Chapter 367

"Li Jingxuan, what the hell are you doing?! Even if you're afraid of his ambush, you don't have to run! Are you dizzy or have you lost your mind?!"

The Prince of Badong watched, feeling stifled, and scolded loudly.

The others whispered in disagreement:

"I also don't understand what Li Jingxuan means. Even if there really is an ambush on Gushan, there's no need to retreat to the original garrison. Just go with the flow, advance the main army, strike the Gushan reinforcements on one route, and take the opportunity to break Lu Kang City on the other, wouldn't that be gaining both? Why abandon the advantage to others?"

"Yes, he not only retreated on the south route but also on the north route, it's simply inexplicable! Could it be that he wants to keep the north and south routes consistent? It seems he is truly afraid of Wang Yang, terrified by the sound of the wind, nothing more than that."

"Military strategy says, when real, appear fake; when fake, appear real. However, the strange ways of military strategists, the two words 'real' and 'fake,' have no fixed number. The fake can hide the real, and the real can also contain the fake. Wang Yang sent troops from Lu Kang City to attack Li's front camp, this is a fake attack to test, but if he finds that Li Jingxuan is also fake, then the fake attack turns into real. But Li Jingxuan is real, so Wang Yang can only retreat, which is also real. I suspect there is no ambush on Gushan. Li Jingxuan is too careful, those who distinguish the real think it is fake, and those who observe the fake suspect it is real, so he hesitates everywhere and doubts at every step. Over-caution lacks grand strategy, and suspicion loses good opportunities. This person has enough planning but lacks strategy, his suspicion is too heavy and it is difficult to hold the opportunity, he is not a great talent after all."

Li Jingxuan ignored how others gossiped, still going his own way, tightly guarding the camp, letting Wang Yang leisurely transfer the army that fled to Gushan back to Lu Kang City, and also transfer the land army to reinforce Bu Chan City, and the naval forces to be stationed at Guo Zhou. Seeing that Li Jingxuan was still holding firm and not coming out, Wang Yang immediately sent troops to seize Dongkeng and Gushi.

Xue Shao sighed:

"Do not lose when seeing profit, do not doubt when meeting time, a commander should be like this."

Guo Wenyuan's eyes were full of worry:

"These two routes are not only the wings of Bu Chan, but also cooperate with the previous Guo Zhou naval forces, presenting a pincer movement against Li Gongyu's front army. The situation is going to be bad..."

Tao Rui sneered and said:

"On the battlefield, you retreat and I advance. Since Li Jingxuan has bound his own hands, now that the situation of attack and defense has changed, he cannot blame others."

The Prince of Badong was sarcastic:

"I think it's better to just retreat back into the gorge, that way you can hold on for a while longer. Wang Yang, keep it down when you fight in a while, he's timid, don't scare him!"

Li Jingxuan was indifferent to everything around him and said in a deep voice:

"North bank camp garrison, retreat ten li."

Wang Yang seized the opportunity and acted decisively:

"Dongkeng and Gushi armies, take advantage of their retreat, east and west routes, surprise attack the front camp!"

Kong Kong Zhangyu took away one of Li Jingxuan's chopsticks:

"Front camp broken!"

The Prince of Badong slapped the table and shouted:

"Well fought! This is what you call fighting a battle!"

Li Jingxuan's expression was deep:

"Second camp counter-attacks."

Kong Kong Zhangyu: "Not defeated."

The Prince of Badong chuckled:

"Now you know to counter-attack, it's too late! Wang Yang, beat him for me!"

Wang Yang pointed with his chopsticks:

"Three thousand troops from Bu Chan City exit, approach the north of the enemy's rear camp, combine with the Dongkeng and Gushi armies, and strike the second camp with combined force!"

Kong Kong Zhangyu took away another of Li Jingxuan's chopsticks:

"Second camp broken!"

Guo Wenyuan sighed:

"Young Master Wang's use of troops is like an eagle catching a rabbit, first circling to observe the opportunity, then spreading its wings to wait for the launch. Once the wings are spread and the situation is formed, as soon as a gap is seen, the claws and beak arrive immediately, not giving people a chance to blink."

Li Jingxuan's brows hardened:

"Main camp moves forward, the whole camp's troops exit, and fight them head-on!"

Everyone was stunned! For a moment, they didn't understand Li Jingxuan's intention.

