The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 776: So Horrible [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

Ji Bu failed again by a step. He did not expect that the navy could build a pontoon bridge so quickly to help the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry to cross the Huai River quickly. Therefore, when he discovered the situation and wanted to notify the cities north of the Huai River, the navy had blocked the river. Even if he could notify them, he would be half a step slower than the Blood Cavalry.

As for support, they couldn't do it. The navy blocked the river and the army couldn't cross the river at all.

"How dare they!"

Ji Bu and Shouchun were incredulous when they received the news that the Bingzhou cavalry had raided Ruyin and Xiacai.

If the Bingzhou cavalry and navy fought a fierce battle with them south of the Huai River, even if Xiong Qi suddenly led his troops to support them, the Bingzhou cavalry and navy would not be caught in the difficult situation of being attacked from two sides.

However, once the Bingzhou Blood Cavalry and Navy decided to bypass the Huai River and attack Shouchun from the north of the Huai River, they would have to be on guard against Xiong Qi leading his troops back and cooperating with them in a two-pronged attack.

However, the Bingzhou cavalry and navy were like crazy. They were not afraid of being surrounded by Xiong Qi's army and attacked Xiacai and Ruyin regardless of the consequences.

Ruyin and Xiacai had never thought that not long after Xiong Qi's army left, Bingzhou's cavalry and navy would dare to attack them, and they had not received any alarm from Shouchun. They were caught off guard for a time, and they could not hold out for more than a day before the navy and cavalry broke through their city gates.

"Fuck...what are Shouchun and Ji Bu doing?" Xiong Qi, who received urgent military intelligence from the rear at the front line, couldn't help but curse.

Although he was planning to trick the State of Chu, he was actually planning to trick the Tenglong Legion.

The only fighting legion left in the entire Chu State was the Tenglong Legion, and the Leibao Legion had been dismantled into pieces.

As a result, before he even started acting, Ji Bu and Shou Chun had already acted him.

The Bingzhou cavalry and navy occupied Ruyin and Xiacai, which meant that the logistical supply lines of him and the Tenglong Legion were cut off, and they also had to worry about being ambushed by the Bingzhou cavalry.

"Is Ji Bu playing me? Playing the same trick as me?" Xiong Qi pondered for a long time.

It seems that only this possibility can explain why Ruyin and Xiacai did not receive the intelligence from Shouchun, did not close the city gates immediately, and were breached by Bingzhou cavalry and navy.

Xiacai and Ruyin are not small cities, but county towns. Who would believe it if they were captured within a day?
Moreover, Shouchun did not send any reinforcements, and allowed the navy and cavalry to attack the city.

If this isn’t acting, then what is it?
"You bastard, he hid it so well that I even felt like I owed him something, but he ended up deceiving me!" Xiong Qi cursed.

He thought Ji Bu was an honest and good man, and he felt bad that he had cheated Ji Bu. However, he didn't expect that Ji Bu had cheated even himself.

"The key is, I don't know how to act like this!" Xiong Qi frowned.

He originally planned to deliberately delay the time of support when the Qin army was attacking the Tenglong Legion, so that the Tenglong Legion would think that reinforcements were coming and fight to the death with the Qin army.

As a result, now their rear was attacked, and he seemed to have to withdraw to retake Ruyin and Xiacai one after another, and had no chance to trap the Tenglong Legion.

"Damn it, this is going to be difficult!" Xiong Qi held his forehead with his hand.

This is really hard to act.

If he returns to support Ruyin and Xiacai, Shouchun will also send troops across the Huai River to support him. It is possible that they will really kill the navy and cavalry in Xiacai and Ruyin.

In this case, how should he explain to Bingzhou?

"Li Ren and Wei Ju are sick. Why are they attacking Ruyin and Xiacai for no reason?" Xiong Qi continued to curse.

Now he can't even act openly if he wants to.

"General, urgent report!" In Ruyin City, Li Ren and Wei Ju suddenly realized that they seemed to be impulsive.

