Having said this, there was a hint of doubt on his face, and he frowned and said: "Over in Bo County, Lord Shouling Jingyun has stationed more than 100,000 troops to attack Dang County again. Over here, Lord Xinyang Xiang Pei has sent out troops again.

Attacking Zhuqiu...this matter feels a bit strange."

Sima Shang nodded, he also felt that this matter was quite strange.

Because as far as he knew, in the war between the Wei State and the coalition forces of various countries, the coalition forces of various countries ended in a disastrous defeat, and the one with the most serious losses was the State of Chu.

But who would have thought that just after the New Year, the State of Chu would send troops to attack the State of Wei menacingly. To be honest, Sima Shang was a little confused.

You must know that when Korea was in Korea, with all the elite troops of Li Mu, Le Yi, Bao Yuan, Yan Kui, including Sima Shang, Korea was wary when it started the war with Wei. In terms of combat strategy, the main thing was

Adopt a "defensive counterattack" attitude.

When Korea was like this at that time, where did the Chu State have the courage to send troops to attack the Wei State even when allied countries were defeated in a crusade against the Wei State?

Sima Shang really couldn't understand it.

However, although he could not figure out Chu State's intentions, it was necessary to send troops to rescue him. After all, he, Sima Shang, was the governor of Song County and should protect the people under his rule.

Considering that there are currently not many troops under his command, Sima Shang turned to look at Ma You and implored: "General Ma You..."

However, before Sima Shang finished speaking, Ma You guessed the former's meaning, nodded and said: "General Sima, don't worry, it is our duty to expel the Chu army. Ma and the soldiers under Ma will help Sima Commandery."

A helping hand."

Sima Shang was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately ordered his general Zhonggu to prepare for sending troops.

Since the intention of Chu State was still unclear, Sima was not ready to expose the 5,000 Youma heavy cavalry he had just taken over, so when he sent out troops the next day, he only brought 800 Changyi troops who had just been recruited with him.

Two hundred heavy cavalry, and at the same time, they also persuaded the guards temporarily stationed in Changyi to send two thousand troops, for a total of three thousand troops.

As for Ma You, he also took 2,000 of the 5,000 light cavalry he had brought to Changyi to escort You Ma's heavy cavalry, and joined forces with Sima Shang, with a total of 5,000 troops and horses.

Go to Zhuqiu.

Go east from Changyi and pass "Dongmin", then go straight east to "Fangyu". From Fangyu, turn south and you can reach "Fengxian".

Further south from Feng County is Zhuqiu.

Feng County was once one of the strongholds where the Beibo Rebel Army gathered. However, nowadays, most of those Beibo Army Rebels have become local county soldiers and made great contributions to resisting the invasion of the coalition forces of various countries last year.

, but it also caused heavy damage.

After the fall of Dingtao, Chengling King Zhao Shen led these righteous soldiers and the local county soldiers from Song County to retreat to Daliang.

Nowadays, the surviving Song County soldiers and former Beibo Army martyrs have been classified as volunteers by the imperial court. Tiance Mansion intends to select the best among these people to re-create the Daliang Imperial Guard.

It is worth mentioning that although the Beibo Army was banned by the Wei State, and all the former generals of the Beibo Army also defected to the Wei State, most of them joined the Huling Navy, but in Feng County, Fang County

There are still some former Beibo Army martyrs in action in Xiaopei and Rencheng. However, the purpose of these Beibo Army is no longer to resist the Wei State, but to target those who are rich and unkind - mainly the Wei State in the Song Dynasty.

The aristocratic forces in the county.

It’s no wonder, after all, during several wars in the Wei State, although there were Zhao Shen, the King of Chengling, Zhao Tan, the Marquis of Anping, Zhao Anding, the Marquis of Shangliang, and other noble nobles of the Zhao family who were loyal to the country, this could not cover up the aristocratic class of the Wei State.

There are still some people who are rich and unkind and oppress the common people.

Although the clan government is also supervising matters in this area, there are always oversights.

But in general, the threat of these New Taipei Bo Army martyrs is not great. They are somewhat similar to the knight-errant forces that once defended the country. Therefore, the court turned a blind eye to this, as long as they did not cause too much trouble.

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No, on the way to Feng County, Ma You told Sima Shang about the past of Song County, mainly about the Bei Bo Army, a civilian force, which made Sima Shang feel quite troubled.

Come to think of it, who would want such an uncontrolled civil force lurking under the rule?

When Sima Shang and Ma You arrived at Feng County, they happened to encounter the Chu army attacking the city.

The strength of the Chu army is estimated to be around 10,000 men.

