In all fairness, whether the 20,000 Northern First Army under the command of Huan King Zhao Hongxuan joined the Wei and Han Shangdang Campaigns actually didn't matter to the Suwang Army at this time, because as long as the grain route was ensured without worry, the Suwang Army composed of the three armies of the Shangshui Army, the Yanling Army, and the Youma Army could almost sweep away the Korean army in the current Shangdang territory, and did not need the assistance of the Northern First Army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the final analysis, the reason why Zhao Hongrun kept his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan was nothing more than to give his younger brother a chance to sharpen himself, and at the same time to give the Northern First Army under his command a chance to save his bad reputation.

This is the elder brother's care for the younger brother.

If you change to someone else, then I'm sorry, Shangdang County is the main battlefield of Suwang's army, and there is no need for other armies to grab credit.

However, when the ecstatic Zhao Hongxuan asked his brother what the strategic arrangements were next, Zhao Hongrun could only regretfully tell his younger brother that this year's strategic arrangements ended here, because winter had arrived, and it was unwise to send troops at this time.

Sure enough, within a few days, heavy snow began to fall in Shangdang County, and Zhao Hongxuan could only give up on it.

On the eve of the ice and snow road closure, Zhao Hongrun received a good news from Qu Cheng, the general of the Yanling army, saying that the surprise attack on the eldest son city was successful, and the Su Wang army had conquered the city, and obtained a large amount of grain and grass in the city.

According to Qu Cheng's estimates, the grain and grass hoarded in Changzi City is enough to support until February next year, which makes Zhao Hongrun dispel the only worry in his heart.

Because if Qu Cheng, Wu Ji and others failed to conquer the Eldest Son City, or did not capture a large amount of grain and grass from the Eldest Son City, then the Su Wang Army in the Weiqiu area and the Northern First Army stationed in Gao Wolf had to brave the severe cold to transport grain and grass to the friendly army, which was a chore.

And now, since Qu Cheng, Wu Ji and others have received enough grain and grass to last until February next year, this allows Zhao Hongrun to skip this step and directly bypass this matter and start the blockade of Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass.

From the perspective of the strategy of the entire Shangdang County, at present, the Su Wang Army has recovered about seventy percent of the territory occupied by the Wei State by Korea, and recaptured several fertile lands such as the Duan and Hyun clans, while the other three percent are still under the control of the Han army.

For example, Tianmen Pass and Gaodu Basin, Mengmen Pass, and the "Huguan" on the plank road in the mountains in the north outside the eldest son city, these three pieces are very important strategic places.

Needless to say, Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass are the gateway of Shangdang County to the central part of Hedong County of Wei and the Middle East, as long as Tianmen Pass is conquered, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang stationed outside Tianmen Pass "Qinyang", can lead the Northern Second Army, cross the southern part of Taihang Mountain, and set foot in Shangdang County; In the same way, as long as Mengmen Pass is conquered, Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan who is stationed in "Shanyang" outside Mengmen Pass, can also lead the Shanyang army to step into Shangdang.

More importantly, once Wei conquered Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass, for the troops responsible for the logistics and grain transportation of the Suwang army, their transportation routes could be greatly shortened - the current rear grain route of the Suwang army needed to go around a large circle, pass through the Pigao Pass in the west of Shangdang County, and be transported to the Gaowolf area in a roundabout way; However, if the Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass are conquered, then the grain and grass transportation of the Suwang Army can directly go through the two passes, although the mountain road is rugged and difficult, but the transportation distance is greatly shortened.

It is precisely because of this that Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass will not unexpectedly become the main strategic targets of the Suwang Army next year, the problem is that there are still a considerable number of Korean troops stationed in Tianmen Pass and Mengmen Pass, and the three Korean generals of the Beiyuan Ten Heroes level, such as Storm Kite, Jin Di, and Feng Ting, believe that they will not sit idly by.

However, Zhao Hongrun will talk about all this next year, after all, in the "Battle of Weiqiu", Zhao Hongrun was nervous from beginning to end, so that after the victory of this battle was confirmed, he only felt physically and mentally exhausted, and he was not in the mood to judge the movements of the Korean army for the time being.

For the purpose of distraction, on November 19, Zhao Hongrun took his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, as well as the brothers who were not on duty in the army, and rode back to the "Yi Clan" on a war horse to hunt in the area of "Yi Mountain".

After all, when it comes to commanding soldiers and horses, his brother Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, can be called the most outstanding commander of Wei, because his command, such as the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, are all generals who were once born in Chu - the Wei people command the Wei people, which is not unusual, and Zhao Hongrun, as the prince of the Wei people, can actually make the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army, the generals from the Chu State die for it, which is worth mentioning.

As for his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan's inquiry, Zhao Hongrun's answer was very concise: treat him like a soldier of his children.

It is undeniable that the treatment of the Su Wangjun is almost the most generous in the entire Wei State, and the rewards given by the imperial court after several battles, Zhao Hongrun did not withhold a single baht, and even pasted a lot, so that a certain His Royal Highness the King of Su, who had captured a large amount of war profits many times in the southern and northern wars, not only did he have no savings, but also owed a huge amount of arrears to the household.

Speaking responsibly, if Zhao Hongrun had the slightest bit of selfishness, then he would have become a rich man who rivaled the country.

