Zhao Hongrun and Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo learned the battle report of the Caihe section almost at the same time.

When Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, ordered someone to report the word "mission completed" to Zhao Hongrun, the fleet led by the Chu general Che Yu, those warships that were lucky not to be seriously damaged, and the Chu soldiers on the warship also returned to the vicinity of Yanshui, and reported the results of this surprise attack on Daliang to Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo.

When he heard that Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo heard that the surprise attack had failed, not only were the warships almost all destroyed, but even the 30,000 soldiers were also killed and wounded, Yu was stunned on the spot, and it was difficult to recover from the half-sound.

However, what made Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo feel even more heartbroken was the death of the general Cheyu.

Ziche, this is a big surname in the Chu State, although Zicheyu is not the leader in the Ziche family, but he can also be called an outstanding leader, not to mention that he has followed Xiong Tuo for many years and is one of Xiong Tuo's most trusted generals.

Therefore, in Xiong Tuo's eyes, the death of Zicheyu in battle was far more heartbreaking than the destruction of the warship and the death of 30,000 soldiers.

As the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to get, a general is hard to find, warships can be rebuilt, and soldiers can be recruited, but talented generals who can lead troops can be met but not sought.

"How did the Wei people have time to build a dam on the Cai River to store water?"

Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo is simply unbelievable, does the Wei people have the ability to predict the future?

In fact, Zhao Hongrun, who led the matter, did not have the foreknowledge skills of an unpredictable prophet, he was just a guide to take advantage of the situation, "guiding" the Chu army to use the convenience of the warship to attack Daliang.

"Ziche was defeated and died......

The three people who were urgently summoned to the handsome tent, Zaifu Qian, Lian Bi and Qu Cheng, had different ideas.

Zai's father and Lian Bi are of course deeply hateful, after all, they and Zicheyu, who are generals who have been loyal to Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo for many years, have a lot of friendship with each other, and now Zicheyu has died in battle. It's like the Wei people killed their brother and cut off one of Xiong Tuo's arms.

And Qu Cheng didn't know what emotions to reciprocate with this news.

In all fairness, although he surrendered to Zhao Hongrun, he did not reveal the truth to Yang Chengjun Xiong Tuo, or report Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji. But in his bones, he was actually reluctant to really surrender to Wei.

Think about it, as a native of Chu State, even if it is a side branch, but he is also a nobleman with the surname "Qu", how can he return to Wei without waves?

Therefore, after returning to the Chu camp of Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, he did not take the slightest action, and did not want Gu Liangwei and Wu Ma Jiao. Thinking day and night, he thought hard about how to make the Wei soldiers led by Zhao Hongrun defeat Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo.

Qu Cheng is still waiting, or rather, he is still hesitating.

Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun did not directly order him to do anything, so Qu Cheng could continue to wait and see and continue to hesitate.

However, there is always an end to the wait-and-see situation, sooner or later. He finally made a choice, whether it was Wei or Chu.

If you say that a few days ago, Zaifu led 60,000 Chu soldiers to attack the Yanshui camp of Wei. couldn't attack for a long time, Qu Cheng didn't have any other views on this, but at the moment, Zi Cheyu led the warship team to attack the girder in a surprise attack, not to mention the loss of soldiers, and even Zi Cheyu, who was a general, died on the battlefield, which inevitably made Qu Cheng have a different mind.

"Looks like this battle. Xiong Tuo's fight is getting harder and harder......

Qu Cheng pondered silently.

I remember that after accepting 30,000 original Xiong Hu soldiers, the troops under the command of Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo had reached 110,000, which could connect two major defeats, one was the defeat of Yanshui of Wei State, and one was the failure of Zi Cheyu to lead the warfleet to attack the capital of Wei State. As a result, the troops under Xiong Tuo's command instantly shrank to 80,000.

It seems that it has returned to the original number of troops, which seems to be a good thing in terms of the grain and grass crisis, but in fact, 30,000 of the 80,000 Chu soldiers are soldiers of the original Xiong Hu army.

And this Chu army once clashed with the Chu soldiers under Xiong Tuo's command, and it is hard to imagine that these two Chu soldiers could eliminate the contradiction and work together to fight the Wei State.

"Looks like I have to make a choice...... Is it for Da Chu to die, or for Wei Guosheng."

Qu Cheng frowned and thought.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but hear Xiong Tuo's question: "Qu Cheng, what is your opinion?" ”

"Huh?" Qu Cheng, who was thinking about his future destiny, subconsciously raised his head, his expression was a little panicked and a little muna.

Seeing this, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo said angrily: "What's wrong with all of them? Ziche fought until the last moment, and died for my great Chu hegemony, this is glory! …… Why are they all downcast?! ”

Qu Cheng secretly looked at Zai's father and Lian Bi, and saw that the two of them also lowered their heads with ugly expressions, and secretly rejoiced that they had not been seen by Xiong Tuo, but also a little annoyed by their distraction.

It may be that seeing that Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Yangcheng, has already begun to get angry, Zai's father finally spoke, but what he said was to persuade Xiong Tuo to withdraw his troops and wait for the spring of the next year to fight again.

