Chapter 150: The Great Destruction of Master Zhou (Part 1)
Outside the Qi army camp of Gao Changgong's troops, a faint bonfire was lit in the open wilderness, and several figures formed a circle, surrounded by weeds.
After inspecting the camp, the chief general Gao Changgong led important generals of each army to discuss the negotiations, and the location was very casual. Fortunately, the Zhou army was already far away by them, otherwise one cavalry would only need to rush to attack one-quarter of the generals of the Fenbei Qi army.
"Next, let's discuss the routes in the next few days, and some of our previous arrangements, it's time for them to work. What do you think?"
The warm fire shone on Gao Changgong's side face. Gao Changgong, who had taken off the armor, did not look as cold as the battlefield, and looked very kind.
They had been traveling with their army for three days, and they had been interspersing and breaking through the Zhou army's blockade. The scales were filled with loess and blood stains of dry and brown hair.
All of us are a little tired at this moment. Although it was a war seminar, it was also a time for everyone to relax. Gao Changgong would not be too restrictive at this time. Wei Xianggui also changed his sitting position, bent his legs and leaned back halfway, stretching his sore waist:
"General, we have retreated from Longmen these days. If we continue, it will be Wanchun..."
"Yes, General, we have been retreating since the Zhou army entered the Longmen. If this continues, we are very passive. When we are at the Longmen, we can obviously fight with the Zhou army, so why should we evacuate?"
This question trembled all the doubts that had been accumulated in their hearts. If they could not defeat the Zhou army simply, there would naturally be no such problem. However, the fact is that the Qi army could not defeat the Zhou army. The Qi army had never fought with the Zhou army seriously at the beginning.
From the beginning, Gao Changgong only resisted symbolically for a few times, and then began to evacuate from the gantry. When he retreated, he fought on a small scale several times, and each other won and lost. Yuwen Hu's elite soldiers didn't look very good...
I really don’t understand what the general is selling in this gourd. If it was to lure Guo Rong over, it would be too far to run to Wanchun in one breath.
Guo Rong is not worthy of their mobilization of troops running around like this. The 30,000 to 40,000 Qi troops were chased by Guo Rong and 20,000 people. It would be a pity to think about it!
"..." Gao Changgong smiled without saying a word, his face was unfathomable. "You can't stand it anymore? It seems that Zhou Jun has been angry these days. Haha, as long as you are angry, you have to hold it in a lot of energy..."
When several generals heard this, their eyes immediately shone. They came over and asked carefully: "General..., has the Grand Governor planned it long ago?"
According to Duan Shao's move, he threw away more than a dozen cities in one go and bet with Yuwen Hu. He could really do it. Only when the Grand Commander and the others felt relieved... But Duan Shao's intention was too big to do this. What if Yuwen Hu had a strong momentum after capturing Longmen?
Gao Changgong said, "This is not the general order of the Grand Commander, this is my general order..." All the generals present were silent. Gao Changgong looked around and said jokingly, "Why, when I heard that it was not the general order of the Grand Commander, I don't want to listen now?"
"Uh..., no, the general misunderstood..." Wei Xianggui bowed, "I just think that General, you are too much... Alas, do you think you should discuss with the Grand Governor first... Otherwise, we will go back to the army and fight back when Yuwen Hu is not yet firmly established..."
"Kill back..." Gao Changgong pointed to the south and said, "All the elite Yuwen Hu has come out, tens of thousands of people, you can kill back..., will you be beaten when you go back?"
"Yuwen Hu can attack from multiple directions, and the dragon gate is just a corner. No matter which direction Zhou Jun wants to fight, it will hit us."
"Let's take a step back, even if we spend a lot of manpower and material resources to block Yuwen Hu, of course Yuwen Hu can't threaten Fenbei, but we can't threaten him..." Gao Changgong looked around and analyzed one by one, "If he doesn't enter Fenbei and fight us, we will definitely not be able to protect the more than a dozen cities in Yiyang..."
"Didn't Deputy Governor Gao Yanzong go to rescue Yiyang a few days ago? At this time, the other side should have already fought..."
"At this time, if the main force of Yuwen Hu still does not come in, the deputy governor will be very passive. If Yuwen cannot protect Fenbei, he will work harder to attack Yiyang. Although we cannot help, don't drag us down..."
"Yiyang is the territory of Daqi after all, and it cannot be put into the hands of foreign enemies." Gao Changgong clapped his hands and stood up.
"After the main force of Yuwen Hu passed the Longmen, he couldn't wait to retake Fenbei. The first thing he was to be hit is Wanchun and Huagu Jiangcheng. These three cities were connected into a line. As long as he couldn't break through our defense line, he would not be able to detonate the designated sun in a short time!"
"Although the general's plan is wonderful, we have a small number of people after all, and these three cities are far apart. Once the Zhou army collectively attacks, it is not difficult for us to cross the city and directly pounce into the hinterland of our army..."
"I don't defend the city... It's too difficult to defend the city, and it's not my good fortune," Gao Changgong said lightly: "I will only leave a few soldiers to defend the city, and the rest... will follow me to fight!"
"If the Zhou army wants to advance, we can't get around these cities. We have to defend them, and we can't get around these cities... We must not passively wait for them to pull us out one by one, we will take the initiative to annihilate the Zhou army as much as possible."
"What does the general mean?"
