Don't steal a man from me

The moon hung like a hook on the top of the sycamore tree, and the black satin-like night sky was full of stars. The lamp was still lit in the study of Keqing Chu's mansion. Zhang Yi, dressed in dark blue clothes and holding a letter in hand, sat under the lamp and read intently.

"My land of Chu is bounded by Wu and Hunan in the south, Luo and Huai in the north, Lingman in the west, and Jianghai in the east. With Xiangting Lake as the lake and Jianghan as the pool, the border is limited and the area is seven thousand miles wide. The city is the capital of our country, and the city is roughly square. The outer wall is thirteen long and nine feet high. Now we have re-divided and registered Chu counties as follows: Hancheng, Jiangdong, Qianzhong, Wujun, Wanjun, Qijun, and Lu Yang, Dengcheng and other 53 counties; Fulizhisai, Qiongcheng, Yuguan, Yingcheng and other eight places are our strong fortresses of Chu, Zhejiang, Seto, Lishui and other eight rivers all come out of Xiangting, almost irrigated our Chuxi, Farmlands in the south and north, Cangwu Mountain and Yaoli Mountain are rich in copper and iron mines, and Lingnan County produces well salt..." The delicate and timeless Xiaozhuan is neatly written on the brown bamboo slips, with cinnabar small characters as annotations, organized Clear, so that the viewer can't put it down.

After Zhang Yi finished reading "Chu Di Kao" written by Su Jue, she couldn't wait to read "Three Volumes of Dingguo".

"There are now five types of soldiers in Chu, the first of which is infantry, which is equipped with chariots and armor, the third is armor, the crown is equipped with swords; the second is chariot soldiers; the third is crossbow soldiers; the fourth is cavalry; the fifth is sailors. …”

"To control the field, open up the fields, one man has a hundred acres, the field boundary is a field, ten people plow a thousand acres, and the field boundary is a field; recruit refugees, optimize their fields and houses, and return to their children and grandchildren, and use them as farmers who have plowed the fields... .”

"If you set up a market and set up an official, if you buy or sell something, you should tie a wooden sign and mark the price..."

Zhang Yi has carefully read the "Three Volumes of Dingguo" from the general theory to the subsections. He forgot to sleep and eat, and never put down the scroll, studying the book written by Su Jue day and night. It disappeared without a trace. Although he had never seen Su Jue, he already respected this Xiangguo who existed like a pillar of Chu from the bottom of his heart.

In February of the 29th year of King Shangyou, Ji State clashed with Song Weiguo because of the Shangdang land in the south. King Ji was unwilling to give up Shangdang land to Song Weiguo for nothing, so he joined forces with Chen State in the north to attack Song Weiguo.

At the end of February in the 29th year of King Shangyou, Song Weibing was defeated, and Shangdang land was included in the territory of Ji State.

The State of Chen proposed to the State of Ji to use the Huicheng area in the north as a reward for sending troops, but King Ji refused. In the middle of March in the 29th year of King Shangyou, he allied with the State of Song Wei to attack the State of Chen. Going against the virtue of the alliance, Song Wei turned against him and quickly formed an alliance with Chen Guo. The allied forces attacked Ji Guo from north to south, and smashed six cities of Ji in a row.

At the end of April in the 29th year of King Shangyou, King Ji was beaten so much by the two countries that he could only send envoys to Chu to ask the southern power to save Ji from the fire.

"Emissary Ji's words are wrong. Now that I, Chu, are isolated by the world, how can I still be the master of the world?" Chu Yunqi was wearing a black royal robe embroidered with a sun totem, wearing a crown and sitting on the third white jade steps. The throne laughed.

"This... the King of Chu, calm down. I asked the King of Chu to take care of me when I offended the King before, but now Song Weiguo and Chen Guo are tyrannical and tyrannical, and they have pulled out six cities of my concubine. This is clear. Just don’t pay attention to the southern state of Chu, is it true that the king of Chu allows Song Wei and Chen to be so arrogant?” Ji Guo’s envoy stood in the palace of the king of Chu with his chest upright, and refuted Chen, Song and Wei. Incomplete.

A mocking smile curled up on the corner of Chu Yunqi's lips, he nodded thoughtfully, and said slowly: "Oh——Emissary Ji is right." The tone of this sentence was very long, and he was slender and slightly Pale fingers caressed his chin, and he paused and said neatly: "Please go back and tell King Ji that the widow will personally lead 20 troops to rescue your country from the siege."

Envoy Ji was overjoyed, knelt down and kowtowed and shouted "Wan Nian, King of Chu", Chu Yunqi waved his sleeves, and helped him with his hands: "I sincerely hope that your envoy will bring this message to you. "

The envoy of Ji State couldn't help nodding, and exited the palace of Chu State with gratitude.

