Sun Wu's epic battle: the classic battle of "winning more with less"

It has been six years since Sun Wu and Wu Zixu took charge of Wu Zhi's political affairs and began to implement the strategy of "exhausted Chu". Over the past six years, due to Sun Wu's outstanding military talent, the Chu army has been in a state of exhaustion, and the time is ripe for a direct attack on the capital of Chu. Ironically, however, just as Wu Jun was preparing to attack Chu on a large scale, eighteen governors of the Central Plains and the North held a huge alliance in Zhaoling, threatening to attack Chu south. Unfortunately, the state of Jin was indecisive, the governors had their own selfishness, and the alliance ended without results. He Lv, the king of Wu, asked Sun Wu and Wu Zixu, "How about cutting Chu now?" Both Sun Wu and Wu Zixu believed that there was still one thing to be done to conquer Chu, and that was to unite Cai Guo and Tang Guo, who had a firm attitude in the Zhaoling Alliance, to fight together. Cai Guo and Tang Guo have been bullied and blackmailed by Chu for a long time and have had enough. Of course, I was very happy to hear that Wu attacked Chu, and everyone agreed to send troops to help. He Lv was overjoyed, so he appointed Sun Wu as commander-in-chief of Chu Army and Wu Zixu as lieutenant. As Sun Wu's assistant, he is going to attack Chu on a large scale. The route to March into Chu was also planned by Sun Wu.

He divided Wu Jun into two roads, with the main force passing through Moss Pass and Songzi Pass, and diving from the desolate places. This is "taking advantage of people's incompetence and attacking what they are doing without warning." (Sun Tzu's Art of War, Nine Places) On the second road, I first went to Cai State, joined forces with Tang Jun, and then headed for the Hanshui area, where I prepared to fight the Chu army with Wu Jun's main force sneaking back. In 506 BC, 30,000 Wu Jun left the country, which opened the prelude to cutting Chu.

After full preparation, Wu Jun set up a division to attack Chu in the autumn of 506 BC. According to Sun Wu's established route, Wu Jun crossed the Dabie Mountains from the Nanhe Plain and drove thousands of miles into Chu to Hanshui, threatening suburban cities. Wu Jun's action completely surprised Chu. Chu Lingyin capsule tile, Sajima Shen Yinxu mobilized troops to protect the south bank of Hanshui River (now Hankou, Hubei Province) west of Zhou Xia, and confronted Wu Jun in Hanshui River. Sajima Shen Yinxu felt that the enemy was coming, so he suggested to Ling Nanwa: "You rely on the Hanshui River to stop Wu Jun from crossing the Hanshui River and ensure the safety of Du Ying; I immediately went to Ying City, mobilized the main force there to attack the rear road of Wu Jun, destroyed Wu's ship, blocked three passes and cut off its retreat. When the time comes, you cross the Hanshui River to attack Wu Jun from the front, and I will lead the army to attack from the rear, which will surely defeat Wu Jun. "Capsule tile agreed with his opinion and sent Yin Xubei to mobilize reinforcements. I confronted Wu Jun in Hanshui, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. But after Shen Yinxu left, Dr. Black and Dr. Shi Huang's words made Bow Wow change his mind. Dr. Wu Chenghei pointed out that there are many water and Chu armies in Wu, but most of them use leather chariots, which should not be soaked in water for a long time. Our army intends to make a quick decision. Dr. Shi Huang also believes that if Shen Yinxu destroys ships in Wujun, Huaihe River, and returns to the army to block the three passes, Wujun's retreat will be broken and his reputation will overshadow yours. So he also advised Bow Wow to fight quickly. Bow Wow listened to the words of the two doctors, insatiable, regardless of the established strategy, began to command the Chu army to cross the Han River and fight Wu Jun.

