Zhao Hongrun was still quite curious about what Wei Mu told about Wei Guo.? ?
For example, Wei Mu mentioned that Zhao Hongrun's aunt hoped that her son, Wei Gong Ziyu, would inherit the Wei family business of Xue Linghou. After all, Wei Wang Jin did not only have Gong Ziyu's son.
Although Zhao Hongrun didn't care about the family fortune of his grandfather, Marquis Xue Ling, Wei Shuo, from a practical point of view, this matter involved him after all, so of course he had to get a clear outline.
Unfortunately, it is obviously not a good time to talk about this matter now. After all, the top priority is to conquer Ji County.
So, after sighing with emotion, Zhao Hongrun changed the topic to Jixian County again.
Seeing this, Wei Mu, who had a smile on his face just now, became serious now. After listening to Zhao Hongrun's story, he nodded and said, "Sure enough, General Shaohu has already mentioned the specific situation to His Highness.
But...yes, it seems that Wei is attacking Jixian, but in fact, Wei just wants to defend the camp on the "Xitun" side. If this camp is lost, then our Nanyan army will have to withdraw.
Practice martial arts."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, he also understood that it was impossible for the Korean cavalry to sit back and watch Wei Mu build a second camp.
From the perspective of the entire strategy, Jixian is what the Wei army must capture, because only by capturing Jixian can the Wei army truly threaten the Korean army on the common battlefield. Otherwise, as is the case now, Jixian must be taken.
They are all in the hands of the Han army. It is very difficult for the Wei army to blindly occupy the common land.
Because Xiuwu City is too far away from the general area, it cannot serve as a support base.
Sure enough, as of the tenth day of March, on the other side of Gongdi, the Wei Wu Army, Shanyang Army, and the Northern Army had begun to try to capture Gongdi. However, as everyone expected at the beginning, the Wei Army's progress was very slow.
In the final analysis, the most fundamental reason is that the above three Wei armies have no way to gain a foothold in the common ground.
The tactics of the Korean army are very clear: I will not confront your Wei army head-on, but if your Wei army attempts to establish a camp in the common area, then I will frequently send cavalry to harass and massacre your soldiers carrying wood.
It has to be said that under the current circumstances, the Korean light cavalry finally demonstrated their strategic strength. After learning that the Wei army was trying to cut down trees from the Xiuwu area and transport them to the construction site to build camps, the Korean cavalry bypassed Wei Wujun and other three groups.
Support the position of the Wei army garrison, go around and attack the Wei soldiers who were carrying wood. While waiting for Shao Hu, Zhao Hongjiang, Zhao Hongxuan and others to lead troops to rescue, the Korean cavalry left immediately, leaving the bodies of Wei soldiers everywhere.
Walk away.
It can be said that in front of the highly mobile Korean cavalry, the Wei infantry was completely helpless.
It was precisely because of this that Shao Hu, Zhao Hongjiang, and Zhao Hongxuan had a bad start. They suffered losses at the hands of the Korean cavalry at the beginning of the war, resulting in a stalemate on the shared battlefield.
Under this situation, General Shao Hu issued a strict order to Wei Mu and Zhao Hongrun: Jixian County must be captured!
There is nothing we can do about it, because in the unfavorable situation of attacking the common ground, the Nanyan Army and King Su Army in Ji County may be the only breakthrough on the battlefield at present.
After receiving Shaohu's commission order, Wei Mu smiled and said to Zhao Hongrun: "The general has turned his anger on you and me. It seems that attacking the common land is not ideal."
Zhao Hongrun smiled when he heard this and did not explain anything. After all, Wei Mu also knew the situation of his Su Wang Army.
In the past two days, although the Shangshui Army, Yanling Army, and Youma Army under King Su's Army arrived in Jixian one after another, the catapult troops lagged far behind.
Without siege weapons like catapults, how can we attack a city?
