Chapter 99: Let's fight hard

Fan's temptation failed, and Old He no longer had to worry about the details with Fan. He muttered: "The head of the family is always so careful. Our auxiliary soldiers are not unable to fight. He still confirmed that he is safe every time before he let the auxiliary soldiers go up..."

The people from Yacheng smiled and pointed at Yang and said, "Old He, you have a son, and the battle is imminent. In order not to let your son go to the battlefield, you have trouble with the head of the family. Other auxiliary soldiers were raised by Zhao Rensheng, and they also have parents."

Mr. He also smiled and turned to greet his children: "Child, let's go back to have a meal. Today's meal is so rich. We raise chickens and eat whatever chicken. I bought a fish this morning, and there was some wine hidden in the house. Let's have a good meal... What happened just now, since the head of the family is not here, we will wait for the head of the family to come back to make a decision."

Suddenly, an employee of Chen State interrupted: "The master just said that Jibi still needs employees, don't you know if I can?"

As soon as Mr. He turned around and was about to answer the other party's words, the people in Yacheng saw that it was fine, so he quickly bowed away. Mr. He was busy seeing off the people in Yacheng and waiting for the people in Yacheng to go away. Mr. He turned around and asked the person who was talking just now: "Are you a Chen country? The head of the family ordered: Don't hire Chen people to return to China unless it is absolutely necessary. We are here for Chen country to help, and we cannot make any moves to weaken Chen country."

The Chen native bowed: "A small country has few people, and is on the front line of the confrontation of great powers. He is frightened in the morning and evening. When he saw the master's actions just now, he realized that people had another way of living, and that he realized that as an ordinary citizen of the overlord country, he was so sweet... If the master did not dislike him, I would be willing to bring the whole family to join him, even if he didn't give me a salary, as long as the master rewarded my whole family with a meal."

Mr. He hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "The Chen people cannot do it, unless they have special skills and specialties... If you don't do it, you are not considered specialties. I can't speak in front of the head of the family."

The Chen man knelt down and begged...

At this time, on the south bank of Yingshui, Zhao Wu looked at the soldiers crossing the river beside him and shook his head frequently: "The army crossed the river too slowly. It was useless for us to prepare for three months, but it was still so slow."

Pan Dang explained from the side: "It's fast enough. It took a month for the Chu army to cross the river. And you crossed two thousand people in half a day. The speed is already terrifying enough. The people of Chu know that they should be envious of them."

Zhao Wu sighed: "The level of productivity... In three months, more than 30 boats were built. One ferry can only transport one thousand people, and only two ferries in half a day."

Wei Min persuaded: "We are different from the Chu people. Our armours are more complicated, and there are war horses accompanying them. The Chu people are simple. The army trained (Iron Leaf Armor) in only more than 300 people. We are all wearing armor and more than two weapons per capita... What's more, the river crossing location we chose is the widest place with the widest river surface. Yingshui is surging, and it is difficult to cross the river. The master wants to not attract the attention of the people of Dun. Under many restrictions, the speed is already good."

Zhao Wu pondered: "How did the Chu army cross the river? They came to fight every year and must have a large number of ships. These ships must be hidden somewhere - they could not put the ship in their pockets and pack them away, so..."

Pan Dang cut off Zhao Wu's words: "I know where the ship is hidden..."

Pan Dang took a deep breath and said slowly: "In history, our Chu army set out from Dun Kingdom to the north and then gathered again in Chen Kingdom. In the past, the ships stayed on the river surface and were ready to meet people on the other side of the river. Now the ships are gone. I think it is because Chu lost Chen Kingdom and is afraid that these ships will be taken away by the Chen people. However, there is only one place near Dun Kingdom where there is a large area of ​​shallows, and the troops can board the shallows and then wader on the boat - only there can be a large number of warships at the same time."

