On April 5 of the nineteenth year of Dawei Hongde, the military camp of the northern Sichuan cavalry was roughly completed, and Zongwei Mu Qing dragged his tired body and came to the handsome tent where his Royal Highness was located with a look of grievance. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sending Mu Qing down to rest, Zhao Hongrun invited Wu Ji, Nanmen Chi, Lu Zhan, and Xu Jiong of the Shang Water Army, as well as Bo Xile of the Northern Sichuan Cavalry, and the three captains to the tent to discuss the upcoming attack on Shouying.

The generals of the Shangshui Army are already familiar faces, and there is nothing to introduce, so here are a few captains of the Northern Sichuan Cavalry.

The so-called commander of ten thousand is probably the general of the Chu army and the general level of the Wei state, although the number of soldiers in charge is different, but the essence is the same.

At this time, there were five captains under the command of Boshel, and these five men were:

The warrior of the former Horn tribe, Hechahachi, a man in his thirties who was like an iron tower, is said to have never met an opponent in wrestling.

Nuhar, the former warrior of the Blackhorn tribe and the younger brother of the patriarch Gorgan, is said to be an archer who can easily shoot geese in the sky.

Former Grayhorn Tribe Warrior, Hagel.

Warrior of the original Bloodhoof Tribe, Chahartu.

and the warrior of the Meng tribe, Cooldan.

This time, Bosil only brought three commanders, namely Hechahachi, Nuhar and Cooldan, and the other two remained in the area of Xinyang, Juyang, and Fangzhong, and were ordered to cut off the local Chu army's transportation lines.

It is worth mentioning that among the five captains, Ke Lidan is a bit interesting, because this person is not a person from the original Qiang Horn Tribal Alliance, but a big warrior in the Lun tribe of the Lun clan, and it is thought that the Lun tribe patriarch Lu Balon placed in the northern Sichuan cavalry in order to spy on Bosil.

In a sense, this person is more worthy of Zhao Hongrun's trust than Bosil, after all, the current Lu Baron is the only one who is the head of His Royal Highness King Su.

No, after seeing Zhao Hongrun, Ke Lidan immediately gave Zhao Hongrun the highest grassland etiquette, and instead of their patriarch Lu Balon, he conveyed the most admired greetings to Zhao Hongrun.

Zhao Hongrun accepted Cooldan's greeting with a smile, and at the same time, he caught a glimpse of the faces of the other two captains who seemed to be a little unsightly, and even vaguely muttered something, probably the meaning of sycophants in the Wei dialect.

"Sit all down."

After introducing each other, Zhao Hongrun beckoned the generals to sit down in the tent, and instructed Su Wangwei to bring a few jars of wine from Qi State.

Since ancient times, it is not allowed to drink alcohol during the war, this is the rule, but today Zhao Hongrun has made a rare exception, first, he knows that those warriors from Sanchuan like to drink, and secondly, it is also to commend their military exploits on the battlefield of thirty miles in the past few days.

After all, this great victory can be said to have completely reversed the situation in the western suburbs of Shouying, making the Chu army, which could compete with the Wei army, almost unstoppable at this moment.

But it's a pity that there is no wine and no food, and the only air-dried mutton that can be talked about is a dish, which was contributed to Zhao Hongrun by the cavalry of northern Sichuan, which is a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, none of the generals here care about the food, maybe for them, just the drink is enough.

While tasting the wine of Qi with the generals, Zhao Hongrun told the generals about the situation in the western suburbs of Shouying at this moment, and when he told about the situation on the Chu army's side, Zhao Hongrun set his eyes on Wu Ji, after all, in the recent days after the Battle of Thirty Miles, it was Wu Ji who was responsible for the persecution of the Chu army outside Shouying City.

Under the gaze of everyone, Wu Ji hugged his fists and said in a deep voice: "...... Since the great victory a few days ago, our merchant navy has taken advantage of the victory to pursue and press forward step by step. …… The good news is that Gongsun Po, the general of the Chu army opposite, seemed to have died in the chaos, which made the morale of the Chu army plummet; The bad news is that Gongsun Po has a lieutenant general named Sun Shuao, who has reorganized the Chu army in the past few days and built a barrier in the western suburbs of Shouying, trying to trap and resist to the end......"

"Uncle Sun?"

Zhao Hongrun was slightly stunned, after all, as far as he knew, the surname Uncle Sun was not a big clan in the Chu State, so he inevitably thought of Sun Shuke, the third battalion general of the Yanling Army.

"Go back and send someone to ask Sun Shuke to see if this Sun Shuao is from his clan." Zhao Hongrun turned around and said something to Zong Wei Chang Wei Jiao, who nodded and said that he had written it down.

There was nothing to say about the subsequent discussion, it was nothing more than to discuss how to make the Shang Water Army and the Northern Sichuan cavalry cooperate tacitly to attack the Chu king Du Shouying, who was close at hand.

After all, although there are still more than 100,000 Chu troops in the western suburbs of Shouying who are resisting under the command of Gongsun Po's deputy general Sun Shuao, to tell the truth, when Gongsun Po and his 70,000 or 80,000 Chu troops were almost completely wiped out, the combination of the remaining peasant soldiers of the Chu army and the local county divisions was no longer in Zhao Hongrun's eyes.

In the end, Zhao Hongrun made a decision to officially launch a full-scale attack on the western wall of Shouying a day later, on April 6.

