The World Online Chapter 205: Battle of Muye (Seven)
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Battle of Muye tenth day, Shang Dynasty Capital City Zhaoge.
Zhaoge City, meaning Gao Dawn, welcomes morning sun, flourishing.
Wearing morning sun and bathing in the warm sunshine, Shang Dynasty main forces headed for Muye from the south city gate set out. The main forces, including 40,000 Yu Otherworlder Corps, 100,000 slave Slave Crossbowman Corps, 10,000 Old Guard Army, 6000 Royal Household Guard and 12 head war elephant, total soldier strength exceeds 150,000.
The appearance of Shang Dynasty war elephant first time, which brought great shock to Ouyang Shuo Lord.
war elephant is covered with armor made of rhino leather and hardwood, with a Bronze face on the face, and a sharp lance attached to the ivory. The back of war elephant is carrying a wooden battlehouse shaped like war chariot, with a driver, two shooters and two long-handed players on it.
The Grand Beast so armed to the teeth is a human bulldozer on the battlefield. No one can block its edge. Wherever the war elephant passes, it will leave a blood path.
The only regret is that there are too few war elephants. Most of the elephant arrays are still fighting Eastern Barbarian in the east. Otherwise, war chariot armed forces of Zhou Army is simply not a concern.
If Old Guard Army is King Dynasty, then Royal Household Guard is Elite among the Elite. They followed the King Shang Di Xin, and they fought for hundreds of battles in the South. The guard member, all children of aristocrat, are true children of Shang King Dynasty, loyal to King Shang.
The crimes against Zhou Kingdom and Feudal Vassal Alliance, and the shameless behavior of those who have taken advantage of the situation and ignored the threats of external troubles, the soldiers of Old Guard Army and Royal Household Guard are filled with indignation and determined to defend the glory of Shang King Dynasty with broad-head lance in their hands. They morale rose, Fighting Intent boiling.
Zhaoge people lined up in city gate to see off soldiers on the expedition. Whether it is Old Guard Army or Royal Household Guard, they are the children of Zhaoge. They are real businessmen themselves, not slave armed forces.
King Shang Di Xin, Yujia takes the field, ride a war chariot of inlaid with gold, silver, and gemstones.
The mighty main forces, with flags flying, broad-head lance lined up, the military capacity is strict. Rows of rows of main forces passed through the South city gate and embarked on the official road leading to Muye City, which stirred up a wave of dust.
The people on both sides of the road spontaneously danced to pray for God and saw off for main forces. They prayed that Ghosts and Gods and the children who protect you will return safely. Because in the city, there are their parents, wives, and infants waiting to be fed, waiting for their sons, husbands, and fathers to go home and reunite.
Di Xin sat on Yellow-Gold war chariot and waved to the people, causing cheers. Although their king is cruel, stubborn, and moody, their king, who has done a great job, has not left his people, but he is the takes the field, which is enough to be supported by the people.
When rows of equipment crossbow Slave Corps appeared, the people burst into exclaim. As the last slave system King Dynasty of China historical, slave has a very low status in the society. They are captives, commodities, goods, and livestock, but they are not regarded as "humans".
It is conceivable that when such a group of "people" are allotted crossbow and trained into the army, what kind of impact will it have on ordinary people, Merchant, aristocrat and slave owners.
If it is not the time when Shang King Dynasty is at stake, then there will definitely be a large group of people who stand up against the practice of King Shang because it has already violated the vital interests of aristocrat and slave owners.
The slave, which can be selected from 700,000 slave, is relatively strong and obedient. They walked in the array with restraint, terrified, and felt very uncomfortable with the eyes cast by the people around them, as if walking naked on the street.
They are far from adapting to their new Status.
E'lai General from slave is at the forefront of Crossbowman Corps. This Plane is fierce, Martial Arts is superior, and the incomparable General is also warmly welcomed by the people.
The last one is Otherworlder Corps. Cavalry Force, in the previous military campaign, although there are some casualty, it is still the most powerful armed forces, walking in front of Corps.
After Cavalry Force, it is 20,000 Blade-Shield Soldier armed forces, Square Formation one by one, stepping through the same tempo, passing through South city gate, the hefty military appearance, the delicate armor, all are moving.
main forces walked on the official road, without seeing the end. Front Army has been arrive Muye, Rear Army has not crossed the South city gate of Zhaoge City. Officially, all are rows of main forces, which can not accommodate any pedestrian.
Until 3 pm, the last row of Blade-Shield Soldier was worth arrive Muye.
Muye is just a small town, city wall is old and low, it is simply made of loess barriers, and it has almost no defense capabilities. Only as the final portal of Capital City Zhaoge, Muye will be so critical.
main forces simply did not enter the city and set up camp directly in south outskirts. The tents of battalion occupied all the plains, high slopes, and mountain valley of south outskirts, densely packed, and almost surrounded the entire Muye City.
The south outskirts at this time has long been beyond recognition, with trenches of one meter wide and two meters deep covering the entire front of the south outskirts. The interval between them is less than 100 meters, and the overall span reaches 1000 meters, almost eliminating the war chariot charge Possible. And this ditch will not affect the attack of Cavalry.
King Shang Di Xin, stationed in Muye City Residence Office, this will be used as temporary Command Unit of main forces.
The people in Muye City, including 600,000 slave, have all been transferred to Zhaoge, so as not to consume provisions stored in the city, and it is also a fine work to prevent Zhou Dynasty. The entire Muye City suddenly became a Military Fortress. In addition to the soldiers, there were only logistics personnel responsible for provisions Supply Train.