Zhao Wu nodded sympathetically. He waved his hand to greet the followers and handed them a few copper masks. He picked up a mountain ghost mask and put them on his face. Pan Dang also took the opportunity to pick up a pair of "He Bo" mask and put it on - he is a Chu native, a great hero respected by everyone in the Chu State. Many people in the Chu army know him. Now, he has to face the Chu army's attack, so he naturally can't bear it and wants to hide himself under the mask.

When the mask was put on, Pan Dang seemed to be much more relaxed under the cover of the mask - this is not surprising. Many people who have experienced the costume dance felt this way: they seemed to be able to indulge themselves after the mask.

The Pan Party now has a little self-deprecating indulgence: "Because Chu lost Chen State, our army was stationed on the other side of the river, and the Chu people did not want to confront us head-on, so they gathered all the ships and parked them at the ferry.

In fact, that ferry is not the best ferry nearby. The river is wide and it is a bit difficult to ferry, but fortunately the water flows there and can accommodate a large number of people on board the ship at the same time. Therefore, the camp of the Chu army's general Peng Ming is there. Of course, although the Chu army often comes and goes there and often stays there, they did not build a permanent city like us. Although their camp has been reinforced repeatedly, it is still very simple."

Zhao Wu already understood what Pan Dang meant, so he waved his hand and ordered: "When this wave of ships goes back, tell them to stop transporting auxiliary soldiers and transport all the boatmen over, all of them."

Wei Min interrupted and added: "First of all, we must transport the dog team here. We will camp here tonight. The soldiers are very tired. If there is no dog to help the vigil, there may be danger."

Zhao Wu nodded and added another one to his order. Then, he stood on the south bank of the river and waited patiently until the fleet completed the army.

Zhao Wu is a modern person. He knows the principle of "knowing yourself and knowing your enemy, and winning every battle", but unfortunately, southern China was not perfect at that time. Except for a simple path leading to the Dun Kingdom on the south bank of the Great River, the rest of the rest are dense forests. The slow movement speed and harsh road conditions make it a luxury to detect the enemy situation--the scouts take a day and night to go back and forth, and when the scouts send the news, the news is outdated.

In addition, the country road leading to the Dun Kingdom was the only nearby passage. If the scouts from Jin Kingdom appeared there, it would be equivalent to notifying the Chu people and the Dun Kingdom that the attack began immediately. Therefore, in order to maintain the suddenness of the attack, Zhao Wu had to give up the large-scale reconnaissance before the war.

Zhao Wu also thought of buying the fisherman from Dun Kingdom, but after a little attempt, Zhao Wu gave up this effort. Now it is a feudal society, and the loyalty of the people of the feudal society to the feudal monarch constitutes the super stability of the feudal society. Moreover, under this system, can a small citizen in a lower class know what military secrets of the monarch?

Because of these factors, Zhao Wu's army had already been pulled to the front line, but he knew nothing about the enemy's situation. It was precisely in order to break this ignorant situation that Zhao Wu pulled the cavalry to the other side in advance. He was preparing to rely on the mobility of the cavalry to investigate the situation on the other side clearly.

Fortunately, now there is Pan Dang. He has been here and has been stationed here.

It took another two days to understand the enemy situation in the vicinity of twenty miles: the Chu army and the Chu fleet were indeed in the place pointed out by the Pan Party. However, the southerners of Chu were obviously not as resistant to the cold as the Jin people. When the Jin people came to Chen, they only felt that Chen was warm, and after the Chu people went north to Chen, they only felt that Chen was colder than their hometowns. Therefore, most of the Chu army stayed in their own camps, and few people went out to wander around. Even when the Jin army touched them, they felt that they were slow.

In the past two days, Zhao soldiers shot and killed more than 30 Chu soldiers who occasionally left the camp. Then, the Chu people organized a search team to search. Under the guidance of the Pan Party, Zhao Wu carefully avoided the search team. After the Chu search team returned, the Chu people slightly increased their guard that day. For this reason, Zhao Wu waited patiently for two days. When the Wei soldiers also completed crossing the river, the guards of the Chu soldiers' camps became "internal but not external" - perhaps, they believed that the missing people were deserters, and they were not withstand the cold in the north and fled home privately.

