As Gou Jian expected, the Wu army successfully crossed the river, and the Chu-Yue coalition army only caused a small trouble to the Wu army's battle to cross the river, and did not give Qingji a fatal blow in the river defense.
The defense of rivers is the most difficult, and using rivers as defensive fronts has always been a taboo for soldiers.
Throughout the ages, there have been few successful examples of river defense.
Even so, in order to minimize casualties, Qingji did not forcibly break through the Yangtze River defense line, when he led the army to the Yangtze River port, he divided his troops into three routes, first crossed the river from the upper and lower reaches of the river with the left and right wings of troops at night, launched a feint attack on the Chu-Yue coalition army, forced the Chu-Yue coalition army to divide the troops to resist the enemy, and then crossed the river with the main force, forcibly breaking the blockade line of the other side and landing on the shore to fight.
After the Chu-Yue coalition army eliminated part of Qingji's advance troops, Qingji's main force had completed the task of crossing the river, and the Chu-Yue coalition army immediately withdrew from the battlefield, collected troops and retreated, and retreated to Yunyang to form a second line of defense.
The strength of the Chu-Yue coalition army was originally above Qingji, and it took a defensive position, Qingji wanted to break through the defense and get in touch with Gusu, but the only way to attack and fight hard, and the purpose of the Chu-Yue coalition army was to consume the living strength of the Wu army in such a positional battle with the favorable conditions of occupying a favorable geographical position.
Qingji obviously had insight into the purpose of the Chu-Yue coalition army, so after crossing the river, he temporarily rested and did not attack Yunyang immediately.
This kind of move is in line with the intention of the Chu-Yue coalition army, they are still hoping that the Song army can go south according to the agreement, and form a flank attack on the Wu army from the rear.
What's more, at this time, Li Han led the Chu State Naval Division to be waiting in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, Fei Wuji had already issued an order, ordering him to immediately lead the naval division to help, and when the naval division arrived, he could also land on the shore to fight, even though Li Han's naval division was limited in strength and was not enough to form a fatal blow to the Wu army, but it had an immeasurable significant effect on the morale of the Wu army, which would put the Wu army in a dilemma.
At this moment, Gou Jian received the news from Wu State, I heard that Wu Jun took a boat from the sea to the border of Yue to land, at this moment has been directly to Huiji, Gou Jian can't help but be shocked, his father and the entire royal family are now in Huiji, and the city wall of Huiji City is low, in disrepair, and it is not vulnerable at all, if Wu Jun wins Huiji, captures his father, then it will be a big trend.
Gou Jian was also puzzled about the origin of this Wu army, but he knew that no matter where this Wu army came from, there was no choice but to withdraw and return to China at this time.
Gou Jian immediately went to Fei Wuji's camp to explain the situation to him, and Fei Wuji was also shocked when he heard the news, but now that the big war is imminent, he is about to defeat the main force of the Wu army led by Qingji himself, so he naturally does not agree with Gou Jian's retreat.
The two were deadlocked, and the second messenger of Yue Wang Yunchang arrived, and Gou Jian saw his father's plan to defend Huiji and fight for him to capture Wu Dugusu, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "Hao Jin Pifu, mistake me to go deeper than the country" In Haojin's analysis, it is believed that this sudden Wu army is a plan of Sun Wu's envoy, and Sun Wu saw that the Chu-Yue coalition army took advantage of the emptiness in Wu to send troops to attack Wu, and he relied on the strong walls of Gusu City to hold on to it, so he boldly dispatched the main force to the south from the sea, and the army siege would be to relieve the siege of Gusu.
There is nothing wrong with this idea, and it is the most reasonable explanation at the moment.
But Gou Jian is currently in Wu State, and all the news that his ears and eyes detect will be reported to him as soon as possible.
He naturally knew clearly that the only remaining troops of Wu were concentrated in Gusu City, and the defenders in Gusu City had not sent men and horses to leave Gusu at the beginning of his entry into Wu State; He also knew that part of the warships of the Wu army were assembled in Wuhu and part in Nanwu City, and the warships in these two places had all been zoned into the island in the middle of the lake before the Chu-Yue coalition army attacked Gusu City, and none of them left.
So, where did this Wu army come from and how could it suddenly appear in front of the Yue people at the most opportune time Based on this, Gou Jian deduced that the more he thought about it, the more shocking he became: unless Wu Ren had prepared for it, and the whole plan was a bureau of Wu Renbu, there should never be such a situation.
