Chapter 2: The Zhou army pursues
There is no sacrifice of three animals, there is no ritual of sacrificing to the sky, everything is simple. This condition is even worse than when the Chu people stole cattle. Fortunately, he still has a golden finger, otherwise it would be really cool, and he checked it with Zijue's golden finger.
[Patriarch: Zi Jue, Wang Jue (ancestor)
Title: Duke (Fang Guojun)
Country: Yin Shang Dynasty
Faction: The Royal Family
Interior: 88, Intrigues: 75, Strategy: 90, Commander: 90, Force: 81, Charisma: 85.
Fame: 100 (The higher the fame, the more people will convince you.) Your current fame comes from your bloodline, from Yin Shang, please work hard to improve your fame. The emperor needs to be expected by everyone, otherwise he is just a pseudo-emperor. )
Prestige: mortal enemy, hatred, indifference, neutrality, friendliness, respect, worship
Shang Dynasty: Friendly.
Army: Friendly.
Chinese: Friendly.
Zhou Dynasty: Hatred.
Luck points: 3657
Items: Newcomer Pack*1, Human Rank: Reinforcement Order*1]
"Open the Newcomer Pack!"
[The newcomer gift package is opened, you get 5,000 stones of food, and you get human rank, celestial phenomena, and heavy rain]
[Human Steps, Celestial Phenomena, Heavy Rain (Planning is in people, success is in the sky): You can make a rainstorm at a designated place and at a specified time. 】
When he saw this celestial phenomenon and heavy rain, Zijue's heart suddenly moved, and a fine light flashed in his eyes. In ancient wars, the influence of time and place was simply too great, and it could easily change the direction of war. A rainstorm is enough to make or break a war.
Immediately, Zijue came to 'build'.
"The chasing soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty are coming, the soldiers are tired, they can't fight, fortunately the heavens sent the destiny to me, the rain rains every day, and the people go upstream, the wolf smoke during the day and the beacon fire at night as the signal, receive the signal, dig up the Huaishui, and flood the Zhou army."
Zhu's order to Zijue is a little strange, it is autumn at this time, how can there be a rainstorm, even if the Huai water is excavated, it will not be able to flood the Zhou army, it is completely in vain. However, he could not refuse the king's order, so he had to select 500 men and go upstream.
After taking away five hundred people, Zijue immediately used the reinforcement order, since these armorers were unusable, they could only use the one hundred people provided by the system.
After Wang Jue used the reinforcement order, he soon saw Dan hurrying over.
"Your Majesty, there is a group of 100 soldiers who want to see me, and it is the lost armor of my dying country."
"Invite them over!" Zijue said happily.
Soon I saw a bunch of majestic men walking over, all of them were wearing leather armor and bronze shirts, and at a glance they knew that they were elite troops. After these soldiers saw Zijue, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted.
"It's easy for the subordinates to come one step late, and the king forgives the sin!"
"Hurry up." Zijue stepped forward and helped the person up.
"It's not too late, at such a critical juncture, we just need the help of warriors!"
"What do you command?" Yi asked directly.
"You go and lead those armor soldiers, and then you have to fight against the Zhou people!"
Zijue didn't trust those defeated armor soldiers, and immediately arranged for them to take over after having his own people, with this hundred reinforcements ordering soldiers, there was no problem in controlling those moraleless armor soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, Zijue took out some grain and let everyone have a full meal, and those who went to borrow a boat from the Huaiyi tribe also came back, Huaiyi had promised to lend them a boat, and after a full meal, everyone quickly boarded the boat and crossed the river.
With Huaiyi's boats, plus the rafts built by Zijue's people to cut wood, it took about an afternoon for 4,000 old and weak soldiers to successfully cross the Huai River.
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Since Dazai's attack on Dakijo, Fang Guo, who supported Yin Shang, surrendered one after another. Only some of the remnants of the Yin Shang fled in all directions, some of the remnants of the Yin Shang fled to the eastern seaside, and the other part went south to the land of Huaisi.
Dazai did not let these people go, except for leaving a part of the army to guard the city, and the rest of the army continued to chase after the Zhou Dynasty princes.
The Eastern Crusade has come to an end, a large number of Yin Shang Fang Guo has been expelled from the country, there has been news that King Cheng is ready to divide a group of princes, the fief is in this Yin Shang homeland, if you want to get a reward, you must seize every opportunity to make meritorious contributions.
"General, those merchants have been found, and they are crossing the river by the Huaishui!" A soldier excitedly came to report.
