Chapter 1246 : The Battle of Yongqiu: King Yu Zhao Yuanqi vs Shouling Junjing She [two in one]
Two days later, to Chu Shouling Jun Jingshe's expectation, the Wei army did not launch an offensive against his Chu army stationed in Yongqiu area.
"How calm you are, King Yu Ji Ji (Zhao Yuan Ke)..."
It has to be said that the pressure on Shouling Junjingshe has increased dramatically in recent times, because the logistics and food routes of his millions of Chu troops have faced serious threats from the Wei army.
He knew very well what Zhao Yuan'ai, King of Yu of Wei State, was planning in his mind, but he had no good solution - could he immediately order the entire army to withdraw to Chu State if there was insufficient food and grass in the army?
For this war of invasion of Wei, the Chudong nobles invested so much money and food. If he decided to retreat so easily, even his Shouling Junjingshe would probably be attacked by the Chudong nobles after returning home.
criticism.
Therefore, even though he knew that the road ahead was "bumpy" and might cause his hundreds of thousands of Chu troops to sink in the sand, he had to be careful and continue to move forward on thin ice, trying his best to win the chance to defeat Wei.
It can only be said that due to the inconvenience of communication, Shouling Junjingshe has not yet learned about the retreat of the Korean army, the news that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang in Wei State, led his army to pursue the Korean army, and that Zhao Hongrun, king of Wei State, is about to lead the Qin and Wei coalition forces to arrive in Daliang. Otherwise, I believe
He will definitely choose to retreat immediately.
"Lord Jingshe has an order, and Lord Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, is to lead his troops to seize the reserved land first!"
On March 20th, the urgent order of Shouling Junjingshe was delivered to Diyang Jun Xiong Shang.
Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, was a leader among the aristocrats of the Chu State of Chu and a militant who claimed to be the "Great Chu State".
The difference between him and those decadent Chudong aristocrats was that he advocated the development and military expansion of the Chu State's military power and enslaved foreign subjects - which was also regarded by the people of Wu and Yue as a huge obstacle to the recovery of the Yue Kingdom. However, Wu Yue was opposed to General Xiang Mo.
, the two Xiang Kuan brothers respect each other more, but they only hate Diyang Jun Xiong Shang.
I still remember that when the four kingdoms of "Qi, Lu, Wei and Yue" attacked Chu two years ago, Wu Qi, the general of the Dongou Army of Yue (country), captured Diyang, the fiefdom of Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, and extracted from the local mines, farmland, workshops, machine building and other facilities
As many as hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese slaves were released. It is conceivable how many Wuyue people were robbed by Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, by "suppressing" Wuyue over the years.
This was also the case on the way to the attack on Wei State. Xiong Shang, Lord of Diyang, ordered to capture Wei people as hard labor along the way and plunder the wealth of Wei people. This was the consistent style of the nobles of Eastern Chu.
But regardless of his character, Xiong Shang, Lord of Diyang, was indeed one of the best generals in the Chu Kingdom. If he hadn't mobilized troops from Diyang to protect Shouying, Wu Qi of the Dongou Army would not have been able to capture Diyang so easily.
After receiving the authorized appointment from Shouling Junjingshe, Diyang Jun Xiong Shang was overjoyed. He even said to his surroundings: This order came too late!
Indeed, as early as half a month ago, Xiong Shang, Lord of Diyang, had suggested to Lord Shouling Jingshe: Select the best of the army and quickly attack Daliang of Wei.
However, Shouling Junjingshe considered that doing so would spread out millions of troops, making it more difficult to stop the threats from the Wei army, so they did not adopt it.
On that day, Xiong Shang, Lord Yang of Chu Di, who had been well prepared, led an army of 120,000 people and took the lead in attacking "Liu Di (Chen Liu)", preparing to start the first battle after the Chu army approached Liang County of Wei State.
Chen Liu, this is the Wei city that is very close to Daliang, the capital of the Wei king. If this city can be captured, the Chu army will almost be able to attack Daliang.
Surprisingly, this time somehow, the Wei army did not set fire to the mountains and forests outside the city.
Although he didn't know what was going on, Diyang Lord Xiong Shang was still very happy and ordered his troops to cut down the trees and build siege equipment to prepare for the siege.
However, what he never expected was that Chenliu, which seemed to have its city gates tightly closed and heavily defended, was actually an empty city. Only a few thousand soldiers from the Northern Army remained in the city, deliberately pretending to defend the city to death.
That’s all.
So where did the 60,000 Northern First Army go?
