Meng Wu did not let Yu Ye follow him out, but left him in the Chinese army's tent, and then took Meng Yi and Xu Wan to the front army formation.
On the way, Meng Wucai asked Xu Wan about the whole process.
Xu Wan told in detail how he fought, how he pretended to be defeated as planned, how his crossbowmen shot at the opponent's horses, and how the two soldiers captured the third elder and his soldiers alive together.
It turned out that after Ying Zheng blessed the crown ceremony, the Meng family army rushed to Longxi County at high speed, and then deliberately transferred the defenders of Yongding Pass and Longxi County to make the Rong Di army paralyzed.
Xu Wan's false escape was also a strategy discussed in advance. He used himself as bait and then relied on the flying crossbow battalion to ambush.
If the results of Fei Nu Camp were not so obvious, then Xu Wan would rush back immediately to save Fei Nu Camp.
As for the current result, not to mention Xu Wan, even Meng Wu did not expect it.
It was originally expected to be a brutal fight, but it turned out to be a one-sided situation.
Enjoying the joy brought by the great victory, several people secretly admired Fei Nu's domineering power.
"General Meng, what should we do next?" Xu Wan asked.
Meng Wu didn't even think about it and said directly: "Next step, there is a better bait than you."
"Oh?" Xu Wanlue hesitated, then understood what Meng Wu meant, and burst into laughter.
Third Elder, of course, is the best bait.
"However, the enemy's main force is quite large, so we must be fully prepared." Meng Wu added.
Xu Wan nodded and asked: "I wonder where the 30,000 troops transferred from Longxi a few days ago are now?"
"They went to Yongding Pass, and maybe they have taken it back now." Meng Wu said with certainty.
Xu Wan said in surprise: "No wonder the temple ordered the thirty thousand soldiers to leave Longxi. It must have taken a detour to cut off the Rong Di's retreat. Then they would not be able to escape even if they wanted to."
"That's right." Meng Wu said, "The current situation is that the Meng family army has 50,000 troops. You still have 20,000 infantry with crossbows. Behind us, 3,000 'our troops' are also ready to attack. The Rong Di Army lost 10,000 people today, and there should be more than 90,000 left, which is almost evenly matched in terms of numbers."
"But if you add in the factors of time and location, then they have no chance of winning." Meng Yi followed up with analysis.
"Yes." Meng Wu nodded and said, "What's more, the king personally led an army of 50,000 to serve as our backup."
"The king is here in person too?" Xu Wan asked in shock.
"Haha, not bad." Meng Wu said with a smile, "Meng Tian and Li Si brought 50,000 troops and escorted Lao Ai to Yongcheng to help. After the king executed Lao Ai, he brought them all, but they were more We started two days late, so we should still be on the way now."
It turned out that after Yingzheng completed the crowning ceremony in Yongcheng, he knew that Yiqu would definitely attract a large army to attack, so he sent Meng Wu to lead the Meng family army to Longxi in advance to wait for the opportunity, and then sent a fast horse to Yongding Pass. The defenders were transferred out and went to Longxi.
After the defenders of Yongding Pass joined the Longxi Army, they lied that they were going to aid Yongcheng, so they separated 30,000 troops, led by Ying Cheng, to bypass the Rongdi Army and attack Yongding Pass.
Xu Wanze led 20,000 Longxi troops to stay in Longxi. Long before the Rong Di army arrived, he had formulated countermeasures with Mengwu, which led to today's great victory.
On the Ying Zheng side, after sorting out things in Yongcheng, they brought Meng Tian, Li Si, and the 50,000 troops they brought to support.
While the three of them were chatting, they had already arrived in front of the battle, and saw the Rong Di Army cleaning up the corpses of the horses left on the battlefield.
At this time, a herald rushed over from the enemy's formation, holding a flag to signal not to fire arrows.
Meng Wu ordered the messenger to come over and speak.
The messenger drove his horse forward and said with cupped hands, "Who is the commander-in-chief of your army?"
