Chapter 321: The Battle of Yi (6)
Wu Shen said: "If the covenant is valid and all parties can keep it, why are the princes capricious? Isn't Zheng Bo an example in front of you? Otherwise, why would Chu Jun be here? If Uncle Zheng doesn't have credit, does the Marquis of Jin have it?
"If the Jin State crusades against the Zheng State again, the Chu army will inevitably mobilize troops to come to the rescue, and won't the two armies still have to fight at that time? What's the difference between that and fighting now? Besides, as soon as the army moved, the whole country was restless, and the city of Pu was in a battle, the Chu State could not go north for more than 30 years, and if the Jin State was defeated this time, they would probably not dare to go east for decades! ”
The generals quarreled, and the king of Chuzhuang had a headache; At this time, it was already night and the first shift, and King Chu Cheng announced the dismissal of the meeting, saying that he would think about it carefully.
Zhao Zhan didn't leave much time for King Chuzhuang to think about it, he came to the gate of the Chu camp near dawn, ordered his subordinates to go in and write a war letter, and he spread a mat on the ground and sat facing the camp gate to wait for news.
The military officer did not dare to slack off, and immediately woke up Pan Dang and presented him with a war letter. Zhao Zhan's war book was different from Wei Qi's, and he asked the Chu people to send a chariot to fight him in a single battle. Pan Dang said: "The first doctor said: 'The Jin people are deceitful. I didn't expect that there were so many crazy people, and the Chu people would never sympathize with the crazy people. ”
When the rooster crowed, Pan Dang woke up the king of Chuzhuang and handed him the battle book. King Chuzhuang was immediately furious when he saw it, he put on his helmet and shouted, "Aren't you going to challenge!" Well, let's let Buya face it in person! After saying that, he jumped on the Zuoguang chariot that was ready to go, and galloped out of the camp.
Zhao Zhan didn't know the situation in the camp at all, he heard the people inside shouting and neighing, and later saw the king of Chuzhuang rushing out with a hideous face, and it was not him who came out, but the entire Zuoguang Guard. Zhao Zhan's soul suddenly flew away, and he jumped on the chariot and galloped like an electric shock; Zhao Zhan knew in his heart that even if he shot down a dragon and dedicated it to the King of Chu, he would not be able to save his life.
Zhao Zhan ran wildly for a few miles, but found that at the foot of a small hill, there was no road ahead, so he jumped off the chariot and climbed the mountain and escaped. King Chuzhuang's chariot followed closely behind, and he chased after him like a fierce god, and quickly grabbed his cloak. Zhao Zhan didn't have the courage to fight with King Chuzhuang's personal guards, but he was an expert in escape - whenever he was caught by his opponent, he would break free from the attachments on his body; Zhao Zhan sacrificed the magic weapon of the golden cicada over and over again, and he was not able to escape for his life until he was stripped of his essence.
Qu Dang held a pile of loot—armor, robes, weapons, and a pair of boots—and trotted all the way back to King Chuzhuang.
King Chu Zhuang smiled: "The more arrogant the more shameless!" In order to escape for his life, he didn't even want a fig leaf, it was better to die a glorious death. If the Jin people degenerate to such a point, Bugu is really ashamed to form an alliance with them. ”
Just as the three of them were talking and laughing and preparing to return to the camp, Yurong Peng Ming suddenly pointed to the front and shouted: "The Jin people have attacked!" ”
The two of them looked in the direction of his finger and saw smoke and dust billowing in front of them, and the faint sound of wheels and horses neighing. Qu Dang shouted, "Run! The one who lost his clothes has come back to seek revenge! Peng Ming immediately turned around and fled to the barracks.
The lookout post of the Chu army soon noticed the unusual movement of the Jin army, and the sentry knocked Jin Duo loudly. Uncle Sun Ao took a look at the heights and loudly ordered the whole army to line up and prepare for battle.
However, the so-called "attack" did not actually exist, it was just a reckless action made by the Jin people. It turned out that Xun Lin's father was worried that Wei Qi and Zhao Zhan would anger the Chu people and be retaliated, so he sent more than a dozen cars carrying soldiers to meet the two. However, this imprudent action caused the Chu people to have a serious miscalculation.
When King Chuzhuang returned safely and it became clear that there was only a small force of the Jin army ahead, Sun Shuao still decided to launch a general attack on the Jin army. Sun Shuao was a war-cautious man, but once he decided to go to war, he would never leave the enemy with a chance at peace.
Sun Shuao said: "Attack! The ancestors had the heart to seize people, and they would rather force the people of the world than let the people of the world force me! King Chu Zhuang beat the drum hard, and the three armies of Chu galloped and pressed towards the Jin army with all their might.
The left flank of the Jin army was the first to be attacked, as they were closest to the Chu army. The Jin army was completely defenseless, and the soldiers were unable to assemble and form an effective defensive line in a hurry; The Chu army commander drove straight in, and a large number of soldiers were slaughtered.
Father Xun Lin couldn't figure out the situation at all at this time, he didn't understand why the Chu army suddenly attacked without warning, and then he issued an unbelievable order: "Retreat!" Those who pioneer the river will be rewarded! "The people of the Jin Kingdom have never heard such an order: the soldier who escapes the fastest can receive the heaviest reward!
The middle and lower armies were in chaos: most of the army retreated before they could be attacked, and the soldiers scrambled to flee to the river, and many even threw away their helmets and weapons in order to flee for their lives.
The army crowded the shore and made a lot of noise, and people scrambled to climb onto the boat, and there was no order at all. The boats also crowded together and collided with each other, some of which were full of deserters, but were blocked by the ones behind and could not row out; The boat behind got out of the way, but the boat on the shore was overturned.
Some boats had just sailed to the shore, but they were grabbed by the soldiers in the water, and the oarsmen had nowhere to paddle, but more and more people wanted to squeeze up, so many boats capsized or sank.
What's more, in order to prevent their comrades from picking them up, the people on the ship killed them and treated their comrades like enemies, stabbing them and slashing them with their swords, completely ignoring whether the other party was their own relatives or their bitter pleas. When some boats reached the opposite shore, the soldiers disembarked to find that the bottom of the boat was covered with severed fingers, so much so that they slipped with every step!
Of course, there was no shortage of noble and brave soldiers in the Jin Kingdom, and those people did not choose to flee, but gathered around the commander in an orderly manner and waited for orders. Some soldiers did their best to rescue their comrades who had fallen into the water and were wounded, while others carried others and sank to the bottom.
The Yellow River is full of drowning and stabbing corpses, broken ship planks, fragments of chariots, corpses of war horses, and military flags symbolizing might and honor; Blood and yellow water mix together to form a terrifying color.
The confusion did not last long, and the generals rushed to the river. Order was restored by the re-ordering of the commanders, the organization of the soldiers to build defensive lines and the occupation of higher ground.
Xun Lin's father suddenly found that none of the officers and soldiers in the army came, "Are they besieged?" Or is it blocked and unable to pass? Xun Lin's father looked at it, and tears immediately flowed down.