Once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.
At this time, Meng Ao had such a mentality. Before, he was not afraid at all when 50,000 Qin troops were fighting against hundreds of thousands of Chu troops. But now, when 80,000 defenders were fighting against 100,000 Chu troops, he felt unsure.
Just because Ji Jie existed among the 100,000 Chu troops, he actually didn't know that the Chu troops in front of him were also 80,000 men.
The atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent was a bit depressing. All the generals were sitting in two rows. No one spoke, including Meng Ao. This situation lasted for a quarter of an hour before Meng Ao finally spoke.
"This battle is of great importance. We must go all out to defend the city!" Meng Ao had said this sentence countless times, but he felt that it needed to be emphasized.
"Report, General, the Chu army is ready to attack the city!" the ordering soldier knelt down in front of Meng Ao and shouted.
Meng Ao smiled bitterly, and the general sitting at the end stood up with a "whoop" and said: "General, I don't think Ji Jie and the Chu army have anything to fear. They dare to attack Bajun City, let's give them a fight." Attack from outside, call in the defenders who have just occupied Chu Land to attack from behind, Ji Jie will definitely be defeated!"
Meng Ao waved his hand and said: "What kind of person is Ji Jie? Wouldn't he have thought of this? I guess he pretended to be attacking the city just to trick the general into taking the bait. If he really did that, he would probably be attacked from both inside and outside. Between you and me, he may very well have taken over Bajun City!"
"General, why do you need to have other people's ambitions..."
"Okay, stop talking!" Meng Ao interrupted the man and said, "Generals, there is no need to say more. We can't hold on to this battle. Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be dealt with according to military law. We will not treat him lightly!"
He sat down angrily to express his dissatisfaction.
The Chu army outside the city beat the war drums, and the leading troops carried ladders to prepare to attack the city. Meng Ao led a group of generals to climb the city wall, and he wanted to personally supervise the battle.
The second tong drum sounded, and Ji Jie asked the Chu army to shout the slogan of this battle: "Destroy Qin!"
"Destroy Qin! Destroy Qin! Destroy Qin..."
The slogans were shouted so loudly that it shocked the enemy. The Qin army on top of the city couldn't help but start to tremble in fear. Meng Ao shook his head and said to the people behind him: "It seems that Ji Jie has made up his mind to attack the city. Please pass on this general's order. Be prepared to defend yourself against the enemy!"
"yes!"
The second drumming lasted for a long time. Just when the Qin people thought they were about to rush forward, Ji Jie suddenly made a surprising decision to retreat.
Not only the people of Qin were surprised, but the officers and soldiers of the Chu army were also surprised. The posture just now was so great, how could they withdraw at any time?
Because Ji Jie received the battle report from Li Yuan, 20,000 Chu troops launched a surprise attack on the Chu land that had just been occupied by the Qin people. The more than 3,000 Qin troops were divided and surrounded before they had time to react, and it was over in less than half an hour. As a result of the battle, more than 2,000 people were slaughtered and 600 to 700 were captured. Only more than 100 people took advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement, but they could not escape because a thousand cavalry were pursuing them.
After Ji Jie read the letter, he smiled and said to himself: "This Li Yuan did not disappoint me!"
At that time, it was decided to send him 20,000 troops because this guy had no experience in leading an army. If Ji Jie carried out this task by himself, 2,000 troops would be enough. In order to ensure absolute victory, Li Yuan's troops were as strong as the Qin army. 7 to 1, and adopted a surprise attack.
However, Li Yuan still exposed his own shortcomings. 20,000 people surrounded and annihilated 3,000 people, but he was able to successfully break out of the siege with more than 100 people.
Forget it, these are not important. In any case, the Li Yuan family regained the lost ground that Huang Xie lost. This is enough.
Withdraw, withdraw without stopping!
On the city wall, the generals asked for battle one after another, and Meng Ao was hesitant. He was afraid that this was Ji Jie's trick to lure the enemy. What if there was an ambush on the road?
"I'm telling you this, general, hold on to this battle, no one is allowed to fight!" Meng Ao said gloomily, and the generals had no choice but to shut up.
It was not until two hours later that Meng Ao received news that the Chu land he had just occupied was recaptured by another group of Chu troops. Ji Jie and the group joined forces and garrisoned on the regained lost land.
Meng Ao regretted it so much that he sat alone in the tent and sighed: "I was tricked by Ji Jie again!"
Li Yuanle couldn't smile from ear to ear. Huang Xie's 200,000 men were completely defeated in front of the Qin army. He only brought 100,000 men to easily regain the lost territory. This is called comparing goods to see who dares to refuse.
The news was sent back to the capital of Ying as soon as possible. Empress Yan was overjoyed. In the name of the King of Chu, she named Li Yuan the general marshal of the troops abroad and the left prime minister, in charge of all the troops of the Chu country. Ji Jie was named the right prime minister of the Chu country. You don't need to salute, you can enter and leave the Chu Palace at any time.
The Right Prime Minister's Kingdom is just a cover. Even if Li Yan is willing, Li Yuan will not agree to hand over the real power to Ji Jie. The main highlight is the last sentence. He can enter and leave the Chu Palace at any time. In this way, Li Yan does not have to He secretly ran to the teahouse, but it was a pain for Ji Jie, who had to run to the palace again and again.
Li Yuan garrisoned the Qin army on the spot to counterattack, while Ji Jie was recalled to Yingdu by an imperial edict.
In Xianyang City of Qin State, after reading the battle report, Lu Buwei said angrily: "It's this Ji Jie again. Meng Ao's contribution to expanding the territory has been to defend the territory and annihilate the enemy. Why is this person so hateful? He always goes against me! "
Sima Jing smiled and said: "Master Prime Minister, please calm down. Originally, we never thought about expanding our territory. After all, killing hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in one battle is already a great achievement!"
"No, I can't swallow this!" Lu Buwei slapped his hand on the table and asked, "Do you have capable people? I want to kill this hateful boy!"
Sima Jing shook his head and said: "Not to mention Ji Jie's own martial arts skills, he is protected by many masters around him. My people are good at spying on intelligence, but not good at assassination!"
"Can't others do it too?"
Sima Jing shook his head and said: "Looking at the entire Qin Dynasty, it is probably difficult to find someone who can successfully deal with Ji Jie. Didn't the Prime Minister forget that Songyang returned without success last time? However, Qi State has some people Individuals should be able to get the job done!”
"Who?" Lu Buwei asked quickly.
Sima Jing said word by word: "Cao Qiudao!"
"Sword Saint Cao Qiudao?" Lu Buwei was surprised, and it was obvious that he had heard of this man's name.
"Yes, that's him!" Sima Jing nodded and said, "This man has become famous all over the world more than ten years ago. After becoming famous, he has never been defeated. As long as he is willing to take action, Ji Jie will be dead!"
"But I heard that this man is aloof and arrogant. Several times the King of Qi came out to invite him, but he ignored him!" Lu Buwei said, stroking his beard: "And this man regards money as dirt, how can he be invited?"
Sima Jing smiled and said: "I would like to try it!"
"Okay, you can go and invite him!" Lu Buwei said generously: "As long as he can help me get rid of Ji Jie, I will satisfy him on any condition! By the way, that guy from Songyang failed in his last mission. Didn't he just keep shouting? Is it because I am weak? If I give him another chance, I will be idle. I don’t care for idlers here!"