"Report!"

At around three o'clock in the morning, an urgent report outside the tent alarmed the two Zongwei Shen Yu and Zhang Biao in the tent.

Shen Yu is Zhao Hongrun's chief of the guard, and Zhang Biao is the chief of the sect guard borrowed by Zhao Hongrun from his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan.

After hearing the news, Zhang Biao, who was lying on another bed and sleeping in clothes, subconsciously wanted to get up, but saw Shen Yu, who was on night duty in the tent, waved his hand and walked to the tent.

His right hand pressed the saber on his waist, and Shen Yu stood at the mouth of the tent and lifted the tent with his left hand, glancing out.

In fact, he didn't need to be so cautious, after all, there were Wei soldiers sent by the general Bailiba to guard Wei outside the tent, but Bailiba asked the guards to be vigilant at all times, after all, the guards were protecting the princes of the Great Wei, and there was no room for mistakes.

"What?" Shen Yu asked, kneeling down on one knee to Wei Bingdao, outside the tent.

I saw that the Wei soldier clenched his fists and said: "Lord Hui, the Chu army is coming, and it is gathering outside the wall of the southern camp at this moment, and General Gong Yuan will immediately report to His Royal Highness King Su and the general." ”

"Understood, you go and inform the general."

"Yes!"

The Wei soldier got up and left, and seeing this, Shen Yu turned around and walked towards Zhao Hongrun's bed.

"The Chu army is coming?" Zhang Wei, who was lying on another bed, asked in surprise.

"Hmm." Shen Yu nodded and gently pushed Zhao Hongrun, who was sleeping in a daze on the bed.

"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun, who was pushed awake by Shen Yu, opened his hazy eyes, wrapped the quilt on his body, and asked vaguely with sleepiness: "Shen Yu, what's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness, only then did the herald come to report that the Chu army had invaded our camp."

Hear that. Zhao Hongrun sighed twice, didn't say anything, waited for a few breaths, and then he came back to his senses, frowned and asked, "Shen Yu, you just said." The Chu army invaded our military camp? ”

"Yes."

"......" Zhao Hongrun sat up with a grunt, and wiped his face lazily with his hands: "Go get some cold water." ”

"Yes." Shen Yu clenched his fists and retreated, and at this time, Zhang Biao, who was sleeping in clothes on another bed, had already gotten out of bed and hung the saber on his waist.

Not long after, Shen Yu came back from outside the tent with a bucket of cold and biting cold water, dipped some cold water in a cloth, and handed it to Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun took the cloth and wiped his face, finally dispelling the sleepiness. I got out of bed and got dressed.

"Damn Xiong Tuo, do you have to come to attack my military camp so early?"

Zhao Hongrun complained and got dressed, after all, in the past, he rarely got up during this time period, especially in the cold winter.

"Shen Yu, you can rest, Zhang Biao. You come with me. ”

"Yes."

Shen Yu was stunned when he heard this, and said with his fists clenched: "Your Highness." Let's follow suit. ”

"It's fine." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said casually: "The Chu army can't capture this camp, this king is just going to see what those Chu troops want...... You have kept watch all night, rest. ”

Shen Yu wanted to say something more, but at this time, Zhang Yu came over and patted Shen Yu's shoulder, and pointed to the bed they shared. said with a smile: "Don't worry, hand over His Royal Highness King Su to me." …… Shifts. ”

"Alright then......"

Not to mention that Shen Yu, who had been on duty for a night, went to make up for sleep by himself, and said that Zhao Hongrun took Zongwei Zhang Biao out of the handsome tent and went straight to the camp wall in the south.

During this period, the alarm in the camp sounded non-stop, so that Zhao Hongrun and the others were on their way to the south camp wall. From time to time, Wei soldiers came out of the tents, dressed in full equipment, and hurried to the south camp wall.

What surprised Zhang Biao a little was that those Wei soldiers did not panic, ran to the camp wall in a neat and orderly manner, and acted very quickly, and after a short period of effort, they lined up neatly in the camp, or waited for the general order, or directly climbed the camp wall.

"It's so quick to increase defenses......"

Zhang Biao said in surprise.

Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly when he heard this: "Junshui Camp!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Su."

"His Royal Highness King Su."

Because the Wei soldiers in the Junshui battalion all knew Zhao Hongrun, even if they were lined up in the camp, they also made way for Zhao Hongrun and Zhang Biao, so that Zhao Hongrun could walk unhindered in this crowd.

It didn't take long for Zhao Hongrun and Zhang Biao to come to the south of the camp wall.

At this time, the general of the Junshui camp had already arrived, and he was whispering something to Gong Yuan, the general on duty at the camp wall on the south side, when he saw Zhao Hongrun and the two walking on the camp wall, so he quickly walked over.

"His Royal Highness King Su."

"General, General Miyabuchi."

After exchanging polite words to each other, Zhao Hongrun turned his head to look outside the camp, only to see that two or three miles away from the camp, he could clearly see tens of thousands of Chu troops in formation.

"How many are there?" Zhao Hongrun asked while estimating.

"I'm afraid there must be more than fifty thousand...... Bailiba muttered.

"Fifty thousand...... The Chu army came to attack our camp today, which is really a bit unexpected by this king, and this king thought it would be a few days later......"

Hearing this, Bailiba whispered: "A certain has ordered the whole battalion to be on guard, and ordered the soldiers to transport a large number of arrows to the southern camp ......"

"Don't rush yet." Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said, "I can't conclude that the Chu soldiers really came to attack our camp, maybe he has some idea of exchanging prisoners......

As soon as the words fell, the war drums that boosted the morale of the army sounded in the Chu army on the opposite side.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun was stunned, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, now you can be sure...... Prepare the whole army to defend the camp! ”

"Yes!"

With the order of the general Gong Yuan, all the Wei soldiers who were originally on duty on the camp wall were replaced, and they were replaced by the crossbowmen of the Junshui Army who shot at the battalion, as well as the shield soldiers in charge of them.

At the same time, the Chu army had already assembled and lined up, and I saw that the general of the Chu army, who was in charge of this battle, frowned and glanced at the terrifying Wei camp in front of him, and took a deep breath.

"Former military ...... Offensive! ”

Keeping in mind the advice of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, Zai's father did not shout to the Wei army, and directly issued the order to attack.

For a time, the front army of the Chu army had a whole battalion of 5,000 soldiers. Under the command of the general Chu in the army, he marched towards the Wei camp step by step.

"Five thousand Chu soldiers were put in the first round of attack? …… It seems that today's Chu army is not trying to test the truth of our army."

Frowning, Zhao Hongrun ordered the general Gong Yuan and said, "General Gong Yuan, you come to command the battle." ”

"Yes."

Gong Yuan hugged his fists and gave the order to go, leaving only Zhao Hongrun and Baili Ba to pay attention to the offensive of the Chu army in this section of the camp wall.

The five thousand Chu troops marched forward slowly, waiting for them to be only a stone's throw away from the Wei camp. The Chu general in the army immediately ordered the whole army to charge.

At the same time, Miyabuchi also immediately responded: "Archers prepare...... Shoot the arrows! ”

With his order, a wave of arrows shot out from the wall of the southern camp of the Wei camp, and as many as a thousand arrows rose up in the wind and shot at the Chu soldiers who were rushing towards the camp.

"Arrow strike! Arrow Strike! …… Raise your shield! ”

The vanguard of the five thousand Chu soldiers were all sword and shield soldiers, and under the orders of several Chu generals, they quickly raised their shields to resist the arrows of the Wei army.

"Tuk-tuk-"

A knock resounded across the battlefield, and the five thousand Chu sabers and shield soldiers were horrified to find the shield made of hardwood and cowhide in their hands. They couldn't resist the arrows of the Wei army, and just a wave of arrows cracked the shield in their hands.

Seeing this scene, the vanguard general Xi Meng's face changed greatly, and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't stop!" Rush! Keep charging! ”

Hearing this order, 5,000 Chu soldiers rushed to the wall of the Wei camp with cracked wooden shields against the arrows of the Wei army.

Seeing this, Gong Yuan, the general of the Wei army, gave an order with an expressionless face: "The second team (archers)." Shoot the arrows! ”

Another baptism of thousands of arrows.

