Chapter 631: The inexplicable evolution of the battle situation
Ha, Xu Yin is really impatient...
Zhao Hongrun noticed the strange movement of the Fenxing Army for the first time. After being slightly surprised, a knowing smile appeared on his face.
It is undeniable that in this first battle, the Fenxing army did a good job. With the same number of troops and a weak one-word formation, they actually blocked the Chu army's attack, and even suppressed the opponent in turn, which really gave the Wei infantry a hard time.
Long face.
But having said that, Zhao Hongrun still doesn't understand what is going on with that Chu army.
Obviously, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, was also a little impatient at this moment. He continued to fight with the Chu general Doulian like a thousand-man army, and secretly sent out flanks to directly attack the Chu army's main formation. This was obviously to make him
The battle between thousands of soldiers instantly expanded the scale of the battle, forcing the Chu general Doulian to reveal his true purpose in coming to fight.
It is a pity that the Fenxing Army is the fortress garrison of Fenxing Fortress. Except for a few scout cavalry, there are almost no so-called cavalry battalions. Otherwise, if Xu Yin had a force like the Dangshan Army and the Junshui Army in his hands,
The five thousand cavalrymen may be enough to destroy the Chu army in one blow.
Rather than like now, the Fenxing army on the flanks slowly outflanked the Chu army. It is certain that the Fenxing soldiers on the flanks must be running with all their strength. But for the generals who look at the entire battlefield, the infantry
The speed is still too slow.
But having said that, Xu Yin's purpose this time was not to completely annihilate the Chu army, but to find out the purpose of the Chu general Dou Lian opposite him.
After all, annihilating about 5,000 Chu soldiers was a great feat, but it was nothing compared to a major battle involving hundreds of thousands or millions of soldiers.
However, what shocked both Zhao Hongrun and Xu Yin was that not long after Xu Yin sent Cai Qinhu, the Chu general named Doulian actually retreated at the expense of gold.
What are you doing?
Zhao Hongrun's expression was very exciting, and he couldn't understand more and more what the Chu general named Doulian was thinking.
Could it be that, as Yan Mo said, Doulian mistakenly thought that the Wei army was trekking all the way, and wanted to harass the Wei army before it had a firm foothold, so that the Wei army could not quickly build a camp?
Or does Dou Lian arrogantly believe that more than 5,000 Chu troops alone can defeat 50,000 Wei troops?
"Have you been underestimated?"
While Zhao Hongrun was secretly puzzled, Xu Yin looked at the Chu troops who turned and fled and sneered again and again.
Although he did not attach much importance to these five thousand Chu troops, Xu Yin did not refuse to add this to his merits.
"Send orders to Cai Qinhu and let him pursue the Chu army!"
After issuing this order, Xu Yin thought for a while and added: "We must be careful that the Chu army is trying to trick the enemy into defeat. Don't be careless when asking Cai to capture the tiger."
"yes!"
Two of Xu Yin's bodyguards rode their mounts to quickly chase Cai Qinhu, conveying Xu Yin's general order.
At this time, Xu Yin looked up at the sky again, and then summoned two more guards and ordered them: "Go and report to His Highness King Su that our Fenxing army wants to take advantage of the victory to pursue. See if
There is a chance to take over Monsanto."
Having said that, Xu Yin immediately ordered the entire Fenxing Army to dispatch and head towards Mengshan, which was currently under the control of Chu State.
The two bodyguards did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported Xu Yin's words to Zhao Hongrun intact.
Zhao Hongrun was not upset at all about Xu Yin's "self-assertion". After all, Xu Yin was a general who could take charge of his own affairs and had the right to choose battles on his own, and adapting to the situation on the battlefield was something that a leading general must understand.
After thinking about it, Zhao Hongrun said to the two Xu Yin's bodyguards: "I know it. You two go back and tell General Xu Yin that I allow him to do things easily, but he must be careful... Forget it, go."
Bar."
He originally wanted to ask Xu Yin to be more vigilant to be on guard against the Chu army trying to deceive the enemy into defeat, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that a general like Xu Yin would not be negligent in such a matter, so he gave up the reminder.
meaning.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun and Xu Yin guessed correctly. When Cai Qinhu led thousands of Fenxing troops to pursue the Chu army of thousands of people, when they passed through a forest terrain, a group of ambush soldiers suddenly appeared in the woods, and with them
At the same time, Chu general Doulian also ordered a counterattack, and the rest of the Chu army and the ambushing Chu State attacked Cai Qinhu's Xiwei camp side by side.
Seeing this, Cai Qinhu was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter.
Although this fierce general looks rugged, he seems to be a tough guy like Chu Heng, but in fact, as one of the bandits in Shangcai and other places, Cai Qinhu is very cunning, and he is a kind of rough and fine.
That kind of person, otherwise, he would not be able to become the commander of the Fenxing Army's Western Wei Camp.
Not to mention that Xu Yin had already warned Cai Qinhu to be careful before the pursuit. Even if Xu Yin had not warned him, how could Cai Qinhu fall into such a superficial ambush plan?
He chased the Chu army along the way, but in fact he was always on guard.
But now that the Chu army's ambush in the forest came out, Cai Qinhu not only showed no fear, but burst into laughter.
Regardless of the Chu army's ambush, the number of local Chu soldiers immediately surpassed that of Cai Qinhu's Xiwei camp. However, having a large number of people does not mean that they have an advantage.
"Western Guard Camp, round formation to respond to the enemy!"
Cai Qinhu shouted with a loud voice.
"Solid as a rock!"
After a unified shout, thousands of Fenxing troops immediately formed a circular formation with Cai Qinhu as the center of the circle.
Just like before, the sword and shield hand is in front, and the sword and sword hand is in the back.
