After a while, Zhao Hongrun said goodbye to Tian Dan and handed over the Suxian battlefield to the East Route Army as agreed.
Although Zhao Hongrun's expression remained as usual, the generals of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army who followed him seemed to have won a battle and were very proud of themselves.
Because when they left, they took away a very incredible "trophy" - the general of Qi's "Donglai Army", Gan Mao.
A veritable general of the Qi army.
"..."
Watching Zhao Hongrun and others leave, Tian Dan subconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes filled with anger, unwillingness and helplessness.
"Tian Shuai..." Zhongsun Sheng, the commander of the Northern Navy of Qi State, asked in disbelief: "Just... let the Wei army take away General Gan Mao?"
"Otherwise what?!" Tian Dan turned around and glared at the Qi generals including Zhongsun Sheng.
It has to be said that Tian Dan's mood at this moment was extremely bad.
He had never felt so aggrieved, only today.
Just because of the current national conditions of the Qi State, he is not allowed to offend Zhao Hongrun, the high-ranking Wei prince, and the "Qi, Lu, Wei, Three Kingdoms Attack Chu" event organized by Qi King Lu Xi cannot be destroyed.
For these reasons, Tian Dan endured his anger and watched Zhao Hongrun forcibly "borrow" his general Gan Mao away.
He didn't dare to have an attack.
Because he knew very well that Zhao Hongrun did not "fancy" Gan Mao's ability to lead troops as he said. This guy clearly used this to humiliate the entire East Route Army in retaliation for the insults made by the East Route Army when they were in Qixian that day.
The hatred of Shang Shuijun.
Of course, Tian Dan could refuse sternly.
But the problem is that King Su of the Wei State is also a man with an extremely tough character. You can get the clue just from the sentence "When will His Majesty the King of Qi allow it, and when will the battle of Fulisai continue?"
In fact, Tian Dan suspected that if he disagreed with Zhao Hongrun's request, the latter would not only not attack Suxian, but might also hinder his Eastern Route Army from attacking Suxian.
What's more, the West Route Army and the East Route Army are likely to fight among themselves on the outskirts of Suxian County.
If it really comes to this, who should bear the responsibility?
That King Su of Wei?
Huh! There is no doubt that King Lu Xi of Qi must have blamed the generals of Qi State afterwards, because the current national conditions of Qi State cannot offend Wei State, a growing ally. After all, King Lu Xi of Qi State still hopes to succeed after his death.
, Wei State can help Qi State when Qi State is invaded by foreign enemies such as Chu State. In this case, how can King Lu Xi of Qi offend Wei's young master Run?
Therefore, Tian Dan chose to compromise, even though he felt like he wanted to cut someone into pieces at the moment.
"call……"
I don’t know how long it took, but Tian Dan took a long breath, looked around at the generals and said, "What are you doing here? Everyone go back to their respective positions! ... Within today, we must help Tian conquer Su."
county!"
Yes, only by conquering Suxian within today can the East Route Army, which had just been completely disgraced, save some face, and then Tian Dan would have the confidence to ask Zhao Hongrun to take back the "loaned" general Gan Mao.
"..."
The generals of the Qi army looked at each other in confusion and did not dare to say anything more. They all returned to their respective armies seemingly unconsciously.
Looking at them now, the arrogance of the past was no longer on their faces.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun's behavior just now was like giving them a blow in the head, making them finally understand a truth: even they cannot judge some people and some things rashly.
Compared with this general of the Qi army, Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Wu Ji and other generals of the Wei army were all feeling refreshed and refreshed at this moment.
Especially the generals of the merchant navy such as Wu Ji.
Once upon a time, the Qi army on the east route was so arrogant outside Qixian City, and they did not take their Shang Shui army seriously at all. Even when Wu Ji sacrificed Zhao Hongrun's royal flag, the group of people still cursed and did not know how to restrain themselves.
But today, the commander of their Western Route Wei Army, Su Wang Zhao Hongrun, personally brought up the matter and raised troops to accuse the East Route Army. What was the result? There were so many generals of the East Route Qi Army, but they were suppressed by His Highness Prince Su alone.
This is simply breathtaking!
"I have practiced good fortune in my previous life, so that I can serve as a general under His Royal Highness Prince Su..."
On the way back, Qu Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the Yanling Army, kept complimenting Zhao Hongrun. Although he was a man who could speak kind words, this time he really meant it.
After all, what these Chu generals who defected to the Wei State most needed was not power or status, but a solid backer that was hard to shake, for example, His Highness King Su in front of them.
After hearing this, the generals of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army expressed their agreement one after another, and their desire to serve Zhao Hongrun doubled.
The dignified prince of Wei and the commander-in-chief of the first army would not hesitate to fall out with the troops of the allied countries for the sake of his subordinates who were born in Chu. What more could I ask for?
The generals became more and more convinced that surrendering to His Highness Prince Su two years ago was definitely the wisest choice they had made in their lives.
Facing the generals who expressed gratitude, expressed their gratitude, and expressed their feelings, Zhao Hongrun nodded with a smile and accepted the order.
But after a while, seeing that the generals still wanted to continue, he raised his hand and waved a few times to signal the generals to calm down.
"Okay, okay, I understand what you mean...I said at the beginning that as long as you are loyal to me, Wei, no matter who humiliates or criticizes you, I will always stand up for you!"
