It is said that Gongzishan led the army to capture Jing'an, an important town of Xu, and cleaned up the battlefield of Xu according to the order of General Sun Wu and occupied the entire territory of Xu. Sun Wu led 5,000 troops to stay in Pizhou, while Zhuan Yi led an army of 10,000 to continue westward and attack Zhongwu.

Zhongwu is a country of projectiles, with a land area of less than 100 miles, and the monarch is a viscount, and has been a small vassal state of Chu for many years. The current monarch's name is Shuli, and he is very old, and he heard a report from Bian that the Wu army had attacked the Xu State, and he was leading the teacher to ask Zhong Wu about the crime of indulging in candles.

Shu Li saw that Wu's troops were strong, and Chu State did not come to the rescue, so he asked Yu Qunchen above the court: "Now that Wu Shi is coming, our country is short of soldiers and major generals, and it is not Wu's opponent at all, what do you think?" ”

The ministers were gossiping, and everyone basically had the same idea: to follow Xu Guozhangyu and flee to Chu for refuge. "Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood." Shu Li knows that Zhong Wu can't be saved after all, and there are eggs under the nest? He agreed to the policy of the ministers and wanted to flee to Chu.

Shu Li discussed with the ministers, immediately returned home, packed up his belongings, and rushed to Chu with his little servants.

Besides, Zhuan Yi led 10,000 soldiers and horses and went straight to Zhongwu. But when he thought about it carefully, this Zhongwu's uncle would definitely not lead the army to resist, and the most likely thing was that Zhongwu's monarchs and ministers would flee to the Chu State to seek refuge. Because Zhuan Yi calculated this move, he personally led the army straight to the border between Zhong Wu and Chu State, wanting to cut off Zhong Wu's way for the monarch and ministers to flee to Chu State. The other half of the troops were divided to attack Zhongwu's national capital, that is, Zhongwu City.

Zhuan Yi ordered to the generals: "Visiting the Malay report, it is said that Zhong Wu's monarch and ministers are fleeing to the Chu State, and it has been two days since they set off. But with their baggage and belongings, and their old and weak families, they must have walked very slowly. Our army will rush to the border city of Zhongwu tonight, and we will capture them together. ”

Because when Zhuan Yi was ordered to attack Zhong Wu this time, the lord general Sun Wu allocated 100 fast horses to the commander of Zhuan Yi. Zhuan Yi ordered these 100 fast horsemen to be used as outposts to intercept Shuli.

The fast cavalry detachment rode all the way to the border of Zhongwu at sunset and caught up with Zhongwu's monarchs. Seeing the neighing of the war horses and the bows of the knights in their hands, the Zhongwu monarchs and ministers who were perched on the throne saw the Wu soldiers descending from the sky, and they were already frightened. Although Zhong Wu was also escorted by some sergeants, as soon as he saw the arrival of the Wu cavalry, he had already scattered in all directions and ran for his own life.

The 100 knights only stumbled the fleeing team, and when Zhuan Yi arrived, he saw that Zhong Wu's monarchs and ministers were intercepted by cavalry and became prisoners of Wu soldiers.

Zhuan Yi left troops to garrison Zhong Wu, led Zhong Wu and his ministers to these prisoners, and led the army back to Pizhou in Xu State.

Zhuan Yi and Gongzi Shan both led their troops back to Pizhou to join Sun Wu, and this time they sent troops to destroy Xu Guo and Zhong Wu, and the Wu army suffered very little losses. Sun Wu left some of his men and horses to garrison the territory of the two countries, and then gathered his army and set his sights on Shucheng in Chu State.

Because of the defection of Cover Yu and Zhu Yong to the state of Chu, King Zhao of Chu reused it and asked the two to lead an army of 1,000 troops to garrison Shucheng to train troops and consolidate the border defense. They didn't know that this Shucheng was the end of Sun Wu's use of troops this time.

Sun Wu gave a letter to the soldiers, and the book said: The marshal ordered Zhuan Yi to lead 2,000 troops from Pizhou to attack Shucheng, and Mr. could send a general to lead an army of 2,000 troops from the direction of Chaoxian to raid and attack. Although there are very few garrisons in Shucheng, in case the Chu soldiers come to the rescue, they only ask the soldiers to quickly attack Shucheng, kill the remnants and candles, and then return to the division.

The soldiers received the order, wrote back to the agreed date, and asked Gu Xin to lead 2,000 sergeants to march in a light car and march towards Shucheng at great speed.

When Gu Xin and Zhuan Yi each led 2,000 soldiers and horses to Shucheng, the cover and candle Yong were defenseless. I only heard that Sun Wu, the chief general of the Wu army, was breaking the Xu State and destroying Zhongwu, but the prime minister had an order not to rescue him. So I didn't think that Wu Jun would fight Shucheng's idea.

When the 4,000 Wu army surrounded Shucheng, Cover Yu and Candle Yong came to their senses, but Sun Wu's original target was his two brothers.

