In the next few days, whether it was Zhao Hongrun, Lu Xi, the king of Qi, or Tian Tan of the Qi army on the East Road, they were all in full swing preparing for the upcoming war. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In these days, the Lu craftsman regiment that followed the army of Lu Xi, the king of Qi, showed their miraculous attainments, and within a few days, they built several pontoon bridges with a width of more than 20 zhang for the three armies to cross the Huhe River.

Hearing the news, Zhao Hongrun was secretly surprised: such a scale pontoon bridge is bound to be heavy, how can the soldiers push it into the Hun River?

Out of curiosity, Zhao Hongrun sent Zongwei Mu Qing to inquire, and the answer he got made him dumbfounded: it turned out that the craftsmen of the Lu State had already known how to place rolling logs under heavy objects to reduce friction.

In addition to this, the artisan regiment of the Lu State also built several warships to defend against the Chu fleet in the Hun River Valley.

For this matter, Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly, after all, in his opinion, the Huhe River is the closest water flow to the Chu King Du Shouying, there is no doubt that the Chu State is bound to garrison a naval army here, how can the few warships built by the craftsmen of the Lu State compete with the Chu Huhe River Water Army?

Therefore, when Zhao Hongrun sent quartermasters to the king of Qi, he gave up the need for warships, but asked the king of Qi for a hundred heavy crossbows of the Lu State, and personally drew a drawing, designed a crossbow bolt specially used for ships, and asked the Lu State craftsman group to build it on his behalf.

In fact, this kind of crossbow bolt is very simple, it is nothing more than carving a bleeding groove on the crossbow arrow, no, it is a leaking tank, so that after this kind of crossbow bolt hits the hull of Chu State, the river water will quickly invade the hull along the leaking groove, so that it will not be like a general crossbow bolt on the ship, the hole in the hull will be plugged by the crossbow arrow, so that the hull is obviously injured and can still be exercised.

It is worth mentioning that when the drawings of the crossbow arrows designed by Zhao Hongrun were sent to the craftsmen of the Lu Kingdom, those craftsmen discussed it and actually gave up the shipbuilding plan, and began to transform the heavy crossbow and increase the production of the crossbow designed by Zhao Hongrun.

Even, the king of Qi, Lu Xi, asked the quartermaster to come to commend him afterwards, saying that he wanted to remember Zhao Hongrun's great achievements.

Maybe others are confused, Zhao Hongrun naturally knows why Lu Xi, the king of Qi, wants to remember him for a great achievement, after all, the kind of crossbow arrows specifically aimed at the naval army is very powerful - just like catapults, it is used well, and the mighty warship that the Chu people have worked so hard to build, the Qi army can sink it in the river as long as it uses a heavy crossbow arrow in the future.

For ship weapons, just as the role of the city wall was greatly weakened after the appearance of catapults, the advent of this kind of crossbow bolt can greatly weaken the Chu navy - if there are no warships, the Chu navy is purely a group of infantry, which is not enough to worry about.

In the next few days, Zhao Hongrun stayed at his residence, simulating various situations and the battlefield in unexpected situations in his mind every day, and preparing the draft in advance, so as not to be in a hurry when he encountered similar problems.

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun also attaches great importance to this upcoming war, because this is the first time he has participated in a great war in which both sides invest nearly two million troops.

The Fencheng army, under the leadership of the general Xu Yin, had already left the county, and chose favorable terrain between Fangzhong and the county to build fences and obstacles to protect the county, after all, once the Wei army broke through the Huhe River and invaded south, the county would become a vital stronghold.

There is no doubt that at the end of the Fang Zhong at this moment, in order to cut off the return of the Yanling army and the Shangshui army, it is bound to launch a fierce offensive against Xuanxian.

At that time, it will all depend on the general Xu Yin and his Fencheng army.

As for the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army, they took advantage of a few days to carry out the second reorganization of the whole army, with the intention of passing the run-in period of the entire army so that they could give full play to their due strength in the upcoming war.

And the most exciting thing about the reorganization of the whole army this time is that Zhao Hongrun almost in one breath, all the generals and generals have been upgraded by one level.

Wu Chang was promoted to Shi Chang, Shi Chang was promoted to Tun Chang, Tun Chang was promoted to Bo Chang (100 generals), Bo Chang was promoted to Qu Hou (500 generals), Qu Hou was promoted to Jun Hou (1,000 generals), and Junhou was promoted to partial generals (2,000 generals).

This incident made the generals of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army excited, no wonder, after all, it is a promotion, you know, the military position of the Wei State has been promoted, and there is a chance to obtain the noble status in the future, although it is an inferior nobleman, but it is also a nobleman, right?

However, the military position of Ran Teng, a thousand-person general, has not changed in the slightest.

This...... What went wrong?

Ran Teng, the thousand-person general, couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

You must know that since their Shang Shui Army incorporated the 20,000 surrendered troops of Nanmen Huai and Nanmen Jue, and then incorporated the remnants of Chu general Wu Yuan in Su County, the Shang Shui Army has increased to 50,000 people.

Therefore, there are some generals in the army, who are obviously at the level of a thousand generals, but they are in charge of two thousand people, or even more.

This time, Zhao Hongrun generally raised the level of generals in the army, making these thousand generals become two thousand generals.

No, just now, Ran Teng met his colleague in the army, Xiang Yu.

Xiang Ling and Ran Teng were both officers who were promoted from the non-commissioned officers, and just a day ago, Xiang Ling and Ran Teng were both thousands of generals, but today, after Zhao Hongrun gave this order, Xiang Ling became a 2,000 general.

