Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Battle of Baiju (3)

Shen Yinshu led the troops for a few days, but the Wu and Chu armies still did not move, and each of them guarded the key places of Hanshui.

However, it was said that the general of the Chu army, Wucheng Heizun, Shen Yinshu, led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the Chinese army in Nangwa to listen to it. Because the Wu army came to attack, the garrisons of Chu gradually gathered in Hanyang, and at this time, the Chu army assembled along the Han River had exceeded 100,000 people, all of which were under the control of Nangwa.

One day, Nangwa led the generals to discuss the big tent of the Chinese army, because Sima Shen Yinshu led the army to prepare to intersperse the back of the Wu army to attack back and forth, but there has been no news. Now that the Chu army is in large numbers, its strength has far surpassed that of the Wu army, so the generals are a little impatient.

In order to shoot Xiangguo's sycophants, Wu Chenghei said to Nangwa: "Wu Junshe went to the boat, he couldn't cross the river, and the length of the house was short, and he was not familiar with the terrain; Sima's strategy is too cautious and takes too long, and the strength of our army exceeds that of the Wu army, so it is better for Xiangguo to raise troops across the river to annihilate the Wu army, and establish an immortal merit for my Great Chu! ”

Nangwa groaned: "When Sima was leaving, he repeatedly reminded Ben Shuai that he must not be in a hurry, otherwise it will affect the entire battle. ”

Wu Chenghei disagreed: "The enemy army has been stationed in the north of the Han River, and the army's morale has been slackened, how long will it take to wait for the attack at this time?" Is my 100,000 army still afraid of his 60,000 soldiers and horses? If Xiangguo carried 100,000 elite soldiers, but did not dare to fight with 60,000 Wu troops, how would the Chinese people view Xiangguo, and still think that Xiangguo was cowardly? ”

At this time, Nangwa's confidant Shi Huang was on his side, and he also persuaded: "As far as the young general knows, our military and civilians respect Sima very much, but not Xiangguo. If one day Sima's prestige far exceeds that of Xiangguo, Xiangguo's position is in jeopardy! ”

Nangwa was stunned when he heard this, what Emperor Shi said he had never thought about that he had been the prime minister for many years, and this Zuo Sima Shen Yinshu did have the talent to set the country. The threat to one's own phase is extremely high, and this matter has to be carefully considered.

"If Sima leads his troops to make a detour to Xinxi, arrives at the land of Fangcheng, burns the ferry boats captured by the Wu army, blocks the Handong Pass, and cuts off the return route of the Wu army, then the first contribution to breaking Wu in this battle is Sima Mo. Xiang Guo is high and powerful, above the hundreds of bureaucrats, the first few times the army has always failed, if this time let others steal the first credit, how will Xiang Guo stand in the court? It's better to follow the meaning of General Wucheng's black. Lead the army to cross the river and fight the Wu army to win! "Emperor Shi has followed Nangwa for many years, and his personal feelings are deeper, so he is deeply plotted for Nangwa:

"If Xiangguo doesn't make any contributions, the phase will be replaced by Sima, please think deeply!"

Nanwa let out a long sigh. To be honest, Sima's strategy is certainly good. It is also a very prudent policy. But now he has 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands. It is completely possible to fight to the death, as long as you succeed, the first merit of breaking the Wu army still belongs to you. Nangva thought about it again and again, so he made up his mind and ordered the three armies to divide the five camps into five teams. They crossed the river on a warship on a different day.

At this time, Wu Jun's Tanma had already reported to the commander Sun Wu that the Chu army was preparing to cross the river to fight. The warship spread out on the south bank of the river, the white sails covered the sky and the sun, and the military horses on board were noisy. It is said that the Chu army had more than 100,000 people.

Sun Wu was overjoyed and immediately ordered the army to rise up and retreat in the direction of Xiaobie Mountain in the rear. He also ordered the vanguard to retreat to camp in Xiaobei first, prepare to meet the enemy, and then order the soldiers to lead 10,000 Wu troops to break off, and lure the enemy deep while retreating.

Seeing that the Wu army was slowly retreating, Nangwa was even more overjoyed when he was afraid of war, so that Wu Chenghei and Shi Huang led the army to chase after him closely.

When the Wu army arrived at Xiaobie, they did not retreat, and set up camp in three large villages to confront the Chu army.

The Chu army was divided into five divisions and set up five large battalions, with the middle being the Chinese army, which was the big village of Nangwa; The other four armies were camped in the four directions of the Chinese army, and at the front was Emperor Shi's vanguard Dazhai.

The two armies set up camp at Xiaobei and lined up in formation to prepare for a decisive battle. One day, Nangwa sent an envoy to the camp of the Wu army, handed over the battle letter, and agreed that the two armies would fight tomorrow.

