Chapter 103: Zhou Chi died

Emperor Zhou Huan and Zhou Chi waited in the military camp for a few days, but they didn't see Zhou Ti come back, so they sent spies to inquire inside and outside the military camp of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, and there was no unexpected information.

Emperor Zhou Huan said to Zhou Chi: "Zhou Ti's force is unique in the world, no one can stop him, and he will not have an accident." Most of the time you went to find Shi Dewa after teaching the Taiping King Mengtai a lesson, and you will march into the army tomorrow to break through the military camp of the Taiping King Mengtai. ”

After Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, was injured by Zhou Ti, he used Feng Dewa's nine piles and eighteen merits to support Zhou Ti, and hurriedly found a military medical officer to treat his injuries.

A few days later, Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, who had not recovered from his injuries, received a report from Tanma: Zhou Chi led an army of 180,000 troops out of the territory of the capital and marched to a high slope a few miles away from the camp of the king of Taiping.

Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, hurriedly sent someone to send a secret letter to Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, thirty miles away, and then ordered all the outposts in the military camp to do a good job of defense.

The next day, Zhou Chi led 5,000 men and horses to the military camp of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, to fight against the enemy.

Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, led 3,000 men and horses out of the camp gate, and after the soldiers lined up in formation, the king of Taiping rushed to the front of the formation first.

Zhou Chi saw Meng Tai, the king of peace, rushing to the front of the battle, and was shocked: It seems that Zhou Ti is not injured, and it will be difficult for me to defeat him.

As soon as Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, and Zhou Chi met, they said, "Lord Dianshuai!

Zhou Chi said: "Didn't you organize an alliance? and then you mobilized troops to block my way to crusade against the Nine Desolation Ridge formations, and now you are asking me what to do?"

Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, said: "That's right! Your Zhou dynasty should change its court, but I am now seriously injured by Zhou Ti and cannot fight with anyone." If you want to fight, wait until I recover from my injuries in a month. ”

After speaking, King Mengtai of Taiping took the soldiers back to the barracks, hung up the war-free card, and the archers guarded the camp gate.

Zhou Chi relied on his years of experience to judge that the Taiping King Meng Tai did not look like he was lying, and if Zhou Ti had an accident, he would not be without a little movement.

Zhou Chi circled around the military camp of the Taiping King Meng Tai for a while, and found some information: there were about 140,000 soldiers in the military camp, the defensive trench outside the camp was not wide, and the military camp was surrounded by flat land that was not easy to ambush.

After reading the military camp of the Taiping King Mengtai, Zhou Chi thought about the plan of the sneak attack.

Zhou Chi first sent several teams of mobile soldiers to closely monitor the movements of the military camp of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, thirty miles away, and then sent several teams of mobile soldiers to observe the military situation around the military camp of Mengtai, the king of Taiping.

In the middle of the night, more than a dozen teams of soldiers who were observing the military situation outside did not notice any accidents, and Zhou Chi decisively gave the order to attack the military camp.

Some of the soldiers who were ready to go trotted to the military camp of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping.

When they arrived at the barracks, the soldiers in front lined up long logs horizontally on the trench, and the soldiers who crossed the trench removed the simple guardrails and rushed into the military camp of King Mengtai of Taiping.

The hundreds of guards at the three gates of the barracks were quickly scattered and fled by the strong archers of Zhou Chi's army, and the soldiers of the brigade entered through the shadow gate.

The soldiers of the Taiping king Meng Tai did not put up much resistance, and after an hour, they abandoned all their supplies and fled from the camp to the west of the city.

Zhou Chi left 2,000 soldiers to bury the dead bodies, and a large amount of military supplies were sent to the capital.

Zhou Chi did not stop at the camp, but led the army to continue to pursue the army of the King of Taiping.

Zhou Chi led his army to chase the deserters of Mengtai, the king of Taiping, until they reached a county town called Longping. At this time, before dawn, the soldiers guarding the county town of Longping saw that it was the army of their commander, the Taiping King Mengtai, and immediately opened the city to welcome the deserters of this brigade into the city.

After dawn, Zhou Chi led the army to occupy the county seat of Longping.

The scouts sent by Zhou Chi reported that Mengtai, the king of Taiping, led most of his men and horses to flee to Lintaifu City.

Zhou Chiyi thought that according to Emperor Zhou Huan's intentions, he himself achieved a victory over Meng Tai, the king of Taiping. The army of the Taiping King Mengtai, who still has the strength, will be left to the commander of the soldiers and horses of Jibei to make King Mao Wu Yun, and the commander of the soldiers and horses of Jindong to make King Hong Zhou Li to destroy it.

