Chapter Twenty-Nine: Less Wins More
Sun Ming stood on a high place, watching Cheng Yuanzhi lead the army into the canyon, and the expression on his face couldn't stop laughing.
Lu Mu chased deep into the canyon, and now Cheng Yuanzhi led his troops to be some distance away from them, but seeing that Cheng Yuanzhi was suspicious, Sun Ming waved his hand, and countless boulders rolled down again.
Seeing this, Cheng Yuanzhi shouted, "It's a plan, withdraw quickly!" ”
But countless boulders rolled down, harvesting their lives along the way, the same canyon, repeating the same scene again after a few hours, Cheng Yuanzhi couldn't imagine that his mind had already been penetrated by Yu Li.
The book of war says, "Soldiers, the way of treachery, the place of death and life, the way of survival, must not be ignored." ”
Lu Mu and Cheng Yuanzhi, as commanders, were buried at the bottom of the valley with their subordinates because of their incompetence and mistakes.
As Yu Li said, "It's too late to regret!" ”
In this battle, the Yellow Turban suffered numerous casualties, and Yu Li used the terrain and intelligence to make him pay the price of more than 20,000 people, and the two thieves were killed.
Sun Ming gathered the remnants and reorganized everyone into his own army, preparing to attack the remaining thief army in Dai County.
The next day, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Han Zhong, and Yan Ke each took 1,000 men to kill the rebels at the south gate and the east gate respectively. ”
The remaining Yellow Turban Army couldn't wait for Cheng Yuanzhi and Lu Mu's 20,000 people to come back, and they were also panicked, and now the remaining 20,000 people can't surround Dai County.
Hearing that Sun Ming was killing them again, and hearing that the leader was dead, the remaining thieves were demoralized and fled.
Seeing this, the defenders in the city cooperated with Sun Ming's troops to attack inside and outside, and the whole army went out of the city to kill the enemy.
The thieves scattered and fled, those who could not escape all laid down their weapons and surrendered, Guan and Zhang waved their troops to chase, and there were countless people who surrendered, and returned with a great victory, and Xu Mou personally went out of the city to meet Sun Ming on behalf of the county.
This battle made Sun Ming famous, defeating Cheng Yuanzhi with 3,000 people, more than 40,000 people, capturing more than 10,000 people, and countless grains and grasses.
Such a dazzling record was placed there, and the huge success made some changes in the hearts of the generals, and the conceit and pride slowly spread in the army.
Sun Ming saw the mood of the generals fluctuating, and reiterated many times not to underestimate the enemy.
At the banquet, Xu Mu was even kinder to let the famous beauty Mi Lan in Dai County accompany Sun Ming to drink.
Her skin is better than snow, her eyes are like silk, and her tender words are like candied fruit, constantly tempting Sun Ming and stimulating his hormones.
After the banquet was dispersed, Sun Ming declined Xu Mu's kindness and went back with his own people, without looking at Mi Landuo.
Just like Sun Ming said before, he has just started his great business, and he is still marching and fighting, how can he have the heart to deal with this kind of red face and trouble.
At this time, the army was also holding a banquet to reward the soldiers, and after returning, Sun Ming was even more unpretentious to drink and have fun with the soldiers.
Yu Li is also a rare smile, and the soldiers drink happily, this is a night of their victory.
Now that the siege of Daixian has been lifted, he will continue to go north until Gaoliu, the seat of Daijun, and before leaving, Sun Ming will dismantle the 1,000 people of Yanke, and let him take the men and horses back to Guangchang to make a mission.
Sun Ming gathered his men in the camp and announced that they would continue to march tomorrow and let Yan Ke go back, Yu Li was not surprised by Sun Ming's decision.
However, Zhang Fei was puzzled, "Owner, why do you want Yan Ke to leave?" After these days of marching, Zhang Fei also followed Guan Yu and others to call Sun Ming the owner.
