Chapter 176: Breaking Qi

Xiapi, the Huai army camp.

Xu Jian was also relieved when he heard that reinforcements had arrived. After all, his pressure is not small, and Qi Guo ordered Zou Ji to lead an army of 250,000 to come this time, and he couldn't resist it.

Now that there are reinforcements, he is more sure that he will continue to spend time with the Qi State.

It's just that when he saw the main general of this reinforcement, he was a little dumbfounded, why did a teenage doll come?

"Xu Jian." Otsuka shouted.

"Otsuka Zai, why are you here!" Xu Jian hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man.

"The conditions on this battlefield are difficult, how can the king order you to come?"

"Let's not talk about that." Otsuka Zai waved his hand, then pointed at Sun Bin and said, "This is Sun Bin, the military advisor appointed by the king." ”

"Strategist?" Xu Jian was stunned, then quickly reacted, pointed at Sun Bin and said, "Is he fifteen years old this year?" Let him command the war? ”

Xu Jian looked incredulous, and almost asked if the gentleman was confused.

Otsuka Zai said lightly: "The edict of the king, do you dare not listen?" ”

Xu Jian immediately closed his mouth, and then said, "He is a disciple of the Academy Palace?" ”

"Hehe, he is not only the son of the Xue Palace, but also the fourth grandson of Wu Anjun's grandson Wuzi! How, what else is there to ask? Otsuka said lightly.

"Wu Anjun's fourth grandson?" Xu Jian's eyes lit up, and he asked with anticipation: "Since the king appointed him as a military advisor, I wonder if the military advisor has a clever plan to defeat the enemy?" ”

"I've had some thoughts!" Sun Bin didn't care about Xu Jian's attitude just now, just before he served as a military advisor and went to Huaibei, Wang Kan had already said that he was going to encounter difficulties, doubts, contempt, and so on.

Then persuade him not to be careless. After being tempered in the military camp, Sun Bin already had some ideas.

After the Huai army had reinforcements, the number had reached 200,000, although it was still less than the Qi people, but it was already sure to defeat the Qi country.

Now that the Huai State is at war on three sides, he needs to deal with the Qi State as soon as possible, and then go to reinforce the Zhong State and defeat the Three Jin Alliance.

"Our reinforcements have arrived, if Qi still wants to win, there is only one way left to raid Huai'an, or withdraw directly." Sun Bin came to the military tent and pointed to Kanyutu and said.

"Qi State has won consecutive battles, morale is high, if you retreat directly like this, I am afraid that you will be unwilling, nine times out of ten you want to sneak attack Huai'an, and before coming, I deliberately understood that Qi State has the advantage of pressing step by step but does not attack the city, that is, to paralyze the defenders carelessly, and then let Huai Guo mobilize the Huai'an army, resulting in a local emptiness."

Then he fought more and fought less, and captured Huai'an, an important town in Huaiguo. After occupying Huai'an, the army cut off the canal, and even if there were many defenders in Xiapi, they could only be defeated in the end. ”

Sun Bin quickly guessed the thoughts of the general of the Qi country through clues.

"It's not good, now that the reinforcements have come, Huai'an is empty, what should Qi do if it raids Huai'an at this time?" Xu Jian's face changed, and he was about to send troops south.

"Rest easy! It hasn't happened yet, it's all just speculation! Otsuka Jae grabbed Xu Jian and said.

"Continue to listen to what the military advisor has to say!"

Xu Jian immediately reacted, since the military advisor had seen through the strategy, he had naturally made arrangements.

"Strategist, go on!"

"If what I expected is good, the Qi State should secretly go south, let people pay attention to it in the past two days, and see if there is a difference between this Qi State army and before." Sun Bin said.

Soon, after the Huai State increased its troops, the frequency of Qi State's battles instantly decreased, and at the same time, Qi State began to turn from offensive to defensive.

As for the barracks, it doesn't look any different, except that there are a lot more soldiers coming and going in the barracks.

After observing for a while, Sun Bin found Xu Jian and said: "The Qi State has divided its troops, tonight I and Commander Otsuka Zai will go south with 50,000 soldiers and horses, and General Xu will continue to confront the Qi army." ”

"Ah, already south? No way, I sent scouts and found that there were no fewer people in every camp, and there was no noticeable change in the smoke. Xu Jian asked with some confusion.

Sun Bin said: "The frequency of Qi entering and leaving the military camp has been shortened by one-third. ”

"They secretly sent the army out at night, and then let part of the army of five thousand return to the barracks during the day. In this way, you will feel that Qi is also sending reinforcements, instead of dividing troops to attack Huai'an. ”

"As for the problem of cooking smoke, this one is even simpler. Directly set up twice the stove, and the original group of ten people can be changed to a group of five people. ”

"Then set up a large number of straw men in the camp and put clothes on them, as long as they don't get close, they can't find out whether it's true or not, so that General Xu can't find out that they have gone south to attack Huai'an!"

"What should we do next?" Xu Jian was already completely convinced by Sun Bin at this time.

"Otsuka Zai and I led the army south, and the Qi State did not dare to make a big show when it went south at this time, the march must be slow, we will wait for the Huai River first. After I went south to attack the Qi State, General Xu also attacked and defeated the Chu army in a battle! ”

Immediately, Sun Bin and Otsuka Zai took advantage of the night to go south, and by the next day, Sun Bin had already arrived near the Huai River. Sun Bin let the army hide, and then quietly waited for the arrival of the Qi State.

didn't let Sun Bin wait long, and soon saw tens of thousands of Qi troops coming, seeing this situation, Sun Bin did not send a large army to attack but continued to wait.

Sure enough, this Qi army came prepared, although the Qi army did not have a sailor to help, but they prepared a large amount of wood to build a pontoon bridge.

The Qi army built five pontoon bridges at once, and then the army quickly crossed the river. After the Qi army crossed the river more than halfway, Sun Bin waved the command flag and ordered an attack. In the next second, many small boats that were originally hiding in the reeds rushed out in an instant!

These Huai soldiers directly set fire to the boats with torches, and then let the boats crash into the pontoons, which were quickly set on fire.

Seeing this situation, Qi Jun was shocked. The Qi troops who had already crossed the river also wanted to flee back.

Sun Bing waved the order flag again, only to see that the Huai army immediately rushed towards those Qi army from the hidden area. After the sudden attack, the army of Qi was very panicked. The general of the Qi State desperately wanted to stabilize the army, but unfortunately it was too late.

The army was suddenly attacked, and there was chaos all of a sudden, although the Qi army was elite, but this combat quality was far worse than the Huai army. The Huai soldiers gave them a chance at all, and after the army attacked, they immediately interspersed the Qi army and divided and surrounded the Qi army.

Sun Bin commanded the army, and the Huai army quickly divided and surrounded the Qi army on the north bank of the Huai River, and then annihilated it little by little, while the Qi army on the south bank of the Huai River could only watch the pontoon bridge burn down if they wanted to rescue.

Soon the Qi army began to surrender en masse.

(End of chapter)