In the past hundred years, Anguo and Chu stubbornly resisted more than ten large-scale invasions of the Dayue Empire, and there were countless small-scale invasions.

In order to conquer Anguo and Chu, the Dayue Empire also paid a very big price, even if it did not get much benefit from Anguo and Chu every time, the successive kings of the Dayue Empire did not give up the idea of conquering Anguo and Chu.

In the tenth year of the Qin calendar, the war of the Dayue Empire against Anguo and Chu came again, the 700,000 troops of the Dayue Empire gathered outside the border of Chu, among the 700,000 troops, 300,000 infantry troops were newly recruited, but there were also 200,000 horses were cavalry troops, most of which were good at cavalry archery, and 200,000 cavalry troops were the main force of the Dayue Empire attacking Chu.

As repeated rivals, Anguo and Chu did a very good job of intelligence work on the Dayue Empire, when recruiting new soldiers in the Dayue Empire, Anguo and Chu felt that the Dayue Empire was going to launch a new war against Anguo or Chu, Anguo and Chu prepared early, and began to convert the militia into regular armies in batches, before the war began, the regular army of Anguo had reached 500,000, and the regular army of Chu had reached 450,000.

With the Great Viet Empire. The army was assembled outside the border of Chu, and An and Chu guessed that Chu would be the target of the Dayue Empire's attack, but it was also possible that the east and the west would attack, so Anguo sent 200,000 troops to support Chu, leaving 300,000 troops in his own country to defend, and as time went by, more militia in Angola would be converted into regular troops.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, the snow on the ground had not completely melted, but the 700,000 troops of the Great Yue Empire had already marched towards the Chu State.

At this time, there were 450,000 Chu states in the territory of Chu State. The army and 200,000 Anguo. The army, in addition to the 500,000 militia of the Chu State, looks at the strength of the An-Chu coalition army in the Chu State to exceed the invading Dayue Empire. Army, but when it comes to the battlefield, the strength is not calculated in this way.

The militia, the reserve soldiers who only train for a period of time every year, is a supplement to the regular army, if the regular army is short, it can be supplemented by the militia, but the militia must not be allowed to be listed alone, because the combat effectiveness of the militia and the combat effectiveness of the regular army are far from the same, and a regular army unit can at least resist more than three times the militia troops, and this is the gap.

So the state of Chu resisted the Great Yue Empire. The main force of the army is the 650,000 Anchu coalition army.

Most of the territory of Anguo and Chu is not suitable for raising horses, and the cavalry units in the An-Chu coalition army are also very small, only more than 20,000 horsemen, compared to the Dayue Empire. There were 200,000 cavalry in the army, including 20,000 hoplites.

You must know that the Dayue Empire only had a total of 30,000 heavy cavalry, but it took out 20,000 heavy cavalry to attack the Chu State, which can be seen.

If you want to deal with the hoplites, there are three main methods, the first cavalry against the cavalry, Anguo and Chu also formed hoplite cavalry units; the second is the formation of hoplite units; The third is to hold on to the city.

However, not only were the territories of Anguo and Chu not suitable for raising horses, but there were also very few iron mines, and it was impossible to form heavy cavalry and hoplites.

In the face of the unstoppable heavy cavalry, the Anchu coalition army could only refuse to defend the city, and the smaller county towns were directly abandoned and only stationed in the county seats, and there were a total of 29 county towns in the Chu State.

Yes, before the war began, the 650,000 An-Chu coalition troops were scattered to various cities within the territory of the Chu State, and the An-Chu coalition army did not need to rely on one city to block the Dayue Empire. Army, as long as the Great Viet Empire. The army lost more troops per city than the Anchu coalition army defending the city, which was enough, not waiting for the Da Yue Empire. The army occupied the state of Chu, and the Great Yue Empire had to withdraw its troops due to its own huge losses.

In fact, this mode of warfare is also the most commonly used combat method in Anguo and Chu, and before the start of the war, Chu has moved the people in front to the rear, and the population is the foundation of Anguo and Chu, once the Dayue Empire plunders the population of Anguo and Chu, the strength of Anguo and Chu will only continue to decline, and after a few decades, Anguo and Chu will be difficult to resist the Dayue Empire.

In the Great Viet Empire. The army entered the territory of Chu in five ways, and three days later, the first battle began, 140,000 Dayue Empire. The army surrounded a county town of Chu, and in the city, there were 24,000 Anchu coalition troops, and there were already 15,000 Chu national soldiers.

The An-Chu coalition army was responsible for defending the city, and the Chu militia was responsible for auxiliary, such as transporting equipment, food and water, and carrying the wounded.

The battle began, and compared to the unexpected war, this time the Great Viet Empire had changed dramatically.

In the past, when the Dayue Empire invaded An and Chu, they all wanted to conquer An and Chu as soon as possible, and sometimes in order to quickly capture a city, they would let soldiers attack the city regardless of casualties.

This time, however, the Great Viet Empire. The army did not hesitate to surround the city, and then sent archers to shoot arrows into the city, and catapults to throw stones into the city.

The Anchu coalition army in the city saw arrows and stones falling from the sky, and did not see the Dayue Empire. The army came to attack the city.

Face the Great Viet Empire. The army continued to rain arrows, and the soldiers in the city could only find corners to hide, and even so, many soldiers were still killed by arrows.

After ten consecutive waves of arrow rain, the Great Viet Empire. The army rested in place, and then every half hour, the Great Viet Empire. The army would shoot three waves of arrows at the city, and there would always be unlucky soldiers in the city who were killed by arrows.

At first, the Anchu coalition army in the city could still endure, but on the second day, the Anchu coalition army in the city was a little uncontrollable, and the time came to the fifth day, and its own losses exceeded 8,000 (coalition army plus militia) but did not kill a single enemy, and the Anchu coalition army full of anger actually opened the city gate and rushed out.

Then, without that, in the face of an enemy five times their size, no matter how many soldiers rushed out of the city, it was a dead end.

The general who led the army out of the city woke up in fright as he looked at the arrows in the sky, and the next moment, his body had been pierced by countless arrows.

Two days later, this way to the Great Yue Empire. The army took this county town with a small loss, but it consumed a little more arrows, but fortunately, the Great Viet Empire was constantly transporting various military supplies to the front.

The other four roads of the Great Viet Empire. The army did not have the good luck to meet an impulsive defending general, and in the subsequent siege battle, it would take a month at the fastest to contribute to a county town, and more than three months at the longest.

Although the time is a little longer, but the Great Yue Empire. The losses of the army, however, were significantly reduced.