After a long while, Zhao Hongrun let out a long breath and changed into a vulgar sitting posture: with his hands on the ground, his head raised, and his legs stretched out on the table in front of him.
I believe that if this kind of sitting posture was seen by the etiquette officer of the Ministry of Etiquette, he would definitely teach Zhao Hongrun what etiquette and customs are.
But now there was only Queer in the tent. She didn't say anything. Instead, seeing Zhao Hongrun look tired, she knelt down and moved towards Zhao Hongrun. She put a pair of small hands on Zhao Hongrun's shoulders and rubbed them gently.
Pinch it up.
Zhao Hongrun was stunned and subconsciously wanted to thank Que'er, but when he turned around and saw Que'er's expressionless face, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
Because he knew that the other party was not serving him sincerely, just like she respectfully called him Young Master. It was just that in this woman's eyes, he, Zhao Hongrun, was indeed the Young Master that she must be loyal to and serve, that's all.
Although he felt a little uncomfortable, it was undeniable that Que'er's technique of kneading his shoulders was quite familiar, which made him feel very comfortable. His originally messy thoughts seemed to be affected and gradually became clearer.
"The fifth uncle...the fifth uncle who once defeated the third uncle and raised his father to the throne, can't be just a wasted reputation? If this is really just a wasted reputation, how can the King of Nanliang regard him as a powerful rival?"
Opening his eyes slightly, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the battle report about the battlefield in Song Dynasty that was placed on the desk. Then he closed his eyes and recalled all the battle briefings about the battlefield in Song Dynasty that he had received in recent times.
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Because Zhao Hongrun wanted General Sima An of the Dangshan Army to serve as the "Hexi Guard", as early as half a year ago, the Wei soldiers commanded by General Shao Hu moved to "Liu Di (Chen Liu)", so that they became Chu
When Shouling Jun Jingshe led a Chu army known as one million to attack Wei, General Shao Hu immediately moved Wei Wu's army to "Tuocheng".
"Tuocheng" is located near the intersection of "Wohe River" and "Ji River". The area above the "Y" shaped two rivers was once an important city for the Song State to resist the attack of the Chu State.
To the west of Tuocheng is separated by an inaccessible mountain range, which is the border town of Wei State, "Yangxia", and is now the general stronghold of the Black Crows under Zhao Hongrun; and to the south of Tuocheng is the "Buxian County" of Chu State.
Xiong Wu, Lord of Chu Guling, sent troops from here to attack the Song Dynasty.
However, in the past two years, due to the defeat of the Chu State in the "Qi, Lu, Wei, and Yue Four Kingdoms Conquered Chu" war, the original fiefdom of Guling Lord Xiong Wu, including Ku County, was ceded to the Wei State by King Xiong Xu of Chu.
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But because this land has been swept away by the Youma Army and Northern Sichuan Cavalry under Zhao Hongrun, both the local Chu people and wealth have been swept into Shangshui County. Therefore, not only Zhao Hongrun despises this land, but also
Wei Guo also looked down upon him.
Considering that accepting the land ceded by the Chu State would arouse the hatred of the Chu people, Emperor Wei, at the suggestion of Zhao Hongrun, also donated the land of several cities and counties such as Ku County to the Chu State, as a countermeasure against the Chu State's failure in the struggle for power.
The place of exile for the Miqu clan.
In other words, the land in Ku County is currently inhabited by the Miqu family.
By the way, since the land in this area is no longer the fief of Gulingjun Xiong Wu, this land has returned to its former name - Luyi.
"The Qu family of Luyi" has enmity with the Xiong family, the royal family of the Chu state, so naturally they will not assist the Chu state in attacking the Wei state. Facts have proved that even if Chu King Xiong Xu declared Chu state to declare war on the Wei state, the Qu family of Luyi state would not be affected at all.
There was no intention of responding, and they even turned a blind eye to Tuocheng across the Guohe River.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the Qu family of Luyi has even the slightest affinity with the Chu State, the King of Chu, and the Xiong family, then they can try to find a way to conquer the city when General Shao Hu of Wei leads his army to Tuocheng.