The Chu army did not know that their enemy was already standing at the gate. In a sparse forest outside the Chu army camp, Zhao Wu looked at the Chu camp under the slope with a smile: "I knew that the romantic and passionate Chu people were the least used to persisting in doing things. No, they were not harassed for two consecutive days, and they immediately relaxed their guard... It's great, today is the fifth day, and the attack is set for today. We have two days to fight, and the remaining nine days are used to clean up the mess, and then..."

Then it was time for the Lu army to retreat. After the Lu army retreated, Zhao Wu's Rong was still three months away.

Zhao Wu walked to Wei Jiang and said calmly: "This time, I, Zhao Bing, take the lead."

Wei Jiang shook his head gently: "I know you are afraid that I will complain, but everyone is doing national affairs. How can I complain? I just saw that your soldiers have long swords and shields in their hands. Such weapons cannot break the camp. Therefore, we should do this. During the Battle of Yanling, my Wei family soldiers first withdrew from the battle and were secretly complained by the king. Today they encountered the Chu army. For the honor of the family, you can't fight with me."

Zhao Wu answered with the situation: "Since that's the case, I will work in the second echelon and will definitely cooperate with you."

Wei Jiangzheng pointed: "I heard Zhao Bing's private comments that fighting with the Han Bing is the most reassuring thing for them. After this battle, I want Zhao Bing to know that I, Wei Bing, are also trustworthy."

Zhao Wu nodded and turned around and walked to the Xu army. The Xu army eliminated the old and weak this time. After another three months of training, the selected 4,000 soldiers were already looking like soldiers. However, due to the limited ferry boats, Xu army's chariots were not sent here, so these Xu army turned into infantry, which made them very uncomfortable.

Zhao Wu solemnly bowed to the general of Xu State: "In this battle, my Jin people rushed forward, and Xu State only needs to suppress our back formation. I do not ask Xu State to fight bravely, I only ask you: When our battle is still victorious, you insist on staying on the battlefield. When we win, you can join the battle and seek spoils."

A general of Xu asked timidly: "What if the Jin people are defeated?...I heard that the Chu State left the general Peng Ming. There are 50,000 troops in the Chu army camp, but your troops are only 4,500. 4,500 people will attack 50,000 people to defend the camp, I am worried..."

Zhao Wu interrupted the other party: "Don't worry, I, Jin people, have been defeated, but in the past 100 years, we have only been defeated twice, and this time will never be the third time! Of course, if we are defeated, you can run away. I have discussed with the deputy commander in advance. Even if you escape back to the camp, the deputy commander will not blame you."

After saying that, Zhao Wu returned to Wei Jiang and once again reminded: "On that day (during the battle of Yanling), Wei Qi dared to lead the Wei family soldiers to pounce on the entire Chu army. Now, the Wei family soldiers are no longer as good as before, but the Chu army opposite is not all the Chu forces. I hope the Wei family soldiers will not let Wei Qi be shamed."

Wei Jiangzheng pointed at the head. Wei Shu was young and energetic. He jumped up and shouted to the generals of Wei's soldiers: "Have you heard it? General Zhao's general doubts whether your courage is as usual. Do you doubt whether your courage has weakened with the passage of time - for the honor of the family and the reputation of the warrior, let us move forward bravely today."

Zhao Wu returned to his own soldiers and his expression was still unhurried: "Have you heard that, the people from the Wei family are going to fight to the death! Tell me, who was pursuing the entire Chu army alone in the Battle of Yanling?"

Zhao Jiabing thrust his chest and shouted: "We!"

"Tell me, who stayed alone in the camp after the Battle of Yanling to fight against the entire Zheng State army?"

"us!"

