At dusk, Zhao Hongrun returned to the Wei army's station.
To be precise, it should be the temporary base of Fenxing Army's Western Guard Camp. After all, Yanling Army and Shangshui Army have been sent out by him to be responsible for the search mission in Suxian area.
Around the time of Youshi, the Yanling Army was the first to send news that there was a Chu army stationed on two hills northwest of Yansu County, about twelve miles away from the city, with about 20,000 people.
Immediately afterwards, the Shang Shui Army also sent messengers to inform Zhao Hongrun that there was a suspected trace of a Chu army in a forest about seven or eight miles northeast of Su County.
Zhao Hongrun was not surprised at all by this, because he had already expected that there must be Chu troops nearby to protect Su County.
After all, Suxian County is an important place where Fulisai stores food and grass. How could he only have tens of thousands of troops?
Even though the city of Suxian - also known as the fortress - has been built for a long time and cannot accommodate more Chu troops, there will definitely be troops nearby to protect the city.
This is beyond doubt.
In contrast, Zhao Hongrun was more interested in Suxian's "command".
Although he didn't know whether the excellent response of the Chu army in Su County came from the defender Wu Yuan or the county's Duke Dongmen Mi, he had to say that the famous Qi general Tian Dan returned without success.
The generals who commanded the Chu troops behind the scenes were by no means ordinary people.
The Fenxing Army's Western Guard Camp was established in the northwest of Suxian County, about six or seven miles away from the city.
Logically speaking, this is a very dangerous distance. Even if there are Shangshui Qingya monitoring the disturbances in Suxian County, there is no guarantee whether this military camp will be attacked by the Chu army at night in Suxian County.
However, the soldiers and generals of the Fenxing Army did not take it seriously at all. Zhao Hongrun could only say: A man of skill is bold!
The Fenxing army was good at defense and was especially good at defensive counterattacks. It was even possible that they were deliberately luring the Chu army in Su County out of the city to attack them.
In any case, Zhao Hongrun would not dare to camp less than ten miles away from the enemy's stronghold. He would at least ensure a distance of twenty miles from each other to prevent any accidents.
The Fenxing Army, composed of 15,000 people, has three guard camps in the west, middle and east. Among them, the east guard camp and the middle guard camp are left in Xiangcheng and Qi County respectively. The garrison of these two camps is very important for the Wei army.
In the strategic city, only the Xiwei camp followed Zhao Hongrun here.
Because it was only a Western Guard camp of 5,000 people, when Zhao Hongrun, who was watching the Qi army attack the city on the outskirts of Su County, returned to the location of the Fenxing Army, the army had already set up camps, camp fences, and wooden houses.
Everything is available.
Although it lacks beauty in appearance, I believe its sturdiness can be guaranteed.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers and generals of the Fenxing Army specially built a small wooden house for Zhao Hongrun, right next to the residence of his general Xu Yin.
"Thank you very much, Uncle Xu."
When General Xu Yin brought Zhao Hongrun to the cabin given to him, Zhao Hongrun thanked him. After all, his cabin could be said to be the most decent house in the military camp.
Apart from this, the other houses in the camp where soldiers and generals lived were nothing. In Zhao Hongrun's opinion, they were just sheds covered with leaves.
But there was no way, because the military tents and other supplies provided by the Qi State to the Wei Army were almost all lost when the Wei Army attacked Xiangcheng. Although Zhao Hongrun wrote to Qi King Lu Xi after the war to ask for it, due to time constraints, those batches
The supplies have not yet been delivered to Zhao Hongrun, and may still be near Zhi County, or even in the Xiangcheng area.
Therefore, the Wei army had no choice but to rely on their own efforts, spending more labor to cut down trees and build wooden houses so that the soldiers could have a shelter from wind and rain in late autumn nights.
"What is the status of the Qi army's attack on Suxian?"
After welcoming Zhao Hongrun to his residence, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, asked the former.
Zhao Hongrun shook his head and told Xu Yin what he saw, but Xu Yin frowned frequently.
Obviously Xu Yin did not expect that Tian Dan would encounter such obstacles in Suxian.
Although it is unfavorable for the Qi army to attack Suxian and it may be a good thing for the Wei army, the question is, since the Chu army in Suxian has the strength to repel the Qi army, can the Wei army attack Suxian in the future?
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You must know that siege warfare is the most important test of the strength of the soldiers under your command. The general's strategy and wisdom are just the icing on the cake.
In the evening, Nanmenchi, the general of the Shangshui Army who was summoned by Zhao Hongrun, came to the barracks of the Fenxing Army with several personal guards.
After meeting Zhao Hongrun, Nanmen Chi first told the results of their Shang Shui Army's battles during the day.
According to him, they had already fought against the Chu army hiding in the forest and drove them out of the forest. Now the Shang Shui army has built a military camp in that forest.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun warned Nanmen Chi: "Be careful of the other party cheating and deliberately tricking you into the forest."
"You will finally understand." Nanmen Chi said with his fists clasped.
After all, he is also a general, so he naturally understands the profound meaning of Zhao Hongrun's words, which is nothing more than to make them wary of the other party's fire attacks.
After that, Zhao Hongrun told the reason why he summoned Nanmen Chi to come here this time, and wanted to learn from him the details about Su County Guards Wu Yuan and County Duke Dongmen Mi.
As soon as he heard the name Dongmen Mi, Nanmen Chi felt a little embarrassed on his face.
I remember that a while ago, Yan Mo half-jokingly revealed to the Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao that the Chu State had some weird surnames, and this was not true at all.
