Around the fifth day of the first month of March, the three armies of the Suwang Army, the Northern First Army, and the Shanyang Army successively arrived at the general stronghold of the Wei army in the Handan battlefield, "Xiuwu County". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

According to Zhao Hongrun's knowledge, Xiuwu County is currently stationed in the Wei Wu Army under the command of General Shaohu, because there was a sneak attack on Xiuwu County by Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin in South Korea, a while ago, although Han Yang was ambushed by Shaohu and suffered a defeat, but it also aroused Shaohu's vigilance and made the latter particularly cautious.

Xiuwu is a military fortress city, which is said to have been built by Wei Mu, the general of the Southern Yan, and in the past, a considerable part of the Southern Yan army was stationed here to resist the threat of the Korean army from Handan County.

Because it is a military fortress city, there are almost no ordinary civilians living in Xiuwu City, only Nanyan soldiers, conscripts (reserves), and civilian servants who carry grain and grass.

During the last Northern Xinjiang Campaign, Wei Mu, the general of Southern Yan, used this Xiuwu City as a stronghold, while supporting Shanyang County, the king of Yan, Zhao Hongjiang, while desperately defending Xiuwu City.

At least during the period when the Northern Second Army, the Northern Third Army, and the Wei Wu Army had not yet participated in the war in Northern Xinjiang, it was the Southern Yan Army and the Shanyang Army that held the "Shanyang-Xiuwu Defense Line", so that the Han army's army could not invade the Wei State.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun came to cultivate martial arts today, and he also wanted to meet Wei Mu, the general of the Southern Yan Army.

Don't look at the only general in the "General's Mansion" in Shaohu now, and the other uncrowned general Li Cheng is called the supreme commander of the Wei military, which makes the "General of the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison" inevitably a generation shorter, but a few years ago, when the Wei State had not yet prepared to build the "General's Mansion", it seemed that Wei Mu, Sima An and other generals of the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison were the pinnacle of the Wei military.

Among the six garrison generals at that time, four were Zongwei who used to be by Wei Tianzi's side, and one was Nangong, the former Song general who defected to Wei, which made Wei Mu extremely special, because he was neither Zong Wei nor a general who defected to Wei Tianzi, but this person won the trust of Wei Tianzi, who appointed him to guard the northeast of Wei.

Zhao Hongrun doesn't know much about Wei Mu, after all, Wei Mu, as a general sitting on the border of Wei State, has rarely set foot in Daliang for more than ten years.

But even so, Zhao Hongrun still heard some rumors about Wei Mu.

Of course, negative rumors.

In those rumors, Wei Mu was ridiculed as Wei Tianzi's guard dog, although he has always guarded the northern frontier for Wei Tianzi, but some people believe that the reason why Wei Mu was able to take the throne was because he helped Wei Tianzi solve the former Southern Yan general Xiao Boyuan.

Zhao Hongrun did not comment on these remarks, after all, he did not know the truth of the year, he only knew that Wei Mu was once the deputy general of Xiao Boyuan, the former general of Nanyan, and after Xiao Boyuan was killed on the charge of plotting a rebellion, Wei Mu replaced the old general and became the only general with heavy troops in Wei at that time.

As for whether Wei Mu had made some ulterior secret deals with Wei Tianzi during the period, Zhao Hongrun didn't care, after all, Wei Mu had been sitting in the northeast of Wei for more than ten years, and he was no less than Xiao Boyuan, the former general of Southern Yan.

However, it is a pity that when Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, Zhao Hongjiang and his party came to Xiuwu City, Wei Mu was not in the city, and it was Shaohu, the commander-in-chief of the armies, who personally greeted the three princes outside the city gate and gave them enough courtesy.

For Shaohu, Zhao Hongrun has also admired for a long time, after all, Shaohu is the chief of the guard of Zhao Hongrun's fifth uncle, Yu Wang Zhao Yuantong, and is said to be a commander with both civil and military skills, so he was recommended by Yu King Zhao Yuantong to become the military master of the second generation of Wei Wu Army.

It may be understood that Shaohu is the stand-in of Zhao Yuantong, the king of Yu.

Outside the city gate cave of Xiuwu City, Zhao Hongrun finally met Shaohu, the current supreme commander of the Wei military - Shaohu, the general's military rank, is real, and a certain mansion of the "General's Mansion" is not a grade at all compared to the former.

Today is the first time Zhao Hongrun has seen Shaohu, so when Shaohu greeted him, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongjiang with a smile on his face, Zhao Hongrun looked at Shaohu quietly.

Shaohu's first impression of Zhao Hongrun was that he was very strong, very burly, and not inferior to Zhao Hongrun's Zongwei Chu Heng, standing there like an iron tower, and his muscles were bursting, and he knew at a glance that he was a general with considerable force.

Shaohu's face is also good, with a square face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a rough appearance at first glance, but when he really came into contact, Zhao Hongrun found that the other party's conversation and gestures did not look like a reckless man.

At the very least, Shaohu looks more like a nobleman than Yan King Zhao Hongjiang.

"I've seen General (Shaohu)."

Under the reminder of his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, Zhao Hongrun threw his hand and hugged his fist towards Shaohu as a greeting: "Xiao Wang acted recklessly and changed his appointment without authorization, and the general is not to blame, I am really grateful." ”

Hearing this, Shao Hu smiled and waved his hand, and said directly, "King Su's words are serious."

