Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2541 The Eighth Array of Stone Soldiers captured Shangyong

Chapter 2537: Eight Arrays of Stone Soldiers, Capture Shangyong

In addition to safety, Sun Wu led his army to withdraw to Zhangling Army, and that was to return to Jiangdong by way of Song State.

Runan County of Song State borders the northern part of Lujiang County, while Zhangling County of Daqin borders Runan County of Song State.

Therefore, after Sun Wu arrived at Zhangling, he could borrow the road from Song State, enter Runan County from Zhangling, enter the northern part of Lujiang by detour, and then return to Jiangdong from the northern part of Lujiang.

Such a return trip is like a big circle, but although the distance is a little far, it is better than safety. After all, whether it is Qin or Song, it is impossible for the ally Wu to do anything for the time being.

Of course, it was obviously not an easy task for Sun Wu to escape from Yunmengze to Zhangling County. The biggest obstacle was not the Chu army ten times his own, but the five thousand Jingchu iron cavalry under Wei Zhang.

The reason why Sun Wu dared to go deep into Jiangxia alone was not only because he had a perfect battle plan, but the most important reason was that the main force of the Chu army was contained in Zhangling by the allied forces of Qin, Wei and Song, and even a single cavalry in Jiangxia. No.

If there are cavalry in Jiangxia, the number of cavalry does not need to be too large. Even if there are only five hundred cavalry, Sun Wu will never dare to go deep alone.

But the problem was that Deng Yu suffered a crushing defeat. Liu Xiu was worried that the Three-Kingdom Allied Forces would also go south, so he left all the cavalry to Wei Zhang and ordered him to contain Zhangling's Three-Kingdom Allied Forces.

After all, the Chu army was much more numerous than the Wu army, and if the mobility was faster than that of the Wu army, then this battle would not have to be fought at all.

Sun Wu fought consecutive victories in Jiangxia, and later moved to Yunmengze because he was worried that Liu Xiu would return from Zhangling's cavalry.

After all, with the speed and mobility of the cavalry, it was easy to catch up with them, and five hundred cavalry was enough to entangle him, but for Sun Wu, once he was entangled, the only thing he could do would be annihilation.

It is precisely because of this that Sun Wu chose to withdraw into Yunmengze.

Yunmengze has mountains and waters, so it is easy to hide the army, and the water network is dense, which can limit cavalry combat to the greatest extent.

Originally, after several defeats, Liu Xiu intended to send a cavalry back to Jiangxia from the Zhangling front line, but he did not want Sun Wu to retreat into Yunmengze.

Liu Xiu knew that Yunmengze's terrain was not conducive to cavalry operations, so instead of sending the cavalry back, he sent Gan Ning's navy to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression, and the result was still repeated defeats.

After losing nine battles in a row and losing nearly half of his troops, Liu Xiu was obviously in a hurry. In order to destroy Sun Wu, he did not hesitate to adjust Wei Zhang's main force to the south.

The reason why Liu Xiu made this decision was mainly because Pang Tong's remarks woke him up.

When talking about the situation in Zhangling, Pang Tong bluntly said that between Wei and Song, helping the Qin army to contain the Chu army is the limit, and it is impossible to really fight for the Qin army and the Chu country.

After Liu Xiu thought about it carefully, he also felt that it was very reasonable, so he decisively decided to transfer Wei Zhang to the south.

Liu Xiu and Wei Zhang's two-way army launched a carpet-like search for Yunmengze. Sun Wu had nothing to hide, and it was only a matter of time before he was found.

But what Liu Xiu never thought was that all the military operations after Sun Wu's army went deep alone had only one purpose, which was to force him to transfer Wei Zhang from Zhangling.

If Wei Zhang's subordinates remained in Zhangling, Sun Wu would never have the chance to retreat into Zhangling.

But now Liu Xiu took the initiative to move Wei Zhang south, which gave Sun Wu a chance to escape, but it was just an opportunity.

Even if Sun Wu once again jumped out of Liu Xiu's encirclement and turned around the Chu army who gathered Yunmengze, it would not change the fact that all his troops were infantry.

At the speed of the infantry, it would take at least three days to escape to Zhangling County.

But it only took a day for the five thousand Jingchu iron cavalry under Wei Zhang to rush from Yunmengze to Zhangling County.

After more than half a month of fighting, Sun Wu's army had lost nearly half of the casualties, and the rest of the army were also exhausted.

In the state of Wu Jun at this time, let alone five thousand Jingchu iron cavalry, even five hundred is enough to completely defeat them.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to get rid of Wu Jun's pursuit based on Wu Jun and Sun Wu's own strength, and the only way is to use external force.

