In fact, Ji Wan's order caused more sensation than anyone could have imagined.

You must know that in this era, the soldiers who can bear the armor are not ordinary people, and those grassroots officers who can command a small team are all grassroots nobles who own mining estates.

The grassroots soldiers are also the elite who are out of production, and these nobles have been trained since childhood to serve the Son of Heaven, and their military literacy is quite high.

Ji Wan's order was handed down, and when it reached the grassroots level, it caused an uproar.

The elite of the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven didn't know why there was such an order, they were already tired from marching for days, how could they cross the river and attack in this situation?

But in the face of the authority of the Son of Heaven accumulated over decades, these vassals of the Son of Heaven can only obey.

The generals of the army are all doctors of the Son of Heaven, and they are more than the princes, but in the face of the angry Son of Heaven, no one dares to contradict him.

Handhou soon met the most important person on the list, Yu Boxiu, who was also regarded as the queen of Suwang.

The ancestor was the eldest son of Su Wangshu, who was sealed in the margin, and was also the general who governed the two armies in this personal expedition.

"Uncle Yu, the king is in chaos, and he must not act according to his orders, otherwise I am afraid that he will end up with the destruction of the whole army."

Handhou's voice was a little eager, and Yu Bo soothed: "Handhou doesn't have to be so eager, Taifu told Xiu before leaving Luoyi.

If there is a rebellion, they will pretend to do it and seek an opportunity to protect themselves. Now that the king is in a state of rage, Lone will naturally not obey orders, is there anything that can be done by Handhou? ”

Hearing that Luo Su had already instructed Uncle Yu, Handhou relieved his heart slightly, and muttered: "The army must not be able to cross the river, and it must be well rested. ”

Yu Bo thought slightly: "It is better to march for three days." ”

Handhou muttered: "Three days, that is to say, it will be delayed for three days, not only to let the Son of Heaven see that our army is crossing the river to attack, but also not to really let our army attack." ”

Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said happily: "Uncle Yu, there is a single plan, you can see if you can implement it." ”

"Oh? Handhou said it was okay. ”

Handhou then expressed his whimsy: "There are many auxiliaries and slaves in the army, it is better to send a young general, change these auxiliaries and slaves into our army clothes, bring the banner and military flag, cross the river day and night, there are not many people standing on the boat, only do illusory cover-up, creating the illusion of a large army swarming, our army will camp by the Han River, let the soldiers rest well, the Son of Heaven does not understand the military formation, and will be able to deceive the past." ”

"Handhou has a good plan, so I'll send someone to do it." Yu Bo said happily: "Taifu once said to Gu that Handhou has a quick wisdom in the chaos, and now it is true, the two of us must cooperate sincerely this time, Yuki and the two have no talent, and this southern expedition will rely on Handhou." ”

Handhou sent a messenger to communicate with several people on the list, and then he could only resign himself to fate to see if Xiong Dun was really as unstoppable as Luo Housu said.

Xiong Dun got the news from the messenger that Ji Wan was angry and sent troops, and learned from the generals stationed in two places that the vanguard of Wang's army was setting sail on the opposite bank, and it seemed that they were going to cross the river.

Seeing that Ji Wan really hit the plan, Xiong Dun smiled left and right: "Ji Wan is really an ignorant child, how can such a monarch who doesn't know how to be sympathetic to the soldiers get the loyalty of the soldiers?" The widow guessed that the hearts of the people in the Zhou army must be fluctuating, and there must be resentment in their hearts.

Passing the widow's order, the division commanders according to the previous instructions to let the Zhou people's front army cross the river, and then attack when their Chinese army crosses the river, remember to be cautious, there must be capable people in the Zhou army, and retreat first if nothing can be done, and wait for the widow to personally put on the battle before the decisive battle. ”

Xiong Dun is very cautious, he believes that there must be capable people in the Zhou army, and it is impossible not to really resist Ji Wan's chaotic life, after all, disobedience is at most to be belittled by the Son of Heaven, and he can still enjoy glory and wealth when he returns to China, and if he really listens to Ji Wan's order, he will really die.

There are now 15,000 elite soldiers in the Chu State, all of which were brought out by Xiong Dun, and 5,000 of them are the elite among the elite.

The composition of these people is relatively simple, mainly the descendants of the heroes who followed the founding of the ancestors of the Chu State, the descendants of the Yin Shang who moved south in recent years, and the people who were plundered from other vassal states.

The largest number of slave soldiers in the army is naturally the slave soldiers, Xiong Dun has conquered a lot of southern barbarian tribes over the years, so there are a lot of slave barbarians in his army.

