The Qi army that crossed the Huai River was about 60,000, and all five pontoon bridges were burned down. The return of 60,000 Qi troops was cut off, and the Huai army broke it in one fell swoop.

Lu Ji looked at the Qi army in chaos on the north bank, and knew that this battle was powerless, and when the Huai army defeated the Qi army on the north bank of the Huai River, it would be their turn next.

Lu Ji's face was ugly, he was now cut off, and there were only five days left for grain and grass, and he could save some food for a maximum of seven days, and then the army would collapse even if no one attacked.

Seeing this situation, Lu Ji could only make a desperate bet, and immediately gritted his teeth, and the whole army accelerated towards Huai'an. In this case, Lu Ji wanted to raid and break through Huai'an, if Huai'an was breached, not only would the more than 60,000 troops led by himself be safe, but he would even be able to turn defeat into victory and cut off the logistics of the Huai army.

Now that the time has come when you can only fight for it.

Lu Ji did not take care of the rear army on the north bank of Huaishui, and immediately led an army of more than 60,000 people to advance all the way to Huai'an.

Huai'an is not far from Huaishui, it is not more than a hundred miles away, and Lu Ji's army can arrive in a day's hurry. The army quickly marched towards Huai'an, and Sun Bin commanded the army to cut and surround the Qi army, and then eat it little by little.

Tens of thousands of Qi troops were blocked in the Huai River, unable to advance or retreat, and there were Huai water troops in the Huai River who continued to shoot with arrows and rain, and the Qi army suffered heavy losses.

Sun Bin took the Tengjia army as the vanguard, broke the Qi army three times in a row, surrounded the Qi army, and in the end, the Qi army suffered 30,000 casualties, and the rest all surrendered, and the Huai army also paid the price of 10,000 casualties.

A large number of Qi troops surrendered, and Sun Bin left some soldiers to guard the surrendered troops, and then led the army to cross the river to prepare to attack the Qi army on the south bank.

Lu Ji soon rushed to the city of Huai'an, at this time Huai'an had already been summoned by the beacon fire, closed the city gate, defended, saw Huai'an, where the city was high and deep, Lu Ji did not have a good way, and directly ordered the army to attack.

This time the southward sneak attack, the Qi army carried a large number of siege equipment. Although some of them have been burned or fallen into the hands of the Huai army, there are still a lot of Lu Ji left here.

Tens of thousands of Qi troops attacked frantically, they knew that breaking through Huai'an was their only chance, and the army did not try it at all, and directly attacked with all its might.

Dozens of cloud ladders advanced, and a large number of archers threw them, and for a time they suppressed the head of Huai'an City. The army of Qi took the opportunity to start the project. But at this time, a large number of archers suddenly stood up on the city wall, and they threw a burst of shots at the Qi soldiers.

Under the carelessness of Qi State, there were heavy casualties suddenly.

Seeing this situation, Lu Ji didn't have the slightest intention of stopping, he knew very well that their time was limited, and once the Huai State defeated the Qi army on the north bank of the Huai River, he would immediately come to attack them. At that time, if Lu Ji had not captured Huai'an, the army of this Qi State would have to face internal and external attacks.

So they had to fight a time lag and conquer Huai'an before the Huai army arrived.

Tens of thousands of Qi troops besieged Huai'an, but the Qi army did not know that there was no emptiness in Huai'an City as they imagined. After Sun Bin and Otsuka Zai came to Huai'an, they specially invited all the nobles in Huai'an City to hand over their private soldiers.

These nobles did not dare to resist at all, and honestly handed over their private soldiers one by one, almost every family of these nobles had more than 50 private soldiers, adding up to almost 3,000 people, plus the original 5,000 defenders of Huai'an, as well as the recruited soldiers, more than 10,000 people.

If these 10,000 soldiers go out of the city to fight, they will definitely not succeed, and they may be defeated in a battle, but if they are used to defend the city, it will be completely different.

Most of the families of these soldiers are in the city, and at the same time, those nobles and nobles also live in the city, and the army is attacking the city, these people must work together to resist desperately, and their combat power is ten times higher than that of the previous field battle.

This is also the reason why Sun Bin let these people defend the city.

Countless arrows fell from the sky, and a large number of baffles were quickly erected on the head of Huai'an City, and the rain of arrows on the city wall kept throwing down. Although the Qi army attacked desperately, it was never able to capture the city.

In just one day, he attacked five times, all of which failed, and the morale of the army was low, so Lu Ji had to let the army withdraw to rest.

After carrying the first day, the defenders in Huai'an City also breathed a sigh of relief. When the army set out, Sun Bin had already told them that if the Qi army attacked, it would basically be time for the trapped beasts to fight, as long as they resisted the attack of the Qi State on the first day, the Qi army would only get weaker and weaker, and the second was to prevent the Qi army from attacking at night.

Sure enough, that night, the Qi army sent elites to steal the city, but the Huai army had already prepared, a large number of torches and rockets were thrown from the city wall, and the Qi army that attacked at night had nowhere to hide and was shot in large numbers, and the Huai'an defenders repelled the Qi army again.

When it was the next day, the Qi army attacked the city again, and Lu Ji knew that there was not much time left for him, so he ordered the army to attack with all his might, but most of the siege equipment was destroyed yesterday, and the outside of Huai'an City was already fortified, and there were not a few logs to be found, and the strength of Qi's attack was not even as strong as yesterday, and it was easily blocked by the defenders of Huai'an City.

Lu Ji's face was ugly, and at this time, his idea of raiding and capturing Huai'an was basically unrealizable. At the same time, Sun Bin, who had finished the Qi army on the north bank of the Huai River, led the army to chase after him.

The 100,000 Huai army was surrounded on all sides, and tens of thousands of Qi troops had no way to escape, plus the food and grass were exhausted, and finally had to surrender.

After solving the southward army of the Qi State, Sun Bin led the army north again, preparing to defeat the remaining Qi army, but after Sun Bin defeated the Qi army on the south bank of the Huai River last time, Zou Ji had already received the news, after all, there was no river blocking the south bank of the Huai River, and many routs fled all the way back.

After Zou Ji learned that the strategy failed, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately commanded the army to retreat at night.

In order to prevent being discovered, Zou Ji planted a large number of straw men in the camp, and flags were all over the place. At the same time, the goats are hoisted and hung on the drum.

The goats struggled on all fours, the war drums were beating, and the flags were fluttering, making people think that there were still people in the camp. It wasn't until the next day that Xu Feng realized that something was wrong, and after sending someone to investigate, he found that the Qi army camp had long been an empty camp.

After Xu Feng learned that the Qi army had retreated, he immediately commanded the army to pursue, but the Qi army had been evacuated for two days, and even if the Huai State pursued it with all its might, it still did not catch up with the Qi army, but only recovered the lost territory.

Sun Bin led the army to Xiapi again, and was not disappointed to learn that the Qi army had retreated. Just gathered all the generals and left an army of 100,000 to garrison Tancheng, and he and Otsuka Zai led the army to prepare to deal with the Sanjin.

Sun Bin has been looking forward to this world-famous Sanjin general Pang Juan for a long time. Pang Juan, don't let me down! Sun Bin looked at the sky in the north.

(End of chapter)