"Hoo ......"

After a long time, Zhao Hongrun let out a long breath and changed to a vulgar sitting posture: his hands were propped up on the ground, his head was tilted, and his legs stretched out to the case in front of him a few times. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I believe that if this sitting posture is seen by the ceremonial officer of the Ministry of Etiquette, the other party will definitely teach Zhao Hongrun what etiquette is.

But right now in the tent, there are only finch, she didn't say anything, instead, seeing Zhao Hongrun showing a tired look, she knelt beside her and moved towards Zhao Hongrun, a pair of small hands on Zhao Hongrun's shoulders, and gently kneaded them.

Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and subconsciously wanted to thank Que'er, but as soon as he turned his head and saw Que'er's expressionless appearance, he couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

Because he knew that the other party was not serving him sincerely, just like she respectfully called him a son, but in the eyes of this woman, he Zhao Hongrun was indeed the son she had to be loyal to and serve, nothing more.

Although there was a little discomfort in his heart, it was undeniable that the way the finch kneaded his shoulders was quite familiar, which made him feel very comfortable, and his originally somewhat chaotic thoughts seemed to be affected and gradually became clearer.

Fifth Uncle...... The fifth uncle, who once defeated the third uncle and helped his father to the throne, can't just be famous? If this is really just a waste of fame, how can the king of Nanliang be regarded as a fierce rival?

Opening his eyes slightly, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the battle report about the Song Battlefield that he had placed on the table, and then closed his eyes, recalling all the briefings on the battle situation of the Song Battlefield that he had received in recent times.

Because Zhao Hongrun hoped that Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, would serve as the defender of Hexi, as early as half a year ago, the Wei Wushu under the command of the general Shaohu moved to Liudi (Chen Liu), so that when Chu Shouling Jun Jingshe led the Chu army known as one million to attack Wei, the general Shaohu moved the Wei Wujun to Tuocheng for the first time.

Located near the confluence of the Whirlpool River and the Ji River, on the upper area of the two Y-shaped rivers, the Tuocheng Land was once an important city for the Song State to resist the attack of the Chu State.

To the west of Tuocheng is separated by an inaccessible mountain range, which is the border city of Yangxia of Wei State, and it is also the general stronghold of the black crows under Zhao Hongrun; And to the south of Tuocheng, is the bitter county of Chu State, when Chu Guling Jun Xiong Wu, it was from here that he sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty.

However, two years ago, due to the defeat of the Chu State in the war of the four kingdoms of Qilu and Wei and Yue, Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, ceded the fiefdom of Xiong Wu, the former Guling monarch, including Kuxian, to the Wei State.

But because this land has been swept away by the Youma Army and the Northern Sichuan Cavalry under Zhao Hongrun, both the local Chu people and the wealth have been swept to Shangshuiyi, so not only Zhao Hongrun can't look down on this land, but even the Wei State can't look down on it.

Considering that accepting the cession of land from the Chu State would arouse the hatred of the Chu people, Wei Tianzi, at the suggestion of Zhao Hongrun, gave the land of Kuxian and several other cities and counties back to the Chu State to serve as a penal colony for the Miqu clan who lost in the struggle for the power of the Chu king.

That is to say, the land in the area of Kuxian County is currently inhabited by the Miqu clan.

By the way, since the land in this area is no longer the fiefdom of Guling Jun Xiongwu, this land has been restored to its former name, Luyi.

The Luyi Qu clan, who had a grudge against the Xiong clan of the royal family of the Chu State, naturally would not assist the Chu State in attacking the Wei State, and it turned out that even though the Chu King Xiong Xu announced that the Chu State declared war on the Wei State, the Luyi Qu clan did not have the slightest intention of responding, and they even turned a blind eye to the expansion of the city across the Vortex River.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Luyi Qu clan still had even the slightest closeness to the Chu State, the King of Chu, and the Xiong Clan, then they could have managed to make some confusion when the Wei general Shaohu led the army to Tuocheng.

