Although the terrain in the mountains is complex and difficult to detect, hundreds of people are not just a few. As long as you look for it, you can always find traces. Originally, Zhou Yin followed the agreed thirty-mile reconnaissance range and did not notice Wei who was staying thirty miles away.
Ba and others, now that Wei Ba has revealed his whereabouts, and he does not believe that Wei Ba really only has a hundred or ten people, he will of course increase the scope of the investigation.
Wu Jun scouts searched the valley inch by inch, and soon discovered the traces of Wei Ba and others, and quickly reported to Zhou Yin. During the reconnaissance process, they inevitably encountered the scouts sent by Wei Ba, and sporadic battles broke out one after another.
, each had its own injuries. Relatively speaking, Wu Jun's scouts suffered greater losses. Zhou Yin sent out more than a hundred people, but in the end, less than one-third returned safely to the camp.
The pieces of bloody intelligence were finally compiled into a map of the situation between the enemy and ourselves, which was spread out on the case in front of Zhou Yin and Zhou Jun.
Zhou Yin looked at the sketch and sneered: "This guy is really cunning. He wants to imitate the Marquis of Huaiyin, build a plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly."
Zhou Jun held his fist in front of his mouth, stared at the situation map, and was silent. The envoy sent by Wei Ba told Zhou Yin that he only had more than a hundred people, and of course they would not really believe it. Wei Ba followed
If you come from the Youxi tribe, you will most likely get
to the Youxi Man for help. Judging from the information that has been obtained so far, Wei Ba does have Youxi Man around him. Wei Ba protects them very closely, and most of the casualties among the Wu army scouts were while spying on these Youxi Man.
happened.
"What do you think Wei Ba will do?" Zhou Jun raised his head and looked at Zhou Yin with a sneer on his face.
"If my guess is correct, he should have fought head-on with more than a hundred soldiers. Then he hid the barbarians in the dark. When he lured me into the mountains, the barbarians swarmed out and caught me off guard."
Zhou Yin said unhurriedly: "After defeating me, it will depend on the situation, whether he will cross the water on the spot or choose a place to escape."
"Then how are you going to deal with it?"
"It's just a trick. He wants to seduce me, and I want to seduce him." Zhou Yin curled his lips and dismissed it. "Brother, I will face the enemy head-on. You can lead some troops to go behind him and wait until he surrounds me.
, when all the ambush troops are out, you come out again..."
Zhou Yin said, stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful on the map. Then he clenched his fist hard: "Kill them all in one fell swoop."
Zhou Jun said worriedly: "I'm afraid we don't have enough troops. If we want to surround them and catch them all, we must send out at least three times the number of troops. Don't forget, we still have four to five thousand prisoners to guard. We can't attack them all."
"How can the captives be so unarmed?" Zhou Jun sneered: "Separate them, the old and the weak gather in Jinwan, use warships to block the exit, if anyone tries to escape, shoot them directly with hard crossbows
Kill them, and save us the trouble of taking them back. The men are imprisoned in the warship, and the little ones are
I was on guard and told them that if anyone escaped, I would kill his whole family. I wanted to see if they had the courage. I estimated that with 340 people, they would be safe. I led 500 people to fight against Wei Ba.
The remaining more than a thousand people will all be handed over to you, and you will command them to outflank them. That is enough."
Zhou Jun thought about it for a long time and felt that Zhou Yin's plan was good. Judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, they had a great chance of winning. Even if there was an accident, they would be able to escape unscathed.
"Then it's settled." Zhou Jun nodded heavily.
After the two agreed on their views, Zhou Yin immediately wrote a letter of war to Wei Ba, agreeing to fight on the north bank of Chenshui two days later. That night, Zhou Jun led more than a thousand soldiers to land 30 miles downstream and circled around.
They formed a large circle and quietly detoured towards the rear of Wei Ba's preset position. The next night, Zhou Yin received the news that Zhou Jun had entered the position, so he cheered up and prepared for the upcoming battle.
…
The morning sun shone through the dense shade of trees and shone on Wei Ba's face. Wei Ba opened his arms and stretched out wide. He breathed in the fresh air that was moist and had a faint scent of rosin, and his spirits were lifted.
The birds chirped deep in the canopy and jumped up and down on the branches, unaware that there were tents below them, inhabited by countless fierce warriors. When these warriors woke up from their sleep one by one
Come, pack your bags and stand in a neat queue. The silent chilling air spreads out. The originally carefree birds suddenly feel the dangerous atmosphere and spread their wings to fly high.
The woods became even quieter, except for the occasional sound of weapons or armor clashing with each other, there was almost no sound.
Zhao Tong, fully armed and full of energy, came over and bowed to Wei Ba: "Your Majesty, the soldiers are ready and ready to go."
Wei Ba glanced at the soldiers who stood as still as pine trees and nodded: "Let's go."
"Here." Zhao Tong responded loudly, turned around and walked quickly to more than a hundred infantry consisting of 27 spearmen from the Zhao family and one hundred and three swordsmen from the Guan family, and waved his hand vigorously: "
Set off!"
The infantry turned around with a roar and followed Zhao Tong forward.
Wei Ba watched them quietly as they walked along the mountain road. The husband came over, bowed and saluted, and presented a brocade dress with both hands: "Servant, we are also ready. This is snatched from the princess.
of brocade clothes.”
