In the middle of the night, Zhao Hongrun, who was slowly marching towards Lu's direction, received a report from the Qingya people, saying that the Qin army had withdrawn towards Hangu.
After learning the news, Zhao Hongrun opened his eyes in shock.
He originally thought that Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin, would continue to pursue him relentlessly and delay the arrival of his army at Lu's family as much as possible, but he did not expect that the Qin army commander would give up the pursuit so simply.
Of course, this does not mean that Wu Xin Hou Gongsun Qi made a wrong judgment. In fact, this judgment was very clever.
After all, the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops stationed in Hanshan led by Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi were the strongest opponents on the battlefield that Zhao Hongrun was responsible for.
In other words, if he cannot deal with the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops, Zhao Hongrun will not be able to support other battlefields, even if he solves the Jie tribe and the Ling tribe.
But having said that, Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi made such a judgment, which also meant that he had given up on the Jie and Ling tribes, and even gave up on Qin Army General Wang Jian and his thousands of Iron Eagle troops.
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Overall, this is a conservative, prudent and somewhat ruthless decision.
This decision made Zhao Hongrun realize that even if he eradicated the Jie and Ling tribes this time, and even captured and killed the Qin general Wang Jian, there would still inevitably be a hard battle against the Qin army in Hangu in the future - I believe that by then, Wu Xin
Hou Gongsun Qi will use all his strength to prevent his Wei army from winning this battle as soon as possible.
And this is precisely Zhao Hongrun's weakness.
"...Forget it, let's save the headache for later."
Shaking his head, Zhao Hongrun temporarily put away the troubles in his heart.
Since Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi has chosen to leave the war temporarily, Zhao Hongrun does not have much energy to deal with him. His top priority now is to return to the Lu family as soon as possible and protect General Sima An - if he is a step late, it will lead to
Sima An was trapped in a tight siege and was jointly killed by the Jie tribe, the Ling tribe and the Qin general Wang Jian. Even if Zhao Hongrun later wiped out all three groups of soldiers, he could not recover the losses of Wei.
A general like Sima An, who possesses the talents of a great general, cannot tolerate any mistakes!
In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Hongrun led his army to the northwest of Luoning. At this time, he had received news from the Green Crows.
As he expected, at dusk yesterday, when Zhao Hongrun had just retreated from Hangu, Qu Cheng, the commander of the Yanling Army who was stationed in Yishan and responsible for attacking the Ling tribe, was unexpectedly attacked by Qin General Wang Jian.
Although Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, and Sun Shuke of the Yanling Army were all generals with great talents, unfortunately, these generals never thought that there was actually an army hiding in the eastern part of Sanchuan controlled by their Wei army.
The Qin army secretly attacked them.
Unprepared, the Yanling Army was defeated as expected, causing the Ling tribe that had been suppressed by them to burst out with strong combat effectiveness. As a result, the Yanling Army lost its main camp and could only retreat twenty miles to the northeast.
Here, re-station.
Fortunately, neither the Qin general Wang Jian nor the people of the Ling tribe took advantage of the victory to pursue them, otherwise the losses of the Yanling army would have been even greater.
Of course, even so, the Yanling Army also suffered nearly 3,000 additional casualties. This casualty made Zhao Hongrun feel extremely heartbroken.
This was his dereliction of duty as a coach, because he failed to detect the Qin army's conspiracy in advance and allowed a Qin army's surprise troops to lurk in the hinterland of the Wei army.
However, what surprised Zhao Hongrun was that at the same time as the news from the Green Crows, there was also a letter sent by his aide Jie Ziyu.
In Jie Ziyu's letter, this aide tactfully reminded Zhao Hongrun about Qin General Wang Jian's strange army. To sum up, it actually means the same thing: pointing out that Qin General Wang Jian's real attack target was Yanling, who was responsible for attacking Yishan.
military.
This surprised Zhao Hongrun.
You know, he only realized that something was wrong through the strange attitude of the Qin army in Hangu, and Jie Zi was far away in Luocheng. How did he guess this?
It turned out that two days ago, Lu Balong led a part of the Sichuan-Luocheng coalition army, which was mainly composed of warriors from the Lun tribe of the Yi tribe, back to the Luocheng area.
According to Zhao Hongrun's original tactical arrangement, Lu Balong would deploy his Sichuan-Luocheng coalition forces in the mountains and forests around Luocheng, waiting for Qin General Wang Jian to sneak attack on Luocheng.
