Chapter 469: There is something strange everywhere
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Choosing to break out early in the morning was in itself intended to achieve an unexpected effect.
However, the early warning system of the original army was too perfect. Even if no information was received in advance that the Chu army was about to break out, relying solely on the early warning system would not lead to a slow response.
There is a big difference between the original army and the current subordinates of various princes. In terms of army organization, perhaps except for Chu, the armies of other princes are no different from the original army.
The organizational structure of Zong Zhou's army included five "corps" as one "liang", four "liang" as one "pawn", five "pawns" as one "brigade", and five "brigade" as one "division".
Five "divisions" form an "army".
To talk about the difference between the Yuan State and other princes, the Yuan State's army organization was inherited from the Jin State. Each "two" includes chariots and infantry, a total of seventy-five soldiers.
The real difference is that the original country has been training since the beginning of the "Two Sima", and only those who pass the assessment can hold the official title. Otherwise, even if they have the title of "sergeant", they will not be qualified to lead troops.
To put it bluntly, the officers of the original country had received systematic education, while the officers of other princes relied on self-taught. Don't look at this difference alone, even if the difference in military equipment is not big, the two sides are not in the same era at all.
Therefore, because the former army has qualified and even excellent officers, it can do some very precise work. The reason why they can do it is that the officers have a thorough understanding of military orders, have the skills to implement the instructions from the top, and have the skills to do so.
Soldiers in a capability management organization.
Why should a country that has the ability to do this establish a military academy? Isn't it just to summarize a series of military teaching materials and then use teaching methods to provide the army with professionally educated officers?
Therefore, there is really a difference between those who have received professional training and those who have not!
Of course, if we insist on making a point, Huo Qubing doesn't like to read military books, but he has a more brilliant record than anyone else, and has hit the ceiling of the military general "Sealing the Wolf and Juxu". But you can't say that Huo Qubing is uneducated, right? Besides,
, Geniuses do not always exist, and more groups called mediocre people are the cornerstone of the army.
Precisely because the officers of the original army had been trained and had assessments for selection, when they encountered a sudden night attack by the Chu army, after they realized what happened, they did not need to think too much and obeyed the military orders and learned what they learned during training.
That’s it for the solution.
In the past, how to use the arrow array was the old Han family's unique secret book. When it was the turn of the former state-owned training class, the officers who could command the crossbowmen had basically mastered it a few times. The Zhi family's arrow array command system was not stolen from the Han family.
Zhiyao gave some directions, more people conducted research, and then used continuous practice to build a suitable system.
Wherever there is movement, the officers who have studied the textbooks will instantly start to calculate the distance and direction in their minds. After drawing a conclusion, they will order the archers or crossbowmen to use what angle of elevation, how many meters to shoot, etc., and then they will knock the clapper in their hands, and hurriedly
The bang sounded, and a group of crossbowmen covered that position.
The sky in the east has turned fishy white, and soon there is sufficient light on the earth.
Sun Wu's second son, Sun Ming, stood on an arrow tower in a certain city. Looking to the west, he could see the corpses of Chu soldiers everywhere, as well as the Chu soldiers who were constantly pouring forward.
In any era, the heirs of powerful people are simply higher than ordinary people. In better eras, there is at least the threshold of assessment, and only those who are qualified can get a certain position; in worse eras, even if they cannot read a word because of their birth background, they will not be able to get a certain position.
Have the privilege of enjoying the virtue of being unmatched.
The children of powerful people are taller than ordinary people. In addition to blood, there can actually be another explanation. For example, the powerful people have the ability to provide their children with a better educational environment.
Of course, Sun Ming also passed the assessment before he could take up the position of brigade commander. He basically had all the skills that a brigade commander should master. At a glance, he knew that the fourteenth line of defense might be able to block it for a while. The momentum of the Chu army's attack remained unchanged and would not exceed two moments.
The clock is about to be overrun.
The word "man" is mainly used because it is difficult for the Chu army to capture the original army's strongholds along the way within two quarters of an hour. Because there are too many of them, they will directly cross the castles along the way and continue to attack the next line of defense of the original army.
Sun Ming moved his eyes to the fifteenth line of defenses and ordered his subordinates: "Save your arrows."
Not every "brigade" of the original army is stationed in each city. Their "brigade" is scattered in three cities, and they also have to take into account the surrounding ditch defense. So the number of troops stationed in a city will not exceed 500.
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It can also be seen from here that the walled city, which was mainly built with wood, occupies a small area. There is a deep trench around it as the first barrier. Access is by hanging hanging boards. Behind the deep trench is a fence tied up with cut trees.
