To be honest, Zhao Hongrun didn't know much about the Chu State, but fortunately he had a group of generals from the Chu State under his command.
There are even some generals from small and medium-sized noble families.
Especially Qu Cheng, who came from the Qu family with the surname Mi. Although he was a commoner, he was still a member of the Chu princes and nobles. It can be said that his status is equivalent to that of the Anling Wang family in Wei State.
To be able to make a person of this status surrender and switch to the Wei State is honestly incredible.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun said to Qu Cheng intentionally or unintentionally: "I didn't expect that Chu State is much stronger than I imagined... By the way, Qu Cheng, Chu State is so powerful, you haven't thought about going back, have you?"
Although his tone was full of joking, these words still shocked Qu Cheng.
Others don't know, so do they, the Chu generals who defected to Wei, still not understand the character of King Su in front of them?
That is definitely a superior person who kills decisively.
Thinking of this, Qu Cheng put on a serious look, shook his head and said: "Your Highness, you only saw the surface of Chu State's beauty, but you didn't see its rotten foundation..."
After hearing this, Yan Mo next to Qu Cheng also sighed and said: "Your Highness, there will be no Chu people who want to return to Chu after defecting to the Wei Dynasty..." After saying that, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Xiangcheng.
He whispered: "This place is Song Dynasty
The border between Chu and Chu cannot be seen yet. In a few days, when our army bypasses Fuli Fortress, crosses the Hui River, or even crosses the Wohe River, then your Highness will be able to see that the son of Chu State
How do people live their lives..."
At this time, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo were followed by Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Gong Ye Sheng, Zuo Qiu Mu and other generals of the Yanling Army. After hearing these words, their faces were strange, some were angry and some were embarrassed.
There are many.
"The Kingdom of Chu is our motherland and our hometown, but the Xiong clan has destroyed this country. In contrast, the Ji clan of the Wei Dynasty, although they are also some black sheep like the Anling Wang clan, but
Compared with the Chu State, the Ji family is really much better off..." Yan Mo said with emotion on his face.
"Ahem!" Qu Cheng lowered his head and coughed twice, gesturing to Yan Mo with his eyes.
However, Yan Mo seemed not to notice Qu Cheng's gaze, and expressed his feelings to Zhao Hongrun with cupped hands: "Your Highness can trust our Yanling Army, well, including the Shangshui Army, because His Highness's enemies happen to be the ones we have buried deep in our hearts.
enemy."
Xiong...?
Zhao Hongrun looked at Yan Mo in surprise, and then apologized frankly: "I was wrong. I doubted you for no reason. Please don't care, generals."
After hearing Zhao Hongrun's apology, the generals were so flattered that they dared not say anything, but Yan Mo smiled and said: "It is necessary to be on guard against others, and I can understand it... If your highness does not trust my Yanling Army, how can you take me to Yanling?"
Where did the army come from?" At this point,
He licked his lips and whispered: "In the final analysis, it is because our Yanling Army has not made any meritorious service to the Wei Dynasty. If there is a chance to prove myself on the battlefield, I believe that your Highness will be able to give up your last thoughts on our army."
A trace of doubt... What do you think, Your Highness?"
Is this a disguised invitation to fight?
Zhao Hongrun looked at Yan Mo with a strange expression. He didn't have much contact with the latter, and he really didn't expect that the latter was not only good at leading troops, but also quite eloquent, especially with the face of a naturally loyal minister.
He looked around and found that after Yan Mo finished speaking, the eyes of generals Zuo Xunxi, Huayu, Gong Yesheng, Zuo Qiumu and others were somewhat earnest.
So, he thought for a while and said: "Capture Xiangcheng, and I will personally record the merits of your Yanling army!"
After hearing this, the eyes of Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Gong Ye Sheng, Zuo Qiu Mu and other generals suddenly shone with light.
"The general will obey the order!"
At this time, the Chu army in the distance had arrived in front of the Fenxing army, stopped about a mile away, and slowly arranged their formation.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little confused, because the Fenxing army had not made any movement so far, and he watched helplessly as the opposing Chu army formed their formation.
Xu Yin...what does he want to do?
After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Hongrun immediately understood.
It turns out that the two armies have always fought with each other in the first battle. In summary, there are two purposes.
First of all, bragging about one's own justice and letting one's own side occupy the highest moral point is the so-called reputation.
Secondly, during the quarrel stage with the enemy generals, one can judge the character of the enemy generals through their words and deeds, so as to facilitate the use of strategies in the future.
Considering this, Zhao Hongrun did not send anyone to urge Xu Yin, because he was also curious about what the Chu general on the opposite side wanted to do with five thousand regular troops.
At this moment, a general on horseback appeared in the Chu army and shouted loudly towards the Wei army: "Who is in charge of the Wei army across the way?"
Seeing this, Xu Yin also rode to the front of the formation and shouted with his loud voice: "We are the soldiers and horses of His Highness Hongrun, King Su of the Wei Dynasty! ...Who are you?"
"How dare the young master of the Wei Kingdom claim to be king? I am Doulian, the guard general of Tanshan. Please call your young master to come out and answer me!"
"Bah!" Xu Yin cursed when he heard this: "Who are you, and you dare to boast that King Su will come to see you?... If you know what you are doing, you should get off your horse and die!"
"You are so arrogant! ... This place is our territory of Chu. Why do you, the Wei people, set foot here?"
"We respect the call of the leader of the alliance, King Xi of Qi, and come to attack your country of Chu. If you obey our army, we can avoid your death..."
