Chapter 666: The beginning of the battle between the West Route Army and the East Route Army
It has to be said that the Eastern Qi Army led by Tian Dan is really powerful in combat, especially when these soldiers and generals are holding back anger in their hearts.
On the same day, Ji Cong, the defender of Qi County who was defeated by the Shang Shui Army, was defeated again by the East Route Army led by Tian Dan when he retreated to Huihe River. The military camp that had just been built or not even completely completed was also defeated by the East Route Army.
The army was burned to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was over, Ji Cong, the guard of Qixian County, got a boat from nowhere and fled to the south bank of the Huihe River in a hurry, and then defected to "Xiacai".
However, the 20,000 Chu soldiers under his command were killed by the Eastern Qi army led by Tian Dan. Fortunately, they were not killed, and they were forced to cross the Huihe River. Except for some Chu soldiers who knew how to use water, they were extremely lucky.
Those soldiers who did not know how to swim drowned in the river.
According to post-war statistics, in this battle, the more than 20,000 troops that Ji Cong finally gathered after losing the previous battle were almost killed by Tian Dan's east-route Qi army.
The Qi army severely ravaged the defeated army of Chu, and finally vented on them the anger accumulated in Qixian and the Shang Shui army.
In the evening of that day, around the time of Youshi to Xushi, the nobles in Qixian City, headed by the Nanmen clan, who had surrendered to the Wei State, left the west city gate one after another and moved towards Zhixian County.
Also moving with them were nearly 10,000 local people in Zhi County. After all, the Shang Shui Army had not forgotten what Zhao Hongrun had told them - as long as they captured a city, they would spread the word about Wei's benevolent government to the local residents, so that those civilians could
The people surrendered to Wei willingly.
During this period, the Shang Shui Army also gradually walked out of the city and confronted the Eastern Route Army in the distance.
Later, after all the nobles and common people in the city who were willing to follow the Wei army left the city, the Shang Shui army and the Eastern Route Army handed over Qixian County.
During this period, neither Wu Ji nor Tian Dan, nor the soldiers under these two generals, had a good look towards each other. They all had cold faces and barely said a few words from beginning to end. It was extremely "
It was handed over to Qixian County with tacit understanding.
After that, the Shang Shui Army escorted the nobles and common people to Qi County, while the East Route Army stationed in Qi County and began to prepare for the attack on Fulisai.
Although the two sides did not conflict in the end, the soldiers and generals on both sides knew one thing: they had settled a grudge against each other today!
On August 23, the merchant navy escorted the clans and people and finally arrived in Qi County. After hearing the news, Zhao Hongrun deigned to personally go to the gate of Qi County to greet them.
After all, the Shang Shui Army was okay, but the Qixian clan headed by the Nanmen clan was the first batch of Chu nobles to defect to Wei with their families in this battle. Zhao Hongrun naturally had to treat him with enough courtesy. In this way,
In order to attract more Chu nobles to defect to Wei.
Some people may say that if Zhao Hongrun recruits common people and nobles from Chu State, isn't he afraid of bringing some black sheep to Wei State?
To be honest, Zhao Hongrun is really not afraid.
Because once they arrived in the Wei State, these Chu people could only rely on the Wei people for help and had no fear of them being disobedient.
If some of these nobles bring their bad habits from Chu to Wei, or have evil intentions, there will be ways to deal with them.
But having said that, the patriarchs of those clans may also be aware of the fate of their families in the future, so when Zhao Hongrun came out of the city to greet them in person, they all showed great excitement, which meant they were "flattered" and "moved to tears".
No matter whether these people are expressing their doubts from the bottom of their hearts or whether they are just acting, in general, the two sides get along quite harmoniously.
After that, Zhao Hongrun proposed to let these clans and common people continue to move north to Xiangcheng.
After all, in a day or two, Zhao Hongrun's West Route Army and Tian Dan's East Route Army, who are currently in Qixian County, will assist Qi King Lu Xi's army to break through the blockade of Fulisai. By then, Fulisei,
The large area of land between Zhi County and Qi County will become a battlefield. It will be very dangerous for irrelevant personnel to stay here.
As for the task of protecting these people, Zhao Hongrun naturally handed it over to the third battalion of the Yanling Army, and the battalion general Sun Shuke was in charge.
Due to time constraints, the Nanmen family and other Chu nobles, including the common people who had moved here from Qi County, did not stay in Zhi County for too long. After resting for a while, they rushed to Xiangcheng again.
After that, Zhao Hongrun took Shang Shuijun and other generals back to the outpost in the city, and convened the generals in the hall of the outpost to prepare to discuss various matters regarding the attack on Fuli Fortress.
Unexpectedly, before the discussion, Wu Ji hesitated to tell him about his confrontation with Tian Dan in Qixian County.
"...I have put you in such a difficult position, Your Highness. The general was just angry that the Qi army was too overbearing..."
Although in front of Tian Dan, Wu Ji seemed to be fighting for every inch of territory and facing each other, but in front of Zhao Hongrun, Wu Ji seemed to be the same general with a thousand men back then.
"Confront Tian Dan?" After hearing Wu Ji's words, Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly and asked Wu Ji to tell the whole story exactly.
Seeing this, Wu Ji told the story of the stalemate between his Shang Shui Army and Tian Dan's Eastern Route Army in Qixian County, and he did not dare to exaggerate.
However, after Wu Ji finished his story, Xu Jiong and other 3,000 Shang Shui army generals who were qualified to participate in the military discussion looked angrily and supplemented the Qi army's arrogance.
"...Your Highness, you didn't see the situation at that time. General (Wu Ji) just asked the Qi army to wait outside the city for a while so that the nobles in the city who were willing to defect to our Wei Dynasty could pack their bags. But those people were kind enough and they immediately
He started scolding and said, ‘If we don’t open the city gate immediately, we will capture the city’… How arrogant that is!”
"Everything Xu Jiong said is conclusive!...Your Highness, even after General (Wu Ji) sacrificed Your Highness your king's flag, those Qi generals were still full of filth. If it weren't for our army being an ally with his Qi army at this moment,
, the last general is eager to lead his troops out of the city..."
"..."
Zhao Hongrun frowned slightly and said nothing as he listened to several of the 3,000 Shang Shui Army generals criticizing Tian Dan and his Eastern Route Army.
He knew very well that although the words of these generals were somewhat exaggerated, after all, as members of the merchant navy, they would naturally speak for his merchant navy, but in the final analysis, these generals did not have the courage to tell right from wrong and confuse right and wrong.
In other words, it was most likely the Qi army that took the lead in provoking this incident.
Seeing Zhao Hongrun frowning and not speaking, the generals of the Shang navy were slightly frightened. After all, in their minds, the prestige of His Highness Prince Su in front of them was much greater than that of Tian Dan.
If His Highness Prince Su in front of them feels that they are wrong, then they can only admit it.
But at this moment, something quite surprising happened to the generals of the Yanling Army - Yan Mo, the deputy general of the Yanling Army present here, actually spoke for them.
"Your Highness, I think that the Shangshui Army did nothing wrong... Although Qixian was the target of the Eastern Route Army, the Shangshui Army captured Qixian in advance and handed over the city to the Qi Army. Even though it would not
Let the Qi army appreciate it, but you don’t owe the Qi army anything. Relatively speaking, the Qi army ignored the friendship between Wei and Qi and insulted the Shang Shui army first. This is unreasonable and troublesome!"
Hearing this, the generals of the Shang Navy looked at Yan Mo in shock, and even Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the latter.
"Yan Mo, you actually interceded for the Shang Navy?" Zhao Hongrun looked at Yan Mo with surprise and said with a strange expression: "I remember that the day before yesterday, you were gnashing your teeth because the Shang Navy took the lead in attacking Qixian County."
"One thing comes back to another." Yan Mo hugged his fists towards Zhao Hongrun and said seriously: "Your Highness, you once taught us that our Wei army should be a whole. Now the Shang Shui army is innocently being insulted by the Qi army. It is like insulting
How could I, the last general of the Yanling Army, stand by and watch... If it were Yan Mo, I'm afraid the same would be the case."
As he said that, he glanced at Wu Ji and other stunned generals, curled his lips and said: "As for the Shang Shui army attacking Qi County, the last general still doesn't think that our Yanling army lost... The Shang Shui army was in Nanmenshi
We only captured Qixian County with the help of others, but our Yanling Army conquered Qixian County on our own, so it is not considered as capable!"
"This bastard!"
"Thankfully I was a little moved just now!"
"I guess this bastard's temperament is hard to change!"
The generals of the Shang Shui Army who had reacted once again stared at Yan Mo with indignant eyes.
In response, Zhao Hongrun shook his head speechlessly.
However, he was pleased with one thing: the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army fought privately, but they still had the same stance when facing external forces.
"Okay, okay!" Zhao Hongrun clapped his hands to stop the generals of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army from glaring at each other, and said bluntly: "This matter ends here. As Yan Mo said, since it is the Qi Army
If you insult me first, don't blame the Shang Shui Army for fighting back... As for the Yanling Army, accept your bet and admit defeat, if you lose, you lose, don't make any excuses."
After hearing this, the generals of the Yanling Army looked gloomy, while the generals of the Shangshui Army were no longer frightened by the fact that they were at odds with the Qi Army.
However, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army who was watching the show, couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, will there be any disadvantages in being at odds with the Qi Army?"
"What's the disadvantage?" Zhao Hongrun laughed when he heard this and said: "Right now, Qi is begging me, the Wei Dynasty, how can Tian Dan dare to make a mistake?... I believe Wu Ji, Wu Ji said he was insulted by the Qi army.
First, then, this is what happened." At this point, he snorted and said with some displeasure: "I have long heard that Qi's soldiers and generals are arrogant and arrogant with the technical support of Lu's craftsmen.
, I didn’t expect that in front of my king, Wang Qi, I don’t know how to restrain myself... Huh! I can’t stand this kind of bastard who is even more arrogant than me!"
"..."
The generals in the room looked at Zhao Hongrun with strange expressions. Presumably, they could also hear Zhao Hongrun's last words, which were indeed a bit subtle.
"In a sense, this His Highness can be regarded as a person with "true temperament"..."
Xu Yin shook his head with a wry smile, and then he said seriously: "But in this case, Your Highness, you have to be careful. As far as Xu knows, Tian Dan is not a person who swallows his anger... Wait for the West Route Army in the future.
, the Eastern Route Army joins forces with King Lu Xi of Qi, and when the time comes, Tian Danbao will definitely mention this matter in front of King Qi."
"So what?" Zhao Hongrun snorted and said coldly: "The era of Qi's dominance of the Central Plains is coming to an end. Even Qi King Lu Xi is preparing a way out to please me, the Wei Dynasty. Even if Tian Dan is not convinced,
So what?... Even if he doesn't mention it, I still want to mention this matter in front of King Qi, but I want to ask King Qi why the Qi army insults its friendly forces with words!"
After that, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the generals in the hall and said in a deep voice: "Tian Dan's arrogance is nothing more than his outstanding military exploits... Give me some credit! In this battle, let me use my military exploits to general Tian."
Let the Eastern Route Army suppress it!"
"Follow the order!"
The generals of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army responded with serious faces.