The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

A few days later, a distinguished guest came to Shu. Because of this distinguished guest, Shu suspended its military operations to receive this distinguished guest.

Shu court

King Du Ping of Shu looked at Yao Zhongmei, the Marquis of Pi, who was in a state of disgrace, and asked, "Marquis of Pi, why did you come to me?"

Marquis of Pi knelt down and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, you must save my country. The State of Zhu has already conquered the capital of my country. Please send troops to help me restore my country!"

When Du Ping heard that the capital of Pi had been conquered, he was shocked. The capital of a country should be fine in the first one or two months, but it was conquered so quickly. Du Ping comforted him and said, "Don't be sad, Marquis of Li. I will definitely send troops to help you restore your country! Marquis of Li, please go to my palace and rest for a while!"

Yao Zhongmei bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, my king!"

After Marquis of Li left, Du Ping thought for a while and said, "Everyone, we should put the attack on Zhu State on hold for now. We must help Marquis of Li restore his country first. What do you think?"

Prime Minister Du Wu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Li State is a vassal state of my Shu State. Now that Li State has been destroyed, my Shu State must help Li State restore its country! If we don't help Li State restore its country, my Shu State's status as the suzerain state may be lost!"

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General Du Ru stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, if my army goes directly to help the State of Li to restore its country, we will have to face the main force of the State of Zhu. Even if we win, it will be a miserable victory!"

Du Wu retorted: "General Du, the State of Li is a vassal state of my State of Shu. If the capital of the State of Li has not been conquered, it will be fine. But the capital of the State of Li has been conquered, which is equivalent to the State of Li being destroyed. If we do not help the State of Li to restore its country, how will the whole world view my State of Shu? Your Majesty, I would like to send 60,000 troops to help the State of Li restore its country."

King Du Ping of Shu thought about it, looked at the prime minister, and then looked at the general, but he still did not make up his mind.

Du Ru saw the dilemma of the King of Shu and said: "Your Majesty, there is another way, which is to attack from both sides. Our army will send 20,000 people to attack the State of Zhu and 60,000 people to help the State of Pi to restore its country!"

Du Ping said immediately after hearing this: "Okay, I will listen to the general's words. Then, how should our army act?"

Du Ru said: "The prime minister will lead 20,000 people to attack the State of Zhu, attack the Jiameng Pass of the State of Zhu, and go straight into Tufei City from the Jiameng Pass. I will personally lead 60,000 troops to help the State of Pi to restore its country! The army will first attack Baojiang City, then go north to attack Piyi, and recapture the capital of the State of Pi!"

Du Ping said immediately after hearing this He said: "Okay, I will give you 60,000 troops and 100 chariots to help the state of Qi to restore its country, and you, Prime Minister, will lead 20,000 troops to attack the state of Zhu!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Baojiang City

Qiang Yong looked at the map on the wall and asked: "Have you found any Shu troops nearby?"

The commander of the scout camp said: "General, our army has not found any trace of the Shu army."

Qiang Yong thought for a while and said: "Send all the scouts out. I want to know all the situations within a radius of 100 miles. Don't miss any movement. Report to me immediately if you find the Shu army!"

"Yes!" The commander of the scout camp bowed.

Qian Yong said again: "General Tsenghai, you lead 5,000 soldiers to ambush in the mountains and forests 30 miles north of the city. When the enemy passes by, don't attack them and just let them pass. General Benci, you lead 5,000 people to station on the high ground 5 miles northwest. Remember to guard this place well. I plan to deploy 20 catapults on this high ground. You must guard it well! I will lead 10,000 troops to defend the city. As long as we occupy this high ground, our army can form a two-sided attack on the enemy! The main force of the general will advance from the south. Our army will win this battle!"

"We will win! We will win!" said the generals.

The next morning

Benci led 5,000 people to build fortifications on the high ground. The soldiers assembled the catapults and pushed them to the predetermined position. Benci personally led the army to build fortifications and arrow towers. Benci asked the centurion beside him: "Has the kerosene been delivered?"

The centurion replied: "General, 30 barrels of kerosene have been delivered, and the camp has been built."

Benci looked at the mountain road in the distance and said to the centurion: "You lead 200 soldiers to dig some pits in the mountain road, bury straw in the pits and pour kerosene. When the enemy is defeated, they will definitely escape to this road. When the enemy passes by, you light it!" - Yes!

Benci inspected the fortifications and said: "Hurry up and prepare some filthy things for defense! Set up a brazier every ten steps to heat the filthy things!" - Yes!

In less than half an hour, there were more than a dozen large vats. The whole vat was covered tightly with wooden boards, but it still emitted a foul smell. These filthy things will be the most feared by the enemy in the battle to defend the highland.

A lieutenant came over and said to Benci: "General, what's the use of these filthy things? It's too smelly to leave them here!"

Benci smiled and said: "These filthy things are the best things for the defenders. When Wei State sent General Wei? to teach us the art of war, I mainly learned the defense strategy in Mozi's Art of War. Once these filthy things are heated, they are the best for defending the city. They can also injure the enemy, reduce the enemy's morale, and suppress the enemy's arrogance!"

Benci thought for a while and said: "Go prepare some straw and some sulfur, which will be used in the battle later!"

"Yes, general!" After the lieutenant said this, he took several soldiers to prepare.

Bian Ci looked at the defense line that stretched for several miles and thought: We can definitely hold this place. ……

Led by Du Ru, the 60,000 Shu army marched towards Baojiang City.

Du Ru stood on the chariot and looked at the map in his hand, and asked: "Where is our army? How far is it from Baojiang?"

