Because of the shooting dead corner, the arrows of Xia militia on the tower did not pose any threat to the Zhou soldiers who smashed the door. They were helpless to the Zhou soldiers who were hiding at the foot of the wall.

At this moment, a row of long halberds suddenly pierced from the air and immediately pierced the heads of a row of Zhou soldiers hiding under the wall. It turned out that the militia inside the courtyard crawled onto the corridor and attacked Zhou soldiers outside the courtyard.

The Zhou army held a 1.6-meter long spear or shorter spear, and was unable to attack, so they were forced to leave the corner. The Xia militia on the tower used a crossbow to shoot a strong arrow again. At a distance of twenty meters, even if the militia had poor shooting accuracy, they could still shoot the Zhou soldiers in front of the mansion.

The soldiers swung the hammer and sweated wildly, and this door was much stronger than they thought. Looking at the soldiers around them who were injured by the opponent's arrows one after another, the centurion of Zhou Jun was anxious and shouted, "Why haven't you opened the door yet..."

In the darkness, a hero hunter let go of the bowstring, and the strong arrow shot into the mouth of the centurion of Zhou's army, causing him to die on the spot.

The centurion was dead, and the Zhou soldiers, who were suffering from casualties, immediately retreated to the outside of the city. But soon ten martial soldiers with black helmets and black armor blocked their way, and the powerful crossbow shot out ten arrows, killing seven people immediately. Then they threw the crossbow to the ground, took off their swords and shields and rushed to the Zhou army. At this time, the gate of the courtyard also opened wide, and about twenty Xia militiamen were fighting with halberds or swords and shields.

These Zhou army soldiers are no match for the martial soldiers. The heads, broken limbs and bodies fall everywhere. Soon, most of the remaining seventy Zhou soldiers were killed, and the rest were captured on the ground. On the second day, there were a hundred more wooden poles next to the Xia army's "food road".

...

In the Jiang Mansion in Chaoge City, Jiang Ziya stared at a rough military map, frowned, and Ji Dan was by his side.

His strategy of clearing the fields and cutting off the grain channels was not successful. The other party had efficient logistical capabilities and reconnaissance capabilities. An invisible net was shrouded in the grain transport channel. Jiang Ziya first sent a large number of small troops to test, most of which went but did not return. Those who came back were all defeated and returned in a defeated manner, but did not complete the task.

This naturally made Jiang Ziya afraid to devote more of the main forces to the operation of robbing the food road.

At this time, according to the spies, the Xia army had already arrived fifty miles south of Chaoge and would be able to arrive tomorrow.

"Tai Shi, should we prepare to fight the Xia army now?" Ji Dan asked Jiang Ziya in a tone of advice.

"No, we'll transfer."

“Transfer, where to transfer?”

"There is no exact goal, it is to go around with the Xia army on this Hebei Plain."

"I understand the intention of the Taishi, which is to transfer the opponent's main force from the grain road, causing the opponent's grain and grass supply difficulties, and at the same time, they can wait for an opportunity to use the main force to go back to attack the opponent's grain road. But in this way, where does our own supply come from?"

"Of course I'll take it with you."

...

Thirty thousand Xia troops finally arrived in Chaoge, but this was an empty city full of ruins. It was the same as most large cities of the same era, without an outer wall, otherwise Jiang Ziya would have held the city.

Hua came to the treasury, reached out to pick up a few corn grains on the floor, looked at it, and knew Jiang Ziya's plan in his heart. Jiang Ziya judged that he was eager to fight quickly, but he insisted on doing the opposite.

Thirty thousand Xia troops were stationed outside Chaoge City on the spot, and Hua Ling's rear stepped up the transportation of food and grass. After the food and grass accumulated in Chaoge camp for enough for three months, Hua ordered the removal of the food and gas, and the original food and gastronomy scouts, hero hunters, and martial soldiers, who were used for investigation and protection, were collected into Chaoge.

Then, Hua divided his troops to various cities in the northeast of Yin and collected the food and concentrated the food in Chaoge. He also told the people in these dian towns that if they had no food to eat, they could come to Chaoge.

These grain-looting teams are equipped with scouts, hunters, and some are equipped with martial soldiers. While plundering grain, pay attention to the whereabouts of the Zhou army. In addition, if you find a large number of Zhou troops, you cannot fight with them. You should burn the food and grass and evacuate them in time.

...

Jiang Ziya, who was bumping on the chariot, showed an old look that contrasted with his age. His plan did not work.

He led 40,000 troops to cover the Hebei Plain for more than a month, but he did not see any action from the main force of the Xia army. Instead, he sent a large number of troops to plunder the food from various towns. Moreover, these troops were responsive and could not stop them at all.

Now the initiative has come to the hands of the Xia army. The Zhou army has become a battle away. Recently, something even more terrible has happened. The whereabouts of the main force have obviously been controlled by the other party, and they often send troops riding horses to attack. They stopped their horses from afar, then pulled their bows and shot the soldiers of Zhou Fang. If they saw the other party chasing, they would ride their horses and flee far away. In addition, most of the supplies, food and supplies carried by the Zhou army with the army was consumed.

If this continues, the morale of the military will be dissipated before the decisive battle. Jiang Ziya on the chariot sighed: "Oh my God, why did you give birth to Xia Hua?"

Jiang Ziya had the idea of ​​temporarily moving eastward to Laiyi's territory to rest, but he heard that Fei Lian led his army northward and had entered Laiyi's territory. In this way, there would definitely be no food there, and it was inevitable that he would encounter Fei Lian. He could only give up this idea.

"I passed the military order, and the whole army headed to Chaoge and fought to the death with the Xia army!" Jiang Ziya finally made up his mind.

He was forced to lead the main force of the Eighth Division in Yin to fight the Xia army, and the choice of the battlefield for the decisive battle is now in the hands of the Xia army.

The Eighth Division of Yin, which covered the sky and the sun, finally arrived, and also brought 20,000 Dongyi Army. Jiang Ziya had heard of the other party's spear formation, and when he asked for reinforcements from the Dongyi, he asked for more bows and archers to be equipped.

When the Zhou army approached ten miles away, the Xia army immediately set up a formation. This time, the square formation of the spear was abnormal and sent out a formation with a depth of twelve rows.

Although in terms of military strength, the other side still has nearly 10,000 more people than one side. However, this is the richest battle that China has ever fought.

If the troops on both sides are so close, there is naturally no need to worry about the safety of the two wings of the spear phalanx. If the front width of the enemy military formation is too large, it will inevitably be due to sacrifice in depth.

If Jiang Ziya really set up a formation like this, Hua would be reluctant to do so. The too thin formation was broken by the gun formation and broke into two pieces. The enemy troops who tried to encircle their wings would be wrapped in two regiments.

As the founder of the military strategist, Jiang Ziya naturally would not be so stupid. She only lined up a military formation that was as wide as the Xia army but slightly longer in depth. The part that grew was a whole three rows of archers.

On the vast earth, two large arrays of three kilometers wide faced each other and then began to slowly approach each other.

Jiang Ziya knew that the chariots charge had no effect on armies like the Xia army, so the chariots only advanced with the infantry formation.

The two sides were getting closer and less than forty meters apart, Jiang Ziya on the chariot could already see the face of the Xia army spearmen wearing exquisite armor under a long spear. He waved his hand in the air. The archers on the chariot and the archers behind the formation began to make pre-engagement shots.
Chapter completed!