I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 217 The Battle of Shujiu
war
It is undoubtedly a very heavy topic.

This is the same in any era.

And Li Ran is also very clear that the wars in later generations will only be more tragic than the previous ones.

This is the historical lesson of mankind for thousands of years.

Therefore, if the world can only be changed through war, then Li Ran would rather give up trying to change the world.

Fortunately, this era is far from hopeless.

Sun Wu was not very clear about Li Ran's answer. After all, his thoughts had not experienced the baptism of historical evolution, and he had no knowledge of the tragic wars of later generations and the degree of devoid of humanity.

However, what he could feel from it was that what Li Ran wanted to do must be something more interesting than war.

And this matter is obviously going to be a career beyond everyone's imagination.

However, now is not the time to discuss these.

Once this topic is closed, Sun Wudang immediately ordered the guards outside the camp to protect the lord's safety tonight.

Because of himself, it is very likely that he will go to the front line to watch.

Obviously, this is another opportunity that Li Ran gave him to practice, and it is also the means by which Li Ran can obtain first-hand combat situations.

……

The sun was setting and the sun was setting slowly, after all, and was buried in the mountains.What followed was an endless night.

At midnight, 3 Chu soldiers held high the bonfire, which merged into a spark in the dark night.After the assembly was completed, Wu Ju gave an order, and [-] people quietly set off from the camp.

And Li Ran followed Wu Ju, and once again came to the halfway up the mountain where he was during the day. Standing here, he could overlook every move in front of the entire pass.

After the left army had set up an ambush at the designated location, the right army general Ziqiang quickly drew his sword out of its sheath, and with an order, [-] right troops rushed out like a tide.

"Kill!"

The deafening shouts of killing suddenly sounded in the night sky, and countless torches flew fiercely in the dark night like pop rain, rushing straight towards the Wu army camp outside Shujiu pass.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Wu Jun reacted quickly. These Wu soldiers who followed Wu Wang Zhufan who had experienced many battles were ready to meet the enemy almost immediately.

Immediately afterwards, the first confrontation between Wu and Chu broke out.

The advantage of the Chu army lies in the sneak attack, and in such a dark night, the effect of this kind of night attack is obviously very good. The Chu army's ten thousand people are like a sharp sword, directly piercing into the Wu army. The heart of the camp.

As Chu soldiers waved their spears, those soldiers on the outermost perimeter of the Wu army camp who had the least time to react immediately fell down, and the entire outer camp defense also collapsed instantly.

But Chu's right army was not in a hurry to attack at this time, but quickly adjusted its attack strategy under Ziqiang's order, turning the front team into a rear team, and went straight to the Wu army's outer camp to attack back and forth.

"My lord! The outer camp was attacked by the Chu people at night and has collapsed!"

Wu Wang Zhu Fan was still asleep, when he suddenly heard the urgent military situation, he jumped up in shock.

Hearing this report, Zhu Fan was very angry, immediately drew his sword out of its sheath, and ordered the whole army to encircle the Chu army who attacked at night.

But what Zhu Fan didn't know was that Chu's night attack was actually a feint attack.Therefore, General Ziqiang led the troops and rushed towards the exit of the outer camp immediately after a shock. Ten thousand people were in order, and their actions were extremely fast.

Before Zhu Fan could react, most of the Chu army rushed out of the camp.

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable! Chase! Chase!"

Standing under the king's banner, Zhu Fan himself boarded the drum chariot and beat the marching drum straight away.Along with the battle drums, the horns also sounded loudly.

With an order, the soldiers of the Wu army who had assembled in the inner battalion immediately rushed out. The 2 troops surrounded the two wings of the Chu You army almost at the same time, and they were about to block the exit first!
Just at this time, Chu Youjun suddenly changed another formation. From the hook formation just now, the ten thousand people were suddenly on Wu Jun's territory, and boldly expanded into a flying geese formation.

I saw thousands of people divided into two teams, each forming the wings of a wild goose, and resisted the Wu army who came to outflank.

At this time, since the Wu army had just assembled, how could the Chu army who had planned ahead of time react quickly?Moreover, it is impossible to organize them at all if they chase after them in the dark.Therefore, the chasing soldiers in the front only made a slight contact, and they immediately collapsed.

Seeing this, Ziqiang knew that the opportunity must not be missed, and immediately climbed out of a stone pier, and shouted:
"withdraw!"