However, this is not a battle, but a huge battle, which involves Chu, Yue, Wu, Dongyi and Song, involving political, military, diplomatic aspects, and the time span is not one or two, two in January, when will such a huge and complicated plan start to outline that Wu cannot even occupy an absolute dominant position in the entire plan, how can it guarantee that Chu Yue will definitely take advantage of the emptiness within Wu and send troops, how can it ensure the smooth settlement of the Dongyi Rebellion, how can it ensure that it will not be tied up by the Song State If this is really a military plan that has been considered holistically, then the person who formulated this plan is too terrible, he needs to fully understand the temperament and habits of the rulers of Chu Yue and other countries; It is necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of the military strength and possible military movements of Chuyue and other countries; It is necessary to have an accurate judgment on the political development of Wu, Yue, Chu, and Dongyi, and then we can formulate such a grand plan that affects many countries and spans such a vast time span and space.
In the world, how can there be such a wise man who anticipates the enemy and is like a man of God?
The most important thing is that if this is really a thoughtful game of chess that the Wu people have already begun to lay out, the chess pieces are laid one by one, and they are secretly ambushing and killing machines step by step, and they have not begun to end until this moment, then they will never be just a Yue State, but until now they have not seen any actions against the Chu State Fei Wuji saw Gou Jian standing there dejected, and thought that he was worried about the safety of Yue Guo, so he persuaded him with good words: "Prince, the old man knows that you are concerned about Yue Guo and the Yue King, but you have returned to Yue Guo all the way, and you may not have time to relieve the siege for the Yue King."
Now that the main force of the Wu army has been blocked by us outside Yunyang City, this is a great opportunity that cannot be sought.
As long as the main force of Qingji is eliminated, and even Qingji is killed in the first battle, from now on, the henchmen of my Chu and Yue will no longer exist.
As for the matter of the Yue Kingdom, I think that even if the prince led a large army outside, the king of Yue did not have the strength to defend the city, and it was more than enough to escape into the river and deal with the Wu army.
Just wait for the defeat of the Wu people, and the old man will send troops to go back to Yue with you to destroy the Wu army, how" Fei Wuji's words were quite heartwarming, Gou Jian was not willing to give up this excellent opportunity to cut off Qingji, but also knew that instead of returning to China in a hurry now, it was far better to borrow the Chu army to return to Yue with him.
However, his father had already revealed in the letter the meaning of guarding the Huiji, and his father swore to defend the city to the death, and it was difficult to say that he would not be harmed by the Wu people.
If my father dies like this, it will be a great regret that I can't make up for in my life.
Gou Jian pondered for a long time, reason finally overcame emotion, he stomped his foot heavily and said: "That's it, I am leading the army back to China now, it is true that I may not be able to solve the siege of Huiji, it is important to eliminate Qingji first."
Ling Yin, Gou Jian will return to the camp, immediately repair a book, and order the messenger to rush back to Huiji immediately, and ask my father to give up Huiji, and use the danger of Heze to temporarily deal with the Wu army, and wait for us to destroy Qingji."
Fei Wuji smiled knowingly, twisted his beard and said smugly: "Don't worry, the old man will definitely send a large army to return to Yue with you."
Hehe, do you think the old man doesn't want to cut the grass and get rid of the Wu army completely?"
"Then it's good to say goodbye."
Gou Jian hurriedly surrendered his hand, immediately returned to his military camp, and told the messenger of his intentions, the Yue messengers were a total of five people, Gou Jian was not at ease, and sent twenty more guards, clearly conveyed their intentions to everyone, and ordered them to return to the Yue country immediately.
As soon as the messengers left, General Gaoru hurriedly rushed into the big tent and said angrily: "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, the Chu Chu army has withdrawn." ” Gou Jian was stunned and said, "What did the general say?"
Gao Ru stomped his feet vigorously and spat on the ground with a "bah": "Your Highness, the Chu army has withdrawn its troops and returned to China." ” "What's it" Gou Jian smiled in surprise: "How is this possible, how can the Chu people withdraw, is the general drunk?"
"Hey, what kind of wine is the last general drinking, Your Highness, you go out of the tent and take a look, the Chu people are really going to collect troops and return home."
