Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 484: Refusing to Fight
In late spring of the third year of the Chuli reign, the Chu State, under the agitation of the people, sent troops to attack Yizhou.
He dispatched two divisions of troops, crossed the 800-li gorge in half a month (bragging), broke through Kuimen in one day, and captured five cities in seven days...
Before the Jiangzhou garrison could react, they had already taken control of the two counties of Yufu and Quren. Although they failed to obtain supplies from the Quren County treasury, at least the two counties did not fortify themselves and there was not even any fierce fighting. The impact on agricultural production was very small, and a good harvest this year can be expected.
However, Yan Yan had already reacted by then and led his troops to Linjiang County, blocking the offensive of the Wancheng Division in the Linjiang City area!
Although Linjiang is Gan's hometown, Yan Yan's prestige in Ba County has long been established.
However, due to the conflict of interests with the gentry in Ba County, Yan Yan was unable to thoroughly rectify the administration of Ba County, resulting in his inability to exert his influence over the local area. However, the garrison in Jiangzhou was under the complete control of Yan Yan!
It’s probably the same as... only one of the Six Meridians Divine Sword is open?
The garrison troops in Jiangzhou, under the command of Yan Yan, were not treated as well as the Chu troops, but at least they had enough food and wages and trained twice a year.
Compared to other princes, the Jiangzhou army has no shortage of training and money, but it is much less experienced in actual combat. After all, the last actual combat was seven or eight years ago, when the rebellion in Ba County was repeated...
Up to now, the proportion of veterans is already very low - when Ji-zao soldiers replenish manpower every year, it will also cause "dilution" in training, actual combat, etc.!
In addition, in terms of military equipment, Yizhou was relatively good in comparison three years ago. At least the Han army had the standard equipment before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Yizhou’s army was "nominally " also fully equipped.
As for Yan Yan, he would naturally not embezzle the money. The garrison of Ba County was truly fully equipped with long and short weapons, breastplate armor, bows and crossbows, and arrows. It was just that the Yizhou government was so reluctant to allocate money, so the equipment looked a little old.
However, in recent years, the Chu State seemed to have turned on a cheat code. The weapons and armor it forged were not only incredibly strong, but also terrifyingly fast. It also traded with other princes, so the elite troops and military equipment levels of the princes from all sides were much higher than before!
The Shu Marquis was the only one who “blacklisted” the Chu State, so naturally they didn’t trade much military equipment. Now the equipment of Yizhou County…
If compared with the equipment of the front-line troops, its value may not be low, but its actual strength is far behind that of other princes. Compared with the State of Chu, it is far behind!
but……
Unable to withstand Yan Yan's "powerful and heavy" move...
Ba County has fourteen counties and a population of one million - it is very little affected by the war!
If we tighten the belt a little, we can maintain a force of 70,000 to 80,000 troops, most of which will be concentrated in Jiangzhou.
Although what Yan Yan brought at this time was only a vanguard army, it instantly made Linjiang City richer by tens of thousands of people.
He also divided his troops into groups and set up camps in the mountains, forests and water outside the city to coordinate with the main city of Linjiang. By the time the vanguard led by Wen Pin arrived, Yan Yan was already prepared.
Wen Pin knew that the enemy's reinforcements in Ba County must be more than just these few, and that they would only increase in number as the battle went on. Therefore, even though he only had two vanguard regiments under his command, he still launched an attack!
The primary target was the Maoer Mountain Camp outside Linjiang City. Wen Pin also knew that he had few soldiers and would be attacked from all sides if he went directly to the city...
However, in the face of Wen Pin's challenge, the Maoershan camp hung up a white flag and did not accept the challenge.
Of course, the exemption from war was mostly just a consolation, and no princes recognized it. The State of Chu never recognized it. If they just attacked by force, the defenders would have more advantages because they had fortifications.
Because the previous march was difficult and the Chu side had no engineering team accompanying them, they could only wait for follow-up support and were unable to use the secret of the "hand-rubbing catapult".
Not long after the two armies engaged in battle, Linjiang Cheng sent out his troops to attack Wen Pin's flank. It was Yan Yan who led the troops himself. Yan Yan also knew that the Chu army must be blocked when the vanguards were fighting against the vanguards, so he led the vanguard himself.
"You rebels, don't be so arrogant. Yan Yan is here!" The veteran Yan Yan was also impatient and came over to kill them personally.
Yan Yan was doing fairly well in Yizhou Prefecture, and was well versed in military tactics and martial arts… his skills were slightly affected by his age, but they were not mediocre.
The most important thing is that we have caught up with this chaotic era, and the military token has been promoted to "gold and jade".
Wen Pin saw the opportunity and rushed forward!
"You old bastard! How dare you, an accomplice of a evildoer, to see people?" Wen Pin shouted directly.
It doesn’t matter whether he is really an accomplice to the evil, but Wen Pin must always remember that the reason why Chu State sent troops this time was "self-defense", or to be more precise... it was predictive self-defense!
Although there is an item called "speak softly and gently" in the military regulations of the Chu army, that is for the common people. There are not many rules for shouting and cursing in front of the battle line, and it all depends on personal quality.
And Wen Pin... is definitely of higher quality. Compared with Gan Ning, he is really a sweet talker . If it were Gan Ning, when he saw that the other party was older, his first thought would be to anger him to death.
