When a Chu soldier was pierced by a Qin soldier's weapon, the Chu soldier clung to the weapon that pierced his body and prevented the Qin soldier from pulling out the weapon, so as to disrupt the Qin soldier's attack.

Although the weapons in the hands of the other Qin soldiers in the formation soon pierced his body, the momentary gap created by his life was still caught by his comrades.

More Chu soldiers pounced on this battle array, taking advantage of this momentary gap to tear out the Qin soldiers in the battle array and chop them into pulp.

In this formation, fear finally appeared in the hearts of the Qin soldiers, and the formation became a little chaotic.

So more Chu soldiers spontaneously pounced on this banner crooked formation, and finally bit down this piece of formation.

Seeing that this was effective, the other Chu soldiers also followed the example of their comrades-in-arms and tried to tear small openings one by one in the Qin soldiers' formation.

Some of the Qin army formations were supported, and some of the Qin army formations were breached.

There are many brave people in the Chu army who are not afraid of death. They were different from the Chu soldiers that Li Mu faced when he attacked the city, Li Mu just entered the city to open a warehouse and release grain, and ran away after putting the grain. Wang Jian was attacking their country, and behind them was the border of the state of Chu.

Chu Bing may not have any feelings for his family and country in his heart, but he is simply afraid of the many tyrannical rumors of the Qin army. In order to defend the hometown behind them, in order to prevent the villagers from being slaughtered by the Qin army, they fought to the death against the uniform Qin army without the command of generals and banners.

There are also some veterans of the Chu Army who are not for any hometown and family, they just know that the Qin Army is beheaded, and they probably can't escape, so it is better to die on the battlefield, and if they can kill a Qin soldier, it will be considered a return to their roots.

So even if the Chu army is in chaos and the Chu generals run away, the Qin army will not win easily.

One after another phalanx of Qin soldiers were torn apart with great difficulty by the seemingly chaotic Chu soldiers, and at least the lives of hundreds and thousands of Qin soldiers would definitely remain on this battlefield and in the hands of the Chu soldiers guarding the border of Chu State.

Wang Jian saw that one phalanx after another disappeared, just letting the standard-bearer wave the flag and order the people of the other phalanx to fill the vacancy in the formation, and his expression and mood did not fluctuate.

The Qin army was still killing in an orderly manner, and the destruction of one or two parts would not affect the harvesting of the Qin army's killing machine.

Chu soldiers are like mantis arms as cars. But they still bravely raised their arms and blocked in front of the Qin army's chariot.

When the weapon is broken, it is torn with teeth, and when a person dies, he clings to the weapon or body of the Qin soldier to create an opportunity for his comrades to break the formation.

When he fell, the eyes of the soldiers of the Chu State glared fiercely at the sky, as if they were still glaring at his enemies.

……

"The Spring and Autumn Period is an unrighteous war, this sentence is correct, but my interpretation of this sentence is not what Mencius said, because the battle order must come from the Son of Heaven, and the vassal states are equal to each other, so there is no righteousness in the war, so there is no righteous war."

Since Zhu Xiang has returned to Xianyang, he can't hide from going to Xianyang Academy to give lectures.

Under the coercion of Xunzi's crutches, Zhu Xiang temporarily took the position of Xunzi's sacrificial wine, and he had to go to the school palace every day to clock in and go to work, prepare for classes and lectures.

He went back to his previous life in a trance, when he was standing on the three-foot podium of the university.

It's just that now, he has changed from a professor of agriculture to a professor of literature and philosophy, and his profession is a bit wrong.

The students disagreed with Zhu Xiang's words, but none of them refuted it.

The shadow of the name tree of man. When he reached Xunzi's status, he could bluntly insult Mencius as a lowly Confucian thief who brought disaster to the country and the people. Changpingjun Zhu Xianggong just euphemistically said that there was something he didn't approve of, and it was already too gentle.

"I think the Spring and Autumn War is based on the people."

"Most of you here are scholars. But even scholars must have suffered from war. As you all know, I am a commoner, and my parents are nameless farmers who dig food from the soil. Ploughing wars, ploughing wars, war is most closely related to people like me. ”

"The food we collect in time of war is the life-saving food on which we live; The soldiers who are conscripted in the war are our relatives and friends, and our own lives. ”

"Winning the war is the great cause of the monarch, but the price of the destruction of the family during the war is borne by us nameless people."

"After a hundred years, when the merits and demerits say that the king is a king or a loser, he will only say how the king is, and we are just dry bones under the throne. Even if someone mentions it, it will only be said by the admirers of the king's future generations that it is a 'deserved price'. ”

"From my point of view, from the perspective of the Shu people, I think there is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period."

