Sun Wu secretly thought to himself for a long time, and finally got up and replied: "Great King, based on the previous battles of Wu and Chu, the minister thinks that the reason why the Wu State is getting stronger and stronger and the Chu State is getting weaker and weaker is actually due to the lack of correct combat methods and the lack of sophistry among the Chu people. ”

"Soldiers, treacherous. Taking the First Battle of the Chicken Father as an example, the Chu people gathered the seven-nation alliance forces of Chu, Dun, Shen, Cai, Chen, and Xu, and the momentum was huge, at least twice that of the Wu army, so why couldn't they win? ”

"The reason is that the coalition forces are not united, and the first king can seize the favorable time of the obscure sun, plus the people, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and win with a surprise attack!"

After a pause, Sun Wu said again: "In terms of the comparison of troops, the Wu army was in a difficult position of being outnumbered at that time. In terms of combat situation, most of the Wu army was also in the disadvantageous position of 'fighting after the battlefield', but the Wu army was able to win most of the battles, and the reason for this was that the Wu army was often able to accurately identify and grasp the enemy's situation and dynamics, dare to take the initiative to attack, and skillfully exploit the opponent's weaknesses. ”

"In battlefield operations, we can flexibly use such tactics as showing the form to move the enemy, luring the enemy to advance, setting up ambushes and attacking painfully, and taking advantage of victory to attack, so as to often achieve the goal of winning by surprise due to changes in the enemy!"

"This is prominently reflected in the Battle of Guzi, the Battle of Long Shore, and the Battle of the Chicken Father!"

As soon as they heard this, including Qingji, Fan Li, Xiong Zidan, Heifu and other generals couldn't help but bow their heads slightly and express their approval.

The experience summed up by Sun Wu is very convincing!

The first battle of the chicken father took place eleven years ago, that is, in 519 BC, when the king of Wu led Gongzi Guang and others to raise troops to attack the state.

Chu Sima Xue Yue led the Seven Nations Alliance of Chu, Dun, Hu, Shen, Cai, Chen, and Xu to rescue the state, and ordered Yin Yang to take the sick superintendent.

Seeing that the Chu coalition army was coming fiercely, the Wu army headquarters quickly withdrew the encirclement of Zhoulai and moved the troops to the Zhongli area to temporarily avoid the enemy and wait for an opportunity to act.

At this time, a big change occurred in the Chu army on the way to the army, which was to make Yin Yanglu die in the army due to heavy illness.

The Chu army lost its supervisor, and its morale was greatly affected, so Sima Yue returned to his master for this reason, and planned to rest for a while before deciding on the next move.

Wu Gongziguang (阖闾) heard that the Chu Ling Yin Yanglu had been killed, and the Chu coalition army retreated without a fight, believing that this was a good opportunity for the Wu army to seize the opportunity to defeat the enemy, so he suggested to Wu Wangfang to lead the army to follow and seize the opportunity.

In the end, Wu Gongziguang came to the conclusion that "the seven kingdoms fought together but not concentric, handsome and lowly and could not be rectified, there was no great prestige, and Chu could be defeated", and Wu Wangyi gladly adopted it.

In view of the enemy's situation, he made a specific and meticulous battle plan: quickly approaching the Chu coalition army, and was scheduled to launch an attack the next day after arriving at the Jifu battlefield, taking advantage of the special meteorological conditions of the "obscure day" on that day, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and winning by surprise attack.

In terms of troop deployment, the Wu army first attacked the armies of Hu, Shen and Chen with a part of its troops, and won the battle; Then disrupt the armies of the other vassal states, and then concentrate their forces to attack the Chu army itself, and decided to adopt the flexible tactics of first showing the enemy to "prepare for Bowei" in the battle, and then "attacking the whole clan in Dun Array".

After everything was ready, the Wu army suddenly appeared on the battlefield of Jifu on July 29, a dark day that was taboo in ancient times.

This move was completely unexpected by Chu Sima Zunyue, and in a hurry, he made Hu, Shen and other armies of the six countries listed as the front line to cover the Chu army.

King Wu used the Chinese army under his own command, the right army under the command of Gongzi Guang, and the left army under the command of Yu to set up an ambush in advance, and used 3,000 prisoners who were not accustomed to the battle formation as a lure to attack the armies of Hu, Shen, and Chen.

