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Wu Yue's Struggle for Hegemony Chapter 442 Destroy Qi [Part 2]

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    Chapter 442: Destroying Qi [Part 2]

    At this time, the Han Dynasty was much richer, and Chou Wuyu also had a special telescope in his hand.  ("", watch the latest update of this book) Chou Wuyu looked at the situation of Xia Huhou's soldiers and found that their morale was greatly improved.  Chou Wuyu was not willing to show weakness and was unwilling to weaken under Yang Zilu's eyes, so he summoned the generals to come to him.

    However, Chou Wuyu's method was different from Xia Huhou's, and he did not encourage the soldiers as passionately as Xia Huhou.

    When all the generals came to the front, Chu Wuyu didn't say anything, he just stared at the generals.  All the generals were furious at Chou Wuyu.  Only then did Chou Wuyu speak: "Did you all hear what your Majesty asked someone to convey?"

    "Promise!" When the generals saw Chou Wuyu speaking, they all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts and responded hurriedly.  I'm afraid that if I'm a little slower, Chu Wuyu will go back to the previous situation.

    "When the war starts later, I will explain it clearly to you here! The one who dares not to take the lead and stay behind, I will let him know what King Yama is like! If there is anyone who is afraid of death, stand up and I will let him go  Later, don't embarrass me when the war starts, and when you get to King Yama, you will blame me for not giving you a way to survive!" Chou Wuyu didn't talk as much as Xia Huhou, but it put much more pressure on his subordinates than Xia Huhou.

    Chou Wuyu¡¯s subordinates immediately felt the pressure doubled, and no one stepped forward.  In fact, no one dared to stand up. Under Yang Zilu's training, everyone in the Han Dynasty paid great attention to honor.  Let alone a general, even if an ordinary soldier is timid before fighting, I'm afraid he will return home.  His wife would write him a letter of divorce, and his neighbors would laugh at him, let alone a general.

    "Very good! They are all good soldiers of the Han Dynasty! No one quits! Let's all go back and make arrangements! You all know what to do! I won't say more! This battle will be won!" Chou Wuyu nodded with satisfaction and immediately stopped.  Said with a face.

    "Promise!" After the generals returned, they either warned the soldiers with a cold face not to cheat, or encouraged the soldiers with a passionate face.

    No matter which one it is, the morale of the Han army has greatly increased.

    Seeing the high morale of the Han army, Qi Pinggong suddenly became more worried.  He said to the credential: "Marshal, the morale of the Han army is high, are you sure? If it is not true, how about we retreat?"

    What can the credential do now?  You can't tell Duke Qi Ping, "My lord!"  I'm afraid it's going to be a big deal this time. Listen to what you say, let's retreat!  Retreating is easy to say, but not easy to do.

    First, the morale issue!  The whole army is ready for a decisive battle. Now you want to retreat?  What do you want your soldiers to think?  As the saying goes, one can make great efforts, the other will weaken, and the third will be exhausted.

    Second, to retreat, you must have the capital to retreat!  The Han army can forcefully consume it, but what does Qi have to consume?  There is also the Yan State. Although this time it cannot be said to be an overwhelming force, it has also mobilized the main domestic forces and mobilized many farmers.  Will you spend a year and a half here?  Who will provide this food?  Qi can't afford it, and if Yan can provide it himself, it will cost him his affection.

    This kind of love becomes less and less the more you use it, how can it last for a year and a half?

    For this reason, the letter of credence had to bite the bullet and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, it is already time for the country to be destroyed and the family to be destroyed! All the officers and soldiers in the army have the goal of expelling the Han barbarians! The soldiers are brave, and the soldiers are numerous! How is it possible?  Why can't we drive out the Han barbarians? This battle will be fought against me, Qi State Bi Shen!"

    "That's good! That's good!" Duke Qi Ping was comforted by the credentials and felt a lot more at ease.  As for the inevitable victory, Qi Pinggong automatically ignored it.  It seems that Qi Pinggong is not really so stupid that he doesn't know anything. He knows that victory is inevitable, that is to say.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The passionate war drums sounded, and on the small high ground behind the Han army, twenty huge war drums were lined up.  Forty drummers with naked upper bodies and hunched bodies showing muscles were beating the drums hard.  Next to them are eighty strong men with the same upper body, ready to take over at any time when the drummer is exhausted.

    Amidst the beating of drums, 70,000 Han soldiers shouted loudly: "Great wind! Great wind! Great wind!!!"

