If his judgment were heard by Zhao Hongrun, the latter would never believe that these words came from a recruit who had only been in the army for five months.
Dangshan Army... Cheng Gao Army...
In the felt tent, Zhao Hongrun stared at the positions of the two black chess pieces on the clay plate, which represented the Dangshan Army and the Chenggao Army respectively.
In fact, he conjectured that these two armies were definitely no longer at the positions marked on the clay plate. But the problem was that Zhao Hongrun had no way of judging the true whereabouts of these two armies due to the loss of contact with the outside world.
He could only judge the movements of the two armies based on the strategic policies they had discussed in advance.
Yes, before these two armies left Luocheng, Zhao Hongrun had discussed with the two generals Sima An and Zhu Hai respectively, and arranged corresponding tasks for these two generals.
As for Sima An, Zhao Hongrun ordered him to lead his army to attack the tribal camp of the Jiejiao tribe in a roundabout way, and attack the Sanchuan tribe that they encountered along the way and were assisting the Jiejiao tribe.
Although Zhao Hongrun said it very cryptically at the time, Sima An was obviously able to understand its meaning and deeply agreed with the decision made by His Royal Highness Prince Su.
As the saying goes, in troubled times, heavy rules should be used. Severe cases require strong medicine, which is called evil treatment!
Note: Severe cases require strong medicine. This sentence used here is similar to "fighting poison with poison" or "treating a dead horse as a living horse".
But today's Sanchuan, especially the Jie tribe, they no longer have any respect or fear for the Wei people. They occupy the master's courtyard and actually fight against the master. To be too polite to such evil neighbors will only make the other party angry.
I will push myself even further without taking you seriously.
The best way is for the master to call out the slaves and teach them a lesson.
And Sima An and the Dangshan Army under his command will definitely be the best candidates to make the Jie people fear Wei again.
As for Zhu Hai and the Chenggao Army under his command, Zhao Hongrun did not arrange any tasks for him. After all, he predicted at that time that the Jie people would definitely use cavalry to cut off the connection between the two armies and Luocheng. Therefore, instead of being out of reach,
Reluctantly commanding Cheng Gao's army, it is better to let Zhu Hai fight on his own. After all, this is a general who is not inferior to Sima An and Baili Ba. His grasp of the battle situation cannot be any worse.
It is undeniable that the command method, which only gives Sima An and Zhu Hai a general strategic direction, but lets them consider specific matters by themselves, is undoubtedly the best. After all, plans do not change quickly, and the ever-changing battle situation relies more on reliance.
The generals responded to the situation.
However, the biggest problem with such an arrangement is that Zhao Hongrun has no clue about the daily movements of the two armies.
For example, Zhao Hongrun could predict that the Dangshan Army must be heading towards the tribal camp of the Jiejiao tribe, but how far they traveled every day, where they were on a certain day of the month, or whether they were sneaking into the Jiejiao tribe.
Whether the tribe's tribal camp was successful or not, Zhao Hongrun had no way of knowing.
This is quite important.
To use another analogy, suppose that the Jiejiao people noticed the Dangshan Army's attempt, so that the latter's plan to launch a sneak attack hundreds of miles away failed. However, the Jiejiao people used the trick and deliberately pretended that the tribal camp behind them was being attacked, and evacuated hastily.
So, if Zhao Hongrun hoped to expand his victory and rashly sent troops to pursue him, he would most likely be ambushed by the Jiejiao people and return defeated.
It seems that it is necessary to specially train a group of Sentry Riders. Otherwise, the map is full of fog of war. What the hell? Half the battle is lost before the battle is started.
Zhao Hongrun pinched the bridge of his nose and muttered to himself.
At this time, Zong Weizhong raised the tent, walked in, cupped his hands and said with a chuckle: "Your Highness, I don't think the Jiejiao people will come to attack the city today."
"The Jiejiao people are still busy setting up camp?" Zhao Hongrun asked casually. When Zaizi turned his head to look at Zhongzhao, he found that his armor was all wet, so he asked: "Is it raining outside?"
"It's raining." Zhongzhao nodded, then said with a wry smile: "It would have been nice if the rain had come a day or two earlier."
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly.
He naturally understood the meaning of the move. After all, a day or two ago, the Jiejiao people still held on to the dream of capturing Luocheng immediately and had not retreated five miles to build a camp and set up tents. If there was a heavy rain at this time, it would rain again at night.
Once the night wind blows, the more than 200,000 Jiejiao army will have fun.
To say the least, this storm can at least give the Wei people a 30% chance of winning.
But it is a pity that this heavy rain happened to fall today, which disappointed the Wei army. They could only comfort themselves with words that were better than nothing: at least this rain could dispel the Jiejiao people's attempt to attack the city today, and it was delayed again.
One day.
But Zhao Hongrun felt funny about this.
"Stop dreaming. The Jie tribe is a tribe that has lived on this land for generations. They are very familiar with the climate here. How could they be tricked? Maybe they predicted that there would be heavy rain today, so they took precautions.
Retreat five miles and set up camp."
"That's true." Zhongzhao thought about it after hearing the words, and felt that what his Highness said made sense.
But despite this, he still felt a little regretful and let out a sigh of relief.
However, Zhao Hongrun didn't think there was anything to feel sorry for. After all, he had never thought of using the weather to win a war.
After all, in Zhao Hongrun's view, the weather cannot be controlled by humans, and it is enough to use it to make things better. If you have to rely on the weather to provide help in times of need, then, from a certain perspective, it would be too sad for a general.
