On the ninth day of June, it took three days for Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Marquis Zhao Tan to lead 30,000 private troops from Dingtao to Jishi County.
This marching speed, how should I put it, if it were the army under Zhao Hongrun, most of the army commanders would be dismissed. It is so slow, it is simply too slow!
But Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Hou Zhao Tan didn't mind.
Because they know that the 30,000 private troops under their command are, to put it harshly, a mob. How can they compare with the elite domestic armies such as the Shangshui Army, the Yanling Army, and the Wei Wu Army? If they insist on ordering a rush march, they may arrive in Jishi County.
The soldiers are exhausted, so why fight?
As it is now, although the marching speed is a bit slow, it still ensures the physical strength of the soldiers.
That's good.
However, when the army arrived outside the city of Jishi County, Chengling King Zhao Shen and Anping Marquis Zhao Tan found themselves in trouble with this first step. What should they do?
This is no wonder, after all, these two princes have no actual combat experience, they have only read some military books, but none of the military books contains detailed records of the steps of siege warfare.
"How about being polite first and then fighting?" Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, suggested: "As far as I know, the guard "Ding Hu" of Jishi County is one of Nangong Yao's favorite generals. Now that Nangong Yao is dead, I believe Ding Hu
The tiger is also at a loss. If you and I send troops to persuade them to surrender, we might be able to capture this city without any bloodshed."
"Hmm." Chengling King Zhao Shen nodded in agreement, and immediately wrote a letter in his own hand and sent an escort to the Ji family.
About an hour later, a letter from Chengling King Zhao Shen persuading him to surrender was delivered to the hands of Ding Hu, the defender of Jishi County.
However, after receiving the letter, Ding Hu did not immediately open it and read it. Instead, he handed it to a young man at the main seat in the hall: "Your Majesty, this is sent by the army outside the city.
of."
The prince in Ding Hu's mouth is Nangong Yao's eldest son "Nangong Chen (hen)".
On the same day, Nangong Yao led his army back to Suiyang, only to find that Suiyang had been stolen by the ambitious general Huan Hu, so he attacked the city in anger. Unexpectedly, he was captured by Chen Shou, a fierce general under Huan Hu, in the midst of thousands of troops.
Taken the first rank.
At that time, Nangong Chen was by his father's side. Seeing that the situation was over, he led some of the remaining defeated generals to defect to his family, hoping to use the strength of his father's favorite general "Ding Hu" to recapture Suiyang and kill Huan Hu to avenge his father.
Unexpectedly, before the Ji family sent troops to attack Suiyang, they heard news that Daliang wanted to send troops to conquer Song County, and Nangong Yao was officially designated as a traitor by the Daliang court. Therefore, Nangong Chen and Ding Hu disappeared
I dare to act rashly and want to see if this rumor is true.
Unexpectedly, this incident was not groundless. Not long after, the imperial court sent a conquest army.
Fortunately, the troops sent to conquer were not the well-known elite troops of the Wei State, but a ragtag group of nobles from the Su Wang Party.
"Zhao Shen, King of Chengling... Tsk! Why did he choose the Ji family?"
After Nangong Chen saw the letter, he frowned deeply.
Seeing his expression, Ding Hu clapped his chest and said vowed: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, as long as Ding is here, the mob outside the city will never be able to take down the Ji family!"
What he said was not an outburst. After all, the aristocratic private army outside the city was indeed unsightly, with uneven equipment and poor military discipline. If his family was defeated by such a mob, why would Ding Hu ever be regarded as a favorite by Nangong Yao?
Will?
"That's not what I'm worried about." Nangong Chen shook his head and said.
Indeed, he is not worried about the mob outside the city. The problem is, who doesn’t know that the noble private troops outside the city are from Su Wang Zhao Run’s side? If he beats the opponent too hard, what if Chengling Wang Zhao Shen turns around to look for Su?
Wang Zhaorun mobilized reinforcements. How could a mere Ji family stop the elite troops under Su Wang Zhaorun?
"What should we do?"
Hearing Nangong Chen mention "Su Wang Zhao Run", even though Ding Hu boasted about his bravery, he would inevitably feel a little wary.
At this time, Nangong Chen was also a little confused and at a loss. After thinking for a while, he said melancholy: "General Ding Hu, let's defend the city for the time being. I hope the troops outside the city can retreat...
…”
Ding Hu thought for a moment and felt that this was all he could do now, so he nodded and retreated.
So, half an hour later, Jishi County put on a posture of defending the city.
At this time, outside the city, Chengling King Zhao Shen did not wait for Jishi County's response for a long time. He went out to watch the battle in person, but saw that Jishi County had put up a defensive posture, and he understood in his heart.
"I don't know how to appreciate it! How dare you resist the heavenly soldiers!"
Cursing secretly in his heart, Chengling King Zhao Shen immediately ordered: Set up a camp first, and then attack Ji's family!
As a result, 30,000 private troops went to the nearby area to cut down trees and build camps.
During this period, Ding Hu, the guard of Jishi County, watched the private army logging and building camps outside the city from the city tower, feeling very anxious.
Because the private army outside the city at this time was simply full of loopholes in his eyes. If he hadn't been worried about offending King Su Zhao Run, he would have led his army out of the city long ago.
I believe that just one sneak attack would be enough to cause heavy losses to this ragtag group!
"Damn, you are so useless!"