Before, he should have attacked but defended, now he should have defended but attacked, and he even pushed the main camp up. Is he prepared to fight for his life in a disadvantageous situation?

The Prince of Badong was overjoyed:

"That's right! Must fight head-on! Whoever runs is a grandson!"

Seeing Li Jingxuan suddenly pounce without any warning, Wang Yang thought for a moment and said calmly:

"Land army stands firm and does not move, Guo Zhou naval forces exit, attack the side of the enemy's main camp!"

Li Jingxuan immediately ordered:

"North bank water camps exit together! Three thousand naval troops attack Guo Zhou naval forces! Three thousand naval troops attack the tail of Guo Zhou!"

Wang Yang's eyes tightened, and he fired three chopsticks in a row:

"Yiling and Huya naval forces, exit in two routes! One attacks Guo Zhou naval forces, one raids the tail of Guo Zhou! Bu Chan City sends three thousand troops, circling to the north of the enemy's main camp!"

Li Jingxuan's aura changed suddenly, from the introverted and deep appearance before to the appearance of being sharp and fully exposed at the beginning! His speaking speed was as fast as sparks:

"North two routes of troops rise, one route raids Bu Chan City! One route raids the enemy on the north side of the main camp! South bank naval forces, surprise attack Huya!"

The two's thinking was too fast, several military orders followed one after another, everyone was overwhelmed, and just as they were stunned, Kong Kong Zhangyu buckled three cups in a row and took away one chopstick:

"Xiongfu, pulled! Bu Chan City, pulled! Huya, pulled! North of the main camp, Wang's army broken!"

The whole hall was shocked! They asked repeatedly!

Li Jingxuan was expressionless, carrying his left hand behind his back, and said to Kong Kong Zhangyu:

"Recite my military strategy, do not reveal the number of people before the battle."

Kong Kong Zhangyu said:

"Surround Bu Chan City, the army reaches Dongkeng, then secretly send two routes, one route from Dongkeng to sneak attack Xiongfu. If the enemy is prepared at Xiongfu, then attacking it will determine victory or defeat, if not prepared, then pull it and keep it secret. Another route exits from the main camp, goes north and ambushes, waiting for my military order."

Everyone then knew that Li Jingxuan's surrounding of Bu Chan City, besides the intention of breaking the city, also had the intention of blocking the enemy's eyes and attracting attention. On the surface, he was fighting with Wang Yang for Bu Chan City, but actually, he secretly sent troops north, perhaps preparing to be an ambush force to surround the point and hit the reinforcements. Later, because of some reason, although the siege troops retreated to their original positions, the ambush troops were still there, so this time they could take advantage of Bu Chan City's empty defense to sneak attack from the south.

While everyone had not fully digested Li Jingxuan's results, Wang Yang had already lowered five chopsticks:

"Yiling sends ten thousand troops, the army is divided into three routes, the east route joins the Jingmen naval forces to attack Huya! The west route approaches Bu Chan City, stationed but not attacking; one strikes the Xiongfu army north of the enemy's main camp! Bu Zhi City sends three thousand troops, reinforce Guo Zhou! Lu Kang City sends three thousand troops, strike the south bank camp!"

Everyone's brain power was insufficient, they hurriedly looked at the map and geography, and Kong Kong Zhangyu also had to flip through the records, compare the strategies, and then straightened one of the buckled cups, and overlapped the black and white chopsticks of Wang and Li:

"Huya restored! Li Jingxuan's south bank naval forces chased! Battle north of the main camp, suspended; battle of the main camp, suspended; battle of Guo Zhou, suspended. South bank front camp, broken!"

Suspended means the battle has not yet been decided, and it is a stalemate. In ancient times, when two armies fought, some could decide the outcome in one battle, and some could not decide even after dozens of battles. In reality, an accidental factor could tilt the balance of victory, but because the two were pushing the military situation, only comparing the height of planning and the depth of military strategy, once it enters a suspended state, it can only wait for the intervention of new forces from both sides to determine the outcome.

Everyone was hit one after another, and for a while, the discussion was undecided. For a while, they said Li Jingxuan used strange soldiers to turn the tide; for a while, they said Wang Yang used the right to suppress the strange, which is the superior method of military strategists.

