Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 331
"kill!"

The coalition military vehicles that entered the Wu army's phalanx were immediately surrounded by the horse-rejection formation.

The soldiers of the Wu army hid behind the horse rejection formation, stabbing out spears or daggers, causing great damage to the enemies who came in by surprise.

Even if the enemy on the chariot is not stabbed, the horses pulling the chariot will be stabbed, and then wailing and falling in a pool of blood, or sprinting frantically, and finally hang down powerlessly.

The huge chariot also rolled over!

Generally, when infantry fights against enemy chariots and cavalry, they must rely on hills, dangerous passes, or forested terrain to win victory.

If you encounter open and unsafe terrain, you must use carbine guns to form a square formation, place infantry in the formation, and then organize cavalry and infantry into garrison teams and battle teams to defend alternately.

When the team defends the formation, the battle team plays; when the team defends the formation, the team fights.

When the enemy attacked me on one side, I would attack from both wings and flank the attacking enemy;

When the enemy attacked me on all sides, I formed a circular formation and divided my troops on all sides to block them.

If the enemy is defeated, I will immediately use the cavalry to pursue it, and now the infantry will follow up. This is a sure-fire tactic for infantry to fight against the enemy's cavalry.

As the Art of War says: Infantry fighting against chariots and cavalry must be based on hills and dangerous terrain. If there are no dangers that can be used, we ask our soldiers to make horses and caltrops as barriers.

This was exactly the method of warfare that Sun Wu told Qingji before the battle, so Qingji was able to hand over the command of this battle to Sun Wu without any scruples.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"

Seeing that something was going wrong, Tian Qi, who was in charge of leading the chariot soldiers to attack, ordered to retreat.

But, it was too late, they were already surrounded by Wu Jun's horse-rejection formation.

When retreating, the ground was also covered with barbed wire.

Tribulus terrestris, also known as terrestris, is a kind of military-used iron spiked scattering obstacle in ancient times.

Tribulus terrestris has four protruding iron thorns, a few inches long, and one of the thorns faces upwards when it hits the ground. The thorns are like the herb "tribulus", hence the name.

In the era of cold weapons, barbed caltrops were scattered on the ground to delay the enemy's actions.

Some caltrops have holes in the center, which can be connected in series with ropes for laying and collection.

It is worth mentioning that caltrops were not used until the Warring States period.

The current barbed wire was invented by Qingji, and it was specially used to deal with the countries of the Central Plains who had many chariots.

"Call-"

"Pfft!"

"Ah!"

The power of caltrops is self-evident, because horses in this era do not have such things as horseshoes at all, and there are no protective gear to protect the horse's feet.

The damage caused by barbed caltrops to war horses is almost fatal!
There were war horses screaming and howling constantly, and then the chariot pulled by him was overturned on the ground.

"Fire arrows!"

Sun Wu then waved his hand, and let the crossbowman who had been ready to shoot arrows, shooting and killing the desperate enemy.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, Tian Qi had no choice but to surrender to Wu Jun.

At this time, Qihou Chujiu on the periphery didn't know what happened, and was still ordering the army to continue to advance.

"kill!"

The flanks of the coalition phalanx suddenly sounded with shouts of killing all over the sky.

"what happened?"

Qihou Chujiu stared at him and asked in shock.

"Report-"

A small school came flying to report, and said in a panic: "My lord, something is wrong! On the left side of our coalition phalanx, Cai Jun, Xu Jun and Zhong Wujun suddenly turned against us, and they have already attacked our central army!"

"what?"

Qihou Chujiu suddenly changed color.

"These thieves! God damn villains! I shouldn't believe them!"

"Hateful! One day, I will destroy the three kingdoms of Cai, Xu, and Zhongwu to vent my hatred!"

Qihou Chujiu was already dazzled by anger.

He regretted believing that Cai Guo, Xu Guo and Zhong Wu Guo, the three monarchs who used Wu as their suzerain, turned against and joined the coalition of princes!

No wonder Qihou Chujiu was deceived.

Because since King Ping moved to the east, there has been no false surrender among the feudal lords...

"My lord, call for gold and withdraw troops for the time being!"

Shangqing Guoxia, who was on the side, tried to persuade: "Qingji is insidious and cunning, and Wu Manzi is even more ignorant of martial arts. It's better to call gold and withdraw troops, and we will fight again in another day!"

"..."

Qi Hou Chujiu thought for a moment, seeing the chariot soldiers of the coalition army never returning, he also knew how powerful Wu Jun was.

At this time, if they rushed up to head-to-head again, the chaotic allied forces of the princes would obviously be unable to resist.

"Army attack!"

Qingji has already issued the order for a general attack.

Seeing that something was going wrong, Qihou Chujiu could only sigh, and reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

"kill!"

The generals of the Wu army, who had the upper hand, rushed towards the retreating enemy like a tiger descending a mountain.

Qi Hou Chujiu had no choice but to let Guoxia lead his troops to break the rear, and then enable the soldiers and horses of the coalition forces of the princes to cross the Huai River in a large boat.

At this time, Wu Jun had nothing to do with the enemies who had already crossed the river, and could only kill the enemies on the south bank of the Huaihe River one by one.

Those who descend do not kill!

The state of Wu has a [-]-level military merit title system, and every soldier has high morale, wishing to kill all the enemies as his own military merit.

However, in order to prevent the soldiers from committing misdemeanor acts, Qingji had already set up small officials in the army to supervise the battle.

Anyone who dares to do this is courting death.

In this battle, the Wu army beheaded more than [-] people and captured more than [-] enemies, including dozens of monarchs or officials from various countries such as Tian Qi, Cao Botong, and Hu Zibao.

For such a monarch and aristocrat, Qingji is naturally inconvenient to execute.

Even if Qing Ji could not speak martial arts virtues, it would be unreasonable to execute him when the other party had already surrendered!
……

Wu Jun camp.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, Qingji was receiving Mr. Xu, Ying Zhangyu, Mr. Zhongwu, and Cai Houshen.

"The widow sees the king of Wu! The king of Wu is ten thousand years old!"

The three of Cai Houshen put their postures extremely low, like courtiers celebrating a taboo, and hurriedly bowed to salute.

"Hahahaha! Three monarchs, there is no need to be too polite. Come on, please take a seat."

Qingji also rushed forward and gave them a little support, which can be said to have given them enough face.

"Thank you king!"

There is no doubt that Xu Guo, Cai Guo, and Zhong Wuguo are already Wu Guo's loyal younger brothers.

Xu Guo and Zhong Wuguo are under the pressure of Wu Guo, and the ruling ministers in their country are all from Wu, and there are [-] Wu troops stationed in the capital. How can they not be "convinced"?
As for Cai Houshen, he was grateful to Qingji for upholding justice for himself and was rescued from the Chu people, so he voluntarily became Wu's vassal state.

This time Wu Jun was able to easily defeat the coalition of princes, and the Three Kingdoms contributed a lot to it.

Therefore, Qing Ji glanced at Xu Jun, Ying Zhang and Yu three people with a pleasant look, and said slowly: "Three monarchs, this time our Wu army can defeat the Central Plains coalition army, and you have contributed a lot."

"The widow assures you that if you can disintegrate the coalition of princes this time, you will definitely lead your troops to the north and carve up the occupied land with Xu, Cai, and Zhongwu!"

(End of this chapter)