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From April 18th to 19th, Wei King Zhao Run received battle reports from Suiyang County Magistrate Huang Yu, Captain Shi Xin, Shangliang Marquis Zhao Anding, and Jijiao Cavalry Commander Boxi Le.
The four of them are all talking about the same thing, that is, the "Battle of Suiyang", but they focus on different angles.
The battle report of the county magistrate Huang Yu, the specific details of the casualties between the enemy and the enemy, etc., are only briefly mentioned. He focuses more on describing how the soldiers and civilians of Suiyang County, as well as the nobles and families in Suiyang County united as one and worked together to share the common destiny in the face of the Chu army's attack.
, I hope that the imperial court will reward this righteousness of "defending the home and the country", and it is best to engrave the names of the soldiers and civilians of Suiyang County who died heroically in this battle on the inside of the city wall like Zhaoling, for future generations to pay homage to.
Something like that.
Of course, Zhao Run would not refuse this.
Captain Shi Xin's battle report was the most specific of the four. He objectively told the entire "Battle of Suiyang" and the specific casualties of both the enemy and ourselves. However, as generals, Shi Xin and Huang Yu had the greatest conflict.
The difference is that he attributed the greatest credit for repelling the Chu army to the army, whether it was the county army of Suiyang County, the private army of Shangliang Marquis Zhao Anding, or the Jiejiao cavalry of Bosile, unlike Huang
Hui believed that the unity of the army and the people in the city was the biggest factor in repelling the Chu army.
In addition, Captain Shi Xin made a vague suggestion in the battle report, hoping to expand the garrison strength of Suiyang County and upgrade this army from a "county army" to a "garrison army". This part is in
The battle report occupies a large space, but in the final analysis it is to explain one thing: Suiyang is located in a "critical" place and needs to improve its self-protection capabilities.
Zhao Run thought for a while and agreed.
As for the battle report of Zhao Anding, Marquis of Shangliang, it should be the most "private goods" among the four battle reports. In summary, it is about describing hardships and showing loyalty. It probably means that he was extremely loyal to the country and the monarch, and he won the title of Shi Xin, the captain of Suiyang County.
After asking for help, he immediately led his private army to help, and then began to describe the losses in the battle. The losses of his private army included that he heroically killed the enemy in that battle, but was hit by the enemy's arrows and suffered.
Seriously injured or something.
When he saw this paragraph, Zhao Run curled his lips inwardly: He was so seriously injured, but it didn't stop you from writing a letter to me to ask for credit!
Of course, the slander is the slander, but then Zhao Run still wrote a letter of commendation to Liang Marquis Zhao Anding. After all, as the saying goes, if you want a horse to run fast, you have to feed the horse grass.
Since Zhao Anding, Marquis of Shangliang, has indeed made contributions to Suiyang County, then Zhao Run will naturally give him a reward to continue to encourage the nobles in the country to continue serving the country.
Finally, there is the battle report written by Bosile. This battle report is very concise, as if it is just to tell Zhao Run that the crisis in Suiyang has been resolved, Guling Lord Xiong Wu has also been killed, and as for the betrayal in Gulingyi
In the Wei State, the Qu clan colluded with Lord Xiong Wu of Guling, and his warriors from Jiejiao also eliminated them.
Zhao Run smacked his lips after seeing this battle report.
"Did Gao Kuo give the order to the Qu clan in Gulingyi?"
Zhao Run thought secretly.
It turned out that Zhao Run asked General Zhai Huang to issue orders to Bosile from Tiance Mansion, which was only to "relieve the siege of Suiyang". Unexpectedly, Bosile actually attacked Gulingyi and captured this land.
Zhao Run felt that this was most likely an order from Zuo Duwei Gao Kuo, because only Gao Kuo knew that the Qu family in Gulingyi had secretly colluded with Guling Lord Xiong Wu to betray Wei, and Gao Kuo himself
He was also the Wei Chen who supported the idea of "unification of the Central Plains" of Jie Ziu, Gongyang Gao and others.
Since the Qu family in Gulingyi foolishly chose to abandon the Wei State, Gao Kuo would naturally not miss this opportunity and would definitely take the opportunity to take Gulingyi back to the Wei State.
In fact, this is also in line with Wei's interests.
It seems that Wei State did not regain Song County at the beginning. In this case, Gulingyi was like an enclave sandwiched between Song County and Chu State. It was easy to attack and difficult to defend, so it was abandoned by Wei State.
But now, the Wei State has already recovered Song County. If it recovers Gulingyi, it can further contact Suiyang and Shangshui and put pressure on Chu's Pingyu City.
Based on this, Zhao Run thought for a moment and chose to reveal the matter. Anyway, Gao Kuo, as the Zuo Captain of Tiance Mansion, did have this power.
Furthermore, Zhao Run did not need to worry that Gao Kuo would betray him or do anything to endanger his country of Wei.
In comparison, it was the fact that Bosile killed Guling Lord Xiong Wu that made Zhao Run feel rather regretful.
After all, just as Guling Lord Xiong Wu said to Bosile that day, as long as he surrenders to the Wei State, the Wei State will have the status to intervene in the Chu Kingdom's throne struggle, and can legitimately attack the current Chu King Xiong Tuo——
Zhao Run didn't believe that Xiong Tuo had completely controlled Chu State, so if Xiong Wu was really willing to surrender, this would be a good card.
Unexpectedly, that guy Bosile actually killed Xiong Wu...
"It's a pity."
Zhao Run muttered a few words.
Although he felt a little sorry for Xiong Wu's death, that was all.
Furthermore, even if everyone is killed, Zhao Run will not blame Bosile because of this, because it will not help.
"Return these to Tiance Mansion and keep them for future research on merit and rewards."
Throwing Bosile's battle report on the table, Zhao Hongrun pointed to the four battle reports and said to the eunuch Gao He.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Gao He immediately ordered the young eunuch behind him to return these four battle reports to Tiance Mansion.
At this time, Zhao Run had already walked to the table in the center of Ganlu Hall's study room and stared at the map of the Central Plains on the table filled with various soldier chess pieces.
"Guling Lord Xiong Wu's side has been resolved..."
Muttering to himself, Zhao Hongrun picked up a soldier chess piece representing the Chu army in the "Suiyang" area on the map, and threw it into the brazier aside without looking at it, causing a few sparks to splash.
Immediately, Zhao Run stared at the map attentively.
There is still no change in the Qin State in the west, so it can be ignored for the time being.
Over in Shangshui City, the Wei army's six military camps outside the city have been removed one by one by Xiong Hu, Lord Pingyu of Chu. However, Xiong Hu also paid a loss of nearly 100,000 troops for this. Xiong Hu is now waiting for re-recruitment.
Military strength can be ignored for the time being.
Over in Handan, the Wei army still abides by the orders of Wei King Zhao Run and refuses to go to South Korea. It can also be ignored for the time being.
Gradually, Zhao Run's eyes slowly fell on the "Weishan Lake" area on the map, where there were several exquisite warship sculptures, and to the south were several chess piece sculptures of Chu soldiers.
These two represent respectively the Huling Navy of Wei State and the army under Chu Shuijun of Chu State.
This is currently the battlefield between Wei and Chu, no, it should be said to be the most solemn battlefield in the entire Central Plains.
It has to be said that Zhao Run had high hopes for the Huling Navy, hoping that the Huling Navy could defeat the elites in the Chudong region of Chu State.
Of course, the Huling Navy has not disappointed Zhao Run so far. The problem is that the enemy the Huling Navy faces this time is too powerful.
Generals Xiang Mo, Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei, Shouling Lord Jingyun, Diyang Lord Xiong Li, and even Yu Lian, Xiang Mo's younger brother Xiang Kuan, who had been stationed at Zhaoguan, now also lead his troops, as well as Yue
The Dongou Army of the Chu State came to the Weishan Lake area together, which simply included all the elite Chu troops in the Chudong area of the Chu State.
Facing such a powerful Chu army, let alone the Huling Navy Army, even if the Shang Shui Army, Wei Wu Army, Yanling Army, etc. were added, it would be a fierce battle.
"First remove the thorn in the side of the Huling navy, and then move the army to Song County, where they will join forces with Qi, Lu, Yue and other countries to jointly attack the Wei Dynasty... Haha, Chu Shuijun is surprisingly a very stable person.
"
Zhao Hongrun suddenly sneered.
"Your Majesty, urgent report from Huling!"
Outside the hall, a hurried announcement came.
After receiving Zhao Run's permission, a guard from the Tiance Mansion who was a Zongwei hurried into the middle hall, clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Huling. The generals of Lu State, Ji Wu and Huan Hu, are deploying in Weishan.
On the shore of Hubei, we want to attack our navy."
"..."
After hearing this urgent report, Zhao Run's face showed no emotion. He frowned slightly and calmly dismissed the guard who came to deliver the news.
"...The Huling navy can't stop it. No, even if the Lu army doesn't join the battle, the Huling navy can't stop the Chu army... It seems that the original plan and strategy is not going to work... at least the Huling navy
Here, I have to think again..."
After staring at the map for a while, Zhao Run suddenly ordered: "Gao He, notify Tiance Mansion and order the Huling navy to retreat immediately and retreat along the Lianglu Canal to Dingtao to avoid being flanked by the Chu-Lu coalition forces!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
About ten days later, several Qingya people traveled day and night to Huling and handed over the order from Tiance Mansion to General Zhou Kui.
At this time, the defense of the Huling navy was mainly divided into two parts: land and water. The land refers to the attack from Sishui County, that is, the Chu army under the command of Lord Chu Shui, while the water route refers to the attack from Weishan Lake -
—A month ago, Chu’s warships sailed upstream along the Si River
And on the way, they forcibly broke into Weishan Lake, so far that the naval forces of Wei and Chu have broken out several battles on Weishan Lake, but for the time being, the Wei army has the upper hand. After all, the Huling Navy's Tiger warships
, which is much more advanced than Chu's warships.
However, the advantage in the water battle could not reverse the disadvantage in the land battle. Facing hundreds of thousands of Chu troops, Huling County was crumbling. Even Zhou Kui, Cai Qinhu and others did not know how many days they could hold on.
And just when they were worried, they suddenly received an order from Tiance Mansion.
"What? Retreat to Dingtao?"
When he saw the secret letter from Tiance Mansion, Zhou Kui couldn't believe it.
If we retreat to Dingtao at this time, wouldn't this be equivalent to surrendering the entire Song County to the Chu State?
However, when Zhou Kui saw the second half of the secret letter, the shock on his face was gradually replaced by sudden realization, and he even showed a slight smile in the end.
"That's it...please go back to Tiance Mansion, I, the Huling Navy, will take the order!"