When he saw this sentence of Wei carved on the tree, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi trembled all over as if he had been struck by lightning.
It was not that he was timid and greedy, but that he realized in an instant that he and Ji Run, the young master of Wei, thought of going together - he put his hope of defeating the Wei army in pursuit of the Wei army again after being ambushed.
In fact, Wei Gongzi Ji Run set an ambush just for this point.
It can be seen from this that Wei Gongzi Ji Run's military strategy is not inferior to his.
"You underestimated the enemy..."
With a secret thought in his heart, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi immediately shouted loudly: "Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops!"
However, at this time, the ambush troops of the Wei army had launched a crossbow attack on the Qin army. In the dim environment, it was impossible to see how many people there were in the Wei army. They could only hear the shouts of killing from the Wei army in this area, and countless Qin soldiers fell into panic.
, were hit by crossbow arrows one after another and fell to the ground dead.
"Protect the coach!"
"Protect Young Master!"
The loyal Qin soldiers, regardless of their own safety, carried shields to protect Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi and Qin Shaojun, and protected these two people from retreating first.
At the same time, the soldiers of Qin Army also reversed their ranks, the front team became the rear team, and the rear team became the front team, and decisively evacuated this area.
Seeing this, the Wei soldiers jumped out of their ambush points one after another, intending to chase and annihilate the Qin army. What's more, a group of Wei cavalry appeared on the trail, headed by a general, holding a sword and rushing into the Qin army.
No one's land.
Under this situation, even though the Qin army was brave, their fighting spirit was almost zero, and they fled the Chang Haoshan Trail in a hurry without making any counterattack.
It can be seen that it may be due to the "One-day Battle of Hangu" the year before last. Even the brave Qin soldiers were frightened when facing the Wei army, especially the "Shangshui Army" who defeated them that year.
, one of the two elite troops under the command of Wei Gongzi Ji Run.
After pursuing for two miles, the Wei army stopped its pursuit. Wu Ji, the chief general of the Shangshui army, shook the blood from his sword and announced that the entire army would turn back and return to the large army of His Highness King Su.
At this time, Nanmen Chi, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, came on horseback and smiled at Wu Ji and said, "Don't you want to pursue me anymore?"
Wu Ji said calmly: "Just drive away the following Qin army. There is no point in chasing for a long time... Anyway, we can't take Hangu with us. Just take it when you see it."
"That's right." Nanmen Chi nodded, and then said with a smile: "By the way, Commander Qin is really cunning and treacherous. Now think about it, he knew that our army would set up an ambush, and deliberately fell into the first ambush.
This lowers our army's defense and makes it easier for him to lead troops to pursue us again... It's a pity that His Highness King Su has the upper hand."
After hearing this, Wu Ji also showed a smile on his face, as if Nanmen Chi was praising him instead of a certain Prince Su.
It's no wonder, after all, Wu Ji respected Su Wang Zhao Hongrun very much.
"Let's retreat before Commander Qin wakes up," Wu Ji said with a smile.
"Yeah." Nanmenchi nodded.
As a result, while the 20,000 Qin troops fled in a hurry from the Changhuan Mountain Trail, the Wei troops who were left behind to ambush the Qin troops also evacuated southward in an orderly manner, preparing to catch up with Su Wang Zhao Hongrun's large army.
Let’s not talk about the withdrawal of Wu Ji and others for the moment, but let’s talk about the Qin army.
It has to be said that today, he was ambushed twice by the Wei army. This made the commander of the Qin army, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, who had been in the army for half his life, feel trembling. He could not remember how long it had been since he had been as panicked as he was today.
Waiting for the 20,000 Qin soldiers under his command to escape from the Changhao Mountain Trail, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi reined in his horse and looked back at the dark direction of the Changhao Mountain Trail. He found that the Wei army had not taken advantage of the victory to pursue him, and he was heartbroken.
Let out a long sigh.
He realized that he had been deceived.
Even though the ambush of the Wei army just now seemed huge, the young master of Wei deliberately left the shocking words "Marquis Wuxin of Qin died here", which frightened Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin at that time. However, since the Wei army
It can be seen from the fact that the ambush did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the Wei army. The thunder was loud and the raindrops were light. To put it bluntly, it was used to scare the Qin army. It may not actually have too many troops.
If you think about it carefully, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun's current top priority is to return aid to the Lu family, ensure the grain and grass transportation line from Luocheng to Jianbei Wei camp, and ensure that his general Sima An will not be attacked from both sides by the Jie tribe, Ling tribe and Qin general Wang Jian.
How can I have time to tangle with the army of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi?
Although it is true that taking the opportunity to pursue, many Qin troops can be annihilated, but it will also delay the important task of supporting the general Sima An. Between "annihilating the Qin troops" and "supporting the country's general Sima An", the difference between
Zhao Hongrun would naturally choose the latter.
After figuring this out, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi felt a little ashamed of his panic just now.
He must admit that he was frightened by the words of Wei carved on the tree trunk: "Marquis Qin Wuxin died here."
"He is a genius..."
Looking up at the night sky full of stars, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi sighed sadly.
Even though he was now in his prime, he couldn't help but feel emotional when he met a young and powerful opponent like Wei Gongzi Ji Run.
"Marquis Wu Xin..."
Next to him, Qin Shaojun's uneasy greeting came.
Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi turned his head and glanced at Qin Shaojun. He found that Qin Shaojun was not injured in the chaos just now under the protection of his guard chief Peng Zhong. However, it was undeniable that the young man was looking disgraced at the moment and was really embarrassed.
