Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

While Dong Huang was fighting against the Han Palace, a more bloody battle was staged on the land of Huainan.

In order to save Shaopi's food supply, Lord Chun Shen, or King Huang, the monarch of the Huang Kingdom, had to lead his troops to a decisive battle with the elite Chu army that raided from the west.

The main force of the Chu army occupying the vicinity of Shaopi has a total of 250,000 eighth-level elites who can form a military formation, of which 100,000 are the elite of the elite - Wang Zu.

Chun Shenjun was not afraid of the main army, but Chun Shen Jun couldn't help but deal with the one hundred thousand king's soldiers carelessly.

Wang Zu was an elite soldier trained by the whole nation of Chu. His overall strength was a level higher than that of the regular army and he would not be dispatched easily. But this time, Chu State obviously couldn't wait any longer.

In order to ensure that this army could be defeated smoothly, Lord Chun Shen not only gathered most of the elites who could form a military formation, but even the elites from various feudal lords were transferred to serve as cannon fodder;

At the same time, in order to prevent the Chu army from forcibly crossing the Huaihe River, Chun Shenjun also made effective arrangements. Not only did he let his confidant Zhu Ying personally guard it, but he also asked the Dayu army for help and asked the Dayu army to help defend the Huaihe River.

The Dayu Army naturally understood that this was actually Chun Shenjun deliberately dragging the Dayu Army into the water. If the Dayu Army did not help, Chunshen Lord would most likely be alone and be attacked by the Chu Lord from both sides, and then be defeated.

Lord Chun Shen knew that Dayu's army would not be able to see him defeated easily.

This is indeed the case. Dayu hopes that Chun Shen Jun can contain the Chu army more, and it is best to lose both sides with the Chu army. This time, Dayu Jun had to accept Chun Shen Jun's kidnapping.

Huang Zhong, the general of the Dayu Army, personally led one hundred thousand elites to cross the Huai River, which had never been blocked by the Chu army, and rushed to Shouchun for support. At the same time, the Dayu Army Navy also began to intensify water operations, clean up the river channel, and make a posture to cut off the Shouchun section of the Huai River again.

In this context, the decisive battle between Chun Shenjun and the Chu army in the west began quickly.

Chun Shenjun's opponent this time is no longer Li Yuan, but Xiong Rui, a general born in the royal family.

Xiong Rui was not well-known, but he had served as a general among the king's soldiers for a long time and was trusted by the king of Chu. This time he was sent out by the king of Chu who had no generals.

The fact that there are no generals in the army is also the biggest pain for Chu State.

Chun Shenjun, who led the Chu army to destroy Lu and also defeated Qin, was actually the best general in Chu. Xiang Yan was considered the backbone of Chu's prime ministers. Apart from them, there was really nothing in Chu. There are no generals at the level of Qin Wanglu, Yang Duanhe, and Huanjue who can do it.

As a result, Lord Chun Shen has now betrayed the country and became the Yellow King, and Xiang Yan has now become an important general of the Dayu Army because of his counterintuitive plot.

The most capable general of the Chu State turned out to be Li Yuan, an ambitious man who had suffered repeated defeats.

King Chu Kaolie was also helpless.

As soon as Chun Shenjun and Xiong Ruifu fought, Chun Shenjun discovered that Xiong Rui's commanding ability was insufficient.

Xiong Rui was simply unable to effectively command an army composed of 250,000 elites and 200,000 auxiliary soldiers. It was even difficult for him to command even 100,000 royal soldiers. There are also huge problems with coordination among the more than seventy camps that stretch for dozens of miles.

After a day of testing, Chun Shenjun launched a fierce attack on Xiong Ruijun's left wing camp at dawn the next day.

The left wing is the weakest point of the Chu army. The army formations here are sparse and ordinary, and the personnel are not very elite.

Sure enough, less than an hour after the battle started, Chun Shenjun broke through three barriers on the left wing of the Chu army and killed seven or eight generals of the Chu army.

According to Chun Shenjun, Xiong Rui should send reinforcements at this time, and he also made plans to take advantage of the situation to counterattack the main force of Xiong Rui's army.

However, what Chun Shenjun didn't expect was that Xiong Rui didn't care about the life and death of the left wing at all, and directly pressed all the king's soldiers from the central army, approaching Chun Shen Jun's central army; at the same time, the Chu army's right wing also moved, and actually Regardless of the other two wings and the main camp's defense, they were approaching Chun Shenjun's left wing.

"Fighting on your own? Interesting!"

Chun Shenjun chuckled.

He has already figured out the way.

Xiong Rui knew that he was not qualified to command a large army in battle, so he directly gave up the specific command of the left camp, right camp and rear camp, and was only responsible for commanding the 100,000 kings and soldiers under his command.

He wanted to rely on the powerful king's soldiers to charge head-on to fight decisively.

He wants to directly press the main force to fight a big battle without effective command.

Although it seems like a bad battle, in fact, this is Xiong Rui's best choice - provided that these 100,000 kings and soldiers have sufficient combat effectiveness, organization, morale and toughness, otherwise they will easily be defeated by the collapse of the flanks. Impact, and may even fall into siege and collapse.

Of course, Xiong Rui may have another idea, that is, in a battle with hundreds of thousands of people, even Chun Shenjun cannot effectively command everyone. The final situation on the battlefield will depend on the level of the generals on both sides. The generals on both sides were basically Chu generals, and they were all equally bad!

Xiong Rui wanted to break the bank by expanding the battlefield to minimize Chun Shenjun's command advantage, thereby dragging Chun Shen Jun's army to the same level as the Chu army as much as possible, and then defeat Chun Shenjun with his rich low-level experience. Shen Jun.

"Then let's fight!"

Chun Shenjun was not afraid at all.

The king's soldiers are indeed elite, and they are undoubtedly the strongest army in the Chu State. There are only two hundred thousand in total, but there are no strong generals. If the generals and the king's soldiers have low compatibility and poor ability, then what is the use of a strong army? Woolen cloth!

One soldier is raging, and the general is raging in a nest.

Chun Shenjun is not afraid at all.

Chun Shenjun decisively commanded the main force of 150,000 to collide with Xiong Rui's troops.

The fact is just as Chun Shenjun expected, the Chu army kings and soldiers, whose individual strength is obviously better than Chun Shen Jun's elite, under the leadership of Xiong Rui, the combat effectiveness of the military formation is as good as Chun Shen Jun's. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers under his leadership was similar, and the two sides actually had an exchange ratio of almost one to one.

However, the tenacity of the Chu army exceeded Chun Shenjun's imagination.

Chun Shenjun originally wanted to attack the Chu army's left wing first. If the Chu army came to help, he would divide and encircle it. If the Chu army did not come to help, he would simply defeat them one by one.

However, although the Chu army did not assist the left wing, the Chu army's left wing showed extraordinary resilience. Even after five barriers were breached, it still held on.

The king's soldiers in the center of the Chu army seemed to have put aside all distracting thoughts and rushed forward with all their heart, without any fear of life or death.

Among the Chu army's Wang Zhongjun, Chun Shenjun also discovered a group of witches. These witches were muttering words, and every time they burned incense, one of them would commit suicide with a sharpened dragon bone dagger.

Under the continuous suicide of the witches, the momentum of the Chu King's soldiers not only did not decrease, but gradually increased, and their physical strength did not drop significantly, so that in the decisive battle with Chun Shenjun's elite, they gradually gained the upper hand. signs. .

What Chun Shenjun didn't expect was that even the auxiliary soldiers of the Chu army who had been ignored by him went crazy and rushed towards Chun Shenjun's troops without fear of death.

Of course, many of the auxiliary soldiers on Chun Shenjun's side also showed extraordinary fighting spirit, and started a fight with the Chu State's auxiliary soldiers like novices pecking each other.

What Chun Shenjun didn't know was that the war agents on both sides were getting angry.

This is a battle involving hundreds of thousands of eighth-level elites. If you even get some military exploits, you will earn a lot of money. It would be even more exciting if we missed and killed some more powerful eighth-level soldiers.

Of course, the agents of war will not miss this opportunity.

Faced with the unexpected tenacity of the Chu army, Chunshen Jun, who was unable to defeat the Chu army in the front, could only continue his previous strategy and ordered to defeat the Chu army's left wing first, and then divide and surround the Chu army.

When Chun Shenjun's forces fought fiercely with Xiong Rui's troops, just as Chun Shenjun expected, the Chu army forcibly crossed the Huaihe River.

What Chun Shen Jun did not expect was that the Chu army that forcibly crossed the Huai River was actually a king's soldier, and was led by the King of Chu himself.

You must know that the Chu Kingdom only has a total of 200,000 kings and soldiers. In other words, this time the Chu King really came from an empty country to attack.

What's even more terrifying is the strength of this royal pawn.

Unlike the king soldiers led by Xiong Rui, who were all eighth-level warriors, one-third of the troops led by the King of Chu himself had ninth-level strength. The average number of middle- and high-level generals were at Myth level one, and even some at Myth level two. level, and the rest are basically at the peak of the eighth level.

Even if it is only at the beginning of the ninth level, with the bonus of the military formation, it can be increased to the middle of the ninth level, or even the peak of the ninth level! Some of them can even reach the first level of mythology with bonuses. The king's pawn at the peak of the eighth level can also reach the ninth level with the bonus of the military formation.

Moreover, this army is equipped with the most sophisticated armor and weapons from the Chu State, so its combat effectiveness can be imagined.

After the Chu State was defeated in the Battle of Yanying and was forced to move its capital to Chendu, it frantically collected troops from the east of Chu State and gained more than 100,000 troops.

"The King of Chu collected troops from the east and gained more than 100,000 troops. He returned to the west and captured 15 cities south of the Yangtze River."

The 100,000 elite soldiers led by King Kaolie of Chu are the descendants of the 100,000 most elite troops assembled by the whole country after the Battle of Yanying in Chu State. Some of the backbones were even those who participated in King Xiang of Chu's Western Army. He sent out strong soldiers to recapture fifteen cities from Qin.

They are the last trump card in King Chu's hand.

This time the King of Chu personally led the troops out, so naturally he decided to fight tooth and nail.

In fact, no matter how stupid the King of Chu is, he should realize that if he doesn't fight hard, Chu will really die.

It’s okay if the land south of the Yangtze River is lost, but the sacred land of Huainan cannot be regained. The collapse of finances and the lack of food and grass are enough to bring down the Chu army.

Under the personal supervision of King Chu Kaolie, the last elite of Chu State rushed across the pontoon bridge like a rainbow.

The well-prepared coalition forces of Zhu Ying and Huang Zhong formed an arrow formation and launched a saturation attack on the Chu army crossing the river.

Although the Chu army formed a military formation and had large shields, they still suffered heavy losses in the narrow pontoon area.

However, the Chu army's bravery and fearlessness exceeded the imagination of the coalition forces. After killing tens of thousands of people in vain, the Chu army finally came into close combat with the coalition forces.

The angry Chu army showed Chun Shenjun what it means to be brave and fearless!

In fact, as long as the king spares his life, the army of any country in the world can produce very good combat effectiveness.

Under the outbreak of the Chu army's king's soldiers, the 180,000 allied troops were defeated by the Chu's vanguard troops of less than 30,000 people.

Huang Zhongchu aimed at the King of Chu at the right time and shot an arrow. However, when the arrow passed through the King of Chu's military formation, it seemed to be shot into a ball of viscous liquid. The speed and power were sharply reduced. In the end, although He shot the king of Chu, but did not cause fatal injuries.

Huang Zhong wanted to shoot again, but found that King Chu had been protected by layers of shields. Seeing that the King of Chu was injured, the Chu army burst out with even greater fighting power out of anger.

Huang Zhong still wanted to shoot the Chu army generals, but it was obvious that the Chu army generals had learned the lesson a long time ago, so Huang Zhong couldn't find a few to shoot for a while.

Facing the king's pawn who showed absolute crushing strength, even if Zhu Ying's command was correct, even if Huang Zhong tried his best, not only did he let 90,000 space soldiers attack, but the military formation troops were also on the front line, but it still didn't matter No help.

