Chapter 340 Such a demon

Whether the war reignites or not is not something a small officer of the Han family can decide.

At the beginning, Zhao Wu first planned to build the Punishi platform near Yingdu to better intimidate the State of Chu. However, after he withdrew his troops, the construction of the Punishi platform was fully planned by Han Qi. The latter was an old nobleman. Out of the politeness of the aristocratic people, Han Qi believed that it was too disrespectful to build the Punishi platform at the door of someone else's house. Moreover, such a Punishi platform was not convenient for long-term survival.

Therefore, Han Qi moved the address of the Mercenary Tower a lot to the north. Although the Mercenary Tower is still within the territory of Chu, he is closer to Song State and only more than 200 miles away from the Jin State enclave Xinzhi, which makes it easier for the Mercenary Tower to obtain supplies from Song State during the construction process.

After the turmoil in the state of Chu, Han Qi, who was guarding the Rongdu city in Yingdu, directly led his army back to Song. On the way back, he passed by the Mercenary Taiwan. Han Qi left behind less than a thousand left-behind troops to prevent the destructors... Then, Han Qi was summoned back to the country, and he left directly from Song with an eye on his return. Considering that the Chu army was in Zheng, he chose the route to avoid the Chu army. Of course, he also passed by Zhao Wu, who was directly rushing to the Chu army.

Because he left in a hurry and Han Qi did not intend to attract the attention of the Chu army, no one informed him when he left, and only brought a small number of light guards. This team guarding the Mercenary Platform was completely forgotten by him. In ancient times, communication technology was not developed. If Yan Ying had not come, the small Han officer would not even know that the head of the family had run back to China. Can such a person make a statement about Yan Ying's words?

The Han officer Weiwei: "I heard that the marshal is leading the army to come here... I will wait a few days before I see my marshal. I will tell my marshal."

I am just a little guardian. If you have any questions, you can talk to my marshal yourself.

Yan Ying thought that the officer who guarded such an important facility must be an important official of the Han family, so his opinions could be quickly reflected to Zhao Wu. In this way, he put forward his own opinions and avoided head-on conflicts with Zhao Wu. But he did not expect that Han Qi did not play according to the rules and arranged a forgotten person to be the highest commander of the swearing platform in a manner that did not conform to the rules.

Yan Ying looked at the direction of Chu and said to himself: "The world has been waiting for peace for a long time. If peace can be achieved, we can concentrate on dealing with the drought... All countries are about to sign a contract, so don't make any more troubles."

Speaking of this, Yan Ying sighed. He knew that he had said nothing, and the officer in front of him could not understand at all.

At this time, in the territory of Song State, Chu Linggong was rushing to the road with pride. He took off his bird cage and was relaxed. While enjoying the surrounding scenery, he said to Gongsun Guisheng (Yuzi of Cai Guoxian) who was in the same car: "I don't know that the scenery in Cai State is so beautiful... This place is so beautiful, with birds singing and flowers everywhere, and the surrounding terrain is smooth, which is most suitable for chariots and Mercedes-Benz."

This is a bit of a slap in the face. What does this mean that the scenery here is unique?

Now this place belongs to the State of Song. I didn’t see Chu Jun praise him before, but now the mountains and rivers are still the same. Guisheng only felt sad when he saw him. Chu Jun praised it for being good - no matter how good it is, it is still a scenery for others.

Guisheng didn't know that Chu Jun often praised other countries for their beautiful scenery. In real history, Chu Jun returned from Zheng and loved the scenery of Cai. So after the alliance ended, he immediately destroyed Cai.

"I am already very satisfied with the people who are destroyed by the country. Seeing the old national garden again, how can I be happy?" Gui Sheng replied slowly.

Chu Jun was a little speechless. He brought a phonon with him at this time. He felt that the Chu State Group was too weak. He thought that he could take the opportunity to ask the Cai State Office back at the League and find another place to restore the country so that many of the Chu State allies could be. However, during this meeting, Zhao Wu suppressed him everywhere. Duke Ling of Chu felt a sense of fear when he saw the other party, and he did not dare to talk about this issue casually.

The same fate as the Prince of Chen is also the one with the same fate as the Prince of Cai. Depending on the situation, the Yanhuang Group will never spit out the meat that is eaten in its mouth.

Duke Ling of Chu thought about it and couldn't think of words to comfort Guisheng. At this moment, a military horn sounded next to him, and the rumbling horse hooves made the ground tremble. Duke Ling of Chu was shocked and hurriedly called on guards left and right. But after a while, Bozhou Li and Zidang came over in a chariot, and Zidang reported: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter, it's the Zhao family's cavalry."

Duke Ling of Chu became even more confused: "Is Zhao catching up?"

Bozhou Li signaled with a look, and Zidang replied dissatisfiedly: "Why did the king say that he was 'chasing him'? We and the Jin army were originally marching on their own. The cavalry was fast, and it was natural to catch up with us... It doesn't matter whether we chase or chase."

Duke Ling of Chu finally escaped from Zhao Wu's encirclement. At this moment, the sound of horse hooves resounded all around him. He was naturally very reluctant: "I heard that Zhao Wuzi had ridden a horse and chased the previous king alone. I always thought that thousands of horses were riding on horseback, but they were similar to more than a thousand chariots. Unexpectedly, these more than a thousand war horses were galloping and had such power. Taizai, Lingyin, I finally escaped from the cage and did not want to be under the attack of the coalition forces anymore - let's speed up."

Zidang looked at Bozhou Li, and Bozhou Li slowly shook his head. Zidang thought for a while and replied: "Your Majesty, we cannot speed up. They are riding alone. Our war horses are dragging their chariots and walking slowly, and they cannot surpass the cavalry no matter what."

As he was speaking, a military horn rang, and the Zhao cavalry who were following the Chu army slowed down. Bozhou Li's face changed and he wanted to speak but stopped. Duke Ling of Chu did not notice the private exchanges between the two important officials. He said anxiously: "No matter what, I don't want to be wrapped in the center by the coalition forces when camping tonight. You two think of a way and as soon as possible-"

The young master Guisheng next to him said slowly: "I heard that among the five armies of Jin, the Zhao family is known for their goodness in running."

The reminder of Gongzi Guisheng was beneficial, as if it was annotation of his words. A team of Zhao infantry appeared around the Chu army. The King of Chu was shocked and asked, "Cabinets, I only heard the sound of horse hooves. Where did their cavalry go?"

Zidang was speechless, and he looked at Bozhou Pi, and the latter had to barely speak: "The sound of drums and trumpets shows that the cavalry has spread to the wings to expand the search range."

As he spoke, the Zhao infantry who followed him gradually slowed down. The Chu army escaped from the control of the Jin army, which made Chu Linggong look happy: "After all, our army moves fast... Dazai, why are you worried? Don't worry, the Jin army set out behind us and rushed to us all the way, and they are exhausted - look, their speed has slowed down."

Bozhou plowed his quilt and stared at him, and had to say slowly: "Have you ever seen hunting? What we are facing now is a hunting."

The title of Chu's king and ministers for Duke Ling of Chu was chaotic. When there were no one else, they called Duke Ling of Chu the "king", but as long as they were in front of the princes of various countries, they would definitely call King Chu the "king". Now that things are urgent, the title of Chu's minister is immediately changed.

Duke Ling of Chu did not pursue the change of title, but he was already used to it. The situation was urgent, Duke Ling of Chu was busy asking: "What does it mean?"

"Justice, the Jin army conducts a military parade every three years to test whether the lord's troops are qualified. Before the military parade, the most important thing is a hunting warm-up. The First Governor's Council allocates the lord's troops to divide each area and conducts a large round-up to check the lord's troops' familiarity with military orders..."

Seeing that the king and minister of Chu were still confused, Bozhou Li took a breath and said, "My Leshi Shikuang once wrote a book on military arts. Before his death, he handed over the book on military arts to Zhao Wuzi for publication. His book said: The ultimate secret of military arts is just two words: advance and retreat.

It is said that Zhao Wuzi's annotation on this is: the so-called "advance and retreat" is a combination of organizational science and coordinated science to demonstrate the command and allocation ability of soldiers.