After that, he heard Xu Yin and the Chu general Doulian scolding him, and Zhao Hongrun could only hear yawning again and again.
Sometimes, some things are just like this. They are actually boring and meaningless, but they are long-established rules and you still have to do them.
Of course, the exchange of words between Xu Yin and the Chu general was not completely fruitless. At least, Zhao Hongrun had learned that the Chu general was called Doulian, and judging from his words and deeds, he should be a pretty arrogant guy.
"Dou Lian?"
Looking at the war flag with the word "fight" flying among the Chu army in the distance, Wei Jiao, the commander of Zongwei, couldn't help but muttered: "What a strange name..."
Hearing this, Yan Mo smiled and said: "Dou is called Qi Qi? What are the surnames of East Gate, West Gate, South Gate and North Gate?"
"You...are you kidding me?" Wei Jiao looked at Yan Mo in disbelief, but the latter laughed and said, "When we meet in the future, Chief Zong will know if Yan Mo is kidding you."
"..." Wei Jiao looked at Yan Mo doubtfully.
However, Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this. After all, Chu State did have many strange surnames.
In contrast, he was somewhat interested in the Chu general named Doulian.
"Doulian...have you heard of it?"
Zhao Hongrun turned around and asked the generals of Yanling Army.
Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and others heard this and thought about it, then shook their heads.
It can be seen that the Chu general is not very famous.
At this time, after Xu Yin and the Chu general Doulian scolded each other for a while, they finally entered the battle stage, which refreshed Zhao Hongrun's spirits.
After all, this was his first encounter with Chu's regular army, so he naturally had to watch this confrontation carefully to judge the strength of Chu's regular army.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Three trumpets sounded for each other.
I saw Dou Lian pull out the sharp sword from his waist, point it directly at Fenxing Army, and shout loudly: "Kill, Erlang of Chu Di!"
"kill!"
Accompanied by a shout that seemed to resound through the sky, the Chu army in the front row held iron guns and charged towards the Fenxing army.
What kind of tactic is this? Isn’t that Chu general too upright?
Zhao Hongrun frowned, really unable to understand what the Chu general opposite was thinking.
With only 5,000 Chu troops trying to defeat more than 50,000 Wei troops? Where did the Chu generals have the courage?
Zhao Hongrun shook his head, racking his brains but still couldn't understand what the other party was thinking.
Instead, Yan Mo proposed a more reliable possibility: "Could it be that when Dou Lian saw our army arriving for the first time, he mistakenly thought that our army was exhausted after a long journey, so he wanted to take the lead and prevent our army from setting up camp?"
"Well..."
Zhao Hongrun responded, and Quan recognized Yan Mo's guess.
But thinking about it carefully, he still felt that this explanation was far-fetched.
After all, if the Dou Lian opposite is also a general who is good at fighting, he should understand the truth: no general in the world will put a tired army under the eyes of the enemy unless it is to lure the enemy.
Are you looking down on me, Da Wei?
Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes, feeling very unhappy.
But it is undeniable that since the Wei State suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Shangdang between Wei and Han, and the powerful Wei soldiers were completely annihilated, the reputation of Wei's infantry in the Central Plains is indeed not as loud as before.
As a stepping stone, Wei Wuzu reached the pinnacle of his reputation.
Perhaps all countries have this view: Without the infantry that Wei is proud of, what will be left?
I have to say that there are definitely not a few people who have such thoughts.
Humph! Even though our Wei Dynasty has lost all its soldiers, it still has six garrison battalions... Xu Yin, let me see the style of your Fenxing Army!
"Bang the drum!" Zhao Hongrun turned to the Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao and said.
Wei Jiao nodded and immediately ordered Su Wangwei to bring the war drum from the camp and ask the latter to beat it.
Not to mention, the music of these war drums supplied by the Lu State was indeed louder than the war drums made by the craftsmen of the Wei State. It was as if each beat was directly hitting everyone's heart, deafening, and making people's blood rush.
At this time, the Fenxing Army had already dispatched.
Perhaps due to the pride in his heart, Xu Yin did not send more soldiers. When he saw that Doulian had sent out about a thousand soldiers, he also ordered the dispatch of a thousand Fenxing soldiers.
The soldiers of Fenxing Fortress are slightly different from those of Junshui Army and Dangshan Army. Since they are fortress garrison troops and have been continuously attacked by Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo in the past ten years, the weapons of this army are obviously biased towards
On defense.
For example, there are the sword and shield soldiers of the Wanjinyou type, and the long-range soldiers who are specially used to defend the fortress and push down the enemy troops who climb up the city wall with the help of ladders, wells, etc.
This is an army that is good at replacing offense with defense.
"Solid as a rock!"
As a certain general dressed as Quhou shouted, the more than a thousand Fenxing soldiers, two teams with sword and shield hands in front, and two captains with swords and swords in the back, stared at the charging Chu soldiers with stern expressions.
There was no fear at all like before the war.
Such a thin formation? Is it okay?
Zhao Hongrun was secretly a little surprised, because the defense line of more than a thousand Fenxing troops was very long, so it was easy to be broken through.
"boom"
The sound of huge waves crashing against the rocks sounded in front, and Zhao Hongrun opened his eyes wide in surprise.
The seemingly thin formation of more than a thousand Fenxing troops actually blocked the cone-like charging troops of more than a thousand Chu troops.
This defensive power is unparalleled in Wei! (To be continued.)