Zhu Ying's troops collapsed first, and Zhu Ying abandoned his army and fled.

Huang Zhong's 90,000 eighth-level space soldiers were almost visibly defeated.

Huang Zhong's troops were unable to support themselves alone.

Huang Zhong could only cut off the warriors' wrists, let the space soldiers be cut off, and then lead the strategic shift of the military formation.

As a result, as soon as Huang Zhong left, the space troops quickly collapsed.

Once the troops of Zhu Ying and Huang Zhong were defeated, Lord Chun Shen was attacked from both sides.

At that time, Chun Shen Jun had actually defeated the Chu army's left wing and suppressed the Chu army's right wing. Chun Shen Jun's troops even attacked the Chu army's central camp from the flank and were about to complete the siege of the Chu army's king's soldiers.

However, the tenacity of Xiong Rui's soldiers was beyond Chun Shenjun's imagination. His frontal military formation was almost penetrated by Xiong Rui's soldiers.

After receiving the information brought by Huang Zhong, Lord Chun Shen had no choice but to give up the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Chu king's soldiers. Similarly, after the strong man cut off his wrist and entangled the Chu army, he commanded the large army to retreat, hoping to retreat and protect Shouchun.

But on a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people, it's not that easy to retreat.

Finally, we got the news that the troops retreating with Chun Shenjun were only over 100,000 people.

To make matters worse, when Chun Shenjun and Huang Zhong's troops retreated to Shouchun City, Chun Shenjun's confidant He Ning had already retreated to Shouchun City without knowing it, and the city gates were tightly closed to prevent Chun Shenjun from entering.

There is no doubt that He Ning has contacted many war agents and even Chun Shenjun's retainers at some point, and is ready to betray him if the war goes against him.

Unable to enter the city, Xiong Rui and the Chu King's pursuers also quickly caught up. Chun Shenjun's troops were defeated again and could only retreat towards Chaohu City.

In the process of retreating, Chun Shenjun experienced betrayal again and again.

First, the feudal lords rebelled one after another, and then most of Chun Shenjun's retainers also chose to betray. Zhu Ying, who abandoned the army first and fled, was missing.

Although Chun Shenjun was very capable in both military and civil affairs, he did not know how to recognize people. Although he had three thousand followers, they were aggressive, aggressive, extravagant and flashy. He was truly talented and capable. There are not many chivalrous ones, the most outstanding ones are Zhu Ying and Li Yuan, and Li Yuan is still a betrayer, and Zhu Ying is just a Zhu Paopao.

Historically, when King Chu Kaolie was about to die, Zhu Ying reminded Chun Shenjun to be careful of Li Yuan, but Chun Shen Jun didn't listen, so Zhu Ying ran away; Chun Shen Jun was later killed by Li Yuan, but Chun Shen Jun None of the three thousand disciples, including Zhu Ying, wanted to avenge Chun Shenjun. This was completely unimaginable in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many people who would die just because of a word or a promise. If the monarch was killed, the disciples should avenge the monarch at all costs.

For example, Yu Rang, a disciple of Zhi Boyao, assassinated Zhao Xiangzi many times in order to avenge Zhao Xiangzi after Zhi Yao was killed. He even went so far as to paint his body with lacquer and swallow charcoal fire to change his appearance and voice in order to seek revenge. After his revenge failed and he was caught, Yurang asked for Zhao Xiangzi's clothes, drew his sword and struck off his clothes as a sign of revenge, and then committed suicide with his sword.

This chivalrous style even continued into the Han Dynasty and even the Three Kingdoms period.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Dian Wei, Xiahou Dun, Xu Shu and others all had the experience of revenge.

But Chun Shenjun's disciples... not only did not avenge him, but some of them killed their masters.

It can only be said that Chun Shenjun is really problematic in some aspects.

Chun Shenjun's disastrous defeat exceeded Dayu's army's expectations.

The main reason was that Dayu's army underestimated the terrifying power of Wang's army.

The king's soldiers under the leadership of King Chu Kaolie are definitely more terrifying than Xiang Yan's "Fenglin Huoshan" military formation at this stage!

Of course, in the past two years, the Chu army has not performed well, which is one of the important reasons for this tragic defeat. After all, the Yu army has underestimated the enemy. It seems that with the addition of Huang Zhong's 100,000 people , it won’t be a disastrous defeat, and at worst it can defend Shouchun.

At that time, the five hundred sharks secretly transferred back will be used to first cut off the pontoon bridge, and then forcibly clear the river channel and cut off the Huai River, so that the main force of the Chu army can be surrounded and killed near Shouchun.

As a result, I didn't expect that the Chu army would be so fierce.

Huang Zhong brought 10,000 troops who could initially form a military formation and 90,000 space soldiers, plus Zhu Ying's 100,000 military formation troops, but they were defeated by 30,000 people.

Although Zhu Ying's abandonment of the army and Huang Zhong's unwillingness to fight with 10,000 natural elites were also important reasons, a defeat was a defeat.

In fact, after the Chu army's 30,000 soldiers crossed the river, Lu Xun, the commander of the Huai River navy, had the opportunity to order the shark to destroy the pontoon bridge at all costs. But Lu Xun held back because he had seen that the coalition forces could not even defeat these 30,000 people.

In this case, let's keep this secret weapon for a while.

Anyway, as long as Chu State does not have the power to defeat Dayu's navy, Chu State will always be strategically passive in Huainan. Dayu's army can still take advantage of the navy and the natural dangers of Huai River at any time to divide the battlefield again.

Of course, you still have to apologize when you apologize.

The confessions of Huang Zhong and Lu Xun were quickly submitted to the cabinet. Because Dong Huang was in Korea, state affairs were entrusted to the cabinet and Jia Xu, so Jia Xu held a special meeting.

Defeat will naturally lead to punishment, but this will have to wait for Dong Huang to make a decision. In fact, the cabinet does not feel that the defeat is Huang Zhong's fault. The main reason is that no one expected that the Chu king's soldiers would be so fierce, and almost all of them were surrendered. Wei struck.

Huang Zhong was not unjustly defeated, and he also tested Chu's true trump card, which can be considered a meritorious service.

Under the circumstances at that time, even if someone else led the army, it was impossible to win.

"It would be great if the Wei-Qi coalition forces fight the Chu army, but they have to be on guard against Qin."

Jia Xu said without starting or ending.

But the cabinet members understood what Jia Xu meant.

Jia Xu wanted to fight again.

After Jia Xu advanced, Luanwu became a more powerful barrier. Not only was it larger in area and trapping more people, it could also maximize the hostility of all forces within the barrier and inspire their murderous intentions.

If the elites of Chu, Wei, and Qi were trapped in the barrier by Jia Xu during a decisive battle, then even if the Chu king's soldiers won, it would be a tragic victory.

The only problem is that if Wei is severely weakened and Qin attacks Wei, Wei may not be able to withstand it. Although South Korea is part of Da Yu, its national strength is there, so it may not be able to help much.

After all, the Three Jin Dynasties had already been crippled by Qin.

Even if South Korea has Dian Wei, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia, it can still barely protect itself. Zhao State is now half dead, and Wei State relies entirely on Lord Xinling to survive.

If Wei's losses are too great this time, Wei will really not be able to stop Qin.

Qin is Dayu's biggest enemy.

The Warring States Period is a chaotic game of chess with one super player and many powerful players. How to gain maximum benefits between balance and checks is the most important test of the player's skill.

"If you want to restrict Qin, you must capture this place, but you cannot overly stimulate Qin, lest Qin sets its main target on us."

Pang Tong pointed to the location of Yingdu on the map.

"An attack on Ying will definitely stimulate the Qin State, but... if the Wei State suffers heavy losses in the process of attacking the Chu State, and Lord Xinling dies, do you think the Qin State will fight with us again or go to attack the Wei State?"

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and said.

"Diverting trouble to the east!"

Pang Tong's eyes lit up.

If Wei's soldiers suffer heavy losses and Lord Xinling is gone, then the state of Wei will really become a weak persimmon.

The key to Jia Xu's strategy is that Lord Xinling must die, otherwise Qin may not really attack Wei.

