Since Wu Ju went to knock the pass one after another in the past few days to provoke, the entire Wu army was always on high alert.
As the saying goes, it can be done once but not again. Therefore, after going through these days of back and forth, and now being besieged by the Chu army in this valley again, Wu Jun immediately became timid.
At this time, Wu Ju's order was heard, and another burst of drums and horns was heard midway up the mountain.
The Chu army immediately poured out like a tide. At the same time, the three thousand light soldiers led by Sun Wu suddenly turned around after hearing the drum horns, and quickly ran away.
For a time, screams and shouts of death could be heard in the huge valley.
Wu Jun also knew that he had fallen into a trick. Facing such a desperate situation at this moment, he was already helpless.
The soldiers who resisted the first wave of Chu army's charge on the periphery were all knocked down in a pool of blood almost in an instant. The valley was once again filled with rivers of blood. The smell of blood was mixed with the smell of rotten moss, and it was quite intense for a moment. For disgusting.
When King Wu Zhufan saw this fighting situation, his eyes were bloodshot, and he just shouted crazily:
"Breakout! Breakout!"
He knew that if his team of more than 10,000 people were all eaten by the Chu army here, Shu Jiu would fall directly into the hands of the Chu people. If he wanted to compete with Chu for Qunshu again, he would not be able to do so. There is no advantage.
Therefore, he, King Wu Zhufan, could not afford to lose in this battle.
Unfortunately, no matter how he shouted, the Chu army had already taken advantage of the right time and place, and with Sun Wu's powerful weapons, the Wu army had no power to fight back in such a situation.
As the sharp blades of the Chu army continued to be waved, the soldiers of the Wu army fell to the ground one after another, and the Battle of Shujiu that had been entangled for many days was finally coming to an end.
Li Ran and Wu Ju stood on the hillside, looking at the scene in the valley below, with completely opposite expressions on their faces.
Wu Ju was naturally extremely excited. After all, this battle was indeed a beautiful one! Now it is even more certain to win.
And as said before, if he wins this battle, it will be a great joy for both Chu King Xiong Wei and the Wu family.
If we can capture Wu Wang Zhufan again, it will be a great achievement in the world! Just thinking about it like this makes people extremely excited.
When he achieves success and fame, Wu Ju will no longer be just a courtier who seeks glory by relying on the King of Chu, but will become the greatest hero in the Chu Kingdom that no one can match for a hundred years!
By then, the Wu family will also become a powerful family in Chu State like the Jiang family. And his Wuju will be like Lao Ao (Sun Shuao) who was promoted by the King of Chuzhuang in an unusual way. He will achieve the aristocratic status of their Wu family. And inherit and carry forward this family's glory.
And this is exactly the reason why he took the initiative to ask Ying to conquer Shu Jiu this time!
However, for Li Ran on the other side, there was an indescribable heaviness on his face at this moment.
Not only was his mood so heavy, but his melancholy eyes also looked particularly heavy.
Yes, he should indeed be happy for Chu's victory. After all, he had a share of credit in it, although he actually didn't want it.
However, this shallow joy gradually dissipated as the soldiers of Wu continued to fall in the valley.
He fell into introspection and self-blame for a long time, and even the strong smell of blood that filled the air could not wake him up at this moment.
Why?
Why should he reflect and blame himself?
Some people may say that in an era when rituals and music have collapsed, and in troubled times, any latecomer should become an unparalleled hero holding a seven-foot king sword, sweeping across the world, and unifying the world.
Or become a great sage who saves the people from the fire and water, saves the world from the misery, and truly gives the world a "peaceful and prosperous age".
But, has anyone thought about it? Since he, Li Ran, is a latecomer, the principles and concepts he insists on are actually incompatible with the world itself.
The reason why he had positioned himself as a counselor before was, of course, because of the situation. But on the other hand, it was largely because he understood the cruelty of war better than anyone else.
That's why he hopes to mediate, arrange, and even control everything in a softer way. Rather than relying solely on violence.
Violence, while controlling everything, also completely destroys everything. This is true no matter which party it is,
Therefore, what he blamed himself for was that he found that he could not prevent this war from happening. When he saw the scenes of "tragic conditions in the world" at the foot of the mountain, he thought to himself, in the years to come, should he break away from the limitations of this era?
Since he has such a vision and perspective, he should shoulder more responsibilities for the future of this era.
Zheng Guo, Lu Guo, Jishi, Zichan, these are all people who are close to him. However, when he can do what he can, can he not limit his vision to this corner?
If more people can be saved, the war can be ended at a smaller cost. What's not to do?
Li Ran suddenly asked himself, for him, for a future person who traces his origins from modern society, what should be his bottom line and original intention?
Does the life and death of the people of Chu and Wu really have nothing to do with him?
Facing all sentient beings, we can only see them alive and cannot bear to see them die.