You must know that in the Chu State, from a thousand people to two thousand people, this is simply a long process, and I don't know how many sins I have to suffer during this period.

Therefore, Ran Teng is also happy for Xiang Yu.

But!!

He Ran Teng is still a thousand-person general.

Not only is the thousand-man team still the original 1,000 people, but the military rank has not been promoted.

In this way, it is no wonder that Xiang Jue looked at Ran Teng with a strange expression after hearing about this.

Ran Teng could understand Xiang Ting's expression, and that look seemed to say: The entire battalion of soldiers has been promoted, except for you, Ran Teng...... Did you offend King Su? Or do you have a different heart?

Ran Teng couldn't remember how he had said goodbye to Xiang Ying after that, because his mind was all focused on this matter: the entire battalion of soldiers had been promoted, except for him.

Could it be that I have done something that has misunderstood His Royal Highness King Su?

Ran Teng was a little puzzled, because he thought to himself, whether it was to the Wei State, the Shang Navy, or His Royal Highness the King of Su, now he was loyal and enthusiastic, how could he have any different intentions?

In his heart, Ran Teng found two confidants: Xiang Li, a thousand-person general, and Zhang Ming, a thousand-person general.

Because the thousand-man team of the three of them is the elite of the merchant army, the three of them have a lot of contact on weekdays.

During this period, Ran Teng asked Xiang Li and Zhang Ming about this matter, and asked if Xiang Li and Zhang Ming had been promoted.

Unexpectedly, after asking, I learned that he was not the only one who received "differential treatment", Xiang Li stayed in the position of a thousand generals like Zhang Ming, and the troops under his command did not increase.

This...... What's going on?

The three of them really couldn't figure it out.

But this kind of thing, they are not good to ask around, so the three of them got together and had a drink.

After all, in the past few days, the king of Qi, Lu Xi, sent a lot of wine to reward the Wei army on the West Road, and Zhao Hongrun also allowed the soldiers and generals to have a drink after completing their daily work.

During this period, Ran Teng told the two thousand people who were connected with the same fate about what happened when he met Xiang Ling, and muttered with some jealousy how high-spirited Xiang Ling was at that time.

After listening to Ran Teng's words, Xiang Li and Zhang Ming also nodded in agreement, obviously they had encountered a similar experience.

And just as the three of them were complaining, suddenly the door of the house was pushed open, and a soldier in gray leather armor walked in, and said in a deep voice: "Thousands of people will Ran Teng, Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, His Royal Highness King Su is invited!" ”

The Crows......

The three of Ran Teng glanced at each other and muttered to themselves, after all, in the Wei army, only the green crows wore gray leather armor.

Could it be that the three of us are complaining here, and His Royal Highness King Su has learned about it?

With a nervous mood, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming followed the green crows to Zhao Hongrun's residence.

When they entered, Zhao Hongrun was still sitting behind his desk, writing and drawing on the map with a strange pen, sometimes frowning and pondering something.

"His Royal Highness King Su." Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming clenched their fists in a nervous mood.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun raised his head, put down the pen in his hand, and said with a smile: "I heard that the three of them complained about this king? ”

Hearing this, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming suddenly changed color, and hurriedly wanted to explain.

And at this moment, I saw Zhao Hongrun waving his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, just joking with the three of you, you don't have to take it seriously." As he spoke, he restrained the smile on his face and said, "Aren't the three of you surprised that this king has promoted the others, but he has left out the three of you?" ”

"Your Highness's move must have a deep meaning, how dare we speculate." Ran Teng said with his fists clenched.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said, "Yes, this king does have a deep meaning. …… I'm afraid you are very envious of the thousands of generals who are at the same time as you, right? I envy them for all of them to be promoted to 2,000 generals, but in fact? The strength of these teams in the hands of 2,000 generals is probably not as good as before. Why? Because it has absorbed too many Chu troops, its strength is uneven. …… The thousand-man team led by the three of you is a rare elite thousand-man team in the merchant army, and this king does not want to destroy it and annihilate it from the public, so this king has neither added troops to the thousand-man team of the three of you, nor has he promoted the three of you to military ranks. ”

I see!

Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming suddenly realized, and the doubts in their hearts were suddenly dispelled.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun stood up, looked at Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming and said: "But this king thought about it later, this is not fair to you, so I call you to come and let you make your own choice: whether to hope to promote two thousand generals, or continue to lead the elite thousand people under his leadership." ”

In this case, even fools know what to choose.

No, Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Royal Highness King Su, it's me who are confused." …… We chose to give up the promotion of 2,000 people. ”

"Good!" Zhao Hongrun nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Then, this king will grant the three of you the authority to lead the troops alone, and after the army crosses the Hun River, the three of you will lead your own thousand troops to leave the army and fight separately...... The king will send ten crows to each of you to assist you. What you have to do is very simple, go deep into the hinterland of Chu and attack its grain, grass and granary. ”

Alone? Surrounded by a million Chu troops?

Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming glanced at each other, and then clenched their fists heavily.

"Obey!"

"Very good, from today onwards, you are an independent battalion of the Shangshui Army, as long as you have the ability, even if you pull up a team of 10,000 people, this king will grant you the corresponding special permissions."

10,000 people...... Bit than the general!

Ran Teng, Xiang Li, and Zhang Ming looked at each other, and then swallowed their saliva as if they were longing. (To be continued.) )