Need I say more? There must be a conspiracy on Wu Jun’s side!
Zhi Yao noticed that Wei Ju was thinking hard and wondered, "Who can't see such a simple thing? Is Wei Ju thinking about the conspiracy of Wu State?"
No, Wei Ju couldn't understand why the Wu army lost three battles in a row, and he wasn't so sure whether the Wu army had a conspiracy.
This is purely a phenomenon during the period when rituals are about to collapse but music is about to be destroyed. It makes some very smart people a little confused. They may guess what some people want to do. There are no relevant examples. If they are not evil enough, they would not think so.
Not sure what to do.
Zhiyao already roughly knew Wu Jun's tactics, which was nothing more than losing three battles in a row to make Qi Jun feel arrogant and make Qi Jun's generals think that they were all right again.
This kind of routine can be used in any era, but the same routine cannot be commonly used in the same era. The reason is of course that too many people are fooled, which will make other people wary.
"Should I send someone to warn the Qi army general?" Zhiyao gave up after thinking about it for a moment.
It’s not that Zhiyao thought General Qi’s Guo Shu would not be believed.
In fact, Zhiyao's record is there. How fearful the Qi people are of Zhiyao means how much they believe in Zhiyao's judgment.
Furthermore, Jin and Qi are currently allies in resisting Wu's northward march, and with Zhiyao's military capabilities, even if Guo Shu thinks that Zhiyao has intentions, he is still willing to believe that Zhiyao has a conspiracy against the Wu army.
warning.
Zhiyao wanted to see how Wu State used some strategies, and also wanted to know how Qi Jun would respond.
After all, Wu and Qi people will be the ones fighting life and death. As a Jin people, Zhiyao has nothing to worry about, right?
Not to mention that the Zhi family will continue to plot half of Qi's territory in the future, it is considered good that Zhi Yao did not cause any obstacles to the Qi army during the "Battle of Ailing".
Whether the Wu army or the Qi army wins this battle, it will be beneficial to the Jin state.
Zhiyao has sent people to contact Hu Jie and Zhong Quan, and at the same time sent people to "Tan" to issue orders to Zhi's troops. If nothing unexpected happens, the two Jin armies will arrive near "Ai Ling" in about ten days?
"Let's go." Zhiyao found two troops approaching in this direction.
The two armies were from the Wu Army and the Qi Army respectively, with a size of two thousand and three thousand respectively.
The generals of the Qi army knew who the fourth party was who did not raise a flag. They sent troops after discovering Wu Jun's actions in order to show their goodwill to Zhiyao and Wei Ju.
The fourth party? The fighting armies are from Wu, Qi and Lu. The fourth party is Zhiyao and Wei Ju.
Because there was no discernible flag, the Wu army could tell from the color of their shirts that they were from the Jin state, but they didn't know who would serve as the commander-in-chief of this small Jin army.
Zhiyao and Wei Ju would not stay where they were and wait for any army with unknown intentions to come over. They took advantage of their small numbers and quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests. However, Wu Jun and Qi Jun had another small fight, and the result was
Wu Jun took the initiative to retreat to quell the fighting.
Wu Jun's side.
Fu Chai had already learned that a Jin army appeared within the fighting range, but that Jin army did not display a flag, so it was difficult to know who the leader was.
"Less than a thousand?" Fu Chai couldn't understand the purpose of so many Jin troops appearing on the battlefield.
The Wu and Qi armies currently fighting each have about 100,000 men. Unless they are all supermen from the Jin region, less than a thousand men are really useless.
Xu Menchao asked: "The king, do you want heavy troops to pursue him?"
It should be said that not only Fu Chai, but also everyone at the scene was dumbfounded when they heard Xu Menchao's words.
They are fighting against the Qi army, and making such a big move for the Jin army, which is less than a thousand, is funny but will also greatly affect the normal progress of the war.
However, Xu Menchao had reasons to be nervous, and many people had the same mentality.
That was the Jin army, not the army of any other country.
