Chapter 1863 The muddy road


    Chapter 1861: The muddy road


    "Forget it, the military advisor will make such arrangements. It must have his intentions. We just need to obey orders." Long Qi said.


    After these several reversals and being slapped in the face, Long Qi, whose face still hurts a little until now, decided to believe in Zhuge Liang unconditionally.


    All decisions of military advisors are unconditionally supported.


    All military advisors'' orders are subject to unconditional compliance.


    This will definitely not be slapped in the face again, right?


    Long Qi''s ten thousand squadrons left, and Gongsun Xuanyuan, who was in the northeast, also received a letter from Ye Qingmei''s flying pigeon.


    Gongsun Xuanyuan did not hesitate at all and decisively ordered 10,000 troops to pursue at full speed. So he pursued Cheng Bushi''s army later, and also rose from 10,000 to a full 20,000 troops.


    Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan, one pursued westward from the northeast direction and the other pursued westward from the southeast direction. Although the coalition forces did not unite the army, the direction they chased was the same, both of which were facing the west.


    The two armies chased each other for ten miles but still failed to catch up. Just when Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan felt it was impossible to catch up, and Cheng Bushi would definitely be eaten by the ambush, a news from the front reversed their views.


    Not all the roads in Youbeiping have been repaired, but due to heavy rain, the road leading to the middle section of Yuyang County has obviously become muddy.


    Before escaping into the middle section of the road, the main road that Cheng Bushi took was a road that was repaired by the Han army. Even after heavy rain, it was still feasible and the passage was still convenient, so Cheng Bushi withdrew naturally fast.


    But when the Han army reached the middle section of the road, the road was muddy and difficult to pass, so the marching speed naturally slowed down and it took two days to walk a day.


    At this time, Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan finally understood the intention of Zhuge Liang to ask them to pursue the Han army.


    After the Han army entered the quagmire, the marching speed would be reduced directly by half. Naturally, they would be the same, and they would all be reduced by half, so they would still not be able to catch up with the Han army.


    Therefore, Zhuge Liang asked them to lead the army to chase them, not to catch up with the Han army, but to have other intentions.


    Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan were both famous generals of the world, and soon guessed Zhuge Liang’s real intention.


    Cheng Bushi''s troops left the city in a hurry, and they didn''t carry much food and grass, and it was only enough to eat for a few days at most. However, with the marching speed being halved, it was impossible to reach Yuyang County.


    The Han army''s food and grass would be exhausted halfway. In order to ensure that they could reach Yuyang, they could only give up part of the army to ensure the normal supply of food and grass.


    Therefore, the number of 18,000 troops in the marching will decrease and smaller, and they only need to follow behind and even go to war to catch a large number of prisoners of war.


    “Hiss…”


    As soon as he thought of this, Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan both took a breath. This is the rhythm of defeating the enemy without fighting!


    As expected by the two, in the next two days, the Han army and the Liao army encountered several groups of scattered soldiers and brave soldiers during the march. They were all Han army soldiers who were abandoned by Cheng Buzhi.


    Most of these Han soldiers showed hunger on their faces, were powerless on empty stomachs, and had no combat power anymore.


    After seeing the Qin army and the Liao army, these soldiers not only did not frighten, but instead showed a rescued expression. They all threw away their weapons and took the initiative to surrender to Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan.


    Surrender is also impossible. After all, there is no food. It is a matter of time to starve to death in this wilderness. If you surrender as a prisoner, you will at least have a bite of food to eat.


    It’s better to live than to die!


    In this way, Long Qi and Gongsun Xuanyuan''s two armies captured about 10,000 Han troops without spending one soldier.


    "This Zhuge Kongming is indeed well-known, and he is really amazing."


    Gongsun Xuanyuan sighed lightly, and then remembered the idea of ??marriage that Zhuge Liang had mentioned to him in his letter.


    With Gongsun Xuanyuan''s political attributes of 96 points, it is naturally not difficult to see that Zhuge Liang''s proposal is called marriage, but in fact it is a means of annexing the Liao army. Gongsun Xuanyuan knew this, but he could not refuse, because marriage with Qin Hao was beneficial to him and the Liao army.


    Although Gongsun Xuanyuan''s ambition has not yet been extinguished, he also knows that it is almost impossible for him to continue to fight for dominance in the world just like he is in today''s situation.


    If he was alone, he might lead thousands of remaining troops into foreign lands and enclose territory like Wang Mang.


    But Gongsun Xuanyuan is not alone. Behind him is the Gongsun family, his own wife and children, and a subordinate who lives on him, so he cannot just consider himself.


    “Marriage may also be a way out.”


    Gongsun Xuanyuan thought to himself that he admired Qin Hao very much, so even though he knew that the purpose of the marriage was not pure, he still did not disgust Qin Hao as his brother-in-law.


    Gongsun Xuanyuan is worried about the future, while Cheng Bushi has experienced what true despair is.


    When Cheng Buzhi ordered the withdrawal of his troops, he did not expect that the road to Yuyang would become muddy due to heavy rain, which would greatly reduce the speed of the troops.


    The Han army did not carry much food and herbs, so if you save some food, you can still survive in Yuyang County.


    But due to heavy rain, the road became muddy and difficult to walk. It took two days to walk a day, but the soldiers'' appetites did not decrease, so there was naturally not enough food and grass in the army.


    Seeing that the food was about to run out, but the arrival of Yuyang was still far away, Cheng Bushi was extremely anxious.


    After a series of ideological struggles, Cheng Buzhi finally made up his mind to abandon 10,000 troops while the army was not in chaos due to food shortages, and led only the remaining 8,000 elite troops back to Yuyang.


    For Cheng Bushi, abandoning the army and fleeing is undoubtedly a difficult decision, but if he does not abandon this ten thousand troops, even these eight thousand people will not be able to go back, so Cheng Bushi has no other choice at all.


    But what made Cheng Buzhi even more desperate was that when he finally made up his mind to abandon the entire 10,000 army, and when he was out of the quagmire and about to enter Yuyang County, he found that the road ahead was blocked by the Qin army.


    Cheng Bushi didn''t know that this army was Zhuge Liang''s subordinate, nor did he know that the main force of the Qin army in his eyes was just Zhuge Liang''s suspicious soldiers. He thought that the Qin army in front of him came from Xu Wu''s side.


    The road ahead was blocked, and there were pursuers behind him, but the army on his side was exhausted and had little combat power at all.


    This is a situation where there is no life in the ten deaths!


    "Cheng Bushi, my military advisor has already set up ambushes on both roads leading to Yuyang. No matter which one you go, you are destined to escape back to Yuyang."


    Yue Xi rode his horse to the front of the army, pointed the spear in his hand at Cheng Buzhi, and shouted coldly, "You have no way to escape, so dismount and surrender quickly."


    "What?"


    Cheng Buzhi widened his eyes, as if he realized something.


    Snaps, all of this is a trap, I have been playing with by Zhuge Liang from beginning to end.


    “Puff…”


    Cheng Buzhi was so embarrassed that he vomited blood and fell off the horse.


    ?The second update is coming, and I still owe six chapters.


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    (This chapter ends)