    Excited voices rippled across the plains.

    The soldiers of Qi State turned pale immediately, even though Qi State was only the first overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period.  &*£®  "".  com fastest update** But in fact, the folk customs of Qi State at that time were not very sturdy, which can be seen from their poems.  In the Book of Songs, more than half of the poems from Qi state describe marriage and love.

    "Attack!" Xia Hu roared. Because his soldiers had more light infantry, they took the lead in charging.

    "Array up! Prepare bows and arrows!" the general of Qi gave the order nervously.  Probably because of their soft tempers, Qi soldiers also prefer archery. This thing is safe enough, so Qi¡¯s archers are quite good among the princes.relatively famous.

    Of course, this quite naturally does not include the Han army. The archers of the Han army have either received at least five years of formal training, that is, they are from military schools, or they are from Shanyue people in the south.  The former has good qualities and obeys orders, while the latter lives in remote mountains and harsh waters, and his shooting skills are more suitable for the battlefield.

    But whether they are from military schools or from Shanyue people, they are not comparable to the Qi army archers who have been used to a comfortable life.  Not to mention that the Han army is currently using long bows or crossbows, whose range is twice as far as that of the Qi army.  It is not at all the ordinary compound bow held by the archers of Qi State, and it is not even comparable to the ordinary bows that the compound bow holds.

    Xia Huhou was naturally not stupid. Although he was the first to launch an attack, when he got within the firing range of the crossbows, he immediately ordered: "The whole army stops advancing! The crossbowmen come out!"

    Five thousand crossbowmen came out and formed five sparse rows in front of the formation.  The longbow soldier gave a thumbs up calmly and assessed the range.  Immediately, he took out four or five long arrows from the quiver and plunged them into the soft soil.

    The letter of credence also reacted, although the Qi army did not engage in battle with the Han army for too long.  But we also know that the Han army's bows and arrows have a very long range, and they also have a special bow with a range beyond what others imagined.

    "Damn it! You have forgotten that the Han people's weapons are sharper than our Qi people! We can't let them shoot arrows! Come here! Give the order! The troop convoy goes to battle! Break through the Han army's formation!" the credential hurriedly ordered.

    Xia Huhou has been in battle for a long time. When he saw the changes in Qi Jun's formation, he somewhat understood what Qi Jun wanted to do.  Xia Huhou decisively ordered: "Insert wooden stakes!"

    Originally, the wooden stakes were supposed to be brought by the longbowmen, but Xia Huhou's army had more light infantry, so they were allowed to carry the wooden stakes, which reduced the burden on the longbowmen and allowed them to bring more wooden stakes to the battlefield.

    After receiving Xia Huhou's order, the light infantry immediately sent up the wooden stakes. The longbowmen did not bother to estimate the range and immediately helped the light infantry build fortifications in front of the formation.  Within a quarter of an hour, the Qi army's chariots had just moved to the front, and Xia Huhou had already erected three sparse rows of wooden stakes in front of the workers', peasants' and soldiers' formation.

    Although the simple wooden piles are not as sharp as the cold light, they are thick and have a different kind of roughness.  It also lets the credential know that wooden stakes are a much more powerful threat to military vehicles than spears.

    "Damn Han barbarian! He is so smart! Order the chariot to attack the enemy's right army!" Guo Shu saw that Xia Huhou could not gain any advantage, but might suffer a big loss, so he immediately focused his attention on Chou Wuyu.

    The reason why it is not the Chinese army is that even a fool knows that the soldiers around Yang Zilu must be the best of the best.  Besides, with the added aura of Yang Zilu, the charioteer, he is definitely the most powerful in the army.  If you want to find someone to bully, you can't go to the Han army. In addition, the cavalry under Yang Tugou can run very fast. Chariots chasing them will only turn into vacuum cleaners, eating dust behind them.  Of course, the only remaining choice was Chou Wuyu. I wonder how Chou Wuyu would feel when he found out that Guo Shu had been a soft persimmon to him in the first place.

    "It seems that Qi Jun has a guilty conscience!" Upon seeing this, Yang Zilu raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

    "It's all thanks to His Majesty's power! With His Majesty here, how could Qi Jun not feel guilty?" Hou Xiong immediately took the opportunity to flatter him.

    Yang Zilu glared at Hou Xiong, but felt helpless. Flattery seemed to be flourishing in Han Dynasty.  "Okay! Don't say such empty words! Let Yang Tugou make a move, and don't let Qi Jun think he is transparent!"

    "No!" Hou Xiong responded somewhat sarcastically.

    Yang Tugou received the order and immediately ordered the cavalry to trot and march. The cavalry circled towards the flank of the Qi army, as if they were preparing to move back to attack half of the Qi and Yan coalition forces.

    The credential immediately became nervous. Although Yang Tugou might be doing this for show, if the fake thing turns out to be true, then it would be a serious problem.  Guo Shu ordered the Donghu Cavalry recruited from Yan State to kill the Han army. For this reason, Guo Shu did not hesitate to seriously injure the Donghu Cavalry and gave each of them a reward of 200 coins after the battle.  These seven or eight thousand Donghu Youqi are equivalent to seven or eight hundred thousand dollars.

    Although he paid a high price, Guo Shu also knew what was appropriate and did not foolishly think that the Donghu people who smelled like sheep could draw a tie with the Han army.  Therefore, the instructions given to them were to focus on entanglement. As long as they could entangle the Han cavalry and not join the battle, they would be considered to have completed the mission and could receive a bounty.

    After sending the cavalry to entangle the Han army, Guo Shu then ordered 50,000 infantry troops to rush straight towards Xia Huhou.  Guo Shu was not stupid, thinking of weakening the two wings of the Han army.  It's just that the Han army's wings are so easy to cut, so Yang Zilu can wipe his neck.

    "Let go!" Xia Hu roared and ordered, and the crossbowmen fired a volley. The arrows in the sky drew arcs in the air and fell into the Qi army's formation.  Flowers of blood immediately bloomed from the Qi army, and shrill screams echoed across the battlefield.?.

    The Qi-Yan coalition immediately did not dare to charge.

    Seeing that the Qi Yan coalition was afraid, Xia Huhou sneered and ordered the entire army to attack.

    "Kill!" The Han soldiers spread their footsteps and charged towards the Qi Yan coalition.

    "Shoot the arrows! Quick! Shoot the arrows!" This time the Qi army's archers were arrogant. They thought the Han army was stupid and actually rushed up to shoot them arrows.  But their arrogance didn't last long, and it withered immediately. To put it simply, Qi soldiers were like silver pewter spear heads, which looked good but were useless.

    The Han soldiers used round shields to block their heads. When the arrows fired by the Qi archers fell from their heads, they were blocked by the round shields and did not hurt many Han soldiers.  But when the soldiers of the Qi army reacted and used frontal fire to deal with the Han army, they sadly discovered that it was completely useless.

    Because the Han soldiers charging at the front all wore chainmail, and the chainmail was made of iron rings set together.  It is very light. A set of chain armor only weighs twenty kilograms, and the leather armor is only about fifteen kilograms, which shows how light it is.  At the same time, chain mail is most effective against bows and arrows, because the iron rings are set together. When the arrow is shot on the chain mail, it will immediately slide into the iron ring, but the contact surface is the side of the arrowhead, which is the arrow.  The strength of the arrow is spread to three or four aspects.

    Its strength can be imagined. Even if it penetrates into the flesh, it cannot penetrate too deeply because of the iron ring.

    The damage caused by the Qi archers to the Han army was very low, and even if a soldier was hit by seven or eight arrows, medical soldiers would immediately step forward and send him to the rear for treatment to prevent him from bleeding to death.

    The morale of the Qi army also suffered a heavy blow. The soldiers could not help but wonder, could they defeat the Han army?  Why do you feel like the Han army is invulnerable?  This may be just a seed, but as the war continues, it is likely to grow vigorously, causing the morale of the Qi army to collapse.

    Fortunately, Guo Shu is a man who has experienced battles for a long time and saw what was wrong with the Qi army's right army.  Immediately ordered the right army of the Qi army to support 10,000 Yan soldiers.  Yan State is not as comfortable as Qi State in recent years.  The Yan State is located on the border, and every year there is a war with the nomads. Either you rob me, or I rob you.  Although the people of Yan State looked a little hungry and thin, they were not generally brave.  With the input of Yan soldiers, the decline of the Qi army was immediately stopped. The number of the Han army was relatively small after all, and the two were like glue.

    The battle at Yang Zilu's side in the Chinese Army was a bit unremarkable. The Qi Army fought very conservatively and could be said to be completely defensive. Instead of fighting the Chinese Army, they were here to entangle the Chinese Army.  Because of this, the Han right-wing army was fighting the most fiercely on the battlefield at this moment.

