Chapter 657 Each succeeds in his strategy

  The Wei army's camp and the way of escape were full of all kinds of supplies and large livestock, and naturally they were not thrown randomly.

  The army fled to the north, and the luggage must not be able to stay.

  Since it can’t be kept, it should be destroyed directly to avoid capitalizing on the enemy.

   Either use them to block the chasing enemy and attract the attention of the chasing enemy.

   Food and the like are easy to burn, but how do you destroy livestock?

  And if you burn food, you will definitely alarm the Wu army, so why not just use it to block the way and buy time for the army to retreat.

  Large livestock are precious things, and they will run around when frightened. Wu Jun must spend a lot of effort to gather them up.

  Wei Jun succeeded.

  Zhu Huan finally cleared the road, so that he could continue to rush north with his people.

   Along the way, he encountered many routs of the Wei army. Zhu Huan just asked them to disperse them, so as not to block his way.

   These routs no longer pose any threat. All he has to do is to catch up with the escaped main force of the Wei army.

  As for gathering the rout, someone will do it later.

   "General, there is thick smoke ahead!"

  Zhu Huan looked up, and he saw thick smoke floating in the air, and there were more than one place.

   "Not good, this must be Cao thief burning fire to stop us from pursuing! Send the order to speed up!"

  Zhu Huan immediately understood Cao thief's thoughts.

   "General, what if there is an ambush in front of the thief..."

   "Impossible! Bandit Cao is too late to escape now, dare to stay?" Zhu Huan said firmly, "It's just to stop the pursuers with fire!"

  At the same time, he quickly sent people to investigate, and it turned out that Cao thief was burning food in front, trying to block the road with fire.

  As soon as Zhu Huan heard this, he hurriedly drove the army to the place where the Cao thief was burning food, and ordered people to fetch water to put out the fire.

   It seems that Cao thief didn't want to burn food in the camp, but he didn't have time to cook, which made his side take advantage of it.

   This fire, I'm afraid Cao thief will buy some time.

  Thinking of this, Zhu Huan became even more anxious,

   "Follow up quickly, don't fall behind! Just wait until you can catch up with the thief chief Cao Xiu, and that will be your first success!"

  Although the autumn wind blew and the weather began to turn cold, everyone in the Wu army who was chasing hurriedly was full of heat and ran forward recklessly. No one wanted to glance at the Wei army surrendering soldiers who were sitting or lying on the side of the road.

   "If according to what Xiu Mu (Zhu Huan) said, an ambush was set up in Jiashi and the trailer early, would Cao Xiu'an have a way out?"

  Wancheng had a small victory in the First World War, and Shiting had a big victory in the Second World War. Sun Quan couldn't wait to come to Lu Xun's Chinese army, seeing the huge supplies captured by the army, he was very happy.

  At the same time, remembering that Cao Xiu's army had fled northward, he said something with inadequacy.

  Lu Xun shook his head, "Your Majesty, if Xiu Mu leads thousands of people to set up an ambush with stones and trailers, I'm afraid Cao Xiu may not come in."

  From Wancheng to Shiting, then to Jiashi and the trailer, it is a pocket-shaped terrain.

  The rock and the trailer are the mouth of the bag.

  If Cao Xiu found out that the bag had already been tied with a rope, how could he rush in?

  Wu Qiangkou's ambush experience has already explained everything, Cao thief is not without capable people.

  Even if he came in, Cao Xiu set up an ambush at Shiting just in case.

   It also shows that he is not a worthless person.

  If you want to show the enemy's weakness, you can't expose your own strength prematurely.

  Lu Xun is thoughtful and careful, and likes to plan first and then move in the military. Even though Cao Xiu has arrived in Shiting, he still lures the enemy by showing weakness, just for the sake of comprehensiveness.

  Zhu Huan's plan was too risky, and there was a risk of alerting Cao Xiu in advance, so that Cao Xiu would not dare to lead the army in depth, so he was naturally unwilling to use it.

  Sun Quan naturally knew this too, but seeing such a good situation, if he could block Cao Wei's army, then not only Hefei was hopeful, but even Shouchun could fall into his hands.

  That's why he couldn't help but say such a sentence.

   "It's just being greedy." Sun Quan smiled a little self-consciously, "I just hope that Hugh Mu will not let the thief escape."

   "I can't run away, they can't run away, they are ahead, hurry up, catch up!"

   There were many figures in front of him, Zhu Huan was overjoyed and shouted loudly.

  The bandit Cao who fled in front actually organized a counterattack with the school lieutenant. Zhu Huan took the lead and rushed over, defeating this small group of broken troops with ease.

"kill!"