Wu Zi said something that hit the nail on the head. The way of military strategy is indeed just these two words. Advance when hearing the drum and retreat when hearing the gold. If a soldier can obey orders and advance and retreat according to the commander's wishes, then there is no doubt about the outcome of the war - who is better at leveraging his own advantages and who is more agile and intelligent army, then the victory belongs to whoever wins."

The army around Jin seemed to be adding annotations to Bozhou Li. Bozhou Li pointed to the Jin army that was catching up with him and explained: "Jin army just sounded the horn of hunting. They treated us as hunting targets, or imagined the enemy to deploy military forces - Jin State came about seven divisions this time, of which Zhao Wuzi brought four divisions. According to the past military system, these four divisions were about one army, but I heard that under the new military system, there were only three divisions in Jin State, so Zhao Wuzi must have brought an army and a division guard to join the alliance.

Similarly, the Wei family also came about a considerable army, but the Wei family was not qualified to lead the guards, so the Wei family had only one army and about three divisions - the army of these seven divisions, and there was no estimated Zhiying's subordinates. As a territory outside the country, I guess Zhao Wu would not incorporate Zhiying into the army, and perhaps he would let Zhiying become an army alone. This is because the army outside the country was different from the army's command, and the organization and training methods were also different. Famous generals would not say such a military gang to mix up his command system.

Under the new army system, the Jin army used a brigade as a combat unit. Just counting the Zhao family and the Wei family, they had about seven divisions, that is, thirty-two to thirty-five brigades. Zhao Wuzi showed us his command ability by commanding more than thirty-two brigades. He was afraid of us."

Bozhou Li was still not satisfied with his feelings, so Zidang quickly asked: "How to show it?"

"During the hunting, each unit has its own operational area. When the scout drives the prey to the first area, the troops where the prey arrives immediately notify the troops in the next area to prepare, and they will go around according to the command. The combat area of ​​each unit is fixed. When they fight while surrounding and killing prey, they will reach the edge of their combat area, and they will also obey the commander's order and decide to continue to enter the next hunting area, or stop there and retreat to their assembly area.

Master, above the battle formation, if you can attack and guard, it is a strong army. An army only remembers to attack forward and forget the area you defend, so that the troops on the next level of defense will directly face the enemy's attack. The so-called famous generals are good at discovering the occasionally exposed gaps of the enemy and directly hitting the weak places of the enemy. Therefore, the army that patronizes the attack without regard to the defense of the area is not a strong army. But an army that can obey orders and advance and retreat is the favorite of the marshal. Therefore, the hunting carried out before each military parade of Jin State is to test the marshal and the lord's command ability on his own army.

As soon as Bozhou Li finished speaking, a military horn rang. Bozhou Li commented: "This is the sound of stopping, and the army that followed us is about to stop."

At this moment, Bozhou Li seemed to have returned to the Battle of Yanling, and was full of energy to give guidance to the King of Chu again: "The so-called 'attack is like water, and it is everywhere; it is like a mountain, and it is unshakable; it is difficult to catch up with it. Look, if the Jin army stops, they will immediately 'retreat and retreat'."

Sure enough, the horn sounded, and the Jin army began to stand still. Then, the Jin army turned back neatly and turned around to evacuate... Duke Ling of Chu was overjoyed: "The people of Jin have retreated this time!"

Duke Ling of Chu means: We have many soldiers, and the Jin army cannot shake our camp with just the vanguard, so they have to retreat to preserve their strength.

The people of Jin did not have the concept of preserving their strength. As soon as Chu Linggong finished speaking, Bozhou Li shook his head and Zi Dang frowned. Even the Duke of Cai, who was next to him, felt that Duke Linggong was so arrogant... Stopped, the military horn of the Jin army was long and loud. Bozhou Li added annotations: "The 22nd Brigade was approaching us just now. Now Zhao Wuzi divided the range of advance for the 21st Brigade-all brigade-all brigades-all brigades of the Jin army will treat us as simulated prey and launch simulated attacks in sequence."

"This is the Twenty-first Brigade..."

"This is the 20th Brigade..."

Bozhou Li explained Zhao Wu's army one by one according to order: "The so-called 'good luck' and 'orders' are the ones that are about this - the Jin army attacks like a tide, each unit attacks its own exhaustion point, stops immediately, and withdraws from the attack channel, and the next army launches attacks in sequence. The attacks are always the new forces transferred from the back, and we have to use the front army to deal with it.

