After solving the most critical link in the retreat, the King of Chu ordered the boat troops to land and burn the ships, so that the Chu boat troops could not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Mo family. It was also to establish a navy army after fleeing north.

Upstream of the Bashui River, the elite main force of the Mohist school is slowly moving south.

Liuzhi did not choose to attack Zhucheng quickly, but just sent a small group of troops to make a feint to move westward.

The city defense of Zhucheng is not strong. If elite troops attack and attack fiercely, it is actually possible to capture it.

But Liuzhi didn't want to take this risk because he didn't have much time to make extraordinary achievements. If there was any problem, he could not get down to Zhucheng in one go, and the Chu army fought to the death to help, which forced his troops to separate in half, that would be a big problem.

Now the army is more than 60 miles away from Wucheng. If they are all light infantrymen, the distance may not be that far. However, the more elite the infantrymen of the Mo family are, the higher the requirements for logistics and supplies, especially the large number of copper cannons, which cannot go to jungle areas and need to walk, so the distance is 60.

He was actually quite satisfied with the current results. He trapped the Chu Navy with his army. It can be said that as long as he destroyed the Chu Navy, whether the Chu people fought in the field or fled, he could divide his troops back to Jianghuai after passing through Zhucheng and create a better situation.

Now the Mo family has attacked Echeng, but the actual control area from Hefei to this side is actually empty, and it relies entirely on the narrow area on the north side of a waterway to support the logistics connection. This is also the reason why Liuzhi dared not let the Zhoushi fight with the Chu State, because the Zhoushi could not afford to lose.

Most of the main cavalry on Si Shang were the ones. Liuzhi believed that if he led his troops personally, he would use his internal combat and cavalry advantages to defeat them one by one.

But the main force in Si Shang is at most control to Shouchun and Luzhou.

Therefore, the Six Fingers were eager to destroy the navy of Chu, divided the troops from Jianghuai, went north to Shenxi, and built a line of defense from Hanzhong, Nanzheng to Yanying and Xiangyang, and then to Shenxi, and the Huaihe River.

The earlier you divide the troops, the better the future situation will be.

Now it seems that the purpose of destroying Chu State's Zhoushi has been achieved, so he no longer wants to use danger.

A surprise weapon is often a great achievement. But winning cannot be achieved by surprise weapons alone.

Liufing can only bet on one bet now. The king and minister of Chu did not want to give up Jiang Han, so he chose to fight with him here.

Neither he nor the Si Shangzhong had to wait for Chu to fall into the trap and walked step by step. In fact, the purpose was very clear: Jianghan should not be misled by Chu. Giving up Jianghan is not the courage of a hero to cut off his arm, but the courage of a hero to cut off his hands and feet.

For Liufing, the King of Chu is already at the end of his journey. As long as the siege of the Zhou army is not resolved, the King of Chu will have nowhere to be found, and he will most likely be captured by him, so he is not in a hurry to do so.

The King of Chu may not know, but Liu Fingers knew very well that the elite surprise soldier in the past should have pounced on Xiangyang at this time; the soldiers of Nanzheng would also go south along the Han River to attack and support; the South China Sea Legion would also occupy the north of Xiangjiang River.

Therefore, what he had to do was to divide his troops, destroy Jiuzi first, go north to break through the pass, cut off the route of King Chu to escape through the Dabie Mountains, and force the King of Chu to either retreat to Jianghan to defend himself or go north through Yanying and Xiangyang.

The main force of the country of Juzi has been destroyed. The country of Juzi can be destroyed by a brigade, and it is not difficult to go north to seize the pass. A brigade's army is enough to control Juzi and the passes to the north.

In his opinion, it was foolproof.

While he was advancing, a messenger chased him and reported back: "The Chu people gathered together and were burning."

Six fingers patted their foreheads and cursed: "Xiong Liangfu is trying to escape. Oh..."

Almost in a moment, he thought of something and asked repeatedly: "Is there any movement in Yutu's Sixth Division?"

The commander came from the south and said, "The commander Yutu had no movement. However, the boat army confirmed that the Chu people were burning the ship and had already come up from bottom to top."

Liu Finger nodded, thinking that this was a matter of course.

Yu Tu's Sixth Division was good at guarding. Yu Tu was a man who abides by orders very much and would never attack easily to avoid being surrounded. This is also the reason why the enemy's front military commission asked the Sixth Division to guard the sandbank.

At first, Liufing and the others judged that after Shazhou was surrounded, Chu would definitely try his best to counterattack. They were right about this. Shen Gong's legion also originated from this that he went south to join the main force of the King of Chu, creating opportunities for him to encircle and annihilate the Shen Gong's legion.

But according to common sense, the King of Chu was already attacking the sandbank while fighting to the field to fight against the enemy. He never thought that the King of Chu was going to run away directly, and the direction of the run was obvious to run north, and he was not ready to insist in Jianghan at all.

Yu Tu ordered that the field guards were really a top-notch talent, but when they encountered such a thing, they were inevitably somewhat inadequate in judgment.

Liu Finger felt that if he was still a division commander in Shazhou, he would be afraid that when he saw the Chu people burning the ships, his first reaction was that the Chu people wanted to escape and immediately attack northward, causing the Chu people to become in chaos. The purpose of defending Shazhou was to block the Chu troops' boat troops. Now that the ships were burning, the Shazhou troops should attack with all their strength.

