The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 695: For the Name [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket]

"It's normal that you can't win!" Xiang Liang comforted Bambu.

Compared with veterans like Li Ren, both Ying Bu and Bambu are too young.

The most important thing is that the State of Chu does not have so many actual combat opportunities for these young people to gain experience.

Li Ren is different. He has followed Li Mu to fight on the battlefield since he was a child, and later followed Emperor Xuanwu to fight on the grassland. He has experienced hundreds of battles, big and small, and is not someone they can easily challenge.

Just like this time, they thought that Li Ren and the Bingzhou army were arrogant and did not care about the mountains and forests to the west, but they did not expect that they fell into the opponent's trap.

The Shesheng Camp was actually stationed nearby. No matter which camp was attacked, the Shesheng Camp would directly attack the mountains and forests to the west.

"By the way, why did you suddenly lead your troops to attack?" Ying Bu looked at Bambu.

They had just retreated to Yangcheng and had not thought about fighting the Bingzhou army again, and confronting it head-on.

"We have to test the strength of the Bingzhou Army to shut up those powerful people." Bambu was helpless.

As generals, they shouldn't have considered these things, but unfortunately reality always forced them to consider them.

"Is it useful?" Ji Bu sighed.

As a descendant of the Ji family of Danyang, he knew better than anyone that the nobles would not admit that the Bingzhou army was too strong, but would only think that their generals were incompetent.

Especially when they had the advantage in numbers but still couldn't win, what else could that be but incompetence of the general?

"Whether it's useful or not, we have to do it, right?" Xiang Liang also sighed.

The Xiang clan was also aristocratic, and they were well aware of the ins and outs among the nobles.

It is impossible to make the nobles admit that the Bingzhou Army is stronger than them just by relying on this defeat.

They would only think that Banbu was incompetent, and would not admit that the Chu army was inferior to the Bingzhou army in all aspects.

They never thought that they were inferior to the elite Bingzhou Army in terms of either the quality of their troops or their equipment.

Even if this attempt fails, if the King of Chu does not protect Bambu, Bambu may be impeached by the nobles and dismissed from office.

There are too many people eyeing the position of commander of the Shadow Tiger Legion.

Especially since the King of Chu is old, and the Shadow Tiger Legion is directly under his jurisdiction, whoever controls the Shadow Tiger Legion among the princes is equivalent to sitting half on the throne.

"Li Ren's battlefield sensitivity is too high!" The young general, who had been silent all the time, kept his eyes on the Bingzhou army under the city.

He watched this battle from beginning to end.

Bambu was completely led by the other party, and had no ability to resist at all.

Who is Bambu? He is the commander of the Shadow Tiger Legion, one of the three major legions of the Chu State. He can also be said to be the best general of the Chu State at present.

However, he was beaten so badly that he had no chance to fight back.

If there was anyone in Chu who could compete with Li Ren, it would probably be Lian Po and General Li Mu who were living in Chu.

However, the relationship between these two people and Bingzhou is known to the world. If they were willing to lead the troops, it would not be just the three of them standing here now.

"If the young master were a few years older, he would be able to defeat it by force!" Xiang Liang said, looking at the young man beside him.

Ji Bu and Bambu looked at each other and remained silent.

They acknowledged that the young master of the Xiang clan was born with supernatural powers, but when faced with a general like Li Ren who was in charge of a large army, he was no match for them.

After so many years of development, military strategists have already developed a complete set of methods to deal with this kind of situation where one force can break all other methods.

But the two of them are not rookies, and they will not sabotage at this time.

"What should we do now? Give up Yangdu?" Xiang Liang returned to the point. The King of Chu ordered them to withdraw from Qi and attack the old Han, instead of staying here to confront the Bingzhou army.

The most important thing is that if they stay here, once the Wei State and the Qin Army come into conflict, the Wei State will ask them to send troops. As an ally, they will have no reason to refuse.

"It will be hard for us to explain to the middle school if we leave in such disgrace!" Ji Bu said with a frown.

The King of Chu ordered them to withdraw their troops, but the Chu nobles who had gained benefits from the invasion did not want to give up their benefits just like that.

Therefore, they stayed in Yangdu.

"Isn't the young master in the army?" Bambu spoke.

Everyone thought that this time they were going to the expedition to gain military merit, so most of the noble sons in the court also followed.

The one with the most noble status among them is naturally Prince Fu Chu.

Ji Bu and Xiang Liang both looked at Banbu with strange expressions. They thought you were an honest man, but who would have thought you were so cunning.

Who doesn't know what kind of person Prince Fu Chu is?

The nobles who came out were not stupid. They were all warned by their families that they came out to gain military merits and not to interfere in military affairs.

But now Banbu actually wants Master Fuchu to come up with ideas, which means that no matter what problems the army encounters, Master Fuchu will have to bear the responsibility.

However, Xiang Liang and Ji Bu also thought it was a good idea.

When you are trying to gain military merit, you are taking advantage for free, but you must also bear some responsibility.

Thinking of this, Xiang Liang and Ji Bu also nodded. If they could find someone to take the blame, they would naturally not take the responsibility for the defeat themselves.

However, Master Fu Chu and the nobles who came to gain military merit were not in Yandu, but in Qiyang City behind Yangdu.

"I'll go and ask the young master and those young men to come over!" Seeing Xiang Liang looking at him, Ji Bu took the initiative to take on the task of notifying them.

"Let's defend Yangdu!" After Ji Bu left, Xiang Liang and Banbu did not dare to be careless. Although they had more soldiers and generals, the opponent was no pushover.

As for the Bingzhou camp, Li Ren was also very confused. The strategic map given to him by Yan Chunjun stated that the Chu army would withdraw, but it did not say that the Chu army would defend Yangdu or launch a surprise attack on him.

And judging from the flags hanging on the city walls, the three main armies of the Chu State were also in Yangdu.

"It's been many years since we fought a siege battle!" Looking at the not-so-tall city wall, Li Ren reminisced about the past.

The siege battle was fought by him and his father against the invasion of the State of Yan before the Battle of Yanmen Pass. It had been more than ten years since then.

"Are we really going to attack the city?" the deputy general hesitated.

They had only 30,000 men, while on the opposite side were the three elite armies of the Chu State, numbering nearly 150,000 men.

"Fuck you!" Li Ren slapped the deputy general on the head.

They are here to work, not to risk their lives.

It would be fine if he could just cheat the nobles of Qi and collect some benefits, but going to war with the elite troops of Chu is something only a sick person would do.

If the Chu army had not suddenly attacked them, he would not have thought of going to war with the Chu army.

"But the other side may not think so. After all, the general does not have many troops under his command this time, and many young generals want to step on the general to get to the top." The deputy general said seriously.

He didn't know why the Chu army dared to attack them, but he could guess some of the Chu army's thoughts.

Li Ren's reputation is too great, but this reputation was built on the corpses of foreigners. The Central Plains has never taken foreigners seriously, so people think that Li Ren's reputation is too exaggerated.

Naturally, he wanted to become famous by stepping on Li Ren.

(End of this chapter)