A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 289 Sacrifice to the sky, heaven, it’s snowing!

Wang Chong took the prince to the Ancestral Temple to pay homage to his ancestor, King Wen, and then burned incense and prayed, asking his ancestor to give him a divine weapon of destiny to help the Huai Kingdom defeat its enemies.Although Zijue's soul was asleep, there was a ray of spiritual thought that he used to respond to the sacrifice.I saw two spiritual lights flashing in the cave world, and the next second they appeared in the Ancestral Temple like starlight.

When the aura on the altar dissipated, two divine weapons of destiny appeared in front of them.

Prince Luo dispatched 20 people, escorted by 20 Yulin guards, to support Xu Chao. The [-]-strong army marched northward and soon arrived at the Huaiguo camp.After seeing the reinforcements from Huai State arriving, Lian Po and Bai Qi also reduced their troops.

In the Huaiguo camp, Xu Chao was telling Prince Luo about the current situation on the battlefield.Although Huai Wang Chong trusted Xu Chao, there were still necessary checks and balances.Xu Chao commanded the Huai Kingdom's 60-strong army and almost controlled more than [-]% of the Huai Kingdom's soldiers. Although Xu Chao was a son of the Huai Kingdom's duke clan, the king would be worried no matter who commanded such a large number of troops.

Therefore, Wang Chong sent Prince Luo to lead the reinforcements to support him. On the one hand, he served as a supervisor to prevent Xu Chao from having any different intentions. On the other hand, he wanted to allow him to gain military exploits and improve his reputation so that he could inherit the throne in the future.

Compared with the dramas of court ethics in other countries, there are such things as 'ignoring corpses and attacking each other in armor', 'not eating for three months and starving to death on the sand dunes', 'daughter-in-law's beauty, father enjoys it', etc., etc., etc. Big drama.But the Huai State is different. The Huai State attaches great importance to the inheritance of heirs.Nothing like this has happened in hundreds of years.

Xu Chao attaches great importance to the arrival of Prince Luo. He also knows what it is like for one person to control an army of 60. This is a crater.Therefore, there was no resistance to King Huai sending Prince Luo here, and he was even very happy.With Prince Luo's endorsement, he would be safer.

"Prince, you see, these are Zhao Guoli's camps, and these are Qin's. Although the two armies are distinct, they cooperate with each other tacitly. Our Huai army fought with them several times, but failed to win."

"The two of them actually cooperated so well!" Prince Luo said in surprise. You must know that these two armies belong to two countries. The temporary cooperation can actually suppress the elites of Huai Kingdom. Prince Luo knows how difficult this is.

"Well, Lian Po leads the Zhao army and is good at defending and then counterattacking. Bai Qi leads the Qin army and is good at storming, dividing and encircling. His command is as strong as his arm. If he is not careful, he can easily find a weak point and then attack with a large army."

"In several battles before, I led my army to defeat the Zhao army and wanted to pursue it, but Bai Qi took the opportunity to attack the right wing and had to return reinforcements. Lian Po took the opportunity to regroup the army and quickly counterattack."

"Does Xu Qing have any strategy to defeat the enemy?" Prince Luo asked.

Xu Chao said: "In the past, we were unable to fight at the same time due to lack of troops. Now with 20 reinforcements commanded by His Royal Highness, I am confident that I can force the two armies to retreat."

"In that case, please leave it to Xu Qing!" Prince Luo said.

Prince Luo is very clear about his position. He is not good at commanding an army to fight against the enemy. Professional matters should naturally be left to professionals.

After receiving 20 reinforcements, Xu Chao immediately began to counterattack the Zhao and Qin coalition forces. Under his order, 60 troops attacked and launched a fierce attack on the coalition forces of the two countries.

Regardless of whether it is Bai Qi, Lian Po or Xu Chao, at their level, when leading an army in battle, they rarely use cunning tactics, but more about strength, mobilizing troops, and quickly attacking after discovering the opponent's weaknesses.

Compared with Zhao and Qin, the officers of the Huai army were of higher quality, so they executed orders more quickly. The entire 60-strong army was dispatched to directly suppress Qin and Zhao.Even if Bai Qi and Lian Po lead the army, facing such generals of the same level, the enemy's equipment and soldiers are stronger than ours, so there is no good way.

The most core element of the art of war is to use more to defeat fewer, and to defeat fewer with more.As for the various battle formations in the Art of War, they also allow you to form a local advantage of using more to attack less.Of course, it is not that there are no tactics of attacking the masses with a small number, but those are basically unavoidable.

Xu Chao used his upright troops to suppress the enemy with overwhelming force. Bai Qi and Lian Po counterattacked several times, but they were unable to break the Huai army's momentum, so they had to retreat continuously under the Huai army's attack.In the end, they withdrew into Shangdang County and once again relied on the mountains and terrain to confront the Huai army.

At this point, the Huai army's numerical advantage was once again evened out, and the Huai army was pushed horizontally. Both the Qin army and the Zhao army suffered heavy losses, but they still refused to admit defeat and retreat.Even Qin and Zhao continued to send logistical supplies, and it seemed that they were going to fight a protracted war with Huai.

