On the banks of the Huai River, tens of thousands of troops gathered here.
After a day of repairs, the coalition forces of the princes began to prepare to cross the river. This time, the coalition of princes was well prepared to cross the river, and craftsmen made thirty boats and hundreds of rafts in advance. Soldiers who were familiar with water properties led them across the river.
The river-crossing operation was divided into several batches, and the rivers were crossed at three bends. Zijue only had 1,500 men in his hands. These men could only hold one ferry while the Qi army advanced in three directions. Even if Zijue tried his best to block two ferries, as long as one of them succeeded in crossing the river, he would have no choice but to retreat.
For the first time, the Qi Allied Forces dispatched 5,000 men divided into three teams to cross the river from three ferries. For a time, the Huaihe River was full of people. Zijue led his soldiers to attack tentatively. He took advantage of one of the troops to cross the river and had not yet established a foothold, so he took the opportunity to attack.
When they were halfway across the river and attacked, even though the opponent was on guard, they were still beaten into chaos by the Huai State, with numerous casualties. If the other two teams had not completed crossing the river, and Zijue was worried about being surrounded, the coalition forces crossing the river would have killed the entire army Overturned.
Seeing the Huai army retreating in an orderly formation, Qiu Mu did not let the army pursue it, but directed the army to cross the river. It took more than 20,000 horses to cross the river for a whole day. By the time everyone finished crossing the river, the sky had darkened.
Immediately, Qiu Mu, the governor of the country, ordered the army to set up camp. In order to prevent sudden flooding of the Huai River, the camp was still set up on a high place. At the same time, a team of troops was sent fifty miles upstream to prevent the Huai State from building a dam to block the water, and Simple beacon towers were built every five miles. It can be said that all imaginable ways have been blocked.
Zijue was also a little surprised to see that the Qi coalition forces were so vigilant. It's just that Qiu Mu's behavior is useless after all.
The golden crow hangs in the west, and the jade rabbit rises in the east. As the night got darker, in the Huai Army camp on the south bank of the Huai River, Zijue gathered the nobles and armored soldiers, and then climbed onto the high platform that had been prepared to offer sacrifices to heaven.
Everyone was very confused by the king's behavior of worshiping the sky at night, but they didn't say anything.
Soon Zijue came on stage to worship heaven:
"A natural black bird came down to give birth to the Shang Dynasty. The Zhou people were despicable and attacked me secretly. The Yin and Shang Dynasties collapsed. Now we have moved south and settled here. The Qi army came to attack us in an attempt to exterminate us. We inherited the destiny of heaven alone. Although the Qi army has many people We are powerful, but we have heaven's help. If we don't do our best, heaven will abandon us. By then, the Huai Kingdom will no longer exist, and the people will become slaves of the Zhou people.
I don’t think anyone wants to be a pig or dog slave of Zhou people! I have received the oracle from heaven. Fire from heaven will fall on the camp tonight to help our army. This battle will be won! "
When everyone heard Zi Jue say that a sky fire fell into the camp, everyone was shocked and confused. At this time, Zijue turned on the system, then chose to use the Skyfire Card. After setting the time and location, he began to wait quietly.
Time passed minute by minute, and soon after a quarter of an hour, a light suddenly flashed across the sky, and the next second a meteor was seen streaking across the night sky. What is surprising is that the meteor did not disappear in a flash, but flew towards them.
Soon, under the astonished eyes of everyone, the meteor in the sky came from the east. The firelight illuminated the entire night sky, and the sky and the earth suddenly became as bright as day. This strange sight made everyone stunned. What was even more surprising was that the meteor seemed to have eyes and fell towards the Qi Allied Forces camp on the south bank of the Huai River.
Everyone in the Huaiguo army was shocked, and everyone realized that God actually sent down fire to help. The morale of the entire Huai Army camp was raised to the extreme at this moment. Even if there were a hundred thousand troops ahead, these soldiers dared to rush forward and fight to the death without hesitation.
The surrounding ministers were also stunned by the meteorite. The falling fire made them immediately believe that Jun Shang Zijue was a person favored by God.
Meteors streaked across the sky in the blink of an eye, flames rose, and countless skyfires fell from the sky into the Qi army camp. The resting camp suddenly burst into flames.
This can be said to be a disaster for the coalition of princes from Qi State. This era is inherently superstitious, and the sky fire falling into the camp directly makes people think that they have offended heaven and are being punished.
The entire camp turned into a sea of fire, and many people were burned to death directly by the fire before they had time to run out of the camp. What was even more frightening was the bombing of the camp.
The camp, which was already in chaos, was bombed again, which made it worse. When Qiu Mu of the prison state, Bo Qin, the son of the Lu state, and other nobles saw the sky fire falling into the camp, their expressions changed drastically, and their faces suddenly turned as pale as earth. One of them couldn't help but said: "Skyfire fell into the camp. Could it be that those Yin Shang survivors really received their destiny?"
Bo Qin said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense! The Yin and Shang Dynasties have lost their destiny. King Wu conquered Zhou, Feng Ming Qishan, our country has obtained its destiny. This is a natural disaster, not destiny!"
Before he finished speaking, a killing cry was heard outside the camp.
"The people of Zhou are punished by heaven. Fire from heaven comes to the world. Kill them!"
"Heavenly fire comes to the world. With the protection of heaven, we will win this battle! Charge!"
