At noon the next day, Zhao Hongrun ordered to continue to advance to Zhengyang County, south of Runan.

However, because of the geographical location of Runan County, Zhao Hongrun left a part of his troops in Runan to defend the city in case of emergencies.

After all, if Runan is lost, even if Shangcai is still in the hands of the Wei army, it will still be a difficult thing for Zhao Hongrun to return to Wei when the time comes.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun is bound to firmly control Runan and Shangcai in his hands, as long as these two cities are firmly in his hands, then Zhao Hongrun will retain a way to retreat at any time, so that the army under his command will not be trapped in the quagmire of Chu and unable to withdraw.

It is precisely because of the critical geographical location of Runan, so Zhao Hongrun did not hesitate to leave the shooting battalion of the Junshui Army, and left an infantry battalion, thinking that 10,000 elite Wei soldiers would guard Runan, even if the army of Chu came to attack, it would not be able to conquer this city in a while and a half.

However, afterwards, Zhao Hongrun thought about it and left the cavalry battalion of the Junshui Army.

It's not that he doesn't trust the 10,000 Wei soldiers, it's just that the road to Zhengyang has long been closed by heavy snow, and the combat ability of the cavalry team in the snow is undoubtedly greatly reduced, therefore, Zhao Hongrun hopes to retain the strength of this cavalry team as much as possible, after all, Wei is not as good as South Korea, and cavalry is also a very precious type of troops.

In this way, Zhao Hongrun's Wei soldiers of the Junshui Army who moved south this time were left with only two infantry battalions led by generals Li Qi and Wu Ben, with a total of 10,000 Wei infantry.

As for the long-range strike means, in the case of temporarily losing the shooting target battalion, Zhao Hongrun only had nearly a thousand crossbowmen left on the two hundred chariots, which can be said to have shrunk a lot.

But this is enough, after all, the main force attacking Zhengyang County this time is not the Junshui battalion. Rather, it was the 35,000 Ping Xuan army led by the general Qu Cheng, Zhao Hongrun thought about it, and finally decided to let these Chu people solve it themselves.

Because Zhao Hongrun felt that due to the sensitive issues of different backgrounds, it was better for the Wei soldiers to try to reduce the killing in the territory of the Chu State, because it was easy to arouse the feelings of hatred and hatred among the Chu people; And on the contrary. If the Pingxuan army was asked to attack Zhengyang, not only would those Chu people not have the resistance to "foreign invasion" because of this, but they might also be able to reap other benefits.

Under the command of Qu Cheng, the 35,000 Pingxuan Army was divided into three branches, and Qu Cheng personally led the 15,000 Pingxuan Army to take Zhengyang County, and the two generals Zuo Xunxi and Huayu led 10,000 troops to take Queshan County, and then Gongye Sheng and Zuo Qiumu also led 10,000 troops to take Xincai County.

And Zhao Hongrun led an army of 10,000 Jun water, far behind.

If it went well, he wouldn't even have to go through the siege of the city. You can sit back and enjoy it.

This arrangement made Zhao Hongrun also experience the ease and comfort when Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, attacked Wei in a big way, and drove the four-way army under his command to attack in the front, while he himself sat comfortably in the rear.

The so-called thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, once the king of Xuancheng Xiong Tuo led the four-way army to attack Wei, and now, it is Zhao Hongrun's turn to lead the three-way army to attack Chu, no, if you count Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, Wu Ji, the three of the 15,000 Pingxuan army that is attacking Pingyu County. Zhao Hongrun's command was also a four-way army attacking Chu.

I have to say that this is a bit ironic, just a few months of work. Chu Wei's offensive and defensive momentum turned around.

"After the hill in front, it is almost the territory of Zhengyang County."

This time, Yan Mo, the general of the Pinghui Army, still did not follow the army, but still followed Zhao Hongrun's side, helping to guide the 10,000 Wei troops of the Junshui Battalion.

After all, Zhao Hongrun's army was about twenty miles behind Qu Cheng's army, and in such an environment of heavy snow blocking the road. If there was no Chu person who was familiar with the local area to guide the way, it would be easy to get lost, and let the Wei soldiers take an unnecessary and unjust road.

"This king can't wait to see those big clans who are rich enough to build their own cities......"

Zhao Hongrun took a sip of hot water towards his hands that were gradually freezing, and rubbed his hands vigorously, and then held the cold reins again.

It was just too cold. Even the snow was still falling in the sky, and such a bad weather would have been unfavorable for the march, but there was no way, because if they couldn't conquer the territory of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, as soon as possible, when the news of their Wei army's invasion of Chu reached the ears of the Chu court, the Wei army's attack would be even more difficult.

Therefore, in any case, it is necessary to capture as much Chu territory as possible before the king of Chu and the court of Chu get the latest news, move the population of Chu on this land to Runan, and then find a way to transport the people of Chu to the territory of Great Wei by water from Rushui next to Runan, so as to increase the national base of Great Wei by means of population plunder.

But fortunately, even if they marched to the Chu army in such a harsh environment, the morale of the Wei army under Zhao Hongrun was still very high.

