In fact, not only those generals, but also the coach Dongfang Wuyun, after listening to what his subordinates said, his expressions moved slightly, and his eyes showed recognition.
Because the pressure brought by King Chu on them was really too great.
Where does the pressure come from?
I have to mention here, what kind of so-called famous generals in the world actually exist.
If we say that there are famous generals in the world who have traveled all over the nine states, there are actually only a few of them, and they have never exceeded the number of two hands.
The Chu people outside said that their Dongfang general was a famous general in the world, but they were actually exaggerating.
Although Dongfang Wuyun is somewhat famous, it is only limited to the Zhou Kingdom. Looking at the world, he is actually just an ordinary unknown person.
Among all the innates, there is nothing outstanding.
The only thing worthy of praise is that he is older at most.
However, innate masters generally live a long life, and each of them can live to be a hundred and fifty years old. In terms of seniority, Dongfang Wuyun, who is only over seventy years old, is also a junior.
So compared with ability, it can't be compared.
Compared with the record, it can't be compared.
Compared with qualifications, it is still incomparable.
Under such circumstances, as long as Dongfang Wuyun wants to show off, he will not dare to call himself a world-famous general.
In fact, in the Zhou Kingdom, the only one who could be called a famous general in the world was General Beizhu, He Basheng.
Yes, it was the General He Ba who had fought against Lu Yuan.
He Basheng joined the army at the age of sixteen. In his first year, he personally led a hundred infantry on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang, defeating the Wei people's five hundred elite cavalry, and became famous in one battle.
After that it got out of control.
In the northern border of Shuofang County for more than 40 years, he went through more than 300 battles, big and small, with 271 wins, 53 draws, and 6 defeats.
After that, he conquered the world for more than thirty years, with more victories and fewer defeats, and few losses.
More than a million soldiers and horses from various countries died in his hands, including the innate masters, and two people also fell in the hands of He Basheng.
Looking at He Basheng's life, he can definitely be called a famous general in the world with great military exploits.
By the way, He Basheng is presiding over the current Helong War between the Zhou Kingdom and the Xueyuan Fan people.
Under the leadership of this famous general of the time, the Zhou army defeated the Tibetan people and retreated steadily. In four years, they lost more than one million troops and were almost on the verge of annihilation.
The Tibetan people were forced to sell their spirit girl and pay a huge price to seek help from the Chu State.
From this we can see how valuable this world-renowned general is.
Although Dongfang Wuyun was somewhat confident in himself, he would never dare to boast that he could compare to He Basheng.
He knows that compared with these famous generals, he still has a long way to go.
Even this journey may not be completed in this lifetime.
the reason is simple.
To be a world-famous general, in addition to being good at fighting, personal strength is also an important indicator.
After all, in this world with extraordinary force, as a general, just killing some ordinary soldiers, even if you kill millions, has no representative value at all.
As long as any innate grandmaster is shameless enough and completely lets go of the bottom line, almost every grandmaster has the ability to kill millions of people.
But what's the point?
For a country, the first and most important resource is always the innate master.
Secondly, there are soldiers and population.
Without enough soldiers and people, a country will not necessarily die.
The most obvious example is Su State.
Thanks to Su Xuange's efforts, the current population of Su State has dropped below one million, and the number of troops has also shrunk to 50,000 due to the decline in national strength.
But even though it was so weak, the Su Kingdom still opened up half a county connected to the sea during the war to conquer the barbarians a few years ago, greatly expanding its land area.
This made the Soviet Union's external claim to be that of a country with two counties, armed with hundreds of thousands of armor, and somewhat like a great nation.
In the eyes of outsiders, the Soviet Union is indeed powerful.
Just like the Nanhai Kingdom, which is adjacent to the Su Kingdom, after years of recuperation and the absorption of some fugitives from the Su Kingdom, it is now known as the prosperous country of Lingnan, with a household registration of 800,000 and more than 4 million people. The silver and copper in the treasury are rusting , the rice grain in the barn rotted, it can be said that it was extremely rich and prosperous.
Nanhai is a country with almost one county, and it can account for nearly half of the national power of Chu State's five counties.
You know, Chu State is now dominant.
With nearly half of the national strength of a hegemonic country, one can only imagine how rich the Nanhai country is.
But even if Nanhai Country is so rich, no one in the world thinks Nanhai Country is powerful.
