Infinite War Begins with Cao Thief

Shu County.

Lord Changping breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the grain that was about to mature all over the mountains and plains.

After Fan Mu's actions, Lord Changping was really short of food. Now that the food was about to mature, he could safely conquer Bajun.

This time, he wants to use his beautiful record to show everyone that he is not a useless snack.

He can also become a famous general!

That night, Chang Pingjun had a good dream.

In the dream, he not only captured Bacheng, but also Wu County and Qianzhong County along the way, and showed great glory in the Battle of Yingdu.

He even dreamed about King Chu Kaolie, whose appearance was blurred in his memory, and about being crowned in Yingdu.

King Chu Kaolie also wrote a letter to him before the decisive battle and gave him a token - Wang Xi.

King Chu Kaolie's letter is more like an edict than a letter. The main content is to tell him that it is completely legal for him to inherit the throne of Chu if necessary, because he is the eldest son of King Chu Kaolie!

In fact, King Chu Kaolie actually prepared several copies of the same edict. Several of King Chu Kaolie's underage sons and the adult royal family all had a copy, just in case.

But Mr. Changping doesn’t know!

He thought that his father who abandoned him regarded him as the only one and the last hope of Chu State!

Chang Pingjun's mood was a little complicated.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many countries liked to support the sons of other countries to become kings or even restore the country. For example, the long-awaited King Zhaoxiang of Qin might not be able to ascend to the throne without the military escort of Zhao and Yan; for example, the son of Yan After the chaos broke out, it was King Wuling of Zhao who escorted the prince back to Yan State by force to ascend the throne, and the Yan State was able to survive.

There are many, many more examples like this!

The prince's revenge was staged one after another.

Lord Changping also dreamed that he had succeeded in revenge.

He dreamed that after he ascended the throne, he marched all the way east and was invincible, destroyed the State of Yu, rebuilt the state of Chu, and cut Xiang Yan into pieces with a thousand swords to avenge the death of King Kaolie of Chu!

"I am really..."

In the dream, Lord Changping raised the corners of his mouth, and was about to boast about his achievements in rebuilding the Chu Kingdom, when he vaguely heard someone calling him.

"Mr. Changping, Mr. Changping, wake up quickly, it's urgent!"

The calls became more and more urgent.

"You dare to call me Lord Changping, so bold...wait a minute!"

Chang Pingjun sat up smartly and saw Tian Guang with an anxious look on his face.

Tian Guang in history was a heroic hero of the Yan Kingdom who participated in Jing Ke's plan to assassinate the King of Qin.

Because when planning the plan, Prince Dan said, "What Mr. Dan reported and what you said are important matters of the country. I hope you will not divulge them!" He felt that Prince Dan did not trust him, so he committed suicide after introducing Jing Ke.

This is a chivalrous person who lives up to the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The Tian Guang in this time and space is more like the Tian Guang in "Qin Shi Mingyue". He is not yet the farmer's hero, but only the head of Kuei Hall, one of the six halls of the farm. Before Dong Huang slept with the Queen Mother of Huayang, Queen Mother Huayang once gave the Shennong Order to Lord Changping, and Lord Changping got in touch with Tian Guang. Tian Guang was impressed by Lord Changping's demeanor and stayed by Tian Guang's side.

"what happened?"

Looking at the anxious Tian Guang, an ominous premonition arose in Mr. Changping's heart.

Chang Pingjun knew Tian Guang very well, and he was convinced that Tian Guang was a person who could achieve great things. If the situation was not really urgent, he would not be in such a hurry.

"Fire, fire, on fire..."

Tian Guang said breathlessly.

Tian Guang was still young at this time, and his Qi cultivation skills were not up to par.

"What's on fire?"

Changping Jun felt a sudden thought and looked out the window. In the distance outside the window, there seemed to be a faint red fire emerging.

"The rice fields are on fire, countless rice fields are on fire, and the mountains and plains are on fire!"

Tian Guang's eyes contained fear and anger.

As a member of the farmer's family, Tian Guang believes that food is the most important thing for the people. This kind of large-scale burning of food is simply heinous in Tian Guang's opinion.

And because as a close aide of Lord Changping, Tian Guang, who knows many secrets, also knows what it means when so many rice fields are on fire!

The situation is really critical.

"What!"

Changping Jun stood up immediately, grabbed Tian Guang's shoulders, and looked as ferocious as a trapped animal: "Say it again!"

After saying that, without waiting for Tian Guang's answer, Chang Pingjun ran out as fast as he could and flew all the way to the tower.