Create some confusion.
But they did not, and allowed Wei General Shao Hu to lead his army into Tuocheng, a city of strategic significance.
Later, when the commander-in-chief of the Chu army, Shouling Junjingshe, led the army to "borrow the road" to Luyi, the Qu family of Luyi did not show up - they did not have enough troops to stop Shoulingjunjingshe's army, but they
They chose to close the gates of each county tightly, turning a blind eye to the Chu army using the road to attack Wei, and had no intention of providing any help.
Even the Qu family in Luyi secretly sent a message to Wei State, asking Wei State General Shao Hu to make preparations as soon as possible.
It's no wonder, after all, since Qu was exiled by Chu King Xiong Xu, Chu State has not cared about the life and death of Qu's family. On the contrary, Wei State, at the suggestion of Zhao Hongrun, secretly supported Qu's family, hoping that one day Qu's family
After regaining his strength, he once again competed with the Xiong family for the kingship, triggering civil strife in the Chu Kingdom again - this was not the fault of the following, because the Qu family, like the Xiong family, are both descendants of the Mi surname, and the Chu royal family is naturally qualified to inherit the Chu Kingdom.
Of royal power.
But for some unknown reason, General Shao Hu, who was stationed in Tuocheng, was unable to stop Shouling Junjingshe's "Battle of Crossing the River", so that after only three days of defense, he was defeated by the large number of Chu troops.
The human sea tactics broke through the Guohe River.
In desperation, Shaohu had no choice but to retreat.
At this time, the Chu army, known as a million-strong army led by Lord Shouling Jingshe, began to divide its troops into two groups. One group was led by Lord Diyang Xiong Shang to attack Suiyang.
Of course, Di Yangjun Xiong Shang is not attacking the Song rebel general Nangong Yao in Suiyang, but the Wei army currently attacking Suiyang - the dredging army led by Wei general Bailiba.
Facing the more than 200,000 Chu troops led by Di Yangjun Xiong Shang, Wei general Bailiba had no choice but to lead his dredging army to retreat into "Ningling County". A few days later, he was fiercely attacked by the former's army.
On the other hand, Shouling Junjingshe led a large force to pursue the Wei general Shaohu. The latter fought and retreated, desperately blocking the hilly areas such as "Bo Gang", "Huang Gang" and "Ping Gang".
Harassing the Chu army, but unfortunately, although the Wei Wu army led by Shao Hu had as many as 50,000 people, it was not worth mentioning when facing Chu Shouling Lord's hundreds of thousands of troops. Even though the Wei Wu army tried their best to block it, they were once defeated by the Chu army.
It caused a lot of trouble, but in the end, Shaohu was still unable to stop the Chu army from approaching, and could only retreat into the small town "Suixian".
A few days later, Suixian County fell, and the Wei Wu army led by Shao Hu retreated again, watching helplessly as the Chu army attacked from all sides.
During this period, even the stronghold of the Green Crows under Zhao Hongrun, "Yangxia", was attacked by the Chu army, forcing the Black Crows to abandon the Hidden Thieves Village they had finally built and join the Green Crows in Shangshui.
, so that Yangxia was occupied by the Chu army.
In the latest battle report that Zhao Hongrun received, "Yu County" that Zhao Hongrun once passed through was also defeated by the Chu army. Although "Huang Yu", the magistrate of Yu County who once had a relationship with Zhao Hongrun, was defeated by the general.
With the help of the Wei Wujun led by Shao Hu, the county people moved to other cities and counties, but it was still inevitable that many Wei people were killed by the Chu army.
Although the battle report sent to Zhao Hongrun did not record the relevant casualties and losses, Zhao Hongrun had been fighting with the Chu State for so many years. Didn't he still know the virtues of the Chu Army? At that time, Chu Yangcheng King When Xiong Tuo invaded Wei State, how many tragedies did those Chu troops cause in Wei State?
It was precisely because of this that Zhao Hongrun frowned deeply.
