A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 228 Sun Bin's Expectation

About [-] Qi troops crossed the Huai River, and all five pontoon bridges were burned.The return journey of the [-] Qi army was cut off, and the Huai army even defeated it in one fell swoop.

Lu Ji looked at the Qi army in chaos on the north bank, and knew that this battle was hopeless, and when the Huai army defeated the Qi army on the north bank of the Huaihe River, it would be their turn.

Lu Ji's face was ugly. He was cut off from the rear now, and there were only five days of food and grass left. If you save some food, you can eat for seven days at most. By then, the army will collapse even if no one is attacking.

Seeing this situation, Lu Ji had no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket. He immediately gritted his teeth and the whole army accelerated to Huai'an.Under such circumstances, Lu Ji wanted to attack Huai'an in a surprise attack. If Huai'an was breached, not only would the more than [-] troops he led be safe, but he could even turn defeat into victory and cut off the Huai army's logistics.

Now that this time has come, we can only fight.

Lu Ji did not go to manage the rear army on the north bank of the Huai River, and immediately led an army of more than [-] troops, marching all the way to Huai'an.

Huai'an is not too far from Huai River, and it's only a hundred miles away. Lu Ji's army can reach it in a day.The army quickly marched towards Huai'an, while Sun Bin commanded the army to cut and surround the Qi army, and then ate it bit by bit.

Tens of thousands of Qi troops were blocked in the Huaihe River, unable to advance or retreat. In the Huaihe River, there was still the Huaiguo water army constantly throwing arrows and rain, and the Qi army suffered heavy losses.

Sun Bin took the Tengjia army as the vanguard, broke through the Qi army three times in a row, and surrounded the Qi army. In the end, the Qi army suffered [-] casualties, and all the rest surrendered, and the Huai army also paid the price of [-] casualties.

A large number of Qi troops abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Sun Bin left some soldiers to guard the surrendered soldiers, and then led the army across the river to attack the Qi army on the south bank.

Lu Ji quickly rushed to the Huai'an city. At this time, Huai'an had already received a signal from the beacon fire, closed the city gate, and defended.

This time going south for a surprise attack, the Qi army carried a large number of siege equipment.Although some of them have been burned or fell into the hands of the Huai army, there are still many left by Lu Ji.

Tens of thousands of Qi troops attacked wildly. They knew that breaking through Huai'an was their only chance.

Dozens of ladders moved forward, and a large number of archers threw shots, suppressing the city of Huai'an for a while.Qi's army took the opportunity to start the project.But at this moment, a large number of archers suddenly stood up on the city wall, and shot at the soldiers of Qi State.

Qi Guo was careless, and immediately suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing this situation, Lu Ji had no intention of stopping at all. He knew very well that their time was limited, and once the Huai State defeated the Qi army on the north bank of the Huai River, they would immediately attack them.If Lu Ji hadn't captured Huai'an by then, the Qi army would have to face internal and external attacks.

So they had to make a time difference to conquer Huai'an before the Huai country's army arrived.

Tens of thousands of Qi troops besieged Huai'an, but the Qi army didn't know that there was no emptiness in Huai'an city as they imagined.After Sun Bin and Otsuka Zai came to Huai'an, they specially invited all the nobles and nobles in Huai'an city, and asked them to hand over their private soldiers.

These nobles and nobles did not dare to resist at all, and honestly handed over their private soldiers one by one. Almost each of these nobles and nobles had more than 50 private soldiers, adding up to about 3000 people, plus Huai'an's original garrison of 5000 people, as well as recruited soldiers, gathered more than [-] people.

If these [-] soldiers go out to fight in the city, it will definitely fail, maybe they will be defeated in one battle, but if they are used to defend the city, it will be completely different.

Most of the family members of these soldiers were in the city, and at the same time, the nobles and nobles also lived in the city. When the Qi army attacked the city, these people must work together and resist desperately. The combat power was ten times higher than the previous field battle.

This is why Sun Bin let these people guard the city.

Countless arrows fell from the sky, and soon a large number of baffles were erected on the top of Huai'an City, and arrows rained down on the city wall non-stop.Although the Qi army attacked desperately, they were still unable to capture the city.

In just one day, even five attacks failed, and the morale of the army was low. Lu Ji had to let the army retreat to rest.

After the first day, the defenders in Huai'an City also breathed a sigh of relief.When the army went out, Sun Bin had already told them that if the Qi army attacked, it would basically be the time when the beasts were still fighting. As long as they resisted Qi's attack on the first day, the Qi army would only get weaker and weaker. Prevent the Qi army from attacking at night.

Sure enough, that night, the Qi army sent elites to steal the city. As a result, the Huai army was already prepared, and a large number of torches and rockets were thrown from the city wall. The Qi army who attacked at night had nowhere to hide and was shot and killed in large numbers. The Qi army repelled.

On the second day, the Qi army attacked the city again. Lu Ji knew that there was not much time left for him, so he ordered the army to attack with all its strength, but most of the siege equipment was destroyed yesterday, and the outside of Huai'an city had been fortified and cleared, and there was no way to find it. To a few pieces of wood, Qi's attack strength was not even as strong as yesterday, and it was easily blocked by the defenders of Huai'an City.

Lu Ji's face was ugly. At this time, his idea of ​​raiding Huai'an was basically impossible to realize.At the same time, Sun Bin, who had dealt with the Qi army on the north bank of the Huaihe River, led his army to chase after him.

The [-] Huai army was surrounded on all sides, and the tens of thousands of Qi army had no way to escape. In addition, the food and grass were exhausted, so they had to surrender in the end.

Solved the army of Qi State going south, Sun Bin led his army north again, ready to defeat the remaining Qi army, but after Sun Bin defeated the Qi army on the south bank of the Huaihe River last time, Zou Ji had already received the news. After all, there was no river blocking the south bank of the Huaihe River. Many rout soldiers fled all the way back.

After Zou Ji learned that the winning strategy failed, he did not hesitate at all, and immediately commanded the army to retreat in the dark.

In order to prevent being discovered, Zou Ji planted a large number of straw men in the camp, with flags all over the place.At the same time, people hang the goat on the big drum.

The goats were struggling with all four hooves, the drums were beating, and the flags were flying, making people think that there were still people in the camp.It wasn't until the next day that Xu Feng realized that something was wrong. After sending people to investigate, he found that the Qi army camp had long been empty.

After Xu Feng learned that the Qi army was retreating, he immediately commanded the army to pursue it. However, the Qi army had already withdrawn for two days. Even though the Huai State was chasing with all its strength, it still failed to catch up with the Qi army, and only regained the lost ground.

Sun Bin led the army to Xiapi again, and was not disappointed when he learned that the Qi army had retreated.He just summoned all the generals and left an army of [-] to garrison Tancheng. He and Otsuka Zai led the army to deal with the Three Jins.

Sun Bin had been looking forward to this famous general of the Three Jin Dynasty, Pang Juan, for a long time.Pang Juan, don't let me down!Sun Bin looked at the northern sky and said.

(End of this chapter)