Here we have just passed the Sishui Pass, that is, we have just walked out of the guarded area of Chaoge's dangerous pass, and we have already encountered the enemy from the west.
It was the Zhou Dynasty army that was attacking the Shang Dynasty. This time the army was not divided into three lines, but only took the middle line. It was said to be 800,000 soldiers. In fact, there were a total of 250,000 soldiers, except for the old soldiers left from the last war.
, and there are nearly 120,000 new recruits. The new recruits have only been trained for less than four months. They can understand some military formation drills, can use some weapons, and their morale is about average. When it comes to combat effectiveness, there is nothing to say.
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On the other hand, Chaoge's army, which was also claimed to be 800,000 strong, was actually only 200,000 strong. Although it was not as neat and elite as before, it was still all regular professional soldiers. Their combat effectiveness continued to crush the enemy.
This time Jiang Ziya felt much more confident than before. Lu Ya was still in the army and all twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Cult were saved because of the saint's intervention last time. Now four months have passed.
, although it is unknown how his mentality is, but his cultivation status has returned to his previous peak.
Moreover, not only did such a large number of middle- and low-level cultivators also come to serve in the army, it can be said that the quality of the overall monks that Jiang Ziya could command had far exceeded that of the previous war.
Looking back at the Chaoge army on the opposite side, even if Kong Xuan was lucky enough not to die after being struck by the saint, he would definitely have been seriously injured. In addition, the previous battle to conquer the West had failed, and his momentum must have been dampened. Jiang Ziya felt that he
If you are facing a head-on situation, it is not impossible to take action first and explore the real situation first. If you have a chance, then directly send troops to Sishui Pass so that the princes of the world can take a look. The power of the Zhou Dynasty is not just bragging.
When the two sides encountered each other, they did not choose to start a war immediately, and both had their own small thoughts. Wen Zhong's side retreated to Sishui Pass and set up camp ten miles away from the pass, almost covering the narrow valley in front of the pass.
Jiang Ziya's troops did not dare to approach the advantageous terrain of Sishui Pass easily, so they set up camp thirty miles away from the valley entrance.
Hundreds of thousands of troops from both sides faced off for a day, and then began to test each other.
In this situation where large armies are facing each other from a distance, there is no means of surprise attack, and there is no room for display. What is fought is a detailed game in a small area within an effective battlefield. It starts with horse exploration, then sporadic small-scale enemy battles, and then
to interspersed and probing attacks from the left and right wings.
Little by little, whoever can stabilize in these temptations and eliminate more of the enemy's effective forces will be able to gain some advantages in the following decisive battle or frontal battle. Of course, these advantages do not count in terms of victory or defeat.
How high, but accumulating some advantages is much better than disadvantages, right?
Facing Wen Zhong, who has experienced many battles and has sophisticated tactics, Jiang Ziya, although he can be considered a hero, still looks a little immature.
In the early mutual testing, Jiang Ziya was half a beat slower than Wen Zhong in almost all details, and was always suppressed. In addition, it was impossible to use high-level monks during the testing, so there was a slight disadvantage.
It was accumulated under the encouragement of many aspects.
There were more than 1,600 casualties. This was the loss after Jiang Ziya's first contact with the Shang army in the war against Shang. On the Shang side, the casualties were less than one-third of those of the Zhou Dynasty.
It wasn't that Jiang Ziya didn't have self-awareness, but that the geographical location used by Wen Zhong forced Jiang Ziya to choose to engage in a detailed dispute with him that was full of disadvantages.
And Jiang Ziya also understood that if this kind of dispute over details continued, the momentum of the middle and low-level soldiers in his hands would be severely damaged. In this case, he had to consider taking the lead in using high-end combat power and actively seeking
The decisive battle is over.
If you show your cards first, you will definitely be coerced by the enemy, but in the current situation, is there any other better choice? This is the disadvantage caused by the gap in grassroots strength.
So on the fifth day of the dispute over the details of the confrontation between the two sides, Jiang Ziya opened the gate of the village and led the entire army to set off in formation, stationing less than five miles away from the mouth of the valley. He planned to use the sudden departure of the army to block as much as possible
The area where the Shang Dynasty's army spread out made the narrow valley that was originally beneficial to the Shang Dynasty turn into a threat to the Shang Dynasty's army.
Abacus's plan was good, but Wen Zhong didn't care. He had already expected it. He didn't go to fight at all and stayed at the mouth of the valley. If you want to fight, then come in. Anyway, I won't start a head-on confrontation with you this time.
In this way, Jiang Ziya felt uncomfortable again. Attacking in? There must be many ambushes in the valley, and all kinds of means are prepared. These newly recruited soldiers must suffer heavy casualties, and the impact on their momentum is immeasurable.
Don't want to go in? Go back and continue to waste time with Wen Zhong? But the key is that he can't waste it.
"Ziya, there's no need to worry. Let's go explore first."
The speaker was Guangchengzi. This one of the Twelve Golden Immortals who was captured alive last time now no longer has the arrogant attitude he had before, and is much more cautious. Faced with the stalemate in the battle, he knew it was best to send a group of soldiers.
A group of high-level monks were sent to test the situation and break the deadlock at the level of high-level monks. Once the high-level monks achieved victory, they could continue to oppress the Shang army and force them to come out of the valley for a decisive battle.
"Brother, you must be careful when you go here. It is still unknown whether Kong Xuan is still in the enemy's army, so if nothing can be done, retreat immediately." Jiang Ziya pondered for a moment, and could only let Guang Chengzi and the others try first.
.but also warned to be extremely careful.
So the Twelve Golden Immortals appeared on the battlefield again, and they were still twelve companions. The ferocious and vast mana fluctuations were indeed extremely frightening. They brought extremely shocking oppression to the Shang Dynasty army at the mouth of the valley and in the valley.
But oppression does not mean suppression, nor does it mean it has deterrence.
The thoughts of the soldiers of the Shang Dynasty were very simple: You, the Twelve Golden Immortals, are powerful, more powerful than most of the monks in the army. But so what? Haven't we all captured them alive before? They are all defeated generals.
Afraid of you?
The mentality is very good, but when faced with twelve golden immortals, it is the three fairies from the Three Immortals Island who take the lead.
These three fairies have bad tempers. Moreover, they are not here to help Wen Zhong win. They are here to take revenge and kill people!
Their sworn brother Zhao Gongming also has an identity. When he captured these twelve golden immortals alive, he betrayed the reputation of the two religions, right? Didn't you kill them immediately? It would be better for you to recruit a Lu Ya and sneak attack.
They immediately killed their adopted brother. He was really insidious and shameless!
Now that you are all in disgrace, the three of them are not afraid anymore. They are just killing people. The dignified master of Sanxian Island is no worse than anyone else!
"Twelve Golden Immortals, bah! They are just a bunch of shameless local dogs who made a shameless sneak attack. Our brother spared your life that day, which is considered an advantage to you. Today you will all keep your lives!"
Guangchengzi and other Twelve Golden Immortals heard the sound first, and then saw three figures flashing out, and felt bad. The people who came were actually three fairies from the Three Immortals Island. Are they here to avenge Zhao Gongming?