It is no wonder that after all, at this moment, the territory under the rule of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, has almost no resistance, so their Wei army's invasion of Chu is like coming to collect post-war benefits, and I believe that any Wei army is enthusiastic about this.

In fact, not only the morale of the Wei soldiers was high, but even the soldiers of the Pingxuan Army did not raise any objections to the snowy day, after all, Zhao Hongrun had already told them that after capturing Xiong Tuo and the cities of those big clans, they would also have a share of the confiscated property, and I believe that this sentence was enough to make the soldiers of the Pingxuan Army forget the bad weather of the cold and the freezing weather, and forget the pain of marching through mountains and rivers.

"Your Highness, in front of you, it should be the city of the 'Peng Clan'."

After crossing a col road between hills, Yan Mo pointed ahead and reminded.

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun squinted his eyes and looked forward.

Although the visibility was not high when the snow was falling, he could still see a city standing in the distance in the distance.

When the army approached, Zhao Hongrun found that although the scale of this city was far from being comparable to that of a county town like Runan, the city defense of this city was not inferior.

I saw that the city wall was more than a zhang high, and the length was difficult to see the end at a glance.

According to Yan Mo, the city walls of the "Peng family" were more than two miles long, which made Zhao Hongrun breathtaking.

You must know that a city of this scale, placed in Dawei, is like a small county town with a population of nearly 1,000 households.

And here, it's just the family castle of the 'Peng family'.

"How many people are in the Peng family? Is it necessary to build such a large city? Zhao Hongrun asked incredulously.

"It's not just the Peng family who live." Yan Moban pointed his fingers and explained: "In this city, there are also Peng's field farmers and domestic slaves...... Look there, Your Highness. He raised his hand and pointed to the distance, a fairly flat field of snow outside the city.

Zhao Hongrun glanced in the direction Yan Mo pointed, his face showed a little puzzlement, he didn't understand what the special meaning of Yan Mo's gesture was.

Seeing this, Yan Mo said in a low voice: "That was originally Gu Tian. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun's eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard this, and he said that the grain field is too much, right?

"Around the city?" He asked, surprised.

Yan Mo nodded, confirming Zhao Hongrun's guess: Yes, the open space outside the city is all reclaimed fields.

Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth in amazement, and he became more and more suspicious that the city in front of him was actually a county seat, not just a city of the Peng clan as Yan Mo said.

"It seems that this place has been conquered by General Qu Cheng."

Yan Mo glanced at the wall of this "Pengcheng" and found that there were simple white flags on the city wall, and the white flag was written in ink with the huge words "Pinghui Junqu", and said lightly with a little emotion.

Zhao Hongrun didn't speak, but led 10,000 Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion to cautiously approach the gate of this city.

He found that the gates of this city were wide open at the moment, and when they approached, the soldiers on the city wall wearing the leather armor of the Chu army did not make any hostile moves, and he suddenly realized in his heart: these Chu soldiers turned out to be the Pingxuan army.

Sure enough, when the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion behind Zhao Hongrun officially entered this city, those "Chu soldiers" on the city wall did not make an attack, on the contrary, there were even several generals waiting in the city gate, waiting for Zhao Hongrun and others to come.

"The last general, Hou Bai, welcomes His Royal Highness King Su."

That Chu will bow in front of Zhao Hongrun's horse.

Zhao Hongrun took a cursory look at the city a few times, and saw that the city was empty, and it was hard to imagine that there were 15,000 square meters of soldiers under Qu Cheng's command here, so he asked curiously: "Qu Cheng can be in the city?" ”

Nahou Bai clasped his fists and saluted: "General Qu Cheng went to the next clan city, and asked the last general to lead 2,000 people to garrison here to welcome His Royal Highness King Su." ”

"It seems that Qu Cheng is very hard......

Zhao Hongrun shook his head with a smile.

You must know that this Peng clan is a big clan that is so spacious that it has its own family city, but after Qu Cheng tried to conquer this place, he had no intention of collecting the wealth of the Peng clan, but continued to attack the next big clan in a hurry, which means that Qu Cheng is very ambitious, and he is eager to make meritorious achievements in this battle that are incomparable to others.

As for what he was going to seek with this feat, although Zhao Hongrun was not interested in guessing, he had already thought of it in his heart.

"Well, your merits, this king will remember in his heart. Now, the city will be ......"

Zhao Hongrun was just about to announce that he would take over the city, when suddenly, there was a scream in the city, and immediately, there was a lot of noise.

『……』

Zhao Hongrun frowned.

And Yan Mo and Nahou Boer's faces changed even more after hearing the noisy screams, because they were too familiar with the sound of shouting and killing, as if they had connived at the burning and looting of their subordinates when they captured the cities of Wei.

"Let's go!"

Zhao Hongrun shouted in a deep voice, and led his 10,000 Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion to quickly go towards the depths of the city where the sound came.

From the side, Yan Mo gritted his teeth hatefully and followed closely behind Zhao Hongrun.

"Damn, I hope those guys don't do anything like that. Otherwise, in front of King Su, that group of miscellaneous people will really lose the face of my Chu people...... )