On the ninth day of the sixth month, it took three full days, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, led 30,000 private troops from Dingtao to Jishi County.

This marching speed, how to say it, if it were an army under Zhao Hongrun, most of them would even be dismissed from the main general of the first army - it was too slow, it was simply turtle speed!

But Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, didn't mind.

Because they know that the 30,000 private troops under their command are, to put it ugly, a rabble, how can they be comparable to the elite domestic armies such as the Shangshui Army, the Yanling Army, and the Wei Wu Army? If you insist on ordering a rapid march, you may arrive in Jishi County, and the soldiers will be exhausted, what else is there to fight?

As it is now, although the marching speed is a little slower, it is still ensuring the physical strength of the soldiers.

That's good.

However, when the army arrived outside the city of Jishi County, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, were a little difficult - what should be done in this first step?

It is no wonder, after all, these two princes have no actual combat experience, they have only read some military books, but none of the military books have recorded the steps of siege warfare in detail.

"Why don't you salute first and then soldier?" Anping Hou Zhao Tan suggested: "As far as I know, the guard of Jishi County" Ding Hu " is one of Nangong Yao's henchmen and favorite generals, now that Nangong Yao is dead, I believe Ding Hu is also at a loss, if you and I send persuasion to surrender, it is not good to be able to take this city without blood." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, nodded thoughtfully, and immediately wrote a letter in his own hand, sending guards to his own clan.

About an hour later, the letter of persuasion from Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, was delivered to Ding Hu, the guard of Ji's county.

However, after receiving the letter, Ding Hu did not immediately open it and read it, but forwarded it to a young man on the main seat in the hall: "Shizi, this is sent by the army outside the city. ”

The son in Ding Hu's mouth is Nangong Yao's eldest son "Nangong Chen".

On the same day, Nangong Yao led the army back to Suiyang, but found that Suiyang had been stolen by the ambitious general Huan Hu, so he attacked the city in anger, but unexpectedly, he was taken the head of the fierce general Chen Hunt under the command of Huan Hu in thousands of troops.

At that time, Nangong Chen was by his father's side, and seeing that the general trend had gone, he led a part of the defeated generals to defect to his own clan, hoping to recapture Suiyang with the help of his father's favorite general "Ding Hu", and kill Huan Hu to avenge his father.

Unexpectedly, before the Ji clan sent troops to attack Suiyang, they heard the news that Daliang wanted to send troops to conquer Song County, and Nangong Yao was also officially designated as a traitor by the Daliang court, so Nangong Chen and Ding Hu did not dare to act rashly, wanting to see if this rumor was true.

Unexpectedly, this matter was not groundless, and it didn't take long for the imperial court to send an army to levy it.

Fortunately, the army sent to conquer was not the well-known elite divisions of the Wei State, but a rabble cobbled together by some nobles of the Su Wang Party.

"Zhao Shen, King of Chengling...... Tut! Why did he pick his own? ”

After Nangong Chen saw the letter, he frowned deeply.

Seeing his expression, Ding Hu patted his chest and swore solemnly: "Prince of the world, please rest assured, with Ding Mou, the rabble outside the city will never be able to take down his own clan!" ”

He didn't say anything, after all, the aristocratic private army outside the city was indeed unsightly, with uneven equipment and loose military discipline, if he was beaten down by this rabble, why was Ding Hu once regarded as a favorite general by Nangong Yao?

"That's not what I'm worried about." Nangong Chen shook his head and said.

Indeed, he was not worried about the rabble outside the city, the question is, who didn't know that those aristocratic private armies outside the city belonged to the side of King Su Zhao Run? If the other party is beaten to the ground too hard, in case Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, turns back to find Zhao Run, the king of Su, to move the rescue troops, can he stop the elite under the command of Zhao Run, the king of Su?

"What then?"

Hearing Nangong Chen mention "Su Wang Zhao Run", although Ding Hu boasted of his bravery, it was inevitable that he would be a little jealous.

At this time, Nangong Chen was also a little confused, at a loss, after thinking for a while, he said melancholy: "General Ding Hu, defend the city for the time being, I hope the army outside the city can retreat in the face of difficulties......"

Ding Hu thought about it and felt that it was the only way to do it now, so he nodded and retreated.

So, half an hour later, Jishi County put on a posture of defending the city.

At this time, outside the city, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, did not wait for the response of Jishi County for a long time, and personally went out to watch, but saw that Jishi County had put on a defensive posture, and he understood in his heart.

"I don't know how to lift! Dare to resist the heavenly soldiers! ”

scolded two sentences in his heart, and Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, immediately ordered: Set up a camp first, and then attack your own clan!

So, 30,000 private troops went to the vicinity to cut down trees and build a camp.

During this period, Ding Hu, the guard general of Ji's county, watched the private army outside the city on the city tower and built a camp, and he was very anxious.

Because the private army outside the city at this time was simply full of loopholes in his eyes, if he wasn't worried about offending Zhao Run, the king of Su, he would have led the army out of the city a long time ago.

I believe that just one sneak attack is enough to make this rabble suffer heavy losses!

"Damn, what a!"

After scolding, Ding Hu simply went back to the city tower to eat and drink.

