The Invincible Sixth Prince

After a night of rest, Yu Shizhong continued to lead his troops towards Gongbu.

Today, the troops led by Yu Shizhong became the vanguard.

They were responsible for clearing obstacles and preparing food and fodder for the troops behind.

This way, their overall marching speed will not be slowed down.

Around noon, the scout reported: "A cavalry of about 5,000 people appeared in the northwest of our unit!"

Northwest direction?

A map quickly appeared in Yu Shizhong's mind.

The troops coming from the northwest should be the enemy forces from Gaduo Mountain, right?

The enemy's scouts should have also discovered their position and knew their approximate strength.

They had 25,000 elite cavalry, but the enemy only sent 5,000 troops?

Unless something unexpected happens, the enemy will definitely not take the initiative to attack.

Just want to slow down their march.

Madam Jiayao had already used this trick when they attacked Beihuan!

Are these people still used?

"Explore again!"

Yu Shizhong gave an order and called the messenger, "Immediately tell the rear army the news just now! Order the rear army to speed up and move closer to our troops!"

"Yes!"

The messenger quickly took the order and left.

As soon as the messenger left, Yu Shizhong suddenly frowned again.

"its not right!"

Yu Shizhong lowered his brows in thought.

"Yu Shuai, what's wrong?"

Tang Zhao asked doubtfully.

"Why did the enemy send 5,000 cavalry to keep an eye on us?"

Yu Shizhong frowned and talked to himself.

what?

Tang Zhao was puzzled. "These five thousand cavalrymen are enough to launch endless harassment against us, right?"

"You do not know what I mean."

Yu Shizhong shook his head slightly: "If we really want to harass us, 5,000 cavalry is too many! There are only 5,000 to 6,000 cavalry among the 40,000 troops in Gaduo Mountain. Are you sending so many people just to harass us?"

In Yu Shizhong's opinion, if they wanted to harass, they should do it like Jia Yao did in the past.

That's about a thousand cavalrymen.

These one thousand cavalrymen have to be divided into several small groups.

The smaller their targets were, the easier it was for them to avoid detection by the scouts, popping up from time to time to annoy them.

Even if we can't cause them any casualties, we should still shoot a few arrows to make them feel threatened.

When you go after them, they turn around and run away.

This is the correct way to harass.

There are only five or six thousand cavalry in total, and you send five thousand people to harass them?

It's just a harassment, there's no need to spend so much money, right?

Wouldn't it be better to keep more troops to deal with Feng Yu and others?

Or maybe the enemy troops in Gaduo Mountain don’t know that Feng Yu has led his troops to attack?

impossible!

Their troops were able to encounter the scouts of Feng Yu's troops. Feng Yu and his troops were such a big target, it was impossible for the enemy troops in Gaduo Mountain not to know that they were coming!

Listening to Yu Shizhong's analysis, Tang Zhao gradually realized that something was wrong.

"Could it be that the enemy is planning to defeat our 25,000 elite cavalry with only 5,000 cavalry?"

Tang Zhao widened his eyes, somewhat incredulous.

These 25,000 cavalrymen are not just for show.

These are all elite cavalry who have fought their way here.

It's a bit unrealistic for the enemy to think of defeating them with 5,000 elite cavalry, isn't it?

"Something's wrong!"

Yu Shizhong now has no idea what the enemy is thinking.

But he was keenly aware that the appearance of the enemy's 5,000 cavalry was somewhat strange.

However, he was unable to determine the enemy's true intentions for the time being.

Yu Shizhong racked his brains for a while, but still couldn't think of it, so he turned to ask Tang Zhao: "If you were the enemy's commander, under what circumstances would you send these 5,000 cavalry to keep an eye on us?"

Tang Zhao thought for a moment and replied, "Protect the flanks! Prevent the enemy from getting around our flanks and launching a surprise attack on us!"

"Are you stupid, kid?"

Yu Shizhong glared at Tang Zhao. "As long as the enemy's commander is not a fool, he will be able to see that we are heading towards Gongbu! We have been circling for two or three days, and now we are circling their flank? Are we just bored and have nothing to do?"

You want to go around the enemy's flank at Gaduo Mountain? Why weren't you doing that before?

Besides, those 5,000 cavalrymen are supposed to protect the safety of the flanks. Don’t you know where they are protecting the area near Gaduo Mountain?

Do you have to run so far to cover the flank safety?

Leaving such a big gap for them to maneuver?

If the enemy commander sends someone to provide cover like this, this person must be a fool!

Hearing Yu Shizhong's words, Tang Zhao smiled embarrassedly.

It seems that it is really like this!

The movements of these 5,000 enemy cavalry are indeed a bit confusing!

The two men thought while waiting for the rear troops to catch up.

Soon, the rear army arrived.

Yu Shizhong immediately called Lu Xing and Zuo Ren over to discuss the strange situation.

Several people sat together, each expressing their own guesses.

However, after much guessing, they all felt that there was something unreasonable.

"and many more!"

Just when they were puzzled, Zuo Ren suddenly had an idea, "What if the enemy troops in Gaduo Mountain have already started to retreat?"

"retreat?"

Yu Shizhong frowned, "They should also be going to..."

Having said this, Yu Shizhong was suddenly stunned.

The next moment, Yu Shizhong slapped his head suddenly: "Gongbu! If Lao Zuo's guess is correct, the enemy is most likely retreating towards Gongbu!"

Only in this way could they possibly encounter the enemy's 5,000 cavalry at this location.

And these 5,000 cavalrymen were not meant to harass them, but to protect the flanks of the army!

Otherwise, if these 25,000 cavalrymen were allowed to attack the main army retreating towards Gongbu from the flank, the enemy army would most likely be wiped out!

"Support Kampot!"

Tang Zhao was surprised and asked, "Is the enemy going to abandon the northern defense line and concentrate all its forces to support Gongbu?"

"impossible!"

Lu Xing immediately denied it, "No matter how important Gongbu is, it won't make people completely abandon the northern defense line! Once they let go of the defense line, Feng Yu's troops will surely march straight in and take Xiqu Wangcheng!"

"There is another possibility."

Yu Shizhong's eyes flashed with brilliance: "If Gongbu has been captured by His Highness, the enemy may concentrate all its forces to besiege Gongbu..."

As Yu Shizhong finished speaking, several people's eyelids jumped.

With your Highness's abilities, it is entirely possible to capture Gongpot in such a short time.

The enemy besieged Gongbu, naturally to capture Yun Zheng!

For Xiqu, as long as they capture Yun Zheng, they will win this battle completely!

Even if Feng Yu led his troops to capture Xiquwang City, as long as Yun Zheng fell into the hands of the enemy, Daqian would be defeated!

Give it a try!

Take your life!

Thinking of this, several people suddenly became uneasy.

In this case, it is entirely possible that Qinpu would make this choice.

Moreover, this should be Xiqu’s only hope of winning!

Yu Shizhong stood up suddenly. "Tang Zhao, I order you to lead our 5,000 troops as the vanguard and threaten the enemy's cavalry! Remember, send more scouts to investigate in all directions, beware of tricks!"

"Yes!"

"Lu Xing, Zuo Ren, I want you two to lead your troops to rest for a while, and then immediately catch up with Tang Zhao's troops!"

"Yes!"

"I will personally lead 10,000 troops to make a detour to the north to see if we can encounter the main force of the enemy army!"

"We three divisions must maintain contact with each other. Once we determine the movement of the enemy's main force, report immediately! If there is an opportunity to fight, each division will make its own decision!"