As expected, with the foreign soldiers such as the Northern Sichuan Cavalry acting as villains, the relationship within the Shangshui Army quickly became harmonious.
This drama, promoted by Zhao Hongrun, greatly increased the sense of belonging of the newly surrendered Chu soldiers to the Shang Shui Army. Coupled with the guidance and enlightenment from the veterans of the first and second periods from time to time, these newly surrendered soldiers gradually recognized it.
The Shang Shui Army's idea of attacking Chu State in order to liberate the suffering people of Chu State had a vague feeling of abandoning darkness and turning to light.
In fact, there were many loopholes in that scene. For example, they were clearly foreign cavalry from Sanchuan, but they could understand the Chu dialect. Another example was that the northern Sichuan cavalry was clearly building their military camp, but there was still a group of people who suddenly appeared in front of the Wei army.
Beishan Military Camp, etc.
But those officers who saw through this matter, whether they were veterans of the Shang Navy Army or new soldiers, all acquiesced in this matter and cooperated with each other willingly. Generally speaking, Zhao Hongrun's method of transferring conflicts was quite successful.
of.
However, because of this, the relationship between the Northern Sichuan Cavalry and the Shangshui Army fell to a freezing point. Although the top generals and officers of the two armies knew what was going on, the vast majority of the soldiers were kept in the dark.
Here Zhao Hongrun is busy reorganizing the Shang Navy Army so that it can truly absorb the newly surrendered soldiers of the Chu Kingdom, and the other forces have also learned about the Wei Army's victory on the Thirty Mile Battlefield.
The quickest person to learn the news was naturally King Lu Xi of Qi, because after Bosile personally asked to see Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongrun wrote a brief summary of the battle in a letter and sent it to the Qi-Lu coalition forces in the northern suburbs of Shoying.
I remember that after receiving this good news, King Lu Xi of Qi was overjoyed, because at this time, both his battlefield in the northern suburbs and Tian Dan's battlefield in the eastern suburbs had encountered strong resistance from the Chu army, so that so far there had been no
What a breakthrough.
After all, the Chu army was not fools. Since they knew that the Qi army had such terrifying murderous war weapons as the Lu machine crossbow box, how could they stupidly rush over to confront the Qi army again?
Especially the newly appointed general in the northern suburbs of Shouying, General Gui Haishu of Chu State. After taking office, this person kept his hundreds of thousands of peasant soldiers awake day and night, digging many trenches on the flat terrain of the northern suburbs.
moat.
Most of these trenches were one foot wide and two feet deep, and there were many fortresses made of clay. The purpose was to prevent the Qilu Allied Forces from advancing easily.
To put it bluntly, if Qi King Lu Xi wanted to attack Chu King Dushou Ying, he would have to conquer these ravines first.
The terrible thing is that the various war weapons in the Qilu Allied Forces, such as the crossbow boxes of the Lu State's organs, have almost minimal effect in such winding trenches.
If it were the Wei soldiers, of course they wouldn't care about such trenches. After all, the Wei infantry's individual ability was the best among all the Central Plains countries. If the Chu army tried to fight with the Wei soldiers in such trenches, it would really be self-inflicted.
perish.
After all, the Chu army's only tactic to deal with the Wei army was to use the human sea tactic, injuring one thousand enemies and losing two thousand to itself, without hesitating casualties to weaken the Wei army's combat effectiveness.
However, Qi's soldiers did not have the strong individual capabilities of Wei's infantry, so Qi King Lu Xi launched several attacks on those trenches, but failed to expel the Chu army.
If you cross it, you can't cross it; if you hit it, you can't beat it.
Obviously holding many war weapons in his hands, but being helpless in front of a few small trenches, it is undeniable that King Lu Xi of Qi has been a little depressed in recent days.
And just when he was drinking to drown his sorrows, his deputy general of the Western Route Army gave him great news.
That is, the Wei army won a great victory on the thirty-mile battlefield!
When he saw Zhao Hongrun's battle report with his own eyes, King Lu Xi of Qi could hardly believe it.
You must know that a while ago, although the Wei Army on the West Route made great progress in the first stage and was as good as Tian Dan's East Route Army in terms of combat effectiveness, with the arrival of Shouling Jun Jingshe, one of the Three Pillars of Chu State,
After reaching Juyang, the overwhelming momentum of the Wei army was immediately curbed.
In this regard, Qi State's Right Prime Minister Tian Guang, who had a grudge against Ji Zhao and Ji Run brothers, also taunted them as if they were scolding and scolding Huai, saying that the so-called Wei Gongzi Run was bullying those third-rate generals of Chu State who did not know how to lead troops.
That's it, once you encounter a strong enemy like Lord Chu Shouling, there will be no movement at all.
Of course, King Lu Xi of Qi would not take such words seriously, nor would he blame Ji Run or have any other thoughts about his son-in-law Ji Zhao. After all, who is Shouling Jun Jingshe? He is on par with this person.
Is it embarrassing?
It is no exaggeration to say that even though he has stayed in Qi for a long time, Qi Wang Lu Xi is also aware of the reputation of the Three Pillars of Chu.
In his opinion, it was great luck that Wei Gongzi Ji Run, the young commander-in-chief of the Wei army, could compete with the long-famous Shouling Junjingshe.
What's more, that Wei Gongzi Ji Run not only held back Shouling Lord Jingshe, he also held back General Xiang Mo and Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei.
Which of these three people is not a wise man of Chu who is both civil and military?