But they didn't, and let the Wei general Shaohu lead his army into the strategically important city of Tuocheng.

Subsequently, when the commander-in-chief of the Chu army, Shouling Jun Jingshe, led the army to "borrow" Luyi, the Luyi Qu clan did not show up - they did not have enough troops to block the army of Shouling Jun Jingshe, but they chose to close the gates of the county seats, turning a blind eye to the Chu army's attack on Wei through the road, and did not have the slightest intention of helping.

Even, Luyi Qu secretly sent a message to Wei State, so that Wei General Shaohu could prepare as soon as possible.

It's no wonder, after all, since the Qu family was exiled by Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, the Chu State didn't care about the life or death of the Qu family, but it was the Wei State, under the suggestion of Zhao Hongrun, secretly helped the Qu family in private, hoping that one day after the Qu family recovers, it will compete with the Xiong family again for the royal power, and once again cause civil strife in the Chu State - this is not a crime, because the Qu family, like the Xiong family, are all descendants of the surname Mi, and the Chu royal family is naturally qualified to continue the Chu kingship.

But I don't know what happened, Shaohu, the general who garrisoned Tuocheng, actually failed to block the battle of crossing the (vortex) river of Shouling Jun Jingshe, so that after only three days of defense, the large number of Chu troops broke through the vortex river with the tactics of crowds.

In desperation, Shaohu had no choice but to retreat.

At this time, the Chu army, known as a million-strong army led by Shouling Jun Jingshe, began to divide its troops, and the troops were divided into two routes, one was led by Diyang Jun Xiong Shang to attack Suiyang.

Of course, Diyang Jun Xiong Shang did not want to attack Nangong Yao, the rebel general of the Song Dynasty in Suiyang, but to attack the Wei army that was currently attacking Suiyang, the Junshui army led by the Wei general Bailiba.

In the face of the more than 200,000 Chu troops led by Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, Wei General Baili Ba had no choice but to lead the Junshui army to retreat and retreat into Ningling County, but a few days later, he was attacked by the former army.

On the other hand, Shouling Jun Jingshe led a large army to pursue the Wei general Shaohu, who fought and retreated, desperately blocking and harassing the Chu army in Bogang, Huanggang, Pinggang and other mountainous areas, but unfortunately, although the Wei Wu army led by Shaohu was as many as 50,000, but in the face of the hundreds of thousands of troops of Chu Shoulingjun, it was not worth mentioning at all, so that although the Wei Wu army desperately blocked and once created a lot of trouble for the Chu army, but in the end, Shaohu still could not stop the Chu army from approaching the general trend, and could only retreat into the small city of Sui County.

A few days later, Sui County was lost, and the Wei Wu army led by Shao Hu was defeated again, watching the Chu army attack in all directions.

During this period, even Yangxia, the stronghold of the Green Crows under Zhao Hongrun, was attacked by the Chu army, forcing the Black Crows to abandon the hidden thief village they had built with great difficulty and take refuge in the Green Crows in Shangshuiyi, so that Yangxia was occupied by the Chu army.

In the latest war report received by Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun once passed through the county, which was also broken by the Chu army, although Huang Yu, the county commander of Yu County, who had a relationship with Zhao Hongrun, with the assistance of the Wei Wu army led by the general Shaohu, made the county people move to other cities and counties, but it was still inevitable that many Wei people were killed by the Chu army.

Although the battle report sent to Zhao Hongrun did not record the relevant casualties and losses, Zhao Hongrun had fought with the Chu State for so many years, and he still didn't know what kind of virtue the Chu army was? When Xiong Tuo, the king of Chu Xuancheng, invaded the territory of Wei, how many tragedies did those Chu troops create in the territory of Wei?

It was precisely because of this that Zhao Hongrun frowned deeply.