Just as Zhu Huan led his men through a forest, there was a sudden shout of killing from both sides, and there was General Wei riding a horse guarding the intersection in front of him, pointing a knife at Zhu Huan and shouting sharply, "Wu Lu! The persecution is too much, and Zhongwu will fall! "

  Zhu Huan was shocked, he could only hear the shouts of killing in the mountains on both sides, and seeing the many banners in the forest, he felt a little bit in his heart, "No, this one was only focused on chasing, but he forgot this one!"

   Immediately turned the horse's head quickly, taking advantage of the Wei army's encirclement, leading the soldiers to retreat three miles first to observe the enemy's situation.

   At this moment, Quan Cong led the rear army to catch up.

   "Why did General Zhu turn back?"

   Quan Cong saw that Zhu Huan's banner was in confusion, and his heart tightened. He thought something happened, so he hurriedly went up to him and asked.

  Zhu Huan explained the situation, Quan Cong looked at the direction where Zhu Huan was ambushed, and said, "The thief Cao has no one to chase after him, could it be a fraud?"

   It's just that the chase all the way, the soldiers are also exhausted, so the whole army has to rest first, and at the same time send scouts to investigate.

   After a while, the scout came back, saying that the Cao thief had withdrawn and many flags had been abandoned in the forest.

   "Tie Cao must be drinking out of doubt!"

  As soon as Zhu Huan was reminded by Quan Cong, he already had doubts in his heart. Hearing what the scout said at this time, he knew that he had been tricked. He stood up immediately, gritted his teeth and said, "Tie Cao is cunning!"

After finishing speaking, he was about to lead the army to chase again, but Quan Cong stopped him, "General Zhu drove the defeated soldiers all the way, cleared the road, and chased down the bandits. I am afraid that the soldiers are already exhausted. Let me take the lead this time, General Zhu Just follow behind and take care of it.”

  Zhu Huan was unwilling at first, but when he saw that his soldiers had not finished their rest, he knew in his heart that Quan Cong was telling the truth, so he agreed.

   This time it was Quan Cong who led the march.

  When he chased to a dangerous place, he saw another Wei general blocking the way ahead, "Wu Lu still doesn't give up? After being tricked once, he dared to be so careless again."

  Quan Cong was furious, "Cao thief, An Neng will repeat this kind of trickery again and again?"

   After finishing speaking, lead Wu Jun to charge forward.

   Sure enough, the shouts on the mountains on both sides were heard again.

   "Don't be afraid! Thief Cao has already fled, can An Neng set up an ambush?"

   Quan Cong shouted loudly.

  Unexpectedly, this time, many Wei troops appeared on the mountains on both sides. When a rain of arrows fell, the Wu troops were caught off guard, and a large area fell down on the spot, with constant wailing.

   "Vertical shield! Array!"

  Quan Cong was shocked, and hastily ordered.

   It's just that Wu Jun pursued all the way, captured a lot, and captured a lot of prisoners. Everyone thought that the Cao thief was no longer able to fight.

  The second wave of arrow feathers arrived soon, and Wu Jun's wailing sounded again.

   "Withdraw!"

   Quan Cong gritted his teeth, immediately turned the horse's head, and wanted to back away.

  When General Wei saw that Wu Jun was about to run away, he only heard him laughing and said, "In front of Zhu Ling, the empress general of Wei, Wu thief still wants to run away?"

   At the moment, the drums were beating, and Wei Jun began to surround him from three sides.

  Wu Jun was rushing all the way, Wei Jun was waiting for work with ease, coupled with the favorable location, Wu Jun couldn't stop the three-sided charge, and suddenly became a little confused.

  Quan Cong rushed left and right, but he couldn't break out of the encirclement. Seeing this going on, his entire army might be wiped out.

   Immediately shouted again and again, "Stand up for help!"

  Then turned the horse's head again, turned back and charged forward, killing several people in the Wei army.

   "The thieves don't want to be arrogant!" A Wei general rushed forward and held Quan Cong in his arms, "Hurry up and die!"

   "Who are you?"

   "Jianwu General Wang Ling is also!"

  Wang Ling entangled Quan Cong, making him unable to escape, while Zhu Ling commanded three Wei armies, strangling him in turn.

   Without the commander-in-chief, the Wu army was unable to organize a powerful counterattack. Seeing the encirclement shrinking and shrinking, Wu soldiers fell one after another.

  Quan Cong's eyes were red, but the opponent's martial arts were not weak, so he couldn't get rid of it. With his distractions, the moves in his hands became more and more scattered.

  Wang Ling gradually gained the upper hand, so he persuaded him to surrender, "Why didn't the general surrender earlier?"

  When Quan Cong heard this, he shouted angrily, "Cao Bandit, how dare you bully me?"

