Book 22 - Chapter 10 – Taking Advantage of Defeat to Pursue (1/2)
Book 22 Chapter 10 – Taking Advantage of Defeat to Pursue
Kou Zhong, following the lead of the ‘old horse who knew the way houe] Bai Wenyuan, encountered Cao Yinglong’s troop of thieves withdrawing toward the River Zhang The tere halfway up thedown at the enemy
It was not until thisconfir as they expected: as soon as he heard about Xiao Xian turning his back on the alliance, he ie, es
The Ranch’sto their agree retreated, the Ranch’s o all-out to pursue closely
Under the ht, the procession of the thieves on horseback looked like a long snake slithering across the grassland
Bai Wenyuan said, “The Three Bandits’ forces consist mostly of infantry; their cavalry should not be more than seven thousand If they encountered any mishaps, the cavalry would seize the way first and leave the infantryhtened up, as he spoke in heavy voice, “To move the troops, onethe other side The so-called ‘taking advantage of doubt to sow discontent, taking advantage of exhaustion to attack, taking advantage of hunger to trap, taking advantage of separation to schee of chaos to exploit, taking advantage while the enee while the eneain control, taking advantage while the enee while the enee of doubt to sow discontent’ long’s forty-thousand strongoff into the wilderness This tie while the enele armor remains”
Full of admiration, Bai Wenyuan said, “What you said resonates deeply with the Art of War; Shao Shuai is indeed an erudite scholar”
How could Kou Zhong have the nerve to tell hi from Lu Miaozi’s secret book? Without any better option, he resisted fro, Bai Wenyuan continued, “Shao Shuai’sDong Jingzhen that he took hisFurthermore, they had not a cun of steel [idioh provision, so that even if they did not want to return to Yiling, they simply could not This matter cannot be concealed fro Jingzhen was indeed the main culprit Who would believe that soer return to its mountain? Even if Xiao Xian utters a hundred stateue with hi has no choice but to follow his lead and withdraw”
Kou Zhong laughed and said, “Psychologically speaking, since Dong Jingzhen believed he had leaked ’s uilty conscience, hence he would not dare to explain everything clearly to his allies”
And then, looking down at the ene at the opponent’s for far behind the main coluhts in a whirl If we rob their provision carts, so that we are adding hunger on top of exhaustion, they will be put in chaos and will scatter away; their only way out is fleeing toward River Zhang, hoping to cross the river as quickly as they could, hence ill have the opportunity we can exploit”
Squeezing his horse’s belly, he said, “Let’s go!”
Xu Ziling and Xuan Yong were patrolling their ca straw du asked in astonish diversion’,” Xuan Yong replied, “Because we are a few in number, it will be difficult for us to block tens of thousands of thieves fleeing into the wilderness We will put small nuic locations, giving up the i the enemy to only dare to escape toward the place where, on the surface, seems to have fewest men, but the ‘eht into our trap”
“Good plan!” Xu Ziling praised
Reaching the shore, he saw about a thousand of soldiers digging trenches, also setting up sharp stakes hidden at the bottorass
Xuan Yong explained, “This is targeted at the enemies who cross the river in haste; they would never expect us to set ambush on this side, hence they will definitely flee in cala into the distance at the opposite shore, he spoke heavily, “War is i’s reflections are?”
Xuan Yong stood side-by-side with hitou’s [reht that I would have nothing to look forward to in ht that I received Shao Shuai’s protou’s deep ener I associate with Shao Shuai, the e, strategy, and ht The best trait thatto submit cheerfully is his conduct; you would never doubt that he ht be suspicious and jealous of you And any impossible task, in his hands it will become possible, as if ‘where the water flows, a canal is for and interesting”
Xu Ziling pondered quietly that that was precisely Kou Zhong’s charemony over the world
The sound of hoof beats shook the heavens; under the afternoon sun, the Ranch’s ten-thousand strong elite cavalry appeared fro and Bai Wenyuan galloped down the hill to le horn, the two-thousand strong vanguard units under the leadershi+p of the Ranch’s two Managers [orig zhishi+], Liu Zongdao and Luo Fang gradually stopped
Liu Zongdao’s single eye ehed and said, “Zhong Xiongdi, how are you? In just a short one year you have become the Shao Shuai whose naed his horse to co over, he eh, “Just a ripple of false reputation, not worth Liu Shu [uncle] zhu with the dao suard ar a pathway in the middle of the men and horses, while at the sazhu!” Theto its extre Xiuxun, wearing full body ared her snohite, without a single colored-hair, divine-spirited, top-quality warhorse, forward, galloping over as fast as lightning With the silver white body ar in the wind behind her, she looked like the Goddess of war descending into the world of the mortals
Evidently herhousekeeper/h-ranking officers, was struggling extremely hard to keep up with her
Stunned by her heavenly beauty and stately appearance, Kou Zhong was du Xiuxun’s equestrian skill was superb; with her alloped faster and faster In the blink of an eye, like a tornado she already reached Kou Zhong
“Kou Zhong,” she shouted tenderly, “Is your horse a Khitan steed? Let’s have a race”
Before Kou Zhong even had any ti Xiuxun already flew in-between Kou Zhong and Liu Zongdao
“All right,” Kou Zhong called out, turned his horse around and galloped away in a wild chase
Liu Zongdao, Bai Wenyuan, Luo Fang, and the others waited until Shang Zhen and his ht up before they led the troops to pursue behind the tho, by this time, have become two s Xiuxun rode for more than fifty li, before she finally stopped on the top of a hill Kou Zhong fell behind about half a li or so, and by the time he came to her side, the Ranch’s main forces were still about ten li behind
The sun was setting behind the westernon horseback, Shang Xiuxun’s eyes looked straight ahead, as she spoke, cal for breath, Kou Zhong said, “Changzhu’s horse is really fast”
Looking at hi Xiuxun said, “I was not talking about that at all Co horses, even Khitan steed can’t coreedily drank on her beauty, which he had not seen for a long ti about then?”
Shang Xiuxun’s beautiful eyes looked deep into his eyes, she said, “Figuring you kneas in difficulty, and i else, and executed a brilliant sche Zhu Chan, Xiao Xian, and Cao Yinglong’s conspiracy, yet when you see reatwronged, Kou Zhong said, “Beautiful Changzhu, what kind ofis? My respect and adzhu knows no bound; how could I dare to put on airs?”
“Pfft,” Shang Xiuxun giggled tenderly, just like a fresh flower suddenly bloo ahead, she spoke tenderly and with naiveté, “It’s been a long time since I heard this call, unexpectedly there is a bit of freshness in it Oh! How about this: after we destroy Cao Yinglong’s group of horse-hest quality warhorses, hich you can crisscross the world and unify the rivers andshook his head and said, “This does not conforenerate other people’ssucked into this vortex of power struggle We’d better wait for old, white silver I will buy horses frozhu This way nobody would dare to speak even half a word of gossip about Changzhu”