Chapter 729: The Contest of Experience and Insight
I remember that a moment ago, Zhao Hongrun was secretly evaluating Shouling Jun Jingshe, thinking that although this person was decisive, his decisiveness was not thorough enough. He did not launch a general attack as soon as he came up, which could not put pressure on the Wei army.
The next moment, Zhao Hongrun wanted to slap himself in the mouth and secretly cursed himself for being a cunt.
It turned out that seeing the poor results of the 30,000 Shouling Army led by Fei Zhuang, Lord Shouling Jingshe really did what Zhao Hongrun thought and launched a general attack on the Wei army's ice city.
Nearly 300,000 Chu troops attacked Wei Jun's ice city from the east, south and west. Even Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but hold his breath at this moment and felt quite nervous.
After all, you must know that in the ice city of Wei Jun, the ice wall in the north has not yet been completed, so Zhao Hongrun was afraid that the Chu army would detour back to the north.
In this siege battle, the cold weather really helped Zhao Hongrun a lot. The freezing weather, ice and snow environment made it possible for both the Wei army and the Chu army to exert their full strength in this battle.
discount.
A siege battle lasted for about an hour, but the results achieved by both sides were not even half as good as when the weather was warm. Especially for the Chu army, an unknown number of soldiers were trampled into ice due to the snow during the charge.
He slipped and fell to the ground, causing a bruise on his nose and a swollen face.
For this reason, when military scouts reported to Shoulingjun Jingshe that the Wei army still had a large section of the northern side of the Ice City that had not yet been built, Jingshe did not immediately order a strong attack on that weak point.
Why?
Because the soldiers and generals on the Chu army couldn't stand it any longer - even Jing She, who was wearing thick fur clothes and big cloak, felt stiff all over after standing in this kind of ice and snow weather for more than an hour, let alone those who had been standing there for more than an hour.
A Chu soldier with only a thin piece of armor?
"God won't help me."
With a secret sigh, Shouling Junjingshe decisively ordered the entire army to retreat.
He knew that it would be impossible to capture the ice city of Wei Jun today, firstly because of Wei Jun's resistance, and secondly, the weather was really not conducive to fighting between the two armies.
"Woo-"
After a deep sound of trumpets, nearly 300,000 Chu troops withdrew at almost the same time, which made the Wei troops heave a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, General Wu Ji kindly asks you to lead the army in pursuit."
A messenger quickly came to Zhao Hongrun and conveyed the wishes of Wu Ji, the leader of the Shangshui Army.
But after hearing this, Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said calmly: "There is no need to chase."
Zhao Hongrun knew very well that Jingshe was by no means afraid of Wei Jun or him. It was just that Jingshe was very wise and knew that such weather was not conducive to a fierce battle, so he decisively chose to evacuate to prevent the cold air from invading him during this period.
The spleen and lungs of the soldiers under his command.
If Wu Ji is really allowed to lead his army in pursuit at this moment, then Lord Shouling Jingshe will not mind turning his gun around and destroying Wu Ji's pursuing army.
As a result, after more than an hour of melee, the Chu army and the Wei army tacitly chose to stop their troops: the Chu army retreated decisively, but the Wei army did not leave the city to pursue them.
Today's entire siege seems fierce, but in fact, it seems a bit anticlimactic, but there is nothing we can do about it, because the current weather is really not conducive to fighting.
On the way to retreat, all the Chu armies returned to their respective camps, but the commanders of these armies came to Juyang County at the invitation of Shouling Junjingshe.
After a while, everyone gathered in the hall of Juyang Lord Xiongli's mansion. I don't know if Juyang Lord Xiongli was trying to win over these Juyang County people who were protecting him. In short, he ordered the chef at his house to prepare many delicious dishes. Entertain everyone with fine wine.
Even Ju Yangjun Xiong Li ordered the beautiful concubine in the house to perform songs and dances to entertain everyone present.
Seeing Ju Yangjun Xiong Li's arrangement, among the people present, there were people like Zhou Zheng and Xu Yan who stared intently at the beauties and laughed secretly, others had cold expressions like Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, and some like Shouling Lord Jingshe is like that who doesn't look away and sees everything in front of him as nothing. In short, it's not the same thing.
After drinking for three rounds, the conversation during the banquet couldn't help but turn to the ice city of the Wei army and the Wei army commander Ji Run.
For example, Zhou Zheng, the general under "Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng", was full of pride and said proudly: "If it weren't for Jingshe just now, I don't know if it was related to the fact that there were two beauties waiting for the wine. Your Excellency orders a retreat, or our army may invade the ice city of the Wei army..."
Listening to his words, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo secretly sneered.
Because of this, he entrusted the military command to his general Che Shi, and he followed Shouling Jun Jingshe and clearly saw the combat situation of each army in the formation.
In his opinion, at that time, none of the Chu armies showed any signs of suppressing the Wei army in the ice city, and they were all blocked outside the ice city by the latter.
And it was precisely because of this that Shouling Junjingshe made the decisive decision to withdraw his troops.
If any of the Chu troops were more ambitious during that period and had made a decision before the war to destroy the Shouling Junjingshe in the ice city of the Wei army today, how could they easily choose to withdraw their troops?
But Zhou Zheng is not doing well this time. Just now he was not seen taking the lead and boosting morale. Now he is showing a look of regret that he just missed the victory. It is really shameful.