Lord Xinling's prestige is too high and his military skills are too strong. Even Meng Ao, the first military general of the Qin State at this time, was defeated miserably. The Qin State was indeed unwilling to attack the Wei State with Lord Xinling.

In fact, for Qin, South Korea is the real soft persimmon.

But if Dayu dares to stroke the tiger's beard, Qin, which has not lost so much land in decades, may not give up. After all, Yingdu is the biggest achievement of Qin's war against Chu.

Moreover, after seeing the power of King Chu's soldiers, the cabinet also had doubts about whether it could defeat Qin.

With the support of the military formation, the soldiers of the King of Chu were able to cut melons and vegetables even against the eighth-level space soldiers, let alone the more powerful warriors of Qin.

"There is still a question of whether we can win the Qin State. Judging from the current situation, compared with the northern powers, our army can only fight water battles or rely on defensive battles in the city. Frontal combat lacks a decisive main force. Our army Nor should we waste time fighting before the main force has been trained."

Dong Zhao spoke.

"Let's form the Western Front Army, with Gao Shun as the chief general and Xi Zhicai as the military advisor. Zhou Tai, Zhang Liao, Xu Chu, Zhao Yun, Zhuge Liang, Xu Huang, Zhang He, Yue Fei, and Han Shizhong will all be placed under the command of Gao Shun, and they will have full authority to deal with the enemy. Qin war.

The priority goal is to capture Yingdu.

Once the Qin army shows signs of reinforcements from Nanyang to Yingdu, Jiang Qin can be ordered to move up the Han River to threaten the Qin army's retreat, and notify South Korea to pay close attention to the movements in Wanye.

If there are reinforcements from the Bashu direction, the army can abandon the capital of Ying and go directly to Shu to seize Wujun and Bajun, thereby mobilizing the Qin army and choosing the opportunity to defeat and annihilate the Qin army's effective forces in the movement.

The Qin army did not dare to give up the land of Bashu.

Leave the barbarians in Qianzhong County and Jingnan to Queen Zhurong, and ask Queen Zhurong to supervise Zhang Ren's, Wutugu's, Samoko's, etc., to pacify the Jingnan barbarians as soon as possible, and transfer Huang Quan to past.

By the way, Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Du Yu, and Zhuge Ke were all transferred to Gao Shun.

The center will be handed over to you, and I will go to Huaibei in person with Xiang Yan, Yue Jin, Tai Shi Ci, Yu Jin and other troops. "

Jia Xu expressed his thoughts and then asked: "Do you have any other suggestions?"

"Both His Majesty and the Prime Minister are not at the center. This..."

Dong Zhao raised objections.

"It doesn't matter, the cabinet will make the decision."

Jia Xu was relieved.

Loyalty is one aspect, and there is no soil for careerists to be born in Dayu's system.

"Zheng Guo also goes to the Western Front!"

Zhang Ji suggested.

Zheng Guo was the hydraulic engineer who built the Zheng Guo Canal. In history, in order to delay Qin's offensive, Zheng Guo was sent to Qin next year to implement a plan to weaken Qin and persuade Qin to build Zheng Guo Canal, which cost Qin a lot of manpower. Material resources, unable to move east on a large scale in a short period of time.

Of course, after the Zhengguo Canal was built, Qin became richer and easier to travel eastward.

Even if most people know a little about the historical war agents of Qin, they don’t know that Jinyang and other places will rebel against Qin and return to Zhao this year, and they are not even very familiar with the name Zheng. After all, it is normal to not be clear about the things in these corners. .

But most people may have heard of the famous Zheng Guoqu.

In today's South Korea, there is no need to send talents like Zheng Guo to Qin. It is better to use them for ourselves, so Zheng Guo's family was sent to Haojing, and Zheng Guo officially became a water worker in Dayu.

At this time, Zheng Guo was inspecting the water network in the south of the Yangtze River and helping Dayu plan the canal!

"Okay, you can plan ahead and see if there is any possibility of planning a canal from Yingdu to Deng (Xiangyang), and pay attention to the hydrology of the Han River."

Jia Xu was obviously paving the way for the future attack on Qin.

The place Ying is important, but if you really want to threaten the Central Plains, you have to capture Deng.