After the general fell ill

The marching army.

Until Qin Jun left Chang'an, Xiao Zhuo stood for a long time again, the cold spring wind blew the emperor's robes, Xiao Zhuo's eyes were long and far away, and after a while, Liang Rang reminded him to turn back to the palace.

Su Ce left Bingzhou in the east, led the army all the way across the border of the Qin Dynasty, and sent out scouts to scout for information. It is impossible for Zhijie to be unaware of such a large battle of the Qin army.

After a day of rapid travel, the army camped and rested in a place with plenty of water in the grassland. Su Ce sat in the tent and stared at the map with his hands on his chin, thinking silently.

At this time, the curtain made a slight sound, and the sound of footsteps should be his lieutenant general Li Yi.

"General, it's time to drink your medicine."

Sure enough, Li Yi looked at Su Ce worriedly while holding the medicine bowl.

Su Ce sighed, took the medicine bowl and drank it down. Gu Yan was not by his side, but more and more people were worrying about his condition.

It was no secret that he recuperated in Gu Yan's mansion after surrendering to the Qin Dynasty. Everyone knew about it inside and outside the palace. Originally, he was very worried that the soldiers of the army would know about his illness.

Who knew that Xiao Zhuo seemed to have understood his thoughts. Gu Yan had only one general under his command, He Liang, and besides Li Yi, the former deputy general of Yan State, he also had the newly promoted generals Lu Ji and Zhang Can, as well as the rumored and The general Wen Shuang, who Gu Yan didn't deal with at all, led a total of four generals. At the same time, His Majesty never stated who the 30 troops would take orders from, and only appointed the two of them as the commanders of their respective armies.

The army continued to march on the second day, and traveled quickly for three days. Different generals delivered him medicine every day. Su Ce was quite helpless about this.

In the past, when he was in Yan Kingdom, he could support himself, and if he couldn't, he had to use drugs to maintain the illusion. Now, he doesn't need to make any disguise. All the soldiers in the army know about it. Concerned eyes.

Fortunately, the intelligence of the scouts quickly attracted the attention of all the soldiers to Udi.

Zhijie had already received a secret report when the Qin army left Chang'an in the north. He was shocked when he heard the news. He disregarded the advice of his confidant generals and immediately conscripted hundreds of thousands of troops. When he was in the army, Zhi Jie's face couldn't help being a little distorted, and the veins on his forehead were exposed.

He is angry.

The huge Udi Empire, under the rule of the former king Li Mu, was able to shock the Central Plains. Not only did the soldiers approach the foot of the Great Wall, but it was no problem to penetrate eight hundred miles into the hinterland of the Central Plains. In Bozhou, Tingzhou and other places, another Gu Yan came to take back Shuozhou. The defense line of the Qin Dynasty stretched for thousands of miles. Because of Gu Yan's existence was extremely strong, Zhi Jie gritted his teeth and lost land after land, so he had to retreat to the vastness.

Now that Udi is hit by another snowstorm, the food reserves are no longer capable of confronting Gu Su's army head-on, but Zhi Jie can't retreat, even if the fate of Udi Empire is blocked, he will definitely pay with blood from Su Ce and Gu Yan. no reply.

The scouts had detected the specific location of Zhijie's army stationed, and the two armies were separated by nearly a hundred miles. After finding out that Zhijie's quarrel with the generals of his subordinates seemed to be alienated, Su Ce thought: Udi's generals have already been taken care of by him and Gu. There are not many people killed by Yan, and Zhijie has a rift with his confidant general again, and the chance of fighting is fleeting.

Su Ce thought for a moment, and then ordered: "Pass on our military order. The four generals Li Yi, Lu Ji, Zhang Can, and Wen Shuang will march according to the original plan. This general will lead [-] cavalry to investigate first."

After the orderer responded, Su Ce immediately marched that night, crossed Weishui, and decided to catch him by surprise.

Within a day, when Su Ce's army detoured a hill, through the branches and leaves in the forest, Su Ce Lema looked down from a high position, and there was a white dot-like camp on the plain that was Zhi Jie's camp.

Before the Udi people noticed, Su Ce turned around with the rein in his hand, "Let's go."

The cold spring is expected to be cold, and the cold wind at night still brings the bitterness of winter. The torches around the Zhijie military camp are bright. , The whole barracks fell into chaos.

The Qin army, which seemed to have descended from the sky, struck with overwhelming power.

Su Ce took the lead with the Gu'an sword in his hand, and Udi's soldiers, who had no time to react with the sword sealing their throats, had murderous aura in their cold eyes, and raised their voices: "Soldiers! Go! Grab Zhijie!"

Five thousand cavalry besieged Zhijie's hundreds of thousands of troops like a large army. Su Ce's unexpected night attack caused chaos in Zhijie's camp.

For a moment, the sound of horseshoes, fighting, and various sounds mixed together, starting the decisive battle between Qin Chao and Udi.

But after all, Udi's soldiers have been running across the grassland and desert for many years. After the initial panic, they also took up weapons and stepped on their horses to fight with the Qin army.

Zhijie was still asleep when the soldiers arrived in a hurry and told the monarch in a flustered expression.

——Su Ce is coming!

Zhijie didn't hesitate when he heard the words, he put on his clothes indiscriminately and issued a military order for the whole army to evacuate.Zhi Jie fled in embarrassment on a thousand-mile horse, but his subordinate generals who did not escape in time were not so lucky.