Furthermore, even if the catapult troops arrived at Xitun Wei Camp in Jixian County, King Su's army would still need siege equipment such as well carriages and ladders. After all, no matter how brave the soldiers of King Su's army were, they would not be able to fly up to Jixian County out of thin air.
The city wall?
It was not until March 12th that the catapult force led by Gu Tao, a 2,000-strong Shang Shui Army, finally arrived at Jidi. At this time, the Suwang Army and the Nanyan Army also urgently built a batch of weapons for
Preparations for the siege of the city, such as the well carriages, ladders and other equipment, were finally completed.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun and Wei Mu discussed that King Su's army would be the main force to attack Jixian, and the Nanyan army would garrison the Wei camp in Xitun.
It's not that Zhao Hongrun looked down upon Wei Mu's Nanyan army, but in his opinion, he had nearly 100,000 King Su troops under his command. With this force, it was more than enough to attack Jixian, and he did not need the assistance of the Nanyan army.
Of course, out of respect for the Nanyan Army, Zhao Hongrun could actually lead only the Shangshui Army or the Yanling Army on the expedition, let the Nanyan Army serve as an auxiliary army, and share the military merits with the Nanyan Army after the war.
But the problem is that the Suwang Army and the Nanyan Army have never cooperated and are not familiar with each other. Unlike the Shangshui Army and the Yanling Army, which both belong to the Suwang Army. Although they have competing intentions, they are familiar with each other and understand each other's tactics.
Therefore, sometimes, as long as they see the opponent's movements on the battlefield, generals such as Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, and Zhai Huang can guess the intentions of the friendly forces and make corresponding changes in time to cooperate.
General Wei Mu of the Nanyan Army graciously agreed to Zhao Hongrun's request, and he also decided to help Zhao Hongrun as much as possible and personally led about two to three thousand cavalry troops under the Nanyan Army to replace King Su's army.
They had to raid the formation to prevent the latter from being attacked by the Korean cavalry appearing on the side when attacking Ji County.
Zhao Hongrun is deeply grateful for this.
On March 13, Zhao Hongrun led nearly 100,000 King Su troops to formally attack Ji County.
The "Xitun Wei Camp" of the Nanyan Army is not far from Ji County, but it is still nearly thirty miles away. At this distance, if King Su's army wants to quietly come to Ji County City, it is impossible.
Impossible.
After all, the situation in this area of Ji County is roughly the same as in the whole area. The wilderness is full of patrolling Korean cavalry.
It is no exaggeration to say that the front line of King Su's army had only traveled less than ten miles when it was discovered by the Korean cavalry.
At this time, Wei Mu immediately dispatched the only cavalry unit of his Southern Yan Army to support King Su's army as they advanced toward Jixian. On the Yanling Army's side, Vice General Yan Mo also personally led the newly formed cavalry of the Yanling Army.
, acting together with the cavalry of the Nanyan Army.
These two cavalry groups totaled 5,000 men, which was considered a cavalry force that could make the Korean cavalry feel fearful.
But the good times did not last long. When King Su's army was only about ten miles away from Ji County, more and more Korean cavalry gradually appeared in front of the Wei army.
These Korean cavalry may have guessed the intention of King Su's army to attack Jixian. After attracting the attention of many soldiers and generals of King Su's army with some harassment, they actually directly attacked the 2,000-strong Shang Shui Army's catapult troops under Gu Tao's banner.
A raid was launched.
At this time, the Nanyan cavalry quickly came to the rescue. With the assistance of the Yanling cavalry, they clashed and fought with the Korean cavalry.
This was the first time that Zhao Hongrun witnessed the confrontation between light cavalry and light cavalry. Even though the Nanyan cavalry were not his soldiers, he felt extremely heartbroken. After all, he could see that the Nanyan cavalry under Wei Mu were all well-trained soldiers.
He was a man of valor and bravery, and even when faced with more than twice the number of Korean cavalry with a number of two to three thousand, he did not hesitate to charge.
