The Chu army's plan to drive warships to surprise Daliang was proceeding in an orderly manner, and in the Wei army's Yanshui camp, the Wei soldiers were also busy with their day's life.
In this regard, Wu Wei Chen Shi, Ma Zhang, and Wang Shu all complained to some extent.
It is said to be a complaint, but at best it is just complaining about certain things and certain arrangements.
For example, when the Wei soldiers in Junshui camp had not yet arrived at Yanling, the three of them and the Yanling soldiers they led were the main force facing the Chu army head-on.
Especially when they were coerced by King Su Zhao Hongrun and had to obey the latter's orders, they defeated Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's 60,000 Chu vanguard army in one fell swoop, killed 30,000 people, and made an emergency landing of 30,000 people. This was a brilliant result.
, it’s enough for them to brag about for a lifetime.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After General Bailiba led the Wei soldiers from the Junshui Camp to the Yanshui Camp, the Yanling soldiers led by Chen Shi and others naturally withdrew from their position as the main force. After all, they were elite.
The combat effectiveness of the Wei soldiers in the Junshui camp is far greater than that of the Yanling soldiers. A Wei soldier in the Junshui camp with complete weapons and equipment can deal with two to three Yanling soldiers in single combat. What is the concept?
As a result, the Wei soldiers in the Junshui camp naturally took over the position of the main force, but half of the ten thousand Yanling soldiers were reduced to engineering soldiers who assisted the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in building war equipment. They held hammers instead of weapons and headed towards
The wood, not the enemy, was hammered and hammered for a while, or it was simply a hand for the craftsmen, who used planers to remove the bark from the logs, and then polished them into square wooden boards.
In fact, these five thousand Yanling soldiers are considered lucky. The other five thousand Yanling soldiers who have been reduced to logistics soldiers are unlucky. Apart from being responsible for cooking every day, they have almost nothing to do.
For some people, this is lucky. After all, being far away from the front line is more secure for their lives. But for those men who hope to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service and protect their home and country, the assignment of engineering troops and logistics troops makes them completely
Lost hope.
Not to mention the ordinary Yanling soldiers. Even Chen Shi, Ma Zhang, and Wang Shu, the three temporary generals who led the troops to fight against Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu during the campaign, seemed a little idle these days.
Although they jointly command 10,000 Yanling soldiers, they can be regarded as holding military power in their hands, but in fact, if they can, they would rather give up their rights and temporarily join the Junshui camp to participate in the battle, even if it is to become a small general of a hundred men.
They are all willing.
But unfortunately, the Junshui Battalion is a regular army. It has a rigorous command system. How could it possibly add several outsiders who have never cooperated with it during the war?
Regardless of the fact that Zongwei Weijiao, Lu Mu and other eighteen Zongwei except Shen Yu and Zhang Ao temporarily joined the Dredging Water Camp, they were temporarily appointed as deputy positions of generals such as General of 100 people and General of 1,000 people, but these were only the deputy positions of generals of 100 people.
For the sake of them being Zongwei, and for the sake of King Su Zhao Hongrun, Liba planned to focus on training these young Zongwei.
Someone else?
Hey, when Wei Jiao and Lu Mu assisted General Gong Yuan in giving orders, when Mu Qing, Gao Kuo and others went directly to the Jinglan chariot to suppress the 10,000 Chu long archers outside the camp with the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Camp, Chen Shi
, Ma Zhang, Wang Shu, these three former "frontline generals", what are they doing?
They just stood idle on the camp wall, anxiously watching the battle but unable to participate in it.
The fundamental reason is that Chen Shi, Ma Zhang, and Wang Shu are not from Zongwei, so naturally they will not receive special treatment from Bailiba. It is not because of the lack of ability of these three people.
"This can't go on like this."
In the morning of another day, when the Yanling soldiers under his command were gradually busy with the lunch meal, Wang Shu, who was unwilling to give up, once again called Chen Shi and Ma Zhang together. The three of them stood in the back camp, muttering.
Discussed in a cooing manner.
"Chen Shi, how about you go and warn His Highness Prince Su? I think His Highness Prince Su should think highly of you."
"Is...is that so?" Chen Shi felt a little unsure.
He didn't know whether Zhao Hongrun valued him, he only knew that he used to judge people by their appearance and arbitrarily believed that Zhao Hongrun was young, so he refused to hand over his military power.
And when Zhao Hongrun proved himself with his excellent strategy, although Chen Shi immediately and sincerely apologized. But even so, Chen Shi still felt unsure.
After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said: "Wang Shu, why don't you go? It is said that His Highness Prince Su likes carefree and reckless men the most..."
"Me? I'm afraid it's not appropriate." Wang Shu shrank his head.
Wang Shu still remembered that when he was fighting Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu near the Yan River, Zhao Hongrun asked the Zongwei around him to escape in his name in order to induce Xiong Hu to take advantage of him. Wang Shu, who didn't know what happened at that time, was very angry.
He scolded the son of a bitch, but after scolding him, he was shocked to find that Zhao Hongrun, who had changed into a Zongwei armor, was looking at him coldly from behind.
If Zhao Hongrun taught him a lesson after the war, he would be relieved, but Zhao Hongrun didn't mention it afterward, as if he had forgotten it, which made Wang Shu difficult to deal with.
This matter has become his heartache to this day.
"Ma Zhang, it's better for you to go. You listened more to His Highness back then, so His Highness probably won't have any objections to you."
Chen Shi and Wang Shu put their minds together and finally decided on Ma Zhang.
