Chapter 608: A Suspicious Soldier's Strategy
Wu Gen rode under the torch and carefully observed the movement in the camp of the coalition forces opposite.
After such a few days of siege, the perimeter of the coalition camp has been basically destroyed, and the two secret passages dug by the company have been opened, and Wu Gen still does not dare to rashly attack the camp.
Although there were more than 30,000 captives of the coalition army after the Northern Army reorganized, to be honest, Wu Gan did not dare to release these people in one go.
But tonight, the camp of the coalition army suddenly became brightly lit, and groups of men and horses swarmed out of the eastern gate, rushing in all directions, gradually blending into the night.
What is it for, and why is the formation so scattered.
"Owner, it's not good, the enemy army is fleeing separately." Hu Jia shouted from the sidelines, "In this way, our army will not be able to judge which way the enemy chief is and which direction to pursue."
Wu Jian only believed at this time that the coalition forces were finally going to escape. And they did not flee as expected, but broke into pieces and left in groups of thousands.
What should I do, there are so many prisoners in the Northern Army, Wu Gan can't divide his men and horses so scattered, and he can't say that as soon as he gets on the road, all these prisoners will run out.
"Follow the route of the coalition army when it was originally marching, and the rest of the men and horses will chase after it if they can, and let it go if they can't." Wu Gan gritted his teeth and made up his mind, those small cities that were captured by the coalition army were still guarded by a small number of men and horses, and if these people joined up with these coalition forces that had fled, they would accumulate a lot of people.
"Inform Captain Shui, leave a small number of men and horses, and the rest will participate in the pursuit." Wu Gan then ordered, "Baoxiang led the people to stay here, urge those captives, and completely destroy this camp."
As soon as Zongma was about to take Xue Xin and Zhang Wuyang out of the camp, Yang Zheng rushed over and grabbed the reins of Wu Gan's mount, "Village master, you might as well let Baoxiang, Xue Xin and Zhang Wuyang lead the troops to chase after you, and you stay here."
"Why?" Wu Yan gently calmed the mount and said with a surprised expression.
"Village master, after Lu Lie left, Gu Yangsi was the actual controller of the coalition army. I learned from the shadows in the coalition forces that Gu Yangsi has been in weak health recently, and he has been bedridden for a long time." Yang Zheng pointed to the coalition troops coming out in the distance, and said with an anxious expression, "These people are so fast, and they are all riding alone, how can Gu Yangsi's body stand it. Therefore, I suspect that this is a suspicious tactic, Gu Yangsi is still in the camp, let these people attract our attention, and then be escorted away after our army pursues."
Wu Yan was stunned for a moment, stood up from the horse, and carefully looked at the coalition soldiers in the distance, and sure enough, as Yang Zheng said, these people were immediately skilled, running in the field in the dark night, and they were still walking on the ground.
With his own understanding of Gu Yangsi, he definitely didn't have such ability, and he was also addicted.
"In that case, then Gu is sure to stay with Gu Yangsi. The plan has been adjusted, and the treasure elephant will pursue the enemy army for me, and coordinate the men and horses of all departments." Wu Gen directly ordered on the horse, and ordered at the Baoxiang who rushed over, "I will lead people to rush out first, so that the coalition forces mistakenly think that I have left the camp, and the captain of the water will report and ask him to stay, and Ha Ying will lead people to pursue."
After saying that, he chased after the men who had been assembled to the east, shouting as he went, "The thieves have been defeated, and they will pursue them with this town."
The men and horses rumbled out of the camp and went straight east. Under the quiet moonlight, on the field in front of the deer hunting ridge, torches are lit, and people are galloping everywhere, like stars reflected in the river. And the northern army is like a fire dragon, constantly annihilating those small strands of light.
After running out of thirty miles, Wu Gen and Baoxiang briefly explained a few words, and without using torches, they took Zhuo Ke and Luo Zhang to turn around and return to the camp. In such a chaotic night, the three of them were inconspicuous and quickly turned back to the camp.
