Chapter 331: The military force is like water

"It's not just a crossbow." Zhao Wu is first-class in destroying others' self-confidence: "This is a new era. The large-scale use of iron tools has completely eliminated bronze tools. From then on, the sharpness of the Ethereum sword is a joke in front of the iron sword."

Zhao Wu pointed casually: "Did you see that the iron armor covered in the soldier's chest is one of the new technologies. We have tested it. The general bronze swords have almost no harm to this cold-forged iron armor, because the hardness of the two is very different. Therefore, the common sense is that the bronze sword is bent in front of the iron armor - if the sword body is too brittle, it will break.

Even the iron sword has almost no harm to this kind of forging iron armor - I tried it with my own hands, it is almost exempt from stabbing, and the sword stabbing is very ineffective on the iron armor. Because the damage of the stabbing is borne by the entire iron armor, one sword stabbing often pushes the iron armor backwards. Unless someone behind him is holding this pair of armor, he can stab the sword in a very difficult manner.

It seems that only the power of slashing can destroy the iron armor. This may be because the power of slashing is in an instant, and the iron armor does not have time to disperse its power to the entire chest. However, slashing requires both accurate vision and sufficient impact speed. At this point, the chariot cannot do it."

Zhao Wu did not mention that this kind of iron armor was most worried about blunt weapon damage. He did not need to expose his shortcomings to the Chu people.

"With sufficient impact speed, the damage caused by the iron sword is far greater than that of bronze weapons - bronze weapons are soft and are only suitable for stabbing. If chopping, the weapon will be bent. The iron sword has enough hardness and toughness, and it is not a problem whether it is stabbed or chopped. Therefore, from the diversity of combat methods, from the perspective of sharpness and hardness, iron weapons will definitely eliminate all bronzes."

After a breath, Zhao Wu continued to add in a kind tone: "The scale of wars in the future is getting bigger and bigger, more professional and more frequent, and these are the purpose of our military system reform. In the future, wars will no longer be a group fight model. Under professional wars, strong a strong army and powerful soldiers are the only condition for victory.

My soldiers have firm armor and sharp weapons. Slow chariots cannot harm them. But under the attack of my crossbow and iron sword, they move slowly and demanding on the battlefield. No matter how thick leather armor the warriors wear on the chariots are, they are fragile in front of my fast and flexible infantry and cavalry. So I, Zhao, don’t need a chariot, we just need to run.

Speaking of chariots... Oh, most of the components such as wheels and hubs of chariots are made of wooden, and they are large next to them. They travel thousands of miles away and need to be repaired all the way. The repaired parts are not small in size, and this job is high-tech. Carpenters who are not skilled in craftsmanship cannot do it... If you have the time to carry chariot accessories, our army can carry more bows and arrows and more food and grass..."

It’s not that people in Chunqiu cannot understand the destruction of Zhao Wu’s words on people’s minds. Zidang was trembling all over when he heard this at first, and finally he burst into tears.

The chariots have been rampant on the Central Plains for thousands of years. When Huangdi fought against Chiyou, they began to use chariots; chariots have been used as a standard for measuring a country's force for thousands of years. Until now, the military power of a country has been "several chariots" to talk about their own combat effectiveness.

Ten years ago, as the overlord of the world, the State of Jin combined with the national strength, but only had hundreds of soldiers. In modern China, there were probably more than one thousand soldiers who knew how to launch missiles! There were probably more than ten thousand soldiers with the top sports car Ferrari. Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, people who knew how to drive tanks were more high-tech than those who knew how to launch missiles, and people who owned tanks became richer than those who owned Ferrari.

Poor Zidang, the Gongsun of Chu, started training since the age of five years old. He climbed in the middle of the night from the fifth hour to train his sense of balance and his martial arts. He has been persevering for decades. Now he can maintain balance without holding the shaft of the bumpy chariot, and can also shoot left and right, fight with swords, and drive the chariot.

Just now, just now, Zhao Wu said lightly that the skills he had learned from childhood to adulthood were all useless, useless, garbage, and things that should be eliminated... Just now, when Zhao Wu finished saying that, Zidang's worldview collapsed.

The skills he cherished and proudest since childhood were completely useless. The hard work he worked hard since childhood was just wasting time!