A student asked sharply: "Among the countries, the Qin State waged wars most frequently, since Zhu Xiangzi thinks that there is no righteous war, why should he help the Qin State?" Because you are the uncle of Prince Qin, is power more important than your heart? ”

Zhu Xiang looked at the student who had a grudge against him.

The student's words carried the Chu sound, he was a Chu person.

Perhaps his hometown was once the Southern Chu that had become Southern Qin.

"The Spring and Autumn Unrighteous Wars, the ancestors thought of many ways to end these unjust wars. For example, lobbying the monarch to stop fighting. Zhu Xiang asked, "You say, are these persuasions useful?" Also, I would like to correct that since the Zhou royal family moved eastward, it was not the Qin state that started wars most frequently but the Chu state. You can flip through "Spring and Autumn". ”

The student's face immediately turned red.

Even if he couldn't remember the number of wars waged by various countries in the "Spring and Autumn Period", since Zhu Xianggong said it with such certainty, he also knew that what Zhu Xianggong said must be right.

"Don't be nervous, it doesn't matter." Zhu Xiang soothed, "Your hometown is in the midst of war, I understand your feelings." Since you have come to Xianyang Academy to study, I think you must be longing for the answer to this question in your heart. How do you get a monarch to end an unjust war? ”

Zhu Xiang did not continue to lecture, and let the students discuss on their own.

After a quarter of an hour, he struck the bronze bell on the podium to silence the students and ask them to raise their hands to speak.

People who can come all the way to Xianyang Academy to study, they all have courage, pursuit, and their own confidence.

Such a person will not be bad in talent and insight.

So after Zhu Xiang threw out the question, their answers were very pertinent and desperate.

There is no way for a monarch to stop war.

Sitting in the position of the king, the glory and wealth have reached the apex of that country. As long as they are ambitious, they will definitely pursue greater feats, and it is inevitable to raid cities and plunder populations.

If it had been before, a virtuous Zhou Tianzi might have suppressed the ambitions of the princes. But since the Zhou royal family moved eastward, the virtuous Zhou Tianzi was powerless.

"Regardless of the school of thought, the ancestors came to the same conclusion." Zhu Xiang said, "The only way to end the unjust war is to unify and leave only one country and one monarch in this world." ”

He put his hands behind his back and sighed: "If the purpose is to end the war and unify the world, this should be in line with the general righteousness." If the king who unified the world knows how to recuperate, is diligent in government and loves the people, and is a wise and benevolent king, then judging from the results, such a war will definitely be in line with the general righteousness. ”

"Are those who fall under the unification war necessarily unjust?"

"Is the life they gave to defend their homeland, to defend their country, to be despised for them?"

"Those sages who fought hard for the sake of the king and the country to resist the Qin State, are they stupid?"

Zhu Xiang said categorically: "I think, not! ”

"Everyone has their place, and location determines their behavior. For us it is a righteous war, and for them it is an unjust war. So you don't need to be confused about this. And when you are my enemy, do not have any need to be apologic. Because you're right, I'm right, we're just in different positions. ”

"I assisted the King of Qin in conquering the world in order to unify the world."

"You are fighting against the soldiers of the Qin State in order to defend your home and country."

"We're all right."

……

"Chu Jun is really hard stubble." The adjutant general bandaged his arm with one hand and spat on the ground with blood, "In this battle, our army lost 2,100 people, and the heavy cavalry lost eleven, all of them are elite!" ”

The adjutant was very distressed.

When the two armies fought against each other, they often beheaded hundreds of thousands, but in fact, the real number was at least half, and the elite of them had to be folded again.

Generally speaking, there are only 100,000 fighters in a 400,000-strong army, and only about 30,000 or 40,000 of these 100,000 fighters are elite.

Even in the later generations of the Great Unification Dynasty, it is already the limit of what the people can support if they can maintain 100,000 elite troops on a regular basis. The elite can only be sharpened by full-time training, and most of the soldiers are farming in their spare time, so they are not elite.

Wang Jian broke the Chu army's military formation at the beginning of this battle, and it stands to reason that the Chu army should become a rout, and it is easy to kill.

But they even fled, and in the chaos, they forced the army formed by Wang Jian to convert more than 2,000 elites, including nearly 100 heavy cavalry.

Although this battle is said to be a legendary victory. But compared with the smooth progress in the early stage, the deputy general's heart is still dripping blood.

"After all, it's the State of Chu." Wang Jian said lightly, "Just win." ”

"Among the captives, those who were slightly injured and in the prime of life were bound and sent to Southern Qin, and handed over to the three county guards and the acting county guards; Those with serious injuries or old age and infirmity are beheaded. ”

"Yui!"

Chapter 165: The Meaning of Straight Battle

Wang Qian's good news was transmitted through the waterway and first reached Li Mu's hands.

