Chapter 06: Ambush; Fire Attack
Gaixia, Qi army camp.
Han Xin was holding a bamboo slip in his hand and discussing military strategy with Kuai Che. As long as Kuai Che did not criticize the King of Han, Han Xin was still willing to exchange his experience in military strategy with Kuai Che, because Kuai Che was indeed a well-educated person. Although he could not compare with Han Xin in the actual application of military strategy, his theoretical level was not inferior to Han Xin.
The two discussed the book "Wei Liaozi", which has been written for decades.
"Yu Liaozi" was created by Wei Liao, a native of Daliang, the former Wei Dynasty. Of course, the explanation of strategy and tactics is not as good as Sun. Wu's military strategy is incisive, but it is also unique. For example, he clarified for the first time that farming is the basis of war, believing that land is to nourish the people, cities protect the land, and war also protects the city, so farming is the foundation!
While the two were expressing their opinions on the importance of farming to war, General Li Zuoche suddenly broke in and reported to Han Xin in a shocked manner: "King, the Chu army set fire to Shuanglong Mountain, and almost all the three thousand ambush soldiers lying in the mountains were burned to death. General Chen He was lucky enough to hide in the cave and was spared only!"
Kuai Che, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but look strange. Did Xiang Yu actually learn to use tricks?
"I forgot that it's the winter when the weather is dry and the things are dry, and I'm wrong." Han Xin was a little surprised when he heard this, and then asked Li Zuoche Lane again, "Where is the Chu army now?"
Li Zuo Lane: "The Chu army should be about to reach the Mustang Origin now."
Han Xin nodded gently and said, "Flying cavalry sends orders, the cavalry will attack immediately!"
"No." Li Zuoche responded to the promise with a loud bang, then swung his cloak, turned around and left.
Watching Li Zuoche's figure leaving the tent, Kuai Che turned around and said to Han Xin: "King, whether you like it or not, there is a saying that Xiang Yu should give him a way out."
Han Xin frowned slightly and said, "Sir, let's talk about this for now. I am a little tired."
Kuai Che was stunned. After a while, he sighed softly and left Han Xin's tent with a little lonely feeling.
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Fifty miles south of Shuanglong Mountain, the wild horse is the original.
After the Chu army passed Shuanglong Mountain, the terrain suddenly became flat, especially when they arrived in the area of Wild Horse Yuan, there were slightly undulating fields within a radius of hundreds of miles. The dry grass was growing on the plain, and the bitter north wind blew, forming a series of ups and downs of grass waves, giving people a strong illusion that they seemed to be in the desert grassland.
The densely populated Huai and Si land in later generations was mostly unopened wastelands at this time.
Amid the rapid sound of horse hooves, Xiang Bo caught up with Xiang Yu and Xiang Zhuang, and gasped and said, "Yi'er, according to soldiers familiar with the nearby terrain, you will reach Wujiang after walking two hundred miles. Haha, after crossing the river, we will go home, and we will no longer have to live such a ghost life as sleeping in the open air, and we will no longer have to worry about the pursuit of the coalition forces!"
However, Xiang Yu did not look at all happy on his face, and he looked extremely lonely.
Xiang Zhuang next to him suddenly stopped and said in a deep voice: "Brother Wang, you can't go forward any more!"
"Huh?" Xiang Yu turned around and threw a look of surprise at Ying Jun. However, Xiang Bo frowned and said unhappy: "Ji'er, you crow's mouth. The last time he said there was an ambush in the upper reaches of the Tuoshui River, but he really attracted an ambush, which caused our army to lose more than 4,000 soldiers. Now what are you talking nonsense?"
Xiang Zhuang was too lazy to pay attention to Xiang Bo and said to Xiang Yu: "Brother Wang, let's change the way."
"Dispatch?" Xiang Yu said in surprise, "Third brother, have you discovered something?"
"I didn't find anything, but my intuition told me that the front was full of danger." Xiang Zhuang smiled bitterly and shook his head. As a time traveler, he certainly knew that the front was full of danger. If he continued to move forward, he could only fall into Han Xin's calculations, but how should he explain to Xiang Yu? Just say it straightforward? Only the madman would believe it!
"Intuition?" Xiang Bo said disapprovingly, "It's ridiculous."
Xiang Yu hesitated for a moment and finally said to Xiang Sheng: "Xiang Sheng, send more teams of scouts to search the nearby fields carefully." After that, he said to the other generals, "The rest of the troops will continue to move forward."
"No!" Xiang Sheng took the order and the five thousand remaining troops began to move forward again.
Although Xiang Zhuang knew the Quwu of the ten-sided ambush, he did not know which ten directions were. Therefore, he could not determine whether there were Han Xin's ambush on the wild horse, so he could only follow him silently at the moment.
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The wild horse is more than 200 miles in size.
There is a low hill next to the Wujiang River in the south. On the top of a desolate mountain, there was suddenly a "fire tower" made of dry firewood. The gaps in the middle of the firewood tower were filled with dry white grass, and a thick layer of white grass was covered with the top. A lot of animal feces were sprinkled on the white grass, as if it was wolf feces.
With heavy footsteps, Cao Shen walked to the tower with his hands pressing the hilt of his sword.