"I am the coach." Meng Wu said, "What do you want?"
"The head coach of our army has invited us to speak before the formation.
talk. "After that, the Yiqu messenger turned his horse and ran back, as if he didn't dare to stay for a moment longer.
"Father, I will accompany you." Meng Yi said.
Meng Wu nodded and led Meng Yi to the front of the formation.
I saw two people riding out from the opposite side, it was Thorin and Qiang Yu.
Meng Wu politely raised his hands and said, "My dear, Meng Wu, I wonder who these two young heroes are?"
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Thorin also returned the greeting and said: "I am the young leader of the lower Yiqu tribe, Thorin. I have admired General Meng for a long time. When I saw him today, he turned out to be extraordinarily brave."
"Haha, there are many talented people in Yiqu, and they are indeed better than others." There is something in Meng Wu's words.
"This is the young chief of the Qiang tribe, Qiang You." Solin introduced Qiang You sideways, and then said, "We came here this time to ask whether Yuye, the third elder of Yiqu, was captured by your army. go?"
"Hahaha..." Meng Wu laughed and said, "Your troops are holding banners and coming to Qin as guests. How can we not show our friendship as landlords? If you are interested, you can also come to our army as guests."
When Meng Wu said this, Thorin was speechless.
Thorin held back his anger, knowing it was impossible, but still asked: "I wonder if the third elder has been a guest, can he go home now?"
"Haha, don't be in a hurry." Meng Wu said with a smile, "The food and wine haven't been served yet, Da Qin can't lose etiquette."
When Thorin saw that he could not ask for the third elder back, he also said with a smile: "There is an old saying in China, it is disrespectful to call but not to return. Since General Meng is so kind, we have to find a way to invite General Meng to the next room. .”
"Haha, I will wait and see, General."
After that, both sides turned their horses and returned to their respective camps.
On Rong Di's side, the fourth elder saw Solin and Qiang Yu coming back, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it? Will they let them go?"
Thorin shook his head and said: "The third elder is an important figure in our Yiqu. How could they let them go so easily? I have already issued a letter of challenge to them. We must attack and save the third elder!"
"Okay!" the fourth elder said loudly, "leave this matter to my brothers."
After saying that, the fourth elder looked at the fifth elder, seeming to ask for advice.
The fifth elder did not speak, but nodded vigorously.
"Then ask Qiang Yu to lead his troops to go out with you. Together, you have 50,000 cavalry. I will take the remaining 40,000 horses to support you in case the Qin army sneaks up on the flank." Thorin said.
The two elders and Qiang Yu accepted the order at the same time, each gathered their troops, and made preparations and mobilization before the war.
However, it was already getting late, and no matter how impatient Thorin and the others were, they could only wait one night.
It was impossible to conduct a sneak attack at night. After all, the Rong Di Army was not very familiar with the terrain in this area. If they attacked rashly, they would easily fall into the trap of the Qin Army.
As for the Qin Army, in order to prevent Rong Di from attacking at night, they have indeed made a lot of preparations. In addition to strengthening the alert and expanding the scope of activities of the horse exploration, many horse traps were dug around the camp and placed. There are many horse ropes, and every sergeant also carries a horse rope with him.
This kind of horse trip rope is relatively simple in design. It is a hemp rope with two heavy stones tied to both ends. The soldier grabbed a piece, turned around in a circle, and threw the trip horse rope, and it would spin and hit the enemy's horse.
The horses that were hit were either injured by stones or had their legs trapped by ropes.
Although cavalry is the most courageous and flexible among all arms, war horses do have a weakness.
Perhaps the disadvantage of the Rongdi Army was that there were too many single types of soldiers, all of which were cavalry.
In Meng Wu's big tent, the third elder Yuye took a bite of the lamb leg in his hand and chewed it with pleasure.
After swallowing this sip, Yu Ye took another big gulp of wine, and then took another big bite of the lamb leg.