No, after the Nanmen clan in Qixian County, there was the Dongmen clan in Suxian County, and even the Ximen clan and the Beimen clan.
In the early years, these four clans were all families without surnames who lived near the Sifang Gate of King Ying of Chu. Therefore, over time, they formed the four clans of East Gate, South Gate, West Gate and North Gate.
Therefore, in a sense, the earliest birth status of these four clans is equal.
But now, I have to say that Dongmen's mixed land is the best.
In Nanmenchi's story, the Dongmen clan not only established a relationship with the Xiong clan of the Chu Kingdom, but also became acquainted with the Xiang clan, a general of the Chu Kingdom. Compared with the Nanmen clan, which guarded a small Qixian County,
Moreover, the Dongmen clan is still considered a famous family in the Chu Kingdom.
Especially the current head of the Dongmen clan, Dongmen Mi, is a well-known nobleman far and wide, and he is not the kind of person Wan Xi, the county magistrate of Zhi County, is.
"...Dongmen Mi is a cunning and cunning person who is difficult to deal with."
Nanmen Chi summarized his views on Dongmen Mi, the Duke of Suxian County, in simple words with obvious personal bias.
Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and did not express any opinion on Nanmen Chi's personal likes and dislikes.
After all, the relationship between nobles and nobles is not rigid, and the same is true in his country of Wei, so why make a fuss.
Furthermore, these nobles of Chu State were in conflict with each other, which made them easier to deal with.
"So, where is Wu Yuan, the guard of Su County?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
"Wu Yuan." Nanmen Chi pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "I don't know much about this person. I only know that this person was once a rebel general in the Wuyue area."
"General of the rebel army?" Zhao Hongrun was slightly surprised.
Nanmen Chi nodded and said: "The unruly people in the Wuyue area... no, they are the barbarians who are not convinced by the Chu State. They have not surrendered to the Chu State yet, and they still want to expel the Chu army one day.
They left the Wuyue area and established their own Wuyue Kingdom... The King of Chu has repeatedly sent soldiers to attack, but your highness may not know that the Wuyue area is very barbaric, and everything you look at is covered with reeds and weeds, and the boat cannot
The way forward was impassable. The Chu army fought with the people of Wu and Yue for more than a hundred years, but they never surrendered. In fact, they even encountered stronger resistance."
"If that's the case, then Wu Yuan..." Zhao Hongrun asked curiously.
Nanmenchi paused and said: "Wu Yuan is said to have been conquered by General Xiang Mo when he attacked Wuyue...According to rumors, Wu Yuan himself was a powerful general among the people of Wuyue, and was later captured by General Xiang Mo.
After Xiang Mo was captured, Xiang Mo cherished this man's talent and could not bear to harm him, so he let Wu Yuan go back. Wu Yuan was grateful for Xiang Mo's kindness, so he surrendered to Xiang Mo. However, it is said that this man surrendered to Xiang Mo with conditions.
I hope Xiang Mo will stop attacking the people of Wu and Yue."
Having said this, Nanmen Chi paused for a moment, and then said: "The specific situation at that time is unknown. Anyway, since then, Xiang Mo has expressed to the King of Chu that he will no longer continue to attack the people of Wu and Yue, so he was transferred to
Fu Lisai... As for the war with Wu Yue, Xiang Mo's cousin Xiang Kuan took over."
"Does this make sense?"
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes speechlessly.
As if he had guessed Zhao Hongrun's thoughts, Nanmen Chi said with a smile: "Your Highness, the State of Qi has the general Tian family, and the State of Chu also has the general Xiang family. All the children of the Xiang family are outstanding, especially Xiang Mo. According to legend, Xiang
At the end of the day, there are only a few generals who can resist Tian Dan."
"..." Zhao Hongrun glanced at Nanmen Chi in surprise, and then, after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "In other words, Suxian County is not as easy to attack as I predicted, right?"
Nanmen Chi hesitated for a moment, and after carefully looking at Zhao Hongrun's expression, he nodded solemnly.
After that, Zhao Hongrun asked Nanmen Chi some questions about Wu Yuan's deeds, and then sent Nanmen Chi back to the Shangshui Army's station.
After Nanmen Chi left, Zhao Hongrun was lying on the bed in his wooden house, thinking about the attack on the city in the future.
He carefully recalled the process of Tian Dan leading his army to attack Su County during the day, hoping to find some loopholes in Su County so that his soldiers could capture the city of Su County.
However, the Chu general Wu Yuan was indeed the former Wu Yue rebel general who had fought against the Chu general Xiang Mo. It seemed that he had already predicted this and was invulnerable.
"Should we give up tomorrow's siege?"
After thinking hard until late at night and still not getting any results, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but frown.
But in the end, he decided to try to visit Su County the next day. After all, although he watched Tian Dan's attack on Su County today, there are some things that can only be understood by being involved in it.
Facts have proved that Zhao Hongrun's feeling was sometimes wrong. He thought he could find a flaw in Suxian during the siege, but unfortunately, Suxian's defender Wu Yuan had no intention of giving him a chance.
This caused Zhao Hongrun to hit a wall in Suxian after Tiandan's defeat at Suxian - seeing that two rounds of tentative attacks were ineffective, he made a decisive decision to withdraw his troops.
At that time, both Tian Dan and Zhao Hongrun ordered their troops to build catapults, as if they wanted to produce hundreds or thousands of catapults and raze Suxian County to the ground in one go.
On August 28, Tian Dan led his army to attack Suxian again.
On that day, Zhao Hongrun still went to watch.
He had a vague feeling that Tian Dan seemed to have figured out a strategy to defeat Suxian.