That night, the original army launched an attack on the Chu army's camps at regular intervals. The time of the attack was not fixed. Sometimes they would just fly away with a false shot. Once the Chu army relaxed their vigilance, they would try to penetrate the outside of the camp and cause even greater damage.
movement.
Ziguo was hesitant at first whether to launch a night attack in the early morning as originally planned. Later, he gradually became firm and decided to carry out the night attack in the early morning as usual. The decision on which step to proceed would be based on the actual situation.
This side of the former military camp has imperfect fortifications.
Zhiyao was playing chess with Sun Wu in the tent.
Of course, chess was "invented" by Zhiyao. It is currently only popular among the middle and upper classes and has not yet been introduced to the ordinary people.
Of course Zhiyao has come up with a complete set of mature rules for playing chess, so that the more they understand how chess is played, the more some people feel that Zhiyao is more superior in military attainments.
Why didn’t Zhiyao play Go? It’s all because Zhiyao can’t play Go!
Compared with chess, the rules of Go are more complicated. In the previous life, Zhiyao's gameplay of black and white pieces was limited to backgammon, and he really couldn't play serious Go.
"Because our army continues to harass, the Chu army will attack tonight." Sun Wu held the cannon, but he still didn't decide where to put it.
Zhiyao stared at the chessboard and said: "What Ziguo did will definitely make the Chu kings doubt a lot. There are some things that cannot be done, and you can only do them knowing that you cannot do them."
Because they guessed that the Chu army would attack at night, the original army had already laid a trap. Even if there was no capture of Ziguo, who was most likely to lead the army himself, if the Chu army dared to enter the camp, there should be no chance of returning alive.
Already.
Sun Wu put the cannon in his hand behind the cart and said, "Your Majesty, you will attack first, don't you want to capture your country?"
Zhi Yao frowned slightly, calculating that if he could not turn the tide, he would be defeated in three more steps.
"There is a gap in the hearts of Chu Jun and Chu Lingyin. Furthermore, Chu Lingyin is really greedy. It would be better for him to be in the country than to be captured by me," Zhiyao said.
Ziguo did not become greedy only after he became a prince. It should be said that today's powerful people are worse than their predecessors. Most of them have either become dandies, or they are mediocre and inactive. However, if they have some problems, they can do things well.
The same was true in the Jin State in the past. Among the direct descendants of several families with high positions, 70% were useless and more than 20% were dandy. There were only a few people who were ideal and studious, but there was no shortage of people who wanted to make progress among the common people.
Is a playboy better than a loser? To be honest, being a playboy is really not that easy. A loser can’t even become a playboy if he wants to.
Zhiyao still frowned, thinking hard about how to change the disadvantage of the chess game, and said: "The Chu army is four times our army, and the only way to do this is to make them tired. Otherwise, the Chu army will take turns to fight, and those who are tired will surely
For our sake."
There is no way, the Yuan country needs to use troops everywhere now, and there are really not many troops that can go south.
Compared with the current situation of the country, although the civil war has stopped in Chu State, although there are still many hidden dangers, it is definitely better than the original state of Chu, which has not yet completely solved the Wei family and needs to maintain stability in Qi and Lu.
Not to mention that the Yuan Kingdom is currently fighting on two fronts. If enemy troops invade from the north next, it will be a three-front battle. Maybe there will be some trouble in Qidi, Weidi or Zhongshan.
There are actually not many soldiers from the original army carrying out the night attack tonight. There are only six to seven thousand cavalry and infantry.
The reason why they are everywhere is simply because they change positions frequently.
Here we must thank the bonfires set up in the Chu army camp, otherwise it would be difficult for the original army responsible for the night attack to find the target of the attack.
This is the current era, and a lot of military common sense has not yet been perfected. In the middle of the Warring States Period, which general would not know how to place a bonfire or a fire at intervals about 40 to 50 meters away from the camp at night.
The brazier is used to prevent enemy troops from approaching the camp at night.
At present, only bonfires or braziers are set up in camps, and the lighting of torches is secondary to illuminating soldiers patrolling at night. The main purpose is to prevent someone from entering the military camp.
Just as Zhiyao picked up a chess piece, she heard the cry of killing. She placed the chess piece outside the chessboard, stood up and walked out of the tent.
Seeing that scene, Sun Wu had a bitter smile on his face. If he made one more move, he would kill Zhi Yao, who was holding the red chess piece. It was obvious that Zhi Yao knew that he was going to lose and couldn't do anything about it.
Although chess was invented by Zhiyao, he was able to win every game in the beginning. It would be more difficult to win against Sun Wu and Sima Rangju after the others mastered the rules and figured out their own playing methods.
