warring states careerist

Chapter 859
In the direction of Chengyang, the Wei army retreated without a fight, and quickly retreated into Chengyang.

The six-finger soldiers crossed Jishui without bloodshed, and forced the Wei army to retreat with the obvious tactics of attacking east and west. The whole army quickly built a camp on the north bank of Jishui and consolidated the pontoon bridge.

The mobile marching ability of soldiers can be used by 1 people as 2 people. This is an indispensable quality for the weak to defeat the strong.

But now Sishang has an advantage in military strength, and Doctor Chengyang wants to defend Jishui. In the face of the maneuverability of Sishang volunteers, at least three times as many troops are needed to defend.

Since there was no such thing, after Six Fingers made the gesture of dividing troops across the river on the Mingxiu pontoon bridge, Doctor Cheng Yang's retreat became inevitable.

There is plenty of time, Liuzhi is not in a hurry, Wei Jun will not be able to support Chengyang's direction for at least one and a half months.

Wei Guo sent the chief general Gou Huai to talk about neutrality with the Mohists, which is also to show his attitude that he will never send troops, because Wei Guo knows very well that he is caught between Wei and Mo, and if they really wade into this muddy water, they will be finished first.

In order to show that it had absolutely no intention of participating in the rebellion of Song Dynasty, Qi State did not gather troops in the southwest. In addition, the previous Mohist provocation in the direction of Jucheng also made Qi State dare not mobilize the army to leave Linzi and the southeast.

Therefore, Liuzhi was able to calmly build camps, reinforce floating bridges, and stabilize the rear, and then besieged Chengyang, using the most violent artillery to attack the city to frighten all the princes.

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The southern line, Yinyang, or Zhaoling, Luohe in later generations.

The army of Chu State assembled here.

The reorganized Chen Cai's division became the main infantry force in this battle against Wei and Han.

The Chu army and Wei Han army in the other directions seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not mobilize.

Both Wei Han and Chu agreed tacitly to control the war within a limited range. If they wanted to control it within a limited range, they had to adopt the method similar to the contract war in the Spring and Autumn Period.

If this kind of old-fashioned tactics is not adopted, the situation is likely to be out of control, making the battle situation beyond the expectations of Wei, Chu and Han.

The king of Chu did not want the war to expand, but hoped that this would be a battle about the division of Zheng land.

Wei Han thought the same way.

If not, it would be a battlefield stretching hundreds of miles from Lushan to Xu. The cooperation of the flanking central army's main attack and feint attack would involve almost half of the military forces of Wei, Han and Chu.

This may be unacceptable to Chu State for "the snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit".

This time the Chu State assembled about [-] field troops, not including the supporting peasants and soldiers.

Among them are some elite Chu King Che Guang cavalry chariot soldiers, and some quite capable archers.

Under the gunpowder usage technology at this time, the archers of Wei, Han, and Chu are all stronger than their musketeers, but the number of elite archers is not many, and it takes a lot to use it once, which is not something that countries can support.

It will take at least four or five years to train such a group of qualified archers.

It is true that archers who have been trained for four or five years are better than matchlock gunners. However, facing the three-month training cycle of matchlock guns, it has become increasingly difficult for archers to adapt to the world of increasingly intense battles.

Now the Chu army is building a camp. As the initiator of the battle, they have to choose to take the initiative to attack.

But before the attack, the camp must be prepared, and the artillery cavalry and some engineers supported by the Mohists must be waited for.

Several field artillery companies supported by the Mohists had already arrived in Chendi, while the cavalry of about 4000 were still on their way.

The smaller the number, the faster the marching speed, and the artillery is the first to go, so it is easier to assemble with a small number.

This time the Chu Kingdom was not a gathering of famous generals, mainly some nobles at the core of the King of Chu. The King of Chu did not personally command the battle, but handed over the full power of the battle to the great Sima who had returned after the talks with Wei Han collapsed.

The King of Chu still stayed in Chendi to deal with the subsequent series of diplomacy.