The Kingdom of Jin! The overlord who fought a hundred-year war for hegemony with the Kingdom of Chu and finally made the Kingdom of Chu admit defeat.
Although the Wu State overthrew the Chu State several times and later determined to overthrow the Jin State, mentioning the Jin State still made them unable to be confident and more or less fearful, especially since the Wu people knew that no Jin State had any influence on the Chu State.
The fact that the state of Wu was weakened was simply unable to defeat the state of Chu.
Qi Jun's side.
The Qi army won another small victory, which led to an increase in momentum.
"Why doesn't Zhi Yao, the military commander of the Jin Dynasty, come to my place?" Gongsun Xia asked.
Of course, this Gongsun Xia is the Gongsun of Qi, not the Gongsun Xia of Zheng Mugong who lived at the same time as Zichan. It is very common to have the same name. For example, every family in the Jin Kingdom is named Wu, Shuo, and Ying;
It is more common if the names are the same. For example, Xia, the grandson of Zheng Guo, is named Zixi, which is the same name as Yin, the current Ling of Chu.
Gongsun Hui had just won a battle, and it was the moment when he was most energetic. He said: "Although Jin came to help, the reinforcements did not arrive for a long time. I am in vain!"
In addition to Gongsun Xia and Gongsun Hui, this Qi army also included many princes from Qi State, and most of the people who were exiled were from the princes.
If you study more carefully, you will find that there are very few nobles with different surnames in the Qi army participating in the war. The Tian family, which is gaining power in Qi State, sends people to military posts. Although they send few troops, they occupy absolutely high and important positions.
At this stage, the Tian family is so prosperous, but when it is the turn of the national war to break out, it looks like this. The factors inside are very complicated.
To put it simply, the Dukes of Qi were unable to counterattack against the Tian family, and could not prevent the Tian family from having the opportunity to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and even had to send troops to obey orders.
Many of the dissatisfaction of the Dukes of Qi seemed to have been eliminated with repeated victories. I was very dissatisfied with Jin's procrastination in coming to rescue, and today's repeated victories, how could my mentality not be upbeat?
The next day.
Zhiyao and Wei Jutian set off with their men before it was fully lighted. When they approached the battlefield, they found that there were a lot of scattered Wu troops nearby.
"I discovered you and me yesterday, so we did this today. Wu Jun is really cautious!" Wei Ju said.
Therefore, any force that can rise, even if there is some luck, must have the ability.
Zhiyao said: "We will move forward first and then retreat."
It is clear that Wu Jun wants to capture their small team, so don't take unnecessary risks.
As for the possibility of not being able to witness today's battle between Wu Jun and Qi Jun? Just because Zhiyao and Wei Ju don't take risks, it doesn't mean they can't send people to hide and watch, and then listen to the report afterwards, or wait for new opportunities before coming out to watch.
In the next half month, the Qi army and the Wu army fought again and again, but the scale of the battle was not large, and the Wu army suffered defeats one after another.
On a certain day, both the Wu and Qi armies made fires and cooked meals early, and at dawn they left the camp in large numbers.
It was Wu Jun who made the first move...or should I say Lu Jun?
It was the Lu army that was dispatched, but it was the Wu general Xu Menchao who led the Lu army. The number of soldiers was about three thousand.
It was because Shusun Zhouqiu suffered a heavy defeat some time ago, and Fu Chai took advantage of the opportunity to seize command of the Lu army.
As for the Lu army, which originally numbered around 10,000, some of them suffered casualties and were scattered, and the remaining 3,000 or so fell into the hands of the Wu monarchs and ministers.
Here again, the difference between the Wu State and other countries is realized. For example, the leader of the alliance is the Jin State. No matter who is the commander of the Jin State, they will never let their subordinates charge into battle, let alone conspire to capture the army.
It doesn’t matter whether Jin people are proud or don’t trust their younger brother. Anyway, they won’t let the younger brother take on any heavy responsibilities, including taking the lead and being the back-up.
