That night, Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu received Zhao Hongrun’s reply and circulated it to the generals in the tent.↖
When they heard about this, the generals in the Chu army's vanguard tent were very surprised.
"That King Su... actually agreed?" Wu Gan, the general of Chu, looked at Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu in surprise and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, you... how did you convince him to agree?"
Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu said with a smile: "Xiong wrote in the letter that if he can win, the offensive on X's side will stop here. In other words, our army's offensive on the Yingshui battlefield will stop at Yan."
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"He... believed it?" Chu Jiang Shen Kang asked with a surprised look on his face as he touched his chin.
"Rather than saying that he believed it, it is better to say that he chose to believe it." Xiong Hu, Lord Pingyu of Chu, smiled slightly and snorted: "In the face of the powerful offensive of our great Chu, how can Wei State have the power to resist it? Instead of asking for it,
To repel our army, I believe that the people of Wei are more interested in how to block our army's offensive and prevent another city from falling... At this time, someone threw a bait, how could the young King Su not bite the bait?
?If it were someone else, I believe someone would seize this rare opportunity and strive to win the bet, forcing our army of Dachu to stop at the Yan River..."
"Don't you want the lost city?" Chu Jiang Wugan asked with a frown.
Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu laughed loudly when he heard this: "The Wei people naturally want to regain the captured city. The question is, where do they have this ability? Under the all-out attack of Chu, they can hold on to the country without destroying it.
This is a big deal. Counterattack? Hahaha! ...After all, the gap in the number of armies between the two countries is too big, as big as a chasm, and it cannot be reversed by the Wei State."
The generals in the tent chuckled and nodded in agreement. After a while, Shen Kang frowned and asked: "However, this bet of inviting thousands of soldiers to fight is not very beneficial to our army... Your Majesty, although Wei's military strength is far inferior to mine,
army, but their level of iron smelting is better than ours, and the weapons and armor used by their soldiers are one or two grades higher than our army. If there is no numerical advantage, just one thousand soldiers versus one thousand soldiers, I'm afraid
It’s not possible to win…”
Hearing this, Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu showed a strange smile on his face: "Are you serious? That is just an excuse to trick the young and ignorant King Su into acquiescing to our army's construction of the pontoon bridge... Once the pontoon bridge is successfully built
, who will care about his bet? The mere Yanshui area cannot satisfy Mr. Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng!"
I see!
The faces of the generals in the tent showed relieved smiles.
"However, your reputation may be damaged..." Chu Jiang Wugan frowned and said, "In fact, from General Yimo's point of view, why is this matter so troublesome? There is no need for your Majesty to cheat on your bets. Now Yanling only has
With a strength of five to six thousand troops, even if our army crosses the Yan River by force, the Wei army may not be able to stop it..."
"No, that is not safe." Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu shook his head and said seriously: "You only see that Yanling only has five or six thousand troops at the moment, but in fact, Chen Shi, who is on the upper reaches of the Yan River, may lead his army back at any time.
Yanling...Although Ji Run, the king of Su, squeezed out Chen Shi, if the situation in Yanling was critical, he would naturally recall Chen Shi. In this way, Yanling's troops would become more than ten thousand, which would greatly hinder our army from crossing the Yan River.
... Therefore, we either don’t fight, or we must attack with all our strength and attack the north bank of the Yan River, so that Chen Shi will not have time to return reinforcements!”
"That's it." Wu Gan nodded in understanding and said, "Your Majesty plans to launch a surprise attack on Su Wang Ji Run during the gambling battle in the next two days, and attack the north bank of Yan River in one go!"
"This is exactly the truth!" Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu nodded and said with a smile: "Everyone, please go back and prepare. In two days, our vanguard army will be the first to set foot on the north bank of the Yan River and go straight to the main beam of the Wei capital! ...
Oh, by the way, don’t forget to pay attention to Prince Su Ji Run when the time comes. If you can capture him alive, it will be a good card."
"You will eventually understand."
All the generals in the tent responded with clasped fists in unison.