I have to say that the private army of the nobles in the Wei State is indeed useless, even if it is the private soldiers of the nobles of the Suwang Party, it is also the same, but it is just to build a military camp, and it took three days to build only half of it, and even so, the soldiers under his command can't help but shout tired like grabbing the sky and the ground.

Three days later, Suiyang's Huan Hu got the news, and took Chen Hunt and dozens of Suiyang soldiers to the area of Jishi County, and saw that the two sides had not yet started fighting, and the former thief couldn't help but be stunned.

"Alas, this rabble has really insulted the prestige of "Su Wang Zhao Run". Huan Hu crossed his arms and teased the private army of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others.

Su Wang Zhao Run's Shang Shui Army, Yan Ling Army, what an elite, one day to break the city, thousands of miles of war examples abound, even if it is Huan Hu has to say a word, but Chengling King Zhao Shen This group of nobles of the Su Wang Party is good, from Dingtao to Ji's family, the ink has been spent five or six days, but it has not yet started, Huan Hu is really a little curious: if Su Wang Zhao Run learns about this situation, I don't know what kind of mood it will be.

"It's a leisurely war."

Huan Hu simply sat down cross-legged on the mound, held his chin in his hand and watched the aristocratic private soldiers and soldiers in the distance build a military camp, licked his lips and said: "That Ding Hu, it is said that he is a fierce general under the command of Nangong Yao, how can he not even understand the night attack?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Hunt beside him said lightly: "I don't think I don't understand, but I don't dare." …… Thinking of Nangong Chen and Ding Hu, it is nothing more than thinking about defending the city and letting Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, retreat. ”

"Hey, hey, hey, so when am I going to wait? I'm here to watch the game! Huan Hu patted his thigh and complained, but Chen Hunt ignored him at all.

After half a ring, Huan Hu licked his lips and said in a low voice: "Chen Hunt, tonight, you can take some people to the military camp and let that King Chengling ...... Be vigilant. As he spoke, he seemed to think of something, and added: "Just put a few fires, don't frighten those noble lords." ”

As if guessing Huan Hu's thoughts, Chen Hunt nodded and said, "Understood." ”

That night, Chen Hunt took more than a dozen people and sneaked to the camp of the private army of the nobles of the Suwang Party outside the city.

Those so-called patrol soldiers were not vigilant at all, and they were easily put down by Chen Hunt and his party.

Subsequently, Chen Hunt set a few fires in the camp, and shouted a few words at the top of his voice: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! ”

After shouting, he decisively evacuated.

As he expected, this military camp was suddenly fried, and countless soldiers of the aristocratic private army ran back and forth in panic, trampling on each other, which made Ding Hu of his own clan stunned: Inexplicably, the aristocratic private army outside the city blew up the camp?

The next day, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, counted the losses with a black face, only to find that there were thousands of casualties last night, and the so-called enemy did not leave a single corpse.

This ugly casualty figure made the nobles such as Zhao Tan, the king of Chengling, and Zhao Tan, the marquis of Anping, blush-they lost thousands of people without even seeing the enemy clearly?

"Damn Ding Hu! Do you think this will make me wait for the trouble to retreat?! ”

Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, who was furious in his heart, immediately ordered: "Pass the order down, attack the city today!" ”

Mistakenly thinking that it was attacked by Ding Hu of Jishi County last night, Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, and others were furious, and immediately sacrificed the twenty catapults rented from the Smelting Bureau.

At first, whether it was Ding Hu from Jishi County or Huan Hu watching the battle on the mound next to the battlefield, they didn't care, after all, things like catapults have long been rotten on the street.

But when the twenty catapults fired stone projectiles at the same time, Ding Hu and Huan Hu felt that something was wrong: these twenty catapults had a damn too long range, right?

"Boom-"

"Boom—"

Due to the inexperience of the soldiers of the aristocratic private army, the hit rate of the stone bullets thrown by the catapults was frighteningly low, but the effective range of these catapults of more than one mile still shocked Ding Hu of the Ji clan and Huan Hu who watched the battle.

"Hey, hey, there's something wrong with these catapults......"

Huan Hu muttered in surprise with wide eyes.

Chen Hunt also saw this scene, frowned slightly and said: "These nobles are backed by Zhao Run, the king of Su, maybe they are the latest war weapons of the Great Liang Smelting Bureau......"

"That's interesting." Huan Hu licked his lips.

You must know that at the beginning, he purely wanted to watch a good show, and he didn't think that the rabble of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling, would cause his defenders to suffer many casualties.

But if among these private armies, there are still new war weapons developed by the Daliang Smelting Bureau, then it is unknown who will die in this battle.

Maybe there is no need for Huan Hu to do it himself, and his family's Nangong Chen and Ding Hu will be cleaned up by the rabble of Zhao Shen, the king of Chengling.

Just as Huan Hu was secretly thinking about it, he suddenly heard a loud bang from his own county, and immediately, there was a burst of cheers in the phalanx of the nobles' private army.

Huan Hu took a closer look, and then the smile on his face became even worse: it turned out that it was the city gate tower of Jishi County, which was destroyed by one of the twenty catapults.

"Tsk, Ding Hu can't sit still......"

Licking his lips, Huan Hu smiled secretly in his heart.