Fangzhong County, about sixty miles due west and north of Zhi County, is also a city on the north bank of the Hui River. x Chinese x novel...
Moreover, it was also the territory of Chu that Zhao Hongrun initially planned to conquer.
To be precise, not only Fang Zhong, but also the northern part of the Chu State, starting from the fiefdom of Gu Lingjun Xiong Wu in the west, and a large area of the Chu State north of the Hui River in Zhi County in the east, are all the areas of attack that Zhao Hongrun plans to attack.
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In fact, the 50,000 Northern Sichuan archers and thousands of horse troops sent out of Shangshui County were already fulfilling this order.
This is Zhao Hongrun's own small strategy under the grand strategy of King Lu Xi of Qi.
The reason for such an arrangement was that Zhao Hongrun wanted to control the Huihe River and wanted to use the water flow of the Huihe River to transport the huge number of Chu people swept away from the Chu Kingdom.
I remember that at first, Zhao Hongrun was considering Suishui-Suixi, which was the river that passed through Suiyang, so he decided to use Xiangcheng as a transfer station for the relocation of Chu people.
But after thinking about it carefully, Suishui River has a shallow draft due to the relationship with Nangong, which is not conducive to sailing. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun chose the Shangshui-Huihe waterway.
After all, the Huihe River is a stream of water in front of the home of Shouying, the capital of the King of Chu, and a naval force was once stationed. The draft is much better than that of the Suishui River. The only problem is that if you want to control the Huihe River,
It is necessary to capture the large areas of Chu territory such as Gulingjun Xiong Wu's fiefdom.
It has to be said that this is a very difficult matter. However, because the Chu State is currently focusing most of its energy on guarding the royal capital Shoying, many troops in the Chu State have been concentrated in the royal capital, which makes a certain
The defenses in some places have become weak, so there is no chance that Zhao Hongrun's little plan can be realized.
For example, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, managed to train 100,000 new troops after his defeat. However, this time he brought this army to Chu Dong. If this guy's fiefdoms had not been wiped out by Zhao Hongrun,
Now that he was completely broke, Zhao Hongrun didn't mind going back to his almost undefended fiefdom.
What I didn't expect was that Xiang Mo, the general of the Chu State who was stationed in Fulisai a while ago, didn't know what he thought when he withdrew to the vicinity of the Weihe River, leaving Tian Dan, an old enemy of the Chu State, alone.
To deal with it, they actually settled in Fangzhong County, about sixty miles west of Zhi County. It seemed that they were targeting the Wei army, which made Zhao Hongrun upset for a while.
However, Zhao Hongrun could only endure this. After all, he could not afford to offend Xiang Mo, the Chu general with an army of 500,000.
Fortunately, Xiang Mo had troops and no food, so he could not protect himself. Therefore, Zhao Hongrun asked General Xu Yin of the Fenxing Army to resist Xiang Mo, so he did not want to provoke or deal with Xiang Mo anymore.
However, what he didn't expect was that a few days later, Xiang Mo did something again, which made the Wei army's situation extremely worrying. He built a dam on the upper reaches of the Hui River to collect fish, blocking the water flow, and the Wei army in Zhi County suddenly lost
The danger of the Huihe River is an advantage that can block the army of Guling Lord Xiong Wu.
What to do?
Zhao Hongrun thought worriedly.
To be fair, even if Gulingjun Xiong Wu's 80,000 troops really crossed the Huihe River, Zhao Hongrun would not be afraid of Qi County alone. After all, with the hard work of Gongshu Ban and other Lu State craftsmen, Qi County has become a
It is an extremely difficult fortress to conquer. Even if Zhao Hongrun only has more than 10,000 troops, it is not a problem to defend it for thirty or forty days.
The problem lies with the Fenxing Army.
You know, the Fenxing Army is currently shouldering the arduous task of resisting Xiang Mo's 500,000-strong army. It is barely holding on. If the army of Guling Lord Xiong Wu comes to the north bank of the Huihe River at this moment, the Chu State Young Master will
If the attack on Zhi County fails, they will inevitably turn their anger on the Fenxing Army, and attack the latter with Xiang Mo from both sides.
In this case, even the Fenxing Army cannot withstand it, and it is very likely that the entire army will be annihilated here. And once the Fenxing Army is annihilated, how can the Wei Army in Zhi County on Zhao Hongrun's side resist Xiang Mo and Guling?
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And once the Wei army in Qi County on Zhao Hongrun's side is defeated, Qi County is captured by the Chu army, and the Yanling Army and Shangshui Army's retreat is cut off, even if they are adopting guerrilla tactics now, they will not be able to last for a few days, and it will be winter at the latest
During the first snowfall, these two armies, which had lost their logistical transportation, were bound to be completely wiped out.
In other words, the Wei army on the west route was completely wiped out.
Regardless of the impact such a result would have on Qi Wang Luxi's general strategy, Zhao Hongrun himself could not accept this result.
Therefore, he sent the Qingya people to find out the location of Xiang Mo's dam, and prepared to attack and destroy it.
It has to be said that the efficiency of the Qingya people is indeed high. Within two days, they found out the specific location of the Fangzhong Dam and also found out the distribution of the Chu army in the local area.
Just as Zhao Hongrun expected, Xiang Mo deployed heavy troops near the dam. Only four military camps were built out of a battalion of 50,000 people. This was really a heavy blow to Zhao Hongrun.
Looking at the map showing the distribution of Xiang Mo's army, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but let out a long breath.
At this point, even he couldn't guess whether Xiang Mo used the dam as bait to lure his Wei army to take the bait.
