563. Defeat
Nangong Shi frowned and said: "I'm afraid that I can't be appeased, I have already been aroused by the cowardice of the merchant army, and I firmly believe that King Wudao has been punished by God, and one by one is enthusiastic, thinking about crusading against the merchant army for Tianxingdao....."
Lei Zhenzi was also worried: "The king is definitely not punished by heaven, and he must not send troops at will, but this.... How do you explain it to the soldiers?"
The atmosphere was silent for a while, this is the most difficult place to do at present, the king is so mediocre that he has not been punished by heaven?
If everyone hadn't thought about it in this direction before, forget it, but now everyone thinks that the king is so bad that even one curse is not enough to wash away the sin, and it is intriguing if he is not punished by heaven.
What is this God, and God does not punish people who are so bad that they can't give birth to sons? Is there any prestige at all?
Several people discussed for a long time, and finally they were forced to send troops.
Although the generals felt that this was more like a ploy to lure the enemy, the soldiers disagreed, this is a curse, and this must be a curse!
Fortunately, Ji Fa and others reacted in advance, although they had to take the risk to attack the merchant army under the anger of the masses, they also made sufficient preparations, and took the lead in sending a small group of soldiers and horses to shout and scold outside the camp of the merchant army, spreading the word that the king of Xuan had done many injustices, disobeyed the mandate of heaven, was punished by heaven, and the great merchant was about to die, and completely spread the news to further confuse the military spirit of the merchant army.
It can be said that Ji Fa's response is still very timely.
After all, the king has not appeared in the Chinese military tent for a long time, and he has no longer sang and danced in the past, and has returned to the serious appearance of the ordinary military camp, and the rumors have not stopped, and even several senior generals seem to have acquiesced to the fact that the king of Zhou is suffering, and many ordinary soldiers are inevitably panicked, muttering in their hearts, and retreating, that is, the merchant army is severely punished, so as not to mutiny.
The military morale of the merchant army declined further because of these bullshit, but before it could reach the bottom, Ji Fa and the others could no longer suppress the soldiers who were under their heads and sent troops.
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The moon is dark and the wind is high and the night kills.
The camp of the merchant army was extremely quiet, and without the singing and dancing of the king of Zhou, the soldiers rarely had a good rest for a few days.
Ji Fa personally led the troops, and Lei Zhenzi took the lead, saw the right time, and entered the camp.
However, the problem is the king of Xu, it is the unstable mind of the soldiers, the battalion of the hundred miles is dead, it is still impregnable, and it reacts everywhere when it is hit, and the fortifications prepared before also play a role in defending against the enemy.
While asking the soldiers to move the fortifications to facilitate the follow-up large army to rush and kill, Lei Zhenzi personally led an elite army and set fire along the road.
The company camp of the merchant army began to burn in many places in an instant, and the soldiers rushed out of the tents and fought with the attacking Zhou army, and the night was red by the firelight, but it did not cause much damage.
Lei Zhenzi is also helpless, the last attack on the camp, the merchant army fell into an extremely sensitive state, and prepared for the night attack in time, this attack on the camp, the merchant army was rested, but it was also full of spirit, and the ability to fight for a long time was stronger, and because of the special method of the camp, there was no need to be sensitive to the fire, and it could respond in time.
The soldiers of the two armies on the outermost part were fighting hotly, but the generals such as Ao Lie, Yin Po, and Yu Da seemed extremely calm.
Several people looked excited, listening to the shouts outside the tent, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but smile.
As expected, the king really had ulterior motives, they had long been paying attention to the behavior of the king of the king, and found that the rumor was spread by the king himself, if it wasn't for the previous speculation, they really wouldn't have noticed, and after the national teacher came, he was also hesitant, which confirmed this even more.
At that time, they still doubted whether this deception could lure the enemy to attract the Zhou army, but now that the Zhou army came, their doubts disappeared.
As for the things after that, naturally I don't bother the king to go out in person, for such a clever plan, it took a lot of effort to think about it, although I don't know what the principle is, but the Zhou army came to attack, they just had to respond.
Yin Po said to Ao Lie: "General Li, the soldiers and horses of the Zhou army have rushed in and agreed, and the soldiers of the front battalion of our army have also resisted, but the morale of the Zhou army is high, and our army has a camp to rely on, but the momentum is sluggish, I am afraid that it will not be stopped, and the general will have to drag it first." ”
The so-called drag is naturally waiting for Lu Xiong to arrive.
The two camps, Lu Xiong's side is a little distance from here, and although the influence of rumors is there, it is not big.
Ao Lie led the army to resist and ordered: "Order the front army, use the fortifications in the company camp, hold the position, contain the Zhou army from the front, don't let it advance too fast, and then wait for the Chinese army, stick to the vicinity of the Chinese army's big tent, with His Majesty here, it will never be lost, and then General Lu, who will join forces to help, will launch an attack on the flank, cut off the Zhou army, and then take advantage of the chaos to take Ji Fa!"
It's a defensive strategy that has been negotiated in advance, and it's foolproof.
The goal of the Zhou army is much simpler, they all want to go straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, capture the king alive, and ask him for his guilt, if the king has been condemned to death, then it is even more necessary to seize his body and make it public!
The long night was filled with endless fighting in the firelight.
"There's an enemy attack!"
Figures rushed out from outside the camp, attracting the attention of the soldiers of the Zhou army.
"What a thief, are you impatient?"
A member of the Zhou general roared angrily and led his troops to greet him.
But Lu Renjie did not stop, and when he made a mistake, he took his life.
Lu Xiong led his troops to come, and because of the early preparations, the support was faster and faster than normal.
This general seems to have a high status among the Zhou army, and after being killed by Lu Renjie, the Zhou army panicked.
"General X has been killed!"
"General X is dead!"
Ji Fa saw this situation not far away, and now that he saw that he was in chaos, he suddenly secretly said that it was not good.
"Let people stop them and retreat gradually!"
After Ji Fa's order was issued, he saw that the soldiers of the Zhou army on both sides moved backwards one after another, turning around and retreating from the enemy.
Lei Zhenzi, who took the lead, listened to the orders outside, a little unwilling, and was about to kill in the big tent of the Chinese army.
But as soon as he opened the big tent, he saw a man sitting cross-legged at the gate of the camp.
Shen Gongbao took his right hand out of his sleeve, twisted his beard, took a breath, and said with a smile: "Senior nephew, long time no see." ”
Lei Zhenzi frowned, and immediately led his troops to retreat.
After Ji Fa withstood Lu Xiong's first wave of attacks, he also shouted: "It is not advisable to stay here for a long time! Hurry up and let the officers and men of the three armies withdraw!"
At present, this loss is acceptable, and he also arranged for Nangong Shi to bring another army to respond, so that he can evacuate safely in the future.
This time he was forced to attack the camp, he admitted that he had to do it as a last resort because of the treacherous scheme of the king of Xu, so he didn't think that he could succeed, of course, it was good to succeed and gain something, but if he didn't succeed, he could relieve the soldiers of his breath, and it was not bad.
At least Bishui Pass can be defended, at most it will lose some soldiers and horses.