However, compared to Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo's disdain, Shouling Jun Jingshe's attitude was very mild. He did not undermine Zhou Zheng, but gave him face: "Jing also didn't want to withdraw his troops so early. It's really too late." The power is unstoppable."
Following his words, Guling Lord Xiong Wu took the lead, and everyone present began to express that it was Ji Run who was lucky this time, otherwise, his ice city would be destroyed by their joint efforts.
Of course, Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo also regarded these words as nonsense and let them go.
After a few more drinks, everyone here stopped the meaningless compliments to each other and started talking about some meaningful topics.
For example, Cai Hou, the Duke of Caixi County, who seemed relatively pragmatic to Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo, hesitantly asked Shouling Jun Jingshe. Today, the Wei army has gained a firm foothold, and how the armies should respond in the future.
In response to this problem, Shouling Jun Jingshe comforted him and said: "Although we have not done our best this time, I believe we can make Na Ji Run understand our determination to protect our family and the country, and we can make Na Ji Run have some scruples." ...As for the ice city." He paused and analyzed it to the point: "Although the Wei army has food, they have no firewood. They have food but no firewood, haha..."
Everyone present understood it as soon as they heard it, and they all showed knowing smiles.
That's right, so what if the Wei army has soldiers and food? All the forests in Juyang County were burned down by us in advance. You Wei army has no firewood, so you can only eat raw rice and drink raw water.
Even the most ignorant person understands that eating raw rice and drinking raw water in this freezing weather will inevitably have a serious impact on the physical condition of Wei soldiers.
No, Shouling Junjingshe later stated his strategy for the next period of time: defend!
Because the cold winter is not conducive to marching and fighting, and because the Wei army has been firmly stationed on the land south of the Huihe River because of the ice city, it is already a very serious matter for the Chu army to drive the Wei army back to the north bank of the Huihe River.
It was a difficult matter. Fortunately, Shouling Junjingshe destroyed the trees in Juyang County in advance, making it difficult for the Wei army to get firewood for the fire.
Don't think that the most important supplies on the battlefield are just food and grass. In fact, water is as important as firewood for making fire.
After listening to Shouling Junjingshe's analysis, everyone present sneered secretly: Let's see how long the Wei army can last!
In the next few days, there was no more snow in the sky, and this land ushered in rare sunny weather.
It's just that the sun hanging in the sky has no warmth at all. Even if it shines on people, it can't make people feel the slightest warmth.
Even if there was a little warmth, it was blown away by the cold wind that blew up from time to time.
But what puzzled the Chu army was that they discovered that the smoke was curling over the ice city of the Wei army, and it didn't look like firewood had been cut off at all.
"Oh! Maybe the Wei army is using the carts of firewood that Lord Shouling Junjingshe brought when he attacked the city..."
All the soldiers of the Chu army suddenly realized.
So a few days later, the smoke still continued to curl over the ice city of Wei Jun.
"Could it be that the Wei army brought firewood from the north bank of the Huihe River?"
The Chu army generals began to have some doubts.
A few days later, the smoke from Wei Jun's ice city continued to rise every day. It was probably because the Chu army was burying pots and making rice here, and the smoke was rising from the Wei army's ice city at any time.
More importantly, even at night, you can still see the light of fire coming from the direction of Bingcheng. How is this a sign that the Wei army has run out of firewood?
"What's going on? Where did Wei Jun get the firewood?"
Even Shouling Junjingshe was a little surprised and confused at this moment.
Suspicious in his heart, he immediately sent several teams of scouts to investigate. After probing for a long time, the scouts came back and reported: The Wei army had grain trucks traveling between Bingcheng and Qi County, but the grain trucks were only loaded with rice bags.
I didn't see any firewood.
"What a hell..."
Shouling Jun Jingshe muttered to himself that he did not believe that Wei Gongzi Ji Run could conjure firewood out of thin air.
But the question is, if this is the case, where did the firewood in Wei Jun's ice city come from?
This question not only surprised Shouling Jun Jingshe, but also puzzled the soldiers and generals of the Chu army.
In fact, a rumor spread: behind the Wei army, there must be some kind of help from ghosts and monsters. They helped the Wei army build an ice city overnight, and then cast magical spells to move it in.
Exhausted grain, grass and firewood.
Because of this rumor, the morale of the Chu army dropped greatly. Every day, some Chu army generals could be seen looking towards the distant direction with a trace of fear.
It’s no wonder that Chu people have the most complex beliefs and have the most legends about gods, ghosts and monsters.
In response to this rumor, Shouling Junjingshe tried his best to curb it, but what method did the Wei army use to cook food and light fires to keep warm?
No one among the nearly 300,000 Chu troops in Juyang County thought about this matter, which made the Chu troops increasingly fearful of Wei Gongzi Ji Run.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun was in the ice city, looking at the pool filled with filthy and filthy things not far away, and secretly sneered.
"Are you going to cut off our army's firewood? Hey! Without firewood, we can only eat raw rice and drink raw water?"
Within Zhao Hongrun's field of vision, a group of Wei soldiers were pouring their excrement into the pool. On the other side, at the other end of the bamboo pipe connecting the pool, the leading soldiers of the Wei army were using a stream of water from the ground.
The gas released in the pool is used to boil water and cook rice.