Under the cold eyes of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, Xiong Wu led an army of 100,000 to attack from Juyang County. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Here, let's first introduce the Chu army stationed in the vicinity of Juyang County.

The first is the Juyang Army, that is, the private army of Juyang Jun Xiong Li, which can also be understood as the county division of Juyang County, which originally had about 150,000 troops, but the remaining 50,000 troops were sent out by Juyang Jun at that time.

Among the 50,000 troops, 30,000 of them were led by Sun Shuke, the Chu general at that time, to support Wan Xi, the county prince of Xuanxian County.

And now, these 40,000 troops have been defeated by the Wei army, of which 20,000 surrendered to the Wei army under the call of the main general Sun Shuke.

As for the other 20,000 soldiers, they were stationed on the south bank of the Hun River, led by the Chu general Huang Zhu.

When the Wei army forcibly crossed the Hun River, it was blocked by several Chu armies, including the 20,000 Chu troops of the Chu general Huang Zhu.

After removing the local army of the Juyang Army, the rest were all troops requisitioned from all over the country by the Chu State.

Among them, there are 100,000 troops in Xinyang, and the commander is Xiang Pei, the general of Chu and the king of Xinyang;

Cai Xijun (county division) 30,000, commanded by Cai Hou, the county prince;

Xiyang Army (county division) 30,000, commanded by the county prince Ximen Ji;

The Yanyang army (private army) is 50,000, and the commander is Zhou Zheng, a general under the command of Yanyang Junxiong;

Peng Li's army (private army) is 50,000, and the commander is Xu Ji, a general under Peng Lijun Xiong Yi.

Coupled with the 100,000 soldiers trained by Xiong Tuoxin, the Junjun of Xuancheng, and the 80,000 soldiers of Xiong Wu, the Chu army stationed in the area of Juyang County at the moment totaled 520,000 troops.

This does not include the armies of Shouling Jun Jingshe and Xiling Jun Qu Ping, who were tied up by the Western Vietnamese, otherwise, the Wei army on the Western Road alone would have to face nearly 700,000 troops, a huge number that is almost desperate.

Of course, in fact, even the 500,000 Chu troops currently in the area of Juyang County are enough for the Wei army to pay attention.

No, when the crows sent the information they had obtained from the front line to Xuan County and to Zhao Hongrun, the latter's face was full of solemnity.

Because the difference in strength between the two sides is really huge.

You must know that even if several Chu armies were incorporated before and after, the combined strength of the Yanling army and the Shangshui army was only eighty or ninety thousand, and the Chu army they had to face was as many as 500,000.

In this case, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but secretly praise himself, because the facts have proved that if the Wei army, which is still in the run-in period alone, with 80,000 or 90,000 people alone, wants to defeat the 500,000 Chu army in a head-to-head confrontation, which is simply a difficult challenge.

If the whole army is not ordered to be divided into parts, I am afraid that the Wei army will not even be able to gain a firm foothold on the south bank of the Hun River under the threat of the Chu army in the Juyang County area.

"There are so many troops in Juyang County?"

Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao heard this information on the side, and couldn't help but be full of horror.

Because he couldn't help but guess: Zhengyang County, the target of his Wei army, has 500,000 Chu troops alone, so what about Haoshang? What about Xia Cai, who was attacked by the army led by Lu Xi, the king of Qi? What about Zhongli and Xiangxian, which were attacked by Tian Tan of the Qi Army on the East Road?

According to this calculation, wouldn't the army of Chu that the coalition need to face this time have exceeded two million troops?

"Goo......

Rao is Wei Jiao, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva at this moment, and his face was a little distracted.

After all, for the Wei State, how could it have participated in a war of such a scale in the past hundred years?

It seems that the current scale of the battlefield is beyond the scope of his Wei Jiao's comprehension, which makes this heroic sect guard leader can't help but feel sweating.

Probably noticing Wei Jiao's abnormality, Zhao Hongrun smiled and said with relief: "Don't be frightened by the huge number of troops of the Chu army, in fact, the 500,000 troops in Juyang County at this moment are worthy of vigilance in the eyes of this king, I am afraid that only Xiang Pei's 100,000 Xinyang regular army, and the rest of the Chu army...... Heh, I'm afraid that I can only fight a tailwind battle, once the battle situation is unfavorable, hum, in short, there is no need to be afraid. ”

Indeed, the 500,000 Chu troops currently stationed in the area of Juyang County, except for the 100,000 Xinyang troops led by the general of Chu and Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei, which are the main army of Chu State, the rest are either local county divisions or private troops, whether it is weaponry or training, the main army of Chu is not half a star, and it cannot be compared with the Wei army.

Hearing Zhao Hongrun's relief, Wei Jiao took a deep breath and gradually stabilized his emotions.

He said ashamedly: "The cowardice of the humble position makes His Highness laugh." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly, and then said calmly: "It's not just that you are timid, don't I have a little fear in my heart?" ”

Speaking of this, he shook his head under Wei Jiao's surprised and unexpected gaze, and said: "Actually, I am also frightened, but you and I both know that simple fear will not help the battle situation in the slightest, instead of being frightened here, why not seize the time to find the flaws of the Chu army and increase the chances of victory for our army?" ”

Wei Jiao was convinced when he heard this, and couldn't help but clench his fists and praise: "Your Highness is wise." ”

After saying that, he couldn't help but ask, "I wonder if Your Highness has any clever plan to break the enemy?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun focused his eyes on the marching map on the table, and said slowly: "There is no clever plan to break the enemy for the time being, but the general tactics, this king has some clues." ”

After saying that, he glanced at the piece marked Juyang County on the map, and secretly sneered in his heart.

