I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

The Chu generals, who were originally complacent, immediately became nervous when they heard the words "Jiangdong rats" and pointed at the Qian army and shouted,

"Who are you calling Jiangdong rats? We, the sons of Great Chu, are no worse than the army of any other country!"

"Apologize, you must apologize. We are friendly forces, not enemies. If the enemy scolds us, that's fine. We can just fight back. But you, friendly forces, scold us too. What's the point?"

"You Chu army are just Jiangdong rats, who in the world doesn't know that? You have absolutely no fighting power! You can't even compare to the toes of our Qian army!"

"Swear at me again!"

The Chu army generals, who had been despised by the Qian army generals for days, finally couldn't bear it anymore and started a big quarrel with the Qian army generals.

"Jiangdong rats" has always been a term used by people from other countries to insult the Chu people, which is a bit like regional discrimination.

It’s okay to curse behind your back, but who can stand being cursed like this to your face?

The resentment accumulated over the past few days suddenly erupted, and the Chu army also glared at the Qian army.

Gong Yang Ge and Xiang Qu saw that the commotion had gotten out of hand, so they shouted at them to stop and told them to sit down.

Gong Yang Ge frowned and shouted,

"What are you arguing about? We're all on the same side. This is clearly a tactic of the enemy to sow discord. Can't you see such a simple truth?

They deliberately wanted us to quarrel.

You're already a general, why aren't you steady at all? "

A Chu army commander snorted coldly,

"That being said, what the Qianjun brothers said was too hurtful. What do you mean by Jiangdong rats? What do you mean by us being inferior to the Qianjun brothers?

What? The enemy didn't scold us, but you scolded us instead. Where can we seek justice?"

"Yes, Marshal, just say something. Are we being scolded for no reason?"

"The Qian army is so strong, why don't they use their toes to fight the Yan people?"

The generals looked at Xiang Qu indignantly, hoping that he could say something fair.

Xiang Qu looked at his generals who were filled with righteous indignation, sighed, turned his head to look at Gong Yang Ge, and said,

"General Gong Yang, what do you think about this matter? The Qian army brothers' words were really harsh. Let them apologize."

Gong Yangge didn't take this matter to heart at all. He looked at the letter in his hand and said nonchalantly,

"It's not a big deal. How can you call it a big deal? Even couples have their own quarrels and bickerings. Even their own hair-pulling fights, not to mention that the soldiers of our two armies are all hot-blooded men.

There's no need to make a big deal out of this little thing. It's all the enemy's scheme. They can't see it, so can't you, General Qu, see it too?"

After saying that, Gong Yang Ge threw the reply letter on the table and continued to look at the sand table in front of him, deducing the process of the battle.

He really didn't take it to heart, because he also looked down on the Chu army from the bottom of his heart. The Qian army came from afar to help them fight, which was already very kind of them. What's wrong with saying a few words to them? They are really fragile.

What's more, what Qian Jun said was the truth. Qian people are so proud.

Asking the Qian people to apologize to the Chu people is as difficult as asking the US troops stationed in South Korea to apologize to the South Koreans. It is absolutely impossible.

Xiang Qu's face turned red with anger.

Originally, the Qian people were at fault and were the first to insult the Chu people. The Chu people did not quarrel with them, but just asked for an apology to make everyone feel better, and the matter just passed.

But looking at Gong Yang Ge's attitude, he had no intention of apologizing at all. Instead, he scolded the veteran.

How could Xiang Qu keep his face when a young man in his thirties scolded a veteran in his fifties?

Since he was like this, you can imagine how angry the other Chu people were.

But Xiang Qu still winked at them and shook his head, asking them to be patient and not to get into conflict at this time.

After all, the Qian army came to help them, although they helped the Chu State in order to protect the Qian State itself.

The Chu army generals could only suppress their anger for the time being, even though their faces turned red with anger.

Gong Yang Ge looked at the sand table in front of him, deduced the military strategy, and said,

"General Xiang, we will go into battle against the Yan army tomorrow. We should give it our all. A first victory will boost morale.

But don’t even think about capturing the empress alive in the first battle. She will definitely be in the city and heavily protected.

Our goal is still to consume the enemy's forces on a large scale.

Considering that the Yan army is good at using the tactic of stealing the home, tomorrow our army will leave two legions to guard Yecheng. We must not let them break in. This is our base camp and the top priority.

Then, tomorrow you and I will go into battle in person, each leading three legions under our command, forming a battle formation, and advancing in unison to fight the Yan army in the most stable manner.

what do you think? "

Xiang Qu frowned when he heard this.

"Will the two armies merge? What formation should they form?"

"It is the square formation, the simplest square formation, the most ingenious and unpretentious. We will use the most solid and simple square formation, the most united and powerful military formation, to face the Yan army.

The commander of the Yan army was as cunning as a fox. They could find a breakthrough in any military formation that would disperse the army's strength. Once the Zhennan army charged in, the military formation would be in chaos.

We met the enemy in a square formation. Our front lines were on all sides, and behind us were a large number of friendly troops. The enemy could not rush in and could only exchange one for one with us.

Only in this way can we ensure that we will not be defeated by the Yan army."

When the Chu army generals heard this, they couldn't help but sneer.

Gongyang Ge immediately frowned and looked at the Chu army generals with displeasure.

A general of the Qian army shouted,

"What are you laughing at? Do you look down on our Marshal?"

"No no."

Many Chu army generals shook their heads repeatedly.

“We just thought of happy things.”

"What happy thing?"

"My wife is giving birth."

"Yes, yes, yes, we are all very happy that his wife gave birth to a child."

The general of the Qian army was a little unconvinced, feeling that he had been fooled, and slammed the table fiercely.

"You're just laughing at our Marshal, you never stop!"

"All right!"

As the commander-in-chief, Gongyang Ge was quite magnanimous and naturally would not argue with those Chu army generals.

"General Xiang, what do you think of this battle plan?"

Xiang Qu looked at his generals, who kept shaking their heads and winking at him.

Xiang Qu knew what they were thinking. They did not want to fight with the Qian army, and Xiang Qu himself did not want to either, so he said,

"General Gong Yang, our two armies have rarely fought side by side, and we haven't had any experience in getting along. We have different ideas about combat, and if we force them together, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to coordinate.

How about this, our two armies separate and form two large square formations, and attack forward. Whichever side the enemy attacks mainly, the other side will go to support. Or, as you said, use the most stable square formation to fight.

If the enemy dares to encircle any of our forces, we can attack their encirclement from both sides, causing them heavy losses. What do you think?"