The successive kings of Wu before Fu Chai, including Fu Chai's generation of Wu kings and ministers, there were simply too many cases where they asked their younger brothers to take the lead or to die.
Xu Menchao, who was the first to take action, only led 3,000 Lu troops. The Qi army general who had repeatedly won was arrogant.
"However, if my general is defeated, I should attack him with my sword!" Gongsun Hui said loudly.
The generals of the Qi army began to fight, and each one looked full of morale.
The letter of credence thought to himself: "General Wu is commanding the Lu army. Something is obviously wrong. However, Gongsun Hui can defeat Xu Menchao who leads the Wu army soldiers to fight. There is obviously no problem in defeating Xu Menchao who leads the Lu army soldiers to fight again. I will deploy it well.
, order Gongsun Xia to raid the formation, if there is any problem, it won’t be too big.”
Under such circumstances, Gongsun Hui led his troops to fight.
The subsequent developments once again convinced the Qi army generals of the victory of the "Battle of Ailing". It was Xu Menchao who led the Lu army and lost the battle with Gongsun's headquarters not long after, which would definitely make the Qi army again
Morale is boosted.
Xu Menchao parried and retreated to the side of the friendly forces.
Gongsun Xia was a little carried away when he saw Gongsun Hui's superiority. He was a little afraid that Gongsun Hui's troops would be attacked from two sides, so he could only lead his troops forward, but he ran into the Wu general Zhan Rusuo's troops who had been prepared.
Zhiyao, who was watching the battle from a green place on a low mountain, became fascinated by the sight.
Wei Ju, who was also hiding on the green lawn watching the battle, felt a little dizzy.
The fighting between the Wu Army, the Lu Army and the Qi Army is really chaotic, and as more and more troops enter the field, the chaotic situation tends to increase. It is a premise to not understand the deployment of both sides, and one's own abilities are not good enough.
It is not enough and it is really difficult to make any clear judgment.
Zhiyao watched while thinking: "Wu will definitely be more comfortable with this kind of battle situation. However, the Qi army seems to have the advantage in every aspect, and its troops are already being stretched thinner. If we don't shrink our troops quickly..."
Zhiyao, who was halfway through his thoughts, was interrupted by Wei Ju's voice.
Wei Ju said: "Assemble the upper armies, and the lower armies come out together!"
Zhiyao immediately looked towards the battlefield and indeed saw two legions of the Qi army advancing.
The terrain they were on was high enough, and they could still have a panoramic view of most of the battlefield. The advance of the two legions of the Qi Army attracted a new move from the Wu Army, and Wu's right army led by Zhan Ru pushed forward.
"There..." Zhiyao looked at a mountain in the distance and thought: "On the mountain are Fu Chai and the top officials of Wu State, right?"
What Zhiyao saw was that Fu Chai was descending the mountain, and the Wu army at the foot of the mountain seemed to be making moves.
Wei Ju also saw those situations and said uncertainly: "The Wu army lured the Qi army forward, and Wu Zhong's army made a sudden move. In this way, the Qi army's head and tail could not see each other, or they might be intercepted by Wu Zhong's army."
In fact, Zhiyao felt that Wei Ju could be more confident in his judgment. Wu Jun's consecutive defeats yesterday had their own calculations. It was clear that they made Qi Jun's generals arrogant. Today, it really showed results. He wanted to cut off Qi Jun's head and tail.
, fought a beautiful battle of annihilation.
Zhiyao wanted to say something, but she heard the sound of ringing gold in her ears.
Wei Ju, who also heard the golden sound, recognized that the sound came from the direction of Wu Jun.
The two of them were a little dumbfounded and couldn't understand the meaning of Wu Jun's withdrawal of troops when he clearly wanted to complete his tactical intention.
Upon hearing the sound of Wu's army shouting gold, the Qi army was all pumped up and marched faster.
Seeing the situation, Zhiyao immediately understood Wu Jun's operation and admitted that Wu people knew how to play.