In response, Ma Zhang rolled his eyes and said angrily: "That said, why should I go alone? I want to go together! ... If you insist on me going, fine, I will tell His Highness that I
Please request to be transferred to the front army, and then I will have two soldiers from Yanling."
"You guy..."
"How ungrateful!"
Chen Shi and Wang Shu said in a somewhat depressed tone.
Just as they were arguing about this, a group of Yanling soldiers suddenly ran over in a hurry.
Seeing this, the three of them were a little surprised. After all, these people were sent by them to fetch water from Yanshui. Why did they just come back by themselves?
Where is the water? Where is the bucket?
Just when they were wondering, the group of Yanling soldiers seemed to have found a backbone. They ran up to them and said breathlessly: "Three...three generals, it's not good..."
"What's wrong, tell me slowly, did you encounter Chu soldiers?...But Chu soldiers want to cross the Yan River?" Chen Shi asked with a frown.
"No, it's not." A soldier waved his hand and gasped: "It's not that we encountered Chu soldiers, or that Chu soldiers wanted to cross the Yan River, but when our brothers were fetching water with buckets from the Yan River, they saw someone.
We formed a fleet and sailed upstream along the Cai River... The flag on the boat was exactly that of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo!"
"The Chu army's warships? How many are there?"
"There are countless, at least... there must be nearly a hundred ships, right?" Another Yanling soldier answered uncertainly.
Chen Shi, Ma Zhang and Wang Shu looked at each other in shock when they heard this.
Nearly a hundred warships of the Chu army sailed upstream along the Cai River? What did the Chu army want to do?
The three of them frowned and thought.
Suddenly, Chen Shi seemed to have thought of something. His face changed a little, and he said in shock: "No! You can reach Daliang directly along the Cai River... The Chu army wants to use the boats to surprise Daliang!"
When Wang Shu and Ma Zhang heard this, their faces turned pale with fright.
"Oops, oops, oops..." Ma Zhang said "oh, oops" three times, looking back at his two colleagues: "The Junshui camp is here, and the defense in Daliang is empty right now..."
"What? What should I do?" Wang Shu was so anxious that he held his head and kept spinning.
At this time, Chen Shi seemed to have thought of something and said quickly: "Go to His Highness Prince Su and tell His Highness Prince Su about this!"
The three of them seemed to have found their backbone and hurriedly headed towards the handsome tent.
Not long after, the three of them arrived at the commander's tent. After the announcement, Zongwei Zhang Ao lifted up the tent and took a look outside.
"There are three..."
Zhang Ao also recognized Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang. He walked out of the tent and raised his hand to make a silent gesture. He whispered: "His Royal Highness Su Wang is still resting. If you three have nothing important to do, please don't disturb them."
...When His Highness was woken up, his temper was far less amiable than usual."
Seeing this, Chen Shi lowered his voice and said: "Sir Zhang Ao, it's like this. We have just learned about the latest movements of the Chu army." As he said that, he whispered a few words to Zhang Ao.
"The Chu army wants to attack Daliang?" Zhang Ao's expression changed when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he immediately raised the tent for the three of them: "Please."
So Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang walked into the tent and happened to see Shen Yu lying on the bed and raised his head to look at them. His face was full of doubts.
"There is an urgent war situation." Zhang Ao explained to Shen Yu succinctly, then walked to the couch where Zhao Hongrun was sleeping soundly, and gently woke him up: "Your Highness? Your Highness Prince Su?"
Just as Zhang Ao said, Zhao Hongrun's temper when he was woken up from his sleep was indeed not as kind as usual. No, when he opened his eyes and glanced at Zhang Ao, he looked very cold.
However, after Zhao Hongrun rubbed his eyes and patted his cheek to wake himself up as quickly as possible, his eyes gradually became warmer.
"Is the Chu army coming to attack our camp again?"
"No. Your Highness." Zhang Ao shook his head, bent down and whispered in Zhao Hongrun's ear.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhang Ao dully. After taking a few breaths, he suddenly jumped up on the bed, ecstatic.
"Aha!...After waiting for so long, the penultimate piece of the puzzle is finally here! Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo...his defeat is certain!"
After saying that, Zhao Hongrun, with a rosy face and no boots on, jumped down from the bed with a bang, looked at Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang and said: "Okay! Okay! This is the best thing in recent days.
News!...Reward, reward! What do the three of you want? I promise them all!"
…
Chen Shi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang looked at each other in confusion.
They really couldn't figure it out. It was obviously a dangerous situation, but why was His Highness King Su so happy and confident that Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, had been defeated?
There is also the so-called penultimate piece of the puzzle, which they cannot understand no matter how hard they try.
But one thing they could tell was that Zhao Hongrun was in a very good mood at this time.
Seeing this, the three of them looked at each other and implored in unison: "Your Highness, the three generals would like to ask the former army to listen to me, even as a soldier..."
"That's right!"
Zhao Hongrun agreed without waiting for them to finish speaking. This willingness surprised and delighted Chen Shi and the other three people who had been hesitating about the matter for a long time.
"Invite General Baili to come to the commander's tent, and then order Mr. Meng Wei, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, to ask him not to build more chariots, trebuchets and other war weapons, but to let him modify the carriage... Soon after, this king
If a carriage needs to transport a large amount of goods, please make sure the ground is strong."
"yes!"
Now, the last piece of the puzzle is missing...
Standing barefoot on the cold ground, Zhao Hongrun's heart was burning. (To be continued.)