Rise From the Humble

"If you want to fight, then fight! To save time, you don't need to retreat. Our army will retreat three miles and set up a battle array. You can lead your army to the mountain pass and fight to the death!"

In the Japanese pirates' tent, Mao Haifeng held the letter written by Zhu Ping'an himself, slowly unfolded it, and read it aloud.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that the little thief Zhu Ping'an actually had such a heroic spirit!" Mao Haifeng read Zhu Ping'an's reply and couldn't help but click his tongue twice, sighing with surprise.

"Brother Haifeng, why don't we follow Han Xin's example and attack them halfway across the river? When they are retreating, when they are halfway back, we will launch an attack with our entire army and surprise attack them halfway back! Even if we cannot defeat them, we can at least bite off a piece of their flesh to avenge our ambush on the slope of the mountain pass." Otomo Sadakawa suggested sinisterly.

The "attack Han Xin when they are halfway across the river" mentioned by Otomo Sadakawa refers to the incident when Han Xin conquered Qi and used the tactic of attacking when they are halfway across the river to defeat the Qi-Chu coalition led by Long Ju.

In the past, when Chu and Han were fighting, Han Xin was ordered to lead 80,000 troops to attack Qi. Qi asked Xiang Yu for help, and Xiang Yu sent Long Qi to rescue Qi. Long Qi led 200,000 troops from Chu and Qi, stationed them east of the Wei River, and sent a letter of decisive battle to Han Xin. Han Xin gladly accepted it. That night, Han Xin sent 10,000 people to sew sandbags overnight, filled the sandbags with soil, and built a sand dam upstream of the Wei River to block the Wei River. He made an agreement with the soldiers guarding the dam that once the two sides fought the next morning, the soldiers guarding the dam saw the red flag raised on the newly erected flagpole of their camp, and they would break the dam and release the water.

On the second day, Han Xin led his army across the river to attack the Chu-Qi camp. After a fierce battle, he pretended that he had fewer troops and could not defeat the Chu-Qi coalition, so he called back his troops and crossed the Weishui River to return to the camp. Seeing that Han Xin had retreated, Long Qi ordered his men to beat drums and led the entire army to attack.

When Han Xin waited for Long Ju's army of 30,000 to 40,000 men to cross the Weishui River, he ordered people to raise the red flag. Soon, the dam in the upper reaches of the Weishui River broke, and the water in the lower reaches of the Weishui River surged. Some of the Chu-Qi coalition forces that crossed the river later were washed away by the flood, and the rest were separated on the other side of the river.

Han Xin led his army to turn around and attack fiercely. Long Ju was killed, and the remaining Qi-Chu coalition forces that crossed the river surrendered.

After hearing this, Mao Haifeng couldn't help but smile, "Brother Dayou is not a Shenzhou scholar after all, and you are misusing the classics again. What you want to talk about should not be Han Xin's attack on the enemy halfway across the river, but Xie Xuan's Battle of Feishui. In the Battle of Feishui, Xie Xuan tricked Fu Jian into retreating and making room for the Jin army to cross the river, so that the two sides could fight to the death in the open space. Fu Jian also wanted to wait until the Jin army was halfway across the river, and then attack them halfway across the river. As a result, as soon as Fu Jian retreated, Xie Xuan sent people to shout, 'Fu Jian's army was defeated, they are running back', and then Fu Jian's rear army began to spread the news that the front army was defeated, and turned around and ran. For a while, Fu Jian's army was in chaos and scattered. The Jin army that crossed the river took the opportunity to attack fiercely, and Fu Jian's army was defeated."

After hearing this, Otomo Sadakawa nodded repeatedly, "Yoshi, yoshi, Brother Haifeng is really knowledgeable and intelligent. This is what I want to say. Let's take advantage of the Zhejiang Army's retreat and send people to shout that the Zhejiang Army was defeated and they ran away. Then we can take the opportunity to attack them fiercely and kill them by surprise! It will definitely deal a heavy blow to the Zhejiang Army!"

