The soldiers of the Zhou army had just woken up from their dreams, and they were powerless to resist in the face of the Huai army that suddenly rushed up.

Chen Yue took the lead, led the army to charge, and the Zhou army was strewn with corpses everywhere he passed, and the Zhou army camp was soon shattered, and the Huai soldiers divided the Zhou army into small pieces, and then exterminated.

Finally, when the sun rose, the camp was full of Zhou corpses, and a large number of Zhou people on the other side became prisoners.

After a big battle, all the Zhou troops outside Siyang were captured.

And now, the strategic intentions of Wang Zhao, Wei Yi, Wang Tao and others have all been realized, and the 100,000 troops of Bangzhou have been surrounded by Huaiguo and Xu in the land of Huaisi, and the back road of the Bangzhou army has been cut off, and there is only half a month left for grain and grass, and it has reached the juncture of life and death.

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Under the city of Huai'an, the banner is spreading, and the camp stretches for ten miles.

Countless soldiers are like ants, wielding weapons and carrying ladders to attack the city. This siege method is the roughest and most brutal. After Ji Bi exhausted all kinds of siege methods, they were all resolved one by one, and in the end, he could only use ants to attack the city.

Tens of thousands of troops took turns to attack, but Huai'an City was high and deep, Zijue deliberately stored a large amount of grain and grass, all kinds of city defense equipment, rolling wood and stones, there was no shortage of water in the city, and the people in the city were united, and if they wanted to break through such a strong city, even if it was ten times the number of troops, they would have to consume the food in the city to have a chance.

After three consecutive days of attacking, the Bangzhou army suffered heavy casualties, but the result was only to attack the city, and then it was quickly pushed down.

Ji Bi stood on top of the chariot and saw the army that had been defeated again and returned, his face was very ugly.

In the big tent, everyone didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of touching the head of the Son of Heaven, but at this time, the herald hurriedly walked in, dragged a bamboo tube with both hands, and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the marquis has urgent information sent!" ”

The temple man next to him stepped forward to take the bamboo tube, and then sent it up respectfully.

Ji Bi tore open the wax seal, opened the bamboo slip to check, just glanced at it, and suddenly stood on the spot, and the bamboo slip in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.

Yu Qing's face changed next to him, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Ji Bi sit down, and then picked up the bamboo slip, only glanced at it, Yu Qing's face changed slightly, and then forcibly restrained his expression, and then said to the surrounding ministers: "The king is a little tired, you guys retreat first!" ”

"Yes!" These ministers didn't dare to ask more, and they all retreated.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Qing said to the heralds: "Take care of all the heralds, and no one is allowed to approach without the king's order." ”

Soon everyone retreated, and only Yu Qing and Ji Bi were left in the big tent.

"Your Majesty, the back road of the army has been cut off, and we can no longer fight under this Huai'an city, we must take advantage of the fact that there is still food and grass in the army, open up the retreat route as soon as possible, and retreat! Otherwise, it is small for me to die, and the king's body is the state of Zhou Sheji, so I can't lose it! Yu Qing couldn't care about anything else at this time, and just wanted to bring Ji Bi back as soon as possible.

"Yes, yes, we can't wait any longer, go back, go back, the army wants to return to the division and cross the Huai River again!" Ji Bi also recovered at this time and hurriedly said.

"Order the army to return at once!" Ji Bi immediately wanted to give an order.

"No king!" Yu Qing said: "The return of the army can not be moved lightly, the back road of the army is cut off, once it spreads, the morale plummets, I am afraid that the army will collapse, and once it is known by the Huai people, the Huai army will pursue it, and the six armies of the Son of Heaven will be buried!" ”

"This..." Ji Bi was also taken aback by this consequence, and didn't dare to give an order.

"Yu Qing, does Yu Qing have a clever plan?"

Looking at the panicked Son of Heaven, Yu Qing sighed again in his heart, this Son of Heaven is completely different from King Kang, he is so happy, his ambition is great and his talent is sparse, and his eyes are low, he is talking about this kind of person, who was bent on going his own way and wanted to conquer Huai Guo in the east, and now the army is in danger, but Zhang Huang is at a loss, but he can't ignore it, the Son of Heaven should die, but outside the big tent, the 100,000 Zhou people should not die!

