A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 122 Qi, Jin and Chu's tacit understanding
After Wang Jin planted secret guards in the Jin State, he began to deal with the threat from the Chu State.The loss of Chao State was a major failure for Chu State, especially after losing Chao State, the connection between Chu State and Yue State was interrupted.This defeats the purpose of the Chu State uniting with the Yue State to deal with the Huai State.

The state of Chu was unwilling to give up the strategy of uniting Vietnam against the Huaihe River, so it once again summoned a large army to prepare to attack Chao and take Chao State back.

After Xiong Yun, king of Chu, came to the throne, he worked hard to govern, and the state of Chu became strong for three years, and then began to annex the surrounding small countries.Most of these small countries are viscount countries, and the area is only a hundred miles away.

In the third year of Chu Yun's reign, Erguo was destroyed, and then Guguo, Jiangguo, and Xianguo, the in-laws of Huangguo, were destroyed.

In ten years, the Chu State destroyed thirteen countries. It can be said that the national power is strong, so it joined forces with the Jin State to attack the Huai River.

This time, in order to achieve its strategic goals, Chu State once again recruited 15 troops to attack Chao, but at this time there were only [-] Huai troops in Chao State.And Xiong Yun, the Marquis of Chu, led the troops in person.

Chen Yi, the general of the Huai State, was stationed in the Chao State. When he saw the Chu State army coming to attack, he immediately ordered the army to return to the city and fortified the walls to clear the country.

Chu State’s conquest of Chao State this time learned the experience of Huai State’s conquest of Chao State, and directly entered the Chaohu Lake from the Ruxu River with water troops.

The Huai State Navy and the Chu State Navy fought in Chaohu Lake, and the two sides won each other.

The morale of the Chu State was high because the Chu Army Xiong Yun personally led the army.The Huai army fought with them in the field, because there were so many enemies, they did not take advantage of it.

As for sending troops to attack the back of the Chu army, it is also difficult to do this time.The Chu army has been defeated so many times and has learned enough lessons, so it is very strict about the back road.

For a while, the state of Chu and the state of Huai were stalemate in the state of Chao.

When Wang Jin learned that the army of Chu State was marching, he immediately ordered Huai State to send [-] troops to attack Chu. But when Huai State was preparing to attack Chu, Qi State in the north of Huai State suddenly recruited a large army and held a military parade in the south of Qi State.

After several turmoil, Qi finally settled down.Once a big country like Qi is settled down, as long as the Marquis of Qi does not mess around, it will soon recover its national strength. Although its strength is not as good as that of Qi during Duke Huan's time, it still has [-]% of its strength.

More than ten years ago, Duke Huan of the Huai State defeated the Qi army. After these years, the Qi State has recuperated, but has always wanted to take revenge.

Since Wang Yue, the Huai country has cultivated for ten years and strengthened its national strength, and the strength of other countries has also improved.In addition to Qi State, Jin State was not to be outdone, and called Cao State, Zheng State, and Chen Guo to form an alliance with Song State.Although Jin and Qi did not attack Huai, and even the armies of the two countries were still one or two hundred miles away from the border of Huai, Wang Jin dared not gamble.

One hundred thousand troops had to be sent to Huaibei to confront Qi and Jin.Then, another [-] soldiers and horses from Han and Wu were conscripted to aid Chao.

Since Sun Shuao died of illness six years after Wang Jin ascended the throne, Huai State's internal affairs and military strength began to decline.Although Xu Yong, Gong Yangsheng, Chen Yi and others are assisting, the joint efforts of several people can only encourage and support.Xu Yong inherited Sun Shuao's water control skills, but he lacked in governing the country.

As for Gongyang Sheng, if it is said that his ancestor Gongyang Shuo can only be one hundred, he is only seventy-five at most.As for the college, although there are quite a few talents, there are no great talents like Sun Shuao.

After Wang Jin in Huaiguo, there was a gap in high-end talents. As for using the recruitment order, Wang Jin also used it. It's a pity that the recruitment order did not recruit people with more than eight stars this time, and the two recruited were rated as six stars. .

This level of talent is more than enough to govern one side, but it is far from being a prime minister.

Under such circumstances, Wang Jin had much fewer chips to use. Gong Zimin had already stationed at Xiapi because he wanted to guard against Qi and Jin. In the end, Wang Jin could only let Gongyang Sheng lead the army to go out.

Gongyangsheng's army gathered, and soon came to the country of Chao, but because of the strength of the Chu army, Gongyangsheng did not dare to march rashly, but instead echoed with the Chaodu Huai army to fight against the Chu army.

Chuhou Xiong Yun originally wanted to take advantage of Gongyangsheng's lack of stability and send troops to defeat the Huai army, but Gongyangsheng used troops extremely prudently. reason for coming.

In the art of war, harmony is used to win by surprise.But most of the time, the two armies fought with dignified and upright soldiers. Chu State did not use any tricks this time, but attacked with dignified and upright soldiers, and did not give Huai Country a chance at all.

Young Master Min is good at winning by surprise, but facing this kind of majestic way, not only cannot win by surprise, but it is easy to be seized.

When the Huai State army came, the two armies confronted each other, and small groups of troops would be sent to fight every day.The two sides have been deadlocked for more than three months.

The army of Chu State came from far away. Although there is the Yangtze River waterway to transport grain and grass, the cost of the 15 army expedition for three months is extremely staggering.

But until now, the country of Chao has still not been captured. As long as the Chu army retreats, the country of Chao that is currently occupied can be regained by the country of Huai soon.

Xiong Yun was very unwilling to retreat. Qu Hong, a doctor of the Chu State, saw the embarrassment of the Marquis of Chu, so he wrote a letter: "Your Majesty has been on an expedition for three months. The army has spent a lot of food and grass, but there is no progress. Why don't you withdraw first? "

"Qu Qing, Gu also knows this, but the army marched for three months, but they didn't make an inch of it. How to appease the army when they go back, and at the same time damage the prestige of Chu State!" Xiong Yun said with some distress.

"Your Majesty sent troops to resolve the relationship between Chu and Yue. Now that Huai is strictly defending, our army can't take Chao, but we can go another way." Qu Hong pointed to another one on the map. nation.

"Shu Guo!"

"The state of Shu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is very close to the state of Yue. Since it is impossible to occupy the state of Chao, it is better to capture the state of Shu! This will not only connect the state of Yue, but also obtain land. The achievement of destroying the state is enough to show the strength of the state of Chu. This time Huai and our Chu are at a disadvantage, and the world has already known that our Chu is not as good as Huai!"

Huai State: Not as good as Yu Huai? ? ?
Xiong Yun thought for a while, and immediately agreed: "Then attack Shu country!"

Shu Guo: Let me see, why was he beaten?
"It's just that our army is confronting the Huai army this time, and retreating rashly, what should the Huai army do in a surprise attack?"

"Your Majesty, you can set up a few big drums in the camp, and hang the goats on the drums. The goats panic, their hooves tremble, and the big drums ring. The Huai army will definitely think that our army is still in the camp."

Xiong Yun immediately ordered people to hang the sheep on the big drum, put more banners in the camp, and then retreated quietly in the dark.The Chu army withdrew from the state of Chao, and the army moved southward, attacking the state of Shu, and the state of Shu was destroyed.

Although Gong Yangcheng found it strange that the drums in the Chu camp were beating, he thought that Chu was up to some kind of conspiracy, so he became more cautious, but there was no movement for two days, and he didn't find out until the third day. Chu State has withdrawn.

(End of this chapter)