The second line is a low wall made of sacks of filled soil.
There are of course dormitories and a small square inside the walled city, and then there is a place to store grain, fodder and ordnance, including a newly dug well. Some larger cities have specially built stables inside.
"The Chu army was still in a panic even after breaking out of the encirclement, and seemed disorganized." Dong Da said.
It looked like that. The Chu army did not assign anyone to contain the fortresses along the way. Most of them just rushed forward. The only thing that could stop them was the ditch with spikes inserted at the bottom.
In this case, the garrison in the original military wall could comfortably use long-range weapons to shoot the passing Chu troops, and even put down the hanging board to go out and kill a wave before returning.
Sun Ming smiled and said: "The Chu army has always been like this."
A long time ago, when the Chu State was still a small country, each family was not big. The family head brought his own warriors to serve the king, usually only dozens or hundreds. The family head could effectively restrain the family's private soldiers. In this situation,
Xia, in fact, is not much different from a "liang" or "pawn" under the Zhou ritual system.
As the Chu State became stronger and stronger, their internal families merged with each other, and the heads of the families who were eligible to participate in the war went out to bring more soldiers when they paid taxes, and the organization became worse and worse.
After the Chu State became stronger, it relied on the advantage of the number of soldiers to crush the surrounding countries, and the shortcomings of the army's backward organization were easily ignored.
Until the Jin State blocked the expansion of the Chu State, the people of the Chu State were aware of the shortcomings caused by the disorganized military structure. The terrible thing is that the people of the Chu State had long been accustomed to the way that a nobleman formed his own organizational unit, which also involved the rights of the monarch and his ministers.
struggle.
During the period of the King of the Communist Party of Chu, the State of Chu repeatedly fought with the State of Jin. After suffering enough from the disorganized military structure and being unable to reform the national military structure, the central government formed a force called "Left and Right Guang", and it has been going on ever since.
As the royal guard of the king of a country.
That branch of "Left and Right Guang" existed for a long time, and it disappeared only after the Wu army attacked "Ying", the capital of Chu State.
It was not that "Left and Right Guang" were annihilated on the battlefield, but that the overall situation of the Chu State was not good, and the monarch did not have the financial resources to continue to support the existence of "Left and Right Guang", so he could only disband it.
Just as Sun Ming was about to speak, he saw something that kept his mouth open, and the pupils of his eyes contracted.
Previously, the Chu army ran into a ditch with spikes at the bottom. In some areas, soldiers were simply squeezed down to use as meat pads, so that the Chu army soldiers behind had a passage to pass through.
Because of that situation, there were not many passages for the Chu army to pass through the ditch, so the Chu soldiers who came up again and again just stepped on their companions and continued to rush forward.
What Sun Ming saw was that soldiers of the Chu army were digging sand to fill the ditch, indicating that the chain of command of the Chu army was being restored and someone had given orders to do so.
"Cover the area with crossbowmen!" Sun Ming pointed at the soldiers of the Chu army who were doing their homework and gave the order.
Only the crossbows have a shooting range, not the archers, so they must only give orders to the crossbowmen.
On the battlefield, the Chu army seemed to have forgotten that they also had bows. No matter what kind of troops they were, they were rushing towards the arrows of the original army.
Maybe it's not that the Chu army's archers forgot to have bows. It's embarrassing that their range is not as far as the original army's long-range troops.
Just now, Sun Ming was still a little surprised. The artificial mound was so obvious, so why didn't the Chu army who rushed out not target it?
Sun Ming discovered that the enemy army began to fill the ditch in an organized manner. Soon after, he saw a group of Chu troops attacking an artificial mound. He guessed that someone from the Chu army must have stepped forward to take over the command.
Whether an army has someone to command it or not, the combat effectiveness it displays will be two different things.
In such a chaotic situation, how could Sun Ming not be surprised that someone was able to establish a command system?
Who began to effectively command the Chu army? He was not from the Chu state. His name was Zonglou and he came from the Qi state.
Speaking of which, Zonglou was someone who had experienced a big scene, that is, the "Battle of Ailing" in which Qi and Wu dispatched more than 200,000 troops.
Coming from Zonglou who served in the Chu State, he actually always felt that he was incompatible with the people of the Chu State. It was not just the difference in customs, but also the conflict in military concepts.
For example, today, Zong Lou who participated in the breakout meeting felt lonely. From Chu Junzhong to every family head who participated in the meeting, it was a bit like shouting slogans throughout the whole process. The general direction of the breakout was down.
There are almost no details on how to make a decision and how to implement a breakout.
At that time, Zong Lou was full of confusion. He couldn't figure out how Chu State became the overlord of the south. He wondered if the country in the south that had been destroyed was too weak.
Some countries in the south may be very good, but the state of Chu has not always been like this. Their King Chu Wu, King Chu Gong, and King Chu Zhuang are all heroes.
A country will definitely go through ups and downs. It should be said that the Chu State at the current stage is in decline and does not look like a hegemonic country.
What happened to Chu Junzhong or Ziguo, who should take on the heavy responsibility of command? They completely misjudged the stupidity of the nobles. After launching the breakout operation, the nobles ran away like wild horses, regardless of Chu Junzhong or Ziguo.
What order came from the country?
Many nobles charged desperately, which directly messed up the Chu army's weak command system. If there was not a common goal of breaking through the original army's fortifications, it was not certain whether they could keep charging in one direction.
"Avoid the boulders!" Zong Lou warned loudly as he looked at the falling rocks.
The people who unite around Zonglou have the same identity, they are all former Qi people.
The State of Qi has officially disappeared from the stage of struggle for hegemony and has become a symbol in the history books. The people of Qi who fled to Chu State have the highest position in Zonglou, and the rest of the people of Qi will naturally move closer to Zonglou.
And Zonglou had seen the chaos in Chu State, and if he was lucky enough to break through, he didn't want to stay in Chu State at all, and wanted to switch to Yue State to seek new life opportunities.
It was precisely because Zong Lou didn't want to stay in Chu anymore that he launched an attack on an artificial mound. He wanted to find out what the monster that threw boulders with a range of 250 steps looked like. He tried his best to draw the structure.
Preserve it, and then capture some people from the original country who know how to control the stone catapult, and go to the Yue Kingdom to donate it to the Yue King Gou Jian as a resource for his advancement.
The boulders rolled down with a roaring sound, and anyone who failed to dodge in time would be crushed to pieces.
"General, there are soldiers on top!"
Zong Lou saw it himself and knew in advance that there were soldiers.
There are steps on the artificial mound, and there is a platform at the top. On the edge of the platform, you can already see a soldier with his armor reflecting his eyes under the sun.
"Kill him! If he can be destroyed, the building will be rich and noble with you all. If you violate this oath, you will be abandoned by both humans and gods!"
Zonglou has not told anyone about his intention to defect to the Yue Kingdom for the time being. If he wants to obtain the qualifications for promotion, he must give chicken blood to his soldiers.
People today are still willing to believe in the promises made by the superiors. They also believe that it is fine if the superiors do not make promises. Once they make a promise, they will definitely abide by it.
The soldiers who had been injected with chicken blood were so excited that they worked harder and more recklessly. When a huge boulder rolled down from above again, the soldier who was mentally ill tried to use human power to change the direction of the boulder rolling down, but he was directly crushed into pieces.
A pool of shapeless flesh and blood.
They climbed very hard, and when they reached the halfway point, boulders not only rolled down from time to time, but arrows also started shooting from above.
Zonglou, who was wearing three layers of armor, risked his life to go to the front line in order to get the qualifications to be promoted. When he saw the former army soldiers forming three lines on the steps of the platform, he felt as if a basin was poured over his head.
Ice water makes my whole body feel so cold from the inside out.
"Before, there were less than fifty soldiers in each of the buildings, but today the number suddenly increased to 300? The original army had indeed peeked at today's breakout in advance! It was difficult to deal with only fifty soldiers, so it was increased to 300.
There are hundreds of elites, how can we possibly win it!" Zong Lou wanted to thank himself for experiencing the grand scene of the 'Battle of Ai Ling', and was able to think carefully about the situation he encountered at the moment, instead of being directly shocked.
Zong Lou retreated by himself, shouting loudly as he retreated: "Withdraw! Withdraw!"
Earlier, I thought there was a chance to succeed because of the lagging intelligence.
Now? Get rid of the qualifications for advancement. Only by living can you have a future with infinite possibilities!
After reaching a certain height, Zonglou retreated while taking an overview of the overall situation. He was surprised to find that the Chu army had rushed outside the 16th line of defense. At the same time, he wondered why he did not see the original army arrayed for battle.
"What's the situation? There shouldn't be a large number of original troops to prevent the Chu army from breaking out. Is it true that as the senior officials of Chu State said, the war on the outer perimeter of the original army was tight and the troops here were drained?" Zong Lou thinks it is impossible.
wrong.
It’s really weird!
Zong Lou thought of another possibility. He was so frightened that he stepped down. At least he was supported by the guards, otherwise he would have fallen down like a gourd.
"Where is the King of Chu? It is a matter of life and death for the entire army. Find the King of Chu quickly!"
