I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 470 There is something strange everywhere
Choosing to break out in the early morning is in itself to achieve an unexpected effect.

However, the early warning system of the Yuan army was too perfect. Even if the Chu army did not receive any information about breaking out of the siege in advance, relying on the early warning system would not result in a slow response.

There is a big difference between the original army and the current vassals' subordinates. In terms of the army system, except for Chu, the armies of the other vassals are no different from the original army.

The organizational system of the Zong Zhou army, five "wu" is a "liang", four "liang" is a "pawn", five "pawns" are a "brigades", and five "brigades" are a "division". Five "divisions" make up an "army".

To talk about the difference between Yuan State and other vassals, the army establishment of Yuan State was inherited from Jin State. Each "two" includes chariot soldiers and infantry for a total of 75 soldiers.

The real difference lies in the fact that Yuan Guo has been trained since the beginning of the "Two Sima", and only after passing the assessment can he take up the official title. Otherwise, even if he has the title of "Sergeant", he is not qualified to lead the army.

To put it bluntly, the officers of the original country had received systematic education, while the officers under the command of the other princes relied on self-study.Don't look at just this difference, even if there is not much difference in military equipment, the two sides are not in the same era at all.

Therefore, because the former army has qualified and even excellent officers, it can do some very delicate work.The reason they can do this is that the officers have a thorough understanding of military orders, have the skills to implement instructions from the top, and have the ability to manage the soldiers under the establishment.

Why do countries that are capable of doing so establish military academies?Isn't it just summarizing a series of military teaching materials, and then using teaching methods to send professionally educated officers to the army.

Therefore, there is really a difference between those who have undergone professional training and those who have not!

Of course, Huo Qubing didn't like to read military books if he insisted on raising the bar, but he had more brilliant records than anyone else, and he hit the ceiling of the military general "Feng Lang Ju Xu".But it cannot be said that Huo Qubing is uneducated, right?Furthermore, geniuses are rare, and more groups called mediocrity are the cornerstone of the army.

It is precisely because the officers of the original army have been trained and have assessments for selection. When they encountered a sudden night attack by the Chu army, after they realized what happened, they did not need to waste their brains too much. They obeyed the military orders and learned during the training. That's it for the solution.

In the past, how to use the arrow array was the unique secret book of the old Han family. When it was the turn of the former state-owned training class, the officers who could command the crossbowmen basically mastered a few hands.And Zhi's arrow array command system was not stolen from Han's. Zhiyao gave some direction, more people conducted research, and then used continuous actual combat to build a suitable system.

Where there is movement, the officers who have studied the textbooks will immediately start to calculate the distance and azimuth in their minds, come to a conclusion, and then order the archers or crossbowmen to use what elevation angle, how many meters to shoot, etc., knock on the clapper in their hands, hurriedly The sound of clappers sounded, and a group of crossbowmen covered that position.

The eastern sky has already appeared fish white, and soon there is sufficient light on the earth.

Sun Wu's second son, Sun Ming, stood on the arrow tower of a certain city. Looking to the west, he could see the corpses of Chu soldiers everywhere, as well as the soldiers of Chu who were rushing forward.

In any era, the starting point of the heirs of the rich and powerful is basically higher than that of ordinary people. In better eras, there is at least the threshold of assessment, and only those who are competent can get a certain position; Everyone has the privilege of enjoying virtue.

The heirs of the rich and powerful have a higher starting point than ordinary people. In addition to blood, there can actually be another explanation. For example, the rich and powerful have the ability to provide a better educational environment for their offspring.

Of course, Sun Ming also passed the assessment to take up the position of brigade commander. The brigade commander basically has all the skills that a brigade commander should master. At a glance, he knows that the No. 14 line of defense may be able to stop it for a while. The clock is about to be passed.

The use of the word "diffuse" mainly means that it is difficult for the Chu army to capture the original army's strongholds along the way within [-] minutes. Because of their large number, they will directly cross the old fortresses along the way and continue to attack the next line of defense of the original army.

Sun Ming shifted his gaze to the No.15 fortification, while commanding his subordinates: "Save the arrows."

Not every "brigade" of the original army was stationed in each building. One of their "brigades" was scattered in three forts, and they also had to take into account the surrounding ditch defenses.So there will be no more than five hundred soldiers in a city?

It can also be seen from this point that the walled city, which is mainly built with wood, does not occupy a large area, and there are deep ditch around it as the first barrier. The second is a low wall stacked with sacks of earth.

