Chapter 708: Two birds with one stone at the end of the item
"kill!"
Following the orders from Zongwei Lu Mu and Mu Qing, thousands of Wei troops rushed out of Zhi County and launched an attack on the thousands of Chu troops who had crossed the Huihe River and arrived on the north bank of the Huihe River.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun's honest Zongwei Chu Heng finally showed his bravery and irresistible side. He was seen holding a thick iron gun with both hands, swinging left and right, and anyone who was swept by his iron gun
Almost all of the Chu soldiers had their bones broken and fell to the ground wailing and screaming.
In response to this, Zongwei Zhou Pu secretly shook his head, retracted and ordered: "Shoot the arrow!"
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of Wei troops behind him immediately opened the Lu machine crossbow box placed on the chariot. The machine crossbow box kept spitting out crossbow bolts, hitting any Chu army within its attack range.
, and suddenly suffered a devastating blow.
By the time a box of crossbow bolts had been fired, Zhou Pu found that there were not many Chu soldiers still alive in front of him.
"There is obviously a more labor-saving way, but still...what a fool."
Glancing at Zongwei Chu Heng who was still fighting in the distance, Zhou Pu shook his head secretly and gave the general's order with a cold face: make up for the damage and recover the crossbow arrows.
In just half an hour, the thousands of Chu soldiers who used the Wei army's pontoon bridge to cross the Hui River and arrived at the north bank of the Hui River were all killed by the Wei army in Zhi County.
Moreover, because of the use of Lu's war weapons, the casualties on the Wei army's side were negligible.
From the beginning to the end, the Guling Army on the south bank of the Huihe River was unable to support Tongze on the north bank because they were separated by a Huihe River.
Does it hurt or not?
Half an hour later, after the Wei army recovered the crossbow bolts, they began to clean up the battlefield, used carriages to transport the corpses on the ground, and found a place to burn and bury them.
"This Xiong Wu is really upright..."
On the gate tower of the south city wall of Zhi County, Zhao Hongrun witnessed this battle and was quite dumbfounded.
Although he said that after learning that Lord Guling Xiong Wu was leading his army to attack Zhi County, he still kept the pontoon bridge, just to use this pontoon bridge to plot against Xiong Wu.
Unexpectedly, the process went so smoothly, so smoothly that Zhao Hongrun was a little suspicious, wondering if Xiong Wu had some tricks up his sleeve.
But after careful consideration, Zhao Hongrun finally came to the conclusion: Gulingjun Xiong Wu is really too upright.
To put it nicely, it means being upright, but to put it badly, it means being stubborn and brainless - there is a pontoon bridge in front of you, so you dare to come over? Then if there is a pit in front of you, will you, Xiong, and I jump into it?
"I have never seen such an upright person."
Zhao Hongrun laughed and shook his head.
At the same time, Xiong Wu, Lord Guling, who was on the south bank of the Huihe River, had a livid face.
To be fair, Gulingjun Xiong Wu is not an "upright" person as Zhao Hongrun thinks, he is just wrong.
He originally thought that the existence of the pontoon bridge was because Zhao Hongrun was too arrogant to take him seriously, but the fact was that he had completely overthought it.
"What a despicable person!"
Seeing that his troops on the north bank of the Huihe River were massacred by the Wei army, but that he could not help on the south bank, Xiong Wu, the Lord of Guling, clenched his fists and was filled with anger.
Beside him, Ji Hong, the general under Lord Guling Xiong Wu, looked as usual.
After all, there were only a few thousand casualties among the Chu soldiers. For the Chu State, this kind of loss was not considered a big deal at all.
However, through these soldiers, Ji Hong learned about the general strength and several war weapons of the Wei army in Zhi County. In Ji Hong's view, this was not a loss.
In fact, there are definitely not a few generals under Gulingjun Xiong Wu who think like Ji Hong.
After all, in Chu State, soldiers are equal to cannon fodder. The main army may be better off, but on the private army side, they deliberately let their subordinates die to find out the general strength of the enemy. This is also the case for many generals of Chu State.
usual means.
Because of this, when Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, ordered thousands of Chu soldiers to cross the river, even though Ji Hong and other generals knew that the Wei army must be deceitful, they did not stop it.
But now that Gulingjun Xiong Wu was so angry that his whole face turned red, Ji Hong could no longer stand idly by.
So, he comforted him and said: "Young Master, there is no need to be angry. Even if Ji Run is asked to play tricks and tricks and cost the lives of thousands of our soldiers, our army still has an absolute advantage in strength... On the other hand, Wei Jun's move...
Instead, some information was exposed.”
He is right to say this, because if Zhao Hongrun hid the war weapons of the Lu State and did not take them out until Xiong Wu, the Lord of Guling, crossed the Hui River and formally attacked Zhi County, then it is no exaggeration to say that the weapons of the Guling Army
The losses would be several times greater than they are now.
But now, the generals under Gulingjun Xiong Wu have learned that Lu's war weapons are hidden in Zhi County, and they will naturally be vigilant.
"Is that so?" Guling Lord Xiong Wu frowned slightly and his face softened slightly. He turned his head and glanced in the direction of Zhi County and said in a deep voice: "Ji Hong, how many days can we conquer Zhi County?"
"this……"
Ji Hong hesitated for a moment, but it seemed that he didn't dare to make a decision. After all, for the vast majority of the Chu army's soldiers, Lu's war weapons were indeed a huge threat.
