Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 977 A Great Country
Sun Wu led the Wu State with 15 cavalry, set off from Jinyang, and marched northward to conquer the Dai State.

The Wu army attacked the cities all the way, and quickly conquered the cities of Mengxian, Qiuyu, Huoren and other cities in Daiguo, and reached the line from Xiawu Mountain to Juzhu Mountain.

This mountain is also known as Xingling, Xixing Mountain Xing, and Yanmen Mountain.

The peaks here are tall and straight, the terrain is dangerous, and the east and west wings are undulating.

The Great Wall on the ridge is winding.

As early as many years ago, when Zhao Yang conquered Daidi, he fell in love with Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain, a beautiful place, so he built a pass here, making it a majestic pass——

Yanmenguan!
The south of Yanmen Pass is the State of Zhao, and the north of Yanmen Pass is the territory of Loufan, Linhu, Xiongnu and other Hu people.

After the fall of the State of Zhao, Zhao Wuxie relied on the remnants of the State of Zhao to go out of Yanmen Pass, drive away or annex many nomadic peoples in the north, and establish the State of Dai.

Zhao Wuxie realized that only by guarding the Yanmen Pass can the country of Dai not be destroyed by the Wu army.

Therefore, as early as when Zhao Wuxie established Daiguo, he further strengthened the fortifications of Yanmen Pass and garrisoned heavy troops.

When Sun Wu led his army to attack Yanmen Pass, he found that this pass was really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"kill!"

Braving the enemy's arrow rain, Wu Jun's elite soldiers bravely climbed the ladder, climbed the city gate, and started a desperate struggle with Zhao Zu.

However, Zhao Jun's resistance was very fierce.

Wu Jun used powerful weapons such as trebuchets, return cannons, bed crossbows, and crossbows, but none of them could shake the Yanmen Pass. Even if they used the thunder that Wu people are proud of, the effect was mediocre.

"Boom!"

Gunpowder smoke filled the air, and explosions sounded one after another.

Among the debris splashing, thick smoke billowed, and some of the defenseless soldiers of the Zhao army were directly blown to death, and fell to the ground with bloody flesh, dying of breath, or they had not been blown to death, but kept wailing, waiting As life goes by...

Whenever the shocking thunder thrown by Wu Jun stopped, the soldiers of Zhao Jun above the city gate would always poke their heads out, continue to draw their bows and arrows, and shot Wu soldiers one after another.

Zhao Jun used arrows, rolling logs, beating stones, golden juice and other things to cause a lot of damage to Wu Jun.

In each wave of siege battles, the Wu army must die at least a few hundred people before it will be declared over.

Standing on the military chariot, Sun Wu couldn't help frowning as he watched the tragic battle ahead.

He estimated that the ratio of casualties between Wu Jun and Zhao Jun was close to one to one.

As far as the siege party is concerned, this is already a remarkable record.

However, Wu Jun's elite level is not the same as Zhao Jun's.

As far as Sun Wu is concerned, most of Zhao's army is a motley crew. How can it be compared with the experienced or well-trained Wu's regular army?

The death of a soldier made Sun Wu feel a lot of pain in his heart.

"Mingjin withdraws troops."

"promise!"

"Clang clang clang!"

After Sun Wu gave the order to retreat, the Wu army soldiers who were attacking the city couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. As if they were pardoned, they retreated like a tide, secretly licking their wounds like a wounded tiger.

……

Night falls.

In the big account of the Chinese army, Sun Wu called together a group of generals of the Wu army to raise the account to discuss matters.

All the generals were dissatisfied with the battle situation in the past two days, but there was nothing they could do.

Gong Zizhang came out and said: "Mr. Wu An, the final general thinks that it is unwise to blindly fight against the generation at Yanmen Pass."

"Since Yanmen Pass is steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack, why don't our army break through from other places?"

"I would like to lead more than [-] cavalry to bypass Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain, cross the Changzi River, and go straight to Pingcheng, the capital of Dai Kingdom!"

"inappropriate."

Sun Wu immediately vetoed it: "It's too dangerous for a lone army to go deep."

"According to the tactics of the generation, we will definitely fortify the walls and clear the field. Even if we lose Pingcheng, we will spare no effort to trap and kill the deeply-struck Master Wu. We must not take such a risk."

