I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 525 Turtle in the urn
The naval battle on the first day was just the beginning, and then the navy of the Yuan State continued to intercept the navy of the Yue State on the coast of "Langya".

The Yue State Navy docked at the beach, they sometimes come out to support, but they are blocked by the Yuan State Navy again and again.

On land, both the enemy and us know what is happening at sea, but their moods are different.

Sima Rangju had already received the first-hand battle report, and read out with a smile: "Nearly a hundred enemy warships were sunk, and the damage was insignificant. More than six hundred were captured, and more than [-] enemy soldiers were killed or drowned in battle; Only twenty, less than five hundred casualties."

Although it only sank about one-tenth of the navy of the Yue Kingdom, it was the first battle of the former navy, and it was actually quite crucial to win.

It's not a good start or something, it's just that the victory or defeat of a new army's first battle is very important, and it is directly related to the belief in the next battle.

Let's put it this way, no matter how badly Yuan Guo's navy wins, as long as they can win, at least the ensuing battle will not be too timid.

One sentence is right: Husband fights, courage also!
If the army loses the belief in fighting, no matter how good the equipment is, it will be useless, and it will even become a transport brigade to deliver equipment to the enemy.

Another factor that makes Sima Rangju happy is that although the Yue State Navy was not wiped out or severely damaged, at least the original State Water Army blocked the Yue State Water Army on the coast of "Langya".

Whether or not the water army of the Yue Kingdom is restrained is crucial to this battle!

Although there are still many ships in the Yue State Navy, their whereabouts have been exposed and they are still restricted to a certain area. It is impossible for them to quietly pick up Yue King Goujian and a large number of Yue troops.

On land, the original army had already formed a pincer attack on the Vietnamese army from the north and southwest, especially "Langya" was still in the hands of the original army.

In this way, nearly [-] Vietnamese troops were trapped in the northeast of the "Langya" battlefield. They could not break through the original troops in the west and southwest, and could only retreat in the northeast direction.

Retreat from the sea?Not to mention that the Yue State Navy has been trapped by the Yuan State Navy in the bay more than ten miles north of the port of "Langya". Do you take the sea route under the siege?
"In this battle, the victory is within our grasp!" Sima Rang Juguang said that it was not enough, and gathered his right hands together to make a fist.

Seeing Sima Rangju's appearance, the generals of the original country showed a happy smile, and they laughed "haha" at the same time.

Sima Rangju knows the truth that arrogant soldiers must be defeated, but sometimes it is very necessary to motivate his subordinates, and he really can't blindly suppress and restrain them.

The focus of this battle was on the city of "Langya". First, Goujian, king of Yue, led his army to try to retake "Langya". Landing on the coast of "Langya", a Vietnamese army with a total number of about [-] came to support it from the southwest by land.

When the Vietnamese army of Wenzhong retreated to "Langya", there were less than [-] left from the original [-].

Goujian, the king of Yue, originally had [-] troops. The battle in Donglai not only did not reduce the number of troops, but more than doubled the number of troops to about [-].

The Yue State used the sea transportation insurance to reinforce "Langya" with an army of about [-].

They originally stationed nearly [-] people in "Langya". After the fall, more than [-] Vietnamese troops rejoined the main force.

So, even if King Goujian of Yue tried to retake "Langya" and lost more than [-] people, the strength of the Yue army was still close to [-].

If you count the nearly 12 Vietnamese troops of "Ji Zhang", there are still [-] existing troops of the Yue State that have entered the battlefield.

Yuanguo invested three legions in this battle, and each legion, including the members of the chariot team, was composed of 500 people, which is 11 people.

Sima Rangju's headquarters fought with Wenzhong's department. The number of casualties in the successive battles was about [-], including about [-] people who were killed, disabled, and seriously injured.

Casualties, in fact, most of them are injuries, and the majority of the wounded are minor injuries. Many of them have not lost their combat effectiveness and can continue to participate in the next battle.

Therefore, hundreds of thousands of casualties in a battle are not tens of thousands of deaths in battle. The records of repeated injuries of a single person will be added to the statistics. Hundreds of thousands of casualties may be only 10 to [-] or less quantity.

Wen Zhong's troops lost more than 4 combat power, but not all of them were killed. Most of them were actually captured by the original army.

On the "Langya" side, Sima Rangju currently has about [-] troops, not counting the navy.

The main reason is that Hu You's army is still fighting the Vietnamese army in "Ji Zhang", and there will be no victory or defeat for a while, otherwise Sima Rangju's troops could reach more than [-].