Zidang opened his mouth several times, trying to refute Zhao Wu... He wanted to say: In the last war, you, Zhao Wu, added metal torque to the wheels of the chariot, which gave Mercedes-Benz light cars a damage power that surpassed the chariot. Our State of Chu saw it and remembered it in his heart. In recent years, he has imitated your behavior, vigorously reduced the number of bulky chariots and increased the proportion of chariots. Oh, we finally re-engineered the army, tell us that you no longer play chariots - cheating, don't bring such a thing!

He wanted to say: You kept saying that the chariots were not good, but this time you went south, the Wei army was still a chariot army, which means you still recognize the power of the chariots... You, you, how many years did you make the chariots go? Will you die?

However, Zidang asked himself, and what Zhao Wu said made him irrefutable.

Among the Central Plains, it was not someone else who first studied iron technology, but Chu State. The four famous swords of Fenghuzi shocked the world and became legends that were circulated for the next three thousand years. According to legend, these four iron swords can help people cultivate immortals and become gods, they can move mountains and seas and transform the sun and moon... Oh, but they cannot defeat Zhao Wu. That is why Zhao Wu blocked the door and forced the Chu people to offer "Immortal Sword" and the alchemy talents who forged the "Immortal Sword".

The Chu State's forging technology is outstanding. The Chu Yue bronze sword is still a treasure in the modern collection world and a rare treasure. The Chu State originally had iron technology that surpassed the rest of the country, and the sharpness of the iron was known for a long time, so he did not want to argue about it. But what made him depressed was that although the Chu State's iron technology was ahead of other countries, the iron tool was called "evil gold" in the land of Chu Yue.

Of course, it is correct to say that iron tools are "evil gold". In the Spring and Autumn Period without anti-rust technology, iron tools have many inconveniences in the south. For example, the four famous swords forged by Feng Huzi are extremely rare... But the remains of Feng Huzi are now in the hands of the Jin people. If the Jin people forged swords with half of Feng Huzi's technology, it would probably be surprising that the bronze swords in the world would become useless.

The terrible iron armor, the invincible iron sword, plus...

Zhao Wu Xianxian added: "After abandoning the chariot, I can add a configuration of a baggage battalion. My baggage can carry more 'standard parts' to ensure that I assemble catapults, crossbows, siege cars, rushing cars, crashing cars, and other weapons in the shortest time. In front of my new equipment, I promise: the chariots are just targets, the city is just a earthen building, and the enemy camps are the firewood knives that night our army cooked that night!"

Zhao Wu said this in a condescending posture. Zidang looked up at Zhao Wu on the horse's back and completely collapsed.

He is not a nobleman! Is he a nobleman who has no room for talking like this? Is there anyone who tormented like this? There is such...

Zidang was in a daze and did not pay any attention to the royal flag erected on the mountain.

The King of Zhou came. He stood on the hillside by the road, looking curiously at the army that was about to bring him the world to an end.

This made Zhao Wu very embarrassed. In order to cover up this embarrassment, he could only talk to Zi Dang... Of course, in Zi Dang's eyes, Zhao Wu pursued him relentlessly regardless of the noble demeanor.

The King of Zhou was the "king". For him, only the monarch of the kingdom was his subject. The minister of the monarch was "subject and subordinate" and was not qualified to talk directly to him - including Zhao Wu.

I remember that when Zhao Wu returned from Chu last time, the current king also observed Zhao Wu's queue on the hillside; last time, the former king hosted Zhao Wu, but repeatedly reminded him not to record this entertainment in history...

According to the Spring and Autumn Etiquette, Zhao Wu's team was very strange: his commander was the overlord, the throne of the king of the heavenly king (the housekeeper of the housekeeper). However, among the coalition forces, the nominal commander of the remaining armies of the other countries was the king of a country. According to the rules, when the princes of the various countries saw the king's flag, they had to get off the car to pay their respects to him - but their commander Zhao Wu was not qualified to see the king of heaven.

Zhao Wu's mind was overturned. He joined the Chu State under the banner of "respecting the king and expelling the barbarians". When he saw the king's flag, he did not respond. What should he say when the princes of various countries recorded this "accidental encounter"?

Well, seeing that he should have torture, Zhao Wu decided to let the Chu man go for the time being. He waved his hand and ordered: "Put the military flag and let the flag pass by."

The king's flag passes through the king's flag. If you don't want to see the "king flag", then put away the "king flag" to show respect for the king's flag.

