Chapter 2535: Chu State's Nemesis, Liu Xiu's Nightmare
Chapter 2535: Chu’s nemesis, Liu Xiu’s nightmare
No wonder Liu Xiu was so surprised. After all, Guo Ziyi not only had excellent military skills, but also had Wu Zhiqi, a peerless general in the army.
Liu Xiu now knows about Wu Zhiqi's existence.
In the Battle of Tianping Mountain, Wu Zhiqi fought alone against the four mightiest generals of Soochow, including Sun Ce, and even captured Sun Ce alive. It was difficult for Liu Xiu not to notice him.
Wu Zhiqi had made such great contributions to the Chu State, so Liu Xiu naturally wanted to reward him heavily and use him more effectively, but he did not transfer him from Guo Ziyi's command.
Through these two days of brief interaction, Liu Xiu got a general understanding of Wu Zhiqi's character.
Wuzhiqi was extremely unruly, ignorant of etiquette, and outspoken. His emotional intelligence was not very high. Except for Guo Ziyi, who discovered him, he did not necessarily get along with other generals of the Chu State.
It would be terrible if Wu Zhiqi was transferred away and did not obey other people's orders after he went to the battlefield, so Liu Xiucai still let him serve under Guo Ziyi.
Guo Ziyi was a commander whom Liu Xiu valued very much. He could only command troops that were not inferior to him at all. He also had powerful generals like Wu Zhiqi and an elite army of 10,000 under his command.
Liu Xiu believed that such a powerful army with famous commanders and strong generals would not be defeated even if it faced an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people. But now it was defeated by Sun Wu's ordinary army of less than 10,000 people, and even the Chu State
Wu Zhiqi, the current number one general, was injured. How could Liu Xiu not be shocked by this?
According to the information revealed by Sun Quan, Sun Wu had no strong generals in his army. Even if Sun Wu could defeat Guo Ziyi through an ambush, how could he injure Wuzhiqi? After all, Wu State had no generals who could match Wuzhiqi.
Liu Xiu was puzzled by this, but the battle report from the front line had not yet come back, so he did not know the specific reason for the defeat. He only knew that Guo Ziyi was ambushed, Wu Zhiqi was seriously injured, and he lost three thousand troops.
"Lord, Guo Ziyi suffered this defeat. Although his foundation is not damaged, it still needs time to recover. I am afraid that he will not be able to participate in the encirclement battle that follows." Pang Tong added.
"Sun Wu had calculated this accurately and chose Guo Ziyi on the north road. He wanted to delay time so that he could find an opportunity to escape from the encirclement."
Liu Xiuhan said in a loud voice that he had fought against Sun Wu many times and was well aware of Sun Wu's skill in using troops and his precision against fighter planes.
I thought that with Guo Ziyi's ability, even if she couldn't win against Sun Wu, at least she wouldn't lose, but she didn't expect that she would still fall into the hands of Sun Wu.
"We can't delay. The longer we delay, the greater the variables will be. The plan to encircle and close the encirclement will continue. Sun Wu must be annihilated as soon as possible."
Liu Xiu said loudly, and then his eyes wandered around the generals below, and finally fell on Cao Shen.
"General Cao Shen."
When he heard Liu Xiu calling him, Cao Shen suddenly became excited and quickly stood up and said: "The general is here."
"It's up to you to lead an army of five thousand to the north, fill the vacancy left by Guo Ziyi, and cooperate with the entire army to encircle and annihilate Sun Wu."
At this point, Liu Xiu worriedly warned: "I have only one request for you. No matter how Sun Wu uses tricks and provocations, you must not fall into the trap. Just proceed as planned."
When Cao Shen heard this, he was naturally overjoyed. He cupped his fists and said, "Promise."
After Cao Shen and Fan Kuai took refuge in the Chu State, their lives were not easy. After all, Shu and Chu were allies, and they were in an iron alliance. They had to support each other before the fall of Qin.
Therefore, even though he knew that one of Cao Shen and Fan Kuai had superior military skills and the other had extraordinary strength, Liu Xiu did not dare to reuse them, for fear of arousing Liu Yu's dissatisfaction and causing a diplomatic rift between Shu and Chu.
Of course, Liu Xiu could ignore Liu Yu, but the great enemy Qin was ahead, and the security of Chu was not necessary, and the relationship with Shu could not be too tense.
Although Liu Xiu cared very much about Liu Yu's opinion, he would not follow the horse's lead and take whatever Liu Yu said.