"This... but how can our army break through the Yanmen Pass?"

Prince Zhang sighed and said, "Mr. Wu'an, I heard that Zhao Wuxie also sent envoys to Yan, Donghu, Linhu, Xiongnu, Loufan and other northern Rongdi, asking them to send troops for reinforcements."

"Once the Hu people go south, even if our Wu army fights head-on, we may not be able to take advantage of it."

Hearing this, Sun Wu said slowly: "The old man is not afraid of barbarians going south."

"No matter how many barbarians there are, in the eyes of this old man, they are just chickens and dogs, not worth mentioning."

"The tug-of-war with the Dai army at Yanmen Pass will be detrimental to our Wu army."

"I will pass on an order to the whole army to stop attacking Yanmen Pass and wait for the opportunity."

"promise!"

As a last resort, Sun Wu could only choose to spend time with the Dai army at Yanmen Pass.

Because Wu Jun's advanced weapons such as Zhentianlei and Huihui Cannon are not omnipotent.

Even if Sun Wu used his troops like a god, and the opponent shrank back and didn't fight, and hadn't revealed any flaws, Sun Wu still had nothing to do.

……

The capital of Wu State, Xianyang.

At this time, in the Zide Hall, Qingji was reading the battle report from the front line.

Sitting at the head of the majesty's platform are Prince Heng, Da Sima Wu Zixu and Dazai Wenzhong.

"The resistance of Dai and Zhongshan is very fierce."

"Sun Wu's soldiers and horses were blocked by the Dai army at Yanmen Pass. Tian Rangju led his army to attack Zhongshan Kingdom. In the past month, he successively conquered eight cities including Gu, Fei, Fuliu, and Shiyi, and went straight into the hinterland of Zhongshan. The people in the capital have fallen."

Qing Ji frowned and said, "However, the Zhongshan people still haven't given up their resistance."

"They hid in the mountains to fight guerrillas, and came out from time to time to attack the soldiers in the city, causing a lot of casualties to my Wu army."

Qingji had to admit that Zhongshan was indeed a tenacious and unyielding country.

Zhongshan Kingdom has experienced three stages of development: Rongdi, Xianyu, and Zhongshan. It has been at war with Jin and other Central Plains countries for a long time. It was once regarded as a confidant of the Central Plains countries.

Because the national power of Zhongshan is too small, it has no choice but to advocate force in order to protect itself. Before that, the powerful Jin State has been overwhelming Zhongshan.

The situation in the Central Plains changed greatly, and after the disputes among the countries, the people of Zhongshan made great efforts to govern and develop armaments, so that the national strength continued to increase.

To this day, Qingji believes that among the three northern countries, Yan, Dai, and Zhongshan, Zhongshan has the strongest military power.

Tian Rangju led an army of 15 and wiped out the Zhongshan Kingdom in one month?
This is not a false good news.

However, things are not that simple.

Faced with the powerful offensive of the Wu army, Zhongshan thought that it was invincible, but would not surrender, so it adopted the method of using defense as an offense and hiding in the mountains to fight guerrillas, which made Wu army suffer a lot.

"My lord, I, Wu Jun, are no strangers to the enemy's guerrilla tactics."

Wu Zixu bowed to Qingji and said: "In the past, when my Wu army was conquering Luoyue, the Yue barbarians hid in the deep mountains and old forests and kept ambushing the Wu army, causing heavy casualties to our Wu army."

"There is such a precedent. Your Majesty, I believe that our Wu army should adopt the method of fighting with strong walls and clearing the field."

"Think of ways to encircle and suppress Zhongshan Rong in the mountains one by one. I would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!"

Sanguang policy?
Qingji couldn't help but narrowed his eyes.

Looting, killing, and burning, such cruel tactics, Wu Guo once used against the Luoyue people, and the effect was not bad.

But, is it really necessary for Wu Guo to do this to Zhongshan people?

"Your Majesty, I think it's wrong."

Dazai Wenzhong said in a deep voice: "Killing blindly will only increase hatred, and it will not be of much benefit."

"My Great Wu is a state of etiquette and a great country. We should convince people with virtue, conquer and educate the Zhongshan Rong with a gentle policy, and we must not increase the massacre in vain, so as to avoid the inconvenience of governing in the future..."

(End of this chapter)