In early March of the seventeenth year of Hongde, Zhao Hongrun led the army under his command to slowly evacuate the territory of Chu, and after withdrawing from the last Chu city of Runan, he followed the route of Shangcai and Xiping to Zhaoling City.

And now the acting county commander of Zhaoling City, Zhao Zhun, the former county commander of Linying County, has already received the news, and ordered more than 2,000 Anling Weirong troops under his command to set up many porridge fields outside the city, and distribute rice porridge free of charge to the many Chu civilians who followed Zhao Hongrun's army.

I have to say that when Zhao Zhun saw the huge sea of people, he seemed to be dumbfounded.

You must know that this time Zhao Hongrun brought the army, there were 25,000 Wei soldiers of the Junshui Army, 10,000 Yanling Army, and 35,000 Pingxuan soldiers under Qu Cheng, not including the 15,000 Pingxuan troops under the command of Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji, a full 70,000 troops.

What is shocking is that the number of civilians of the Chu State who followed the 70,000 army to Zhaoling County far exceeded this number, and it was roughly estimated that there were about 200,000 people.

This huge number made Zhao Zhun drenched in a cold sweat on behalf of Zhaoling County, and carefully tested where His Royal Highness King Su was going to place these 200,000 Chu people.

You must know that although he Zhao Zhun also recovered Xiping County, due to the relationship between Chu and Wei, Xiping County, as the city closest to the border between Wei and Chu in the south of Wei, that is, the Shangcai region, is not an exaggeration to say that it has fallen from the beginning.

The Chu army burned and looted in Xihua County, killing almost thirty percent of the population, and it can be said that in addition to Zhaoling County, the cities and counties that were most affected by the war in this battle were the most affected.

Therefore, when Zhao Zhun led the army to recover Xiping County, the people of Wei in Xiping County moved to Zhaoling one after another, so that Xiping County, which Zhao Hongrun passed by a few days ago, almost became an empty city.

It is no wonder that the people of Wei who want to come to Xiping County are very afraid that Chu may attack Wei again in the future. Therefore, they fled to Zhaoling, after all, Zhaoling City has the danger of Luohe, although it was the target of the second wave of the Chu army's offensive, but it was almost the last city to fall, and it can be imagined that Zhaoling City resisted the defense of foreign enemies.

"Rest assured, this king never thought of placing these Chu people in Zhaoling."

After hearing Zhao Zhun's tentative inquiry. Zhao Hongrun smiled and said with relief.

Just kidding, place these 200,000 Chu people in Zhaoling?

It's just asking for trouble!

You must know that at this moment, the people in Zhaoling City, except for the locals, are almost all Wei people who moved from Xiping County, and the two cities of Zhaoling and Xiping, as the two places with the most severe military and civilian casualties in this battle, can imagine the hatred and hatred of these Wei people towards the Chu people.

At this time, if Zhao Hongrun dismantled the more than 200,000 civilians of the Chu State, some of them were placed in Zhaoling. Then once his army leaves the Zhaoling area, the Wei people and the Chu people in Zhaoling City will inevitably fight each other.

If you want to do this, it's better to avoid it as much as you can.

"Xiaguan is relieved."

Hearing Zhao Hongrun's relief, Zhao Zhun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and whispered: "It's also thanks to His Royal Highness King Su, if you change to someone else, you will order me to call the tomb to distribute the rice grain." Boil porridge and distribute it to those Chu people, I'm afraid that the soldiers and civilians in the city will already riot......"

That's true. After all, Zhaoling and Xiping are the closest to the border between Wei and Chu, so Zhao Hongrun's great victories in these days have already spread all over this area, so the people of Wei in this area are very interested in His Royal Highness King Su, who rescued them from the evil Chu army and waved his army to severely damage the Chu State. Respect and gratitude are universally reciprocated.

In this way, he also acquiesced to the county order Zhao Zhun to take the rice and grain in Zhaoling City to boil porridge and distribute it to those Chu civilians outside the city, otherwise, hehe, I am afraid that the Wei people in the city who are extremely hostile to the Chu people would have been killed a long time ago.

Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this. Surprised, he asked, "Is it common for the soldiers and civilians in the city to hate the Chu people?" ”

Zhao Zhun smiled bitterly and nodded: "His Royal Highness King Su must understand that not all the people of the country can distinguish the difference between the 'Chu army' and the 'Chu people', in their opinion, their relatives were all killed by the Chu people, so they ......"

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded slightly, and immediately ordered: "This king will not stay at Zhaoling this time, and the affairs in Zhaoling City will be troubled by Lord Zhao." ”

"King Su is serious, and it is difficult for the officials to bear it." As he spoke, Zhao Zhun raised his head and cautiously proposed, "Can Your Highness set up an army in Zhaolingtun?" …… His Royal Highness thought that he had also heard that there were many thieves in the Shangcai area, and the lower officials were worried that the thieves there would take advantage of the fire to rob. ”

Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment when he heard this, nodded and said: "In this way, this king called Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhangsan to lead 10,000 Yanling troops to camp in Zhaoling. ”

"Very good!" Zhao Zhun was overjoyed when he heard this.

You must know that Wang Shu, the general of the Yanling Army, was originally Zhao Zhun when he was the military lieutenant of Linying County, and the other generals Chen Shi and Ma Zhang were also colleagues who had fought together against the army of Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu in the Yanling area, and they were all people who knew the roots.

After thinking about it, Zhao Zhun asked tentatively again: "Your Highness, what is Xiping County......?"

