ps: There was a problem with the network at home today. It took a lot of effort to fix it. I ran out of time, so I can only give you a chapter of 4,000 words. This is not to break the chapter, so I'm sorry.
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"Report! Report to the Lord, Li Chang's three thousand men have led his troops to attack the enemy city!"
An orderly soldier panted and rushed to Gulingjun Xiong Wu, knelt on the ground with one knee and cupped his fists to report.
"good!"
After hearing this, Xiong Wu, the Lord of Guling, who was sitting astride his mount, excitedly clenched the reins in his hands, stared at Suiyang City in the distance with eyes full of expectation and excitement, and raised a smile at the corner of his mouth.
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In fact, around noon three days ago, Lord Guling Xiong Wu led his troops to Suiyang County and arrived at the Suishui River.
After passing Suishui, Suiyang is in front of you.
At that time, on the north bank of Suishui River, the army of Suiyang County had built a simple Wei camp on the river bank, as well as several antlers and other defensive facilities.
The magistrate of Suiyang County is Huang, the magistrate of Qianyu County, and the garrison general is Shi Xin, the former Shangshui Youma 500-man general.
A few years ago, after Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, and his general Pang Huan and others recaptured Suiyang from Huan Hu, the then prince Zhao Run considered that Suiyang County was located between Chu and Song counties, and one of the key points of Yingshui was from
When the Chu State sent troops to attack the Wei State, it was bound to pass through Shangshui and Suiyang, so it intended to send reliable officials to Suiyang.
In the end, Zhao Run chose Huang, the magistrate of Yuxian County.
As for Shi Xin, he was immediately promoted from a hundred-man general to a five-hundred-man general by Ma You, the chief general of the Youma Army, because he killed Xiong Shang, one of the first three pillars of the Chu Kingdom, during the Battle of Yongqiu.
, and then a few months later, when the Daliang court was discussing merit and rewards, Shi Xin was promoted to the rank of Thousand-Man General.
Later, when Zhao Run decided to transfer Huang, the magistrate of Yuxian County, to Suiyang, he considered that the latter was a civil servant and was too stable, so he decided to choose a brave and aggressive young general.
At that time, Zhao Run remembered the Youma Army general who killed Diyang Lord Xiong Shang in the Battle of Yongqiu, and promoted him to the rank of captain of Suiyang County.
Facts have proved that Zhao Run's arrangement is reasonable. When he learned that Gulingjun Xiong Wu had gathered hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Suiyang County, Suiyang County Magistrate Huang immediately decided to defend the city and tried to rely on the city wall of Suiyang County.
Stop the Chu army.
However, Captain Shi Xin, who was in his thirties at this time, put forward the opposite opinion. He believed that although his army in Suiyang County was small, with only a few thousand people, he could not shrink into the city and increase the arrogance of the Chu army.
Everyone knows that 60 to 70% of Chu's army is generally composed of soldiers recruited from grain. However, this kind of ragtag army has a very obvious characteristic, that is, it can only fight against the wind. When Chu's army is in good shape,
These grain recruits transformed into tigers and wolves one by one, and were simply more ferocious than the regular army; but if the Chu army was at a disadvantage, these grain recruits would be the first to collapse.
Therefore, Shi Xin believes that retreating to the city will only boost the morale of Gulingjun Xiong Wu's grain soldiers. Once this rabble has developed morale, the thousands of troops in Suiyang County alone will not be enough to stop hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers.
military.
Therefore, Shi Xin suggested setting up a camp on the north bank of the Suishui River, not to rely on the danger of the Suishui River to deter the Chu army, but to cause as many casualties as possible to the grain soldiers here, so that the latter's morale would plummet due to the huge casualties and they could only let the Chu army retreat.
Only when the morale of the grain-recruited soldiers drops does Suiyang County have the possibility to defend the city.
The fifth day of April was the date when Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, led his army to the south bank of Suishui River.
On the day of arrival, Xiong Wu did not choose to forcibly cross the river immediately. Instead, he ordered his soldiers to cut down the nearby forests and build a pontoon bridge for crossing the river. By the way, he also built a long siege ladder for attacking Suiyang County.
The most fundamental reason is that during the march, there was a disconnect between his regular army and the grain-recruited troops. Nearly 70% of the grain-recruited troops fell far behind the regular army during the march. It was not until around dusk that these grain-recruited troops were
Arriving late, we arrived at Suishui.
This caused Gulingjun Xiong Wu to miss the opportunity to attack Suiyang County. After receiving the warning from the patrolling sentry, the captain of Suiyang County promptly led his troops out of the city and built a simple camp on the north bank of Suishui River.
Of course, this does not affect Gulingjun Xiong Wu's tactical arrangements for attacking Suiyang. After all, he never thought of relying on long-distance raids to capture Suiyang County. Long-distance raids place too high demands on soldiers. Ordinary Chu soldiers are just playing
Not turning.
Unless it is a very special elite army, such as the direct line troops of the famous generals of Chu such as Generals Xiang Mo and Xiang Kuan.