In an instant, the two flying geese formed one place again, guarding Ziqiang's right army flag and retreating.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Fan, the king of Wu, was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. He hurriedly jumped off the drum chariot, got on his horse again, gathered around the left and right soldiers, and shouted sharply:
"Quick! Quick! Let the widow chase me!"

He was complacent when he had just won Shujiu, but he was caught off guard by the Chu army tonight. The Chu army, with only 1 people, actually walked back and forth in the outer positions of his Wu army, and dared to throw it away. The posture fought head-on with him, and finally let him retreat completely!

If this is not slapping him in the face of King Wu, what is it?
How could King Wu Zhufan bear this bad breath?

As a result, nearly [-] Wu troops were clinging to the backs of Chu's right army, waiting for an opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

Perhaps it was because the King of Wu personally supervised the battle, and the Wu people fought better, as if they were desperate, and their bravery was even worse than that of the Chu people.

By the way, it can be mentioned here that the reason why the Wu army's combat effectiveness is so strong is largely due to the fact that almost all the previous kings of the Wu state were on the front line of the battlefield without exception.

What is unique about Wu State is that their tradition has almost become a practice.For example, King Shoumeng of Wu, when talking about his four sons, three kings of the Wu Kingdom were born one after another, and their battle loss rate was as high as two-thirds!
Therefore, you can also imagine why the famous young son Ji Zha of King Wu Shoumeng is still unwilling to inherit the throne of King Wu?

Being high-spirited and bright is indeed one aspect, but I'm afraid there is more to consider, or worry that one day, I will also die in the battlefield, right?
Let’s not mention these things for the time being, let’s talk about the great battle between Wu and Chu.

It is said that these Wu people's foot strength is indeed strong, and they are indeed better at field battles, so after only a short while, King Wu and Zhu Fan led the pursuers to catch up.

And those Chu soldiers who were left behind due to exhaustion, all those who were caught up by Wu Jun, could not help but die directly.

At this time, Ziqiang is rushing to the designated location according to the established goal, so how can he manage the back of his butt?Gritting his teeth immediately, he had no choice but to continue to evacuate without paying attention.

Wu Wang Zhufan saw clearly ahead, seeing that the Chu army was retreating, he immediately felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and launched an even more crazy pursuit.

In just a short while, the whole road was full of Chu Zu's corpses.

And the official road, which was not very spacious in the first place, was forcibly stepped out by them to the width of a carriage.

But at the time when King Wu and Zhufan were chasing him up, the mountains and forests on both sides suddenly lit up countless torches again!

"kill!……"

The originally gloomy and dark forest suddenly burst into flames, but the sudden shouts of killing were so deafening.

No matter how brave the Wu people were, they couldn't help being frightened by this scene.

"Not good! There is an ambush!"

Wu Wang Zhufan immediately realized that something was wrong and was about to order to retreat.

However, these fire starters hidden in the forest had already been prepared for them, and the mountain fire ignited instantly.

In fact, it is not uncommon to say that setting fire to mountains was not uncommon in ancient times. Chonger, Wengong of Jin Dynasty, did this in order to force Jie Zitui out of the mountains.

Now it is the end of autumn, and the dead leaves and rotten branches all over the ground are very crisp. When the fire started, it immediately burned all over the mountains and plains, and those Chu people who were holding torches disappeared suddenly!

King Wu Zhufan hurriedly turned his head, only to see that the official road had already been turned into a sea of ​​flames when he came, and there was no way to retreat!
But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of war drums in front of him.

It turned out that it was Chu Jun who killed him again!
"Sly Chu people! God damn Chu people!"

At this time, Wu Wang Zhufan's blood was already bursting with anger, and his blood was even redder in the burst of flames.

However, as the king of a country, there is nothing to say about his decisiveness in killing.Seeing that there was no way to retreat, he immediately chose to break through without hesitation!
I saw him pull out his seven-foot king sword from his waist, and shouted again:
"Forward! Forward! Kill!"

He only heard a loud roar, and actually led Wu Jun to rush straight towards Chu Jun who was already blocking the front.

"Kill!"

Both sides broke out a deafening cry of killing at the same time, one side was to "take back" their own land, and the other side was to defend the territory they had seized.

All of a sudden, the entire forest was turned into a sea of ​​purgatory flames!
(End of this chapter)