North of Juyang City, Qi Army.

"General, the spies came to report, Zhaoju saw that General Gongsun's reinforcements had arrived, and he had retreated without a fight, and General Gongsun was currently leading the army to chase and kill Zhaoju."

"General, the spies came to report that the Chu people who were attacking the Wei army in the west of Juyang City, saw that General Tian Da led the army to help, and they had already taken the initiative to retreat. At that time, the Wei army was in chaos and failed to hold back the Chu army in time, so that Xiang Jun's troops escaped, and Yiyang Jun, who was killed outside the city, also calmly returned to the city with the assistance of the defenders in the city. ”

"General, the spies came to report, the Chu people marched extremely fast, and General Gongsun couldn't catch up, so the Chu people ran away."

"General, the spies have come to report that the 100,000 troops of Zhaoju have all thrown off the pursuers and fled to fifty miles west of Juyang. Our army did not dare to pursue, and had already begun to release back Juyang. ”

As soon as Kuang Zhang heard the news from the scouts, he already knew what the problem was, and he also knew why the Qi and Wei coalition forces did not catch up with the Chu army, thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh for a long time: "The Chu people have all escaped, it seems that the general has not fought with the Chu people for many years, and he has almost forgotten the characteristics of the Chu army." ”

He successively served the King of Qiwei, King Qi Xuan, and the current three generations of King Qi of Qi, and has dealt with the Chu army for decades, and he also knows a lot about the Chu people.

The state of Chu stretches for two thousand miles from east to west, and from north to south, it also stretches for two thousand miles, and such a large territory has led to great differences in the customs of the Chu state, and even the Chu army in the north and south is also very different.

As far as he knew, the army in the north of Chu was at war with the countries of the Central Plains all year round, so the army in the north of Chu was basically not much different from the other countries. All of them are equipped with armor and chariot shields, and they are taught to fight in battle, which can be described as well-trained and well-equipped.

This is not the case in the southern part of the Chu State near the river, because the climate in the south is hot, and there are many jungles in the area, and the Chu people there mostly fight with the Yue people, resulting in most of the Chu troops in the south not wearing armor, but only wearing single clothes, holding swords, relying on small-scale formations, you can crisscross the mountains and forests.

It is precisely because of these characteristics of the southern Chu army that the southern Chu army moves extremely quickly, and the same Chu army often just launches a surprise attack from the front, but after repelling the Chu army, it will not take long for it to launch a surprise attack from behind. Such a speed, even if it is not much worse than Wei Wushu, who can run a hundred miles in half a day.

Wei Wushu is known as the strongest army in the world, and although the Chu army does not have such a reputation, it has also won the name of a pawn who is like the wind.

In this way, although the frontal battle of the Chu army was unsatisfactory, as a partial division harassment, it was effective. Often with the same number of two armies, the Chu army will always give people the illusion that the number far exceeds their own, and it is very difficult.

Obviously, the army led by Zhao Ju now is either the elite of Yingdu or the Chu army that is moving extremely fast near the river.

Zhao Ju led a Chu army like this, always harassing them when they attacked Juyang, and each time they were harassed, they fled immediately. In this way, although it may not be able to cause great losses to the forces of their Three Kingdoms Alliance, this kind of one-touch harassment can also cause great trouble to their siege operations.

Thinking of this, Kuang Zhang faintly felt a headache.

"Unless we can find an opportunity to eliminate or severely damage the Zhaoju Department in one fell swoop, otherwise, the next battle... can only pin their hopes on the side of Qin. ”

The other side.

The armies of the Chu army retreated all the way to the west, and only began to gather their troops when they knew that they had retreated to a distance of seventy miles from Juyang City.

It wasn't until after sunset that the four-way Chu army gathered together again.

Nighttime.