Although the briefing on the battle situation simply recorded such things as "the defeat of the Shaohu tribe", "the fall of Suixian", and "the fall of Yuxian", behind this briefing, there may be tens of thousands of Wei people who died in this battle. In the hands of the Chu army, countless Wei women were humiliated by the Chu army.
Maybe Shouling Junjingshe is a respectable Chu army commander, but even he can't change some of the ugly behaviors of hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers. What's more, how many of the millions of Chu soldiers this time are? Where is the real regular army of the Chu State - the "regular army of the Chu State"?
Perhaps the vast majority of Chu soldiers were just "temporary workers", that is, soldiers temporarily recruited by Chu State before the war, and were simply used as battlefield consumables.
Of course, although he hated some of the ugly behaviors of the Chu army, at this moment, Zhao Hongrun was not qualified to accuse the other party. After all, he had just acquiesced to the Dangshan cavalry and the Jiejiao cavalry’s massacre and plunder of the Wuxu tribe - even more seriously , the Wei army’s behavior towards the Wuxu tribe was worse than the Chu army’s behavior towards the Wei people, because Sima An did not even spare the children of the Wuxu tribe, and killed all the baby boys, completely cutting off the bloodline of the Wuxu tribe. Only the baby girls of the Wuxu tribe were pardoned.
Although he could not blame the Chu army morally, Zhao Hongrun still felt endless anger. As the prince of the Wei people, he watched his people being massacred by the Chu army. A ball of anger seemed to rise in his heart, making him wish he could not wait for this moment. He led his army to the battlefield of Song Dynasty and fought to the death with the Chu army.
But reason told him that he could not leave this place because his mission was the "Battlefield of Weixi".
Currently, the "Battlefield of Western Wei" has an absolute advantage, and the "Battlefield of Hanoi" has a relative advantage, but the "Battlefield of Song Dynasty" is too disadvantaged. But if Zhao Hongrun can't hold back the anger in his heart and leaves the "Battlefield of Western Wei", Then, once the Qin army takes the opportunity to attack, Wei will lose even its advantage on the "Battlefield in Western Wei".
Putting aside everything else, just thinking that the Qin army might conquer Luocheng and destroy the "Weichuan Trade" that Zhao Hongrun had been running for several years was enough to calm down Zhao Hongrun.
"Report!... There is news from the direction of the Qin Army in Hangu!"
Outside the commander's tent, an announcement came.
"Come in!" Zhao Hongrun said in a deep voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, a warrior from the Lun clan of the Yi ethnic group walked into the tent, knocked on the ground and reported: "Your Highness, the leader Zhendan sent someone to send news that the Qin army was building a military camp on the mountainside of Hanshan, except for the sentry cavalry. Outside, there is no sign of sending troops."
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Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this and waved his hand to signal the Lun tribe soldier to retreat.
After learning that General Sima An had destroyed the Wuxu tribe, Zhao Hongrun decided to attack the Ling tribe. However, in fact, although the Ling tribe was powerful, it did not need the Shang Shui army. The Yanling army went into battle together. As long as one of them was sent, it would be enough. Enough to defeat the Antelope Tribe.
But Zhao Hongrun insisted on garrisoning troops in the Lu family. He wanted to see if the Qin army would take advantage of his attack on the Ling tribe to send troops from Hangu and eastward along the river to attack Luocheng.
Because the positions of "Hangu", "Lushi" and "Luocheng" seemed to form an irregular triangle, the Qin army could completely take another route and directly attack Luocheng without passing through Lushi.
Of course, if the Qin army dared to go deep into the hinterland, Zhao Hongrun would not mind leading his army north immediately to cut off the Qin army's return route - he very much hoped that the Qin army would do this.
However, the Qin army seemed to have no intention of sending troops at all. It seemed that it really decided to "start from Hangu and end at Hangu" and decide the outcome with Zhao Hongrun again in Hangu.
"How could the Qin army, which is so fanatical about external expansion, be so cowardly? ...What are you planning? The Qin army's commander-in-chief is Wu Xinhou Gongsun Qi."
Enjoying Que'er's service by squeezing his shoulders, Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought.