Three days later, at the junction of Tonghe Prefecture and Nanhe Prefecture, Lu Wu and Panfu each led their armies to confront each other.
As for why the battlefield did not start under Bingtong County in Nanhe Prefecture, it was because General Pan Fu sent an envoy with a message to Lu Wu.
"After a long confrontation, General Lu can suppress Nanhe Mansion single-handedly?"
This sentence hit Lu Wu's weak spot.
The weak foundation in Nanhe Mansion and the lack of people under his command are Lu Wu's biggest weakness - although Lu Wu uses various means to gather military morale, in fact, even the group of soldiers who really get the benefits may not be optimistic about Lu Wu's ability. Under the pressure of Chu State, they were divided into one party for a long time.
What's more, these subordinates are all newly attached to the Chu army, and their people's hearts are only temporarily inspired, but they are not dead-set. If they don't win a few battles and get some silver to fulfill their promises and boost their morale, I'm afraid that over time, the team will disperse again.
It's okay to work with Lu Wu for a while.
After all, the money he gave was enough, and there are many loyal people in the world who are willing to sacrifice their lives for others, but there are only as many people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for money.
But not everyone is willing to work hard for the rest of their lives, and Lu Wu may not be able to provide them with long-term protection.
Don't look at it as just changing the battlefield, but this is the first confrontation between the two sides fighting for the initiative.
However, Lu Wu also asked the envoy to bring a message to General Panfu: "A certain family wants to wipe out the villages and towns first and recruit militia. I wonder if the General has the responsibility to protect the territory?"
This sentence also forced Pan Fu to walk out of Pingshan County and stop Lu Wu's army at the junction of the two prefectures.
If the two countries are at war, Panff may not go to war - because the other party is a national force, and no one can be too cautious.
However, Wu State has not declared war on Chu State so far, which means that Lu Wu is fighting in Chu State in his own name. If he hadn't had the reputation of a fighting general, he would have been directly labeled as a bandit.
Therefore, at such an advantage, if General Panfu still retreats behind, leading to the looting of towns and villages in various places, and even a large number of people being coerced into rebels, then he will have a great responsibility.
So both sides had their own concerns and had to fight at the junction of the two mansions.
On the Luwu side, the unit was a battalion, with one battalion of 500 people and 5,000 people in ten formations, including two battalions of cavalry.
General Panfu's side was led by the captain/general. There were eight formations of a thousand men in each formation, including two formations of cavalry to hold down the two wings, a total of two thousand men.
Although there are less than ten thousand people on both sides, the two armies are arrayed, and the width of the frontal battlefield is still more than two miles. With this distance and the noise on the battlefield, unless a super-level master like Lu Wu, who has reached the pinnacle of internal energy, can only rely on roaring If so, the sound would not be allowed to reach the ears of the generals on both wings.
Therefore, various flags, gongs and drums used for command are essential.
Recognizing drum beats and gongs is part of the training of the regular army. Only officers in counties and counties can master it. Ordinary soldiers are not taught these at all. This is also the battle. Lu Wu is willing to use Yuci Prefecture's surrendered troops as the main force without taking pills. The reason for the county soldiers in Chen County.
Of course, Lu Wu also had another purpose, which was to cut off the retreat of these surrendering troops.
"General Deer!" General Panfu rode out into battle, followed by fifteen guards.
"Old General Pan." Lu Wu also rode out to say hello.
Before the two armies fight, most generals have to communicate with each other to promote their own justice and suppress the morale of the other party.
"General Lu is indeed young, but why did General Lu assassinate our Da Chu officials and invade our Da Chu territory? Our king has sent envoys to Wu to ask why the king of Wu went to war without declaring it. The king of Wu said that this matter is personal to General Lu. General Lu, can you tell me the reason for the grudge?"
Panf has been thinking about this matter for a long time and is puzzled by it.
General Panfu has a big face, which looked full of flesh when he was young. Now he has put on weight, and his fat face looks quite kind.
"Haha, Lu just wanted to travel to the Central Plains. First, when he was crossing Lanshui, he was surrounded and killed by the Chu navy, and then outside Nanhe Mansion, he was coerced by Wen Yi from the main district of Nanhe City.
