10. The sand and dust retreat from the enemy
Because the scholar king secretly carried out his conspiracy and tricks, he was ready to use insidious means to collude with the prince of Cuizhu Kingdom and rebel against the prince, and when the water came to fruition, he would deal a heavy blow to the army of Cuizhu Kingdom and make it completely defeated, so as to achieve his own goals. Therefore, after King Shusheng returned to China, Marshal Tian Long, who was left behind, insisted on only defending and not attacking under the arrangement of King Shusheng. Prime Minister Miao Wen and the Queen Mother could only lead the kingdom army to confront the garrison with Tian Long's coalition army, waiting for the opportunity to prepare for a decisive battle.
Besides, after Jun Song instigated the success of the court incident of the prince of the Cuizhu Kingdom, he hurriedly returned to Niuling Country by the same route, and reported to the King of Scholars that he was done, and the King of Scholars felt that when the Prince of Cuizhu Kingdom was raising troops to rush to the river valley, he should immediately organize the coalition army to prepare, observe the movement, cooperate with the prince at any time, and take a front and rear attack to completely eliminate the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom and achieve each other's goals. At present, the Beast King is seriously injured in the eye and is still in medical treatment, so he can't go to the river valley to continue the battle with the Cuizhu Kingdom army, so the scholar king and General Su Claw, after leaving the river valley for a while, quietly came to the river valley to prepare for a life-and-death battle. After King Scholar came to the valley, he did not show up in public, and explained that Marshal Tian Long would retreat two miles back to the direction of Gucheng to re-encamp and garrison.
After the prince listened to the instigation of the scholar king and became the king by tricks, in order to completely eliminate the troubles, according to the collusion with the scholar king, the prince immediately organized the kingdom army that remained in the court, brought his cronies, and rushed to the river valley non-stop. The soldiers were very fast, and when Prime Minister Miao Wen and the Queen Mother were not even the slightest vigilant, the prince's army first came to the mouth of Zizhu Valley to settle the army. In order to paralyze Prime Minister Miao Wen, so as not to find out that Prime Minister Miao was abnormal, the prince stationed important forces in the hidden area of the valley, and led a thousand personal soldiers to rush straight to the river valley, planning to attack the army of Prime Minister Miao and the Queen Mother on both sides, and the army hidden at the mouth of the valley poured out again, so that there was a great chance of victory.
Prime Minister Miao Wen found that the area along the Xuantan River Valley from the mouth of Zizhu Valley was dusty, and the allied army of King Shusheng in the direction of Gucheng received the news that the prince's army had arrived, and immediately organized an army to meet Prime Minister Miao's army. Prime Minister Miao Cheng felt that the situation was very bad, and immediately sent Guan Xiong to lead the troops to the direction of Zizhu Mountain to understand the situation, Guan Xiong found that it was the prince who came with the troops, and the prince told Guan Xiong that because the war had lasted for a long time, he had not yet driven away the enemy coalition and won, and he was not at ease in the imperial court, so he took it upon himself to lead the troops to help the war and protect the king and the queen mother. Guan Xiong suddenly felt that the situation was strange, and while immediately sending someone to report the situation to Prime Minister Miao Cheng, he asked the prince to stop the march and wait for the will of the king and the queen mother. The prince was afraid that Prime Minister Miao and the Queen Mother would find out his true purpose, so he insisted on leading the army to rush forward, Guan Xiong lined up a thousand elite soldiers to prevent the prince from moving forward, and the prince didn't care about 3721, and led the troops to fight with Guan Xiong in the river valley.
After Prime Minister Miao Wen received the report sent by Guan Xiong, he observed the movements of the coalition forces in front of him, and immediately understood the prince's tricks. Prime Minister Miao, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, knows that his army may face a predicament at present, and if he does not make the fastest decision in time, he will fall into their trap and be completely defeated. Miao Cheng made a quick decision and ordered all his soldiers to retreat to the lower reaches of the valley as quickly as possible, and jump out of the encirclement arranged by the prince and the scholar king as soon as possible.
King Scholar found that the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom led by Prime Minister Miao Cheng had not yet arrived when the prince's army had not arrived, so he raised his troops and retreated, knowing that Prime Minister Miao Wen had seen through their tricks, King Scholar hurriedly organized troops to chase after him from behind. When General Guan Xiong led only 1,000 elite soldiers to stop the prince's army from holding on, Prime Minister Miao and the Queen Mother protected the king and led the kingdom army to rush down.
Because the conspiracy to form a front and rear attack was discovered by Prime Minister Miao Cheng, after the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom retreated to the lower reaches of the river valley in order to preserve its strength, King Shusheng had no choice but to unite with the prince and lead the army to chase after Prime Minister Miao Cheng's army. When Prime Minister Miao led the kingdom's army to retreat to the end of the river valley, the end of the valley was the sparkling Xuantan Lake. There was no way back, Prime Minister Miao Cheng ordered General Guan Xiong to lead an elite army to block the river valley avenue, there was no other way, Prime Minister Miao Cheng had to organize the army to be stationed at the end of the river valley.