When Cao Shen was wearing a tent and was about to look north, a flying cavalry had already rushed from the northern field. With the rapid sound of horse hooves, the Pegasus rushed straight to the top of the mountain. Then the cavalry on the horse's back turned over and dismounted, knelt down and reported: "General, General, Chu, and the remaining soldiers of the Chu army have entered the original heart of the wild horse!"
"Okay!" Cao Shen said in a deep voice with a boxing high, "Light up the wolf smoke, and order all directions to raise fire at the same time!"
"No!" The personal soldiers guarding Cao Shen, who was waiting behind him, responded to the promise and then turned around and waved his hand. Several personal soldiers had already run up with torches, and lit the "fire tower" in two strokes. In less than a moment, a thick smoke that was so thick that a few people hugged had risen from the top of the hill, and it was clearly visible for dozens of miles away.
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Mustang Yuan, the center.
The remnants of the five thousand Chu army were moving in a hurry from north to south.
Suddenly, a little pawn shouted in horror in front of his finger: "Look, everyone, what is that?"
When Xiang Zhuang, who was riding a horse next to him, he saw a striking thick smoke rising from the southeast direction. In an instant, Xiang Zhuang's heart suddenly jumped. He immediately caught up with Xiang Yu on horseback and shouted loudly: "Brother Wang, wolf smoke, wolf smoke was found in the southeast direction!"
As Xiang Zhuang finished speaking, several other riders came as if they were flying.
"Master, the king is not good, wolf smoke is found in the north!"
"King, there were also wolves in the west, and there was an ambush!"
"Your Majesty, look, there are also wolf smoke in the northeast, east and southeast directions!"
Xiang Yu quickly stopped the black horse and looked around quickly. When he saw wolf smoke appearing in eight different directions, east, south, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest. At this moment, Xiang Yu felt like he fell into an ice cave. He finally realized the power of Han Xin's military service. Han Xin's son, this was a chance to give the Chu army a moment of breathing.
The five thousand remaining troops were also in an uproar. If Xiang Yu had not been able to accumulate power, he would have collapsed in an instant.
Xiang Yu gritted his teeth and was about to order to continue moving forward and prepare to fight the enemy. However, Xiang Zhuang suddenly woke up and immediately pulled Xiang Yu's saddle and shouted loudly: "Brother Wang, order quickly and burn the wasteland!"
"Ji'er, you bastard!" Xiang Bo was shocked when he heard this, "This wild horse has stretched for more than 200 miles, and it is full of weeds. Now it is a dry winter. Once this fire is burned, it is a delusion to try it out. You actually want to use your order to set fire to the ground. Wouldn't you deliberately let my five thousand army bury it in the sea of fire?"
"Fuck!" Xiang Zhuang ignored the etiquette between his uncle and nephew, and said to Xiang Yu, "Brother Wang, if you don't order fire, our army will be destroyed!" After saying this, Xiang Zhuang looked around the generals and said in a deep voice, "If I'm not wrong, the coalition forces have set fires around, and the fire is spreading here!"
The generals looked around quickly and saw that there was indeed a roll of black smoke rising from the corners of the world. This was not a wolf smoke, but a smoke screen!
In an instant, a breath sounded around him. Huan Chu, Xiao Gongjiao, Yu Ziqi, Zhong Limei and other Chu generals all showed panic. After all, no one in this world is afraid of death. Even the bravest warrior, when he truly faces death, it is difficult for him to remain calm and calm in his usual manner.
Even so, the generals and soldiers of the Chu army started to riot in an instant.
At this moment, even Xiang Yu could not restrain these defeated generals. Without waiting for Xiang Yu's order, hundreds of remnants had already fled everywhere, and even personal soldiers and soldiers became deserters. Xiang Yu activated the black horse and killed more than a dozen fleeing defeated soldiers in succession, and finally stopped the dispersed morale of the army.
"Brother Wang, hurry up and give orders!" Xiang Zhuang chased Xiang Yu again and said word by word, "Set the fire, burn!" Xiang Zhuang had no time to explain to Xiang Yu, so he could only pull the reins of the black horse tightly and said deeply, "Brother Wang, believe me, I will never watch the five thousand soldiers turn into ashes!"
An inexplicable harsh color flashed in Xiang Yu's eyes, and he immediately looked up and shouted, "Send the order, set fire!"
"No!" Hundreds of personal soldiers around him responded to the promise, and immediately set fire torches one after another and began to set fire on the grassland. In less than a moment, a raging fire was also lit in the center of the wild horse land. The scorching airflow pushed endless smoke and dust into the air, forming an endless dark curtain of smoke and clouds, as if it was the end of the world.
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Fifty miles north of the wild horse, a huge cavalry was heading south in a mighty manner.
The rider Guan Ying held the saddle with his left hand and waved the whip with his right hand, and was urging the horse under his crotch to gallop forward.
There was already rolling black smoke rising from the wild horse field in front of him. It seemed that Cao Shen had launched a fire attack. Judging from the fire, it was absolutely impossible for the Chu army's infantry to escape from the wild horse field before the four wild fire heads closed. As for the Chu army's cavalry, hehe, even if he luckily rushed out of the encirclement of the fire, how could he escape the pursuit of the cavalry he led?
This time, I, Guan Ying, will definitely cut off Xiang Yu's head with my own hands! Xiang Yu is a man, you are dead!
Chapter completed!