When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 627 Zhang Ji: Bad, lustful and suspicious, am I becoming Prime Minister Cao?

It was the Chu army that took the initiative to seek war. The Qin and Chu armies had been in confrontation for a long time. Even if Li Yuan trusted and supported Xiang Yan, he really could not withstand the pressure from the country.

When fighting a war, you will be criticized not only if you lose, but also if you fight for a long time. It is common to be impeached, suspected of relying on troops and self-respecting, and accused of having fought for a long time without success. These are all common things.

Moreover, one of the main purposes of the Chu army sending troops this time was to rescue the Wei state. The Chu army's partial army contained 100,000 Qin troops from Huaibei, but it was still not enough to save Wei's ally.

No matter what, at least fight first!
In the Qin army camp
"War letter?"

Zhang Ji looked at Ambassador Chu with some surprise, his eyes moving slightly.

When the era changed from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, it was rare to see a formal declaration of war, an appointment with the enemy at a certain place, and a formal battle between the two sides.

As a result, the etiquette collapsed and the music collapsed. Song Xianggong, a once-hegemonic king, was too typical as a negative example and left too deep an impression on the world.

Secondly, the expansion of the art of war by Sun Bin, the two originators of the war sect, was really dazzling, and the Warring States Period was remarkable.

Thirdly, the Qin army was good at battles, and other countries never took advantage of the Qin army in battles.

And Xiang Yan actually issued a challenge to him?

He was mentally calculating but not careful. Without the ability to predict the unknown, even if Zhang Ji had the ability of a famous general, he would not be able to suddenly figure out Xiang Yan's conspiracy.

"Okay, I'll take it, but I hope the battlefield will be in Huaiyuan. You can go and report to your general."

"Oh, no, it's to restore Yin's life to your family."

Zhang Ji didn't know what Xiang Yan was planning, but he still nodded and accepted the letter of challenge, and casually made some divisive remarks to give Li Yuan some eye drops.

After all, although invitations to fight rarely occur in this era, refusing an invitation to fight means retreating. It is not as easy and casual as the later generations who used the "war-free" card. This has a considerable effect on encouraging the enemy's morale and weakening one's own morale.

After seeing off the Chu envoy, Zhang Ji discussed the invitation to war with his generals.

"I think your Majesty is worrying too much."

Shao Sao smiled faintly, saying that his lord is good at everything, but sometimes he is too cautious, or to put it mildly, he is suspicious.

Although Zhang Ji is always on the battlefield, he will make some eccentric moves from time to time. However, in fact, Zhang Ji has already calculated various situations, including big victory, small victory, small defeat, big defeat and many other situations. All taken into account.

Zhang Ji often uses strange moves, but he makes decisions before taking action. He considers defeat before winning. Zhang Ji has even planned his retreat route. Even if his strange moves fail or are discovered, Zhang Ji can still retreat to preserve his main strength. plan.

But when faced with Xiang Yan's invitation to fight without knowing the purpose, this character really fell into a quagmire of thinking. "I have been in Chu for many years, and I have some understanding of the kings, ministers, nobles and military of Chu. Xiang Yan uses troops to gain power, and what he is best at is battle formation rather than planning."

"I am afraid that Xiang Yan's invitation to fight is not simply Xiang Yan's purpose, but that Li Yuan is somewhat unable to withstand the domestic public opinion and pressure."

"Hundreds of thousands of troops came out with all their strength, but there was no battle. I'm afraid the memorials to impeach Li Yuan have already piled up."

"So no matter what, Li Yuan will fight first and use the heads of our Qin army soldiers to temporarily suppress public opinion in the rear. Even if the Chu army loses a small defeat, it doesn't matter, as long as he can capture a certain number of our army soldiers' heads." level, Li Yuan will promote it as a small victory.”

Hearing this, Zhang Ji was stunned, and his frown relaxed a lot.

Wu Chen also continued to add: "I think this is also true, and it is true that the Qin army is good at formation fighting, but the battle between the Chu army and the Qin army is better than the attack on Chen County."

Unlike the Qin army that easily captured Chen County, it was Zhang Ji who took advantage of the Chu army's unpreparedness and took the initiative as a defender to attack Chen County so easily.

Originally, the Chu army was going to attack Chen County. Maybe they could contact the nobles in the city and cooperate inside and outside to capture Chen County. But unfortunately, Zhang Ji almost killed most of the nobles in Chen County, and the rest were either Wu Chen, Shao Sao and others. The family, or the conscientious nobles who did not participate in the search for people's wealth and people's anointing.

The conscientious nobles do have a conscience, but the family's strength is extremely limited and they pose no threat at all.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ji's frown completely relaxed, he shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He has to admit that when facing these famous generals who have made a name for themselves in history, perhaps because of the admiration and awe he had for these generals when he read history in his previous life, or perhaps because of his lack of confidence in the absence of a "prophet", he does go overboard. Cautious and suspicious.

and many more!

Lecherous, good soldier, suspicious?

Damn it, have I become Prime Minister Cao?
But at least for now, Xiang Yan doesn't want to fight a tough battle.

But no matter what Xiang Yan's purpose was, the battlefield was set in Huaiyuan.

Huaiyuan is a plain area between Chen County and Xiangcheng. No matter what conspiracy Xiang Yan has, the Qin army is best at positional warfare in the plains. Even Zhang Ji, who still has doubts in his heart, has absolute confidence. .

Moreover, Zhang Ji had a rather reckless idea.

No matter how many strategies you devise, I will defeat them all on my own!

(End of this chapter)