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Junshuiying General Bailiba's estimate was indeed accurate. On October 29th, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo led an army of up to 80,000 people and arrived near Yanshui River.
When approaching the Yan River, because he was unclear about the situation ahead, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, ordered the entire army to move slowly and sent people to explore the situation ahead.
Unexpectedly, the returning scouts said that the Wei army was just huddled in its camp and there was no movement.
Upon hearing the news, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo was obviously stunned.
Because there has never been an army in the world that would make such a negative move after winning a great victory.
Logically speaking, shouldn't Wei's army take advantage of the situation to regain the lost territory?
Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo frowned, as Wei Jun's unconventional move made him a little at a loss.
On the side, General Zai Fugen's eyes flashed when he heard the scout's report, and he reminded in a deep voice: "Sir, this Wei army... has a very good general!"
"After all, we defeated Xiong Hu's army..." Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo sighed slightly and reached out to rub his browbones.
Yes, he has a headache.
Because the response of the Wei army in front of him was completely beyond his expectation.
He originally thought that the Wei army in front would choose to push south and regain the lost ground, and in this way, Xiong Tuo would be able to crush the opponent with his absolute advantage in strength.
Unexpectedly, the other party remained silent for six whole days.
What does this mean?
This obviously means that the opponent spent six days consolidating the defense line and strengthening the defense of the camp.
Obviously, the Wei army on the opposite side also considered that their military strength was not enough to defeat the army of Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, so they gave up taking the initiative and took advantage of the situation to regain the lost ground and turned to holding on.
There is no denying that this is a very smart approach.
Not everyone can remain calm after such a great victory. Calmly analyze the odds of victory and defeat for both sides, instead of blindly and arrogantly thinking that since they can annihilate the 60,000 Chu vanguard army, they will naturally It can also defeat the nearly 100,000 troops of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.
Tricky! Quite tricky!
He frowned and thought for a moment. Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, drove his horse forward slowly and said: "Master Zaifu, Zi Cha, you two will follow me to the front to see what happens. We are called Lian Bi Zhangjun."
"yes."
The order was issued, and more than 80,000 Chu troops were ordered to rest on the spot and wait for orders. Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, led the generals Zaifu Gen, Zi Cheyu and more than ten cavalry guards towards the Yanshui camp of the Wei army. go.
After riding the horse for a while, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, could vaguely see the Wei army's Yanshui camp.
Seeing this, he looked around and saw a hill in front of him, so he and others got off their horses and climbed up the hill, which the locals called Haogang. They climbed up and looked at the Wei State Yan River in the distance. Camp.
"hiss……"
Standing on the hill, he squinted his eyes and looked carefully at the Yanshui Camp of the Wei Army in the distance. When he took a look, he gasped in shock.
In his eyes, is the Yanshui Camp of Wei Army across the street really just a military camp?
That is simply an impregnable fortress!
On the outskirts of the Yanshui camp of the Wei army, long spears were fixed diagonally on the ground, densely packed. And further up, the wooden walls of the military camp were actually embedded with blades that rushed out. The existence of these ghosts, The entire Yanshui camp looks like a hedgehog when viewed from a distance.
No words to say!
Good guy...
Although Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, was mentally prepared, he was still shocked and speechless for a long time by the scene in front of him.
In just six days, Wei Jun actually built such a scary thing?... Well, that's not right.
After thinking for a moment, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo said melancholy: "It seems that not only was Xiong Hu defeated, but the camp was also captured..."
Zai Fu Gen and Zi Che Yu looked at each other and said nothing.
Indeed, only this statement can explain how the Wei army was able to build such a fortress-like military camp in just six days.
"I'm afraid this battle won't be easy..."
Zaifu Gen frowned and muttered.
Isn't it difficult to fight? In front of such a strong fortress that is fully armed and looks like a hedgehog. What effect can the Chu army's infantry play even if there are many people? They don't even have a chance to climb the wall of Wei's military camp.
the climb?
What to climb? Is it to climb the camp wall that looks like a mountain of swords?
Climb the sharp blade with your hands, step on the sharp blade, and climb over the camp wall full of sharp blades?
Chu's infantry couldn't even get close to the wooden walls of the camp!
Do you really think that the dense "forest of guns" outside the camp is just a decoration? Do you really think that the Wei crossbowmen inside the camp are dead?
"What a despicable and shameless defense..."
Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, murmured to himself with a complex expression, because from the Wei camp in the distance, which could be called a fortress, he seemed to smell something very similar to the cavalry that used the same despicable and shameless tactics.
He had a strong guess in his mind: The guy who advocated building this fortress and the guy who came up with the despicable and shameless tactics of the Wei cavalry were definitely the same person!
"What do you two think?" Xiong Tuo asked Zaifu Gen and his son Che Yudao beside him.