At present, for Sun Wu, the only external force that can be borrowed is the Three-Kingdom Allied Forces in Zhangling, so he asked for help through the flying pigeons, hoping that the Three-Kingdom Allied Forces could send cavalry south to meet the Chu army.

Sun Wu's letter of help was quickly passed on to Huang Feihu, who in turn was informed by the generals of the Wei and Song armies.

"In that case, Sun Wu wants us to send cavalry to the south to meet him?" Cao Bin asked.

"That's right." Huang Feihu nodded.

Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help sneering: "Since Sun Wu dares to go deep alone, he has to bring the army back by himself. Now he doesn't have the ability, but he wants us to take risks for him. Why?"

"Yes, Uncle Yuan is right." Zhao Defang said solemnly.

"You can't say that. After all, you are allies and you should help each other." Cao Bin said.

Yuan Chonghuan retorted without hesitation: "But..."

"..."

Seeing Yuan Chonghuan and Cao Bin insisting on their own words, Huang Feihu also had a general understanding of the attitudes of the Wei and Song countries.

The territory between Wei and Wu is not bordered, and there is no filth between the two countries. The two kings of Wei and Wu are still brothers, and their ally is relatively close, so they support sending troops to rescue Sun Wu.

The territories of Song and Wu are bordered, and there is a conflict of interest between the two countries. Moreover, Sun Wu's record is too strong this time, and it is difficult for people not to be afraid of his ability, so Song Guocai does not support sending troops.

Seeing that the two were arguing for a long time and couldn't come to a conclusion, Huang Feihu said directly: "Since there is support and opposition, then everyone should vote, and the one with the most votes is the main one."

After speaking, Huang Feihu raised his hand and said, "My Daqin supports sending troops."

After Cao Bin and Yuan Chonghuan looked at each other the same, they raised their hands with a smile: "My Great Wei also supports sending troops."

Seeing this, Yuan Chonghuan knew that he could not stop sending troops. After all, there were [-] troops in the Zhangling Three-Kingdom Allied Forces, and the Qin and Wei countries accounted for [-].

Although Yuan Chonghuan knew he couldn't stop him, he was still unwilling to say: "But even if we dispatch cavalry to rescue Sun Wu, he may not be able to persist until we arrive."

Yuan Chonghuan was right. After all, Sun Wu's army was all infantry. With the speed of the infantry, it would take at least three days to reach Zhangling, while Wei Zhang's cavalry could catch up with him in half a day. Also obviously too late.

After hearing this, both Huang Feihu and Cao Bin frowned, and then Cao Bin said, "Maybe Sun Wu has other ways to hold back the Jingchu Iron Cavalry."

"Yes, Sun Wu is too wise, he can't take the initiative to seek death, and even if he can't hold back, he must send troops out of his ally's obligations. It's Sun Wu's problem if he can't escape, and it's our problem if we don't send troops." Huang Feihu Shen sound.

As soon as these words came out, both Cao Bin and Yuan Chonghuan showed differences, obviously they didn't expect Huang Feihu to be able to say these words.

Now that it is determined to send troops, the next step is to discuss how many troops to send.

After a brief discussion, the Qin army dispatched [-] iron cavalry, the Song army dispatched [-] iron cavalry, and the Wei army dispatched [-] iron cavalry, a total of [-] iron cavalry, went south to meet Sun Wu.

This was also the first military operation of the Qin, Wei, Song and Three Kingdoms Allied Forces after entering Zhangling.

Sun Wu, who led the army to escape from Yunmengze, was relieved when he received a message from Huang Feihu and learned that the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces agreed to send troops to meet him, but the bigger problem has not been solved.

Liu Xiu learned that Sun Wu used a series of tricks such as four crossings of the Chahu Lake, three crossings of the Han River, etc., to turn the Chu army around, and when he jumped out of the encirclement again, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

When he learned that Sun Wu was heading north, he immediately understood that Sun Wu was going to flee to Zhangling, and realized that the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces were likely to meet Sun Wu, so he decisively asked Wei Zhang to lead [-] iron cavalry to pursue him.

"Sun Wu, ah, Sun Wu, there are times when you miss out."

Liu Xiu sneered. This time, he was slow in confidence. After all, with the marching speed of the Wu army's infantry, what if there was a response from the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces?When the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces arrived at Wu Jun, they were already crushed by the Jingchu Iron Cavalry.

The remaining [-] Wu soldiers obviously knew the situation they were facing, and it was a struggle to escape. Even if everyone was exhausted physically and mentally, the speed of the army was more than [-]% faster than usual.