Later, Lu Balong would follow Zhao Hongrun's instructions and drive the Qin general Wang Jian's army back to Hangu, and launch a two-sided pincer attack on Wang Jian's army with the Wei army deployed by Zhao Hongrun in front of Hangu.
After arriving in the Luocheng area, Lu Balong sent someone to send a message to Jie Ziyu, Zhao Hongrun's staff, reminding the latter to beware of Qin General Wang Jian's sneak attack. After all, Luocheng was a free trade city with almost no city defense power.
City, in the past, warriors from various tribes in the Sichuan-Luo Alliance were the main defense force of this city, but now, Zhao Hongrun has mobilized many warriors from these tribes to form the Sichuan-Luo Alliance Army, which has greatly weakened the defense force of Luo City.
Therefore, Lu Balong felt that it was necessary to send someone to remind Jie Ziyu, lest Luocheng be destroyed too much by the Qin general Wang Jian. After all, Luocheng was not only the foundation of the Sichuan-Luo Alliance, but also the source of wealth of the Sichuan-Luoyang Alliance.
However, when the warning message was sent to Jie Ziu, it aroused Jie Ziu's suspicion that Su Wang Zhao Hongrun deliberately left a loophole in Luocheng to induce the Qin army to attack Luocheng. In this case, the Qin army
Would he really be stupid enough to attack Luocheng?
You know, before Zhao Hongrun led his army to Sanchuan, Wei Ji, the king of Lintao in Fenyin, wrote a letter to Zhao Hongrun, in which he made some comments on the famous generals of Qin, including this
The commander-in-chief of the Qin army was Gongsun Qi, Marquis of Wuxin.
Although Zhao Hongrun did not know that Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi was the commander of the Qin army at the time, this did not prevent him from remembering Lintao Lord Wei Ji's evaluation of this man in his letter - because of this, Zhao Hongrun faced Wu Xin in Hangu.
Only when Hou Gongsun rises will he be so cautious.
As one of the staff of Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, Jie Ziyu naturally read the letter written by Lintao Lord Wei Ji. He felt that based on Lintao Lord Wei Ji's high praise for Qin generals such as Gongsun Qi and Wang Jian,
The latter two will not fall into the trap of luring the enemy.
Therefore, Jie Ziu immediately sent someone to invite Lu Balong back to Luocheng and asked the latter about the recent strategic arrangements of the Wei army. After thinking about it carefully for a while, he finally came to a guess: The Qin general Wang Jian was probably not planning to attack Luocheng.
City, but Yichuan.
Because this matter was of great importance, Jie Ziyu did not dare to take it lightly. Therefore, he indirectly consulted Lian Pi, a guest in Luocheng, to verify it with the latter.
After listening to Jie Ziu's story, Lian Pu glanced at the map of Sanchuan twice and immediately agreed with Jie Ziu's guess: "Sir, you are right. The target of Qin General Wang Jian is Yichuan."
For Lian Pi, who has been in battle for a long time, it is too easy to see through Qin General Wang Jian's intention. If nothing else, it is just that "Qin General Wang Jian made the golden cicada escape from its shell in the north of Changhao Mountain, so as to get rid of the Qingya people."
Surveillance", this is enough for Lian Pi to be highly suspicious of "Wang Jian may sneak attack on Luocheng".
"Then Wang Jian seems to be a good person, let Lian help you, right?"
Perhaps because he realized that Qin General Wang Jian was no ordinary general, Lian Piu had some fighting spirit in his heart. Although he was now white, his desire to fight against the heroes of the world had not faded at all.
But unfortunately, Jie Ziu politely rejected Lian Pi's kindness and made Lian Pi speechless with some beautiful words: "We, the Wei Army, should handle the army."
Of course, Lian Piu wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to help Zhao Hongrun and return the favor because he was short-tongued and soft-handed. However, Jie Ziu had been warned by Zhao Hongrun about this matter a long time ago. How could he let Lian Pio return the favor so easily?
Drop this favor?
Not only would he not let Lian Pio repay the favor easily, he would also continue to serve Lian Pio with good food and drinks according to Zhao Hongrun's instructions, and use his friendship to win over this great Korean hero, so that Lian Pio couldn't bear it in the end and was willing to do so.
Enter the Wei State.
