Chapter 77 Proxy War
"Who are you under? Where are you from?"
A sergeant of the Vietnamese army saw a strange face and couldn't help but shout in a stern voice.
However, the soldier on the opposite side remained silent!
Finally, he could no longer hide. A Wu army warrior hiding in the Yue army immediately swung the spear in his hand. With a "puff", the spear head pierced through the chest and killed an enemy.
"kill!"
Three hundred elite soldiers of the Wu army waved their weapons at the same time and began to slaughter nearby enemies wantonly.
The Vietnamese army's already assembled troops suddenly fell into chaos!
Since everyone was wearing the same clothes and armor, the Vietnamese army could not tell friend from foe.
After Wu Zixu decisively swung his sword and killed a Wu soldier, he looked around and immediately noticed something strange!
"White cloth band! The one with the white cloth band tied around his arm is Wu Jun!"
Wu Zixu immediately shouted loudly.
As expected, among all the Vietnamese soldiers, those with white cloth tied on their arms were the most brutal!
Everyone realized that this was a way for the Wu army to distinguish between friend and foe.
Therefore, at this time, they were able to react and together besiege the enemies who had infiltrated the team.
Far away from the Yue army camp, on a hillside, Sun Wu and Fan Li looked at the scene there with solemn expressions.
"Just as the Grand Commander expected, the Vietnamese army has already noticed something strange about the team."
Fan Li was full of admiration for Sun Wu!
After all, he is young, intelligent, and good at strategy, but his experience is not as good as Sun Wu's, and his considerations are not as thoughtful as Sun Wu's.
Sun Wu knew that Fan Li's strategy was good, but it also had some omissions.
What if the Vietnamese army noticed something was wrong and started to identify the soldiers one by one?
For this reason, Sun Wu had to keep a backup plan!
"No matter what, our goal has been achieved. Now!"
With a clang, Sun Wu suddenly drew out the bronze sword from his waist, stood on the chariot, pointed at the Yue army camp below the hillside, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers! The time for you to make achievements has come!"
"Let the Vietnamese barbarians have a taste of our power!"
"Beat the drum! March!"
“Roar, roar, roar!”
Following Sun Wu's order, the dull and murderous sound of the cowhide war drum instantly resounded through the sky and filled the entire wilderness.
The Wu army soldiers behind Sun Wu formed several huge square formations and advanced forward in an orderly manner with an overwhelming force!
"Wind! Strong wind! Wind, strong wind!"
The soldiers of Wu army roared loudly, marched in uniform steps, shouted the same slogans, cheered themselves up, and waved flags for their own side.
For a moment, flags covered the sky and spears and swords were like a forest!
Looking down from above, one could see that on the vast plain, the Wu army, wearing scarlet uniforms and holding scarlet flags, was rushing towards the disorganized Yue army on the opposite side like a rolling torrent.
All the Vietnamese soldiers, including Yun Chang, were shocked by this sudden change.
Yun Chang quickly ordered his soldiers to form a battle formation and prepare to meet the enemy!
"Chariot, attack!"
Sun Wu shouted loudly, and more than 200 chariots that had been ready for action immediately dived towards the Yue army at lightning speed.
These more than 200 chariots were the reason why Sun Wu dared to fight a decisive battle with the Yue army in Li Ze to decide the outcome!
Although the Wu and Yue countries were both located in a remote corner of the southeast and integrated with the local barbarians, their levels of civilization were not exactly the same.
Especially in the military aspect, the number of chariots of Yue State was less than half of that of Wu State!
The war between Wu and Yue can be regarded as a continuation of the struggle for hegemony between Jin and Chu, and falls into the category of proxy war.
In order to balance the power of Chu in the south, the State of Jin supported the State of Wu and taught the Wu people how to drive chariots.
It has been seventy or eighty years now!
The State of Yue was also an "agent" supported by the State of Chu in the east to deal with the State of Wu, but its level of civilization was limited, so it could not keep pace with the gradually powerful State of Wu in terms of national strength!
For example, this time, the total number of chariots dispatched by the State of Yue was no more than 200!
As the main military force in wars of this era, the Vietnamese army had too few tanks, which would cause them to suffer heavy losses when fighting on such plains.
"kill!"
The Wu army's chariots rushed forward recklessly. Before they got close, the archers on the chariots had already fired a volley of arrows, killing the Yue soldiers at the forefront of the Yue army's phalanx who were caught off guard.
"Shoot!"
"Chariot! Go!"
Yun Chang gave orders quickly, but in such a hurry, the archers of the Yue army could only shoot a few arrows sporadically, which could not cause much damage to the chariots of the Wu army.
As for the Vietnamese army's chariots, they could not be mobilized for the time being, and it would take some time to assemble them together.
"Entrapment Camp! Attack!"
Sun Wu waved his hand, and with the waving of the command flag , a total of 800 elite soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp followed the chariots in an orderly manner and rushed towards the Yue army's phalanx together.
At this time, the Vietnamese army's phalanx had been broken into pieces by the Wu army's chariot group, and the formation was in chaos.
The power of the chariot is self-evident.
One person drove the car, one held the spear, and one shot arrows. They each performed their duties and cooperated very well.
The chariots charged forward like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, quickly crushing the Vietnamese infantry.
Wherever the Wu army's chariots passed, blood splattered and corpses were everywhere!
The sharp soldiers of the Formation Trap following behind the chariots were fighting ten enemies at a time, slaughtering nearby enemies with impunity.
"clang!"
A Yue soldier swung his sword at the sharp warrior of the Xianzhen Camp, but it only cut off one or two layers of armor and caused some internal injuries, but failed to kill him at all!
On the other hand, the sharp warrior of the Xianzhen Camp kicked the Yue soldier away with a grim smile on his face, then stabbed the enemy through the chest with the spear in his hand and killed him directly.
The way they kill people is clean and neat, without any delay!
This not only depends on the personal bravery of the two people, but also reflects the incomparable weapons and equipment!
Some of the Vietnamese soldiers didn't even have a set of ordinary armor, but the sharp warriors of the Xianzhen Camp were fully armed, wearing thick three-layer bronze armor!
If you use weapons to stab with insufficient force, you will not be able to penetrate their armor!
How do we fight this battle?
Yunchang was very upset, but even more upset were the Vietnamese soldiers who were involved in the fight!
Because the elite soldiers of the Wu army's Xianzhen Camp were not only extremely brave and strong, but also wearing helmets and armor, and were armed to the teeth!
Can carry and fight!
To kill one elite warrior from the Xianzhen Camp, the Vietnamese army must lose more than ten soldiers in battle!
With such a huge gap, how could the Vietnamese army not collapse?
"Kill them!"
"Follow me!"
Seeing how powerful the chariot group and the trap camp were, Sun Wu immediately struck while the iron was hot and ordered the entire army to attack.
The soldiers of Wu army were greatly encouraged excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. They rushed towards the gradually collapsing Yue army!
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
Knowing that he was no match for the Wu army, Yun Chang made a prompt decision, waved his sword with a look of panic on his face and ordered his soldiers to retreat.