"Huaishui?" Shan was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered: "The three armies obey the order, immediately set off to Huaishui, capture and kill the rebels, and everyone will be rewarded!" ”
The order was given, and the army immediately went into action.
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The continuous failures made these Yin Shang remnants become frightened birds, and when they heard that the Zhou Dynasty army was coming, they immediately panicked, but fortunately, Zijue had already controlled the army, and with the maintenance of the army, the situation was finally stabilized.
Zijue knew that if he kept running away, this remnant of Yin Shang would soon collapse and be finished, and if he wanted to re-establish the state, he had to control these people, so he had to give these people confidence.
So what could be more cohesive than a hearty victory?
Zijue let those old and weak hide in the rear, and personally led 600 armor soldiers to line up on the south bank of Huaishui.
On the north bank of Huaishui, the banner is spreading, the army of Bangzhou stretches for several miles, as the saying goes, people are over 10,000, boundless and boundless. Tens of thousands of troops gathered in the north of Huaishui, even across the river, it still makes people feel pressured, after all, Huaishui is not a natural danger of the Yangtze River.
Seeing the boundless army on the other side of Huaishui, these armor soldiers who had become frightened bows were terrified, their legs trembled, their faces were pale, if it weren't for the hundred people summoned by the reinforcement order, these armor soldiers would probably be scattered as birds and beasts.
When the Bang Zhou army saw that Zijue was only six hundred people lined up, he immediately laughed, pointed to the other side of the Huai River, and said loudly to the left and right:
"Hundreds of remnant soldiers, seeing that Zhou Tianbing of our state not only bowed down to his subordinates, but also dared to resist? The 20,000 armies of the Immortal Kingdom have been defeated, what is the use of these hundreds of remnants? It's just a group of local chickens and tile dogs, and as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrive, they will all be killed! ”
"The Yin thief offended the king, in vain to rebel against the Mandate of Heaven, but I don't know that the Mandate of Heaven is in Zhou, all the rebellious people will be punished, now the warriors of the Great Zhou, take up your weapons and destroy the Yin thief! Bang Zhou 10,000 years! ”
"Destroy the thief! Bang Zhou 10,000 years! ”
"Destroy the thief! Bang Zhou 10,000 years! ”
The army marched fifty miles to the bank of Huaishui, because he was in a hurry to capture the remnants of Yin Shang, Shan Bo couldn't wait to launch a river crossing. It's just that Shan Bo's approach is in the middle of Zijue's arms.
Although it was autumn, the flow of Huaishui was much less than that in summer, but it was still wide, and the Zhou army immediately divided its manpower, cut wood and made boats, and began to cross the river. As for the 600 remnants on the other side of the river, not only Shan Hou, but even ordinary Zhou soldiers did not take them seriously.
It's just six hundred, and it's effortless to break it.
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Seeing the arrival of the Bangzhou army, the black pressure directly made these remnants of the army defeat the two wars, if it weren't for Zijue to lead with those hundred people, these people were afraid that they would scatter and flee on the spot, which is not good. In this state, I'm afraid that as soon as Zhou Jun arrived, these people turned around and fled.
Thinking of this, Zijue immediately brought Yi to everyone.
"What's your name?" Zijue asked a soldier who was still childish. The sergeant looked fifteen or sixteen years old at most.
"Feather."
"Good name." Zijue said gently: "Are you afraid? ”
"No... Unafraid! The child's face was pale and his lips trembled, but he cried out through gritted teeth, trembling in his slightly childish voice.
Zijue reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not shameful to be afraid, and loneliness is also afraid." ”
Hearing this, Yu's expression was very stunned, thinking that Zijue was comforting him, and even the soldiers around him were surprised.
Zijue looked around, and then shouted, "But is it useful to be afraid?" Are you afraid that those Zhou Jun will spare us? ”
There was silence in the military formation of hundreds of people, and Zijue's words were like cold ice, tearing apart all their fantasies.
Seeing that everyone was sinking silently, Zijue shouted again.
"Five years ago, during the Battle of Makino, Bang Zhou destroyed our homeland and turned our people into refugees!"
"But they can't bring us to their knees!"
"All the suffering we have endured will make us more united, stronger, and more determined."
"Three years ago, in the hometown of Yin Shang, Wu Geng was defeated, and we lost a lot of relatives and friends!"
"The country is shattered, and we have lost our last home!"
"Today, on the bank of this Huaishui, the Zhou army is here again, and behind us is our wife and children, where else can we retreat?"
"There's no way back!"
"People, we have no way back!"
"Today, Lone and you are here, fighting to the death!"
