"My lord, what you said makes sense, so we have to grab it quickly and then go back after we finish it. Anyway, the Chu country is so big, we can't destroy it."
"Indeed, the Chu State is too big. Many of its lords are still mobilizing their armies. The capital of Ying was conquered by us. The strength of the Chu State is still there. Now we are just caught off guard. It's better to accept it as soon as possible. In this way, we can not only grab a wave of Chu State's resources, but also quickly occupy one or two hundred counties of Chu State and establish a new line of defense. By then, our Wu State will have more than 500 counties. If it is developed well, The next time we continue to rob Chu State."
There are still some people who agree with Mr. Changqing's idea. However, good medicine tastes bitter and loyal advice offends the ears. Everyone was happy. Changqing said this, which made many people unhappy. It seems that you are the only one in Wu who has a long-term vision. You said Haven't we seen these?
"Why not destroy the country? Seize the opportunity and destroy the Chu State!"
"Yes, after destroying the Chu State, my country, Wu, will become really powerful!"
"But, didn't we just plan to grab a handful and leave at the beginning?"
"The capital of Ying has been conquered. How can this not destroy the Chu State? This shows that the Chu State is just a paper tiger!"
"Yes, we have reformed, but Chu State has not reformed. Chu State is no longer the powerful Chu State in the past. We destroyed Chu State and replaced it!"
"In the battle on the Yangtze River, Chu's army was twice as strong as ours, but we were suppressing it. If it weren't for the water fortress, twice the army would not be our opponent. In the battle at Yingdu , Mr. Changqing has five battles and five victories, which fully shows that the state of Chu has long been decayed."
"And the battle outside Yingdu City. In one day and one night, Chu State only managed to recruit eighteen first-generation monarchs. Is this the same Chu State that sent out dozens of first-generation monarchs for blackmail at every turn?"
"Yes, from the first pass to the outside of the capital city of Ying, in one day and one night, which first-generation monarch could not come to Ying capital if he wanted to?"
"Yes, although the Chu State is very big, if it were a first-generation monarch, it would be enough to crawl outside Yingdu in a day and a night. But why are there only eighteen first-generation monarchs, and twelve of them are temporary breakthroughs? "
"There is a conflict between Feng Jun and Chu Hou, but they have not been able to reach an agreement."
"Yes, this is our opportunity. If we take advantage of it, it is possible to destroy the Chu State."
"Yes, we only attack the Chu lord's army, not the feudal lord's army. Qiu did not commit any crime against the feudal lord, and even granted them the territory that originally belonged to Chu State. As for the Chu lord, we pursued and attacked fiercely, By then, we will be able to take over the entire Chu Kingdom and replace the Xiong family!"
Make Dawu great again!
This idea suddenly appeared in the minds of many people.
There's something going on!
If the feudal lord is powerful, wouldn't it be enough not to do anything to those lords?
Without the help of the feudal lord, how many troops does the Marquis of Chu still have?
Looking at the people with high morale, although Mr. Changqing didn't want to speak, he still told the truth out of personal integrity: "Now the battle line is too long, and it is tens of thousands of miles away from the Wu border."
"We now only occupy the Yangtze River and its vicinity, and we do not have enough time to slowly refine the entire Yangtze River. This means that as long as the enemy is willing, they can use their understanding and control of the Yangtze River at any time to counterattack Come and attack our logistics."
"Although we have won five out of five battles this time, there are only eight thousand Dao soldiers left out of ten thousand. Moreover, the remaining eight thousand have burned their own essence and blood, and they have not recovered yet. Various The consumption of strategic materials is also very fast. Before and after these five wars, at least 10 trillion war materials were sent out. Afterwards, if you want to quickly recover the army, it will cost at least 1 trillion to 2 trillion. This is all It's money."
"The most important thing is that Chu is too big."
"The border of Wu State is at least tens of thousands of miles away from the capital of Ying. Huang-level Taoist soldiers have to drink and eat well and eat enough meat every day. They have to transport a large amount of materials from the rear every day. Fortunately, we have the Yangtze River, but The Yangtze River also belongs to the Chu State and is not safe."
"Wu's military strength is limited. If we want both, the army will be dispersed. Once dispersed, even the local princes may dare to provoke us."
"I feel that today's Wu is actually not ready to completely wipe out Chu."
"The state of Chu is so big that Wu alone cannot bear it."
To put it bluntly, there are still a large number of demons and ghosts in Chu State that have not been eliminated.
Maybe there are several demon gods hidden in Yunmengze, maybe there are demon gods in Dongting Lake, and maybe there are still demon gods in certain famous mountains and rivers.
There must be more than three or five demon gods hiding in the territory of thousands of counties.
As long as the people of Chu State make good use of these demons and gods, they can bring heavy damage to Wu State.
What's more, after the Xiong family claims to be the Zhu Rong family, who knows whether it is true or not?
What if the push comes to shove and the Xiong family really uses some of its secrets to create a one-time great master?
When the Xiong family was in a hurry, they simply ignored the rules and sent a one-time first generation to the Wu Kingdom to cause destruction. Can the Wu Defense Force survive?
Having said this, Mr. Changqing straightened his face and started to ask questions: "Fu Chai, tell me, how did I teach you the art of war in the first place? Tell me, what do you think you should do now?"
Fu Chai's voice was louder when he was making noises just now, so Chang Qing Wu directly called his name.
At this moment, Fu Chai returned to the days when he was taught the art of war by Sun Wu along with other generals. He immediately shrank: "I think... I think... I think we should give up when we see the opportunity."
After nodding a few thorns, Chang Qing stopped talking. Upon seeing this, Helu laughed and said, "Hahaha, let's disperse first. Now that Yingdu has just been conquered, we must be careful of the Chu people's counterattack."
After everyone left, Helu's face suddenly turned dark.
Sun Changqing's reputation is already so high?
After giving the order, no one else dares to refute?
He is still here now, so it doesn't matter. But what if one day he dies and Fucha succeeds to the throne, who will Wu State listen to at that time?
As for whether Helu can live longer than Mr. Changqing, Helu has also thought about this question, but after thinking about it carefully, he feels that there is a high probability that Mr. Changqing will live longer.
In the past, Helu didn't feel much about it. But now, Helu began to be afraid.
The monarch is such a magical creature. When you have no ability, he thinks you are useless. When you are too capable, he thinks you are a threat.
The same goes for Helu. After Yingdu was conquered, Helu was in a state of flight, a little arrogant and a little ungrounded.
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Too far, too far. The so-called Chu State, the second most powerful country in the world, once defeated all the countries in the Central Plains, and their expressions changed when they heard about it. The result is this?
Jiang Hua and the senior officials of Yancheng had made many plans. Among these plans, some of them were for Chu State to lose, and some for Wu State to be defeated. They made more than 30 plans in a serious manner.
However, even if it is the most outrageous, it will take at least a few years to deal with it.
In the past, it was not uncommon for wars between large vassal states to last for decades, hundreds, or even thousands of years. How could there be anything like the current battle, which took less than a year? To be precise, Ying was defeated from the beginning of the war. It only took half a year.
To be more precise, it only took seven days from the strategic stalemate to the defeat of Yingdu.
Among them, Sun Changqing took 10,000 soldiers to cover up the secret and secretly moved on in five days. In one day, he broke through three passes and defeated the main force of the Chu army's capital. The remaining day was spent in attacking Yingdu.
The actual fighting time was only two days.
"Isn't this Yingdu known as the capital of the Chu Kingdom? It has countless internal formations and has been run by Chu Hou for so many years. Every plant and tree inside, and every aura, has long been stamped with Chu Hou's mark, right?"
"According to the intelligence we collected before, Yingdu has already become a world of its own. Once the formation is activated, the internal rules will be different from those of the outside world in a short period of time. This is clearly a method that only a truly powerful country can have. This is already With Da Zhenren level methods and such a formation, if the Marquis of Chu were to defend Yingdu wholeheartedly, it would be difficult for Mr. Chang Qing to break through, right?"
Looking at the information in front of him, Peng Bing expressed his confusion.
It is clear that the Chu State is so strong and leading on paper, but why did it end up like this?
It’s hard to understand, it’s really hard to understand!
"Why do you have to go out to fight when you are approaching the city? Is it really just carelessness? As the Marquis of Chu, don't you worry about what if the army fails? Is it possible that there are so many masters and smart people in the court of Chu State? No one came up with an emergency plan: What if the army is defeated?"
Facing Peng Bing's doubts, Xiao He explained seriously: "It is said that at the beginning of this battle, the Chu army did not devote all its strength, and only sent half of its strength to the suburbs of the city to fight Mr. Changqing."
"For the State of Chu, when the army of the State of Wu approaches the city or the capital of Ying, the Marquis of Chu must respond, and it must be a strong response, otherwise, it will not be able to convince the people. Therefore, going to war is the will of the entire Chu State. The Marquis of Chu could not resist."
