The Jin State defeated the Qin and Chu coalition forces. The army dug through the camp and went straight to the bank of the river. However, the army had no ships at all. Tens of thousands of troops were trapped in the Yellow River and could not cross the river.
Although the retreat was opened, it was blocked by the river. For a while, the morale of the Jin army was also low. Seeing this situation, Choke stood up again and said: "We have broken through the siege of Qin and Chu and escaped with a way out. Why are the soldiers so downcast?"...
"We had a narrow escape from the Qin and Chu camps just now and destroyed them with one blow. How could we be blocked by a big river on our way back? Can you guys be worthy of those people who died because of us breaking through the bloody path?"
"If you still want to go home, come with me to cut wood and cross the river!"
The Jin army then rushed to cut down trees and make rafts.
On the other side, the Qin and Chu allied forces were cleaning up the mess, and the high morale of the previous victory over the Jin army was gone.
"We were careless in this battle!" Wu She said with a sigh.
"I didn't expect Choke to be so powerful."
Ying Yue was also a little frustrated: "One man will sacrifice his life, but ten thousand men will not be killed. The Jin army will fight to the death, and our army should temporarily avoid the edge!"
Wu She said: "This time our army should open the road and camp on both sides. When the Jin army sees a way to survive, they will not fight for their lives. Our army will just chase and kill on both wings!"
After the disastrous defeat, the two men recovered and soon learned the reason for this disastrous defeat. But now that they were defeated, the two quickly adjusted their mentality and gathered the defeated army.
In this defeat, the losses of the Qin and Chu coalition forces were not very great, with more than 10,000 casualties. The main reason was that the Jin army was eager to break out of the encirclement and did not bother too much. Therefore, the casualties of the Qin and Chu coalition forces were not large, but their morale was shattered.
After all, with fifty thousand exhausted troops, the Qin and Chu armies could not stop them in a decisive blow. To this day, the two armies still remember how brave and fearless the Jin army was at that time.
Seeing the low morale in the military camp, Wu She and Ying Yue did not allow the army to pursue them again. The casualties of the Jin army were also high. If they were to encircle them again and the trapped beasts still fought, the Qin and Chu army would suffer heavy losses.
It can be said that the Jin State suffered heavy losses this time, and without the vassal state of Zheng State, it would be difficult to control the Central Plains.
The Jin army cut down trees to make boats and prepared to cross the river. On the other side, Xun Lin's father was overjoyed after taking a rest. He had already prepared to take the army back and commit suicide to apologize. But now he learned that the Jin army actually broke through the interception and came to the river. What a twist!
As long as he brings these Jin troops back, he will not be severely punished even if he was defeated for a while.
Immediately, Xun Lin's father led a large army to come. On one side, he restrained the Qin and Chu coalition forces in Bi City, and on the other side, he asked the army to use ships to pick up the Jin elites.
The Qin and Chu allied forces originally wanted to attack with a large army, but Xun Lin's father took the lead. The morale of the Jin country rose sharply, and the Qin and Chu allied forces were unable to attack for a long time, so they had to return to Bicheng.
After receiving help from the Jin army led by Xun Lin's father, the Jin army commanded by Chu Ke was finally able to cross the Yellow River. However, after several battles among the 50,000 elites, only about 30,000 were left.
It can be said that Jin suffered heavy casualties in this battle. More importantly, after Qin and Chu united, they captured Zheng. The loss of Zheng caused Jin's Central Plains strategy to lose an important fulcrum. After Chu obtained Zheng, the door to the Central Plains had suddenly opened.
Qin and Chu won first and then lost. Although they did not do their best and left Jin's 50,000 elite soldiers behind, the Jin army suffered heavy losses this time. Nearly 30,000 elite soldiers died in battle, and ordinary soldiers also suffered heavy casualties.
The most important thing is that the Qin-Chu alliance lost Zheng again, and the hegemony of Jin was ended by Qin and Chu.
After the Chu State learned of the great victory on the front line and the surrender of Marquis Zheng, they were greatly inspired. The Marquis of Chu even boldly took over the throne and proclaimed himself king. In the past, the State of Chu was only known as king within its own country and as marquis after leaving the country. It can be said that the inner king and the outer marquis were very familiar with this game.
This time the Chu State defeated the Jin State, and no other country in the Bangzhou and Zhou Dynasties could compete with the Chu State. After the Chu Kingdom became king, the Bangzhou and Zhou Dynasties were unable to stop it.
Even the Zhou royal family didn't even care much. After all, the Zhou royal family's face had already been lost.
After Chu became king, he continued to have good relations with Qin and even agreed to cooperate with Qin.
Capture Ba and Shu. The relationship between Qin and Chu became increasingly close at this time. From then on, Chu began to dominate the world.
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While the battle between the Qin and Chu allied forces was going on with the Jin State, the Huai State was also dealing with the Xu State. Without the support of the Jin State, the Xu State was no match for the Huai State. Chen Yi led an army of 30,000 people and defeated seven cities in three days to capture the capital of Xu. Capture Xu Gong and all the officials of Xu State.
Chen Yi sent people to send Duke Xu and others to Huai'an. Wang Jin reprimanded Duke Xu in person, then reduced his title to a count, moved all the Duke of Xu's offices to Tancheng, and gave him thousands of households in the city to continue his work. Sacrifice to the state of Xu.
At the same time, the nobles and nobles of the Xu Kingdom were also dismissed by him. Except for some of them who performed well, they were allowed to stay in their nest areas. The rest moved to Yue and some to Wu. The entire Xu Kingdom fell into the hands of Huai.
Chen Yi sent all the bronze ritual vessels and heaven-sacrifice vessels from Xu State back to Huai State, and then returned to Huai State with the wealth accumulated by Xu Guo's office, books, history books, and female officials and attendants.
Wang Jin once again sent 30,000 troops to garrison the old land of Xu State, and at the same time dispatched students from the academies to go to Xu State to implement the laws of Huai State.
Although the Xu State was an ally with the Huai State, its domestic system was far behind that of the Huai State. The first thing the Huai State did when they came was to abolish the taxes before the Xu State, re-measure the acres of land, and at the same time allocate the farmland confiscated from the nobles to the common people.
The original slavery system of Xu State was abolished and its land was distributed for farming.
After some restructuring in Huai State, Xu State soon returned home. In this era, with the development of productivity, slavery has declined, but many countries are still practicing slavery. For example, Jin, Qin, and Chu all had a large number of slaves in the country.
Xu State was able to directly abolish slavery because the Huai State wiped out all the upper class of Xu State in the First World War. Otherwise, without their obstruction, Xu State's slavery would not be reformed at all.
The Huai State monitors the families of ministers who destroyed the country. If they do not defeat them honestly, or if they are planning something secretly, a big stick will be struck immediately.
Over the years, all kinds of things have been completely divided, and too many nobles and nobles have been killed. Of course, there are also some nobles who accept it quickly, and the typical representative among them is the Gongyang family.
The Gongyang family was originally a minister of Han State, but now he also holds a high position of power in Huai State.
After some migration, the vast majority of the Qingshi families were severely damaged, and not many of them could really continue to survive. Many Qingshi families eventually became local wealthy households. Of course, if they were really talented, they would also get Promote and reuse.
