From the time when Xiang Mo was first stationed at Zhaoguan to suppress Wu and Yue, he had begun to hear that an incredible guy from the Qi State led a few hundred soldiers to attack a military camp of tens of thousands of people in the Chu State at night.
Come quietly and leave calmly.
Later, the name Tian Dan became more and more famous. Especially one year, Tian Dan's troops came out of Yushan Fortress and fought all the way to Zhaoguan where Xiang Mo was located, almost piercing through half of Chudong.
During this period, I don’t know how many people ridiculed Tian Dan for going deep into the country alone and not knowing whether to live or die. They sent troops several times to cut off Tian Dan’s return. However, Tian Dan seemed to have developed a will to die and no longer thought about returning to Qi.
, started a nearly year-long war with the Chu State in the east of Chu.
During that period, Tian Dan led his troops to shuttle through the territory of Chu State. When the food and grass were almost cut off, they made sneak attacks everywhere and captured the cities of Chu State.
Sometimes the Chu State sent heavy troops, but Tian Dan was unable to stop them, so he retreated.
But as soon as the Chu army retreated, Tian Dan left and returned, again planting the Qi military flag on the city wall.
In that year, Tian Dan conquered fifty-four Chu cities. It is said that one of them was a city. Tian Dan and the Chu army fought against each other, so that Tian Dan conquered this city seven times and defeated it.
At the end of the city, there is ten miles of red land, as if the air is filled with a strong smell of blood.
Finally, King Lu Xi of Qi sent Tian Tao and Tian Ao to come over to help him, and then he took Tian Dan back.
After this battle, Tian Dan was well-known to everyone in Chu State, and he was talked about like a tiger. His evil reputation was so bad that it could make children stop crying.
Putting aside Tian Tan's bad habit of hanging all the Chu nobles on the city gate tower, Xiang Mo also recognized that this man was a brave man.
Therefore, Xiang Mo was not very surprised that Tian Dan led 50,000 to 60,000 Qi troops and actually dared to ambush Xiang Mo's 500,000 Chu troops, because this was not what Tian Dan had done.
The craziest thing.
In comparison, Mr. Wei Run actually had such courage, which surprised Xiang Mo.
In addition to the accident, Xiang Mo's fear of Zhao Hongrun also increased.
About a quarter of an hour later, Xiang Mo returned to the army with Zi Cheji and others.
During this period, Xiang Mo met his general Zuo Liang, so he asked the latter about the ambush of his army.
However, Chu general Zuo Liang was also confused about this.
It's no wonder, after all, the number of Chu troops evacuating south this time was as many as 500,000, and they were widely distributed. Therefore, even if they knew that the army was ambushed by Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan, many Chu troops would have trouble finding their bearings in an instant.
"Put up the handsome flag."
Xiang Mo gave instructions to the soldiers behind him.
Immediately, all the soldiers raised a flag with the inscription "General Xiang of Chu" high.
The reason why the first thing is to put up the flag is because there are rules in the army. Wherever the commander's flag is located, it is the commander's post.
Therefore, Xiang Mo ordered people to put up his command flag to let his soldiers and generals know the location of the command post. It not only played a role in stabilizing the morale of the army, but also made it easier for his generals to send people to deliver the news.
No, when Xiang Mo's soldiers raised the command flag high and then set up the command tent on the spot, a military general in the distance sent messengers to deliver the news.
Only then did Xiang Mo learn that the Wei army was on the west side of his army, while the Qi army was on the east side of his army. The two armies were dispatched at the same time to attack the center of the 500,000 Chu army. Because these two armies appeared
The ground was so abrupt that the Chu army was unprepared. This was why the 500,000 Chu army failed to organize a counterattack immediately.
Think about it, after all, the Chu army numbers as many as 500,000. Looking at the world, how many people can have such courage and courage to lead an army to sneak attack?
But in fact, just having a large number of troops does not mean that they can withstand a sneak attack like this, such as Xiang Mo.
At this moment, he knew clearly that there was a group of Wei troops and a group of Qi troops running back and forth among his army, but he was suffering from the inconvenience of conveying orders and could not dispatch his troops as usual.
At this time, it depends on whether the military generals can take charge of their own affairs.
Fortunately, among the 500,000 troops under Xiang Mo's command, there were not many generals who could stand alone.
"Order Zhou Wei to block the Wei army, and Mou Luo to block the Qi army... The rest of the soldiers will be temporarily returned to Zhou, and the two generals Mou will take charge of them."
"yes!"
The soldiers received the order and left.
Xiang Mo spread out a marching map in the commander's tent and marked the positions of the Wei and Qi armies one by one.
He was not worried about the fatal casualties that the Wei Army in the West and the Qi Army in the East would cause to his 500,000-strong army. After all, the combined strength of these two partial divisions was far inferior to his. In comparison, Xiang Mo was even more
Passionate about finding where Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan are now.
Once he finds the two's current foothold, he can turn defense into offense and swamp these two bold guys with an army of half a million people.
As expected, not long after, news came from the army that the Wei army and the Qi army were retreating one after another.
Moreover, the messenger conveyed the retreat direction of the two armies to Xiang Mo.
Relying on a lot of intelligence, Xiang Mo roughly circled the footholds of the Wei army and the Qi army: the Wei army was in a forest on the southwest side, while the Qi army was on a hill in the southeast. They were all after Xiang Mo's army withdrew southward.
on the only way.