After the envoys of Ji Kingdom left, General Fan Kui went out to court and said, "How can the little Ji Kingdom use my 20 Chu Rui soldiers? Please lead [-] troops to reinforce Ji Kingdom."

"That's right, is it necessary for your majesty to lead the troops personally? I don't even bother to clean up the mess for them." Wei Ran echoed loudly.

For a while, the courtiers tried to dissuade him, but Chu Yunqi only smiled and listened without saying a word.

After everyone quieted down, he said slowly: "Since Xiangguo Zhaowenjun's reform, my national power has greatly increased. The purpose of this expedition is not to show favor to Ji Guo, but to let all the countries in the Central Plains take a look at it. They don't have the ability to isolate Chu, so we not only need to win this time to save Ji, but also make Chen, Song and Wei suffer a disastrous defeat."

"But you don't need your majesty to lead the troops out personally?!" Wei Ran paused.

Chu Yunqi smiled and said: "This is the first time that I, the Great Chu Ruishi, have fought vigorously since the reform, and it is also the first time that I have taken the initiative to attack since I was surrounded by enemies. I have been wronged all winter, and this battle will make me Come to stretch your muscles and bones?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials laughed, and Wei Ran was also relieved by what he said, so he stopped refuting immediately.

In the middle of May in the 29th year of King Shangyou, King Chu led an army of 20 to attack Chongjiang, an important town in the south of Song Weiguo.

The allied forces of Chen, Song and Wei had no choice but to temporarily suspend their crusade against Ji, and quickly transferred their forces to Chongjiang, an important town in Song and Wei, to fight against the Chu army.

A round of red sun slowly rises on the eastern horizon. 25 soldiers of the allied army of Chen, Song and Wei are waiting in battle on the flat and wide field. The leader of the alliance is Han Peng, the general of Chen Guo. The helmet is riding on the horse, with a dignified expression.

On the opposite side of the coalition army, the 20 troops of Chu State were marching slowly. The footsteps of the Chu soldiers were uniform, and each foot fell like a thunderbolt in the sky.

If you stand closer to the Chu army, you can still faintly feel the shaking of the ground, and the collision sound of Chu soldiers' shields and long swords and halberds is so neat. "Swipe", the sound of uniform armored weapons colliding and rubbing.

If you look from a distance from the top of the city wall, what you see is that in the dusty sky, the 20 Chu soldiers seem to be alone, neat and orderly, walking towards the coalition forces with absolute overwhelming momentum.

The Chu army stood still outside the three houses of the coalition army, the dust dispersed, and the neatly lined Chu square array was already lined up.

The left army of the Chu army has a cang flag, and the pawns wear gray feathers. The right army has a white flag, and the pawns wear white feathers. The middle army has a yellow flag, and the pawns wear yellow feathers. With yellow badges, white badges for the next four lines, black badges for the next five lines, and then the first five lines are placed at the head, the next five lines are placed at the front, the third and fifth lines are placed at the chest, and the fourth and fifth lines are placed at the belly. The fifth and the fifth elements are placed at the waist. (Note)

The Chu army's formation was in order, front and back, and the four sides were like ropes, with fierce air rushing towards them.

Han Peng saw Chu Yunqi standing on the chariot in the center of the phalanx, wearing a dark iron battle armor and a scarlet cloak fluttering in the wind. He was looking back at Han Peng with a smile. For some reason, when the two armies were fighting At that moment, Han Peng felt a terrible chill from the bottom of his heart. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes fiercely, opened them again, turned his head and nodded to the scout beside him.

The banner waved three times, and the forward infantry of Song Wei and Chen rushed towards the Chu army formation with their spears, swords and halberds shouting.

Chu Yunqi leaned on the king sword with both hands, with a faint smile on his lips, he squinted his eyes, looked at the coalition forces rushing towards them shouting in the distance, and said loudly: "Zhenduo, Xingqi, the left and right armies are in a circle. Line up quickly."

As soon as Chu Yunqi finished speaking, the flag of the Chu Army quickly waved back and forth three times, and the crisp sound spread throughout the entire army formation. The covering convoy quickly rotated and moved closer to the formation to form a dense defensive circle. During the movement of the soldiers, a large amount of dust like a tornado was circling up into the sky. When the dust dispersed, the forward of the Chu army had formed. Two sets of solid circular defensive formations.

Han Peng's eyes froze. The circular formation is mostly used for defense. When the strength of the two armies is equal, few generals will change the square formation to a circular formation as soon as they come up. Before he can figure it out, the Chu army's flag waved twice , I saw a neat "swipe" sound, and the front of the Chu army's circular formation was uniform and transformed into a sitting formation with lightning flashes and thunder. , watching the coalition striker rushing forward.