But even if he knew it was a trick, Zhao Hongrun, who was currently in a passive position, could only submit obediently.
So, he summoned his generals and all the clan guards to the commander's office, preparing to send a surprise force to destroy the dam built by Xiang Mo.
At this moment, Xu Yin, the general of the Fenxing Army, sent a letter.
Holding the letter in his hand, Zhao Hongrun didn't look good to be honest. After all, he was very worried that this letter would be another bad news.
However, it turned out that his worries were unfounded this time. Xu Yin's letter was just a very ordinary letter, with the general purpose of reporting to Zhao Hongrun that he was safe.
It turned out that Zhao Hongrun had been worried about the situation at Fenxing Army in the past few days, and sent people two or three times almost every day to inquire about the specific battle situation. Even Xu Yin felt a little annoyed, so the latter wrote this letter
, and expressed tactfully to Zhao Hongrun in the letter: Zhao Hongrun please trust him and stop interfering in the war situation on his side. If the war situation on his side is unfavorable, he will send a letter asking for help.
Xu Yin's vague and tactful blame made Zhao Hongrun slightly embarrassed.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun sometimes feels that his life is very tiring, but he has no idea. Who makes him have such a strong desire for control and is used to taking everything in his hands?
However, it is worth mentioning that a certain sentence in Xu Yin's letter made Zhao Hongrun vaguely feel that something was not quite right.
Because Xu Yin wrote in the letter: The autumn rain has been continuous recently, and Xiang's army has hardly attacked us. Please rest assured, Your Highness.
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Looking at this line of words, Zhao Hongrun narrowed his eyes slightly.
At this time, everyone in the room did not know what Zhao Hongrun was thinking at this moment, such as Zongwei Zhou Pu, who only saw him reaching out and clasping his fists, and said seriously: "Your Highness, without further delay, we should immediately send troops to destroy the dam built by Xiang Mo... Right now.
The water level of the Huihe River is not obvious yet, and Guling Lord Xiong Wu probably didn't notice it. If it is delayed for a few days, it will be hard to say."
After a pause, he continued: "Your Highness, it is related to the survival of our army. Please be sure to hand over this matter to Beizi. Beizi and Chu Heng will definitely destroy the dam."
From the side, Wei Jiao nodded secretly after hearing this. After all, Zhou Pu's brains are one of the best among the clan guards. Coupled with Chu Heng, the bravest among the clan guards, he might be able to successfully destroy the Chu army's heavy troops.
The dam under guard.
But for some reason, Zhao Hongrun only stared at the letter in his hand.
Seeing this, everyone in the room looked at each other, and some doubts arose in their hearts: Did General Xu Yin write some urgent military information in the letter?
Out of confusion, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao glanced at the letter in Zhao Hongrun's hand, but what puzzled him was that the content of the letter was obviously very ordinary, and there was nothing worth pondering.
"Your Highness?" Wei Jiao called softly, tentatively.
"Well..." Zhao Hongrun nodded, took a long breath, and gradually came back from his thoughts. He glanced at Zhou Pu, waved his hand and said, "There is no rush in advance."
After finishing speaking, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he asked in a deep voice: "Has it been raining recently?"
rain?
Everyone in the room couldn't help but look at each other again, wondering what the Prince Su in front of him was thinking.
During this period, Zongwei Mu Qing was the most direct. With a smirk, he stood up and walked to the window, pushing it open. Suddenly, the sound of rain outside the house immediately became louder.
Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes angrily at Mu Qing, who was snickering secretly, and asked again: "How many times have you had sex recently?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Qing shrugged and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you should ask, which day has it not rained recently... Well, after all, it seems that only Guling Lord Xiong Wu arrived on the other side of the river for the first time.
It didn't rain that day... Your Highness, what's wrong with you? You've never forgotten anything."
Zhao Hongrun didn't speak, just searched for relevant memories in his mind.
As Mu Qing said, the recent rainfall has been quite frequent, which is no wonder, after all, it is autumn rain.
Because it was something he was accustomed to, Zhao Hongrun didn't pay much attention to the recent rainfall in the past few days, but now that he thought about it, he felt something was wrong.
You should know that frequent rainfall in autumn can easily cause flooding, which is the so-called autumn flood.
At this time, Xiang Mo built a dam to collect fish?
Furthermore, when Xiang Mo retreated, he chose not to go anywhere else but to Fang Zhong. Zhao Hongrun thought that Xiang Mo was planning to target his Wei army.
But now we have a different way of thinking: this type of house is located in the upper reaches of the Huihe River.
In other words, Xiang Mo was in the upper reaches of the Hui River, while Zhao Hongrun, King Lu Xi of Qi, and Tian Dan were all in the lower reaches...
At this time, Xiang Mo built a dam on the upper reaches of the Wei River...
Continuous autumn rain...
Autumn floods...
For a moment, Zhao Hongrun felt a chill surge up his back.
He immediately summoned the Green Crows and said to the latter in an unprecedented solemn tone: "Go and check to see if Xiang Mo is secretly building a warship. If found, report it immediately!"
"Yes!" The Green Crow clasped his fists and retreated.
At this moment, under the doubtful gazes of everyone in the room, Zhao Hongrun felt a faint sense of joy as if he had survived a disaster.
That Xiang Mo was not creating an advantage for the Chu army on other routes at all. He was most likely creating opportunities for himself.
Moreover, this person's appetite is huge.
In an attempt to swallow up nearly 400,000 Qi, Lu, and Wei allied forces in one go. (To be continued.)