If Shouchun sent troops and Xiong Qi led his troops to support them, they would be really surrounded.

"Or let's run!" Wei Ju said awkwardly.

"I think..." Li Ren also wanted to run away. They could explain to the coalition forces that they forced Xiong Qi to lead his army back to provide support. If Li Xin and the Qin army could not take down the Tenglong Legion, they could still turn the tables and question why Li Xin and the Qin army missed the opportunity they created.

"Report, General Pingyu has urgent news!" A messenger came from the northwest.

"Huh?" Li Ren and Wei Ju were both confused.

They don't have a large army northwest of Ruyin.

Moreover, Pingyu was not where Li Xin's army was located, and they had no contact with that place, so they had formulated other strategies in advance.

According to the established strategy, they attacked Quyang and Shouchun, forcing the Leibao Corps and Shouchun not to rush to the north for assistance.

"I'm here on the orders of Commander-in-Chief Li Xin to deliver the message, requesting the General and Grand Commander to hold on for three days until reinforcements arrive!" The messenger passed the military order he received to Li Ren and Wei Ju.

"?" Li Ren and Wei Ju were even more confused.

Shouldn't the Qin army be fighting a desperate battle with the Tenglong Legion in Pingyu now? Where will the reinforcements come from?

However, Li Ren still took the military newspaper and read it carefully.

"Damn it..." Li Ren was speechless. How could Cao Shen's 50,000 blood cavalry appear here?

Running from Hetao to Pingyu, was Cao Shen crazy or blind?

Moreover, he had not received any news from the Beiye Royal Court that the cavalry in the Hetao area had disappeared.

Wei Ju took the information, took a closer look, and was somewhat surprised.

If Cao Shen came with 50,000 cavalry, they might be able to cooperate with Cao Shen's 50,000 cavalry to launch a surprise attack on Xiong Qi's 70,000 returning troops.

As for how the Hetao Iron Cavalry appeared in Pingyu, Wei Ju didn't think much about it.

Qin and Bingzhou are now brothers who share the same trousers, so it is not surprising that the Bingzhou cavalry appears here.

On the way from Pingyu to Ruyin, Cao Shen actually did not expect that Li Ren would lead his army to launch a surprise attack on Ruyin and Xiacai.

It was as if Li Ren had seen through his plan to sneak around Chencang and avoid the Tenglong Legion's surprise attack on Ruyin and Pingyu.

"As expected of General Li Ren!" Cao Shen was full of admiration.

No wonder the other party could become a general, while he was only a lieutenant general of Hetao.

Therefore, when Cao Shen learned that Li Ren and Wei Ju's navy had conquered Ruyin and Xiacai, he immediately sent someone to convey a message to Li Ren, asking Li Ren to cooperate with them to swallow up Xiong Qi's 70,000 troops.

This is what is called the ever-changing situation on the battlefield.

According to the plan of Cao Shen, Li Xin and Meng Yi, Li Ren and Wei Ju would tie down the Lei Bao Corps and the Shouchun defenders, while he would lead the Hetao Iron Cavalry, which was unknown in the Chu intelligence, to launch a surprise attack on Ruyin and Xiacai, forcing Xiong Qi to return for support. Then Li Xin would lead his army to attack the Tenglong Corps to create a time difference.

As a result, they never expected that their thoughts would be predicted in advance by Li Ren and Wei Ju, and they would capture Ruyin and Xiacai before them.

In this case, Xiong Qi would have to lead his troops back to provide support.

However, the Hetao cavalry led by Cao Shen was not in the Chu State's intelligence. They could cooperate with Li Ren to ambush Xiong Qi's army on its way back, attack from both sides, and completely wipe out Xiong Qi's 70,000-strong army.

"Is this the famous general? He is so terrifying!" Cao Shen couldn't help but admire him.

With such famous generals around, what can the Chu State use to fight against them?
(End of this chapter)