Therefore, after rejecting Lian Pi's proposal, Jie Ziyu sent a message to Qu Cheng, the commander-in-chief of Yanling Army in Yichuan, to remind him. On the other hand, in the name of "King Su's staff", he ordered Lu Balong to lead the army.
The army supports Yichuan.
But unfortunately, Jie Ziu was still a step too late. By the time his letter was delivered to Qu Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Yanling Army, Qu Cheng had already been attacked from both sides by the Qin general Wang Jian and the Ling tribe, and suffered a defeat.
But it is undeniable that Jie Ziu's letter made Qu Cheng understand where Wang Jian's army, the Qin army that attacked them, came from, and what the latter's intention was.
As a result, Qu Cheng, who had ordered to retreat twenty miles to camp and prepare to wait and see for a few days before making any plans, immediately divided his troops into two groups. On the one hand, he pursued Qin General Wang Jian and the main force of the Ling tribe, and on the other hand, he attacked the Ling tribe.
Territory, preparing to rob the latter's wealth - when the main force of the Ling tribe left Yichuan to attack the Lu family, the tribe's defense in Yichuan had become extremely weak, which allowed the Yanling army to rob the Ling tribe's wealth as much as they wanted.
Such as sheep, slaves, etc.
Under the attack of the Yanling Army led by Yan Mo, the remaining forces of the Ling Tribe were retreating steadily. In the end, they could only give up the tribe's wealth, abandon their flocks, and cut off the slaves. The remaining members of the Ling Tribe took the tribe with them.
Women, children, old and young, fled southward, trying to cross the barren Nanliang and flee to the borders of Wei, Sichuan, Chu and Ba - like the Jie tribe, the Ling tribe also had a large territory in Wan.
However, under Jie Ziyu's reminder, although the response of the Yanling Army was fast enough, it was still a step too late. When the Yanling Army's leader Qu Cheng arrived at the Lu family, the Wei army guarding the Lu family - composed of Meng from the Yi tribe
A part of the Sichuan-Luoyang coalition led by Meng Liang, the clan leader, was defeated by the Qin general Wang Jian without any precautions. Even the Lu family's camp was defeated by the Qin Ling coalition.
At this time, Qin General Wang Jian and the Ling tribe did not know that they had been abandoned by Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi. Under the mistaken belief that the Qin army in Hangu would come to support them, they blocked Qu Cheng's Yanling army and attacked Sima An's army.
"Jianbei Wei Camp".
Facing the sneak attack by Wang Jian's army and the main force of the Ling tribe, the two Wei generals Ji Yan and Le Kui who were guarding the Northern Wei camp in Jian were also stunned like Meng Liang, the chief of the Meng tribe of the Qian tribe who had previously guarded the Lu Wei camp, because
They never expected that they would be attacked by the Qin army behind them.
In addition, Qin General Wang Jian was very cunning and deliberately spread rumors that "Wei Gongzi Run has been defeated" and "Shang Shui Army has been defeated" during the fight, which caused the morale of the Wei army to plummet. Finally, Qin General Wang Jian captured the Wei camp in Jianbei.
Wei generals Ji Yan and Le Kui tried their best to block it, but in the end they failed to stop Qin general Wang Jian. After a short discussion, they divided their troops into two groups. One group entered the narrow valley and joined Sima An, while the other group
Move to Lushi, prepare to reorganize the army at Lushi, unite with other friendly forces, and retake the Wei camp in Jianbei.
After the decision was made, Wei General Ji Yan led his army into the narrow valley and told the general Sima An that the "Jianbei Wei Camp" had been attacked and fell.
At this time, Sima An had built a simple camp in the two-hundred-mile-long narrow valley from Lu to Luonan - let's call it the "Yangchang Narrow Valley" - and guarded the narrow valley.
The Jie tribe warriors fought for several days.
When he learned that the retreat route had been taken, Bosile's expression was a bit ugly. After all, the fall of the Northern Wei camp in Jian meant that they had problems with their military rations. Without food, although there were still many Jiejiao cavalry in the narrow valley,
I don't think I can hold it for a few days.
However, in this difficult situation, Sima An remained calm and composed, as if he was not affected at all, and was concentrating on the strategy to defeat the Jie tribe.
"...Perhaps this is an opportunity to defeat the Jie tribe?"
Touching the beard on his chin, Sima An looked at the west side of the intestinal tract and thought to himself.