On the tenth day of the fifth month, the day after the Qin army captured the Shihu City, Bai Qi immediately sent generals Wei Yuan, Meng Yi and Zhongxu to lead about 30,000 Qin troops to attack the city "Yangren" about twenty miles southwest of Shihu City.

The Korean military and civilians in Yangren City learned that the Qin army had almost no fighting spirit and a large number of military and civilians in the city fled, so that Qin generals and Wei Yuan and the other three captured the city in just three hours.

During this period, Meng Hu and Hua Hu also led cavalry to make trouble for the Qin army, deliberately seducing the Qin army to pursue them several times. After setting a certain distance, they killed the chasing Qin army. After repeating this several times, no Qin soldiers dared to pursue these Wei cavalry. Even the soldiers in charge of patrol immediately turned around and fled after seeing these Wei cavalry. As long as they were not too far from the army, these people were often able to escape by chance from the cavalry led by Meng Hu and Hua Hu.

What made the Qin army feel quite depressed was that during the day of May 11, the third Wei cavalry appeared around them. The three cavalry, with a population of about 300, were wandering around the two cities of Fox and Yang people, and specializing in hunting out small groups of Qin army troops. For example, the scout team sent by Bai Qi to Yishui to find out the news in the west was obviously a team of 500, but they couldn't even touch Yishui's side, and were killed by the three Wei cavalry halfway.

A few Qin soldiers who escaped from the Fear of Fox by chance reported the combat methods of the three Wei cavalry to Bai Qi, which made Bai Qi feel quite afraid of these three Wei cavalry.

At this time, Bai Qi realized that Ji Hong and others were wrong. They underestimated the cavalry. The cavalry was far from as weak as they imagined. On the contrary, the cavalry was very strong, especially on this vast plain, which was simply an existence that the chariots and infantry could not defeat.

After nightfall on May 11, Bai Qi gathered the generals of Ji Hong, Wei Yuan, Meng Yi, Zhongxu, Tong Yang and other soldiers together.

The first sentence he said at that time made the generals feel heavy: "According to my estimate, the main force of the Wei army is only two days away from us..."

Some people may find it strange, like Bai Qi, who is meticulously thoughtful commander, don’t he know that he left scouts and meticulous works to monitor the Wei army in the Yingshui area, and insisted on increasing the difficulty himself to guess when will the main force of the Wei army arrive?

This is not the case. Of course, Bai Qi sent a team of scouts out. The problem is that these scouts were killed by the three Wei cavalry wandering around them. As long as they were ten miles away from his main force of the Qin army, even if the scouts of a thousand-man scale were attacked by those Wei cavalry, there would be few people left to flee back to the army in the end. How can they monitor the movements of the Wei army?

It is worth mentioning that after realizing the power of the cavalry, Bai Qi also tried to form some cavalry in the army, but unfortunately, there was no soldier in his army who knew how to ride a horse. Even if he barely turned on his horse, he could not ride a horse like those Wei cavalry.

This made Bai Qi very puzzled: Are there any generals in the Wei army who knows riding skills?

OK!

Since the road to form cavalry by following the example of the Wei army was blocked, Bai Qi simply used conventional strategies to solve the current crisis.

First of all, the army was seriously insufficient. Although the Qin army could plunder a lot of food from the two cities of Fearful Fox and Yang people, it took time, and the most important thing for the Qin army at present is time.

Secondly, it is the most fundamental reason for the previous crisis, that is, the main force of the Wei army who was chasing them. In Bai Qi's opinion, if he was not wrong, the guy named Meng was leading the main force of the Wei army to approach step by step at this moment, which may be only two days away from them.

Although it is still two days away, if the Qin army is counting the time when the two cities of Yang people plunder food, maybe he will be caught up by the main force of the Wei army this time.

Is it a war? Is it a retreat?

This is the problem that Bai Qi has repeatedly thought about and weighed in the past two days.