Zaifu Gen frowned and said: "Although this Wei camp is unsafe to defend, but... it is like this hedgehog-like fortress. I thought that if our army attacked by force, we would suffer heavy casualties..." He shook his head, Continuing the last half of the sentence: "We may not be able to capture it!"
After he finished speaking, General Zi Cheyu also frowned and said: "I don't recommend that you attack this camp... The Wei army was clearly prepared and knew that our army would come, so they built such a camp... I'm really sorry I don’t know how to describe it. Well, luxury...a fortress of luxury.”
luxury……
Xiong Tuo smiled bitterly and nodded.
It's not a luxury. They must know that the wooden walls and perimeter of the Wei camp, as well as the swords and spears they can overlook, are enough to arm an army of tens of thousands.
There will never be another army in the world that would be so extravagant as to invest tens of thousands of weapons in building a fortress.
The Wei army on the opposite side just did this, because they wiped out all 60,000 Chu's vanguard troops and confiscated mountains of weapons and armor. Therefore, they put those weapons into use in such a wasteful way without feeling any distress. .
What made Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo and others feel a sense of chest tightness was that they had obviously guessed the past ownership of these weapons.
To fight? Or not to fight?
Two completely opposite considerations swirled in Xiong Tuo's mind for a long time, leading to a stalemate.
In his opinion, any general in the world would feel powerless in the face of such a fortress that was armed to the teeth.
If possible, he really doesn't want to face this "monster".
But he can't.
First of all, if his cousin Pingyujun Xiong Hu is still alive, then he will most likely be imprisoned in this Wei camp. As a prisoner, the deep relationship between the two of them for many years makes him unable to stand by and turn a blind eye.
Secondly, and most importantly.
That is, the Chu army cannot ignore the existence of this military camp and bypass it to attack the Wei city behind it.
You must know that it has been almost three months since the King of Chu declared war on Wei, and Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, captured the Wei city. It is conceivable that the Wei city further north must have been prepared to be attacked. Preparations for the attack. As the front continues to expand northward, it will take a month to capture a single Wei city. This is a common thing in history.
After all, they are already prepared.
This is completely different from the way Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, conquered six cities in Wei with lightning speed.
What's more, it is already winter. Although it has not snowed yet, the weather has cooled down rapidly. At this time, the lone army is marching straight into the hinterland of the Wei State, ignoring the existence of this Wei camp. When the time comes, the Wei State implements the strategy of erecting walls and clearing the wilderness, and then the Wei State will If the Wei soldiers in the camp cut off Xiong Tuo's return route, not to mention 80,000 people, even 800,000 people would probably freeze to death and starve to death in a foreign country.
Therefore, this Wei camp must be removed. Only in this way can Xiong Tuo continue to advance the front northward with confidence.
This step-by-step strategy is the safest.
But when it comes to fighting... To be honest, Xiong Tuo is really not sure. The reason is that the Wei camp in front of him is too terrifying and intimidating.
So much so that he really wasn't completely sure of conquering this Wei camp.
"That's all, let's go back first."
After witnessing with their own eyes the enemy that their own army was about to face, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and his party returned the same way and returned to the location of the army.
On that day, Xiong Tuo ordered his army to camp in the ruins of an abandoned Wei village. At the same time, he ordered his soldiers to cut down trees nearby to build a camp.
There was no way, because the woods near the Yanshui camp of the Wei army had been cut down by the Wei soldiers, leaving a large area of bare open space, and the view was extremely good.
Therefore, Xiong Tuo could only build a camp near the Wei village twenty miles away.
In the process of building the camp, the Chu soldiers hoped to find some useful things in the village.
But unfortunately, I don’t know whether it was occupied by Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu’s army, or whether the Wei army cleared it in advance. In short, the entire village was burned to the ground, not to mention the thatched houses. Not even a complete wall remains.
For doing it so thoroughly, it is obvious that the Wei team is more likely than Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu. In other words, Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu's army came once, killed the villagers, and took away useful things. And then , the Wei army came again, and simply burned the empty village with fire, leaving not a single intact wall for the Chu army.
After a lot of work, there is no doubt that the handsome tent was built first.
While the soldiers of the Chu army were busy cutting down trees to build a camp, Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, wrote a letter in the commander's tent.
This is a letter full of intimidation and threats throughout, but it is not a letter of war.
The general idea in the article is simply to ask the Wei soldiers at Yanshui Camp to release Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, otherwise what will happen?
Of course, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo did not expect this letter to really bring Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu back safely. After all, the Wei people were not fools, so how could they let go of such a bargaining chip so easily.
The purpose of his writing this letter was, firstly, to test whether Pingyujun Xiong Hu was really a prisoner in the Wei camp, and secondly, to "remind" the Wei army general of the importance of Pingyujun Xiong Hu, so that his cousin You won't suffer much in Wei camp.
After all, living chips that can be used for prisoner exchange and trading generally won't suffer too much.
This is the only thing Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, can do for his cousin at the moment. (To be continued.)