In the final analysis, Zhiyao is only ahead of the contemporary generation in terms of knowledge and insight, and may not necessarily be superior in terms of IQ or talent.
The original military camp where the shouts of killing appeared is to the east. This is actually one of the gaps in the fortifications that Zhiyao deliberately left when setting up the camp during the day.
Sun Wu later stepped out of the tent, looked at the light appearing in the east, and said: "Listen to the sound, there are about three thousand Chu troops coming?"
Zhiyao agreed with Sun Wu's guess, nodded and said: "There must be another place to be attacked."
Regardless of whether they were playing chess just now, some spies came to report the movement of the Chu army's camp. A total of about 20,000 Chu troops left the camp.
The Chu troops dispatched at night were divided into five groups after leaving the camp. During this period, two groups were intercepted by the original army in the wilderness. The two sides fought in chaos in the darkness. One of the remaining three groups of Chu troops had already appeared in the eastern camp of the original army.
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Sun Wu listened for a while and then said: "How dare the Chu army enter the camp."
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, someone came to report that the group of Chu troops had penetrated about three hundred meters into the camp before they suddenly broke out.
Three hundred meters? It's not that long for a camp covering about ten square miles, but it can't be said to be short in the form of a night attack.
This is because the original army arrived in a hurry, and then fell into a situation of constant fighting. There was no extra time to deploy more camps. Otherwise, all the troops should not be stationed in the same camp. They should occupy the surrounding favorable terrain, and then
Set up some small camps for perimeter security.
This is what the Chu army did by waiting for work. They actually succeeded in protecting the main camp with smaller surrounding camps to prevent the main camp from being attacked by the original army tonight.
Of course, the main camp area of the Chu army was not attacked. It is really open to question how many Chu army soldiers could sleep after learning that the enemy was attacking.
Zhiyao asked with a smile: "Where does the captain think the Chu army will attack next?"
Sun Wu almost didn't think about it and replied: "It must be in the west."
How to harass the Chu army's camp, and how to arrange the activity route of the original army responsible for the night attack, Sun Wu participated in the whole process.
So, Sun Wu must have known exactly what route the Chu army took to successfully attack the original army's camp at night without being intercepted, and what loopholes the original army deliberately left.
After a while, the development of the situation proved that Sun Wu was right. The second battle broke out in the west of the camp.
Yu Rang, who followed the whole process, asked: "If our army pretends to be the Chu army and returns to the camp, then enters the camp and then breaks out, is it feasible?"
Zhiyao said nothing.
Knowing that Yurang was one of the generals Zhiyao wanted to train, Sun Wu did not hesitate to answer.
Sun Wu said: "A conspiracy is not as good as a conspiracy. As Rang said, if the person in disguise is discovered, the person in disguise will be in danger of being wiped out. Furthermore, either the capture of Chu Jun is the first priority in the conspiracy, or the disguise is successful.
Can it be of great benefit to the war?"
It is not a battle of attacking and defending the city. Using conspiracy to occupy the next city gate will help you enter the city, and then it is possible to conquer the entire city.
The main purpose of carrying out sneak attacks or night attacks on enemy camps in a field situation is to make the enemy panic and uneasy. It is best to cause the enemy to roar, otherwise it will disturb their rest.
Night raids or harassment in this situation require perseverance, making it difficult for the enemy to rest peacefully for a long time, accumulating into a state of exhaustion, and then serving the entire war situation.
Before Zhiyao came into contact with Sun Wu, she thought that Sun Wu was a handsome man with many tricks. Later, he learned that Sun Wu rarely led troops alone, and was more of a deputy and adviser.
In addition, what Sun Wu pursues is more to use force to overwhelm others, that is, to accumulate many small advantages and eventually form a comprehensive big advantage. In fact, he rarely uses any tricks.
Military is really like this: making fewer mistakes than the enemy generals, making full use of the convenience of the terrain, creating or finding opportunities to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
What about strategies? Have you ever heard of the saying "If you are smart, you will be misled by cleverness"? To use strategies, you must be mentally prepared to be discovered and counterattacked by the enemy.
To put it bluntly, every time you use a conspiracy, you are taking a risk. Unless you have to take a risk, the more skilled you are, the less likely you are to use conspiracy.
"The third enemy force has not shown any trace." Zhiyao also did not receive a report on Ziguo's whereabouts.
The sky has already appeared in the east, and in less than a quarter of an hour there will be sufficient light between heaven and earth.
During this period, the original troops who went out to carry out the harassment mission last night will return. After the officers count the number of people, the losses will be sent together with the battle report.
There were already puffs of smoke rising from the original military camp, and the same situation was seen in all the Chu army's camps.
"Chu Ling Yin's troops are not consistent." Sun Wu said.
Last night, the Chu army conducted a night attack on the Yuan army camp. After the Yuan army counterattacked, the casualties and other losses on both sides have been calculated.
The original army killed and captured more than 1,500 Chu troops in total, and our own side suffered only more than 50 casualties. Six of them were burned to death.
Just as the original army mainly used fire attacks as a means of harassment, the Chu army's night attack on the original military camp must have set fire as its main goal. Under the ruthless fire and water, there would inevitably be casualties.
The reason why the number of casualties of the original army was so low was naturally because the original army had prepared well in advance. They laid out their pockets and waited for the Chu army to enter and cover them with arrows, so they would not rush forward and engage in close combat.
While the monarch and his ministers were eating together, Sun Wuxin recalled the consumption of arrows and said: "Yesterday and last night, our army consumed more than 4,000 arrows."
Of course, the original army did not only shoot more than 4,000 arrows. They must be recycled and reused after the war. Only the arrows that could not be recycled or were damaged were counted as losses. In less than a day, the original army shot
The number of arrows reached more than 40,000.
At the same time, the original army will certainly not be able to recover arrows every time.
"The rear is constantly being replenished, and the craftsmen in the army are also producing." Zhiyao didn't quite understand what Sun Wu was doing when he mentioned the number of arrows.
When they went south, they carried 500,000 arrows of various types, which was extremely exaggerated in terms of the amount of arrows they carried. It far exceeded the number of arrows that the other princes would carry, not to mention that they were constantly replenishing them.
Sun Wu said: "The Chu army knows that our army is good at shooting. It has always used arrows to clear the way when fighting, and the arrows are always covered with rain during battles. If the use of arrows is gradually reduced, and one day no more arrows are fired, what will the Chu army think?"
What else could you think? I must have thought that the original army was out of arrows.
Zhiyao somewhat understood Sun Wu's thoughts.
There is a Chu army of about 50,000 men, which has been stationed around "Hulao" without moving. Their intention there must be to cut off the nearest supply route of the original army.
The original army can still supply from the defensive area, but the distance is much longer than the supply route of "Hulao".
Not just those.
Zhiyao said: "It is known to the whole world that the Wei family has not been extinguished, and there may be articles to be written about it."
Sun Wu knew that Zhiyao could understand his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty also made arrangements in Qi before setting off for the expedition."
Qi came under the rule of the Zhi family at the latest. Qi has its own history, and was occupied by the Zhi family in a very cowardly situation. Some people accept the Zhi family's rule of Qi, but some people must not accept it.
After occupying a place, the most difficult part is to clear out the hiding enemies. A war between Yuan State and Chu State is inevitable. Why not let Zhi Yao take the opportunity to set up a trap and try to lure out some people?
Zhiyao said: "What I am worried about now is the Yue Kingdom."
This time the Yue State did not choose a side. On one side Gou Jian was using troops against the Ju State, and on the other side he must be waiting for the winner between the Yuan State and the Chu State.
Did Yue use troops against Ju? It is easy to say that Yuan defeated the Chu army. If the Chu army won, would Gou Jian, who was fighting in Ju, take advantage of the situation and invade Lu?
So, Zhiyao has made some arrangements in Qi, so you should be more cautious if you want to stir up the situation.
Sun Wu would not be so stupid as to directly ask Zhiyao if he was not confident in this battle.
Take Sun Wu as an example, how could he not understand that there is no such thing as 100% certainty in the world, especially when there are so many uncertain factors in military confrontation, and even a slight mistake may lead to a disastrous defeat.
"Your Majesty, do you think Qin will not use all its strength?" Sun Wu asked other questions.
Don't tell me, Zhiyao really doesn't pay much attention to the war that is breaking out on the Western Front.
That was Zhiyao's judgment based on the overall situation, and he was not looking down upon the alliance between Qin and Dai.
As long as the original country can hold Chu, how stupid must Qin be to take back the front line of Jingshui?
If the Qin State really retakes the Jingshui line, they will no longer be able to use their troops flexibly. From then on, the original state will send troops to the Jingshui line every year, which will consume the Qin State year after year.
After hearing Zhiyao's views on the war on the Western Front, Sun Wu thought to himself: "At first, your Majesty must have been thinking about annihilating the Chu army heading north? Now his thoughts seem to have changed. It's not that he didn't want to annihilate, but he was just targeting the Chu army as a whole.
The coping methods seem to be becoming more and more mature, right?"
The Chu State is really too big, its development level is still very poor, and the road conditions are even worse. It is really not something that the Yuan State can swallow in one go.
There was one thing Sun Wu guessed right.
Zhiyao has been thinking about how to deal with Chu State, and she has indeed thought of a practical plan, that is...