"Tell me, when we were weak, even when we were facing the entire Chu army and the entire Zheng army, we were not afraid. Today, there were only a group of remnants of Chu who were so cold that they could not stretch their hands and feet. Would we be afraid?"

"Not afraid! We are not afraid!"

"Go—use the weapons in your hands to make the enemy tremble and make the enemy terrify. After all, I have won, and I firmly believe in this."

After hearing Zhao Wu’s inciting the soldiers, Wei Jiang, who was praying before the battle, reminded his son: “Zhao Wuzi has fought hard. Zhao Wuzi, who has always been reluctant to consume his soldiers, has to fight to the death this time. Child, no matter how much injury you suffer this time, you are not allowed to stay. As long as you can climb, you can climb forward for me.”

Wei Shu nodded and replied: "I have a good relationship with Wei Min. A few days ago Wei Min told me that news came from our military camp that Fan Yi wanted to enter Zhao Wuzi's Jipi Duck City. Zhao Wuzi's prayer that night was: 'God, please move this bitter cup away.' It is said that this prayer made the Zhao soldiers and generals who listened to him cry.

Wei Min explained: The Zhao family had just been re-established. Although they were protected by the marshal and deputy marshal, their foundation was weak after all. So as soon as they left the camp, someone was trying to make trouble behind them. I don’t know how hard it was for the Zhao family who stayed in China.

The generals of the Zhao family believed that the root of this suffering was war. They came to the Rongshou of Chen, who was far away from the country, so that the Zhao family had no time to develop. If the Zhao family could achieve two or three years of peace, after those two or three years, they would not be afraid of anyone's challenge."

Wei Jiang suddenly realized - I said that this time I sent troops, why didn't any of the Zhao think tanks appear? Zhao Wuzi only brought a group of fierce men who charged in the battle. It turned out that the situation in their country was even more serious... I understood: Wuzi wanted to solve the Chen problem in one battle, so that our Jin State's troops would no longer be entangled with Chen State every year. But he seemed to have forgotten, and he forgot why Lu State wanted to withdraw its troops.

So even if he solved the problem of Chen State, our Jin State's troops will still be in peace. Soon, we will face the challenge of Qi State.

After a moment of pause, Wei Jiang ordered again: "Then let's fight! Zhao army is going to fight to the death, how can Wei Junzu not be with him?"

Zhao Bing's prayers before the war were long. The Wei Bing, who had finished his prayers, sorted out the team and walked slowly out of the forest where they were hiding.

People in the Spring and Autumn Period emphasized divination and praying for every thing they did. This was a custom at that time. The people of Jin, who paid attention to rules, implemented this regulation very strictly. When divination and praying, it caused a lot of noise. Even though the Chu people did not know the existence of Jin people before, the typical way of praying for Jin people was held, and the Chu people immediately understood: the Jin army was here.

The communication situation was not good at that time. The generals of the Chu army hurriedly dispatched troops and arranged defenses. The officers drove the soldiers out one by one. Just as the team was sorted out, the Wei soldiers held a large shield in one hand and a long sword in the other, and used the arrogant and calm attitude unique to the Jin army to advance to the Chu army camp neatly.

"It's the Wei army!" The Chu army, who recognized the origin of the Jin army, made a noise in unison.

Back then, Wei Qi led the Wei family soldiers to fight. Although that battle caused heavy casualties and no recession, Wei Qi was killed by Yang Youji, even if he was defeated, he won the respect of the Chu army.

The Chu army, who recognized the identity of the Wei family, was panicked, and the defense arrangement became even more chaotic due to the soldiers' disobedience to command. At this moment, Zhao Bing, who had ended his prayers before the war, walked out of the jungle.

"Hiss--" The Chu army took a breath of air conditioning.

Regarding Zhao Wu's reputation, his reputation in Chu State is even louder than Wei Qi, because this man once pursued the King of Chu alone. It is rumored that he easily killed Pan Dang on the road by Pan Dang, and rushed to the King of Chu's frame. Then, out of respect for the royal power, he politely retreated.

