I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 259 Wu Country Leading the Trend of the Times

"Except for me and Chu, the battle between Wu and Qi this year, the number of soldiers used is the highest among all countries." Wei Ju said.

This is not wrong.

The state of Jin and the state of Chu fought several battles in which the scale of troops used by both sides was more than [-], and the scale of troops used by other countries could not reach that level.

Now, [-] Wu troops are going north, and Qi State has also mobilized [-] troops. The scale is indeed huge in terms of the number of people participating in the battle, and it is of great epochal significance.

What's the point?It only means that in addition to Jin and Chu, the scale of wars in other countries has also begun to become larger, and it is very likely that the rest of the countries will start to follow suit, and the wars that will break out later will use more and more troops.

Wei Ju has such a cognition, which means that he has peeked into the future.

Zhiyao said: "I don't know if the Wu and Qi armies have recruited Li Shu?"

The saying that "scholars cannot be recruited if they do not teach" was implemented in the Jin State, but the southern countries did not pay attention to this set.

In the once extremely prosperous state of Chu, not all of them were trained soldiers who went out to war many times. Many of them were recruited from the surrounding barbarians.

The folk customs are similar to that of Chu State, but Wu State is even more unreasonable than Chu State. They faced the danger of losing their country several times, and they dragged ordinary people to the battlefield early on.

In the confrontation between Wu State and Yue State, the two sides did not care about the life and death of Li Shu at all, and what they fought was a general war.

Therefore, Chu, Wu, and Yue were different from the Central Plains countries. There was no custom of war to make ordinary people go away.

As Jin and Chu fought for hegemony repeatedly, Chu was assimilated by the Central Plains countries to a certain extent, and gradually stopped pulling ordinary people to the battlefield, and even stopped pulling the strong men of the barbarians.This is when the monarchs and ministers of the Chu Kingdom discovered that the worse the quality of the soldiers, the more miserable they would lose, and they realized that the army should focus on quality, not quantity.

It can be seen that the more times Chu and Jin fought each other, the less they valued the number of troops, and gradually pursued the quality of the army, and even came up with the elite troops of "left and right wide".

Wei Ju twitched his lips, and said mockingly: "The chaos in Qi is endless, why are there [-] 'scholars', 'disciples', and 'envy'? Besides, since the beginning of Qi Linggong, the state of Qi has recruited martial arts. People are old customs."

Why is it mocking?The main reason is that Qi Linggong did a major event. One time, he recruited warriors from the people to participate in the battle. He gathered 12 people to confront the Jin army head-on, and then the Jin army used a legion of troops to rub against the ground.It is a big joke to use such facts to prove that a mob composed of so-called martial arts warriors fought against the Jin army.

However, the State of Qi did not give up seeking the road to strengthen the army because of the jokes made by Duke Ling of Qi. Train to be an elite force.

Zhiyao agrees with Wei Ju's judgment. The [-] Qi army must not be all trained soldiers. With Qi's current national strength, [-] to [-] regular troops would be considered the best.

This can be seen from the fact that the Guoshu only brought [-] Qi troops by his side. It was all because untrained people relied on city defenses for defense, and pulling them into the wilderness to fight in the wild was purely a gift.

Because Wu Jun and Qi Jun have no formal battle relationship, Zhiyao and Wei Ju can only exchange various formations of Wu Jun and Qi Jun.

"The Wu army's battle line is extremely long, reaching Kebo in the west and Boshan in the east; the Qi army had to deploy defenses everywhere." Zhiyao didn't take out the map of mountains and rivers, but just talked about it.

The related mountains and rivers map Zhishi has, and it belongs to the result that Zhiyao ordered others to draw it 15 years ago.

Zhiyao didn't take out the map of mountains and rivers, because she definitely didn't want Wei Shi to know what Zhi Shi was doing.

Besides, maps and so on have always been strategic items, so how can they be easily shown to others?

Wei Ju didn't know the place names such as "Kebo" until he came here, and he didn't go to check it himself, and he didn't know the local terrain and environment.

"How long is it?" Wei Ju asked.

Zhiyao didn't know the exact length, so she thought for a while and said, "About two hundred miles."

This data is generally reliable, and the more accurate figure is [-] kilometers.

Zhiyao said again: "There is a plain to the east of 'Ai', and the decisive battle between Wu and Qi must be here."

This "Ai" is a city in the State of Lu, and now Shusun Zhouchou is stationed there with the remnants of the defeated army of the State of Lu.

Wei Ju was not surprised that Zhiyao judged the location of the decisive battle between Wu Jun and Qi Jun. Firstly, Zhiyao's military ability was placed there, and secondly, Wu Jun and Qi Jun needed a sufficiently open terrain for the decisive battle.

"Where is the beginning of the confrontation?" Wei Ju asked.

Zhiyao didn't even think about it, and said: "With the nature of the Wu people, the Lu army will be driven, and whenever Shusun Zhouchou arrives at 'Ai Ling', he will fight at that time."

Wei Ju said in a daze, "I guess so."

When Wei Ju asked about it just now, he felt a little stupid, because the three views of Wu people were different from those of the Central Plains countries.

In fact, the same is true. Chu people often say that they are barbarians, but the real barbarians are Wu people. Even the king and ministers of Wu state are even more dishonest than those uncivilized barbarians.

It's not a coincidence, it's an inevitability at all. When Zhiyao was explaining to Wei Ju, Fu Chai was ordering to summon his uncle Sun Zhouchou to come and obey his orders.

