When Wu Wang Lu received a report from Sun Wu, he thought that he had used the wheel warfare method to drag down the Chu State. So he ordered the soldiers and Sun Wu to return to the capital, and Zhuan Yi led the troops in Chao County, and according to Sun Wu's strategy, attacked and harassed the border of Chu.

Zhuan Yi divided the 50,000 Wu army into three corps and set up three generals. The First Army sent troops to harass and attack the border cities of Chu, burned, killed and looted the border people of Chu, and made a gesture of attacking Chu.

When the state of Chu saw that the Wu army was coming, King Zhao of Chu appointed Zuo Sima Shen Yinshu as a general and led his troops to meet the enemy. When the Chu army arrived at the border pass and was about to fight the Wu army, the Wu soldiers withdrew to the Wu realm according to Jihua. When the Chu army saw that the Wu army had withdrawn, they stayed for a few days, but they didn't see anything unusual, thinking that the Wu division had retreated, so they began to withdraw their troops.

The main force of Shen Yinshu's Chu army had just withdrawn to Yingdu, but the border general Pegasus came to report that another Wu army was coming. Shen Yinshu had no choice but to turn around and go back to rescue the border city.

In this way, the Wu army was divided into three armies to attack and harass the border of Chu State endlessly, and as soon as the Chu army went, the Wu soldiers came. The Wu army used guerrilla tactics to attack and harass the border of Chu in all directions, and the Chu state suffered inexhaustibly. From then on, the state of Chu turned strategically on the defensive, and the state of Wu was on the offensive strategically.

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The words are divided into two ends, it is said that the personal palace supervisor of King Wu Lu stole the sword of "Zhanlu" and dedicated it to Queen Chu Zhao, King Zhao was overjoyed, rewarded with 100 gold, and gave him a good field house to be rewarded.

One day, King Zhao returned to the palace and played with the sword of "Zhanlu". Seeing that the body of this sword is black, there is no sharpness. King Zhao has always had some doubts about the authenticity of this sword, so he remembered the swordsman Feng Beard.

King Zhao summoned the attendants: "You send a few people to find Mr. Windbeard." The widow had a new good sword and wanted to come to him to see it. ”

In less than an hour, Windbeard entered the palace to see him.

King Zhao gave the throne and gave "Zhan Lu" to Fengbeard and said: "The widow has a new sword, but I don't know what the name is, I don't know if Mr. has ever known this sword?" ”

Wind Beard held the sword with both hands, and slowly pulled out the sword body, only to see that the sword body was black and bright, and the sword temperature was thick and kind.

Windbeard exclaimed, "Where did this sword king come from?" ”

King Zhao hid the sword of the palace of Wu without mentioning it, and replied: "Yesterday the widow was on the couch, and after waking up from a dream, he got it by the pillow, but I don't know what the name of this sword is?" ”

"The name of this sword is 'Zhan Lu', and it was made by the master Ou Yezi. At that time, the king of Yue cast five swords, and after hearing about it, King Shoumeng of Wu asked the king of Yue for it. King Yue had no choice but to offer three of them to King Wu, namely 'Fish Intestines', 'Panying', and 'Zhanlu'. The 'fish intestine' assassinated the royal bureaucracy, but it was not used by the Han of Lu; the 'Panying' made Shengyu's funeral object; and the Wu State kept this sword of 'Zhanlu' alone. ”

King Zhao knew that this sword was true, and he was overjoyed, but he didn't know the bad luck: "The widow has a new sword, I don't know how the bad luck is, please dissect it." ”

"I heard that this sword is made of the combination of the English of hardware and the essence of the sun, and it is the sword of benevolence and righteousness. In order to give a funeral to his deceased daughter, King Wu Lu killed 10,000 people, which is unreasonable. Because of the grief and resentment of the Wu people, the 'Zhan Lu' abandoned the Lu and left, not wanting to return to my monarch today. Now that the sword is returned to Chu, we must be the country of Chu will have a long and long life, and the advocacy will be endless! ”

King Zhao Dayue often wears 'Zhanlu' on his body, thinking that it is a treasure. And issued an edict to declare the people, believing that the sword of benevolence and righteousness returned to Chu, and the sky descended auspiciously.

However, Wu Wang Zhicong lost the 'Zhanlu' sword and sent people around to check his whereabouts. Later, when he heard that this sword was obtained by King Chu Zhao, he was furious. He ordered the forbidden army to arrest dozens of attendants. After some torture, nothing was found. He Lu said angrily: "It must have been the King of Chu who sent someone to bribe the widow's personal guards and steal the sword of 'Zhan Lu'. In this case, the widow will be rewarded! ”

He Lu ordered to kill dozens of close attendants around him, and killed the suspected waiters who might have been involved in this matter.

King Wu ascended to the palace and announced the attack on Chu: "Now the king of Chu provoked and stole my sword." He made Sun Wu the general, the deputy of the army, and Bo Yao the vanguard, leading 50,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Chu State. He also sent an envoy to the Yue country, so that the king of Yue Yunchang could send troops as backup.