Again, the Qin army is not clear about the situation in the Yishui area: whether Xincheng has been captured by the Korean army? And how many troops are there in the Korean army deployed in the Yishui area? Whether the 50,000 Qin troops under his command have the opportunity to break through the Korean army's blockade.

These are all the information that Bai Qi urgently wants to get.

But what is hateful is that although he had sent a scout to Yishui area to inquire about the news when he led his army to the Yanhu a while ago, he had not received any news so far.

It's been seven days!

The Fear is nearly 100 miles away from Yishui and only about 120 miles away from the new city. In seven days, even those scouts should crawl back to the Fear, but what happened? There was no news.

Obviously, these scouts met the Wei cavalry on their way back and were hunted by the Wei cavalry as prey - this is a very appropriate metaphor. When the lonely scouts were in front of the Wei cavalry, they were as if elks met a pack of wolves, and they had no power to resist.

"What should I do? Should I evacuate westward or fight the Wei army here?"

While the generals were discussing it, Bai Qi was also thinking hard about this issue.

First of all, his strategy of "fostering the enemy and raising the war with war" has been broken by the guy named Meng of the Wei army opposite. At this moment, three Wei cavalry with about 300 people wandered around his Qin army. Although these Wei cavalry have only dared to hunt a small group of Qin army so far, on the other hand, his Qin army was also stared at by the other party, and he could no longer play the tricks of the Wei army like the previous time, making the latter exhausted.

Secondly, his command more than 50,000 Qin troops have lost nearly 60,000 or 7,000 troops in recent battles and sieges. In addition, the soldiers hunted by the three Wei cavalry in the past two days, the total force is only 40,000. However, the Wei army has not fought during this period, and the total force is still more than 60,000.

To be honest, Bai Qi was not sure if he had more than 40,000 Qin troops to compete with more than 60,000 Wei troops on the opposite side.

"...If it really doesn't work, just cross the Ru River to block the Wei army with Ru River."

Looking at the marching pictures spread in front of him, Bai Qi made the worst plan in his heart.

And this was also the last retreat for more than 40,000 Qin troops.

After the military agreement ended, Bai Qi summoned the general Ji Hong and ordered the latter to send soldiers to prepare materials for the construction of the bridge.

"Materials for construction?" Ji Hong was very surprised when he heard this.

"Well, I intend to build a bridge on the Rushui River south of the Yangren. If this situation cannot withstand the Wei army's offensive, I can use this bridge to cross the Rushui River south, retreat to the other side of the river, and use Rushui River to resist the Wei army..." Bai Qi slowly said his plan.

Hearing this, Ji Hong became more and more surprised and couldn't help but say in surprise: "I have never fought, but I thought that only General Xiang Shou would be like this..."

I have to say that Ji Hong really feels very strange.

You should know his impression of Bai Qi, namely, brave, bold and decisive.

In the battle of Yiqueshan, Bai Qi, regardless of the 100,000 Han troops on the opposite side, led the main force to attack the 180,000 Wei troops located behind the Korean army, and defeated more than 200,000 Wei and Han coalition forces overnight. Looking at his shocking strategy in modern Qin, it is probably only the famous general Chu Liji in the Battle of Danyang and Lantian" can be compared with Bai Qi.

Then, when the Wei army intended to force them to retreat to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Bai Qi resolutely counterattacked to South Korea, and successively captured Xingyang, Zhaiyang, Zhengcheng, Yangcheng, and Yang people, and played the main force of the Wei army who was pursuing them in applause. This made Ji Hong even more impressed by Bai Qi, thinking that Bai Qi was bold, meticulous, proficient in military tactics, and possessed the talents of Gan Mao, Wei Zhang, Ying Ji and others.

However, before fighting with the main force of the Wei army, Ji Hong was considered as the issue of retreat after defeat, which surprised him and felt that it was a bit in line with Bai Qi's personality.

