I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

"General, more than half of the Vietnamese troops have suffered casualties and are still fighting to the death."

Sima Rangju buried his head in the sand table, raised his arms and waved to show that he knew.

The battle between the original army and the Vietnamese army has been going on for more than two months. The battlefield has been fought from "Muleng" to "Yun", and then from "Yun" all the way to the south, successively in "Qi", "Zhu", and "Wulou". The battle has continued until now, thirty miles north of "Langya".

Wen Zhong was in charge of stopping Sima Rangju from leading the main force of the original army. After repeated fierce battles between the two sides, Wen Zhong's army was reduced from the original [-] to less than [-], and he retreated to "Langye" [-] miles away. But he stubbornly stood up and refused to retreat.

More than half of the Vietnamese army was lost, and the original army had only four to five thousand casualties.This is actually because the Vietnamese army is really not suitable for direct combat.

To tell the truth, neither Wu nor Yue's armies are good at conducting upright battles. They are more comfortable with tactics such as ambushes and sneak attacks.

Of course, Wen Zhong is trying to create an opportunity, so that King Goujian of Yue can regain "Langya".

Before, Sima Rangju divided his troops, and the [-] original army directly attacked "Langya". After a hard battle, they successfully conquered "Langya" and captured some ships.

More ships were sailors from the Yue Kingdom who sensed something was wrong and raised their sails early to go to sea.

After King Goujian of Yue came back to aid from the east, the Vietnamese army only built some ladders for climbing the city and began to attack the city. Of course, there was a consideration of taking advantage of the fact that the original army was not familiar with "Langya". "Langya" belongs to it.

Because the [-] original army defended with the camp and the city as a corner, and because Wen Zhong led the army in the middle, Sima Rangju had lost contact with the friendly army on the "Langya" side.

According to the logic, Sima Rangju should attack forcefully and join up with "Langya"'s allies as soon as possible.

But what?Sima Rangju chased Wenzhong's troops to the north of "Langya" thirty miles away. First, he asked the troops to rest and reorganize, but then he just divided the troops into two troops to take turns to attack.

"Where is General Fox's department now?" Sima Rangju asked without raising his head.

Someone replied: "General Fox should be on the front line of 'Quqiu'?"

This General Fox is Hu You, he brought a legion recruited in Qi, and gave it to Sima Rangju to command.

Sima Rangju didn't let Hu You lead the army to join him, but ordered Hu You to take an army into Judi to take over the cities while clearing the local Vietnamese army.

Yuanguo entered Judi as a liberator, and was welcomed by the subjects of Juguo, and scenes of "eating pots of pulp to welcome the king's teacher" were staged everywhere.

If the original army was really the "King Master", it would not take over after liberating the various places, and the local nobles should be allowed to take charge again.

However, when the State of Yue invaded the State of Ju, it captured the monarch and many ministers of the State of Ju, and gave the original army a reason to take over first, and then deal with it after welcoming back the monarch and ministers of the State of Ju.

Of course, Yuanguo has already taken over the cities, and it is impossible to return them to Juguo, and there will be no Juguo in the future.

After Huyou led an army to liberate Judi, he followed Sima Rangju's order and continued to march toward the sea, until he reached a seaside town called "Jizhang".

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This "Ji Zhang" is not well-known at all, but it controls the main land route from "Langya" to the mainland of Yue.

If the Vietnamese army wants to withdraw from the land and return to the mainland, it is impossible for them to move north, and they will definitely think about going back along the coast.

So you can understand why Sima Rangju let Hu You lead the army to occupy "Ji Zhang", right?
Although he did not receive any battle report from "Langya", Sima Rangju could tell from the lack of any battle report that the battle there must be extremely fierce.

Obviously, the Vietnamese army sent a large number of scouts to intercept and kill the original army's scouts, in order to block the battle situation in "Langya".

King Goujian of Yue blocked the news, and he would definitely attack "Langya" at all costs, trying to capture "Langya" before the collapse of the Wenzhong army, use the city defense of "Langya" to defend, and then carry Sima Rangju's part of the original military.

After Donglai was occupied by the Vietnamese army, most of the local forces that resisted the Vietnamese army were wiped out, and the local forces that chose to surrender to the Yue State were taken to "Langya" by Yue King Goujian.

After some battles, King Goujian of Yue originally had only [-] Vietnamese troops in his hands, but after traveling a large circle to the east, he became more than [-] troops under his command.

Why is Sima Rangju, who clearly guessed the plan of King Goujian of Yue, not in a hurry?Firstly, there are [-] original troops on this road, and secondly, they have the advantage of occupying the city.How could they be easily eliminated by Yue Wang Goujian?