Sun Wu, Wu Yuan, and Bo Yao were ordered by Lu Lu to rush to Chao County, where the soldiers were stationed, to join Zhuan Yi. raised an army of 50,000 and divided the troops into two routes, one route was led by Bo Yao to lead 10,000 troops to attack the Liuyi of Chu State; He led a series of soldiers and horses to attack the Qianyi of Chu State.

Naqianyi is an important border town of Chu State, and the two countries have fought here many times, so they have stationed heavy troops, with a slight 10,000 defenders, while there are only 3,000 garrisons in the land of Liuyi.

When Sun Wu's army came to the outside of Qianyi City, Qianyi City had already prepared to defend the city. The Qianyi guard of the Chu army is called Ziyuan, an experienced veteran and an old subordinate of the dead right Sima Yuanyue. Now Tanma reported the invasion of the Wu army, and while sending fast horses to report to Yingdu, he actively defended the city against the enemy.

After the Wu army set up camp, Sun Wu discussed with the soldiers: "This time I was ordered by the king to send troops to attack Chu, which is very hasty. In the overall strategy, a clear operational jihua and objectives were not formulated, and there was no preparation for logistical support and subsequent replenishment of troops. I'm worried that if I can't last long, I will give up halfway when I become a strong bow. ”

"Then we'll choose to do it quickly. As long as Vietnam can send troops as backup, I think there is still a lot to be done. Wu Yuan believes that although he was not fully prepared this time, if he can get the support of the Yue country, he should have a certain gain.

"In my estimation, Yue Wang Yunchang will not necessarily send troops to help, you think. Once the king of Yue sent troops, he sided with Wu and became allies with Wu, that is, the enemy of Chu. And the Yue and Chu countries have not completely broken off their friendships. For the country of Yue, it will not take such a big risk. ”

That being said, King Wu's order is here, and it can only be carried out. Sun Wu and the soldiers circled around Qianyi and looked at the terrain. Seeing that the Chu army was defending in formation, he knew that this guard was quite knowledgeable.

Sun Wu ordered the whole army to prepare for the siege of the city, and the Chu army stood on the high place of the city tower, one was to assassinate the Wu soldiers who climbed the city with a long spear, and the other was to use wood and stones to kill many follow-up troops under the city. Although Sun Wu had 40,000 male soldiers in his hands, under the resistance of the 10,000 defenders of Qianyi, it was rare to pick up a bargain.

For three days in a row, the Wu army under the city suffered countless casualties, but the city of Qianyi stood still.

The second general saw that the defenders of Qianyi were brave and could not attack hard, but could only outwit them. Sun Wu then ordered the three armies to withdraw the siege troops and set up camp outside the city.

Sun Wu and the soldiers discussed: "The enemy army occupies a favorable terrain, and our army has suffered a lot of casualties, but it has little effect, I have a plan, I can try it." ”

The soldiers also knew that such a strong attack was somewhat disadvantageous, and it was up to Sun Wu to see what good strategy Sun Wu had.

"If we attack Qianyi for a long time, and the reinforcements of the Chu army arrive, our army will be attacked by the enemy, so when the Chu army arrives, we must take Qianyi! The four gates of this Qianyi were not focused on when we were attacking the city. And my jihua is to feign siege at the other three city gates with a small part of the troops, and gather the main forces and siege equipment at the main gate as the main direction of attack. As long as this gate is breached, Qianyi is in hand. ”

The soldiers thought that this plan was feasible, so they ordered Zhuan Yi to lead the main force, gather and throw carts, and attack the main gate of Qianyi City with bows and crossbows. The other three only sent some stragglers to shout and pretend to attack the city.

The Chu army is still evenly deployed at the four city gates to defend, but the other three gates of the Wu army are only feints, containing the Chu army's strength, at the main gate of Qianyi, the Wu army gathered tens of thousands of siege troops, filling the earth and stepping on the moat, erecting ladders and going up, the stone-throwing carts and archers as cover, dense cloud ladders, Wu troops continue to climb the city tower.

The earth-shattering shouts of killing were endless, and the corpses of the besieging soldiers of the Wu army on the city wall fell from time to time, while more Wu soldiers poured into the tower. Then, the gate of the city that crashed was opened by the Wu army, and the tide of Wu troops swarmed in.

Zi Yuanyuan saw that the city was broken, and Fu Jian killed himself.

After conquering Qianyi, Sun Wu ordered the soldiers to lead 10,000 troops to reinforce Liuyi. The soldiers were a little puzzled, because Liuyi was only 3,000 soldiers and horses, and Bo Yao had 10,000 Wu soldiers, and Liuyi was a small city, and it was not difficult for 10,000 Wu troops to capture Liuyi.

Sun Wudao: "Liuyi has been captured by Bo Yao, but the State of Chu sent Shen Yinshu as a general, known as an army of 80,000, to rescue Qianyi and Liuyi. How can 10,000 horses resist Bo Ya? Therefore, you lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to help defend it, so that Liuyi and Qianyi will echo each other. If the Chu army attacks Liuyi, I will lead the army to rescue; If the Chu army attacks Qianyi, you will lead the army to rescue; If the Chu army divides its forces to attack, I will divide my troops against the enemy. In short, it is necessary to defend the two cities that have been captured with great difficulty. ”

The soldiers received the order and led 10,000 soldiers and horses to gather in Liuyi.