Xiapi, the Huai army camp.
When Xu Jian heard that reinforcements had arrived, he was relieved. After all, he was under a lot of pressure. This time Qi State ordered Zou Ji to lead an army of 250,000 people, and he couldn't resist it anymore.
Now that there are reinforcements, he is more confident to continue to fight Qi.
But when he saw the leader of the reinforcements, he was a little dumbfounded. Why did a teenage boy come?
"Xu Jian." Otsuka Zai shouted.
"Otsukazai, why are you here!" Xu Jian quickly stepped forward to support the old man.
"The conditions on this battlefield are difficult. How could your Majesty order you to come?"
"Let's not talk about this for now." Otsuka Zai waved his hand, then pointed at Sun Bin and said: "This is Sun Bin, the military advisor appointed by your Majesty."
"Military advisor?" Xu Jian was stunned, and then quickly reacted, pointing at Sun Bin and saying: "Is he fifteen years old this year? Let him command the war?"
Xu Jian looked in disbelief and almost asked if your Majesty was confused.
Otsuka Zai said calmly: "How dare you disobey your Majesty's edict?"
Xu Jian immediately closed his mouth, and then said: "Is he a disciple of the Academy?"
"Hehe, he is not only a disciple of the Academy, but also the fourth generation grandson of Wu'an Lord Wuzi! How about it? Is there anything else you want to ask?" Otsuka Zai said calmly.
"The fourth generation grandson of Lord Wu'an?" Xu Jian's eyes lit up and he asked expectantly: "Since the Lord has appointed him as the military advisor, does the military advisor have any clever ideas to defeat the enemy?"
"Already have some thoughts!" Sun Bin didn't care about Xu Jian's attitude just now. Just before he served as military advisor and went to Huaibei, Wang Kan had already talked about the difficulties, doubts, contempt, etc. he would encounter.
Then advise him not to be careless. After being tempered in the military camp, Sun Bin already had some ideas.
After the Huai army received reinforcements, its number had reached 200,000. Although it was still fewer than Qi's people, it was already confident of defeating Qi.
Now that Huai State is at war on three sides, he needs to solve Qi State as soon as possible, and then go to reinforce Zhong State and defeat the three Jin coalition forces.
"Our army's reinforcements have arrived. If Qi still wants to win, the only way left is to raid Huai'an, or to retreat directly." Sun Bin came to the military tent and pointed at the map of Kanyu.
"Qi State has won consecutive battles and its morale is high. If we retreat directly like this, I am afraid that we will be unwilling to accept it. In all likelihood, we want to sneak attack Huai'an. And before I came, I specifically learned that Qi State had the advantage and pressed forward step by step but did not attack by force. The purpose of the city is to make the defenders paralyzed and careless, and then let the Huai State mobilize the Huai'an army to create a partially empty situation."
"Then, with more troops and fewer troops, we captured Huai'an, an important town in the Huai Kingdom, in one battle. After occupying Huai'an, the army blocked the canal. No matter how many troops there were in Xiapi, they would be cut off and ultimately defeated."
Sun Bin quickly guessed the thoughts of the Qi Kingdom's general through clues.
"No, reinforcements have arrived now, and Huai'an is empty. What if Qi invades Huai'an at this time?" Xu Jian's expression changed, and he was about to send troops south.
"Don't be impatient! Things haven't happened yet, everything is just speculation!" Otsuka Zai grabbed Xu Jian and said.
"Continue to listen to what the military advisor has to say!"
Xu Jian immediately realized that since the military advisor had seen through the plan, he had naturally made arrangements.
"Military advisor, go on!"
"If my prediction is correct, Qi State should secretly go south. In the past two days, people will pay attention to see if the Qi State army is different from before." Sun Bin said.
Soon, after the Huai State increased its troops, the frequency of Qi State's fighting instantly dropped, and at the same time, the Qi State began to switch from offense to defense.
As for the military camp, it doesn't look any different, except that there are many more soldiers coming and going in the military camp.
After observing for a while, Sun Bin went to Xu Jian and said: "Qi has divided its troops. Tonight, Otsuka Zai and I will command 50,000 troops and go south. General Xu will continue to confront the Qi army."
"Ah, it's already south? It's impossible. I sent scouts and found that there are many people in every camp, and there is no obvious change in the smoke." Xu Jian asked with some confusion.
Sun Bin said: "Qi's frequency of entering and exiting military camps has been reduced by one-third."
"They secretly sent the army out at night, and then sent part of the five thousand army back to the barracks during the day. In this way, you will feel that Qi is also carrying out reinforcements, rather than dividing its troops to attack Huai'an."
"As for the issue of cooking smoke, this is even simpler. Just set up twice as many stoves, and change the original group of ten people to a group of five people."
"Then we will plant a large number of straw men in the camp and dress them in clothes. As long as we don't get close, we won't be able to detect the authenticity. In this way, General Xu will not be able to discover that they have gone south to attack Huai'an!"
"What should we do next, military advisor?" Xu Jian was completely convinced by Sun Bin at this time.
"Otsuka Zai and I led the army south. The Qi State did not dare to make a big show of going south at this time. The march must be slow. Let's wait at the Huaihe River first. After I went south to attack the Qi State, General Xu also attacked and defeated the Chu army in one battle! "
Immediately, Sun Bin and Otsuka Zai took advantage of the night to go south. By the next day, Sun Bin's army had arrived near the Huaihe River. Sun Bin asked the army to hide, and then quietly waited for Qi's arrival.
Sun Bin did not let Sun Bin wait long, and soon saw tens of thousands of Qi troops coming. Seeing this, Sun Bin did not send an army to attack but continued to wait.
Sure enough, the Qi army came well prepared. Although the Qi army did not have naval assistance, they prepared a large amount of wood to build a pontoon bridge.
The Qi army built five pontoon bridges at once, and then the army quickly crossed the river. After the Qi army had crossed halfway across the river, Sun Bin waved his flag and ordered the attack. The next second, many small boats that had been hiding among the reeds rushed out instantly!
These Huai soldiers directly lit the boats with torches, and then let the boats hit the pontoons, which quickly set the pontoons on fire.
Seeing this situation, Qi Jun was shocked. The Qi troops who had already crossed the river also wanted to escape back.
Sun Bing waved the command flag again, and saw the Huai army immediately rushing towards the Qi army from the hidden area. The Qi army was in a panic after being suddenly attacked. The general of Qi State desperately tried to stabilize the army, but unfortunately it was already too late.
The army was suddenly attacked, and there was chaos. Although the Qi army was elite, its combat quality was far inferior to that of the Huai army. The Huai soldiers simply gave them a chance. After the army attacked, they immediately interspersed with the Qi army, dividing and surrounding the Qi army.
Sun Bin commanded the army, and the Huai army quickly divided and surrounded the Qi army on the north bank of the Huai River, and then annihilated it bit by bit. However, the Qi army on the south bank of the Huai River wanted to rescue but could only watch the pontoon bridge burn down.
Soon the Qi army began to surrender on a large scale.
(End of chapter)