Very simply, the 60,000-strong Northern Army, while Lord Diyang Xiong Shang led an army of 120,000 to Chenliu, detoured westward to the west side of Yongqiu, and launched a siege on the Chu army in Yongqiu that day.
Yes, those who participated in the siege and attack at the same time were the four generals "Shao Hu", "Long Ji", "Yi Gu", and "Zhao Bao" under the command of King Yu Zhao Yuanke, as well as Baili Ba, the general of the Dredging Navy.
Together with the Northern First Army of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, a total of six Wei armies launched a general attack on the Chu army in Yongqiu from all directions.
The Wei Wu Army, the Northern First Army, the Jun Shui Army, and the Yu Shui Army who were "resurrected" for this battle against Chu, as well as the Wei Army's county soldiers that were constantly being absorbed by the Wei Army as they continued to retreat, amounted to nearly 200,000 Wei troops.
All the hatred for the Chu army was poured into this war, and a surprise attack was launched against hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in the Yongqiu area.
Since the King of Yu, Zhao Yuande, burned down all the mountains and forests in the Yongqiu area when he retreated, the Chu army in the Yongqiu area was unable to obtain enough wood to build a camp. As a result, the Chu camp, which lacked defensive facilities, was easily defeated by the Wei army.
"Set fire to the Chu army's tents!"
The purpose of Wei Wujun's general Shao Hu was very clear: even if this siege could not be fully successful in the end, he still wanted to destroy most of the Chu army's baggage and military tents.
"kill--!"
Six groups of infantrymen from Wei State angrily shouted slogans of protecting their country and taking revenge, and fought their way into the hinterland of the Chu camp regardless of their own safety.
Under the attack of these Wei soldiers, the Chu army retreated steadily.
Seeing this scene, Wei General Yi Gu's deputy general said to the general with a happy face: "General, this siege seems to be going well!"
However, there was no trace of joy on Yigu's face, because he knew very well that the camp of hundreds of thousands of Chu troops under the command of Shouling Junjingshe was too huge, like a giant, and the Wei army seemed to be overwhelming.
After attacking the hinterland of the Chu camp, in fact, the Wei army was still on the periphery of the entire Chu camp, and what they faced was nothing more than Chu's "grain recruitment".
What is Chu's "grain recruitment"?
Those were some civilians in the Chu State who had no choice but to join the army because they were too poor to eat. They had neither systematic training nor decent weapons or armor. They were simply cannon fodder or sacrifices that consumed the physical strength of Wei soldiers on the battlefield.
There is a very clear contrast between these grain soldiers on the battlefield: when the wind is fighting, these soldiers are like wolves and tigers, scrambling to plunder the property of the Wei people; but when the wind is going against them, these soldiers are simply a rabble that cannot be used.
If the Wei army cannot achieve "unstoppable force" in the face of this kind of food and troop recruitment, then is this battle still necessary?
"Don't underestimate the enemy! ...After a while, I believe Shouling Jun Jingshe of Chu State will take action!"
Like Wei general Yigu, Wei generals such as Shaohu, Longji, Bailiba, etc. also warned their subordinates who were feeling a little restless because of the smooth battle situation.
Just as Wei General Yigu had guessed, about half an hour after the Wei army launched the general attack, the news that the outside of the camp was being besieged by the Wei army was sent to the commander's tent deep in the camp.
After hearing the news, Shouling Junjingshe summoned his subordinates and prepared to assign tasks to them.
It can be seen that the generals of the Chu army who are in the commander's tent at this moment have no intention of panicking about the attack by the Wei army on the outside: they are just dying to raise some grain and recruit troops, what is there to make a fuss about?
Anyway, even if those grains and soldiers went to the battlefield, they were just victims used to consume the physical strength of the Wei army - the vast territory of Chu State, the most indispensable thing is population.
After a period of silence, Shouling Junjingshe marked the directions of the Wei army's attack on the map one by one.
During this period, Liyang Lord Xiong Sheng said with a smile: "The wolf king of the Northern First Army has finally taken action."
Amidst the confused expressions of everyone in the tent, Shouling Junjingshe smiled slightly.
I remember that in the stories he told Xiong Sheng, Lord of Liyang, two days ago, he compared the 60,000-strong Northern Army under the personal command of Yu Wang Zhao Yuanji to the wolf king of the pack, and at the same time, he was about to launch a counterattack.
The main target of attack.
