On August 24, more than 200,000 Qilu troops from the Pi Fortress were mobilized to launch the most ferocious offensive to date against Chu State's Fuli Fortress.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun had just received the letter sent by King Lu Xi of Qi two days ago.
There is no way, after all, there is a Fuli Fortress between "Pi" Fortress and "Zhi County". Therefore, the correspondence between the former two can only be detoured from the west side of Longji Mountain, that is, through the Xiangcheng area, traveling between the two.
It took a lot of time to deliver the letter from King Lu Xi of Qi to Zhao Hongrun.
After receiving the letter, Zhao Hongrun took a few glances and ordered the generals of the three armies of Fenxing Army, Yanling Army and Shangshui Army to be invited to the place where he lived in the post. He met these generals in the living room.
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At this time, Zhao Hongrun realized that although Xu Yin quite liked his general Cai Qinhu, Cai Qinhu was actually only the camp general of the Fenxing Army's Western Wei Camp, not the deputy general of the Fenxing Army.
The deputy general is a general named "Qi (qi) Hong". It is said that he comes from a famous family in Luyang, Wei State.
"I thought Cai Qinhu would be the successor to General Xu Yin..."
Zhao Hongrun was slightly surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt relieved.
After all, according to Cai Qinhu's character, being a vanguard general who charges into battle is enough. But if he is asked to take charge of the Fenxing Army, with Cai Qinhu's temperament, he will most likely not be qualified.
In comparison, the general named "Qi Hong" seemed much more stable, but his identity as a member of a prominent Luyang family made Zhao Hongrun somewhat biased.
After all, in Zhao Hongrun's view, the army should be a pure place, and he did not want domestic aristocratic forces to be involved in it.
However, since this was the internal affairs of the Fenxing Army, Zhao Hongrun was sensible and did not say much.
Following Xu Yin and Qi Hong, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo of the Yanling Army also arrived, and after that, Wu Ji and another general of the Shang Shui Army also arrived.
However, the identity of this "other general" really made Zhao Hongrun stunned for a moment.
"Nanmen Chi? How come he and Wu Ji are together?"
Zhao Hongrun was really puzzled. You must know that after Yan Mo cleverly captured Xiangcheng, Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, Nanmen Huai, Zou Xin and other original Xiangcheng generals all surrendered to the Yanling army. Therefore, it stands to reason that Nanmen
Menchi should also be a general affiliated with the Yanling Army.
Even when Zhao Hongrun was reorganizing the Yanling Army a few days ago, if Nanmen Chi had not followed the Shangshui Army to attack Qixian, this general should have been the commander of the "Second Battalion of the Yanling Army" instead of Nanmen Huai.
Temporarily.
After all, Nanmen Chi is the guard general of Yuanxiang City, and he is also the clan brother of Nanmen Jue and Nanmen Huai, and the biological brother of Nanmen Yang. Therefore, Nanmen Chi is the most important general of the second battalion of the Yanling Army.
Good candidate.
But now Nanmen Chi walked in behind Wu Ji with a smile. This scene not only surprised Zhao Hongrun, but also made Qu Cheng, Yan Mo and others confused.
Perhaps noticing the strange looks from Zhao Hongrun and others, Nanmen Chi clasped his hands and explained: "Your Highness (King Su), because of the relationship between the last general and my Nanmen clan, General Wu (Ji) had an affair with Na Tian in Qixian County.
The last general felt deeply guilty for having turned against each other... Two days ago, I learned that the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, General Zhai Huang, was now in Xiangcheng. Therefore, the last general boldly made his own decisions and hoped to stay in the Shang Shui Army for the time being to help Wu (Ji)
) General."
"..."
Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth slightly and looked at Nanmen Chi in surprise.
Although Nanmen Chi said that he was "temporarily staying in the Shangshui Army", this actually has little credibility.
You must know that although the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army have the same position on the Tian Dan matter, when these two armies only have each other, the competition is extremely fierce.
What happened in the Shangshui Army was simply impossible to happen.
Either the Yanling Army or the Shangshui Army, he had only one choice.
Now, since Nanmen Chi has said this, it means that he has chosen the Shangshui Army. The so-called "temporarily staying in the Shangshui Army" is just a euphemism. After all, the Yanling Army's resignation at this moment
Cheng and Yan Mo were present, and Chi didn't want to offend them even if he wanted to come to the south gate.
"Yes! The grievances between the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army are becoming increasingly difficult to resolve..."
Zhao Hongrun secretly laughed bitterly, because he noticed that when Qu Cheng and Yan Mo heard Nanmen Chi's explanation, the two of them looked at Wu Ji and became more and more unhappy, maybe because of suspicion.
Wu Ji gave Nanmen Chi some ecstasy soup or something.
You know, although Zhao Hongrun always hopes that the army will be a pure existence and does not want to be affected by the influence of noble forces, it is undeniable that many armies cannot do without the support of certain nobles behind them.
For example, the six battalions of the Wei garrison, including the Junshui Army, the Dangshan Army, the Chenggao Army, and the Fenxing Army, seemed to have no nobles supporting them, but in fact, these armies had the largest nobleman in the Wei State—the surname Ji.
The support of the Zhao royal family.
For another example, the nobles such as the Yanling Gong clan and the Peng clan behind the Yanling Army, the Yangtze clan of Shangshui and other nobles behind the Shangshui Army, and the garrison and the local nobles will inevitably have interests involved. This is something that Zhao Hongrun cannot change.
of.
The current question is, should the Nanmen clan choose the Shangshui Army or the Yanling Army?
Or is it the idea of hoping to have the best of both worlds? - And this is precisely the most stupid thing.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun shook his head secretly.
He was no longer too lazy to care about the affairs between the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army, nor was he too lazy to care about which side the Nanmen clan was leaning towards. After all, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army were both armies of the Wei State no matter what. As long as this was guaranteed,
The rest were just trivial matters, and he didn't have the energy to take care of them.
"In that case, you can temporarily take over the duties of Deputy General Zhai Huang and assist Wu Ji."
Zhao Hongrun said casually and signaled Wu Ji and Nanmen to come to the table late.
"Yes!" Nanmen Chi replied, cupping his fists.
Seeing this scene, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo looked at each other. Although they didn't say anything, their expressions were not very good.
They may be considering his position as the general of the second battalion of the Yanling Army: after all, if Nanmen Chi really joins the Shangshui Army and is reused by Wu Ji, then his position as the general of the second battalion of the Yanling Army will be impossible.
Then leave it to the people of the Nanmen clan.
"Everyone."
On the throne, Zhao Hongrun clapped his hands to attract the attention of the generals. He pointed to the letter in the hand of the Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao beside him and said in a deep voice: "Just now, I received a letter written by King Lu Xi of Qi.
Zhongyandao, Qilu Lian
The army will launch an offensive against Fulisai on August 24th, that is, today...The King of Qi hopes that our army, as well as Na Tiandan's Eastern Route Army, will assist the main force in attacking Fulisei...I am still that
In other words, give me some credit!"
"Yes!" Qu Cheng and Yan Mo of the Yanling Army, as well as Wu Ji and Nanmen Chi of the Shang Shui Army, responded in unison, clasping their fists and looking full of fighting spirit.
At this time, Xu Yin, the general of Fenxing Army, stroked his beard and asked: "Your Highness, King Su, has King Qi made any specific strategic arrangements?"
"Yes." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then motioned to Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao to spread the march map on the table in the center of the hall that was specially used to discuss military situations.
Immediately, Zhao Hongrun stepped forward and called the generals to approach the table.
After all the generals stood around the table, Zhao Hongrun pointed his finger at the location of "Fuli Fortress" on the map, then drew a line slightly south and said in a deep voice: "The south of Fuli Fortress is in the county of Qixian."
On the north side, there is a city and county, which the Chu people call "Su". It was once a fortress for the Chu State to resist the Qi army's attack. However, with the completion of Fuli Fortress, Su County is no longer a fortress and has become a fortress of Fuli Fortress.
Rear defense granary…
...As you may think, the city of "Su" has a large amount of food and grass stored in it. The King of Qi hopes that our West Route Army and East Route Army will conquer this place first. It is good to capture this city. If we cannot capture it, we will try to burn the city.
To store food." After a pause, Zhao Hongrun added: "Once Fuli Fortress loses the food and grass from Su County, even though there are mountains of food stored in the fortress, it will not be enough to support hundreds of thousands of people."
After hearing this, the expressions of the generals in the room became extremely serious.
You must know that a few days ago, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army ambushed the troops in Fulisai to assist Zhi County and Qixian respectively. In other words, at this time, the Chu army in Fulisai had already learned that there was a problem with the rear defense.
As a result, the Chu army in Fulisai is bound to deploy heavy troops in the granary area of Suxian to guard against attacks by the Wei army and Tian Dan army.
From this, it is not difficult to guess that the battle between the Wei Army and Tian Dan Army to attack Suxian County is bound to be a fierce battle.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was still stating the tactical arrangements.
"...After conquering Su County, our army will move northward and cross the Suhe River, the lower reaches of Sui River in Xiangcheng. We will station military camps here and here...Don't look at the Chu soldiers in Fulisai, including
The Chu army in Longji Mountain has about 500,000 troops. Once the granary is occupied by us,
If the Chu army is destroyed, no matter how large the Chu army is, it will not have the slightest fighting power. If Xiang Mo, the defender of Fuli Fortress, chooses to defend to the death, this is certainly the best, because this is the way to death... What I am afraid of is
, Xiang Mo saw that the situation was over, so he led his troops to break out south."
After hearing this, Qi Hong, the deputy general of the Fenxing Army, frowned and asked tentatively: "Qi King Lu Xi wants our army to intercept him?"
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then said with a smile: "For the sake of future war conditions, he certainly hopes to kill all the Chu troops of about 500,000 in Fu Lisai, and he will do this at all costs. But what about this king?
…”
As he spoke, he looked around at Zhao Hongrun and the generals in the room, and said seriously: "Everyone must be aware of my king's intention. If not, then I will say it again here... Although our army is here to assist Qi this time,
Wang Luxi is coming, but our army does not need to fight for the sake of Qi State.
And risking one's life, to put it more bluntly, this king led the troops here just to gain benefits for our great Wei... Therefore, if the Chu general Xiang Mo intends to break out, let him go, our army
Then just cover it up and kill them, do you understand? I don’t want to see our army suffer huge losses."
Zhao Hongrun has already spoken to this point, how could the generals still not understand?
After all, the current Wei army, plus the surrendered Chu soldiers, only has more than 90,000 people, and there are more than 10,000 people far away in Xiangcheng. The 80,000 people in the army alone can stop the 500,000 people in the Fu Li Sai area.
The left and right Chu soldiers broke through?
Especially when the opponent is trying to break through and survive, if the Wei army forcibly stops it, it is likely that it will be overwhelmed by the huge number of Chu troops, and this is exactly what Zhao Hongrun does not want to see.
"It's good to preserve your strength, but I'm afraid someone will make trouble in front of King Qi..." Xu Yin said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter."
Zhao Hongrun waved his hand and said: "We, the soldiers of the Wei Dynasty, are only allies of the Qi State. They are not vassals or soldiers. They do not have to obey the King of Qi's arrangements in everything... If someone criticizes this matter in the future, I will come forward.
...If you understand, then retreat and prepare to send troops!"
Including Fenxing Army General Xu Yin, the generals in the room looked at each other and led the troops with fists clasped.