The foundation of Wei's cavalry is already weak. How could Zhao Hongrun sit back and watch these brave cavalry die? You know, even the Northern Sichuan cavalry, Zhao Hongrun was reluctant to sacrifice in the past, let alone the Southern Yan cavalry, which is the native Wei cavalry.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to send 500 "Shangshui Youma" cavalry, led by General Mayou himself.
Even though the 500 Yuma Heavy Riders are not impressive in terms of numbers, Zhao Hongrun believes that if those Korean cavalry ignorantly choose to confront the 500 Yuma Heavy Riders, then the ones who will survive in the end will definitely be the Yuma Heavy Riders.
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However, Zhao Hongrun's expectations were shattered, because after seeing the iconic heavy armor and vest of Yuma Juqi, the Korean cavalry who was still struggling with the Nanyan cavalry immediately chose to retreat in just a few blinks.
After a while, he fled far away, leaving the Nanyan cavalry in great shock.
"What's going on?"
Wei Mu looked at the five hundred horsemen and horses in surprise as they remounted their horses.
At first, he did not understand the intention of His Royal Highness King Su next to him in sending these five hundred cavalry. After all, in his opinion, there were at least six or seven thousand Korean cavalry gathered around King Su's army at this moment. A mere five hundred cavalry could
What to do?
However, the Korean cavalry quickly evacuated after seeing the 500 Yuma Heavy Riders. They seemed to be extremely afraid of this "Shang Shui Yuma", which made Wei Mu couldn't help but look at the Yuma Heavy Riders more.
A few glances.
"The cavalry of the Korean army seems to be quite afraid of your highness's... well, the Shangshui Youma Cavalry."
Out of curiosity, Wei Mu asked Zhao Hongrun insinuatingly.
In response to Wei Mu's inquiry, Zhao Hongrun did not hide anything and said with a frown: "Shangshui Yuma is a heavy cavalry. If the Korean cavalry chooses to fight head-on with the Yuma army, they have no chance of winning... It's not me.
I boast that my 5,000-horse army once defeated 30,000 Korean cavalry in a battle in Shangdang County, killing half of the army and only losing over 100 cavalry."
Having said this, he frowned and looked at the fleeing Korean cavalry in the distance.
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's explanation, Wei Mu gasped in surprise.
Five thousand Yuma troops faced off against 30,000 Korean cavalry. Not only were they able to defeat the opponent, but they also killed half of the opponent's cavalry. What was even more shocking was that the loss was only over a hundred cavalry. If His Highness Prince Su beside him had not said this himself, Wei would have been defeated.
Mu couldn't believe it.
Suddenly, Wei Mu noticed Zhao Hongrun frowning and looking at the actions of the Korean cavalry in the distance. He suddenly understood and whispered: "It seems that the Korean cavalry is already very defensive against the Youma Army."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, somewhat disappointed in his heart.
He originally expected to let the Yuma Army shine again, but unexpectedly, when these Korean cavalry saw the Yuma Army, they were like a mouse meeting a cat.
From this we can guess: Either these Korean cavalry were the cavalry that evacuated from Tianmen Pass that day, or Bao Yuan, Jin Wei, Feng Ting and others had already told the latter the details of Yuma Chongqi after defecting to Dangyin Hou Han Yang.
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In this way, the Yuma Army was temporarily defeated. Unless the enemy's light cavalry chose to commit suicide and charge, it would be very difficult for the heavy cavalry to defeat a light cavalry because they would not be able to catch up.
After a full two hours, under the support of Nanyan cavalry and the deterrence of Youma's heavy cavalry, nearly 100,000 King Su's troops arrived in Jixian one after another, and deployed their troops in the west and south of the city, preparing to attack this place.
A city.
This time, King Su's army did not carry any baggage because it was not needed at all.
In order to break the situation, Zhao Hongrun will conquer Ji County today no matter what!
The reason why 100,000 King Su's troops mobilized in full force was to make the Korean army in Ji County realize this and consider whether to fight a decisive battle with King Su's army here. 8