The cold wind blew away Zhi Jie's untied hair. He galloped on his horse and pressed his lips tightly. Su Ce's marching speed far exceeded his imagination. Su Ce had already launched a night attack first, and the improvised army collapsed in a panic. All Zhi Jie's plans had to be re-planned accordingly.

The Gu'an sword in Su Ce's hand was still dripping with blood. He saw the school lieutenant go after Zhijie, pulled the messenger around him and said, "Go, tell General Li and them that Zhijie's army was defeated by the night attack, let them come here meet."

The soldiers led the order and went away, Su Ce pulled another person over and ordered, "Go, tell General Gu Zhijie to run west of Weishui."

Su Ce captured a group of Udi people, captured all the food, grass and livestock in Zhijie's military camp, and used Zhijie's military account to count supplies and inspect casualties on the spot.

Su Ce was not surprised when he learned that the returning school captain had lost Zhijie's whereabouts after pursuing for three hundred miles. However, the battle had been successful. His night attack separated Zhijie from the generals around him, so that Zhijie could only fight alone .

Five days later, the four generals led the army to Su Ce's camp. After seeing Su Ce, they showed concern in their eyes, which made Su Ce a little bit dumbfounded. Before the accompanying military doctor diagnosed his pulse, he went to make medicine Finally, Su Ce had no choice but to change the subject and bring them to the map to analyze the enemy's situation.

Zhi Jie was the general of his defeated army, but Su Ce still treated it with caution. After surveying the vast terrain, Su Ce believed that Zhi Jie was very likely to retreat to the west of Weishui and waited for it.

On the other side, Gu Yan went out of Shuozhou and led an army directly into the rear of Udi, intending to cut off the connection between Zhi Jie and his most powerful prince, Mo Shi.

When Gu Yanshang was stationed in Qingzhou, he had confronted Mo Shi several times, and they all ended in victory. However, Udi people are good at hiding in the vast grasslands. If the Central Plains people are not familiar with the geographical location, they will easily lose their way.

Now that Gu Yan is leading an army of [-] men, Mo Ya is in a panic and has no choice but to send all the men into battle. Anyone who is defeated by one person one after another will have a psychological shadow. Mo Ya tries to intercept Gu Yan. He led his cronies to Zhijie's side.

Mo Shi's tactics are not worth mentioning in Gu Yan's eyes, but they can't stop the enemy's crowd, Gu Yan wiped the blood splattered on his cheek, and told He Liang: "Chase!"

He Liang single-handedly pursued all the way in the bloody road that Gu Yan had killed for him. Mo Shi saw that the situation was chaotic, and seeing He Liang was getting closer and closer, he gritted his teeth, and while steering the horse, he quietly put his right hand on the saber.

Not wanting He Liang to be faster than him, the two fought on the horse for several rounds, but Mo Ya's confidant did not dare to act rashly, and in the end Mo Ya was picked off the horse by He Liang's sword.

An hour later, when Gu Yan was listening to the soldiers' report on the supplies, he saw He Liang driving back with Mo Shi, whose hands were bound, and his cronies.

"General, I've packed it and brought it back." He Liang pushed Mo Shi forward and said to Gu Yan.

Gu Yan nodded. He already knew about Su Ce's information, so he approached Mo Shibi and asked, "Where is Zhi Jie Tui guarding the west of the water?"

Udi is a nomadic tribe, usually living in no fixed place, but there are also a few strong cities, but it is vast, so it is better to have a guide.

Mo Ya's eyes were frightened, but he gritted his teeth, no matter how much Gu Yan asked him, he would never let go. Just when He Liang was about to take him down, one of Mo Ya's cronies suddenly started to struggle, and mistakenly thought that He Liang was going to behead Mo Ya After throwing the corpse, Mo Shi felt as if he had been slapped in the head after seeing his cronies struggle. He suddenly turned around and knelt in front of Gu Yan, bluntly saying that he was willing to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, and begged Gu Yan to treat his cronies kindly.

Gu Yan and He Liangju were taken aback for a moment, feeling strange at the sudden change in Mo Shi's attitude.In the process of questioning Mo Ya, he learned that the confidant just now was his own son, who pretended to be a confidant and went to the battlefield with him. Mo Shi was so nervous today that he failed to recognize his own son for a while.

After getting the exact information, Gu Yan immediately ordered his soldiers to send the news to Su Ce.

Mo Shi returned to the Qin Dynasty, and Qingzhou was no longer in danger of being invaded. Gu Yan took advantage of the situation and swept away the large and small tribes entrenched in the northwest of the dynasty, forcing these tribes to move westward.

Su Ce ordered the army to rest for a while, adjusted the battle plan according to Mo Shi's intelligence, and ordered Lu Ji and Zhang Can to lead 2 horses each to surround Zhijie's army from the left and right sides, forming a corner, while he and Li Yi, Wen Shuang and other soldiers faced the enemy head-on.

After the army marched to the place where Zhijie fled, they found that it was a city made of stone. After carefully reading the writing on the wall, they learned that the name of the city was "Jugu".

Su Ce observed for a few days, and found that the ancient city of Ju was extremely strong, but Zhijie kept getting out of the wall, no doubt because he was cowardly. Zhijie wanted to dampen the spirit of the Qin army and slow down the pace of the Qin army, so it was better to avoid his edge for the time being.