Tens of thousands of ambush troops were deployed, and the formation of Wu's army was already in chaos during the pursuit. Wu Hou issued an order to mobilize the army, but only a few thousand people around him obeyed.
The Huai army was like a broken bamboo, charging down and killing Wu soldiers everywhere they passed. Gongyang Shuo commanded the army to be divided into three groups, cutting the Wu army into three parts from the front, middle and rear, and then led the last group of 4,000 men to cut off the Wu army's retreat.
The Huai army turned around and counterattacked, and the chariots and soldiers at the forefront of the pursuit hit the Tengjia army head-on. After a long-distance attack of forty miles, these Wu soldiers were exhausted, but the Huai Tengjia Army was just a training exercise.
The Tengjia army was approaching the battle with three arrows, and then formed a formation to advance. However, the Wu army was exhausted and their formation was scattered. How could they stop it? Within a moment, the Tengjia Army was completely defeated. The Tengjia Army did not slow down and pushed back against the Wu Army.
Wherever he passed, there was no enemy at all. Wu's army was cut off before and after, and orders could not be conveyed. The army fell into chaos, and there were a large number of new soldiers among them. They had relied on high morale to pursue, but unexpectedly, within a few moments, the army was defeated, morale dropped to the bottom, and countless people fled in panic.
When the sun was about to set, the battlefield finally calmed down. Damaged chariots, mournful horses, corpses of Wu's army lay all over the field, and tens of thousands of people were captured.
Wu Hou was even trapped in the military formation, relying on thousands of remaining soldiers to survive. He no longer looked as high-spirited as before.
When he thought that the tens of thousands of Wu's elites had been wiped out in one day, and that the centuries-old ancestral temples and temples were about to collapse, Wu Hou was filled with sadness and cried loudly: "Eighty thousand elites were lost in one day, how can I have the face to see my ancestors?" Lord!" As he said this, he pulled out the sharp sword from his waist and was about to kill himself to apologize.
"Your Majesty, we can't." Li Fan suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Wu Hou's arm, saying: "Your Majesty, our army has been defeated and cannot fight. However, there are still tens of thousands of people in Meili, and tens of thousands of troops from Chu are coming. , Your Majesty, please do not commit suicide, otherwise our country of Wu will be in danger!"
"I regret that I didn't listen to your advice, so that the army was completely wiped out. There is only a strong people left in Meili, how can we defeat the Huai army!" Wu Hou said with tears in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, the ancestors of the Wu State have overcome thorns and exposed the frost, and the road is blue and blue. They have already established their land. How can future generations dare to abandon it? Your Majesty, please muster your will and put the Wu Guozong temple and the country as the most important thing!" Li Fan said.
Wu Hou reluctantly cheered up, and then prepared to flee with hundreds of remaining soldiers. But how could Wang Sheng let the duck fly away when it reached his mouth?
The reason why we did not attack before was because it was getting late, and there were still several remnant soldiers of the Wu army in the encirclement who were holding together to resist. If we pressed too hard, it would cause casualties among the soldiers.
Wang Sheng ordered these people to be surrounded. These Wu soldiers had no food, no tents, and were exhausted. They could not escape at all. If they had to survive for a night, they would have to surrender obediently.
It was dark at night, and the surrounded Wu army wanted to break out. Unexpectedly, a dragnet had been set outside. As soon as the soldiers approached, they saw a salvo of rockets. A large number of soldiers were shot and killed, and the Wu army fled in panic.
By the time it dawned the next day, summer had passed and the temperature was extremely low at night. The remnants of Wu's army had been frozen all night. They were hungry, thirsty, hungry, and had no strength at all, so they surrendered one after another. As for those who did not surrender, they were defeated by Huai soldiers in one battle.
Wu Hou and his superiors were all captured.
Wu's 80,000 elite troops were wiped out by Huai in one battle. More than 30,000 were killed in the formation, and more than 40,000 were captured. The rest fled. The entire Wu Kingdom had almost no power to fight back.
"Hahaha, Wu's 80,000-strong army was completely destroyed in one battle. This is Xu Qing's first victory!" Wang Sheng said happily.
Xu Mao hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This battle is entirely dependent on the command of the king. I dare not take credit!"
