About ten miles southwest of Changyi City, there is a piece of low hills. Among the valleys of this low hill, "Chuanluo Supervisor" Bosile was lying against a tree with a piece of stone.

A rag was used to carefully wipe a long sword used in horse fighting.

While he was maintaining his weapons, he suddenly saw a dozen cavalry approaching from the east direction. Upon closer inspection, he saw that they were sentry cavalry from his Jiejiao Army.

After a while, the dozen or so cavalrymen came to Bosile, dismounted, clasped their fists and said, "Supervisor, the Chu army is attacking Changyi."

"How many people are there?" Bosile asked casually.

After hearing this, the sentry rider made gestures and said: "Many, many, many more than the Chu army that fought with us last time. Many, many more."

"..."

Bosile glanced at the sentinel rider somewhat speechlessly, but he was not angry at all.

Because he also understands that the people of Sanchuan are not sensitive to numbers - or in other words, they have not received relevant education. Just like the scouts of Wei State, they can roughly give "thousands", "tens of thousands", and "hundreds of thousands"

Waiting for a relatively intuitive number of enemy troops, most of the sentries in Sanchuan County always used vague words such as "many", "many", and "very many".

In the past, Bosile thought that the "National School" promoted by Wei King Zhao Run was unnecessary, but now, he increasingly felt that it was so damn necessary, at least for the young sentry in front of him.

Stuff him into a school in Luocheng.

At this time, opposite Bosile, Captain Hechahaqi was lying lazily on the ground basking in the sun. After hearing this, he sat up and said with a smile: "The Chu army that attacked Changyi last time was about twenty in number.

Ten thousand, right? There are more this time than last time...Tsk, tsk, it would be great if we could catch all of them."

Bosile heard this and glanced at Hecha Khaqi. Of course he knew that Hecha Khaqi was alluding to the slave trade, but unfortunately, King Zhao Run of Wei did not allow the sale of slaves in the Central Plains, unlike their fellow tribesmen who currently live in

The Jie people in the Wandi area of ​​Nanyang can earn a considerable amount of income every year by capturing Ba people as slaves and trading them privately to the Wei State.

"The King of Wei will not allow Chu people to be bought and sold." Bosile said calmly.

He knew that in recent years, Hechahaqi's three sons had gotten married one after another, which cost the latter a lot of money in wedding expenses. In addition to the unmarried children, the number one general of his Jiejiao Army was now

Now he looks like a Wei man, troubled by money.

"The King of Wei only did not allow people from the Central Plains to be treated as slaves, but he never said that he would not recruit prison workers..." Hecha Haqi laughed strangely.

The prison workers he refers to refer to the prisoners who were sent to the army for violating the laws of the Wei State. To be honest, their treatment is not much better than that of slaves.

Livestock can be slaughtered at will.

Some things do not need to be listed in detail. The Wei State has launched one major project after another in recent years. Does it mean that all the labor depends on recruiting civilians?

It's just the imperial court's declaration to the outside world.

Behind the rapid rise of a powerful empire, it is inevitable that it will be accompanied by blood and cruelty.

"Survive first and then talk about it."

Bosile stood up, put the sharp blade in his hand back into the scabbard, and said lightly.

"Survived? Chu people?"

Hecha Hachi smiled nonchalantly.

In this world, apart from the soldiers of Wei, the only ones worthy of attention by the Jie people in this world are the soldiers of Qin, because both countries have defeated the Jie people one after another. As for the soldiers of Chu... during this period

, the Jiejiao cavalry has been hunting Chu army patrol soldiers in the Changyi area, and even competed with each other privately to see who could kill more 'prey', which can already explain the problem.

After listening to Hechahaqi's words, Bosile didn't say much. After all, he didn't think the Chu soldiers were very powerful. They just relied on the strength of their numbers.

But no matter how many sheep there are, they can't withstand the attacks of wolves, right?

"Notify the soldiers and ask them to be ready to attack," Bosile ordered.

"yes!"

About a quarter of an hour later, more than 40,000 Jiejiao cavalry slowly rushed to Changyi.

When he arrived in the Changyi County area, he learned from the outposts that Changyi County was being attacked fiercely by the Chu army, and the situation seemed not to be optimistic.

"What's going on?"

Bosile was a little puzzled.

Because the last time the Chu army attacked Changyi, the city of Changyi was still well defended. By the time he arrived with his army, the Chu army had already retreated in the face of difficulties. So that day, he led the Jie army under his command.

The horned cavalry chased and killed the Chu army for a while.

But today, according to what the sentry cavalry said, the Chu army has actually attacked the city wall of Changyi City?

Did the Wei army suddenly become weaker, or did the Chu army suddenly become stronger?

Bosile was a little confused.

After ordering his cavalry to rest where they were, Bosile took Hechahaqi to a high slope to peek at the offensive and defensive battles along the southern wall of Changyi City.

"Dong...Ou...is that also the designation of Chu's army?"

Bosile thought secretly.

I have to say that this "Chu Army" in Dongou is a bit weird. It looks very inconspicuous at first glance. The weapons in the hands of the sergeants and soldiers are all in a mess, including swords, guns, swords and halberds. However, the combat capability of this army is quite different.

Compared with the Chu army (grain-recruiting soldiers) from the previous few days, I don't know how much more powerful it was.

No, just when Bosile was thinking to himself, a group of soldiers from the Dongou Army climbed up the wall of Changyi City with a long ladder, causing chaos among the Wei troops on the wall.

"Could it be that these are the elites of Chu State?"

Seeing that the situation in Changyi County was critical, Bosile could not think further and immediately ordered Hechahaqi, the commander of ten thousand men, to launch an offensive against the Chu army.

"Woo-wu-wu-"

Waiting for several Jiejiao cavalry to blow their horns at the same time, more than ten thousand Jiejiao cavalry surged up the high slope like a tide, and immediately killed the Chu army outside Changyi City in the distance.

The movement of thousands of horses galloping was like the earth shaking and the mountains shaking. The "Chu Army" outside Changyi City immediately discovered this rapidly approaching army.

But in fact, this army is not the Chu army, but the only standing army of the Yue Kingdom, the Dongou Army.

This Yue army has a long history, no less than that of the Beibo Army in Song County. It was the "Chu-Yue War", and it was also the "Wei, Qi, Lu, and Yue Four Kingdoms attacked Chu". However, in all Yue wars, the Dongou Army is worthy of its name.

The main force - or to put it simply, the country of Yue, with its weak national power, could only afford this one standing army.

However, don’t underestimate the Dongou Army just because the Yue State is weak. Even though the Yue State is even weaker than the Wei State, the strength of the Dongou Army is extraordinary. Just look at the massive energy used by the Chu State.

, it took more than ten or twenty years to defeat this army, which shows how extraordinary this army is.

Especially when the Dong'ou Army was in the dense forests in the mountains, it was definitely a nightmare for the armies of other countries in the world. Even those as brave as Chu State General Xiang Kuan frequently suffered losses at the hands of the Dong'ou Army.

"Is that the alien cavalry wandering around this area?"

When he noticed the sudden attack of the Jiejiao cavalry, Wu Qi, the general of Dongou Army, turned his head and observed carefully.

Wu Qi was not surprised that this cavalry came to support Changyi, because before the battle, Chu Shuijun had already told them about this foreign cavalry, and told them that this foreign cavalry surrendered to Wei.

Recently, he has been wandering around Changyi County, and soldiers of the Chu army appear from time to time to hunt and kill them.

Of course, what's more important is that Chu Shuijun equipped Wu Qi's Dongou Army with an auxiliary army, namely the Caixi main army led by Caixi County Duke Cai Hou, which was specially designed for the Jiejiao cavalry, so as to avoid the Jiejiao cavalry.