And this time, you can clearly see the wooden shields in the hands of those Chu soldiers. Many of them were shattered by the arrows of the Wei army, and although the wooden shields had not been shattered due to the fact that they were wrapped in cowhide, they had lost their original shape and were reduced to a bag of broken pieces of wood wrapped in cowhide.

"The gap in equipment......

Zhao Hongrun shook his head slightly.

He didn't know whether to be glad or emotional, the Chu army's measured weapons and equipment. It is generally inferior to the Wei army by a grade, you must know that the shield used by the infantry of the Junshui battalion is an iron round shield, and for the sake of the physical strength of the soldiers, the thickness of the iron shield is probably slightly more than a knuckle. Although it is not indestructible, at least in the hands of the five thousand Chu soldiers on the opposite side, those wooden shields that can shoot with just two waves of arrows are much stronger.

It is not difficult to guess that those Chu soldiers who have lost the protection of their shields will not survive the third wave of arrows of the Wei army.

And it turned out that Zhao Hongrun's guess was accurate, when the Wei general Gong Yuan ordered the third wave of arrows to be fired, those rushing Chu soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and from a distance it looked like a strong wind blowing through the wheat field, falling to the ground one by one.

Just when Zhao Hongrun was embarrassed by the fate of those Chu soldiers, Zhang Biao, the sect guard beside him, reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, the team of the Chu army has advanced. ”

Zhao Hongrun raised his head in an instant and looked into the distance.

I saw that as Zhang Biao said, the huge Chu army team moved forward neatly, and changed the formation, from the original square gate formation to the crane wing formation.

"This battle, I always feel that something is not quite right......

Zhao Hongrun frowned, squinting his eyes and carefully looking at the army of Chu in the distance.

He was surprised to find that the two wings of the "war cranes" that served as the crane wing array of the Chu army were actually longbowmen, not the infantry used for surprise attacks under normal circumstances.

"It's so close...... Those longbowmen of the Chu army...... Aren't you afraid that our army will shoot arrows at their archers?'

Zhao Hongrun muttered, he felt that the archers of the Chu State were too close to their Wei camp, not only had they already entered the range of arrows, but they were even closer than this range by almost twenty zhang.

It stands to reason that no one will put their archers at risk, unless ......

Unless they have the intention of attacking first!

"The north wind is blowing today, right?" Zhao Hongrun asked coldly.

Bailiba glanced at Zhao Hongrun suspiciously, and from the side, Zhang Biao nodded and said, "Although the wind is not strong, it is indeed a north wind." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun's face suddenly became very solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Inform General Gong Yuan that the Chu army may launch a salvo against our camp!" ”

Bailiba was stunned when he heard this, glanced at the infantry who were charging towards their Wei camp, and said incredulously: "Isn't it?" There are more than 4,000 soldiers of their Chu State over there......"

"That's because you don't understand the fighting style of the Chu State......

Zhao Hongrun said secretly in his heart, he suddenly remembered that in the Battle of Yanshui, in order to force back the Yanling soldiers who were holding on to it, Xiong Hu, the king of Pingyu, had not hesitated to order his crossbowmen to shoot regardless of whether they were enemies or enemies.

And at this moment, the Chu army that was quietly advancing on the opposite side, and the longbowmen who acted as "crane wings", suddenly raised the longbows in their hands in unison.

At this scene, Zhao Hongrun was suddenly terrified, and shouted urgently: "The whole army is on guard for an arrow attack!" …… The archer pauses to shoot arrows and dodge them. Shields are on the camp wall to protect the archers! ”

Gong Yuan, the general who was commanding not far away, was stunned when he heard Zhao Hongrun's shout, and subconsciously looked at the Chu army's longbow array in the distance.

He was shocked to see that dense arrows rose into the air from the formation of the Chu army, whistling towards his Wei camp.

"Arrow strike! Arrow Strike! ”

A full 10,000 Chu longbowmen and 10,000 arrows covered the southern camp wall of the Wei camp like a torrential downpour, covering the clouds and the sun. (To be continued.) )