  He knew in his heart that if he continued like this, he would either lose his strength and die, or lose his strength and be captured.

   With the will to die, he no longer cared about the soldiers who were about to die or wounded, regardless of his own body, and only wanted to die with Wang Ling, but he forced Wang Ling back a few steps and saved some of his decline.

   Quan Cong fought more and more bravely, and when he was about to push in again, he heard the sound of Jin Jin suddenly sounding from behind Cao Wei.

  Although he didn't know what happened, Wang Ling quickly got rid of Quan Cong and led his people back.

   Quan Cong thought he was doomed this time, but at the last moment, the Wei army actually retreated, and immediately took the opportunity to retreat back to his own army.

  He raised his eyes and saw that Wei Jun not only did not come up to attack, but was constantly closing in his wings, as if he wanted to retreat.

  If it were normal times, how could Quan Cong miss this great opportunity? He would definitely lead an army to counterattack.

   But at this moment, he looked around, most of the soldiers he had brought had fallen to the ground, and there were less than a hundred of them relying on each other to guard each other, and everyone was still injured.

  Self-protection is not enough, how can there be spare energy to counterattack?

  So he could only watch Wei Jun retreat in an orderly manner.

   After a while, Zhu Huan arrived with the rear army. Seeing the situation in front of him, he was shocked. After seeing Quan Cong, he felt a little relieved, "Is Zi Huang safe?"

   "I have nothing to do, but I didn't expect Cao thief to be so cunning. He showed weakness several times before, but it was for the sake of arrogance, and then he really set up an ambush here. I was careless for a while, and I was caught in a heavy siege, and almost the entire army was wiped out."

  Quan Cong was surrounded by his cronies. After seeing Zhu Huan, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he was finally saved, and at the same time, a look of shame appeared on his face.

   Zhu Lu and Wang Ling's ambush finally slowed down the pace of Wu Jun's pursuit and gave Cao Xiu a chance to breathe.

   It's just that although the pursuers in the rear were frightened, the scout soon sent news that Wu Jun was planning to go around to his front on the left front.

   "We must go to Wuqiangkou to cut off our retreat!"

  Cao Xiu immediately thought of the joints.

  After all, when the leader came, Wu Jun had planned to ambush at Wuqiangkou, but he was discovered by himself and could not succeed.

  Looking at it now, they still don't give up.

   "Wu Lu actually wanted to prevent our horses from returning to the north?"

  Cao Xiu's face turned pale. This feeling of knowing what the enemy was going to do but being helpless made him know what despair is.

  I saw him anxious like an ant on a hot pot, panicked and confused, "Jiashi is our retreat, if Wu Lu takes the first step, I will die without a place to die!"

   "Why did the general say such frustrating words?" The cronies on the left and right persuaded, "Wu Lu took a detour to the front, and the path he took was a small road. There must not be too many people."

   "Besides, the small road is long and difficult, so they may not be faster than us. We travel on the big road, and although the army is damaged, most of it is still there. Why should we be afraid of them?"

   "Yes, yes, yes! As long as we can reach Jiashi before them, we can return to Yangzhou from there."

  Cao Xiu didn't care about taking a rest, he quickly climbed on his horse and continued to run for his life.

   It's just that the running ahead has consumed too much physical strength of Wei Jun, and their steps have already become heavy and slow.

  Wu Jun, who was in the front left, had gradually left them behind and ran to the front.

  The general of the Wu army who was sent to Jiashi to cut off Cao Xiu's retreat was Pan Zhang.

  Pan Zhang was a mighty general of the Eastern Wu. He led only a few thousand soldiers, but the ban was awe-inspiring. Thousands of people could be used by ten thousand people. Therefore, he was specially singled out by Lu Xun and sent to cut off Cao Xiu's retreat.

   After confirming that he had bypassed Cao Xiu's broken army, Pan Zhang headed north all the way, relying on his familiarity with the terrain.

  When he vaguely saw the dangerous terrain of Jiashi, he was overjoyed. As long as he could hold this mountain pass, he would be able to make an indelible contribution!

   "The whole army moves fast!"

  He took the lead, ready to go to occupy the pass.

  Unexpectedly, when I approached the foot of the mountain, I suddenly found that something was wrong.

  There were actually quite a few banners on that mountain, and there were still people indistinctly.

  Only the sound of "dong dong dong" drums came from the mountain, and the Wei army began to line up at the mountain pass.

   "Not good! Cao Xiu originally had a garrison here!"

  Pan Zhang hurriedly stopped the whole army.

  The Wei army quickly completed its formation and began to slowly push forward. At the same time, there were more and more flags on the mountain.

