Chapter 139: Both Da Qi and Da Wei are invincible
There were corpses everywhere on the Huai River, and the land on both sides was covered with bright red blood.
This was the main battlefield between Qi and Chu, and it was the most brutal.
There were bursts of fierce sounds of swords, spears, and halberds, followed by the sound of arrows cutting through the sky, and the puffing sounds made by the contact between metal and human flesh were endless.
The wailing of dying people could be heard everywhere. Perhaps being killed directly on the battlefield was the best outcome.
These people had broken limbs and blood was flowing continuously. They could not escape the fate of death, yet they had to endure such pain.
Changsheng Jun looked very unhappy. He reported the situation on the front line to Yingdu, but the war on the front line could not be stopped.
It is also impossible for countries to just hang up a white flag and stop attacking each other. Where is the etiquette on the battlefield?
Qi and Chu once again experienced a bloody battle. No matter how Changsheng Jun commanded and dispatched the troops, the result did not change at all, and Chu still suffered a great defeat.
The private soldiers of the Chu nobles were holding each other back, and the friendly forces were under attack, standing still like a mountain.
All the nobles hoped that their army would suffer fewer casualties, but in a narrow road, the brave will win. They were afraid to fight to the death on the battlefield, and the result was that everyone suffered many casualties.
After suffering huge casualties, what followed was not to correct the mistakes, but to work even harder and protect their own troops even more.
There are even many people who think that as long as their losses are less than those of others, the power of the country will not be eroded.
Under such circumstances, the morale of the Chu army could not be boosted at all. The soldiers had no will to fight and they collapsed as soon as they stepped onto the battlefield.
"hateful!"
Seeing the Chu army retreat once again, Changsheng Jun cursed fiercely.
The defeated Chu soldiers simply threw down their weapons, and in order to escape, they took off their armor and threw it on the ground.
With the sound of metal clanging on the ground, countless weapons and armor were thrown down by the fleeing Chu army.
The Chu soldiers fled in all directions and some even jumped into the river.
Then the Qi army that was being pursued was killed directly in the river, and the piled up corpses even blocked the river.
The water coming from upstream was blocked by the human wall, and what flowed downstream was the blood gushing out of the soldiers' bodies!
Such a tragic scene would make even someone like Changsheng Jun, who has been commanding troops for many years, feel uncomfortable.
Until the order to retreat from Yingdu came, Changsheng Jun felt angry but also slightly relieved, because this war could no longer be fought.
The nobles of Chu were also cheering. A victorious war could yield spoils of war, while a failed war would lead to the destruction of wealth. Which noble would be willing to see his wealth shrink?
Lord Changsheng quickly began to use those elite soldiers who still maintained their formation to gather the scattered soldiers. When counting the casualties, he almost couldn't help but draw his sword and kill all the nobles who were holding them back.
But even his brother didn't dare to do this, let alone him.
He could only suppress his restless heart, and with a gloomy face, he led the fully assembled Chu army away from this land with countless casualties.
In the end, he only left a cruel word, which dissipated in the wind, "Wu, the Chu people will come back, and this land will eventually belong to the Chu people."
The withdrawal of Chu State surprised Qi general Guan Chenglin, as the gambler mentality is everywhere.
After suffering such a huge loss, could the State of Chu have left the battlefield so easily?
He asked his left and right: "Although the State of Chu has suffered a huge loss, it has not lost the ability to fight back.
Instead of wanting to fight back, they just retreated like this?
Could there be a trick here? They want to wait for our army to go in pursuit and then ambush them?
The south is full of waterways, and the Qi army is not good at pursuit battles."
Guan Chenglin's retainer said, "Master, our army came here to help Wu, not to fight a life-and-death battle with Chu.
Since the State of Chu has retreated, we will wait here for a few days to see whether the State of Chu really returns to the country.
If the State of Chu does not wish to fight our army anymore, it can just report this to the king directly."
When the king and his ministers of Wu saw that Chu had retreated, they felt like they had survived a calamity. They thought it was a good decision to donate the land, as it saved their lives.
Although the Wu Kingdom’s country was gone, its ancestral temples were still there, so at least there was no problem with ancestor worship.
Moreover, although the State of Wu offered land to the State of Qi, under the system of Qi, the former Marquis of Wu, now the Lord of Wu, could still obtain large tracts of fiefdom and taxes.
The Chu State admitted defeat and withdrew from the battlefield, while the king and his ministers of Qi State laughed loudly in the city of Linzi.
Duke Qi laughed loudly and said, "Since the time of King Li, Chu has been one of the most powerful states in China.
For more than 800 years, with a territory of 4,000 miles, we ranked first among all the countries, and we had millions of capable and skilled warriors, but we were defeated by the State of Qi.
My Lords, how many years have passed since our ancestor Duke Huan became a hegemon?"
The ministers all laughed and said, "Your Majesty, it's been five hundred years!"
Duke Qi said excitedly and with emotion: “Yes, it has been five hundred years.