The way he eats is not because he has never eaten good meat and wine, but because he thinks this is probably the last meal in his life.
Meng Wu and Meng Yi on the side
The father and son couldn't help but feel amused when they looked at Yu Ye's appearance.
After a while, Yu Ye seemed to be full, so he threw down the leg of lamb with only bones left, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said, "You can ask whatever you want, but I won't say anything. If you don’t want to ask anything, then you can send me on my way.”
Meng Wu knew that he had misunderstood and did not explain anything.
Meng Yi was young and quite naughty, so he wanted to tease Yu Ye on purpose: "Okay, then you hear me clearly, I'm going to start asking."
"Humph!" Yuye snorted coldly and closed his mouth.
Meng Yi cleared his throat and asked: "It is said that you nomadic tribes cannot live without grass. So tell me how big this grassland is and how many grass trees grow on it. Every year, it is destroyed by war horses and sheep. How many did the group eat?”
Meng Wu covered his mouth and almost stopped laughing.
Yuye didn't realize at the first moment that Meng Yi was entertaining him. He blinked and said, "Who can count all the questions you asked? I thought you wanted to ask about the Yiqu tribe."
"Asking about the Yiqu tribe?" Meng Yi also suppressed his smile and asked pretending to be ignorant, "Why?"
"Don't you want to find out the secrets of Rong Dijun?" Yu Ye asked.
"You don't want to say it," Meng Yi curled his lips and said, "Then why do I ask?"
"You..." Yu Ye finally realized that Meng Yi was teasing him, "Okay, okay, I don't want to talk too fast with you. Since there is nothing to ask, let's do it."
"Do it?" Meng Yi remained the same, "What do you do?"
Yuye stared again, but before he could say anything else, he heard Meng Wu say from the side: "Okay, Yi'er, stop making trouble."
Meng Yi made a face and stepped aside.
Meng Wu stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "The dog has offended many people. I hope the third elder will forgive him."
"Humph!" The third elder turned his head to the side.
"However, the third elder may have misunderstood us." Meng Wu explained, "I don't want to torture the third elder, let alone execute the third elder."
Yu Ye looked at Meng Wu suspiciously and said, "This is surprising. They are neither tortured nor decapitated. They are entertained with wine and meat. What are your intentions?"
"Haha." Meng Wu said with a wry smile, "We are neither enemies nor have any personal grudges, so why do we have to fight and kill each other? And the Rongdi tribe is not our subjects of the Qin Dynasty. Now we are fighting each other for state affairs. Since it is a state matter, it should naturally be decided by the king, and a mere general cannot make the decision!"
After a few words, Yu Ye was speechless. Only then did he realize that he had underestimated the general in front of him.
However, Yu Ye still said disdainfully: "So what about the King of Qin? You can either put me to death or use me as a hostage to force Yiqu to retreat."
"No." Meng Wu shook his head and said, "Before coming here, my king specifically warned that even in front of the two armies, we should try not to kill. Otherwise, the third elder can imagine that in today's battle, your Will those tribes still survive?"
Only then did Yu Ye suddenly realize.
Indeed, today he led his army to defeat, and most of the tribes were injured and fell to the ground. If the Meng family army had not deliberately spared their efforts, those ten thousand tribes would have lost their lives.
But the actual situation is that only a few hundred people died in the chaos. The remaining people were brought back to the Meng Family Army's garrison. It is said that they are still being treated by military doctors one by one.
"Besides," Meng Wu continued, "if we want to defeat the Rong Di army, there is no need to use the elders as hostages."
Meng Wu's extraordinary self-confidence and calmness had to make Yuye admire him.
"It's getting late. Elder, take a rest early. This big tent will be given to you. Tomorrow, we will witness together who is stronger and weaker between Da Qin and Rong Di!"
After that, Meng Wu took Meng Yi out of the tent.
The third elder stared blankly at the tent door, pondering over and over what Meng Wu said.