On the other hand, Xiang Yan, a veteran of the Xiang clan, finally accepted the embarrassing entrustment of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, and replaced the general Gongsun Po, who had died on the battlefield, and took over the war in the western city wall and even the western suburbs.

After learning of this, Sun Shuao immediately entered the city and asked to see the newly appointed old general.

Based on the fact that the old general may not know the recent battle situation in the western suburbs, Sun Shuao told Xiang Yan in detail about the recent battles and put forward several good suggestions.

Listening to Sun Shuao's story, Xiang Yan felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

He knew that the young man named Sun Shuao in front of him, even if he had been defeated by the Wei soldiers, still maintained a firm fighting spirit and was willing to give up everything in order to defend the royal city of Shouying, but the problem was that Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, did not want to win.

"Retreat to the royal city."

Xiang Yan rejected Sun Shuao's request for help, and instead ordered the latter to transfer the remaining 100,000 troops outside the city back to the city.

Hearing this, Uncle Sun Ao was shocked.

You must know that after the defeat on the Thirty Mile Battlefield, he was harassed and attacked by the merchant army every day, and he didn't know that he paid the price of tens of thousands of peasant soldiers, so he dug trenches and built fortresses in the western suburbs.

Although these defensive facilities alone were not enough to block the Wei army, they could delay time, as long as the army continued to be put in, regardless of casualties and sacrifices, the Wei army may not be able to attack the city.

But the old general in front of him didn't know what to think, and actually asked him to give up the defense facilities that he had built with great difficulty, this, wouldn't this be giving up the western suburbs to the Wei army in vain?

Thinking of this, Sun Shuao said in surprise: "Old General Mingjian! …… There are countless catapults in the Wei army, although the walls of the royal city are strong, it is still difficult to guarantee that it will not be broken by the Wei army, and at the moment it is a good strategy to hinder the advance of the Wei army as much as possible, and then send a few strange troops to harass the grain and grass in the rear of the Wei army......

Listening to Sun Shuao's shouting, Xiang Yan felt even more uncomfortable.

Of course, he understood that the suggestion made by this young man was the best strategy to retreat from the enemy at the moment, but who would let ...... Who gave him the task not to defend Shouying, but to let the Wei army break through this royal city!

With complicated feelings, Xiang Yanyan said insincerely: "Do you think that just a few shallow ditches can stop the Wei army from entering?" ”

"Old General!" Uncle Sun Ao begged bitterly, but Xiang Yan never allowed it.

In the end, Uncle Sun Ao was angry and scolded loudly: "Old horseman! …… If you don't listen to good words today, if the king's city falls one day, it's too late for you to regret it! ”

"Presumptuous!" The generals under Xiang Yan's command scolded one after another, but Sun Shuao still scolded angrily, as if he wanted to wake up Xiang Yan.

But how did he know Xiang Yan, a veteran's tangled mood at the moment.

In the end, Xiang Yan arrested and detained Sun Shuao on the following charges.

That night, Xiang Yan returned to his mansion in the city, drank sullenly for a night, and lost his temper with the house slaves in the mansion for the first time, which surprised the people in the house: how could this amiable old master, who was usually amiable, have such a violent temper today.

The next day, the Wei army sent troops from the Beishan military camp to officially attack the Chu king Du Shouying.

During this period, Zhao Hongrun was puzzled to find that the Chu army in the western suburbs had abandoned those trenches and other defensive facilities for some reason, and inexplicably retreated to the royal city.

Chu Jun...... What's the situation?

Even if it is Zhao Hongrun, he can't figure it out.

Because just as Sun Shuao suggested to Xiang Yan, although Zhao Hongrun didn't care about the Chu army's use of trenches, fortresses and other defensive facilities to fight positional warfare with the Wei army, but in the final analysis, this was a trouble for the Wei army, wasn't it?

After all, this kind of positional warfare in which every inch of land is fought for is the most time-consuming, and it is also the easiest to smooth out the sharpness and morale of the non-commissioned officers of the two armies.

If the Chu army fought a positional battle with the Wei army at the cost of casualties, to be honest, it would be a headache.

But the Chu army on the opposite side didn't know what to think, and actually ordered to retreat to the royal city.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is an extremely stupid tactic in Zhao Hongrun's opinion, after all, although the city wall of Shouying is strong, but the Wei army also has a lot of catapults in their hands, under the indiscriminate bombardment, how can they not destroy the city wall of Shouying?

Could it be that there is fraud in this?

With a suspicious mentality, Zhao Hongrun ordered the catapults in the army to try to bombard the Shouying city wall one after another.

During this period, he ordered the cavalry of northern Sichuan to pay close attention to the movements on the four sides - in such a very high-stakes war, he did not dare to underestimate the Chu general on the other side, and it was not clear that the newly appointed general planned to retreat into advance, and tried to destroy those catapults with a strange army when the Wei army bombarded the city wall of Shouying with catapults.

The siege is imminent, and if a large number of catapults are accidentally lost, then the Wei army will be blind.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun only dared to dispatch one-third of the catapult in the first battle, intending to test the water first.

To his surprise, let the catapults in the army order the catapults to bombard Shouying's city walls indiscriminately, the Chu army on Shouying's side did not react at all from beginning to end.

Moreover, according to the news from the cavalry of northern Sichuan, there were no strange soldiers of the Chu army in ambush around them.

This...... What's the situation?

Zhao Hongrun, who was always able to accurately grasp the battle situation in the past, was confused for the first time. (To be continued.) )