Don't look at the briefing on the battle situation, it simply records such as the defeat and retreat of the Shaohu Army, the fall of Sui County, and the loss of Yu County, but behind this briefing, it may be that tens of thousands of Wei people died in the hands of the Chu army, and countless Wei women were humiliated by the Chu army.

Perhaps Shouling Jun Jingshe is a respectable commander of the Chu army, but even he can't change some of the ugly behaviors of hundreds of thousands of Chu troops, not to mention, how many of the Chu troops who claim to be millions this time are the regular army of Chu in the real sense - the regular army of Chu State?

It may be that the vast majority of Chu soldiers are just "temporary workers", that is, soldiers temporarily recruited by the Chu State before the war, and soldiers who are simply used as battlefield consumables.

Of course, although he is disgusted with some of the ugly behaviors of the Chu army, at this moment, Zhao Hongrun is not qualified to accuse the other party, after all, he has just acquiesced to the slaughter and looting of the Wuxu tribe by the Dangshan cavalry and the Qiangjiao cavalry - even more seriously, the Wei army's behavior towards the Wuxu tribe is worse than the Chu army's behavior against the Wei people, because Sima An did not even let go of the children of the Wuxu tribe, killed all the male babies, and completely cut off the bloodline of the Wuxu tribe, only the female baby of the Wuxu tribe was pardoned by him.

Although he could not morally blame the Chu army, Zhao Hongrun still felt endless anger, as the prince of the Wei people, seeing his country's people being slaughtered by the Chu army, he seemed to have a flame of anger in his heart, which made him eager to lead the army to the battlefield of Song at this moment and fight to the death with the Chu army.

But reason told him that he could not leave this place, because his mission was the battlefield of Weixi.

At present, the battlefield of western Wei occupies an absolute advantage, and the battlefield of Hanoi has a relative advantage, but the battlefield of Song is too disadvantaged, but if he Zhao Hongrun can't hold back the anger in his heart and leaves the battlefield of western Wei, then once the Qin army takes the opportunity to attack, Wei will lose even the advantage on the battlefield of western Wei.

Not to mention anything else, as long as he thought that the Qin army might conquer Yucheng and destroy the Weichuan trade that he Zhao Hongrun had been running for several years, this was enough to calm Zhao Hongrun down.

"Report! …… There is news from the direction of the Qin army in Hangu! ”

Outside the tent, an announcement came.

"Come in!" Zhao Hongrun said in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell, a warrior from the Lun tribe of the Qi clan walked into the tent and knocked on the ground and said: "Your Highness, the leader Chen Dan sent someone to send news that the Qin army has built a military camp in the mountains around Hanshan, and there is no sign of sending troops except for the sentry cavalry. ”

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Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this, and waved his hand to signal the warrior of the Lun tribe to retreat.

After learning that the general Sima An had destroyed the Wuxu tribe, Zhao Hongrun decided to attack the Antelope tribe, but in fact, although the Antelope tribe was strong, it did not need the Shang Shui Army and the Yanling Army to go into battle together, as long as one of them was sent, it was enough to defeat the Antelope tribe.

But Zhao Hongrun insisted on garrisoning the Lu clan, and he wanted to see if the Qin army would take advantage of his attack on the Ling tribe to send troops from Hangu and go east along the river to attack Yucheng.

Because of Hangu, Lu's and Luocheng's positions, the positions of the three seem to form an irregular triangle, and the Qin army can take another road and directly attack Luocheng without passing through Lu's.

Of course, if the Qin army dared to go deep into the hinterland, Zhao Hongrun did not mind immediately leading the army north to cut off the Qin army's return route - he desperately hoped that the Qin army would do so.

However, the Qin army did not seem to have the slightest intention of sending troops, as if it had really decided to start and end with Hangu, and fight him Zhao Hongrun again in Hangu.

How could the Qin army, which was fanatical about external expansion, be so cowardly? …… What are you planning? The commander of the Qin army, the grandson of the Marquis of Wuxin.

Enjoying the service of the finch pinching his shoulders, Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought.