A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 110 Confrontation, Undercurrent in Qi Kingdom

The Jin State conscripted an army of more than 18, and then [-] states including Zheng, Chen, Qi, Yan, Ying, Dai, Cao, Xing, Bei, Zeng, and Lu responded.

The coalition army reached an astonishing 40, of which the combined armies of Jin and Qi exceeded 25, and the rest were armies from other small countries. In the end, the princes joined forces in Chengpu.The army of the princes was on the side, and the Marquis of Wei hurriedly offered food and grass, and sent troops to join them.

With hundreds of thousands of troops gathered here, the feeling of oppression made Marquis Wei sleep with his eyes open.How dare you think about being able to do both.If he dared to do this, Weiguo would be divided up when he woke up the next day.

Not even two days later, even Song Guo came to the alliance obediently, and swore that he was loyal to Bangzhou, the emperor, and Jin, and said that the parents who gave birth to me were also the ones who lived on Bangzhou. , Completely draw a clear line with the Huai country, and do not share the same life with the Huai country.

With that statement, even Wei Guo felt that he was thick-skinned and ashamed of himself!

After the alliance ended, Jin State conscripted a large army to go south to prepare to attack Huai State again.At the same time, the state of Chu also prepared to send troops.

Huai State got the news of Jin State's fanfare alliance, and Huai State also began to recruit troops.

After Wang Yue's order was issued, General Wei Hong began to recruit soldiers and horses. After decades of development in Huaiguo, especially the successful construction of Yong'an Canal, the grain harvest was bumper and the population increased rapidly.

According to the military service system of the Huai State, under full operation, 30 troops can be mobilized.Of course, Wang Yue would not do this until the moment of life and death.

Huai State conscripted 20 troops, and at the same time, in order to deal with Chu State, it sent a messenger to Zhong State to ask him to recruit a large army to prepare to deal with Chu State.

The four states of Zhong, Huang, Cai, and Jiang conscripted a total of [-] troops, Huai State sent [-] troops to garrison Han, and Wu also conscripted militias to protect themselves.

The army of the Jin State is indeed a powerful army in the world, not much worse than the army of the Huai State. More importantly, the Jin State has a vast territory, bordering on nomadic peoples such as Beidi and Loufan, and often trades horses with them. The war horse is the best in Bangzhou, and only Qin can compare with it.

However, the war horses of Huai country are only medium in Bangzhou. After all, Huai country is not suitable for raising horses.Although Huai State also has horse farms, its horses are stronger than Chu State.

The difference in war horses, coupled with the large number of Jin's army, Huai could only stick to it.

In the south, the Chu army recruited a large army and divided it into three groups. One group went down the Yangtze River again to attack Wu, and the other went south from Chao State to merge with Yue State to attack Huai State, and part of it annexed Huang State. , Near Zhong, to prevent them from attacking Chu.

Commanding the Chu army is Qu Wan's son Qu Lie. When Qu Wan attacked Huang Guo, he was defeated and killed himself. Now his son came to avenge him.

Qu Lie was a well-known general in the Chu State, and he was invincible in all the battles against the Nanman and Jingman in the Chu State. It can be said that the Chu Hou sent him out this time with great hopes.

Wanting to defeat the Huai country this time, and take back the land of Zhongli and the old land of the Wu country, would be a shame.

It is not the first time for Qu Lie to go here. He has always wanted to seek revenge from Huai country, so he often comes to Huai country to scout the terrain.It can be said that he is familiar with the terrain from here to Huai country.

"General, is our army directly attacking Huai country?"

"No, the Huai country is powerful. Even if the north is now fighting against the Jin country, it still has enough troops to deal with our Chu country. Moreover, the Huai army is fighting and has a strong frontal attack. At the same time, it also likes to cut off the army's food and grass retreat. It is easy to be outflanked by it.”

"We are going to fight in Huai country, and it is easy to be attacked by them. We can lure them out, and then fight with them!"

"Then how to draw the Huai army out?" Xiong Tao asked.

"Attack Zhongguo! Force it to seek help from Huaiguo!" Qu Lie said: "If Huaiguo goes to war, our army will cross Jiang Gonghan and cut off the Huaiguo's retreat. If Huaiguo does not come to rescue, we will annex and destroy Zhongguo country! No matter what, it will benefit our Chu country!"

"The general is worthy of being the general of our country of Chu!" Xiong Tao said convincingly.

The army of Chu State came to the vicinity of Chao State, and the army set up camp on the spot and stopped moving forward. Instead, another army started to attack Zhong State and Huang State.

Zhong Guo, Huang Guo, Cai Guo, and Jiang Guo assembled more than 2 troops to retreat to Zhong Guo.

Xu Yong, the son of Xu Mao, Lord of Huaiyin, was in command of the Southern Army of the Huai Kingdom. Although Xu Mao was not as good as Xu Mao in his ability to use soldiers like a god and was invincible in all battles, he was cautious and well-regulated in his use of troops.Wang Yue sent him to command the southern army of the Huai State, for the sake of stability and to compete with Chu State for consumption.

This time, Chu State mobilized a full [-] troops to attack Huai State. It can be said that Xiong Yun's years of accumulation and consumption have been exhausted regardless of the outcome of this battle.

Chu State sent a large army to attack Zhong State, wanting to intimidate Zhong State to ask for help, so that Huai State sent troops.But what Chu State did not expect was that Wang Zhong blocked the attack of [-] Chu troops.

As Wang Yong's younger brother, Wang Zhong's level of governing the country and fighting for power is average, but his commanding army is very good.On the contrary, it is not a small loss.

Seeing this situation, Chu State was unable to open the situation for a while.

In the north, the army of the Jin State went south, and the Huai State attacked several times, but did not achieve any results. With the advantage of chariots, it can be said that Tan State went to Xiapi with almost no danger to defend.

Wang Yue wanted to follow the plan of his ancestor Wu Zhaogong to go back to the rear of the Jin State and cut off its food supply.It's just that the state of Jin had already taken precautions. The army's grain and grass were divided into several routes for transfer. Even if one grain road was cut off, the other grain roads would not be affected.

Wang Yue's idea of ​​cutting off his food and grass was completely bankrupt, and because the Huai country's war horses were not as good as the Jin country's, the army lost a lot of detours.

Sun Shuao suggested that the army retreat, to show the enemy's weakness, and let the Jin army go deep into Huai.At that time, our army is familiar with the terrain, and the Jin army is not familiar with it. It will be easier to cut off the rear road, but Wang Yue disagrees.

The state of Jin and the state of Huai faced each other for a month, and the two sides fought each other, winning and losing each other, but generally speaking, the coalition forces of the princes of the state of Jin suffered more casualties.

Hu Qing and Zhao Qing suggested to the Marquis of Jin that Qi should go south from Ju to attack Huai, bypass Xiapi, and directly attack Huai'an.The Marquis of Jin and the Marquis of Qi felt that this strategy was feasible, so they sent a large army to attack from the state of Ju.

After learning of this situation, Wang Yue had no choice but to lead his army to retreat.Directly abandon the large area of ​​land north of the Huaihe River, and rebuild the defense line on the Huaihe River.

At this time, Huaiguo's intelligence network rushed to report.

"Your Majesty, I have a plan to make Qi withdraw its troops!"

"What's the plan, tell me quickly!" Wang Yue asked hastily.

"Your Majesty, Qi Hou Shang's younger brother Lu Yuan has returned to the country!"

(End of this chapter)