Note: For example, Sima Yi, who was almost burned to death in the Calabash Valley by Zhuge Liang with a fire attack, was saved by a sudden heavy rain. This is a typical example of the weather coming to help in the snow, and it is a rare sight in a hundred years.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun did not feel any regret about whether the rain came early or late, even though the heavy rain did not hit the Jiejiao cavalry, but only a small number of slave soldiers, and even fewer of them were injured.
Being infected with wind and cold is already a great help from God.
In the afternoon of that day, because attacking the city in a torrential downpour was a taboo for military strategists who would get twice the result with half the effort, so the Jiejiao people did not come up with an "ingenious" trick to capture the city in the rain. They were just dumbfounded.
Take shelter from the rain in your own camp.
The Wei army also seemed a little idle.
Even Zhao Hongrun, the commander-in-chief, was bored and told Oona the reasons why it thundered and rained in the sky, and compiled a legend about the thunder and lightning, which Oona listened to with great interest.
There is no way, in an era when the belief in gods is very prosperous, if you tell people about various principles such as the friction of cumulonimbus clouds to generate electric charges, they will hardly be recognized, and you will even be regarded as a fool by others.
However, at around 2:00 pm that night, an incident occurred in Luocheng City, an incident that almost caused Luocheng to fall into a sea of fire.
This incident happened in the warehouse in the north of Luocheng City.
It is said to be a warehouse, but it is actually just an open space covered with felt tents.
I remember that a while ago, these felt tents were used by the Sanchuan tribe in the city as a refuge for the elderly, children and women of the tribe. However, later, Luocheng surrendered and the Shang Shui Army entered the city. Those old people, children and women who were secretly in the shelter
The women all returned to their respective tribal camps, and in just a few days, they left the city and moved to Gongdi, or even Chenggao Pass further east.
These felt tents became warehouses used by the merchant navy to store baggage, grain and grass, including barrels of wooden barrels filled with oil.
Considering the potential safety hazards of oil barrels, Zhao Hongrun deployed heavy troops near these felt tents to closely guard them twelve hours a day. He also specially sent a merchant general named Xu Jiong with 3,000 soldiers.
It seems that this kind of guard is even tighter than the north and south city walls.
It's no wonder, after all, it is oil that can create what the Yi and Yi tribes call immortal fire. If it leaks in the city and is ignited by fire, this is no joke.
Precisely because he knew the consequences, Xu Jiong, the 3,000-man general who shouldered the heavy responsibility, almost kept one eye open even when sleeping, not daring to sleep to death. Moreover, he led a team of people to patrol around from time to time, even though the warehouse was surrounded by him.
Deployed outposts and hidden outposts.
Around Xu Shi, Xu Jiong once again led more than fifty soldiers to inspect the stacking of oil barrels from felt tent to tent.
After all, there was a heavy rain today, and muddy water flowed into many felt tents. If the wooden barrels were soaked in water, the oil inside might seep out due to rot, and the muddy water would flow into the low areas.
If there were any more sparks, maybe the entire merchant navy's warehouse would turn into a sea of flames.
Of course, this is just Xu Jiong's concern, but in his opinion, there is always nothing wrong with being careful. After all, the fierce fire oil in their army is too dangerous.
So, Xu Jiong led his soldiers to check the stacking of oil barrels in felt tents one by one. For those tent tents with serious water seepage, they would put hay inside and a layer of sheepskin to isolate the wet ground from the bottom of the barrels.
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By the time he finished all these things, it was already Haishi. In fact, even Xu Jiong was a little sleepy, but because of the heavy responsibility, he still managed to keep up his energy and work in the warehouse covered with felt tents.
Patrol around at will.
As he walked, Xu Jiong vaguely caught a glimpse of a dark shadow flashing behind a felt tent in front of him. Suddenly, his sleepiness disappeared. He whispered a few instructions to the soldiers behind him, and a group of people quietly gathered around him.
When he walked around the felt tent and took a look, Xu Jiong found out that there was a person hiding behind the tent. He looked about eighteen or nineteen years old by visual inspection. Judging from his clothes, he was either a member of the Yi ethnic group in the city or a person of the Yi ethnic group.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Xu Jiong asked in a deep voice.
Unfortunately, the young man pointed at the North City Wall and muttered something in the Sheang language. Xu Jiong could not understand it at all, but he could only roughly judge that the other person was a Sheang person who was helping to defend the North City Wall and was lost because he was looking for a place to urinate.
road.
Xu Jiong became suspicious as soon as he heard this. Among the tribes in the city today, who doesn't know that this area has been classified as a forbidden area by the Shang Shui Army, and no non-Shang Shui soldiers are allowed to approach. In fact, even Shang Shui soldiers are not allowed to approach.
Marine soldiers also have to go through repeated interrogations.
What’s even worse is that it’s because I got lost?
Xu Jiong looked the young man in front of him up and down, and without saying a word, he forcibly searched him, and found two items.
A rather sharp dagger and a black flint.
Seeing these two things, Xu Jiong's expression immediately changed.
"Pass my order! The entire army is on alert!... You, report this to King Su quickly!... You, go to the north city wall immediately and ask General Zhai (Huang) to capture Lu Balong, the leader of the Lun clan!...
Also, you, you, you, check all the tents immediately. If you find someone sneaking in, capture them! If they resist, shoot them without mercy!"
Following Xu Jiong's order, the Shang Shui Army defenders guarding the warehouse sealed the entire felt tent with water. (To be continued.)