Gou Jian saw that he didn't seem to be joking, he couldn't help but change color, he immediately left the big tent with Gaoru, stood outside the tent and looked, and saw the flag flashing in the Chu military camp, and people shouted horses neighing, as if they were pulling out the camp and raising the village, Gou Jian was shocked, and immediately ordered someone to lead a war horse, turn over the horse, beat the horse and whip, and galloped towards the Chu military camp.
Gao Ru also hurriedly snatched a war horse and left.
In front of the Chu military camp, I saw that the Chu army had even fallen half of the gate, and the Chu people inside were coaxing like wolves, Gou Jian couldn't help frowning, he whipped the horse a few times, and without stopping at all, he galloped straight into the camp, passing through the Chu soldiers who were preparing to retreat, and ran until Fei Wuji's tent.
"Phew" The front hooves of the war horse were raised, "Xi Yuyu" a long neigh, Gou Jian did not wait for the war horse to stop, he turned over and went to the ground, holding a horse whip to break into Fei Wuji's Chinese army tent, the cowhide tent on the top of the Chinese army tent has been half opened, the sun is sprinkled everywhere, and the tent is bright.
Gou Jian broke into the tent, only to see Fei Wuji like crazy, urging his own soldiers, and roared: "Hurry, hurry, faster, within an hour, the old man must embark on the return journey." ” Gou Jian stood in front of Fei Wuji and asked urgently: "Lord Ling Yin, what's going on?"
When Fei Wuji saw that it was him, he couldn't help but blush: "Meng Huan and Zixi's thieves actually colluded, taking advantage of the old man's army, to dismiss the old man's position, pointing out that the old man was in power to annihilate the dynasty, and put the old man's family, relatives and friends in prison, and instigated a group of old ministers who had lost power since Wu Guo were about to take over the duties of pastors in various places, and the good situation that the old man had worked hard to manage was about to be ruined. ” When Gou Jian heard this, the whole person froze there, and he only felt cold hands and feet for a while.
The only doubt in his heart was finally answered, and there was no suspicion in this matter, it must be a game of chess that Qingji had begun to plan and deploy more than a year ago.
He and Fei Wuji thought that the plan would be sold, and this time they could eliminate Qingji, and solve the big trouble of Wu Guo once and for all, but who expected, they stepped into the trap laid by Qingji and became two chess pieces in his hands.
After Fei Wuji finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to Gou Jian, and only cared about shouting at his subordinates to move faster.
Gao Ru was a step late, and when he grabbed the account, he saw Fei Wuji scurrying around like an ant on a hot pot, while his own prince was standing there like a mud carved wooden tire.
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Gaoru hurriedly stepped forward, shook Gou Jian's shoulders and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
Gou Jian came to his senses, hurriedly broke free from Gaoru, grabbed Fei Wuji, grabbed his arm and said, "Lord Lingyin, you can't go." ” "How can this be reasonable, the old man's old bottom will be copied, and if he is one step later, he will become a lost dog, only by returning to Chu as soon as possible, it is still possible to save the situation, how can the old man not leave" Gou Jian stomped his feet anxiously: "Lord Lingyin, we have fallen for Qingji's plan."
Only now do I understand that the Dongyi Rebellion and the Battle of Pengcheng are all set up by Qingji, and he is luring us step by step to make a move, and he wants to bury us all in the country of Wu. ” Fei Wuji didn't understand what he was saying at all, and at this time, he was like an arrow, and he didn't have the heart to listen, but waved his hand impatiently and said: "Since it is the plan of the Wu people, the old man must leave as soon as possible." ” Gou Jian said angrily: "Lord Ling Yin, you didn't understand what I meant at all.
Ling Yin, you calm down and listen to Gou Jian to explain the stakes.
Qingji deliberately sent troops to Dongyi, created a false image of emptiness in the country, lured us to send troops, and then sent someone to copy the back road of the prince, and bewitched the Empress Dowager Chu to use the magnates of the Chu State who were released by him to return to China to create turmoil, so that we have no intention of fighting, and the only choice is to return to China immediately.
But since this was a ploy by Qingji, he must have expected our reaction.
At that time, he waved his army to cover and kill from behind, and there was a strong enemy in front, and our foundation was lost, and the enemy was on our back, and the army's spirit would inevitably collapse, where could we still fight with the Wu people."
Fei Wuji twisted his eyebrows and asked, "Then what does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have to say?"
Gou Jian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said gloomily: "We have no choice now, if we want to reverse the defeat, we can only make mistakes, take the initiative to find Qingji to fight, and use the numerical advantage of our army to eliminate Qingji's main force."