By the time they entered the camp, Shui Congyue was already sitting in the tent, and Yang Zheng and Hu Jiazheng were closely monitoring the movements of the coalition camp opposite.
"You said that Gu Yangsi wouldn't run west, if he was allowed to enter the Deer Hunting Ridge, the mountain was high and steep, but he couldn't even catch up." Hu Jia saw Wu Jian and said with some worry.
"No, it won't." Yang Zheng replied categorically, stroking his big belly while looking into the distance, "Gu Yangsi seems to be weak, but in fact he is quite arrogant. He scattered his men and horses, and went to see Ji Xian alone, what did he want.
The phoenix with falling hair is not as good as a chicken, and the young master without soldiers and horses is not as good as a dog, so it is difficult for Ji Xian to give him a good look, and he can't even say that he doesn't even want to see him."
Wu Yan nodded, quite agreeing with Yang Zheng's judgment. To be honest, in terms of grasping people's hearts, Yang Zheng is indeed stronger than others.
"Actually, I want to include Gu Yangsi in the account, although this person can't rush into battle, but the Gu family's methods are really a big killer weapon against the army." Wu Yan leaned on the wall, looking at the dark coalition camp in the distance.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to fulfill your wish, Fang Cai also said, Gu Yangsi is arrogant, he doesn't want to join Ji Xian, how can he switch to the Dreadnought." Yang Zheng was not very optimistic about Wu Gan's thoughts, and said with a smile, "But this time I just took the opportunity to sweep the families, first, to accumulate some military funds, and secondly, to see if those secret techniques can be obtained, anyway, we have a bunch of horses in our army."
"For the various families that are going to attack next, you might as well lure them with profit." Hu Jia suddenly spoke on the side, "Ji Ye has returned to Hanlu City, and Ji Xin and the Murong family's men and horses believe that they will also arrive soon. Ji Hyun can't win this battle. When everything is settled, with Ji Xin's temperament, it is bound to be cleaned.
We can take in the name of each family and ask each family to give money and horses. In this way, there will be no need for families to die, and the losses will be smaller for our army."
Yang Zheng glanced at Hu Jia obliquely, a little disapproving, "In this way, no matter how different what my fearless army has done from the rebels, I will definitely be regarded as a thorn in the side of the Ji family, and it will incur its revenge."
Wu Yan sighed and straightened up, "That's why we have to quickly expand the number of military horses, preferably to 100,000, so that Ji Xin will also consider it." After all, the new dynasty was first established, and it was unstable in all directions, and he needed a period of time to digest the secret resistance of various families and straighten out the relationship between the government and the opposition, which was the golden period for the growth of our dreadnought army. After this period of time, I am afraid that people will gather the strength of the whole province to strangle us."
Yang Zheng pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "What Hu Jia said is also reasonable, this can quickly increase the strength of our army. As for the fact that the Ji family may be unfavorable to the Dreadnought, I have a way."
"Well, what a way." Wu Jian and Hu Jia looked at Yang Zheng at the same time.
"This time, the Xianyu family sent troops to help Ji Bi, and when we arrived in the south, we could use this excuse to harass Shule Province and strain the relationship between the two provinces. In this way, due to external forces, Ji Xin will have to divert some men and energy to deal with Shule Province, and the pressure on the Dreadnought Army will be much less." Yang Zheng suggested with a smile.
Wu Gen was stunned, Yang Zheng's idea was a bit borrowed from the outside, but this move was somewhat feasible. The reason why it is feasible is because of the strange topography of Shule Province, which is like a cucumber, enveloping Tieshou Province from north to south, and Bailing Province to the west.
The dreadnought army tossed in the south, which can be regarded as harassing Shule Province. Moreover, the main city of Shule Province, Gouluo City, was located in the north, and heavy troops were gathered. To the north is also the place where the Iron Hand Province is under the most pressure and there is a lot of friction between the two sides, and Ji Xin must definitely devote his main energy to this.