In the eyes of many people, the Nanhai Kingdom is not as good as the small barbarian country in the southwest, which is surrendered to the Chu Kingdom and only has half a county.
They are both Lingnan countries. The population and wealth of Nanhai country are four to five times greater than that of Su country. Why is it still considered inferior to Su country?
The key here lies in the innate master.
The Su State has an innate grandmaster, while the Nanhai State does not have an innate grandmaster, so the Su State is stronger than the Nanhai State.
Under the leadership of Su Xuange, the innate master, Su Guoneng defeated the Dali Kingdom, which had two innate masters and occupied nearly three counties, and captured nearly half of the Dali counties.
So regardless of whether the Su State joins forces with the Song State, the winner is the winner, and the Su State is strong.
Under this victory, the Su State, which claimed to have two counties in its territory, was regarded as a great country in Lingnan in the eyes of outsiders.
This impression will not change because the population of the Soviet Union is less than one million, nor will it change because the Soviet Union has only 50,000 troops.
Because things like population can double several times as long as they recuperate and reproduce for decades. And if there is a population, there will naturally be soldiers and horses.
Based on the existing territory of the Soviet Union, as long as it develops, it can support a population of four to five million and an army of two to three hundred thousand.
As long as the Soviet Union can maintain its current territory and maintain domestic stability, the above population and troops can be accumulated in sixty or seventy years.
With all this in place, who can say that the Soviet Union is not a great country?
And with Su Xuange's current life span, there would be no problem in living for another sixty or seventy years, and there would be a good chance of even surviving for another ten or twenty years.
The potential of the two counties and the sufficient lifespan of the innate master are the factors that outsiders judge whether the Su country is strong or not.
As for the rest, they are just secondary factors that add icing on the cake.
In this world of cultivating immortals, even in the Age of Ending Law, the gap between ordinary people and top warriors and monks is still disappointing.
A single innate warrior can determine the rise and fall of a country and the fate of millions of people.
The Chu State was able to dominate the land of five counties, eight million people, and half a million troops. Although it was important, it was not that important.
The six innate masters directly under the domestic administration and the three innate masters from the vassal states who could be mobilized, a total of nine innate figures, are the cornerstones of Chu's hegemony.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is also Chu's qualification for hegemony.
Without these, even if you have tens of millions of people and millions of troops, you are just a large Nanhai Kingdom.
Same reason.
If you want to destroy a country or weaken a country, simply wiping out the opponent's soldiers, horses, and population will only scratch the surface.
In this world where an innate master can live to be 150 years old, which is equivalent to the long life span of seven or eight generations of ordinary people, the simple loss of soldiers, horses and population really doesn't make much sense.
For a big country, even if it loses millions of troops at once, what can it do?
At most, if they survive for thirty to fifty years, they will be able to mobilize the same scale or even more troops.
As long as the inheritance of the innate masters in the country is ensured in an orderly manner, and every time one is lost, it can be replaced in time, so that one can maintain his hegemony.
If you really want to hurt a country, you have to do what Lu Yuan did and directly kill the opponent's innate master and weaken the opponent's top combat power. This is the real way to shake the foundation.
Therefore, in the original battle to conquer the barbarians, the original Dachanghe Kingdom lost 400,000 troops, but it still had the confidence to compete with the Chu Kingdom.
But in the end, a great wizard died. Even though there were still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the country, they no longer dared to fight. When the Chu soldiers arrived, they instantly chose to surrender.
Therefore, the original Nanzhao Kingdom was ambitious and had previously sent 100,000 troops to seize Xichuan and achieve hegemony.
For this reason, even if the Jianchuan Kingdom was captured by Huang Xuan and the domestic mainland was ravaged by Kunhai and Chili in turn, they still gritted their teeth and held on.
The other party was betting that the eldest prince could capture Xichuan.
But in the end, when the eldest prince was killed by Lu Yuan, Nanzhao Kingdom instantly became depressed and no longer dared to take the initiative to send troops.
Even in the face of the invasion of the two small countries of Kunhai and Chili, they did not dare to fight back too much and just defended blindly. This was because the master fell, the national power was greatly damaged, and the heart was shaken and fear was born.
Therefore, in the Northern Expedition organized by Qian Yue, the Zhou people lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the early stages of the war, but they still had confidence in the Jianghan War and were even prepared to persist for a long time.