In the dark night, the firelight flickered and the firelight shone, and there were shadowy figures everywhere. Killing shouts came from all directions, and there seemed to be countless people besieging them in the dark night. The allied forces of the princes of Qi were in chaos, and countless people were fighting in chaos.
Qiu Mu, the supervisor, and Bo Qin, the young master of Lu, shouted to stabilize the soldiers and reorganize their defense formations. However, except for a few guards around them, everyone was in a mess and could not be controlled at all.
"Your Majesty, the situation is over. We can no longer form defensive formations. The morale of the army is already in chaos. I can't stay for long. Let's retreat quickly!" Seeing the chaos in the camp, the surrounding guards hurriedly advised.
"There are still people in the country. You must not be trapped here. Please put the country first and evacuate quickly!" These guards dragged Qiu Mu, the supervisor, and Boqin, the young master, and ran towards the bank of the Huaihe River.
The camp of Qi State was in chaos, but the Huai State side was full of people. The ministers around were all excited: "God has given destiny and sent down fire to punish the people of Zhou. This is our chance to win a great victory. Your Majesty." Please give the order quickly to defeat this Qi army!"
Zi Jue immediately shouted: "Everyone forms a team of one hundred and forms a formation to attack the Zhou army's tent. The archers are preparing to launch their rockets! Everyone shouts, Heavenly fire comes to the world, and you are punished by the sky!"
Four hundred archers were divided into two teams and began to launch rockets towards the Qi camp. The rockets fell and the camp became more and more chaotic. At the same time, Zijue let the guards around him with a strength of over 90 serve as arrows to rush into the Qi army camp.
These warriors with a force value of up to 90 are all invincible fierce men. With a sweep of bronze swords in their hands, they can directly knock out a Qi soldier with his armor intact. Before the person hits the ground, there is still blood in his mouth. The broken internal organs spurted out wildly, and the bronze sword slashed left and right. Wherever it passed, there was no enemy at all.
The Qi army was already in chaos, but the Huai army, led by these warriors, took advantage of the chaos to attack and was invincible. This army was originally a coalition of princes, not one body. After being attacked by sky fire and directly bombing the camp, it was already in chaos, without any discipline at all.
Killing each other, trampling and killing countless people. In the dark night, the Huai army was like the messenger of hell. Wherever it passed, corpses were everywhere. The Huai army shouted slogans and was invincible. Arrows fell and countless people died. The entire battlefield turned into a one-sided massacre.
Yi led a hundred-man team straight to the commander's tent in the center of the camp. There was no enemy wherever he passed. The Qi army was scared out of their wits. The Huai soldiers with high morale were very fast. More than ten teams of soldiers were like more than ten sharp knives, cutting up the fat mass of the Qi army camp.
This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Qi Allied Forces collapsed completely. Countless people threw away their weapons and fled. In the dark night, many people ran towards the Huaihe River. However, except for a few people with boats, more people directly Fall into the water.
The archers kept shooting arrows at the fleeing rebels, and the army covered them all the way. The short distance from the camp to Huai River was full of corpses. Blood dyed the earth red, and the blood seeped into the soil, making the ground muddy. One year, Huai River turned red again.
The sky gradually became brighter, and the golden crow rose in the east. After a night of fighting, the dead were sleeping on their pillows. On the Huaihe River, corpses were floating all over the field. The river was blocked up, and the Qi Allied Forces were completely defeated.
The Huai army killed countless people, the bronze swords were broken, the blades cracked, and the archers' arms were sore. But everyone was full of excitement. In a strange fight, the Huai army suffered almost no casualties, while the Qi Allied forces were littered with corpses.
When the sun shines down, there are corpses of the Qi Allied Forces everywhere. In addition to these, there are also a large number of prisoners, including many nobles. Last night, except for Qiu Mu and Bo Qin, who had a bad experience and escaped under the protection of the guards, the other nobles were either killed or captured, and almost the entire army was wiped out.
Qi's coalition forces numbered more than 20,000, of which 7,000 or 8,000 died of fighting among themselves or were burned, 5,000 were drowned by the Huai River, 5,000 were killed, and 2,000 surrendered. Only Less than a thousand people escaped with their lives.
And not all of these people fled to the north of the Huaihe River. They couldn't tell the direction in the dark night. Many people fled to other places. The fate of these people was not much better. In all likelihood, they would not survive.
Zi Jue did not let the army cross the Huai River to continue the pursuit. Although the morale of the Huai army was high, they were still very tired after fighting all night. Although the strength of the northern countries suffered heavy losses, they were not something that his more than a thousand men could defeat.
Stop immediately when you see them ready, and then direct these prisoners to clean up the battlefield and rescue the baggage at the same time.
This time the Qi Allied Forces suffered heavy casualties, with tens of thousands of corpses lying in the wilderness. If not dealt with as soon as possible, it would easily lead to a plague. Relying on the medical skills of this era, once a plague occurs, it is almost impossible to survive.
Several thousand-person pits were dug around the Huaihe River, which were quickly filled with corpses and then buried. There were even too many corpses, and Zi Jue ordered them to be set on fire.
A great war came to an end.
——In the fourth year of Wang's reign, the Qi people allied themselves with each other to attack the Huaihe River. That night, a meteor fell into the camp, and fire from the sky came down. It was as bright as day, and the whole camp was burned with fire. The officials were frightened and said: "I have sinned against the sky, and there has been a great collapse." King Jue sent troops and won a great victory. The dead of Qi army were buried in their graves. "Bamboo Chronicles·Yin Ji"