At that time, we will be able to seize the initiative, as long as the army is in hand, and then calmly kill and return to China, why worry that the domestic chaos will not be solved."
Fei Wuji said abruptly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really whimsical.
We are now defending in Yunyang City, guarding the road that the Wu people must pass through and waiting for him to attack.
Now you want me to change the defense to the offense, and take the initiative to find Qingji to fight, hey, since this is a plan he set, how can he fulfill my wish and fight hard with the old man, are you an idiot when Qingji is an idiot If the old man is Qingji, just deal with the enemy, wait until the domestic news spreads, the morale of the whole army is turbulent, and there are a few soldiers who are willing to abandon their homes and careers, and desperately work for a rootless lord His Royal Highness the Prince, the old man is not Qingji, nor is you Goujian, you are all righteous sons of a country, the old man is different, and then he will not go back at this time, and when the entire Chu State is completely controlled by the Queen Mother, the old man will not have to go back in this life. ” "Lord Ling Yin" "Hugh said a lot, although the old man regards the Chu people as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, but as long as the Chu country is in the old man's hands, he can't help me.
If the Chu State is lost, the old man will be a piece of meat on the chopping board, and he can only be slaughtered.
I'm sorry, the alliance of Chu Yue is stopped, and the old man wants to kill back to Chu immediately.
As for the affairs of your Wu Kingdom, hehe, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will ask for more blessings."
Fei Wuji said, shook the sleeves of his robe, broke free of Gou Jian's hand, and shouted loudly outside: "Hurry up, hurry up, quickly send someone to inform Li Han to return to Chu State along the waterway to wait for his life."
Send someone to inform the people outside the city of Gusu to catch up with the old man's army through the trunk tunnel.
We immediately set off, crossed the river from Chang'an, and returned to Chu from Zhaoguan. ” There was a roar of promise outside, and Gou Jian stood on the ground, his face pale.
Gaoru said worriedly: "Your Highness, Your Highness" Gou Jian looked up to the sky and sighed: "This time it is a failure, it is not the crime of one person, it is not the crime of one person."
When he said this, his pale face suddenly turned as red as blood, his body staggered, his hands trembled, and he could hardly control himself.
Gao Ru was shocked, and hurriedly supported him and shouted: "Prince, the prince takes care of his health, at this moment, don't be too sad, we should think of a way immediately." ” Gou Jian was shaken by him, suddenly sobered up, and suddenly said: "Yes, we can't sit still, but there is a glimmer of hope, and we must fight hard."
Go back to camp, go back to camp immediately. ” In the Goujian camp, the generals listened to Goujian's explanation, and everyone's faces were heavy, and the atmosphere in the tent was extremely depressing for a while.
Gou Jian pretended to be relaxed and said: "Generals, Fei Wuji wants to withdraw his troops and return to China, and my Vietnamese army is alone, so there is only one way to withdraw the troops."
Among the three kingdoms of Chu, Yue, and Wu, Chu is the strongest, followed by Wu, and our Yue is the weakest, therefore, this prince expects that he will be jealous of this good opportunity, and will never let go of this good opportunity to weaken Chu, and he will inevitably send heavy troops to chase and kill the Chu people from behind without taking us to heart, this is our opportunity.
We will immediately kill and return to China, first defeat the Wu army that surrounded Huiji, and then reorganize the ranks, recruit soldiers, and exhaust our country and the strength of the whole country to resist the strong enemy.
Even if Qingji pursues and kills the Chu army and returns victoriously, his own troops will inevitably suffer serious losses, where will there be spare strength to attack the Yue country again, and then we will send an envoy to negotiate peace with the Wu people, which should eliminate this catastrophe. ” General Gaoru immediately agreed: "What the prince said is reasonable, my Yue people and Wu people have been fighting for hundreds of years, and they have always stood tall, and this time will not be an exception."
After Gao Ruyuan led the army, he asked the prince to immediately lead the army forward and return to China."
When Qingji's army arrived in Xiancheng, the 50,000 army led by Fei Wuji himself had rushed to Jiuzi in a panic, and was about to reach the mouth of the Chang'an River.
Gou Jian's 20,000 troops have also withdrawn to Kaze, halfway through Gusu City, only to see that there are still many siege equipment standing everywhere outside the city, some of the carts and bags have prepared stones, many camp tents are still intact, and a few mouthfuls of rice in the stove have just been burned, which shows how hurriedly the 30,000 Chu troops in charge of the siege retreated after hearing the news.