Isn't this the right path he has always adhered to?
Although this is indeed a troubled time, he also knows that in this era, talking about benevolence, justice and morality will only make him more like a fool.
Just like Song Xianggong back then, he talked about benevolence, justice and morality, but what happened in the end? After all, I was educated by the ruthless reality.
But even so, should he really give up? Should we really fall into the whirlpool of the times and completely lose ourselves?
He couldn't remember clearly at this time. Why was he so angry when Sun Su died outside Qufu City? He will even put the Ji family of Lu State on his revenge list forever!
Is Sun Su important? Can it affect the pattern of the entire world?
Absolutely not. Sun Su was just an ordinary warrior. To put it bluntly, he is just a commoner.
Isn't the reason why Li Ran was so angry at that time precisely because of Ji's way of just fighting for power and profit, even at the expense of human life and blindly killing people to achieve his goals?
This was what Li Ran couldn't tolerate at that time!
But now, although he can't stop the battle between Wu Chu and Shu Jiu. However, since he was involved in it, his standing aside and his intentional or unintentional "showing off" actions indirectly created the "purgatory on earth" at the foot of the mountain today.
In that case, what are the similarities and differences between him and Ji Sunsu, Feng Duan and others?
Even though everyone in this era wanted to be the First Emperor, Li Ran should never make this his life goal.
Of course, you can say that Li Ran is as pretentious, pretentious, and unambitious as a bitch.
But you can't deny his thinking and logic as a modern man, let alone his understanding of this cruel world. He is the most rational and ethical being of this era.
…
The battle in the valley soon came to an end. The morale of the Wu army was completely exhausted. In sharp contrast, the Chu people saw that the Wu people had fallen into the urn. How could they sit back and lose? Such an opportunity? Therefore, everyone is ready to go and looks determined to win.
Therefore, this battle of annihilation ended with the Chu army's complete victory.
What made Wu Ju feel a little regretful was that Wu King Zhufan was finally able to break through and escape.
Thousands of people rushed forward to kill him, but only he was able to open a hole, allowing him to escape smoothly.
After he escaped, Wu Jun no longer had any morale to resist.
…
When the battlefield was cleared, the Wu army suffered more than 12,000 casualties in this battle, and another 300 were captured.
And there is no longer any obstacle to the gate of Shujiu City. It is just around the corner that the Chu army can recapture Shujiu.
In the Chu camp, Wu Ju couldn't wait to send someone back to the capital of Ying with this good news. He also attached a slip of paper asking for credit for all the soldiers.
Then, he asked all the soldiers to seize the time to rest and prepare to attack Shujiu in three days.
"Mr. Ziming, Chang Qing has made great contributions to our Chu country. You are already the king of Chu Ming. After this battle, I will make Chang Qing the senior official of our Chu country."
Wu Ju took great pains to force and win over Li Ran to become a member of the Chu State.
Since you, Li Ran, are unwilling to serve our country of Chu, then let your subordinates serve as officials in our country of Chu.
In this case, can you, Li Ran, still be able to explain it clearly?
And such a reward is reasonable. Sun Wu has made great achievements this time, and the King of Chu wants to reward him. Is it possible that you, Li Ran, can still say 'no'?
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Wu Ju's face was filled with a bright smile.
Of course, Li Ran knew this very well, so he could only nodded slightly and didn't say anything more to him.
This made Wu Ju feel very surprised. He squinted his eyes, looked at Li Ran and asked:
"Oh? Don't you want to say something, sir?"
"Since Dr. Wu Ju has arranged it like this, what else can he say?"
Li Ran also asked unceremoniously.
What's going on? Do you still want me, Li Ran, to thank you and Wu Ju to take credit for me? Doesn’t this make it obvious that people are disgusting?
Could you be a little more sincere?
Wu Ju was choked by Li Ran, but he just pretended to be "innocent" and looked at Li Ran blankly, speechless for a moment.
When Li Ran saw this, he just bowed his hand to him, turned around and left the camp.
When things developed to this point, Li Ran knew that it was impossible for the Chu State not to reward Sun Wu for his contribution to the strategy and his first victory.
And Li Ran naturally couldn't make a stumbling block at this time. Sun Wu's future is at stake. No matter how much Sun Wu obeys his words, he cannot get involved in this kind of thing.
After all, learning literary and martial arts and selling them to the emperor's family was the common goal of all people like Sun Wu in this era.
Therefore, he could only acquiesce to Wu Ju's request for credit for Sun Wu.
It's just that Wu Ju was so aggressive in his nose, which made Li Ran a little hard to accept for a while, so how could he look good on him?
Back in the camp, Sun Wu had been waiting for a long time.
It can be seen that Sun Wu also knows that his success in tonight's battle is likely to put Li Ran into a dilemma.
