Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-Six: Qu Shan Offers a Plan
Zhao Hongrun and Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo learned about the battle report in the Caihe section almost at the same time.
When Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, ordered someone to report the completion of the mission to Zhao Hongrun, the fleet led by Chu General Zi Cheyu, those warships that were lucky enough not to be seriously damaged, and the people on the warships
The Chu soldiers also returned to the vicinity of Yan River and reported the results of the surprise attack on Daliang to Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng.
When I heard that Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, had heard that the surprise attack had failed and that not only the warship was almost completely destroyed, but even the 30,000 soldiers had suffered casualties, he was stunned and stunned on the spot, and could not recover for a long time.
However, what made Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo feel even more heartbroken was the death of General Cheyu in battle.
Zi Che, this is a popular surname in the Chu State. Although Zi Cheyu is not the most outstanding person in the Zi Che family, he can still be regarded as an outstanding person. What's more, he has followed Xiong Tuo for many years and is Xiong Tuo's most trusted person.
One of his generals.
Therefore, in Xiong Tuo's eyes, Zi Cheyu's death in battle was far more heartbreaking than the destruction of the warship and the death of 30,000 soldiers.
As the saying goes, a thousand armies are easy to get but a general is hard to find. Warships can be rebuilt and soldiers can be recruited, but talented generals who can lead troops are hard to come by.
"How did the Wei people have time to build a dam on the Cai River to store water?"
Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, couldn't believe it. Do the people of Wei have the ability to predict the future?
In fact, Zhao Hongrun, who took the lead in this matter, did not have the ability to predict the future. He just took advantage of the situation and "guided" the Chu army to use the convenience of warships to attack Daliang.
Zi Che was defeated and died in battle...
Zaifu Gen, Lian Bi and Qu Cheng, who were urgently summoned to the commander's tent, had different ideas.
Zaifu Gen and Lian Bi certainly hated each other deeply. After all, they and Zi Cheyu, a general who had been loyal to Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo for many years, had a good relationship with each other. Now that Zi Cheyu died in the battle, they were like Wei people.
Killed their brothers and cut off one of Xiong Tuo's arms.
But Qu Cheng didn't know how to react to this news.
To be fair, although he surrendered to Zhao Hongrun and did not reveal the truth to Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, or report Gu Liangwei, Wuma Jiao, and Wu Ji, deep down, he was actually unwilling to surrender to Wei.
Think about it. As a native of the Chu State, even if he is a side branch, he is still a noble with the surname Qu. How could he return to the Wei State without any trouble?
Therefore, after returning to the Chu camp of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, he did not take any action. He did not think about Gu Liangwei and Wuma Jiao, and thought hard day and night about how to defeat the Wei soldiers led by Zhao Hongrun.
Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo.
Qu Cheng was still waiting and watching, or in other words, he was still hesitating.
Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun did not directly order him to do anything, so Qu Cheng could continue to wait and see and hesitate.
However, there is always an end to the wait-and-see situation, whether sooner or later. He finally makes a choice, whether it is Wei or Chu.
If it was said that a few days ago, Zaifugen led 60,000 Chu soldiers to attack Wei's Yanshui camp and could not capture it for a long time, Qu Cheng had no other opinions on this. But now Zi Cheyu led a warship team to make a surprise attack on Daliang and failed.
Not to mention the loss of troops and generals, even Zi Cheyu, a general, died on the battlefield, which inevitably made Qu Cheng have other thoughts.
It seems that this battle is getting harder and harder for Xiong Tuo...
Qu Cheng thought silently.
I remember that after gathering 30,000 soldiers of the original Xiong Hu, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo's troops reached 110,000. There were two consecutive defeats, one was the defeat of the Wei State in Yanshui, and the other was the Cheyu led a war fleet to surprise the Wei State.
The failure of Daliang in the capital caused Xiong Tuo's troops to instantly shrink to 80,000.
It seems that the number of troops has returned to its original strength. It seems to be a good thing in terms of the food and grass crisis, but in fact, 30,000 of the 80,000 Chu soldiers are soldiers of the original Xiong Hu Army.
This Chu army once had a conflict with the Chu army under Xiong Tuo. It is difficult to imagine that these two Chu soldiers could eliminate their conflicts and work together to fight the Wei state.
It seems that I have to make a choice...whether to die for Da Chu or to live for Wei Guo.
Qu Cheng frowned and thought.
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Xiong Tuo ask: "Qu Cheng, what do you think?"
"Ah?" Qu Cheng, who was thinking about his future destination, subconsciously raised his head, his expression a little panicked and a little indifferent.
Seeing this, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, said angrily: "What happened to each of them? Zi Che fought to the last moment and died for my great Chu hegemony. This is an honor!...Why are all of them dejected?!"
Qu Cheng secretly looked at Zaifu Gen and Lian Bi, and saw that they were also lowering their heads with ugly expressions. He was secretly glad that Xiong Tuo didn't notice the clues, and he was also a little annoyed at his distraction.
Perhaps because he saw that Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo was already angry, Zai Fugen finally spoke, but what he said was to persuade Xiong Tuo to withdraw his troops and wait for the next spring to fight again.
Hearing these words, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, was furious and cursed bitterly: "Spring has begun next year, spring has begun next year. Don't you know that if we fight again in spring next year, our army will definitely be able to defeat Wei?"