The title of Duke I hold was obtained five hundred years ago when Guanzi assisted my ancestor Duke Huan in conquering the world.
At that time, he united with the princes of the Central Plains and defeated the State of Chu in Yanling.
Now Qi has defeated Chu alone. This kind of power has never been seen even during the reign of our ancestor Duke Huan, right?"
Qi Xiang Lu Ji also laughed and said: "Your Majesty, in the eight hundred years of Qi, there has never been such a prosperous moment. We should go to the ancestral temple to worship our ancestors and report this glorious moment to them.
If Qi could defeat Wei in the Central Plains later, it would truly be number one in the world.
Now we should immediately order Guan Qing to stop getting entangled with the State of Chu and lead his troops back to the Central Plains to rest for a while.
Then we will help South Korea and let the king and his ministers of Wei know who is the strongest country in the Central Plains! "
It is naturally impossible for them to go back into the battlefield directly after having just fought a bloody battle with the State of Chu. The soldiers would not be able to bear it.
Especially since he had not returned to his hometown for a long time, the reforms in Qi were not like those in Qin, and were relatively relaxed.
South Korea, Xinzheng.
When the king and his ministers of Han received the result of the battle between Qi and Chu, they were all stunned. "It is unbelievable that Qi defeated Chu so quickly."
Although they were still confident that Qi would defeat Chu, the speed of the victory was beyond the expectations of the Han king and his ministers.
If Han had known earlier that Qi was so powerful, it might not have been so impatient to attack the royal land.
Zhao and Wei also did not expect Qi to win so quickly, especially now that they had encountered difficulties in their attack on Han, which made them a little uneasy.
After South Korea took over the Song Dynasty, it recovered some strength and had the capital to continue fighting with Zhao and Wei.
The king and his ministers of Han seemed to have an attitude of not surrendering until the last blood of the Song people was shed, which caused a lot of headaches for the Zhao and Wei countries.
The Marquis of Zhao said to the Marquis of Wei with a worried look on his face: "Qi defeated Chu. From the war between the two sides, we can see that Qi is indeed the strongest army in the world.
Now his army has returned to the Central Plains, and once they have rested, they will definitely head west.
Marquis Wei, this is a powerful country that can compete with Wei. I am very worried about you and Wei."
The Marquis of Wei was provoked and said angrily, "Marquis of Zhao, what do you mean by this?
In the past, Wei's 30,000 soldiers defeated the 300,000 soldiers of Chu. Is such a Chu State worthy of attention?
Even if Qi defeated Chu, would it be of any value?
Just like an ant on the ground, even if a baby steps on it, it will still be crushed to death. Can this baby defeat an adult?"
The Duke of Wei compared the State of Chu to an ant and the State of Qi to a baby, which can be said to be quite arrogant.
The Marquis of Zhao clapped his hands and cheered, "The Marquis of Wei is truly a mighty ruler. I think Qi is no match for Wei. I and the State of Zhao will follow you and Wei and will surely usher in victory."
When the Qi army finished their rest and stepped onto the battlefield, Qi and Wei knew that both sides had underestimated each other.
The elite troops on both sides are all veterans of hundreds of battles, and are fighters trained with large amounts of money.
After just a few dozen days of fighting, both sides confirmed one thing at the same time.
"This will be a long-term confrontation, and it is impossible to determine the winner in a short period of time.
This war will not end until one side makes a major strategic or tactical mistake."
The various countries in the Xia Dynasty are very experienced in this kind of long-term, large-scale confrontation, and previous alliance operations were basically of this type.
The war between Qi and Chu lasted for more than a year. No one knew how long the war between Qi and Wei would last, but both sides began to prepare for a five-year period.
Defensive fortifications began to be set up outside the key city walls, and both sides began to send large numbers of spies to gather information about the cities that were crucial to the fight, the grain transportation routes, and the places where grain was stored.
During the confrontation, both sides continued to test each other, with a large number of small-scale battles and fights for some key nodes, and the bloody killing never stopped for a moment.
This is a competition of comprehensive strength between the two countries. It is not only a competition of food and grass, but also the elite level of soldiers, the command ability of generals, and even luck, time and place. It is an all-round competition.
In this tense atmosphere, time slipped away quickly, spring went and autumn came, and winter came. The State of Qi, which held the most fertile plains, gradually gained the upper hand.
Qi was a fertile land, and with the grain produced in the plains of Wu, Zheng and Song were both major grain-producing areas.
The land of Wei was relatively fertile, but Zhao had many mountains and was completely unable to provide any help to Wei in this confrontation.
Zhao and Wei keenly sensed the change in the situation and began to take the initiative, hoping to find an opportunity to break the deadlock.
Of course, this does not mean that Zhao and Wei have no chance at all, because this is a war taking place on Korean soil, and Zhao and Wei can retreat back to their own countries at any time.
The Zhao and Wei states believed that even if they could not win the battle of attrition, the strong armies of Wei and Zhao still possessed decisive strength.
Wei Wuzu is invincible in the world!
(End of this chapter)
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