The morning sun is rising, and at this moment, I can finally see clearly the tragic battlefield on the nameless plain southeast of Mengshan Mountain. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The 40,000 Xiangcheng Chu army led by the Chu generals Nanmen Jue and Nanmen Huai had only about sixty percent of the survivors left after yesterday's fierce night battle.

At this time, these prisoners of war had been confiscated with weapons and equipment, and had been gathered together to receive the righteous indoctrination of the Shangshui soldiers.

The so-called righteous indoctrination can be summed up in three points.

First of all, the sergeant of Shangshui revealed his identity and revealed the fact that he was also from Chu, so that the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops could feel at ease.

Secondly, he vigorously praised the benevolent government of Wei, criticized the rule of the Xiong royal family of the Mi surname over the Chu State, and gave examples of various tragedies in which the nobles of Eastern Chu dumped the commoners, so as to arouse the loyalty of more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops to the nobles in Chu.

Third, it is to define the attack on Chu by the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu and Wei as the liberation of the civilians of Chu, and characterize this battle as a righteous war.

All in all, while singing the praises of the Wei State, he kept saying bad things about the Xiong nobles.

I have to say that if these words come from the mouth of the Wei people, such as the Fen Cheng army, the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops can only be angry. But now these words came from the mouths of the Shang Shui Army, from the mouths of these soldiers who were also from the Chu people, which made the hearts of the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops waver.

Because it is undeniable that the Xiong nobles in Chu Dong are indeed not worthy of these soldiers of the Chu State to spill blood for them, but in the past, almost no one has considered this issue, and no one dares to think about this issue.

"Looks like it's working pretty well."

Zhao Hongrun took the Zongwei Changwei Wei Jiao and a number of generals of the Shangshui Army to inspect the brainwashing of the Shangshui Army on the Chu army of the 20,000 Xiangcheng, no, the righteous indoctrination, when he saw those prisoners of war quietly listening to the words of the Shangshui soldiers one by one, and from time to time showed a contemplative expression, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly.

At this time, Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Water Army, had already returned to the army, and was following behind Zhao Hongrun at the moment, hearing this, he chuckled and said: "(King Su) His Royal Highness Mingjian, it is really that the Xiong clan is not attached to the hearts of the people of the Chu State, but few people dared to come forward to resist in the past......

Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised when he heard this, turned around and asked curiously: "Could it be that Deputy General Zhai (Huang) is from Chu Dong?" ”

I saw that the veteran Zhai Huang's face continued to be bitter, and he nodded bitterly: "The last general...... He was originally a person from Chudong (zhang) Yang. ”

"Oh." Zhao Hongrun answered, and did not ask in detail.

After all, he could see that Zhai Huang didn't want to mention the past, so why bother to explore the painful past buried in the bottom of his heart because of curiosity.

So, he quickly diverted the topic and asked a little ridiculously: "Wu Ji, how do you plan to settle the more than 20,000 Chu troops?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Ji said honestly: "Back to His Royal Highness, the last general plans to divide it into two and include it in the establishment of our Shang Navy Army and Yan Ling Army, and the Fen Cheng Army...... The last general thinks it is inappropriate, please forgive your Highness. ”

What an honest man......

Zhao Hongrun smiled and said nothing, because he knew very well that if they were Qu Cheng or Yan Mo, they would definitely not think of the Shang Shui Army, and they would inevitably absorb these soldiers to enhance the combat power of the Yan Ling Army.

As for what Wu Ji said about the Fen Cheng Army, it is not suitable, Zhao Hongrun can naturally understand.

"Well, it's up to you to arrange this." Zhao Hongrun told Wu Ji and said: "The country of Chu is vast and densely populated, so you don't need to be reminded by this king to understand. …… Although this king assisted King Lu Xi of Qi in his crusade against the Chu State, he was only targeting the Xiong clan and not the general public. As for the soldiers of the Chu State, this king also hopes to minimize each other's casualties, and most of them mainly recruit and persuade them to surrender......"