When Li Mu saw the good news, his eyelids jumped, slapped the desktop hard, and laughed loudly: "Zhu Xiang knows people very accurately, and after today, I will add another good talk!" ”

Li Mu returned from this march and happened to meet Mengwu.

After reading the good news, Meng Wu's face twitched: "Attack the three passes? Didn't you say that Wang Jian was very cautious? This is called prudence?! ”

Zhiyuan three passes, after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there is a new name, called Yiyang three passes, that is, Wusheng Pass, Jiuli Pass, Pingjing Pass, is the only way to pass through the Jianghuai Plain to the Jianghan Plain. When Wu and Chu clashed, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu contributed the "Battle of Baiju" recorded in the history of the war.

The Jianghan Plain and the Jianghuai Plain are separated by Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain, and if the army wants to pass, it can only advance from this narrow pass between the two mountains. The three passes are narrow and rugged, "the chariot does not bow the axle, and the horses do not run in parallel", this place must be fought for, and the attacker will pay a great price when fighting.

But this is only a "must-go" on land.

All roads lead to the Central Plains, and the Qin Guozhou division is strong, and it can land and attack from the Yangtze River in the south or the sea in the east.

Even on land, the Qin State did not only border the Chu State on the Jianghan Plain. In history, Wang Jian attacked the state of Chu and fought all the way east along the Huai River north of the Huai River.

What is the three passes of the three passes of Yiyang, it can be bypassed.

Now that the entire Yangtze River is under the control of the Qin army, is it necessary for Wang Qian, a "cautious" general, to fight the three passes when he is full?

"In a battle, with less than 3,000 battle losses, you can take the three passes of Zhiyuan and deal a great blow to the morale of the Chu State, isn't this called caution?" Li Mu said with a smile, "Prudence is not timidity, but having enough certainty of success." ”

Seeing that Meng Wu was still full of disapproval, Li Mu said: "Wang Jian must have spread rumors in the place first, so that General Chu can see him clearly. He was a manager for the first time, and his reputation was mediocre before, and he was not behind the goalkeeper, so it was easy to be despised as a goalkeeper. Before he marched slowly to the three passes of Zhiyuan, the Chu army got the news early...... Meng Wu, if you guard the pass, the commander who came is not only not famous, but also has already been discovered by you to march intentions, what will you do? ”

Meng Wu said without hesitation: "It depends on the strength of both sides. If I am not inferior to him in strength, I will definitely set up a position and lead him into the field to annihilate this enemy. ”

Li Mu said: "General Chu thinks the same. When Chu was in turmoil, Wang Jian had already set up camp in Xi'an. Worried that the Qin State would take advantage of the situation, both the counterinsurgency and the rebellion tacitly left heavy troops to guard the three passes of Zhiyuan. The troops led by Wang Jian were comparable to those of the soldiers stationed in Chu. According to common sense, the Chu soldiers took the lead, first set up a good formation, set up a bow and crossbow, and waited for work, which should be able to wipe out Wang Jian completely. ”

Li Mu couldn't help but laugh a few times again, and said: "Showing the enemy weakness and luring the enemy to attack, this is Wang Qian's strategy." ”

Meng Wu took a few deep breaths, held his forehead and said, "Lure the enemy to attack, and then confront a wave of bulldozing head-on?" This is Wang Qian's plan? This ploy is also ......"

Li Mu sighed: "It's simple, but there is no solution. ”

The advantage that Wang Jian ceded to the Chu army was real. With such a big advantage, how could the Chu army not send troops? If you don't even dare to seize such a big advantage, and retreat in the pass and wait for the enemy to attack you, this is self-defeating.

Guarding the pass is the same as defending the city, defending is equal to defending to death, if there is no reinforcement, it is a dead end, and only by taking the initiative can you repel the enemy.

The siege of the city is reinforced, and the defenders of the city must also go out of the city to annihilate the living forces of the siege, and seek a chance for victory.

The Chu army deployed heavy troops to defend the three passes of Zhiyuan, and another meaning is that the defenders of these three passes are likely to be unable to get support. Therefore, Chu will have to seek an opportunity to take the initiative to attack.

Didn't General Chu see that the Qin army was deliberately showing weakness? It's okay to see it. Because the position of the confrontation was chosen by the Chu army, the position was set up by the Chu army first, and the Chu army was still waiting for work. With all kinds of advantages superimposed, what means can Qin Jun play?

Wang Jian didn't play any tricks.

He just lured the enemy to attack successfully, and on the premise that the enemy fully occupied the initiative, he defeated the opponent in a dignified manner.

"Meng Wu, do you know who among the deceased generals had the most difficult plan?" Li Mu asked.

Meng Wu originally wanted to say "Wu Anjun is white", but when he opened his mouth, he thought that Li Mu said "deceased", so he changed his words and said: "The late famous general is like a cloud, I can't say it well." ”