"Young Master, I have brought shame on our great Qin."
Gongsun Qi said with shame.
"Wu Xinhou said it." Qin Shaojun waved his hand, but he didn't know what to say next.
To be precise, he still doesn't know what happened - the strategy of "second pursuit of the Wei army" proposed by Wu Xinhou in front of him is so clever, why did the Wei army reserve an ambush?
"Could it be that that person is more powerful than our Great Qin Marquis Wu Xin?"
Involuntarily, Qin Shaojun thought of his former friend, Mr. Wei Ji Run.
"Wu Xinhou, what on earth...is going on?" Qin Shaojun couldn't help but ask. He felt that his defeat was a bit inexplicable.
After hearing this, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi smiled bitterly and shook his head.
To be fair, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi was well aware of all the previous actions of Wei Gongzi Ji Run, including the messages he deliberately left for him, but he must admit that the Wei army setting up two ambushes was really amazing -
-That was the second ambush deliberately set by Wei Gongsun Ji Run when he guessed that Gongsun Qi would pursue the Wei army a second time.
In other words, the second ambush was specially set up for him, Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin.
If it were an ordinary Qin general, he would not pursue the Wei army again after being ambushed by the Wei army. However, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi did the opposite and took advantage of the opportunity to pursue the Wei army again after being ambushed by the Wei army.
, but unfortunately, he ran into the trap specially reserved for him by Wei Gongzi Ji Run.
It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, was lucky enough to see the tree with the inscription "Marquis Wuxin of Qin died here".
If Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi had given up the second pursuit of the Wei army, perhaps Wu Ji, the Wei general in charge of the second ambush, would have waited for a while, crossed out the words engraved on the tree, and quietly evacuated with the Wei army's ambush.
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"You are underestimating the enemy."
Facing Qin Shaojun's inquiry, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi sighed with a bitter smile.
At this time, he felt quite regretful in his heart: If he had known earlier that Wei Gongzi Run was no less good than his general, then he would never have let his deputy Wang Jian make a dangerous move to attack Yishan.
No, now Wei Gongzi Ji Run has seen through the conspiracy of Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi, which has made the latter passive.
Just like this pursuit, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi must pursue it. He must delay Wei Gongzi Ji Run's return to aid the Lu family as much as possible so that the Qin army general Wang Jian can unite the Ling tribe to capture the Lu family according to the plan.
Cut off the retreat of Wei general Sima An, and then unite with the Jie tribe to launch a two-sided attack on Wei general Sima An, completing the Qin army's initial strategy.
If he does not pursue and does not try to hold back Wei Gongzi Ji Run, then when the latter leads his army back to Lu, he will order the Wei army to encircle and annihilate the Qin army general Wang Jian and his thousands of Iron Eagle troops, causing Qin to lose
A talented general and thousands of elite cavalry.
Zhao Hongrun also knew this very well. He knew very well that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi would definitely send troops to pursue him, so he set up the first ambush.
As for being ambushed by the first Wei army, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi had already expected it. However, he had already targeted the gap where the Wei army relaxed its vigilance after repelling his Qin army, and prepared to pursue the Wei army again, but he did not expect that.
Wei Gongzi Ji Run even thought of reaching this level and set up a second ambush, causing him to sacrifice many soldiers and horses in vain.
In this regard, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi was convinced. In his opinion, the number of people who could carefully set up a second ambush in this situation would probably not exceed ten people in the world, and Mr. Wei
Ji Run was among them at such a young age, which made Gongsun Qi, the Marquis of Wuxin, who was in his prime, unable to help but feel that he was old.
After listening to Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi's story, Qin Shaojun endured the surprise in his heart and asked in a low voice: "Wu Xinhou, what should we do next? Do we still want to pursue the Wei army?"
After hearing this, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi raised his head and glanced at the dark west side of Changhao Mountain in the direction of the trail.
At this point, he was not very sure about "eradicating Wei general Sima An". After all, he had just realized that there was a commander in the Wei army who was not inferior to him, and he had already seen through his intentions.
"Withdraw to Hangu."
Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi said calmly.
After hearing this, Qin Shaojun showed a look of horror on his face: Withdraw Hangu? Doesn't that mean giving up General Wang Jian and the thousands of Iron Eagle troops?
Perhaps guessing the fear in Qin Shaojun's heart, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi said in a deep voice: "It was my mistake. Without knowing about Wei Gongzi Run, I let General Wang Jian perform a dangerous move to attack Sima An... like this
Such conspiracies are easy for ordinary people, but for opponents like Wei Gongzi Run, they will actively hand over the handle to the opponent... For the current plan, our army should firmly defend Hangu and delay the war as much as possible.
Your Highness, you must know that the Wei army is far more anxious than I, Da Qin, to end this battle as soon as possible."
"you mean?"
"Put it on! Drag it until the situation in Wei is in danger and until Wei Gongzi Run is worried about the other battlefields in his country. Only then will this war have a chance of winning."
While saying these words, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi couldn't help but sigh.
He knew that the only way to deal with an opponent like Wei Gongzi Run was to use conspiracy, but without knowing the details of the opponent, he asked his general Wang Jian to make a conspiracy to plot against Sima An. This meant that,
Instead, the Qin army fell into a disadvantage.
Of course, it is not too late, and the Qin army can still recover from the disadvantage.
But the premise is that General Wang Jian and his thousands of iron eagle troops, and Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi are unable to help.
It is undeniable that this was his dereliction of duty as a coach.