Mr. Liu Ding, who was urging his horse from behind, happened to hear Zhao Wu's orders. When the troops rolled up their flags, Mr. Liu Ding ordered his chariot to stop. He twisted his beard and said, "It's a ritual!"

The coalition forces did not roar the golden drums, rolled up their flags and passed through Wang Ye quietly. Their armor gathered into a rolling silver wave. On the hillside, the King of Zhou looked at Zhao Wu's army and exclaimed: "Etiquette is also (polite)!"

The rolling silver tide crossed the Wangye and arrived at the border of Zheng State. Zhao Wu led his army around Taishi Mountain and rushed to the new policy. When he arrived fifty miles away from Xinzheng, Zidang woke up from a hazy state. After all, he was the grandson of the Chu king who had been through a long battle formation. He realized that the situation of Zhao Wu's army was wrong. Zidang hurriedly found Zhao Wu, who was located in the rear army, and asked: "Why are the soldiers wearing armor and lofty swords, and they are walking quickly - are you posing an attacking posture?"

The Jin army did march in an attacking manner.

Zheng State is the center of the Henan Plain and a natural battlefield for the battle between the north and the south. Because the terrain here is flat and the view is wide, it has always been the preferred battlefield for the Battle of Jin and Chu. Due to the wide terrain, the various units of the coalition forces have been fully launched, and the entire formation is very similar to the Kan Gua in the Bagua (two shorts, one longs, and two shorts).

At this time, the Lu army was divided into two, with the lord armed forces of Shusun Bao at the left position, and the lord armed forces of Duke Xiang of Lu.

Behind the Lu army was the four-nation coalition composed of Wei, Teng, Cao and Qi. The armies of these four countries were more scattered than those of the Lu people, and they walked into a line of scattered soldiers for transport.

Behind the Four-Nation Alliance is the army of the Wei family and the Zhao family. The armies of these two families have long had the experience of cooperating. They have now been mixed and divided into left and right moments, forming a long horizontal line as a whole, and advancing forward arrogantly. The Zhao family had no chariots at first, and after adding the Wei family's army, the military combinations were immediately complete. Of course, the entire front line became more and more daunting.

"Ah, this is nothing," Zhao Wu said without shame: "I am used to sneak attacking others. When I see such a flat terrain, I can't help but want to be careful, but I can't help it."

"This is not defense." Zidang remembers that he couldn't speak. The information was not transmitted smoothly in the Spring and Autumn Period. When Zidang left Chu Jun, King Ling of Chu was getting married in Xinzheng. Now, Zidang is not sure whether King Ling of Chu has left Xinzheng. Zhao Wu is a general with a reputation for sneak attacks and chasing the monarch. Seeing that Xinzheng is approaching, Zhao Wu suddenly ordered the entire army to wear armor and drive quickly... Zidang now regrets that he was too rogue in Xintian City.

Zhao Wu had destroyed Zidang's confidence. Zidang is no longer the wise and angry Chu noble who had just been on mission to Jin State. The only thing he considers now is: sign the alliance quickly, fool the Jin people, give Chu State a rest time to restore national strength.

"This is the attack formation - Marshal, please don't fool me as a fool. I practice martial arts at the age of five and go to battle at the age of fifteen. I am now the imperial court of Chu. The formation you have set up, the pioneer is divided into two wings, which is clearly the situation of two wings encircling; the central army is lined up in a horizontal line, which is an assault posture, and the rear of the palace is still left and right. I guess, you are planning to spread the two wings, entangle the enemy with the central army, and then protrude from the rear of the palace and break through the crowd of people in the melee."

"You are wrong," Zhao Wuzhen said: "The two wings are opened to let the enemy pioneers go and attack successors when they are attacked by the enemy. The central army is arranged in a horizontal line to resist the enemy's raids at the widest surface. The rear army of the palace is still arranged in a horizontal line to ensure the counterattack power-I cannot let the enemy attack and not fight back, right?"

Zidang was a nobleman. Although he was a barbarian, the Chu people had fought with Yan Huang for many years and had a lot of knowledge about the divination and witchcraft of Central Plains culture. He immediately refuted: "Marson, what you are showing is the Kan hexagram - Kan hexagram - Kan is the military force like water! If it is a defensive posture, it should be the Gen hexagram (one long, two short, two short) - Gen is not moving like a mountain!"