These barbarians are mainly used as cannon fodder and coolies, and there are a large number of slave soldiers in the armies of the nations, and if they perform well, they can be rewarded to become free men, even if they do not get the status of countrymen, but they are no longer goods to be killed wantonly.

Xiong Dun divided the slave soldiers under his command into the hands of the other two generals, and he led the elite men and horses to confront Ji Wan, if he could collapse Ji Wan's side in advance, and even capture Bang Zhou Tianzi alive, the other two armies would naturally win without a fight.

Even if Ji Wan is more cautious here, he can also strike at the other two armies of the Zhou people when they rescue the Son of Heaven, and it has always been a very useful tactic to encircle and send reinforcements.

The climate in the south is humid, the land is softer than in the north, and there are many streams and jungles, Xiong Dun has prepared this kind of gift for Ji Wan, and he will let the emperor of Luoyi understand that fighting a war is never a simple competition of the number of soldiers.

After Xiong Dun and Ji Wan respectively ordered the dispatch of troops, Yu Boxiu, who was stationed in Deng, began to pretend, and Qizi, who was stationed in Lu State, and Cheng Bo, who was stationed in Ju, began to reorganize the army, preparing to let the front army lead one division of men and horses to cross the river first, explore the road first, and then send two divisions of men and horses to cross the river, so that the entire front army could cover the army that crossed the river later.

Tired soldiers sit on the big boat, most of these people are northerners, along the way, there are some water and soil adaptation, and then by the big boat, many people are even more dizzy, drowsy, weak, but the military order can not be disobeyed, can only move forward, but the resentment in the army is more and more.

Ji Wan naturally wouldn't know these things, he stood on the wall of Deng Guo, looking at the flags fluttering, the boundless army, and couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and he had long forgotten Xiong Dun's provocation.

In his eyes now, Xiong Dun is just a fat sheep to be slaughtered, and that provocation is just a rampant before death.

In this somewhat strange anger, the front armies of the three royal armies basically crossed the Han River, two of which were elite soldiers and one was slave soldiers.

After these three armies came ashore, they did not see any trace of the Chu army because there were many hills and jungles in their field of vision, so they began to search forward to find a place where they could camp.

After the Han River, after walking a short distance of gravel tidal flats, there are rolling hills, especially this is not a completely real world, there are more hills and jungles here.

The generals of the former army thought that there might be an ambush of the Chu army in the jungle, so they specially instructed them to avoid those jungle explorations.

Although this era was the mainstream of chariot warfare, there were still some horses in the army that served as scouts, and groups of people were sent out.

As for scattering the army, there is no way, as more and more soldiers land on the shore, according to the previous formation, they can't be placed at all, when they are in the Central Plains, they are all big plains that can't be seen at a glance, not to mention thousands of people, tens of thousands of people can be placed in a line.

But now they can only go out in groups, and try to prevent the physical strength of climbing over the hills, and they don't have a map here, so they can only try to go to places with few jungles, and even so, there are still many soldiers who are hooked by the bushes and even scratch directly to the skin, leaving blood marks.

"Woo~"

The loud horn sounded abruptly everywhere, followed by a large group of Chu soldiers rushing out from the back of the hills, they were familiar with the terrain, they hid in the blind spots of the landing troops, and they were also lying in those low jungles, and the soldiers lifted the grass and trees and other debris used to cover their bodies.

"Formation!"

Seeing that a large number of Chu troops rushed out condescendingly, the generals were all dead, most of the former troops were responsible for reconnaissance and dealing with skirmishes, and the most combat-effective troops in the army had not yet come.

However, after all, Wang Jun is a long-trained army, and although the soldiers are a little panicked, they can still act according to military orders, and they form a circular battle formation according to their training.

The Chu army in formation was arrayed with three arrows, throwing at the Wang army from all angles, and with the advantage of the height, it caused a lot of casualties.

Wang Jun naturally fought back here, but the Chu army was already in a high place, and they had already prepared, they especially brought a big shield to guard against bows and arrows, and when Wang Jun threw them, they raised their shields in unison according to the order, and those bows and arrows flew to a high place and their strength had become smaller, and the bows and arrows brought by Wang Jun were not the kind of strong bows that could break the shield, except for the stray arrows, they did not cause any big damage to the Chu army.

At this time, the morale of the Chu army was even higher, waves of arrows were shot, and the soldiers threw out the prepared rolling logs, but after all, it was an ambush, and they were worried that the Zhou army would find out, so they didn't prepare too much, and the soldiers of the Chu army followed the rolling logs and rushed down.

