The casualty ratio of one to two is actually a relatively good result, because it means that the combat effectiveness and survival rate of Wei soldiers are fully twice as high as those of Chu soldiers.?Chinese?Novel w..
You must know that the Chu soldiers mentioned here do not refer to miscellaneous soldiers like peasant soldiers of Chu State, but refer to the main army of Chu State and the local county divisions of Chu State. If it is named after the name of Wei State, it is the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison.
The garrison at level 1, together with the original Zhaoling Army, Yanling Army and other local garrison forces, are all regular domestic armies.
Therefore, it is enough to be proud to be able to defeat two Wei soldiers one by one. After all, the Chu soldiers are not weak soldiers. Putting aside the difference in equipment, the regular soldiers of the Chu State are like killing a chicken against a Qi soldier.
But Zhao Hongrun was not satisfied.
The reason is very simple, because Wei's infantry is originally the most powerful infantry among all the countries in the Central Plains, and one against two cannot satisfy him at all.
However, considering that among the 50,000 Shang Shui troops under his command, most of them are actually the original Chu army, and only a small half are the real Wei infantry. Zhao Hongrun sighed and could only accept this fact: in terms of head-on confrontation, he
It is difficult for the army under his command to defeat the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shoying.
Since it is difficult to win in a head-on confrontation, it is natural to use ingenious strategies.
On that day, the first thing that Zhao Hongrun thought of was water attack.
You must know that the Chu State is a country with extremely rich waters. The area around the royal capital Shouying is full of rivers. In addition to the Guohe River, there are many unnamed mountain streams and rivers.
What's more, it is the beginning of spring, when the ice and snow melt and the river water surges, which is the so-called spring flood.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun immediately thought of a clever plan: dig the Huihe River and the Huaihe River to flood Shoying, turning hundreds of thousands of Chu troops outside Shoying City into fish and shrimps at the bottom of the river.
However, after Zhao Hongrun personally inspected the surrounding terrain, he found out with some frustration: It is not good to have many rivers near Shouying, but it is also not good to have rivers with strong currents in this season. Unfortunately, these rivers
There are often lakes along the way. There are these natural flood storage ponds. He wants to dig rivers and release water to flood Shoying. I'm afraid this is just a joke.
Even when observing the locations of the water inlets of those lakes at close range, Zhao Hongrun also discovered traces of man-made creation. Chu people seemed to have already known how to use these natural lakes as flood storage tanks to prevent floods.
Think about it, since the waters in Chu State are so abundant, the water damage in the past was naturally serious. How could we not make improvements in this area?
It's a pity that Zhao Hongrun came up with this clever plan to defeat the enemy, but it was shattered before it could be implemented.
The water attack failed, and the fire attack lacked fire oil. Zhao Hongrun could not use the water attack and fire attack to deal with the Chu army.
This means that he can only think of ways to defeat his opponents through head-on confrontation and use military strategies.
I have to say, this is quite a difficult road.
That night, when Zhao Hongrun and Mi Jiang were having dinner in the commander's tent, King Lu Xi of Qi sent someone to deliver a battle report: a battle report on the northern suburbs of Shoying.
In order to advance and retreat together and take care of each other, Zhao Hongrun, Qi King Lu Xi and Tian Dan had already agreed to deliver their respective battle reports every day, no matter what the battle situation was that day.
"Hmm, the battle situation on King Qi's side is not good either..."
After briefly glancing at the battle report, Zhao Hongrun shook his head with regret.
You must know that today's battle situation of the Wei army can only be said to be a tie with the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shoying. Therefore, he still hopes that Qi King Lu Xi's northern suburbs battlefield can make progress, and he can't help him.
Come to think of it, the war situation on Qi King Lu Xi's side was not as good as his side.
"No way?"
Wei Jiao, the chief of Zongwei, was surprised when he heard this and thought to himself, didn't King Lu Xi of Qi have more than 200,000 Qi and Lu allied troops under his command? Furthermore, the more than 200,000 Qi and Lu allied troops still had many war weapons, why?
Why is the battle situation worse than that of the Wei army?
As if he had read through Wei Jiao's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun hummed and said: "The Chu people are not fools. Since they know that King Qi's side has the strongest military force, they will naturally deploy more troops in the northern suburbs... You watch
What am I doing? I didn’t say anything bad about you Chu people.”
"..."
As the only Chu person in the tent at the moment, Mi Jiang stared at Zhao Hongrun for a long time, and then continued to eat by herself, too lazy to pay attention to the guy opposite.
Looking at the young couple in front of him, Wei Jiao secretly chuckled.
It had to be said that he recognized Mi Jiang very much. After all, Mi Jiang had a good background and superb swordsmanship, so protecting the safety of their royal highness was no problem.
The only regret is that Mi Jiang has a cold face all day long, making it difficult for people to feel close to her.
"Your Highness, will we attack again tomorrow?" Wei Jiao asked.
Because of the battle plan, Zhao Hongrun had already discussed it with the generals of the Shangshui Army. Moreover, there were no unexpected changes today. Therefore, there was no need to convene any more military meetings. We can just make plans as usual tomorrow.
As a war, in fact, there are not some clever plots every day, but more of them are monotonous confrontations between soldiers.
"Tomorrow..." Zhao Hongrun thought for a moment and said, "We will fight again tomorrow and see what the result is. If the result is not good, we will give the soldiers two days' rest."
"As ordered." Wei Jiao clasped his fists, exited the tent, summoned King Su's guards, and conveyed Zhao Hongrun's orders to the generals.
At this time, Mi Jiang asked curiously: "Have you thought of a way to defeat the enemy?"
Zhao Hongrun picked up the chopsticks and said angrily: "Didn't you see me sighing just now?... Why should I sigh when there is a way to defeat the enemy?"
"Then you are going to fight tomorrow?"
"You don't understand." Zhao Hongrun took two mouthfuls of food and explained vaguely: "Although our army's battle situation today is not good, it still caused tens of thousands of casualties among peasant soldiers... Such huge casualties, the Chu army
The morale over there will definitely be affected. Maybe when the two armies clash tomorrow, the morale of the Chu army will be low and they will become vulnerable?"
Mi Jiang nodded as if he understood, and then asked: "What if it's not what you said?"
Zhao Hongrun choked when he heard the words and said angrily: "Then I blame you...I blame you for talking nonsense."
"..." Facing Zhao Hongrun's unreasonable accusation, Mi Jiang rolled her beautiful eyes and was too lazy to pay attention.
However, even though Zhao Hongrun said so, to be honest, he was not sure about this matter.
It is undeniable that since ancient times, the battle on the second day has been easier to determine the winner than the battle on the first day. However, the problem is that the allied forces attacked the capital of Chu State. As expected, most of the Chu soldiers held the
Fight against the coalition forces with a last-ditch mentality.
With the Chu army united and sharing the same hatred, the Wei army was obviously at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. It was simply a fool's dream to decide the winner in just two days.
Facts have proved that Zhao Hongrun's judgment was accurate.
The next day, when the Wei army once again launched an attack on the Chu army on the western outskirts of Shouying, the morale of the Chu army seemed not to be affected at all by the previous day, causing the Wei army's front line commander Nanmen Chi to use all his strength.
, and failed to gain an advantage.
Just like yesterday, the Wei army and the Chu army fought from morning to noon. Although the Wei army made good progress at the beginning, as time went by, the Chu army was pushed back little by little by taking advantage of the human sea tactics.
It seems that this is all we can do today.
Sighing secretly, Zhao Hongrun decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Seeing that the Wei army had left two troops behind to protect the retreating army, the Chu army simply skipped the pursuit this time. They could not defeat the Wei army if they pursued them, but they were in danger of being ambushed. So why should they pursue them?
Honestly, we can all withdraw our troops.
After returning to the military camp, Zhao Hongrun ordered the entire army to recuperate for two days, allowing his soldiers to rest and relax. After all, it is most taboo on the battlefield to tense up at all times, as this will cause bad things.
However, what is quite surprising is that on the third day, the Wei army did not take the initiative to attack the Chu army in the western suburbs of Shoying. However, at night, the Chu army came to make a sneak attack.
Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun attached great importance to guarding against enemy night attacks, and the Wei army had the advantage of a military camp, so the Chu army who came to attack did not take any advantage.
The two sides fought in melee for about an hour, and the Chu army abandoned about two thousand corpses and retreated wisely.
However, this move aroused the anger of Shang Shui's soldiers.
They thought to themselves: If I don't beat you, I'll take a day off, but you still dare to attack me secretly?
As a result, the brave generals in the Shang Shui army asked for battle one after another.
You know, since the beginning of this national war, the Shang Shui Army has been singing triumphant songs all the way without encountering any obstacles. However, on Shoying's side, they have gained nothing for two days in a row, and the fighting was extremely frustrating.
It was the same as when we faced the Jiejiao tribe's 200,000-strong army in Luodi.
It is conceivable that these soldiers and generals are actually holding a fire in their hearts.
Zhao Hongrun was certainly happy about this and immediately agreed to fight.
Unfortunately, although the veterans of the Shang Shui Army were full of fighting spirit, the morale of the Chu army was not weak. The two armies fought fiercely until the afternoon of the fourth day, but the Wei army failed to gain the upper hand in the end.
This is broken...
Zhao Hongrun secretly screamed that something was wrong.
You know, if your own soldiers are still repelled by the enemy even though they are full of fighting spirit, this will greatly affect the morale.
Sure enough, after withdrawing his troops and returning to the military camp, Zhao Hongrun felt that there seemed to be a sense of malaise in the army.
This can't go on like this.
After inspecting the military camp, Zhao Hongrun returned to the commander's tent, summoned several Qingya soldiers, and ordered them: "You should go to Zhengyang immediately and ask Bosile to lead at least 30,000 northern Sichuan archers to come here."
Thinking about what happened now, Zhao Hongrun could only use reinforcements to restore the morale of the army.
On the fifth day, to Zhao Hongrun's surprise, the Chu army commander in the western suburbs of Shouying seemed to have noticed the morale of the Wei army. On the fifth day, he actually led his troops to fight outside the Wei army's camp.
At that time, Wu Ji, Lu Zhan, Xu Jiong and other generals were so angry that they wanted to leave the camp and teach the Chu soldiers a lesson. However, Zhao Hongrun stopped them.
It seems that the Chu army general is not satisfied with simply holding the line of defense...
Standing on the sentry tower inside the military camp, looking at the numerous Chu troops fighting outside the camp, Zhao Hongrun's eyes flickered.
Zhao Hongrun smiled sinisterly when he thought that Bosile and at least 30,000 Sichuan Northern Archers were rushing towards him.
He didn't mind letting those who looked down upon Chu know the power of a cavalry charge. (To be continued.)