Shusun Zhouchou was the main general of the Lu army this time, and he dared not refuse Fu Chai's call. He spent eight days bringing [-] Lu troops to the Wu army's camp.

"Why are there so few troops?" Fu Chai looked very annoyed when he learned that only [-] Lu troops had come.

Uncle Sun Zhouchou hurriedly explained: "There are more than ten thousand people coming."

Fu Chai said displeasedly: "I will lend you [-] troops, and immediately send troops to attack the Qi army."

so urgent?

Shusun Zhouchou was very hesitant in his heart, and wanted to ask Fu Chai to give the newly arrived Lu Jun some time to recuperate. Seeing the displeasure on Fu Chai's face, he didn't dare to speak out the request, and could only answer: "No!"

Later, Uncle Sun Zhouqiu received [-] Wu troops borrowed by Fucha, and saw that those Wu troops almost died suddenly of myocardial infarction.

For people from Wu, isn’t it normal to have black-tooth carvings and kun crowns stitched together?
In fact, it is the custom and etiquette of the Ouyue nation to wear loose hair, tattoo patterns on the body, cross arms and cover the skirt to the left when standing.The teeth are dyed black with grass juice, the forehead is tattooed with flowers and painted with green dan, and the hat is made of catfish skin, and the sewing is rough. These are the customs and etiquette of Wu today.

Shusun Zhouchou mainly saw that Wu Jun had all kinds of weapons, and suddenly thought that Fu Chai had no good intentions in throwing the mob to him.

"If I lose to the Qi army, what good will it do to Wu?" Shusun Zhouchou had to think clearly.

Of course, it is good for the state of Wu. It once again proves that the state of Lu is a waste country. In the future, there will be no equality in an alliance with the state of Wu. .

Especially Fu Chai has plans on the battlefield this time.

Zhiyao, who has been paying close attention to the movements of Wu Jun and Qi Jun, received the report and took Wei Ju to rush for a while. When she arrived, she saw Lu Jun, Wu Jun and Qi Jun fighting fiercely.

Zhiyao and Wei Ju will definitely not get too close to the battlefield, and they must also pay attention not to get too close to the Wu army or Qi army to avoid being attacked or being drawn into the battle group.

"Lu Jun and Wu Jun are defeated!" Wei Ju said after watching for a while.

Yes, the previous battle situation was not seen because of the delay, and the situation on the battlefield was clearly that the Wu-Lu coalition army could not withstand the Qi army's offensive and showed defeat.

Zhiyao said not so sure: "This is 'a while'?" Just as the words fell, there was a new movement.

I saw another Wu army suddenly appearing from the turn of a short mountain, and it seemed that they were heading directly for the Qi army's central army.

Because they were a little far away, Zhiyao and Wei Ju could only tell which country's army it belonged to, but they couldn't tell who the general was from the flag.

The sudden appearance of the Wu army obviously surprised the Qi army a little. The Qi army's central army was a little chaotic and then calmed down. Then a Qi army attacked head-on and fought with the Wu army that suddenly appeared.

Wei Ju asked, "Why don't you go forward?"

This is not so clear, I want to get closer.

In fact, the two of them could go directly to the Qi army. The commander of the Qi army, Guo Shu, would welcome Zhiyao and Wei Ju very much and provide the necessary security guarantees.

But Zhiyao has no intention of going to the Qi army as a guest at all. The reason is of course that he once took down "Linzi" and did something like plundering Qi's sacrificial vessels, and then the Zhi family has been invading Qi, even if Qi does something. The probability is extremely low, and it may happen that you can't do it to your door if you are sure enough!

Seeing that Zhiyao didn't answer, Wei Ju thought of something and stopped insisting.

On the battlefield, the Wu-Lu Allied Forces were indeed defeated, and the defeat was quite embarrassing.Lu Jun turned his head and ran away, while Wu Jun ran around all over the mountains and plains.The Qi army did not pursue the soldiers of the Wu army who had fled into the mountains. They caught the Lu army who had fled from the plains and chased them for a while, but after a few miles they stopped chasing them.

The second Wu army that Fu Chai placed high hopes on, they had nothing to do with the central army of Qi State. Seeing that the Wu-Lu coalition army in the first "formation" had been defeated, they sent the Wu army in the third "formation" to fight in a rage.

The "formation" can be interpreted as a square formation, that is, Fu Chai sent three square formations to launch an offensive at once.

"I knew that the state of Lu was weak, but I never thought it would be so weak. It's already a meal for everyone!" Fu Chai was really angry, and he was happy, and his state seemed to be a bit schizophrenic.

The Wu army still had two phalanxes fighting the Qi army. It didn't take long for the second "array" to be defeated by the Qi army. This really frightened Ru Cao, the Wu general who led the third "array".

Frightened, Ru Cao lacked confidence and looked towards the camp frequently.

At this time, the sound of Mingjin sounded in Wu Junying.

Fu Chai, who sent three phalanxes to fight in succession, saw that he had lost two games in a row, his face was very gloomy at first, and the nobles of Wu, Yue, and Lu were frightened to feel uneasy.

"Today's small defeat is for tomorrow's big victory!" Fu Chai let out a burst of "Ahahaha" laughter after finishing speaking.

Zhi Yao and Wei Ju, who were purely watching the battle, were looking at each other.

"Wu Jun lost to Qi Jun?" Wei Ju found it a little inconceivable.

But Zhiyao said: "Tomorrow the Qi army will be in trouble."

If Wu Jun is really so vulnerable, how can Wu be at its peak now?

In this way, there is only one truth left, and that is...

(End of this chapter)