Chu Tiankuo led an army of 50,000 into the snow-capped mountains, and the army found themselves lost.
"Your Highness, we seem to have entered the enemy's formation and are trapped!" A deputy general named Ren found that the Zhao army was missing as soon as he entered the snow mountain, and said anxiously.
This deputy general named Ren is the cousin of Ren Zilin.
The Ren family is a military family. General Ren was a soldier under the old Marquis of Changping before, and he made military achievements and was promoted to general. Later, Ren Zilin's father also made military achievements with his father. After General Ren passed away, he was named General of Cavalry by the emperor and stayed in the capital. Therefore, he was lucky enough to escape the disaster of extermination.
The soldiers were a little panicked when they heard this!
Back then, many Changping troops were trapped in the snow-capped mountains, leading to the destruction of the entire army and their bodies could not be found. It was this snow-capped mountain!
This snow mountain is covered with snow all year round and it never melts. It's very strange!
Everyone looked everywhere for the footprints left by Zhao Jun, but they didn't find even a single one.
Although the wind and snow are very strong now, they are chasing after the enemy. No matter how strong the wind and snow are, it is impossible to cover up the traces left by 30,000 fleeing soldiers so quickly.
Chu Tiankuo frowned and stopped, looking at the army behind him: "Everyone wait where you are. I'll go check it out."
Upon hearing this, Deputy General Ren's face changed: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is of noble status, this is absolutely not allowed. Please stay here, I will go and investigate!"
Chu Tiankuo looked at him and said coldly: "No need, you are not familiar with the formation, stay here and wait, and do not move without permission unless necessary. This is a military order!"
Upon hearing this, Deputy General Ren could only say with a worried look on his face: "I will obey your orders!"
Seeing that he agreed, Chu Tiankuo walked forward alone.
The wind and snow grew stronger, and soon his figure disappeared from everyone's sight.
Deputy General Ren signaled everyone to rest where they were.
After about a quarter of an hour, a layer of snow fell on everyone's shoulders.
Everyone was shivering with cold.
It’s cold, but no one has eaten a single grain of rice from last night till noon today, and they’re already hungry!
But everyone was still looking around nervously, not daring to relax, for fear that the enemy would ambush and launch a surprise attack.
Cold and hungry, some people could not help but complain quietly to those around them: "General Xie said not to chase after desperate enemies, as they are easy to fall into traps. Sure enough, they fell into traps! Everyone, be alert in case of enemy attacks!"
Although he did not accuse Chu Tiankuo by name, who was it that insisted on chasing him
It’s Chu Tiankuo!
Therefore, his words caused many soldiers to be dissatisfied with Chu Tiankuo.
No one dared to say anything, but they couldn't help but blame Chu Tiankuo in their hearts. They were all thinking that General Xie had said not to chase after desperate enemies, but he was still chasing after them! Isn't this just greed for merit and recklessness
Originally, by retaking the city and forcing the Zhao army to abandon their weapons and flee back to Zhao, they had already achieved an unprecedented victory in the war between the two countries in the past decade. Now that they have returned to the court, they will definitely receive a generous reward from the emperor.
It's a pity that the prince is too ambitious! He insisted on chasing after her. If he were to die in this snowy mountain, it would be a big loss.
At that moment, several brave soldiers echoed:
"When it comes to marching and fighting, we still need experienced generals. I hope the prince can find a way out."
"I'm afraid we'll either starve to death or freeze to death before we find a way out! The weather is getting colder and colder!"
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"If you don't want to die here, shut up! Is now the time to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige?" Deputy General Ren scolded and glanced at the person who spoke first.
The man shrank his neck and looked as if he didn't dare to say anything.
The remaining few people immediately fell silent.
Deputy General Ren took note of the few people.
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On the other side, King Xiang of Zhao and his prince led their men across the snow-capped mountains.
When King Xiang looked back, there was a sinister and murderous look in his eyes.
During this month, he led his troops to fight three battles with Chu Tiankuo.
The first scene is that Chu Tiankuo led his troops to recapture Hanxiang City. He brought 5,000 elite soldiers and destroyed a team he had sent out to seize food. He disguised himself as his own soldiers to grab the food, delivered the food into the city in the middle of the night, and asked the soldiers guarding the city to open the city gates. He took advantage of the night and the snowstorm to hide the whereabouts of the 100,000-strong army. As soon as the city gates were opened, 100,000 Chu troops rushed in like a flood and a fierce beast in less than a quarter of an hour, and successfully recaptured Hanxiang City!
All 10,000 Zhao troops stationed in Hanxiang City were strangled to death!
Chu Tiankuo recaptured Hanxiang City.
The second scene is when he receives the news and rushes back to Hanxiang City with 80,000 troops to provide assistance.
The siege failed and 20,000 people were killed or injured. Then Chu Tiankuo led 5,000 elite soldiers to attack their camp at night, but he secretly killed another 10,000 of them!
I'm almost pissed off.
In the third match, the two armies fought head-on yesterday. He originally wanted to pretend to be defeated and lure Chu Tiankuo to lead his army to the snowy mountains, but there was no need to pretend to be defeated!
Soon after the war started, they were unilaterally strangled, and their formation was defeated before it even took shape!
It was too late for him to shout for retreat. In less than half an hour, another 30,000 troops were strangled to death. He finally escaped with the remaining 30,000 troops!
In other words, in three battles, Chu Tiankuo wiped out 70,000 soldiers under his command, leaving only 30,000 out of the 100,000-strong army.
Chu Tiankuo is so awesome!
It is even more powerful than the Changping Army led by the Marquis of Changping back then!
If such a person were allowed to ascend the throne, under his governance, the State of Chu would definitely surpass the State of Zhao and achieve greater glory!
So this person cannot stay.
In the snowy mountains, there is an ice and snow killing formation set up by Old Xu. Even the number one formation master of Jin State would need two days to break this formation.
King Xiang of Zhao planned to trap them for a day and a night, and then kill them all tomorrow night when the wind and snow were the strongest!
He said to the remaining soldiers, "Let's go back to the camp and have a good rest! Prepare for the next battle. This time we will strangle all the Chu troops in the snowy mountains to avenge our dead brothers! Enhance the prestige of our Zhao State!"
This was already the territory of the State of Zhao, and they had set up a camp in the woods two miles away.
Leading the Chu army to the snow-capped mountains was part of the plan.
King Xiang of Zhao returned to the camp and found Old Xu. "This time Chu Tiankuo is leading the troops. Can your formation stop him for a day and a night?"
Old Xu calmly continued to study the formation diagram in his hand. Don't worry, there will be no problem for three days and three nights.
King Xiang was relieved.
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Chu Tiankuo rode his horse alone in the snow.
He would take out two small flags of different colors as marks wherever he went.
There is no doubt that there is a formation here, he had expected this long ago.
And it is a formation covering a very large area.
He had to figure it out before dark so that he could lead his soldiers to kill the Zhao army by surprise.
This was not difficult or urgent for him, as long as he could break the formation before nightfall.
He came to a safe shelter, and on a whim, he took out the dry food he had prepared early in the morning and gave it to the soldiers.
In the evening, there was hot porridge prepared by Xingnong.
As soon as this thought came to mind, bags of dry food appeared out of thin air around Chu Tiankuo.
He also saw the person he had been dreaming about appear in his sight holding a bag of dry food.
Chu Tiankuo: “???”
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