Su Qing asked tentatively: "Lord Wang, could it be ...... King Qi has already been ambushed in Shanghe, this Texas Left Guard is just fake news released by King Qi? ”

"This ......"

Jin Rong rarely didn't get into a fight with Su Qing, and said in agreement, "Lord Wang, this is indeed a bit like an ambush, why don't we fight in another place?" ”

"No way!"

King Han said firmly: "King Qi must be using an empty city strategy to scare off this king, does he think this king is afraid of him, it is impossible!" Pass the order and march at full speed! ”

It is impossible to coward, and the King of Han decided to stick to his own heart, ignoring these strange operations thrown by King Qi, and bent on Shanghe.

All in all, King Han: If I don't listen, I won't listen, I'll go to Shanghe!

The large army insisted on going their own way, and although their hearts were a little heavy, they still marched eastward and were about to arrive in Shanghe City.

As it turned out, there was no ambush.

King Han felt that his behavior of sticking to his heart was right, and King Qi was really cheating him!

What an empty plan, I can see through your tricks at a glance!

This King Qi is really cunning, he wants to use psychological tactics to defeat our army, but fortunately, I am a step ahead!

Just as everyone was jubilant and preparing to launch a fierce attack on the Shang River, the herald hurried to the camp and shouted anxiously.

"Lord Yu! King Qi's Jining Wei has entered the Qingzhou region from Zichuan, approaching the direction of Le'an! ”

The king of Han in the handsome camp was struck by lightning: "What the hell are you talking about?" ”

"Jiningwei, aren't you retreating to Qidong?"

……

In Qingzhou, the commander of Jining Wei rode a horse and galloped, and behind him were the two thousand men and horses left after the bloody battle of Putai, and their goal was very clear, that is, Le'an, the old nest of the King of Han.

The commander of Jining Wei was not mistaken, King Qi asked them to withdraw from Potai, and sure enough, there was a more important task waiting for them.

The king of Han crossed the Yellow River with the main force, which was a strange move, but the trick also had drawbacks. His main force went to Shanghe, and the rear defense line was also empty because the troops were withdrawn, revealing flaws.

And King Qi seized this flaw and ordered the troops to detour from the direction of Zichuan, Jiningwei took a "V" shaped route, first retreated from Potai to Qidong, and then from Qidong to Zichuan, and finally rushed straight to Le'an, forming a perfect ring.

Once Le'an is captured, then the King of Han is like meat on the board, let him jump, anyway, there is no food and grass and no supplies, as long as King Qi can endure the encirclement and suppression, it is a matter of time before the King of Han is trapped.

From the beginning, Zhu Gaoxian first attacked to seize Zichuan, and later gave up the defense line, but only left Zichuan to defend it, and finally now use Zichuan as a bridge to ensure that the army can enter Qingzhou safely, everything is interlocking, and the layout is long-term.

This clever trick is really clever.

……

"Lord Wang, do you want to give the order to withdraw the army and return to Le'an?"

In the camp of King Han, Jin Rong asked anxiously, "It's still too late to withdraw the army, Le'an is heavily guarded, King Qi will definitely not be able to attack it for a while and a half, let alone a month and a half, maybe there will be a chance to counterattack." ”

"No, it is impossible for King Qi to only let Jining Wei attack Le'an with 2,000 people, he is not so stupid."

King Han said in a hoarse voice, "Jiningwei is just the first army to cross Zichuan, don't forget, King Qi is putting the main force in Qidong to fight a decisive battle with us, Jiningwei is just the first army to make a detour from Qidong, and it is definitely followed by the other main forces of King Qi to besiege Le'an." Le'an was able to hold on for more than three hours, which was a serious mistake by King Qi. ”

Until now, the King of Han has understood that King Qi never does useless work.

Every step of King Qi is paving the way for the next step, although King Han has been trying to avoid being pulled into King Qi's rhythm, but in the end he was forced by King Qi to have no way out, so he could only follow the route set by King Qi for him.

Up to now, the King of Han had not engaged in any large-scale outbreak battle with King Qi's army on a frontal battlefield, but King Qi had only mobilized his troops to run back and forth, and King Han was already feeling exhausted.

"Lord Wang, there is no time for us to hesitate now."

Su Qing reminded, "Now King Qi and we are all competing for time, every moment is the object of contention, we must immediately make a decision whether to withdraw to Le'an." ”

King Han also understood this truth, he took a deep breath, his eyes were resolute: "Don't withdraw!" King Qi wants to fight Le'an, so give Le'an to King Qi! ”

Jin Rong was shocked: "Don't withdraw?!" ”

King Han resolutely said: "We must now capture Shanghe in the shortest possible time, so that we can occupy the base area, advance to Jinan City, and force King Qi to withdraw his army!" ”

The difference between King Han and King Qi is that King Han has been personally leading the army to fight, while King Qi has been commanding the army in Jinan City. 、

It's not because King Qi is greedy for life and afraid of death, but because there is no need for that.

King Han personally led the army to boost morale, and King Qi's prestige comes with a morale bonus, as long as they hear the name King Qi, the soldiers naturally feel that this battle has been won.