Two days passed in a blink of an eye. When it was October 23rd, Zhao Hongrun proposed to the civil and military generals in Yanling City that he had agreed with Chu Pingyu Jun Xiong Hu on the bank of Yan River two days ago.
Regarding the gambling battle, he ordered two military officers, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, to lead the army and go out with him.
Upon hearing the news, Zhao Zhun, Xu Youzhi, Wang Shu, and Ma Zhang in the room all changed their expressions. Only Pei Zhan, the magistrate of Yanling County, looked at Zhao Hongrun with a strange expression and did not know what he was thinking.
"Absurd! Ridiculous!" Wu Wei Wang Shu was the first to jump out and retorted loudly: "Your Highness King Su, you must not be deceived by the Chu thieves! ... The Chu State has been coveting our great Wei Yingshui County for a long time, and now he is doing well.
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How can I sincerely make a bet with His Highness? There is no doubt that Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu just deceived Your Highness into allowing him to build the pontoon bridge! ... Once the Chu army builds the pontoon bridge, I, Yanling, will be in danger!"
"Yes, Your Highness." Wu Lieutenant Ma Zhang also clasped his fists and said eagerly: "This kind of bet is simply unbelievable!... With equal strength, our soldiers have the advantage in weapons and armor. If the Chu army did not rely on its superior numbers,
The superiority cannot defeat our army at all.
!But Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu still proposed this kind of bet that was extremely beneficial to me, the Wei Dynasty. This shows that he did not take this bet to heart at all, and was just trying to coax His Highness to acquiesce in building the pontoon bridge!
...Your Highness must not fall into the trap!”
Oh, my local generals in the Wei Dynasty are quite reliable. Well, if not for this, these people cannot stop the 60,000 Chu army vanguard at Yan River with more than 10,000 people alone...
Zhao Hongrun secretly praised Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, the two military officers, but there was no expression on his face. He said unceremoniously: "The king has made up his mind. You don't have to say anything. Just do as you are told!"
"His Royal Highness King Su!" Wang Shu and Ma Zhang shouted anxiously, but unfortunately Zhao Hongrun was not moved at all.
They had no choice but to look to Yanling County Magistrate Pei Zhan for help.
But what surprised and puzzled the two of them was that Pei Zhan, the magistrate of Yanling County who always stood up with them to persuade Zhao Hongrun in the past, uncharacteristically said nothing today and just looked at Zhao Hongrun with complicated eyes.
This is really... Haha, Wang Shu, Ma Zhang, you underestimated His Highness Su Wang... No, it should be said that we all underestimated His Highness Su Wang too much, and His Highness Su Wang's heart
...It's so big, so big that you, so big that we don't even dare to think about it...
Recalling that King Su Zhao Hongrun secretly called him to his house two days ago and told him all about his plan, Yanling County Magistrate Pei Zhan realized that the ignorant people were not King Su at all, but these guys who judge people by their appearance.
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No wonder His Majesty would grant such rights to King Su... I have lived in vain for so many years...
He smiled bitterly in his heart, but Pei Zhan did not dare to express anything on his face. After all, Zhao Hongrun had warned him that there were nine out of ten spies from the Chu army in Yanling City. Therefore, there must not be any news that the Chu army knew about this.
The true purpose of becoming King Su.
Thinking of this, Yanling County Magistrate Pei Zhan deliberately pretended to be helpless and shook his head helplessly.
"This, how can it be like this..."
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang looked at each other and clenched their fists bitterly.
Half an hour later, all the troops from Yanling City came out. Zhao Hongrun took away almost all the troops in the city, turning Yanling into an empty city.
Looking at this scene, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang felt increasingly bleak about their future.
"Can this... be victorious?" Brigadier General Zhao, a civilian officer, asked doubtfully.
A strange relaxed smile flashed in the eyes of Yanling County Magistrate Pei Zhan, and then he pretended to sigh and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, we can only pray... If the war ahead is unfavorable, we will have no choice but to move into the city.
