Chapter 736: The Eve of the Great War
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Just when Zhao Hongrun was in Caixi County to accept the banquet of Cai Hou, the former county magistrate of Caixi County, a Su Wangwei hurriedly walked in and handed a letter to Zhao Hongrun.
Seeing this scene, Cai Hou, the former prince of Caixi County, wanted to avoid it, but Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and opened the letter in front of him.
This move greatly subsided the panic and uneasiness in Cai Hou's heart, although he knew very well that the reason why Zhao Hongrun did this was just to win people's hearts.
"Your Highness, is it a letter from King Qi?"
At the banquet, Nanmen Yang asked curiously.
"Hmph." Zhao Hongrun responded casually.
Seeing this, Nanmen Yang's brother Nanmen Chi also asked curiously: "I don't know what is written in the letter?" β
As he stared at the letter, he sighed softly and said, "What else can I write?" It is nothing more than urging the king to lead the army to Shouying City as soon as possible, and cooperate with him to use troops against Shouying...... Where will he care about the obstacles that our army encounters. β
In fact, this sounds like a complaint against Qi Wang Lu Xi, but I believe that only Zhao Hongrun himself knows best, and it is just a complaint about his own powerlessness.
Do you really think it's just that his Wei army has encountered such a strong opponent as Shouling Jun Jingshe? Could it be that Lu Xi, the king of Qi, never met the famous generals of Chu on the way to capture Xia Cai? On the way to attack Xiangcheng, Tian Tan never met famous generals of the Chu State like Xiang Mo and Jingshe?
In the final analysis, Zhao Hongrun is still inexperienced in leading troops, and he can't win against Chu heroes like Xiang Mo and Jingshe.
Of course, there is also a certain gap in the configuration of the army, if the Wei army is rationed with enough fierce fire oil this time, even if Xiang Mo and Jingshe are difficult, Zhao Hongrun is sure to defeat the two of them.
While everyone was talking, Cai Hou looked at Nanmen Chi and Nanmen Yang, two brothers who seemed to have a good relationship with Ji Run, the prince of Wei.
As far as he knew, it was only a few months for the Nanmen Yi clan to defect to this Wei Gongzi, but he didn't expect that the relationship between the two sides was so harmonious.
This made the uneasiness in Cai Hou's heart subside a little again, after all, in his opinion, since the Nanmen brothers can be so close to this Wei Gongzi, it means that this Wei Gongzi is not difficult to get along.
While Cai Hou was thinking about it secretly, Zhao Hongrun put down the letter in his hand, looked back at the generals present and said: "The king of Qi hopes that our army will arrive at Shouying City as soon as possible, so ...... Yan Mo. β
"The end will be." At the banquet, Yan Mo respectfully clasped his fists in response.
I saw Zhao Hongrun raise his hand and point at Yan Mo, and Zhengse said: "King Qi can't wait, I hope that this king will lead his troops to the side as soon as possible, therefore, this king decided not to take Haoshang, and went straight to Shouying, Cai Xi and Haoshang, and the matter will be handed over to you." β
Yan Mo was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately clenched his fists and responded: "The last general will obey the order!" β
"You have to be careful of Shouling Jun Jingshe, although this king firmly believes that Juyang Jun Xiong Carp will not send troops out of the city nine times out of ten, but it is not good that Jingshe will take away Xiong Carp's military power, remember not to be careless."
"The last general understands!" Yan Mo responded to this matter with a serious face, and immediately showed a slight smile on his face, and said with a smile: "It is really a blessing for Yan to be able to meet Lord Jingshe on the battlefield. β
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Yan Mo and didn't speak, after all, he also knew the status of Shouling Jun Jingshe in the minds of these Chu people. For example, Wu Ji looked at Yan Mo with envy at this moment.
"Sun Shuke, She Li, Ganben."
"The last general!"
"The three of you stay in Caixi and assist Yan Mo."
"The last general obeys!"
After completing the instructions, Zhao Hongrun drank a few glasses of wine with the generals, and then left the table to prepare for the army.
The next day, Zhao Hongrun made Yanling's army stay in Caixi County to resist the general Wu Wei under the command of Shouling Jun Jingshe, and as for himself, he changed his original strategy and continued eastward to the area of Xia Cai, where he joined the army of Lu Xi, the king of Qi.
The battles on Cai Xi and Haoshang's side were all handed over to Yan Mo.
It's not that Zhao Hongrun thinks too much that Yan Mo can handle the war here, it's just that the situation in Caixi's area is far better than he expected.
Because after arriving in Caixi, he learned that as early as November last year, Gongying and Gongfu of the Yanling Army, as well as Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, and Ran Teng of the Shangshui Army, these elite thousands of generals had sneaked here to divide and absorb the local Chu people.
Although Cai Hou, the county magistrate of Caixi County, has governed this county well, and his reputation in the hearts of the local Chu people is also good, he can't stand that Caixi County is not far from Shouying, the capital of the Chu king, and I don't know how many nobles have done things that have made the people resentful here.
Prior to this, Zhao Hongrun had never thought that a city like Caixi County, which was very close to Shouying, the capital of the Chu king, could be called a city on the outskirts of Beijing, and the local Chu people generally had disgust and disgust with the aristocratic forces led by the Xiong clan.
The country is coming to an end......
During the period when he led the troops to leave Caixi County, Zhao Hongrun recalled that when he was stationed in Caixi County yesterday, he actually found that the local Chu people were actually enthusiastically signing up to join the Wei army, so he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
After all, this kind of thing is in their Wei country, this is almost impossible to happen - even if the Wei people in the surrounding cities and counties of Daliang are not good at war, if the army of the enemy country attacks Daliang, those Wei people will inevitably join the army in order to protect their home and defend the country, and there will be no situation like the situation on the side of the Chu State, and they will enthusiastically join the team of the "enemy army".