The next day, the sixth day of April, Lord Xiong Wu of Guling ordered his troops to forcibly cross the Suishui River. On the other side of the river, Captain Shi Xin of Suiyang County led about 3,000 soldiers to fight to the death.
On that day, the Chu army that forcibly crossed the Suishui River recruited more than 20,000 soldiers. However, Captain Shi Xin only had 3,000 soldiers under his command, a huge disparity in strength.
However, relying on the personal strength of the soldiers and the disparity in weapons and equipment, Shi Xin's army of more than 3,000 Wei soldiers blocked Guling Lord Xiong Wu for two days, and at the cost of losing more than half of themselves, the Chu army suffered ten times.
of losses.
More importantly, Shi Xin's tenacious defense finally received reinforcements from Shangliang Marquis Zhao Anding. After receiving the news, the latter immediately led a private army of eight thousand to come to help.
On the evening of the third day, Captain Shi Xin and Marquis Zhao Anding of Shangliang discussed the matter.
Considering the remaining strength of Shi Xin's command at that time, the soldiers were extremely tired after fighting for three days. Zhao Anding, the Marquis of Shangliang, suggested that Shi Xin retreat to Suiyang with him.
The reason is very simple, because Zhao Anding, the Marquis of Shangliang, did not think that he could stop the army of Chu Guling Lord Xiong Wu.
It’s no wonder, after all, the army under Zhao Anding, Marquis of Shangliang, is just a private army. The combat quality and equipment level of the soldiers are not comparable to those of the elite divisions of the first echelon of Wei State. Even the county troops under Shi Xin’s command
They may not be able to catch up with it. After all, it is a private army. Weapons and equipment require nobles like Zhao Anding, the Marquis of Shangliang, to purchase obsolete armaments from the court at low prices. This is a big expense.
Shi Xin was hesitant at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he finally accepted the suggestion of Zhao Anding, Marquis of Shangliang, abandoned the camp on the north bank of Suishui River, and withdrew to Suiyang with the latter's private army. Anyway, in this battle to cross the river, he
He had successfully blocked Gulingjun Xiong Wu for more than two days, and caused the Chu army to suffer nearly 20,000 casualties. But in terms of dampening the arrogance of the Chu army, he had already achieved his goal.
On the afternoon of the eighth day of April, Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, learned that the Wei army on the other side of the river was slowly retreating, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to cross the river, and finally his troops crossed the Suishui River.
It has to be said that this is a great victory for the Chu army. However, because there were too many casualties among the grain recruiters in the first two days, the overall morale of the Chu army was inevitably affected, especially among the grain recruiters in the army. There have been individual grain recruiters.
The phenomenon of escape.
On the ninth day of April, Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, led his army to approach Suiyang.
At this time, there were only about 2,000 county soldiers belonging to Suiyang County in Suiyang City, plus the 8,000 private troops of Liang Marquis Zhao Anding. This was only about 10,000 soldiers, facing the siege of hundreds of thousands of Chu troops.
, inevitably a little nervous.
With the enemy outnumbered, Huang, the magistrate of Suiyang County, personally came forward to plead for the help of the various large and small families in the city, because in his opinion, if he could get the help of these large and small families, the latter would protect the courtyards and servants of their respective houses.
If we gather together, maybe we can gather four to five thousand people.
More importantly, County Magistrate Huang needed to reward money to boost the morale of the soldiers in the city, but the inventory in the county warehouse alone was not enough for him to do this.
It has to be said that the people of Song County are very united, which can be seen from the fact that almost half of Song County secretly supported Xiang's Beibo Army.
No, when all the families in the city learned that County Magistrate Huang had invited them to gather at the county government office to discuss how to repel the Chu army, those who had some eyesight among them had already told their families to collect the gold, silver and copper coins they had in their houses and prepare to donate them to the county.
Even those who were not quick-thinking, at the party, when the county magistrate Huang personally told the county government that the county government was currently short of money to boost the morale of the soldiers, they donated generously.
This made Zhao Anding, the Marquis of Shangliang, who was watching on the sidelines, look straight at the Songjun people. When did they become so generous and easy to talk to?
The key is nothing more than two people: one is Xiang, the leader of the former Song County rebel army Beibo Army; the other is Wei Wang Zhao Run.
As the youngest son of Xiang Ju, a hero of the Song Dynasty, his prestige in Song County was really unparalleled. In addition, before he committed suicide, he wrote a suicide note, advising his generals and the people of Song County to surrender to the Wei State. Therefore, the Wei State
Instead of discrediting Xiang, he further enhanced Xiang's reputation and called him the last loyal minister of the Song Dynasty.
Of course, the purpose of the Wei court was to peacefully regain Song County, but the court's actions also allowed Xiang to gradually replace his father and become the hero in the hearts of Song County people. Since this hero advised them to surrender to Wei, in the future
If the two sides no longer fight each other, how can the people of Song County disobey?
