"General Hu——"
On the ground north of Lizhou, a Beiyu scout rode hurriedly towards the army led by Hu Guan.
"Report to the general, something bad has happened! The Duanhou camp in Xishu ahead has crossed the river!"
"Crossing the river?" Hu Guan frowned, "What are these men and horses of the Duanhou camp going to do? If it is a surprise attack, how can they cross the river and leave? We should find a way to go south in a roundabout way."
"General Hu." Jie Yu next to him sneered, "Shu people will cross the river. When the time comes, we will only need 3,000 people. If we guard the river bank, we will let this Shu people go and never return. If so, this Duanhou camp will , we will not be able to participate in the war in the south."
Listening, Hu Guan smiled slightly, "This time, what you said does make some sense. But... I still don't understand, what is the purpose of crossing the river?"
"It's a stupid trick, you want to lure me into chasing." Xie Yu continued to speak.
"That river, does it have a name?" Hu Guan raised his head and looked at the scenery ahead with a hint of worry.
"General, it's called Tiangong River. Originally, it was a stream used by the people in the north of Lizhou for irrigation."
"No matter what, we will get through eventually. If there is no problem, we will follow General Xie Yu's instructions and leave three thousand men to garrison to block the return reinforcements from the Duanhou Battalion."
After all, Hu Guan always felt that things were not simple in his heart. Along the way, the commander of Duanhou Camp, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like a mediocre person. In other words, there might be other backup strategies for crossing the river this time.
Thinking all the way, Hu Guan quickly rushed to the river with his troops. As reported by the scouts, many Shu people could still be seen on the other side of the river at this time, reorganizing themselves and continuing to drive north.
"General, don't be fooled!" Xie Yu hurriedly advised, "I said before that it must be a trick of the Shu people, trying to lure us all the way to pursue."
Hu Guan didn't answer, and he was even more confused. At most, he only believed five points of Xie Yu's words.
As a veteran who followed Jiang Meng, when he was in the south of the Yangtze River, he had seen the schemes of the lame people of Xishu and the schemes of Qingfeng of Xishu. He always suspected that things were not simple.
"Caution is the best, don't go back first." Hu Guan said in a cold voice, "Send a thousand cavalry battalions up the river to keep an eye on the Shu army on the opposite side. In addition, if there is anything strange about this Tiangong River, it will We need to repay together.”
Under the order, Beiyu's thousand cavalry battalions set off quickly.
Hu Guan, who was riding on the horse, his eyes became dull for a moment. He did not leave, but continued to look at the other side. At some point, there were fewer and fewer Shu people on the other side.
"What's going on?"
It didn't take long, no more than a stick of incense, and sure enough, a Beiyu scout quickly returned and brought back a shocking piece of information.
"General Hu Guan, there is a shallow beach less than ten miles ahead."
"Shoal...it's no wonder. Sure enough, they want to get rid of us and then go south from the shoal! Jie Yu, if I do what you said and leave three thousand people on the shore, I will be fooled!" Hu The voice was loud and urgent.
Jie Yu's face turned pale for a moment as he listened.
"General, if not from the ford above, cross the river to pursue them first." A general with the army said.
"That's inappropriate." Jie Yu suddenly said in a serious tone, "The Shu people really plan to take a detour from the shoal. There will definitely be an ambush army there."
"General Xie Yu, how can there be an ambush in such a short time?"
Jie Yu sneered, "Don't forget, we are rushing all the way, and the Shu people can still come up with tricks. Now, no one can say whether there is an ambush over there."
"Xie Yu, don't yell. I'm a northerner who's not good at water, so why don't we swim here?" Hu Guan said in an angry voice. He ignored Xie Yu and quickly led his men and horses around to the shoal. , intending to chase all the way.
For safety reasons and fear that the Shu people would cross the river and return, 3,000 people were left to garrison on the shore.
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"General Xiao Han, will the enemy be fooled?"
"It should be possible." Little Dog Fu thought for a while and said. No matter where it is placed, crossing the river like this is undoubtedly a clumsy plan. These people were obviously an army cooperating with the surprise attack, but they suddenly deviated from the route.
It was estimated that the Beiyu general who was chasing them was already a little confused.
"If people from Beiyu find the shoal, they will definitely stop it."
"I know." Little Dog Fu didn't panic. Just now, he had hidden some ambush troops in the river. Although the number was not large, it was enough for a surprise attack.
"Don't forget that the chasing army consists of two people." Xiaoxiao Fu continued. According to his guess, not only the sheepherds, but also Shen Tu Guan were extremely cautious people. Knowing that he was taking a circuitous route to the north, they would definitely send someone to keep an eye on him.
"General Xiao Han, what should I do now?"
"Go around the shoal and form a formation to kill the enemy. I guess that the Beiyu general doesn't want to divide his troops anymore."
The shallows of the river can be crossed by horses and waded knee-deep, but these things are definitely not as familiar to northerners as to southerners.
"General Han, we are almost reaching the shoal."
At this time, Hu Guan, who had reached the shoal, looked at the scene in front of him, and anger finally emerged on his face. These damn Shu people swam over so that there was a river of nearly three feet between the two armies.
"If we fight on the same bank, the Shu people will be defeated." Jie Yu also gritted his teeth, "General Hu, if you follow my wishes, just ignore it and stick to the river bank."
"Are you a fool?" Hu Guan scolded, "If the Shu people crossed the river from other sections, or there are shoals on it, how many rounds of troops should I divide? Jie Yu, you didn't see clearly, the division below I have three thousand men left to guard. Now, what if we divide it into three thousand? At the next place, divide it into three thousand more? I only have more than ten thousand in my hands. If you add two thousand cavalry, how do you want me to defend it?"
Xie Yu remained silent and didn't answer. Hu Guan said that at this critical moment, there is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days.
"There are still ten thousand troops in the camp at the end of Western Shu. If we ignore it and return to the camp in the future, how will we explain to the sheepherders and military advisors?" Hu Guan squinted his eyes, "Of course, we can't cross the river in danger, lest we get caught halfway across the river. Attack. We will first pretend to divide our troops and garrison them. When the Shu people have no other options, they will inevitably go around to other parts of the river. As soon as the Shu people move and are far away, we will leap across the river from the shallows."
"General Hu's brilliant plan."
Hu Guan was not happy, and his raised face still looked worried. For some reason, he always felt like he was missing something.
…
"Military advisor, the information sent by Hu Guan Kuaima."
The shepherd sat on the high ground, frowned, and slowly opened the secret letter. After reading the content clearly, he showed a worried look.
The letter said that when the Shu soldiers crossed the river, Hu Guan had already led his troops to pursue them.
"It's not that we are deviating from the route, but that we are preparing for a heavy blow." The sheepherder closed the secret letter and frowned even more.
Although there was a small-scale fighting on the battlefield ahead. But the king of Western Shu did not intend to use a large army to fight, and formed a defensive formation. At first glance, it seems like you are waiting for something.
"What is he waiting for?" The shepherd half-squinted his eyes, "General Shentu and I are waiting for the ever-victorious little strategist. King Xu Shu, are you really waiting for the army to cut off the rear camp? There is also the lame Dongfang Jing, it seems to be a trick Can’t get out.”