"The last general is willing to die for Wei! I am willing to die for His Highness!" All the generals kowtowed to the ground and clasped their fists, and swore solemnly.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun helped the generals up with a smile, then turned back and glanced in the direction of Suxian County, and said with a chuckle: "You were also there just now. You must have heard the agreement between me and Tian Dan.
...It is not difficult to guess that Tian Dan is probably determined to conquer Suxian County within today. But if he wants to conquer Suxian County in one day, huh, it is not that easy to think about it."
With that said, he turned to Qu Cheng and said, "Qu Cheng, bring me the marching map."
"Yes!" Qu Cheng nodded and accepted the order, while turning his head to look at the guards behind him.
His personal guard understood, and immediately took out the rolled-up marching map from the pouch at his waist, and worked with another soldier to hang the marching map in front of Zhao Hongrun.
"Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, Wu Ji, Nanmen Chi, come forward." Zhao Hongrun called.
The fourth general took two steps forward and stood around the marching map.
I saw Zhao Hongrun pointing to the location of "Su County" on the march map, and said seriously: "I just looked at the city wall of Su County from a distance, but I felt that there were not many troops in the city, which is wrong... Su County is an important place for Fulisai to store food and grass.
, and Fu Lisai has already known that Zhi County and Qi County have fallen into our hands, why not quickly send more reinforcements to prevent us from attacking their important food storage areas?... Therefore, I suspect that this area in Su County
It is very likely that the supporting troops of Fulisai are ambushed in the hills and woods, hoping to catch us off guard when we attack Su County with all our strength."
As he spoke, he pointed to several locations on the map and said seriously: "Here, here, and here need to be searched carefully... If there is an ambush by the Chu army, there is no need to report back, but engage them immediately and drive them away... …After taking control of this area, the Yanling Army stationed here and the Shangshui Army stationed at this location to cut off the main road between Fulisai and Suxian."
While Zhao Hongrun was telling Qu Cheng and other generals these things, Gan Mao, the former general of Qi's Donglai Army who had been "borrowed" to the Wei army, was looking at Zhao Hongrun with surprised and incredulous eyes.
I have to say that Gan Mao was really surprised.
His reason was that King Su of Wei was only a nominal commander, and the generals under his command should be responsible for leading the troops in the war. But now, at a glance, it seems that the facts are not consistent with what they had guessed.
It's no wonder, after all, Zhao Hongrun is so young that his battle history is simply like a miracle.
First of all, this son led his troops for the first time at the age of fourteen. He used 35,000 troops to defeat the 160,000-strong army of King Xiong Tuo of Chuyang City. Not only did he regain the lost territory, he even counterattacked into the territory of Chu State, and even conquered Runan, almost all of it. We want to attack the great river (Yangtze River) of Chu State.
The following year, the son, who was only fifteen years old, led another 30,000 to 40,000 troops to attack Sanchuan and defeated the Sichuan army. The leader of the Jiejiao tribe, Bitatu, who had 2 to 300,000 troops, was defeated and died. All of Sanchuan was surrendered to the Wei State and almost became the Sanchuan County of the Wei State.
As for this year, the sixteen-year-old son once again served as the commander-in-chief of Wei's reinforcements and led 55,000 Wei troops to support Qi's war against Chu. The military achievements he made in this battle are as good as those of Qi's famous generals. Tian Dan is on par with him.
This is simply... a monster!
And precisely because the achievements of this son (Zhao Hongrun) were too shocking for his age, the generals of Qi State did not believe that these military achievements were really achieved by this son on his own. They speculated that maybe this King Su of Wei State Is there anyone close to His Highness who can advise him?
Because of his doubts, even Tian Dan did not call Zhao Hongrun "Prince Su", but called him "Mr. Ji Run". The deep meaning was nothing more than to show respect for Zhao Hongrun's noble background.
But at this moment, Gan Mao, the former general of the Donglai Army of Qi State, saw clearly: There was no so-called informant to assist the "Wei Gongzi Run" in front of him in the Wei army. It seemed that His Highness was giving orders from the beginning to the end. .
What surprised Gan Mao even more was that when His Highness first arrived in Suxian, he immediately went to Suxian to peek at the Chu army's defense situation in the city and made a corresponding judgment.
This is clearly an experienced commander, not just a young man who is just starting out.
"This Wei Gongzi Run's insight into the battlefield...is not inferior to that of Commander Tian (Dan)?"
Recalling that Tian Dan had made a corresponding judgment yesterday, so that his Qi army deliberately hid a force to prepare for emergencies, Gan Mao was shocked.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun had assigned the tasks to the generals.
However, after receiving the mission, Wu Ji turned around and saw Gan Mao with his eyes wide open.
"Your Highness, what should we do with this person?" Wu Ji asked for instructions.
Perhaps because he had realized that the "Wei Gongzi Run" in front of him was unusual, Gan Mao subconsciously held his breath and looked at Zhao Hongrun with some fear.
I saw Zhao Hongrun looking at Gan Mao with a smile but not a smile, and suddenly said lightly: "Wu Ji, I leave it to you...throw him into your merchant navy and start as a pawn!"
After hearing this, Qu Cheng and Yan Mo, who had not yet left, looked at each other, looked at Gan Mao with malice, and sneered secretly.
As generals, they certainly know the death rate of pawns during the war.
Gan Mao, who also understood this, felt bitter after hearing this.