The scholar king and the prince led the army to chase to the end of the river valley, and found that Guan Xiong was blocked on the river valley avenue, and the army led by Prime Minister Miao Cheng was currently on the beach at the end of the river valley, and it was already a situation where the mountains and rivers were exhausted and there was no way out. At present, the situation facing the army of King Cuizhu is very dangerous, with Xuantan Lake next to the beach in the back, towering mountains on the left and right, and in front of the army of the scholar king and the prince who want to kill them. King Scholar felt that instead of losing his troops and rushing into the army of the Cuizhu Kingdom to fight, it was better to use the natural danger to encircle for a long time. In a few days, the people and horses of the Cuizhu Kingdom will sit and wait to be killed, and when the time comes, it will be completed, which is called a soldier who surrenders without a fight.
After Prime Minister Miao Wen stationed the army, he observed the current terrain where he was located, and the only road leading to Gangshi Country at the end of the river valley had also been heavily defended by King Shusheng, and the current kingdom army was really in a desperate situation. Looking at the towering mountains and the endless Xuantan Lake, Prime Minister Miao Cheng thought that he had already put life and death aside for the safety of the Cuizhu Kingdom, but the king was young and would suffer this catastrophe under his own protection.
Seeing that the army led by Prime Minister Miao Cheng, who was in a hurry to retreat and had insufficient food and grass, was declining day by day, the scholar king and the prince simply drank wine and meat in the military camp opposite every day to lure the soldiers of the hungry Cuizhu Kingdom army to surrender as soon as possible. The Queen Mother felt that after the death of the old king, the prince was so vicious, and the current future as the king's son was bleak, and she was deeply hopeless. The Queen Mother was about to throw herself into Xuantan Lake several times and died, but she was dissuaded by Prime Minister Miao. Prime Minister Miao Cheng deeply felt that he had to make a breakthrough in a short period of time, and if there was really no breakthrough strategy, then he would only die after being in a desperate situation. But with the current situation, there is no way to turn the tide unless there is a godsend.
At night, the Xuantan River valley is unusually quiet, and the military camp at the end of the valley is significantly decadent in the dim light. Prime Minister Miao Cheng watched the celestial phenomena in the middle of the night, and according to the arrangement and trend of the stars in the sky, Prime Minister Miao Cheng, who was proficient in astronomy and geography, knew that a strong northwest wind was about to blow from the lower reaches of the valley to the upper reaches of the valley in a few days. In this desperate situation, there is no way out, if you encounter a bad northwest wind again, it is inevitable to suffer a catastrophe no matter what. Prime Minister Miao Cheng suddenly felt extremely heavy, looking at the beach in the lower reaches of the river valley, Miao Cheng fell into deep thought. Suddenly, Prime Minister Miao's eyes lit up, and the feeling of being in a desperate situation suddenly came to his heart, and there was a surprise of another village.
At dawn the next day, Prime Minister Miao immediately organized all the soldiers to transfer the sand and dust from the beach at the end of the valley to the flat land of the river valley by horse-drawn cart, and formed rows of sand dunes across the military camp directly opposite the garrison camp of the scholar king. What kind of medicine did Prime Minister Miao buy in his gourd, no one knows, everyone found that Prime Minister Miao's spirit suddenly improved, but the soldiers and generals of King Scholar thought that Prime Minister Miao had now brought the kingdom's army into a dead end, and they were besieged like this, and within a few days, they would definitely be defeated. There is no need to study any of their actions these days.
When the northwest wind was about to blow from the lower reaches of the valley, the sky was very calm, and the northwest sky was gray and yellow, and the early winter sunset left a little afterglow before jumping into the mountain. In the evening, Prime Minister Miao ordered all the soldiers to set up their tents, rest early, wait for orders, and have action tonight.
In the middle of the night, dark clouds rolled in the sky of the valley, mixed with a strange and eerie sound, and the northwest wind swept down the valley from the lower reaches of the valley. The strong northwest wind crossed the military camp of the Cuizhu Kingdom, and then mixed with the piles of sand and dust that Prime Minister Miao had already piled up opposite the military camp of the Scholar Kingdom. Like the end of the world, roll up to the military camp of the scholar king. The weather has been fine in the past few days, and the scholar king didn't notice that there would be such a strong wind in the valley late at night.
The wind mixed with sand and dust swept away the tent of the camp of the scholar king's barracks, and the soldiers of the barracks were suddenly so killed that they could not open their eyes and could not see all around, and in this case, the soldiers felt that it was difficult to breathe.
When the wind mixed with sand and dust ravaged the military camp of the scholar king, Prime Minister Miao Cheng organized a large army, taking advantage of the help of the wind, to counterattack the scholar king's army from behind, and the scholar king's army was chased and killed by the army of Prime Minister Miao Cheng who had been prepared for a long time in the chaos. Seeing that the opportunity was not good, the scholar king hurriedly led the soldiers who could organize to rush to the valley city like outlaws in the wind. Prime Minister Miao had already arranged for Guan Xiong and Lei Hong to hunt down and kill the prince, and the prince was hacked to death by Guan Xiong in a panic.
Prime Minister Miao effectively took advantage of this strong wind, turned defeat into victory, killed the prince, eliminated the hidden danger, and let the scholar king lead the coalition army to retreat to Gucheng in embarrassment.