Chapter 318: Not to be defeated is actually the ultimate intimidation
The fate of the Chu troops remaining in the camp is yet to be determined, and the fate of the Chu troops who fled will soon be known.
There were not only six thousand Jin troops who came from the north bank of the Wei River to the south bank, but only six thousand who attacked the Chu army's camp.
There are also five Jin armies of varying numbers on the south bank of the Weishui River. Their number ranges from thousands to over a hundred, and they control the main routes of the Chu army's return.
According to common sense, no matter how the Chu army escapes from the camp in the early stage, they will always think about returning the way they came.
Those fleeing Chu troops would not gather together, and there was no time for a small group to form a large group. They would usually go south in dozens or hundreds, and then be ambushed by the Jin army in a place with woods on both sides; or
I was stopped after walking out of a certain mountain pass. When I wanted to retreat, I found that the way in was also blocked.
Of these fleeing Chu troops, only a group of people who had come from nowhere managed to escape, while the rest were all killed.
As for the Chu army staying in the camp, including Bai Gongsheng and Ye Gong, they are not trying to do something at the moment. They mobilize effective manpower in the chain of command to push back the Jin army that crossed the river. The problem is that not only cannot they do it, but they will also be able to do it later.
Let the Jin army coming from the north bank of the Wei River rush into the camp.
It was only when dusk approached that Bai Gongsheng finally understood the situation. They had actually chosen a "good place" to camp. The river section was occupied by the Jin army, and the south and southwest sides were blocked, turning them directly into the urn.
turtle.
"The Jin army collected dry firewood and spilled oil. I'm afraid..." Mr. Ye just led his army to try to create a gap, which resulted in blood stains all over his body and injuries on his body.
When Bai Gongsheng heard this, his cheeks turned blue, and he said with hatred: "The dignified eldest son of the Zhi family turned into a beast!"
No matter what era you are in, the bigger the family, the more concerned you are about face, to the point where face is more important than life and death.
Is the Zhi family a big family? In other words, apart from the princes (principal families) of various countries, is there any family larger and more powerful than the Zhi family? No more!
It's better now. The Zhi family first attacked the Chu army secretly. During this period, they played a lot of underworld operations. Setting fire once was not enough. They had to collect dry firewood and even move out the oil. Do they really want to use fire attacks to defeat the Chu army?
By the way, Chu people know about oil, and Zhishi started selling vegetable oil to the outside world.
Of course, what Zhishi sprinkles everywhere now is not vegetable oil. In fact, after coal began to be used in large quantities, an add-on appeared, that is, kerosene.
In addition, vegetable oil actually has the effect of supporting combustion.
In just one day, Bai Gongsheng aged at least ten years due to his continuous shock, anger and worry.
Bai Gongsheng spent some time reviewing the situation, and he clearly understood that he was attacked halfway and was attacked from two sides. Secondly, the Zhishi cavalry was indeed different from the single-horse cavalry he knew, and then he overestimated the group.
Along with the integrity and IQ of the nobles.
It is often said that "a dike of a thousand miles breaks in an ant nest", and the old saying certainly has its truth.
Even if there are no problems internally and there are threats from the outside, it will not collapse all at once.
When encountering threats from the outside, there is no unified thinking internally, so that some people surrender and rebel, and the rest will inevitably fall into mutual suspicion; some people want to resist, and a group of people flee first, and those who want to resist will immediately lose their hearts.
It's time for chaos.
Because some nobles chose to lead people to escape, Bai Gongsheng now suffered the damage of internal confusion, so that the Chu army, which was frightened and uncertain, repeatedly counterattacked and tasted the bitter fruit of failure again and again.
Unable to use force to turn the tide of the war, and seeing that the Jin army really didn't want to be human anymore, Bai Gongsheng had to try other methods.
"Zi Gao went to see Zhiyao and invited the two armies to meet in front of the battle formation." It didn't matter that Bai Gongsheng didn't speak. When he spoke, he almost couldn't recognize his own voice, and there was a strange feeling of tearing and itching in his throat.
There was definitely no formation in this battle between the Jin army and the Chu army. In fact, they were each occupying camps to confront each other.
The second appearance of the Zhishi cavalry was limited to being used in two directions at the same time. The number in each direction was insufficient. In the early stage, the horses were deployed in the camp. Due to the insufficient number, the deeper the depth, the more scattered the troops became.
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The Chu army is about thirty to forty thousand men. With this size of force, the camp cannot be that small and divided into several areas. Unless Zhiyao brings nearly ten thousand cavalry, at least there should be no less than three thousand in one direction.
Otherwise, the cavalry cannot mount a joint force and are intercepted by the Chu army. If they continue to attack in depth, they will definitely be trapped in a situation where they will lose their lives and cannot get out.
After watching the whole process later, Zhiyao began to wonder why some writers mentioned the word "horse-stepping joint venture" again and again. In fact, it happened too few times, and it would be too awesome to actually do it.
What Bai Gongsheng just said about meeting before the battle was just a customary term.
Ye Gong did not wash away the bloodstains, nor did he treat the wounds. The chariot must be taken, otherwise there would be no place for the nobles, and then he set off.
How do people know that they are not here to fight for their lives? In the current era, there is no saying of raising a white flag. In fact, there must be no flag on the chariot. Furthermore, there is only the driver and no right side of the chariot, and the core characters should not put their hands on the weapons.