Royal Household Guard, take over the guarding work of Residence Office, and must ensure the safety of King Shang Di Xin.
On the night of the day, Di Xin was at Residence Office, and High-General was called to discuss the formation of tomorrow. Ouyang Shuo, as Otherworlder Representative, was fortunate to attend this military conference.
In fact, Ouyang Shuo at this time has already become a red celebrity ahead of King Shang Di Xin. Its status has far exceeded the authority of Otherworlder Representative. Many of his suggestions can be adopted by Di Xin.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo's has a lot of strategies, and Ju Shou is indispensable behind it.
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Mengjin, Feudal Vassal such as Yong, Lu, Peng, Qiang, Shu, Qiang, Wei, Qiang, etc., finally led arrive.
After bringing together all the Feudal Vassals, an anti-commercial oath of worship meeting was held at Mengjin, Zhou's King Wu and each Feudal Vassal.
At the Oaths Conference, Zhou's King Wu released Zhou Call-To-Arms, enumerating the six counts of King Shang: the first is drinking alcohol ;, the second is not using the old gentleman ;, the third is reusing the villain ;, the fourth is listening to the woman ’s words, ;, and the fifth is life. On the day of ; the sixth is a careless sacrifice.
A small western country under the rule of Shang King Dynasty has blatantly accused Lord Ruler of guilt, and even Livelihood like alcoholism can be included in it. From this, we can see how hypocritical Zhou Kingdom is. Obviously committing chaos and rebellion, but wanting to pack himself into the embodiment of justice.
Then, a grand sacrifice ceremony was held. Zhou's King Wu and other tribal leaders vowed to Heaven Alliance and swore Yin Shang. The sacrifice ceremony is also a living sacrifice, but it is a captive that changes the sacrifice to Shang Dynasty.
After the sacrifice, Bing Feng pointed at Muye.
The troops dispatched by Western Zhou include war chariot 300, Royal Household Old Guard Tiger Forges Army 3000, and 45,000. These are real regular troops, well-trained soldiers, rich combat experience, strict discipline and excellent equipment. Coupled with Feudal Vassal armed, total soldier strength reached 70,000. In addition, there are 50,000 and Otherworlder Corps.
Even so, Weapons and Equipment of Zhou Army is far worse than Shang Army. Merchant's Bronze has a very high level of smelting and manufacturing. The Bronze weapons and armor produced by it are of high quality and their performance far exceeds Zhou Army.
This is especially true for Infantry formazan. Shang Army has popularized armors made of Bronze and rhino leather, especially the Bronze helmet was the standard equipment of Shang Army soldiers at that time. Its structural design, manufacturing process, product quality and protection were second to none in the world during the same period.
Zhou Army of the same period only had ordinary leather armor or even wooden armor, and even Zhou Army's aristocrat Officer and Personal Guard Army did not have Bronze armor. They are not comparable in terms of protection.
Of course, compared to historical, which has almost no armor and only one slave main forces with Bronze, Zhou Army is not as good as Shang Army, but it is much stronger than historical's slave army.
Zhou and Shang is the enemy of the world.
Among them, there was the feudal vengeance of the Shang royal family against Zhou's King Wu for three consecutive generations of killing grandfathers, butchers, and brother-in-law. Moreover, due to Shang's repeated military campaigns, the two nations battled for territory, population, and domination.
Therefore, no matter between both sides Royal Family, or between countries and folks, both sides has been unceasing. By the Zhou's King Wu period, Western Zhou nationwide had a **** hatred against Shang who had accumulated at least 100 years.
Western Zhou is desperate at all costs this time and has poured out all the available forces of the nation. Therefore, Zhou person has no retreat. Once defeated, the consequences are unthinkable. The army went up to King Wu and down to the soldiers, and their military heart and morale were extremely high and unified.
The Feudal Vassal dispatched are also the most elite and powerful regular troops in their country.
Since founds a Nation, the merchants have continuously conducted consultations on neighboring neighboring countries, tribes and ethnic groups. The first purpose is to expand the territory and then to plunder the population. In addition to increasing the slave and expanding production, an important purpose of the plundering population is to obtain living sacrifice for the divine power Augur and sacrifice, or to obtain living burial for aristocrat.
Yin Shang's theocracy is extremely serious, and often requires sacrifices by living people. And these "materials" also pay attention to "quality", and most of them require that they must be young and strong, which destined to require a large number of living people. Therefore, Shang Dynasty plundered the population very frequently and seriously. Moreover, the entire Shang clan is too admired, violent in their beliefs and Military Power. Most of them adopted direct and simple violence against Zhou Bian, especially Western tribes and countries.
This eventually caused these nations to be filled with unforgettable hatreds against Shang. Once the time is ripe, they will avenge blood and hatred at all costs. Their military hearts morale and Western Zhou are the same.
The Zhou royal family has always been gentle and virtuous in "kindness, kindness and love for the people", resulting in the Western Zhou three generations of the royal family in the country or around the tribe, Feudal Vassal, Royal Household and the public have a considerable appeal, so they can make a response .
The mighty main forces, along Weishui, flew straight to Muye. The flags of the Feudal Vassal countries fluttered in the wind, demonstrating the determination of the Feudal Vassal country to fight against commerce. This is a group of enemies with deep blood and hatred.
The gloomy sky, a group of birds passing by, leaving endless loneliness. (To be continued.)