There are some things that Zhao Hongrun can't say clearly, but to sum it up, it's probably like this: rob the population for this king, whether it is the soldiers of Chu or the civilians, give me this king to get commercial water!

And in this regard, Wu Ji and Zhai Huang naturally understand it.

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun's re-education of these generals from Chu has a good effect, and he told these generals: Chu is a country established by the Xiong nobles of Chu State, therefore, Chu State is not equivalent to Chu people, therefore, their crusade against Chu State is actually only a crusade against the nobles led by the Xiong clan in Chu State, and it cannot be regarded as killing compatriots.

Even on the other hand, they were trying to liberate the civilians who were oppressed and persecuted by the brutal nobles of the Chu State, which was a heroic act.

Leaving aside the question of whether these words were enough to convince every officer of the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, at least, after raising this slogan, the two Wei armies composed of Chu people had few private objections.

In the process of inspection, Zhao Hongrun also saw Gao Kuo, Chong Zhao, He Miao and other five other guards, the latter five joined the Shangshui Army in order to hone themselves, and held the position of a thousand generals in the army, and now they look decent, as if they are changing from guards to generals with troops, which makes Zhao Hongrun feel better and better.

He has heard that in last night's night battle, Gao Kuo and other five Zongwei took the lead and chiseled through the Chu army several times, and made great achievements.

If you want to say that the only thing that makes Zhao Hongrun feel bad, I'm afraid is the casualties of the three Wei armies in the night battle last night.

More than 50,000 Wei troops, flanking 40,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops on three sides, is obviously a good situation, but the casualties are as high as more than 5,000 people, which makes Zhao Hongrun can't help but sigh secretly: Night battle, it is better not to fight in the future.

You must know that if this battle situation is placed in the daytime, the sacrifice of the Wei army will inevitably be small and insignificant.

But this is the case with the night battle, the first factor is that there are many people, if it weren't for Zhao Hongrun's feint last night to deceive Chu Jiang Doulian's nearly 10,000 horses back to Mengshan, this battle may be really difficult to fight.

After all, if Dou Lian also participated in last night's night battle, it means that the strength of the two armies of Wei and Chu is close, and the Wei army has also lost the advantage of attacking the Chu army on three sides, even if the Wei army can still achieve the final victory, the heavy price to pay may also be as high as making Zhao Hongrun's heart ache and collapse.

Therefore, it is undeniable that night combat is a double-edged sword, unless the victory is in hand, it is better to use it or not.

And just when Zhao Hongrun and others were inspecting the recruitment of prisoners of war, several scouts from the direction of Xiangcheng hurriedly rushed over, came to the former and knocked on the ground and hugged their fists, telling them about the battle situation.

"Report! Our army has conquered Xiangcheng! ”

"Really?" Zhao Hongrun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

In all fairness, although he was at least eighty or ninety percent sure of the 40,000 Chu troops that attacked Nanmen Jue and Nanmen Huai, he was a little less confident in conquering Xiangcheng.

After all, he didn't know much about the situation in Xiangcheng, although he secretly deployed the elite thousand-man team of Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, and Ran Teng as a killing move, and asked Yan Lingjun to be responsible for attracting the attention of the Chu people in Xiangcheng City, but whether the ending would be able to conquer this city, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun was not very sure.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers under his command were quite powerful, and they actually conquered Xiangcheng by taking advantage of the situation, which made Zhao Hongrun want to laugh three times.

However, due to the countless pairs of eyes watching here, His Royal Highness King Su finally endured it considering the majesty of the commander.

He nodded and said, "Good! …… How's the battle going? ”

Hearing this, the scout said with a bit of pride: "There are a number of casualties among the soldiers of the Shangshui Army, and my Yanling Army will take Xiangcheng without blood!" ”

Bloodless?

