Faced with the huge pressure of about 100,000 Chu troops, the future monarch picked his pick, and the most effective general, Lieutenant General Ba Xiu, left when he needed it most, and Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince, was suddenly a little confused.

The brutal war seemed to make every Pakistani man more mature and tenacious than his actual age, and Ba Yuanan's gaffe was only a short time, and he quickly came to his senses and gathered the main generals of the remaining army to discuss how to resist the attack of the Chu people.

Due to the occurrence of the well-known incident of grabbing the robe of the prince Ba Dong'an and begging him to stay and fight a big battle, the deathbed plan of Ba Xiu, who was originally in a state of secrecy, became a secret known to all the generals, and the young Zhuang faction such as Xiao Menglong, Gongbiao, and Qi Fei, as well as the general of the Ba Tong military camp, Ba Dong and others, advocated that it should be carried out according to Ba Xiu's plan; and the old and serious generals such as the leaders of the big clans of the Yu clan and the big clan of the Gong clan advocated sticking to the city of Ba Tong.

The two opinions are red-faced.

The head of the Hu'an Mountain Great Clan's Boat Division, Tu Tianqi, naturally supported the opinion of Yu Menglong, and seeing that the coach Ba Yuan'an did not express his position for a long time, he turned around and gently asked Mu Mangzi behind him: "According to the fourth brother's opinion, what decision will the eighth prince make?"

"General Ba Xiu died in vain. Mu said softly.

Tu Tianqi was skeptical, but nodded slightly.

Ba Yuanan is not like his late brother Ba Ping'an, the sixth prince, he is an indecisive person, and he has basically made up his mind in the process of arguing with the generals, but the stakes are very high, and he is still making his final decision.

At this time, he remembered what Zheng Huan, another right-hand man, said to himself when he set off from the capital: "The eighth prince and the prince are brothers at home and monarchs and ministers in the country." ”

Ba Yuanan finally made a decision, signaled the generals to stop arguing, and said: "The Chu army is coming from afar, and the grain and grass are transferred to freight, which is beneficial for a quick battle, and our army has a strong city in Batong City, sufficient grain and grass, and countless arrows, which is beneficial to delay the battle. According to the opinions of the Emperor and the Gongjun, stick to Batong and make the Chu soldiers become veterans. This was his own idea, and without a trace, it was passed on to the leaders of the two tribes.

At this time, the eighth prince Ba Yuanan said nothing, and the controversy ended immediately.

There are many reasons why Ba Yuanan does not use Ba Xiu's strategy, and the core problem is that if he uses Ba Xiu's strategy to win, he is using facts to prove the cowardice and incompetence of the prince Ba Dong'an; if he loses, he uses the plan that Ba Dongan gave up and causes defeat, and he Ba Yuanan will become a great sinner. Ba Yuanan felt that he couldn't afford to gamble, and especially the possibility of winning or losing, was half of each.

Seeing that Ba Yuan'an had made up his mind, Ba Dong, the commander of the Ba Dong military camp, said that it was useless to say more, and said: "The last general agrees to stick to Ba Dong. However, holding on does not mean that all of them are cowering in the city of Batong. ”

Ba Yuanan said: "This is reasonable, please tell me." ”

Ba Dong offered a plan, and everyone thought it was feasible, and Ba Yuanan ordered it to be implemented.

The Chu army claimed to be 200,000, but in fact, the main general Qu Rong could mobilize, not as estimated by Ba Xiu, but only 80,000.

Previously, in the face of tens of thousands of Pakistani soldiers in Badongan, the prince of Pakistan, Qu Rong was very cautious, and he camped more than ten miles away from the Baishui River, one of the purposes was to lure the impulsive Ba people to take the initiative to cross the river to fight.

After a stalemate for several days, the Pakistani army did not move, and the Chu general Qu Rong did not dare to act rashly.

Qu Rong was overjoyed and thought that the time had come, and decided to cross the white water and launch an attack on Ba Dong.

Three days later, Chu general Cheng Du led 5,000 troops to Shuijing Bay, encountered an ambush by the Pakistani army, and lost nearly 2,000 troops.

The congregation will be first aided.

Qu Rong said coldly: "Send your head for the time being." ”

According to Ba Dong's strategy, he won a battle and broke the enemy's spirit, so he defended the pass and the city with danger, no matter how the Chu army challenged, and then did not take the initiative to fight.

In this way, the attack and defense for half a month, it has entered the beginning of autumn, and the casualties of the Chu army are increasing day by day, but the city of Batong is standing still and firmly in the hands of the Ba people.

Facts have proved that the decision to stick to the city of Batong is correct, and the eighth prince Ba Yuan is at ease and orders that no one should go out of the city or fight out of the stronghold, otherwise the military law will be involved.