Seeing this, Sima Shang and Ma You immediately dispatched their troops. Under their command, two hundred Youma heavy cavalry, no, it should be said that they were Song County Youma heavy cavalry, were immediately fully armed, and under the command of eight hundred Changyi troops,

The soldiers, accompanied by two thousand guardsmen, launched an attack on the Chu army outside Feng County.

Ma You, on the other hand, led two thousand light cavalry to support him, preparing to wait for an opportunity to split the Chu army's formation.

However, what puzzled both Sima Shang and Ma You was that before the two thousand Shangshui Qingqi could dispatch, the Chu army of over ten thousand was defeated by a mere three thousand cavalry under Sima Shang.

Although the two hundred heavy cavalry played an important role in this battle, Sima Shang and Ma You still felt that the Chu army's defeat was a bit incredible.

"Recruit?"

Because he was too surprised, Ma You did not even send out his cavalry, but only looked at the Chu soldiers who were beaten to a terrible state by Sima Shang's army.

More than 10,000 Chu soldiers were beaten to the ground by Sima Shang's 3,000 cavalry. How weak could they be?

You must know that the three thousand soldiers under Sima Shang's command, except for the two hundred heavy cavalry, are not the regular army of the Wei State. They are just two thousand guardsmen and eight hundred Changyi soldiers who have not been trained for a long time.

A moment later, Sima Shang was so surprised when he saw the Chu soldiers escaping in a hurry that he almost forgot to pursue the enemy army.

"Chu's army...is it so weak?"

Sima Shang was a little confused.

But no matter what, the battle was finally won and it was worth celebrating, so Sima Shang and Ma You happily entered Feng County, preparing to temporarily garrison the county and find a way to recapture Zhuqiu.

What I didn't expect was that at noon the next day, another Chu army of about ten thousand people came to attack Feng County.

In the end, this Chu army was defeated by Sima Shang.

On the third and fourth days, this was the case. Every day, between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers came to attack Feng County, and each time they were defeated by the Wei army, leaving hundreds of corpses behind.

As time passed, Sima Shang and Ma You felt that something was wrong.

On the fourth day, when the soldiers of Chu State retreated, Sima Shang asked Ma You with a strange expression: "The army of Chu State is really persistent... By the way, are the soldiers of Chu State so weak?"

After hearing this, Ma You looked at the retreating Chu army in the distance and slowly shook his head.

Although the secular world generally believes that the army of Chu is the weakest, in fact, this evaluation is only based on food and recruiting troops. The real Chu army, even if it is not as brave as the Wei soldiers, will definitely not be as brave as Qi, Wei, Lu

The army of other countries is weak.

For example, the famous Shang Shui Army of Wei State was essentially an army composed of Chu people. But was it weak?

"These should be the new soldiers of Chu State...the regular army of Chu State will definitely not be like this. It's just..."

Ma You frowned. He really couldn't figure it out. The Chu State attacked his Wei State again, but they only sent some new soldiers with little battlefield experience. What does this mean?

On the fifth day, Sima Shang's general Zhonggu, who was staying in Changyi, sent someone to forward Huan Hu's battle report to Changyi to Sima Shang.

When looking through Huan Hu's battle report, Sima Shang and Ma You were shocked to discover that it was not only Feng County, but also the Chu army in Zhuqiu that had such strange behavior. They were in the southwest of Song County, that is, Suiyang and Dang.

In the county area, the soldiers under the command of Lord Shouling Jingyun of Chu State also made similar moves, that is, they sent new soldiers who were defeated in one battle day after day to attack the city of Song County.

Since both Shouling Lord Jingyun and Xinyang Lord Xiang Pei of Chu State made similar actions, it is not a coincidence. It is obvious that this was premeditated.

"You don't want to lend me Song County to train troops, do you?"

Sima Shang frowned and said.

Ma You was stunned when he heard this. He thought it was a bit funny at first: Training? The new soldiers of the Chu State asked him to train with the army of the Wei State? Isn't this a way to die?

But after thinking about it carefully, Ma You suddenly felt that this matter was very possible.

After all, Song County's defense force is not actually strong. After the Luoyang Imperial Guards led by Wei Jiao, Mu Qing and others were transferred back to Luoyang, the only remaining troops in Song County were Weiguo's troops.

Wei's volunteer soldiers, plus the troops under Huan Hu, cannot be said to be elite soldiers.

After discussing with Ma You, Sima Shang became more and more sure of his judgment, so he immediately wrote a letter and sent someone to deliver it to Luoyang day and night, and delivered it to the king of Wei, Zhao Run.

Sima Shang believed that if the Chu State really tried to use Song County to train its own army, then this would be a very difficult matter.

After all, unless elite troops are mobilized to devour these Chu troops in one go, small-scale wars like this day after day will only serve the purpose of Chu and train one or several long-lasting troops for Chu.
Chapter completed!