The casualty ratio of one to two is actually a relatively good result, because it means that the combat effectiveness and survival rate of the Wei soldiers are twice as high as those of the soldiers of the Chu State. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

You must know that the Chu soldiers mentioned here do not refer to the miscellaneous soldiers of the peasant soldiers of the Chu State, but to the regular army of the Chu State and the local county divisions of the Chu State. If it is named after the name of the Wei State, it is the garrison army at the level of the sixth battalion of the garrison, and the local garrison army such as the original Zhaoling Army and the Yanling Army, all of which belong to the regular army in China.

Therefore, it is enough to be proud of the Wei soldiers who can fight one against two, after all, the Chu soldiers are not weak soldiers, if the gap in equipment is put aside, the regular soldiers of the Chu State are like killing a chicken against a Qi soldier.

But Zhao Hongrun was not satisfied.

The reason is very simple, because the Wei infantry was originally the most powerful infantry among the countries of the Central Plains, and one enemy and two could not satisfy him at all.

However, considering that most of the 50,000 merchant and naval troops under his command are actually the original Chu army, and only a small half are the real Wei infantry, Zhao Hongrun can only accept this fact while sighing: In terms of head-to-head confrontation, it is difficult for the army under his command to defeat the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shouying.

Since a head-to-head confrontation is difficult to beat, it is natural that it must be supplemented by ingenuity.

On that day, Zhao Hongrun's first thought was water attack.

You must know that Chu is a country with extremely rich waters, and the area around Shouying, the royal capital, is full of rivers, in addition to the vortex river, there are still many unnamed mountain streams and rivers.

Coincidentally, it is the beginning of spring, when the ice and snow melt and the rivers rise sharply, which is the so-called spring flood.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun immediately thought of a clever plan: digging the Vortex River and the Huai River, flooding Shouying, and making hundreds of thousands of Chu troops outside Shouying City become fish and shrimp at the bottom of the river.

However, after Zhao Hongrun personally inspected the surrounding terrain, he was rather frustrated to find that the many rivers near Shouying were not good, and the water potential of the rivers became turbulent at this season, but unfortunately, these rivers often followed one lake after another. With these natural flood storage tanks, he wants to flood Shouying by digging a river channel to release water, which is probably just a joke.

Even when he took a closer look at the location of the inlets of those lakes, Zhao Hongrun also found traces of man-made development - the Chu people seemed to have already known how to use these natural lakes as flood storage tanks to prevent floods.

Think about it, since the waters in the territory of Chu are so rich, the water damage in the past is naturally serious, how can it not be improved in this regard?

It's a pity that Zhao Hongrun came up with this trick to break the enemy, but it was shattered before it was implemented.

The water attack could not be achieved, and the fire attack lacked fire oil, and Zhao Hongrun had no way to deal with the Chu army.

This means that he can only think of a way to defeat his opponent in a head-to-head confrontation and use military strategy.

I have to say, it's been quite a tough road.

That night, when Zhao Hongrun and Mi Jiang were having dinner in the tent, the king of Qi, Lu Xi, sent someone to deliver the battle report: the battle report in the northern suburbs of Shouying.

In order to advance and retreat together and take care of each other, Zhao Hongrun, Qi King Lu Xi and Tian Tan had already agreed to deliver their respective battle reports every day, no matter what the battle situation was that day.

"Hmph, the battle situation on King Qi's side is also not good......"

After a cursory glance at the battle report, Zhao Hongrun shook his head regretfully.

You must know that today's battle situation of the Wei army can only be said to be a draw with the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shouying, so he is still counting on the northern suburbs of the Qi King Lu Xi to make progress and pull him along, but he didn't expect that the battle situation on the side of the Qi King Lu Xi is not as good as his side.

"Won't it?"

Zong Wei Changwei was taken aback when he heard this, and said in his heart, Isn't there more than 200,000 Qilu coalition troops under the command of King Lu Xi? Besides, there are still many war weapons in the more than 200,000 Qilu coalition army, why is the battle situation inferior to his Wei army?

As if seeing through Wei Jiao's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun snorted lightly and said: "The Chu people are not stupid, since they know that the army on the side of King Qi is the strongest, then it is natural that more troops will be deployed in the northern suburbs...... What are you looking at me for? I didn't say anything bad about you Chu people. ”

“……”

As the only Chu person in the tent at this moment, Mi Jiang stared at Zhao Hongrun for a while, and then continued to eat by himself, not bothering to pay attention to the guy opposite.

Looking at the little couple in front of him, Wei Jiao secretly smiled.

I have to say that he is very recognizant of Mi Jiang, after all, Mi Jiang's background is good, and his swordsmanship is also exquisite, and it is not a problem to protect the safety of His Royal Highness of their family.

If you want to say the only regret, that is, Mi Jiang has a cold face all day long, and it is difficult to make people feel close.

"Your Highness, will you attack tomorrow?" Wei Jiao asked.

Because of the battle plan, Zhao Hongrun had already discussed it with the generals in the Shangshui Army, and there were no unexpected changes today, so there was no need to hold any more military meetings, just draw a gourd tomorrow.

As a war, in fact, there are not any clever schemes every day, but more of a monotonous confrontation between soldiers.

"Tomorrow ......" Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said, "Fight again tomorrow and see how it turns out." If the results are not good, the priests rest for two days. ”

"Yes." Wei Jiao clenched his fists, withdrew from the tent, summoned Su Wangwei, and passed Zhao Hongrun's order to the generals in the army.