When the Vietnamese army passed through Gusu City, Jing Lin, the general of Wu State, led his troops out of the city to chase and kill for a while, but because the communication conditions were too poor at that time, they had not been able to get in touch with Qingji in time, and they did not know what the situation was on Qingji's side, so Jing Lin, who was responsible for guarding the capital, did not dare to lead his troops to travel far away, and after the Vietnamese army left more than 2,000 corpses, they were allowed to leave the battlefield and go away.
When Qingji's troops arrived at the dry tunnel, they received accurate information from all sides, and he immediately stopped and issued a full-scale counteroffensive order.
"The two armies of Chu and Yue have moved away from the Gusu Wangcheng, and there is no fear that they will counterattack back.
The herald ordered Liang Huzi to lead his troops to chase and kill the Chu army, not to get too close, and find a way to eat his lone army of 30,000 first, and then catch up and gradually encroach on the Chu army by swallowing elephants by ants.
Ordered the flank of the Chizhong Department to respond, and all the new ships of Nanwu City sailed out, entered the river along the newly dug canal, traced the river, and after converging with the Chizhong Division, carried the Chizhong Division from the waterway, and cooperated with the Liang Huzi Division to pursue and kill the Chu army.
Ordered Jinglin to board the ship from the five lakes, chase Gou Jian down from the waterway, wait for Gou Jian's men and horses to reach the crossing, and then attack with the Yingtao Department inside and outside, to attack the labor, annihilate the Vietnamese army, and completely solve the big trouble of my Wu country, and from then on we will no longer allow this fish, shrimp and turtle to pull back their legs, and ruin my Wu country's plan."
"Order Sun Wu to sit in the center and be responsible for the command of the specific battles of the two countries in the future."
With Qingji's military orders one by one, a team of messengers received orders one by one, and in a moment, a team of messengers with red flags on their shoulders galloped away.
After Qingji finished his order, he let out a long breath, and a relaxed smile overflowed on his face: "Come on, get up and return to Gusu Wangcheng." ” Li Han's garrison Yanji was waiting for Fei Wuji's order to copy Qingji's back road, and he didn't want to wait left and right, so he waited for a long time, but what he was waiting for was the news that the Empress Dowager Chu deprived Fei Wuji of all his official positions and pointed him out as a rebel.
Fei Wuji ordered him to withdraw his troops immediately, return along the river, and wait in the Chaocheng area, but Li Han was unwilling to obey this order.
If Fei Wuji can successfully fight back to Yingdu and regain power, if he fails, he will be alone with a navy, and he will not be slaughtered His sailor couldn't carry Fei Wuji's many horses, so Fei Wuji could only return to Yingdu by dry road.
He crossed the river from the long bank, first to take Zhaoguan, then there are only two ways to go, one is to pass through the dive, moss pass, Songzi Pass through the Dabie Mountain, to Baiju, and then go straight to Yingdu.
The other way is to go west along the Huaishui, reach the northeast of Chu State, and then cross the three passes between Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and detour into Ying.
Fei Wuji had to go up the river by himself, although the road was a bit detouring, but he could directly reach Yingdu.
But with his water division, he can defeat Yingdu, Fei Wuji ordered him to go like this, clearly treating him as a burning torch and using him to attract troops loyal to the Empress Dowager Chu.
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However, how could Li Han be willing to burn himself to illuminate other people's masters, as soon as he figured out the joints, he immediately decided to abandon the route designated for him by Fei Wuji and return to Chu via Huaishui.
This road can also echo Fei Wuji, but it will not become a target for Fei Wuji to prevent disasters.
He can go west along the Huaishui and sail to Ruqing to observe the movement, if Fei Wuji can attack Yingdu, he can make a roundabout arrival by the waterway between Huai and Han, and cooperate with him to attack Ying.
If Fei Wuji is defeated, then he can go north from Huaishui into the Yellow River Valley, and find a way out for himself among the princes of the Central Plains.
Li Han had already made up his mind, and immediately told Fei Wuji's messenger that he had received the news that the Empress Dowager Chu would send a sailor to set up an ambush in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to intercept him, and he would take the Huaishui to the west and cooperate with Lord Yin to attack Yingdu.
As soon as the messenger left, Li Han immediately commanded the army of the sailors to turn from the Yangtze River into the Huaishui River and swing west To be continued: