Chapter 43, Stratagem to lure the enemy
At dawn the next day, a team of men and horses in the Zuzhao camp came out and came to the city gate to continue the battle. Someone had already reported Zhao Meng in the city, at this time, Han Ye took the initiative to ask for battle again, Zhao Meng agreed, Han Ye and a pair of men and horses of more than 500 cavalry, rushed out of the city gate.
Seeing that it was still Zhao Qi at the head, Han Ye said with disdain: "Your subordinates fought a hundred battles, you were lucky not to die yesterday, why do you dare to fight again today?" If you don't secretly smile and steal your life, why do you have to come to die? ”
Zhao Qi raised his gun and said: "Yesterday's battle, there was a small mistake, you said that I really beat you, but I can't do it, today I fight hard, I will be able to defeat you, you first be careful of your head, don't blame me for being ruthless under the gun." ”
Han Ye said: "The defeated generals also dare to speak bravely. Hurry back and let the man who wielded the axe yesterday fight, but I don't bother to kill you, lest I stain the axe in my hand. ”
When Zhao Qi heard this, a wave of anger appeared on his face, he raised his gun and rode his horse, killed him, and shouted: "I will take your head and see how you slander me at that time." ”
Han Ye saw Zhao Qi rushing up, a strange and disdainful smile crossed his face, brandished a double hammer, and greeted him. The two shouted that they were still partially burdened after more than 100 rounds of fighting, and returned to the formation again to change their horses, and continued to fight, and for nearly 100 rounds, Zhao Qi saw a flaw in Han Ye and stabbed out with a shot. Han Ye hurriedly resisted and smashed at Zhao Qi with a hammer. Zhao Qi was shocked and rode back.
Han Dang saw Zhao Qi retreating and chased after him. Suddenly, caught off guard, Zhao Qi stabbed back with a horse pistol, Han Ye was horrified in his heart, and avoided it with all his might, but he still had a wound on his arm, and blood flowed. He was furious and commanded the army in pursuit.
The cavalry rode forward and took Zhao Qi's troops directly. Zhao Qi's army lost its armor and fled, and Han Ye's army chased straight outside the camp of Zu Zhao's army and was shot back by random arrows. On the way back, they picked up more weapons and armor lost by Zhao Qi's troops, and the troops were very happy.
Han Ye returned with a laugh and met Zhao Meng. Zhao Meng saw that Han Ye was brave, and he took some weapons and armor back, and he was also happy in his heart, and he rewarded Han Ye very well, and announced his bravery to the three armies, hoping that everyone would take Han as an example and kill the enemy bravely.
On the third day, there was another battle outside the city gate, Han Ye was still fighting in the city, and the person who saw it was still Zhao Qi, after Han Ye laughed, the two fought again. After fighting for more than one round, Zhao Qi was defeated again, Han Ye decisively ordered people to pursue, just like yesterday, the army won a big victory again, and he found that the Zuzhao army camp was actually pulled back more than a mile. Not where it was stationed yesterday.
Han Ye returned victoriously and reported what he saw to Zhao Meng, and said: "It may be that the enemy sees that I am brave, and I am afraid that I will lead the army to directly charge and kill their base camp, so after that, pull out the village and avoid us!" ”
Zhao Meng also had doubts in his heart, this ancestor Zhao was here to crusade against him, and he should bring elite generals, why did he just send Zhao Qi out to fight now, could it be that he deliberately knew this, what kind of ploy was this. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Zu Zhaoju deliberately tested him, wanting to see how many generals in his army could fight.
Zhao Meng smiled coldly in his heart, and said secretly: "I don't want to be fooled by you, if you want to see what good generals are in my army, I just send Han Ye to fight every day, you don't rule out your generals, and I won't send new people to fight, see who is more powerful." ”
Zhao Meng gave an order to Han Ye that if the enemy sent Zhao Qi again the next day, then he would fight to kill him. Zhao Meng took the order, saying that if this person was really Zhao Qi, he must have taken his head. On the fourth day, there was another battle outside the city, and Han Ye was still fighting in the city, and unsurprisingly, Zhao Qi was still used in Zu Zhao's camp. Han Ye didn't say anything, and directly shook his spirit to take Zhao Qi directly, but his momentum was much more violent than before.
