Chapter 8: Clever Ideas (Part II)
After another half an hour, all the treasure chests fell into the water, Zhu Yushi let the boat dock, and everyone escorted Wushu to get off the boat and land. Wan Yanchang also flew to the shore and led the troops to protect the Wushu behind. Sticky Han had no time to pay attention to them, so he ordered the soldiers to write down where the treasure had fallen and ordered them to find the salvage.
Zhu Yushi walked out of forty miles with more than 100 people, including dart masters and sailors, and saw a 10,000-strong gold army on the north bank rushing to the salvage site. Wanyan Changce immediately stepped forward and said: "The front is Tongguan, so let's put His Highness here." Zhu Yushi looked at the five hundred cavalry behind him and said, "Send your soldiers away and I'll release them." Wan Yanchang immediately asked the cavalry to retreat three miles and said, "Are you relieved this time?" Zhu Yushi tore off the hemp rope on Wushu's hand and said, "Let you go this time, don't fall into my hands again." He also asked Liu Shaoqing to use an exclusive technique to unlock the acupoint.
Wushu moved his muscles and bones, returned to Wan Yanchang's side, and turned to everyone: "You have threatened this king twice, and this insult will definitely be returned to this king." Zhu Yushi said: "Everything is unpredictable, you have done a lot of evil, and sooner or later there will be retribution." Wushu sneered a few times and said, "What this king wants to know is what method you want to use to deal with Sticky Han. Zhu Yushi said: "I don't know what you're talking about." ”
"You didn't throw the treasure into the river for no reason, there must be a conspiracy hidden in it. Zhu Yushi said: "Even if there is, do you think I will tell you?" Wushu said: "It doesn't hurt to tell this king, no one in the world hates Sticky Han more than this king, I wish he lost, don't be suspicious." Zhu Yushi said: "Everything is Luo Tianchu's strategy, and I don't know what he wants to do." Wushu said: "Isn't he in Rentong Pass, how can he let you throw away the treasure?" Zhu Yushi took out a clever plan and said: "He gave me this instruction when he was in Linzi, and I just acted according to the plan." Wushu was curious: "Can this king take a look?" Zhu Yushi hesitated, although he hated him to the bone in his heart, but after all, he kept his promise and helped himself, and if he didn't say a word, he would inevitably be stingy, so he gave him the note,
After seeing it, Wushu exclaimed, "I see. Zhu Yushi said: "What do you see?" Wushu said: "If it is not bad as expected, Luo Tianchu's sneak attack troops should have already been on the road, and something will definitely happen in a few moments." Zhu Yushi said: "What kind of sneak attack troops?" Wushu said: "Luo Tianchu calculated that Sticky Han would come to rob your treasure, so he booked a plan to sneak attack Dazhai. Asking you to throw the treasure chest into the river is actually to protect the treasure from being easily taken by the golden people. Sticky Han regards the treasure as a top priority, and will definitely strengthen the guards on the scene, and personally command it. Luo Tianchu took advantage of the marshal to leave the camp and crossed the river to attack when he was negligent in defense. Zhu Yushi said: "How to command properly?" Wushu smiled: "If this king commands, the army will be divided into three routes, and the cavalry will be led by a general with strong martial arts, stepping across the river and rushing to kill the enemy's camp, with the purpose of rushing into the rear camp to burn the grain and grass." The second way is the main force of infantry, the goal is to annihilate the living force of the enemy, with the impact of the previous wave of cavalry, the enemy army is already disheartened, the formation is not in order, it is a good time to slaughter. The most important thing is the third road force, ambushed on the road that Sticky Han must pass to rescue, intercepting and killing the female Allah who rescued, so that its first place cannot care about each other, and there is no suspense if the battle is fought like this. ”
Zhu Yushi said: "How can you deduce so many things from a piece of paper?" Wushu smiled: "I just guessed that Luo Tianchu was going to take the opportunity to use soldiers, as for how to use soldiers, those who make good use of soldiers are much the same." Zhu Yushi opened his mouth, but stopped talking. Wushu said: "Do you wonder why this king sits and watches his people being killed and doesn't care? Zhu Yushi said: "Since you have said it, let me ask." ”
Wushu said: "Even if there is no barrier between this king and Sticky Han, it is too late to stop it now, Luo Tianchu will never miss the opportunity." Second, although Mu Han has lost power over the years, he is an important minister of the two dynasties after all, and his roots are deep, and it is difficult to shake his foundation if he does not commit a major crime. Zhu Yushi said: "It seems that you are going to kill him this time." Wushu said: "This king and Mu Han have no enmity, it's just that there is political discord." I remember that when he was a child, he also taught the king martial arts, and he was half of the master of the king. ”
Zhu Yushi said: "Then why did your relationship become so bad?" Wushu smiled: "One mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and there is only one marshal." If he lives, it will be difficult for the king to let go of his hands and feet and make a difference, so he must die. Although his death is a loss to our Dajin country, from now on, the military and government will be unified, and the cohesion and execution will be more consistent, which will make the country stronger. I'm afraid you don't understand this kind of long-term political issue. Zhu Yushi said: "I really don't understand." Wushu said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, just understand it." You can see that there is already a fire in the direction of the sticky Han camp. ”
Everyone looked at it in a flash, only to see the smoke billowing in the southeast direction, the flames soaring into the sky, and the faint sound of shouting and killing drums came from the faint sound. Wushu sighed: "If it weren't for Mu Han's greed, Luo Tianchu's plan might not have succeeded. The king is going to see the joke of the sticky han.
After Wushu and the others left, everyone continued to rush to Tongguan. After walking for another thirty miles, I saw that the smoke in the southeast had increased to more than a dozen, the fire was stronger, and the shouts of killing were even louder. Suddenly, a group of thousands of Jin soldiers marched up the north bank of the Yellow River and hurried to the place of the accident. Everyone hid in the bushes to watch, and saw that Sticky Han's face was no longer as calm and calm as usual, he was sweating profusely, his brows were tightly locked, and he kept urging his horse to hurry, and the infantry was pulled far behind.
As the cavalry passed through a densely wooded hillside, several large trees in front of them suddenly fell with a bang, and the dust covered the sky, blocking the way. A row of archers came out from behind the hillside, and for a moment the arrows were like a rain of locusts, and the sticky cavalry had no shields. Sticky Han immediately said: "There are not many ambush troops, follow the old man to dismount and kill up the hill!" The cavalry turned over and dismounted, and rushed up the slope with him. A black-armored general appeared at the top of the slope, it was Lu Fei, and he laughed and said, "Old man Sticky Han, Lu has been waiting for a long time." Zhu Yushi, who was on the other side, was overjoyed when he saw Lu Fei and wanted to greet him, but when he saw that the war was at a critical moment, he didn't make a sound. As soon as Lu Fei's words fell, a fire lit up behind the hillside, and the soldiers pushed down more than a dozen blazing fireballs, and the dead leaves where they rolled were also ignited, leaving more than a dozen fire marks.
Some of the Jin army was run over by fireballs, some were burned by flames, and hundreds of people were on fire, screaming and running on the hillside. Half of his beard was scorched, and he was forced to withdraw his troops from the hillside. Arrows rained down on the slope again, and the golden soldiers squatted behind the war horses to avoid the arrows, and the war horses were all shot to death. Those who did not die were frightened and ran wildly, trampling countless soldiers to death. Although the Jin soldiers also shot arrows to counterattack, the Blood Knife Fort was covered by a trench, and all the arrows missed. At this time, the Jin infantry arrived, and Muhan organized a second wave of counterattacks, and the infantry formed a shield formation and slowly advanced, followed by pikemen, and Muhan bore the brunt of the attack with a shield in his hand, shouting: "Don't move!
