"The Shang Shui Army has captured half of the city of Qixian?... Is this what His Highness (Prince Su) ordered me to come here to convey?"
In the central tent of the Yanling Army camp, Lieutenant General Yan Mo frowned and asked the Su Wangwei who came to convey the news.
"Yes."
The King Su guard nodded, hugged his fists at the generals of the Yanling Army in the tent, and then turned and left.
As soon as he left, the Chinese army tent, which had seemed a little deserted just now, immediately became lively.
"His Royal Highness, what does this mean?" Three thousand people touched Zuo Xunxi's chin and thought in confusion: "Favoring the Shang Shui Army?"
"It doesn't look like he is favoring the Shang Shui Army, right?" Gong Yesheng, who was also a general of 3,000 men, said with a smile: "Maybe His Highness Prince Su felt that our army's progress in recent days was too slow, so he used Shang Shui
I'll wait for the military excitement..."
After hearing this, Hua Yu, who was also a general of 3,000 men, licked his lips and said, "Does His Highness Prince Su mean that our Yanling Army and Shang Shui Army are competing against each other?"
After saying this, the three thousand generals in the tent began to discuss one after another, but the commander-in-chief Qu Cheng and the deputy general Yan Mo did not participate in the discussion.
Because they knew that His Highness King Su specially sent a King Su guard to convey the progress of the Shang Shui Army, and his intention was just as Gong Yesheng said: His Highness King Su, to respond to the Yanling Army’s attack on Zhi County in recent days.
The progress is not satisfactory.
Regarding this, Qu Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Yanling Army, could not help but feel a little troubled.
Because he gradually felt that Zhi County was not as easy to fight as he had initially imagined, so his Yanling Army had made almost no gains in the past few days.
The "no gains" mentioned here simply mean no gains at all. Apart from robbing the grain in the fields on the outskirts of Zhi County, the Yanling Army did not make any progress.
If it had been back then when they were still under the command of Lord Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng or Lord Xiong Hu of Pingyu, I am afraid that these two generals would have called the generals to the commander's tent to give heavy responsibilities. In comparison, His Highness Prince Su was like this.
This euphemistic means of motivation should be tolerated too much.
"Okay, okay." Qu Cheng clapped his hands to stop the generals in the tent from talking, and said as if concluding: "Everyone, I think you have heard that His Highness is not satisfied with the progress of our Yanling Army in recent days...
… Come to think of it, our Yanling Army has just established an advantage, so you don’t want to be overtaken by the Shang Shui Army anymore, right?”
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the generals in the tent immediately became serious.
You know, because of the "Victory of the Battle of Sanchuan", as the main force of the Shang Navy, the status of the Shang Shui Army in the Wei Dynasty increased. The rewards it received after the war made all the soldiers and generals of the Yanling Army jealous.
A few days ago, because Yan Mo cleverly said that Nanmen Chi had been surrendered, the Yanling Army took the credit for "conquering a city" from the Shang Shui Army. This means that in this battle against Chu, the Yanling Army has already defeated Chu.
They have initially established an advantage. As long as they capture Zhi County before the Shang Shui Army conquers Qi County, then even if the Shang Shui Army finally captures Qi County, their achievements in this battle will be lost in a short time.
It is also difficult to catch up with the Yanling Army.
You must know that the merit ranking means the amount of rewards after the war, as well as the status and reputation in Wei.
Therefore, even Qu Cheng, who was quite selfish, would not let Shang Shuijun Zhuanmei be the best in this matter.
"Yan Mo, how is the construction of siege equipment going?" Qu Cheng looked back at Yan Mo and asked.
Yan Mo clasped his fists and said: "At the end of the past two days, the soldiers have been working day and night. They have built more than 40 wells, 12 rams, more than 50 catapults, and more than 100 ladders for climbing the city..."
"Very good!" Qu Cheng nodded with satisfaction and relief.
I remember that he had high regard for Yan Mo at the beginning, so he spared no effort to draw the latter into the Yanling Army, serving as the deputy of the first army to assist him.
Facts have proved that Yan Mo is indeed a general who can stand alone.
For example, in the past two days, while Qu Cheng was thinking hard about how to conquer Qi County with clever tactics, Yan Mo was fulfilling his duties as a deputy general and building siege equipment step by step. He was obviously preparing for the worst-case scenario - storming Qi County by force.
county.
In comparison, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, the veteran general named Zhai Huang, was far inferior to Yan Mo in Qu Cheng's opinion.
"Huh...Shang Shuijun."
Curling his lips secretly, Qu Cheng glanced around at the generals and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we will attack Zhi County tomorrow. I hope you will go all out! ... The advantage that our Yanling Army has finally established can no longer be lost to Shang Shui.
The army catches up!"
"Yes!" All the generals in the tent, including Yan Mo, responded with clasped fists.
The next day, August 18, following the previous incident of robbing grain in the fields on the outskirts of Zi County, the 40,000 Yanling Army once again mobilized in full force, slowly arrived at Zi County, and deployed troops at the gate of Zi County.
When setting off, Qu Cheng sent his personal guards to report to Zhao Hongrun.
After all, although Zhao Hongrun handed over the attack on Zhi County to the Yanling Army, he still had to ask for instructions. This was the rule.
Of course, Zhao Hongrun would not stop the actions of the Yanling Army. He even took the Zongwei and Suwangwei to follow the army. After arriving near Zhi County, he found a slope with a better view and climbed up to watch quietly.
This war.
Also dispatched with the large group of troops was General Xu Yin's Fenxing Army.
The general left the Zhongwei camp in the camp and took the Xiwei camp led by his favorite general Cai Qinhu to personally suppress the Yanling army.
