Under the cold eyes of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, Guling Lord Xiong Wu led an army of 100,000 to attack from Juyang County.
Here, let us first introduce the Chu troops stationed in the area near Juyang County.
The first is the Juyang Army, which is the private army of Juyang Lord Xiong Li. It can also be understood as the county division of Juyang County. It originally had about 150,000 troops, but Juyang Lord sent out the remaining 50,000 troops at that time.
Among the 50,000 troops, 30,000 were led by Sun Shuke, the then Chu general, to support Wan Xi, the Duke of Zhi County.
Now, these 40,000 troops have been defeated by the Wei army, and 20,000 of them surrendered to the Wei army under the call of the general Sun Shuke.
As for the other 20,000 soldiers, they were stationed on the south bank of the Huihe River, led by Chu general Huang Zhu.
When the Wei army forcibly crossed the Huihe River, they were blocked by several Chu armies, including 20,000 Chu troops led by Chu general Huang Zhu.
After excluding the Juyang Army, which was a local army, the rest were troops recruited from various places by the Chu State.
Among them, there are 100,000 Xinyang main troops, commanded by Xiang Pei, Xiang Pei, the general of Chu State;
The Caixi Army (county division) is 30,000, and the commander is County Duke Cai Hou;
There are 30,000 Xiyang troops (county divisions), and the commander is the county prince Ximen Ji;
The Zhangyang army (private army) consisted of 50,000 men, and the commander was Zhou Zheng, the general under the command of Xiong Zheng, the king of Zhangyang;
Peng Li (li) army (private army): m.uld.o 50,000, commanded by General Xu Ji under Peng Lijun Xiong Yi.
In addition to the 100,000 soldiers trained by Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, and 80,000 soldiers of Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, the Chu army currently stationed in Juyang County totals 520,000 troops.
This does not include the armies of Shouling Jun Jingshe and Xiling Jun Qu Ping, who were hampered by the West Vietnam. Otherwise, the Wei army on the west route alone would have to face nearly 700,000 troops. A huge army would make almost Desperate numbers.
Of course, in fact, even the 500,000 Chu troops currently in Juyang County are enough to attract Wei Jun's attention.
No, when the Green Crows sent the information they had gathered on the front lines to Zhi County and into the hands of Zhao Hongrun, the latter had a solemn look on his face.
Because the difference in military strength between the two sides is really huge.
You must know that even if several regular Chu armies were recruited, the combined strength of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army was only **0,000, while the Chu Army they had to face numbered as many as 500,000. .
Under this situation, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but praise himself secretly, because facts have proved that it is simply a task for the Wei army, which is still in the running-in period, to defeat the 500,000 Chu army in a head-on confrontation. A daunting challenge.
If the entire army is not ordered to be broken into parts, I am afraid that the Wei army will not even be able to gain a foothold on the south bank of the Hui River under the threat of the Chu army in Juyang County.
"There are actually so many troops in Juyang County?"
Wei Jiao, the chief of Zong Wei, heard this information and couldn't help but look horrified.
Because he couldn't help but guess: There were 500,000 Chu troops in Zhengyang County, the target of his Wei army's attack. So, what about Haoshang? What about Xiacai, which was attacked by King Lu Xi of Qi himself? Tian Dan, the Qi army on the east road, was in charge What about Zhongli who attacked Xiangxian County?
Based on this calculation, wouldn't the Chu army that the coalition forces need to face this time exceed two million troops?
"Gu..."
Even Wei Jiao couldn't help but swallow his saliva at this moment, and his face looked a little absent-minded.
After all, has Wei State ever participated in a war of this scale in the past hundred years?
It seemed that the current scale of the battlefield was beyond the scope of what Wei Jiao could understand, and the heroic Zong Wei Chief couldn't help but feel sweating all over his body.
Perhaps noticing Wei Jiao's strange behavior, Zhao Hongrun smiled and comforted: "Don't be frightened by the huge number of troops of the Chu army. In fact, the 500,000 troops in Juyang County at this moment are worthy of vigilance in my opinion.
Yes, I'm afraid there are only Xiang Pei's 100,000 Xinyang regular troops, and the rest of the Chu army... Heh, I'm afraid they can only fight with the wind. Once the battle situation is unfavorable, hum, in short, there is nothing to fear."
Indeed, among the 500,000 Chu troops currently stationed in Juyang County, except for the 100,000 Xinyang troops led by the Chu general Xiang Pei, Xinyang Jun Xiang Pei, who are the regular troops of Chu, the rest are either from local counties.
The divisions, or private armies, were inferior to the regular army of Chu State in terms of weapons, equipment and training level, and were even more incomparable with the Wei army.
Hearing Zhao Hongrun's relief, Wei Jiao took a deep breath and gradually calmed down.
He said with shame: "I am humble and timid, which makes His Highness laugh."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly and then said calmly: "It's not just you who are timid, isn't there some fear in my heart?"
Having said this, he shook his head under Wei Jiao's surprised and surprised gaze, and said seriously: "Actually, I am also frightened, but you and I both know that pure fear will not help the battle situation at all. Instead of being scared here,
Why not seize the time to find the Chu army's flaws and increase our army's chances of winning?"
When Wei Jiao heard this, he was sincerely convinced and could not help but clasp his fists and praise: "Your Highness is wise."
After saying that, he couldn't help but ask: "I wonder if your highness has any clever strategies to defeat the enemy?"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun focused his attention on the march map on the table and said slowly: "There is no clever plan to defeat the enemy yet, but I have some clues about the general tactics."
