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On August 25, Zhao Hongrun appointed Deng Peng from the Fenxing Army's Zhongwei Battalion as the garrison general of Zhi County. He also retained the second battalion of the Yanling Army and appointed Nanmen Jue and Nanmen Huai as Deng Peng's assistant generals.
He led 25,000 soldiers to guard Zhi County.
After that, Zhao Hongrun led the Fenxing Army's Xiwei Battalion, the Yanling Army's First Battalion, and the entire Shangshui Army, leading a total of 65,000 troops to march toward "Suxian" in the northeast.
Originally, the entire army, including Zhao Hongrun, was full of fighting spirit, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened on the way.
It was around the second quarter of Shenshi on that day. Wei Jun was heading to Suxian County when a river several feet wide suddenly appeared in front of him. This discovery made Zhao Hongrun doubly confused.
"This...could it be the lower reaches of Suixi River?"
Looking at the gentle river, Zhao Hongrun felt a little unable to turn around.
Beside him, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao quickly took out the march map, frowned at the map and said: "Your Highness, if we go further... I'm afraid we will reach Fuli Sai."
"How come?"
Zhao Hongrun was surprised, took the map and looked at it a few times, comparing it with the map in his memory.
"That's right, Su County is in the northeast of Zhi County... Strange, logically speaking, from Zhi County to Su County, you would not pass through this Suixi River..."
Zhao Hongrun was a little confused and had no choice but to order the army to rest where they were. At the same time, he sent the Green Crows to inquire about the news.
A full two hours later, the Qingya soldiers who were sent out sent back the news: the march map was incorrectly drawn, and Suxian County was to the east and south of Zhi County, not to the northeast.
"I'm going!"
Hearing the news, Zhao Hongrun almost spat out a mouthful of blood, and the generals under his command also looked a little shocked when they learned about it.
You know, before they set off, they were holding back their energy to seize the military glory of "conquering Suxian" from Tian Dan, so they set off early today, but they didn't expect to be fooled by the march map.
"Your Highness?"
Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao looked worriedly at Zhao Hongrun, who looked a little ugly.
Zhao Hongrun took a few deep breaths and then gradually calmed down.
He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake: in this era when mapping was not rigorous, the outline of the map could not be regarded as truth, because the maps of this era only served as a rough guide.
The role of generation direction.
Using this kind of map as a satellite positioning map is asking for trouble.
However, this incident also made Zhao Hongrun think of something, such as the drawing of a map.
Of course, the "map drawing" mentioned here does not refer to the drawing of maps within the Wei State, but the entire world, because Zhao Hongrun had a premonition to draw a map of all countries and regions, which may be used in the future.
That’s not right either.
But having said that, in this era when countries are closed to each other, the amount of manpower, material resources and time required to draw an accurate map of each country's entire region is probably astronomical.
But no matter what, Zhao Hongrun kept this incident firmly in his heart.
As for now, he could only order the entire army to turn around and continue heading in the right direction to Suxian.
On the way, because he had nothing to do, Zhao Hongrun "redrawn" the topography of this area in his mind based on the original map.
On that day, because Wei Jun took the wrong direction, he ultimately failed to reach Suxian before evening.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun had no choice but to order the entire army to spend the night in the wilderness.
Because there were not enough military tents, the Wei army had to cut down nearby trees, chop them into firewood, and light countless bonfires to keep warm.
It has to be said that at this moment, the soldiers and horses led by Zhao Hongrun are very close to the place where the Chu army is stationed. It is estimated that the distance is only forty or fifty miles.
Don't think that forty or fifty miles is a very far distance. You must know that in the dark night, as long as you stand at a high place with a good view, the signs of bonfires dozens of miles away are clearly visible, not to mention that people like Wei Jun can do it in one breath.
If you build thousands of bonfires, only a blind man will not be able to see them.
Therefore, it is actually very dangerous to light a bonfire at night under such circumstances, because no one can guarantee whether the Chu army will send troops to sneak attack after noticing the bonfire here.
But there is no way, because the night at the end of August has gradually become colder, and the cool wind blowing can already make people's hands and feet cold.
Considering that the soldiers in the army might be infected with the wind-chill, Zhao Hongrun would rather risk the use of bonfires. After all, in this era, a wind-cold might directly kill the entire army.
Must be on guard!
However, to be cautious, Zhao Hongrun still ambushed a group of soldiers and horses to prevent the Chu army from attacking at night.
However, it turned out that he was overly worried, because until daybreak, no Chu soldiers took the opportunity to attack the Wei army.
Early the next morning, Wei Jun ate some dry food he had brought with him and then continued on his way to Suzhou.
Finally at Si hour that day, the Wei army arrived at the northwest side of Suxian.
The Green Crows, who had already reached the direction of Suzhou and were guiding the Wei army in the rear, sent a not-so-good news: Tian Dan's Eastern Route Army had already arrived in Suzhou. And from outside Suzhou City
Judging from the traces, the East Route Army probably tried to attack Suxian yesterday.
Zhao Hongrun was so depressed that he wanted to tear up the march map.
After all, he wanted to reach Suxian County before Tian Dan, because there is an unwritten rule on the battlefield: whichever army reaches a certain city first, that city will be the prey of that army. Unless this army
The army is out of strength and needs support. Otherwise, the troops arriving later will not be able to attack the enemy city without authorization.
Especially between the armies of two allied countries, this rule is simply an iron law.
For example, right now, the East Route Army is one step ahead, which means that unless the East Route Army cannot capture Suxian, the West Route Army led by Zhao Hongrun cannot interfere casually.
It’s not that it’s absolutely impossible, but it’s contrary to morality, is suspected of stealing credit, and is easily criticized by others.
As a result, the generals of the Wei army who were full of fighting spirit yesterday were as wilted as eggplants beaten by frost today.
This is the so-called power that has nowhere to go.
"Your Highness, how about we continue heading north?"
Zongwei Zhou Pu suggested from the side.
Because according to the reconnaissance of the Green Crows, there is not only one Chu army stationed in the Suxian area. For example, there is a military camp in the hilly area further north and in the lower reaches of the Suixi River. They have the word "pin" with Suxian, and they are mutually exclusive.
horn.
Therefore, although it was no longer the Wei army's turn in Suxian, the Wei army did not get an inch of credit, and at least they could still drink some soup.
However, Zhao Hongrun did not give up.
After thinking about it, he called over two generals, Qu Cheng from the Yanling Army and Wu Ji from the Shang Shui Army, and ordered them to rest on the northwest side of Suxian County, while he himself took the Zongwei and King Su with him.
Guards, please go to the south city wall of Su County.
Because according to the reports from the Green Crows, the West Route Army led by Tian Dan has once again deployed troops outside Su County, apparently planning to attack the city again.
On his way to the southern suburbs of Suxian County with his guards, Zhao Hongrun unexpectedly encountered a Qi army detouring from the south.
"Huh?"
Zhao Hongrun immediately reined in his horse and observed the movements of the Qi army.
The Qi army opposite had two types of large flags. One of them had purple, the most noble color of the Qi State, as the background color. The outer frame was inlaid with gold, and inside it was written a large word "Qi" in white letters, with silver as the background color.
Silk engraved edges.
This is obviously the national flag of Qi.
On the other side, this is a simple white frame with a blue background, with the word "Langxie" written in dark black inside.
In other words, this Qi army came from Langxie County of Qi State, so it can be called the "Langxie Army".
Zhao Hongrun saw the "Langye Army of Qi State" appearing in front of his eyes. There were about ten thousand people in the army. There were more than ten Jinglan chariots and two ram chariots in the army. When they arrived at the western suburbs of Suxian County, they began to arrange their troops.
Formation, ready to attack the city.
While Zhao Hongrun was sizing up the Qi army, the chief general of the Langye army also noticed the small group in the distance holding high the "King Su of Wei" flag, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
The leader of the Langxie Army is called "Dongguo Pleiades (mao)". He is from the "Dongguo Clan", a famous family in the Qi State. He is estimated to be in his thirties. Although he is physically strong, he has a somewhat elegant temperament.
Most likely he was a general with both civil and military skills.
Generals with both civil and military skills are very common in Qi State, because Qi State itself is a country that attaches great importance to personal literary cultivation, so even generals who lead troops in war will never be poor in literary talent.
It is no exaggeration to say that the literary quality of Qi's generals is the best among all the countries in the Central Plains. It is far from comparable to that of Wei, which can become a general by force alone.
"General!"
Beside Dongguo Subaru, a personal guard reminded the former in a low voice and pointed to the place in the distance where Zhao Hongrun and others were.
"Wei...King Su? Humph!"
Dongguo Subaru snorted secretly, because he was very familiar with the royal flag in the distance. He had seen it on the city tower in Qixian County a few days ago. At that time, the commander-in-chief of the Shangshui Army named Wu Ji relied on having this royal flag.
With the flag in hand, he refused to allow their Qi army to enter Qixian County. Dongguo Pleiar still remembered this incident.
"Ignore it and prepare to attack the city!"
After looking coldly at Zhao Hongrun and others in the distance for a while, Dongguo Subaru ordered coldly.
But having said that, he still summoned a personal guard and quickly reported the fact that "the West Route Army had arrived in Suxian" to Tian Dan, the commander-in-chief of their East Route Army.
After hearing this general's order, the nearly ten thousand Langxie troops nearby seemed to treat Zhao Hongrun and others as if they were nothing. Under the command of generals at all levels, they began to attack Suxian one after another.
"Damn it! You actually ignored His Highness..."
Seeing that Langxie's army in the distance showed no sign, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao was really angry.
Because it stands to reason that Zhao Hongrun is the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army. Even if Dongguo Subaru, the general of the Langxie Army in the distance, is not Zhao Hongrun's subordinate, he should take the initiative to come over to greet him. At the worst, he should send a few personal guards over. This is etiquette.
However, the Qi general ignored Zhao Hongrun and his group.
In this regard, Zhao Hongrun's reaction was much calmer.
After all, in his opinion, Qi's army would naturally become proud because they had suppressed Chu for many years. What's more, at present, the West Route Army and the East Route Army had conflicts over the incident in Qixian County, and the other side chose to ignore it.
This is perfectly normal.
But having said that, Zhao Hongrun was still a little unhappy in his heart.
"Hmph! Let me, the king, see the strength of the Qi army that has been victorious in every battle!"
Looking at the Qi army in the distance, Zhao Hongrun said coldly to himself.