Huangfu Ye sneered and said, "Now I have an army of 200,000 troops approaching. Generals should be aware of themselves and make preparations in advance to avoid making mistakes."
Su Yi smiled when he heard this and said with a smile: "These words should be what I said to you. Once upon a time, the general led an army of one hundred thousand and wanted to attack Ningyang. The army was several times larger than our Qin army, but he failed. He was killed to the point of leaving nothing behind, and I’m afraid he will make the same mistake again this time.”
Seeing him mention the past, Huangfu Ye became angry and pointed at the city gate: "Su Yi! Don't be too arrogant! I will defeat Ningyang this time!"
"Then let's wait and see!" Su Yi returned directly.
"Humph!" Huangfu Ye snorted coldly, then pulled the reins, turned the horse's head and returned to the main formation.
When he came back, the deputy general also came over quickly: "General, do you want to attack the city now?"
"Don't worry, Su Yi is not easy to deal with, and there are 100,000 Qin troops in Ningyang. With the current strength of our army, if we attack this place, it will only be a bloody battle without any results. We still have to think of a way." Huangfu Ye said.
When Su Yi didn't come, he tentatively attacked Ningyang twice, but now, he didn't have much confidence at all.
If you attack the city at this time, there will only be one result, and that is that the Wu army paid a heavy price, and the city gates remain impregnable.
So to fight this battle, he had to wait for an opportunity.
Wu Jun temporarily retreated.
Seeing that the peace had returned outside the pass, Lian Xiao approached Su Yi and couldn't help but said: "Commander Su, what is this Huangfu Ye doing? He ran outside the city and didn't attack."
"He probably wants to test it out, but he seems to be a little worried. I can't tell."
Su Yi shook his head slightly, then looked at the half steamed bun in his hand.
There was nothing interesting about the steamed buns, but he kept staring closely at them, his brows gradually furrowed, and an idea flashed in his mind.
Seeing this, Lian Xiao said in confusion: "Shuai Su..."
Su Yi came back to his senses and glanced at him, his eyes gleaming: "Tell me, if we prepare dry food in advance and then make a sudden attack when the smoke from the Wu army's camp is gone, will we catch them off guard?"
The half-eaten steamed bun actually reminded him of this.
After hearing this, Lian Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I think it's okay! If Su Shuai decides, I'll be the one to take the lead!"
Taking the initiative has always been Su Yi's habit.
He thought for a while and said: "In this battle, we are not aiming to destroy many enemies. The main purpose is to destroy the morale of the Wu army."
"After the attack, the Wu army responded hurriedly in a short period of time. After you reacted, you immediately retreated. Huangfu Ye would not dare to pursue you."
After he finished speaking, Lian Xiao immediately clasped his fists and said, "I understand!"
"Okay! I'll make the arrangements right now." Su Yi was also neat and tidy.
He did what he said, and late that night, he ordered Lian Xiao to lead five thousand troops, carry dry food, quietly leave the city, and lurk in a mountain forest without anyone noticing.
This mountain forest is neither far nor close to Wu Jun's camp. It is not an ambush route, and its location is irrelevant, so it is not within the scope of Wu Jun's investigation.
It was very safe here. After Lian Xiao arrived secretly, he had been resting and staying put.
During dinner the next day.
Wu Jun's camp was full of smoke, and he began to set up pots to make rice.
Not long after, soldiers gathered in twos and threes could be seen everywhere in the camp. Some people gathered around the stove, making firewood from time to time. Some people were sweating profusely and complained:
"After dinner, I have to secretly go to the river behind and take a bath. In this damn weather, there is still a war, it's so hot..."
"Hey! What's for dinner tonight?"
"Don't look at it, there's no meat..."
It was almost time to eat, and all the Wu troops were hungry, and there was no sign of any precaution.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, in an era of clear distinction between superiority and inferiority, the food of the commander was of course incomparable to that of ordinary soldiers.
In front of Shuai's case, several plates of dishes had been served. Huangfu Ye was still thinking about the war as he put the dishes into his mouth.
How could he have imagined that Su Yi would be so bold as to attack his camp at this moment?
Su Yi used troops and liked to take risks.
As long as there is a slight chance of fighting, he will immediately hold on to it.
Attacking the Wu Army camp at this time actually involves certain risks. If there is a bad move, Lian Xiao and others will be blamed here.
But in Su Yi's opinion, this risk is worth taking, because it is related to the upcoming war and the morale of both sides.
You must know that for all warriors, morale comes first. Morale is many times more important than military strength.
Just like a ragtag group of 20,000 people, can they win against a thousand tiger and wolf warriors who are twenty times more powerful than the opponent? They will obviously be defeated in one blow.
Right now, there was chaos in front of Wu Jun's camp.
Lian Xiao took the lead, holding a spear and killing everyone.
"Kill--"
The five thousand Qin troops were all in darkness, all holding their swords high. When they came in, they slashed and killed everyone they met!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack——"
The shrill screams filled the camp.
Random arrows came and instantly knocked over a large area of Wu Jun's defense.
In the camp, all the soldiers of Wu Army were still scattered around, sitting together in twos and threes to eat. When they heard the enemy attack, they hurriedly threw down their bowls and chopsticks. Without caring much, they got up to find their halberds and knives, and hurried to the front.
Fortunately, Wu Jun's camp was well prepared and the outposts were aware of the enemy's situation and warned in advance, otherwise the chaos would be even greater.
But even so, he was caught off guard and was still caught off guard.
After the Qin army attacked, they even took off the oil altar from their waists, threw it everywhere, and then burned many tents on fire.
A company of 200,000 troops is very huge, and this is just a small part of it.
After doing this, they saw that the Wu army had reacted and was gathering a large number of troops to launch a counterattack. They even screamed and refused to fight. They did not forget Su Yi's instructions and immediately waved their spears back: "Withdraw!"
The five thousand Qin troops were well-trained, they came quickly, ran even faster, and left as soon as the battle was over.
At this time, Huangfu Ye, who was in the main tent, had naturally received the news. He hurried to the front without worrying about eating.
The deputy general also hurried over at this time: "General! The Qin army suddenly attacked the camp and was repelled by our army. Do you want to pursue the enemy?"
"Stop chasing!" Huangfu Ye's face was somewhat gloomy: "Su Yi used his troops cunningly. He dared to attack and then retreated like this. It is most likely a trick by him to lure the enemy. There may be an ambush ahead."
In fact, this was not Su Yi's plan to lure the enemy, but Huangfu Ye had to have this concern.
What he didn't expect even more was that Su Yi, with a mere hundred thousand troops, failed to defend the city properly and actually came out to kill him.
"Put out the fire first!"
He said coldly, his expression extremely ugly.
This was just a small battle, and the Wu army's losses were not serious, but it was an unspeakable blow to their morale, because they were helpless against Ningyang, but the Qin army directly counterattacked, and they still attacked Won.
This is exactly the effect Su Yi wanted.
I want to tell Huangfu Ye and all the Wu troops that the Qin army of one hundred thousand is not only more than enough to defend the city, but will also attack you at any time, so be careful.