After yelling and cursing, Ding Hu simply went back to the tower to have a drink.
It has to be said that the private armies of the nobles in the Wei Kingdom are indeed of no use. Even the private armies of the nobles of the Su Wang Party are like this. They just built a military camp. It took three days to build only half of it.
Even so, the soldiers under his command couldn't help shouting that they were tired.
Three days later, Huan Hu of Suiyang received the news and took Chen Shou and dozens of Suiyang soldiers to the Jishi County area. Seeing that the two sides had not yet started fighting, the former big thief was extremely surprised.
"Alas, these rabble have really insulted the reputation of "Su Wang Zhao Run"." Huan Hu crossed his arms and teased the private army of Chengling King Zhao Shen and others.
The Shang Shui Army and Yanling Army under the command of Su Wang Zhao Run were so elite. There were many battles in which they destroyed the city in one day and attacked for thousands of miles. Even Huan Hu had to say a word of admiration, but Zhao Shen, the King of Chengling, was so powerful.
It would be a good idea to help the nobles of the Su Wang Party. From Dingtao to Jishi, it took five or six days to write the ink, but the fight has not started yet. Huan Hu is really curious: If Su Wang Zhao Run learns about this situation, he wonders how he will feel.
"What a leisurely battle."
Huan Hu simply sat down cross-legged on the mound, resting his chin on his hand as he watched the aristocratic private soldiers building a military camp in the distance. He licked his lips and said, "That Ding Hu is said to be a fierce general under Nangong Yao. How can he do this?"
Don’t you even understand night raids?”
After hearing this, Chen Shou beside him said calmly: "I don't think it's because I don't understand, but because I don't dare... I think Nangong Chen and Ding Hu came here just to defend the city and let Chengling King Zhao Shen and his gang know the difficulties.
retreat."
"Hey, hey, hey, then when should I wait? I came here specially to watch the battle!" Huan Hu complained, slapping his thigh, but Chen Shou ignored him at all.
After a while, Huan Hu licked his lips and lowered his voice and said: "Chen Shou, take some people with you to go to the military camp tonight, so that King Chengling... should be more vigilant."
, he seemed to have thought of something, and added: "Just set a few fires, but don't scare those nobles."
As if he guessed Huan Hu's thoughts, Chen Shou nodded and said, "I understand."
That night, Chen Shou took more than a dozen people and sneaked into the camp of the nobles' private army of the Su Wang Party outside the city.
Those so-called patrol soldiers were completely unwary and were easily knocked down by Chen Shou and his party.
Afterwards, Chen Shou set several fires in the camp and shouted a few words at the top of his lungs: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
After shouting, he evacuated decisively.
Just as he expected, the military camp exploded immediately. Countless soldiers of the noble private army ran back and forth in panic, trampling on each other, which made Ding Hu of the Ji clan shocked: Inexplicably, the noble private army outside the city
Just blow up the camp?
The next day, Chengling King Zhao Shen counted the losses with a grim face, only to discover that there were thousands of casualties last night, but the so-called enemy did not leave a single corpse.
This ugly casualty figure made the nobles such as Chengling King Zhao Tan and Anping Marquis Zhao Tan blush. They lost thousands of people without even seeing the enemy clearly?
"Damn Ding Hu! Do you think this will make us retreat?!"
Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was furious and immediately ordered: "Send the order to attack the city today!"
Mistaking that they were attacked by Ding Hu from Jishi County last night, Chengling King Zhao Shen and others were furious and immediately used the twenty catapults rented from the Smelting Bureau.
At first, neither Ding Hu from Jishi County nor Huan Hu, who was watching the battle on the mound next to the battlefield, paid much attention to it. After all, catapults had long been on the streets.
But when the twenty catapults fired stone projectiles together, Ding Hu and Huan Hu felt something was wrong: The range of these twenty catapults was too damn far, right?
"boom"
"Boom"
Due to the lack of experience among the soldiers of the noble private army, the hit rate of the stone projectiles thrown by the catapults was frighteningly low. However, the effective range of these catapults was more than one mile, which still shocked Ding Hu of the Ji clan and those watching the battle.
Huan Hu.
"Hey, hey, there's something wrong with these catapults..."
Huan Hu opened his eyes wide and murmured in surprise.
Chen Shou also saw this scene, frowned slightly and said: "These nobles are backed by Su Wang Zhao Run, maybe they are the latest war weapons of Daliang Smelting Bureau..."
"This is interesting." Huan Hu licked his lips.
You must know that at the beginning, he simply wanted to watch a good show, and did not think that a mob like Chengling King Zhao Shen could cause heavy casualties to Ji's defenders.
But if there are new war weapons developed by Daliang Smelting Bureau hidden among these private armies, then it is uncertain who will win in this battle.
Maybe without Huan Hu taking action himself, Nangong Chen and Ding Hu of the Ji family would be dealt with by the rabble of Chengling King Zhao Shen.
Just as Huan Hu was thinking to himself, he suddenly heard a loud bang from Jishi County, and then a burst of cheers came from the phalanx of the noble private army.
Huan Hu took a closer look, and then the smile on his face became even bigger: it turned out that the gate tower of Jishi County was destroyed by one of the twenty catapults.
"Tsk, tsk, Ding Hu can't sit still..."
Licking his lips, Huan Hu smiled secretly in his heart.