Sun Ming pretended to be Xuan Xuan and said, "Well, what do you think, Brother Yide"
Zhang Fei scratched his head, thought for a moment, and then replied, "My subordinates don't know, but I believe that the owner must have a point." ”
Sun Ming replied, "The book of soldiers once said, 'I will listen to my plan, use it to win, and keep it.'" They will not listen to my plan, and they will be defeated if they use it, and they will go away. ’”
"If you don't accept me like Yan Ke, it's better to divide it early. Now that the battle has been won, everyone is happy and naturally there is no disagreement, but once the situation is unfavorable in the future, then the cracks will be infinitely magnified. ”
Sun Ming continued, "You and the others all came out of Zhuoxian County with me, they are all my cronies, my handsome orders you and others will obey, and I also trust you very much." ”
"But that Yan Ke is different, although he already admires me, but he has no intention of being convinced, so he should deal with it as soon as possible."
Sun Ming is very clear about his positioning, he is a man who wants to sit in that high position, and it is difficult for him to enter Sun Ming's eyes now if his attributes are not outstanding.
And he is not in a hurry, there are many famous generals waiting for him to dig in the future.
Although Sun Ming retains more than 100 attributes, this is to be of great use in the future.
He didn't plan to use it on Yan Ke's favorability at all, although Yan Ke's favorability towards Sun Ming had increased to 67 (friend) after that battle.
After Zhang Fei and Guan Yu listened to the explanations of the two, they suddenly realized.
Gaoliu is in the northwest of Dai County, starting from Dai County, there are two branches, all the way along the Qiyi River to the west, through Pingshu City to the north.
All the way to the north to Sangqian, and then to the west, this road is easier to walk, but a little farther.
Sangqian is the place where the three rivers meet, located in the center of Dai County, and was occupied by the rebels half a month ago. Sun Ming originally came to suppress the thief, so he naturally chose to go to Sangqian.
After a few days of preparation, Sun Ming's army has grown from 3,000 to more than 8,000, most of which are the old Yellow Turban army.
The mighty set off from Dai County and went north to Sangqian.
They have already handed over to Xu Mu these days, and they have also learned a lot of information about the next city Sangqian.
Although Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals felt that they were a little too cautious, they were now an invincible army.
But he was also muttering twice in private, Sun Ming's words that could not be taken lightly last time were still in his ears, so the few of them did not bring it to the table to say.
Sun Ming still marched step by step, commanding the army to march quickly towards Sangqian, encountering small groups of enemies along the way, and all of them fled.
The commander of the Yellow Turban Army guarding Sangqian is called Xing Bi, who, like Cheng Yuanzhi and Lu Miao, is the commander of the Yellow Turban Army, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.
This person has some strategy, but his personality is too soft, and he can't make up his mind about many things.
He has a few capable generals under him, and some people help him with advice, and Eddie, who escaped from Wuruan Pass at the beginning, is now also under his account.
Xing Bi heard that Sun Ming was leading an army to attack him, and he would come to Sangqian in a few days, and he also learned that Sun Ming had taken Wuruan Pass, and also broke Cheng Yuanzhi and Lu Miao, and now he was menacing, and he was afraid that he was not his opponent, so he summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.
One of his advisers said, "General, that Sun Ming is not rushing to wait for me, now the morale of the enemy army is high, the number is more than 10,000, it cannot be shaken, in my opinion, you can temporarily give up Sang Qian, then Sun Ming will not stay in this city for too long, and when he leaves, Sang Qian is the general again." ”
Xing Bi was moved when he heard this, Sang Qian, he was finally defeated, and he was definitely reluctant to give up, but he didn't want to fight Sun Ming head-on, this strategy of the strategist just said Xing Bi's thoughts.
Many subordinates in the audience also echoed, believing that this plan could be achieved.
Xing Bi praised in his heart, "Although marching back and forth consumes more grain and grass, this is undoubtedly the best policy." ”