"Your Majesty, you should order the front army to cushion the rear, and then the Chinese army will escort the Son of Heaven to retreat, and the rear army will take the first step, return to Huaishui, open the back road, and rebuild the pontoon bridge."

"Yu Qing is really a talent, just do what Yu Qing said!" Ji Bi immediately said.

Ji Bi was like grabbing a life-saving straw, and hurriedly asked Yu Ke to do it.

Yu Ke was not polite, and immediately sent someone to call several generals and assign tasks. It is not easy for the 100,000 army to retreat, and it cannot be detected by the Huai people, otherwise the retreat of the army is likely to become defeated.

Yu Ke asked people to command the front army to line up, and the rear army quietly pulled out the camp, and when the sky was dark, they left at night, and the Chinese army retreated slowly at night with the army's grain and grass. The front army continued to leave the siege, but instead of attacking the city with ants, they used bows and arrows to shoot at each other.

According to Yu Ke's requirements, the front army should attack under Huaiyang City for at least three days to cover the retreat of the army, and at the same time, the camp tents in the military camp will not be reduced, and there will be more flags during the day and more torches at night to confuse the Huai people.

The next day, the Bangzhou army continued to besiege Huaiyang City. It's just that the intensity of the attack can't be compared with the previous one at all, and this change was immediately felt by the general defending the city, and then immediately reported it to Wang Zhao.

After getting the information from the front, Wang Zhao immediately felt that there were ghosts in it. Immediately handed the bamboo slip to the Minister of State Wang Tao and said: "Prime Minister, look at this information." ”

Wang Tao took the bamboo slip and looked at it, then bowed to Wang Zhao and said, "Your Majesty, I am very happy!" Calculating the time, it should be that Weiyi cut off the Huaishui, and the back road of Bangzhou was cut off. ”

"This is a suspicious formation, trying to confuse us and others so that the army can retreat!"

"Hahaha, Bang Zhou's 100,000 army is cut off, there is no food and grass, morale is low, and you still want to evacuate? Wish for the moon! Wang Zhao laughed.

At the same time, the messenger sent by the guard also rushed to the side of the city, and was hoisted by the soldiers on the city wall in a hanging basket, and a bamboo tube was soon sent into the palace of the Huai king. After getting the exact news, Wang Zhao did not hesitate and immediately ordered

"The back road of the Bang Zhou army has been cut off by the naval armies of our Huai and Xu countries, the grain and grass have been seized, Zhou Tianzi has fled in a hurry, pass my order, the army will go out of the city, break the Zhou army, and capture Zhou Tianzi alive!"

"The army will attack and capture Zhou Tianzi alive!"

"The army will attack and capture Zhou Tianzi alive!"

The order was conveyed, and the 10,000 troops in the entire Huaiyang City immediately responded. After hiding in the city for two months, these soldiers could not hold back for a long time, and now that the order to attack was given, they immediately cheered in unison.

Hearing the shouts outside the palace, Wang Zhao laughed and said: "The military heart is available, our army will win this battle!" ”

Soon the Huaiguo army was completed, and then, the gate of Huai'an City was opened, and 10,000 troops rushed out of the prancing horse and rushed straight to the Zhou army camp.

At this time, the Bangzhou army did not expect that the Huai people would dare to rush out of the city and go straight to the camp. Without the slightest defense, the camp was empty, and it was directly penetrated.

The battle of Zhou Huai is a classic battle in ancient China to defeat the strong with the weak, in the war, the Huai king Zhao, Wei Yi first fortified the wall and cleared the field, showed the enemy to be weak, lured the enemy deep with weak military strength three times, and after the Zhou army was exhausted, cut off the back road of the Zhou army's grain road with the navy, and then divided and annihilated, which was an important turning point for the Western Zhou Dynasty royal power from prosperity to decline. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Zhou Dynasty: Western Zhou Dynasty"