Soon after the two sides engaged, the rabble of Wu prisoners, who had not received military training, scattered and retreated.

Seeing this, the Hu, Shen, and Chen armies rashly pursued, captured prisoners of war, and entered the predetermined ambush circle of the main force of the Wu army.

At this time, Wu Sanjun made a quick decision and suddenly attacked from three sides, and quickly defeated the armies of Hu, Shen and Chen, and captured Hu, Shen Guojun and Chen Guofu Xia.

Then the captured soldiers of the Three Kingdoms fled back to their own positions.

These soldiers escaped with their lives, and they ran wildly, shouting: Our king is dead, our doctor is dead!

Seeing this, the armies of Xu, Cai, and Don immediately wavered and their positions were unstable.

At this time, the Wu army took advantage of the victory to beat the drum and shout, rushed forward, and rushed straight to the division of the Three Kingdoms.

The formation of the division of the Three Kingdoms was already shaken, and seeing that the Wu army was swarming, where was there still the courage to fight, so they collapsed without a fight, and became a mess, and the Chu army was disrupted by the retreat of the princes such as Xu and Cai before they could line up, and they had no power to return to the sky, and quickly fell into defeat.

At this point, the Wu army finally won a complete victory, and captured the state again, and did not give up again.

The Battle of the Chicken Father was a heavy blow to the State of Chu!

Soon after the war, Chu Sima Xue committed suicide in fear of sin, and the mediocre and incompetent Nangwa took up the important position of Ling Yin.

From then on, the Chu army basically adopted passive defensive measures, and tended to be more passive in the pattern of the Wu-Chu war.

From the battle of the chicken father, the reason why the state of Wu fought against the state of Chu, and the reason why there were more victories and fewer defeats is not difficult to see.

"Why did the state of Chu fail?"

Qingji asked again.

"It is not difficult to summarize the reasons for the repeated defeats of the Chu State."

Sun Wu Zhengse said: "The king, the minister summed up the five defeats of the Chu people!" ”

"First, the Chu people are strong and belligerent and ignorant of strategy."

"Second, the main force of the Chu State needs to resist the military pressure from the Jin State, and cannot do its best to engage our Wu army, and is in a passive position of fighting on two fronts."

"Third, the chief generals of the Chu State are either greedy and incompetent, or have not been in office for a long time, lack prestige, and are full of internal contradictions, and cannot implement centralized and unified command."

"Fourth, it is the Chu army that neglects to understand and guard against the movements of the Wu army, and often responds to the battle passively, so that it is taken advantage of by the opponent."

"Fifth, the Chu people are clumsy in commanding the battle and lack the ability to maneuver and adapt. All these factors made up for it, and as a result, the Chu army became more and more passive in the entire Wu and Chu battles for the Jianghuai Valley, and gradually lost its original advantage! ”

"Color!"

All the generals can't help but applaud!

is worthy of Sun Wu, a man known as the "Saint of Soldiers" in history.

Not only does he have a set of wars, but he is also very good at writing books and arguments!

"Sun Wu, step forward and take the sword!"

Qingji immediately made a decision and gave the sword to Sun Wu.

"Thank you, King!"

What Sun Wu said, every sentence is reasonable, and he pointed out the reason why Wu State has won many battles and Chu State has been defeated repeatedly.

In Qingji's view, the main reason why Chu was beaten was that Chu had been fighting with Jin for a long time to dominate the Central Plains, and was familiar with and deeply influenced by the Central Plains tactics.

Although by the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, there were also some tricks and tricks in the Central Plains War, but the mainstream of the war was still a decent car battle: the two sides agreed on a time and place, and then rushed to kill in formation.

This method of warfare undoubtedly fights for military strength, and stratagem has little impact on the outcome of a war.

At the same time, the constraints of "rites" in the Central Plains War had a profound impact on the Chu State.

And the state of Wu is located in the land of barbarians, there are no rules and regulations, the purpose of their war is to achieve victory, and for this purpose, they will do everything to do so.

However, due to the huge disparity in military strength between Wu and Chu, in this way, it is only possible to defeat Chu by relying on stratagem and deceit.

This is the root cause of why Wu was able to beat Chu again and again!