After hearing Ji Hong's words, Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, then smiled reluctantly, and explained: "After planning, then moving, knowing the stop, and getting what you can get. Before the battle, the temple will win, and only then will be a wise general... Now the Wei army is pursuing the back, and there may be a Han army in front of me. As the commander, I have decided to kill more than 40,000 soldiers in one order, and I dare not ignore it."

"I see."

Ji Hong was solemn and quickly accused him, saying, "I'm ignoring you."

Bai Qi didn't care, and nodded and reminded: "In order to avoid being noticed by the Wei army's cavalry, General Ji might as well order his soldiers to cut more trees. Yu Yanhu and Yang people set up some defenses outside the two cities of the two cities. Whether for those cavalry or the main force of the Wei army that is about to arrive, I believe that it can help a little. Remember, be careful that the soldiers were attacked by the cavalry during logging, and send crossbowmen in the army to be responsible for the alert. If the cavalry approaches, they will shoot arrows from afar and do not pursue them."

"Here!" Ji Hong hugged his fists and took the order and left.

Looking at Ji Hong's departure back, Bai Qi was silent for a moment, and unconsciously reached out and touched his left shoulder.

At this time, the arrow wound on his left shoulder had already scabbed and would be cured in a few days. However, the fear he almost faced when he died that day turned into fear of a guy from Wei Jun.

As Ji Hong said, Bai Qi was a very brave man. He "winned by surprise" and "taken a dangerous move" was the way he was able to defeat Gongsun Xi's military strategy.

But there was a guy named Meng among the main forces of the Wei army, and he didn't dare to use those dangerous moves anymore.

To be consuming the enemy and to support the war is the highest use of military strategy. If it were other opponents, Bai Qi would be confident that the entire Han Dynasty would be panicked by the Qin army, and by the way, he could also solve the 60,000 Wei army. However, the guy named Meng reacted very quickly and immediately formed three cavalry to break his strategy of "be consuming the enemy", which in turn put him in a dilemma again.

Even if Bai Qi faces an opponent that is no less than his own, he will not dare to speak out about victory or defeat.

Of course, although he was not sure to defeat the main force of the Wei army, Bai Qi did not think that the other party could easily defeat him.

He was determined to make his name shocking the power of the countries like Zhang Yi. How could he be defeated by an unknown guy so easily? Even if the other party has talent that is not inferior to him.

At the same time, Meng Zhong was at the Wei army camp outside Fushu City, listening to the cavalry sent by Meng Hu, Hua Hu and Mu Wu one by one to report the movements of the Qin army one by one.

Bai Qi guessed correctly. At this moment, the main force of the Wei army was only two days away from the Shihu City. Moreover, the Wei army did not need to use the marching mode in the two days. Otherwise, before dusk tomorrow, even one or two hours earlier, Meng Zhong would be able to lead his army to the Shihu City area.

But there is no need. After all, in Meng Zhong's view, the Qin army in front was already in the jar - there was the Han army in front and the Wei army, where could that Qin army escape?

What's more, according to the cavalry who delivered the message, the Qin army remained motionless and looted the city in the past two days. Meng Zhong estimated that even if his army was marching at the speed of his usual marching, the Qin army would not be able to leave them too far.

After all, there were nearly a thousand cavalry led by Meng Hu, Hua Hu and Mu Wu, who were dragging the Qin army.

After the cavalry left, Meng Zhong generals Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Wei Qing, Fei Hui, Zheng Shi, Cai Wu and other soldiers invited them to tell them the current situation: "The Qin army has not been moving for the past two days, only plundering the two cities of Fox and Yang. I guess it is to prepare for breaking through to Yishui.... On the other side of Yishui, Hua Hu has sent someone to notify Bao Yuan, and believes that Bao Yuan will immediately send troops to station on the west bank of Yishui to prevent the Qin army from escaping back to its country. We only need to follow him and wait for an opportunity to launch a front and back attack on the Qin army with the Korean army....What suggestions do you have for this?"

Hearing this, the Sima of the soldiers looked at each other, and the expression on their faces was slightly strange.

