After a day and a half of marching, the troops had slowed down a little.

Because the Qi army really can't go fast, if you give up the baggage cart and rout like a sheep, you may be able to run faster.

But in that case, it means that the Qi army has collapsed if it doesn't fight this battle, and the scouts of the Mo family have been following behind the Qi army.

At noon on the third day, the righteous division had caught up with the main force of the Qi army's Pingyin army, and Shi could already see the retreating Qi army with a clairhand mirror on the hillside.

By two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the Qi army decisively chose to camp and did not continue to advance.

It seems that the commander of the Qi army was worried that there would not be enough time to camp in the evening, and the insufficient preparation led to the night attack of the Mo family.

Since the Qi people chose to camp, it was equivalent to choosing a decisive battle tomorrow, and Shi Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now the only one who can rescue the Pingyin Legion may be the doctors of A, Gu and other places, their main forces are gathered in the Pingyin Legion, and the possibility of this rescue is only theoretical, and it is not helpful at all.

The Wei-Han coalition may have known the Mo family's dynamics in the past few days, but it is useless for them to send troops now, and when they climb here, this battle will definitely be over.

At this moment, the huge Qi country had no strength to rescue the Pingyin Legion within five days, and this time difference was finally caught by the Mo family.

Shi gave the order, continued to advance, camped about five miles away from the Qi army, and fought a decisive battle early tomorrow morning.

The soldiers on the march shouted excitedly, they were really not afraid of fighting, the march was too hard, and now they can finally face each other, how can they not be excited?

After camping at night, campfires are lit, scouts are dispatched, and the rest of the people rest.

There is no need to be afraid of the night attack of the Qi people, even if the night attack of the righteous master can deal with it, let alone the Qi people fleeing at night, they do not have this ability.

Fleeing at night would be a rout rather than a retreat.

In the military tent, the officers were all excited, and Shi Ye swept away the previous nervous mood, and said: "Tomorrow's decisive battle, the most unfortunate thing is that the Qi people choose the cat by the river, do not attack or leave, let us besiege thousands of people, and hold on until it is dark even if it is a day." ”

"However, time is standing on our side, and in five days, there should not be a single reinforcement. But we can't fight for five days, and tomorrow we have to fight a decisive battle, and we have to win quickly. The early annihilation of the Pingyin Legion will allow you to capture Pingyin earlier, and you will have more time to repair, and you can wait for work when you are facing the Linzi Legion. ”

He walked outside the tent and looked at the moon at night, there was no halo, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and tomorrow should be a sunny day.

So he called the herald and said: "Tell the three brigades and the heavy copper artillery unit near Chengyang that after receiving the order, regardless of anything else, immediately go down the Jishui River." The sooner the better. ”

Six Fingers said with a smile: "Since you said that if you catch up with the Qi army, then you have already won half of the victory, so if you catch up today, you can think that we have won." The three brigades, along with the heavy bronze cannons and baggage, could go down the river. ”

Shi nodded and said, "Exactly." What we have to think about is to attack the Yin! Okay, let's talk about tomorrow's matchup......"

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A few miles away, the Qi army camped.

Nervousness spread through the camp, and the officers on patrol tried their best to control the emotions of the non-commissioned officers, but to no avail.

Now the main force of the Mo family is a few miles away, and they have a reputation for night raids, so they issued a heavy order: Anyone who makes noise in the camp will be beheaded immediately.

At this time, what I am most afraid of is Ying Xiao, even if the Mo family does not attack at night, it may be possible to sleep alone and shout a few words in a dream, which may cause a series of chain reactions.

Inside the big tent, Doctor Pingyin's face was solemn, and the surrounding Qi officers and nobles were also silent.

In the past two days of marching, the Qi army has done its best, but it is still caught up by the righteous division.

The army of 60,000, facing 40,000 righteous divisions, carried a kind of panic from top to bottom, and this battle was already half lost.

Where had there ever been such a war before?