Even though the Chu army here outnumbered Cai Qinhu, and they were attacking the latter's troops from the left and right, a closer look at the battle situation revealed that the Fenxing army's circular formation was as stable as Mount Tai. No matter how hard the two Chu armies
There was no sign of collapse in any attack.
"I guessed that Dou Lian was up to something, but I didn't expect that he would pull off such a dirty trick..."
Grinning, Cai Qinhu moved his limbs, sat astride his mount, took a heavy iron gun from the guard beside him, and said to the deputy general Xu Bi beside him: "Xu Bi, you take command for me.
I’ll go meet Dou Lian for a while!”
The deputy general named Xu Bi rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said with a wry smile: "General Cai, Boss Cai, Uncle Cai, the general's army is at the rear, and these two Chu armies can't break through our defense line, why do you have to personally do it?"
What about danger?"
"Nonsense!" Cai Qinhu said angrily: "It is precisely because the general's army is at the rear that I must seize the opportunity to capture and kill that Doulian..."
After that, he ignored Xu Bi, who looked helpless, and rushed out with his legs wrapped around the horse's belly.
"Fighting soldier, follow me!"
Following his loud shout, a group of about a thousand soldiers from the Fenxing Army's Western Guard Camp followed Cai Qinhu.
I saw these soldiers, all of them tall and thick, with burly bodies. Although they held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, they did not look exhausted at all. Instead, they looked excited and shouted excitedly.
Come to think of it, this so-called brave soldier must be a brave soldier in the Western Wei camp.
"Huh?"
At this time, near the Dou Zi battle flag of the Chu army, Mengshan guard general Dou Lian of the Chu state also noticed this thousand-man team that was different from the ordinary soldiers of the Fenxing army.
He raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Cai Qinhu. Suddenly, a Chu army separated its forces and attacked Cai Qinhu.
At this time, Dou Lian had long lost the arrogance he had when he was scolding Xu Yin. He could only be seen staring at the Fenxing Army's Western Wei Camp in the distance with a sinking face, his eyes flashing from time to time.
"What a terrifying infantryman...right?"
At some point, a man with a mustache, also wearing a general's armor, appeared next to Dou Lian and said with a chuckle.
"Wu Mo?" Dou Lian turned around and glanced at the visitor, and sighed in a low voice as if in agreement: "The infantry of Wei State is the best in the world. I thought it was just a lie, but today I saw it, it is really extraordinary... Dou Mou from
I never thought that our main army of Da Chu would actually be defeated in a head-on confrontation."
Wu Mo, the general of Chu, also sighed after hearing this: "Yes, it would be fine if we were defeated by the Qi and Lu infantry with their strange skills. If it weren't for those weird things from the Lu State, our Chu army would definitely be able to kill the Qi army."
Not to stay, but the Wei army...didn't it mean that the Wei soldiers have been destroyed?"
Dou Lian rolled his eyes and gave the latter a "I don't know?" expression.
At this time, the scouts rushed over to report: "Report! A large force of Wei troops appeared on the north side. It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 people. According to this, it is only three miles away..."
"You came so quickly, Xu Yin from the Fenxing Army..."
Dou Lian muttered, and then said to his colleague Wu Mo: "Withdraw."
Wu Mo nodded.
After a while, the Chu army was defeated again. Both Dou Lian's army and the ambush led by Chu general Wu Mo were forced to give up their attack and fled due to the strong defense of the Fenxing Army's Western Guard Camp.
The Chu generals Doulian and Wu Mo also fled to the east and west respectively.
As soon as the two men left, Cai Qinhu rushed to the place with his hind legs. He gritted his teeth angrily as he looked at the Chu general Dou Lian who had fled.
"Damn it!... The rats from Chu State can escape quickly?"
At this time, some brave soldiers beside him said: "General Cai, what should we do? Our brothers haven't finished killing yet!"
"You ask me? I ask who is going?"
Cai Qinhu replied rudely, and then he looked at the direction in which Doulian was escaping, and his heart moved slightly.
That Doulian... seems to have fled to Mengshan? In this case...
Licking his lips, Cai Qinhu raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, chase after the victory! ...Kill to Mengshan!"
"Whoa whoa!"
Nearly a thousand brave soldiers raised their arms and cheered, and the army led by Cai Qinhu held fast to the defeated troops under Doulian's command.
Seeing this, Cai Qinhu's deputy general Xu Bi did not dare to sit back and watch the general of his camp go deep alone, and immediately ordered the troops to advance.
As a result, the Fenxing Army's Western Guard Camp advanced all the way to the bottom of Mengshan Mountain, killing the Chu troops along the way with corpses all over the field.
Behind the Xiwei camp were more than 10,000 Fenxing troops led by General Xu Yin of the Fenxing Army.
When Xu Yin arrived at Mengshan, Cai Qinhu was struggling to attack Mengshan. Looking at the battle situation, it seemed that the Chu general Doulian who was guarding Mengshan could not hold on.
Seeing this, Xu Yin immediately ordered the Zhongwei Battalion to be on guard against the Chu army in the direction of Xiangcheng, and threw the Dongwei Battalion into the attack on Mengshan. As a result, Mengshan's current situation was in danger, and it seemed that it might be captured by Wei at any time.
But unfortunately, Xiangcheng sent troops to support as Xu Yin had guessed, and the number of troops sent out was 20,000.
However, Xu Yin was not afraid. On the one hand, he attacked Mengshan fiercely, and on the other hand, he blocked the Chu army in Xiangcheng and fought vigorously with the Chu army.
However, when the news reached Zhao Hongrun's ears, Prince Su did not react for a while.
What's going on? Isn't it a test? Why did it suddenly turn into a big war?
Zhao Hongrun was a little confused.
He felt that this sudden war happened a little too fast. (To be continued.)