    The opponent of the Right Army is the chariots that emerged with the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty. There have been chariots for five or six hundred years.  The military chariot has been defeated by the Han army several times. Even though Yang Zilu is sitting in the military chariot now, the military chariot has been reduced to a guard of honor in the Han Kingdom.

    However, military vehicles also have their merits, and this is also the last time that military vehicles are used in battle on a large scale, and it is also the last time that military vehicles are used as the leading role in war.

    The Qi-Yan Allied Forces mobilized five hundred military chariots. The wheels were rolling, and the bronze sword extending outside the wheels also rolled, turning into a green light.

    "Archers! Release!" How could the Han army be unprepared?  Chou Wuyu prepared two thousand longbowmen here.

    The longbow soldiers immediately fired at the fastest speed, and the arrows swept towards the Qi Yan coalition military chariot like a violent storm.

    Although they are both from the Qi State, the chariot soldiers have a spirit that the Qi people lack, which is honor.  Every chariot soldier takes his honor very seriously. This is probably because they are called nobles among many types of soldiers!

    "Come on! This is a battle! There is no enemy but me!"

    The military chariots were on the plain, making loud shouts.

    But the arrows still fell from the sky mercilessly. A war horse was shot in the eye, neighed and fell to the ground.  Immediately, the other three horses pulling the chariot fell to the ground.  The soldiers on the chariot were immediately thrown away.

    "Boom!" A military vehicle crashed into the military vehicle that fell to the ground, causing a tragic traffic accident immediately.

    But the drivers on the chariot did not slow down at all because of this, they only whipped the horses faster.  Their bravery also inspired the courage of the soldiers of the Qi and Yan coalition forces in the rear. The Qi and Yan coalition forces roared and charged towards the Han army.

    "Bed crossbow! Fire!" Chu Wuyu did not panic. He calmly directed the engineers to fire the huge crossbow arrows on the twenty bed crossbows.

    The huge crossbow arrows made horrifying sounds in the air, as if evil spirits were roaring.

    "Poof!" A military chariot hit the crossbow bolt at a speed of up to thirty kilometers per hour. The crossbow bolt immediately hit the war horse in front and penetrated it, evenIt hit the guardrail of the military vehicle, causing sawdust to fly.

    The chariot suddenly fell apart, and the soldiers screamed in fear, flying up to a height of more than ten meters, and then fell from a height of more than ten meters.  The fall caused blood from all seven holes, and they stared blankly at the sky. They didn't know what they were thinking about at this moment.

    Faced with such a cruel and heavy blow, the remaining chariots of the Qi-Yan coalition were not timid. With fearless spirit, they drove into the spear battle array of the Han infantry.

    Immediately, the Han army was in chaos, with broken spears and sawdust flying in the air.  The seriously injured war horse stood up, blood flying to the side with his movements.  The Han soldiers roared bravely, pulled the soldiers who were still alive from the chariots, pulled out the daggers from their waists and stabbed them to death.  All of this was so unspeakably tragic, and iron and blood seemed to be the only existence in this world.

    However, the sacrifice of the Qi-Yan coalition chariots was not meaningless. Except for the heavy infantry commanded by Jiao Shuyan, which was better, the other battle formations were all knocked to pieces by the chariots.  The infantry following the chariot immediately attacked, and the Han spearmen had to give up their spears, pull out the daggers from their waists, and engage the enemy at hand-to-hand combat.

    Seeing this, Jiao Shuyan immediately gritted his teeth and shouted: "Yulin Army! Charge!"

    The heavy infantry under Jiao Shuyan's command immediately pressed forward. In front of the heavy infantry, the soldiers of the Qilu Allied Army were like ants facing an elephant, being mercilessly crushed.  Sharp spears pierced their bodies, and blood flowed down the spear shafts.

    When some Qi-Yan coalition forces finally broke through the forest of spears, they found that the Han army on the opposite side was airtight except for a pair of eyes hidden behind their helmets.  They could only tragically be stabbed to death by the hoplites who put down their spears and pulled out the daggers from their waists.  And the bronze swords they wielded slashed at the heavy infantry, leaving only white marks.

    The absolute crushing force immediately caused the morale of the Qilu Allied Forces to plummet.  After all, some people may not be afraid of death, but no one wants to die needlessly.  Facing the heavy infantry, they would undoubtedly classify them as dying in vain.

    When they came into contact with heavy infantry for the first time, they had no idea what the weaknesses of heavy infantry were. In their opinion, there was no way to defeat heavy infantry.

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