The captain next to him replied: "General, our army is less than 80 miles away from Baojiang, and is now near Dahe Mountain."

After hearing this, Du Ru ordered: "The whole army advances quickly! We must reach Baojiang tomorrow!"

"Yes!" The captain replied.

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On the wall of Baojiang City, the Zhu army is urgently arrangingDefense, arrows, rolling logs were moved to the city wall, there was a brazier every 30 steps on the city wall, and there were two barrels of kerosene on the tower. On an enemy tower, several soldiers of the Ju army were assembling crossbows to defend the city.

After reading the intelligence from the scout, Qiang Yong said: "Order all the generals to come to my tent for discussion!" - Yes!

Inside the tent, Qiang Yong saw that all the generals had arrived and said, "The enemy is less than 80 miles away from us. The enemy should arrive at noon tomorrow. Generals must take care of every place and tell the soldiers not to panic. Although the enemy is large, they are all a mob. Our new army of Zhu State is well-trained and is not afraid of any army! Generals, listen to my order. Tomorrow, you must make all defense preparations. Tomorrow will be a bloody battle. Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy!"

All the generals bowed and said, "We obey your orders!"

The next day at noon, a soldier responsible for scouting the enemy saw a dark army not far away. There was a big Shu character written on the flag. The earth-red flag seemed to cover the entire mountain road.

Du Ru stood on the chariot and looked into the distance, saying: "Order the army to set up camp ten miles away from Baojiang City! Send 5,000 people to capture the high ground five miles northwest of Baojiang City. Occupying this high ground can prevent our army from being attacked by the enemy on the flank. General Youwei, you will lead the team and make sure to occupy that high ground! The rest of the army will follow me to Baojiang City!"

"Yes, sir." After saying this, Youwei led 5,000 people to capture the high ground.

On the high ground, the Shu army saw the dense fortifications, and Youwei's brain suddenly became big. He thought: Who can break through these fortifications? How can we attack without 10,000 or 20,000 people?

Then he said to the captain beside him: "Go and tell the general quickly, request to send another 5,000 people. The enemy has occupied this high ground and built perfect fortifications. Request to mobilize 15 more catapults!" - Yes!

The main force of the Shu army had already started to build camps. After listening to the report of You Wei's men, Du Ru thought for a while and said: "Tell You Wei that I will give him another 8,000 people and 20 catapults later, and tell him to capture this high ground!" - Yes!

Du Ru looked at Baojiang City and thought: I didn't expect that the Ju Kingdom also understood the art of war. Didn't the Ju Kingdom army know nothing before? Why does it feel that the Ju Kingdom army has changed so much?

Then he said to the deputy general beside him: "Order the whole army to take a break and wait until tomorrow to attack the city."

The deputy general asked in confusion: "General, why attack the city tomorrow?"

Du Ru kept his eyes on Baojiang City and said: "First, our army does not know the enemy's combat power; second, our army has been exhausted after a long expedition and is exhausted; third, our army's foundation is not yet stable, and we must first ensure the safety of our rear food supply before we can fight. You quickly tell Youwei not to attack fiercely but to make a tentative attack. After the test, let him report to me the combat power of the army!" - Yes!

After seeing the reinforcements arrive, Youwei received the general's order and ordered: "Deploy the whole army!"

More than 10,000 Shu soldiers were deployed under the command of the general. Youwei drew his sword and said, "Fire the catapults!"

Dozens of stones were fired at the fortifications of the Ju army on the high ground. The fortifications that were hit were covered with layers of dust. Several soldiers were hit and their intestines flowed out. The soldiers of the Ju army did not riot, but remained calm.

Youwei thought to himself: What's going on? In the past, when we were dealing with the Ju army, didn't we just shoot a few waves of arrows or a few waves of stone bullets, and they would riot? Why do I feel something is wrong?

You Xi did not think about it any further, but said firmly: "Attack!"

A team of 1,000 people began to rush to the high ground. When Benci saw the enemy rushing up, the captain beside him asked: "General, should we burn those filthy things first?"

Benci shook his head and said: "No need, they are just a tentative attack. Order the archers to prepare to shoot!"

Hundreds of archers shot at the Shu soldiers from a high position. The Shu soldiers hurriedly raised their shields, but more than a dozen soldiers were shot down. The Shu army was still advancing. In the formation, more than a hundred Shu archers also drew their bows and arrows and shot at the Zhu army.

The two sides launched a fierce shooting, and both suffered certain casualties, but still failed to stop the advance of the Shu army.

Yue Wei looked at the battle situation and said, "This Zhu army seems to be much stronger, call back the troops!"

Ding ding ding~~After hearing the call back, the Shu army retreated from the high ground in an orderly manner.

After seeing the Shu army retreating in an orderly manner, Benci murmured, "It seems that my Ju Kingdom still has a long way to go to defeat Shu!"

The camp of the Shu army's main general

After reading Youwei's letter, Du Ru murmured to himself, "It seems that tomorrow will be a tough battle. I didn't expect that my Shu Kingdom's biggest enemy is no longer Ba Kingdom, but this small Ju Kingdom!"

Then he said to the deputy general beside him, "Order the whole army to be divided into two teams tomorrow. In the morning, use catapults to bombard their walls continuously. In the morning, the front team will attack, and in the afternoon, the rear team will attack. The two teams will attack in turns. At night, order some people to harass the enemy continuously. Don't attack the city, just beat gongs and drums to harass them! I want to see how long they can hold on!"

"Yes!" The deputy general bowed.

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