"Quick, accelerate forward, accelerate forward" Ji Guang stood on the chariot, anxious to hiss on the railing, the wind blowing his red cloak, fluttering like a cloud of fire.
Earlier, Li Han told the informant that his husband sent someone to Chu to explain the situation to him, and he learned that Qingji actually had an ambush in Lu State.
At that time, because the number of this ambush army was small, and Wu Guo also had a brother-in-law with rich experience in the battle formation, since he had already learned the situation of the other party, it was bound to be difficult for the other party to succeed in the sneak attack, and he was not too worried at that time.
However, now Qingji suddenly withdrew from the battlefield from the Chu State, and even dispelled the idea of exterminating his men and horses in the Chu State, and rushed to the Wu State like a desperate person, which made him very frightened.
If it weren't for the success of Qingji's ambush attack, and Qingji urgently needed to send troops to rescue, how could Qingji act like this In every father's heart, his son will always be a child who needs to be taken care of by him, and Ji Guang also has this psychology in his heart.
His son's husband has never been on his own, and he doesn't know if he is negligent and has been taken advantage of by Qingji.
Suffering from the inconvenience of communication in this era, the exploration horse sent in advance only sent back the first message: Qingji was attacking the city, and then because the attacking and defending sides blocked the inner and outer areas of Gusu City, so that no further news was delivered, he did not know the accurate news of Gusu City at this time, and all kinds of terrible consequences continued to linger in his heart, so that he kept urging the whole army to move forward and try to rush to Gusu City as soon as possible to relieve the siege.
"It's not okay to march like this, if it goes on like this, the men and horses are exhausted, even if they rush to Gusu City, it will be difficult to attack, we should persuade the king, we can't let the soldiers rush like this.
Gusu City was built by my own hands, as long as the defense is properly, even 100,000 male soldiers will not want to capture it in a year and a half.
Wu Zixu stood on the other chariot and said worriedly.
Bo frowned and said: "We have been persuaded many times, why should the king touch the king's mold again." ” He pondered for a moment and said, "The king does this, and there is also the king's reason.
We have far more men and horses than Qingji's men and horses, even if we rush to the city of Gusu and can't immediately start a battle and attack, if we want to defend, they still can't do anything about us.
As long as Gusu City has not been lost, seeing that we have rushed to the periphery, we will be able to stabilize the morale of the army, just rest for a while, and attack inside and outside, and we will be able to celebrate in a battle. ” Wu Zixu's surname was violent, and he couldn't help but be furious when he heard him so echo and close Lu, and he was about to scold a bastard, thinking that Bo Yu had made a great contribution in Chu this time, and now his status in King Wu's heart was only inferior to him, so he endured this breath, and a pair of lying silkworm eyebrows moved, and said in a deep voice: "Although our army is numerous, now the long-distance march has been exhausted and the combat strength has dropped greatly, and now galloping to help Gusu, the road ahead is too late to send horses, and the whole army is scattered, in this case, if you want to abandon Gusu and welcome our army, and ambush on the front road, how should it be good at that time" Bo was stunned for a moment, and said with a dumb smile: "Xiangguo is too worried, our army is in a hurry, the Chinese army is constantly moving, so he even sent a circular probe horse to constantly listen to the news of the road ahead, and the Chinese army that reported to us can't do it, just ask Qingji to rush back to Wu in a hurry, only three or two minutes earlier than us, what means does he have to accurately grasp our action route, arrival place and time, and ambush tens of thousands of troops in advance on the only way we travel.
As long as the military orders are frequently conveyed up and down, and he is transferred over and over, his army does not need to fight, and he will be scattered. ” When the soldier heard this, he turned his head to look at the exhausted army as the chariot was speeding forward, and sighed heavily.
"Report, the Wu army is galloping here, and it will be in about two hours to reach the front of the mountain."
A merchant messenger rushed to the Qingji camp sheltered by grass and trees, carrying a robe and sweating profusely.
"Two hours" Sun Wu was moved, he looked up at the sky, and said happily: "Two more hours, the sky is already dark, God really helps me." ” Qingji said: "Mrs.
Cheng Bi is so good, with her eyeliner, we are like a pair of clairvoyants, and we know the enemy's every move well, only in this way can we calmly prepare, highlight the surprise soldiers, and defeat the strong with the weak."