Zhou Chi rested for a day, leaving 30,000 troops to guard the county seat of Longping. The city was a strategic location, a fortress connecting the capital with the Central Plains.

Zhou Chi arranged the affairs of Longping County, and took 100,000 troops to attack the military camp of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, who was not far away.

Zhou Chi left 50,000 troops in the original military camp, and another 30,000 troops in Longping County, so he was left with 100,000 troops, but Longping County and the original military camp were his stable rear. Therefore, his 100,000 troops can operate flexibly when attacking and retreating.

Zhou Chi led the army to the outside of the military camp of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, and rushed directly to the enemy's military camp without setting up camp.

Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, led a group of men and horses to rush out of the gate to meet Zhou Chi's army.

Zhou Chi and Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, did not speculate and fought together.

The two fought more than 30 moves, and Zhou Chi's steel spear smashed on the knife shaft of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, and then cut through the forearm of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e.

The king of Xiang'e turned his horse and ran back to the ranks, ordering the soldiers to retreat to the barracks. Zhou Chi led the army to chase and kill, and the soldiers on both sides started a melee in the area of the barracks.

The soldiers of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, were prepared for battle in advance, and they also had a numerical advantage, so in this battle, both sides suffered mutual damage.

In the end, Zhou Chi's army, which was still more combative, gradually gained the upper hand. The king of Xiang'e led the army to withdraw from the barracks, and Zhou Chi obtained a large amount of military supplies.

After several days of victory, Zhou Chi felt that the Zhou family's army was extremely powerful, and he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and destroy the hundreds of thousands of troops of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e.

Zhou Chi left another 2,000 soldiers to clean up the camp, and he led the army commander to drive straight into the middle of the territory of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, to pursue the army of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, in order to completely destroy an army in the hostile alliance.

Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, led his army all the way to a mountain, and Zhou Chi led his army into the mountain.

The two armies were not far apart, but the mountain roads were rugged and narrow, and seeing that it was getting dark, Zhou Chi's army did not catch up with the army of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e.

Zhou Chi began to regret that he had made the decision to pursue him impulsively, and his 90,000 troops (who had lost thousands of soldiers in a melee with the army of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, and left 2,000 soldiers to clean up the barracks) were in the territory of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, and had lost contact with the county town of Longping and the original military camp, and these 90,000 troops were trapped in the mountains, which was really dangerous.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chi didn't dare to stay in the mountains for a while. Zhou Chi ordered the army to evacuate the mountains overnight.

Zhou Chi's exhausted army was slowly withdrawing from the mountains, but they had only been out for a few miles before they were attacked by a rain of arrows and stones.

It was the army of the Taiping King Meng Tai who was ambushed, which was a strategy formulated by the Taiping King Meng Tai and the Xiang'e King Xu Zheng together.

The Taiping King Mengtai was retreated by the stolen camp, and it was all part of the strategy to let Zhou Chi's army occupy the county town of Longping.

The proud and greedy Zhou Chi knew that he had been deceived the moment he was ambushed, but on the narrow mountain road, facing the attack of the army of the Taiping King Meng Tai, who occupied the favorable terrain on the mountain, Zhou Chi's army completely lost its resistance. One by one, dense soldiers fell, soldiers crowded and trampled on each other, and fear and chaos dominated the entire army.

Zhou Chi's army had no choice but to turn around and run towards the mountains again, but the retreat in the mountains had been occupied by the army of Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, who also occupied the favorable terrain on the top of the mountain to attack Zhou Chi's army.

At dawn the next day, the 200,000 allied troops of Meng Tai, the king of Taiping, and Xu Zheng, the king of Xiang'e, were attacked by Zhou Chi's 90,000 troops who had been flanked all night, and more than eighty percent were killed or wounded.

Zhou Chi looked at the less than twenty percent of the remaining troops around him, and his heart was surging with qi and blood, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

Taiping King Meng Tai appeared at this time, he stood on a high place and said to Zhou Chi: "I have long said that your Zhou family's dynasty is exhausted, and as soon as Zhou Tian dies, Xu Rui is dead." The 30,000 troops you left in Longping County, as well as the 50,000 troops in the barracks, are about to be wiped out, do you still need to resist!"

Zhou Chi spit out another mouthful of blood, and he silently thought in his heart: Your Majesty, I buried the Zhou family's army, and I can only apologize with death!

Zhou Chi raised his left hand, and a knife suddenly cut the blood veins in his neck......