For four or five days, the 80,000 Wei troops did not rush to attack Gongxian, but frequently searched the suburbs, looking for the nearby Chu villages, distributing food to the villagers, and asking them to move to Xiangcheng. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although this move delayed the fighters and reduced the Wei army's food and grass a lot, what was gained was something more precious - the gratitude of the local Chu people and the trust of more than 40,000 newly surrendered Chu soldiers.

There is no need to elaborate on the gratitude of the local Chu people, with Juyang Jun Xiong Li, the greedy and brutal Chu prince and nobleman as a comparison, the image of Wei Jun was suddenly raised to the point that Zhao Hongrun felt incredible.

Can it be imagined that the army of Wei was actually supported and welcomed by the local Chu people in the territory of Chu State?

However, this also proves that the State of Chu has indeed let the old aristocratic forces such as Juyang Jun Xiong Li be hollowed out, which makes Zhao Hongrun and Xu Yin and other Wei people take warning, and must not teach the Wei State to follow in the footsteps of the Chu State.

As for the trust of more than 40,000 newly surrendered Chu soldiers, this was an unexpected gain for Zhao Hongrun.

Thinking about those newly surrendered Chu soldiers, even after listening to the words of the Yan Ling army and the Shang Shui soldiers, they still have more or less prejudice against the Wei people led by Zhao Hongrun, after all, Zhao Hongrun is a Wei person, and he is also a son of the royal family of Wei, God knows if it is as black as a crow in the world?

However, the Wei army's move to provide military rations to the local Chu people in the vicinity made these newly surrendered Chu soldiers have some trust in the slogan put forward by the Wei army's march into the Chu state - the Wei army came to liberate the civilians of the Chu state who were oppressed by the nobles led by the Xiong clan.

As a result, the morale of these newly surrendered Chu soldiers actually rose.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Qu Cheng, the chief general of the Yanling Army, and Yan Mo, the deputy general, as well as the 3,000 generals Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong, who were left here by the Shangshui Army, were responsible for commanding more than 20,000 newly surrendered Chu soldiers.

Compared with this good news, Zhao Hongrun also received a bad news from Nanmen Huai.

It turned out that Nanmen Huai, who pretended to be the defeated army of Xiangcheng, had asked for grain and grass from Gongxian County two days ago, so as to test the trust of Sun Shuke, the guard general of Gongxian County, in him.

But as a result, although Sun Shuke, the guard of Hao County, did not directly expose Nanmen Huai, he had various excuses to refuse to deliver grain and grass to Nanmen Huai.

It can be seen that Sun Shuke has long been suspicious of Nanmen Huai, which makes Zhao Hongrun slightly disappointed.

You know, he originally planned to let Nanmen Huai defraud Gongxian County, but it won't work now.

By 16 August, the Wei army had already preliminarily built the camp.

It is said to be a large camp, but in fact it is divided into three military camps that show a zigzag shape from a bird's-eye view, and the military camp closest to Hao County is the largest, which is stationed in Yan Ling's army with a total of about 40,000 people, and it is also the main force in this battle to attack Gong County.

On its east side, it is the military camp of the 10,000 Fen army that serves as the side.

On the north side of these two military camps, there were more than 20,000 newly surrendered Chu soldiers led by Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong, the 3,000 generals of the Shang Water Army, who did not join the battle for the time being, and was only responsible for receiving the army that transported grain and grass from Xiangcheng.

After all, Haoxian is a battlefield belonging to the Yanling Army.

On the morning of the same day, Su Wangwei, who was guarding outside the tent, walked into the tent and reported to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness, the generals of the Yanling Army have jointly asked to see Your Highness. ”

At that time, Zhao Hongrun guessed that Qu Cheng was preparing to attack Gongxian County, so he signaled Su Wangwei to invite the generals of the Yanling Army into the commander's tent, and sent Zongwei Mu Qing to the other camp to invite Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng Army.

When it was around noon, Zhao Hongrun's handsome tent was roughly staffed.

Because Xuanxian is a battlefield belonging to the Yanling Army, therefore, there are more generals of the Yanling Army in the tent, Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng Army, just brought a few personal guards to watch, and Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong, two 3,000 generals of the Shangshui Army, simply did not attend this military meeting belonging to the Yanling Army.

"Report! …… The 3,000-strong generals of the Shangshui army battalion in the rear, Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong, went out on patrol this morning in person to prevent the Wei army from attacking from the direction of the city father on the west side. ”

The heralds who went to invite Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong reported so after they came back.

When they heard this, the expressions of the people in the tent were different.

That's a ......

Zhao Hongrun raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrow bone with a headache.

Three thousand people will personally go out to patrol with troops? And one out or two at the same time?

No matter how you hear it, you think it's an excuse, right?

There is no doubt that these must be the two 3,000 people of the Shang Shui Army, seeing that the battlefield in Hao County does not belong to their Shang Shui Army anyway, they simply did not come to participate in this military meeting belonging to the Yan Ling Army, so as not to dislike each other.

Thinking about it, after all, it was the merit of Keyicheng (Xiangcheng), which was taken away by Yan Mo, and the generals of the Shang Shui Army really had no fire in their hearts? You must know that even Wu Ji, the commander of the Shangshui Army, was an honest man who almost turned his face at that time.

Since then, the Shang Shui Army and the Yan Ling Army have been like strangers, and the predecessors of these two armies are both the Pingxuan Army.