In addition, in addition to the strength of the three legions on land, Sima Rangju also has a navy force with a number close to two "divisions".

This navy has already crossed the cape, and if there is no accident, it will reach the coast of "Langya" within ten days later.

When the navy arrived, the original army not only controlled "Langya", but also "Ji Zhang", and Sima Rangju forced in from the north, leaving only the northeast direction for the Vietnamese army to escape.

If it weren't for the lack of troops, Sima Rangju would not even leave the Northeast to the Vietnamese army.

After all, the State of Yue has a huge navy. Once the Vietnamese army retreats from the northeast of "Langya" to the eastward area with a huge space, most of the Vietnamese army will probably be caught in the urn. The possibility of troops retreating from the sea is still extremely high.

"In this battle, I must guarantee that I will do my best and live up to the king's great trust!" Sima Rangju looked at the model representing 'Langya' on the sand table and murmured in a low voice.

There is only one thing that can happen unexpectedly now.

Earlier, the Yue State assembled another [-] troops, but the Yuan State had never found any trace of this Vietnamese army.

Thirty thousand troops?Suddenly appearing at a critical time, it is still very likely to have a decisive impact on the battle situation.

The current situation is very unfavorable to the Yue State. The Yue King Goujian will definitely mobilize further, but in terms of the national strength of the Yue State, and the people of the Wu State have always resisted the rule of the Yue State, no matter how much they can gather together, they can only gather one or two more Ten thousand troops, there could be no more.

With the total population of Yue and the situation in the country, being able to mobilize [-] to [-] troops is quite a feat to be honest.

Some of the later feudal dynasties may have a total population of tens of millions or more, and it is too laborious to assemble an army of 20 or [-]. The number may far exceed that of the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, but their combat effectiveness and cohesion are comparable to those of the vassal states of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States There is no comparison at all.

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"General!"

A call made Sima Rangju turn his head to look, and he was a little surprised to see that it was Zhiying.

Zhiying, who was very dusty, saluted first, and then took out a sealed box from her arms.

Sima Rangju recognized the style of the box, and felt a little uneasy in his heart. He checked the seal and opened it, and took out the silk cloth with words written on it to look at it.

The length of the content is not long. First, it is written that Chu State stopped its invasion of Yang Yue, and a large number of Chu troops are moving to the north and east respectively;

The box is a special style for Zhiyao, and the content is only to introduce the recent movements of Chu and Song, without giving Sima Rangju any new orders.

After all, there is no means of instant communication at present. Sima Rangju leads the army to go out, and it takes at least half a month to contact each other. Unless it is necessary, otherwise the center should not play "micro-manipulation" thousands of miles away. " trick.

"Chu and Song..." Sima Rangju glanced at Zhiying and asked, "I don't know if Your Majesty asked you to speak?"

Zhiying was waiting to ask such a question, then saluted again and replied: "Your Majesty only said, 'I believe in An Ping Bo, and you can do whatever you want'."

Sima Rangju bowed solemnly, and said respectfully: "I would like to put my heart and soul on the ground for the king!"

Anpingbo is Sima Rangju.And "Anping" is a city on the edge of "Linzi", including the villages it belongs to, with a total of about 4000 households.It is equivalent to saying that Sima Rangju not only has a fief, but also enjoys the worship of more than [-] households.

In the original country, there were three people who received the title of marquis. They were Han Geng, Zhong Quan, and Hu Jie. The fiefdom was the original sphere of influence of the three families at the beginning, but it was later reduced.

For the earls, viscounts, and barons below the marquis, Zhiyao arranged food for them one by one, and generally speaking, they seemed relatively generous.

Among the many earls, the one with the most food is not someone from the Zhi family, but Sima Rangju, followed by Sun Wu, followed by Cheng Xiao, Fu Guo, Zhi Xuwu, Cheng Shuo and others.

Among the earls, there is only one person who was not awarded the title by military service, and he is the current patriarch of the Dou family, Dou Zhen.

Later, Zhiyao added some rewards to the Dou family. The reason was that the crown princess would choose from the Dou family, but for some reason it was blown away.

Of course, the selection of the crown princess from the Dou family was only mentioned by Zhiyao to Zhikai in private, and it was not spread.Otherwise, what has been said must be done, and there is no possibility of change.

Among the many viscounts, the food town of Gongshuban ranked first, even more than that of many earls.

Zhiying just delivered the letter and left.

