Chapter 241: The behavior of a strong country is difficult to understand
In fact, the people leading the current era are indeed in the state of Wu.
Not only Sun Wu who shouted "Soldiers are deceitful", but also Fu Chai who did many great things.
Even if Fucha was not a king, just building the canal was enough to leave his name in history.
It needs to be made clear that although Sun Wu played tricks, he did not do many extreme things. What he pursued was more of the military thought of "using justice and winning by surprise". Historically, there will be no military doctrine.
The person who excelled at playing with virtue was Sun Bin.
In terms of ambushes, sneak attacks, etc., the Wu State played tricks before Sun Wu came over, and even created the feat of luring Yang Youji somewhere and then ambushing a large number of archers to kill him.
At that time, there was no such saying as "A good swimmer drowns in the water", and naturally no one said "A good archer dies by an arrow".
However, at that time, the kings and ministers of the Wu State wanted to prove one thing to the Chu State. Since Yang Youji was a marksman, the Wu people had the ability to kill Yang Youji with thousands of arrows piercing his heart.
This "thousands of arrows piercing the heart" is an adjective, and it means exactly that. At the same time, it greatly encouraged the Wu people who were in an absolutely unfavorable situation.
What's more terrible is that the Wu State who designed to trap and kill Youji had three generations of kings die on the battlefield in retaliation from the Chu State. In a way, it reflected the unyielding nature of the Wu State. Could it be that the Chu State defeated them?
Is it quite miserable?
Of course, Wu Guo is now shaking, giving people the impression that Wu Guo is leading the way.
Bai Gongsheng learned a lot from Wu, including pretending to fight the Jin army head-on, and secretly sending the Chu army to attack the Jin army's camp.
It can only be said that Zhiyao and Bai Gongsheng thought of going together. The difference is that Bai Gongsheng's sneak attack failed, and the partial division sent by Zhiyao was at least really attacking the Chu army camp.
"It's the Zhao family and the Zhong family who are attacking the camp."
"There are no more than five thousand soldiers."
"Don't worry too much."
Bai Gongsheng explained to his surprised colleagues, including that he had already prepared and left an ambush in the camp, expecting that this might happen.
Having said that, Bai Gongsheng was quite surprised that Zhiyao actually sent troops to attack.
The trick that Duke Bai used to win was learned from Wu Zixu, and he was indeed well prepared.
As for whether Wu Zixu thought of it himself or learned it from Sun Wu? Bai Gongsheng is not sure.
The reason why the Wu people can do that is purely due to their regional character. Unexpectedly, the Jin people with thick eyebrows and big eyes also started to play tricks!
"Zhiyao has fewer troops than me. I can make more arrangements. He..." Bai Gongsheng glanced at the Jin army, visually assessing the thickness of the army formation, and was stunned at first glance.
At the beginning of the formation of the two armies, the total number of Jin troops seemed to be about 20,000.
Of course, visual inspection only gives an approximate number, and it is certainly not absolutely accurate.
In fact, the Jin army initially numbered more than 22,000 people.
They have been fighting for about an hour and a half. Why does the Jin army's central army seem to have increased in number?
However, it is not that the number of people in Zhiyao's headquarters has increased, it is actually that the formation has been expanded a bit, and the vacant positions have been given to the retreating Hu family, and then Zhiyao has temporarily set up a false flag.
The next moment, Bai Gongsheng was stunned again. The reason was that Han's troops actually pushed against the wind, and Han's arrow formation actually launched a rain of arrows from the sky.
Do you know why when there is a contact battle between the enemy and ourselves, the long-range troops of the two armies will stop being covered by arrows? It is simply that accidental damage will damage the morale of our own side.
Bai Gongsheng saw that it was Han's archers who could accurately cover his own soldiers. After watching again and again, he discovered what the several nest vehicles that appeared in front were for.
What else can the nest vehicle used for approaching the front line be? It must be to use the height of the nest vehicle, and the flag bearer on top to provide relevant information to the arrow array.
"The fact that the Han family can hold the front is enough to surprise me. They also developed a new tactic?" Bai Gongsheng guessed a lot at once, including why the Jin army wanted to fight them outside the city of Xinzheng.
Next, there is something even more surprising about Bai Gongsheng. For example, Wei changed his previous tactics, that is, the large square formation suddenly split into several small square formations, and several of the small square formations headed forward again.
Continuously advancing, they suddenly made a move to form a horizontal formation and cut off the retreat of a certain Chu army.
What is that doing?
"Why does it seem that my family's tactics are used?" Zhiyao saw clearly that Wei's tactics were to cut, surround, and then annihilate on the battlefield.
Do you think Zhi's "Tide Offensive" strategy is just a repeated charge in turns? What it does is that one force first defeats one of the enemy forces, and then the friendly forces rush in through the gap vacated by the enemy force to hold the enemy force apart.
During the interval, the troops who had taken a short rest would then cooperate with friendly forces to encircle and annihilate the enemy troops trapped in place.
This time, Zhiyao saw a hint of Zhishi's tactics from the performance of Wei's troops, but Wei's seemed more reckless, forcibly pushing back the enemy troops in front, unlike Zhishi's army who found that there was something a little bit different.
If it's difficult, find another opportunity.
In a way, the Zhi family's army can find another target when it finds it difficult. In fact, it is only possible if the grassroots officers are of high quality. And this is not something that Zhi Yao can do only after he intervenes in family affairs. This has been the case a long time ago.
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Later, Zhiyao added the people he trained into the army, which was a kind of enhancement, but the effect of this enhancement was unusual.
In the second hour after opening, Han's troops not only withstood the pressure, but also pushed forward; at the same time, Wei's troops defeated the Chu army in front, and they began to advance to their right in accordance with the established plan.
