A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 204
A large number of siege equipment attacked the city, and the morale of the soldiers of Huai State was like a rainbow. On the ladder, more than a dozen archers and arrows rained down, suppressing the Chu army so much that they did not dare to look up.

Due to the failure of the reform and the changes in the country, the morale of the army in Chu State was not high. Under the siege of these siege machines, the morale was even lower.Soon the city was attacked by a large number of ladders on the city wall, and the first to board the camp swarmed up.Soon the Chu army began to be defeated.

Wu Qi led the army of the Huai State, broke through three cities in a row, and then took a short break before attacking again.

On the great river, after a great battle between Chu State's navy and Huai State's navy, they were defeated again.The Huai State's crossbow fired repeatedly, igniting the Chu State's navy ships, and one after another the ships were ignited.Then the Huai State Navy divided and surrounded the Chu State Navy.

Water warfare is basically more ships fighting fewer ships, big ships fighting small boats.With the bed crossbow, Chu's navy is no match at all.After several consecutive water battles, Chu State could no longer stop the Huai State Navy, so it had to stick to the water stronghold.

After the victory of the navy army, they immediately sent a large army to detour behind the defense line of Chu State's Dabie Mountains, cut off the Chu army's retreat, and cooperated with Wu Qi to attack back and forth.

The [-] Chu troops guarding the city pass of the Dabie Mountain defense line of the Chu State were cut off from the rear and directly severed contact with the Chu State.The northern army withdrew from the state of Wei, and the troops of the four kingdoms of Zhongcai and Huangjiang kept harassing it along the way.The Chu army was eager to retreat, but unfortunately, under the harassment of the coalition forces, the progress was slow.

For a while, Chu State didn't have too many troops to mobilize.

After cutting off the Chu army's retreat, the defense line here in the Dabie Mountains of Chu State became a lone army.

In the big camp of the Huai army, Wu Qi was discussing the military situation with everyone.

"Everyone, the army of Chu State has been besieged by our army this time. If we attack by force, we will lose a lot. What is your strategy for defeating the enemy?" Wu Qi smiled and looked at the other people in the tent. Wu Qi learned the way of military strategist.

"Wai San Que One"

"Night attack."

Everyone said one after another.After these people finished speaking, Wu Qi said: "In this battle, attacking the city is the bottom line, and attacking the heart is the top priority."

"It has only been ten years since the reform of the Chu State, and all the evils in the country have exploded now. This is a good opportunity from God! You are so good to learn."

In order to hit the morale of the Chu army, Wu Qi broke through three cities in a row before, and Chu was defeated in a row, and the morale was low.Immediately afterwards, the retreat was cut off, and the morale of these Chu troops was even lower.

At this time, the news from the Chu State was cut off, and these soldiers had no idea what happened to the Chu State.Wu Qi ordered people to reform the state of Chu and failed. The land allocated by the soldiers has been taken away by nobles and nobles, and their families, wives and daughters have even become domestic servants of nobles and nobles.

These true and false news were written on cloth, tied to arrows and thrown into the city.

After the soldiers of Chu State picked up these arrows, they found the content written on the arrows, and they were all skeptical.

After the generals of the Chu State discovered these silk cloths, they quickly sent people to collect all the silk cloths, and ordered that those who spread them in private be beheaded.And announced that the country did not take back the soldiers' land, all the land belonged to them, and announced that as long as they defend the city, everyone will be rewarded with military merit.

The actions of the Chu general made the soldiers suspicious immediately, and no one believed the so-called rumors.Following the ban of the generals of the Chu State, these silk cloths began to spread wildly in the cities, and more and more people knew the news.

But when the city was in chaos, Wu Qi found someone in the army who was good at singing and playing music. At night, he went to the nearby cities of the Chu army to sing songs from all over the country and play homesick music.This method is used to arouse the homesickness of Chu soldiers.

These soldiers were already very worried about their hometown, but now they listened to these ditties from their hometown, many of them even cried, so the soldiers became even more war-weary.