Therefore, based on Xiang Lin's suicide note before his death, the nobles and people of Song County surrendered to the Wei State one after another and never thought of rebellion again.
As for Wei King Zhao Run, even though he resolutely rejected Xiang's request for Song County autonomy, after Wei regained Song County, Zhao Run did not 'punish' the Song County people, and even later, as long as he recognized the Song County people
As a member of the Wei people, the Wei court did not prohibit him from embarking on an official career, even serving as an official in Song County.
In fact, since the Wei State regained Song County, many local heads of prominent families in Song County have served as officials in Song County under the recommendation of Cui Yong, the special envoy to the Song Dynasty.
At this time, the people of Songjun understood the "stubbornness" of Wei King Zhao Run: firstly, Songjun must be the territory of Wei, and secondly, they must admit that Songjun people are also included in the category of "Wei people", just like people from Liangjun, Hanoi people, etc.
As for the others, the monarch was not harsh. He even allowed the people of Song County to continue to pay homage to Xiang Ju, Xiang, and even the former Song royal family.
Under this situation, the people's hearts in Song County inevitably gradually favored Wei. As for the king of Wei, Zhao Run, he was gradually regarded as a wise monarch by the people of Song County.
Precisely because he had gradually accepted the Wei State, accepted the rule of Wei King Zhao Run, and gradually regarded himself as a member of the Wei State, when Suiyang County was attacked by the Chu army, when the county magistrate Huang begged them for help,
The nobles and families in Suiyang City donated generously one after another. The rich contributed money and powerful efforts, so Huang not only raised a large amount of money and materials that could be used to boost the morale of the soldiers, but also gained the support of about 4,000 people.
Strong man.
On the tenth day of April, Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, attacked Suiyang County.
On one side are hundreds of thousands of Chu troops with mediocre morale, and on the other side are the soldiers and civilians of Suiyang County who are united. Guling Lord Xiong Wu would never have thought of this, even though he mobilized 50,000 soldiers on the first day in order to conquer Suiyang as soon as possible.
The army attacked the city from three directions: Suiyang's west city gate, south city gate, and east city gate. Unexpectedly, after four or five hours of fierce fighting, the Chu army still failed to attack the city wall.
Are you kidding?!
At that time, Gulingjun Xiong Wu was so angry that he broke the riding whip in his hand.
No wonder he was so angry, because there were only about 16,700 defenders in Suiyang County at the moment, and only 20% of these defenders were local county soldiers, and 50% were Shangliang Hou Zhao
The remaining 30% of the private army brought by An Ding was composed of some guards, domestic servants, and domestic slaves. Even if he wanted to compare it with the grain soldiers under his command, it was definitely not much better.
But such a patchwork garrison actually blocked the siege of his 50,000-strong army. This is simply unreasonable!
If he were defeated by elite troops like the Shang Shui Army, Yanling Army, and Wei Wu Army from the Wei State, then Guling Lord Xiong Wu would still be able to accept it. Such a patchwork of ragtag groups could actually block his offensive.
, This made Gulingjun Xiong Wu furious.
After withdrawing his troops that day, Lord Guling Xiong Wu summoned his generals and reprimanded him severely. Even his close generals such as Ji Qiu and others were reprimanded by Xiong Wu.
"Don't worry, Lord, we will definitely conquer Suiyang in less than three days!"
At that time, Ji Qiu, who looked ashamed, issued a military order to Guling Lord Xiong Wu in front of all the generals.
This finally made Xiong Wu look a little better.
The next day, Xiong Wu continued to lead his army to attack Suiyang, and the intensity of the attack was even more intense than the previous day.
The soldiers and civilians of Suiyang County defended desperately and managed to hold on to the city.
On the third day, Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, considered that his army had been delayed in Suiyang County for too long and was afraid that Wei would send reinforcements, so he mobilized 100,000 troops in one go and besieged the city on three sides.
It has to be said that with the absolute advantage of troops, even though the soldiers and civilians of Suiyang County fought hard to defend the city, it was difficult to avoid being attacked by the Chu army in the end.
No, when the fierce battle reached noon, Li Chang, the general under Xiong Wu, Lord Guling, led a group of troops to attack the city wall of Suiyang County, which made Xiong Wu very happy.
However, Xiong Wu, who was overjoyed, did not notice that on the hills far west of Suiyang City, a group of people were standing on the top of the mountain, watching the war in Suiyang from a distance.
The leading general with piercing eyes is none other than the commander of the Jiejiao Cavalry, Bosile.
Xiong Wu would not even know that Bosile had actually been watching the battle in these hills for two full days.
"... Pass the order, it's time for our army to attack."
Looking at the siege battle in the distance in the direction of Suiyang, Bosile stood with his hands folded, raised his right hand, and murmured orders in his ethnic language.
"Attack the entire army! Defeat them!"
A moment later, tens of thousands of Jiejiao cavalry, as ferocious and as brave as prairie wolves, roared out from both sides of the hills, which was better than the terrifying wolf plague that the people of Wei had heard about. rw