Again, if the Jin State comes with a large army from the Central Plains vassal states, then the Marquis of Chu will start to fortify the walls and clear the country without saying a word. No one in the country will think there is a problem with this.
But the small Wu State took advantage of the army not paying attention and sent a partial army to use sneak attacks to break through three passes and advance to the city. This was a shame for the entire Chu State!
Faced with humiliation, Chuhou must respond forcefully. Otherwise, the feudal lords will feel that this generation of Chu princes is not good enough, and it is time for everyone to ignore the Chu princes.
"If the Marquis of Chu does not send troops and directly defends the capital of Ying, there will be no problem militarily, but politically it will be a big loss. The Marquis of Chu must consider politics. If the Marquis of Chu does not send troops, then Chang Qing can lead this army. Loot Chu's resources outside the city, then attack the counties, and then drive the people from the counties to Yingdu, or simply let them disperse."
"At that time, people will not think that Mr. Changqing is very strong, they will only say that the Marquis of Chu is incompetent. Facing a partial army from Wu State, he can only hold on to Yingdu and be a turtle bastard. When the Marquis of Chu is not strong enough, there is no guarantee When the vicinity of Yingdu is safe, the Chu Marquis is not far from death."
Hearing this, Peng Bing nodded: "Well, it is true politically. However, even so, only half of the army was dispatched for this battle, and there were still half of the army left, and there were many private armies of nobles, Where are the personal guards? And where are the palace guards of Chu State?"
Regarding this question, Wu Qi answered: "It's very simple. Mr. Changqing showed the enemy that he was weak at the beginning. He was on par with half of the Chu army, and gave the Chu army a way that they could win as long as they worked harder. Illusion, then, in order to gain credit, the Marquis of Chu sent the remaining troops to join the battle."
This kind of routine is also common.
The so-called Mongolian cavalry in the history of the previous life, the authentic and timid Xue army left by Temujin, was beaten to the ground by Kublai Khan with a group of northern Han marquises.
When the Yuan Dynasty's army attacked the Song Dynasty, they always put the troops of the Han marquis in the north in front. When the Song army was exhausted, the Mongolian warriors who had been waiting for work were dispatched.
Then there was the illusion that the Han people were incompetent, the Han army was incompetent, and they relied solely on Mongolian warriors to conquer the world.
Later, the so-called Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, invincible in the world, followed the same routine.
When you encounter a hard nut to crack, let the Han army come forward. When the Han army had chewed through the hard bones, they let the Eight Banners headquarters come forward.
In this way, the great achievements belong to the Eight Banners warriors.
You Han people are just incompetent. So, you have been fighting for a long time, but it is of no use.
When I, the warrior of the Eight Banners, appear, I will be invincible in the world.
After being hypnotized for a long time, the people at the bottom really believed it.
The same is true for this battle. If the Wu army is too powerful and fights against the troops leaving the city, then the Marquis of Chu will definitely stick to Yingdu and not leave even a step.
But when the Wu army appeared weak and even showed signs of failure, it was time for the Chu Hou to send troops to reap the fruits of victory.
When Chu Hou publicizes it to the outside world, he can say that the victory in this battle was all due to Chu Hou himself.
Winning is important.
Whoever wins the victory is more important!
"However, Marquis Chu did not expect that Wu Jun, who looked very strong, actually hid his fighting power. Mr. Changqing had only shown his invincible style at the level of a real person before, and had not yet shown the strength of a real person."
"After the Marquis of Chu came out with the remaining half of the army, Mr. Changqing no longer hid himself. Therefore, only twelve first generation members were killed in this battle, and they all died trying to protect the Marquis of Chu."
"It is said that after the Marquis of Chu escaped from the battlefield, he did not even enter Yingdu, but ran away directly."
"If the Marquis of Chu had not run away, he would have still been able to hold on when he returned to Yingdu. As long as the Marquis of Chu had not run away, the feudal lords would have had no choice but to come over one after another to rescue Yingdu. And Yingdu itself had been managed for many years, but it still remained. It can be defended.”
"It's just that the Marquis of Chu was frightened out of his wits at that time. Not only the Marquis of Chu was frightened out of his wits, but also the nobles in Yingdu were frightened out of their wits."
"At this time, even if the Marquis of Chu insists, the nobles may continue to flee."
"In short, after this battle is defeated, unless the Marquis of Chu can immediately control the people's hearts, Yingdu will still be unable to defend it. Therefore, fleeing immediately is not the worst option."
(End of chapter)
