Time goes back to a stick of incense a few minutes ago, when Tian Dan, a famous general from Qi State, was commanding his troops in battle formation in the southern suburbs of Suxian County.
The Eastern Route Army under his command arrived from Qi County to Suxian County as early as yesterday evening. However, it was getting late at that time, so Gutian Dan was not in a hurry to attack Suxian County.
That night, Tian Dan ordered his soldiers and generals to station a military camp fifteen miles away from the city in the southern suburbs of Suxian County. On the other hand, he ordered his soldiers to install many parts of the war weapons that came with the army.
Just as when Zhao Hongrun attacked Sanchuan, the merchant navy carried catapults and catapults developed by the Wei State Smelting Bureau, Tian Dan's Eastern Route Army was also equipped with war weapons developed by Lu craftsmen, such as the
The catapult of "Sky Stone Chariot".
Relying on these weapons of war, Tian Dan was able to conquer "Zhongwu", "Lanling", and "Liyang" in just a few days, and arrived at Qi County at a staggering speed.
Although there was an accident during the period, Zhi County, which was originally the target, was actually captured by the Shangshui Army of the Wei Army, but even so, Tian Dan had already captured three cities.
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When Tian Dan thought of meritorious deeds, he couldn't help but think of the Western Route Army, because Zhao Hongrun, King Su of the Wei State, had also conquered "Xiangcheng", "Zi County", and "Qixian" so far, which happened to be three cities.
Although in fact Tian Dan still had the credit for "conquering Haizhou", but in real terms, the credit for conquering Haizhou should belong to the "Yushan Army" of the "Qi State Yushan Fortress" and cannot be counted as the credit of the East Route Army.
Therefore, so far, the military achievements of the West Route Army and the East Route Army are about the same. It depends on which side conquers Suxian County first. Then, which side will take the lead.
Because of this, Tian Dan also led his troops to Su County early in the morning yesterday.
When he arrived at Suxian, Tian Dan found that Zhao Hongrun and his West Route Army had not arrived yet, and he felt very happy.
Little did he know that the West Route Army was heading in the wrong direction and was about to reach Fuli Fortress. Seeing that the West Route Army had not arrived yet, he secretly despised the Wei army's marching speed and ordered his generals to prepare for the next day.
Preparations for the storming of Suxian County.
Anyway, Tian Dan had no intention of using the power of the Wei army to conquer Suxian County. To him, there was little difference between the arrival of Zhao Hongrun and the arrival of the West Route Army led by him.
The Eastern Route Army led by Tian Dan this time was an army in Langxie County of Qi State.
Langye County is one of the few counties in Qi State that deploys heavy troops. There are a total of four troops stationed in it: the "Langye Army", "Bei Haijun", "Donglai Army" and "Jimo Army". Because Langye County is surrounded by
The harassment from "Haiyi" is very serious.
The strength of these four armies is 10,000 each. Therefore, in other words, the entire Langye County has 40,000 Qi troops deployed. This is also very rare in Qi State. I am afraid that it can be compared with Langye County.
There is only "Julu County" on the border between Qi State and South Korea.
Last year, when Qi State Lu Xi decided to attack Chu State, the number of the four armies of "Langxie Army", "Beihai Navy", "Donglai Army", and "Jimo Army" was temporarily doubled. This time,
The first three armies were dispatched together as the army under Tian Dan, while the "Jimo Army" stayed behind to guard Langye County.
With the three armies of "Langye Army", "Beihai Navy" and "Donglai Army" totaling 20,000 people, plus the reserves, the military power in the hands of the commander of the East Route Army, Tian Dan, actually reached 80,000 at one time.
However, as Chu's cities were captured along the way, Tian Dan also responded by gradually allocating troops to guard the captured cities. Therefore, the number of troops in his hands now is only about 60,000.
This situation is very similar to that of Zhao Hongrun's West Route Army, because the latter brought almost the same number of troops to Suxian this time.
It was precisely because the two sides had equal strength of troops and equal military exploits that Tian Dan felt a little uncomfortable with Zhao Hongrun in his heart.
It’s not that he has any prejudice against Zhao Hongrun, it’s just that he is already in his early thirties and has been famous for a long time. Although Zhao Hongrun is also a Wei Guogong with great military exploits, in the final analysis, His Highness Prince Su is only ten years old this year.
Six years old.
How does Tian Dan deal with this comparison?
Winning is disgraceful, losing is even more disgraceful.
Unless he is far behind Zhao Hongrun in terms of military exploits.
However, just when Tian Dan braced himself up and prepared to fight a beautiful siege battle and make Suxian County his credit, he suddenly received a message from Yanling Army General Dongguo Pleiades: King Su of Wei has arrived!
"We'll be there soon!"
Tian Dan muttered to himself at that time.
A few days ago in Qixian County, the Shang Shui Army had a conflict with the East Route Army. Because of this incident, Tian Dan was somewhat resentful of Zhao Hongrun.
The reason is simple, because Zhao Hongrun handed over his Suwang Banner to the Shangshui Army as a warning, or even to the Eastern Route Army.
Tian Dan had no doubt that if his Eastern Route Army soldiers really had the guts to attack the Shang Shui Army, then Zhao Hongrun would immediately send someone to tell Qi King Lu Xi about the incident and ask the latter to punish the East Route Army.
Otherwise, what would happen if King Su's royal flag did not stay with King Su but was handed over to the Shang Shui army who went out alone?