Zhao Qi fought for no more than fifty rounds and was defeated. Han Ye chased and killed in the back, gained many things, and returned with a big victory. When chasing to the camp of the Zu Zhao army, he checked the stove pit left by the Zu Zhao army, and according to the calculation of the personal food of 20 people in a pit, the stove pit was less than 500, which means that the army in the Zu Zhao army was actually less than 10,000 people.
After Zhao Meng learned the news, he was very happy, but he still didn't choose to take the initiative, he planned to take another look, and then he would be able to get rid of Zu Zhaojun in one fell swoop, and at that time, it would be indispensable, it would not be a problem to take the entire Liaodong County, and then the entire Youzhou would be just around the corner.
For five days in a row, Zhao Qi fought in Zu Zhao's army, and Han Ye also fought in Zhao Meng's army, and Zhao Qi was defeated every time. On the fifth day, Han also found that the Zuzhao military camp was once again a mile away and stationed in the mountains.
On the sixth day, no one came to fight, Zhao Meng and Han Ye wondered in their hearts, could it be that Zu Zhao's army had withdrawn? You can't just let them get out of the way. So, Zhao Meng sent Han Ye 2,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry to take the initiative to pursue.
Han Ye led the troops to the great intention of the Zu Zhao army, although the camp was there, there were still some fluttering flags, but when they entered the camp, there was no one to see, and it turned out that the Zu Zhao army had already left. Ye gave an order, and he chased after him, but he couldn't catch up for three miles, and saw that there was an army slowly in front of him, and he was retreating.
Han Ye shouted loudly and led the army to rush up, and when the army heard an army rushing from behind, he turned around to greet him, and the first general was Ma Yuan. Han Ye reined in the war horse, pointed at Ma Yuan with a sledgehammer, and asked, "Aren't you going to fight me to the death, why did you retreat so quietly?" Didn't you come to fight us? Is it because I have been defeated for five days in a row, and I will not be able to retreat without fighting? ”
Ma Yuan said loudly: "If it weren't for the attack of the northern barbarians in the rear, I would have taken the head of your general Zhao Meng." As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier on the side whispered in his ear: "General, how can you tell the enemy about this?" ”
Ma Yuan said loudly: "Why not. After I break off today, if someone is chasing after me, I will surely kill them to death, and tell him what he knows. After speaking, he said loudly to Han Ye: "Since you are here, then don't think about going back today, I will fight you to the death." ”
Han Ye laughed and said, "It turns out that you are a person with only one body of courage, and you have no brains at all. No wonder Zu Zhao never sent you to battle. Okay, I'll take your useless head today. As he spoke, he brandished his hammer and rushed straight over.
Ma Yuan shouted, and also attacked with a whip, and the two fought on the horse for less than a white round, Ma Yuan was defeated and fled with his army. Han Ye decisively led the army in pursuit, only to see Ma Yuan's soldiers throw away their armor one after another and flee for their lives in a panic.
Seeing that he was about to be able to kill all of them, he didn't have to kill a team of men and horses in front of him, blocking Han Ye's way, and it was Zhao Qi who was the leader. He commanded the troops to shoot a chaotic arrow, stopping Han Yede from pursuing.
"I was ordered to take over the broken troops again, Ma Yuan, your troops retreat first, and I will fight him." Zhao Qi said.
Ma Yuan nodded, didn't say much, led the army to flee, and at the same time Zhao Qi came to fight with a gun, but the battle was less than fifty rounds, and he was defeated, and he also said: "Han Ye Xiao'er, our army has now retreated to Wuwu County, and you have the ability to capture Wuwu County." ”
Han Ye commanded the army to pursue in the rear, chasing more than a mile, and on the way picked up a lot of armor and weapons thrown away by the Zu Zhao army when they fled, and later because he encountered the main force that was retreating, Han Ye did not dare to continue the pursuit, and returned to Wangping County with the spoils of war to report to Zhao Meng.
"There is an attack from the northern barbarians in their rear, and now they have retreated, general, they plan to retreat to Wuwu County, and then slowly withdraw their troops after easing, should we take the initiative to attack?" Han Ye asked.
