Gongxian is the ultimate goal of Zhao Hongrun's strong crossing of the Hun River, but Xiangcheng, this is the strategic location that the Wei army led by him must first conquer. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Note: 蓚 (zhi), that is, Linzhuo, Suixi County, Anhui Province. Xiangcheng, that is, the ancient name of Huaibei. The main reason for explaining here is to let book friends understand where the battlefield of Vachu took place, so that there is a reference, but please do not link it to reality.

Xiangcheng, more than ten years ago, was still the frontier of the Song State, and later Nangong Yao took refuge in the Wei State, the Song State was destroyed, and Nangong Yao, who was responsible for governing the Song County, was inseparable from the rebels led by Song Yun, and this area was seized by the Chu State.

Since then, the state of Chu has deployed heavy troops in the area of Xiangcheng, and the side should be separated from the fortress.

Two days later, at the end of July, Zhao Hongrun led his army to a position about 20 miles northeast of Xiangcheng, and ordered the three Wei armies of Yanling Army, Shangshui Army, and Fencheng Army to cut down trees and build military camps on the spot.

At the same time, under the protection of more than 100 Su Wangwei, Zhao Hongrun took Wei Jiao and other five Zongwei, as well as Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng Army, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo of the Yanling Army, and Wu Ji of the Shangshui Army, and the group quietly went south to spy on the landform around Xiangcheng.

According to the map given by Zhao Hongzhao, although Xiangcheng is not surrounded by mountains, it is undeniable that it is surrounded by hills in the northwest, east and southeast, followed by Mengshan, Longji Mountain and Lieshan.

For the Wei army, which is in the northeast of Xiangcheng at the moment, if they want to conquer Xiangcheng, they must find a way to uproot the Chu army stationed on Mengshan and Lieshan.

As for Longji Mountain, Zhao Hongrun felt that there was no need to move it for the time being, because according to the location on the map, Longji Mountain was located due east of Xiangcheng and west of Fulisai, and the distance between the two places was very close, so no matter how you thought about it, Longji Mountain was a hard bone to gnaw.

After all, if Zhao Hongrun was a member of the Chu State, he would inevitably deploy heavy troops in Longji Mountain, and he would be flanked by Xiangcheng and Fu Lisai.

Therefore, unless it coincides with the right time in the future, Zhao Hongrun is not ready to gnaw on the hard bone of Longji Mountain, so he simply asks Lu Xi, the king of Qi, to solve it, anyway, Longji Mountain is not on the route of the West Road Division led by Zhao Hongrun.

But having said that, looking at the location of Longji Mountain on the map, Zhao Hongrun also felt a sense of crisis.

Longji Mountain, as the name suggests, is like a mountain range composed of continuous hills, which means that once the Wei army approaches Xiangcheng, Longji Mountain, a natural barrier, will separate the Western Route Army of the Wei army, a coalition army, from the main force of the Qilu coalition led by Lu Xi, the king of Qi, to form two different battlefields.

This meant that Zhao Hongrun could not support Lü Xu, the king of Qi, and Lü Xu, the king of Qi, could not support the Wei army unless he bypassed this mountain range in a roundabout way.

After looking at the map for a while, Zhao Hongrun decided to focus on the first battle of their Wei army on Danshan.

The reason is simple, just because it is the least difficult to attack Danshan - it is just a very ordinary hill, and there is only one mountain.

In general, for such hills with only one or two hills, that is, the so-called highland, the general explanation is that the ground is high, but the most correct interpretation is that the ground is high and can be overlooked and the surrounding view can be easily controlled.

The reason why this kind of hill with only one or two hills was chosen was because the space of this type of terrain was relatively narrow, which meant that a small number of troops could seize the high ground, which was very advantageous for the small but elite Wei army.

If Zhao Hongrun rashly attacked, it was very likely that the Wei army under his command would fall into it and start a long battle with the Chu army for Longji Mountain.

The trick to victory on the battlefield is to penetrate your defenses before they can penetrate them.

This may sound like a nonsense, but if you taste it carefully, it actually makes a lot of sense.

And how to preemptively break through the enemy's defenses?

It is necessary to concentrate the limited forces at one point and use all kinds of conspiracies and conspiracies to achieve strategic goals.

"The number of Chu troops, it's really not a joke......"

On Zhao Hongrun's left, Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng army, looked at the Chu army camp on the top of Danshan Mountain in the distance, and muttered: "Such a small hill has actually set up such a wide camp......

It's no wonder that Xu Yin was surprised in his heart, after all, according to visual measurements, the bottom of the mountain is only two miles in diameter, which is purely a small dirt slope in the eyes of the Wei people who are accustomed to seeing the bottom of the mountain in more than ten or twenty places.

For this kind of "small dirt slope", you mean that more than 1,000 troops are almost settled, right?

However, the Chu army on the opposite side was good, and actually started to build a camp from the halfway up the mountain, and forcibly transformed Danshan into a military camp fortress.

According to preliminary estimates, the Chu army on Danshan was at least more than 5,000.

A lot of people is good......

Zhao Hongrun secretly sighed in his heart after listening to Xu Yin's muttering.

Don't look at the comparison, the Chu army in Danshan is only about one-tenth of the Wei army, the problem is that Danshan is just a very ordinary stronghold near Xiangcheng, according to the proportion, Xiangcheng has about 30,000 to 50,000 Chu troops.

Leaving aside the Chu army in Longji Mountain and Fu Lisai for the time being, there are almost 40,000 to 70,000 Chu troops stationed in the area of Xiangcheng alone.

What's even worse is that Xiangcheng is only the first Chu city that must be conquered on the route of Zhao Hongrun's forced crossing of the Hun River.

