The devil is coming

Chapter 308 Sadness
The Qingluan Army's military formation was extremely neat, with large Chu heavy infantry. When they arrived, the Chu State faced the same problem as the Qian State, lack of horses. At the same time, one's opponents were often the key to determining one's own development ideas.
For hundreds of years, the Yan people had to face the barbarians in the desert, so they had to have their own cavalry to compete with the barbarians.
The Chu people needed to fight with the Shanyue people in the barren mountains and rivers. Although the glorious era of the Shanyue people had long passed, their resistance still continued one after another. In places with dangerous mountains and rivers, cavalry was of little use, which gave birth to the Chu's heavy infantry and navy.
at the moment,
The thousands of Yan troops who had just crossed the river basically had no war horses. The eldest prince's military adventure should have been a success, but he did not expect that there would always be an elite group of Chu troops hiding in Yupan City.
Thinking about it this way, the new dynasty established by Situ Yi is really like a spittoon, it will fall after being used up by all forces without mercy.
"Qu is preparing water and wine in the city, and he also invites the eldest prince of Yan to show his respect."
The State of Chu is governed by a coalition of nobles, and each noble noble has its own fiefdom, and is very particular about bloodline and inheritance.
When Yao Zizhan was young, he liked to criticize troubles. He once said: dry etiquette is complicated and cumbersome, while Chu etiquette is repetitive.
This means that Ganren’s pursuit of etiquette is no matter how complicated it is, how formal it is, or how complicated it is.
The Chu people, on the other hand, are constantly pursuing the traditions of their ancestors, and everything is focused on aligning with their ancestors. The most obvious point is that in Chu State, there are still witch doctors, an extremely ancient profession, and there are also witch doctors in the palace of Chu State. Medical supervisors, they specialize in searching and discovering the methods of treatment used by ancient sages.
At the same time, there is another characteristic of the Chu State, that is, if there is a rebellion or military dispute in the country, the soldiers can die, but if the noble generals on both sides are captured or surrender, they must be treated with courtesy and must be sent back. At most, it comes with a ransom.
Therefore, at this time, Qu Tiannan invited the eldest prince into the city and said that he was preparing water and wine, which was really not a lie.
The eldest prince held the knife in his hand and smiled,
"As can be traced back to ancient times, the Ji family has emperors who died in battle, but they have never had descendants who surrendered to the enemy on the battlefield!"
Qu Tiannan was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Everyone has different cultural concepts, so their thinking patterns are also different. In Qu Tiannan's view, the prince of the Yan people does not cherish his noble blood, which is really a bit inferior to himself.
Qu Tiannan waved his finger forward,
The Qingluan Army began to press forward.
Li Bao took a deep breath and shouted:
"Everyone in the Zhenbei Army is here!"
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
"Tiger!"
All Yan soldiers held their sabers, and the archers readied their bows and drew arrows.
Li Bao turned back to look at the eldest prince and said, "Your Highness, please retreat, and we will cut off the rear for Your Highness."
"Didn't you hear what Gu just said?"
"Death is easy, but living is actually more difficult. After the war, someone has to take responsibility. Facing His Majesty and the anger of his subjects, I ask Your Majesty to live on and take responsibility.
On the battlefield, mother-in-law and mother are not allowed.
Besides, your head is more precious, and I don’t want people to hang your head on the flagpole to show off your power. "
The words have been spoken very straightforwardly.
The plan to raid Yupan City had already failed when the Qingluan Army of Chu State appeared.
The Battle of Wangjiang of the Eastern Expedition Army will end with heavy losses.
At the moment, dying in battle seems to be a good destination, because in the past hundred years, the Yan people have never experienced such a defeat, especially in recent years, with the series of great victories achieved by the two marquises of Zhenbei and Jingnan, the Yan people's The mood suddenly became high. From the court to the army to the people, everyone seemed to feel that under the banner of the Black Dragon, they were invincible. This was the attitude that Dayan should have.
"Your Highness, you also know what kind of temper Li Fusheng is. Let him clean up the mess. If he gets sick, he dares to slaughter everyone in Yingdu.
You have to go back and collect your troops. We can't cross this river, but we can't let the Chu and the barbarians easily fight again. "
The eldest prince's face twitched a little. Li Bao said what he was thinking. As a prince, and a prince who was trained by his father as a general since childhood, he was defeated like this. He didn't have the courage to face it. future censure.
No matter how many reasons there are, the defeated general is simply incompetent!
"Guard camp, escort His Highness across the river!"
Li Bao issued an order to the guard camp,
immediately,
He didn't hide anything from his subordinates.
shouted:
"All the Zhenbei Army belongs to me. Let me cut off the throne for His Highness. We just have to die fighting and be heroes. The eldest prince will live to wipe our butts!"
"Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha!"
The whole army burst into laughter, but there was no sadness as a Duanhou army, instead, they were just heroic.
The eldest prince bit his lip. At this moment, he was thinking of Tian Wujing. When that man decided to commit suicide, had he decided to deal with the criticism of Qingshi and the world like himself now?
But no matter what, he is the coach. Li Bao is right, death is easy, and the prince who dies in battle will also be very tragic. At least, he can earn some tears from his father.
When a person dies in battle, no matter how big the fault is, there is no need to pursue it anymore. The world is always very tolerant of the dead.
But there is still a large army waiting for him on the other side of the river. He has to put the situation in order, otherwise if it collapses...
Without being held up by his personal guards, the eldest prince began to run on his own, going back, going back, going back...
And behind the eldest prince,
Facing the approaching Qingluan Army,
Li Bao raised his sword with one arm:
"The will to fall into battle!"
Thousands of soldiers from the surrounding Zhenbei Army shouted in unison:
"Death but not life!"
.........
The flower boat had already approached the gate of the sluice city, and the young man sighed with some regret:
"If I remember correctly, the opponent's central army is the so-called Zhenbei Army, right?"
The sword maker nodded and said:
"It's a sharp knife sharpened by the Yan people using barbarians."
"Alas, it's a pity that this time the Yan people lost only the left army. It would be great if it was the Zhenbei army that was lost."
Since such elites are from other countries, the more they die, the better.
The sword maker said unceremoniously:
"If it's the Zhenbei Army, do we dare to let them cross the river like the Left Route Army did?"
"Yes, but I, the great Chu, have to take advantage of this opportunity to buy horses from the barbarians and form my own cavalry. It is said to be very expensive?"
"Quite expensive."
"Then work harder, make more swords, and sell them."
"If you build too many, they won't be valuable anymore."
"Oh, tsk tsk."
The young man walked to the side of the boat,
He untied his trousers in a very inconspicuous manner,
When crossing the shore, I was frightened and peed once, and now, it was the third time.
At this time, some of the corpses of the Yan people floating down from the upper reaches had merged into the tributaries, and the river water began to turn red.
The young man did not have the pleasure of winning a bet;
Looking at the bodies on the river,
It seemed that even the originally enjoyable urination suddenly became boring.
.........
On the other side, without any accident, Li Bao led his army to successfully intercept the Qingluan Army, and the eldest prince was able to cross the river and return to the west bank.
The Qingluan Army has always been hiding in the city, so naturally it is impossible to make outflanking actions in advance for fear of being discovered in advance, and it is impossible to lay out a so-called dragnet.
The most important thing is that these thousands of Zhenbei soldiers burst out with extremely strong fighting ideas.
Shanyue people are often brave and not afraid of death, and do not take their own lives seriously. They probably have the feeling that their lives don't matter anyway.
The Qingluan Army has been fighting Shanyue all year round, so they should have been used to this for a long time.
But the Yan people in front of them were not only brave and unafraid of death, but their fighting experience and battle formation skills were far beyond what the so-called Shanyue tribe could compare with.
The Zhenbei Army, which dismounted and fought on foot, was at odds with the Qingluan Army, which was mainly infantry, at the beginning. If the Qingluan Army's numerical advantage had not been too obvious, it would be hard to say who would take down who in the end.
The eldest prince, who had returned from crossing the river, knelt down on the slope of the bank.
Looking at the corpse of Yan Jun floating down from the upstream in front of him,
Li Fusheng came back and left again after receiving the order from the eldest prince to gather his troops and retreat thirty miles.
The eldest prince knelt here until nightfall. Until some warships from the Chu navy upstream came down, he didn't see Li Bao returning.
Finally, he stood up slowly.
he,
Gotta stay alive.
He will become a sinner of the Yan Kingdom and a shame to the Ji family.
Tian Wujing's reputation among the people was not good, but what was bad was just his reputation. The Yan people valued military merit and were convinced of Tian Wujing's ability to win battles.
Even though there are many people in the government and the public who have a very bad opinion of Tian Wujing, there are not many people who add insult to injury. Even though Tian Wujing is autistic in the Jingnan Marquis Mansion in Litian City and does not even accept the imperial edict, the officials in the court More importantly, I also want to maintain and cover it up.
Without him, Tian Wujing can fight. With such a military god in the country, everyone can always feel a sense of security.
And now,
As a prince, he
defeated
Without military merit and victory as a foundation,
The so-called title of prince,
will become worthless in an instant,
It may even become one's own original sin.
Even his father, who trusted him and sent him to lead the expedition, will also be recorded in the history books of future generations:
The superior trusted his son and turned war into a child's play, which ultimately led to a big mistake.
.........
After a few days,
The extremely haggard Jin Shuke knelt down in front of Zheng Fan and reported the situation of the Wangjiang battle.
Zheng Fan sat in the first seat,
The rest of the demons sat below.
Zheng Fan made the right bet again. He guessed that the Savage King would bring him a surprise, and the Savage King also lived up to his expectations.
In the battle of Wangjiang, the main force of the Yan State's left route army was almost wiped out. The Wangjiang River was filled with corpses of Yan people.
A big defeat came so suddenly.
just,
Zheng Fan's face didn't show any sign of being right about his "far-sightedness".
Instead, he gently kneaded his eyebrows with his fingers a little tiredly.
Slowly said:
"Logically speaking, I should be happy when I hear this news. But why do I feel a little sad?"
(End of this chapter)