Running for hundreds of miles, regardless of the city behind him, directly into the hinterland of Qi State, regardless of the gains and losses of Sishang, regardless of the ownership of Wucheng, it is like a personal vendetta against the doctor of Heping Yin, and he has been running wildly to chase here since Chengyang.

Doctor Pingyin sighed and said, "Now it seems that there is nothing to be done. Master Mo Jiayi has been staring at us from the beginning. ”

"We are destroyed, how can Pingyin be kept? If you don't keep it, what danger does Linzi have? Even if Gongzi Wu and Tian Qing arrived in Wucheng, what was the use? Indulgence? ”

When he decided to withdraw his troops a few days ago, he first sent a letter to the Linzi Army, explaining why he had withdrawn.

And today, when the Mo family Yishi was sure that he had caught up, he threw himself into the ruler again, hoping that the Linzi army would return quickly.

However, it was originally a parallelogram, but now the Linzi Legion may have arrived in Wucheng and is trapped in Jishui, which has become the diagonal of this parallelogram, even if you don't go the same way, it will take more than ten days to rush over.

It is even more meaningless to send a letter of help to other cities, and those cities are difficult to protect themselves, so where do they dare to send troops to rescue?

However, the wording is harsh, and there may be a few doctors in the cities who can send troops, and if the Wei and Han coalition forces can also send troops to rescue, there is some hope.

Doctor Pingyin was silent for a long time before he said: "I have no chance of winning against the suitability of the sage." The only chance of winning is to drag. ”

"It is suitable to march lightly, far away from Sishang, and the supplies are insufficient. He can last three or five days at most. And the doctors in Wei Han, A, Gu and other places may be able to rescue them in five days. ”

"We ...... As long as you can hold on for five days, even if the situation is not reversed, it will still have the power to fight. ”

"It's just, how do you keep it?"

That's a problem.

Regardless of those intrigues, nor does it consider the possibility that Wei Han will not send troops in order to preserve his strength, even if all of this is not considered...... On the fifth day, under the onslaught of the main force of the Mo family, who can do it?

A strategist said: "I look at the applicable soldiers of the shackles, and I like to encircle the two wings the most." In tomorrow's decisive battle, the two wings are the key. ”

"In the first battle of Lushui, the flank of Yue Wang Phong was defeated, which led to the chaos of the whole army. At that time, I didn't know the details of the Mo family, so I was defeated. ”

"Today we have 60,000 troops, and we can have more troops on both flanks. Tomorrow the army will be engaged, not attacked, not advanced, just defended. Survive until dark, and then win by three points. ”

"On the first day, the Mo family was not victorious, and our army was victorious, and it was no longer afraid. Second, tomorrow can be kept until dark, and then the camp will be attacked by elite soldiers at night, so that the Mo family will not be able to ...... the day after tomorrow."

As soon as he said this, Doctor Pingyin snorted and said, "Night attack? In the battle of Shangqiu, how did the Mo family win? The Mo family is the best at night attacks, how can they not guard against it? ”

"But...... It is advisable to say that the left and right armies are strengthened. ”

Guarding against the flanks is already the consensus of the main forces of the Qi army and the Mo family.

Another strategist said: "Now the Mo family has stirrup riders, and it is indeed difficult to defeat the two wings. The main force is placed on the left and right armies, and the Mo family will attack but not overcome, and the suit may change formations. It's just that it takes time to change the formation, if the Mo family finds that we can't break through the heavy troops arranged on our two wings, it will take two hours to change the formation, and one day can pass. ”

The strategist said, but the other said: "Now the Mo family has printed what the soldiers have learned into a book and passed it on to the world, and I am fortunate to see it." ”

"In the past, Sun Wuzi once said: The land that enters the people is deep, and those who have many cities behind them are important places. Those who fight will survive, and those who do not fight will die. ”

"Behind the Mo family, there are many Qi and Wei cities, deep into our hinterland, which is an important place."

"And now we have no way to retreat, we can't survive unless we fight, we are going to die."

