Chapter 186 Watching both sides, the hearts of soldiers
The two armies fought, Ji Chan didn't care if the Qu brothers thought. The cavalry on both sides rushed out, and the bows and arrows were thrown in the rear, and then the sword and shield soldiers rushed to follow, and the spearmen followed closely - both sides were in the same way.
Ninety-nine percent of the soldiers under Lu Wu's command were from the Chu army, and they were also trained by the same combat method.
But as soon as the two sides fought, Ji Chan found that this team was very different from the three thousand teams led by Meng Yang last time.
Although this team defeated the main general Meng Yang, they still advanced and retreated in an orderly manner according to the military rules and regulations, and cooperated with tacit understanding. The main general died in battle in person, but the morale of the team was not affected at all.
The Army was from Mian'an County, Yuci Prefecture. Both his parents died. At the age of seventeen, in order to support his family, he relied on some martial arts to join the army and earned a salary. Until he was thirty-nine, he was not up or down and had a good fortune.
I bought ten acres of land for my younger brother, saved some dowry for my younger sister, and fulfilled my elder brother's obligation to be a father. I also returned to my hometown to marry a not-so-girl-like woman and gave birth to two children. After marrying my eldest son, I didn't have much savings left over the years.
He was also very satisfied with this kind of life. Nowadays, he could live safely until he was thirty-nine years old. Although he could not be called an old man, he was also a blessed person.
But Lu Wu started the incident and the troops swept across the three southern palaces like wild waves. Before the army could react, they couldn't help but go to the battlefield and then inexplicably became prisoners.
After twenty years in the army, the family bought some things, and even the old wife and young children had to eat. Even if the family members were willing to pay him a ransom, the Army himself refused.
So he decisively joined Lu Wu's command at the first time. This has nothing to do with loyalty, but only with survival.
Unexpectedly, after joining Lu Wu, he only fought a few good fights, but he won the first place. He killed five people and broke the city gate. He was rewarded according to his merits and received nearly 200 taels of silver. Therefore, he was promoted from Shi Chang to Zhengzheng.
The Army's sense of loyalty to Lu Wu was immediately upgraded to max. After being a soldier for so many years, he had never seen such a generous chief officer?
Those who are generous are like suckers. Moreover, when fighting under Lu Wu, you will be rewarded for any merits. You don’t have to worry about being swallowed up. The superior chief officer is easy to talk to. Unlike the former chief officer, you don’t have much ability and don’t treat others as a person.
The Army made money, and its status improved a lot. As he got older, he planned to retire and go home to become a rich man. Maybe he could catch up with his grandchildren.
The Chu army came to destroy the good life that the army had suffered for a lifetime. The old army leader, who had just retired from the army for a lifetime, was furious and rushed straight to Zhechongsi, asking to enter the camp of the Dead Soldiers.
Of course, there are not all old military leaders like the army in the Dead Soldiers' camp, but if they are skilled in combat and are not afraid of life and death, the others are not inferior to him.
Although Ji Chan's three thousand men were elite troops of the Chu army's border troops, in the camp of the Dead Soldiers, in order to become the masters of the nobles, the dead soldiers in the army who came to atone for their sins, and the veterans in the army who came to maintain a happy life, these people are not only fearless, but also have skillful military formations and high martial arts skills, and have good obedience. If they are placed in an ordinary army, everyone is at least ten people. If they want to enter the camp of the Dead Soldiers, they cannot get in without any ability.
——Although the nominal general of the Dead Soldiers Camp was killed in battle, in fact, the command system of the Dead Soldiers Camp had no relationship with the command system of the Dead Soldiers Camp Meng Yang.
So as soon as the two sides fought, the Chu army was overturned, and the land was injured. Even the second general of the Qu family, Qu Weipeng, was trapped in a heavy siege. If the three brothers of the Qu family had not sacrificed their lives to break into the military formation to protect Qu Weipeng, they would have been afraid that the second general of Qu family would not have escaped and died.
Tonghe City. Lin Ji stood at the top of the city, looking at the battle under the city without changing his expression. Beside him, Meng Zheng, the eldest son of the three brothers of the Meng family, felt cold.
In the chaotic times, military power is the most important, especially under the command of Lu Wu, everything is preferred by soldiers. Although his second brother has a high status in the martial arts world, he has not yet established enough virtue in the army, nor has he made great contributions before he fell here - where will the Meng family go in the future?
If you lose your second brother, can you really protect the Meng family in such chaos? It is absolutely impossible to defect to Chu State. The second brother Meng Yang personally killed Tonghe Prefecture’s governor Xianglu in order to make a letter of exchange. This matter is well known, and seeking death to rely on Chu State is like seeking death.
Meng Zheng's heart was constantly moving, and he didn't care about his sadness for a moment. On the other side behind Lin Ji, a tall, white-haired old man with a white face and nodded slightly. This person was Luo Gan, the general of the Wu Kingdom.
He saw the two armies below fighting fiercely, and his side had the upper hand. He smiled and wanted to reach out to stroke his beard under his jaw, but found that he had stroked it in vain. He quickly looked left and right, and found that no one was paying attention, so he put his hand down.
It was his idea to let Lu Wu's dead soldiers camp fight with the army. He met the most morale. Although the soldiers he brought from Wu were elite, they did not have the ability to defeat the opponent as many as the border troops of Chu, and they might not be able to defeat the opponent, and it was easy to expose the Wu's trump card for participating in the war.
To be honest, although the Wu State was shouting every day to fight back to its hometown, in fact, it was still a bit scared when facing the Chu army. After all, the Wu State was a loser who was driven by the Chu army through Lanshui.
But in today's battle, the same troops still defeated the three thousand vanguards of Chu State while losing the main general. This greatly increased the confidence of the Wu army who watched the battle and knew that the Chu army could also defeat it.
At the same time, Luo Gan also looked at Lu Wu with admiration. He crossed the river and came to this day, but he never saw Lu Wu.
Just seeing the soldiers under Lu Wu's command happy when they heard the battle, and called their friends to come to join the war, he knew how capable Lu Wu was in command of the army. How long did Lu Wu rule the three southern prefectures in Chu State have been to such a state of mind?
This is definitely a talent for a general, not just a brave man. To be honest, Luo Gan even felt a little worried. When Lu Wu became a further climate, if he was to fight back against Wu, who could take over the country?
Of course, this is something that future generations have to worry about. If the Chu State is not destroyed in one day, Lu Wu will not be able to retaliate against the Wu State.
Moreover, Lu Wu seems to be unwilling to be rich and might not be able to do such a thing. Luo Gan can only comfort himself like this.
Chu State camp. In the Chu State camp, dozens of wooden viewing towers seven or eight feet tall were erected. Among them, Qu Dazhong was silent on the one closest to the front.
The right hand that was originally stroking his beard and had several long beards clamped at his fingertips. Qu Weilong is the eldest grandson of his second brother. He is only nine out of twenty years old. He is the first in the three generations of the Qu family. He is upright and brave, and has won the morale of the army.
Such a straightforward temperament may not be able to be a general, but it is absolutely more than enough to be in charge of one side. Moreover, the same generation of tribe members are convinced, and it is also convincing that the commander of the family can make people believe it, and it is no problem to maintain the Qu family's generals for 30 years.
If you step into the ranks of generals, you will be able to make the Qu family invincible in troubled times. There is no big risk in conquering the south.
——The Chu Grandmaster Gongsun Boyang was hiding in the Pioneer Camp. If Lu Wu suddenly came out to attack the general, Gongsun Boyang would naturally fight to kill this person.
So Qu Dazhong never expected that his nephew would capsize in the gutter. Although the general was bound to die in front of the formation, it was too unexpected to die here - how did he explain to his second brother?
Chapter completed!