I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 465
The original army who arrived at "Xinzheng" did not camp in a concentrated manner. They originally controlled some traffic arteries and favorable terrain, but as reinforcements continued to arrive, they robbed more traffic arteries and dangerous places.

Not to mention that the 15 original troops surrounded "Xinzheng" tightly, there were not many routes left for the Chu and Zheng troops to come to support.

The Chu army or Zheng army that had been coming to help was repeatedly destroyed. The high-level leaders of the two countries came back to their senses and sent a large number of people to contact all parties. Most of them died under the hunting and killing of the original army scouts.

The Chu people or Zheng people who contacted the rear asked the troops who came to support not to enter the "Xinzheng" battlefield in batches, and conveyed the order of the high-level officials of the two countries to ask the local reinforcements to gather and form a scale before marching.

Because it was the original army that had the upper hand in terms of control, if the Chu army or the Zheng army sent troops from the "Xinzheng" city, they would immediately be countered.

For example, about [-] Chu troops came out from the east gate of "Xinzheng". Go up.

The Chu army or Zheng army in other positions were also blocked by the original army.

Therefore, no matter what the high-level leaders of Chu and Zheng wanted to do, they managed to make the "Xinzheng" that had been calm for more than half a month break out again.

Zhiyao fixed her eyes on the fighting arena and said, "The number of armored enemy soldiers has increased slightly? There are also more shield holders!"

Last year, under the rain of arrows from the original army, a large area of ​​Chu army or Zheng army would fall.

Obviously, Chu Jun and Zheng Jun had learned enough lessons. While trying to increase their armor, they deployed shields on a large scale. It must be said that it still played some role. Can take flesh and blood to meet arrows.

Most of the Chu army and Zheng army used shields with a wooden structure, which would prevent arrows from penetrating from a long distance, but a closer distance would definitely cause a penetrating effect.

Zhiyao can see that although Chu Jun and Zheng Jun have some defensive effects on the original army's long-range troops because of holding shields, but because Chu Jun and Zheng Jun need to hold a spear in one hand and a shield in the other, it is not only very inconvenient to move. , after entering the melee confrontation state, the restraint becomes greater.

The battle took place two or 300 meters away from Gaopo. The original monarchs and ministers had binoculars in their hands. It was almost as if the soldiers on both sides were fighting in front of their eyes. They could see the ferocious faces of the soldiers, and they could also see the sharp weapons hurting their bodies and flying out. blood flower.

In a cold war, it is extremely easy to lose an arm or a calf, and another place that is most likely to be damaged is the ear.Therefore, it was very common for soldiers with defective limbs in ancient times, and those who had served in the army were likely to have no right ear.

It's a bit funny and cruel to say it. Once the Fan family of Jin State, they made a huge business of prosthetic limbs, selling leg blocks for support.

That is one of Zhange's main attack methods is the hook. If you hit the neck, you will definitely lose your head. It is very likely that the left ear hook will be hit; the lower body will be the calf as the main target. , the strength is stronger, even the muscles and bones can't bear it.

"At present, the enemy's combat power has increased?" Hu You was also on the 'Xinzheng' battlefield last year.

how to say?If it were last year, Chu Jun or Zheng Jun who fell into a disadvantageous situation, they would have a small group of people fleeing.

Now, the Yuan army is of course the dominant side, but there is no rout of the Chu army or the Zheng army.

Fox explained: "A hundred battles make a soldier."

This is the answer.

Last year's soldiers of the Chu army may have been pulled to make up the numbers, they may not even have rough training, they are purely armed farmers.

If you can live from last year to this year, and you are in the army, the price you paid for with blood will be more cherished. If officers are willing to teach and soldiers are willing to learn, their quality will definitely be improved.

It takes a certain vision to distinguish the good from the bad from the seemingly messy battlefield. Anyway, the monarch and ministers of the Yuan Kingdom on the high slope must not lack that vision.

Zhiyao has his own feelings. At the beginning of the battle, the two sides fought in formations, fighting in a line of battle. It has only been more than 20 years, and the battle has become a mixture of the enemy and us.

This is undoubtedly a serious decline in the quality of the source of soldiers, so that it is impossible to even fight in formation.

Of course, it is very likely that the battle broke out too hastily, and neither side had time to set up their battles.

"Your Majesty's order has been conveyed." Sima Rangju left for a while just now.

Zhiyao nodded to show that she knew.

Noticing the interaction between Zhiyao and Sima Rangju, Han Geng and Hu Jie looked at each other.

"What's the matter?" Hu Jie asked in a low voice.

Sima Rangju said with a smile: "Today the enemy army is making a big move, or it may be a breakthrough for the outer reinforcements."