It turned out that these military Sima also wanted to participate in the discussion or give a suggestion. The problem was that Meng Zhong had already planned it very much. They really didn't know what else to suggest?

Seeing that the Sima of the army looked at each other but no one spoke, Meng Zhong thought they were being humble, so he turned to Dou Xing and said, "Sima Dou, why not start with you?"

"Ah? Me?" Dou Xing was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands repeatedly.

If it were a few days ago, he might have given Meng Zhong some advice, such as in the matter of cavalry, and the facts proved that the young division commander in front of him had indeed had a much stronger vision than him. So far, those only a thousand cavalrymen had not only killed more than three times the Qin army soldiers, but also kept the main force of the Qin army tightly under the surveillance.

This made Dou Xing secretly ashamed of the previous saying "cavalry is useless."

However, after this incident, Dou Xing also understood one thing, that is, the strategies that the young commander in front of him were always more thorough and meticulous than him. Instead of making jokes, it would be better to obey the orders, so that he would not make any jokes about "cavalry useless".

In short, in front of Meng Zhong, Dou Xing decided to give up thinking and follow his advice.

It is better to raise enough energy than to rack your brains. When you go to war with the Qin army, you have enough energy to kill a few more damn Qin people. Anyway, this young commander has comprehensive considerations and does not need them to give any advice.

He smiled and said his thoughts: "I am convinced by Meng Shishuai. Shishuai just needs to give an order!"

Hearing this, the Sima of the soldiers sitting by the bonfire also showed kind-hearted smiles and nodded repeatedly to say yes.

Wei Qing even joked: "With the commander Meng Shishi in the army, I'm really worried."

After hearing this, Meng Zhong was stunned and frowned without notice. However, seeing that Zhu Jun Sima had a smile on his face, he nodded reluctantly and said nothing.

That night, he took Meng Sui, Xiang Liao and Meng Ao for a walk in the garrison, and during which he told the three of them about this.

After hearing this, Meng Ao asked in confusion: "Isn't this good? This shows that all the soldiers' Simas trust their clan brothers very much..."

Meng Zhong shook his head when he heard this and said, "But this is not a good thing for the entire army and those soldiers' Sima."

"Your words reminded me of Xiwu." Xiang Liao sighed from the side.

"Yes." Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

He knew what Xiang Liao meant, but it was just referring to Dou Xing, Wei Qing and other military Simas who had been used to following the rules in front of Gongsun Xi.

Although military soldiers are the priority to obeying orders, if they even give up thinking, this is not a good thing.

For example, before the Qin army attacked the Wei army, only Meng Zhong raised objections in the entire military discussion. All the other soldiers' Sima believed in Gongsun Xi's judgment. The reason was nothing more than that Gongsun Xi was a famous general of the generation.

But the facts have proved that even famous generals such as Gongsun Xina would make mistakes. If no one pointed out this mistake, the ending would be like the previous Wei army. Although there were 180,000 troops, they were defeated overnight by the Qin army with far fewer troops than them.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong couldn't help but say to his clan brother Meng Ao: "Aaao, people must think, have their own opinions, even if they are wrong opinions, they should be brave enough to put them forward. If you are wrong this time, you will learn from the lesson next time. But if you do whatever others say, you will never be able to become an excellent commander."

"A Zhong is right. Aao, you are still young, so you should take it as a warning." Meng Sui also nodded beside him and agreed.

Meng Ao, who was only fifteen years old, nodded and kept the words of the two clan brothers in mind.

Suddenly, his eyes rolled, and he asked with a smirk: "Brother Meng Sui, do you have your own opinions when you are with Brother Meng Zhong?"

Meng Sui and Xiang Liao were stunned when they heard this, and then Meng Sui laughed and scolded: "Do you think I am that guy, Brother Meng Hu?... In the past, I was the first one, the second one, either Le Yi, me, and then Xiang Liao... Finally, A Zhong's summary."
To be continued...