Who is Pan Dang? At that time, the second place in the world was tied with Yang Youji. When this man rushed to the frame of the King of Chu, Yang Youji was also beside him, but he didn't take action. At that time, Zhao Wu had just won the championship and was so dazzling when he first started fighting. Although his weapon to kill Pan Dang was mysterious, since that weapon could kill Pan Dang, it could also kill other people.

The Chu army in the camp could not understand the reality of the Jin army. When they saw that the first ones were Wei Jiabing and Zhao Jiabing appeared, an officer went back in panic and reported to the general Peng Ming: "General, the Jin army is here. It seems that they are going to fight to the death. The first ones put out the Wei Jiabing and Zhao Jiabing."

Peng Ming was also panicked, and he stamped his feet in anger: "It's so unkind and righteous that the Jin army actually fought in a daze."

The Chu officer who informed him was also very angry: "Yes, Jin State did too inauthentic this time. Why didn't we notify us and attack us? When did the Jin people fight as despicable and shameless as the Wu people?"

Peng Ming was discussing the undeclared battle with the Chu generals. Another Chu officer rushed to report: "The Xu army appeared. Zhao Bing came out of the jungle, followed by Xu. In addition, there were many flags in the forest. The soldiers beside our village wall were panicked."

Peng Ming figured it out: "Even the weak Xu people appeared. It seems that the Jin people have not only mobilized their own troops this time, but the armies of all countries may be there, we..."

Peng Ming wanted to say: We are a remnant army, and we will definitely not be able to fight against the coalition forces around the world. It is better to retreat.

But Peng Ming couldn't say this, and he was waiting for his subordinates to express his opinion.

According to the rules of Chu, the defeated commander of the army would commit suicide and apologize. If he issued the order to withdraw the army, he would not survive when he returned. But if his subordinates suggested that he would retreat in order to preserve his strength and avoid the edge of the Jin army, he would have a scapegoat afterwards.

Nowadays, no one is a fool.

Just as the general Peng Ming and his subordinates were staring at each other, another Chu officer rushed over and shouted: "The Wei soldiers have entered the range. Why haven't our archers come up yet? Sir, increase your troops quickly."

The camps in the Spring and Autumn Period were simple, and the most luxurious temporary camps had a simple earth trough. Due to the severe rain in the south, the camps built by the Chu army did not even have earth troughs, just a simple row of sparse wooden stakes. What’s funny is that because the climate in the Spring and Autumn Period was very suitable for crop growth, many wooden stakes were sprouted, or were covered with mushrooms and weeds.

Behind the sparse wooden stakes, the more sparse Chu soldiers stood, shooting out a few more sparse arrows... Most of the Wei soldiers looked down on this, and they only used their heads to avoid the arrows. At the same time, the arrows of the Chu soldiers fell on the Wei soldiers' armor, and the damage caused was negligible.

Zhao Wu has never been willing to treat his comrades who fought side by side with him. He always believed that the stronger the cannon fodder, the more worry he was. In the past, the Han soldiers fought side by side with him, and afterwards, they completed the upgrade of armor and weapons, and the same was true for the Wei soldiers. But compared to the way Han soldiers used their free use, Wei soldiers paid for the upgrade of armor and weapons this time.

Previously, the Wei family and the Zhao family robbed Xu Guodu together. Afterwards, because the Wei soldiers suffered a lot of casualties, Zhao Wu asked them to choose the spoils first as usual. Wei Jiang then used Xu Guo's spoils to exchange some of the protective equipment of Zhao Wu... This is why Wei Jiang kept smiling after fighting Xu Guo.

Relying on the Wei family alone, if you want to complete the original accumulation and upgrade the Wei family's armor and weapons, let alone how many generations of technical accumulation the Wei family will accumulate for this. Even if he has this intention, he also needs the unremitting efforts of several generations of the Wei family to save money. This time, using the things from Xu people (seized items) to exchange for the upgrade of the Wei family's weapons, can Wei Jiang not smile?

At present, the shield in the charge of Wei's soldiers is an upgraded product.

In the past, the shields used by Wei's warriors were made of thick wooden boards. Since there were no nails at that time, these wooden shields were spliced ​​with whole wooden boards, or different wooden boards were used to splice them through mortise and tenon structures. The former was uneven and unstable in the center of gravity; the latter was not strong and would be crushed by impact. The same disadvantages of these two were too bulky.

The shield in Wei's hand is a thin plate knocked out with a whole piece of bronze. They are pointed above and below, shaped like a wedge, and there is a layer of cowhide on the inner side of the shield, and then fixed with cross iron bars. These iron bars fix the shape of the shield and strengthen the shield's defense ability.

This shield is more than one person tall, just blocking the whole body of the soldier. Although the bronze plate is very thin and soft, it shakes in the wind and the entire shield sways like waves, such a shield has a perverted defense ability...

When he received the shield, Wei Jiang thought Zhao Wu was fooling them and went to him to argue. As a result, Zhao Wu told a great theory, such as "the best is like water", "using softness to overcome hardness", and "kinetic energy to buffer"... Wei Jiang was so confused by Zhao Wu that he was dizzy. After returning, he found that the shield was indeed as Zhao Wu said.

Afterwards, the Wei family was completely convinced. Zhao Wu is worthy of being the author of the Baigui Tuan. The Wei family believes whatever Zhao Wuzi says in the future.

At this moment, sporadic rapiers hit the shield, and most of the shields were slightly deformed. After a little rebound, the rapier slid down the shield. Occasionally, one or two swords came fiercely and pierced on the shield, but only a shallow pit was left, which was immediately blocked by the leather behind and fell off the shield as the Wei soldiers walked.

As we approached, through the sparse fence, we could see the panicked face of the Chu army behind us. At this time, the drum horns of the Wei family army changed, and two soldiers shouted: "Abandon the shield."

The gorgeously decorated shield was thrown to the ground without hesitation. Wei Jiabing held a spear in his hands and stabbed forward from the gap between the wooden fences. The first spear was completed, and the second spear continued to move forward. Three consecutive spears forced the Chu soldiers behind the fences. The fourth spears followed. They turned the spears and hooked the top of the fences with horizontal branches. He pulled them down hard. The wooden pillars outside the Chu army camp were pulled and tilted...

At this time, Wei Shu shouted: "It's too late. Zhao Bing has come up, and he sent orders to beat the drum and ordered the whole team to lie down."

Behind the fence, a group of Chu archers were running in panic. When Wei soldiers, who were pulling the wooden stake, heard the change of drum sounds, immediately rushed forward and pounced on the pole. Later, another Wei soldier who had already rushed to the fence, squatting down and throwing away the battle spear in his hand.

As soon as two rows of Wei soldiers lay down, the people behind them were revealed. They were Zhao Bing holding a sword. They jumped into the air, stepped on the knees of the squatting Wei soldiers, and jumped up again. This time they jumped on the shoulders of Wei soldiers who were lying on the spear pole... With the help of the human ladder formed by the Wei soldiers, they jumped into the Chu army's camp.

The close-knit fight began, and Zhao Bing fought in the camp. At the fence, the Wei soldiers holding long spears began to clear the fences of the camp without being disturbed.

More gaps were opened, and more Jin troops rushed in.

In close combat, the Jin army was invincible.

This is because the Jin army is highly organized and always bullies individuals with teams. At this moment, the Jin army rushed into the camp organized to separate the Chu army. Then, relying solely on the large number of people to bully the few people, they beat the Chu army soldiers who were separated into individually and chop them into meat paste. In contrast, the Chu army's resistance was obviously unorganized. They always fought desperately with a single and lonely force, and ultimately proved how futile this kind of resistance was...
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