Zidang talks about the basic arrangement of troops and formations in the Spring and Autumn Period. The so-called length and shortness of the troops refer to the strength of the troops; the so-called Kan Gua sends troops and formations to facilitate surprise attacks, and the Gen Gua sends troops and is conducive to defense, which refers to the arrangement of scattered soldiers in different ways, which reflects the mobilization, reinforcement, and filling of the front-line troops, and each is conducive to defense, attack, or other.

Zhao Wu disdained to argue with Zi Dang in details. He pedaled the stirrups hard, stood up and looked ahead immediately, and replied casually: "Okay, no matter what you say, I am the commander of the coalition army. It is me who needs to be responsible for the coalition army, and it is me who needs to be ordered to the coalition army. I think this kind of marching queue is very good. I have already issued an order, right?"

Zidang was stunned.

Although Zhao Wu was not polite along the way, he at least maintained enough demeanor and maintained his open courtesy. But now Zhao Wu tore his face apart and showed obvious murderous intent... It is common for Chu people to use fake intermarriage and false peace to attack others. Considering that Zhao Wu's reputation as a sneak attack on the master, Zi shuddered.

The Jin army was full of smoke and dust, and the Lu army at the forefront was still advancing calmly, but the four-national coalition of the Central Army was already a little panicked, and could not even maintain its formation, and was in a state of shaking. Zhao Wu shook his head and turned around to look at the army beside him-they were still firm.

The military horn sounded, the Lu army stopped and slowly spread toward the two wings, forming an eight-character state with the central army. The Zhao family's Wei army also began to distance themselves... Zidang saw it and whispered: "It was indeed the two wings that surrounded the central army, resisted the rear army..."

A horse galloped over, Zidang suddenly became alert. He quietly left Zhao Wu's side, walked to a secluded place and called the followers, and ordered: "You leave the team privately and go to find the king, and tell the king: The people of Jin suddenly have a tough attitude, seemingly intending to attack, please be alert."

The whistle cavalry has arrived at the front of the central army. After a few questions and answers between the two sides, the whistle cavalry released the passage and rushed to Zhao Wu to report: "Marson, all the troops of our army have already taken their seats. When Zheng Jun heard that the marshal has arrived, he has led the ruling son out of the city to welcome him."

"Oh, Zichan has become the rule of Zheng State? When did it happen?"

The whistleblower bowed and replied: "Zichan plans to escape to our Jin State several times, but was stopped by the ruling Zheng State Zipi (Hanhu). Zipi felt deeply unable to control the nobles of Zheng State, so he wanted to give up Zichan. Zichan gave in several humility and said: "Zheng is a small country, sandwiched between the two major countries of Jin and Chu. The country has a large family and many favored ministers. It is really difficult to govern. You should let me go into exile."

But Zipi insisted: "I will summon the families to swear and take the lead in obeying you. Who else dares to refuse to accept it? Do you work hard, and the country is not afraid of small things. As long as you can serve a great country well, the situation of Zheng State may improve."

Three days ago, the Gongsuns of Zheng State and the ministers of the State of Zheng had a vow to the city of Xinzheng to respect Zichan, so Zichan became the prime minister. His first order was to respond to our order to send troops to the Song Dynasty. Hearing that the marshal had arrived in the suburbs of Xinzheng, Zichan led the ministers and officials to welcome him, and Zheng Jun was waiting at the gate of the city."

Zhao Wu sighed long, "The Guo family (Zi Chan is named Guoqiao, belonging to Guo family) has finally become the prime minister. The golden age of Zheng State has arrived. Ha, Zi Chan is really wise, knowing the strength and weakness... "

Zhao Wu said, his voice coldly: "Where is Mr. Chu?"

Zidang's expression tightened, and he thought to himself: Wu Zi finally showed his true face. Ah, we were at the city of Yingdu, endorsing the alliance "Although Chu has three households, Jin will surely be Chu." Zhao Wu arrogantly expressed disdain for such scolding and curse. At that time, I knew that he was unwilling to stop, and at that time, I knew that he wanted to continue fighting, and indeed.

The whistle detective replied: "The news that the marshal set off from Xintian came. Chu Jun immediately entered Song and marched near Chenling. The lower army, Zhishuo, led the army to welcome him, forcing the camp to build a fortress, and did not allow him to stand up with the Chu army. Chu Jun asked, and the lower army, replied: "Ying received the order to Rong Song, but he did not know that Chu Jun was hunting here and did not dare to humiliate his mission."

Zhao Wu asked: "Did the two sides fight?"
Chapter completed!