When the two armies came into contact, almost instantly, the front row of the Wang army was cut down, and it was completely impossible to resist!

Many of the soldiers of the Wang army were in danger, they could feel that their bodies were still weak, and it was absolutely impossible to stop these Chu troops with high morale and physical strength.

The officers of the Chu army also discovered this problem, and shouted loudly in surprise: "The Zhou army has a problem with physical strength, and the whole army is pressing." The slave soldiers were also all pressed up, and all the slaves were informed that if they could make meritorious deeds, the king would release them from slavery! ”

Although the damage caused by those rolling logs was not great, they further disrupted the formation of the king's army, which had been completely thrown into chaos in the previous year, and the generals of the king's army tried their best to maintain the formation of the army, trying to maintain the assembly of the smallest units.

Having participated in many wars, he knows very well that in the face of an army in formation, the scattered soldiers are pigs and sheep to be slaughtered.

"Collect the troops!"

Looking at the situation in the field, the general keenly realized that this was a war that was bound to be lost when it was launched at the wrong time and in the wrong place.

He is a descendant of the surname Ji, deeply influenced by King Su, from the moment he joined the army, he thought about the horse leather shroud, but he didn't want to die worthless here, and prayed to the two kings in the underworld while running, "King Wu, King Su, bless Bang Zhou, many Zhou people are going to die in this battle." ”

The same thing happened to all three landing places, the Chu army chased after these weak and weak soldiers, and the boats that had been carrying them were continuing to carry their comrades, and only a few were able to board the ships to escape.

The generals of the Chu army saw that the remaining Zhou soldiers were fighting against the water and their resistance was quite stubborn, so they stopped their attacks and began to try to recruit those low-ranking officers, not for their own use, because it was impossible, and these people's territories were all directly owned by the Son of Heaven.

The main purpose of recruiting these people is to extort ransom in the later stage, which can be regarded as a characteristic of this era.

On the banks of the Han River, from the hills and jungles to the banks of the Han River, countless corpses were scattered, most of them were soldiers of the Wang army, blood soaked the sand and stones on the riverside, and even the waves that came from time to time were dyed with bright red blood.

Since Ji Zhao rebuilt the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven and led the army to the east, this is the worst loss of the Sixth Army in the past few decades.

They have the most powerful chariots, unstoppable on the battlefield, but they cannot be used here, they are strong warriors, and the hurried marches for several days have exhausted their physical strength.

No one knew what was going on in the hearts of those dead soldiers, but the hearts of the living soldiers were full of anger, and those low-ranking nobles couldn't accept that they had become cannon fodder to die.

Traitor!

There must be traitors around the Son of Heaven!

Otherwise, how could I give such a chaotic order, fighting in this situation without regard for our lives, if I can go back, I must expose the face of the traitor to the Son of Heaven.

By this time, surrender was the only ending, and as a group of low-ranking nobles laid down their arms, so did those soldiers who went to war with the lord.

……

This unconcealable defeat soon reached Ji Wan's ears.

Handhou held the newly counted loss inventory in his hand, he didn't expect it to be so miserable, the whole person was trembling, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, according to the results just counted, more than 5,000 people were killed in this battle, 5,000 were captured, and basically the strength of the first army is gone. ”

"What?" Ji Wan couldn't believe his ears.

Handhou handed the battle report to Ji Wan, and then couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, King Su once said in the book of war that the victory of the war lies in the right time, place and people.

Most of the soldiers of our Wang army were born in the big countries of the Central Plains, and they were not suitable for coming to the land of the Southern Barbarians, which is not in our army; We don't know anything about the hydrology, mountains, rivers, forests, and lakes in the Chu State, which means that the geographical advantage is not in our army; The soldiers marched day after day, tired, and not good at water warfare, which is not good for our army.

With such a favorable time, place, and people not in our army, does the king still think that our army can achieve victory? The minister advised the king, it is better to withdraw the army, still use the old strategy of Luo Taifu, the five kingdoms seal Chu, and wait for Xiong Dun to die of old age, and Chu's internal turmoil, which can naturally be easily defeated. ”

Ji Wan still held the battle report in his hand in disbelief, hurriedly swept it and threw it directly to the ground, and heard what Handhou said, as if Luo Su was slapping his face, he pulled out his sword and roared: "The widow has 100,000 elite soldiers!" You incompetent waste, how can 100,000 elite soldiers lose, it must be that you have not seriously implemented the strategy of the widows, and the widows will be able to defeat if they personally put on armor and command. If you dare to withdraw again, the widow will be killed with a sword for the crime of collaborating with the enemy! ”