But this also allowed the King of Han to find an opportunity, as long as he surrounded the city of Jinan, now that the main force of King Qi is outside, there is still a good chance to complete the "beheading", even if he can't take King Qi directly, he can force King Qi to transfer his position, complete the tactics of changing homes, or force the main force of the imperial army in Jihuo Le'an back to Jinan.

Su Qing found a flaw in King Han's plan: "If we fail to capture Shanghe in a short period of time, the disadvantage will only get bigger and bigger." ”

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

King Han said confidently, "He, King Qi, only left a new army like the Texas Left Guard in Shanghe, what did he use to stop me?" Lao Tzu's artillery can divide his Texas Left Guard into ashes with three strikes and five divisions! ”

……

In front of Shanghe County, the King of Han fell silent.

After a long time, he said in a depressed voice: "Withdraw!" ”

It is true that King Qi did not play him this time, and there is indeed only one Texas left guard in Shanghe County.

But a disgusting scene appeared, on all the walls of Shanghe County, there were rows of wooden signs, these wooden signs were ordinary and ordinary, but they could discourage the tens of thousands of main elites of the Han Dynasty.

Just because these wooden signs are engraved with a column of small characters:

——Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty

When this column of small characters is engraved on the seal, these wooden signs are no longer ordinary wooden signs, but copper walls that are invulnerable!

At the time of Jingjing, Zhu Di led the army to attack Jinan with high spirits, and Tie Xuan, the "door god" of the imperial court, also used this trick, which made Zhu Di grit his teeth but was helpless, and finally had to give up attacking Jinan.

And what happened to Zhu Gaoxu now is very similar to Zhu Di back then.

If they are really simple anti-thieves, it doesn't matter, what kind of damn Zhu Yuanzhang's magic card, they will dig up the ancestral grave directly!

However, Zhu Gaoxu played the signboard of "Jing Nan", if he ignored these magic cards and insulted his grandfather's tablet, then he would really be a beast and thief who did not recognize his six relatives, and he would definitely be abused and opposed by the whole world, even if he captured the Shang River, it was just a dry bone in the grave at that time.

Of course, there is no way to crack it.

These magic cards are just guarding against the indiscriminate bombardment of Zhu Gaoxu's artillery.

As long as Zhu Gaoxu does not use artillery, he can still capture Shanghe, but it is only a matter of time.

However, what Zhu Gaoxu lacks most now is time.

He crossed the Yellow River with artillery with great difficulty, carefully fearing that the artillery would be muted after being invaded by water, and ordered the cavalry troops to move slowly to prevent the artillery from keeping up.

In the face of these wooden brands, artillery is simply useless.

If he was dragged here by Shanghe, then there would really be nothing, and the King of Han did not hesitate at all, and directly gave up attacking Shanghe County and returned to help Le'an.

Although it is very aggrieved, it can only be like this.

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his tablet had been used repeatedly to defend the city, I was afraid that his expression would be quite exciting.

Zhu Yuanzhang: Thank you, you have been filial piety.

……

Zhu Gaoxu, with his army with low morale, is returning to the direction of Le'an.

Although he was already working very hard, but the speed never improved, the king of Han said angrily: "Why is the march so slow, at this speed, when we arrive in Qingzhou, Le'an is already the Le'an of King Qi!" ”

Su Qing said helplessly: "Lord Wang, we can't move forward at full speed with artillery, the cavalry and infantry artillery are three points and one line, if the cavalry and infantry go too fast, the artillery will not be able to catch up." ”

This is actually the law of the barrel, it is not the longest board that determines the amount of water stored in the barrel, but the shortest board.

With the heavy artillery in tow, the cavalry and infantry in front could only slow down and stay on the same line as the artillery, so that the speed would naturally slow down.

"What do I want this cannon for!"

King Han angrily grabbed his head and roared, "I worked hard to drag the artillery across the Yellow River, and then crossed the mountains and mountains to reach the Shang River, but this artillery was dragged back without firing a single shell, and the only function of keeping it is to slow down the marching speed of our army, what use do you want it!" ”

The current King of Han was angry at the mention of artillery, and said categorically: "Leave the artillery alone!" It is slow, it is slow, it must not delay the marching speed of the cavalry and infantry, the top priority is to gallop to the aid of Qingzhou, once Qingzhou's Le'an is gone, and then keep this artillery to do anything! ”

Su Qing was shocked: "Lord Wang, by all means, once a war with the enemy starts, artillery is the biggest killing weapon of our army, whether it is attacking or defending the city, artillery is an irreplaceable link." Discarding artillery at this time is tantamount to self-defeat. ”

King Han maintained his last calm: "This king didn't say that he didn't want artillery, King Qi's main force is now on the way to besiege Le'an, they don't have time to ambush, we just let the artillery go slowly, not give up, give priority to the cavalry and infantry go first, and after engaging the enemy, the artillery will follow." ”

Su Qing smiled bitterly: "Now, it can only be like this." ”

(End of chapter)