Sun Wu began to see the Chu army fighting against his own army, and he speculated that the Chu army would mobilize the army to attack himself. When he was planning how to induce the enemy to cross the river for a decisive battle, his subordinates reported to him that the Chu army was about to cross the river for a decisive battle with Wu Jun. Sun Wu was overjoyed and ordered the army to pose for a decisive battle first and fight a battle in Xiaobie Mountain. As soon as Wu Jun was at war, Sun Wu commanded Wu Jun to pretend to be defeated and retreat. From Bieshan to Dabie Mountain, Sun Wu commanded Wu Jun to fight while retreating, and lured him to catch up with the scheduled decisive battle site-Baiju. On 1 1 month 19 this year, when Wu Jun and Chu Jun confronted each other in Baiju Front and prepared for a decisive battle, He Lv, the prince of Wu who was leading the army, suddenly doubted whether the time was ripe for a decisive battle. At this point, He Lu's younger brother, General Wu, thought that Wu Jun's morale was high at this time, and he had been in a position of barely fighting, and Chu Lingyin's capsule tile had also been unpopular. If he attacks at this time, Chu Jun will inevitably run away, and then Wu Jun will fight with the main force, which will surely win a great victory. However, He Lv, the king of Wu, still refused to attack.

Based on Sun Wu's Thirteen Articles on the Art of War, he believes that subordinates should seize the opportunity and wait for the opportunity. So Dave led his 5,000-strong army to attack Bow Wow's army. Seeing that Fu Cha had almost taken the lead in launching an onslaught, Sun Wu quickly dispatched more than 3,000 soldiers to reinforce Fu Cha, and at the same time mobilized the main force to cover and annihilate the Chu army. The Chu army collapsed at the touch of a button, and the main force was in chaos. Sun Wu immediately commanded all the troops in Wu Jun to fight and defeated the Chu army. Chu ordered Yin Nangwa to abandon his troops and flee to Zheng, where Shi Huang died. Bai Ju's decisive battle ended in Wu Shengchu's failure. After defeating the remnants of Baowa's army, Su Yan led them to retreat to Yingcheng. Sun Wu commanded Wu Jun to attack the Chu army in Qingfashui (namely Hanshui).

He Lv, the king of Wu, was about to order an attack when General Wu stopped He Lv with the "half crossing" in Sun Tzu's Art of War. He Lu accepted her husband's advice and didn't attack until the middle of the Qing army, thus defeating the Chu army. Chu, led by beaten army, fled to the west non-stop. Wu Jun won many wars, and Sun Wu followed closely. Wu Jun caught up with the Chu army in Yong area, and completely defeated the rest of the capsule tile. At this point, Sun Wu looked west and saw the Hanshui River returning around the city. After the Hanshui River, Du Ying is just around the corner. However, at this moment, Chu Junyu ruled Ma Shenyinxu and led the troops to the south to reach the Yong area. Originally, Shen Yinxu transferred the main force of Chujun from Ying City, and led the army to copy Wu Jun's posterior route according to the battle plan agreed in advance. On the way, I learned that Bow Wow led an army to cross the river rashly, so I changed my plan temporarily, hoping to lead the army south and guard the city before Wu Jun.

Not far from Ying City, the two armies met. The two sides fought fiercely here. Wu Jun foot soldiers were trapped and fought to the death; Under the command of Shen Yinxu, the Chu army also fought bloody battles. The two sides fought fiercely for three times, and finally Wu Jun won. The Chu army coach Shen Yinxu was killed and his men fled in defeat. After the first world war, Wu Jun has basically eliminated the main force of Chu State, and it was as easy as blowing off dust to capture Ying Capital.

1 1 On 29th, He Lv, Sun Wu and Wu Zixu led Wu Jun to capture the capital. The prince of Wu finally realized his long-cherished wish to break the Chu and enter the mausoleum. Sun Wu broke Chu and entered the battle of Ying, which was called "the battle of the white pony" in history. In this war, Sun Wu created favorable conditions for attacking Chu in advance, chose a powerful attack direction, and successfully avoided the biggest difficulty of "besieged city", so that Wu Jun finally entered Ying capital smoothly and won the war.