According to this calculation, on the way to the Huhe River, how could there be two or three hundred thousand Chu troops stationed along the way?

This amount can already be equal to the strength of the entire Qilu and Wei Three Kingdoms Alliance, not to mention that after forcibly crossing the Hun River, there is also the second natural river danger of the Chu State-the Vortex River.

It seems that in the future, we will have to find ways to abduct people from various countries, otherwise, when I encounter a country like Chu, my Great Wei is like a congenital deficiency......

Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly.

After being distracted for a moment, he turned his gaze to Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Wu Ji and other generals of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army, and asked them with a smile, "Is there pressure?" ”

The first to speak was Qu Cheng, and I saw him smile and say kindly: "Yu Gong, our army is here this time to liberate the Chu people in Chu Dong who are oppressed by the Xiong clan, Yu private...... King Su, I'm afraid it's hard for you to imagine my Qu clan's resentment towards the Xiong clan, but even the last general, a descendant of the Qu clan, will feel angry......"

On the side, Yan Mo, the deputy general of the Yan Ling Army, also echoed and said: "Your Highness, the Xiong nobles in Chu Dong are even more corrupt than you can imagine, even if it is a Chu army, hum ......."

He sneered and didn't continue, but from his expression, it was not difficult to guess that he also had a strong antipathy and even disgust towards the Xiong nobles in Chudong.

This is not surprising, because as a country with a strict class status, Wei was still able to restrain the aristocratic forces in the country, so that the latter did not dare to blatantly exploit the interests of the common people. But in the state of Chu, the nobles were completely left with naked oppression of the commoners.

It is precisely for this reason that rebellions broke out in the state of Chu. The suppression continued, and it came out again, and the suppression continued, and it came out again, and the suppression was inexhaustible, so that the powerful Chu State, which obviously had the hegemony of the Central Plains, was always sanctioned by the three kingdoms of Qi, Lu, and Song.

Everyone watched for a while, and Zhao Hongrun originally planned to get closer to the ground and take a closer look at the general situation of the Chuying camp in Danshan.

But unfortunately, the Chu camp on Danshan found their team of knights and sent about 500 soldiers down the mountain to drive them away.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to return the same way and return to the Wei camp, which was still under construction.

After returning to the Wei camp commander's account, Zhao Hongrun was going to assign tasks, after all, although the Wei army he led was only a partial division on the western route, there were 55,000 people, and there were several generals under his command who could take charge of themselves, and it was a waste to tie these brave generals to his side.

Seeing this, Yan Ling's Qu Cheng and Yan Mo, Wu Ji of the Shang Shui Army, and Xu Yin, the general of the Fen Army, were all quite interested.

After all, this is the first battle of their Wei army, which is of great significance, as long as the victory is beautiful, it can definitely be famous.

No, Qu Cheng, who is quite utilitarian, asked Zhao Hongrun for help as soon as possible, and even he was willing to make a military order for this.

"Your Highness, the first battle of my Wei army, please hand it over to my Yan Ling army. …… If you can't win, behead a certain rank. ”

Hearing this, Xu Yin and Wu Ji, who were a step slower, looked at Qu Cheng a little speechlessly.

You must know that the Yanling army has 20,000 soldiers, and the Chu army in Danshan is five or six thousand at best, which cannot be won, so there is still a need for the Yanling army to exist?

But why did Qu Cheng take the lead, what should I do?

Wu Ji thought for a while, took a step forward and said: "Your Highness, please hand it over to my merchant army, my merchant army only needs to dispatch five thousand people, which is enough for His Highness to conquer Danshan!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Yan Mo, the deputy general of the Yanling Army over there, said with some displeasure: "General Wu Ji, in the last battle of Sanchuan, your merchant army has already taken the lead, are you still not satisfied?" After saying that, he arched his hand towards Zhao Hongrun, and said, "Your Highness, my Yanling army only needs 4,000 people!" ”

General Yan's words are serious, Wu has no intention of stealing credit, but Wu feels that the first battle should be won beautifully, and the morale of the enemy army will be severely damaged...... Therefore, Wu thought that the first battle was best handed over to the elite. ”

"Wu Ji, what do you mean by that? …… Are you saying that my Yanling army is not as good as your merchant army? ”

"General Yan misunderstood, Wu just felt that the soldiers of our merchant army were all brave men who had been tempered in Sanchuan...... Slightly experienced in dealing with a larger number of enemy forces. Wu Ji said with a smile.

Yan Mo narrowed his eyes, wanting to refute but couldn't say anything, after all, the Shang Shui Army had indeed withstood the attack of more than 200,000 troops from the Qianjiao tribe, but this did not mean that he would back down.

I saw him turn his head to look at Zhao Hongrun, and said with a serious face: "Three thousand people, Yan captured Danshan for His Highness!" If you don't win, behead me! ”

Wu Ji frowned, and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, I only need two thousand people in the merchant army!" ”

"My Yanling army only needs a thousand people......"

"I only need 500 people to ...... water"

Seeing that the words of the two were becoming more and more unscored, although Zhao Hongrun was funny in his heart, his face was stiff, and he pretended to be unhappy and scolded: "Enough! If you go on, you'll be left alone! ”

As he spoke, he ignored Yan Mo and Wu Ji, who were dazed, turned his head to look at Xu Yin, and saw that the latter looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, so he said without refuting: "The first battle will be handed over to the Fen Cheng army!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng Army, had a straight face.

"The last will obey! …… Thank you, Your Royal Highness! ”

He Xu Yin needs a convincing battle exploit too much to redeem the prejudice and suspicion that the Wei people in China have against him because of that rumor. (To be continued.) )