Zhao Meng laughed wildly and said: "The lord is really like a god, he has long expected that if Zu Zhao sends troops to attack us, then he will definitely be attacked by the northern barbarians behind his back, and when the time comes, they will be attacked by the enemy on their backs, and they will definitely be defeated." Well, this is the time for us to attack. After saying that, he ordered the soldiers to have breakfast immediately, and after resting for the night, he led the main force in the city to more than 10,000 people on the fifth watch the next day.
When passing by Zuzhao's military camp on the way, he looked at the camp deployment above, and couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, the deployment was very strict, all of them became horns, and they took care of each other, and there were really sneak attacks, no matter from which direction, they were undoubtedly entering an encirclement, and he had to praise Sud's guy for his ability, if it weren't for the troubles of the northern barbarians, if he wanted to settle them, he was afraid that it would not be so easy.
The army left the outskirts of the city and arrived in the Secret Forest Canyon, where Han Ye reported that he had encountered the main force in retreat when he was chasing here, and because of the difficult terrain here, he could not continue the pursuit. Zhao Meng nodded, this is indeed a good place for ambushes, Zhao Qi was here to ambush Zu Zhao's vanguard troops before, but who knew that they actually took the initiative to attack, resulting in failure.
Looking at the terrain here, Zhao Meng did not dare to enter lightly, if he encountered an ambush, his more than 10,000 troops might be lost by more than half. So he sent men to lead five hundred cavalry and five hundred troops through here first, and the army was behind. About a quarter and a half later, someone came back to report that the vanguard had passed smoothly and that there was no ambush here.
Only then did Zhao Meng put his mind at ease and commanded the troops to pass. Who knew that they had just reached the middle of the journey, and suddenly they heard a drum sound, and the secret forest was full of enemy flags, and they were in surprise, and there was a rolling sound behind them, only to see countless boulders and trees rolling down, blocking their way.
A group of people came out in front, led by Na Ma Yuan, and he laughed and said, "General Zhao, I've been waiting here for a long time." ”
Zhao Meng knew that he had been fooled, and he was very angry in his heart, and rushed forward with a big pu knife. Ma Yuan shook his spirit, raised the axe to meet him, the two fought for two or three hundred rounds, and the body was not divided, but at this time, Zhao Meng's rear army was in chaos, a few moves repelled Ma Yuan, when he looked back, he saw that the arrows fell like rain in the two mountains, Zhao Meng's army fell one after another, and the rest of the people could only hide under the shield, which was very embarrassing.
Zhao Meng knew that if this continued, the whole army would definitely be wiped out, so he abandoned Ma Yuan, brandished the Pu knife, commanded the troops to shoot arrows and fight back, and at the same time sent a force to open the way in front and get rid of those stones and woods. Several teams of men and horses fought back, guarded by guards, moved stones and made stones, and finally made a path that could accommodate people and horses at the cost of the stones and wood stained red with blood. Zhao Meng immediately commanded the army to turn back, and at this moment, nearly two thousand soldiers had been injured or killed, and he didn't care so much, leading those who could run to quickly retreat.
Ma Yuan pursued fiercely in the back, slashed and killed hundreds of people, and continued to pursue all the way. Zhao Meng's troops were fleeing, and a team of men and horses came out in front, it turned out that it was Zhao Qi who was ambushing here, when they passed before, Zhao Qi ordered them to pass quietly, and then fight when they turned back.
Zhao Meng was furious and swung his knife to take Zhao Qi. Zhao Qi was not afraid, commanded the army to attack, but after fifty rounds, Zhao Qi retreated. Zhao Meng didn't dare to fight, so he fled with his troops. When he returned to Wangping County, there were less than 2,000 soldiers with him, and most of the remaining 8,000 people surrendered or fled in all directions.
"Open the city gate, I'm General Zhao Meng." Zhao Meng yelled at the city. But for a long time, he didn't see the city gate open, and when he wanted to call again, he saw a person turn out of the city, wearing a cloth hat, and said calmly: "General Zhao, the county town has been recaptured by me, if you surrender, I will open the city gate and let you in." ”
"Who are you?" Zhao Meng asked loudly.
"Liaodong County Taishou, this time the rebellious general Zu Liechen has to be military Su Shide is also." Sud said faintly.