Since the king of Chu chose the direction of Luyang and other directions to adopt the method of stationing troops for defense and not attacking, it also shows that the bottom line of Chu State is not to want the whole territory of Zheng State, but to want Xu and others, which are crucial to Chu State. city.

The king of Chu is still very confident about fighting against Wei and Han this time. The field force that Wei and Han can muster is only [-] to [-], which is similar in number to that of Chu.

But in terms of quality, there are not many elite soldiers.

The weakest cavalry in the Chu State, with thousands of irregular cavalry supported by the Mohists, can at least compete with the cavalry of the Wei and Han coalition forces.

The number of field artillery is also superior to that of Wei Han with the support of the Mohists.

The Mo family had already agreed to send troops from Chu to Chengyang, and according to the previous agreement, they should have sent troops by now, and Wei and Han absolutely did not want this battle to go beyond control.

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The state of Chu went to the north of Cai Zhi.

A column of cavalry was marching along one of the better roads in Chu.

Together with the other two active cavalry brigades, the cavalry brigade of the concubine Mi was the main force of the cavalry to support Chu this time.

They started a little later than the smaller number of engineers and artillery.

However, on the road from Sishang to Xiacai, the concubine Mi felt that it was not much different from marching on Sishang.

Although the front line of the Huaihe River belongs to the state of Chu, Sishang actually has a greater influence.

The essence of Chu State is in Jianghan, while the capital of Sishang is in Pengcheng, so the influence on Huaisi is naturally greater than that of the Mohists.

Coupled with the rescue of Sishang after the catastrophe that year, the cavalrymen felt the feeling of "tan pot food pulp" along the way.

In terms of logistics, it is also extremely easy to supply supplies along the Huaihe River. Ships travel along the way, and the daily marching speed can be maintained at the maximum, and there is no need to use the state of being close to the enemy to do various warnings, and the marching speed is extremely fast.

After passing Xiacai, the feeling is not the same as in the Huaihe River Basin.

Although the public is still very supportive and not afraid of the Mohist team, after all, there are many different eyes.

The concubine Mi is in a good mood these few days, not only because of his dream of making contributions, but also because his sister is surveying and mapping the state of Chu.

Earlier it was reported that Chu State had detained many Mohists who were active in Chu State. Although the prisoner Mie was sure that the Mohist family could solve this matter, blood was thicker than water, and he was still a little worried after all.

After he received the order to cooperate with the Chu army to punish Wei Han, this worry was completely put down.

Now that he has cooperated with the state of Chu, the Mohists who were detained in Chu will not be embarrassed by the Chu people, and his sister will be safe.

The mood was very good along the way, and everyone sang along the way. While keeping the formation neat, someone would start a tune from time to time, and soon thousands of people would sing together.

The only thing is that when passing Chu people's settlements or cities, these Sishang cavalrymen will shut up, and some people who are proficient in Chu language will sing some Mohist songs.

Sishang has more and more people who are proficient in Chu dialect in the past few years. Shu Pu Mi doesn't know what this means, but knows that more and more officers and cadres have begun to learn Chu dialect in recent years.

In fact, this kind of training for Chu Yin has already begun since the Mohists determined the strategy of determining Chu and determining the world.

Every year, a large number of new Mohists from Chu came to Sishang, and every year, more Mohists from Sishang went to Chu.

If Sishang needs it now, at least about [-] cadres above Sima Chang or village leaders who are proficient in Chuyin can be organized.

This time, there are also some Chu people or people who are proficient in Chu Yin who followed the cavalry to Chu, and they wanted to spread propaganda along the way.

It's okay along the Huaihe River, but once they pass Xiacai, the local officials in Chu State are very afraid of the propaganda of the Mohists, and they repeatedly raised protests. The progress is not very smooth, but it is still going on with difficulty.

After arriving in Chendi, the King of Chu personally sent someone to tell the Mohists not to promote the morals of the Mohists in Chu, in order to maintain the cooperation between the two sides at this time, and the Mohists finally gave up the propaganda for the time being.

(End of this chapter)