Chapter 665: The Shang Shui Army and the East Road Army (2)
There are many types of flags, such as national flags, city flags, military flags, royal flags, general flags, etc., and their meanings and functions are very different.
The national flag, that is, the flag with only the name of the country, such as "Wei", is generally used to declare sovereignty. For example, in Qixian County at the moment, the Shangshui Army erected the national flag with the word "Wei" on the highest place in the city.
This declares the ownership of this area to other forces.
The city flag is a flag that indicates the area. It is usually erected at the four corners of the city, including other conspicuous locations, such as "Yanling" and "Shangshui". This kind of flag usually follows the city and does not move.
As for the military flag, as the name suggests, it is the designation flag of an army, such as "Chenggao Army", "Dangshan Army", etc. Generally, there is only one side, which is the soul and cohesion of an army.
Sometimes, especially during wars, this kind of flag also has the function of "declaring sovereignty". The most direct manifestation is that after capturing an enemy city, in addition to planting the national flag, the military flag will also be planted to signal to friendly forces and
Other forces said: This area is now stationed or occupied by our army!
Compared with the first three types, the king's flag and the general's flag are more personal. Although the names are different, the essential meaning is the same. To put it simply, they are to show off their status. However, only some people with status and identity can enjoy this kind of flag.
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For example, Zhao Hongrun’s royal flag is inscribed with “King Su”, and Yanling Army General Qu Cheng’s general flag is inscribed with “Qu”.
This kind of flag is generally not used to declare sovereignty to other forces. Its existence is only to tell others who the owner of this flag is.
For example, the king's flag with the words "King Wei, Su" erected in Qixian County at the moment, its owner is Zhao Hongrun, nothing more.
But having said that, when this kind of flag appears in a certain place, it sometimes has some special meaning.
For example, shock and warning.
Of course, the premise is that the owner of this flag is prestigious enough and others will buy it.
No, at the foot of Qixian City, Tian Dan, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, fell into silence for a long time as he stared at the royal flag with the words "King Wei, Su Wang" on it.
He guessed that Ji Run, the Su King of Wei, was probably not in the Qixian city in front of him at this moment. Otherwise, when he had just called for the "person in charge in the city" to come out, the one who showed up would not have been Wu Ji, the chief general of the Shang Shui Army.
Moreover, in his conversation with Wu Ji, the chief of the Shangshui Army, he could vaguely confirm that Ji Run, the Su King of Wei, was not in the city, but was probably in Zhi County.
But the problem is that although Ji Run is not in Qixian, his royal flag is in Qixian and in the hands of the Shang Shui Army.
Does this mean that the Shang Shui army's attack on Qixian was tacitly approved or even authorized by King Su?
"Yes, Ji Run plans to regain the Nanmen clan and other nobles in Qixian City..."
Tian Dan secretly confirmed his guess.
It has to be said that he also felt a little embarrassed when faced with this kind of thing.
In Tian Dan's view, if Ji Run was in the city at the moment and asked his Eastern Route Army to wait outside the city for a while like Wu Ji did, then he could obey and give the former a face. After all, the former had a distinguished status and also
It is a great achievement in battle.
However, the only one who came forward now was Wu Ji, the commander-in-chief of the Shang Shui Army, and Ji Run's royal flag. If Tian Dan was made to obey just like that, where would Tian Dan's face be? Where would the East Route Army's face be?
Where is the face of Qi State?
But having said that, Tian Dan did not dare to attack Qixian by force as his generals said.
First of all, Qixian County is already in the possession of the Shang Shui Army, one of the Wei armies, and the Wei Army is their friendly army. During the attack on Chu State, the two friendly armies killed each other. What kind of stupid behavior is this?
Secondly, the king's flag is usually held by personal guards, such as the personal guards around Ji Run, King Su's guards, but now it appears in the hands of Shang Shuijun. In Tian Dan's view, this is clearly conveyed by Ji Run to
His message: Sell me to save face.
If it were anyone else, Tian Dan might really fall out. After all, how can a man who can kill a whole family of Chu nobles have no temper?
But if the target is that Ji Run, Tian Dan really has some scruples.
Because according to his understanding, Ji Run is the most powerful son (prince) of Wei State. Although he is not a legitimate son, he has a very powerful say in Wei State. Offending him may directly affect the diplomatic relations between Wei State and Qi State.
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To take a step back, even if it does not affect the diplomatic relations between Wei and Qi, it will definitely affect the war between Qi, Lu, and Wei in the joint attack on Chu, because Ji Run is the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army and has the same status as him.
While Tian Dan was thinking about the pros and cons, the Qi generals behind him were angrily cursing at the top of the city. The reason was for no other reason than that Wu Ji of the Shang Shui Army had just said, "Look at this flag."
, dare to say that you want to attack my Shang Shui Army again?!" This completely angered them.
In the eyes of the generals of Qi, Wu Ji on the city tower was clearly a fox pretending to be a tiger, just because he had the royal flag of Wei Su Wang Ji Run in his hand.
However, even so, they did not dare to lead an army to attack Qixian as they said.
However, they used their actions to express their strong dissatisfaction - they yelled at the tower.
The unpleasant words reached the ears of the Shang Shui soldiers on the city tower. Xu Jiong, the general of three thousand men, was the first to be unable to bear it any longer and cursed back. Then, two thousand generals, one thousand generals, five hundred generals, and so on.
The generals, and even the ordinary soldiers on the city tower, were like boiling water, pointing at the Eastern Route Army below the city and shouting curses in response.
Now, the whole area around the east city gate of Qixian County was completely in chaos. The Shang Shui Army on the city tower, the East Route Army below the city, and thousands of soldiers of the two armies joined in the scolding battle one after another. The chaotic scene
, was so frightened that Nanmen Chi on the tower turned pale.
"General Wu, this...this...why don't you stop it?"
Nanmen Chi whispered to Wu Ji, he was afraid that the exchange of insults between the two armies would anger Tian Dan, causing this butcher, who was hated by countless Chu people, to attack Qixian at all costs.
"Why stop it?"
Wu Ji heard this and asked Nanmen Chi, "They were the ones who insulted me first!"
It has to be said that although Wu Ji is an honest man, honesty does not mean cowardice.
In his opinion, even if the army under the city is a friendly army, if the other party insults his Shang Shui Army, then his Shang Shui Army will naturally retaliate, so why not say a word?
Do you think I, the Shang Shui Army, are easy to bully?!
"Humph!" Wu Ji snorted coldly and stood on the tower with his arms folded, looking at the Qi army below the city. This seemed to be a tacit approval of the behavior of his Shang Shui army soldiers who scolded the Qi army in return.
Seeing this, Nanmen Chi secretly complained and hurriedly advised: "General Wu, one more thing is worse than one less thing. Why bother to anger Na Tian Dan? He was so excited that he ordered the attack on the city..."
"He dares!" Wu Ji glanced at Nanmen Chi, and then said coldly: "If the Qi army under the city dares to show the slightest hostility, our Shang Shui Army will classify it as an enemy! ... You are afraid of Tian Dan, I
Don’t be afraid!”
As he spoke, Wu Ji's body showed a faint aura, which made Nanmen Chi feel great pressure.
Only then did Nanmen Chi realize that no matter how young General Wu was in front of him, he was still the commander-in-chief of the entire merchant navy and the leader of an army!
In desperation, Nanmen Chiwei sighed.
Perhaps guessing Nanmen Chi's thoughts, Wu Ji comforted him and said: "Don't worry, General Nanmen, since your Nanmen clan has surrendered to His Highness Prince Su and to me, the Wei Dynasty, then I, the Shang Shui Army, will naturally protect you and so on.
Your safety... No matter Tian Dan or Li Dan, they can't hurt you even a single hair!"
"..." After hearing this, Nanmen Chi couldn't help but feel moved and nodded silently.
At this time, Tian Dan had come back to his senses from his thoughts. He saw the two generals on the city and below the city scolding each other, and he felt really upset.
"That's enough! Shut up!" he shouted angrily.
However, no matter how loud his roar was, it was not worth the thousands of soldiers in the two armies.
After a lot of trouble, the Qi troops under the city stopped cursing one after another.
Seeing this, Wu Ji on the tower also ordered his soldiers to silence their voices, and the two sides once again returned to the previous stage of silent confrontation.
After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, Tian Dan shouted toward the tower: "General Wu, I wonder how long your army wants our East Route Army to wait outside the city?... You must know that our East Route Army must do it as soon as possible.
When preparing to attack Fulisai, if the opportunity to fight is delayed, who should bear the responsibility?"
"Threatening me?"
Wu Ji on the city tower frowned when he heard this, and then said calmly: "General Tian, don't worry, our Shang Shui Army has captured Qixian County for your army, and bought your army three days in vain..."
Hearing this, Tian Dan snorted coldly: "Huh! It doesn't take three days for Tian to attack Qi County!"
"How long do you need?"
"Half a day is enough!"
"Ha!...Anyone can say something random!"
"..." When Tian Dan heard this, his eyes became a little colder, and he said coldly: "Do you want Tian Dan to confirm it and show it to General Wu?"
"Okay...How can General Tian confirm this?" Wu Ji said calmly.
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the merchant soldiers and generals on the city quickly entered the stage of preparation for war, as if they had regarded the Qi army below the city as the enemy.
Seeing this scene, Tian Dan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that Wu Ji, who was opposite him, would be so stubborn and didn't care at all about his reputation as Tian Dan. Was he worthy of being the beloved general under King Su of Wei?
At this moment, the atmosphere between the two armies above and below the city became particularly dull, as if a war might start at any time.
After the stalemate lasted for a long time, Tian Dan burst out laughing. Then he looked at Wu Ji on the tower and said in a deep voice: "It is very rare in this world to make Tian feel angry. Wu Ji
, Tian remembers you! ... Tian is waiting below the city, I want to see how long you want our troops to wait below the city!"
After hearing this, Wu Ji sneered, and then said expressionlessly: "With this free time, General Tian might as well send his army south to attack Ji Cong by the Hui River... This general will be defeated by our army and driven out of Qixian County.
After that, we are currently stationed by the Huihe River." At this point, he paused and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Qixian County, our Shang Shui Army has defeated your army, and your army will not do anything that follows.
Should we also ask our army to do the work for you?"
"Damn it! Our Eastern Route Army needs you to attack Qixian County on your behalf?"
The anger in Tian Dan's heart surged upward.
However, he had to calm down. After all, the atmosphere between the two armies was extremely tense at the moment. If he made any irrational actions again, it might really turn into a situation of cannibalism.
"Hmph! Let's go!"
After taking a deep look at Wu Ji on the tower, Tian Dan mobilized his horses, waved his hand and ordered: "The whole army... go south!"
Poor Chu general Ji Cong, who was stationed on the Hui River in the south, had just been defeated and expelled from Qixian by the Shang Shui army, and he would become the target of Tian Dan and his East Route Army to vent their anger.