Several generals were stunned. Gao Chang bowed his fingers and bounced the ghost face hanging on his waist, saying:
"Let them defend the city, we use the iron cavalry to break the deadlock, intersperse back and forth between several cities, and raid the Zhou army..."
Taking the city as the point, the surrounding area is strategic space, and surrounding points are surrounded and aid.
An old general thought for a while and pondered, "It's just that, it's not a long-term solution after all... I think that the three cities may still not be able to defend..."
The first sentence of Gao Changgong was shocked, "If you can't defend, you won't defend. If you can't defend, you will retreat to Pinglong, and you can continue to consume the Zhou army..."
"Don't think so much. Yuwen Hu is not something we can eat in one bite. We can stop them until the Zuo Xiang returns to the master, and we will have a turnaround. Before that, we are all at a disadvantage..."
"What should I do? I heard that Hou Longen was besieging Yao Xiang in the army. What if...?" Several generals expressed their concerns.
Gao Changgong just said lightly: "Don't be afraid, the Grand Governor has already made arrangements with Yao Xiang. Hou Longen will definitely not be able to take Yao Xiang down. What's the hurry?"
When Hu Luguang took Yao Xiang, it took so much effort, let alone Hou Longen. Is Yao Xiang really that easy to get?
"It's only a matter of time before we win this war, and the general trend is in our army..."
Gao Changgong didn't know what he remembered, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and the eyes of many people were shaking:
"Where has Guo Rong run to?"
"From the military newspaper I just received, Guo Rong led his army to chase us all the time, and he wanted to eat us in one bite..."
"We'll arrive in Wanchun, when will they catch up with us?"
"That is, the day after tomorrow, most of Guo Rong's army are infantrymen. No matter how hard they travel, they probably won't be able to arrive tomorrow."
Gao Changgong nodded and said, "Okay, let's wait for him here and give Yuwen a big gift to escort him first..."
Gao Changgong's military order was implemented immediately. The Qi army did not retreat until Wanchun, but instead set up camp in a wilderness.
Teams of scouts were sent out to spy on the Zhou army's intelligence. The military newspaper arrived at the central army's tent one after another. "Report to General, Guo Rongjun continued to drive here, and now it is less than eighty miles!" "Report to General, we have just intercepted the four scouts of Zhou army, from the southwest and west respectively. Bei Zhi felt suspicious, so he came here to report to General...!" "Report to General, the Zhou army stopped marching, as if waiting and watching..."
Gao Changgong is as motionless as a mountain. As the commander of the first army, he must know any movement within a hundred miles at any time.
"General, except Guo Rong, did Yuwen Hu send other people here?" A general was worried and felt that things were quite beyond expectations.
Gao Chang snorted respectfully and said, "No, I sent out a total of twenty teams of scouts, a total of thousands of people. Even Yuwen Hu's movements in Longmen are within my control. If Yuwen Hu has other arrangements, how could I not know?"
"...There is only one possibility, that is, Guo Rong has already noticed something is wrong and knows that he can't beat us, so he is suspicious."
The generals around him thought about it and felt relieved. They smiled and said, "No wonder the old thief Yuwen Hu believed in him. This person is really capable."
"I heard that the Zuo Prime Minister defeated him many times earlier, and we thought Guo Rong was just an ordinary person..."
"Guo Rong is really good. Compared with Tian Hong and Yang Fu, he is not bad. It's a pity that he met the general..."
Gao Changgong is the sharpest spear in Daqi. When it comes to siege in the field, even the left prime minister dares to boast that he can defeat him.
The genius general who can compete with Gao Changgong on the Zhou army is Yuwen Xian, the Duke of Qi... Unfortunately, he was escorted to Chang'an by Yuwen Hu to be punished, otherwise these two famous generals would inevitably burst into a brilliant showdown! I think... it would be extremely exciting.
Gao Changgong rubbed his finger on the fangs on the ghost's face and said, "He has entered our attack range, and even if he reacts, it is useless... Gathering three thousand iron cavalry, we rushed to the Zhou army camp overnight!"
The night wind blew in the wilderness, dark clouds blocked the moonlight, and even the stars could not be seen. The patrol soldiers walked back and forth around the camp, alerting the darkness and nothing could be seen.
Guo Rong tossed and turned around in the tent and couldn't fall asleep. He was very sure that he had fallen into Gao Changgong's trap.
Gao Changgong ran away all the way, and now he is finally about to reveal his true colors. Have you taken action against him?
For this reason, he sent many people back to Longmen to ask for help from Otsukazai, hoping that the rescuers could arrive soon...
In the dark night, everything was quiet, and nothing could be heard except the dull sound of the breeze blowing through the camp. Guo Rong tried hard to close his eyes to make himself fall asleep, but suddenly he turned up from the couch - this was not the sound of the wind!
"——The Qi army attacked at night! The Qi army attacked at night!" There were loud shouts from the entrances on three sides. Guo Rong drew his sword and stepped out of the camp barefoot.
"What's going on?!" Guo Rong unveiled the curtain and climbed to the observation deck. There were small riots on the three camp gates. The sparks of torches splashed everywhere, igniting the camp tents. More and more Zhou troops rushed towards the places where the riots occurred.
Guo Rong let out a sigh and sighed inwardly that he had prevented it.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and a feather arrow with flames broke through the darkness and rose from the horizon on that side...
Guo Rong's pupils shrank, and he held his hand on the railing. He subconsciously leaned over and looked further away. It was like a basin of ice water pouring it, and it was cold from the beginning to the feet...
Chapter completed!