The harassment of the Dongou Army affected the Dongou Army's attack on the south gate of Changyi.

"The whole army...hold the position!"

As the Chu general Cai Hou roared at the top of his lungs, more than 20,000 Chu soldiers from Caixi County formed a tight defensive formation in front of the Jiejiao cavalry, seemingly preparing to withstand the impact of this cavalry head-on.

It is undeniable that cavalry is the nemesis of infantry, but when a certain number of infantry forms a tight defensive formation, its ability to resist cavalry is greatly enhanced, unless it is a heavy cavalry such as Shangshui Youma and Daijun Heavy Cavalry.

Weapons, otherwise, the cavalry's breakthrough ability will be greatly reduced in this tight defensive formation.

However, the key lies in the bravery of the soldiers of the two soldiers. To put it simply, between the two armies, who is more brave and not afraid of death.

At this point, the Chu army in Caixi County was obviously inferior to the Jiejiao cavalry. The Yue general Wu Qi could see clearly that when the Jiejiao cavalry charged towards the Chu army, the soldiers of the Chu army were obviously a little confused.

There was so much confusion that there was some commotion.

"When we meet on a narrow road, the brave will win... This Chu army will probably be defeated by that foreign cavalry..."

Wu Qi, the general of the Yue Kingdom, shook his head secretly and told a general beside him: "Cai Hou cannot stop this cavalry...Wu Liang, you will take over the attack on Changyi City, and I will personally command the soldiers to resist this cavalry."

"Yes!" the Yue general named Wu Liang responded with clasped fists.

At the same time, more than 10,000 Jiejiao cavalry had already crashed into the defense line composed of more than 20,000 regular Chu troops in Caixi County.

Just as Wu Qi judged, in front of those fierce and fearless Jiejiao cavalry, the Chu army in Caixi County was obviously timid. Although it was said that they did not flee with their backs, due to fear, when facing the enemy, they

The response was more than a beat too slow. In the blink of an eye, the Jiejiao cavalry tore a hole in the defense line.

"Block them! Block them!"

Chu general Cai Hou shouted angrily at the top of his voice, as if he couldn't believe that his main army was so vulnerable.

But unfortunately, no matter how much he encouraged and cursed, the response of the Chu army under his command was still slow and slow. Not to mention the inability to make an effective counterattack against the Jiejiao cavalry, it was even difficult to parry.

"Tsk! Vulnerable."

Hechahaqi, the captain of the Jijiao Cavalry, thought disdainfully.

I saw him waving the sword in his hand, rushing in front of the soldiers, like a sharp blade, piercing into the hinterland of the Chu army in Caixi, killing all directions in the hinterland.

It has to be said that this reckless man from Sanchuan County really has the qualifications to despise the Chu people. After all, during his charge, almost no one was his enemy, whether they were soldiers or generals of the Chu army.

"Happy! So happy!"

Holding tightly the iron sword forged by the Wei State, Hecha Haqi's body was covered with the blood of the Chu army, which made his smile particularly penetrating.

In front of the Dongou Army's position about a mile away, the Yue general Wu Qi sat astride his horse and squinted at Hecha Haqi, a fierce general of the Jijiao Cavalry.

"What a brave and brave general... The morale of this foreign cavalry seems to be heightened because of this general. Well, it seems that we have to get rid of him first to cut off the momentum of this cavalry..."

Raising his hand to touch the stubble on his chin, Wu Qi was thoughtful.

In less than a cup of tea, the defense line built by 20,000 Chu soldiers from Caixi County was penetrated by Hecha Haqi, the captain of the Jijiao Cavalry.

After breaking through the Chu army's defense line, Hechahaqi suddenly saw that not far ahead, the Chu army with the flag "Dongou" did not give up the attack on Changyi City, but instead deployed all its troops.

Divided into two, one half was used to attack the city, and the other half was used to consolidate the position, as if it was ready to withstand his surprise attack.

"Hey!"

Hetcha Hatcher licked his lips.
To be continued...