If the Wei army did not have those gadgets, Ji Hong would probably have vowed that he could capture Qi County within a few days. As for now, Ji Hong would not dare to boast about Haikou.
After thinking about it, he clasped his fists and said: "Sir, what the Wei army in Zhi County relies on is nothing more than the danger of the Hui River and the war weapons of the Lu State... The general suggested that we should proceed step by step, first build a pontoon bridge to cross the Hui River, and then
Set up a camp on the north bank. As long as our army has a firm foothold on the north bank, the Wei army in Zhi County will be of no concern...We can conquer this city in just a few days."
Gulingjun Xiong Wu thought for a while and finally nodded.
So, he endured his anger and led his troops to slowly retreat several miles back, preparing to build tools for crossing the river.
I have to say that Ji Hong's suggestion is not wrong, and it is very pertinent. The only question is, will the Wei army in Zhi County watch helplessly as the Chu army builds a pontoon bridge to cross the Wei River and set up a camp on the north bank of the Wei River?
How could Zhao Hongrun sit back and watch this matter?
You must know that he only has so few troops in his hands now. As Ji Hong said, he almost entirely relies on the danger of the Hui River and the war weapons of the Lu State. In this case, how can he easily ask Guling Lord Xiong Wu's army to cross the river safely?
As for today, the reason for retaining the pontoon bridge is nothing more than playing tricks on Xiong Wu.
If Xiong Wu falls into the trap, Zhao Hongrun doesn't mind gaining thousands of troops from the Chu army first. After all, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are.
"Your Highness, the Chu army has retreated."
On the tower in the south city of Zhi County, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao saw the Chu army on the other side of the river slowly retreating, and turned to Zhao Hongrun and said.
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun responded, and then said with a smile: "Xiong Wu, most likely we have retreated to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river..." As he said, he turned to the generals around him and said: "Send someone
Keep an eye on the river day and night, and be on guard against the Chu army sneaking up here by using the pontoon bridge."
"As ordered!" Several generals nearby said with fists clasped.
To be honest, although Lord Guling Xiong Wu has 80,000 troops under his command, neither Zhao Hongrun nor the Wei troops in Zhi County are afraid of this army.
This is not because the Guling Army is a private army, but because Zhi County is in danger of the Huihe River.
As long as the pontoon bridge of the Guling Army is destroyed every time, even if the Guling Army has 80,000 people, what threat can it pose to Qi County?
In contrast, Zhao Hongrun was more concerned about the battle situation on the Fenxing Army side.
You must know that since the allied forces of Qi, Lu, and Wei crossed the Huihe River a few days ago, the Chu State General Xiang Mo, who was stationed at "Fangzhong", began to successively attack the mountain passes and important roads guarded by the Fenxing Army.
Although Zhao Hongrun had already transported part of Lu's war weapons to Fenxing Army and handed them over to General Xu Yin, every time he thought that this Wei army of only 15,000 people would face Xiang Mo's 500,000-strong army, Zhao Hongrun couldn't bear to
I can't help but have random thoughts.
Compared with Gulingjun Xiong Wu's 80,000 troops, Xiang Mo's fifty-strong army was Zhi County's most serious problem.
Fortunately, Xiang Mo did not have enough food and grass to supply the huge number of soldiers. Otherwise, if an army of 500,000 people pressed down on the border together, even Zhao Hongrun would not know how to resist it.
A few days passed like this, and just as Zhao Hongrun predicted, the threat posed by Guling Lord Xiong Wu to Zhi County was simply negligible.
Because in the past few days, Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, had organized two plans to forcibly cross the Huihe River. Unfortunately, the pontoon bridge built by these Chu soldiers with so much hard work could only be used in Zhi County to use the catapults of the Lu State to fire a few stone bombs.
, and easily destroyed the pontoon bridge.
Regarding this, Guling Lord Xiong Wu was so angry that he almost bit his teeth to pieces, but there was nothing he could do.
However, on September 19th, the Green Crows who went to inquire about the west suddenly came back with bad news.
This bad news made Zhao Hongrun's complexion suddenly change.
"What? Xiang Mo built a dam around Fangzhong to collect fish?"
"Yes, Your Highness... Xiang Mo is trying to catch fish in the Hui River to make up for his food consumption." The Qingya man replied respectfully.
Standing by, Wei Jiao, the chief of the imperial guards, saw Zhao Hongrun's gloomy expression and said doubtfully: "Your Highness, Xiang Mo has 500,000 soldiers and consumes countless amounts of food every day. How can it be compensated by building dams to collect fish?"
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Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun frowned and said, "I know...but Xiang Mo built a dam upstream for fishing, and the water level here in Qi County was greatly affected..."
"Eh?" Wei Jiao was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized what he was saying, and his expression became a little ugly.
You must know that at the moment, the Hui River is solely responsible for blocking Gulingjun Xiong Wu's army. But if the water level of the Weihe River drops, doesn't this mean that the Guling Army can directly cross the Weihe River without resorting to pontoons?
Is this okay?
"That Xiang Mo...is this a mistake, or is it intentional?"
Turning his head and looking at the west window, Zhao Hongrun frowned deeply.
If it's just the former, then that's fine, but if it's the latter, then the end of this item is a bit scary.
A general who can not only reverse his own disadvantage, but also create opportunities for friendly forces, is definitely the most terrifying presence on the battlefield.
"Go and find out the specific location where Xiang Mo built the dam, as well as the situation of the Chu army stationed in that area! ...Make this matter the highest priority."
After thinking for a while, Zhao Hongrun ordered in a deep voice.