Without the presence of the Wei army, King Lu Xi of Qi would not only have to attack the northern suburbs of Shoying, but also be wary of the threats from these three famous Chu officials from the west. In contrast, even if the Wei army made no further progress, as long as
Ji Run could continue to hold those three people back, and Qi King Lu Xi was satisfied enough.
But he never expected that just when King Lu Xi of Qi gradually gave up his expectations for the Wei army, the young Master Wei would give him such a great gift.
On the battlefield in the western suburbs of Shouying, the Chu army was defeated first!
The Wei army, which had been making the slowest progress a while ago, was now the first to defeat obstacles. This was really surprising.
With great joy and hope, King Lu Xi of Qi immediately summoned his son-in-law Ji Zhao and his confidant Tian Bao to show them the letter.
Not to mention, even Ji Zhao was surprised after reading the letter. After all, he had seen the battle that King Lu Xi of Qi had been attacking in the northern suburbs of Shoying in the past few days, and of course he knew what was going on.
What kind of mentality did the Chu army have in resisting their attack?
Even though the Chu army was united and fought a last-ditch battle, the Wei army was still able to achieve such a major victory, which made Ji Zhao, the former prince of the Wei Kingdom, even more honored.
With a look of joy, Ji Zhao smiled at his father-in-law and said, "Your Majesty, what did my son-in-law say a few days ago? My eighth brother will not remain silent like this."
"Hahaha, that's right." King Lu Xi of Qi nodded repeatedly. The more he looked at Ji Run, the more he liked him, but it was a pity that he no longer had a suitable daughter under his knees. Moreover, the emperor of Wei, Zhao Si, would never do it.
He tolerated his second son being abducted again.
Compared with the chatter and laughter of Weng's son-in-law, Tian Tao immediately put forward pertinent suggestions.
"Your Majesty, since Mr. Run has conquered the western suburbs of Shoying, you might as well send a general to transport some of our army's siege weapons to Mr. Run so that he can attack the city... This will help the Wei army.
The military situation will also be helpful to our army."
Weng and son-in-law looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Think about it, although there are many siege weapons in the army of King Lu Xi of Qi, they can't even cross the trenches in the northern suburbs. Even if they have more siege weapons, what's the use?
Now, since the Wei army has won the battlefield in the western suburbs and can launch a direct attack on the Chu king's capital, Shouying, then escorting some of the siege weapons there will not only help the Wei army attack the city, but also attract the attention of the Chu army in Shouying city.
force, causing the latter to shift the focus of defense to the Wei army in the western suburbs.
In this way, the Qi-Lu coalition army under King Lu Xi of Qi and the Qi army on the east route under Wada Dan would be more likely to break through the defending army outside Shoying City.
"It's just that the pressure on the little guy will be great..."
King Lu Xi of Qi said with some concern.
After hearing this, Ji Zhao smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my brother Hongrun won't care. Your Majesty gave him many siege weapons. I'm afraid it's too late for him to be happy... I'm sure I still miss my eighth brother."
I’ve got General Tian Dan’s flag now!”
King Lu Xi of Qi was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood. After all, the bet between Ji Run and Tian Dan was not something that was too secretive among the armies.
Touching the beard on his chin, King Qi Lu Xi smiled evilly and said: "Tian Tao, send someone to deliver this letter to Tian Dan... Tell him that he has been outperformed by others. If this continues
, the battle flag he has used for many years will fall into the hands of others."
The king is really...
Tian Tao smiled bitterly and shook his head, cupped his hands and said, "As ordered."
On the same day, Zhao Hongrun's good news was delivered to Tian Dan of the Qi Army on the East Road under the instruction of King Lu Xi of Qi.
Just like when Zhao Hongrun received the news of victory from the Qi army on the east route a while ago, Tian Dan's face suddenly darkened after seeing the letter.
He will not be deceived by the rhetoric of Tian Dan and others: Although his four neighbors include Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, one of the Three Pillars of Chu, and Shen Tufang, the new general of Chu on the battlefield in the eastern suburbs, is it possible that he
Isn't there such a powerful enemy on the Wei army's side?
In comparison, even though they are both the Three Pillars of Chu State, the reputation of Shouling Lord Jingshe is higher than that of Diyang Lord Xiong Shang!
We need to think of a way to catch up with Ji Run...
Walking to the table in the tent, Tian Dan stared at the marching map spread out on the table, thinking hard about a clever plan to defeat the enemy.
In general, the Qi army almost all held a happy attitude towards the Wei army's victory, even some people who had hatred for Zhao Hongrun.
But at this time, on the Chu side, because of this war, the morale of the army was turbulent and the people were panicked.
Compared with the defeat of the 300,000-strong army, the newly appointed general Gongsun Po died in the battle among the rebels, which shocked the Chu army particularly.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the Chu State in recent decades or even hundreds of years, it has almost never happened that a general at the rank of general died on the battlefield.
By this time, the news spread throughout Shoying city, and some nobles who were greedy for life and fearful of death secretly transferred their property to the south.
When this incident reached the ears of King Xiong Xu of Chu, Xiong Xu was furious.
Because a few days ago, when Xiong Xu wanted the nobles in the royal city to give out some property to reward and motivate the army, the nobles looked around and reluctantly gave him some, pretending to be half of it.
The family wealth is already here, but now the carriages filled with gold and silver treasures that these people are sneaking out of the city and trying to transport to the south are more than ten times more than the wealth these people contributed?!
"They all deserve to be killed!"
After retreating, King Xiong Xu of Chu roared angrily in the empty palace.
After venting, he couldn't help but think of his brother who had passed away many years ago...