But then I thought again that even when I was the commander of the brigade commander, I was not the head coach after several battles, and the change in the battlefield situation was still mobilized by the head coach. I just seized the fighter's opportunity, but even if I didn't seize the fighter's opportunity, victory was inevitable, but it might be difficult to stand out.

In this way, Yu Tu completed the task steadily. It was the Chu people's business that the Chu people did not attack, but Shazhou is still in the hands of the Sixth Division, and even forced the Chu people to burn the ship. Yu Tu just lacked a little view of the overall situation of the strategic battlefield.

Liu Finger stopped and had a brief meeting with a few people next to the carriage.

"Can it be the Chu people's plan to lure the enemy? They set up an ambush halfway and wait for our main force to pursue it?"

Someone asked this, and Liuzhi shook his head and said, "Run is definitely something I want to run. Even if it is an ambush halfway, it is just a tactical preparation for running."

"But the Sixth Division is definitely safe. The Chu people cannot distribute huge forces just to annihilate the Sixth Division, and completely ignore the existence of our main forces."

"The Chu people must be running towards Zhucheng, but when they are close and we are far away, the main force will definitely not be able to catch up with them."

"But we can't let the Chu people run so easily. Send cavalry to chase after him and intercept and harass him."

After unifying the opinions, the messenger sent the order: the boat troops went upstream to control the waterway, and the Sixth Division and the boat troops cooperated to attack Jiangbei.

Unfortunately, the message was not allowed to fly over. After going around, I am afraid that the opportunity to stick to the main force of the Chu army was probably missing.

The main force ordered the cavalry not to be entrusted with cavalry and cannons to pursue them quickly; two elite grenades who first entered the camp rode on horseback to chase them, disrupting the way for the Chu people to retreat, and their commanding army quickly caught up.

The retreat of a large army is an extremely test of the head coach's organizational ability, especially if he gives up the strategic decisive battle and organizes the retreat. If he is not careful, it will evolve into a defeat that scrambles to retreat.

On the side of Chu, the King of Chu had already retreated with Che Guang elites, some nobles and some royal soldiers.

The sailors and paddlers who came ashore followed closely behind.

The rest slowly retreated behind.

He was responsible for organizing the defense of Zhucheng. After the King of Chu retreated, some of the royal troops in Zhucheng were burned before the King of Chu retreated. He had already arrived and took over the defense of Zhucheng. He began to dispatch personnel to guard the various places and collect firewood to accumulate.

In a critical location in Zhucheng, several officers in charge of commanding the pile of firewood were complaining there.

These officers are all from the new army of the King's Army and are the beneficiaries of the standard reform of the previous Chu King.

They were common people, but in this era when kings, princes, generals and ministers did have a kindness, they had no hope at all.

But later, the Mohist school taught in various places, and these people also learned some writings. Later, the Chu State established a new army, and the King of Chu began to train a new army that was mainly composed of farmer and wandering people in the city, and was not controlled by the nobles.

It is not that easy to change. The new army is invented and spends a lot of money. It has caught the Mohist victory over Yue, and it also needs instructors.

It was to borrow money to buy guns, gunpowder, and military cotton cloth; it was to ask the Mohist family to train, if it was not affected, it would be a pity.

The people who were complaining at this time, because they knew some words and some truths, followed the King of Chu to fight, pacify Dongting Baiyue Cangwu, fight against Prince Ding, accumulate merits, and gradually became officers.

As soon as the King of Chu died, a large number of reformists were killed. Fortunately, the King of Chu recognized the vested interests of these new troops, and in the end the new army recognized the new king of Chu.

Many people in the army were quite dissatisfied with this palace coup, but although the King of Chu carried out some reforms, they were still in the end. Even when the people in the country intervened in politics in the past, they were the same. Even if they could interfere in politics, they had to find someone with pure blood to inherit the throne. This was the case with coups like Zhengwei, Qi, Lu and Song countries. Therefore, when the King of Chu died, the reformists were killed, and the princes did not stand up to reform and establish themselves as the monarch. These people could only choose to obey.

At this time, these officers who had seen the world and knew some truths kept complaining. They all realized that the army was about to withdraw, and their dissatisfaction with the King of Chu who had been suppressed for a long time had already reached the verge of an outbreak.

The reason why the Mo family had to wait until the King of Chu died and sent troops after the Chu coup was the intention. It seemed that the situation was stable, but in fact it was undercurrents. The Mo family chose this opportunity to attack Chu and rely on was not the Mo people in Chu who wholeheartedly benefited the world, but those who were dissatisfied with the undercurrents.

"I think this Chu State is going to be over."

An officer muttered in a low voice, and he had no shyness to speak.

First, he turned to Sima and then harmed Shen Gong, and many people were pessimistic and disappointed.

A person next to him laughed and said, "You can't say that. According to the Mo family, Chu still exists, and the people of Chu are still there. All the princes and nobles are left. What do you have to do with Chu?"

These people were already a little dissatisfied with this coup. It would be fine if they won all the way after the coup or did not harm their interests, but they had lost again and again just now. Moreover, the Mo family’s manifesto angrily denounced that this was a return to the era when kings, princes, generals and ministers did have their own kindness. These people who benefited from the strategy of advocating wise men in the reform were naturally dissatisfied.
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