With the strength of one country, more than [-] troops are dispatched to the front line. Similar things happen most in Jin and Chu. In addition to the two overlord-level powers, Qi and Wu are also in "Ai Ling" More than [-] troops were invested in combat.

This time, the Yue State joined the "One Hundred Thousand Club" for the first time, but the situation it encountered was terrible!

Now, Sima Rangju is not in a hurry to launch a decisive battle. First, Hu You's troops have not arrived yet, and the more important factor is that the Vietnamese army is the one that is trapped.

"A [-]-strong army consumes a huge amount of food and fodder every day..." Sima Rangju laughed again.

Originally, the Yue Kingdom hoarded a lot of food and grass in "Langya", but now all of them have become the spoils of war of the original army.

The seized materials alone are enough for 10 people to use for half a year, and you can imagine how many there are.

The only thing is that most of Yue's weapons are "US dollar" products, and only a small amount is made of "evil gold".

U.S. dollars are bronze, and evil gold is iron.

The country of Yue also used iron weapons?This is simply a strange question.

Among their iron weapons are products from the original country, and more are made in their own country.

In fact, Chu State, Wu State, and Yue State have been using iron for a long time, but because of smelting and forging, it is natural that the correct formula has not been researched. The hardness of iron meets the standard, but it is very brittle and not suitable for making Become weapons and armor, mostly used on farm tools.

Of course, their agricultural tools are not all iron structures, but simply covered with iron sheets on wooden agricultural tools.

In terms of related metal formulas, Chu, Wu, and Yue have been ahead of the Central Plains for a long time, but it is not clear why Chu, Wu, and Yue can create very sharp swords but have not mass-produced them.

Among the captured trophies were weapons produced in the original country. They were purchased in small quantities by Wu or Yue over many years and then stored for storage.This can be seen from the number on the weapon to see the year and month of production, and which supervisor inspected it.

Of course, the original country will sell weapons to the outside world. The amount in the early stage was relatively large, but it gradually reduced its sales to the outside world.This is because the Zhi family needed to accumulate wealth in the early stage, and later opened their fangs because they did not want to swing the weapons produced in their own country at the soldiers of the original army one day.

Sima Rangju intends to continue to delay with the Vietnamese army. The longer the delay, the better for the original army.

Now, the [-] troops under King Goujian of Yue became a kind of drag to some extent, and it will continue to pass as time goes by. The more they consume, the more obvious it will be.

To put it bluntly, the supply line of the Vietnamese army has been cut off. The more people there are, the greater the consumption, and the support time must be shorter. Once there is a shortage of food, there is no need for the original army to attack again. They have to surrender even if civil strife breaks out.

Of course, there is another situation, such as the Vietnamese army desperately trying to break through?

Just now, after discussing with the generals, Sima Rangju sent envoys to the Vietnam Army to persuade them to surrender.

"The king of Yue has absolutely no chance of surrendering." Fan Li knew this from ancient times and said a very firm word.

Sima Rangju asked seemingly casually, "Why?"

Fan Li said with somewhat general feeling: "The king of Yue has long ago done such a thing, so who in the world doesn't know?"

That is to say, even if King Goujian of Yue sincerely wanted to surrender, there was a high probability that he would not be believed. Once he was captured, he would be strictly guarded, and he would be killed secretly soon. It is impossible to give him another chance to stage a comeback.

Back then, Fu Chai might have humiliated Gou Jian in some matters, but generally speaking, he still gave Gou Jian the courtesy that fit his status.

At that time, Gou Jian had other plans. He was willing to give Fu Chai a taste of shit, ask questions, sleep in the woodshed, etc., all of which were to sharpen himself.

Fucha, who was obviously very brutal, did not kill or imprison Goujian, which did not conform to the Wu people's style at all.

Later, Fu Chai even put Gou Jian back. As a result, Gou Jian stole the old nest after Wu Jun went north.

Regardless of whether it is to suffer from hardships, or to swallow Wu in three thousand years, the relevant allusions actually only teach the future generations a truth: those who want to do great things must not be soft-hearted!
Fan Li said to Sima Rangju very cautiously: "General, the Vietnamese army may have the ambition to fight to the death."

In the past few days, the Vietnamese army just couldn't shrink back.

The original army is guessing whether the Vietnamese army is timid or is accumulating strength to break through.

Sima Rangju is more inclined to think that the Vietnamese army is preparing to break through, and after knowing that the Vietnamese navy is trapped in a certain bay, he believes that the Vietnamese army will choose the southwest direction once it launches a breakout.

Now, a person who has worked for Goujian for more than ten years said that the Vietnamese army was going to fight to the death, which only made Sima Rangju more firm in his conjecture.

After all, the navy of the Yue Kingdom was trapped on the beach, and they would definitely send someone to get in touch with the Yue King Goujian.

Then, the news about the blockage of the Yue Kingdom's navy must have reached the ears of Yue King Goujian. They lost their retreat at sea. It is not impossible to break out of Donglai in the northeast. Answer, how do I go back to the mainland of Yue?
Retreating to Donglai, there is no strong city to hold on to, and there is no dangerous terrain to rely on. Supplies and the like can be counted on in Donglai, which is sparsely populated.

In this case, instead of going around and losing more vitality, it is better to break out all the way to the southwest with the will to die.

There is also a more important point, the original country has invested in three legions, yes, it does not mean that the original country has only three legions that can participate in the war.

Even if the original country still needs to guard against the Song country, Chu country or other forces, it can always be used to send out another army to directly invade the mainland of the Yue country, right?
Thinking about it in a worse direction, the Yuan country did not invade the mainland of the Yue country, so is it possible for the Song and Chu countries to invade?It's not that there is a possibility, it should be said that Song and Chu will definitely take action when they know the situation that Yue is facing!
The main force of the Yue Kingdom is trapped in the corner of "Langya". If it continues to drag on, the hometown of the Yue King Goujian will be gone. If the Yue King Goujian does not lead the army to fight desperately, there is really no other way out except waiting for death.

Fan Li asked rather abruptly: "I don't know how the relationship between Chen State and Yue State is. Have you been in frequent contact recently?"

Sima Rangju had already considered this point, but it was difficult to prove it.

Even if some ministers of the Yue State were bought by the Yuan State, or they saw that the ship of the Yue State was about to sink and bought the Yuan State, they really didn’t want to pass the news on.

To put it a bit harsher, Sima Rangju couldn't believe all the news about the people who were bribed by the Yue Kingdom or whoever sent it. To do something based on those news is a problem that the Yuanguo Center must consider. Their main task is to Eliminate the main force of Yue.

Seeing that Sima Rangju didn't respond, Fan Li said in a shy voice, "Chen Guo has no shortage of ships for sailing across the sea. If Chen Guojun and his ministers had a choice, how could they sit back and watch the Yue Kingdom perish?"

There is really the possibility that Chen Guo sent a fleet to try to meet the Vietnamese army, or try his best to rescue Yue King Goujian.

As for how they will deal with Yue King Goujian after Chen Guo rescued Yue King Goujian, it depends on whether the Yue Kingdom will survive in the future.

The Yue State could continue to exist, and Chen Guohui asked the Yue King Goujian to go back to "Kuiji" to continue to resist.

If the Yue Kingdom were to be destroyed soon, it would be time for the Chen Kingdom to take the head of the Yue King Goujian to claim credit for the Yuan Kingdom.

Sima Rangju knew that Fan Li had been with the fleet for too long, and the information he knew was out of touch. After thinking for a while, he said, "The Song State sent an envoy to form an alliance with Da Yuan to carve up the Yue State."

"Is there any fraud?" This was the first thing Fan Li thought of.

Sima Rangju didn't comment, but only told the facts he already knew, and said: "Twenty thousand Song troops have crossed the 'Pi' land and entered the border."

Fan Li felt that the deceit of the Song Dynasty was purely out of a cold-hearted opinion, and when he heard Sima Rangju's last sentence, he couldn't help showing a wry smile, and commented: "The kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty... are so greedy for profit?"

Let's put it this way, no matter how much advantage Song State took from Yue State this time, it would only make Chu State distrust Song State from now on, and Yuan State would have made a lot of money.

Not to mention the fact that the original army trapped the main force of the Vietnamese army, and Song Guo ran to take advantage of it and angered Yuan Guo.

Fan Li actually wanted to comment on the stupidity of the monarchs and officials of the Song Dynasty. From the standpoint of the original country, he couldn't say that.

Sima Rangju knew that Fan Li still had feelings for Yue, so he was unwilling to make any comments.

In fact, it is normal for Fan Li to have feelings for Yue.He helped the country of Yue from a weak country to a strong country. He resigned and left because he was afraid of being killed by Gou Jian.

Sima Rangju smiled and continued, "There are also [-] Chu troops invading Yue from the east."

Fan Li asked a crucial question, "Has Dayuan formed an alliance with Song and Chu?"

Sima Rangju replied, "Not at all."

Well, Fan Li was speechless all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)