But as Lu Yuan first killed Lianyun and then Zhang Chanyi, the Zhou people's original confidence was instantly shattered. In the stalemate between Jiang and Han, the Zhou state collapsed thousands of miles away and was no longer a threat.
After that, Lu Yuan was allowed to attack Hanzhong by surprise and march south to Xichuan. The Zhou people were unable to react at all, as if they were dumbfounded.
This is because Lu Yuan killed two innates of the Zhou Kingdom in a row, and wiped out two of the eight pillar states of the Zhou people in one go, causing them to lose a quarter of their top combat power, and their vitality was seriously damaged by the beating.
It should be noted that in the previous Yue Kingdom, the whole country was in turmoil and the world was in rebellion. Zhou and Liang invaded one after another. It can be said that the world changed repeatedly in an instant.
But even if the situation is so difficult, throughout the Hongdao years, Qianyue only assassinated Wuyang Hou Li Gui by Lan Cai'er and Li Xiong in the early stages of the turmoil.
The only person who lost before Yue was one innate grandmaster.
After losing this innate grandmaster, Qian Yue quickly added Wuchenghou Shangguanming and Wuxuanhou Yang Jing, and the number of innate grandmasters increased instead of decreasing.
Later, Lu Yuan, Ji Hui, Yan Wangqiu, Su Xuange, Qiao Kangquan and others were recruited, bringing the number of Xiantian Grandmasters in the Yue Kingdom to eleven at one time, which can be said to be extremely prosperous.
At that time, there were eight Xiantian Grandmasters used in the Northern Expedition.
However, after the Zhou Kingdom lost two Xiantian masters, only three Xiantian masters were left.
With three enemies and eight enemies, the difference in numbers was nearly three times. Opposite the enemies were Wu'an Marquis Bai Mengyang and Lu Yuan, who had killed two innates in a row and showed off his status as a famous general.
In that situation, even if the innate masters of Zhou State in Xiangyang County were brave enough, they would not dare to confront the Qianyue camp head-on.
This is also the reason why Lu Yuan did not receive much interference from Zhou when he made a surprise attack on Hanzhong and regained Xichuan.
It’s not that the other party doesn’t want to, it’s that they simply can’t do it.
Finally, He Basheng's army finally waited until He Basheng's army marched south. As a result, he and Lu Yuan were in Hanzhong for a while. The most famous general in the Zhou Kingdom was frightened away by Lu Yuan's strength in both immortality and martial arts.
He realized that Lu Yuan's ability to kill two innates in a row was not what the legends said. He was just relying on luck and picking up cheap results.
He really has the strength equivalent to the second level of Xiantian, and he can kill a grandmaster of the first level of Xiantian one-on-one by himself.
After realizing this, He Basheng, who also only had the second level of innate combat power and was still weak in this level, decisively retreated and gave up the fight with Lu Yuan.
It was also from that time that the State of Zhou officially recognized Lu Yuan's name as a famous general. After being recognized by the State of Zhou, all countries in the world gradually recognized this.
After all, He Basheng, who is a peerless general, can be forced to retreat. If Lu Yuan is not a peerless general, who is?
Therefore, there are two rigid requirements to judge whether a person is a peerless general.
One is that you are indeed good at fighting. In a lifetime of fighting, you have annihilated more than a million troops.
One is that you have the ability to kill innates, and you have already proven yourself by killing innates.
He Basheng of Zhou State did this, so he became famous all over the world.
Bai Mengyang, the Marquis of Wu'an in Qianyue, also did this, so he was called the God of War.
Lu Yuan also achieved this, and even further developed it, achieving the record of destroying the first country, subjugating the third country, and killing the four innate people. In the eyes of the world, he has become the de facto number one god of war in Yangzhou, ranking among the world's most famous generals. .
To put it bluntly.
With Lu Yuan's current reputation, when the enemy facing him hears that King Chu is leading the troops, they will instantly receive buffs of -3 morale, +3 fear, and -3 will.
This is why the officers and soldiers in Nanzheng City were so happy and relaxed after learning that Lu Yuan was not leading the army.
As long as the military god didn't come in person, other ordinary Chu innates wouldn't be in their eyes at all.
After all, it’s just Chu State.
To be able to produce a King of Chu, one would have exhausted all one's luck, and it could even be said that Yangzhou's Zhong Ling and Yu Xiu were all gathered here.
