In just a few days, the number of soldiers in Qi County increased sharply from more than 10,000 to tens of thousands, but this also aroused the vigilance and nervousness of the Wei soldiers in the city.
Regardless of the fact that the Wei soldiers in Qi County are actually Chu people, and a large part of them are surrendered soldiers accommodated by the Wei army in this battle, but under the ideological indoctrination of the Wei army, they have gradually accepted a new identity, which is to liberate Chu.
Fight for the country.
It has to be said that although the Chu State also has wise men like Shouling Jun Jingshe, Xiling Jun Qu Ping, and Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, it cannot be denied that the greedy Xiong nobles of Chu Dong are in control of the entire country, and generally they are from common people.
In fact, the Chu people in China did not have a good impression of the Xiong nobles who used to dominate them, and they had little sense of belonging.
Therefore, even though they all surrendered, the Wei army in Qi County was very nervous about the Chu soldiers who had surrendered in recent days, and subconsciously watched their every move.
After all, even if they both belong to the main army of Chu State, there are some differences. One is the main army directly under the jurisdiction of Chu State, and the other is the main army under the command of General Xiang Mo of Chu State.
Compared with Xiong Xu, the king of Chu who favored the Xiong family nobles in the east of Chu, Xiang Mo, the general of Chu, was naturally much more upright.
For example, Nanmenyang vaguely reminded Zhao Hongrun to beware of the tens of thousands of newly recruited soldiers who surrendered, because no one could guarantee whether there were enemy soldiers and generals who deliberately pretended to surrender.
Zhao Hongrun didn't care much about this.
♂The reason is very simple, because so far, Xiang Mo’s subordinates do not have noble status, or the soldiers who are usually trusted by Xiang Mo lead people to defect. I think those people also know that among the 500,000 troops under Xiang Mo’s command, or
There are people who recognize them. If they deliberately defect to the Wei army in order to fake surrender, they will inevitably be discovered by the Wei army.
Once you find out, wouldn't your life be in vain?
What's more, the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, the Wei Gongzi Ji Run, was a shrewd and powerful man. Even if Xiang Mo thought of this, he would not dare to joke with the lives of his trusted generals.
As for whether ordinary Chu army generals might feign surrender, Zhao Hongrun didn't care at all.
As the saying goes, if you are close to Zhu, you will be red, and if you are close to Mo, you will be black. If some people really want to surrender and defect to the Wei army, wait until Nanmen Yang will bring these people to the south of the Wei River and lead them to fight with the Chu army in Juyang area.
Team battle.
When the time comes, those who pretend to surrender will have their hands stained with the blood of the "enemy", and their inner thoughts will naturally be shaken and affected.
To put it bluntly, ordinary soldiers of the Chu army would hardly have such perseverance and perseverance, and soldiers and generals of the Chu army with perseverance would hardly be able to escape the eyes of the Wei army.
In general, Zhao Hongrun's move seemed very dangerous, but in fact, it was a near miss.
Of course, there is a premise here, that is, the Wei army has had a very good reputation since it conquered the Chu state. It has almost never killed prisoners or massacred the civilians of the Chu state. Therefore, Chu people generally have a good impression of the Wei army.
Try being Tian Dan, the famous general of Qi State?
I'm afraid those hungry surrendering soldiers would rather starve to death than surrender to Tian Dan. After all, Tian Dan's reputation in Chu State was too bad.
By the time September 28 came to an end, the reorganization work of these surrendered troops had come to an end. It would have been a long night and many dreams. Zhao Hongrun appointed Nanmen Yang as the commander-in-chief of the army. He led this army with no less than 50,000 troops and immediately went to Huihe River.
To the south, support the Yanling Army and Shangshui Army.
After all, no matter how confident he was, as the number of surrendering troops in the city increased, Zhao Hongrun actually began to feel a little worried.
Therefore, before Nanmenyang could confirm his appointment as a lieutenant general, Zhao Hongrun urged Nanmenyang to leave.
After all, to the south of the Huihe River, Xiang Mo's influence on these soldiers was much smaller. Not to mention that there were hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in Juyang County, and there was even another Chu general, Xinyang Jun.
One hundred thousand Chu troops led by Xiang Pei.
But in the final analysis, even if they are both called the main army of the Chu State, and Xiang Mo and Xiang Pei are both from the Xiang clan, in the final analysis, the soldiers and generals under the two men have no intersection, let alone Caixi Army and others.
County division.
Therefore, taking the newly surrendered troops to the south of the Wei River is the best way to deal with it.
To be honest, despite the fact that this matter has gone relatively smoothly so far, Zhao Hongrun is actually under a lot of pressure. After all, he had to make this move in order to reduce the number of troops under Xiang Mo's command.
However, this move also increased the instability factors in the Wei army in disguise, and greatly reduced the food pressure on Fang Zhong.
If possible, Zhao Hongrun never wanted to see Xiang Mo escape from the embarrassment of lack of military rations. After all, the pressure brought by this Chu general on him was no less than that of Tian Dan.
Regardless of Zhao Hongrun's great advantage over Xiang Mo this time, in the final analysis, it was just a lack of food in Xiang Mo's hands. If he had had enough food, the result might have been very different.
Generally speaking, the current battle situation of the Wei army on the west route is pretty good. No, here in Zhi County, the Wei army has just defeated Gulingjun Xiong Wu's 80,000-strong army and surrendered tens of thousands of people from Fang Zhong's Xiang Mo's army.
, it can be called a rare victory.
However, on the front line, or to be precise on the land south of the Huihe River, the progress of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army was extremely slow.
It’s no wonder, after all, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army used guerrilla tactics that they had never used before. Although the endless harassment made the Chu Army in Juyang, Caixi, Haoshang and other places exhausted, but
In essence, the Chu army's casualties were not serious.
Because of this, Xiong Wu, Lord of Guling, ignored Yanling Army and Shangshui Army and directly attacked Zhi County.
It has to be said that Gulingjun Xiong Wu's 80,000-strong army encountered a water attack by the Wei army in Zhi County, and the entire army was almost annihilated. In a few days, the news spread throughout Juyang, making all Chu soldiers and county divisions look bad.
Dramatic changes.
Only then did these people realize how good the Wei Gongzi Ji Run who was in charge of Zhi County was at using troops.
It is worth mentioning that in order to humiliate Guling Lord Xiong Wu and provoke a relationship between him and Xiang Mo, Zhao Hongrun also deliberately made up a ballad as a mockery of Xiong Wu, of which two sentences are the most embellished: "Xiang Mo is terrible,
Po Wu (Xiong Wu) has 80,000 soldiers!"
If you are not familiar with it, you may not know the hidden meaning of this sentence, but if you are aware of it, this ballad may be enough to make you laugh out loud.
For example, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, who is currently in Juyang County, belongs to the type of person who laughs his head off.
"Xiong Wu... hahahaha, you said that if he goes out to fight, Qi County will be available in an instant. How many days have passed? He actually... actually wiped out his entire army in Qi County. Hahahaha, I really laughed to death..."
In the mansion of Juyang Lord Xiong Li, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo was laughing so hard that he stamped his feet and beat his chest in the guest room where he was temporarily staying, almost losing his breath.
Seeing this, his general, Che Shi, nervously poked his head at the window, always vigilant to see if there were any servants passing by outside the elegant house where his young master lived. After all, what Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo said in the house was... If these words are spread out, it will easily cause controversy.
After a long time, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo finally calmed down, his eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and he murmured: "Ji Run, it's really not easy!... I originally thought that if he could severely damage Xiong Wu's army, That would be great. I didn't expect that he did it more thoroughly than I expected, and actually caused his entire army to be almost annihilated..."
But when he said this, there was still a trace of regret in Xiong Tuo's eyes, and he said with great regret: "It's a pity that Xiong Wu was run away."
After hearing this, the face of the general and chariot master changed slightly. He coughed quickly and whispered to his young master: "Sir, these words are not said casually here."
Indeed, if you know that Xiong Wu is the daughter of the Queen of Chu, what if Xiong Tuo's words spread to the Chu palace and the Queen of Chu's ears?
However, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo's attitude was very calm, and even bursts of sneer appeared on his face.
It’s no wonder, after all, even though Xiong Tuo was also born in Shouying, in the final analysis, his current status comes from the support of his uncle Runan Jun Xiong Hao’s old tribe, and Xiong Tuo has never regarded himself as Chu Dongxiong. A member of the noble family.
In his opinion, if nine out of ten nobles of the Xiong clan in the east of Chu are killed, the Chu country will not weaken as a result, but will gradually return to its former strength.
For example, the owner of this mansion, Ju Yangjun Xiong Li, in Xiong Tuo's eyes, is a person who deserves to die.
There is no doubt that if Xiong Tuo really becomes the king of Chu one day, then people like Ju Yangjun Xiong Li will definitely be killed.
This is why Xiong Tuo is not supported by the nobles of the Xiong family in Chudong, because in the eyes of the latter people, Xiong Tuo is just like the second Runan Lord Xiong Hao, and Xiong Tuo is more powerful than his uncle Xiong Hao Cruel and ruthless.
"Report!"
With an urgent cry, a soldier knocked on the door and entered. He was none other than a soldier under Xiong Tuo's command.
I saw this man walking into the house, knocking on the ground and clasping his fists, and said seriously: "Young Master, Mr. Xiongwu, Lord Guling, has returned to Juyang. Mr. Xiongli, Lord Juyang, please go to the meeting hall immediately to discuss the urgent military situation. "
Oh!
Hearing this, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, had an inexplicable smile on his face.
I remember that a while ago, he always ignored the summons of Ju Yangjun Xiong Li. It was only because of the presence of Gongyang Yun and Gongyang Zan, two ministers of the Chu palace, that he did not refuse to give the call. Ju Yangjun Xiong Li's face.
But today, he couldn't wait to go to the meeting hall, because he eagerly wanted to see how hateful and ferocious Guling Lord Xiong Wu's face was at this moment.
During this period, the general Zi Che Shi said by the side: "Xiong Wu is newly defeated. Xiong Li probably hopes that the young master will come forward to take charge of the overall situation..."
After hearing this, the good mood in Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo's heart suddenly disappeared.
After all, this meant that he would inevitably meet Ji Run, the young master of Wei State, on the battlefield again.
The problem is that although Xiong Tuo and Zhao Hongrun once hated each other, now their relationship is indeed extremely complicated.
First of all, Xiong Tuo and Zhao Hongrun had private contacts. If the incident of King Lu Xi of Qi not gathering various troops to attack Chu State, Zhao Hongrun and Shangshui County under his rule would still be secretly supporting Xiong Tuo at this moment. Tuo regained his previous strength.
Moreover, he supported him in competing for the position of King of Chu with Lord Xiong Wu of Guling, Lord Xiong Sheng of Liyang and other Chu princes.
Secondly, because of the relationship between his uncle Runan Jun Xiong Hao, Xiong Tuo has always regarded sisters Mi Jiang and Mi Rui as his biological sisters. Now, the eldest sister Mi Jiang obviously wants to marry Zhao Hongrun. In other words, according to this
Zhao Hongrun had to call Xiong Tuo brother-in-law.
This relationship is so complicated.
Let's go to the military meeting hall first.
Xiong Tuo sighed slightly and said to himself secretly. (To be continued.)