And this is also the truth that Zhao Hongrun wants his younger brother to understand: don't be stingy with the generals under your command. Only if you relieve the worries of your generals will your generals be willing to die for you.

When mentioning this matter, Zhao Hongrun used the Juyang Jun Xiong Carp of the Chu State as a negative example.

Juyang Jun Xiong Carp can be called the most greedy and dim person among the enemies that Zhao Hongrun has ever encountered, and there are outstanding generals such as Sun Shuke, Gan Ben, and She Li, but in the end? What happened to him?

Sun Shuke, Gan Ben, and She Li had no choice but to surrender to the Wei army without reinforcements, and the savings that Juyang Jun Xiong Li desperately protected during the entire battle, those fortunes that had been collected in the past, were cheaper in the end.

At that time, there were still nearly 100,000 troops under the command of Juyang Jun Xiong Li, but did anyone complain about him?

No.

This is what happens to a selfish person.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan nodded thoughtfully.

"I won't talk about many brothers, in my opinion, in addition to the bad reputation of the Northern First Army, the strength is actually passable......" Zhao Hongrun turned his head to his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan and said.

He didn't say this to please his brother's heart.

In all fairness, the strength of the army of the Northern First Army is indeed not weak, after all, this army was once built by aristocratic families such as the Donggong Party, the Yongwang Party, and the Xiangwang Party with a lot of manpower and material resources.

Therefore, Zhao Hongxuan got the authority of this army by chance, which can be regarded as luck, if all kinds of factors are aside, in fact, Zhao Hongrun is also very pleased that his younger brother can actually take charge of this army.

Because this is not a new army without a foundation, the foundation of the Northern First Army is still quite solid, and more importantly, it has been on the battlefield during the First Northern Xinjiang Campaign, which means that the non-commissioned officers in the army have been baptized by the battlefield atmosphere, and they will not be like a new soldier, who will panic when he sets foot on the battlefield.

As for why this army did nothing during the First Northern Frontier Campaign, it can only be said that this was the result of various reasons such as the existence of many gates and factions in the army, mutual constraints, and mutual selfishness.

In all fairness, the basic combat effectiveness of this army was actually not inferior to the Northern Second Army of Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and the Northern Third Army of Jiang Contempt.

According to Zhao Hongrun's judgment, the weakness of the North First Army now lies in two points, one is the lack of generals; The second is that the sergeants and soldiers lack to run in with each other.

Let's talk about the generals of the Northern First Army first, this is something on the bright side - the generals of the Northern First Army were all noble generals of the Donggong Party, the Yongwang Party, and the Xiangwang Party faction, and now these people have been driven out of the army by Zhao Hongxuan and Zhou Yu, which makes the Northern First Army very weak in terms of generals.

It is no exaggeration to say that today's Northern First Army is similar to the Shangshui Army back then, and the strength of the army's non-commissioned officers is actually not weak, but it is the lack of generals.

To take an inappropriate example, for example, if Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army, was allowed to lead a general of no more than three or five thousand men to attack, Wu Ji would make his enemies realize what it meant to be a strong general; But if he is put in charge of 350,000 people, then Wu Ji will be blind.

Because his foundation is a thousand generals, and he is a fierce general who is accustomed to charging into battle, even after three years of study, he is still inferior to Qu Cheng and Yan Mo in commanding wars.

It is no exaggeration to say that when there are only three or five thousand people in each other, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo can't beat Wu Ji, because Wu Ji has the strength to kill the enemy general on the battlefield; But when they had 350,000 people with each other, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo fought at the same time by dividing their troops and fighting on multiple battlefields, and they casually consumed Wu Ji.

Fortunately, the Shang Shui Army still has the two deputy generals Zhai Huang and Nanmen Chi, otherwise, at the strategic level, the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army have no fight at all.

And in this regard, today's Northern First Army relies on Zhang Biao and Li Meng, Zhao Hongxuan's Zongwei to support the field, although Zhang Biao and Li Meng, these Zongwei, have read military books, but it is undeniable that they are also newcomers and may know a lot, but when they actually command, they may not be as good as Wu Ji.

However, the only difference is that the Northern First Army has Zhou Yu, a strategist, as a military advisor to join the army, at least on a single battlefield, Zhao Hongrun is at ease with the Northern First Army.

All in all, the Northern First Army currently lacks generals who can take charge on their own.

There is no way to do this, but through time, let the generals in the army slowly adapt to their current status and gradually accumulate experience.

As for the run-in of the soldiers, it will also take a while, who made the situation within the Northern First Army once a scattered situation.

But I have to say that the foundation of this army is actually good, and I believe that under the leadership of Zhao Hongxuan and Zhou Yu, it will gradually become stronger.

"If there is anything you don't understand about the affairs of the army, you can ask a few people...... Zhai Huang, Sun Shuke, Yan Mo, Qu Cheng, this is the ...... under the command of my brother who can take charge alone"

"Hmm!" After listening to his brother's suggestion, Zhao Hongxuan nodded convincingly.

Chatting and chatting, the brothers inevitably talked about this battle again, especially the fact that Su Wang's army was trapped in the territory of Shangdang, I have to say that this incident made Zhao Hongrun suffer a certain blow, because he had never suffered such a setback.

And in this matter, Zhao Hongxuan suddenly put forward a conjecture.

"Brother, did you say that the king of Nanliang was on purpose?"