Sima Rangju kept holding the letter in his hand, feeling a heavy pressure.

Why is the letter not paper, but silk cloth?This is complete nonsense. Military newspapers seldom choose paper, fearing that it will be infiltrated or damaged by water. They must use silk cloth or simply bamboo boards to engrave.

The more arbitrary power Zhiyao gives, the more pressure Sima Rangju will feel in his heart.

"Call all the generals!" Sima Rangju shouted loudly.

Naturally, someone will convey the summoning order.

Because some generals and schools are too far away, and some generals and schools are directing operations, it is certainly not possible for all members to be present.

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Sima Rangju first talked about the changes in Chu State and Song State, and then said: "Within five days, the Vietnamese army will be defeated in front of us. The second and third sons are ready to go south without stopping!"

The crowd had no doubts about spending five days defeating Wen Zhong's troops. They hadn't done it in the first place. Otherwise, they thought how Wen Zhong used more than 3 remnants of defeated generals to block the original army with high morale.

Sima Rangju said again: "After seven days, our army must be outside the city of 'Langya'!"

The one day in the middle is not because of other reasons, but mainly because of the process of chasing and landing the Vietnamese army after defeating Wenzhong's troops.

All the generals responded by standing up, saluting and saying in unison: "No!"

What happened next made Sima Rangju a little annoyed.

Thousands of the [-] Vietnamese troops that had never been seen landed near "Langya" by sea.And these thousands are definitely just the first batch, and will not be the last batch of Vietnamese troops to land.

If nothing else, Huyou's division must have also encountered the Vietnamese army?
It can only be said that Sima Rangju's prediction was correct. Soon after, Hu You sent someone to report the military situation, which mentioned the news that "Ji Zhang" had gained and lost.

That was when Huyou captured "Ji Zhang" first, leaving only [-] troops to guard the city, while the large army marched eastward. It was only three days later that I learned that a Vietnamese army of about [-] had killed "Ji Zhang". ", and took "Ji Zhang" back regardless of the cost of casualties.

It's not that Huyou was careless and just left [-] troops to stay at "Ji Zhang", it's simply that "Ji Zhang" is not big enough to accommodate [-] troops to station, and because of the task of encircling "Langya", it is impossible to leave too many troops behind. Multiple troops.

Faced with "Ji Zhang" gaining and losing again, and then to ensure the control of the southwest direction, Hu You could only lead his army to fight back, trying to eliminate the invading Vietnamese army.

In this way, even if the plan to encircle Yue Wang Goujian on three sides is not bankrupt, at least it will be postponed in time.

Of course, it's not all bad news. It's good news that Yuan Guo's navy will reach the coast of "Langya" in three days.

Sima Rangju was the Sima of the Qi State, so he would not be completely blind to the navy. He had never inspected the navy of the original country with his own eyes. Reassure yourself of the outcome of the prediction.

However, the original plan was to use the navy to fight against the navy, but Sima Rangju's heart pressure increased, and he had a mentality of worrying about gains and losses.

It may be that once a person is anxious about something, bad things are more likely to happen. In the early morning of the third day when Sima Rangju's headquarters stepped up its offensive, Wen Zhong actually played the scene of leading the army to flee desperately.

That is how the matter?That is to say, the Vietnamese army had no order at all. They abandoned their camps and went into the wilderness, running all over the wilderness.

In other words, the Vietnamese army is not so good at fighting in an upright manner. What they are most used to is fighting in the mountains and jungles. Knowing where the final assembly point is, they will not just disperse the troops after they are broken into parts.

Even if Sima Rangju was on the defensive against the possibility of the Vietnamese army retreating at night, when encountering the retreat method of the Vietnamese army breaking up into pieces..., or the collapse mode, we must guard against the Vietnamese army's deceit, and it is impossible to let the original army dismantle I have to chase after it in all directions.

"The cavalry prepared for the battle overnight, and pursued it during the day. The rest of the troops headed south immediately!" A shadow appeared in Sima Rangju's heart, but he was not influenced by his emotions and made what he thought was a reasonable arrangement.

Why didn't the cavalry chase them overnight?The fear is that the cavalry loses too much in the night battle.

The infantry is different. It is slower to maintain order and pursue. The enemy can at least form an ambush to resist on the spot.

Cavalry galloping at night once encountering an ambush?The most correct choice for them is to ignore the situation of the robe, and keep their heads in a galloping posture. Once they stop, they will definitely be dizzy and looking for death.

"How dare Wen Zhong!?" Sima Rangju seemed to have been slapped by Wen Zhong's actions.