Lord Changping, who had climbed up to the tower, looked up and saw that there were fires in all directions.

"Yu thief, I swear to be incompatible with you!"

Changping Jun is so angry!

"Yu thief, my farm family swears to be incompatible with you!"

Tian Guang also clenched his fists.

A force that doesn't care about the people is definitely not the master of the Ming Dynasty, it is definitely the enemy of the farmers!

Farmers will never allow such evil forces to continue to harm the people!

[It’s a pity that I am not a hero, otherwise I would have persuaded the farmers to fight against the Yu State to the end...]

Tian Guang secretly made up his mind.

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Of course, Yu State's attack on Qin State was premeditated.

When the rice was about to be harvested, one after another, ugly sharks that looked like shark-shaped dried persimmons and Kisame took advantage of being able to live on both land and water for many years without having to breathe or go ashore, and went up the river all the way. , and then enters Qingyi River and Minjiang River.

Then, these sharks, in groups of ten, quickly dispersed over the vast areas of the Qingyi River and the Minjiang River Basin in the Chengdu Plain, focusing on the Minjiang River with Dujiangyan.

On the agreed date, they crawled out of the river at night, found a position upwind, and started setting fire. After setting the fire, they did not hesitate to fight, immediately jumped back into the water net, and went straight to the next place to set fire.

Overnight, the main granary in the Chengdu Plain was filled with the smell of burning rice.

Occasionally there is the smell of popcorn and roasted game.

Although the soldiers and civilians of the Qin State actively put out fires, some fires were difficult to extinguish once they started. In just one night, at least one-third of the food in the Chengdu Plain was burned.

At the same time, new rumors began to spread in Shu County: Changping Lord deliberately set a fire in order to support the bandits and separatize Bashu. He used the lack of food and grass as an excuse not to fight against the Yu army. Plenty of time to build relationships with your soldiers! The purpose is to separate Bashu in the future!

In short, everything is Chang Pingjun’s conspiracy!

In short, everything is Changping-kun’s fault!

But most Shu people are willing to believe this nonsense.

First, the Shu people were unwilling to believe that the Yu people as far away as Bacheng could cross thousands of mountains and rivers and set fire to flowers and flowers all over the Chengdu plain overnight;

Secondly, they heard that the Yu people were the Sun Bird totem, which was very similar to that of the Shu people. Compared with the Qin people who were the conquerors, they were more willing to believe that the Yu people were one of their own - at least a good person.

This is like an old man who has two children. Those who are around to take care of them all day long are often disliked in various ways; those who live far away only once a year are regarded as filial sons.

Human nature is what it is.

Even the officers and soldiers of the Qin Army looked at Lord Changping with a special look.

Even though the Chu people in the upper echelons of the Qin State are very powerful, the middle and lower levels of the Qin State do not have a good impression of these Chu people, and are even somewhat hostile: Who knows if you foreigners have other ideas? Why do you foreigners with ulterior motives occupy high positions and usurp our Qin people's position?

The whole army was suspicious, which made Lord Changping angry, but he still had no solution at all.

Not only that, he also had to find ways to comfort the people and start collecting and providing disaster relief.

As a result, the war against Dayu was inevitably delayed.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.

But what Changping Jun lacks is food and grass.

Although only one-third of the food in the Chengdu Plain was destroyed, how much would be left if the remaining two-thirds were thrown away from the people's food rations?

There are many more civilians than soldiers.

The one-third that was burned was almost the amount of rations Changpingjun planned for his army to march and fight.

Mr. Changping was helpless.

Between the war and the war, he couldn't make up his mind for a moment.

Naturally, it was impossible for the situation on Lord Changping's side to reach Wang Jian immediately, so Wang Jian sent troops as agreed.

During this period of recuperation, Wang Jian killed two more Bawangs near Danqu. However, under the harassment of the Yu army, Wang Jian could not grow much grain. The grain mainly relied on the Qin State to transport it from Guanzhong to Hanzhong and then to Danqu.

The long grain road was a huge test for the Qin army. Although some war agents presented wheelbarrows and the like, such a long grain road, and for the sake of safety, many people would be escorted, which directly led to a large consumption of food. By the end of the day, ten shi of grain were transported from Guanzhong to Danqu, leaving less than three shi.

Wang Jian even wanted to write a letter not to start a war in Bashu yet, but to concentrate on winning the battle of Yingdu.

As long as the battle of Yingdu is won, using the location of Yingdu, training part of the navy, and finding an opportunity to cross the river with iron ropes, the Yu army can be intercepted at any time on the line from Bacheng to Xiling, and the main force of the Qin army will also have the opportunity to cross the river. . As long as they cross the river, Yu's army will be finished!

In this era, the navy can show off its power for a while, but what really determines the fate of the country is the powerful army.

However, Wang Jian knew politics, and he knew that he could not submit a letter like this, otherwise he would not only offend Lord Changping, but once the battle of Yingdu was lost or Bashu was defeated, the responsibility would fall on him.

All Wang Jian can do is fight this battle well.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the army was rushing to capture, Wang Jian once again showed weakness to the enemy. It seemed that the army was out to capture, but in fact he prepared an elite force. By surprise, under the guidance of the traitor, he defeated the fourth Ba Wang in Danqu.

At this point, including Fan Mu's father, Wang Jian had killed five Ba kings. The Ba people from Dangqu to Dianjiang were all afraid of being killed. They either chose to surrender, fled to the area controlled by the Yu army, or fled further. of deep mountains.

These few Ba Wang heads and thousands of Ba prisoners were packed up by Wang Jian and sent to Xianyang.

Wang Jian staged a prisoner sacrifice.

Wang Jian knew that Qin needed such a prisoner now.

The State of Qin needed a victory to boost the morale of the army, and the King of Qin who single-handedly promoted him needed him to achieve something to maintain the king's face.

Sure enough, the monarchs and ministers of Qin were very happy after accepting the prisoners and heads sent by Wang Jian. The people of Xianyang City were very happy when they saw so many prisoners.

Those who don’t know think that Qin has expanded its territory again!

People are actually the best to lie.

However, the elimination of these Ba Wangs could not change the predicament of Wang Jian's army.

Wang Jian's troops were more powerful than others, and Danqushui had been temporarily deployed. He was not too worried about the Yu army attacking from the waterway, but the disappearance of Wang Ping's troops was a thorn in his heart, and he could not find him. , Wang Jian always felt uneasy in his heart.

It is really terrifying to have such an elusive force that is good at mountain warfare hiding in the dark. If he is not eliminated, the Qin Army's grain transport troops will have to deploy a large number of guard regiments, which greatly aggravates the Qin Dynasty. burden on the country.

Not only that, Wang Jian was also worried that if the Yu army really attacked at all costs, it would be tragic if this army suddenly emerged from the mountains and cut off his retreat when he had to retreat.

Wang Jian's worries were not unfounded. The appearance of Xiang Yan's troops made Wang Jian realize that the Yu army was capable of fighting. Although Wang Jian was confident that he could defeat twice the Yu army with his own troops, Wang Jian had always used troops. The more the merrier, and the unwillingness to take risks.

He was trying to find a way to find Wang Ping's subordinates first.

So where is Wang Ping's headquarters at this time?

Shangyong City.

A group of barbarians wearing tattered clothes, barefoot, but with exquisite animal skins tied around their bodies appeared at the gate of the city.

The defenders at the city gate knew at a glance that the savages from the mountains were out to sell their furs again.

It is said to be sold, but in fact it is put on the market to be bartered. And they, the soldiers guarding the city gate, could also take the opportunity to draw one or two furs as tolls.

However, they were accustomed to oppressing the mountain people, but this time they did not notice the difference between them.

As a result, these "mountain people" easily killed the unsuspecting city gate guards, and then led the large troops into the city.

Shangyong City was captured by Wang Ping.

Wang Ping stayed in the mountains of Hanzhong for nearly three months, during which time he kept looking for the Qin army's weak points. Finally, he discovered that the defense of Shangyong City, hundreds of miles away from Nanzheng, was extremely lax.

In fact, this is not possible because Shangyong is too far away from Nanzheng.

In the Three Kingdoms era, Hanzhong and Shangyong were two counties, and transportation was extremely inconvenient, especially in this world.

With such a long distance, such bad road conditions, and Shangyong is not a battleground for military strategists, who would have thought that Wang Ping, who had disappeared for almost three months, would come from Hanzhong to fight against Shangyong?

Does it make sense to fight it down?

In fact, it does not have any strategic significance, but it allows Wang Ping's troops to take a good rest.

Speaking of which, Wang Ping has been commanding the Wudang Fei Army to fight in the mountains since he attacked Qianzhong County and the southern area of ​​​​Xi'an last year. From southern Hunan to Wu County and then to Ba County and Hanzhong, he fought in the mountains for a year and a half. Through constant tempering in battles and marches, Wang Ping's military formation has been completed.

Wang Ping's military formation is the Wudang Flying Army. It highlights a brave, fearless, fast, and mountainous walking force. When fighting and marching in the mountains, they can get the bonus of the mountainous terrain. This bonus is very hidden. It's also very conspicuous.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains will not take the initiative to attack this unit, and may even become friends of this unit; the harm caused by the mountain miasma to them is minimal or even negligible; drinking mountain water will have almost no side effects It is easier to hide in the mountains and forests, and sleeping on rocks will not be eroded by the earth's energy. On the contrary, it is easier to restore the spirit, physical strength... and so on.

You can almost think of him as a son of the forest! In Western fantasy, they are mountain elves, the kind who can receive blessings from nature.

Wang Ping's Wudang Flying Army is actually different from Zhuge Liang's Wudang Flying Army. In frontal combat, Wang Ping's Wudang Flying Army has an enhanced military formation, but as long as it fights in the mountains and forests, its combat effectiveness is not only It’s so easy to double it!

If it were to be a protracted battle in the mountains and forests, Wang Ping's troops would be even more incredible.

Due to the influence of the military formation, not only did Wang Ping's troops' combat effectiveness remain undiminished, but also because they absorbed many mountain barbarians, the number of troops has reached 20,000. There are generally eight levels in the team, and there are many ninth levels and a few myths. At the first level, Wang Ping was able to reach the mythical second level with the support of the military formation, and the combat effectiveness of his unit was significantly improved.

There was not enough food, so Wang Ping wanted to attack Shangyong.

After capturing Shangyong, they repaired for ten days and replenished food, grass and weapons. When it was expected that Qin reinforcements were coming soon, Wang Ping set a fire and burned Shangyong City. Then he got into the mountains again and saw the opportunity to ambush an army. The reinforcements from Fangling then came to Fangling.

Fangling is very close to the hinterland of Nanyang County.

Historically, Zhuge Liang's brother-in-law Kuai Qi served as the governor of Fangling, but was killed by Meng Da. Zhuge Liang's sister was never recorded again.

However, Faang Ling was obviously on guard.

Wang Ping did not attack Fangling by force. Instead, he robbed the grain outside Fangling City and wreaked havoc before leaving calmly.

Wang Ping's attack this time did not achieve many strategic results, but it shocked the Qin army in Nanyang.

Wang Lu realized that the Yu army could not only go up the Han River to destroy the Qin army's food routes, but also emerge from the deep mountains and old forests to destroy the Qin army's food routes.

This is not good news for the Qin army.

Moreover, Wang Lu has realized that Qin Ting is extremely dissatisfied with Yingdu's failure to defeat the Yu army.

Wang Hao sighed and summoned Duke Lu and others: "Try the water attack. If it doesn't work, withdraw your troops first. I will bear the responsibility. This battle is too frustrating!"

Duke He and others were silent.

Until now, they don't think Yu Jun is powerful, they just think Yu Jun is despicable.

That is to say, the location of Yingdu was too conducive to the navy, and Yu had the upper hand. After Da Qin had assembled its troops, the Yu army had already built the city wall. Otherwise, it was still unclear who would win.

The Qin army finally launched a water attack.

However, the well-prepared Yu army had already dug ditches. Most of the water rushed towards Yingdu, and a small part was diverted to the river. The threat to Yu's army was minimal. On the contrary, the Yingdu garrison was under the water attack. Surrendered helplessly.

Seeing that there were few results in the battle, Wang Hao voluntarily abandoned Xiling and other places and retreated. He stationed his base camp in Yancheng and confronted the Yu army. However, he privately ordered Duke Lu to lead half of the Qin army's elite troops to aid Meng Ao.

At this point, the Battle of Yingdu, which lasted for more than a year, ended with the retreat of the Qin army and the fall of Yingdu. Gao Shun and Zhuge Liang, who did not want to engage in a head-on battle with the Qin army for the time being, began to operate the Xiling-Yingdu-Jingling line, built the Great Wall of Yu, and adopted a posture of strictly guarding and not taking the initiative to attack, secretly asking each legion to prepare well. Prepare and wait for Dong Huang's unified arrangements.

Now the legions of Gao Shun, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Xu Huang are all stationed here. Although most of them are space soldiers, the logistical pressure of food and grass is too great.

The advantage of the Yu Army is that the Jiangnan region has not been affected by the war, and the harvests are generally good. The fields of the seventh-level space soldiers have ushered in a bumper harvest. This allows the Yu Army to finally be able to continue to supply food and grass, but Maintaining so many legions here at the same time is still too much logistical pressure.

Dong Huang was overjoyed after receiving the news of victory in the battle of Yingdu.

The capture of Yingdu means that the safety of Dayu's river waterways has finally been guaranteed. The river has almost become Dayu's inland river. If the Qin army wants to threaten Dayu's navy, the only two options are the upper reaches of the Han River and Shu County. There are ships built locally, but the ships built here, at least in terms of performance and size, cannot match the quality of Dayu Navy.

With Yingdu as a strategic point, as long as Bashu is captured, the situation of separatist rule between the Northern and Southern Dynasties will be formed.

However, Bashu was definitely not that easy to win, because the Qin State would really fight for it, but Dong Huang obviously could not refuse the temptation to kill or capture Wang Jian, so Dong Huang ordered the Gao Shun Army, Zhang Liao Army, Zhang He Army, and Wu Tu Gu Army , Yue Fei's regiment and Navy Commander Zhou Tai escorted the grain and grass sent from Yingzhou to Bajun. Next, they stationed in Bajun and prepared for a decisive battle.

The Gaoshun Army is now the most powerful army under Dong Huang. The Zhizhi Army Formation composed of 200,000 people already has the power to fight the elites of the Qin Army head-on. Although it is inferior to Qin Ruishi There is still a certain gap, but it is more of a gap in ordnance. In terms of individual combat power, the Gaoshun Legion with a large number of generals is actually not bad. After all, how many people have worked hard day and night, and they are just short of precision. This is a result that can only be achieved by the death of all people.

Zhao Yun's legion originally had a large number of fanatical natural followers from the Three Kingdoms and the world of Song, Liao, Jin and Xia. These were officers with excellent combat skills, and they had a high degree of integration with Zhao Yun. There are currently about 30,000 people in this force.

Zhang Liao and Zhang He both have training units, and they have the prerequisites for training legions. Although Zhang Liao's Xiaoyaojin dead soldiers only have 800 people, they are all powerful beings of the ninth level. The Bingzhou cavalry is also a very sophisticated cavalry. Zhang He's Euphorbia warriors and Euphorbia cavalry are also elite soldiers. The two legions currently have about 20,000 people each.

The Wutu Bone Legion has 20,000 Nanman Vine Armored Soldiers and the most important 20,000 Elephant Soldiers. These Southern Barbarians are originally fanatics. Naturally, there is no way to refine the legion, but the single-minded violent legion has initially formed combat power. Especially among the 20,000 elephant soldiers, a large part of them are natural humans and natural elephants. And giant land beasts like elephants, even if they are only eighth level, can easily exert ninth level or even higher combat power! In addition, due to the compatibility of the barbarian soldiers with the witchcraft, the average combat effectiveness of the individual is even stronger than that of other legions except the Huben army.

Yue Fei's military training ability is comparable to that of Zhuge Liang. He is one of the best soldiers under Dong Huang. One of the first troops to be absorbed into the transformation of Qin's military formations, its total strength reached 50,000, and its combat effectiveness was also very strong. It also had powerful men such as Gao Chong, Yang Zaixing, Yue Yun, and Niu Gao under its command.

Not to mention Zhou Tai, who has always been the leader of the navy. His military formation has been able to initially integrate with the navy and warships. The tacit understanding with the navy has been greatly improved, and the overall combat effectiveness of the navy has improved. promote.

After these people entered Shu, the Yu army had 360,000 land reinforcements that could form a military formation, and 200,000 elite navy troops, plus Xi Zhicai, Xiang Yan, Zhang Ren, Gan Ning, Yan The total number of the military formations of Yan, Huo Jun and others has exceeded 450,000, and the navy army has an absolute advantage.

The time is ripe for a decisive battle between Dayu and the Qin army in Bashu.

However, for the sake of safety, he also felt that the opportunity to beat the growing Wang Jian was not to be missed, and Dong Huangji wanted to conquer it himself.

Jia Xu, who coveted Qin's high-quality ghosts, said with a smile: Your Majesty is wise! The veteran is willing to accompany His Majesty through fire and water. And began to prepare for Dong Huang's personal expedition.

Bashu, that is the land of Longxing, the great Emperor of Dayu. He Jia also wanted to see the difference between Bashu in this world and Bashu in the Three Kingdoms world.

However, just when the Yu tigers and the Ben army were sharpening their swords, and the Emperor Dong Huang and the Prime Minister Jia Xu were preparing to set off, news came from the Yin and Yang family that Mrs. Xiang and her sisters were trapped in Cangwu Mountain.