...But there are still two or three months until the spring of next year. Could it be that in these two or three months, I, Xiong Tuo, have just watched Xiong Wu conquer the territory of Wei in the Song Dynasty? Waiting for his reputation in the country to exceed
Me?...Can't you think of any other way?"
Zaifugen and Lianbi looked at each other, lowered their heads and remained silent.
In their view, it was already the depth of winter, and it was not convenient to attack the city, and the Wei army had specially strengthened the defense of the Yanshui camp. The time and place were all on the Wei army's side, so how could they fight this battle?
It is better to reorganize the troops and horses, recuperate and wait for the coming spring than to suffer another defeat.
Unfortunately, the lord they were loyal to, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, was too competitive and could not accept defeat easily, which made them suffer. Just like the Yanshui camp that attacked the Wei army a few days ago, the Wei army was ordered to
The camp was extremely difficult to conquer, but for some reasons, it had to be attacked forcefully.
"Qu Cheng." After Xiong Tuo took a deep look at Zaifugen and Lian Bi, he finally turned his attention to Qu Cheng: "Tell me your suggestions, but I don't want to hear anything about fighting again next spring.
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"This..." Qu Cheng showed a troubled expression: "Rong Mo will give it some thought."
After saying that, Qu Cheng began to think.
However, what he was thinking about was not how to help Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo reverse his defeat, because in his opinion, it was already difficult for Xiong Tuo to reverse his defeat.
However, he surrendered, but he still had another way out, which was to surrender to Wei.
As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to roost. Even though Qu Cheng was persuaded by Zhao Hongrun and said that he was willing to surrender to the Wei State, he later returned to the Chu camp of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and saw that there were as many as 80,000 Chu soldiers.
Soldiers, Qu Cheng still murmured in his heart: What he was most afraid of was that when he was bent on surrendering to the Wei State, Xiong Tuo finally defeated the Wei State. In this way, once his misdeeds of surrendering to the Wei State were exposed in the future,
Then death is certain.
But now, King Su of Wei State has forced Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo to this point without relying on them at all. This means that as long as he increases his firepower and exerts his strength,
, maybe it can help King Su of Wei defeat Xiong Tuo.
Thinking of this, Qu Cheng couldn't help but start to recall what Zhao Hongrun had ordered them to do.
He vaguely remembered that Zhao Hongrun did not ask them to do anything else, except for one thing, that is, when civil strife broke out in the Chu camp, Zhao Hongrun asked them, the surrendered generals, to take the opportunity to burn the Chu camp.
Set fire to the camp...
Qu Cheng's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly had some ideas.
"Your Majesty." Qu Cheng clasped his fists and said in a low voice: "How about this? Let's set a fire and burn down the camp."
"What?" Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, looked at Qu Cheng in shock and said in disbelief: "Is this the idea you came up with?"
However, after thinking about it for a few times, Xiong Tuo seemed to have thought of something and quickly said, "Wait a minute."
"Set the camp on fire?" Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, walked back and forth in the tent and thought, "You mean to lure the Wei army to take the opportunity to attack my camp?"
"Exactly." Qu Cheng nodded and said in a deep voice: "Ji Run had bad intentions when he put back the 30,000 soldiers. He might have guessed that the 30,000 soldiers would conflict with the soldiers under your command. If this was true,
We deliberately caused a fight between the two armies in the camp, and then set fire to the camp. We might be able to deceive the Wei army and induce them to attack our army at night..."
Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, touched his chin and pondered, frowned for a long time and said, "Although Ji Run is young, he is really cunning. Are you sure he will fall into the trap? What if he doesn't fall into the trap?"
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Qu Cheng smiled when he heard this and said: "If he doesn't fall into the trap, your Majesty will have to give up. Why don't you burn down the camp and divide your troops into Linying, Xihua, Zhaoling and other cities to wait for the coming year?"
Let’s fight again in the spring.”
When he heard the words "fight again next spring", Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, frowned instinctively. But thinking about it carefully, Qu Cheng's words were indeed correct: If the Wei army still doesn't take the bait, then obviously, they won't be able to fight again this year.
There was a chance to defeat the Wei army. Instead of wasting the army and food here, it would be better for the scattered troops to be stationed in the Wei cities captured by them, which would at least reduce the pressure on food and grass transportation.
"Zaifu, Lian Bi, what do you two say?" Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, asked the two generals.
Zaifugen and Lian Bi glanced at each other, then glanced at Qu Cheng at the same time, and their evaluation of Qu Cheng increased a bit more.
It is undeniable that the suggestion put forward by Qu Cheng is very beneficial to them at present: if the Wei soldiers fall into the trap, then it is a good thing. They have planned an ambush and may be able to decide in a battle; conversely,
If the Wei soldiers had not fallen into the trap, they would not have suffered any losses, except that they would have burned down a camp that would have burned down if they had withdrawn.
This Qu Cheng...has some skills.
After muttering secretly, Zai Fu Gen and Lian Bi said in unison: "This is a great plan!"
Seeing this, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, was also happy and immediately slapped the table and said: "In this case, it is not too late to implement this plan tonight."
"yes!"
Zaifugen and Lianbi clasped their fists and accepted the order.
Qu Cheng also clasped his fists and muttered secretly in his heart.
His Highness Prince Su of Wei State, Qu, managed to burn down Xiong Tuo's camp according to what you said. I believe you won't be stupid enough to take the opportunity to attack at night, right?... But if it weren't for the night attack, what would you plan to do?