First, another envoy from the Yuan Kingdom went to the princes to ask Chu Junzhang if he wanted to withdraw his troops tonight.
Then, the original army adopted a gradual method of setting up camp, apparently hoping to force the camp close enough to the coalition forces.
This method of approaching the camp was used by the Chu army in the "Battle of Yanling". It once forced the Jin army into a very embarrassing situation. Without Zhi Feng's suggestion of blocking the stove entrance and dismantling the front camp, the Jin army had no room for formation.
None.
"It's too much to bully others!" Bai Gongsheng has a very easy-going character.
Originally, right? Bai Gongsheng had strong opinions on the alliance between Chu and Zheng. Due to the situation, he reluctantly agreed, but he was still very angry in his heart.
In terms of avenging his father, Bai Gongsheng has always been very serious and urgent!
In order to get revenge, Duke Bai did not ignore the needs of Chu State again and again. Only when he became Ling Yin did he show some restraint.
Before the envoy from the Yuan Kingdom arrived, the kings and ministers of the Chu State were indeed discussing the withdrawal of troops at night. However, the envoy from the Yuan Kingdom mentioned it in public, and the scene became ugly.
Embarrassed? The kings and ministers of the Chu State did not have much embarrassing emotions. Just like several of their ancestors, once the moment of need came, the Chu people could yell "I am a barbarian" and then do something with confidence.
The plans of Chu's monarchs and ministers were revealed. No matter how weird the princes' eyes were, they could not affect the decision-making of Chu's monarchs and ministers. What was important was that the original army knew that the Chu army wanted to retreat at night.
How did the original monarchs and ministers know that the Chu army was going to retreat at night? No one thought there was a traitor.
They had just finished their deliberations and invited the princes and representatives to say something. Suddenly, envoys from the original country came. Whoever wanted to be a traitor did not send the news so quickly.
Therefore, someone in the original country must have guessed it.
"It has been understood, how could Yuan Yao intend to sit back and watch the army leave?" Zi Qi said.
They were still talking to the princes just now, but their intention to withdraw at night was exposed and the meeting was terminated. The meeting turned into a renegotiation between the kings and ministers of their own country on what to do next.
More than a hundred years ago, the kings and ministers of the Chu State would not have cared whether their intentions were known or not.
You must know that the King of the Communist Party of Chu once stopped the Qie family's army with a single carriage, forcing the Qie family to play five advances and five retreats. Every time he came to the carriage of the King of the Communist Party of Chu, he would salute and then retreat.
Why does that happen? It's just that the monarch's power cannot be offended by ministers, and the Qie family dare not touch a hair of the King of Chu.
Times are different now!
If Chu Junzhang dared to do that, the original army would catch him if they could. If they couldn't, they would try to catch him no matter the cost.
Even if you don't see it, even the small soldiers dare to wield swords against the nobles, and the captured nobles will no longer hand over jade.
Then Gou Jian used dark means to plot against Fu Chai, and Gou Jian even killed Fu Chai with his own hands, once again announcing to the world that times were different.
Ziqi is right!
On the battlefield, after Sun Wu was unable to lure reinforcements from the coalition, he destroyed the enemy troops at a relatively fast speed.
Of course, not all coalition soldiers were killed. Ten thousand and more than three thousand died. The remaining coalition soldiers could not wait for reinforcements and realized that they would all die if they did not surrender, so they had no choice but to surrender.
Subsequently, the original army was not only moving forward to set up camp, but also the original army's cavalry was moving towards the rear of the coalition forces.
Bai Gongsheng is right. The original army made it clear that they went too far in bullying. They dared to use fewer troops than the coalition forces. They did not hide their intention to surround the coalition forces at all, and they really did that.
"The princes mistook me!" Chu Junzhang said with a wry smile.
Isn't it because the Chu State has always done whatever it wants? Isn't it because it knows that the princes are all paper tigers?
To put it bluntly, compared with the Chu State, most of the vassal states are nothing, which is why the kings and ministers of the Chu State in the past dynasties did not care about the attitude of the vassals.
In fact, most of the princes really can't do anything to the outside world except for ruling a country with their title.
This time it's the same.
Regardless of how many princes formed a coalition, most princes were just making up the numbers.
Judging from their performance, Yue Guo and Zheng Guo, who were somewhat capable, showed signs of not working hard enough.
Lu Jun really want to do something? They might as well do nothing.
What the hell!
It was obviously the princes who proposed to go north immediately, but as a result, they all just performed, and the Chu army was the only one to shoulder the important task, which really made the kings and ministers of Chu feel so bad.
Bai Gongsheng said: "The original Marquis proposed to divide the north and the south equally, which is the most reasonable thing."
This was a proposal that Zhiyao sent envoys to the kings and ministers of Chu before officially holding the founding ceremony and ascending to the throne.
According to Zhiyao's proposal, the Zheng Kingdom can be divided in half, and then Chu Junzhang attacks the princes in the south, and Zhiyao attacks the princes in the north.
At that time, even though Bai Gongsheng knew that the final confrontation would be between north and south, he still agreed with Zhiyao's proposal.
But what? Chu Junzhang felt that the conditions in the north were better than those in the south. Once a confrontation between the north and the south was established, the Chu State would be the party that suffered; besides, except for a few countries in the north, there were actually not many countries left.
, Chu Junzhang believed that Zhi Yao would be the first to deal with the north. If Chu was trapped in the battlefield of the southern princes, there wouldn't be much Zhi Yao could do.
In that case, Chu Junzhang still wanted to annex the surrounding princes, but still rejected Zhiyao's proposal.
Now, Chu Junzhang still feels that his decision was correct, but the princes were too unbearable, making Chu Junzhang seem to have made a wrong decision.
An alliance, right? It's impossible for allies to deceive each other, it just depends on whether they are guilty of more or less.
Bai Gongsheng said again: "Yue Jun cannot be trusted."
No one disputes this.
In the final analysis, no matter how Fucha dealt with Yue, he only treated Goujian personally with all the necessary etiquette, and even gave him very generous treatment.
How did Gou Jian treat Fu Chai in the end? All kinds of conspiracies and tricks continued, and in the end he killed Fu Chai himself.
Even if Gou Jian destroyed the state of Wu, couldn't he use the method of imprisoning Fu Chai? If the state of Wu was destroyed, what would happen to Fu Chai who was imprisoned and closely monitored?
There is a more realistic situation for Chu State. Yue State has annexed so much territory of Wu State, and a country larger than Wu State appears in the south. The two sides are naturally competitors!
Ziqi said: "Why don't we send envoys to review the matter between the north and the south?"
What should I say? Even if it is a smoke bomb, at least let the Yuan army let the Chu army go first!
Even if he agreed, Chu Junzhang specified that he could not open his mouth to participate in the conspiracy, and could only make a small gesture of pursing his lips.
After Ziqi saw it, he understood what should be done.
Anyway, it was not Chu Junzhang's order, and it could come true if necessary. Of course, it can also be said to be the subordinate's own decision at any time.
The fall of night does not change according to anyone's wishes.
From afternoon to evening, not only the kings and ministers of Chu State held a meeting again, but also every prince had his own meeting.
Several princes from small countries gathered together and complained that they had been hijacked and participated in a war that they should not have participated in.
There seems to be nothing wrong with them saying this. The country is too small and has no strength. A powerful country can do whatever it says, even if it doesn't participate, and being an enemy of the original country is really not what they should do.
Take Zhu State, Teng State, Xue State, and Qi State as examples. Their lands are now completely surrounded by the original state. Once the original state is willing, they can lose their status at any time and at any time.
Among them, the monarchs and ministers of Qi State will feel more at ease, as they are one of the "Three Kes".
After all, Zhiyao supports the restoration of the Chen family, especially since she has a good relationship with the Song State. The chance of annexing the Qi State should be low for the time being?
On the Yue Kingdom's side, what they were talking about was that their performance in the afternoon was too poor, which would most likely make the Chu Kingdom's monarchs and ministers think too much. They discussed whether to work harder or have more contact with the Yuan Kingdom.
After all, the Yue State does not necessarily have to become the opponent of the Yuan State immediately. Can it cooperate with the Chu State first?
However, if the Yue State cooperates with the original country, the Yue State must be on the disadvantaged side.
The reason is too simple. Once the Yue State cooperates with the Yuan State, the first country Chu will deal with will be the Yue State.
The embarrassing part is that even if the Yue State does not cooperate with the original State, it is still possible to be targeted by the Chu State.
Should the Yue State continue to be the younger brother of the Chu State? It would inevitably be forced by the Chu State to send troops. There must be other contributions, the national power would be repeatedly siphoned off, and so on.
It’s not that the kings and ministers of Yue were too sober, but that Chu has always treated its allies like this!
Therefore, unless the Yue State can become one of the three strongest Zhuxia powers in a very short period of time, the fate of the Yue State is bound to be bad.
The thoughts of the monarchs and ministers of each country must be following the current situation. If the coalition war goes smoothly, they should become united and cooperate to destroy the original country.
Night has fallen.
The coalition forces wanted to stop, but due to the original army's repeated actions, they were in a state of passive response.
The camp of the original army was approaching within one mile of the camp of the coalition army. Even at night, the camp was still being built. From time to time, small-scale troops of the original army would be dispatched, or a few crossbow arrows would occasionally be fired.
How many rods? Not one???
All because the former army used long and thick crossbows, which would frighten the coalition forces if they missed the target. Once they hit someone, they would penetrate them, and the dead would look so miserable.
As time went on, rocks were added to the attack.
The original army used not giant catapults for siege, but traditional Zhuxia catapults, which fired large and small stones in turn, which really made the coalition soldiers in the front camp miserable.
In fact, it's not bad to feel pain, but it's unlucky to die.
The reason why the deceased was said to be unlucky was, of course, that the original soldier who operated the equipment simply attacked randomly without any intention of aiming.
For people, the unknown is the scariest thing, especially when you see people dying over and over again, you must wonder whether it will be your turn next second.
In this case, the army of the small country could not stand the chaos first, which affected the surrounding friendly forces, and the camp roar happened just like that.
At that time, Zhiyao was receiving Ziqi, who was coming as an envoy from Chu State. At the beginning of the meeting, he was just doing some diplomatic etiquette, which was to say some false lies and the like.
The two talked about their respective needs and initially talked about the North-South issue. There was a commotion in the distance, and many high-level officials from the original country came over in a hurry.
