Before retreating, he burned the city that Li Yan had worked hard to build with tens of thousands of troops.
Then the army retreated to Ganzhou for two days.
When the King of Yuezhi heard that the Qin army withdrew from Suzhou, he was overjoyed. He immediately ordered the general Qiu to lead an army of 30,000 to occupy Suzhou and pursue the Qin army.
The so-called "chasing" is actually following far behind the Qin army.
Qiu Kuo knew that if the Yuezhi Cavalry was barely superior to the Qin army's mobile combat, it would be far from its rival to defend it head-on.
So Qiu made plans from the beginning: I will advance if the Qin army retreats, and I will retreat if the Qin army advances.
There was no problem with this plan, because the Qin army was mainly infantry in the Yuezhi cavalry, so it was very difficult to catch up with the Yuezhi.
However, Qiu was completely unaware that he had fallen into the trap set by Shen Bing...
The Qin army retreated very slowly, which is normal. The Qin army, dominated by infantry, marched only fifty miles a day, not to mention that it had to marches with cattle and sheep with supplies.
On the first night, after the Qin army set up camp, the sinking soldiers arranged two thousand Shenwu Army and one thousand Hongli Army in the mountainous area and asked them to hide.
He even told the Li army to walk behind and clear the traces of troops entering the mountains.
Even the Qin army didn't know about this. They once thought that the Shenwu Army and the Shangli Army were still following behind.
The camping on the second night was actually a fake camping camp.
After setting up a tent and having a meal, Shen Bing ordered a short rest and prepare for battle.
Li Yan was stunned when he heard about "battle preparation":
"General, we're going to fight back again?"
Chen Bing replied:
"certainly."
Li Yan said with some regret:
"General, but we have burned the camp... Even if we fight back, there is no camp to guard!"
Chen Bing asked back with some anger:
"General Li Yan, is it important to camp or kill the enemy?"
"What's more, we only have enough military rations for more than a month."
"This time I kill the generals back... I can seize a lot of horses and flocks from Yuezhi!"
Li Yan couldn't help but realize it when he heard this, and nodded repeatedly and said:
"The General is brilliant."
But after thinking about it, he said:
"I'm afraid I can't catch up with Yuezhi..."
Chen Bing interrupted Li Yan:
"I have made arrangements for this matter, so General Li can command the soldiers."
After Li Yan finished explaining, Chen Bing went to find Liu.
What Chen Bing did not expect was that the prince who seemed to be rude was actually the prince of Pulei... which is what Qin State calls the prince.
However, the Puli Country is similar to the same, and even the father of Puli King is like a herdsman.
Chen Bing guessed that they would not have been so down and out before, but when they were destroyed by the Huns and rushed around to escape and survive, of course they didn't care about their demeanor.
When he saw Chen Bing coming, he excitedly greeted him and said:
"General, the father said that the General is a wise man."
Chen Bing said "Oh" and asked:
"How can I see it?"
He turned his head and bowed to King Pu Lei who was looking at Shen Bing behind him, said a few words, and then replied:
"The father said that the counterattack was right at this time."
"The general also set up an ambush on the enemy's retreat. This battle should be to take back Suzhou in one fell swoop!"
Chen Bing smiled. This Pule King was still smart.
But there was one thing he miscalculated.
"No." Chen Bing replied: "In this battle, we are going to attack Shazhou and vow to take down Yuezhi!"
After hearing this, Wang was shocked and told him to King Pu Lei. King Pu Lei also looked at Chen Bing with shock, and after pondering for a while, he nodded slightly.
Ye explained:
"Although my father didn't know what good general had to do in Shazhou to destroy Yuezhi, I believe the general was sure."
"The father told me to tell the general that we would follow the general's leader."
What Chen Bing wants is this sentence, that is, let King Pulei unconditionally trust Chen Bing and hand over the command power. Otherwise, if there is disagreement on the battlefield... King Pulei does not obey the order, it would be bad.
Pulei can only gather 3,000 cavalry troops until now, and the other 2,000 are the scattered cavalry recruited by various ministries in the Western Regions.
These scattered riders are a bit troublesome because they have not practiced so it is difficult to command.
Even if you are involved in the battle, you may cause chaos.
Therefore, Shen Bing planned to temporarily use only three thousand cavalry of the Pulei division, and two thousand scattered cavalry were used to protect the flock.
The sky gradually darkened.
Shen Bingchao's messenger ordered:
"Let's set out!"
The commander immediately rode away with the flag, yelling as he ran:
"Let's set out!"
"Let's set out!"
...
The Qin army, who were originally sitting neatly on the ground to rest, stood up from the ground, each brought their own equipment, and then walked steadily west under Li Yan's command.
Yuezhi's camp was two miles away. At this time, because it was dark, I could only vaguely see some of the white tents and the bonfires lit by the Yuezhi.
From this we can also see that Yuezhi is not prepared for war at all, otherwise lighting a bonfire in front of the enemy formation is a taboo in military strategists.
After waiting for a while, Chen Bing nodded to Ji.
He shouted behind him, and the three thousand Pu cavalry jumped onto their horses, and then drove their horses in small steps and followed the infantry forward.
There was no drum beat or bragging horn throughout the whole process.
This is to prevent the Yuezhi from disturbing it to ensure the suddenness of the battle.
However, after a cup of tea, Yuezhi still discovered the Qin army's movements... A sound arrow flew into the air with a roar.
From a distance, the Yuezhi cavalry began to get messy under the bonfire.
Although I couldn't see anything, there were running figures everywhere, the fire was flickering, and from time to time there were a few shouts and horse neighing.
The Yuezhi people seemed to want to line up to fight.
This was expected by Shen Bing.
Even though Yuezhi had made plans to run away from the beginning, she still had to resist for a while when she had already set up camp.
The reason is very simple, the Yuezhi army also needs military rations.
However, the Yuezhi military rations were different from those of the Qin army. Their military rations were the flocks of sheep carried with the army.
When camping, they need to gather the flock together and stakes to prevent them from escaping... In fact, they are laying a few stakes around the flock, and then connecting the stakes with a few hemp ropes.
So when they were suddenly attacked by the Qin army, they had to buy some time to drive the sheep out.
What's more, Yuezhi is still in an unknown state...
Although the sound arrow has warned him, the sound arrow only means "the enemy is coming to attack". The Yuezhi people are not sure whether this is a small group of enemies or a large number of enemies.
After all, Yuezhi is considered a big country. It is impossible to face a small group of tentative attacks by a small number of enemies and run away in the first place!
So, this gave the Qin army a chance to get close to them.
The Qin army was still walking step by step, with neat and steady steps, holding the crossbow in his hand, and his eyes looking towards the direction of Yuezhi were filled with a terrifying murderous aura...