid of you 1,200? All he worries about is whether he can catch up, not whether he can win.

"Hurry up!" Du Wenhuan waved his hand to let the scout leave, and then ordered loudly: "Command the whole army, speed up a little faster, the thieves are in front of you, kill Zhu Ba and go back, I will reward everyone for meritorious deeds." ”

"Yes!"

The army he led was an elite soldier transferred from Yansui, and it was a strong force that had been suppressed many times with him, and this army had also earned a lot of money in many anti-bandit activities, so he did not hesitate at all about his orders, increased the speed of the march, and chased after him as if he was desperate.

After a while!

"Report to the General, the thieves' scout net is starting to shrink! It seems that the distance between the two armies is already very close, and the scout net of the other side can no longer be opened, and it is retracting the Chinese army! Our scout brothers are following behind, and they asked their subordinates to come back and report first......" The scout reported back to Du Wenhuan: "According to the estimation of his subordinates, the two armies are only about two to three miles apart, and our Chinese army can directly see the main force of the other side with their eyes as long as they chase a few more steps." ”

When Du Wenhuan heard this, his spirits immediately perked up: "Command the whole army, the battle is about to begin...... Give me some spirits! ”

The officers and men immediately let out an earth-shattering cry that they were about to catch up with the enemy, and the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune was just around the corner......

Du Wenhuan couldn't wait for the scout's report, he slapped the horse he stepped on, and rode forward. After all, he is a regular military general of the imperial court, he has such a thing as a mount, and he is also a very good war horse, and he runs fast.

He let his horse run forward, and the infantry behind him followed with a clatter, and the weapons and armor collided with each other, making a majestic and mighty sound.

He ran more than a mile before he saw in the distance that there were scouts running forward, but his horse quickly and quickly overtook the scouts and continued to look ahead.

It stands to reason that he should be able to see the main force of the enemy...... But when he looked around, on the wasteland in front of him, he could only see thirty or forty scouts of the thief army gathered together to form a very small force. These dozens of thief scouts should have spread out into a large net, and in their center should be the bandits' Chinese army. But these scouts are now shrunk into a group, and the Chinese army is not there......

"Huh? What about the main forces of the enemy? Du Wenhuan was shocked: "Scout! Come and tell me what's going on? ”

The scout who followed followed wiped his sweat and reported: "General...... We...... I didn't find the Chinese army when I followed it...... These scouts ...... It seems to be an open empty net...... The main force of the Chinese army is not here at all......"

"Scared? The golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell? Du Wenhuan slammed his left and right palms: "I understand, damn it, this guy is holding an empty scout net, and the main force has quietly shifted...... Okay, you white water Zhuba, even I dare to play! ”