Chapter 313: Shocking Changes
Of course, this is just Gongsun Zhifa complaining.
This news, if it was heard by the cavalry generals of Cangguo, they would have to laugh off their big teeth.
What is cavalry?
That's the best way to be flexible!
Two thousand cavalrymen, head-on on the enemy's high shield, not looking for death?
The correct way to play should be to take a detour from the side, harass all the time on the periphery, and fight against the main force, focusing on deterrence rather than putting it into use.
After all, 2,000 is too little, and this point of cavalry is not enough to stuff their teeth in front of hundreds of thousands of troops, 20,000 cavalry can break through, but it is limited to breaking through.
Wei suffered a small defeat, and the main force of Ruan was pressed.
This time, Ruan Guo dispatched an army of 1 million, and seeing the prestige of the cavalry, he transferred 30,000 cavalry from the country, a total of 1.3 million.
Together with the Lan State and the Cao State, after the four countries joined forces, the number of troops reached more than 1.4 million.
On November 23, under the command of Gongsun Zhi, the Four-Nation Alliance broke out an earth-shattering battle with the 900,000-strong army led by Qin Kan outside Jiangwu City.
Jiangwu City, originally an important town of the original Wei State, since it was occupied by the Jin State, this city has been greatly repaired, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Among the five great generals of the Jin State, Qin Kan has always been good at calmness and defense, and the two sides have been unable to hold on for a long time.
Heavy snow fell, and the war entered a stalemate.
At this moment, another news came from the southern battlefield that shocked all countries.
Chu State, defeated!
It turned out that at the beginning of November, seeing that both Cang and Wei had made progress, Chu State, which was not willing to lag behind, naturally did not want to be in a stalemate.
So he sent someone to report to Cangguo, the nominal commander, and discussed with Wu and Mang, and sent troops to attack the Wangji region together, and wanted to hit the capital of the Son of Heaven in one go.
The Chu State, which sent the earliest troops, collided with the 1.5 million army led by Hua Wenqi, one of the five great generals of the Jin State.
A big war for you to win, coupled with the blessing of the catapult purchased from the country, the southernmost dozen cities, bombarded all over the sky, a big war spread very widely, the fleeing refugees like a river, crazy migration to the north.
Then, Chu, Wu, and Mang agreed to send troops together, and the Chu State would attack the interior of Wangji, and then join forces with the other two countries to annihilate Hua Wenqi's troops together.
The appetite is not small.
In the end, the Chu State attacked Wangji, but the ideal was very beautiful, the reality was very skinny, and at the critical moment, the Chu State was released by the Mang State.
Well, it's very Wu Guo.
There is already a feud between the two countries, and the last time they met the alliance, there was a farce, and now it is the time when the two countries are fighting for territory, and it seems normal to stab them in the back.
On the other hand, Wu Guo, what is he doing at this time?
It actually transferred the 200,000 troops and directly attacked the Shao State, fighting for land with the Mang State.
In this way, the three disgraced countries began an incomprehensible battle.
As a result, the Wu army was defeated, and the 800,000 troops that entered Wangji were chased and driven north, and they could only flee to the north.
The 200,000 Chu troops who did not penetrate into the enemy's territory were also retreated again and again, and some of the cities they had captured before were also spit out.
According to rough estimates, because of this battle, the Chu State lost at least 500,000 troops.
When the news spread, the nations were shaken.
The coalition forces in the south actually messed up on their own?
Chu, Wu, and Mang were the three great powers in the south, and the number of troops promised reached two million.
Now, not only is the number of troops not being able to reach the number, but there is also civil strife.
In this battle alone, the vitality of the Chu army was greatly damaged, and the remaining 400,000 troops were blocked in Wangji, and it is not certain whether they can return to China, and the day of the destruction of the remaining 400,000 Chu troops is the time when the entire southern border is defeated.
Why?
Losing the million-strong army of the Chu State, let alone the civil strife in the three countries, even if the Chu State does not pursue the matter, with the strength of Wu and Mang, it will not be able to gnaw on the bone of Wang Ji.
For a time, the Jin and Jin coalition forces hated the initiator Wu Guo.
Originally, when the war between the Jin Dynasty began, this guy acted as a-stirring stick and did not abide by the covenant.
Now he is still stabbing his allies in the back, which is tantamount to directly betraying the covenant.
It's tolerable, it's unbearable!
Immediately, the coalition countries issued edicts one after another, condemning Wu's behavior, and even some small countries that did not send troops also issued edicts to wave their flags and shout, condemning Wu for breaking the alliance.
The government and opposition of the state of Chu were shaken.
How many years have you not lost a battle, how can the 500,000 army of the dragon and tiger be slaughtered overnight, or was it pitted by the Wu State, how can it be accepted?
The state of Chu lost this million army, although it would not hurt the roots, but without a few years of cultivation and reorganization, it was impossible to train such an army again.
In the streets and alleys of the market, the people were filled with righteous indignation, and in the court and official mansions, the honorable officials criticized one by one, vowing to avenge their blood hatred.
In the palace, the Chu Emperor Xiong Minne was furious, and immediately ordered the extermination of Wu's foreign ministers, and the civil caravans were all confiscated and beheaded.
There was not even a traditional execution ground, and overnight, more than 8,000 people were killed by the royal forbidden army in large and small mansions, and the smell of blood filled the streets and alleys of Chucheng, and the people of the country were all terrified.
The government offices in various places also began a great purge, and all Wu people, whether good or bad and status, were all killed.
Xiong Minne's anger did not subside, and he soon ordered Xiong Fang, the general of Zhenguo, to order 500,000 troops, together with the 300,000 troops on the border of Wu and Chu, to crusade against Wu and vow to avenge this great revenge.
Xiong Fang was originally from the royal family, and he was also a powerful figure back then, but now he is in his fifties, and the hero is in the twilight, but his ambition is immortal.
Why did Xiong Minne choose him?
It is because when Xiong Fang was young, when Wu and Chu were fighting fiercely, the old general led his troops to fight against Wu many times in his life, and he was surprisingly ruthless in his treatment of Wu State, and he was really the best candidate to crusade against Wu State.
In the evening, when Xiong Minne personally went to visit Xiong Fang in the house and asked him to go out of the mountain to fight Wu, Xiong Fang was very excited.
This is his long-cherished wish!
If this battle is successful, even if you die, you are willing to die!
Because in order to deal with the southward movement of the Jin State before, the Chu State was very well prepared, and this time it was an angry attack, so it did not take much effort to prepare, and in just a few days, a ceremony was held to worship the generals and lead the army to the battle.
Of course, the emperor of Chu did not give up on the invasion of Jin, after all, Wu was only in urgent need of moss, but Jin was the heart disease of Chu.
On the one hand, he sent a large army to the north, and on the other hand, he sent envoys to send a letter to Cangguo, begging Cangguo to send troops to meet and take in the 400,000 Chu troops trapped in Wangji.
"Take it in?"
After Yang Mu received the letter, he sneered.
However, it was not aimed at the state of Chu, but the state of Wu.
Is it just child's play?
A grain of rat feces spoils a pot of soup, Wu Guo's behavior is tantamount to deliberately picking thorns, if you continue to let it go, the hearts of the people of the Jin Alliance will be scattered, and it will collapse sooner or later, and then Cangguo will definitely be under great pressure, and the country will not be far away.
As the first country of the Alliance, and in the name of the authorization of the Son of Heaven, Cangguo must respond! ()