Unexpectedly, Mao Haifeng shook his head and waved his hands after hearing this, saying, "No, Zhu Ping'an was so heroic that he retreated three miles and waited for us to fight to the death outside the mountain pass. We are the initiators of the decisive battle outside the mountain pass. How can we go back on our word and suddenly attack them when they retreat! In this way, even if we win, we will fulfill Zhu Ping'an's reputation of keeping his word, and we will become treacherous villains and be laughed at by others."

"Brother Haifeng, isn't Xie Xuan the same?! Didn't he also trick Fu Jian into withdrawing his troops to free up space for a decisive battle?! Why can't we do the same?! Only losers are laughed at by others, and winners are always glorious."

Otomo Sadakawa insisted.

"Brother Dayou, the situation is different. Fu Jian was in a state of disarray as he was retreating. He had many troops under his command, and they came from many different sources. Zhu Ping'an only had 8,000 Zhejiang troops under his command. The rear troops could see the front troops and the entire battlefield situation at a glance, and they would not believe the words 'the Zhejiang troops were defeated'. If we imitate them, we would be imitating the ugly woman."

Mao Haifeng smiled and shook his head.

Otomo Sadakawa disagreed and wanted to say something else.

"If you want to fight, then fight!"

The sound of the Zhejiang Army outside had already reached the Japanese pirate camp, and Mao Haifeng and his men could vaguely hear it in their tent.

When Otomo Sadakawa heard the sound coming from the Zhejiang Army, he couldn't help but frown. The morale of the Zhejiang Army was still quite high.

"Brother Dayou, you heard me, right? If you want to fight, then fight. The Zhejiang Army knows that they will retreat three miles and fight to the death with us. How can they believe our words 'the Zhejiang Army was defeated and is running back'?!"

Mao Haifeng said with a smile.

"Even if the Zhejiang Army can't believe what we say, if they retreat, their formation will be unstable. We can take the opportunity to attack and gain an advantage. It will not be easy for the Zhejiang Army to change its formation and fight back."

Otomo Sadakawa said.

"Brother Dayou, let me say the same thing. Zhu Ping'an had the courage to retreat three miles to fight us to the death at the mountain pass. We are the initiators of the decisive battle outside the mountain pass. How can we go back on our word? Even if we win, it will only make Zhu Ping'an famous for the rest of his life. In contrast, we will be treacherous villains who are laughed at by the world."

Mao Haifeng shook his head.

Then, Mao Haifeng continued:

"Brother Dayou, we have many soldiers and generals, and all of our soldiers are veterans who have experienced many battles. Even though Zhu Ping'an ambushed us at the mountain pass, we only lost more than a thousand people. Now we still have 13,000 soldiers."

"As for the Zhejiang Army, we sent out scouts to search the area of ​​80 miles last night. We have found out that the Zhejiang Army has no more reinforcements. The Zhejiang Army has only 8,000 people, most of whom are newly recruited soldiers. They are all peasants who have just put down their hoes. They have only been trained for a month or so."

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"The Zhejiang army fell for my trick and set up a battle at the mountain pass to fight us to the death. We were already sure of victory, so why should we use these unsound and unsure tricks to detract from our victory?"

After Mao Haifeng finished speaking, he looked at Otomo Sadakawa with burning eyes.

After thinking for a moment, Otomo Sadakawa slowly nodded, "Brother Haifeng is right, I am just being paranoid."

"No, no, brother Otomo, you have been working hard for our army." Mao Haifeng praised.

"Report, the Zhejiang army has moved camp and retreated to the mountain pass." A Japanese pirate entered the tent and reported.

"Very good, Zhu Ping'an really did what he said and retreated. Brother Dayou, we also give the order to start moving camp. After the Zhejiang Army retreats from the mountain pass, we will advance to the mountain pass and prepare to fight the Zhejiang Army to the death. How do you think?"

Mao Haifeng showed admiration in his eyes and turned to Otomo Sadakawa for advice.

"Brother Haifeng will make the decision on everything," Otomo Sadakawa said in cooperation.

"Very good. Order the whole army to start moving camp. After the Zhejiang army retreats from the mountain pass, the main army will advance to the mountain pass and fight a decisive battle with the Zhejiang army."

Mao Haifeng gave the order. (End of this chapter)