After arriving in Shangdang County, Xu Chao became more cautious. The roads in the mountainous areas were rugged and mountains and rivers divided the terrain.If you are careless in this kind of terrain, you may be in danger of annihilating your entire army.

Xu Chao sent a large army to seize key passes and advanced steadily bit by bit.Relying on the strength of the Huai army, Xu Chao occupied a large number of passes and then pushed them all the way.Although the siege battle was very costly, with the Xianden camp and Shanyue elite soldiers as well as Huai's various advanced siege equipment, the losses were not large. Zhao's idea of ​​relying on terrain to consume Huai's strength was in vain.

After Qin retreated into the Shangdang area, Bai Qi played a greater role in this mountainous terrain.Due to the terrain, Huai's military advantage could not be brought into play. Bai Qi could always seize the fleeting opportunity and launch a small-scale attack.

Seeing this situation, Xu Chao immediately sent an army to strictly guard the mountain roads.With Qin's continuous attacks and help to contain it, Huai's progress was very slow.More than four months have passed since the war between Huai and Zhao until now, and the weather has gradually become colder.It was already late autumn, and the climate in the mountains was even colder.

If it drags on any longer, when it snows, the mountains will be blocked by heavy snow, and the Huai army will have to evacuate.Xu Chao calculated the time. He was not sure that he could defeat Zhao Guo before the heavy snow came, and he already had some intention of retreating in his heart.At this moment, a group of cavalry quickly rushed into the camp.

in the big account.

"What did you say? The Qin State dispatched a hundred thousand troops to cut off our army's food route?" Xu Chao asked with an ugly face: "Who is commanding the army?"

"It is said to be Bai Qi!"

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in Xu Chao's mind, and he suddenly realized: "Bai Qi is so scheming! We have fallen into his trap!"

"Xu Qing, why do you say that?" Prince Luo asked.

"When Bai Qi and Lian Po saw our army's reinforcements, they knew they were no match for them, so they retreated step by step and led our army into Shangdang County. At the same time, they dispatched [-] troops from the country to cut off our army's food routes. They are worthy of being the prime minister of the country. The veteran who has been fighting for many years is indeed ruthless! He strikes directly at the vital point."

"Then what will our army do next?"

"There is still one month of food and fodder for the army. We can only attack the Qin army desperately to open up the way back. However, Zhao and Qin will definitely not let us do what we want, and will definitely stop them with all their lives!" Xu Chao said with a solemn face: "This is my duty. Wrong, putting the prince in danger."

Prince Luo shook his head and said, "Xu Qing should pay more attention after he realizes his mistake. Don't make it again."

"I am aware of my guilt." Xu Chao bowed and confessed.

"Okay, let's talk about this later, let's solve the crisis at hand first!" Prince Luo said.

Xu Chao was slightly startled and thought to himself: Could it be that the prince had anticipated this and had prepared a backup plan in advance?

Prince Luo: "Send people to build a platform of earth in front of the camp, three feet high, nine feet long and nine feet wide."

"This" Hearing Prince Luo's words, Xu Chao was slightly stunned as to what kind of operation this was. But at this moment, he suddenly thought of some miraculous things circulating in the family. He immediately became happy and sent someone to arrange it.

Tens of thousands of troops were dispatched together. It took ten days to build a high platform in front of the camp. Then Prince Luo summoned the entire army to worship the sky.

Prince Luo, wearing a royal robe, stood on the altar and looked at the boundless soldiers on the ground.In a moment of great pride, after completing the sacrifice to the heaven, he directly took out the prop [Earth Steps·Blizzard], and a golden light rose into the sky from the altar.The entire army saw the golden light, and the morale of the Huai army was boosted for a while, and they all felt that they were protected by God.

Prince Luo suddenly felt that his consciousness expanded rapidly, covering a hundred miles in radius. At this moment, he understood how to use the divine weapon of destiny. The next second, heavy snow like goose feathers fell from the sky.

These areas covered by heavy snow are very strange. The areas where heavy snow falls are all in the mountainous areas where Zhao and Qin are located. However, not a single snowflake has fallen in the Huai area, which is only ten miles away from Qin and Zhao.

As the heavy snow fell, the biting cold wind blew up in the mountains, taking away the body temperature in an instant.In just a moment, the mountains not far away turned into a blanket of snow.

We have found from many history books that there seems to be a magical power among the ancestors of the royal family.Every time this transcendent power appears, it will have a huge impact on history.

Most experts and scholars believe that these so-called extraordinary powers were deliberately created by the royal family to increase the mystery of the royal family. However, after excavation of many ancient tombs, bamboo slips found recorded these deeds, which has to make us wonder. Suspect.

The royal family will refute the rumors every time and firmly oppose it, saying that this is feudal superstition and that they must believe in science. They also specially spent money to jointly launch a science popularization program about history on CCTV's "Approaching Science" column. ——"The Fog of History·History of Ancient China"

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