Not to mention that Prince Zhao Run personally led the Shang Shui army to conquer Song County on the Wei side, and let’s talk about the "Tengcheng" in the east of Song County. In early April, Qi State's Shang Qing Gao Xi and the famous general Tian Dan led the "Northern Army".

The two Qi armies, the "Navy" and the "Langya Army", arrived at the capital of the so-called "New Song Dynasty".

Also arriving at the same time were Lu's accompanying troops.

Tengcheng is the capital of the "Ancient Teng Kingdom". About a hundred years ago, this small country was destroyed by the Song Dynasty and its territory was annexed by the Song Dynasty.

It cannot be denied that the Song State at that time had not yet been defeated in the war with the Chu State for the dominance of the Central Plains, so it was still quite powerful in the Central Plains - but to be honest, the reason why the Song State seemed powerful at that time was mainly because of Han

, Qi and other countries had not yet merged and risen, and even the Chu State was called a barbarian land at that time. In addition, there were a lot of weak countries around the Song State, so the Song State appeared to be quite powerful.

But no matter what, the Song State was still glorious in those days, such as the Wei State, as well as the Liang State, Zheng State, Cai State, Teng State, and "Zhu State" that no longer exist.

Bow to Chen Chen, recognize the latter's status as overlord and leader of the alliance, and pay tribute every year.

But now, Song Yun, the leader of the Beibo Army, has restored this "New Song Dynasty", but it is so shabby that there is only one "Tengcheng" left, as well as the two subsidiary counties of "Fan" and "Gongqiu" in Tengdi.

Covering an area of ​​less than one-tenth of the Wei State, it can truly be said to be the weakest country in the Central Plains.

To be honest, Tian Dan, the famous general of Qi, felt a little uneasy about turning against Wei, the most powerful country in the Central Plains, for the sake of such a weak country.

When the Qi army arrived in the Song Kingdom, that is, Tengcheng, the newly appointed Song King "Zi Mu" and the leader of the Beibo Army, Song Yun, came out to welcome the Qi and Lu Allied Forces, which came to support, and entertained the generals of the Qi and Lu countries.

them.

But to be honest, the Song Dynasty, which only has a small corner of Tengdi, really doesn't have anything that can attract people's attention. The so-called feast for the generals of Qi and Lu is actually, to put it bluntly, just

It was just some mountain game and fresh fish from the lake. As for the wine, it had a faint smell of lees, which made Gao Xi, Tian Dan and others who were born in Qi people find it difficult to swallow.

Because of this, Tian Dan only managed to eat a pheasant, take a few bites of fish and shrimp, and fill his stomach randomly at this so-called banquet. As for the wine that had a strong smell of lees, he barely drank a bottle of it.

, and couldn’t swallow it anymore.

It can be seen that Prince Mu of the Song Dynasty felt very embarrassed because his own conditions were indeed difficult. Fortunately, the minister Gao Xi was not an unreasonable person. In order to win over the Song Dynasty, he quietly changed the subject: "Recently, your Majesty,

How is the war situation between the state and the Wei army?"

At this time, the Song Dynasty only had one army that had been converted from the rebel army, the "Bei Bo Army", and the Wei army here only had three armies: the Junshui Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fenxing Army. For the countries in the Central Plains in the past few years,

Compared to an unprecedented battle involving hundreds of thousands or millions of troops, this war in the Song Dynasty can only be regarded as a small fight.

Seeing Gao Xi asking about his side's war situation, Song Prince Mu turned to look at Song Yun - in fact, it should be called "Xiang Xiang (gu)" now, because some time ago, Song Yun wanted to win over more Song people to support him.

Zimu restored the Song Dynasty and changed his name to Xiang Yu. After all, his father "Xiang Ju" was a national hero who fought to the death against the Wei-Chu coalition forces and did not hesitate to die on the battlefield. He had a very high status in the hearts of the Song people.

Although Xiang Ding had never wanted to reveal his true name, fearing shame and the souls of his father and brother who died in the battle, but in order to get more support, he had no choice but to do so.

This is one of the reasons why the scholar-bureaucrats of Qi State, Lian Chen, Tian Hu, and Shang Qing Gao Xi, were finally persuaded by Xiang Xiang. After all, in Song Dynasty, the name of "Xiang family" was too loud.

"Men Yinglie" is not just made up casually.

Seeing everyone in the hall looking at him, Xiang Xuan said with a solemn expression: "Everyone is dissatisfied, the recent battle situation of our Beibo Army is indeed not optimistic... The Wei army stationed in Rencheng is well-equipped, well-trained, and quite powerful."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the palace sneered: "Well-equipped? How sophisticated? Is it better than the armaments of our country of Lu?"

"..."

Tian Dan turned his head and glanced at the person who spoke.

That man was not a general of their Qi State, but a general of the Lu State. His name was "Ji Wu". He was from the "Ji family", one of the "Three Huan" of the Lu State. Three Huan was the most powerful and powerful person in the Lu State.

The three largest families.

Tian Dan had never had any dealings with Ji Wu, but his father, "Uncle Ji," had often accompanied King Lu Xi of Qi on expeditions to the Chu Kingdom, and he was a wise minister who was very good at coordinating matters.

During the war between the Qilu Allied Forces and the Chu State, "Uncle Ji" always played the role of maintaining logistics. He never made any mistakes for more than ten or twenty years, so much so that King Lu Xi of Qi once drank half-seriously,

Half-jokingly, he told Duke Lu Prince Shupan that he hoped to recruit Uncle Ji to serve as the left prime minister of his state of Qi. However, Duke Prince Shupan of Lu dismissed him with a haha.

During the "Four Kingdoms' Campaign against Chu" a few years ago, Uncle Ji was unable to go with him because he was ill. At that time, it was Uncle Ji's eldest son "Ji Wen" who accompanied Duke Shupan of Lu to assist King Lu Xi of Qi in his expedition to Chu.

, that is, the eldest brother of "Ji Wu".

Tian Dan has met Ji Wen. He is an ordinary, law-abiding person. His abilities are not as outstanding as those of his father, Uncle Ji, but he can also diligently complete the assigned tasks. In Tian Dan's words, he is a relatively 'boring' person.

As for Ji Wu today, when Tian Dan heard the other party's tone just now, he knew that this was a young man who had never seen much of the market. He actually naively thought that his Lu country's craftsmanship was unique in the Central Plains - come on, even

Song Yun's Beibo Army all knew that Wei's equipment was now more effective than Lu's.

Glancing at Gao Xi, the high minister of his country, and then at Ji Wu, the general of Lu, Tian Dan shook his head secretly.

Although he was reluctant, he had to admit that it was no longer the time when his Qilu Allied Forces could sweep across the Central Plains.

But considering that no matter what he said at this moment, Gao Xi and Ji Wu would not believe it, so he simply didn't bother to explain anything. Anyway, as long as these two people had seen Wei Jun - especially Wei Gongzi Zhao Run

After the Shang Shui Army, the army directly under his command, I believe that these two people's evaluation of the Wei Army will undergo earth-shaking changes.

At this time, just like Tian Dan, Xiang Yan also heard the Lu general Ji Wu's wanton laughter from the latter's contempt for the Wei army, and quickly said: "General Ji Wu, don't underestimate the Wei army, even if

They are the three Wei armies of "Junshui", "Chenggao" and "Fenxing" stationed in Rencheng. They were once powerful troops at the sixth battalion level of the Wei garrison..."

To be fair, what Xiang Xuan said is indeed true. Perhaps over the years, the status of the original "Sixth Garrison Battalion" of the Wei Army in the country has plummeted, and it has been robbed by the Shangshui Army, Yanling Army, Wei Wu Army, Shanyang Army, Suppression of Rebellion Army, etc.

out of the limelight, but this does not

It does not mean that the three Wei armies of the Dredging Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fenxing Army are weak brigades. Just like now, these three Wei armies are all stationed in Rencheng. Not to mention Song Yun's Beibo Army, even the Wei state has the most combat effectiveness.

A few strong armies may not be able to guarantee victory.

It's a pity that Xiang Deng's reminder did not attract Ji Wu's attention. The latter's sneer expression seemed to be saying: It's not that the Wei army is strong, but that you are too weak. When our army from Lu State takes action, you will understand that the Wei army has no foundation at all.

Not worth mentioning!

Seeing how conceited Ji Wu was, it was natural that Xiang Yu couldn't say anything more. After all, he was here to help them.

After the banquet, Xiang Xiang invited Gao Xi, Tian Dan, Ji Wu and others alone, showed them the map of the Song Dynasty, and talked about the current chaotic situation in the eastern part of Song County.

At this time, in the eastern part of Song County, in addition to the "Song State" with its capital in Tengcheng, there were two other warlord forces. One was Huan Hu, who occupied "Pei County" and "leaved land".

After the first expedition was fruitless, they could only allow the other side to forcibly occupy those cities; and another force

Li is Nangong Chen, the eldest son of Nangong Yao, who occupies "Huling". After the Beibo Army and Huan Hu turned against each other, he contacted Xiang Ding privately, intending to join forces with Xiang Ding to deal with Huan Hu and take revenge on Huan Hu for killing him.

His father and younger brother still dominate his mother's "Fahrenheit" evil deeds.

However, considering that Nangong Chen was the eldest son of Nangong Yao, the sinner of Song Dynasty, Xiang Chen did not accept the former's proposal. Therefore, when neither Qi State nor Wei State intervened in Song County, Xiang Chen and Nangong Chen

, Huan Hu, the three parties were fighting in a melee on the land east of Song County. Generally speaking, the Bei Bo Army under Xiang Dian's command was the strongest, followed by Huan Hu, and the old Nangong Army under Nangong Chen was the weakest.

However, Tian Dan was not interested in what Xiang Ding told him at all. He only wanted to know what strategy the Beibo Army under Xiang Ding had in fighting the Wei army.

Seeing this, Xiang Xiansui said: "Xiang originally planned to set up defenses in the Weishan Lake area to use this natural danger to block the Wei army..."

The "Weishan Lake" he refers to refers to the narrow lake running northwest and southeast to the west of Tengcheng. More than 20 years ago, the then King of Song Dynasty was frightened out of his mind by Wei general Sima An. It was in this lake that he met misfortune.

He drowned and died, and the other children of the Song royal family, such as Zimu, who was still young at the time, also crossed over to Tengcheng first, then turned back to the southeast and lived in seclusion in Xuecheng, Lu State.

"Reject water and keep it?"

Ji Wu, the general of the Lu State, looked at Xiang Ding in disbelief. He could not imagine that Xiang Ding would come up with such a negative combat strategy after receiving the support of their Qi-Lu coalition forces.

Seeing the strange expression on Ji Wu's face, Xiang Qi also guessed something and quickly explained: "It's not that Xiang can't trust you, it's just that according to the news that our Beibo soldiers sent back from Dingtao, the Wei State has sent more Shang Shui.

Army, enter the Song Dynasty."

"Shang Shui Army?!"

Upon hearing this name, whether it was Gao Xi, Tian Dan or Ji Wu, they all showed solemn expressions.

It’s no wonder, after all, because of the “Four Kingdoms’ Campaign to Defeat Chu”, Wei’s Shang Shui Army became very famous in the eastern part of the Central Plains. It has vaguely replaced Wei’s original “Wei Wu Army” and become the most popular military force in the eastern part of the Central Plains.

The image that comes to mind when thinking about Wei Jun.

A Wei army that once took the lead in capturing Shouying, the capital of King Chu, should be treated with great caution no matter how cautious it is.

Tian Dan, on the other hand, his eyes lit up after hearing the name, and he asked nervously and happily: "But Mr. Wei Run is going to conquer it himself?!"

Xiang Qian nodded silently and said with some melancholy: "My soldiers from the Northern Bo Army saw a flag with the words "Wei Gongzi Run" in the Wei army..."

"A flag with the words "Wei Gongzi Run"?"

Tian Dan was stunned, because in his memory, Zhao Run's king flag should be "Wei, Su Wang Run", but when he thought about it, Zhao Run was now the crown prince and crown prince of Wei, so there was no need for it.

He suddenly understood the title of king.

Although there are countless people in this world who are qualified to write "Master of a certain country" on a flag, for Tian Dan, only the royal flag "Wei Gongzi Run" has the most collection value - just like

Over the years, Zhao Hongrun has also hung his Tian Dan flag in the collection room as a decoration to show off his martial arts.

Thinking of this, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and scolded Xiang Qian: "You are beyond stupid!... Wei Gongzi Run led the merchant navy to personally conquer, and you actually chose to resist the water and defend it? Do you really think that a Weishan Lake can stop you?"

Can you live with Mr. Wei?!"

He did not say this out of thin air. Thinking about the "Four Kingdoms Campaign Against Chu", the Wei army broke through the dangers of rivers in Chu State one after another. The Huihe River, the Guohe River, and the Chu River. Which river could stop this Wei Army for more than half a month?

?

Not a single one!

With excitement, Tian Dan looked at the map of the Song Dynasty (old Song Dynasty) spread out on the table, and said in a deep voice: "... Mr. Wei, this person is good at attacking but not good at defending. Oh, what I said

"Not good at defense" doesn't mean that he can't defend, but that he doesn't like it.

In defense, he prefers to take the initiative. If you put on a defensive posture, then it will play into his hands. Wait for the Wei army to gain a foothold on the west bank of Weishan Lake. Then you will understand that when Wei Gongzi Run launches an offensive
To be continued...