Two days later, to Chu Shouling Jun Jingshe's expectation, the Wei army did not launch an offensive against his Chu army stationed in Yongqiu area.

"How calm you are, King Yu Ji Ji (Zhao Yuan Ke)..."

It has to be said that the pressure on Shouling Junjingshe has increased dramatically in recent times, because the logistics and food routes of his millions of Chu troops have faced serious threats from the Wei army.

He knew very well what Zhao Yuan'ai, King of Yu of Wei State, was planning in his mind, but he had no good solution - could he immediately order the entire army to withdraw to Chu State if there was insufficient food and grass in the army?

For this war of invasion of Wei, the Chudong nobles invested so much money and food. If he decided to retreat so easily, even his Shouling Junjingshe would probably be attacked by the Chudong nobles after returning home.

criticism.

Therefore, even though he knew that the road ahead was "bumpy" and might cause his hundreds of thousands of Chu troops to sink in the sand, he had to be careful and continue to move forward on thin ice, trying his best to win the chance to defeat Wei.

It can only be said that due to the inconvenience of communication, Shouling Junjingshe has not yet learned about the retreat of the Korean army, the news that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang in Wei State, led his army to pursue the Korean army, and that Zhao Hongrun, king of Wei State, is about to lead the Qin and Wei coalition forces to arrive in Daliang. Otherwise, I believe

He will definitely choose to retreat immediately.

"Lord Jingshe has an order, and Lord Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, is to lead his troops to seize the reserved land first!"

On March 20th, the urgent order of Shouling Junjingshe was delivered to Diyang Jun Xiong Shang.

Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, was a leader among the aristocrats of the Chu State of Chu and a militant who claimed to be the "Great Chu State".

The difference between him and those decadent Chudong aristocrats was that he advocated the development and military expansion of the Chu State's military power and enslaved foreign subjects - which was also regarded by the people of Wu and Yue as a huge obstacle to the recovery of the Yue Kingdom. However, Wu Yue was opposed to General Xiang Mo.

, the two Xiang Kuan brothers respect each other more, but they only hate Diyang Jun Xiong Shang.

I still remember that when the four kingdoms of "Qi, Lu, Wei and Yue" attacked Chu two years ago, Wu Qi, the general of the Dongou Army of Yue (country), captured Diyang, the fiefdom of Diyang Jun Xiong Shang, and extracted from the local mines, farmland, workshops, machine building and other facilities

As many as hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese slaves were released. It is conceivable how many Wuyue people were robbed by Xiong Shang, Lord Diyang, by "suppressing" Wuyue over the years.

This was also the case on the way to the attack on Wei State. Xiong Shang, Lord of Diyang, ordered to capture Wei people as hard labor along the way and plunder the wealth of Wei people. This was the consistent style of the nobles of Eastern Chu.

But regardless of his character, Xiong Shang, Lord of Diyang, was indeed one of the best generals in the Chu Kingdom. If he hadn't mobilized troops from Diyang to protect Shouying, Wu Qi of the Dongou Army would not have been able to capture Diyang so easily.

After receiving the authorized appointment from Shouling Junjingshe, Diyang Jun Xiong Shang was overjoyed. He even said to his surroundings: This order came too late!

Indeed, as early as half a month ago, Xiong Shang, Lord of Diyang, had suggested to Lord Shouling Jingshe: Select the best of the army and quickly attack Daliang of Wei.

However, Shouling Junjingshe considered that doing so would spread out millions of troops, making it more difficult to stop the threats from the Wei army, so they did not adopt it.

On that day, Xiong Shang, Lord Yang of Chu Di, who had been well prepared, led an army of 120,000 people and took the lead in attacking "Liu Di (Chen Liu)", preparing to start the first battle after the Chu army approached Liang County of Wei State.

Chen Liu, this is the Wei city that is very close to Daliang, the capital of the Wei king. If this city can be captured, the Chu army will almost be able to attack Daliang.

Surprisingly, this time somehow, the Wei army did not set fire to the mountains and forests outside the city.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Diyang Lord Xiong Shang was still very happy and ordered his troops to cut down the trees and build siege equipment to prepare for the siege.

However, what he never expected was that Chenliu, which seemed to have its city gates tightly closed and heavily defended, was actually an empty city. Only a few thousand soldiers from the Northern Army remained in the city, deliberately pretending to defend the city to death.

That’s all.

So where did the 60,000 Northern First Army go?

Very simply, the 60,000-strong Northern Army, while Lord Diyang Xiong Shang led an army of 120,000 to Chenliu, detoured westward to the west side of Yongqiu, and launched a siege on the Chu army in Yongqiu that day.