When Cao Shen and Fan Kuai came to seek refuge, Liu Yu used the relationship between the two countries as a threat to ask Chu to hand over the two men. Liu Xiu ignored Liu Yu and made Liu Yu angry and cursed, but he did not dare to get angry.
After all, he didn't dare to really fall out with Chu State.
Liu Xiu didn't use Cao Shen before, not because he didn't want to use it, but because the time hadn't come yet. He planned to use it at a suitable time, but he didn't expect that he would have to use it now.
After Cao Shen received the order, he immediately counted the five thousand troops and immediately led his army north to fill Guo Ziyi's hole.
At this time, Sun Wushang did not know that his opponent had changed from Liu Xiu, Guo Ziyi, and Chai Rong to Liu Xiu, Chai Rong, and Cao Shen.
But even if he knew it, Sun Wu probably wouldn't care. After all, Cao Shen, the famous general in Shu, was not as powerful as Liu Xiu.
He didn't even pay attention to Liu Xiu, so how could he care about Cao Shen.
His gaze returned to Sun Wu.
Sun Wu successfully ambushed Guo Ziyi and won a small victory. In order to prevent Liu Xiu's army from coming to rescue him, he was entangled and unable to escape, so he decisively chose to retreat.
It was precisely because of this that Guo Ziyi's troops were not completely defeated, otherwise it would not have been as simple as only 3,000 casualties.
Seeing Sun Wu's frown, Ling Tong felt a little strange, so he asked:
"Grand Governor, although this battle failed to achieve full success, it still severely defeated the Chu army's vigor. Why do you look so worried?"
The reason why Ling Tong said that he had not done all his work is because Sun Wu was originally planning to annihilate Guo Ziyi and made an extremely perfect arrangement, but he did not expect that Guowu Zhiqi ruined it all by himself.
The Jueyun Territory was not a suitable place to set up an ambush, but it was precisely because of this that it would not arouse Guo Ziyi's suspicion, and Sun Wu took advantage of this to ambush Guo Ziyi.
Guo Ziyi's reaction when he was ambushed was the same as Liu Xiu's reaction when he learned that he was defeated.
The man who least deserved to be defeated was ambushed and defeated at the place where he least deserved to be ambushed.
The terrain of Jueyun Territory is undesirable, and the risk of setting up an ambush is also very high. Once discovered, it will not be an ambush, but an encounter.
But Sun Wu happened to be in a place that was not suitable for setting up an ambush, and made the most perfect ambush arrangement, perfectly hiding the nine thousand Wu troops, and even Guo Ziyi did not notice it.
When Guo Ziyi's army entered Jueyun Territory, Sun Wu's ambush troops concentrated their firepower and attacked their army with rolling stones and crossbow arrows.
As long as Guo Ziyi can be killed, the Chu army will have no one to command, and there will definitely be chaos. By then, the Wu army will be able to gradually eat away the Chu army. However, this plan was ruined by Wu Zhiqi.
Guo Ziyi did not expect that Sun Wu would set up an ambush at Jueyun Territory, nor did he expect that the Wu army was so close to the ambush that he was caught off guard. For a time, the entire Chu army was in chaos, and the Chinese army suffered heavy casualties. Even Guo Ziyi himself was hit twice.
arrow.
Just when Guo Ziyi was about to be shot to death by random arrows, Wuzhiqi, who was also in the Chinese army, took action in time, smashed the boulders and swept away the arrows, thus saving Guo Ziyi's life.
Guo Ziyi, who escaped the disaster, issued several correct orders at the most critical moment of the army. This stabilized the morale of the army and prevented the army from continuing to be in chaos. It fought and retreated. This was achieved at a very low cost.
The main force is not lost.
After Guo Ziyi escaped from Jueyun Territory, Sun Wu did not take advantage of the victory to pursue him. After all, the main force of the Chu army had not been lost and he still had the intelligence to fight. If the two sides fought fiercely for too long and the Chu army's reinforcements arrived, the Wu army would be attacked from both sides, so he would take the initiative.
Withdrew.
As for why Wu Zhiqi was injured, it was because after he rescued Guo Ziyi, he prepared to kill Sun Wu in an attempt to turn the tide on his own, but he didn't know that Sun Wu had already been guarding against him.
Sun Wu's perfect plan was ruined by Wu Zhiqi, so it was naturally impossible to let him go easily.