"When the battle is together, it is the time to fight to the death! Those who retreat first regardless of the army will be killed, and those who will retreat first will be cut by the army, and the rear team will be cut off at the front! Lonely at the front of the battle array, if lonely retreats, please behead me! ”
"You can't!" Yi heard this and hurriedly dissuaded, and the surrounding soldiers also dissuaded.
"Sonorous!" Zijue instantly pulled out the bronze sword and shouted, "Shut up!" I have made up my mind, and those who dare to speak up will be dealt with by military law! ”
"Yes!" Seeing Zijue like this, everyone didn't dare to stop him again.
Then Zijue looked at the remnants in front of him again, and then shouted loudly: "The three armies obey the order, they are under the age of 16 and are out of the ranks, if the father and son are in the army, the son is in the army, and if the brothers are in the army, the younger brother is in the ranks!" ”
As the voice fell, dozens of teenagers with childish faces walked out of the array.
Glancing at them, Zi Jue continued: "Whoever is out of the ranks, stay in the barracks, and those who are not out of the ranks, listen to my orders!" Let's go! ”
"Your Majesty." At this moment, a person suddenly rushed in front of Zijue, knelt down directly on his knees and said, "Your Majesty, please let your subordinates accompany you to escort!" ”
Zi Jue hurriedly helped him up, this person was the frightened Yu who had just heard that the chasing soldiers of the Zhou State were coming.
"Yu, you are under the age of sixteen, stay in the camp!"
"The king is the first soldier, how dare your subordinates steal their lives, and please let your subordinates go out with the army!" Before the words fell, dozens of people who had just come out of the queue around knelt down to Zijue and bowed.
"Everyone, please get up, Yin Shang has fallen, the dying country is shattered, the chasing army is coming, we want to fight to the death, but there is no one to protect the family in the rear, you are either young and weak, or your father and brother are here, and they have been loyal. Today, I will leave you behind, to take care of the family members in the rear, if we return, if the family members have any questions, take them and ask! ”
After speaking, he didn't wait for his reply, and directly led people to the battlefield.
Seeing Zijue like this, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and all the soldiers had a decisive heart in their hearts at this moment, and their eyes on Zhou Jun became more and more determined.
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On the other side of the Huai River, the Zhou army was ready to cross the river.
A large number of rafts were quickly pushed into the water, and dozens and hundreds of rafts began to cross the river. The Zhou people were from Qishan and were good at herding horses, but they were not good at boating, so hundreds of rafts could not move forward at the same time, and even many of them shifted downstream.
It's just that the morale of the Zhou army was strong and they didn't take these to heart, and soon the first batch of Zhou troops came ashore.
Seeing that these Zhou troops who had just landed on the shore were scattered in formation and there were not many of them, Zi Jue took the lead and led a team of men and horses to meet the battle. The Zhou army had just landed on the shore, and before they could gain a firm foothold and regroup, they ran into the soldiers led by Zijue and Yi head-on.
These soldiers were well-trained, coupled with the cooperation of the battle formation, and it was not at all possible that the hastily assembled Zhou army could resist. On top of the battle array, although personal bravery is important, what is more important is well-trained and coordinated in the battle array.
One side waited for work at ease, and the battle formation was neat, while the other side was scattered and tired, and the results were self-evident. As soon as they came into contact, the Bangzhou soldiers were defeated one after another, but most of them were killed in the blink of an eye, and the rest were also pushed into the Huaishui, which was wide, and these people sank in it in just a moment.
Crossing the river has never been a simple matter, and the foothold is not stable, and the attack is half-crossed. These familiar methods don't need too much, not to mention that in order to pursue, the Zhou army marched fifty miles in a hurry, and without even eating, they directly cut down wood and made boats to cross the river to attack.
If the generals of the Zhou army were more cautious, take a rest, or go on multiple routes, the war would be a little more variable, but this single marquis had been carried away by the temptation of feudal statehood, and directly launched an attack.
If everything goes well and morale is high, it will naturally go down in one go, but if it can't be done, it will be defeated in an instant.
Seeing the Zhou army crossing the river on a raft in a scattered manner, there was no discipline at all. Seeing Zhou Jun like this, Zijue suddenly relieved. He immediately shouted at the surrounding armor soldiers: "Everyone, the defeat of the enemy is today!" Rush with me! ”
Zi Jue took the lead and rushed forward with hundreds of soldiers, while Yi led a few soldiers to guard closely on the left and right.
Zijue's body is completely different from the abandoned house in his previous life, this body can be said to be ridiculously strong, the heavy bronze Ge is like a straw in his hands, and the force of up to eighty-one has greatly increased his strength, although he can't be Xiang Yu's kind of ten thousand enemies, but five hundred enemies can still do it.