Ah, Zhao Wuzi was called the world's number one general in the past, and I often feel dissatisfied. This time, I am convinced that he demonstrated his command skills."

Chu Linggong was dissatisfied: "We can also rotate the head platoon troops - replace the exhausted army and replace the army that has rested in the back platoon to deal with it."

Bozhou Li looked at Duke Ling of Chu as if he was looking at an idiot: "Your Majesty, we are still in the marching, how can we command the rotation of the front row troops?"

Duke Ling of Chu is very proud of his face: "The Jin army is also marching. Can they do it, and can we do it?"

Zidang remained awake: "King, what signal should we use to identify the various troops... Well, I mean, if I plan to mobilize the Seventh Brigade, what signal should we use to let the Seventh Brigade know?"

Duke Ling of Chu was unbelievable: "The Jin army mobilized more than 30 brigades in turn. Could it be that each of these more than 30 brigades had an identification signal?"

Bozhou Li was weak: "They have - look, a long tone represents ten, three long tone represents thirty, short tone represents single digits, and sliding tone represents five... These are two long tones, one slide, and one short tone - twenty-five plus one equals twenty-six, and now the 26th brigade is mobilized. This short sentence represents the twentieth brigade. The meaning of all music is: the 26th brigade attack advances to our twentieth brigade, and then stops, turns, and gives up the attack position. The 24th brigade attack is one point, and their attack cutoff point is our middle part..."

Duke Ling of Chu was very excited: "We can send communication soldiers to mobilize them one after another..."

"Useless--" Zidang was convinced this time: "The communication soldiers galloped forward and back. When they arrived at the command, the attack sequence of the Jin army changed again. If the front line of the front line just replaced and another round of attacks of the Jin army came, we exposed a gap. Our army's reaction was not as fast as the Jin army, and the speed of changing formations was not as fast as the Jin army. The attack and defense were changed. The Jin army used orders to guide us. We used the command soldiers. Just the difference in the time of the message transmission was enough for us to suffer a big defeat.

Ah, I heard that after Wu Zi defeated us, he immediately returned to China to reorganize the army with the power of great victory. At that time, I thought Wu Zi was in poverty and broke up a victorious army for nothing and reorganized it. Now it seems that I am stupid. The command art of the Jin army is not the same order of magnitude as us. We are still conservative, how can we not defeat it?"

Duke Ling of Chu was desperate: "Is there really no way?"

Zidang shook his head; Bozhou Li shook his head; Chu Linggong looked at Guisheng, hoping that this bystander could give an objective view. Gongsun Guisheng also shook his head gently: "The personality is different! The Jin people received discipline training since childhood, and the law-abiding of laws and regulations have been engraved into their bones; and Chu people are romantic in nature, allowing Chu people to abide by strict discipline. Such a Chu king cannot sit steadily because he will inevitably be opposed by all Chu people.

Let the Chu people who are romantic by nature compete with the Jin people 'enforcement of orders'. I think it is to 'use their own shortcomings and to judge others' strengths'. This idea is a failure. In my opinion, we should compete with the Jin people in other aspects."

The advice of the shouzi of Cai Guoxian was very pertinent, but Duke Ling of Chu was very desperate after hearing this - what should he compare with Jin?

He had already competed with Jin Guo for a small competition, and compared food... This is more than a thousand years apart from both sides;

Comparing clothing, although Chu Linggong thought that his bird suit was cool and no one else had, in private, Chu Linggong felt that Zhao Wu's creativity of "painting on silk" was really good, at least he could not imagine it himself. Moreover, after Zhao Wu made it, he also found it very attractive. For this reason, he bought the whole car of painted silk to please the hostesses of the Song Kingdom...

Comparing armor and weapons - this is not to be thought about. Most of the weapons of the Chu army are bronzes, and the Jin army has evolved into the Iron Age. Moreover, as the author of "The Hundred Artifacts", Zhao Wuzi considered himself second in terms of mechanical skills, and no one dared to claim himself first, and even thanked Bumin, the title of "third".

"What am I comparing with Zhao Wuzi - Oh my God, how did you be born such a demon?" Chu Linggong shouted to the sky in despair.
Chapter completed!