Sun Wu deliberately exposed his position and lured Wu Zhiqi over, but in fact he had already laid a trap.
Ordinary crossbow arrows pose little threat to Wu Zhiqi, but heavy crossbows, powerful fire oil, and huge rocks rolling down from the top of the mountain still pose a considerable threat to Wu Zhiqi.
In addition, Sun Wu also prepared poison and poison gas, and ordered people to dig more than a dozen traps seven or eight meters deep to ensure that the serious problem of Wu Zhiqi was eliminated.
Sun Wu had overestimated Wu Zhiqi as much as possible, but unexpectedly he underestimated it.
The trap he laid was almost perfect, and even the Grand Master could be killed, but he failed to kill Wu Zhiqi, only seriously injured him, and finally allowed him to escape.
Zhou Tai felt that Sun Wu was unhappy, not only because he failed to complete the ambush, but also because he failed to kill Wu Zhiqi, so he said:
"Grand Governor, although Wu Zhiqi failed to get rid of him this time, he was also seriously injured and may not be able to participate in the short term. The Grand Governor should not be worried about this."
When Sun Wu heard this, he still frowned and said in a deep voice: "Do you really think that this governor will be worried because of a reckless man?
Qin Emperor Ying Hao once said: See the essence through phenomena.
After this battle, what have you seen?"
After Ling Tong and Zhou Tai looked at each other, Ling Tong took the lead and said: "Guo Ziyi was seriously injured and his life was in danger, but he still remained calm in the face of danger. He was still able to stabilize the morale of the Chu army, fight and retreat, and lead the army out of Jueyun territory.
This person's control over the army is as strong as Liu Xiulai's."
Sun Wu nodded, then looked at Zhou Tai and asked, "What about you?"
Zhou Tai scratched his head and hesitated for a long time, but didn't say anything.
Sun Wu knew that Zhou Tai was a rough guy, so he did not continue to embarrass him, so he said: "Then do you know what this governor saw?"
"What?" Zhou Tai asked impatiently.
"The governor saw that there was a traitor in our country of Wu, and his status was not as good as ours. He was able to get in touch with the hearts of the troops on the front line, and secretly conveyed these secrets to the state of Chu. Our army now has no secrets at all in front of the state of Chu.
It's okay." Sun Wu sneered.
"What?"
Zhou Tai and Ling Tong exclaimed at the same time, unable to believe what they heard.
"Before, the governor was wondering how Guo Ziyi knew Bo Fu's marching route. It would be too much of a coincidence to bet.
In addition, the generals, military types, and weapon configurations of each of the three armies surrounded by Liu Xiu were all appropriately distributed, as if they knew the situation of our army very well.
So many coincidences are not coincidences, but someone within our army leaked secrets, which made Liu Xiu know the truth and falsehoods of our army clearly, so he made so many "coincidental" arrangements.
And the reason why I set up an ambush in Jueyun Leader this time was to test the Chu army, and sure enough, everything fell into place."
Sun Wu said in a deep voice, the anger in his eyes was not concealed at all, obviously he hated this kind of internal traitor.
Zhou Tailing and Tong were stunned. The amount of information Sun Wu said was too large. Their brains could not digest it in a short time.
"Then Grand Governor, do you know who the traitor is?" Ling Tong asked.
After Sun Wu glanced at the two of them, he said calmly: "We don't know yet, but there are only a few people who have access to such secrets. It's impossible to leak any clues. Let's check it out slowly when we get back.
, can always be found.”
"Grand Governor, what should we do now?" Zhou Tai asked.
"Use this traitor to deliver wrong information to Liu Xiu, thereby gaining opportunities for the Japanese army."
After saying this, Sun Wu began to write the letter in front of the two people, and then sent it back around the carrier pigeon.
Seeing that Sun Wu seemed to be in control of his wisdom, both Zhou Tai and Ling Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
But what they didn't know was that not only their camps, but also other mid-level and high-level generals were under surveillance by Sun Wu.
Obviously, Sun Wu was also afraid that there were Liu Xiu's spies in his army. If there were, then this battle would be too dangerous, but now it seems that there should be no spies.
At the same time, Liu Xiu also encircled Sun Wu, and the dragnet he laid, ultimately failed to trap Sun Wu.
Sun Wu not only used a trick to jump out of the encirclement, but also induced Liu Xiu to chase in the wrong direction, and then launched a surprise attack on Chai Rong's army.