Of course, there are dormitories in the walled city, a small square, and then there is a place to store food, fodder and ordnance, and there must be a newly dug well.In some larger cities, stables were specially built inside.

"The Chu army is still in a panic even after breaking through, and it seems that they are not organized." Dong Da said.

It looked like that, the Chu army did not assign anyone to contain the fortresses along the way, most of them just rushed forward, and the only thing that could stop them was the ditch with spikes inserted underneath.

Under such circumstances, the garrison of the original army's stronghold could use long-range weapons to shoot and kill the passing Chu army very comfortably, and even put down the hanging board and go out to charge a wave before returning.

Sun Ming said with a smile: "The Chu army has always been like this."

A long time ago, when Chu State was still a small country, each family was not big, and the patriarch brought his own warriors to serve the monarch, usually dozens or hundreds, and the patriarch could effectively restrain the family's private soldiers.In this case, it is actually not much different from a "two" or "pawn" under the Zhou ritual system.

Waiting for the state of Chu to become stronger and stronger, their internal families will merge with each other, and the families that are eligible to participate in the war, their patriarchs will go out to bring more soldiers when receiving gifts, and the organization will become worse and worse.

After the state of Chu became stronger, it could crush the surrounding countries by relying on the advantage of the number of soldiers, and the shortcomings of the military system being too backward were easily ignored.

Until the state of Jin blocked the expansion of the state of Chu, the people of the state of Chu could be regarded as aware of the shortcomings brought about by the scattered military system. The terrible thing is that the people of the state of Chu have long been accustomed to the way that a nobleman forms an organizational unit, and at the same time involves the rights of the monarch and ministers. struggle.

During the period of the Communist King of Chu, the State of Chu fought against the State of Jin repeatedly. After suffering enough from the disorganized military system and unable to reform the national military system, the central government formed an army called "Zuoguang", which has been going on since then. As the royal guard of the king of the country.

That branch of "Zuoguang" existed for a long time, and it disappeared after the Wu army invaded "Ying", the capital of Chu State.

It's not that "Zuoguang" was wiped out on the battlefield, but the overall situation of Chu State is not good. The monarch has no financial resources to continue to support the existence of "Zuoguang", so he can only dissolve it.

Just as Sun Ming was about to speak, he saw the expression of keeping his mouth open, and the pupils of his eyes shrank.

Before, the Chu army ran into a ditch with spikes at the bottom. In some areas, soldiers were simply squeezed down as meat pads, so that the soldiers of the Chu army behind could pass through.

Because of that situation, there were not many aisles for the Chu army to pass through the ditch, and the soldiers of the Chu army who came up again and again just stepped on their companions and continued to rush forward.

What Sun Ming saw was soldiers of the Chu army digging up sand and filling the ditches, indicating that the chain of command of the Chu army was being restored, and someone ordered to do that.

"Crossbow soldiers cover that place!" Sun Ming pointed to the soldiers of the Chu army who were doing their homework, and gave an order.

Only the range of the crossbow is within reach, and it is not within the range of the archer. It must be only given to the crossbowmen.

On the battlefield, the Chu army seemed to have forgotten that they also had bows, no matter what kind of troops they were, they were all rushing towards the arrows of the original army.

Perhaps it wasn't that the archers of the Chu army forgot to have a bow. It was embarrassing that their range was not as far as that of the original army's long-range troops.

Just now, Sun Ming was still a little surprised, the artificial mound was so obvious, why the Chu army who rushed out was not targeted.

Sun Ming found that the enemy army began to fill the ditches in an organized manner. Soon after, he saw a group of Chu troops attacking an artificial mound. He guessed that someone from the Chu army must have stepped forward to take over the command.

Whether an army is commanded or not, the combat effectiveness displayed will be two different things.

In such a chaotic situation, someone was able to establish a command system, how could it not surprise Sun Ming.

Who began to effectively command the Chu army?He is not from the state of Chu, his name is Zonglou, and he is from the state of Qi.

Speaking of which, Zonglou is someone who has experienced a big scene, that is, the "Battle of Ai Ling" where Qi State and Wu State dispatched a total of more than 20 troops.

Zonglou, who came from the state of Chu, actually felt that he was incompatible with the people of Chu state. It was not just the difference in customs, but also the conflict of military concepts.

For example, today, Zong Lou, who participated in the breakout meeting, felt that he was lonely. He went up to Chu Junzhong and went down to every family head who participated in the meeting. It was a bit like shouting slogans all the way. As for the decision, there are few details on how to implement the breakout.