The Chu generals were helpless about this.The morale of Chu's defenders was low, and the soldiers were even more unwilling to resist.After several shots, the morale of Chu's army was almost on the verge of collapse.

When the general of Chu State saw this situation, he felt overwhelmed, and immediately ordered his personal guards to kill several soldiers in the city, trying to force the soldiers.

Originally, the situation in this city was extremely tense, and the actions of the general of Chu State could be said to have stabbed a hornet's nest.Originally, the soldiers were unwilling to fight, but now they were forcibly suppressed. This directly ignited the anger of the Chu soldiers.

These soldiers were originally worried about the situation of the fields and acres at home, their parents, wives and children.They are very aware of the situation in Chu State before the reform, and they are slaves, and they know how hard the life was before.Now these people actually want them to return to their previous lives, how could these soldiers be willing!

In addition, the generals of Chu State forcibly beheaded some soldiers, which made the soldiers in the city very dissatisfied with him.

A dozen Chu soldiers hid in a corner discussing something, and then left quietly.

A few hours passed, the moonlight gradually dimmed, and there was a sudden cry of killing in the city. The original guard of the city saw this scene, and his face changed greatly in fright.Immediately convene the population to prepare for defensive resistance.

However, these soldiers in the city had long accumulated grievances, and under the surprise attack, they didn't give him a chance at all.A large number of soldiers rushed into it, directly hacked and killed the Chu general, and then sent envoys to ask for surrender.

What is there to guard, the land in the hometown is gone, and parents, wives and children are likely to become slaves of those nobles again.Cut off the way back, recklessly is a dead end.Without property, parents, wives and children, why should they sacrifice their lives for the king of Chu?

In the past, they would not have dared to say much, nor dared to resist. Now that they have experienced the reform and tasted the benefits of the reform, how can they still be willing to return to their previous lives.

After beheading the Chu general, these Chu soldiers immediately opened the city and surrendered.

Wu Qi warmly received these soldiers and gave them rewards.At the same time, let these soldiers go to other cities to persuade them to surrender.

Many of these soldiers were acquaintances, even fellow villagers. With these soldiers to persuade them to surrender, how could the remaining cities of Chu be able to hold on?
Of course, there are also some city generals who are unwilling to surrender. Seeing these soldiers who persuaded them to surrender, they immediately took up their bows and arrows and wanted to shoot them.

"Sang, stop fighting, surrender!"

"General Wu Qi has already surrounded this place. The Dabie Mountains are dangerous, but the navy has already been defeated, the retreat is cut off, there is no food, and sooner or later they will starve to death!"

"Jing Mugong has been killed, all the land and family property are gone, and his wife and children may have become the slaves of those nobles, so why fight?"

"Shut up! Don't talk nonsense, you want to take this city and let Wu Qi send troops to attack!"

The Chu soldier shouted again: "Brothers in the city, listen up, Sang is already crazy, quickly tie him up and offer the city to surrender!"

"Who dares?" Sang snapped at the soldiers behind him.

The Huai army besieged the city, and the soldiers on the city wall looked at the Chu general.This person seemed to be quite prestigious, and no one dared to move for a while.

It's just that the desire to survive finally overwhelmed the prestige, and a few courageous people stepped forward and said: "Brother Sang, what the brother said is reasonable, we are cut off from the road, and the land allocated by the family is gone. What are we doing now?" Fight? It’s better to surrender as soon as possible, maybe you can get some land!”

"Fart, when the domestic reinforcements come, these Huai troops will definitely be defeated."

"Brother Sang, don't be stubborn, we don't know what's going on in the country, but don't we know about the Huai Army?"

While the man was speaking, several other soldiers around looked at each other and approached quietly.After Wu Qi's tactics, the Chu army in these cities wanted to surrender a long time ago, but the Chu general refused to suppress it.

Suddenly, the two jumped up and threw Sang directly to the ground.

"Let me go, let me go."

Everyone rushed up, tied him up, and then surrendered in Kaesong.

However, during the ten-month period, the defense line that Chu State regarded as impregnable was completely broken by Wu Qi.

(End of this chapter)