(The so-called battle between the front armies means that the Chinese army of the two armies is in the defensive formation, but they do not fight.) It's just that the vanguard of the two armies are engaged in battle, and a specific date for the engagement is agreed, like a warm-up battle. )

On the morning of the second day, a few drums sounded, and I saw the door of the Chu army's front camp wide open, and a group of armored soldiers rushed out of it, about 3,000 people. All of them were heavily armored and holding Changge, and they lined up and formed a phalanx in front of Xiaobie Mountain. In front of the battle is a two-horse chariot, and on the right side of the chariot is a white-faced brave general, this person is more than thirty years old, his face is like a heavy jujube, and he is the vanguard general of the Chu army, Shi Huang.

Here, the vanguard of the Wu army is all black-faced and bearded, with dark skin, and he is in front of the car with a long halberd in his hand. At this time, he led a 1,000 sinner death squad, half of the team members held a solid wooden stick, half of the team members held Wu Hook (a kind of willow leaf-shaped scimitar), and they were all brown short clothes.

It was very novel for the group of Chu soldiers to see this group of Wu soldiers dressed up like this. Before they came back to their senses, those daredevils had already picked up their thick wooden sticks and flew towards the heads of the Chu soldiers, and those Wu Hook team members were even more indiscriminately chopped, and they rushed into the Chu array in an instant.

The group of Wu army's daring clans fought indiscriminately, and the Chu soldiers had never seen such a formation, so they were caught off guard for a while, so there was chaos in the formation.

When Emperor Shi saw the Wu soldiers rushing into battle, he ordered the law enforcement officer to restrain the soldiers and not to mess with the formation, so he stepped forward and intercepted the husband and killed.

The two were fighting, but they saw a Wu soldier rushing over with a wooden stick and dancing wildly. The chariot on Emperor Shi's car wanted to draw a bow and shoot the Wu soldier, but he didn't want to miss it. The Wu soldier struck the leg of the war horse on the left side of Shi Huang's chariot, and the horse neighed and staggered to its knees.

With a "bang", the chariot lost its center of gravity, tilted to the left, and rolled on its side, throwing Shi Huang under the car.

The husband was overjoyed, and was about to hold up the halberd to stab Emperor Shi, but he didn't want this Emperor Shi to be very agile, and rolled from the ground, seeing that the other horse in the chariot was not injured, although the horse was snorting with the chariot, but also stood up.

said that it was too late, and when it was too late, Emperor Shi jumped over, turned over the war horse, kicked the horse's belly, and the horse jumped high, made a long roar, and galloped away.

The husband wanted to catch up, but when he saw that Emperor Shi was going very quickly, he had to give up.

At this time, a group of soldiers and horses rushed out from the Wu army formation, dressed in armor, holding spears, with a shout, and broke into the Chu army formation like a tide, which was the vanguard regular army of Fu Xuan.

When the Chu army saw that the main general was defeated, the army's heart was in turmoil; Seeing that Wu Bing's fresh army was rushing over, the morale of the Chu army was reduced by ten points, while the morale of the Wu army increased by ten points. The Chu army dispersed in a hurry, and more than half of them were killed by the Wu army, and half fled back to the camp without mentioning.

Seeing that Emperor Shi was defeated and returned to the camp, Nangwa said angrily: "You bewitched Ben Shuai to cross the river at that time, and did not listen to Sima's policy, and you were defeated in the battle today, what else do you have to say?" ”

Shi Huang was sincerely frightened, and said: "Although this battle was lost, the main reason is that he has not yet figured out the routine of the Wu army, please don't be angry." As the saying goes, 'don't cut the generals before the battle', and the young generals have a strategy to atone for their crimes. ”

The sac tile was slightly stunned, so that Emperor Shi said.

"The ancients said 'capture the thief first capture the king', now the king of Wu is camped in Dabie Mountain, and he is not in Sun Wu's Chinese army, why don't Xiangguo take advantage of the night to rob the camp of the king of Wu? As long as you kill Helu, the Wu army will be in great disgrace, and the whole army will be shaken, and the Wu army will have no leader, how can they be my enemy? Emperor Shi proposed a plan to rob the camp at night.

Nangwa turned anger into joy, from the plan of the emperor. and pardoned Emperor Shi's crime of defeating the army, and let him make meritorious service for his crimes.

Nangwa ordered that he would personally lead the army to rob the camp of King Wu, and the Chinese army would be temporarily controlled by Wuchenghei, and Emperor Shi would still be the vanguard.

At dusk, after 15,000 elite soldiers were satisfied, they were personally led by Nangwa, neatly draped, wrapped in pieces, and took advantage of the night to take a small road and make a detour to Dabie Mountain.

However, it was said that the former army and the Chu army were at war, and the Wu army won a big victory in the first battle, and all the generals went to the big tent of the Chinese army to congratulate Sun Wu.

Sun Wudao: "Nangwa is a young man, this person is ignorant and unplanned, always thinking about winning by luck, if my expectations are right, the Chu army will definitely attack my military camp tonight." ”

The generals were shocked: "How did the boss know?" ”

"The Chu army was defeated in this battle, and there was no loss in strength, according to the character of Nangwa, as long as there is a chance of success, he will definitely choose to rob the village at night."

Sun Wu then ordered the three armies to come up with a plan to intercept and kill the Chu army. (To be continued......)