At this time, Mi Jiang asked with some curiosity: "Have you thought of a way to break the enemy?" ”

Zhao Hongrun picked up the chopsticks and said angrily: "Didn't you just see me sighing?" …… There is a way to break the enemy, what am I sighing for? ”

"And you're going to fight tomorrow?"

"You don't understand." Zhao Hongrun took two mouthfuls of rice and explained vaguely: "Although the battle situation of our army is not good today, it has also caused casualties among tens of thousands of peasant soldiers. …… With such huge casualties, the morale of the Chu army is bound to be affected, and when the two armies clash tomorrow, the morale of the Chu army will be low and become vulnerable? ”

Mi Jiang nodded as if he didn't understand, and then asked, "What if it's not what you said?" ”

Zhao Hongrun choked up when he heard this, and said angrily: "Then I will blame you." …… Blame you for talking nonsense. ”

"......" Facing Zhao Hongrun's unreasonable accusation, Mi Jiang rolled his beautiful eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to it.

However, although Zhao Hongrun said so, to be honest, he was not sure about this matter.

It is undeniable that since ancient times, the next day battle is easier to distinguish the winner than the first day of the battle, but the problem is that this battle was attacked by the coalition army, which was the royal capital of the Chu State.

In the case of the Chu army's unity and hatred of the enemy, the strength of the Wei army was obviously at an absolute disadvantage, and it was a fool's dream to want to divide the victory and defeat in just two days.

Facts have proved that Zhao Hongrun's judgment is accurate.

The next day, when the Wei army launched another attack on the Chu army on the western outskirts of Shouying, the morale of the Chu army seemed to be not affected by the previous day at all, causing the Wei army's forward command general Nanmen to use all his strength, but also failed to gain an advantage.

Just like yesterday, the Wei army and the Chu army fought from morning to noon, although the Wei army made good progress at the beginning, but as time passed, the Chu army was moved back little by little by virtue of the advantage of crowd tactics.

It seems that this is the only end of today.

Sighing secretly, Zhao Hongrun decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops.

And seeing that the Wei army left two broken armies, alternately protecting the withdrawal of the army after the break, the Chu army simply saved the pursuit this time - anyway, it would not be able to defeat the Wei soldiers if they caught up, but there was a danger of being ambushed, so what else to chase? Honestly, they have to collect their troops.

And after returning to the barracks, Zhao Hongrun ordered the whole army to repair for two days, so that the soldiers under his command could rest and relax, after all, the most taboo moment on the battlefield tensed the nerves, which would be bad.

However, quite surprisingly, on the third day, the Wei army did not take the initiative to attack the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shouying, but in the evening, the Chu army came to attack.

Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun attached great importance to guarding against the enemy's night attack, and the Wei army had the advantage of a military camp, so he did not let the Chu army that came to sneak attack take any advantage.

The two sides fought for about an hour, and the Chu army left behind about 2,000 corpses and retreated.

However, this move aroused the anger of the Shang Shui soldiers.

They thought to themselves: Lao Tzu doesn't beat you, take a day off, and you still dare to come to sneak attack?

As a result, the generals in the merchant army asked for battle.

You must know that since this national war has been fought until now, the Shang Shui Army has played triumphant songs all the way, and has hardly encountered any obstacles, but on Shouying's side, they have not gained anything for two consecutive days, and they have been extremely aggrieved, just like when they faced more than 200,000 troops of the Qianjiao tribe in Luodi.

It is conceivable that in fact, these generals also have a fire in their hearts.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun was certainly happy in his heart, and immediately agreed to fight.

It's a pity that although the veterans of the Shang and Shui armies were full of fighting spirit, the morale of the Chu army was not weak, and the two armies fought fiercely until the afternoon on the fourth day, and the Wei army finally failed to gain an advantage.

It's broken......

Zhao Hongrun secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good.

You must know that being repelled by the enemy even though your own soldiers are full of fighting spirit can be quite demoralizing.

Sure enough, after withdrawing the troops and retreating to the barracks, Zhao Hongrun really felt that there seemed to be a malaise in the army.

It won't go on like this.

After inspecting the barracks, Zhao Hongrun returned to the tent, summoned a few green crows, and instructed them: "You go to Zhengyang immediately, and ask Bo Xile to lead at least 30,000 northern Sichuan archers to come here." ”

Thinking about it so far, Zhao Hongrun can only use the reinforcements to restore the morale of the army.

On the fifth day, it was quite unexpected by Zhao Hongrun, and the commanding generals of the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shouying seemed to have seen the morale of the Wei army, and on the fifth day, they actually led the army to fight outside the Wei army's camp.

At that time, generals such as Wu Ji, Lu Zhan, and Xu Jiong were furious, eager to go out of the camp and teach those Chu troops a hard lesson, however, Zhao Hongrun stopped them.

It seems that the general of the Chu army is not satisfied with simply holding the defensive line......

Standing on the guard tower in the barracks, looking at the many Chu troops fighting outside the camp, Zhao Hongrun's eyes flashed.

Thinking that at least 30,000 archers from northern Sichuan led by Bo Xile were rushing in, Zhao Hongrun smiled sinisterly.

He didn't mind letting those who despise the Chu people understand the power of the cavalry charge. (To be continued.) )