As for who has the upper hand now, everyone has their own opinions. The only consensus is that the decisive battle is coming, or has arrived, and the scope is on the north bank of the Yangtze River—west of Bu Chan City, north of the main camp, and to the tail of Guo Zhou. The three battlefields are close, fighting endlessly, together forming a great battle. The winner of the battle is basically the winner of this attack and defense. As for who this winner is, Wang Yang or Li Jingxuan, no one dares to draw a conclusion.

Everyone's gaze was on the north bank, Chen Qiming first discovered the blind spot:

"How was Li Jingxuan's south bank front camp so easily broken?"

Everyone was stunned, and then realized something was wrong. Wang Yang sent three thousand men to attack the front camp before and didn't move it, so what did he mean by sending three thousand men a second time...

Before they had time to think carefully, Li Jingxuan said to Wang Yang:

"Although you guessed that my south bank camp had a fake, it's already too late. And you don't really think that my entire south bank army was a fake, do you?!"

His voice turned cold, and he threw a chopstick:

"South bank main army exits, counter-attack! Rear camp stays and does not move."

Kong Kong Zhangyu:

"Wang's army pursues again!"

Wang Yang: "Retreat Lu Kang."

Li Jingxuan: "Pursue closely."

Wang Yang: "Walk the south foot of Gushan."

The two are now like a replay of the previous scene, but this time Li Jingxuan is not prepared to retreat again!

"Gushan troops rise!" Li Jingxuan waved his sleeve!

The candle flames leaned to one side, like a group of soldiers, bowing their heads to listen to orders.

Everyone's brain went numb, Gushan, when did Gushan have Li Jingxuan's troops?!

Li Jingxuan looked at the crowd's reaction, feeling proud:

"Mr. Kong—"

Kong Kong Zhangyu read Li Jingxuan's military strategy:

"My south bank front camp and south bank naval forces start and end together. When the south bank naval forces attack Huya, the front camp soldiers also follow the ships, disembark at the south of Gushan, and sneak attack Gushan!"

Kong Kong Zhangyu paused, buckled another cup, and said:

"Gushan pulled!"

Everyone was stunned!

Li Jingxuan was high-spirited:

"Front and rear two routes, combine to strike Wang's army!"

Everyone looked at Wang Yang!

Wang Yang closed his eyes, his knuckles tapping his palm leisurely, and after three taps, he opened his eyes and said calmly:

"Reinforcements break the siege."

Everyone:???

Li Jingxuan was stunned:

"Where are the reinforcements here?"

Wang Yang looked at Kong Kong Zhangyu, and Kong Kong Zhangyu read Wang Yang's military strategy:

"If Li Jingxuan's south bank naval forces move, then my Bailu Rock garrison army will exit, advance to the south foot of Gushan, to prepare for support."

Everyone was horrified!

The muscles on Li Jingxuan's face also twitched, but he quickly suppressed the shock on his face, his eyes cold and firm, holding his chopsticks and ordering:

"Divide the troops and fight hard! His Bailu garrison army is at most four thousand men, not to mention I still have the rear camp soldiers to respond, what is there to fear!"

Hearing this, everyone nodded, feeling that Li Jingxuan was indeed thoughtful, leaving the rear camp as a reserve in advance, not sending out the whole army, one can deter the Lu Kang garrison, take the opportunity to seize Lu Kang. Second, it can be the support for the Gushan soldiers. Looking at it this way, although Wang Yang is unpredictable, Li Jingxuan

is also deep in planning, the outcome of this battle is still undecided.

Kong Kong Zhangyu overlapped the chopsticks:

"Battle of the south foot of Gushan, suspended."

Wang Yang pinched his palm, his expression solemn, paced three steps forward, then paced two steps back, suddenly stood still, and smiled at Li Jingxuan:

"Where do you have any rear camp soldiers? Your south bank army has no rear camp at all!"

Li Jingxuan's pupils shrank violently! Only to see Wang Yang withdraw his smile and order coldly:

"Lu Kang garrison exits, divide into two routes, one route rushes to their south bank camp, burns their camp, to break their courage! One route reinforces the south foot of Gushan, cuts off their retreat, to cut off their hope!"

Li Jingxuan's face turned pale, and after only a moment of hesitation, he made a decision:

"Gushan army walks east along the mountain, south bank army covers the retreat!"