  General Wu Jun was startled. If Cao Xiu really set up a garrison here, then his light army came in a hurry, and his physical strength was not enough. In addition, the other party was waiting for work, and he was afraid that he would suffer a big loss.

  Did not dare to be negligent at the moment, and took advantage of the fact that the opponent was not approaching, he led the army to retreat for several miles, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate the news.

   Wei Jun saw Pan Zhang voluntarily retreating, but he didn't chase after him. He just retreated slowly to the mountain pass, ready for battle.

  When Pan Zhang learned of Wei Jun's actions, he guessed in his heart that the defenders at Jiashi might have known about Cao Xiu's defeat a long time ago, so it is important to guard this place.

  He was unwilling to reconcile, and when night fell, he went quietly with elite soldiers, intending to sneak attack and seize the pass.

  Unexpectedly, as soon as he led the people to the foot of the mountain, he heard the sound of drums on the mountain.

   Pan Zhang knew that he had been discovered, so he had to go back again.

   Jia Kui on the mountain saw that Wu Jun had no intention of forcibly attacking Jiashi, so he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

  He just arrived an hour earlier than Wu Jun, and these days, he has been traveling from Dongguan all the way, never resting, and the soldiers are already exhausted.

   There were more than 6,000 soldiers, but no more than 1,000 arrived at Jiashi, not even 2,000.

  The 1,000 soldiers on the mountain pass during the day were actually the vast majority of his troops, and they were just the exhausted troops who had just rested for more than half an hour.

   On the mountains on both sides, there are two or three hundred people clamoring.

  If he really fights with Wu Jun, he may not be sure to defend Jiashi.

  Pan Zhang naturally didn't know that Jia Kui sang an empty city plan, and news came from the side and rear soon, that Cao Xiu's army had been on the road all night, and it was almost at Jiashi.

  In desperation, he had no choice but to quickly withdraw overnight.

   Cao Xiu learned that Jiashi was guarded, and his heart felt like falling into an abyss, and his body felt like falling into an ice cave.

   It wasn't until the Wei army in Jiashi took the initiative to send people over to help, that Cao Wei's defeated army cheered like thunder.

  Even the elite cronies who had been protecting Cao Xiu all the time collapsed to the ground after knowing that he was saved, and even the guard of honor and other things were scattered on the ground.

  Jia Kui quickly brought someone to offer food, "Sima has worked hard all the way, please eat something to restore his strength, the former general will be able to send food and military supplies over tomorrow."

  When Cao Xiu heard the words "hard work all the way", he thought Jia Kui was mocking him, and he felt ashamed and angry at once, his face was swollen purple. If it wasn't for the dark night, he might have to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

Cao Xiu became angry and shouted loudly, "I fought Wu Lu at Shiting, if you had arrived earlier, either after or on the side of Wu Lu, how could the army have fallen into such a field? "

   "This big defeat is all because you came too late!" Cao Xiu said, the more he felt that he was justified. He wanted to insult Jia Kui, so he pointed to the guard of honor on the ground, "Why don't you help me pick up the guard of honor?"

Jia Kui stood in front of Cao Xiu, standing still, and retorted, "Da Sima didn't listen to people's persuasion, didn't know the strength of the army, and led 100,000 troops to die. Why blame Kui? Pick up those who abandon the battle for Da Sima!"

   Back then, Liu Bang had a white horse alliance with all the heroes: there is no king without Liu, and no honor without merit.

  In addition to consolidating the Liu family, it is also protecting the long-term wealth of the heroes.

  In the words of later generations, although this big company named Liu Han is nominally owned by the Liu family, in fact, all the heroes also have shares, and they also receive dividends. Fake fakes are also considered small shareholders.

  The patriarch of the Liu family is the chairman, who occupies the majority.

  But the subordinates often want to be the executive president, and their power is not small.

  During the last four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, especially the former Han Dynasty, the ministers of the Han Dynasty all had a sense of ownership.

  Although Cao Wei is now in the Han Dynasty, this kind of atmosphere has not completely disappeared.

  Jia Kui was a veteran of the Cao family who had followed Cao Cao since the time of Cao Cao. At the same time, he supported Cao Pi as the king of Wei when Cao Cao died, and quickly stabilized the situation. He can be regarded as the founding father of Cao Wei.

  So Cao Xiu wanted to use his power to suppress others, how could Jia Kui accept his tricks?

   Seeing that Cao Xiu wanted to blame himself for the defeat, Jia Kui glared at Cao Xiu, "When I get back to Yuzhou, I'll see how I play the emperor!"

  After speaking, he turned and left.

  Cao Xiu looked at Jia Kui's back resentfully, and overturned the food Jia Kui sent over on the spot.

  (end of this chapter)