"There's no hurry." Zhao Hongrun obviously guessed Zhao Zhun's thoughts, waved his hand and said: "The people of Xiping County are afraid of the Chu soldiers, so they moved to Zhaoling...... In this way, you can split the Yanling army, and you can make one of the three people, Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang, lead some troops to settle Xiping, so that Xiping will not be disturbed by Shangcai's thieves. For the rest, take your time. ”

"Xiaguan understands." Zhao Zhun arched his hand and answered.

"By the way, when this king was in the Yanshui camp, he promised to erect a monument to my Great Wei soldiers and civilians who died in this battle, starting from Zhaoling City. …… I order you to find out the soldiers and civilians of Zhaoling who died in this battle, and take Chen Bing, the former commander of Zhaoling County, and Zhang Feng, the military lieutenant, as the leaders, and erect a monument outside the county government in the city for all the people to pay respects to; In addition, with the city wall as a monument, all the soldiers and civilians who died bravely on the city wall were engraved on the inner side of the city wall with the large extension characters of the palm...... So that they can turn into heroic spirits to continue to protect this city and protect their loved ones in the city! ”

Zhao Zhun heard this, his face was straight, and he saluted respectfully: "Your Highness, rest assured, the lower officials should inquire cautiously, and never leave behind any of my Great Wei loyal martyrs!" ”

"Excellent! …… You can report the cost to the imperial court, and the imperial court will transport the money, along with the pension issued to Zhaoling. ”

"Yes." Zhao Zhun arched his hand.

After the order was completed, Zhao Hongrun really did not stay in Zhaoling County for a long time, he recruited Chen Shi, Wang Shu, Ma Zhang, three generals, and ordered the three of them to lead a 10,000 Yanling army to settle in Zhaoling, and then with Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and other generals, led 35,000 Pingxuan soldiers and soldiers, straight to the east, towards Shangshui County.

As for the 25,000 Junshui army, Zhao Hongrun asked the general of the Junshui Battalion to continue to escort the Chu people of as many as 200,000 and continue to move to Yanling County in the north.

Going to Shangshui County, it can be said that Zhao Hongrun temporarily changed the itinerary, the reason is that Shangshui County is a city with a very special geographical location, it is similar to Zhaoling County, located on the bank of the Yingshui River, is one of the important hubs of Yingshui water transportation, and more importantly, along this section of Yingshui downstream, more than 100 miles away is Chen County, Xiangcheng two places.

And the two places of Chen County and Xiangcheng are precisely the fiefdoms of Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu.

Because of this, Shangshui County suffered a similar experience to Xiping County, becoming a sacrifice under the first wave of the 160,000 Chu army, and the city fell early.

At present, Xu Youzhi, the former commander of Xihua County, has already recovered Shangshui County after recovering Xihua, but helplessly, the people of Wei in Shangshui County, like the people of Xiping County, are very afraid of whether the Chu army will attack this city again, so they have moved north and fled to Xihua and Huaiyang, which are closer to the hinterland of the Great Wei, making Shangshui County almost an empty city.

Two days later, Zhao Hongrun, Qu Cheng and others arrived in Shangshui County, and the guards Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji were all waiting outside the city.

At this time, in Shangshui County, there were only three generals of the Pinghui army, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji, and 15,000 Pinghui soldiers under their command, in addition, there were more than 100,000 people who migrated from the fiefdom under the rule of Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu, and there were almost no Wei people.

"Why did His Highness send someone to order us to delay the entry of the civilians of the Chu State here into Wei?"

When talking about this matter with Zhao Hongrun, the three generals Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji didn't feel a little puzzled, after all, if it wasn't for Zhao Hongrun's temporary change of mind and sending someone to deliver the order, they would have already set off for Yanling and Anling.

"That's right, this king intends to have you stationed in Shangshui."

"......" seems to be Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and other generals of the Pingxuan Army when they heard this, and they all showed surprise on their faces.

You must know that Shangshui County is also an important city on the border of Wei and Chu, and it is difficult for the generals of the Pingxuan Army to imagine that Zhao Hongrun actually planned to let their army from the Chu people be stationed here.

"What does Your Highness mean that you don't plan to revoke the number and establishment of my Pingxuan Army?" Qu Cheng asked tentatively.

Hearing this, the generals of the Pingxuan Army waited eagerly and waited for Zhao Hongrun's reply.

"Of course the number of the Pingxuan Army must ......be withdrawn" Zhao Hongrun deliberately hung the appetite of the generals, and when all the generals were a little disappointed, he smiled and said the plan he had already thought of in his heart: "Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, has made peace with my Great Wei, and it is not very appropriate to call this number again." Therefore, the Pingxuan army wants to change its number. In addition, this king is ready to hand over this city to you. ”

Hearing this, it seems that Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, Wu Ji, Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Gongye Sheng, Zuo Qiumu and other generals of the Pingxuan Army all showed surprise.

Beside Zhao Hongrun, Zong Wei, Shen Yu, Zhang Biao and others changed their complexions slightly.

You must know that sending troops to garrison a certain city, logically speaking, should be ordered by the imperial military department, and it is a trespass to appoint it privately like Zhao Hongrun, not to mention that he handed over Shangshui County, a vital Wei-Chu border city, to Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and other generals from the original Chu people, which is simply unreasonable in the eyes of others.

Therefore, Zong Wei Shen Yu couldn't help but whisper to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, I'm afraid this move will ...... It's a lot of criticism. ”

"This king has his own measure."

Zhao Hongrun interrupted Shen Yu's words with a wave of his hand. (To be continued.) )