Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 280 Mediation
The time entered the sixth year of Wu Wang Qingji, that is, 508 BC, and the spring began.

After Wu Jun successfully captured the lands of Tong, Qunshu, Chao, and Zhongli, and defeated the Chu army, he quickly captured the four cities of Liuyi, Qianyi, Yingshi and Chengfu in Chu State.

Because Shen Zhuliang took away many garrisons when he led his troops to retreat, Wu Jun did not encounter much decent resistance when he attacked the city. .

Yangcheng, the big account of the Chinese army.

Yin Nangwa, the order of the state of Chu, looked at Shen Yinshu who was standing in front of him and bowed in salute. He couldn't help being furious, and scolded him with a beard and staring eyes: "Shen Zhuliang! How do you still have the face to see me?"

"The defeat of Juchao, the death of the teacher and the humiliation of the country, the Wu army broke Zhaoguan, Chao, Tong, Shu, and Zhongli all over the place! In just two months, with a radius of nearly a thousand miles, more than ten cities and towns were all lost in the hands of Wu Manzi in two months. !"

Nangwa said angrily: "That is the territory that our ancestors of Chu Kingdom spent hundreds of years to lay down!"

"Now you are retreating without fighting, surrendering Chengfu, Liuyi, Qianyi, and Yingshi to the Wu people! The loss of land is unprecedented since the founding of our country!"

"Die! Why don't you die?"

No wonder Nangwa would be so resentful.

Because Wu Jun captured the vast territory west of the great river of Chu State in one go within two months.

Moreover, there are more than a dozen wealthy cities among them, with a population of hundreds of thousands, which belong to the fertile land!
How can Nangwa not be annoyed by this?

If Wu Jun just captured the land of Tongshu, that's all, it's still reasonable.

But Shen Zhuliang even lost Zhaoguan, and the four cities of Chengfu, Liu, Qian, and Yingshi were also handed over to Wu Jun by him!
This made Nang Wa have to wonder whether Shen Zhuliang was a secret agent of Wu State, who was specially placed in Chu State to harm Chu people?
His father, Shen Yinshu, lost [-] teachers in the Battle of Zhenzi.

As his son, Shen Zhuliang didn't give up, and in just two months, Chu State fell to more than a dozen cities!

Could this father and son be sent by heaven to punish Chu?

Seeing the silent Shen Zhuliang, Nangwa was even more angry, and said angrily: "Come here! Pull Shen Zhuliang out to Ben Lingyin! Ming Zheng's punishment!"

"Wait a minute!"

Just when two soldiers rushed in, trying to pull Shen Zhuliang out, the left apprentice Zixi who was on the side finally couldn't help but stop him.

"Ling Yin, please calm down."

"Master Shen, how do you want me to calm down?"

Nang Wayu stared at his eyes angrily, and said, "Shen Zhuliang's crime is unforgivable! The crime of losing his teacher and land, he cannot escape the blame!"

Chu's punishment for defeated generals has always been very severe.

A defeated general like Shen Zhuliang is bound to be slaughtered by everyone.

If it weren't for the consideration that Shen Zhuliang was a clan general, the angry Chu King might not even let Shen Zhuliang's three clans go!
Zixi hurriedly said: "Ling Yin, please be safe and don't be impatient. I think there must be something hidden in the reason why Shen Zhuliang abandoned Liu, Qian, Ying and Chengfu. Ling Yin, why don't you listen to Shen Zhuliang's argument, and then Make a decision?"

"it is good!"

Nangwa looked at Shen Zhuliang with a gloomy expression.

Shen Zhuliang glanced at Zixi gratefully, then took a deep breath, and said: "Ling Yin, Zuo Tu, to tell you the truth, the reason why I gave up Liu, Qian, Yingshi and Chengfu is with you and others. The purpose of joining forces in Yangcheng is to temporarily avoid the advance of the Wu people."

"Not only that, but I also want to persuade the two of you to abandon Yangcheng!"

"what!"

Nangwa was furious again, pointing at Shen Zhuliang's nose and cursing: "Shen Zhuliang, are you afraid to fight? You are afraid to fight, but I, Zichang (Nangwa character) is not afraid to fight!"

"You lost your teacher and lost your land, but you still dare to instigate this Ling Yin to abandon the guard and raise the city. What crime should you be?"

Hearing this, Shen Zhuliang just shook his head lightly and said: "Ling Yin, forgive me for speaking bluntly, raising a city may be difficult to defend. Wu Jun has a new type of siege equipment called 'catapult', which is very powerful. Relying on the power of the catapult, Within ten days, the Wu army will attack Zhaoguan!"

"I don't know, Yangcheng's fortifications are as strong as Zhaoguan's?"

Hearing this, Nangwa and Zixi couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay, both of them were rather shocked.

They are naturally clear about the strength of Zhaoguan.

Zhaoguan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is the most important pass in the southeast, and its position among the many great passes in Chu State is second only to Fangcheng.

With [-] soldiers stationed there, even in the face of an enemy attack ten times larger than your own, it will be unbreakable within three months. In less than a year or a half, the enemy will never want to capture Zhaoguan.

However, it was such a grand pass, and Zhaoguan, where there were still [-] soldiers stationed, fell within ten days?

If what Shen Zhuliang said is true, Wu Jun's trebuchets are indeed powerful.

Moreover, just relying on cities such as Qianyi and Yangcheng, the city defenses are far inferior to those in Zhaoguan, and it is obviously difficult to resist the Wu army with trebuchets!

Shen Zhuliang retreated without a fight against the four cities of Liu, Qian, Yingshi and Chengfu one after another. In order to preserve his strength, he joined forces with the main force of the Chu army and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

"Wu Jun's trebuchet is really that powerful?"

Nangwa frowned and asked.

"There is absolutely no falsehood!"

Shen Zhuliang said solemnly: "Ling Yin, Shen Zhuliang knows that he can't escape the guilt. However, the most urgent task now is to defeat the Wu people's division, so as to regain the lost ground!"

"What good strategy do you have?"

Shen Zhuliang immediately walked to the edge of the sheepskin map hanging on one side, pointed to a place, and said: "Our army should give up raising cities and poor land again, lure the enemy to go deep, and fight the Wu army in the chicken father area!"

"Father Chicken, the terrain is complicated. There are mountains, rivers and hills, which can be used as barriers. Catapults are useless. If our army loses to the Wu army at that time, we can avoid their edge and build more fortifications in the land of Father Chicken to attract Wu troops to attack. .”

"From Chenzi to Jifu, there are seven or eight hundred miles in length and breadth, and the road twists and turns, more than a thousand miles. At that time, it will be very difficult for the Wu army to transfer food, fodder and luggage."

"For half a year, our army only needs to mediate between Father Chicken and Wu Jun for half a year, and Wu Jun will collapse!"

Hearing this, Nangwa and Zixi couldn't help nodding their heads slightly in agreement.

If Wu Jun's siege equipment called trebuchet is really invincible, Chu Jun really wants to avoid its edge, hold the enemy firmly on the father of the chicken, and then wait for an opportunity to fight back.

For an army like the Wu army that has worked hard on an expedition and has too long a logistics supply line, it is extremely dangerous to go deep into the hinterland of the enemy's country.

Qingji can clearly recognize this.

However, if he does not defeat the main force of the Chu army, he will need to use more troops to garrison the new land, and Wu and Chu will fight fiercely around this land.

This is not what Qingji wants to see.

Therefore, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I prefer to go to the mountains of tigers!
Shen Zhuliang's conspiracy is to let Qingji know that it is a trap, and he wants to get into it!

(End of this chapter)