It can be seen from this that the relationship between Fenxing Army and Yanling Army should be very good.
"Your Highness."
While Zhao Hongrun was quietly watching the Yanling Army's 40,000 troops forming their formation in the south of Zhi County, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, came to Zhao Hongrun with his beloved general Cai Qinhu and several personal guards.
side.
"General." Zhao Hongrun bowed his hand towards Xu Yin, and then joked with a smile: "Uncle Xu, you are absent from your post without permission."
"Hahaha." Amid the knowing smiles of everyone nearby, Xu Yinyi burst out laughing, pointing at his beloved general Cai Qinhu behind him and said: "For leaving his post without permission, you are talking about this bastard! ... You must follow me."
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After hearing this, Cai Qinhu stretched out his hand and scratched his hair, and said as if complaining: "General, the general is not good at commanding the army. This battle is not my turn to charge into the battle. It's boring to stay in the army. You can do it."
Let me follow you...Xu Bi is here in the Xiwei camp, it will be fine."
The "Xu Bi" in Cai Qinhu's mouth refers to his deputy, the deputy general of the Fenxing Army's Western Wei Camp. He is a commanding general.
Who told Cai Qinhu to personally charge at the front of the battle every time there was a war?
Seeing Xu Yin shaking his head helplessly, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Uncle Xu, aren't you afraid that other generals will be jealous of your favor for General Cai?"
If these words were spoken by others, I am afraid it would be considered as provocation, but when these words came from the mouth of King Su, Zhao Hongrun, neither Xu Yin nor Cai Qinhu showed the slightest displeasure.
"This guy..." Under Zhao Hongrun's confused eyes, Xu Yin patted Cai Qinhu's arm and said as if recalling: "Xu owes him a life."
"Oh? There's still this matter? Is it convenient to disclose it?" Zhao Hongrun knew there must be some reason for this as soon as he heard it.
"It's nothing, it's just something everyone in our Fenxing Army knows." Looking back at Cai Qinhu, who had a silly smile on his face, Xu Yin said with a smile: "This guy was the leader of the bandits on Shangcai's side.
One of them is very dissatisfied with our Fenxing Army... How could he have the courage to go around to the back of our Fenxing Fortress and attack the grain transport team of our Fenxing Army..."
Perhaps because he was mentioned about dark history, Cai Qinhu scratched his head in embarrassment.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun asked even more curiously: "What happens after that?"
"After?" Xu Yin smiled and said: "At that time, Xu was so angry that he led three thousand soldiers to fight this bastard. This guy actually dared to confront our Fenxing army head-on. As a result, he was killed on the spot.
He beat the shit out of him..."
"That's not fair!" Cai Qinhu shouted with embarrassment: "How could the bandits under a certain man at that time defeat the soldiers of our Fenxing Army? General, you can't win with force!"
"Bullshit!" Xu Yin laughed and cursed, and then recalled: "How arrogant this guy was before the battle. But after the battle, he saw that he couldn't beat Xu, so he actually ran away, and then Xu
I took my bodyguards to chase... This guy also got a good horse from somewhere at that time, and it ran quite fast. After chasing him, he and I were the only ones left... The two of us were fighting at the time.
Hundreds of rounds..."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Zhao Hongrun interrupted with a smile.
You must know that in his opinion, although Xu Yin, the general, is good at leading troops, he cannot be Cai Qinhu's opponent in martial arts, right?
Unexpectedly, at this time, Cai Qinhu said in an inexplicable tone: "Your Highness King Su, the last general at that time was just a reckless man with some brute force. At that time, General Xu's martial arts was far superior to that of the last general.
superior……"
As he spoke, he slowly told what happened that year.
It turns out that back then, Xu Yin was happy to see the hunter and cherished Cai Qinhu's brute strength, so he showed mercy when chasing this man alone. The so-called battle of hundreds of rounds was just to use force to subdue Cai Qinhu.
Just a tiger.
As a result, Cai Qinhu was also stubborn and refused to surrender after losing several games. Instead, he became more and more energetic as he fought.
And just when the two of them were exhausted, a fierce tiger actually jumped out of the mountain forest.
Cai Qinhu was unaware at the time and almost had his head bitten to pieces by the tiger. Fortunately, Xu Yin pushed him away and saved Cai Qinhu's life. However, Xu Yin's right shoulder was bitten by the tiger.
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Afterwards, Cai Qinhu carried the injured Xu Yin with one hand and dragged the tiger's body with the other, and surrendered to the Fenxing army.
It was also from that time that Xu Yin, who used to charge at the front of the army, slowly transformed into a commanding general. However, in his Fenxing army, there was a fierce general called "Cai Qinhu".
He charged into battle...
"I see!"
Only then did Zhao Hongrun feel relieved. He had originally felt that Cai Qinhu's status was somewhat special among the Fenxing Army: He was obviously the commander of the Western Wei Battalion, but he always went his own way in every war, but it was the soldiers and generals of the Fenxing Army.
No opinion on this.
It turns out that it was Cai Qinhu who inherited Xu Yin's martial arts and fighting methods. In a sense, he was Xu Yin's disciple who inherited his mantle.
Seeing Cai Qinhu's overflowing expression of respect for Xu Yin, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but think of the rumor that was detrimental to Xu Yin.
"If General Xu Yin is really framed by some traitors, he will probably receive crazy revenge from Cai Qinhu, a fierce general who can capture tigers, right?"
Zhao Hongrun thought unconsciously.
While he was thinking to himself, the military horn of the Yanling Army came from the distance.
The Yanling Army finally launched a strong attack on Qi County!