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If the Chu army had no new response, such as deploying new troops to entangle Wei's troops, or threatening Zhi's troops from other directions, Bai Gongsheng could only abandon the entangled friendly troops and choose to retreat or admit defeat.
When the war situation developed to this point, Bai Gongsheng successively invested about 20,000 troops, and there were still about 10,000 troops in the main formation.
Three thousand of the remaining Chu army went to attack the Jin army's camp. Judging from the time, they were either wiped out or escaped. About five thousand remained in the camp, and they were fighting fiercely with Zhao and Zhong's troops. The last two thousand
Originally, they were staying in the camp to ensure various operations, which was equivalent to conducting a battle to defend the camp.
Bai Gongsheng glanced at the 'Xinzheng' in the distance. In fact, he only saw an outline. He smashed his hand against the car rail and said in a muffled voice: "Hateful!"
Judging from the situation of the battle, there is no doubt that the Chu army suffered a loss. Bai Gongsheng's initiative to retreat was of course a defeat. How disastrous the defeat was will be determined in various aspects later.
Regarding the defeat by the Jin army, Bai Gongsheng actually didn't have much resentment. It was just that his skills were inferior to others. What he resented was that he could not inflict more insults on Zheng Guo.
The kings and ministers of Zheng who were watching the battle were very happy to see that the Chu army was about to be defeated, but some rational people began to think about what would happen if they offended the Jin people.
Bai Gongsheng called someone over and ordered: "We will take a detour to find the eldest son of the Zhi family and tell our troops to admit defeat."
No Chu person would feel embarrassed about losing to the Jin army, since their ancestors had lost many times for generations.
This time they are competing for competitive hunting. To put it bluntly, it is not a dispute of interests or a dispute between the two countries.
Bai Gongsheng admitted defeat. According to common sense, Yao should have given up when he saw the situation was good. If he was willing, the generals and commanders of both sides could sit down together to discuss the gains and losses of the war.
Don't think it's funny, but times have changed, making it uncertain to surrender and end the war. It was still the era of the Gentlemen's War, and there were even more bizarre things. For example, the victorious side helped the defeated soldiers repair their chariots, and then let the defeated soldiers repair their chariots.
Then escape.
Zhiyao was still wondering why Bai Gongsheng didn't take any new measures. If the Chu army didn't do anything, the Chu army that was fighting Han's troops would soon be taken back by Wei's troops and was in danger of being destroyed.
Not long after, Bai Gongsheng's envoy came over and admitted the defeat on Bai Gongsheng's behalf.
Zhiyao felt that this kind of thing happened was quite novel, so she agreed quickly and immediately issued an order to stop fighting.
Waves of gold-ringing sounds resounded throughout the battlefield, not only from the Jin army's own formation, but also from the Chu army's side.
The soldiers of the two armies on the battlefield heard the sound of gold ringing. After distinguishing it, they found that both sides were ringing gold. The superior side was not so willing, but the inferior side was sincerely grateful.
By the way, why did Zhiyao agree to a ceasefire?
They just wanted to test the new army, and then they wanted to prove to Chu that Jin had not fallen. The latter one was of great significance, and related to Chu's attitude in the future when Jin proposed an agreement.
Zhiyao also wanted to leave a good enough impression on Bai Gongsheng, and maybe the two parties could become friends.
In the future, when people study Zhiyao's life trajectory, they will inevitably make an evaluation of "giving up small gains for big gains" today.
The two armies withdrew their troops, and the auxiliary troops from both sides quickly entered the scene to look for their own injured soldiers, and then carried out the rest of the cleaning of the battlefield.
Since the Chu army had surrendered, the Chu army's auxiliary troops could only take away the wounded and the remains of the dead, but other things could not be touched according to the original rules.
Anyway, Wei Ju and Han Geng had a great time fighting each other and felt that today's battle was very rewarding.
When they returned to the camp, they saw Zhao Bolu and Zhong Wu arguing, while Zhi Yao, who was sitting in the main seat, was holding his forehead with one hand and looked distressed.
Wei Ju walked to Zhiyao's side and sat down.
Mainly because of the armor on the body, it would be very uncomfortable to sit on one's knees.
"Why did Bolu and Wu quarrel?" Wei Ju asked in a low voice.
Zhiyao said: "The Zhong family was unable to be appointed, so they abandoned the Zhao family and fled. Bolu was almost captured, and more than 800 members of the Zhao family fell into the hands of the enemy."
Wei Ju showed a serious expression and said: "If Mr. Zhong is regarded as the 'sharp' today, the consequences will be disastrous."
That's right?
That's why Zhiyao rejected Zhong Wu as a striker.
They really knew that the combat effectiveness of the Dukes of Jin had become very worrying. It was not something that could be reversed immediately after the Zhong family became a high-ranking family. What was needed was experience again and again. Whether the combat effectiveness could be improved in the end was another matter.
When Wei Ju saw Han Geng joining in the argument, he just looked at it for a few times and stopped looking. He asked Zhiyao again, "Where are you?"
Zhi Yao looked at Han Geng who was catching Zhong Wu spraying wildly, and answered Wei Ju, "Yao sent him to Xinzheng."
They may lose this battle against the Chu army, but each family will definitely not suffer losses, and they can recover double the losses from Zheng Guo.
Of course, they did not lose. On the contrary, they defeated the Chu army. They would be more confident in seeking benefits from Zheng Guo.
Zhiyao even sent someone to make an appointment with Bai Gongsheng, and invited them to meet again in the south of "Xinzheng" in two days, where the dignitaries from both sides would drink, eat, and so on.