Seeing Wen Pin yelling and cursing, Yan Yan looked at his golden and jade armor, and then looked at the other side of the army. There was another golden and jade general. With a quivering brow, he shouted, "Who are you? Yan will only kill the leader of the bandits!"
In fact, Yan Yan wanted to curse in his heart - why are there two golden and jade generals in a team of only two thousand people?
There are only five Jin Yu in the entire Yizhou Prefecture, and except for him and Zhang Ren, the other three were promoted in the last two or three years.
Although he had watched the "live broadcast" of the founding of the State of Chu before, but... the real feeling of the density of this gold and jade still made Yan Yan depressed.
The other Jin Yu was none other than Zhao Yun’s deputy Chen Dao!
Wen Pin was the deputy division commander, but he was directly under the command of the 3rd Regiment. Chen Dao led the 2nd Regiment - and his title was brigade commander. However, there was actually no such level as brigade now. At most, when acting together with other regiments, the brigade commander had the highest command authority.
"Wen Pin, deputy commander of the 1st Division of Wancheng! Considering that you are old and weak, you should take off your armor and surrender now so that you can enjoy your remaining years. Don't wait until you are tied up and killed, it will be too late to regret!" Wen Pin deliberately instigated hatred.
Yan Yan saw that Jin Yu, another enemy soldier, was still attacking the camp and leading the charge, so he gritted his teeth and fought with Wen Pin who was guarding the flank...
Wen Pin also did not expect that Yan Yan, who was wearing green armor and holding a two-handed sword and looked reckless, actually used a harassing style of play.
He would often exchange a few moves with his opponent, and then start to move around - because of the armor, the general had a huge amount of space to move around when fighting!
In fact, Yan Yan had no choice...
After all, he is old, and unlike Huang Zhong, he has already reached the state of transcendence. The "Sun Shooting Art" he practiced not only strengthens the liver and gallbladder, but also helps to lock in essence and consolidate qi. Although he is old, he is "all liver"!
Yan Yan can no longer work hard. His physical strength has been declining in recent years. In battle, true Qi is becoming more and more important. It would be fine if he was bullying Liujin, but in the battle between Jin and Yu, Yan Yan's physical strength is a great drag.
However, with Yan Yan's conscious adjustments, the armor manual has also been updated, and after long-term practice, it has evolved the ability to accelerate the recovery of energy.
The effect is to speed up the recovery of Qi after stopping the active attack...
However, after trying several times, Yan Yan realized that the young man in front of him was no match for him, not to mention... there was another person, Jin Yu, who was eyeing him covetously. So he led the reinforcements back to the camp and began to defend it.
The quality of Chu's individual soldiers, Chu's swords and armor all crushed the Yizhou army. However, it was still difficult to achieve results when attacking a larger force with a smaller one, especially when the enemy was already prepared. Wen Pin saw that the situation was hopeless and had to call off the battle for the time being.
For three consecutive days, no matter how Wen Pin moved around or how he changed his target in a mysterious way, his defense against Yan Yan was of little effect.
As expected of a veteran, he has no intention of being fooled!
Finally, on the fourth day, reinforcements arrived from both sides...
Originally, because the main force of the Ba County garrison arrived earlier in the morning, Yan Yan hesitated whether to take the initiative to attack.
However, scouts soon reported that the enemy's central army was approaching... so they gave up.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, Zhao Yun had already led four regiments to come for support.
There are still more defenders than attackers!
Originally, Zhao Yun and Wen Pin thought that they could rely on "challenging" to slowly lower the enemy's morale - defending for a long time without attacking would cause morale to drop, especially when the defending side has more people.
However, Yan Yan’s army… not only the army he directly led, but also the entire Linjiang County battlefield and the Jiangzhou army brought by Yan Yan seemed to have a sense of “getting stronger with age”.
Their continuous defense did not reduce their fighting spirit at all, and even... after several battles, Zhao Yun clearly felt that the troops defending the city had much higher quality in terms of physical recovery than they had shown.
That’s right, it was Yan Yan’s special fighting skill—refusing to fight!
Not only can it speed up one's energy recovery, but because Yan Yan has incorporated its principles into military tactics during his long-term practice, he has awakened the effects of legion combat skills.
It can make the morale of the defenders under your command extremely difficult to drop and the formation to collapse when they are on the defensive, and at the same time, the speed of physical recovery is increased.
Among the golden and jade generals, only a few were able to awaken their legion combat skills. Sun Ce was one, Huang Zhong was one... and now they have all transcended!
Yan Yan is indeed a veteran general, and a veteran general of Bashu, and he has actually comprehended the art of war to this level.
Unfortunately, Yan Yan is old, and unlike Huang Zhong, he is not as strong as he used to be. His martial arts skills are just so-so. I'm afraid he has no chance of transcending.
The effect of "refusing to fight" is also very comprehensive.
Mentally, morale remains unchanged, and individual soldiers' physical recovery is accelerated - overall, it can be seen as improving resilience.
The only weakness is that it is completely ineffective during attack or normal field combat!
However, after the "resilience" was compensated by Yan Yan's legion combat skills, even if the Chu army had an advantage in individual soldiers, they could not gain any advantage when their numbers were still smaller than the defenders.
He had no choice but to wait for Fa Zheng to arrive while letting Gan Mao go and persuade Gan...