"Go and report to the eldest son, the Chu army indeed sent people here." Cheng Wu's face was covered with dirt, and he looked a little embarrassed, but his expression was extremely exciting.
At this time, Cheng Wu was actually thinking: "The eldest son really knows things well!"
Zhilin, who acted as a temporary partner, only worked with Cheng Wu for less than a day, and he really disliked Cheng Wu from the bottom of his heart.
How should I put it? It’s not that Cheng Wu is incompetent, he just likes to complain after some accidents happen. The good thing is that he can still make amends after complaining.
Generally speaking, Cheng Wu is very emotional, and he also seems to be very talkative.
Zhiyao learned that an envoy from Chu State was coming, but did not make any move to welcome him.
In fact, Zhiyao wanted the Chu envoy to see the actual situation along the way, such as where Zhi's soldiers were collecting or piling dry firewood, and where they were sprinkling fire oil to strengthen the Chu army, which was indeed about to be attacked by fire.
Credibility.
"Put the dry firewood and bring the kerosene, it will be useful to Yao later." Zhiyao ordered.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Ye Gong saw Zhiyao, and also saw a pile of firewood and several clay pots piled in front of the camp.
At that time, Zhiyao was opening the seal of one of the oil cans and pouring the kerosene inside on the firewood pile.
When Zhiyao saw Mr. Ye, he could tell from his clothes that he was a nobleman, but she still didn't know that he was the Mr. Ye who "loves dragons".
"The injured nobleman serves as a messenger. Either this person is trusted by Bai Gongsheng, or he has a very high status?" Zhiyao thought to herself.
How should I put it? Ye Gong's status is naturally not much lower, but he is not particularly noble. He is just a titled doctor.
He was nicknamed "Ye Gong" because he was loved by his subordinates. He also had a very special hobby, that is, he liked painting dragons very much. He always boasted that once he painted the dragon's eyes, the dragon he painted would turn into a beautiful dragon.
The living creatures flew away.
Li Shu may have believed it, but how could the Chu people who were also nobles believe it? Knowing that someone called him "Ye Gong", he followed the call out of ridicule, and suddenly it became Ye Zigao's "number".
Therefore, he is of the Ye family, with a high-ranking name and the title of Ye Gong. It does not mean that he is called Ye Gong, nor does his title mean that he is a duke. As for the question of whether he can be called "gong" if he is not a duke, anyway, there is no such restriction now.
Zhiyao walked to the side and took a torch and threw it at the pyre. In an instant, a burst of fire broke out, and the entire pyre was fully ablaze in a very short period of time.
Seeing this scene, Mr. Ye's cheeks twitched.
What did you pour just now?
It was just a torch, but it took less than three breaths to burn a lot of firewood, and the intensity of the fire was really unusual.
Zhiyao asked: "What does the doctor think?"
Even though he knew that it contained mostly scary elements, it still made Ye Gong's cheeks continue to tremble.
"The woods here are densely covered, and the ground is covered with vegetation. If the sun sets the fire on fire, I'm afraid it will be out of control." Ye Gong said.
This is a person who understands well. He knows that in this season, dry wood does not account for 50% or 60% of the time, and the grass is always green. Ordinary arson cannot spread very far, and Chu with many tents will suffer.
The military camp, and then there are several miles around... There is a fire within a range of ten miles at most, and it is impossible to spread beyond tens or hundreds of miles.
To put it bluntly, the Jin army has something that the Chu people don't know the name of, and if it is thrown on it, it will greatly increase the intensity of the fire. It is still possible to use fire attacks on the Chu army's camp.
Zhiyao knew that Mr. Ye had lost his mind. He said some threatening words, and then asked Mr. Ye a series of pressing and urgent questions. The exchange became a situation where Mr. Ye couldn't think before answering, and he didn't think too much every time.
Needing an answer, he suddenly asked: "The people from Jin recently visited the Chu army. What did they ask?"
"No one from Jin came to visit..." Ye Gong was stunned after saying this. He was very puzzled that Zhiyao had been forcing the Chu army to surrender before, so how could he suddenly ask such a sentence.
Zhiyao did not give Ye Gong time to think, and continued: "Now that the Chu army has become a turtle in a urn, there is no need for our army to attack again. It will be burned as soon as Yao orders to set fire to it. Why not stop the flag and drums?"
As a nobleman and a nobleman of Chu State, Ye Gong naturally knew how to speak Jin language.
In the same way, the nobles of Jin also had a compulsory language, which was Chu language.
This is the treatment of both being at the level of overlord. The simpler truth is that both sides regard the other as a strong enemy. How can they not even learn the language if they want to understand each other?
After Ye Gong left, he went back to find Bai Gongsheng and told what he saw and heard. Finally, he said: "The eldest son of the Zhi family is somewhat surprised. He asked me about something unrelated to this battle. I asked Zi Gao if there are people from Jin coming."
Bai Gongsheng's mind was filled with all the new things that Ye Gong said could fuel the fire. For a moment, he didn't even hear clearly the last sentence Ye Gong said.
"Those who fled first returned one or two, and when it came to the retreat, the Jin army was already there." Bai Gongsheng looked very confused.
Ye Gong immediately put aside what he had just said and said in surprise: "The eldest son of the Zhi family is very strange in his use of troops. Jin people praise him as the only general after Xian Zhen. If there are Jin troops on my way, they must be fully prepared!"
Bai Gongsheng also speculated like this, and that's why he fell into hesitation.
He still has a great revenge against Zheng Guo, so he must not die in this battle with the Jin army!