The rest of the Wei generals like Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Gu, Zhao Bao, Baili Ba and others were not important to Shoulingjun Jingshe. As the saying goes, to shoot a man first, shoot a horse, to capture a thief first, capture the king, and concentrate on defeating Yu.
Wang Zhao Yuan'ai, the wolf king, is the top priority - as for the siege of the other Wei armies, as long as they can withstand the siege for a while, the Yongqiu Chu army, with hundreds of thousands of troops, can afford this loss.
But right now, Shouling Junjingshe believes that it is not the time to fight back - after all, the Wolf King will only charge forward without reservation when he sees victory.
"Place the "main army" on the west side of the middle camp, hold the troops temporarily, and let the Wei army advance into the hinterland of our army." Shouling Jun Jingshe calmly ordered.
It can be seen that he deliberately hid the elite members of the army so as not to alarm Zhao Yuandai, King of Yu of Wei.
This is no wonder, after all, Shouling Junjingshe also wanted to devour the nearly 200,000 Wei troops in one go, so as to clear the obstacles for him to lead his army directly to Daliang, the capital of the Wei king.
Due to the secret release of water by the Chu army, let alone the other west routes, the Beiyi army attacking the Chu army's camp from the west was absolutely unstoppable, as if they were unstoppable by heavenly soldiers and generals, and easily captured the hills on the west side.
While the front army was singing triumphantly, King Yu Zhao Yuanke led his nephew Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan, to the hills in the west and looked at the entire Chu army camp.
"Did you see it? Hongxuan."
I saw the King of Yu, Zhao Yuanke, raising his hand and pointing at the Chu camp, and said carefully: "On the one hand, the Chu army strengthened the defense of the central army, and deliberately weakened the peripheral resistance... In your opinion, why is this?"
After hearing this, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan pondered for a moment and said: "Could it be that this is a trick to lure the enemy, to lure our "Northern First Army" deep into their belly?"
After hearing this, Zhou Min, the staff member next to Zhao Hongxuan, also showed a smile on his face.
Because His Highness Prince Huan’s guess was indeed correct.
However, this answer did not seem to satisfy Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke, who asked again: "In your opinion, why did Lord Shouling do this?"
"Because Uncle Wang is in the First Army of the North at the moment!" Zhao Hongxuan pointed to a royal flag that read "Wei, King Yu" beside him, and replied seriously: "Through the contact a while ago, Shouling Junjingshe concluded that you, Uncle Wu,
He is a cautious (cowardly) man. The reason why he did not send troops to intercept immediately was because he was afraid that Uncle Wu would see the opportunity and withdraw his troops... He wanted to make a big effort and counterattack and kill some of my Wei troops here!"
Having said this, Zhao Hongxuan showed a slight smile on his face, and lowered his voice and said: "I would never have imagined that I would come to Shouling Junjingshe. Fifth Uncle, you are not a cautious and timid person at all..."
Having said this, Zhao Hongxuan took a deep look at the fifth uncle in front of him, and secretly felt sorry for Shouling Jun Jingshe.
How could the fifth uncle Zhao Yuan'ai, who was known as the "irritable King Yu", be a cautious (timid) person?
King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai nodded when he heard this and said: "I have already known the capabilities of Lord Shouling Jingshe from your brother Zhao Run's achievements, but he doesn't know me, so he deserves to be defeated by me! ... Hongxuan, you
Take this as a warning.”
Zhao Hongxuan nodded in agreement.
I don't know how long it took, but the victory on the battlefield gradually favored the Wei army.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongxuan asked Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai in surprise: "Fifth uncle, why hasn't Chu's Jingshe ordered a counterattack? Isn't he afraid that he will be fake and be defeated by our army?"
"Is this a fake show for real?" King Yu Zhao Yuanke glanced at Zhao Hongxuan and said, leaning on crutches: "You overestimate the physical strength of our soldiers." As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed to a partial area of the Chu army's camp, and said
: "Are you led by the Wei army?"
Zhao Hongxuan squinted his eyes and watched for a while, then said unconfidently: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the army led by General Zhao Bao."
"Yes!" King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai nodded and said in a deep voice: "There are four people, Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Gu, and Zhao Bao. Shao Hu is stronger than the overall situation, Long Ji is good at training troops, Yi Gu is good at using surprise attacks, only Zhao
Leopard, this guy is only brave... But you have also seen that even if it is Zhao Bao, his attack speed on the Chu army has gradually slowed down. Why is this?"
"Do you have physical strength?" Zhao Hongxuan said with sudden realization.
"Yes, it's just physical strength." King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai nodded and said, "Therefore, Shouling Junjingshe doesn't have to worry about putting on a show, because the elite "real army" under his command has hardly yet been put into action.
The battlefield, but our soldiers are in the company
Fan spent a lot of energy fighting against the soldiers recruited by the state of Chu... As long as the opportunity comes and he orders a counterattack, our soldiers will consume a lot of physical strength. How can they withstand it?... Don't underestimate the enemy, don't overestimate yourself,
This can be called knowing yourself and the enemy."
Zhao Hongxuan nodded with deep understanding.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and asked in surprise: "Fifth Uncle, you said that Shouling Junjingshe is waiting for an "opportunity"? I wonder if this "opportunity" is..."
Before he finished speaking, several Wei army scouts suddenly climbed up the hill and reported in a hurry: "Commander, the army of 'Di Yangjun Xiong Shang' was found in the northwest! He is leading the army straight to this place!"
After hearing this, King Yu Zhao Yuanji looked indifferent, but King Huan Zhao Hongxuan showed a look of shock and subconsciously looked at the Chu army camp.
At this time, he saw that the 60,000-strong Northern Army under his command had penetrated deep into the Chu army's camp and was about to attack the Chu army's middle camp.
"...If Diyang Lord Xiong Shang leads an army to attack behind our army at this time, wouldn't it be..."
In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Zhao Hongxuan's forehead.
After all, if at this time, the army led by Diyang Jun Xiong Shang attacked the Northern First Army from behind, and at this time, Shouling Jun Jingshe also ordered the Chu army's "main army" to launch a counterattack.
There is a reason to be spared.
"etc!"
As if something suddenly occurred to him, Zhao Hongxuan exclaimed in a low voice: "Is it just a cover for Di Yangjun Xiong Shang to lead his army to attack Chenliu?"
At this time, King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai had already waved his hand to dismiss the scouts. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Yes, that is Shouling Jun Jingshe putting pressure on our army. He used this to tell us: "If you still return,
If you don’t come, then I will go to Daliang.”
"In other words, Shouling Junjingshe actually knew that our army would attack his camp?" Zhao Hongxuan felt sweating on his forehead the more he thought about it.
You know, a moment ago he was still feeling complacent about the unstoppable offensive of his own army, but he never thought that in fact, the Chu army knew that their Wei army would come for a sneak attack. However, the other party had a big appetite and hoped to devour this place in one go.
The Wei army therefore adopted the tactic of showing the enemy weakness and waiting for an opportunity to encircle and kill them.
Seeing Zhao Hongxuan's forehead sweating and his face full of uneasiness, Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai smiled and teased: "Hongxuan, our army is about to attack the Chu army's central camp and it is unstoppable. Why are you so worried and uneasy?"
Zhao Hongxuan's face turned red when he heard this. After all, he was really complacent because of the unstoppable power of the First Army of the North. He even said, "Aren't Shouling Junjingshe afraid of making a fake show?" In the final analysis, it is nothing more than a battlefield.
The battle situation was so smooth that he inevitably had extravagant hopes of "could he defeat the Chu army in one go?"
But in fact, both Shouling Junjingshe and Yu Wang Zhao Yuandai are very clear about this: it cannot be!
"...You have to thank Shouling Junjingshe opposite, he taught you a lesson." Glancing at Zhao Hongxuan, King Yu Zhao Yuandai said seriously: "Sometimes, a smooth war is often just an illusion, as if you saw
Victory is right in front of you, but in the next breath, the enemy suddenly ambushes you in your weak spot, forcing you to give up the victory you are about to gain... The battlefield is changing rapidly, and even in the end, you will never be allowed to relax at all.
... Just like you just now, you only focused on the Northern Army's impending attack on the Chu Army's center camp, but ignored the threat from the rear..."
Listening to the teachings of King Yu Zhao Yuanji, Zhao Hongxuan accepted it humbly and nodded in agreement.
Immediately, Zhao Hongxuan asked in a low voice: "Fifth Uncle, I see that you are calm and composed. In fact, you have already guessed the elite soldiers of Diyang Lord Xiong Shang who have returned... right?"
King Yu Zhao Yuandai seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and said nonchalantly: "Since Lord Shouling Jingshe has told you a truth on the battlefield, then, Fifth Uncle, I will use the same truth to give it to Lord Di Yang... At this moment, he
, I believe your mind is full of the Northern First Army that penetrated deep into the Chu army’s camp, right? Haha.”
At the same time, in the northwest of Yongqiu, Diyang Lord Xiong Shang led an army of 100,000 and returned, rushing to support - to be precise, rushing to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Wei army.
Although there is still a large hilly area separated from the battlefield, in this life, Diyang Lord Xiong Shang has heard the thundering shouts of killing coming from the front.
After crossing the hill, Diyang Jun Xiong Shang climbed up and took a look. Sure enough, he saw in the west camp of his Chu army's camp, countless Wei troops under the banner of "Northern Xinjiang Expeditionary First Army", overwhelming the Chu soldiers in the Chu camp.
They were defeated step by step.
Seeing this scene, Diyang Lord Xiong Shang was not angry but happy, because he knew that as long as he followed the plan and joined forces with Shouling Lord Jingshe to attack the Wei army from front to back and annihilate the entire army, then their Chu army would be able to wipe out the entire army.
The final obstacle to Daliang, the capital of Wei.
"Target, the Northern First Army of Wei State, the entire army will attack!"
Pulling out the sword from his waist, Lord Diyang Xiong Shang gave an order loudly.
With an order, one hundred thousand Chu troops moved in full force, like a tide, swarming towards the rear of Wei's northern army in the Chu army's camp, preparing to launch a fatal blow.
His thoughts were all about the First Army of the North, and all his thoughts were about the victorious Diyang Lord Xiong Shang, and he completely neglected to send people to search the mountain col between several nearby hills.
"Is that the reinforcements from Diyang Lord Xiong Shang?... It's just as expected by Prince Yu!"
On the top of a hill, two men wearing Wei army armor looked with natural expressions at the Chu army in the distance who was trying to back attack the Northern Army.
Among them, the man wearing a red shirt said calmly.
This person is none other than the former Chief of the Zongwei of Zhao Hongrun, the former King of Su, and the current head coach of "Shangshui Battlefield", Shen Yu.
After listening to Shen Yu's words, the man dressed as a general next to him also smiled and said: "It seems it is our army's turn to appear."
"Thank you, General Ma You." Shen Yu clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "I will lead the merchant navy (reserve) and follow the general as protection."
"Protect?"
General Ma You smiled and said nothing. He just turned his head and looked at the mountain col near the two hills. He saw that there was no one in the mountain col two hours ago. At this time, there were thousands of fully armed heavy armored cavalry.
Ready to go.
Looking at the military flags of "Shangshui Youma" fluttering in the wind, Ma You was filled with pride. He drew his sword and pointed at the 100,000 Chu troops under the command of Diyang Lord Xiong Shang, and ordered in a deep voice: "Youma Army, attack!"
At the command, five thousand Shangshui wandering horses moved out in full force, leaping out from the mountain col with their hooves.
At this time, almost most of the Chu soldiers and generals on the battlefield focused their attention on the First Army of the North, but they did not realize that there was a heavy armored cavalry group of Wei hidden in the mountains in the distance.
It wasn't until Yuma's heavy cavalry began to charge, until Yuma's heavy cavalry was getting closer to the army under Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, that the Chu soldiers noticed the shaking behind them like an earthquake and a mountain shaking, and turned around with confused expressions.
With just a glance, these Chu soldiers and generals were shocked and stared dumbfounded as five thousand monsters like steel beasts flooded towards them all over the mountains and plains.
"What is that?!"
"What the hell is that?!"
The Chu army generals who had never seen heavy cavalry were stunned by the five thousand monsters whose entire bodies, including the horses, were covered in iron armor.
"boom--"
There seemed to be a roar in the dark, and the attacking force of one hundred thousand Chu troops under the command of Diyang Lord Xiong Shang was instantly torn open by five thousand Shang Shui's horse cavalry.
But seeing five thousand Shangshui wandering horses galloping past, the Chu soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were shocked. The nearby battlefield, which was crowded just now, was now filled with corpses. In just one encounter, there were more than 20,000 soldiers nearby.
, were defeated by those five thousand steel monsters.
Seeing the terrifying power of Shang Shui's heavy cavalry from a distance, even King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai changed his face in horror and murmured "artifact".
Come to think of it, even he didn't expect that Yuma's heavy cavalry could be so lethal when facing the Chu army, which was mostly light-armored infantry. Twenty to thirty thousand people were instantly reduced to a pile of corpses. It was so effortless.
The power of blowing away ashes.
"...it's the Shouling Junjingshe of Chu State..."
After taking a look at the direction of the Chu army's camp, Zhao Yuanke, the king of Yu, lowered his voice and said.