Hearing this answer, Han Geng thought to himself: "Yes, unless we can defeat our army, otherwise 'Xinzheng' will not be able to get out of the siege at all. Their big commotion is to create opportunities for the external reinforcements."

So far, the Chu army and Zheng army gathered in the periphery have a scale of [-] to [-]. They are simply a step behind the original army, and they did not rush to the city of "Xinzheng" before the reinforcements from the original country arrived.

The original army knew where the [-] to [-] coalition troops were, and they knew with their knees that it was impossible to let them go. If the coalition forces wanted to come to the city of "Xinzheng", they must form a linkage with the beleaguered friendly troops.

To put it bluntly, the larger the scale of the use of troops, the wider the scope of the battlefield must be involved. It seems that the "Xinzheng" battle broke out, and the surrounding cities are also war zones.

In the past, the most intense fighting was not on the "Xinzheng" side, but the surrounding cities.

The so-called advantage of the original army included the occupation of some cities around "Xinzheng", and even more villages were controlled or occupied.

These places under the military control of the original army became obstacles for the Chu army or Zheng army to advance to "Xinzheng".

Therefore, the Chu army and the Zheng army did not take back the cities or villages controlled by the original army along the way, even if they successfully arrived at "Xinzheng", it was nothing more than increasing the number of besieged by the original army.

Zhiyao led people back to the military tent and came to the edge of a huge sand table.

The sand table has been around for a very long time, anyway, it existed before Zhiyao made it.

The sand table made by the Yuan army is very fine, and it can only be seen from this point that the geographical advantage belonging to the Zheng army has been lost.

You can see many flags planted on the sand table. The red ones represent the Yuan army, the dark green ones represent the Chu army, and the light green ones represent the Zheng army.It is also the color of the uniform worn by soldiers in the armies of the three countries.

One thing has to be said, under Zheng Guo's nationwide mobilization, most of the soldiers who participated in the war did not have standard uniforms, and [-] to [-]% did not even have decent weapons.

Chu State mobilized 40 to [-] people, and the soldiers also did not have uniform uniforms.In fact, they have never achieved uniform uniforms since the founding of the country, but they have done it with a weapon in hand.

In the previous state of Jin, no matter how many soldiers were mobilized, the style of the war robes might be different, but the color must be red, showing enough heritage in a certain way.

In the current Yuan Country, the uniforms have been unified, and Zhi’s style is fully adopted. The weapons are still a mix of evil gold and US dollar (bronze). Some of the US dollar weapons are still used by the Han, Fox, and Zhong. The Zhi family and other families were all replaced with evil gold.

The reason why the Han, Hu, and Zhong families did not fully change their outfits was not because Zhiyao didn’t sell them, but because the size of these three families was too large compared to the rest of the non-public clans. Willing to accept credit provided by Zhishi.

This year, Yuanguo mobilized 15 troops to go south. In terms of training speed, Zhishi's standing army is naturally the highest, and the rest are about the same.

Among the four legions, there is only one legion that is fully staffed and equipped with cloth face armor. The remaining three legions should have about [-]% of the armored rate. Wood armor and bamboo armor are mostly.

The battle reports from all over the place are constantly being sent. The high-level executives of Chu and Zheng made such a move today. Maybe they wanted to try to catch the original monarch and ministers. It was more to make a big noise in "Xinzheng" to attract Yuan. The attention of the monarchs and ministers creates opportunities for the peripheral coalition forces to break through.

"In this way, [-] enemy troops joined the battle in 'Xinzheng' alone?" Sima Rangju got the answer with a thoughtful expression on his face.

Their original plan was to set a trap and eat up the coalition army located to the south of "Xinzheng", making "Xinzheng" truly an isolated city.

Now, in "Xinzheng" alone, more than 7 allied forces have fought against the original army. It can be seen that the intention of Chu and Zheng to contain the main force of the original army is too obvious, and the fighting will of the soldiers of the two countries is also more united.

That is, the Chu people and Zheng people who were trapped in "Xinzheng" knew very well that without reinforcements, there is no hope of victory. If you understand this, you must know that if you want to survive, you must unite and work hard.

"Your Majesty, the Song army may leave and return." Sima Rangju said.

Zhiyao said: "I always pay attention to the movement of the Song army, and there are scouts on patrol. If there are any changes, we will know."

It's not that they haven't thought about letting go of a hole and giving the people of Chu and Zheng hope to escape. However, "Xinzheng" is not only a tortoise shell, but also the main battlefield chosen by Chu and Zheng. "If they evacuate, it is impossible for Chu Jun or Zheng Jun to leave "Xinzheng".