There was no preparation to defend the city at all, and the Wu army came quickly, so when Zhuan Yi and Gu Xin began to attack the city outside the city, what they thought about was how to break out of the siege and flee to Yingdu.

Knowing that the city of Shucheng is low, there is nothing to defend, and there are only 1,000 people in his hands. He discussed with Zhu Yong, and when the Wu army had just arrived and his foothold was not stable, it was better to rob the camp at night and escape from Shucheng.

Candle Yong also thought that his brother's plan was very good, so he gathered his soldiers and ordered: "I will wait for a full meal tonight, and then attack the camp of Wu soldiers at night." The Wu army has just arrived, the terrain is not familiar, and the defense is not strict, if they break through the camp tonight, they must not take precautions, we can kill him by surprise!

The generals also thought that this plan was very feasible, so they went to prepare according to the order.

It's night, and autumn is deepening. The 1,000 soldiers under the command of Cover Yu and Candle Yong quietly opened the city gate at night, and the tent of the Wu army camp stationed a few miles away from the city looked quiet and did not find any accidents.

According to the deployment of the cover, the brigade went to clash with the Wu army camp, and after he broke off with Candle Yong, in fact, he wanted to wait for an opportunity to escape at night.

Before the Chu army rushed to the Wu army camp tent, they made a noise together, lit torches, and rushed into the Wu army camp.

However, after entering the camp, he found that the tent was empty. In the night not far away, a sound of rushing and killing sounded, it was the ambush of the Wu army.

When Zhuan Yi led the troops, Sun Wu explained that he wanted to prevent the Chu soldiers from robbing the camp at night. Sun Wu is a master of attacking and robbing camps with fire, so he will naturally see through the tricks of covering up. Although Sun Wu didn't come here in person, he had already prepared a countermeasure.

The torches held high by the Chu soldiers were the target, and the Wu army surrounded the Chu army in all directions. Originally, the Wu army had the advantage in numbers, but now it has surrounded the Chu army, and its morale has soared.

Seeing the failure of the camp, Cover Yu and Candle Yong wanted to turn around and retreat to Shucheng, but the Wu army had already cut off the way back.

Seeing that there was no way out, the two had to bite the bullet and come forward to fight.

Fighting in the dark, there are no tactical means such as formations and chariots, and it is a one-on-one battle with real knives and guns. Therefore, the Wu army was originally large and morale, and the 1,000 Chu soldiers basically became ghosts of the night.

The group of armor soldiers surrounded the two of them, carrying bloody swords, and the torch held high in their hands, flashing their red eyes brightly and darkly. The armor on the body of Cover Yu and Candle Yong had already been sprinkled with a layer of dark red plasma, and the copper in his hand was dim, occasionally shining and dazzling in the firelight.

There was no strength to push away the dense tip of the sword, and the cold autumn moon on his head witnessed two strong black shadows fall to the ground.

Zhuan Yi and Gu Xin attacked from both sides, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the cover and the candle, and attacked Shucheng by surprise, killing the guards and the guards and the candle Yong. Then the two joined forces and returned to Pizhou to join Sun Wu.

Sun Wu arranged the garrison of Xu and Zhong Wu, led the Wu army to return to the border of Wu to join forces with the soldiers, and then camped in Chao County, wrote to the king of Wu, and waited for the order of the king of Wu.

When King Wu received Sun Wu's battle report, he saw that he had attacked Xu and destroyed Zhong Wu. Taking advantage of the situation, he attacked Shucheng again, killing the two henchmen of Cover Yu and Candle Yong, and counting birds with one stone. He Lu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he was even more impressed by Sun Wu.

However, King Wu was carried away by the victory for a while, and when he saw that Sun Wu had won so much, he planned to take advantage of this time to attack Chu with a large army. He Lu sent a messenger to pass on the edict to the soldiers and Sun Wu in front, ordering them to gather their troops and take advantage of the situation to attack Chu.

After Sun Wu and his soldiers received the edict of King Wu, they discussed how to deal with it.

Sun Wudao: "We have just broken Xu Guo and Zhong Wu, the soldiers are exhausted, and the grain and grass have been exhausted. It is a tired army, and it is not advisable to raise troops. ”

The soldiers also felt the same way, but his focus was different: "The state of Chu is a thin camel bigger than a horse, and if you send troops now, you can't pick up the cheap." If we want to win more with less, and defeat the strong with the weak, we must find other strategies. ”

Sun Wudao: "In the past, I also told Mr. that you can use the wheel battle method to make the Chu army tired. First drag the Chu army tired and collapsed, and then see the opportunity, you can defeat the enemy with one move. ”

Wu Yuan and Sun Wu discussed and stopped, and replied to King Wu: "The national strength of Chu has not declined, and now our army is tired and there is no food and grass, it is not a good opportunity to send troops to attack Chu, it is better to use the strategy of wheels to drag down the Chu soldiers......" and then how to state the specific strategy.