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate, if Ji Xin is provoked, won't he hate the Dreadnought even more." Hu Jia was a little worried.
"It's a good idea." Wu Gan pondered for a moment before speaking, "But you must grasp the heat, and you can't make things out of control. Outside or inside, it depends on Ji Xin's choice. Moreover, we were waiting for an opportunity to open the passage from Shule to the southern part of Bailing Province, so we happened to be familiar with the environment here.
Yang Zheng, contact the bird catcher, this time the two suppressors of the Xianyu family, even if they don't die on the battlefield, they must die in the Iron Hand Province. After the battle of Hanlu City, the Ji family is bound to promote the restructuring, and what they want is a stable word. I don't think Ji Xin will kill these two people, so as not to have trouble with the Xianyu family.
As for the money for hiring bird catchers, since Ji Xian has gathered all his men and horses in Cold Land City, Wuling City must be empty. In the name of supporting Hanlu City, send a partial division to capture the city, you and Wuyang take the Yihu army and your men to go, move quickly, and snatch all the savings in the city. After that, we will have to rely on ourselves for the military resources of the Dreadnought."
"Okay." Yang Zheng's eyes narrowed, knowing Wu Gan's intentions.
The three of them were muttering, and there was a sudden movement in the big village in the distance, and six teams of people and horses slowly walked out of the village
With torches, there were several carriages in between, which headed south and east.
"This Gu Yangsi is too careful, let's chase which, if we divide our troops to chase, I'm afraid we won't be able to beat it." Yang Zheng couldn't help but be speechless, obviously the other party had set up a fake convoy, just afraid that the opponent would intercept him in one fell swoop.
Wu Yan stared at these sneaky convoys and slapped the wall, "The other teams are staring at the Yihu army, and we are still chasing the convoy to the east. Take a gamble and go."
Soon, Wu Gen and Shui Congyue rushed out of the eastern camp with 3,000 men and horses who had already been lying in the camp, and went straight to a convoy to the east. At the same time, the Volunteers split into five teams and pursued the other five convoys. Fortunately, the moon is in the sky tonight, otherwise if these people burrow into the valley and woods, it will be really difficult for them to be discovered.
The convoy to the east soon spotted the pursuers behind them, and immediately began to speed up, shooting arrows backwards from time to time to block, and the two sides chased after each other in the dark night, and from time to time rockets pierced the night sky.
Wu Qian called Niu Chao over, "Quick, smell the smell of spices."
Niu Chao rubbed his sleepy eyes, stood up from the mastiff's back, and twitched his nose, "Crazy convulsions at night, this smell is so strong that it will block the dog's nose, you can't smell it?"
Wu Gen was a little relieved when he heard this, since he first met Gu Yangsi, he smelled a fragrance from the other party, and this fragrance was very unique, it should be his special spice.
"Almost, Gu Yang Siying is right ahead." Wu Ganchong beside him signaled to Shui Congyue.
"You lead someone to the back and continue to bite the other party, and I'll go and find out one or two." Shui Yueyi urged the horse to get off and chased after him from the side with more than 100 elite soldiers.
Wu Gan had to push his mount hard and keep up with the convoy. If more than 100 people from Shui Congyue start to fight with each other, they will inevitably suffer.
After all, the speed of the convoy is slower, and the distance between the two sides is also shortening a little.
Suddenly, a group of people rushed out of the convoy, led by Gu Kang, who shouted at Shui Congyue, "Shui Congyue, dare to fight Gu alone."
"Feel free." Shui Congyue still doesn't care.
The two jumped straight from their horses, like two nighthawks, and swept into the distance.
When Wu Gan heard this, he finally put his heart down, since Gu Dang was in this team, it meant that Gu Yangsi was also among them.