Chapter 288: Meeting Before the War [Supplement 36/40]
When King Zhao Run of Wei rode his four-horse chariot and peered in front of the Allied Army's formation from a distance, Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Wei Shao and others were not the only ones to notice. For example, Xiang Mo, the former commander-in-chief of the Allied Army, soon learned that
After hearing this, he came to the battle in person to see if it was King Zhao Run himself.
Unfortunately, due to the distance, Xiang Mo couldn't see clearly whether the king of Wei, Zhao Run, was riding on the four-horse chariot in the distance.
However, he preferred to be Wei King Zhao Run. After all, Wei King Zhao Run had a habit of leading troops, that is, he would carefully observe the enemy's army before the battle, and adopt corresponding restraint tactics based on the enemy's lineup and distribution of arms.
"General, I will take hundreds of soldiers to drive them away," Xiang Mo's general "Naiyu" said.
"No." Xiang Mo shook his head and objected: "The time for our army to go to war with the Wei army has not yet arrived, and the other party is the monarch of the Wei state. Don't let others laugh at us for being unruly."
In Xiang Mo's view, it is meaningless to send people to drive away the chariot in the distance: because 99% of the coalition forces are infantry and lack cavalry, and the four-horse chariot is still far away from his coalition forces, even if they
Sending out manpower would only be able to drive away the chariot at most, but they would not be able to catch Wei Wang Zhao Run on the chariot. How significant could this be?
Is it just to force the Wei monarch to leave in a car in embarrassment?
Well, although this is indeed an interesting thing, what if Wei Wang Zhao Run becomes angry because of this and cancels today's decisive battle?
You know, right now, his coalition forces are 'begging' the Wei army for a decisive battle.
At the end of Xiang Dynasty, it was not known that Qin State had sent troops to Wei State.
Or simply put, no one at the top or bottom of the coalition forces knew anything about it.
"But it's probably not a good thing to let the King of Wei spy on our army's strength." Dou Lian, a general under Xiang Mo, said.
Indeed, you must know that through the formation of an army, you can learn a lot of intelligence and even gain insights into the tactics of this army.
Therefore, Xiang Mo thought about it and then ordered: "Send someone to inform Lord Chu Shui about this matter, and let him make a decision."
"yes!"
After a while, the people sent by Xiang Mo came to the rear army and reported to Chu Shuijun that "King Zhao Run of Wei personally went to the battlefield to spy on the strength of the coalition forces."
At that time, in the rear army's main formation, Chu Shuijun and Qi's general Tian Dan were sitting opposite each other on a desk, deduce the battle based on a map placed on the desk.
In this decisive battle between the Wei army and the allied forces of other countries, the total strength of both sides exceeded one million troops. Therefore, Chu Shuijun, who was in the rear army's main formation, had no way to command the armies under his command in a timely manner. Apart from relying on Xiang Mo, Xiang
Huan, Tian Dan,
In addition to the on-the-spot command of Ji Wu, Huan Hu, Wu Qi and others, they could only rely on this map and the real-time battlefield news sent by scouts and messengers to deduce the direction of the war and come up with ingenious tactics to restrain the Wei army in advance.
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Just as Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan were rehearsing the battle, a soldier sent by Xiang Mo reported: "I am reporting to Chu Shuijun that in front of the front army formation, a chariot with four horses was found.
It is protected by more than a dozen Wei cavalry, and it seems to be the King of Wei's vehicle."
After hearing this, Tian Dan said calmly: "It's probably King Zhao Run of Wei. He has always had this habit."
Chu Shuijun nodded after hearing this, and then asked with great interest: "Speaking of which, I will also meet the King of Wei Zhao Run with my own eyes... General Tian Dan, would you like to accompany me to meet the monarch of Wei?"
Tian Dan thought about it and felt that it would be a good idea to take this opportunity to meet Zhao Run. After all, they had no personal enmity with each other, but were just hostile because of their different positions.
Thinking of this, Tian Dan nodded and said, "Then go and meet Zhao Run. After all, Tian and he haven't seen each other for a long time."
So Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan mounted their horses and headed towards the army formation.
Since it was a meeting between the coaches of both sides, Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan did not bring many bodyguards, only about a dozen people.
Moreover, they ordered the accompanying guards to raise their respective flags, indicating that they were only here for the meeting and had no ill intentions.
After waiting for a stick of incense, Chu Shuijun, Tian Dan and his entourage galloped out of the coalition formation and headed towards the four-horse chariot of Wei King Zhao Run.
Seeing this scene, the guards generals Cen Chang, Yan Shun, and Tong Xin who were guarding Zhao Run's chariot couldn't help but become nervous.
Although there were only a dozen people coming from the opposite side, and it seemed that Chu Shuijun, Tian Dan and others came to pay a visit to Zhao Run, Cen Chang, Yan Shun, and Tong Xin still did not dare to take it lightly.
After all, the stakes in the safety of His Majesty in the chariot are too great.
"Your Majesty..." Cen Chang hesitated beside the carriage, as if he wanted to give up Zhao Run's plan to meet Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan at this moment.
As if he had guessed what Cen Chang, Yan Shun, and Tong Xin were thinking, Zhao Run smiled and said comfortingly: "Don't be impatient, let's see what they want to do... I'll just be careful."
Seeing this, Cen Chang clasped his fists and begged: "Your Majesty, please allow me to board the royal chariot and protect you with a shield."
"Okay." Zhao Run smiled and nodded.
After receiving Zhao Run's permission, Cen Chang dismounted and boarded the four-horse chariot that Zhao Run was riding in with excitement.
Seeing this scene, Yan Shun and Tong Xin looked at each other with envy.
It's a pity that their level is not as good as Cen Chang's and they don't dare to grab this honor.