After that, he glanced at the area marked Juyang County on the map and sneered secretly in his heart.
As far as he knew, Juyang Lord Xiong Li once sent his troops to sweep away the Chu villages in the feudal city and levy a large amount of food. Zhao Hongrun was a little puzzled at first, but now he finally understood: it turned out to be to support these hundreds of thousands of people.
The Chu army came to support.
The question is, how long can this batch of food last?
That was half a million Chu troops, and the daily consumption of military rations was simply an astronomical figure.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but feel a little proud, because the order he issued to the Yanling Army and Shangshui Army was to harass the Chu Army and not to confront the Chu Army. From a certain perspective, this tactic happened to be extremely restrained by the huge army in Juyang County.
The Chu army.
To put it bluntly, as long as the Wei army does not confront the Chu army for a day, the Chu army will only waste its military rations. And once its army rations are exhausted, let alone 500,000 Chu troops, even 5 million Chu troops will be useless.
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If there is anything worth worrying about, it is whether the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army can understand the essence of guerrilla warfare and whether they can accurately implement this set of tactics.
Apart from that, the only thing worth worrying about is Zhi County's defense.
The Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army adopted guerrilla tactics, which meant that the Chu Army on the other side of the river would be able to bypass these two armies and directly attack Qi County.
At present, Zhi County is an important stronghold supporting the Wei army's attack on Chu. If it is captured by the Chu army in counterattack, the entire war situation may be reversed.
The Yanling Army and Shangshui Army that penetrated deep into Chu State would also face the embarrassing situation of having their retreat route cut off.
In response to this matter, Zhao Hongrun, after weighing it for a long time a few days ago, finally decided to repeat his old tactics and adopt the same tactics he used against Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng at the Yan River: You can force yourself to be strong, but I can't stand still. But you still can't destroy this turtle shell because there are thorns on the shell.
"Have the craftsmen from Lu arrived?"
Zhao Hongrun turned around and asked Wei Jiao.
Wei Jiao thought for a while and said: "Most of Qi King Lu Xi's army should have crossed the Hui River, and the Lu craftsmen in the rear should have been idle. It's almost time to arrive..."
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded.
The Lu State's craftsmen group was affiliated with the logistics army. Some of them were equivalent to engineers. They were not responsible for going into battle to kill the enemy. They just followed the army and built some important war weapons when needed.
For example, the pontoon bridge used by the armies of Qi, Lu, and Wei to cross the Hui River was the work of these Lu craftsmen.
But now, because King Lu Xi of Qi has led his army to forcibly cross the Huihe River, and counting the time, they are probably fighting with the Chu army on the south bank of the Huihe River. This makes the Lu craftsmen idle, so Zhao Hongrun took advantage of this. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he sent a verbal message to King Lu Xi of Qi and invited this group of craftsmen.
It has to be said that, as Wei Jiao said, in the evening of that day, the craftsmen group of Lu State came to Zhi County, and Zhao Hongrun met with their leader.
To be precise, the leader should not be called the leader, but the great son of the Mohist family.
Because the State of Lu was actually a country ruled by Mohist thought, this was different from other Central Plains countries that respected Confucianism.
By the way, the Mohist family of Lu State now has three great men. The one Zhao Hongrun received today is called Gongshu Ban, and he is a member of the clan of Gong Shupan, the lord of Lu State.
It must be said that this was Zhao Hongrun's first contact with the Mohists of Lu State, who mastered the highest craftsmanship of this era, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
After all, no matter how little Mohist thought was not taken seriously by other Central Plains countries in this era, Zhao Hongrun attached great importance to it. In his opinion, these people who were accused of having strange and obscene skills were the real wise men and the ones a country could not support. Lack of talent.
However, what makes Zhao Hongrun slightly disappointed is that the mysterious Juzi Gongshuban in his mind is actually just a middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance, just like those officials from the Ministry of Industry of the State of Wei, and even has some sawdust on his clothes. .
But even so, Zhao Hongrun's eyes on the other party still didn't change at all.
"Juzi."
"Master Run."
After the two parties greeted each other, Zhao Hongrun directly stated the purpose of his visit: "We invite Juzi to come here today mainly for two things."
"I would like to hear the details." Gongshu Ban said with a simple and honest smile.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun told the Gongshu Ban about the current situation of their Wei army, hoping that the latter would lead the Lu craftsmen to build Zhi County into an impregnable fortress.
During this period, Zhao Hongrun also handed several sketches he had drawn by himself to the public transportation team.
"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect that Mr. Run is not only good at leading troops in battle, but he is also very good at our strange and obscene skills... Such a company, tsk tsk." Gongshu Ban tutted in praise.
It's no wonder that the public transport squad praised it so much. After all, the company was in the Wei State, and it was a treasure of the Smelting Bureau. If it weren't for the purpose of guarding against the Chu army, Zhao Hongrun would not be willing to give it away for nothing.
Because he knows very well that there are no patents in this era, and there are many examples of plagiarizing other countries' advanced war weapons.
It is no exaggeration to say that now that Zhao Hongrun has shown the drawings of the company's gun to the Gongshu Ban, there is no guarantee that within a few days, the company's gun will become a standing war weapon of the Qilu Allied Forces.
Of course, this is just a metaphor. After all, the Mohists are not willing to abandon the machine gun box that they have studied for a long time.
"This is easy, I don't know about Mr. Run's other matter..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun pondered for a while, and then asked: "Juzi, I wonder if you are willing to come to my country, the Wei Dynasty?"
"..."
Public transportation class frowned slightly. (To be continued.)