Wei Ba looked at him, raised his hand to take the brocade robe, and handed it to Wei Xing with his backhand. He gently patted his husband on the shoulder: "Jingfu, whether this battle can be successful or not depends on your method. If you can attract
By keeping Wu Gou's attention, we have a chance to rescue the Chenxi tribe. If not, alas..."
Wei Ba stopped talking and sighed.
The husband said quickly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will do my best." He paused, then smiled and said: "I believe that your Majesty is the invincible general in the legends of your Han people."
Wei Ba smiled slightly and put his hand on the prime minister's shoulder and pushed gently: "I also hope that I have that ability. In that case, we won't be afraid of these Wu dogs."
The prime minister nodded, turned around and left, disappearing into the forest with more than a hundred barbarians who were already prepared.
Wei Ba immediately called Sun Luban over. Sun Luban's injury was almost healed, but he was still in a mess. Her originally fair face was now covered with dust, and there were two big red bumps on her forehead. These were mosquitoes.
credit. It was late autumn, in the mountains and forests.
Mosquitoes are still rampant. Even if there is a tent and even if you use pine branches to smoke before going to bed, the poisonous and large mosquitoes are still everywhere. Sun Luban was bitten by two pimples on his face and more on his body, which hurt and itched.
I couldn't sleep all night and my mental state was very bad.
"I'm going to fight your brother-in-law Zhou Yin soon. He wants to save you. I also want to get rid of you as a burden as soon as possible." Wei Ba was still so harsh and mean when he opened his mouth. Fortunately, Sun Luban was already there.
She's used to it, she's just cold
He looked at Wei Ba indifferently without saying a word. "However, whether you can go back smoothly depends on whether your brother-in-law has the ability. Of course, if you think you can escape in this mountain forest, you can
You can try it.”
Sun Luban instinctively glanced at the dense jungle. His cheeks twitched involuntarily. Marching with Wei Ba and the others, with Zhao Tong secretly helping her, she still walked with such difficulty. It would be strange if she was allowed to walk alone in the mountains without dying.
"If you don't have the ability, just follow me honestly, put down your princess airs, be more obedient, and maybe you will suffer less." Wei Ba paused, looked at a hillside in the distance, and said,
Danfeng said lightly: "Today, I want you to serve the wine."
Sun Luban was stunned, and then her eyebrows stood up. She stared at Wei Ba, took a few deep breaths, miraculously calmed down, and said a rare promise: "Okay!"
Wei Ba was a little surprised. He turned his head, glanced at Sun Luban, and grinned: "Yes, my dear princess has finally learned her lesson."
Sun Luban snorted.
"Come here, bring the jug and wine glasses and let the princess hold them." Wei Ba took the jug and wine glasses from Wei Xing's hands and stuffed them into Sun Luban's arms. "Be careful, you may fall."
It's okay at the bottom of the mountain. Don't drop my wine flask or glass, let alone spill the wine. I promise you, as much wine as you spill, you will bleed."
Sun Luban dismissed it, turned around and left while holding the wine flask. Probably because the exercise these days had paid off, she was able to walk calmly on the rugged mountain road while holding the wine flask and the wine glass, even though she was different from those who were used to walking on mountain roads.
The soldiers can't be compared, but they have improved a lot compared to when she first started to escape.
"You see, people's potential is endless." Wei Ba, who had been showing off his power for a long time but had no actual results, said mockingly to himself.
When the sun rose to the middle of the sky, Wei Ba came to the edge of Chenshui and set up a formation on the north bank of Chenshui. Zhao Tong led one hundred and thirty infantry to set up a formation on the bank.
On the hillside in the south, Wei Ba's horse was sitting on a large blue stone with a golden sword, while Dun Wu and other twenty soldiers were waiting in formation.
Sun Luban's face turned pale, he held the wine bottle and looked blankly at the Wu Jun warships on the south bank, with tears in his eyes. The Wu Jun warships that she was used to seeing were so kind in her eyes now, even the word "zhou" on the side
The battle flags now look so majestic and majestic, full of hope.
"Pour the wine!" Wei Ba stretched out his hand and raised the wine glass in his hand.
Sun Luban was in a daze, and it wasn't until Wei Ba called impatiently for the third time that she woke up and quickly refilled the wine. She was a little excited, and spilled a lot of wine on Wei Ba's hand, and Wei Ba glared in displeasure.
She glanced at him and said, "If you want to go back alive, just concentrate more. If you can't even pour a drink, what else can you do?"
Sun Luban raised her head and resisted the tears in her eyes. Without Zhao Tong's protection, she was very helpless now, but she refused to expose her weakness in front of Wei Ba.
Three hundred paces away, the soldiers of the Wu army were horribly silent.
Sun Luban was wearing that gorgeous and luxurious brocade dress, which made her very eye-catching among the armored warriors. Even after such a long time, the soldiers of the Wu army could still see her. The thought of her own princess now becoming a bartender and having to serve Wei
When Ba poured the wine, the Wu army officers and soldiers were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to rush ashore immediately and cut Wei Ba's corpse into thousands of pieces.
Zhou Yin was sitting on the warship and saw the scene on the hillside. Although he was not as angry as ordinary soldiers, he could not restrain his anger. Regardless of his impression of Sun Luban, Sun Luban was once
How could his sister-in-law let Wei Ba be so humiliated? How could the Zhou family let Wei Ba be so humiliated?
"Ashore! Crossbowmen prepare!" (To be continued...)
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