Soon, Zhao Ju led the army to the place where the Wei army had camped not long ago, looked at the empty clearing, and smiled contemptuously: "Gongsun Xi is really cowardly, he will lead the same army to fight, but he retreats without a fight." Judging from this general, in the future, Gongsun Xi will not be called Xiwu, but simply called Xiwu. ”

"Ling Yin is like a god with soldiers, and Gongsun Xi is a little self-aware." Yin Jun praised it, and then asked, "Ling Yin, now that Gongsun Xi has run away, what should we do next?" ”

Zhao Ju looked at the camp abandoned by the Wei army, and then looked to the north, but saw smoke and dust not far away, as if the Wei army had not gone away.

Seeing this, Zhao Ju couldn't help but smile slightly.

If he just wanted to frustrate the Wei army's spirit, then it would be enough to force the Wei army back now.

However, his purpose is not only that, he also wants to take the opportunity to provoke Gongsun Xi to attract Gongsun Xi to take the initiative to fight when he shows his traces in the future.

At that time, Gongsun Xi's troops were insufficient, and it was inevitable to form an alliance with another country, and it was better to deal with two armies that were not subordinate to each other than to deal with one.

Moreover, if Gongsun Xi is defeated, he can also take the opportunity to drive a wedge between Qi and Wei and cut off Qi's arm.

Thinking about it, Zhao Ju looked at the north and said, "What should I do, since Gongsun Xi fled without a fight, then we naturally have to take advantage of the victory to pursue." ”

Yin Jun was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "Ling Yin Sansi, now that Gongsun Xi is retreating without a fight, we have achieved the goal of boosting morale, why pursue it here."

I don't worry that the pursuit will fail, but I'm only worried that we are too far away from Juyang, and we may be entangled by Gongsun Xi, which will give the Qi and Song countries a chance to take advantage of. ”

Zhao Ju refused with a cold face: "Yin Jun doesn't need to be persuaded, now the Qi and Song coalition forces are five or six days away from Juyang Shan, even if they travel all the way now, it will take three or four days." Now we still have a chance, as long as the morale of the Wei army in front of us plummets, then it will be easier to defend Juyang City next. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju immediately ordered: "Order, the army is pursuing..."

Wei Jun.

After Gongsun Xi led the Wei army for more than ten miles, the speed of the march slowed down.

According to Gongsun Xi's prediction, this time Zhao Ju led the army to fight in order to improve the morale of the defenders of Juyang City, so as long as he temporarily retreated a little, Zhao Ju would take advantage of a little bit and retreat.

No, not long after the speed of the Wei army slowed down, a scout quickly ran to Gongsun Xi's side: "General, Chu Xiangzhao Ju is leading the Chu army to chase after quickly, and it has already reached fifteen miles behind us." ”

Gongsun was stunned, and hurriedly looked back, and saw a cloud of smoke and dust rising into the sky in the distance behind him.

"Damn, you have to inch in, how dare Zhao Ju do this?"

Gongsun was angry and had the heart to fight with the Chu army for a while, but he saw that the soldiers around him no longer had much heart to fight to the death after retreating for more than ten miles.

Gongsun Xi calculated, at this time, he fought with the Chu people who were eager to fight, and the chances of winning were too small.

Thinking about it, Gongsun Xi could only suppress the anger in his heart and ordered loudly: "Pass the order, speed up the march." ”

In the Chu army.

As soon as the speed of the Wei army increased, Zhao Ju, who followed behind, immediately knew.

After knowing that Gongsun Xi was unwilling to fight, Zhao Ju didn't want to think about it, and immediately ordered: "Speed up and catch up with the Wei people..."

On the other side, Gongsun Xi learned that the Chu people were speeding up their pursuit, thinking that Zhao Ju was determined to break the Wei army led by him first, so he was even more reluctant to fight with the Chu people.

Time passed quickly between fleeing and chasing, and soon the sky darkened, and by this time the Wei army had fled for nearly forty miles, and the Chu army had also followed to a place fifty miles away from Juyang City.

After the sun had completely set, Zhao Ju ordered the pursuit to be stopped.

Wei Junzhong.

"The Chu people have stopped!"

Gongsun Xi was immediately relieved when he heard that the Chu people had finally stopped.

Then, Gongsun Xi led the army to the north for five miles, and then ordered the army to be stationed in place.

After the army settled down, Gongsun Xi stood in the middle of the army, and then the faint light of the fire, looking south from afar.

Now he is very angry in his heart, because in order to avoid unnecessary losses, he did not have the intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Chu army before the Qi and Song coalition forces arrived, which led to being chased by Zhao Ju for forty or fifty miles in one breath, which was really aggrieved.

And when they just gave the order to rest, some generals looked at them with a hint of reproach, thinking that as the victors of the last war, there was no need to avoid the edge of the defeated army of the Chu State, and they could stay where they were and teach the Chu army a lesson.

In this way, among the Chu troops who were repelled, they could stay in the barracks and eat cooked food.

And not lying on the hard ground and gnawing on dry and hard military rations, as is the case now.