The situation on the battlefield in "Xinzheng" was too obvious, and there was almost no room for intrigue and tactics. The development of the war can only be determined by the soldiers of the two camps fighting hard to determine the direction of the battle.

Hu Jie couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "Your Majesty, when shall I leave?"

What?

According to the established arrangement, Hu Jie should lead a legion southward into Chu State, and play a first-hand center in Chu State like last year. This will further damage the morale of Chu people and at the same time weaken Chu State's war potential.

Zhiyao shifted her gaze to Hu Jie, and asked, "If You Nan is going down, is that okay?"

To be honest, Hu Jie is too old, and it is a bit dangerous to travel long distances and spend energy directing the battle!

At that time, if something happened to Hu Jie, it would be hard to say that he died on the way to the battle. Regardless of whether the Hu family would feel resentful or not, Yuan Guo owed the Hu family a little bit.

"This..." Hu Jie understood Zhiyao's meaning. He didn't have to be the commander of the south, but also gave Hu You a chance to make contributions.

Hu You saluted and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going south!"

Zhiyao seemed domineering, and didn't give Hu Jie a chance to speak. She laughed a few times and said, "So, Xu Wu is the 'general', and You and Hu are the 'assistants'. If there is nothing else, you can go south in seven days. .”

Hu is not Yang Hu, but Han Geng's son Han Hu.

Standing aside, Zhi Xuwu was very happy that he was able to take the lead, but he still reminded: "My lord, the movement of the Song army is still unknown."

Sima Rangju replied on his behalf, saying: "Chu and Zheng have acted like this. If there is any movement from the Song army, it should be within seven days."

Song State mobilized again and again, and the assembled troops had reached [-].

Zhiyao didn't take the Song Kingdom seriously. While paying attention to it, it doesn't mean that he will put pressure on his subordinates in terms of words and deeds. He said with a smile: "I took the land of Cao, and Song Jun is deeply afraid of me and dare not send troops. Now, A large army of widows goes south, and Song is making an alliance with Chu and Zheng, so he must hesitate in his heart, worrying about what I'm targeting, and there will be room for fighting with me."

Song State had a good relationship with Yuan State in the past. The two sides had never fought before last year, and there was no deep hatred. It was just that Yuan State was too powerful and chose to side with Chu State.As far as how determined Song State is to fight to the death with Yuan State, it will not be stronger than Chu State and Zheng State's determination anyway.

Under Zhiyao's order, Zaiyu from Yuanguo has gone to "Shangqiu" to find someone to exchange knowledge.

Zaiyu’s real goal is to interfere with the decisions made by the Song State. The reason for not having the Song State’s center is too realistic. Last year, Song State formed an alliance with Chu, Zheng, and Yue. It is impossible to rebel against the alliance as soon as it forms an alliance. The senior officials of the Song State hesitated to what extent they wanted to be right with the Yuan State. It was obviously one of the feasible solutions to make friends with the Dukes of the Song Dynasty and let the Dukes of the Song Dynasty influence the court.

Who are Jae Yu's opponents in Song?Perhaps it was fellow apprentices, and one of them was Zigong.

Everyone saw that Zhiyao was so confident, and based on their own understanding of the Song Dynasty, they thought it should be the case.

On the "Xinzheng" side, after the battle started that day, the battle was the most intense on the first day, and the intensity of the subsequent battles fluctuated, depending on the breakthrough progress of the Chu-Zheng coalition forces on the periphery.

On the sixth day, a support team from Chu State appeared. They were intercepted, indicating that they were on a mission, and they met Zhiyao in person safely.

The envoy of Chu State is Dou Huai, who is Zhiyao's old friend.

"Greetings to Mr. Yuan on behalf of my king." Dou Huai did not lack etiquette, but he followed the etiquette of Chu people.

There is no second day or something?Zhiyao didn't correct Dou Huai's title to Chu Junzhong, and motioned him to sit down.

Just as Dou Huai sat down and stood up again, he saluted again and said: "A few years ago, Mr. Yuan mentioned that the north and the south stand side by side..." After that, there is a long list of nostalgic reminiscences.

After speaking for about half an hour, Dou Huai asked, "I wonder if Mr. Yuan still has this intention?"

If it were a monarch with a more straightforward personality, he would probably laugh at the fact that Chu State is so whimsical, and how qualified it is to stand side by side with Yuan State now.

Zhiyao made a thoughtful expression, and said after a while: "Chu State is the overlord of the South, and Yuan State is the overlord of the Central Plains. Earlier, I was willing to share Zheng State equally with Chu State. Is it okay to bring it up again? Now The situation has changed suddenly, if the state of Chu is really sincere, why not offer the 'Xinzheng' to the widow, the king of Chu will surely return to the country safely."

(End of this chapter)