Yes, those who participated in the siege and attack at the same time were the four generals "Shao Hu", "Long Ji", "Yi Gu", and "Zhao Bao" under the command of King Yu Zhao Yuanke, as well as Baili Ba, the general of the Dredging Navy.

Together with the Northern First Army of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, a total of six Wei armies launched a general attack on the Chu army in Yongqiu from all directions.

The Wei Wu Army, the Northern First Army, the Jun Shui Army, and the Yu Shui Army who were "resurrected" for this battle against Chu, as well as the Wei Army's county soldiers that were constantly being absorbed by the Wei Army as they continued to retreat, amounted to nearly 200,000 Wei troops.

All the hatred for the Chu army was poured into this war, and a surprise attack was launched against hundreds of thousands of Chu troops in the Yongqiu area.

Since the King of Yu, Zhao Yuande, burned down all the mountains and forests in the Yongqiu area when he retreated, the Chu army in the Yongqiu area was unable to obtain enough wood to build a camp. As a result, the Chu camp, which lacked defensive facilities, was easily defeated by the Wei army.

"Set fire to the Chu army's tents!"

The purpose of Wei Wujun's general Shao Hu was very clear: even if this siege could not be fully successful in the end, he still wanted to destroy most of the Chu army's baggage and military tents.

"kill--!"

Six groups of infantrymen from Wei State angrily shouted slogans of protecting their country and taking revenge, and fought their way into the hinterland of the Chu camp regardless of their own safety.

Under the attack of these Wei soldiers, the Chu army retreated steadily.

Seeing this scene, Wei General Yi Gu's deputy general said to the general with a happy face: "General, this siege seems to be going well!"

However, there was no trace of joy on Yigu's face, because he knew very well that the camp of hundreds of thousands of Chu troops under the command of Shouling Junjingshe was too huge, like a giant, and the Wei army seemed to be overwhelming.

After attacking the hinterland of the Chu camp, in fact, the Wei army was still on the periphery of the entire Chu camp, and what they faced was nothing more than Chu's "grain recruitment".

What is Chu's "grain recruitment"?

Those were some civilians in the Chu State who had no choice but to join the army because they were too poor to eat. They had neither systematic training nor decent weapons or armor. They were simply cannon fodder or sacrifices that consumed the physical strength of Wei soldiers on the battlefield.

There is a very clear contrast between these grain soldiers on the battlefield: when the wind is fighting, these soldiers are like wolves and tigers, scrambling to plunder the property of the Wei people; but when the wind is going against them, these soldiers are simply a rabble that cannot be used.

If the Wei army cannot achieve "unstoppable force" in the face of this kind of food and troop recruitment, then is this battle still necessary?

"Don't underestimate the enemy! ...After a while, I believe Shouling Jun Jingshe of Chu State will take action!"

Like Wei general Yigu, Wei generals such as Shaohu, Longji, Bailiba, etc. also warned their subordinates who were feeling a little restless because of the smooth battle situation.

Just as Wei General Yigu had guessed, about half an hour after the Wei army launched the general attack, the news that the outside of the camp was being besieged by the Wei army was sent to the commander's tent deep in the camp.

After hearing the news, Shouling Junjingshe summoned his subordinates and prepared to assign tasks to them.

It can be seen that the generals of the Chu army who are in the commander's tent at this moment have no intention of panicking about the attack by the Wei army on the outside: they are just dying to raise some grain and recruit troops, what is there to make a fuss about?

Anyway, even if those grains and soldiers went to the battlefield, they were just victims used to consume the physical strength of the Wei army - the vast territory of Chu State, the most indispensable thing is population.

After a period of silence, Shouling Junjingshe marked the directions of the Wei army's attack on the map one by one.

During this period, Liyang Lord Xiong Sheng said with a smile: "The wolf king of the Northern First Army has finally taken action."

Amidst the confused expressions of everyone in the tent, Shouling Junjingshe smiled slightly.

I remember that in the stories he told Xiong Sheng, Lord of Liyang, two days ago, he compared the 60,000-strong Northern Army under the personal command of Yu Wang Zhao Yuanji to the wolf king of the pack, and at the same time, he was about to launch a counterattack.

The main target of attack.

The rest of the Wei generals like Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Gu, Zhao Bao, Baili Ba and others were not important to Shoulingjun Jingshe. As the saying goes, to shoot a man first, shoot a horse, to capture a thief first, capture the king, and concentrate on defeating Yu.

Wang Zhao Yuan'ai, the wolf king, is the top priority - as for the siege of the other Wei armies, as long as they can withstand the siege for a while, the Yongqiu Chu army, with hundreds of thousands of troops, can afford this loss.

But right now, Shouling Junjingshe believes that it is not the time to fight back - after all, the Wolf King will only charge forward without reservation when he sees victory.

"Place the "main army" on the west side of the middle camp, hold the troops temporarily, and let the Wei army advance into the hinterland of our army." Shouling Jun Jingshe calmly ordered.

It can be seen that he deliberately hid the elite members of the army so as not to alarm Zhao Yuandai, King of Yu of Wei.

This is no wonder, after all, Shouling Junjingshe also wanted to devour the nearly 200,000 Wei troops in one go, so as to clear the obstacles for him to lead his army directly to Daliang, the capital of the Wei king.

Due to the secret release of water by the Chu army, let alone the other west routes, the Beiyi army attacking the Chu army's camp from the west was absolutely unstoppable, as if they were unstoppable by heavenly soldiers and generals, and easily captured the hills on the west side.

While the front army was singing triumphantly, King Yu Zhao Yuanke led his nephew Zhao Hongxuan, King Huan, to the hills in the west and looked at the entire Chu army camp.

"Did you see it? Hongxuan."

I saw the King of Yu, Zhao Yuanke, raising his hand and pointing at the Chu camp, and said carefully: "On the one hand, the Chu army strengthened the defense of the central army, and deliberately weakened the peripheral resistance... In your opinion, why is this?"

After hearing this, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan pondered for a moment and said: "Could it be that this is a trick to lure the enemy, to lure our "Northern First Army" deep into their belly?"

After hearing this, Zhou Min, the staff member next to Zhao Hongxuan, also showed a smile on his face.

Because His Highness Prince Huan’s guess was indeed correct.

However, this answer did not seem to satisfy Yu Wang Zhao Yuanke, who asked again: "In your opinion, why did Lord Shouling do this?"

"Because Uncle Wang is in the First Army of the North at the moment!" Zhao Hongxuan pointed to a royal flag that read "Wei, King Yu" beside him, and replied seriously: "Through the contact a while ago, Shouling Junjingshe concluded that you, Uncle Wu,

He is a cautious (cowardly) man. The reason why he did not send troops to intercept immediately was because he was afraid that Uncle Wu would see the opportunity and withdraw his troops... He wanted to make a big effort and counterattack and kill some of my Wei troops here!"

Having said this, Zhao Hongxuan showed a slight smile on his face, and lowered his voice and said: "I would never have imagined that I would come to Shouling Junjingshe. Fifth Uncle, you are not a cautious and timid person at all..."

Having said this, Zhao Hongxuan took a deep look at the fifth uncle in front of him, and secretly felt sorry for Shouling Jun Jingshe.

How could the fifth uncle Zhao Yuan'ai, who was known as the "irritable King Yu", be a cautious (timid) person?

King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai nodded when he heard this and said: "I have already known the capabilities of Lord Shouling Jingshe from your brother Zhao Run's achievements, but he doesn't know me, so he deserves to be defeated by me! ... Hongxuan, you

Take this as a warning.”

Zhao Hongxuan nodded in agreement.

I don't know how long it took, but the victory on the battlefield gradually favored the Wei army.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongxuan asked Yu Wang Zhao Yuan'ai in surprise: "Fifth uncle, why hasn't Chu's Jingshe ordered a counterattack? Isn't he afraid that he will be fake and be defeated by our army?"

"Is this a fake show for real?" King Yu Zhao Yuanke glanced at Zhao Hongxuan and said, leaning on crutches: "You overestimate the physical strength of our soldiers." As he spoke, he raised his finger and pointed to a partial area of ​​the Chu army's camp, and said

: "Are you led by the Wei army?"

Zhao Hongxuan squinted his eyes and watched for a while, then said unconfidently: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be the army led by General Zhao Bao."

"Yes!" King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai nodded and said in a deep voice: "There are four people, Shao Hu, Long Ji, Yi Gu, and Zhao Bao. Shao Hu is stronger than the overall situation, Long Ji is good at training troops, Yi Gu is good at using surprise attacks, only Zhao

Leopard, this guy is only brave... But you have also seen that even if it is Zhao Bao, his attack speed on the Chu army has gradually slowed down. Why is this?"

"Do you have physical strength?" Zhao Hongxuan said with sudden realization.

"Yes, it's just physical strength." King Yu Zhao Yuan'ai nodded and said, "Therefore, Shouling Junjingshe doesn't have to worry about putting on a show, because the elite "real army" under his command has hardly yet been put into action.
To be continued...