Among all the hegemonic countries in the world, there is basically one peerless general in one country.
It can't be that just a new overlord of Chu State could have a second peerless general emerge, right?
If this is the case, how unfair the sky is and how much it loves Chu.
Anyway, the Zhou people in the city, including Dongfang Wuyun, never believed that there was a second person with the qualifications of a famous general in Chu State.
However, although they didn't believe it, everyone under his command had been discussing for a while, and no one could tell where the Qingyun Chu General outside was from or what his background was. This made Dongfang Wuyun feel hesitant.
Facing an unknown enemy, he really didn't dare to take risks until he knew the details of the enemy.
So facing the provocation from the Chu people outside, Dongfang Wuyun frowned and just said: "We don't have many troops in the city. Even if we are sure of victory, we can't waste our precious troops on fighting for a moment.
If we were to defend the city, one of our soldiers, even if they were temporarily recruited civilians, could replace three Chu people, or even five Chu people.
And now in the decisive battle outside the city, even if we can exchange one for two, we will still lose.
Retaining precious soldiers and using them at critical moments in the future is a wise choice in military strategy.
Don't bother with the Chu people outside the city. If they like, just line up in formation.
In this windy, snowy and cold weather, just let them stand. Anyway, we are not the ones suffering. "
After saying that, he seemed to feel that this was a little too fearful and timid. Dongfang Wuyun snorted coldly, ignored his generals, and went straight down the tower.
When the generals behind him saw this, they couldn't help but look at each other in shock.
Finally, except for the generals who had originally arranged military affairs and needed to stay on the tower to guard against the Chu people, the others dispersed one after another.
Outside the city, the Chu army general who had shouted back and forth more than ten times but still saw no movement from the people inside the city was also called back by Qingyunzi.
"General Manager, those Zhou people are actually timid people. They all have powerful soldiers, but they only know how to stay in the fortified city and don't dare to come out of the inn."
After the general came back, he spoke with some contempt and some anger.
He failed to call out the Zhou people and missed the opportunity to perform meritorious deeds, which made the young general feel quite unwilling.
There were many generals in the Zhou Dynasty who were right about one thing.
Under the leadership of Lu Yuan, Chu State has been victorious in all these years of foreign wars. Successive victories have not only shaped the Chu State's strong military temperament, but also brought many arrogant soldiers and generals.
Many officers and soldiers of the Chu army gradually developed a sense of arrogance, quite a bit like the heroes in the world were like nothing, and they were all just chickens and dogs.
That's it.
Even though the Chu troops and horses outside the city were actually similar to the Zhou defenders inside the city, this Chu army young general still believed that his side could win and capture this heroic city in Hanzhong.
Victory seems to be a matter of course.
"If they don't come out, then they won't come out."
As Lu Yuan's clone, Qingyunzi was certainly aware of these problems within the Chu army.
However, now that Chu State is in its development period, this kind of arrogance actually helps Chu State compete with the world. Generally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.
Therefore, even though Lu Yuan knew the problem, he did not intend to make rectifications immediately, but adopted an indulgent attitude.
Anyway, in foreign wars, if nothing unexpected happens in the future, either his true body will take action, or his avatar will lead the army.
No matter the body or the clone, they are all themselves.
Lu Yuan had this confidence and could grasp this trend so that it would not cause problems and instead become a boost for Chu State's foreign development.
Based on this point, it actually doesn’t matter whether we change it or not.
As a clone, Qingyunzi naturally follows the original body's decision and is unable to make any objections to changes.
Seeing that the Zhou people were unable to retreat, he thought for a while and then ordered: "The Zhou people should not fight. The weather is cold now, so the soldiers should not stay here. Please return to the camp with gold."
After issuing the military order, Qingyunzi glanced at Nanzheng City with a sneer on his face.
These Zhou people thought that they could stop themselves by hiding in the city and relying on the fortified city.
It's so whimsical.
That's fine.
Just let them stay in the city.
He first built siege equipment outside and waited for Huang Xuan to bring other troops to join him.
When the time comes, a hundred thousand troops will gather together, and he and Huang Xuan, the two avatars of the second innate realm, will meet, and it will be the moment to pay their respects to the people in the city.
"Let Dongfang Wuyun in the city be the starting point for me to become a famous general in the world."
Qingyunzi felt calm, withdrew his indifferent eyes, turned around and left.