Even Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and after glancing at Wu Ji and Zhai Huang, who were also stunned, he frowned and asked, "The defenders in Xiangcheng City...... Didn't resist? ”

I saw that the scout said proudly: "The Xiangcheng guard general Nanmen Chi, was persuaded by General Yan Mo, the deputy general of my Yanling army, to surrender the city, and nearly 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops under his command were all surrendered!" ”

What the?

Zhao Hongrun was speechless in surprise.

Immediately, after thinking for a moment, he frowned and said, "Wu Ji, you take three thousand soldiers and go to Xiangcheng immediately with this king." Zhai Huang, the matter here is handed over to you, if the situation of Xiangcheng is true, this king will send someone to summon the news, and then you will bring troops to settle in. ”

"Yes!" Wu Ji and Zhai Huang responded with their fists in response.

After the instructions were completed, Zhao Hongrun took Wei Jiao and other five Zongwei and more than 100 Su Wang Wei, under the escort of 3,000 merchant and naval troops led by Wu Ji himself, and quickly went to Xiangcheng.

To be honest, he didn't really believe the scout's message.

After all, in his opinion, even if Xiangcheng can be successfully conquered, it will also cause some losses to the three thousand-strong teams of Yan Mobu of the Yanling Army and the Shang Shui Army, Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, and Ran Teng, how can they take Xiangcheng bloodlessly?

But when Zhao Hongrun rushed to Xiangcheng with his men and horses, he found that the walls of Xiangcheng were full of Wei army flags.

To be exact, it is the military flag of the Yanling Army.

Is it really a bloodless victory?

Zhao Hongrun muttered in his heart, and slowly approached Xiangcheng with a little vigilance in his heart.

Out of prudence, he did not enter the city directly, but asked Yan Mo to come forward to greet him, because he couldn't figure out what Xiangcheng's situation was at the moment.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Yan Mo of the Yan Ling Army really led three people dressed as generals to the outside of the city to greet them, and these three people were all fresh faces that Zhao Hongrun had never seen before.

At the same time, these people were also followed by Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, and Ran Teng, the three thousand-person generals of the merchant army, and these three thousand-man generals beckoned to Wu Ji, the general of their own merchant and naval army.

Wu Ji wondered in his heart, so after asking Zhao Hongrun, he walked to the three thousand generals under his command, and the four of them stood there muttering and didn't know what they were saying.

And at this moment, Zhao Hongrun's side, Yan Mo had already led the three fresh-faced generals to Zhao Hongrun, his face was full of joy that could not be concealed, and he clenched his fists and said: "(King Su) Your Royal Highness, the Yanling army is fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the three fresh-faced generals behind him knelt down on one knee with their fists clasped into their fists, and said in unison: "A certain Nanmen Chi (Nanmen Jue, Nanmen Huai), meet His Royal Highness King Su." We are willing to bring 20,000 soldiers in the city to your Highness, and hope that Your Highness will take you in. ”

This...... Is there really a pie-in-the-sky thing?

Zhao Hongrun was speechless in surprise: Just now the Shang Shui Army incorporated more than 20,000 defeated troops of the Chu State, but I didn't expect that when I arrived in Xiangcheng, there were actually 20,000 Chu troops who took the initiative to surrender?

Although he was pleasantly surprised, Zhao Hongrun's movements were not slow, I saw him turn over and dismount, personally helped up Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, and Nanmen Huai, and comforted them: "The three generals obeyed the righteousness and returned to our army, and this king is deeply grateful." …… The three of them rest assured, this king will definitely not treat the three of them badly. ”

After that, Zhao Hongrun, who was secretly happy, inadvertently glanced at Wu Ji from the corner of his eye, but was surprised to find that Wu Ji's face was sinking like water, and there was a faint look of displeasure in his eyes.

What's wrong? What happened to make Wu Ji, an honest man, angry?

Zhao Hongrun was really a little confused. (To be continued.) )