Because of this, neither in public nor privately did he want to meet Zhao Hongrun.
But then he thought again, and he suddenly felt that he still had to go and see Zhao Hongrun.
Generally speaking, whether they are friendly or allied forces, there is an unwritten rule between them, that is, whoever arrives at an enemy city first can attack the city first. Unless they are unable to do so, other armies cannot take the credit.
, to avoid uneven distribution of benefits after the war and corruption.
But the problem is that Ji Run, the Su King of Wei, is only sixteen years old this year, and he is the prince of a country. Does he know this unwritten rule?
What if his East Route Army is fighting fiercely and King Su's West Route Army takes the opportunity to seize Su County?
So after much deliberation, Tian Dan felt that he should go see King Su of Wei and explain things to him face to face to avoid any trouble.
Therefore, he temporarily transferred his command to Zhongsun Sheng, the general of the "Northern Navy", and asked him to take charge of the Eastern Route Army's siege of Suxian. He took several personal guards and rode to Suxian.
Looking for Zhao Hongrun's whereabouts in the western suburbs.
As for Zhao Hongrun, while observing the combat effectiveness of the Qi army, he slowly came to the southern suburbs of Suxian County, intending to observe the siege of the main force of the Eastern Route Army, so that he and Tian Dan met on the way.
After hearing the low-pitched reminder from Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao, Zhao Hongrun immediately noticed the oncoming Tian Dan and his group, so he reined in the reins and waited quietly for the other party to come over.
After a while, Tian Dan and several personal guards came to Zhao Hongrun, cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Ji Run, you are well."
His attitude was very cold, his face was expressionless, and his tone was not very enthusiastic, as if he was treating a stranger.
But then again, Tian Dan and Zhao Hongrun had only met each other once, and there was no friendship at all.
"Heh." Zhao Hongrun chuckled softly when he heard the words, returned the gesture with his hands raised, and then looked at Tian Dan without saying a word.
Because he knew very well that Tian Dan was a very proud man, no less arrogant than Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army of Wei.
However, knowing clearly does not mean that Zhao Hongrun can accept Tian Dan's attitude.
Since Tian Dan treated him with indifference, he naturally treated Tian Dan with indifference.
The two stared at each other in silence for a long time. Tian Dan was surprised to find that the sixteen-year-old Wei Guogong opposite him seemed not to be affected by Tian Dan's reputation at all. This made Tian Dan praise Zhao Hongrun secretly.
The impression became even worse.
On the sidelines, the two people's entourage looked at each other a few times, and they could vaguely see that these two head coaches who were partial to each other seemed not to be very convinced of each other.
I don’t know how long it took, but Tian Dan let out a breath and stopped the meaningless stare at each other with Zhao Hongrun. He only saw him laughing and saying: "You must know that soldiers are so fast, why is Master Ji Run so late?"
"Are you teaching me a lesson?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned secretly, but there was no expression on his face.
Of course he wouldn't explain that he was touching in the wrong direction. After all, wouldn't he make the other party laugh to death?
So he said calmly: "As the saying goes, haste makes waste. If you advance slowly and control your troops in a royal way, you will win the battle and take the attack...Those who are greedy for success and rush forward will often suffer the consequences."
The conversation between the two made the followers behind them change their expressions slightly.
Of course, Tian Dan's words were sarcastic, but Zhao Hongrun's response was not sarcastic.
It's just that both of them spoke very cryptically.
"What an arrogant guy (junior)!"
Staring at each other again, Zhao Hongrun and Tian Dan both cursed secretly in their hearts.
As the saying goes, there is no first in civil affairs and no second in military. Zhao Hongrun is now the leader of Wei State commanders, and Tian Dan is a famous general of Qi State for a long time. Moreover, Qi King Lu Xi appointed them both separately this time.
As the coach of the West Route Army and the East Route Army, who would be willing to be compared to the other?
Zhao Hongrun was unwilling, and Tian Dan was even more unwilling!
Perhaps this is the real reason why they dislike each other. The incident in Qixian County was just a trigger.
Perhaps he gradually realized that the King Su of the Wei State opposite him was not a young man in the ordinary sense. Therefore, Tian Dan was too lazy to beat around the bush and said bluntly: "As usual, first come first served, Suxian County belongs to our East Route Army.
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"What a joke!" Zhao Hongrun laughed when he heard this: "According to this, Qixian County was captured by our West Route Army. Why did your East Route Army shamelessly enter the city and actually threaten that if the Shang Navy does not open the city gate, you
We're about to attack the city?!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand to make a sign of begging, and said seriously: "You want to attack Su County? Okay, Qixian County will come back!"
"..." Tian Dan frowned when he heard this.
Don't think that because the Eastern Route Army has arrived in Suxian and has built a military camp in the southern suburbs of Suxian, it means that Qixian is no longer important to them.
In fact, the military camp of the East Route Army in the southern suburbs of Su County was just a transitional function during the attack on Su County. Qixian was the real stronghold city of the East Route Army, and the State of Qi was responsible for supervising the logistics of transporting grain and grass.
The army has already continuously transported grain and grass to support the Eastern Route Army to Qixian.
At this time, if Qixian County is returned to the West Route Army, what will their East Route Army do?
Thinking of this, Tian Dan said displeasedly: "Qixian County was originally the city and county that our East Route Army was responsible for attacking... It was your West Route Army that robbed our army of its merits."
"Joke!" Zhao Hongrun curled his lips and said sarcastically: "Isn't it said 'first come, first served'?"