In this battle, Li Ran divided his troops into many places, pretended to abandon his baggage, and focused on attacking the city. Deliberately attracting the Wu army to attack, unexpectedly, this played into Li Ran's plan.
Seeing that the situation was over, Wu Jun had no choice but to abandon the city and leave.
But at this moment, Li Ran and the others had already entered the city and had lost a thousand men and horses in the battle. Although it was not a small amount, this level of sacrifice was already the minimum price to pay to win this city.
As the saying goes, "To predict the enemy's victory, to plan for dangers near and far, is the way of a general." Since Shen Wuyu's rush into the city was extremely sudden, the Wu army left behind in the city was caught off guard.
After a search, another three thousand Wu troops were captured, and Li Ran also asked Shen Wuyu to immediately seize the baggage and food in his city. After all, all the baggage outside the city had been destroyed at this moment.
Later, he ordered Wei Yin Yijiu to persuade these prisoners to surrender and see if anyone was willing to fight with them against the Wu army.
Later, there were actually a thousand prisoners who were willing to join them in conquering Wu.
It's no wonder, after all, Huane was originally the place where Wu and Chu fought. For these local aborigines, whether they follow the Chu State or the Wu State, as long as their humble family can live in peace, it doesn't matter who controls them.
After the battle, Li Ran only allowed the army to rest for less than a day. The next day, Li Ran ordered everyone to continue on their way. After all, King Chu is now in danger and must race against time to rescue him.
Shen Wuyu and Li Ran rode side by side. Shen Wuyu also admired Li Ran's unexpected victory before he expected the enemy.
"Sir, he is indeed a talented person with a broad mind! He is really admirable, admirable!"
When Li Ran heard this, he only waved his hand and sighed:
"Hey... Such a small plan is nothing to worry about. It's a pity that the King of Chu couldn't listen to the straight talk and insisted on going his own way, so he was in trouble. Li Ran failed to persuade the King of Chu, which was really a big mistake. As the saying goes, 'Small achievements are not worth a big deal' I'm really ashamed of myself!"
"Sir, you are too modest. I didn't know the benefits of what you said before. That's why. At that time, although Guan Zhong was able to assist Duke Huan of Qi to achieve hegemony, but when he was dying, he advised Duke Huan of Qi not to reuse Yi Ya, Prescription, and Lifting. Diao and others, Duke Huan of Qi also turned a deaf ear to them. Later, when disaster struck, he was poisoned by these three men and died of starvation in the palace. This was all caused by Duke Huan of Qi's own trouble, so how could it hinder Guan Zhong's wisdom?"
"Hey, I have no other wish now. I just hope that after the King of Chu is out of trouble, he will be able to find his way back, restrain himself, return to etiquette, and show his virtue..."
After Li Ran finished speaking, he fell into deep thought. Because he knew that even though he hoped so much, based on his understanding of Chu King Xiong Wei, he knew that it was probably just in vain.
After driving for a few more days, they were already approaching Xia Ne. According to the report from Tan Ma, Chen Guo's county magistrate Chuan Fengxu and Sun Wu had also arrived in Xia Ne. This made Li Ran feel relieved.
After confirming that the information was correct, Li Ran took several attendants and rushed to Xia Wei first.
When Li Ran arrived at Xia Wei, Sun Wu and Chuan Fengxu went directly out of the camp to greet him.
Chuan Fengxu brought more than 23,000 people from Chen State this time. Since Chen County was slightly closer to Xia Ne than Zhongli, and most of them passed through the border of Chu State, they were not hindered on the way, so they arrived early. Some time has come.
In addition, in addition to Chen Guo and Zhongli, some other martyrs also gathered in Xia Ne at this time. Just as Yi Mei feared.
Just when Li Ran and the others were discussing how to go to Rhône next, they heard a man outside the tent loudly say:
"The Chu people are willing to go with the army to rescue the King of Chu!"
When Sun Wu heard this, he raised his eyebrows and waved to the man:
"Ah! It turns out that Zixu is here!"
When the Wu member heard this, he looked up and was surprised:
"Ah! It turns out to be Mr. Ziming and Chang Qing!"
I saw him running straight over. Without saying a word, he bowed directly to Li Ran, Chuan Fengxu and Sun Wu, then bowed and clasped his fists and said:
"My grandfather and father are currently on an expedition with the King of Chu. They are now trapped in Rhone. I am willing to go with my husband to rescue them!"
When Sun Wu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said:
"Zixu, you are here at the right time! Now I am worried that there are no generals available. Now that Zixu is here, great things will be done here!"
"Well, since Zixu is the grandson of Duke Jiao, he should be responsible for his efforts due to his emotions and reasons."
Li Ran agreed to Wu Zixu's request naturally.
In fact, when Wu Zixu heard that the king of Chu sent troops to Suodi, he knew that he would be defeated. However, he alone was completely useless.
A few days ago, there was a sudden rumor that someone was planning to form a rebel army in Xia Ne. When he heard the news, he immediately rushed over from Jiao County.
But I never thought that the founder of this rebel army would be Li Ran!
At the same time, Shen Wuyu and Wei Yin Yijiu also led their troops to arrive and joined the Chuanfeng Xu tribe. In this way, they managed to gather 40,000 people together. Although it is not too much, it is definitely enough to fight.
At the same time, part of the Chu army that was defeated from Luo Wei also withdrew here.
At that time, the Wu army suddenly descended on the rainy night, and the Chu army fled in all directions. Wu Ju and Ran Dan only collected 3,000 troops and withdrew to Rhone. In fact, there were nearly 10,000 troops who fled directly to Xiane. Naturally, now they are also Together with Li Ran's rebel army.
In this way, we have the foundation of an army of fifty thousand, which can barely be called a hundred thousand.
Afterwards, Li Ran and others discussed the next itinerary. Channe, where they were now, was not far from Rhône, so a strong enemy was right in front of them. A fierce battle was probably inevitable along the way.
Sun Wu and Wu Zixu sat cross-legged on the ground together and roughly drew the current terrain map on the sand, turning it into a very simple sand table.
"If King Chu can hold on until now, then they should still be in Rhone at this moment, but I'm afraid this is not optimistic. According to Wu, they should have retreated to Laishan by now, and it is very likely that King Wu's army has already defeated Laishan. Being surrounded by everyone, it is even possible that King Chu's side has been completely defeated, captured or killed, that is impossible! Of course, all this is just speculation at the moment,"
Although Sun Wu's analysis was not unreasonable, it still made Wu Zixu feel a little uncomfortable.
"Both his grandfather and father are battle-hardened men. Zixu firmly believes that they should just be trapped on Mount Laishan at this moment!"
"Well...then we can calculate based on the fact that they are trapped in Laishan. Laishan goes deep into the hinterland of the Wu Kingdom, and it will be more convenient for the King of Wu to dispatch troops. Although we have 50,000 troops, compared with the Wu army, we have It’s still far from enough. It’s not easy to reach Rhône or Les Mountains smoothly!”
"Besides, it is unknown where the King of Chu is trapped now. Just in case, the commander suggested that we divide our troops into two groups, run all the way to Rhone, and go straight to Laishan! After we have determined the location of the King of Chu, , let’s meet again!”