At that time, Zonglou was full of confusion. He didn't understand how Chu State became the hegemony of the South, and wondered if it was the country that was destroyed in the South.

Some countries in the south may be very good, but Chu State has not always been like this. Their Chu Wu King, Chu Gong King, and Chu Zhuang King are all heroes.

A country will definitely go through ups and downs. It should be said that the current state of Chu is in decline, and it does not look like a state that a hegemonic country should have.

What happened to Chu Junzhong or Ziguo, who were supposed to be in command?They completely misjudged the stupidity of the aristocrats. After launching the breakout operation, the aristocrats ran like wild horses, not caring about any orders from Chu Junzhong or Ziguo.

Many nobles rushed with their lives, directly messing up the Chu army's weak command system. If there was not a common goal of breaking through the original army's fortifications, it was not certain whether they could keep rushing in one direction.

"Avoid boulders!" Zonglou reminded loudly as he looked at the rolling stones.

The people who are united around Zonglou have the same identity, and they are all from the original state of Qi.

The state of Qi has officially disappeared from the hegemony stage and has become a symbol in the history books. The Qi people who fled to the state of Chu get the highest position with the Zonglou, and the rest of the Qi people will naturally move closer to the Zonglou.

But Zonglou has seen the chaos of Chu State, and if he is lucky enough to break through, he doesn't want to stay in Chu State at all, and wants to switch to Yue State to seek new life opportunities.

It happened that Zonglou didn't want to stay in Chu State anymore.He will launch an attack on an artificial mound, wanting to find out what a monster that throws a huge boulder with a range of 250 steps looks like, try his best to draw the structure for preservation, and then capture some original Chinese who know how to control the catapult, and finally Yue Guojin dedicated to Yuejun Goujian as his qualification for promotion.

Boulders rolled down amidst the rumbling sound, and if one didn't dodge in time, he would be crushed to pieces.

"General, there are soldiers on it!"

Zonglou saw it himself, and knew in advance that there were soldiers.

There are steps in the artificial mound, and there is a platform at the top. On the edge of the platform, under the sunlight, there are armored soldiers reflecting their eyes.

"Kill it! If it can be destroyed, the building will share wealth and honor with everyone. If you violate this oath, both humans and gods will abandon it!"

For the time being, Zong Lou didn't tell anyone about his decision to defect to the Yue Kingdom. If he wanted to get promoted, he had to give blood to the soldiers under his command.

People nowadays are still willing to believe in the promises made by the superiors, and they also believe that it’s fine if the superiors don’t make promises, and once they make a promise, they will definitely keep it.

The blood-soaked soldiers became more energetic and reckless. When a huge boulder rolled down from the top again, a soldier with a mental illness wanted to change the direction of the rolling boulder with manpower, and was crushed directly. A pool of invisible flesh and blood.

They climbed very hard, and more than halfway through, boulders rolled down from time to time, and arrows began to shoot from above.

Zonglou, who was wearing three layers of armor, desperately committed himself to the front line in order to obtain qualifications for promotion. Standing on the steps of the first platform, he saw the former soldiers forming three queues, as if a basin had been poured on his head. The ice water makes the whole person cool from the inside out.

"In the past, there were less than [-] soldiers in each building, but today it suddenly increased to [-]? The original army really peeked at today's breakout in advance! Only [-] soldiers are difficult to deal with. If it is increased to [-], another There are hundreds of elites, how could it be possible to win it!" Zong Lou would like to thank the big scene of the 'Battle of Ai Ling', and he can still think about the current situation, not because he was directly frightened.

Zonglou retreated by himself, and while retreating, he shouted loudly: "Withdraw! Withdraw!"

Earlier, intelligence lagged thinking that there was a chance of success.

Now?Go to Nima's qualifications for promotion, and only by living can you have a future with infinite possibilities!
At the next height, Zonglou retreated while looking at the overall situation. He was surprised to find that the Chu army had rushed beyond the No. 16 line of defense.

"What's the situation? There shouldn't be a large number of original troops to prevent the Chu army from breaking through. As the high-level officials of the Chu state said, the original army's peripheral battles are tight, and the troops here have been evacuated?" Zong Lou felt that it was impossible.

wrong.

Really very weird!

Zong Lou thought of another possibility, and was so frightened that his foot stepped on the ground. At least he was supported by the guards, otherwise he would have fallen in the posture of rolling a gourd.

"Where is the King of Chu? It is a matter of life and death for the entire army. Find the King of Chu quickly!"

(End of this chapter)