Zijue Bronze Ge swept, the sharp sound of breaking the wind pierced the eardrums, and a muffled sound came, and the Bangzhou soldier who had just raised his shield was directly knocked to the ground by this huge force, and then Yige killed him. Seeing Zijue so brave, the morale of these soldiers was high.
Originally, these Bangzhou soldiers were not ready, but this time the rout was faster, and most of them were directly killed by chopping melons and vegetables, and for a while, the south bank of the Huai River was bleeding.
Soon, the first batch of 500 people who crossed the river, except for the three percent who were killed, all the others were pushed back, and there were countless casualties for a time, and the Huaishui was dyed red, and the corpse of the Zhou army floated on the Huaishui.
The Zhou army, which numbered hundreds of people, was annihilated in less than a quarter of an hour, and seeing this situation, Shan Hou's face was extremely ugly. He finally realized that the defeat of Yin Shang on the other side of the river was not simple, and it was very likely that it was a big fish.
Immediately, they were ready to send people to cut down wood and make boats again and continue the attack.
Just as he was about to order to send people to cross the river from upstream and downstream at the same time, the adjutant general next to him hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Alone, my army came here far away, defeated for a while, morale has been frustrated, the rapid march of fifty miles, and did not eat food, the boat is lost, the other party waits for work, if you cut down wood to make a boat, I am afraid that the war is unfavorable, and it is late, I can't wait for the boat, how to cross the river?"
After hearing this, he looked up at the sky, at this time, at this time, the sky was completely dark, knowing that he could no longer cross the river today, so he had to arrange for people to set up camp and prepare to kill all the remnants of the Yin Shang in a hurry tomorrow.
On the south bank of Huaishui, seeing the defeat of the Zhou army, these Yin Shang remnants were very happy, and it can be said that after this battle, Zijue has won the support of these people.
After seeing that the Zhou army was encamped and no longer attacked, Zi Jue was also relieved, everything went according to his plan, and immediately turned on the system and chose to use the [Rainstorm Card].
Thirty miles upstream of the Huaishui River from the battlefield, after a day's excavation, 'Zhu' was ready.
Zijue chose to rain heavily forty miles away from here, and the time was extended to the longest day, and the rainfall was also the largest, and the rainfall range was twenty miles. This is also the maximum rainfall range after Zijue adjusted the rainfall and time to the maximum.
After Zijue chose to use the rainstorm card, the upper reaches of Huaishui were originally clear skies, and suddenly a gust of wind hung on the ground, and then the dark clouds gathered, but in a blink of an eye, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and the next second the rain poured down.
'Zhu' took everyone to look at the sudden heavy rain in front of them in amazement, this rain was amazing, but in a moment's effort, the ground began to converge into a stream of water into the Huai River, and what was even more surprising was that it was only about fifty steps apart, and he didn't even have a drop of rain here!
When everyone saw such a peculiar scene, they immediately realized that this was God helping, and everyone's morale was immediately boosted.
Soon night fell, Zijue summoned the remnants of Yin Shang and asked them to lift all those rafts and boats to a high place, and everyone gathered on high ground.
Zijue gathered everyone together and said to everyone: "Born Xuanniao, descended to give birth to Shang, the Western Zhou Dynasty is despicable, take advantage of my army's eastward crusade to break my homeland, Jingu has been instructed by God, there is heavy rain in the upper reaches of Huaishui tonight, and when Huaishui breaks, this battle will be won!" ”
Hearing Zi Jue's words, everyone was also suspicious, Zi Jue saw it in his eyes, and he didn't say anything, but just let people be careful and vigilant, so as not to be washed away by the flood.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the news from Zhu, which was arranged by Wang Jue upstream, that the heavy rain was pouring down, and the Huaishui was visibly rising. There was so much rain that even the oldest had never seen such a heavy rain, and what was even more strange was that not a single rain had fallen from it for more than thirty miles upstream.
Among the remnants of Yin Shang, everyone realized that God had really rained down to help, and the already high morale was suddenly raised to the extreme
How can such a torrential rain be explained if it were not for God's help?
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In the third year of the king, Wu Geng was defeated, King Jue fell into Huai, the Zhou army arrived, King Jue was in danger, he took the lead, Yin was very popular, and the Zhou army was in vain. At night, the heavy rain poured, King Jue dug Huai, flooded the Zhou army, and the Zhou army collapsed, which was not the destiny of heaven. - "Historical Records: Yin Ji"