Wang Sheng smiled and said: "Xu Qing, there is no need to be modest. The children of my duke are one with the duke!"
"Your Majesty, this battle is won, but Meili has not yet been captured, and there are tens of thousands of strong men among them, so don't be careless!" Gongyang Shuo stepped forward and said.
"Wu Hou has been captured, why don't we let him persuade Meili to surrender?" Another minister next to him said.
"Marquis Wu will not surrender, and he is even less willing to persuade Meili to surrender."
"Your Majesty, although Meili is big, there are only a few strong people in it. It is not difficult to destroy it. The difficulty is that the people of Wu will return to their hearts." Gongyang Shuo said: "Moreover, the Chu army has arrived. If we break Meili first, I'm afraid The Chu army made a sneak attack."
"Then let Meili go for the time being and deal with the Chu army first." Wang Sheng made a decision quickly.
Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers in Meili, the capital of the Wu Kingdom, their combat effectiveness is low and they can only be used to defend the city. If he dared to go out of the city for a decisive battle, Wang Sheng would probably wake up laughing in his dreams. However, although we do not plan to attack Meili for the time being, we cannot remain indifferent.
Wang Sheng immediately selected a few ministers, asked two teams of soldiers to guard him, and took the captured Wu flag to Meili to persuade him to surrender. Five thousand men were then left to guard the 40,000 unarmed prisoners.
To prevent the prisoners from resisting, they were all strung up with ropes and given only one-third of their food.
In order to deal with the Huai State's army, the Chu State directly sent 70,000 troops to help the Wu State. However, what the Chu State never expected was that as soon as their army arrived in the Wu State, the Huai State had already annihilated all the Wu State's 80,000 army.
Qu Tong, who led the Chu army, heard that Huai had annihilated the Wu army in a short period of time, and for a while he did not dare to attack. However, if the 70,000 Chu army retreated, they would not be able to explain it. For a while, Qu Tong was in a dilemma.
Wang Sheng led the army to come, and then lined up to invite battle.
Seeing that the Huai army was only half the size of the Chu army, Qu Tong decided to send a large army to fight. The two armies faced each other, and the Chu army attacked, but the Huai army was not afraid at all.
The Tengjia Army was the vanguard, supported by chariots, and defeated three formations in a row. The Chu army lost three formations in a row, and almost all the central army was penetrated. He had to keep pushing the reserve team on top, and then he could barely block it.
The Chu army's formation was shaken, so they had no choice but to withdraw their troops with gold. In the next few days, the Chu army fought several times, but they lost more than they won. Thousands of people were lost and few results were achieved. The morale of the Chu army was low for a while.
But they still did not retreat. Seeing the Chu army facing each other, Wang Sheng couldn't help but have a headache. This Chu army general was very cautious, it should be said that he was cautious to the point of timidity.
Wang Sheng asked the army to deliberately leak some flaws several times in order to tempt the Chu army to attack. In the end, the Chu army held back. Except for the first attack, which Wang Sheng used to break through three formations with rattan armor soldiers and almost collapsed, the Chu army It's all about defense.
Wang Sheng didn't want to attack by force, so he could only fight with him.
"This damn Qutong is really a coward!" Wang Sheng cursed.
"Your Majesty, the Chu people are retreating because they are afraid of our Huai army. Our army is victorious and the Chu army does not dare to fight. Why don't we send people to sneak attack their grain roads and force them to retreat?"
"The Chu State suffered a huge defeat last time because of its grain route being robbed. How could it make this mistake twice?"
"Your Majesty, your intention is not to cut off the Chu army's food route, but to make a gesture. If our army attacks its food route, the Chu army will be panicked!"
"I have a friend who was bitten by a snake. Later, I invited him to drink. As soon as he took a sip, he found the shadow of a snake in the wine. After returning home, he fell ill and felt that there was a snake in his belly. Later, I went to visit and asked why. I discovered that the snake shadow was the bow arm on the wall, and my friend recovered that same day."
"The Chu army must be worried because of their last defeat. With the power of our army's victory, the Chu army is frightened. If we send troops to attack the grain road, the Chu army will definitely not dare to fight again and retreat in a hurry! This is called the shadow of a snake with a bow in the cup!" "