After Zhao Ju summoned the generals, he asked, "In today's battle, how about the battle damage?" ”

When Hu Jun heard this, he immediately responded with a hint of joy: "Back to Ling Yin, in this battle, our department entered the Wei camp and destroyed about one-fifth of the Wei camp, but because the war did not last long, our department did not have further results. However, it was precisely because the fighting did not last long that the losses of our troops were extremely light, and the number of casualties in the battle was only a few dozen. ”

When Ling Jun, the main general of the other road, heard this, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: I know that your department entered the Wei camp in one fell swoop today, but you don't have to talk about attacking labor from time to time. Ling Yin only asked about the battle damage, but he didn't ask about the results.

On the other side, when Zhao Ju heard Hu Jun's words, his face smiled slightly.

Although this raid was only to interrupt the siege rhythm of the Three Kingdoms and build confidence for the defenders in Juyang City, it was more to attract the hatred of the coalition forces, not to kill the enemy. But since Hu Jun said his credit, he didn't mind complimenting Hu Jun twice.

"Good, Hu Jun took the lead in this battle and took the lead in achieving results, so he should be the first to make the first contribution to this battle." Zhao Ju commended him, and then promised again in front of everyone: "Later, Ben will definitely report this matter to the king, please ask the king to officially restore Hu Jun's title, and I hope that Hu Jun will make persistent efforts and make meritorious contributions in the future." ”

As soon as Hu Jun heard that he could get what he wanted, he couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, and immediately bowed: "Xie Lingyin, I will definitely live up to the trust of the king Lingyin." ”

"Good." Zhao Ju nodded, and then looked at Ling Jun.

When Ling Jun saw Zhao Ju looking over, his heart couldn't help but darken, and then he responded: "Ling Yin, this battle is due to the fierce resistance of the Wei army, and more than 100 people have been lost in our battle. ”

After speaking, Ling Jun immediately surrendered his hand to the guilt: "The last general is incompetent, and he failed to cause great damage to Wei, and please order Yin to surrender." ”

Zhao Ju knew in his heart that the reason why Ling Jun's troops had small results and big losses was because Ling Jun failed to break through the Wei army's defense line in one fell swoop and enter the Wei camp like Hu Jun, but fought with the Wei army at the Wei army's barracks.

In this way, like himself, he was fiercely resisted by the Wei army, and he was bound to suffer great damage.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju smiled and said: "Why should Ling Jun ask for guilt, the battle damage of attacking the Wei camp head-on is minimal, but it has dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Wei army, this is the credit." Lingjun can make persistent efforts next time. ”

"No."

Then, Zhao Ju set his eyes on Xiang Junshen, and after also receiving minimal casualties from his Chu army, he smiled and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, in this battle, we have successfully disrupted the siege steps of the Three Kingdoms and dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Three Kingdoms. Moreover, after the war, we lowered the eyes and noses of the spies of the Three Kingdoms and ran wildly for more than 40 miles.

Now the Triple Alliance must have thought that we would stay in the west of Juyang next, and would definitely put the main defensive direction in the west.

Therefore, I will intend to raid the Song army in the east of Juyang tomorrow, I don't know if you can still fight. ”

When the generals heard this, although they felt that they had been running for a hundred miles overnight, killing from seventy miles west of Juyang to the east of Juyang, and then launching a surprise attack on the Song army, they were a little hesitant, but since Yin Zhaoju had spoken, then...

The generals glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "Fight." ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he smiled and said, "Okay, pass the order, the army will set off immediately and rush to the north bank of Huaishui overnight." ”

An hour later.

When Zhao Ju led the army to the north bank of Huaishui, there was already a Chu army of more than 100 people waiting on the shore.

Then, a young man dressed as a general, carrying a torch, came to the left of Zhaoju:

"Ling Yin, in Xia Huangjun's son Xie, on the order of his father, has prepared a ship for the 100,000 army, just waiting for Ling Yin to call."

"Okay, there's a gentleman." Zhao Ju was overjoyed when he heard this, and then saw a large number of ships appear on the Huaishui, and immediately ordered loudly: "Order, the army is on board..."