For two days, following the old guide of the herb gatherer, Xu Mu took a shortcut and led the army as fast as possible to intercept and kill the 20,000 Shentu soldiers.
"Lord, I saw Shen Tu's death!" The scouts who came back from the front finally brought back the good news.
Listening, Xu Mu also smiled happily. Fortunately, he found a guide to take a shortcut along the way so that he could catch up from behind.
"What's the information?"
"It's dusk, and we're already setting up camp."
The mountains and forests of this generation are not suitable for night travel. The forest roads are winding and the terrain is rugged. If not for a guide, this pursuit would have been delayed by at least a day.
The old herb collector from before seemed to have something to say after receiving his reward, but in the end he didn't say anything. He could only sigh and bid farewell to Xu Mu in a hurry.
Xu Mu understood that it was nothing more than the man's prophecy that "the pumpkin falls, but the north melon does not fall". But again, he never believed in God, only himself.
"Lord, when will we take action?" Chen Sheng came over with a serious voice.
If it is to attack the camp and intercept, it is undoubtedly the best time at night. It was already dusk now, not long before nightfall. Xu Mu thought for a while and finally decided to go there in person to check the terrain near the enemy camp.
He didn't know that a huge crisis was brewing and was approaching.
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tread.
A figure stepped off the carriage with a strange face. After landing, he silently scanned the surroundings. After a long time, this weird man slowly smiled.
"Yan Pi, we've arrived."
The person who got off the carriage was Chang Sheng after the disguise. Next, they have to follow the forest road in the south to take over the Tibetan army that King Beiyu secretly mobilized earlier.
This Tibetan army will be the highlight of the counter-suppression and killing of the King of Western Shu, with a total of nearly 40,000 people. It took a lot of effort to mobilize them.
However, the information sent earlier said that King Xu Shu finally chose to call for reinforcements in order to save Chen Shuiguan. In other words, his assessment and judgment were not wrong. This time, a thrilling counter-suppression will be carried out in cooperation with Shen Tujie in the dense mountains and forests under Lizhou.
"Military advisor, do you want to bring some people over?"
"No need." Chang Sheng shook his head, "Just pretend to be a horse driver in the mountains. If there are too many people, and King Xu Shu's scouts find out, I'm afraid they will be alerted by him."
"The little military advisor is me, Beiyu... such an important person, how can I take such a risk?"
Chang Sheng smiled calmly, "Don't worry, it's okay. If you look at me, you won't recognize me even if you meet a Shu scout. It's not that I'm too careful, but King Xu Shu is not easy to mess around with." . After waiting for thousands of times, I finally managed to escape the eyes and ears of the lame man. I turned back a long way from Hezhou and lured King Xu Shu into the game. If such an opportunity is lost accidentally, I'm afraid I will never see it again in the future. "
Yan Pi was silent for a while, but didn't say anything after all. He turned around and told the people at Shang Duo, and then he took an old carriage, carrying the "ordinary-looking" Chang Sheng, and rushed to the Tibetan army. .
At dusk, winter is approaching again, and the huge mountains and dense forests are full of deathly silence.
Just waiting for the moon to shine in the sky, suddenly, somewhere in the dense forest of the mountains, a trembling cry suddenly resounded through the sky.
"Enemy attack——"
In the camp, there were horses neighing and shouting all around.
With a cold face, Shentu opened the tent of the central army, put on his armor and pressed his sword, and stepped out coldly.
"General Shentu, the enemy is attacking the camp!"
"Damn it, which way is the Shu army? We have already entered the mountains, but we can still find this?" Beside Shentu, a Beiyu general with an angry face spoke like a scold.
On the contrary, Shen Tujiu remained silent. Long before, he had received an autographed letter from the young military advisor Chang Sheng, asking him to follow the contents in the letter and complete them one by one.
He knew very well that the little strategist was back and making plans.
"General, we are surrounded by Shu people and have already thrown fire!"
Shen Tu raised his head and found dense fires, like meteors and fire showers, constantly shooting into the camp from outside. Not long after, some of the soldiers who were burned by the fire screamed in pain, staggered to the ground, and could no longer get up.
"Gather the army and prepare for a decisive battle with the Shu people who stole the camp!" General Youbi shouted angrily.
Shentu's face darkened, but he finally endured it. He always remembered the little military advisor's letter. The letter stated that if they encounter the Shu army, they will most likely be intercepted and killed by the Shu army, preventing their group from going to Chenshui Pass for rescue.
"The enemy is hidden and we are clear, don't fight. Send our military order and the army will withdraw from the camp quickly!" Shentu gave the order unwillingly.
Beside, many of the generals accompanying the army were confused for a moment. The battle has not yet begun, but it is about to retreat.
"You can't even resist your orders! I, Shentu, have been practicing the art of war for a long time. Could it be that I am not as good as you?" Seeing that the generals were not moving, Shentu yelled angrily.
Not long after, the generals were ordered to disperse. In the midst of the fire, they began to assemble their troops and prepare to rush into camp and retreat.
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"What?" At this scene, not only Xu Mu, but also Chen Sheng, who was accompanying the army, looked shocked.
"Lord, what's going on? I originally thought that they were going to defend the camp and fight to the death. After all, it was dark after leaving the camp. It was like they were panicking and had no choice but to choose their route."
Xu Mu also frowned.
The leader of this Northern Chongqing army is the younger brother of the world-famous general Shen Tu Guan. Although he has no outstanding achievements, he is not a mediocre general.
"Lord, the enemy army abandoned the camp and fled into the mountains and forests!"
"Could it be that there was an ambush bow buried in the forest?" Chen Sheng calmed down and analyzed from the sidelines.
Xu Mu was also worried that there was a scam, so he did not pursue it all at once. Instead, he sent someone to check the situation nearby. He originally had an ambush in front of the forest road, just waiting for Shentu to escape from the forest road and fall into the ambush. Unexpectedly, this guy chose to enter the forest.
This enemy attack set fire to the soldiers of Beiyu who were killed. It is estimated that at least three to four thousand people died because Shentujiu abandoned the battle.
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"King Xu Shu attacked the camp, and if Shentu fought to the death, causing casualties of nearly ten thousand, and if morale collapsed, King Xu Shu would most likely give up the siege and choose to go straight to Chenshui Pass." A car entered the forest road. On the carriage, Chang Sheng spoke in a solemn voice.
"But if Shentu abandons the fight and flees, no matter what, even if he becomes suspicious, King Xu Shu is not willing to let this army continue to rush to rescue Chen Shuiguan. He will send scouts to check, check the surrounding terrain, and then check Shentu As for the situation at our headquarters, there will be another round of pursuit and killing soon."
"But the next round is where the trap comes in."
In order to deceive others, the carriage was not hurried or slow, but Chang Sheng, who was sitting in the carriage, had already drifted to the mountains and forests ahead.
In this round, under his arrangement, the advantage became more and more obvious, and the raised butcher knife was getting closer and closer to King Xu Shu.