But even so, the speed of the infantry was far less than that of the cavalry, and it was only a matter of time before Wei Zhang's cavalry caught up.

"Captain, it's not the way to escape like this, you will be caught up sooner or later.

By then, the brothers were exhausted, and there was no way to fight back.

It's better to stop here, recover some physical strength, or fight against the Chu army. "

Ling Tonghan said, his eyes were full of determination, and he was obviously ready to die in battle.

"That's right, Brother Ling Tong is right."

Zhou Tai agreed.

Seeing this, Sun Wu said, "Don't worry, we won't die."

Then he pointed to the north and said again: "There is a stone valley five miles early. As long as we get there, we have a chance of survival."

Hearing this, Ling Tong Zhou Tai had a glimmer of hope in his heart. He didn't think about desperate matters, but gritted his teeth and continued on his way.

On the other hand, Wei Zhang also received the movements of Sun Wujun.

"General Wei, Sun Wu's troops have escaped into the Rocky Valley."

"Rock Rock Valley?"

Wei Zhang's brows furrowed. Obviously, he knew the Rocky Valley. This is neither suitable for setting up an ambush, nor is it suitable for defending. Escape here is a dead end.

Although Wei Zhang didn't understand Sun Wu's intentions, he wouldn't let Sun Wu go just like that, but he also raised vigilance in his heart to prevent Sun Wu's calculations.

The Jingchu cavalry were all light cavalry, and they were very fast, and in less than an hour they chased the Rocky Valley.

Looking at the traces of Taniguchi's march, Wei Zhang determined that Sun Wu's group had escaped into the valley, and worried that Sun Wu would run away, so he decisively led the army to break in, but after entering, he found that there was another world inside.

Wei Zhang had been to the Rocky Valley before, but when he came back this time, he found that it was different from what he had seen before. He turned around and came to a cliff.

Wei Zhang was convinced that he followed the correct route in his memory, but he still went the wrong way.

Luanshi Valley, twenty miles away in Anlu County, where Sun Wu's Wu army had fled.

Seeing that the soldiers were extremely tired, Ling Tong couldn't bear to say: "Captain, take a rest, the brothers are very tired."

"No, I can't rest now, the conditions in the Rocky Valley are limited, and the stone formation that the Governor has laid out is relatively hasty, so he can only trap Wei Zhang for a while, but he can't be trapped for too long.

Once Wei Zhang is in addition to Luanshigu, he will soon catch up. Our army has not been completely out of danger, and we must not stop at this time. "

Hearing what Sun Wu said, what else could Ling Tong say, he could only go back and encourage the soldiers to continue on their way.

Under the leadership of Sun Wu, the Wu army passed Anlu County and marched north for more than [-] li, but Wei Zhang, who was behind, led his cavalry to catch up.

"Kill, absolutely can't let Sun Wu go."

Wei Zhang shouted angrily, that he was actually trapped in a maze made of stones, and he had to wander around the Rocky Valley for a long time before escaping.

Seeing Wei Zhang chasing after him, Sun Wu's expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Let's form a formation."

But the Wu army had long been exhausted, and still had the physical strength to fight.

At this moment, a large number of hooves came from the north, and it was Huang Feihu who led his cavalry to arrive in time.

"General Sun Wu, don't worry, Huang Feihu is here."

Huang Feihu rode his horse and howled.

Seeing this, Wei Zhang's face suddenly turned red, and he knew in his heart that Sun Wu could not be left, so he ordered with difficulty: "Withdraw."

Seeing that the Chu army had retreated, Huang Feihu did not chase after him. After all, further south would be the territory of the state of Chu. If the army was alone, it would be easy to ambush him, so he just responded to Sun Wu and returned.

After escorting Sun Wu's troops back to Suixian County, Sun Wu said to Huang Feihu gratefully, "Thank you General for arriving in time, otherwise our army would be in danger."

"It wasn't my work, it was General Sun who dragged Wei Zhang, otherwise it would have been too late."

Seeing Sun Wu and Huang Feihu complimenting each other, Cao Bin and Yuan Chonghuan were both unhappy. After all, the Qin army only dispatched [-] cavalry, and the credit is the same as the Qin army.

Sun Wu escaped from the prison in a thrilling way, and Huang Feihu hosted a banquet in Zhangling, but at the banquet he received Shangyong's military intelligence.

Han Xin has now captured the whole territory of Shangyong, and the two counties of Shangyong Xincheng are both occupied by Qin, and then he led his army to Xicheng.

Of the three counties in Hanzhong, Qin has won the second.

(End of this chapter)