"Shu Zhan Shu?" After receiving the news that the Chu army requested a battle, Meng Tian was stunned, "Is there still a case of "Shu Zhan Shu" now?"

The wars in the Warring States Period were different from the Spring and Autumn Period. Both sides would not be honestly lined up and agreed to charge. It was because of this that the Chu people's war letter made Meng Tian feel a little strange.

"If it were the Chu people, there was nothing strange about it." Bu Xing explained, "I traveled to Chu when I was young. In the minds of the Chu people, I had not completely separated from the Spring and Autumn Period."

The culture of Chu State is very different from that of the Central Plains. The totems of the Central Plains are dragons, while the Chu people worship the phoenixes, and the more unique one is the witch and ghost culture of Chu State. The founder of Chu State was originally a wizard who followed King Wen of Zhou. For a long time, the Chu people were regarded as the southern barbarians by the Central Plains and were dissipated in the Chinese cultural circle.

Like Qin, after feeling the contempt of the Central Plains, the Chu people worked hard to show their strength to the Central Plains nakedly, expanding the land for 5,000 miles, occupying half of China. Cultural inferiority made the Chu people not only learn Chinese culture, but also fearing that they would lose themselves. The Zhou people were enfeoffed, and the Chu people also exiled their feudals in the country. Since King Zhuang of Chu, the upper class of Chu was immersed in the aristocratic culture of the Zhou people and could not extricate themselves.

During the Warring States Period, the Chu people failed to reform, and in order to protect vested interests, the entire society became increasingly conservative. However, the Chu people inherited the past completely, but fell into the eyes of the Central Plains, but became synonymous with incompetence, leaving behind a joke about carving a boat and seeking a sword.

The eight hundred years of Chu State, its long history is both a glory and a burden to Chu State.

"The task given to our troops by General Wang is to guard against Han and Chu. As long as the Chu people no longer go north, we do not need to conflict with the Chu army." Gan Luo believed in the idea of ​​defeating the army without fighting, and did not want to fight with the Chu army at this time.

"Our army has only 40,000 people, while the Chu army is less than 80,000 people. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is actually not weak." Jing Su, who was in charge of military information, was not very confident in going to war with the Chu army. The troops they led just killed many officers due to rebellion, while Yulin Lang brought by Meng Tian was very young. When Wang Jian assigned tasks, he only asked them to be responsible for restraining the south, and did not really let them fight with real swords and guns.

Meng Tian saw the caution of the generals under the tent, and knew that even though the Chu people were defeated repeatedly by the Qin people, they still did not underestimate the Chu people.

At this time, the fate of an army depends on the performance of the main general. Mediocre generals lead elite soldiers and encounter excellent generals, they may defeat the war, which will affect the fate of the entire country. When the war situation is urgent, the hesitation and panic of the main general are very contagious and may even affect the morale of the entire army.

When Jing Su and others saw that the Chu army had 80,000 troops, they took it for granted.

In the era of cold weapons, the outcome of a battle is never simply determined by the number of people. In the history of human war, it is not uncommon for a unit to defeat enemies several times their own. As long as you use appropriate tactics and the courage of the soldiers, it is not difficult to defeat the Chu army in front of you.

If Meng Tian is a mediocre general, he just needs to follow Wang Jian’s instructions and surveillance and drag down the Chu army. But Meng Tian is unwilling to finish this journey indifferently. Deep down in his heart, he already wants to fight a war. Who doesn’t want to succeed immediately, a good man?

"There are 80,000 people in the Chu army, but everyone should remember that there must be many temporary county soldiers recruited." Meng Tian said that it was not wrong. The number of professional soldiers of Wei Wuzhang was small in various countries. "Our army has few soldiers, but there is an advantage, and they are almost all old soldiers."

When training the rebels, the soldiers who were old, weak, sick and disabled were eliminated, and the average quality of the soldiers left behind exceeded that of ordinary soldiers.

Strategically despise the enemy and tactical attention. Meng Tian deeply understands the truth of this sentence. The generals who lead troops and generals have no time to start a war can only give their own confidence. If the generals lack confidence in themselves, the soldiers will be timid before they fight and lose the courage to fight.

"I have decided to fight with Chu Jun!"

Military laws are like mountains. After Meng Tian’s order was issued, no one expressed any objection. The Qin army was very strict and before the military strategy was decided, everyone could speak freely, but once the military order was formed, everyone would have to think about working hard to complete the task.

