The Qingluan Army's military formation is extremely neat, with large Chu heavy infantry. When the Chu State came to China, it faced the same problem as the Qian State, lack of horses. At the same time, one's opponents are often the key to determining one's own development ideas.
For hundreds of years, the Yan people had to face the barbarians in the desert, so they had to have their own cavalry to compete with the barbarians.
The Chu people need to fight with the Shanyue people in the barren mountains and rivers. Although the glorious era of the Shanyue people has long passed, their resistance is still one after another. In places with dangerous mountains and rivers, cavalry is very useful. The lack of troops gave birth to Chu's heavy infantry and navy.
Right now,
The thousands of Yan troops who had just crossed the Yangtze River basically had no war horses. The eldest prince’s military adventure itself should have been a success, but he didn’t expect that Yu In Pancheng, there is actually an elite group of Chu Kingdom hidden all this time.
Thinking about it this way, the new dynasty established by Situ Yi is really like a spittoon, which will fall down after being used up by all forces without mercy.
"Qu prepared water and wine in the city, and asked the eldest prince of Yan to show his favor."
The state of Chu is governed by a coalition of nobles, and each noble has its own fiefdom, which is extremely Pay attention to lineage and inheritance.
When he was young, Yao Zizhan liked to criticize troubles. He once said: The rituals are complicated and cumbersome, but the good things are the same as in the past.
It means that Ganren’s pursuit of etiquette is no matter how complicated it is, how formal it is, and how complicated it is.
The Chu people are constantly pursuing the traditions of their ancestors, and everything is focused on aligning with their ancestors. The most obvious point is that in Chu State, there is still an extremely ancient profession like witch doctors. , There are also witch doctors and supervisors in the imperial palace of Chu State, who specialize in searching and discovering the treatment methods used by the ancient sages.
At the same time, there is another characteristic of the Chu State, that is, if there is a rebellion or military dispute in the country, the soldiers can die, but if the noble generals on both sides are captured or surrender, they must be treated with courtesy. At the same time, it has to be returned, at most, with a ransom.
So, when Qu Tiannan invited the eldest prince into the city at this time, he said he was preparing water and wine, which was not a lie.
The eldest prince grasped the knife in his hand and smiled,
"As can be traced back to ancient times, the Ji family has emperors who died in battle, but they have never had descendants who surrendered to the enemy on the battlefield!"
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Qu Tiannan was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Everyone has different cultural concepts, so their thinking patterns are also different. In Qu Tiannan's view, the prince of the Yan people does not cherish his noble blood, which is really a bit inferior to himself.
Qu Tiannan waved his finger forward,
The Qingluan Army began to press forward.
Li Bao took a deep breath and yelled:
"All the Zhenbei Army is here!"
"Tiger!"
< p>"Tiger!""Tiger!"
All the soldiers of the Yan army clutched their sabers, and the archers readjusted their bows and nocked arrows.
Li Bao looked back at the eldest prince,He said: "Your Highness, please retreat, and we will cut off the rear for Your Highness."
"Didn't you hear what Gu just said?"
"Death is easy, but living is actually more difficult. It's difficult. After the war, someone has to take responsibility. In the face of His Majesty and the anger of his subjects, please stay alive and take responsibility.
On the battlefield, my mother-in-law can't do it.
Besides, your head is more precious, and I don’t want people to hang your head on the flagpole to show off your power.”
This is very straightforward.
The plan to raid Yupan City had already failed when the Qingluan Army of Chu State appeared.
The Battle of Wangjiang of the Eastern Expedition Army will end with heavy losses.
At the moment, dying in battle seems to be a good destination, because in the past hundred years, the Yan people have not experienced such a failure, especially in the past few years with the achievements of the two marquises of Zhenbei and Jingnanhou. A series of great victories made the people of Yan feel more confident. From the court to the army and the people, everyone seemed to feel that they were invincible under the banner of the Black Dragon. This was what Yan should be like.
"Your Highness, you also know what kind of temper Li Fusheng is. Let him clean up the mess. If he gets sick, he dares to slaughter everyone in Yingdu.
It still needs to be done. You go back and gather your troops. We can't cross this river, but we can't let the Chu people and the barbarians come back easily."
The eldest prince's face twitched, and Li Bao said what he was thinking. He thought that as a prince, and a prince who had been trained as a military leader by his father since childhood, he was defeated like this, and he simply did not have the courage to face the censure in the future.
No matter how many reasons there are, the defeated general is simply incompetent!
"Personal Guard Battalion, escort His Highness across the river!"
Li Bao issued an order to the Personal Guard Battalion,
then,
He did not hide anything from his subordinates.
He shouted:
"All the Zhenbei Army belongs to me. Let me cut off the throne for Your Highness. We just have to fight to the death and be a hero. The eldest prince lives." Go down and wipe our butts!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
The whole army laughed, but not one of them was Duanhoujun. Sadness, some, just heroic.
The eldest prince bit his lip. At this moment, he was thinking of Tian Wujing. When that man decided to commit suicide, had he decided to deal with Qing Shi just like himself now? And the world's criticism?
But no matter what, he is the coach. Li Bao is right. Death is easy. A prince who dies in battle will also be very tragic. At least, he can earn some tears from his father.
