Chapter 166 166.Lure the enemy deeper
Sun Wu and Tian Dan were in the camp.
"Although the Hu people are brave and good at fighting, they are simple-minded, as long as we use a small strategy, we can defeat this Liu Ying's Hu people's army!" Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
"So what is the plan of Marquis Tian?" Sun Wu looked at Tian Dan and asked.
After all, Sun Wu was a newly appointed general, and many times he was a little deficient, so after the merger of the two armies, Tian Dan became the backbone of the army after many battles, and Sun Wu became Tian Dan's deputy.
Tian Dan lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said to Sun Wu, after Sun Wu heard it, he nodded: "Tian Hou Ye is really a clever plan!" ”
"Tomorrow, with this strategy, we will be able to defeat Liu Ying and take Cloud City, as long as Cloud City is broken, the rest of the city will not be a problem!" Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
"Zhao Minggong has stationed a total of 30,000 Hu people in the north, and there are still 20,000 in Cloud City!" Sun Wu looked at Tian Dan and said.
"After Li Mu, the famous general of Zhao State, went to the battlefield of the Central Plains, the backbone of the northern part of Zhao State became this Liu Ying, as long as Liu Ying is defeated, who else in the north can resist our Qi army?" Tian Dan looked at Sun Wu and said.
In the past, it was Li Mu who guarded the north, but Li Mu went to the Central Plains battlefield because of the urgency of the Central Plains battlefield, and the north was in charge of Liu Ying, the county guard of Yunzhong City, Li Mu's former deputy.
Therefore, if Liu Ying is defeated, then the north will lose its backbone, as long as the connection between Handan and the north is cut off, the north will not appear for a while, and in the absence of the backbone, he Tiandan can lead the army to annihilate all the living forces in the north.
After all, after losing the backbone, it is very difficult for the army to assemble an effective combat force.
Following.
Sun Wu went to Yunzhong City to call for battle, because the Hu army was not suitable for defending the city, but suitable for field battles, and the Zhao army took the initiative to attack in Sun Wu's call for battle.
The army of 10,000 Hu people was all cavalry, and they were all dressed in Hu clothes, with bows on their backs, and rushed towards Sun Wu's army on war horses.
Sun Wu commanded 50,000 legions to meet it, and after three hours of fighting, Sun Wu had a defeated formation, and at this time, Tian Dan ordered people to attack from the side, and Liu Ying immediately let the army resist it.
Liu Ying snorted coldly: "Want to attack from the side to eliminate the Hu Ren Army? ”
Tian Dan immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, and after Sun Wu saw Tian Dan's order, he immediately rode his horse and withdrew, and the Qi army began to retreat, but the Qi army was an infantry legion, and Zhao Guo was a cavalry corps, and the cavalry chased and killed the infantry easily, and in a short period of time, the Qi army lost 10,000 people.
In the process of evacuation, the Qi army suffered heavy losses, but fortunately, the main generals Tian Dan and Sun Wu both rode war horses, and after the Zhao cavalry chased for fifty miles, the war horses in front suddenly fell into the pit.
Xu Lu was taken aback, and Sun Wu looked at Tian Dan: "Master Hou is really a clever plan, knowing that this Zhao army will definitely chase after him easily!" ”
"Seeing our defeat, they must want to take us down in one fell swoop!" Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
The 10,000 cavalry of this sortie fell into a pit dug by the Qi State overnight, and the Qi State dug a pit here the night before the battle.
Tian Dan knew that the Qi army and the Zhao army would be defeated in the battle, so they used 50,000 troops to meet the Zhao State, and the defeat was something they had already expected.
However, Tian Dan knew that Liu Ying would not sit idly by and watch him attack from the side, and would definitely send troops to block it.
When the Qi army was about to be defeated here, Tian Dan immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, Tian Dan expected that Liu Ying would definitely not easily let go of the opportunity to completely destroy the Qi army, so he let Xu Lu's army chase the Qi army.
For the Qi army, the Hu army of 10,000 people in Hu clothes is the most feared by the Qi country, as long as the Hu army is wiped out, this Liu Ying's Zhao army is not to be feared.
The cavalry of 10,000 people chased the Qi army, and finally fell into the trap dug by the Qi army overnight, although it was impossible to transfer all 10,000 cavalry into the pit, but it was also able to capture a little Zhao cavalry.
After the Zhao army of the front head team entered the pit, Tian Dan once again ordered to meet the battle, and this time there was an ambush of the Qi army, and they immediately began to shoot arrows, shooting those Zhao troops who were not transferred into the pit.
Because the pit dug overnight was not very deep, Tian Dan's purpose was simply to let the horses fall into it and not be able to come up, while Zhao Bing could still climb up.
The Hu army of cavalry fought bravely, but the Hu army that became infantry was still brave, but Tian Dan would not easily let the Zhao army climb up again, he ordered the Qi army to pour oil into the pit and set the pit on fire.
Although Zhao Bing was able to escape from the fire, very few escaped.
As for the Zhao soldiers who did not enter the pit, they were also injured by arrows and suffered heavy losses, and Liu Ying actually led the army to pursue the Qi soldiers. ”
Sun Wu said on Tian Dan's side: "Hou Ye's one lures the enemy deeply, so that Zai Xia is full of admiration!" ”
"Do you think that's the end of it? Not only do I want to completely defeat this group of Hu people, but I also want to take this Cloud City! Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
"Liu Ying is definitely not worried that Xu Lu will lead the army to pursue alone, and he will definitely march with the legion!" Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
"This Liu Ying should know the truth of poor Kou Mo chasing, right?" Sun Wu looked at Tian Dan and said.
"He must know it as a general, but we only escaped fifty miles, not counting the poor, and it is possible for him to pursue fifty miles militarily!" Tian Dan said to him.
"Master Hou is really like a god!" Sun Wu said on the side.
"Didn't I send an army to attack just now, I only let a small part of it, and I also arranged 30,000 troops ten miles away from it, so that it could attack Cloud City at this time!" Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
Tian Dan introduced the main force of the Zhao army here, and then arranged 30,000 legions near Cloud City, and when the main force of Cloud City took the initiative to attack, these 30,000 troops immediately attacked Cloud City.
Without the main force, Cloud City can basically be captured easily, not to mention that the remaining Zhao soldiers have not closed the city gate.
Liu Ying clenched his fists, he knew that he had been tricked, but he didn't worry too much, because field warfare was the strength of Zhao Bing, although he lost part of the Hu army, but he could still win if he could defeat the Qi army here!
"This Liu Ying seems to want to compete with us here!" Sun Wu looked at Tian Dan and said.
"Hmph, I have laid a net here, this Liu Ying wants to defeat me here, it's difficult!" Tian Dan said to Sun Wu.
In this place, there is a trap for the Qi army, and it also uses this wild grass and other plants to block the Qi army's shooters, and the Zhao army can be said to be under siege!