The circular formation is generally used for defense, while the sitting formation is a form of military formation in which soldiers sit. Both of these are used when defense is necessary to reduce losses. Now Chu Yunqi puts these two Combining these formations, this passive defense formation is clearly provoking the coalition forces with weak troops, Han Peng frowned.

When the coalition army saw that the Chu army was so careless, they immediately became angry, drew their long swords, and rushed towards the circle with spears and halberds. They stabbed at the chests of the soldiers of the coalition army, and the blood quickly stained everyone's face and hands. The coalition army was like a mad lion constantly attacking the round formation of the Chu army, but the front formation of the Chu army was like a copper wall No matter how many strikes the coalition forwards continued to attack, the Chu army's circular formation remained motionless.

Feeling bad, Han Peng roared: "The forward infantry retreats, the cavalry brigade rushes to me, and kicks the Chu army's circle!"

Heavy drums sounded, hitting Han Peng's heart one after another, but three times the drums fell to the ground, and the forward pawns still did not retreat. Han Peng was shocked and hurriedly sent a scout to explore the formation.

After a while, the scout Pegasus came: "Report to the general, the rear phalanx of the Chu army surrounded from the left and right wings, surrounded all the forwards of our army, and the forwards of our army cannot retreat!"

"Grandma's!" Han Peng gritted his teeth and cursed. He roared, "Where are the crossbowmen?! Covering the cavalry's attack from the left flank of the Chu army, tear me open!"

"Kill!" The coalition cavalry rushed towards the Chu army brandishing their bronze swords. Accompanied by the cavalry, arrows rained down from the sky.

Chu Yunqi's eyes froze, and he said: "A cavalry brigade of the rear army avoided the enemy's onslaught, and went straight to the enemy's rear for food and grass. If you burn the food and grass for me, I will be rewarded! The left and right troops gathered in circles, Shield Guards!"

The sound of drums spread to every corner of the Chu army's formation like a torrential rain, and the soldiers quickly rotated and gathered in the center after receiving the order, shrinking the encirclement smaller and smaller.

The rear army phalanx that outflanked the two wings before quickly formed a five-army formation and moved to the rear of the circle. The surrounded coalition forwards were already in disarray when they heard the first drumbeat and were unable to retreat. The released Chu army let go, and ran back in a swarm, colliding with the cavalry rushing forward, disrupting the formation of the cavalry.

For a while, the neighing of horses, the screams of soldiers dying under horseshoes, and the clashing sounds of swords and swords filled the entire battlefield.

Chu Yunqi still stood still on the battlefield and ordered: "Circle formations cover, crossbowmen prepare!"

The soldiers covered the mouth of the duo with their hands, and the originally crisp sound of the duo became muffled. The Chu army, who had been moving backwards slowly and methodically, quickly stopped moving. all over the sky.

The war between Chu State and the Allied Forces was coming to an end. Han Peng closed his eyes in despair. He trembled his lips and wanted to say "Mingjin retreat", but before he could say anything, the scouts sent a report: "Report to the general , a brigade of enemy cavalry burned our food and grass, and is now killing us from the rear of our army."

The cavalry of the Chu army charged in the billowing smoke, and the crisp sound of duo resounded throughout the battlefield again, and the drums became louder. It was the order of the Chu army to launch the final general attack, and the soldiers of the coalition army scattered and fled.

In a panic, someone's long sword pierced the chest of the same robe, and the most instinctive desire to survive in human nature was amplified.

The coalition army had already lost their formation, like a ball of water spilled on the ground, fled in all directions without any rules. On the contrary, the Chu army did not mess up their formation at all because of their victorious pursuit. They were still orderly and uniform. Quickly press down on the coalition forces.

The crows circled and wailed in the sky, the dust dispersed, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood. The sun had risen, and the golden sunlight was shining on the battlefield. Burnt corpses, decapitated corpses, and broken arms were taken from the battlefield. The corpses pierced by a sword in the chest, and the incomplete corpses overlapped together, this place seems to be like a purgatory on earth, the blood and water converge into small rivers flowing along the low-lying places, the sun shines on Chu Yunqi Junyi's face, He said with a blank expression: "Leave a brigade of infantry to bury the corpses, and the Sima from all walks of life will count the number of people, and send the troops back to the country."

The author has something to say: In the article, the decrees in the "Three Volumes of Dingguo" written by Su Jue are derived from "General Research on the System of the Warring States Period", and the descriptions of the Cangqi of the Chu Army formation are derived from "Research on the Army Formation of the Spring and Autumn Period".The military formation played by Chu Yunqi in the article was made up by the author based on the circular formation and the square formation. If there are any professional mistakes, please forgive me.