This time Wu Ruosheng won the battle, and Mrs.
Cheng Bi made great contributions" On the side, Chengxiu listened to him praise his sister, and couldn't help laughing: "Childe praised it, my sister's eyeliner under Chu Wu was originally used to pass on business opportunities, and it has been operating for many years to have such an effect, I didn't think it could be used in the military." ” Qingji said curiously: "Chengxiu, what method did your sister use to transmit the news so quickly" Cheng Xiu scratched his head and said: "There are actually many methods, but it takes many years to operate and arrange."
We used to deliver business news, and the information was collected by the treasurers of our family faction in various places, but the people who delivered the news were just local farmers, fishermen, and rickshaw drivers.
Over the years, we have found some ordinary farmers in Chuwu folk, and they will give them some money subsidies every year, and when there is news, they will use the cars on their feet, ferry boats, etc., to help us pass the news piece by piece, and when the news reaches the next family, they will add another reward, they are just running errands, and they can have a lot of income every year, and they are very enthusiastic about this matter.
Oh, by the way, in an emergency like this, we also use pigeons to communicate. ” "Carrier pigeon" Qingji said movingly: "You actually used carrier pigeons to communicate" As early as around 3000 BC, the Egyptians and Greeks had domesticated wild pigeons as domestic pigeons.
The Egyptians began to use pigeons to deliver letters from then on.
In the Spring and Autumn Period in China, there were also various domestic pigeons in the southern region, which were only spread on a large scale in the Qin and Han dynasties, and were more widely used for communication in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
At that time, it was mainly the generation of Annam and Guangzhou who went to sea because of the inconvenience of communication, and there were often people who brought their pigeons on the ship and flew back all the way to deliver family letters to report safety, and there were not many for military purposes.
Qingji knows that the pigeon transmission message in the early stage of breeding, training is quite laborious, without a few years of hard work, and the pigeon is not you let it fly to where it flies, it will only be carried to the field when flying back to their own home, to use the pigeon to communicate also need to set up a reliable home along the road, become a fixed teleportation point, such a thing can not be done in a moment and a half, not to mention that he is a fugitive prince has the ability to do, so although suffering from inconvenient communication, he has also played the idea of carrier pigeons, But in the end, he gave up, and he didn't expect Cheng Bi to have a business here.
"Carrier pigeon" Cheng Xiu was stunned and said with a smile: "The name of Childe is good, our pigeon is indeed used for communication, but although this pigeon flies fast, it only recognizes its own home, and sometimes it is shot down by hunters and eaten by eagles and falcons during the flight, so we usually don't use it."
This time, because of the importance of the matter, when I went to see my son in Chu State, I had already ordered those people in Wu Chujian who specially helped us deliver the news to send their own pigeons to the previous and next families as soon as possible, and if there was important news that needed to be transmitted by pigeons, the pigeon would be released and let it fly back to its own home.
At this important moment, for example, at least three pigeons must be released at one time, and the same content is tied to the legs, so as to prevent any loss. ” He smiled and said: "Although those peasants have worked hard, and they have to keep people at home waiting for news, but at such times, their rewards are ten times more than usual, and they wish that we had such urgent news transmission every day, so they don't even have to plow the land, and they can become the richest man in the village just by helping us deliver news." ” When Qingji and the generals heard this, they couldn't help laughing.
"The front has reached Tianmu Mountain, the king, it is getting late, we can't take advantage of the night to walk through the mountain, and the soldiers are really unable to take a footstep, we still temporarily camp in front of the mountain to rest, and wait for the dawn to go again."
When Wu Jun's forward rushed to the foot of Tianmu Mountain, Wu Zixu couldn't help but speak to Ji Guang again.
This time, Bo Biao couldn't help but say to Ji Guang: "King, it's getting late, the soldiers are tired, and they need to eat and drink, and the rear team is dragging too far, so they should wait for them to arrive at the convergence, and they should camp and rest." ” Ji Guang didn't know that he should have let the soldiers rest a long time ago, after all, his men and horses were flesh and blood, and they couldn't stop eating or drinking, so they continued to run.
He nodded, waved his hand, and immediately said in a loud voice: "Order, the whole army is encamped and buried in the pot to cook." ” At that moment, there were Chinese troops waving yellow flags, spinning and flying, and there were orders to beat drums, three long and three short, ordering the whole army.
Hearing the news of the encampment, many of the soldiers stopped and fell to the ground, limp as mud, and did not want to move again.
Those officials such as the commander of the army, the two horses, and the commander of the pawn were also exhausted, and they still had to cheer up, kicking and pumping, forcing the soldiers who were lying on the ground to get up and move, so as not to suddenly move and still hurt their bodies.
There are still some soldiers who have some spare strength to set up camp, fortify and fortify, bury pots and bury pots, and the whole mountain front plain is a busy scene.
Wu Zixu hurriedly jumped out of the chariot, summoned his henchmen, and ordered: "Immediately send a few sentinels to investigate the news of Gusu City overnight, and then send a few teams of foot soldiers to explore the mountains ahead." ” "Lord Xiangguo, the soldiers are tired of running for their lives, and they can't go anymore, do you want them to rest and go again, it's really" "No" Wu Zixu frowned, lowered his face and said: "The soldiers are important, and the horses must be sent." ” The general had no choice but to surrender his hand, and then he summoned a number of scouts, each of whom was paid more and ordered them to carry out the military orders immediately.
The sunset is gone, the mountains are like ink, Qingji and his party looked at the expanding enemy camp in front of the mountain in the lush jungle halfway up the mountain, Ying Tao said with his fists: "Childe, let's rush out while they are not firmly established." ” "Don't" Sun Wu hurriedly stopped: "Looking at the camping formation, they are not prepared to attack the camp, this is their lair."
Besides, they came in a hurry, carrying no baggage, and with a flat river ahead, and there was nothing to lean on in place, and they could not make a tight defense, so let their tired troops set up camp, and consume as much strength as possible.
By the time they had dinner, it was already dark, and it was even more difficult to motivate, so it was time to do it. ” Ying Tao glanced at Sun Wu, thinking about the situation at this time, and couldn't help but secretly shudder.
Ji Guang originally had 65,000 people, but now he has fought several battles in the Chu State, and only more than 50,000 remain.
These more than 50,000 people and horses, all the way from the Chu State, took the dry road, the carriages and horses are limited, can not carry many people, the army has traveled a long distance, even if every time it is said to go out and go, it is said to fall and rest, but also slowly exhausted the physical strength and sharpness, these two said that Qingji actually arrived first, so under the urging of Ji Guang, all the way to the wild, everyone was exhausted.
Sun Wu is not enough, he has to let them set up camp first, exhaust the last bit of strength, and then let these tired soldiers eat their stomachs, one by one when they are tired and sleepy, and it is difficult to walk when they are full Seeing his loyalty, I couldn't imagine that the use of soldiers was so ruthless, and it would be a nightmare for anyone to be his opponent.
Sun Wu seemed to know his thoughts, swept the corners of his eyes, and said, "Ci is not in charge of the soldiers." ” Ying Tao laughed dryly: "General Sun is right" Qingji nodded and said, "What Changqing said is reasonable, let's wait a little longer."
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If he rashly attacked at this time, Ji Guang might take advantage of the fact that the whole army had not yet unloaded his armor and set up camp, and immediately led the army to retreat and join up with the men and horses coming from the rear, and the battle would not be easy to fight at that time. ” Sun Wu looked at the wisps of cooking smoke rising from the plains of the river valley, and said to himself, "There will be almost one more hour."
There is no moon tonight, and the sky is already dyed like ink at that time, which is conducive to our army fishing in troubled waters.
At that time, Ji Guang's tired soldiers had just finished dinner, and the men and horses who came from the rear had just arrived in the barracks, and it was not easy to run. ” Liang Huzi and Ah Qiu and Zai Qiu couldn't help but shudder when they heard this.
"Generals, you can clearly see where Ji Guang's Chinese army is and keep an eye on it, tonight's scuffle, as long as we have a whole army to kill there, it will be done" Sun Wu said as soon as he turned around, and when he saw everyone's eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously touched his nose and cheeks, and asked, "What's wrong?"
The generals shook their heads in unison: "No, no" To be continued: