Chapter 735: The Battle of Shouying, the Capital of the King of Chu
ps: In view of the fact that many book friends feel that this national war is too long, the process is expedited. Book friends who like to read about daily life and palace affairs should not rush.
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In early February, the ice and snow began to melt, and the weather began to warm up. In the Ice City, twenty miles northeast of Juyang County, the Wei army finally took action.
The Wei army abandoned the strong city of Juyang County and marched towards Caixi County.
It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun's general order shocked the more than 100,000 Wei soldiers in Bingcheng. I remember that two months ago, before the Snowball War, Zhao Hongrun used his share of the spoils obtained after the capture of Juyang County.
In order to stimulate the morale of the Wei soldiers, the Wei soldiers all thought that their first battle after the New Year would be against Juyang County, but they did not expect that His Highness King Su would abandon Juyang County and not attack.
But speaking of the most shocking thing, I am afraid it is the Shouling Junjingshe now located in Juyang County.
"What? The Wei army is marching towards Caixi County?"
After learning the latest movements of the Wei army from the sent out scouts, Lord Shouling Jingshe frowned deeply.
You must know that a few days ago, he had issued an order to support Caixi and Haoshang, so that now there are almost only one hundred thousand Juyang troops left in Juyang County.
Although he believed that these 100,000 Juyang troops were enough to defend the city, facing the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops now, how could Juyang County be considered a weak side right now?
Unexpectedly, even if there were only 100,000 defenders left in Juyang County, Wei Gongzi Ji Run would decisively give up the attack. This simply broke Shouling Junjingshe's strategic plan for the year ahead.
After waving his hand to dismiss the scouts, Shouling Junjingshe paced back and forth in the house.
After some thinking, he also guessed the reason why Mr. Wei gave up the attack on Juyang County.
Could it be that Ji Run... saw through Ju Yangjun Xiong Li's nature?
Jing She was not surprised by this. After all, as far as he knew, Sun Shuke, the former general under Juyang Lord Xiong Li, had now switched his allegiance to the Wei army. Maybe this person had revealed to that Wei Gongzi about Juyang Lord Xiong Li.
Carp's nature of being greedy for money and cherishing life.
This can be a bit troublesome...
Jing She muttered a few words in her heart.
After thinking about it, he immediately went to the main residence of the mansion in person to ask for an audience with Ju Yang Lord Xiong Li.
However, what made Jing She frown slightly was that when he came to the main house of the mansion, he learned from the servants of the mansion that Ju Yangjun Xiong Li was actually drinking and celebrating with his concubine in the inner courtyard, and he didn't know that
Did he get the news that Wei Jun had left?
After a while, Shouling Junjingshe, under the guidance of the servants of the house, saw Ju Yangjun Xiong Li in the inner courtyard. The latter, a bloated and fat man, was actually in the garden of the inner courtyard with his wives and concubines.
, Jia Ji was playing and playing, blindfolded, chasing the warblers and swallows in the courtyard.
At that time, Jing She's face couldn't help but darken.
"Lord Xiongli."
"Ah, it's Mr. Jingshe."
Noticing Jing She's arrival, Ju Yangjun Xiong Li took off the black cloth covering his eyes and greeted Shouling Lord Jing She.
At this time, dozens of beautiful figures in the courtyard looked at Jing She and chuckled. After all, although Jing She was middle-aged, his appearance was quite handsome, and his demeanor was solemn and majestic, which made the courtyard
Those warblers and swallows inside secretly admired him.
It's a pity that Shouling Junjingshe has no idea in this regard. As if he didn't see those beauties, after cupping his hands towards Juyang Jun Xiong Li, he said in a deep voice: "Master Xiong Li, various signs indicate that,
The Wei army has marched towards Caixi."
"Very good, very good."
Ju Yangjun Xiong Li smiled happily and no longer looked as sad as he had in the past two months.
However, his answer made Jing She feel quite unhappy.
What is very good?
How can we call the current war situation good?
You must know that due to the defection of Cai Hou, the county magistrate of Caixi County, now the entire Caixi County has almost fallen into the hands of the Wei army. The only obstacle that prevents the Wei army from reaching the royal capital Shoying City is Haoshang City.
If even this city was lost, the Wei army would be able to reach the foot of Shouying City unimpeded and join forces with King Lu Xi of Qi. How could such a critical moment be called a good thing?
Enduring the displeasure in his heart, Shouling Junjingshe bowed his hands and said seriously: "Master Xiong Li, the royal city is in trouble. We should send troops to protect it. We can't let the Wei army go directly to the royal city."
After hearing this, Juyang Lord Xiong Li walked to the table where the concubines were sitting, took the wine bottle handed over by a concubine, and said with a smile: "Master Jingshe has sent out an army to help."
This is true. After all, after learning that Cai Hou, the Duke of Caixi County, had defected to the enemy, Jing She had mobilized 100,000 troops from the Xiyang Army, Peng Li Army, Shouling Army and Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, totaling 200,000. Let the troops be divided into two groups, one to cut off the Wei army's path at Caixi, and the other to guard Haoshang.
But the problem is that there are now 150,000 Wei soldiers under the command of Wei Gongzi Ji Run. Shouling Jun Jingshe cannot guarantee that the four armies he has mobilized can really stop the Wei army. Therefore, the safest option at the moment is The method was to send troops from Juyang County to pursue the Wei army, and in Caixi County he and his general Wu Xi attacked the Wei army from both front and rear.
However, after listening to Jing She's suggestion, Ju Yang Lord Xiong Li looked disapproving and said with a smile: "Master Jing She, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed near the royal city, how could it be so easy? Let the Wei army arrive directly at the city?...Come on, Lord Jingshe has been strategizing this time and has saved our Juyang County from danger. Xiong Li would like to have a drink with Lord Jingshe." As he said that, he patted a beautiful girl on the back and motioned for her to take it. Give wine to Jingshe.
"Master Jing She, please have some wine." The beautiful girl came to Jing She with a wine bottle. She looked straight at Jing She with a pair of beautiful eyes. When Jing She glanced at her, she lowered her head and smiled shyly. .
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Jing She did not take the glass of wine, but said seriously to Juyang Lord Xiong Li: "Master Xiong Li, although the crisis in Juyang County has been resolved, the crisis in the royal city has not been resolved... If we let Wei Jun and King Lu Xi of Qi's army has gathered together, and the morale of our Chu army in the royal city will probably drop. I hope Lord Xiong Li will consider the country's priority and send troops to pursue the Wei army."
Juyangjun Xiongli's small eyes turned gurglingly.
It has to be said that Sun Shuke's judgment on this person was unbiased. Juyang Lord Xiong Li was not a person who cared about the country at all. Compared with the safety of Wangcheng Shouying, I believe he was more inclined to protect his own life and property.
"Master Jingshe, this puts Xiong Li in a bit of a dilemma... You have to know that there are still tens of thousands of Wei cavalry in Xinyang County. If the troops in the county are taken away, what if the Wei cavalry comes in full force? Attack, I am afraid that the life of a city in Juyang County will fall into the hands of the Wei army... Brother Wang entrusted Juyang County to me, I cannot let this city fall into the hands of the Wei army."
Excuse!
All excuses!
Lord Shouling Jingshe frowned deeply and said to himself: How could the Wei cavalry break through the blockade so easily when Lord Xiang Pei of Xinyang County was there?
In his opinion, no matter how upright and righteous the Ju Yang Lord in front of him was, he could not hide his tendency to value small gains and forget about righteousness, and to be greedy for money and cherish his life.
However, Ju Yangjun Xiong Li is the king of Ju Yang City after all, and the leader of a hundred thousand Ju Yang army. Although Shouling Lord Jingshe was extremely unhappy, he could not fall out with him, so he had to persuade him with good words.
It's a pity that no matter how Jing She moved him emotionally and Xiao was rational, the Ju Yang Lord Xiong Li never agreed to Jing She's request: he neither agreed to send the Ju Yang Army out of the city to pursue the Wei Army, nor did he agree to send the Ju Yang Army out of the city to pursue the Wei Army.
The military power was handed over to Jingshe.
There is no shortage of tricks and strategies!
In the end, Shouling Junjingshe left angrily with a dark face.
He had never been so angry, and he had never seen such a selfish villain.
Because of his anger, Jing She even regretted that he had chosen to come to Juyang County. He felt that he should have gone to Caixi and Haoshang in the first place, and should not have been involved in Xiong Li's life and death.
When a big country is about to collapse, what's the use of sticking to one corner?
Shouling Junjingshe cursed in his heart.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun had led the Wei army and was on his way to Caixi County.
On the way, the Green Crows sent people from time to time to report back to Zhao Hongrun the news in Juyang County.
As Zhao Hongrun expected, when he learned that the Wei army was heading towards Caixi County, there was indeed no movement in Juyang County, as if there was no intention of sending troops to pursue it. This made Zhao Hongrun secretly happy.
To be fair, he was indeed quite wary of Shouling Jun Jingshe. After all, the latter was his first powerful opponent so far who could not take any advantage at all.
Well, to be precise, Xiang Mo, the general of the Chu State who was stationed at Fang Zhong, was also an extremely difficult person to deal with. However, this general suffered losses at his hands several times because of the lack of food in his hands. Therefore,
, Zhao Hongrun's evaluation of Shouling Jun's Jingshe was still higher than that of the general Xiang Mo.
Precisely because he has all kinds of fears about Shouling Junjingshe, even though Zhao Hongrun is very aware of the Yin Fu in Juyang County, and also knows that Juyang Jun Xiongli has gained a lot of wealth over the years, he can only scratch the surface.
The saliva flowed out, and the greed in the heart was restrained.
After all, Shouling Jun Jingshe would not let him conquer Juyang County so easily.
In this case, we simply abandoned Juyang County and did not attack, dividing the Chu army's strength in Juyang County.
Sure enough, as soon as he heard that the Wei army intended to abandon Juyang County and go to Caixi, Lord Shouling Jingshe divided his troops and quickly sent them to Caixi and Haoshang, hoping to stop the Wei army from advancing in these two counties.
However, it seems that he did not investigate deeply. With such division of troops, the strength of the Chu army and the Wei army were actually about the same.
On February 19, Zhao Hongrun led his troops to Caixi. Under the recommendation of Zhang Ming, a thousand-man general of the merchant navy, Cai Hou, the former Caixi County magistrate, met with him and expressed his intention to surrender to Zhao Hongrun, hoping to
This move saved the entire Cai family.
Zhao Hongrun naturally followed everything.
In late February, the latest battle report of Qi King Lu Xi's army came from Xia Cai.
It turned out that on February 23, King Lu Xi of Qi had begun to order an attack on Shou Ying, the capital of King Chu.
The battle that day could not actually be regarded as a siege, because many troops were stationed near Shouying, the capital of the King of Chu. Upon discovering that King Lu Xi of Qi was trying to attack Shoying, the Chu army took the initiative to attack and joined forces with the Qilu allied forces at King Shouying.
Fierce fighting broke out in the northern suburbs of Dushouying.
And because of the power of Lu's war weapons, the Qi-Lu coalition achieved very impressive results in this war. It is said that tens of thousands of Chu soldiers were killed and the morale of the Chu army was severely damaged.
At this moment, the Chu army in the area of Shouying, the capital of King Chu, can be said to be in panic. (To be continued.)