I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 156 War is subordinate to politics

In the end, Liu Yang still gave the order to attack, but Fan's troops were facing Wei's troops instead of attacking Zhi's troops.

It wasn't that Liu Yang was still thinking about his relationship with Zhi Shi, it was simply that he was confused by the performance of Zhi Shi's new army.

Another point is that Fan's and Wei's have been fighting for more than a year, and Fan's hatred for Wei's will be higher in comparison.

The fierce battle that is breaking out covers dozens of miles around. The terrain of the place is really not flat. The battle broke out on flat land, in the mountains, and in the woods. The place with the largest scale of fighting must be on the flat land.

Limited by the terrain, the chariot units of both sides failed to perform well.

The current situation is such that fighting can be launched anywhere, and the role of chariots is greatly restricted.

What was the situation before?The countries will agree on the location of the war, and generally choose a flat terrain. Not only can the chariots have room to display, but there is no need to compete with each other in the mountains and plains.

"Your Majesty, the Zhi family has already counterattacked, and the Chu army cannot take it." Jian Bo was also surprised by Zhi's performance. Unlike Liu Yang, he knew that Zhi Yao was training the new army.

The Zhi family's new army was so capable of fighting, they were ordered to counter-charge, went up against the charge of the Chu army, and defeated the Chu army in less than a quarter of an hour. The speed of the head is tantamount to cutting off the head and delaying Zhishi's advance, otherwise the advance speed could be faster.

Wei Ju had eyes to see, and came to a judgment that he thought was reliable. He thought, "The [-] Chu army can't defeat the [-] or so Zhi's troops? It seems that my family should also train the new army..., No, it is to increase the size of the new army!"

The situation on the battlefield is very obvious. The Zhi family's new army is used as a sharp knife, and the sharpness of this knife is unexpectedly sharp. It can cut through the Chu army with random swings, and then allow other friendly troops to expand the results.

Of course, Wei Ju is not a fool, he knows very well that the Wei family's march cannot be all heavy infantry, so we need to learn from Zhi's methods and study the corresponding light infantry.

Wei Ju has already thought about all kinds of arms, so he will learn from the Zhi family to engage in spear and shield troops, or in large quantities.

With a shield?Wei Shi said that his family likes it very much, he is not human if he doesn't do it!

Zhiyao was not surprised by the development of the battle.

In fact, Zhiyao has already done everything she can, including annihilating the vanguard of the coalition forces, deliberately not dealing with the headless corpses on the battlefield to irritate the opponent, and looking for opportunities to kill Gong Zilu so that the Chu army loses its commander. The next thing to look at is our own side Force play.

However, Zhiyao didn't know that Gong Zilu didn't die immediately.

Gong Zilu was hit by an arrow in the cheek, piercing from one end to the other. If he was injured, he was injured. If he lost a few teeth, if he died, he was not dead.

Speaking of it, it was also Gongzilu's bad luck. He fell off the chariot and fell into a coma until he hit the back of his head. Later, he was simply trampled to death by the passing Zhishi soldiers one by one.

So, don’t pretend to be dead when you are on the battlefield, or you may be trampled to death, or you will be killed by the rain of arrows played by both sides; it’s really lucky that you didn’t get trampled or shot to death, and wait for the winner later Cleaning the battlefield, being found by the enemy to feign death and having a chance to be a prisoner of war, etc., if one's own side wins, wait to be executed.

Dou Huai also charged forward, but when the chariot galloped forward, it hit a stone at a distance of 200 meters. After a violent bump, it did not move forward more than [-] miles and was hit by a stone to the wheel, causing it to overturn.

It is not a joke that the chariot was knocked over and overturned. There is no shock absorption system, the wheels are connected to the car body, there is no such thing as an axle, and it is very cumbersome. There are too many similar examples.

I have to say that it is very difficult for Chu people to have any good luck in the Central Plains. It seems that the luck was consumed by Chu's drinking horses and rivers. Every time the Chu army went north, some strange things happened. Dou Huai is really bad luck.

Dou Huai, who fell off the chariot, was directly broken by the frame of the chariot, and the driver was even more unlucky with tofu juice dripping from his head, but the right side of the chariot was intact.

Che You couldn't lift the chariot by himself to rescue Dou Huai whose leg was crushed, so he called the people next to him to come and help.

The blackening in front of Dou Huai's broken leg, besides the pain, has a lot to do with the development of the battle situation.

The Chu army rushed forward in a swarm, they failed to push the Jin army back, and after a little stalemate, they were pushed back instead.

What happened to the vanguard army of the Chu State was repeated here. The Chu soldiers saw the faces of the Zhi soldiers with their heads hanging from their waists, and many people finally understood how the friendly soldiers on the other side of the pass lost their heads.

This is how the Jin army cut off his head!
In addition, is this group of Jin troops crazy?

The Chu army couldn't understand when the war in the Central Plains became so brutal. In the past, at most it was to kill the opponent, and they would not maliciously spoil the enemy's corpse at all. On the contrary, they would maintain respect. It's the same!
Ordinary people must be terrified in the face of people who behave ferociously.

In the same way, facing a ferocious enemy army, even as a soldier, a soldier would be afraid.

After all, ordinary people are just as human as soldiers.

The difference is that the soldiers have been trained and they know how to overcome the fear in their hearts. In addition, even if they know that the enemy is brutal, no matter how scared they are, they will have to bite the bullet because of the end of the military law or the supervision of the officers.