In fact, Shao Hu also understands that the reason why His Royal Highness King Su in front of him is so humble is not entirely because he is now holding the position of commander-in-chief, but more because of the face of Zhao Yuantong, the king of Yu.

After all, in terms of military merits, the Royal Highness King Su in front of him is enough to be proud of anyone in the country, even if he Shaohu is now a general, it is not enough for His Royal Highness King Su to behave so humblely.

Therefore, after Shaohu took over the conversation, he praised Zhao Hongrun's exploits in the Chu State, not only to take care of the emotions of His Royal Highness King Su, but also to win over him.

After all, in Shaohu's eyes, King Su Zhao Runke is a rare commander, just looking at this person who has never lost a battle in the past five years, it is enough to prove the talent of His Royal Highness King Su.

will not be inferior to the royal wizard of the prince (King Yu)! ——This is Shaohu's evaluation of His Royal Highness King Su in his heart.

After some greetings, Shaohu invited Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongjiang to the handsome place in the city.

On the way, Zhao Hongrun asked curiously, "Isn't General Wei Mu cultivating martial arts?" ”

Shao Hu shook his head and explained, "General Wei Mu is in Ji County to the east...... Specifically, I will explain it to the three highnesses when I get to the Shuai Suo. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun nodded, and stopped asking.

After about a stick of incense, Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongjiang led their respective Zongwei, under the guidance of Shaohu and others, to the handsome place in the city, or simply called the city guard's mansion.

When Zhao Hongrun and the others came to the front room hall of the City Guard Mansion, Zhao Hongrun was stunned because of what he saw with his own eyes.

Why?

Because Shaohu asked people to remove all the decorations in the hall, two tables about three or four feet high and seven or eight feet square were placed in the hall.

These two platforms are not simple, because the furnishings on these two platforms seem to copy the terrain of the northern frontier of the Wei State.

"Going to fight the sand table?"

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Shaohu with some surprise, and was surprised that Shaohu actually made such a vivid battlefield sand table.

In all fairness, in fact, Zhao Hongrun has also made this kind of sand table many times when he went out to fight several times, after all, although he can simulate the battle situation in his mind with his super memory, but while maintaining the battlefield model in his mind, he deduces the battle situation of the enemy and us, which is a great burden on the brain, and he will soon feel tired.

Therefore, in order to reduce the burden on his brain, Zhao Hongrun made a sand table, so that he only needs to stare at this sand table and directly deduce the war between the enemy and us in his mind, which is relatively much easier.

However, to his surprise, Shaohu actually knew such a thing as a sand table.

It can be seen that Shaohu obviously does not know that Zhao Hongrun once made a sand table, because he explained to Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongjiang, and also took a name called "Inch Land Map Building".

However, omitting this layer, Zhao Hongrun was still quite surprised by the accuracy of these two sand tables.

Just by glancing twice, Zhao Hongrun saw these two sand tables, one of which is the abbreviation of the entire northern Xinjiang, from the west to the east of Hedong County, and also involves Taiyuan County, Shangdang County, Hedong County, Liang County, Yuanyang Kingdom and other places in the Wei State.

What makes Zhao Hongrun feel funny is that there are also a lot of wood carvings of soldiers with about three knuckles in this sand table, some of these soldiers are holding knives and shields, some are standing with guns, and some are holding a banner in their hands, and the banner is engraved with words such as "Shang Shui Army", "Yan Ling Army", "Northern First Army", etc., which are carved vividly and with great care.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Hongrun also found himself in the area of the Shangdang Basin on this sand table - a model representing him, a knight with a flag bearer, who held aloft the flag with the words "Su Wang Run".

In addition, Zhao Hongrun noticed that there were also soldier wood carvings representing the rest of the Wei army in this sand table, such as Jiang Cong's Northern First Army, which had penetrated deep into Taiyuan County, so that judging from the situation on the sand table, there was only one lonely one in the western part of Hedong County.

The other sand table seems to be the abbreviation of the battlefield in the eastern part of Hedong County and Handan County.

Judging from the situation of this sand table, the woodcarving of soldiers blackened with ink represents the Wei soldiers, and the woodcarvings of soldiers dyed red with cinnabar or blood represent the Korean army, so that the statues of soldiers and soldiers of Wei and Han show a confrontation with each other.

"And Rong Shao first explained to the three highnesses the current battle situation in the eastern part of Hedong County."

Taking a thin wooden stick from the hand of a general, Shaohu pointed to the sand table and explained to Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongjiang: "From Xiuwu to Handan, 'Linxi' and 'Ji' counties constitute the first line of defense, and 'Linshu Mountain', 'Qi (Shui) Pass', 'Moyi', 'Liyang', 'Hua (Tai) County', and 'Dangyin' are the second line of defense. …… This narrow strip of land is sandwiched between the Linshu Mountains and the Great River (the Yellow River), and it can be said that there is no room for roundabouts on either side. …… This narrow strip of land that the local Koreans call "Gong" is the place where our army has to consider the first strategy at the moment, and if it is not to break through here and attack Handan, the royal capital of Korea, it is just a joke. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun, Zhao Hongxuan, and Zhao Hongjiang all stood around the sand table, looking intently at the terrain in the sand table, and then, they frowned slightly.

Because the three of them could see that the depth of this battlefield was too long, it was especially suitable for cavalry charges.