The land of Youguo is fifty miles north of the Huai River and a hundred miles west of the East China Sea.
The monarch Youhou Xi was the most trusted foreign prince by Emperor Xin during his lifetime, and he was also Emperor Xin's eldest child.
Since the former Shang Dynasty's Eastern Expedition Army began to conquer the Dongyi tribes, this place has been the camp location of the Eastern Expedition Army.
Because Shang Wangji had fallen, Emperor Xin died for his country, and the Shang royal family was slaughtered.
Fei Lian was extremely shocked and had to order all 100,000 troops to stop all operations and retreat to Youguo.
Youguo is a small country, with an area of less than fifty miles and a population of less than 5,000.
Without the delivery of food from the Shang Kingdom, it would be impossible to feed this 100,000-strong army.
At this time, inside the palace city of Youguo.
Youhouxi and Feilian discussed where to go next.
Youhou: "Zhou Fang sent another envoy today to persuade them to surrender, but I ordered them to drive them away."
"The Zhou side should not be able to invade You country now, but our food and grass is a big problem.
With one hundred thousand mouths, even if we rely on fishing and hunting to supplement it, the entire army will still be out of food in a few days.
The Zhou army will not attack us by then.
The food shortage will last for a while Commander, the army will definitely disperse without a fight," Fei Lian said worriedly.
"The general may have tried to collect grain from Dongyi's territory."
"Our army has tried this.
In the newly conquered lands, the fields were desolate due to the war, and the little food produced was not enough for the local people.
As for the remaining unconquered areas, the Dongyi now invariably clear the country with strong walls, and they cannot be looted. food."
Youhou thought for a moment and said to Fei Lian hesitantly: "I have a solution that is not a solution."
"Master Marquis, please tell me."
"At the moment, we can only break the army into pieces and disperse them, each looking for a habitat with abundant resources to survive."
"I'm afraid it's easy to break them into parts, but it's difficult to break them into parts.
In addition, there are various Dongyi tribes here.
After breaking them into parts, why don't they be defeated by others one by one?"
"General, don't worry about this.
I heard that the area south of the river is empty.
It is uninhabited, but it is rich in resources.
Even if there are a few indigenous people, they are weakly armed.
I will take 80,000 people to disperse and settle.
The remaining 20,000 people, with us The property on the existing control area should be sufficient to support it.”
After Fei Lian thought about it for a while, he saluted Youhou and said, "Then I would like to thank Youhou."
Youhouxi left Youguo with 80,000 soldiers, all the remaining supplies, and his family.
Fei Lian also began to arrange the remaining 20,000 soldiers and divide them into twenty tuns.
They were dispersed to various areas under their control for fishing and hunting.
Five villages were placed in and around the capital of Youguo.
Fei Lian returned to the mansion after inspecting various military camps that day, and his wife Ai greeted him.
He smiled brightly and said to Fei Lian: "Husband, someone from my mother's family is here and I want to talk to you."
Fei Lian, her mother-in-law, was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized it and said, "But Nan Bo from Xia Fang sent a messenger."
"Exactly" At the ferry on the north bank of the river, several Zhou army soldiers were on guard on the watchtowers at the four corners of the wooden village wall.
Dozens of soldiers in the village were playing gambling games with dice made of turtle shells.
There are more than a dozen ferries docked at the pier, and the boatmen on board have disappeared.
Since the Zhou army destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the river has been blocked.
Several powerful arrows from the heroic hunters shot into the bodies of these soldiers standing guard.
An arrow that had been shot into his head was still trembling slightly.
A soldier at the base of the village who had just won money accidentally raised his face and saw this scene, and his cheerful face suddenly turned into one of horror.
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A scream of "enemy attack" made all the soldiers tremble suddenly, and then they all jumped up to grab the bows, shields and spears placed by the wall.
With a "bang", several soldiers in black helmets and black armor smashed open the wooden gate with a log as thick as a bowl.
Then ten such soldiers rushed in.
Without saying a word, they fired the crossbow arrows they had already prepared at their respective targets, and then threw the crossbows to the ground.
He took off the big shield and sword from his back and rushed forward.
These people are Xia Fang's elite soldiers.
Not long after, the Zhou soldiers at the ferry were cleared away, and the ferry was controlled by the Xia army.
On the river, dozens of ferries were heading this way.
And on the other side of the river is the Mengjin Ferry upstream.
More than 30,000 troops of the Zhou Dynasty were encamped in succession, and ocher dragon flags were flying everywhere in the camp.
This army was composed of the Central, Northern and Western Divisions of the Xia Kingdom's Huben Army and more than 10,000 militiamen from the Beida Camp.
In addition, Hua also brought 300 warriors and independent cavalry troops.
In addition, Hua also brought with him three hundred warriors and warriors, an independent cavalry unit, and Xia's most elite two hundred archer system compound bow archers.
One day ago, Xia Fang spread the message of attacking Zhou to all the princes in the world.
At this time, Jiang Ziya, who was stationed in Chaoge, knew Xia Fang's movements, and immediately sent people to inform Hao Jing while preparing troops and horses for war.
However, his letter to King Wu of Zhou did not request reinforcements.
Instead, he advised King Wu to keep the main force of the Zhou army in Xiqi itself no matter what the situation in the east was.
The reason for his suggestion is obvious.
The two places are thousands of miles apart.
By the time the main force of the Zhou army arrives at Yin, it is difficult to say what changes have occurred in the battle situation.
It is very likely to lead to a situation where the Zhou army is unable to save but cannot be saved, and retreats but cannot retreat.
The Eighth Division of Yin Di claimed to have 30,000 soldiers and 800 chariots.
But in fact, it had not been established for a long time and had only over 20,000 soldiers, less than half of whom were soldiers.
There are only two hundred chariots.
However, Jiang Ziya relied on his relationship with the Dongyi tribes to obtain 20,000 reinforcements from Laiyi, and a large number of them were good archers.
When the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Lai Yi took the opportunity to capture many feudal states east of Shang Wangji.
Therefore, the distance between them and Chaoge is actually not that far.
Within two days, the Laiyi army arrived in the suburbs of Chaoge.
After the Xia army crossed the river, they headed northward, but did not see any trace of the Zhou army.
All they saw along the way were villages and towns where only the old, weak, sick and disabled were left.
There is not a grain of rice left in the warehouse in Dian.
At this time, Hua, who was riding in front of the military column, knew in his heart that Jiang Ziya was playing with him to clear the country.
The food carried by the army's baggage was only enough for the soldiers to march to Chaoge, which would force the Xia army to set up food transportation channels and special food transportation teams.
If so, Zhou Jun seems to have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
A group of 100 Zhou troops marched southward in the night.
Soon, they vaguely saw the outline of a Dian city.
Based on the spies' information, the centurion knew that this was a temporary transit station on the Xia Army's grain road.
The residence of the Yuandian governor has been fortified, and sacks filled with sand have been pushed inside the courtyard walls to serve as corridors.
The gate has also been reinforced.
The mansion was filled with sacks containing grain.
After the Zhou army soldiers sneaked into the vicinity of the mansion, they heard the barking of hounds.
Arrows from the watchtower whizzed towards them.
"No, they've been discovered.
They don't have many people.
Attack by force!"
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the centurion of the Zhou army screamed.
While he was speaking, two Zhou soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
The archers in the Zhou army also drew their bows and fought back.
At this time, a powerful arrow came through the air and hit a shooter right in the face.
The arrow was so powerful that the arrow cluster came out of the back of his head.
Such a precise and vicious shot could only be delivered by a heroic hunter.
Then two more shooters fell down one after another.
The other archers were horrified and, like other Zhou soldiers, hid at the foot of the wall
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