"He also said: Heavy earth, I will follow its food; Dead, I will show that I will not live. ”

"The Mo family has penetrated deep into the many important places of the back city, but there is no food and straw, which is the possibility that we can win."

"Our army is in a dead place, and it will not be able to win unless the general shows that it will not live."

"Therefore: the place of death is born, and the place of death is born. The husband is in harm's way, and then he can win or lose. ”

Speaking of Sun Wuzi's talk of "falling into the land of death and then living, the husband is trapped, and then he can win or lose", Doctor Pingyin's eyes lit up, and he seemed to see the dawn, so he motioned for the man to continue.

That's where the doctor should be.

The strategist said: "Now that we are in a dead land, we cannot retreat, we cannot help, in this case, we can only put the soldiers in a dangerous situation, so that they can fight to the death, and perhaps there is a possibility of victory." ”

"Otherwise, if the three armies of the public army face each other in a field battle, can they defeat the suitability of the tartar?"

can't beat suitably, in the eyes of Doctor Pingyin, there is nothing to be ashamed of, and said calmly: "I can't." ”

The strategist said: "If you command the battle and change the formation quickly, can our army be able to catch up with the Mo family's righteous master?" ”

Doctor Pingyin shook his head again and said, "I can't." ”

Strategist 3 asked, "Keen observation, seize the fighter, make a point to break the surface, reverse the defeat, can you do it before the time of the sting?" ”

Doctor Pingyin shook his head three times, and the strategist finally said: "Therefore, just strengthening the two wings to defend to the death, it is not possible to hold on for five days." ”

"Yan Zhishi led the main force of the Mo family deep into the important land, the grain is not enough, they need a quick decisive battle, and they will definitely take the initiative to attack."

"We are in a dead land, and we have no chance of winning the confrontation, so we can only put it to death and live later."

He took a step closer and said, "It's better to ...... Back to the river array. ”

The four characters of the formation behind the river shocked the four seats, which is a way of arranging the formation that violates common sense.

Another strategist said: "Deploy a formation behind the river, once you fail, there is a river behind you, where do you flee?" ”

The advisor who proposed it laughed and said, "I will not line up against the river, once defeated, this place will still be dozens of miles away from the big city!" Could it be that you can escape the pursuit of the Mo family? The Mo cavalry is all elite, and they are pursuing with all their might, who can run? ”

"We are already dead, do we still have to think about defeat? can only fall into the place of death, so that the soldiers have no heart to retreat, stick to this place, there is a glimmer of life. ”

"The Mo family is in the heavy ground, and they will storm it. The soldiers have their backs to the river, there is no way to retreat, and once they are scattered, they can only be drowned, so they must fight to the death. ”

"Moreover, the formation near the river and the concentration of the whole army make it impossible for the Mo family to outflank the rear road and make it difficult to raid the flanks, even if they are raided, they can continue to organize defense."

"The most important thing is that the general talked about the fact that the immediate response is not as suitable as the shackle, and the formation is lined up with the back of the river, so you don't need to change the formation, as long as you defend it."

"If you don't win a day, the Mo family will be in a hurry. If they don't win for three days, the Mo family may choose to retreat. If you don't win in five days, the Mo family will have to retreat if you don't retreat! ”

"We can't think about how to defeat the Mo family's righteous master, but only need to think about defending it."

"The Mo family is only ten miles away from us, if we cross the river...... That is to repeat the mistakes of Xun Lin's father, the land of the two begonias! ”

"Why don't you burn the timber and the wagons, and don't make any plans to cross the river, so that the soldiers can see it. Anyway, as long as we defend to the death, the chariots are useless, not to get off the chariots and fight on foot, and all the chariots are also burned, so as to show the commander, generals, and sergeants will fight to the death and boost morale. ”

The strategist's words of "repeating the mistakes of Xun Lin's father in the land of Liangtang back then" finally made Doctor Pingyin make up his mind, nodded and said: "What you say is very true!" ”