When people die in battle, no matter how big the fault is, there is no need to pursue it anymore. The world is always very tolerant of the dead.
But there is still a large army waiting for him on the other side of the river. He must put the situation in order, otherwise if it collapses...
Without the support of his personal guards, the eldest prince began to run on his own. Go back, go back, go back.........
Behind the eldest prince,
Facing the approaching Qingluan Army,
Li Bao raised his sword with one arm:
"The ambition to trap the enemy!"
Thousands of soldiers from the surrounding North Army soldiers shouted in unison:
"Death or life!"
.........
The flower boat has already approached the gate of the sluice city. The young man sighed with some regret:
"If I remember correctly, the opponent's Chinese army is the so-called Zhenbei Army?"
The sword maker nodded and said:
"It is a sharp knife sharpened by the barbarians."
"Oh, It is a pity that the Yan people lost only the left army this time. It would be great if the Zhenbei army was lost."
Since such an elite is from another country, it is natural. The more deaths the better.
The sword maker said unceremoniously:
"If it is the Zhenbei Army, do we dare to let them cross the river like the Left Route Army?"
"Yes, but I, the great Chu, have to take advantage of this opportunity to buy horses from the barbarians and form my own cavalry. It is said to be very expensive?"
"Quite expensive."
"Then work harder, make more swords, and sell them."
"If you make too many swords, they will be worthless."
"Oh Yeah, tsk tsk.”
The young man walked to the side of the boat,
undressed his trousers in an awkward manner,
and pointed the piece under the boat. ,
I peed once before, and when the Yan people crossed the shore, they were frightened and peed once. Now, it is the third time.
At this time, some of the corpses of the Yan people floating down from the upper reaches had merged into the tributaries, and the river water began to turn red.
The young man did not feel the pleasure of winning the bet.
Looking at the corpse on the river,
It seemed that even the pleasure of urinating suddenly became boring. Tasteless.
…………
On the other side, there was no accident. Li Bao led his army to successfully intercept the Qingluan Army, and the eldest prince was able to cross the river and return to the west bank.
The Qingluan Army has always been hiding in the city, so naturally it is impossible to make outflanking actions in advance for fear of being discovered in advance, and it is impossible to lay out the so-called dragnet.
The most important thing is that these thousands of Zhenbei soldiers burst out with extremely strong fighting ideas.
Shanyue people are often brave and not afraid of death, and do not take their own lives seriously. They probably have the feeling that their lives don’t matter anyway.
The Qingluan Army has been fighting Shanyue all year round, so they should have been used to it for a long time.
But the Yan people in front of them are not only brave and unafraid of death, but their fighting experience and battle formation skills are far beyond what the so-called Shanyue tribe can compare with.
The Zhenbei Army, which dismounted and fought on foot, was at odds with the Qingluan Army, which was mainly infantry, at the beginning. If the Qingluan Army’s numerical advantage had not been too obvious, who would have defeated whom in the end?Come on, it’s really hard to say.
The eldest prince, who had returned from crossing the river, knelt down on the slope of the bank.
Looking at the corpses of the Yan army floating down from the upstream in front of him,
Li Fusheng came back and left again after receiving the order from the eldest prince to collect his troops and retreat thirty miles.
The eldest prince knelt here until nightfall. Until some warships from the Chu navy upstream came down, he did not see Li Bao returning.
Finally, he stood up slowly.
He,
has to live.
He will become a sinner of the Yan Kingdom and a shame to the Ji family.
Tian Wujing's reputation among the people is not good, but the bad thing is just the reputation. The Yan people attach great importance to military merit, and they are still convinced of Tian Wujing's ability to win battles.
Even though there are many people in the government and the public who have a very bad opinion of Tian Wujing, there are not many who add insult to injury. Even though Tian Wujing is autistic in the Jingnan Marquis Mansion in Litian City, he does not even accept the imperial edict. , more of the officials in the court also wanted to protect and cover it up.
Without him, Tian Wujing knows how to fight. With such a military god in the country, everyone can always feel a sense of security.
And now,
as a prince, he has lost,
without military merit and victory as a foundation,< /p>
The so-called title of prince,
will become worthless in an instant,
and may even become a kind of original sin for oneself.
Even the emperor who trusted his father and sent him to lead the expedition will be recorded in the history books of later generations:
The emperor favored his son and made war a trivial matter, which eventually led to a big disaster. wrong.
…………
A few days later,
The extremely haggard Jin Shuke knelt down in front of Zheng Fan and reported on the situation of the Wangjiang Battle.
Zheng Fan sat in the first seat,
the other demon kings sat below.
Zheng Fan made the right bet again. He guessed that the Savage King would bring him a surprise, and the Savage King also lived up to his expectations.
In the Battle of Wangjiang, the main force of the Yan State's left route army was almost wiped out. The Wangjiang River was filled with corpses of Yan people.
A big defeat came so suddenly.
However,
Zheng Fan’s face did not show any sign of being right about his “far-sightedness”.
On the contrary, he rubbed it gently with his fingers a little tiredly. Pinch your eyebrows,
slowly said:
"Logically speaking, I should be happy when I hear this news. But why do I feel a little sad?"