As the commander of an army, he must consider the Wei State, and in the case of the certainty of victory, he must try to avoid the casualties of the Wei army, so as not to disappoint the trust of the King of Wei.

However, today's act of sucking up his bags also made him feel ugly, Zhao Ju did too much this time, and he didn't save him any face.

At this moment, Gongsun Xi secretly made up his mind that if the Chu army came back tomorrow, he would definitely not hesitate to fight.

Thinking about it, Gongsun Xi ordered loudly: "Pass the order, tomorrow the fourth watch will start to make rice, the whole army will add a piece of meat, and the whole army will eat on the fifth watch, and they will line up in the same place at dawn to prepare for the Chu army." ”

When the surrounding soldiers heard that they would not run away tomorrow, but would fight against the Chu army, they all showed joy and praised: "The general is wise"

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, after Gongsun Xi finished eating, he was about to give the order to reorganize the army for battle, when a spy walked quickly: "General, the scouts who monitored the Chu people came to report that there were two Chu troops of about 30,000 people, both numbering about 30,000, had just left the Chu army garrison and went to the east and west respectively. ”

"Thirty thousand Chu troops in the east and west?" Gongsun Xi suddenly had doubts in his heart.

The total number of troops in Zhaoju's hands is only 100,000, and with this division of troops, there are only 40,000 left in the Chu army in the south.

With such a thin force, the Wei army could defeat the frontal Chu army with a single charge.

So...

Thinking about it, Gongsun Xi immediately shook his head.

Zhao Ju would certainly not be so unwise to deploy a large number of troops on the flanks, so that there is no distinction between priority and priority. Therefore, if he expected to be correct, the two Chu armies heading east and west must be suspicious soldiers, and the number must be less than 30,000.

As long as there are enough flags, even if there are only 5,000 people in the dark sky, you can create a scale of 50,000 people.

Thinking about it, Gongsun was overjoyed, and ordered with an expressionless face: "Pass my general's order, and the whole army will be ready for battle." ”

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Not long after, not long after the sun rose, Zhao Ju led 80,000 Chu troops to the front of the Wei army, which had already been arrayed, to invite the battle.

And Gongsun was happy to see a large wave of Chu troops killed, but just a cursory glance, the number of people far exceeded 40,000.

Seeing this, Gongsun Xi sneered: "It's just a suspicious tactic, and you want to hide it from me." ”

As soon as these words fell, the adjutant general on his side immediately pointed to the west and said, "General, look at the west." ”

When Gongsun heard this, he looked to the west and saw that the west was full of smoke and dust, as if there was a large army moving.

Seeing this, Gongsun Xi hurriedly looked to the east again, but saw a large flock of flying birds hovering in mid-air in the eastern sky.

At this time, two scouts came from one east and one from the west.

"General, there is a Chu army in the west, the Chu army is full of smoke and dust, and it is impossible to see the number of the army, but looking at the scale of the Chu army, the number of the Chu army is about 30,000."

"General, there are signs of an ambush by the Chu army in the jungle to the east, but the jungle is deep, and our scouts can't find out the number of Chu troops in the forest for a while."

Gongsun was stunned, and before he could speak, there was a shocking drum sound in front of him.

"Newspaper... General, the Chu army is beating drums to invite battle. ”

When Gongsun Xi heard this, he immediately fell silent.

At this time, the deputy general of the Wei army saw that Gongsun Xi was silent, and immediately spoke: "General Xiwu, there is an abnormality on the east and west sides, but the Chu army in front is about 80,000, and the left and right sides are clearly suspicious soldiers. General, I thought we could take advantage of the opportunity to fight. ”

Gongsun Xi shook his head when he heard this: "It's not proper, our army is deep in Chu, and we are not familiar with the surrounding terrain, and it is too close to Juyang, an important place in Chu State. Now Zhao Ju's suspicious soldiers are so obvious, so I will be worried that this is Zhao Ju's virtual reality, it seems to be a suspicious soldier, but in fact, Zhao Ju has already secretly transferred troops from a road we don't know.

At this time, the situation on the left and right is unclear, so you should not rush into battle. ”

Saying that, Gongsun Xi ordered: "Order, send more scouts to investigate the truth of the Chu army left and right, and the army will not move for the time being." ”

In the Chu army.

Xiang Junshen stood beside Zhao Ju, and saw that the Wei army in front of him did not move for a long time in the face of the invitation of the Chu army, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "General, could it be that Gongsun is happy to be in the middle of the plan." ”

Zhao Ju smiled and said, "No, he was hit by the plan, and he didn't hit the plan." ”

"General, why is that?"

"It is said that Gongsun Xi has been tricked, it is because Gongsun Xi has not yet figured out the situation of the army, and he does not dare to act rashly. said that he didn't have a plan, it was because he didn't even have a basic temptation, but just asked the scout to find out the truth, which shows that Gongsun Xi is still unwilling to fight with our Chu army. ”

Saying that, Zhao Ju smiled and said: "The five countries came with a great victory, thinking that they had the chance to win, so naturally they would not risk defeat, or risk losing both, and fight our army alone, but will drag it until the reinforcements arrive." At that time, with absolute numerical superiority, bullying the weak with the strong, and sharing the war losses, this was their inner thoughts.