Lu Fei held iron sticks, stood on the high place of the trench and commanded, knocking down all the spears thrown by the golden soldiers. He estimated the distance of the golden soldiers, and when he was only four feet away, he said loudly: "Falling stones!" It turned out that there were also ambush soldiers hidden in the surrounding trees, and dozens of large stones were suspended from the dense canopy. Lu Fei took advantage of the chaos of the Jin soldiers' formation to lead the army to rush down the high slope, the soldiers used long weapons, and used the advantage of the narrow terrain to block the Jin soldiers, while the archers in the trenches continued to fire arrows at the rear of the Jin soldiers, and the spearmen of the rear army had no shields and scrambled to hide behind the trees to dodge.
The two armies fought in one place, Lu Fei fought sticky, and every blow of the iron double stick was heavier than a thousand catties, and the tiger was vigorous. Sticky Han held a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, switching between attack and defense, fierce and neat, looking like a twenty-year-old young man from the back. Sticky Han's martial arts are only half high, but now he is worried about the situation in the camp, and he just wants to get out and go to the rescue, and he has no desire to fight. Lu Fei knew his thoughts, and adopted a grappling style of play, focusing on defense. Although the number of people in the Blood Knife Fort was small, they were ready to work and occupy the terrain, and the Jin soldiers gradually lost confidence and were killed and retreated. In desperation, he had no choice but to lead his army to evacuate the hillside again. Lu Fei did not chase after him, and occupied the terrain for the archers to release their arrows. The Jin soldiers erected a shield array on the road, and they were at a stalemate for a while.
Sticky Han stood in the shield array and sighed, closing his eyes and bursting into tears. Decades of vicissitudes of life have long tempered him into a man of iron and stone, but now he is crying in front of the soldiers. It can be seen that sincerity is like ashes. His Chang'an was not broken, Tongguan was not obtained, the camp was robbed, the soldiers were lost, and the treasure was also empty of bamboo baskets. Even if you go back alive, you won't have the face to see Lord Lang again, and your reputation will be wasted, how can you still have the face to live between heaven and earth.
Thinking of this, he was about to raise his knife to commit suicide, Han Chang hurriedly hugged his arm, snatched the saber, knelt on the ground and cried: "Victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and the marshal can commit suicide, and we will come back in the future, and revenge will be enough." Sticky Han said abruptly: "I'm afraid there is no chance." Han Chang said: "Now our army is at a critical juncture of survival, and if the marshal dies, it will definitely become a mess and may be completely annihilated." Even if the defeat is decided, it is necessary to regroup the troops and horses and reduce the losses, which is the work of the general. Sticky Han nodded and said, "Well said, the old man is not as good as you." Han Chang said: "Without further ado, please give the marshal an order." Sticky Han said: "Return the same way, I will make a detour with the salvage troops of Gao Qingyi to return to the camp, collect the scattered army, and then make plans." Han Chang received the order and beckoned the soldiers: "The whole army retreats, retreat." Jin Bing slowly retreated with his shield in his hand, and Han Chang personally cut off the rear.
Lu Fei's other mission is to stop the golden soldiers from salvaging the treasure chest. When he saw that the Jin soldiers were retreating, he led his army in pursuit, but he did not get too close, but followed from a distance. In order to keep the formation out of order, he strictly forbade his soldiers to pick up the spoils of war. Zhengxing found that there was a group of people in the forest on the opposite bank who were watching, and only when he saw Zhu Yu in the crowd did he smile and nod to him. Zhu Yushi said to everyone: "It seems that Lu Tang is going to Shenbao's place, and I and the owner of Liu Zhuang will help each other." Please wait. Pei Zifu said: "The people in our dart game are also practitioners, so it's good to go to help together." Hu Lao Dao: "The men in our village are not vegetarians, what are you afraid of with the help of the army, let's go together!" Zhu Yushi agreed. (To be continued.) )