The coldness of the generals of the Shangshui Army made the atmosphere of the Shuai tent a little stiff, but if you look closely at the generals of the Yanling Army, you can see that they all look disapproving, obviously the generals of the Shangshui Army come or not, they don't care.

However, Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng army who came to watch, smiled and said: "Lu Zhan and Xu Jiong, the two 3,000-strong generals, have a good judgment, and they really have to guard against the attack of the Chu army in the direction of the city father...... Your Highness, in that case, let's start here, shall we? ”

I have to say that as an outsider, Xu Yin has seen the contradictions between Yan Lingjun and Shangshui Army these days, in fact, he thinks that this is not a bad thing.

After all, the number of troops of the current Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army has skyrocketed to 40,000, so even if he knows that His Royal Highness King Su in front of him has a strong control over these two armies, Xu Yin is still a little worried.

But it seems that the Yan Ling Army and the Shang Shui Army are strangers right now, but Xu Yin is much more relieved.

And after listening to Xu Yin's words, the generals of the Yan Ling Army all turned their heads to look at Zhao Hongrun, thinking that they had wanted to say this sentence a long time ago, but they didn't dare to mention it, but now that Xu Yin opened his mouth to propose, it was always no problem for them to echo it.

"Hmm...... In that case, let's get started. ”

Zhao Hongrun turned his head and glanced at Qu Cheng, the chief general of the Yanling army.

Qu Cheng understood, clenched his fists and said: "Your Highness, attacking Gongxian County, the last general thinks that the loss of the siege is too great, so you might as well try to lure the enemy out of the city." ”

"How?" Zhao Hongrun asked casually.

Hearing this, Qu Cheng Zhengse said: "Gongxian is located near the beach of the Huhe River, and the farmland outside the city and county is boundless, and it is now mid-August. ”

……

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Xu Yin, the general of the Fencheng army, but found that the latter couldn't stop nodding after listening to Qu Cheng's words, thinking that he was very optimistic about Qu Cheng's tactics.

In fact, Zhao Hongrun was also very satisfied in his heart, after all, even if he was asked to think of countermeasures, it would probably not be much different from what Qu Cheng said.

I have to say that although Qu Cheng is very ambitious, he does have ability, and he is a rare handsome talent.

"Well, it's a good idea...... Zhao Hongrun nodded in approval after a deep sigh, "In that case, you will command this battle, Qu Cheng." ”

Hearing this, Qu Cheng immediately got up, and responded with a serious expression: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Now that the tactics have been determined, all that remains is to complete the details, and to put it bluntly, it is Qu Cheng who refines this tactic to the responsibility of each general.

During this period, Zhao Hongrun and Xu Yin were just quietly listening, and they did not speak easily unless they occasionally made a few better suggestions.

Xu Yin did not interfere, firstly, because this war belonged to the Yan Ling army, and secondly, Qu Cheng's arrangement also made him very recognized.

And the reason why Zhao Hongrun does not interfere is because his positioning is handsome, and what he has to consider is the entire strategy. It seems that a local war like attacking Gongxian can be handed over to Qu Cheng, just like he handed over the task of seeking Qi County to Wu Ji.

If everything is commanded by him, the commander Zhao Hongrun, what else do you want the generals Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, and Wu Ji to do?

After waiting for the final story, Qu Cheng turned his head to look at Zhao Hongrun, and respectfully asked, "Your Highness, what do you think of such an arrangement?" ”

"Hmm." Putting aside personal prejudice, Zhao Hongrun was very satisfied with Qu Cheng's arrangement, nodded and said, "Let's deploy it like this." …… However, it is also necessary to consider in advance the possibility that Sun Shuke, the guard of the county guard, will not be able to leave the city after being killed. What will you do if he doesn't leave the city? ”

Hearing this, Qu Cheng frowned slightly.

He understood what Zhao Hongrun meant, and in fact, he also thought of it: If Sun Shuke, the defender of Hao County, could not leave the city alive or dead, then his Yanling army would only have two roads, either to attack Hao County, or to directly force the crossing of the Hun River.

And no matter which road you choose, you can't ignore one problem: the fleet of Chu warships sailing on the Hun River!

Yes, Chu is a country with very rich waters, and she has a regular water army.

The reason why it is said that the task given to the Wei army by Lü Xi, the king of Qi, was not to cross the Hun River, but to force the crossing of the Hun River, that is, because the county of Xu, and the regular water army of Chu driving on the Hun River, constituted the last obstacle for the Wei army to forcibly cross the Hun River.

And it's a very powerful obstacle.

Facts have proved that Zhao Hongrun's judgment has come true.

The next day, the whole army of Yan Ling sent out to Gongxian County to rob and cut the grain in the fields in Gongxian County, however, the Weixian side only watched the Wei army rush to harvest the fields and grains, and there was no movement.

"It's so calm!"

After hearing the proclamation of the generals under his command, Qu Cheng, the commander of the Yanling army, muttered irritably.

You must know that the grain and grass of their Wei army was originally provided by the Qi State, which was very abundant, even if they robbed the grain of Hao County, but in fact, for the Wei army, there was no actual gain.

In contrast, the calmness and forbearance of Sun Shuke, the guard of the county guard, made Qu Cheng realize that it was by no means an easy opponent to deal with.

Do you really want to storm Gongxian County?

Riding to the outskirts of Gongxian County with a few personal guards, Qu Cheng looked at the defense facilities of Gongxian County from a distance, and muttered secretly in his heart. (To be continued.) )