This fully shows that the many aristocratic forces led by the Xiong clan are really unpopular in the Chu State.
You have to take it as a warning.
Holding his feelings about this incident, Zhao Hongrun led the merchant army out of the city.
At the end of February, Zhao Hongrun led his army to Xia Cai and successfully joined the army of Lu Xi, the king of Qi.
The Wei army arrived in Xia Cai so quickly, and the Qi king LΓΌ Xi was not surprised, because it was he who wrote to inform Zhao Hongrun that the latter would change his strategy and abandon the attack on Haoshang County.
As for the reason, it is nothing more than that Lu Xi, the king of Qi, felt that the battle situation a few days ago was good, so whether he fought or not did not have much to do with the overall strategy.
Of course, the real reason is that after a New Year, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, felt that his physical condition was becoming more and more difficult, so he couldn't wait to capture the Chu king in front of him, Shouying, and hit the Chu country hard.
As expected by Lu Xi, the king of Qi, the Chu soldiers in the area of Shouying, the king of Chu, showed great horror at the arrival of the Wei army, after all, the Qilu coalition army and the Qilu Wei Three Kingdoms coalition army, no matter how you hear it, the latter is more deterrent.
Because of fear, when the Wei army arrived at the western suburbs of the royal capital Shouying, which was the direction in which the Wei army was responsible for attacking, three Chu armies came to attack desperately, trying to defeat the Wei army, but unfortunately, under the cover of the army of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, the Wei army led by Zhao Hongrun finally successfully built a military camp next to the forest twenty miles in the western suburbs of the Chu king's capital.
The combined forces of the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu and Wei finally surrounded the northern, western and eastern suburbs of Shouying, the king of Chu.
But then again, although the strategic significance has been achieved, the situation of the Wei army is not good to be honest, after all, Haoshang County has not been conquered, and the 100,000 troops of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, are stationed in this city, and it is possible to support the royal capital at any time.
On the side of Caixi County, the general under the command of Shouling Junjingshe, Wu Wei, also with the assistance of Peng Lijun and Xiyang County Division, frantically attacked Caixi County, trying to recapture the city.
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun didn't care much about the lieutenant of Caixi County, after all, he had already joined the army of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, at the moment, and the role of Caixi County was actually very small, even if the battle situation was unfavorable, the Yanling army could retreat to Xia Cai, which was occupied by the Qilu coalition army.
However, to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, in the face of the Chu army's repeated attacks, Yan Mo not only held Caixi County steadily, but also sent troops to contain Haoshang, so that the Chu soldiers on Hao could not divide their troops to help Wang Shouying.
However, what shocked Zhao Hongrun the most was Qu Cheng, the chief general of the Yanling Army who had done little since crossing the Huhe River, and he had been lurking for two months, and finally succeeded in sneaking up on the Zhengyang Army led by Shouling Jun Jingshe - as Zhao Hongrun guessed, seeing that the general under his command could not conquer Caixi County after all, and heard that the Wei army was divided into troops to Shouying, Shouling Jun Jingshe really couldn't sit still, and he didn't know how to steal the talisman from Juyang Jun Xiong Li, and led about fifty or sixty thousand Juyang troops to Caixi, But he didn't want to be ambushed by Qu Cheng on the way, and the losses were huge.
I remember that after hearing about this, Zhao Hongrun was quite emotional, because even he had never taken advantage of Shouling Junjingshe.
Thinking about it carefully, since Qu Cheng crossed the Hun River, he has been deliberately avoiding establishing meritorious deeds and spreading fame on the side of the Chu State, so didn't he have been staring at that Shouling Jun Jingshe for a long time?
No matter what the truth of the matter is, it cannot be denied that after that battle, Qu Cheng's reputation suddenly started in the Chu State, as if it was not much better than Zhao Hongrun.
It's no wonder who made the only defeat of Shouling Jun Jingshe since this national war was in the hands of Qu Cheng.
This utilitarian guy ......
A few days later, when he received the good news sent by Qu Cheng, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
After enduring it for a few months, in order to calculate the Shouling Jun Jingshe, you can imagine Qu Cheng's city government and endurance.
"Your Highness, someone has asked to see Your Highness."
A Wei soldier came to Zhao Hongrun's tent and knocked on the ground to report.
"Huh?"
Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned, put down the good news in his hand, and asked curiously, "Who?" β
It's no wonder that he wondered in his heart, after all, in the Chu State, the only acquaintance who would come to visit him at this moment was Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, but Xiong Tuo was in Hao.
"I don't know. β¦β¦ It looks like two women. β
Woman?
The confusion in Zhao Hongrun's heart became even stronger.
He thought for a moment and said, "Invite them in." β
A moment later, two women, under the guidance of the book name Su Wangwei, came to the handsome tent.
Not two women, to be exact, but two girls about fifteen, sixteen or seventeen years old.
However, as soon as he saw the second daughter, Zhao Hongrun's eyes showed a little surprise.
Because he saw the two women, wearing blue and white witch clothes, no matter how he looked at it, Zhao Hongrun felt that this kind of dress was familiar.
This outfit seems to have been seen somewhere......
Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and then suddenly thought that when he met the two sisters Mi Jiang and Mi Rui, the two daughters were wearing such a unique style of witch clothes, and the witch clothes on the Mi sisters were red, and the two in front of them were blue.
Other than that, there is hardly any difference. (To be continued.) )