As far as he knew, Juyang Jun Xiong Li's army had sent his army to sweep the Chu villages in the fiefdom and levy grain on a large scale, Zhao Hongrun was still a little puzzled, but now he finally understood: it was originally to support the hundreds of thousands of Chu troops who came to support.

The question is, how long can this grain last?

That's 500,000 Chu troops, and the daily consumption of military rations is simply an astronomical amount.

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little proud, because his order to the Yan Ling army and the Shang Shui army was to harass the Chu army and not confront the Chu army head-on, in a way, this tactic happened to be extremely restrained by the huge Chu army in Juyang County.

To put it bluntly, as long as the Wei army does not confront the Chu army head-on for a day, the Chu army will only consume military rations in vain, and once its military rations are exhausted, let alone 500,000 Chu troops, even if it is 5 million Chu troops, what is the point?

If there is anything to worry about, it is whether the Yanling army and the Shangshui army will be able to comprehend the essence of guerrilla warfare and whether they will be able to implement this set of tactics accurately.

Other than that, the only thing worth caring about is the defense of the county.

The Yanling army and the Shang army used guerrilla tactics, which meant that the Chu army on the other side of the river would be able to cross these two armies and attack the county directly.

At present, Haoxian is an important stronghold to support the Wei army's attack on the Chu state, and if it is conquered by the Chu army's counteroffensive, the entire battle situation may be reversed.

And the Yan Ling army and the Shang Shui army, which went deep into the Chu State, will also face the embarrassing situation of the back road being cut off.

In response to this matter, after weighing it for a long time a few days ago, Zhao Hongrun finally decided to repeat the old trick and adopt the same set of tactics when he dealt with Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, by the Yanshui side: You are strong, you are strong, I just can't shrink out; But you can't destroy this shell yet, because there are spines on it.

"Have the craftsmen of the Lu Kingdom arrived?"

Zhao Hongrun turned his head and asked Wei Jiaodao.

Wei Jiao thought for a while and said: "Most of the army of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, should cross the Hun River, and the craftsmen of the Lu State in the rear should be idle, and it is almost time to ......."

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded.

The artisan regiment of the Lu State is subordinate to the logistics army, and some of them are equivalent to engineering soldiers, and they are not responsible for killing the enemy, but only follow the army, and build some important war weapons when needed.

For example, the pontoon bridge used by the three armies of Qilu and Wei to forcibly cross the Hun River was written by these craftsmen of the Lu State.

And now, because the king of Qi Lu Xi has led the army to forcibly cross the Hu River, calculating the time, most of them are fighting with the Chu army on the south bank of the Hu River, which makes those Lu craftsmen idle, so Zhao Hongrun took this opportunity to send a message to Lu Xi, the king of Qi, and invited this artisan group.

I have to say that, as Wei Jiao said, in the evening of the same day, the artisan regiment of the Lu State came to Gongxian County, and Zhao Hongrun met with their leader.

To be exact, it should not be called the leader, but the Mojia Juzi.

Because the state of Lu was actually a country ruled by Mohist thought, this was different from the rest of the Central Plains countries that advocated Confucianism.

By the way, the Mo family of Lu State now has three great sons, and the one Zhao Hongrun received today is called the Gong Yi Ban, which is the clansman of the Lu State Lord Gong Yipan.

I have to say that this is the first time that Zhao Hongrun has come into contact with the Lu Guomo family, who has mastered the highest craftsmanship of this era, and he can't help but feel a little nervous.

After all, no matter how Mohist thought was not valued by other Central Plains countries in this era, Zhao Hongrun attached great importance to it, and in his opinion, these people who were accused of selling strange and skillful skills were the real wise men and indispensable talents for a country.

However, what made Zhao Hongrun slightly disappointed was that the Juzi Gong Losing Class, which was quite mysterious in his heart, was actually just a middle-aged man who was not good-looking, just like those officials of the Ministry of Industry of Wei, and even had some sawdust on his clothes.

But even so, Zhao Hongrun's eyes on the other party still did not change in the slightest.

"Juzi."

"Run Gongzi."

After the two sides met each other, Zhao Hongrun said his intention directly: "Inviting Juzi to come today is mainly for two things. ”

"I want to hear about it." The public loss class said with a simple smile.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun told the public loss class about the recent situation of their Wei army, hoping that the latter would lead those Lu craftsmen to build Gongxian into an impregnable fortress.

During this period, Zhao Hongrun also handed several sketches drawn by himself to the public loss class.

"Tsk, I can't imagine that Gongzi Run is not only good at leading troops in battle, but also very good at our strange and skillful skills...... This kind of repeater, tsk. The public loser class praised it.

It's no wonder that the public loss class is so praised, after all, the crossbow is in the Wei State, it is the thing at the bottom of the box of the Smelting Bureau, if it is not for the defense of the Chu army, Zhao Hongrun is reluctant to take it out for nothing.

Because he knows very well that there are no patents in this era, and examples of plagiarism of other countries' advanced weapons of war abound.

It is no exaggeration to say that now Zhao Hongrun will let the drawings of the repeater crossbow to the public brigade to see, and it is guaranteed that within a few days, the repeater will become the standing war weapon of the Qilu coalition army.

Of course, this is just an analogy, after all, the Mo family is not necessarily willing to abandon the crossbow box they have been studying for a long time.

"This matter is easy, I don't know another thing about Gongzi Run......"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun pondered for a while, and then asked, "Juzi, I don't know if you want to go to my Great Wei?" ”

“……”

The public lost class frowned slightly. (To be continued.) )