At this time, Chu Shuijun, Tian Dan and his entourage had also approached Zhao Run and others, which caused Yan Shun, Tong Xin and the other Huben guards to pull the reins slightly to the right, so that the reins on their left arms would
There is a round arm shield exclusive to cavalry, which can be vaguely blocked on the chest, and their right hand
, and subconsciously placed it on the right thigh. This posture looks quite powerful, but in fact, these tiger guards are just for the convenience of drawing their swords at any time - the reason why they do not directly press their hands on the hilt of the sword is
Because such a move is too obviously hostile, it can easily lead to misunderstandings.
But having said that, it is not only the Tiger Guards around Zhao Run who are so cautious. In fact, the guards behind Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan are also facing a formidable enemy at this moment. They all have sullen faces and stare at the dozen or so people opposite.
Named Tiger Ben Imperial Guard.
"Your Excellency must be the monarch of Wei."
At a distance of seven to eight feet, Lord Chu Shui reined in his horse and raised his hand.
At this time, Zhao Run was standing on the chariot holding a sword. Hearing this, he looked at Chu Shuijun up and down, and said lightly: "Could you be that Chu Shuijun?... What are you doing?"
I saw Chu Shuijun smiled politely, raised his hands and said: "I once read "Yitan" written by Zhou Chu, the novelist leader of your country. He said in the book that if you don't know the name of Wei Wangrun, it will be like living in vain.
, Hahahaha... Today I learned that the King of Wei was personally in front of the battle to spy on the strength of our coalition forces, so I came here to pay a visit. "
Zhao Run's face was expressionless, but he felt a little embarrassed in his heart. After all, he had also read the "Anecdote", so he naturally knew that the novelists praised him. Some praised him, complimented him, and touted his stories. Zhao Run
After reading it, Run felt inexplicably embarrassed.
But it cannot be denied that it was this miscellaneous book that once again raised his image to a higher level in the minds of the Wei people and even the people of the Central Plains - he was almost touted as a saint descended from heaven.
Shaking his head secretly and throwing away all these messy thoughts in his mind, Zhao Run concentrated on sizing up Chu Shuijun, the head coach of the coalition forces.
To be honest, the first time he saw Chu Shuijun, Zhao Run thought of Zhou Pu, the Zongwei who followed him on the expedition and was currently in Daliang to appease the people and control public security.
Zongwei Zhou Pu, who is that?
That guy is a man who talks sweetly but hides a sword in his smile. If he hadn't been trained by the clan since he was a child, and during this period he was repeatedly instilled by the clan with the idea of being loyal to Wei and loyal to the object of his allegiance, a person like this might be even more dangerous than Zhang Qigong.
Even among Zhao Run's Zongwei, Zhou Pu is usually silent, but just looking at Mu Qing, a thorny person who even his monarch Zhao Run dares to tease, but does not dare to tease Zhou Pu, you can roughly guess that.
Zhou Pu's intimidation to him.
If that's not enough, take a look at the prisons of the Ministry of Punishment. Zhou Pu was transferred to the Ministry of Punishment as the warden for only a month. The prisoners were trembling with fear when they saw Zhou Pu. The strange thing is that Zhou Pu actually
Overly cruel punishments were not imposed on those prisoners - many of the punishments Zhou Pu came up with were actually bloodless.
As for the Chu Shuijun in front of him, Zhao Run knew at a glance that he was working with Zhou Pu, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him. Hearing this, he said lightly: "After the visit, Chu Shuijun can go back. Don't stay here to hinder me.
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Seeing Zhao Run not giving him face, Chu Shuijun was upset and said with a sigh of relief: "It is said that the King of Wei treats virtuous people and is generous, so I came here to pay my respects. I never thought that the King of Wei would be so rude..."
"Open-minded?"
Zhao Run sneered, looked at Chu Shuijun and said coldly: "As far as I know, you allowed your soldiers to loot and massacre the people of Wei Dynasty. I wish I could cut you into pieces, and you still want me to deal with you."
Are you magnanimous?...I have only one sentence for you, wash my neck and wait. The day when the coalition forces are defeated will be the time for you to be crowned!"
"..."
Chu Shuijun's face turned red with anger when he heard this. He ignored his gentleness and said coldly: "King Wei thinks that your Wei State will win? It's really ridiculous! ... I really don't know where King Wei's confidence comes from.
Place!"
"madness!"
Zhao Run curled his lips and mocked: "Do you really think that I don't know the reason why your coalition forces frequently force war?"
Having said this, he glanced at Tian Dan and said jokingly: "Tian Dan, I really admire your calmness. Aren't you afraid that Linzi will be attacked by the elite soldiers of Wei Dynasty?"
Chu Shuijun was about to retort with sarcasm, but his momentum suddenly froze when he heard these words. Tian Dan, who was originally calm and composed, also showed a solemn look after hearing this.
After a long time, Tian Dan frowned and asked: "Since the King of Wei knew the intentions of our coalition forces, why did he still accept the challenge?... Tian knew that the King of Wei was wise and resourceful, and every decision he made was amazing, but today...
…Haha, could it be that your country can’t support it anymore?”
Zhao Run laughed loudly when he heard this, and immediately looked at Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, I could have waited for your coalition to collapse, but this was not enough to vent the anger in my heart. Therefore, I accepted the fight.
Just to defeat the coalition forces with my own hands, slaughter all the millions of troops including you, kill them all, and build the corpse into a temple to warn the Central Plains: This is the fate of being an enemy of the Wei Dynasty!"
"..."
Chu Shuijun and Tian Dan seemed to be shocked by Zhao Run's glaring aura and his murderous words. Although their lips moved slightly, they didn't know what to say.