Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 436
"Now Mi Sheng has abandoned Yingdu and moved his troops to the east. He wants to join forces with our Wu army and jointly defend against the Chu army."

Standing under the majesty's platform, Qing Ji looked at Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Zixu and Bo Tong, and said with a chuckle, "What do you think I should do at this time?"

Wu Guo's attack on Chu is already a certainty, and it will not change.

It's just a general strategy, and what exactly it will be remains to be discussed.

After all, the battle situation in Chu State can be described as changing rapidly.

Grand Sima Sun Wu got up and said: "Your Majesty, I think you can let Mi Sheng's remnant army stay on the front line of Qianyi and Liuyi to fight against the Chu army. My tens of thousands of Wu troops can sail across the great river, go all the way south and then go west, and go straight to the Chu army. Yingdu!"

"Once the capital of Ying is destroyed, the state of Chu will surely perish. It would be the best if the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen, can be captured alive!"

Hearing this, Qingji smiled noncommittally, and said, "Da Sima, do you think that with Mi Sheng's ability and [-] to [-] defeated troops, it is possible to stop Shen Zhuliang's Chu army's main force?"

"This……"

Sun Wu was quite hesitant.

After all, judging from the current situation, Bai Gongsheng's military ability is far inferior to that of Shen Zhuliang.

Not to mention, the rebel army under Bai Gongsheng's command may not be loyal to Bai Gongsheng.

If it weren't for Wu Guo's backing, Bai Gongsheng might have been stabbed by his own soldiers, and he would have collapsed without a fight!
"The king's intention is to divide the troops?"

"Of course."

Qing Ji squinted his eyes and said, "Not to mention the soldiers and horses under Bai Gongsheng's command, my Wu army has [-] people, and the other eight countries, including Cai, Xu, and Zhong Wu, also have a combined force of nearly [-]."

"With [-] people, it is not a problem to destroy Chu. However, the intention of the widow is not to destroy Chu, but to divide Chu."

After a pause, Qingji said again: "The current state of Chu has gone through several wars and has no military supplies, so it is already very weak. Therefore, the widow is divided into two groups, all the way to contain the Chu led by Shen Zhuliang on the Qian and Liu lines. The main force of the army."

"The other way, you have to go straight down the river, from the great river to the west, and break through Ying, the capital of Chu, and win the first battle!"

Afterwards, Qingji came under the majesty's platform and pointed to the topographic map of Wu and Chu countries that was put together under his feet.

"From Jinling to Yingdu, the river and waterway stretches for thousands of miles. The big boat of our country Wu sails very fast. It can travel hundreds of miles a day and go down the current. Within forty-five days, it can reach Ying from Jinling. If there is an accident in the capital, if it is intercepted by the warships of Chu State, the army can reach Yingdu in less than two months at the latest."

Ancient ships generally relied on wind power, human power, and water power to navigate, and were greatly affected by natural factors.

As the saying goes, "Among the colorful clouds of Emperor Baidi's resignation, a thousand miles of Jiangling can be returned in one day."

The warships of Wu State are basically built according to the template of the "treasure ships" of the Ming Dynasty. Not only are they large in size, but they are also fast enough, so it usually only takes one and a half months to travel from Jinling to Yingdu.

However, they will definitely be intercepted by warships of Chu State on the way.

Qingji put his eyes on Sun Wu again, and said slowly: "Grand Sima, I will give you [-] elite soldiers. Within three months, you must take Yingdu. How dare you accept it?"

It was said to be three months, but in fact Qingji gave Sun Wu only one and a half months. After all, about forty-five days of it were spent on the road.

But what is Sun Wu afraid of?

Sun Wu bowed immediately and said, "Your servant, please obey the king's order!"

With [-] sharp soldiers, it is more than enough for Sun Wu to take down Yingdu, which has few soldiers to fight.

Qingji looked around again, and set his eyes on Fan Li, Wu Zixu and Bo Tong, and said loudly: "The rest of the soldiers and horses will follow the widow to go to the front line of Qian and Liu to meet the Chu army head-on!"

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

To be honest, Wu Guo has never fought such a "wealthy" battle, and neither has Qingji!

On Wu's side, the total number of soldiers and horses is more than [-]!

How many troops does Chu State have?

Tens of thousands of people are far less than the coalition forces headed by Wu, and their combat effectiveness is generally not strong.

Not to mention that the combat power is not strong, after the previous trade war launched by Wu State against Chu State, and when Bai Gongsheng fled Yingdu, he did not forget to burn down those who could not take away in the warehouse. Grain equipment...

It can be said that Chu people made things worse.

Chu State cannot fight a protracted war!

Under such circumstances, if Qingji couldn't win the battle, he might as well find a piece of tofu brain and kill him.

……

In the eleventh year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in the spring of 503 BC, the State of Wu officially declared war on the State of Chu. Soldiers and horses, a total of [-] troops, announced the westward expedition to Chu State after they swore an oath in Jinling.

According to the original plan, the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom were divided into two groups, one to face the Chu army head-on, and the other to go down the river and attack the capital of Chu, Ying.

However, Shen Zhuliang seemed to have considered this point, so he did not lead his troops to the Qianyi and Liuyi lines in a hurry to eliminate Bai Gongsheng's rebels.

Under Shen Zhuliang's deployment, the Qin King's teachers from all over the Chu State gathered in Yingdu, preparing to fight the invading enemy on the front line of Yingdu.

However, Shen Zhuliang could predict that in the face of the menacing Wu army, Chu's army had no chance of winning.

Therefore, Shen Zhuliang had no choice but to advise the king of Chu, Xiong Zhen, and sent the senior doctor Shen Baoxu to the state of Qin, asking the people of Qin to send troops to rescue Chu.

After learning about the strategy of the Chu people, Qingji also temporarily changed his plan, abandoning the original strategy of letting Sun Wu lead his army across the south of the Yangtze River, and instead joined Bai Gongsheng's army in Qianyi, and then went on a mighty western expedition.

A coalition of [-] troops headed by the state of Wu attacked cities and territories all the way. They attacked Yangcheng, Yingshi, Qiong, and Jifu of Chu state successively, and then crossed Dabie Mountain and went straight to Baiju.

In just one month, the Wu army captured a large area of ​​Chu's cities and lands, and did not encounter any decent resistance.

Qingji's strategic purpose is very clear, which is to drive straight all the way and smash the capital of Chu State, Ying.

As for the hinterland of Chu State and the large territory in the north, Qingji had no choice to capture it.

Because in this way, the forces of the coalition forces will inevitably be dispersed, and choosing to deploy a part of the forces to garrison will not be worth the loss.

However, in this way, Wu Jun will also take many risks.

Because the battle line was too long, it was difficult to transfer the food and equipment of the coalition of princes headed by Wu.

Fortunately, Wu's boat divisions are powerful enough to dominate the great river, and it is not a problem to transport the required food, fodder and military supplies by water.

It is really not easy for Wu State to swallow the giant Chu State in one go.

This is why Qingji chose to divide Chu instead of destroying Chu.

Qingji is to choose a suitable time and a suitable place to find the main force of Chu State for a decisive battle.

If the Wu army could annihilate the main force of the Chu army in one fell swoop, it would be a no-brainer to destroy the entire Chu state.

For this day, Qingji can be said to have been thinking about it day and night, looking forward to it for more than ten years!

(End of this chapter)