That night, Li Yuan hugged his dancer and slept soundly.

After waking up, Li Yuan ordered Chu army to make a fire and cook. After the preparation was completed, he headed to the scheduled battlefield.

To the south of Yique, there are mountains and ridges on both sides, and there is just a flat ground, suitable for the battlefield. The Chu army formations were arranged, but the Qin army's camp was quiet.

"Maybe the Qin people dare not respond, right?" Li Yuan stood in the high carriage, looking very excited. The dense Chu army formation gave him great confidence.

"Maybe, although Meng Tian has a good family background, he has never been on the battlefield, so it is possible that he is not afraid to face the battle." Thinking of his nervousness and fear when he first led the army, Li Xian felt that the young man opposite was probably going through the same process.

The first time I was nervous and clumsy, especially when fighting.

"Li Bi, lead your cavalry to attack!"

"promise!"

After Li Bi received the order, he led a thousand cavalry to rush out quickly. After the cavalry left the camp, the camp gate was closed tightly again, as if he didn't have to worry about how Li Bi's cavalry returned to the camp.

Meng Tian stood on the high general building, staring at Li Bi's galloping figure, full of expectations. In order to form Li Bi's cavalry, Meng Tian plundered all the cavalrymen and personally formulated a training plan. In just a few days, the elite combat power may not be formed, but once a brand new tactic is adopted, what role will it play?

"Rise the arrow and shoot!"

Li Bi's cavalry did not attack the Chu army's phalanx. When it was about 150 meters away from the Chu army, they rode their horses and turned, and a rain of arrows flew towards the Chu army's phalanx. When the Chu army rolled out the crossbow, the cavalry quickly turned in one direction, and then a rain of arrows shot over.

Constantly harassing and shooting arrows. The Chu army was very unaccustomed to this style of fighting. They did not form their own independent cavalry. Just a thousand knights who were good at riding and shooting caused them great trouble.

"Sir, please order the attack on the Qin army camp now!"

Li Xian originally wanted to suggest retreating, but it seemed that the Qin army did not intend to fight with them, but he could not retreat rashly. Anyone who has been on the battlefield knew that the situation where an army suffered the most casualties was not a head-on battle, but a time of retreat.

The crisp and high war drums sounded, and the Chu army formation quickly stepped forward and approached the Qin army camp. Seeing this, Li Bi's cavalry immediately retreated and wandered far away on the edge of the Chu army formation. Like an annoying fly, he could not run away or drive away.

Meng Tian’s tactics, on the football field in later generations, there was a classic tactic called defensive counterattack, while some trolls were called the turtle tactics disdainfully.

The real situation is that Meng Tian did learn from this turtle tactic. On the one hand, as the commander of the airborne, he was not very skilled in the army, and on the other hand, he was based on the reality of the Qin army. The Qin people were a unit good at civil engineering, and cooperated with a large number of skilled crossbowmen to fight defensive counterattack tactics, without any disadvantages. Among the generals of the Qin army, Wang Jian even used this tactic to perfection. When counterattacking, it was like a big river breaking the dam, and the country was destroyed in one battle.

The existing knowledge of camp construction by the Qin people and Meng Tian’s improvement, the Qin army camp became a complete turtle shell. The Chu army spent more than two tigers and still could not make any progress.

"Feng Wuze, the camp is well built!" Feng Wuze really has the talent of engineering. Meng Tian only gave a little guidance and realized the essence of the military camp construction.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew over, rolling up the yellow straw and leaves after autumn and flying all over the sky.

The Qin army camp was in the northwest direction, while the Chu army was in the southeast direction. In the land of China, after summer, the cold wind from Siberia is often blown. However, people of this era still don’t know about Siberia.

In ancient China, the war of unity often ranged from west to east, from north to south, which was related to China's special terrain and climate. Fighting from north to south was just in the direction of the leeward.

This sudden strong wind was surprised by whether it was the Qin people or the Chu people. After all, there was no meteorology in this era, and it is common for abnormal climate phenomena to occur on the battlefield.

What is a fighter? This is a fighter! Meng Tian knew the importance of fighting against the lee. It was precisely because Hannibal used the benefits of the wind that he won the great victory of the Battle of Canny.

"Order the entire army to attack!" Meng Tian immediately issued an order, "Menghu, Mengbao, you will lead the army to attack the direction of the Chu army's central army!"
Chapter completed!