Huh! I see. It seems that these two people are not planning to let Xiang evacuate south easily...
Xiang Mo shook his head with a smile.
If Suxian is considered a bait, then the Wei army and the Qi army control the passage for Xiang Mo's army to evacuate to the south, which means that they are in trouble.
All in all, Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan obviously don't want to let Xiang Mo's 500,000-strong army evacuate southward. They hope to intercept it here and preferably drag Xiang Mo here. In this way, Qi Qi behind Xiang Mo's army will
Once Wang Luxi's army arrives, three groups of soldiers and horses will besiege Xiang Mo, which may seriously weaken Xiang Mo's army, or even destroy this army in one battle.
But, it's difficult.
Because the leader of this Chu army was Xiang Mo, a famous general from Chu State.
The Qi army chasing behind our army is a small force of Qi's vanguard officer Tian Tao. With Tu Shen to deal with Tian Tao, there is nothing to fear on this road. And Qi King Lu Xi's army should still be one day's journey away from here...
...No, to be on the safe side, let’s count it as half a day. In other words, I have half a day to deal with that Ji Run or Tian Dan...
"Half a day."
Xiang Mo took a long breath.
I have to say that half a day is a bit short.
We must know that the 500,000-strong army under his command withdrew from Fulisai all the way to Suxian County, with almost no stops or rests on the way, and the army was tired. Otherwise, Shicai would not have been successfully attacked by the Wei and Qi armies, and even the decent
There is no way to organize a counterattack.
So the question now is, should we attack Ji Run or Tian Dan? Or should we divide our troops into two groups and attack them separately?
With just a change of thought, Xiang Mo made a decision.
"Go down with the order, surround the forest, and attack the Wei army with all your troops!"
Actually attacking the Wei army?
Zi Cheji and Zuo Liang, who were waiting in the tent, looked at each other because they both thought that Xiang Mo would choose the road of Qi Jiang Tian Dan to break out of the encirclement.
After all, the latter has a greater reputation for evil. If Tian Dan can be killed during the breakout, this feat may directly reverse all the previous disadvantages of the Chu army.
However, the General Xiang Mo in front of him chose to break out of the encirclement via the route taken by Wei's young master Ji Run.
Does this mean that Ji Run, the young master of Wei State, carries more weight in the heart of the general than Tian Dan?
…
Zi Cheji and Zuo Liang looked at each other thoughtfully.
In fact, just as they both guessed, Xiang Mo was more afraid of Zhao Hongrun than Tian Dan.
The reason is simple, because Tian Dan is only a general of Qi State. Unless this person rebels and succeeds, Tian Dan will never be able to dominate the will of Qi State.
But Zhao Hongrun is different. He is the son of Wei State and the eighth son of King Wei. He has a chance to become the next King of Wei.
If this son was just an ordinary person, that would be fine, but when Xiang Mo looked at Zhao Hongrun's various behaviors in his Chu country, he felt that this Wei Gongzi clearly had astonishing ambitions.
Xiang Mo even suspected that if the Wei Gongzi Run really dominated the Wei State and became the King of Wei in the future, he might become a serious problem for their Chu State.
Therefore, Xiang Mo chose to break out from the Wei army without hesitation. If there was a chance, he would not mind burying the outstanding Wei prince Ji Run with his own hands.
With an order, half a million Chu troops turned around and pursued the Wei army.
This news once made Tian Dan feel baffled, because he couldn't figure out how his status in Xiang Mo's heart could be compared with that of Zhao Hongrun.
But after thinking deeply, Tian Dan thought of the key.
This Xiang Mo is truly a far-sighted person...
Tian Dan said secretly in his heart.
To be fair, if the wise king of Qi State, Lu Xi, was not about to die soon, and none of Lu Xi's sons were successful, so that Qi State would need to rely on Wei State for help in the future, otherwise, I am afraid Tian Dan would also kill Zhao Hongrun.
Heart.
After all, this is the case in this era. King Lu Xi of Qi made Qi the overlord of the Central Plains. Who can be sure that Wei Gongzi Run will not be the leader of the resurgence of Wei?
It's a pity that with the current situation in Qi, how could Tian Dan stand by and watch Zhao Hongrun die?
What's more, they still have a bet.
After thinking about it, Tian Dan ordered to send out troops again.
Fighting head-on with Xiang Mo's army is an extremely stupid act to seek death. What Tian Dan wants to do is to harass the Chu army and reduce the pressure on the Wei army.
On the other side, the Green Crows quickly reported to Zhao Hongrun the movement of Xiang Mo driving 500,000 Chu troops towards the Wei army.
Zhao Hongrun was simply shocked by this.
You know, it was Tian Dan's idea to intercept Xiang Mo's army. He, Zhao Hongrun, just saw that Tian Dan's bad reputation in Chu State was even worse, so he wanted to get some light by the way, because in Xiang Mo's heart when he originally wanted to come,
The number one enemy should be Tian Dancai.
But the current situation is that Xiang Mo left Tian Dan alone and led an army of up to 500,000 to attack his Wei army. This was simply incomprehensible to Zhao Hongrun.
Aren't I just following Tian Dan to get some glory, am I provoking someone?
With a wry smile, Zhao Hongrun immediately ordered the woods to be set on fire and the entire army to evacuate south.
It's okay to follow Tian Danzhan and take advantage of Xiang Mo, but Zhao Hongrun is not that stupid to have Zhao Hongrun face off against Xiang Mo's 500,000-strong army. (To be continued.)