After another seven or eight days, the Chu army's offensive made no progress, not to mention the losses, and some Chu army generals began to complain about the main general Qu Rong, who turned a deaf ear and still went his own way, but the pace of the attack gradually slowed down compared with before, and the number of troops invested was reduced.

Two days later, in the middle of the night, Ba Yuan'an, the eighth prince of Pakistan, was woken up by the attendants.

Ba Yuanan felt bad, he didn't have time to put on his clothes, and when he got off, he heard that it was an emergency messenger from Ba Peng, the commander of the Shicheng military camp, and he felt a bang above his head.

It was not entirely out of an unexpected military situation, but it still gave Ba Yuanan, who had calmed down a little, a splitting headache, and immediately invited his henchmen to discuss, and at the same time ordered the generals to be summoned overnight.

If you have a meeting in the middle of the night, there will be no good meeting. The congregation will arrive quickly.

Ba Yuanan said: "The Chu army of Yicheng has finally been dispatched, and the Chu general Zhaoyun has led 30,000 troops to Duting Mountain, and Zhuang Fu has led 10,000 people out of Xiaoguan. Its intention, needless to say, is to take advantage of our army in Batong to take Yushui Salt Spring.

"If Yushui is lost, our army will be attacked from both sides, the whole army will be annihilated, and the entire southeast of Badong will fall into the hands of the enemy.

"In front of Zhuang Fu, there are two tiger generals, the lieutenant general Ba Peng and the tiger army commander Ba Lu, this son is more assured, and he is worried about Chu General Zhaoyun, who is from a famous family, and his cunning is no less than Yangming.

"For today's plan, the situation is compelling, and this son must personally lead a division to the enemy Chu State Zhaoyun. ”

General Longwu said to Menglong: "Son, according to the last general, the Chu general Zhaoyun went out of Duting Mountain in order to attract the two generals Ba Peng and Ba Lu to divide their troops to resist the enemy, and the really terrible thing may be Zhuang Fu, the main general of Yicheng." The last general is not talented, and he is willing to lead a division to go to the meeting to meet Zhaoyun, so that the two famous generals of Ba Peng and Ba Lu will destroy Zhuang Fu, and the danger of Yu Shui will naturally be solved. ”

The main general of the Ba Dong military camp, the leader of the Ba Dong clan, the leader of the Gong clan, etc., understood that after the prince Ba Dong'an left, if the eighth prince Ba Yuan'an slipped away again, the situation in Ba Tong City would be even more dangerous, and he strongly advocated that the Menglong, who had the name of the lieutenant general, go to meet the enemy.

Ba Yuanan coughed lightly twice and said, "You have misunderstood." The reason why this son wants to go in person is to lead a strong army, and after retreating from Zhaoyun in a battle, Shicheng and Yushui are as safe as Mount Tai, and I can quickly return to Batong. ”

Hearing this, the old and sophisticated Ba Dong, the leader of the Snake clan, and the leader of the Communist clan understood Ba Yuan'an's thoughts: the Yushui Salt Spring, which used to be one of the three major salt springs in Pakistan and is now one of the two major salt springs in Pakistan, is the most important thing in his mind; to a large extent, Yushui Salt Spring is his political capital and must not be easily lost.

The three old skins understood, and knew that it was useless to say more, so they stopped talking, and the others, seeing that these three people did not say much, no one would believe them.

Ba Yuan'an ordered: General Ba Dong, who has rich experience and is known as the "Great Wall of Batong", is the main general of the front line in wartime, and General Longsheng and others are the deputy generals, and hold the city of Batong, with the whole number of the Batong military camp, the regular army of the first division of the Zongdu Mountain Division, and the local armed forces of the three major tribes (the Yu clan, the Gong clan, and the Yu clan) in the southeast of Ba Province (the Yu Clan, the Gong clan, and the Yu clan) as the main force, supplemented by other armed forces, and the task is to hold on and never let the Chu army break through the Ba Tong; the other forces, led by Ba Yuanan himself, will go to solve the difficulties of Shicheng and Yushui.

You don't need too high IQ to understand that compared with the powerful Chu State, the Ba State, which was already overstretched in strength and dug the east wall to make up the west wall, divided its troops again, and the disparity in strength was even greater, and it was even more impossible to launch an active offensive against the Chu army in this direction.

The second division of troops is tantamount to adding insult to injury, and the southeast gateway of Pakistan, Ba Tong City, is in danger.

Due to the serious shortage of soldiers, in order to supplement the defensive force, when the eighth prince Ba Yuan'an was leaving, he ordered 3,000 of the 5,000 people who had stayed in Longtan, an important passage of grain and grass, to Ba Tong, and more than 1,000 to go with him, leaving only more than 1,000 mixed men and women, led by the female general Pan Furong, stationed in Longtan.