Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 274 Crowd
Qingji had already expected that the Chu army's boat division might sneak attack Wu army's grain ship through the Dajiang route.

However, he is not afraid at all!

Why did Qingji insist on landing from Queyi and seize the land of Tongshu first?
The purpose is to use the land of Tongshu as a pedal to ensure that Wu Jun's food road will not have problems in a short period of time.

Rushing to expropriate grain from the newly occupied land of Tongshu may arouse the dissatisfaction of the princes everywhere, so Qingji can only take the next best thing, borrow grain temporarily, and then return it.

Anyway, the country of Wu has a lot of grain reserves, and the rice in warehouses all over the country has already piled up like a mountain, so it doesn't matter if it is consumed.

"Send an order to ask Wu Zixu to capture Zhaoguan as soon as possible at all costs!"

"promise!"

As the saying goes, soldiers are expensive and fast, and Qing Ji wants to attack Chu, just wanting to tear a piece of meat from Chu and eat it slowly.

If the main force of the Wu army stayed in Zhaoguan for too long and could not attack for a long time, the main force of the Chu army would have rushed here before Qingji's strategic goal of seizing Shudi, Chaodi, Zhongli and other areas of Chu State had not been achieved.

At that time, the war between Wu and Chu will fall into a tug of war.

And Wu Guo will also invest more soldiers and horses to fight in Chu, this is not what Qingji wants to see!
Therefore, before the main force of the Chu army arrives, the Wu army must quickly capture the cities of Chu to the west of the river, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee that the previous achievements of the Wu army will be wiped out.

Wu Guo may also be dragged into the quagmire of war, unable to extricate himself!

"Uncle Shao, in your opinion, can our army defeat Shen Zhuliang's army and capture Juchao?"

Qingji suddenly asked.

"This... Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't work."

Fan Li shook his head and said, "All the siege equipment of our army is deployed on the front line of Zhaoguan. There are very few bows and crossbows in the army, so it is not enough to carry out the siege battle."

"What if Shen Zhuliang led his troops out of the city to fight?"

"With Shen Zhuliang's ingenuity, I'm afraid we won't let us do what we want. Now Yingdu is dispatching troops and will go to Juchao and Zhaoguan in the near future. At this time, the Chu army only needs to stick to the city and wait for the reinforcements to counterattack. That’s enough, why go out of the city and fight our army?”

Hearing this, Qingji smiled slightly and said, "I have a plan to send the Chu army out of the city to fight."

"really?"

"You have no jokes."

Now, the key point for Wu Jun to break the deadlock lies in Zhaoguan or Juchao.

The Chu army stationed heavily in Zhaoguan and Juchao. As long as the Wu army can capture one of them, and then go north all the way to take down the nest and Zhongli, the general situation is set. .

……

Just as Qingji and Fan Li were discussing how to attract the Chu army who were sticking to Juchao Town to go out to fight, Shen Zhuliang and a group of Chu army generals were also discussing in Juchao Town.

"General, Dr. Shen Baoxu sent an envoy to report that Wu Zixu led the army to invade Zhaoguan. There are tens of thousands of them. There is a siege machine called a trebuchet. It is very powerful. I am afraid that Zhaoguan will not be safe!"

Hearing this, Shen Zhuliang squinted his eyes, thought to himself, and said: "Reply to Shen Baoxu, ordering him to stick to Zhaoguan and fight until the last soldier. The reinforcements from Yingdu will arrive in a few days, and by then It's time for my Master Chu to fight back!"

"promise!"

The orderly retreated immediately.

At this time, the generals of the Chu army sitting on the left and right sides couldn't help whispering to each other.

A Chu general stood up suddenly and said, "General, why don't you send more troops to help Zhaoguan? The main force of the Wu army is attacking Zhaoguan. I live outside the city of Chao. I must be part of the Wu army. Although there are many troops, there is nothing to worry about."

"Furthermore, Wu's army is only stationed in the east of Juchao City, surrounded by one and lacking three. Why don't we send reinforcements to detour and rush to help Zhaoguan?"

"Exactly!"

"General, Zhaoguan is the most powerful pass in the southeast of the Chu Kingdom, second only to Fangcheng, and must not be lost. If Zhaoguan is lost to the Wu people, it may be difficult to regain it!"

All the generals thought that reinforcements should be sent to support Zhaoguan, but Shen Zhuliang, the chief general, disagreed.

Shen Zhuliang shook his head and said: "At this time, you must not go out of the city without authorization to reinforce Zhaoguan. Although the Wu army living outside Chaocheng is a partial division, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. Why do we fight?"

"This……"

All the generals of the Chu army could not help but frown, very dissatisfied.

They all thought that Shen Zhuliang was cowardly fighting!

Even if there is an upright fight with Wu Jun outside the city, so what?
Who are the Wu troops led by Qingji?
It's the coalition of princes!
The coalition army composed of Wu, Zhongwu, and Xu, as well as the [-] thieves under Robber Zhi's troops!

Among them, Zhong Wuguo, Xu Guo, and Bandit Zhi's thieves accounted for more than half, which can be called a mob!

The real elite Wu army has only [-] people!
Under such circumstances, how could the well-trained Chu army not defeat the many with less and smash the Wu army in the wilderness?

Wars are not won by a large number of people!
Then, a Chu general with a beard stood up, bowed to Shen Zhuliang and said, "General, the last general is willing to lead five thousand elite soldiers to fight Wu's army! If defeated, I would like to apologize with death!"

"The last general is also willing to go!"

"The last general swears to fight to the death with the Wu army!"

Excited!
Seeing all the generals asking for a fight one after another, Shen Zhuliang was also very helpless in his heart.

His purpose was just to entangle the Wu army who was attacking Chu, so as to gain a favorable time, and wait until the reinforcements from Yingdu arrived, and then counterattacked.

However, does the current situation make Shen Zhuliang feel more difficult?

He would rather abandon Zhaoguan and treat Shen Baoxu as an abandoned son, but he must also hold back the main force of the Wu army.

"Don't mention the battle again!"

Shen Zhuliang immediately walked away.

The next day, surrounded by all the generals, Shen Zhuliang climbed to the top of the city again, looking at the Wu army camp in the distance, with a dignified expression.

After the scouts reported, the smoke and stove fires in the enemy camp were constantly decreasing.

At the beginning, Wu Jun had [-] stoves, until yesterday two thousand stoves were missing, and today there are three thousand stoves missing.

What does this mean?
Shen Zhuliang was very clear in his heart.

There may be a large number of soldiers fleeing in the Wu army.

Because the Wu army living outside Chaocheng is itself a group of mobs, they don't have much sense of submission to Wu, they just follow them to fight smoothly.

Once this war reaches a stalemate, their morale will be low, and various reasons will cause these mobs to start fleeing.

Shen Zhuliang still had doubts in his heart, so he observed for another two days.

I only saw that at the Wu Jun camp, thousands of stoves were reduced every day, and finally there were only four or five thousand stoves left!
"General, time is waiting!"

A Chu general beside him said excitedly: "The Wu army has reduced thousands of stoves a day, and now there are only four or five thousand stoves left. It shows that a large number of Wu soldiers have fled!"

"At this time, if our army can surprise the enemy camp and attack the enemy camp, we will surely win the first battle!"

"Exactly!"

"General, most of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms under the city are mobs. It is not surprising that they fled. This is a good opportunity given to us by the heavens to defeat the enemy. How can the general miss this opportunity?"

(End of this chapter)