The common people moved to Anling..."
"That's all." The civil servant Xu Youzhi sighed, then shook his head and sighed: "This King Su... is really too willful!"
"..." Pei Zhan glanced at the former and said nothing.
Because it's not time to reveal the truth yet.
Soon after, mobilization orders were circulated throughout Yanling City. Once the situation on the front line was unfavorable, the people in the city would move to Anling.
After hearing the news, all the people and refugees in the city packed up their valuable belongings and prepared to evacuate at any time. Some wealthy families who were still waiting and watching even loaded their valuable belongings onto carriages early.
, gathered at the city gate and argued about taking a step forward to Anling.
At the same time, Zhao Hongrun ordered two military lieutenants, Wang Shu and Ma Zhang, to lead more than 5,000 soldiers to the north bank of Yan River and set up a formation on the north bank.
Perhaps in order to avoid Zhao Hongrun's suspicion, Chu Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu did not ask the Chu army to build the pontoon bridge in advance. Instead, he waited until the Wei army arrived, then belatedly ordered the Chu army to slowly build the pontoon bridge in front of the Wei army.
"Your Highness, we should launch an offensive at this time..."
Seeing the Chu army starting to build bridges one after another, Wu Wei Wang Shu couldn't help but suggest to Su Wang Zhao Hongrun again: "While they are busy building bridges, if you don't send archers to attack, you will definitely kill more than a thousand enemies!"
Killing more than a thousand enemies?... There are 160,000 Chu troops here. What's the point of killing a thousand Chu troops? Either don't fight, or if you want to fight, you have to annihilate the 60,000 Chu army vanguards!
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Wang Shu and said calmly: "Since I have made an agreement with Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, is there any reason to violate it? Send the order, and the entire army is not allowed to attack until a thousand Chu troops have crossed the river!"
"Your Highness..."
"This is an order!"
Wang Shu and Ma Zhang looked at each other and sighed helplessly.
Seeing that the Wei army did not take the opportunity to launch an attack, Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu, who was watching from a distance, had a slight sneer on his face: "That Su King Ji Run, that is so childish and laughable... Pass the order and order Qian to cross the river first.
The famous soldiers took advantage of the situation to launch an offensive against the Wei army and covered the following troops to forcefully cross the Yan River!"
"yes!"
The pontoon bridge was successfully built, and under the puzzled eyes of countless Wei soldiers, a thousand Chu soldiers crossed the Yan River without any hindrance.
According to the agreement, they had to form a formation first, and then fight with a thousand soldiers of the Wei State. The outcome of this victory would determine whether the Chu army would stop at Yan River. However, it was obvious that Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu did not intend to abide by this agreement.
Order the thousand soldiers to attack the Wei army immediately after crossing Yan Shuihou.
"I knew it! I knew it!"
Seeing the Chu army's betrayal, Wu Wei Wang Shu glared at Zhao Hongrun, with an expression of anger: "Counterattack! Destroy the floating bridge!"
But all fools know that the Chu army finally successfully built a pontoon bridge on the Yan River, so how could it be easily destroyed by the Wei soldiers? No, the soldiers of the Chu army who had crossed over first held on to the pontoon bridge, even at the cost of huge casualties.
A suicidal attack forced the Wei soldiers to retreat.
It’s over…
Seeing that instead of destroying the pontoon bridge, more and more Chu troops were building subsequent pontoon bridges, swarming towards the north bank like a tide, Ma Zhang clenched his fists in hatred.
"Quickly..." He grabbed a close confidant beside him and said urgently: "Report to Yan Ling quickly, Yan Shui can't hold it anymore!"
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Zhao Hongrun clearly saw this scene, but he didn't say anything. His expression was always calm.
Suddenly, he slowly took off his brocade clothes, revealing the Zongwei style armor underneath.
"Mu Qing...it's almost over. In the name of my king, withdraw!"
"yes!"
Zongwei Mu Qing put on a luxurious brocade suit at the right time, and slowly retreated with several Zongwei and the flag of King Su.