When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

In Liyang, King Shang and his army were preparing to retreat.

At the top of the mountain, Liwu found Zihu and said solemnly, "Our scouts sent a lot of intelligence from the bottom of the mountain. We found that some nobles retreated a large number of elite troops towards Xueyi under the pretext of sending away patients with the plague.

And now all those who were infected with the plague were thrown into the river.

These damn Shang kings actually wanted to use the river to wash away those infected with the plague to the Peng family.

Peng's family may have a major outbreak at any time!"

"..."

Zihu stood up at once, his face showing a bit more joy: "Withdraw?! Good news! Very good news! Let's have people occupy Liyang City as soon as possible."

"We can't go!" Li Wu's face became serious, "The King of Shang left behind a large number of patients in order to lure us to attack Liyang City or rescue Peng.

But no matter which one it is, the epidemic has definitely broken out now.

If we rush into the city of Liyang, who can save us if the plague spreads? So we must give orders now to immediately search for traces of the retreating troops of Yan Shang along the river. We must chase the King of Shang and annihilate half of their troops with just one blow.

We are qualified to negotiate with him.

Otherwise, all our previous plans will fail.

Finally, the title of Marquis or Guardian that you envisioned will not be yours.

When these Huaishang barbarians leave, can you still target the Peng family?

Don't forget, if we want to control more tribes, we must first use the Shang tribe to consume them.

In this way, in order to avoid being swallowed up by other forces, these people will come and surrender obediently! "

Liwu quickly held down Zihu who was eager to try.

Zihu nodded: "So what should we do now?"

Liwu took a deep breath and said, "I guess there are still some defenders in Liyang City, but most of them are definitely soldiers infected with the plague.

We just need to send some people to wander around the nearby mountains, send out some news about the Shang tribe's retreat, and then say that we are going to bring out elite troops to pursue them, and kill them all the way to Yan Shang to seize the throne.

And tell these clans that they will be in charge of guarding Liyang City and they will be provided with food and grass supplies inside. Those clans, big and small, will definitely rush into the city.

Whether they will be ambushed or killed at that time is none of our business.

Let's dismantle all the fortifications on the top of the mountain now, move the food and other things down the mountain, and burn the rest.

Then notify Peng clan in the south, saying that King Shang was repelled by us, and ask Peng clan for reinforcement. I think King Shang will also send troops.

As long as he sent troops and arrived at Liyang, not to mention whether these clans would conflict with him, the outbreak of the plague alone could directly kill King Geng of Shang.

As long as King Shang is dead, we can negotiate with him while we are chasing him.

Even if he is not dead, you can fake the news of his death. Then the King of Shang will definitely agree to your idea in order to retreat smoothly.

As long as he agrees, Shang Wanghe will definitely provide the follow-up supplies.

Because the King of Shang and his nobles must have suffered heavy losses, the nobles must be planning to overthrow the King of Shang.

Therefore, the King of Shang needed help, and Pi Zi's surrender was absolutely good news for him. It might even increase his prestige!
No matter how you calculate it, we are not at a loss!"

"Okay! Let's do it! This time, my identity will be changed!"

Zihu did not hesitate and immediately chose Liu's plan because it was also his best plan.

So Zihu took his elite troops, packed up his weapons, burned everything on the mountain, and rushed down the mountain.

Passing by the Liyang City, which was burned down by the last fire, there are still many ruins. From a distance, one can see things lying on the ground in a twisted state, as well as some human-shaped scarecrows wrapped in animal skins.

Of course, after Zihu chased forward for two miles, he saw the guerrillas passing by. Someone came to report that they had discovered the retreating main force of the Shang clan. They were divided into six groups, two by two.

Two groups headed northeast, preparing to flee from Ju's territory to Dongyi. Two groups returned along the same route and have now entered Xue's territory.

Two other routes retreated to the northwest, then suddenly turned back, appearing to be heading southwest.

The number of people varied, but they all carried the flag of King Shang.

"This...if we go all the way to Peng's, will it be possible..." Zihu was a little worried. He was very worried that the other party would suddenly attack Peng's family.

Liwu also thought of this possibility, but then he shook his head and said, "They don't have so much food and grass, they must have taken dry food and livestock and fled immediately.

If we want to fight the Peng family, we will need to prepare a large amount of supplies.

The Peng family had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Therefore, the other party must be using a trick to confuse the enemy. But Peng Shi was just trying to escape suddenly across the border.

This plan... I think it's possible that Father Lu was involved."

"Father Lu... so this is also part of the art of war?" Zihu nodded, "Then should we still chase him?"

"Chase! No matter which way they go, we just need to notify each unit, harass and attack them." Liwu nodded. Although he didn't know what Lu's father wanted to do, at least the strategy of dividing the troops into three groups and retreating was in line with the current situation.

They don’t have enough food and supplies, so they should run as fast as they can. Otherwise, are they just waiting to be caught?

So Liou continued to chase.

Soon they entered Xueyi, and then found the King of Shang and his army who were blocked in Xueyi, and immediately started fighting.

At the same time, Peng.

King Shang looked at the captured noble in front of him and chuckled twice: "I didn't expect to meet you, Yun Bi, again now."

"Greetings...Greetings to the King!" Yun Bi bowed down.

"Haha!" The King of Shang laughed happily. "It's rare! It's been a few years... Tell me, why did you come here so tired?"

"Your Majesty, I heard a piece of news." Yun Bi choked up and said, "That damn Zihe actually wanted to throw all of us nobles from the capital into the plague corpses and let us die from the plague.

I... I was so scared! So I didn't care about anything else and came to you, my king!
I also know that Zihe's troops fled in three groups, and the group that came to Peng's house was Zihe's true self.

He planned to quickly cross the border from Pengshi, then go north along the river to Shangqiu to reunite with his brother.

I think the Pi family has been led away to the north now."

"Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"

"I dare not! I dare not! I have a tortoise shell for divination here! I did some divination and it confirmed good luck, so I came here!" Yun Bi presented the tortoise shell.

Seeing the above questions and patterns, the King of Shang believed it 80% more.

So he did not hesitate any more, said a few words to appease Yun Bi, and promised that if he defeated Yan Shang again, he would restore his status and reward, and then led his men out of the city.

Sure enough, they ran into the wandering scout near a forest.

Then the whole forest shook, and flags and banners appeared. The Shang King shouted excitedly, "Where are you running to!"

Soon, this route was blocked and they had no choice but to retreat to Liyang.

That night, we entered the territory of Li Yang.

The King of Shang also captured a number of nobles, but more of them fled north.

They all said that the King of Shang and he were among them, but now their men and horses were exhausted and they could not pursue them any more, so they stopped.

Liyang Mountain had been demolished, so the King of Shang could only move into Liyang City with his elite troops. (End of this chapter)