Hearing these words, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo was furious, and scolded hatefully: "The spring of the next year, the beginning of the spring of the new year, doesn't this son know that if we fight again in the spring of the next year, our army will definitely be able to win the Wei State?" …… But there are still two or three full months to wait for the spring of the next year, could it be that in these two or three months, I, Xiong Tuo, will watch Xiong Wu capture the territory of Wei in the Song Dynasty? Waiting for him to surpass me in the country? …… Can't you think of any other way? ”

Father Zai and Lian Bi glanced at each other, bowed their heads and were silent.

In their opinion, it is now the depths of winter, and it is not convenient to attack the city and pull out the village, and the Wei army has specially strengthened the defense of the Yanshui camp.

It is better to put the soldiers and horses in order to recuperate and wait for the spring of the next year than to suffer another defeat.

It's a pity that the lord they are loyal to, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, is too competitive and can't easily accept defeat, which makes them suffer, just like the Yanshui camp that attacked the Wei army a few days ago, knowing that the Wei camp was extremely difficult to overcome, but for some reason, it had to be forcibly attacked.

"Qu Cheng." After Xiong Tuo took a deep look at Zai's father and Lian Bi, he finally set his eyes on Qu Cheng: "Tell me about your suggestion, but this son doesn't want to hear anything about fighting again in the spring of next year." ”

"This ......" Qu Cheng showed an embarrassed expression: "Rong Mo will think about it." ”

With that, Qu Cheng began to think.

However, what he was thinking about was not how to help Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo to redeem his defeat, because in his opinion, it was difficult for Xiong Tuo to redeem his defeat at the moment.

However, he gave in, but there was still another way to retreat, that is, to surrender to Wei.

As the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, even if he Qu Cheng was moved by Zhao Hongrun's words and said that he was willing to surrender to Wei, but then returned to the Chu camp of Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, and saw that there were as many as 80,000 Chu soldiers, Qu Cheng still muttered a little in his heart: what he was most afraid of was that when he surrendered to Wei with one mind, Xiong Tuo finally defeated Wei, so that once he exposed the bad deeds of surrendering to Wei in the future, then he would definitely die.

But now, the King of Su of Wei has forced Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, to this point without relying on them at all, which means that as long as he increases his fire and strength, he may be able to help the King of Wei defeat Xiong Tuo.

Thinking of this, Qu Cheng couldn't help but start recalling what Zhao Hongrun had told them.

He vaguely remembered that Zhao Hongrun did not ask them to do anything else, except for one thing, that is, when civil strife was launched in the Chu camp, Zhao Hongrun asked them to take the opportunity to burn the Chu camp.

"Set fire to the camp ......"

Qu Cheng's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly had some ideas.

"Your Majesty." I saw Qu Cheng hugging his fists and whispering: "It's better to do this, let's set a fire and burn the camp." ”

"What?" Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo looked at Qu Cheng in astonishment, and said in disbelief: "This is the idea you came up with?" ”

However, after turning a few thoughts, Xiong Tuo seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said, "Wait." ”

"Set fire to the camp?" I saw Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo pacing back and forth in the tent for a few steps, thinking: "You mean, luring the Wei army to take the opportunity to attack our camp?" ”

"Exactly." Qu Cheng nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Ji Run put back the 30,000 soldiers, with bad intentions, or guessed that the 30,000 soldiers would clash with the soldiers under the command of the king, if this is the case, we deliberately caused the two armies in the camp to fight, and then set fire to the camp, or we can deceive the Wei army and induce them to attack our army at night......"

Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo touched his chin and pondered, frowned for a long time and said, "Although Ji Run is young, he is really cunning, are you sure that he will be tricked?" If he doesn't fall for it, what should he do? ”

Qu Cheng smiled when he heard this, and said: "If he doesn't fall for it, the king should also die, so it is better to burn the camp, and the stragglers will be stationed in Linying, Xihua, Zhaoling and other cities, and wait for the spring of the next year to fight again." ”

As soon as he heard the words "fight again in the spring of the next year", Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo instinctively frowned, but if he thought about it carefully, Qu Cheng's words were indeed not wrong: if the Wei army still did not take the bait, then obviously, they would have no chance to win the Wei army this year.

"Father Zai, Lian Bi, what do you two say?" Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo asked the second general.

Zai's father and Lian Bi glanced at each other, and then glanced at Qu Cheng in unison, and the evaluation of Qu Cheng in his heart increased a few points.

It is undeniable that the suggestion put forward by Qu Cheng is very beneficial to them at present: if the Wei soldiers are in the scheme, then it is a good thing, they presuppose an ambush army, or it can be decided in a battle; On the other hand, if the Wei soldiers had not been hit, they would have nothing to lose, but only burned down a camp that would have been burned down if the troops were withdrawn.

"This Qu Cheng...... It's a bit of a doorway.'"

muttered secretly, and Father Zai and Lian Bi said in unison: "This plan is wonderful! ”

Seeing this, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo was also happy in his heart, and immediately patted the case and said: "In this case, without further ado, I will do this strategy tonight." ”

"Yes!"

Zai's father and Lian Bi hugged their fists to lead their lives.

And Qu Cheng also hugged his fists, muttering secretly in his heart.

"His Royal Highness the King Su of the Wei Kingdom, Qu managed to burn Xiong Tuo's camp according to what you said, I believe you won't be stupid enough to take the opportunity to attack at night, right?" …… But what are you going to do if it's not a night attack? Qu will wait and see!' (To be continued.) )