The worst thing about the Chu army now is that it has lost its commander. The good thing is the characteristics of the times. Even if there is no supreme commander, soldiers can still fight under the command of their nobles, or make other choices.

Because of the absence of the supreme commander, many nobles in the Chu Kingdom found that the battle situation was collapsing, and when they were restrained by fighting, they had to bite the bullet and stand up.

When someone found that even Dou Huai had disappeared, nobles began to turn around and run away with their own soldiers.

The family ran away?The nobles of other families knew that they were going to lose, so they would think about whether it was necessary to stay and persevere, or whether it was worth it.

It is not terrible that the two armies cannot win the battle. The most terrible thing is that they lose confidence and some people on their own side flee.

Once a friendly army flees, and a large number of friendly troops are running, those who originally wanted to persist will be shaken, and the loss of restraint will lead to the collapse of the entire army.

After Zhiyao discovered that the Chu army began to flee, she said to Zhixuwu: "Surrender."

"No!" Zhixu Wu replied.

When Zhiyao decided to surrender, the battle had already lasted for about an hour, and the battlefield extended to the north for about eight miles.

The victory or defeat on their side has been decided, while Wei's side is still in the midst of fierce confrontation.

The enemies that the Wei family faced were not only from the Fan family, but also a considerable number of Chu troops.

Fan Shi and Wei Shi fought back and forth, and Fan Shi even had the upper hand to a certain extent.This is not surprising. First of all, Wei Ju's troops are of uneven quality because of the large number of situations he has to deal with; Knowing that you will lose will also grit your teeth and take away more enemies.

To put it bluntly, the Fan family who couldn't afford to lose had no choice but to go all out, whether it was facing the Zhi family or the Wei family, it was actually the same.

Of course, there will be differences. Fan’s determination to fight Zhao’s will be the most resolute, and Wei’s who has fought a little more is also willing to go all out. Han’s treatment in Fan’s is similar to Wei’s, which will make Fan The family that lacks the most desperate mentality is Zhishi.

Therefore, the same is to be desperate, Liu Yang chose to fight against the Wei family.

In Liu Yang's view, peace between the Zhi family and the Zhao family will not last long. If many people must die today, the Zhi family should die less, and save the greatest strength to fight against the Zhao family in the future.

The Chu army's fighting power against the Wei family was also not good, and they were beaten up by the Wei family in a series.

If there were non-belligerent parties present, one would draw a conclusion that the combat effectiveness of the Zhi, Wei, and Fan clans who came out of the Jin Kingdom remained reliable, and the upper and lower limits of the Chu army's combat effectiveness were still as erratic as before.

It's not a cold joke, it's completely Chu's own national conditions.Their most elite army is of course the "left and right", followed by the high-ranking public clans of Chu State, then the low-ranking public clans, and then the private armies of nobles from all over the country.

At the same time, there is another point. At present, the Chu State is a strong public clan, and it is not a period when various feudal monarchs were strong during the Warring States Period.

At present, there are feudal monarchs in Chu State, but the number of feudal monarchs is not many, and the number of titled doctors is more.

The quality of the Chu army that entered the territory of Jin State was uneven, and too many "accidents" damaged morale, and even disintegrated the command system. It is rare for any opposing army to encounter such a situation without defeat.

"The Chu army has been defeated!" Liu Yang's heart sank.

Zhi's troops are surrendering, and soon they will be free to help Wei's. Then it will be the time for Fan's and other Chu troops to be unlucky.

"The Zhi family has won!" Wei Ju also grasped the development of the battle situation.

Jian Bo said, "The son of the Zhi family is also here."

Yes, Zhiyao's chariot was galloping towards Wei Ju, accompanied by about a "brigades" of troops.

Wei Ju said, "Are you accepting the surrender?"

Jian Bo thought for a while and replied, "It's fine for the Chu army, but not for the Fan family."

Wei Ju was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he thought of, and said with a smile: "You have already expected why Yao came here?"

Don't forget that the Zhi family and the Fan family are not mortal enemies. At the same time, the Wei family has tasted the benefits of cooperating with Shi Gaoyi, not to mention that the biggest threat to the Wei family is from the Zhao family.

"Ju." Zhiyao greeted first, and then continued after getting closer: "Let's recruit the Chu army."

It didn't mention how to deal with this Fan's army. Seeing that Zhi's had already given up an area, in fact, it was completely unspoken.

Zhiyao also had the same attitude, and without Wei Ju's response, she could only say that Liu Yang's life was not good.

It's better for Liu Yang to keep his eyes open and learn to be a better person afterward, otherwise Fan's family won't be treated like this next time.

In fact, Wei Ju didn't understand Zhiyao's intentions at the beginning, but only after Jian Bo's whispered reminder did he figure it out later.

Next, the Wei family began to slow down the attack on the Fan family, and turned to strengthen the offensive against the Chu army.

Liu Yang, who has been watching all directions and listening to six directions, had already speculated about the opening of the Zhi family on the battlefield, and then saw Wei's slowing down the offensive, although he was not 100% sure, he had more or less guessed something.

"Zhiyao and Wei Ju are in the same car?" Liu Yang roughly understood that it was Zhiyao who had just arrived and said something to Wei Ju, which led to the subsequent actions of Wei's army.

Seems to be able to withdraw from the battlefield?But Liu Yang was extremely hesitant in his heart!
If the Chu army was completely wiped out, or suffered heavy losses, but the Fan family was able to retain most of their strength and retreat, what would the Chu Congress think?

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