Therefore, Gongsun Xi seems to have been tricked, but in fact he didn't have a trick, but he didn't want to fight in his heart. ”

Xiang Jun cautiously heard this, looked in the direction of Wei Jun, and nodded thoughtfully.

At this time, Zhao Ju saw that the Wei army was not moving, and then ordered: "Ertong Drum, continue to invite battle." In addition, he sent an envoy to the Wei army to invite Gongsun Xi to fight. ”

"No."

Wei Junzhong.

In front of Gongsun Xi, the Chu envoy said loudly: "General Xiwu, when I heard that the general led the army to come, I was overjoyed, and I specially led the army to come, hoping to fight with the general." ”

When Gongsun Xi heard this, he looked left and right, and saw that there was no clear news from both sides, so he immediately said with a cold face: "Since the general has led the army here, he will naturally fight with Chu Xiang, and the envoy will go back for the time being, and let Zhao Ju wait first." ”

"It's so good, and everyone in the country is looking forward to fighting the general."

After the Chu envoy left, Gongsun Xi was silent for a while, and ordered loudly: "The whole army is on guard, don't act rashly." ”

Soon.

Zhao Ju saw that after the second drum ended, the Wei army still did not move, and ordered: "Order, three drums, and send another messenger." ”

Wei Junzhong.

"General, our country ordered Yin to know the truth of one blow and then three times and then exhaustion, and knew that the general was waiting for the morale of our Chu army to weaken. However, Yin Nianhe was tired of coming here, and he was not willing to take advantage of the general. Therefore, it was decided to stay where he was after the three-way drum was over, hoping to fight the general. ”

When Gongsun heard this, he saw that Chu had used the radical method, and he couldn't help but hesitate again with his original determination.

So, with a wave of his hand, he didn't say anything, and directly waved back the Chu envoy.

After the three-way drum ended, Zhao Ju saw that the Wei army still didn't move, and smiled: "The four-way drum invites battle." ”

When Xiang Jun heard this, he immediately asked, "General, do you want to send another envoy?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Ju shook his head and said, "I'll send it over when the Sitong drum is almost over, now is not the time." ”

Wei Junzhong.

Gongsun Xi heard the fourth drum sounding in the Chu army, his heart was full of blood, his eyes were cold, and he silently waited for the arrival of the Chu army's envoy, and then prepared to wave his troops to kill the Chu army in the shock of the Chu envoy.

It's just that he waited for a while, until the Sitong drum was halfway through, and he didn't see the Chu envoy appear.

Just when he was impatient and didn't plan to wait, he saw the messenger's vehicle appear from the Chu army array.

Seeing this, Gongsun Xi immediately endured it.

"General, Ling Yin originally thought that the general would take the opportunity to attack after the three-way drum was over, after the morale of our Chu army was very low. But I don't want to, my Chu army is all disappointed.

Now, the four drums of our Chu army are over, and the morale has been extremely low, but there is still no general to send troops..."

As he spoke, the envoy shook his head: "The general is too timid, according to the following opinion, in the future, the general will not call himself a rhino warrior, just call it a rhino mouse." ”

Gongsun Xi's head was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and fell into the plan.

Just now he also said why this messenger appeared a little late, whether the envoy was cowardly and didn't want to, but this messenger calculated the time to calculate him, and took the opportunity to humiliate him.

Gongsun Xi was angry in his heart, and when he was about to wave his troops to attack, there was a sudden shout from the direction of the Chu people in front: "General Rhino, your heart is like a rock, our army is invincible, we can only retreat, the general has the courage to chase after a battle." ”

Gongsun Xi looked up and saw that the Chu army was retreating.

At this time, when the surrounding generals heard this, they were furious and said: "General, the Chu people are hateful, and the last general is willing to lead the troops to fight." ”

"Slow." Gongsun Xi shook his head, and then drove to the front of the formation, and saw that the ranks of the Chu army were extremely orderly when they retreated, and there was still no definite news on the left and right sides.

Seeing this, Gongsun Xi felt a chill in his heart and did not dare to move forward rashly.

It wasn't until the Chu army walked away and accelerated away that a big movement suddenly came from both sides.

Soon, two spies came to Gongsun Xi's side: "General, after the scouts' multi-party fighting, the Chu army on both sides is only 10,000 people, and at this moment, the Chu army sees that they are exposed, and they are fleeing south in panic." ”

When Gongsun heard this, his face suddenly darkened.

It was calculated, and it was humiliated.

Then, Gongsun Xi was about to give the order to pursue, but when he saw the eyes of the people around him, it seemed to be a little different from usual, and then he remembered that the Chu people had just called him a rhino rat, and his face suddenly turned even darker.

After a pause, Gongsun Xi ordered: "Order, the army rests in place and waits for the Qi and Song coalition forces." ”