If that's the case, then that's it. At worst, Lu will leave. But who would have known that Jiao Heng, the martial arts introductory teacher sent by my father to look for Lu, was captured by a subordinate assigned by Wen Yi in the district just after he passed through. Just after I got the news, before I could save anyone, teacher Jiao Heng was killed by the subordinate official trying to make money.
Do you really think that Mr. Lu is timid and afraid of getting into trouble by bullying a certain family like this? It doesn’t matter if the Chu State is powerful, I will fight against the Chu State! "
Lu Wu's sad and angry voice resounded in front of the two armies, allowing all the soldiers to hear clearly.
"So that's what happened."
"I thought it was a sneak attack by Wu State, but it was a personal grudge that lasted for a long time."
"This is indeed a bit of bullying. Those who are incapable have no choice but to endure it, while those who are capable will of course turn their backs."
"This guy named Lu is quite a man."
"But he wants to be at odds with our great Chu all by himself. He is really overestimating his capabilities."
"Then what should I do? The teacher has the gift of teaching, so you just watch the teacher die and don't take revenge?"
"That's right, if you are a good person, you will be surrounded and killed by the navy when you cross the river. If you fall out before you get to the shore, you will have a good temper. As a result, the teacher will be killed. No one can bear it."
The Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Master of Heaven and Earth—between heaven and earth, men only worship these five deities.
In other words, the revenge for killing your master is comparable to the revenge for killing your father. This kind of hatred can be called a mortal enemy. If you don't avenge it, even the people in the world will look down on you.
Of course, Jiao Heng had only been Lu Wu's first teacher for three days, and felt that Lu Wu was unwilling to endure hardships in martial arts. He spent seven to eight times more time sleeping than practicing martial arts every day. It was definitely impossible to hold up the wall with mud, so the two of them didn't do it at all. Lu Wu would not talk about the formal master-disciple relationship.
General Panfu was also speechless.
He did not doubt Lu Wu's words.
The encounters described by Lu Wu were basically in line with the information he had received, and they also filled in some content that he didn't know. They seemed more reasonable and smooth, and were also very consistent with Lu Wu's young and energetic character, who disagreed with each other and was bearish on life and death.
However, Ou Wenyi also has a long-standing reputation as a virtuous man and has excellent political skills. Why did he do such an unwise move?
However, Pan Fu then thought about it, maybe Ou Wenyi saw that this man was young and could be bullied, so he might have wanted to subdue him - Chu State was in short supply of fighting generals.
If this person can be collected and paid, it will not only reduce the threat of Wu State, but also add an extremely important combat force to Chu State.
Chu and Yan Qi have been fighting for years in the north of Chu. Chu lost more in the field and won less. In most cases, Chu could only stay in the city, and the situation was extremely passive.
This is because both Yan and Qi countries have fighting generals, who really took advantage of them in field battles.
The Chu State did not dare to fight in the field, because it could not withstand the sudden attack of the generals. If they were prepared, it would not be that they could not stop the generals. At worst, they could concentrate their magic arms and bows and use their crossbows to shoot them continuously.
If the martial arts master is allowed to ambush in the army, he will have a better chance of directly killing the general.
The problem is that the fighting generals do not attack from the front clearly, but often burst out suddenly during the fierce battle between the two armies. Relying on their own bravery, they lead their own soldiers to break through the army formation at any point.
Those who can resist the fighting generals are the top elites in the army, at least the seventh-level masters with the highest level of external martial arts form a team.
No general can deploy such top elites everywhere on the entire army front - if such an army existed, it would be enough to push them all the way across, and there would be no need for field battles.
Moreover, a real fighting general must be surrounded by elite personal guards, and he is not easily besieged.
If there is a fighting general in the Chu State, as long as he can withstand the attack of the opposing fighting general, there is no need to be afraid of going out of the city to fight in the field.
Maybe Ou Wenyi loves talents and plans to hit him with a stick first and then a sweet date?
This kind of trick played by a superior person is not unusual, but it depends on who the target is.
Ou Wenyi probably didn't explain the key point clearly. The officials under him were greedy for money, which directly killed Jiao Heng. He originally planned to use Jiao Heng to threaten Lu Wu, but he suddenly offended him to death.
Then Lu Wu came directly to the door and chopped off Ou Wenyi's head?
That's about it.
Panf thought.
