Chapter Twenty-Nine: Zhuge and the Slaughter
In the thirteenth year of Yong'an, it came as scheduled in the bloody wind of Yangzhou.
This year's Chinese New Year's Eve was not as lively and happy as the previous year's in Qiantang, Xu You closed the door to thank the guests, simply made a few dishes, and the tribes ate the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and dispersed, without keeping the New Year, no firecrackers. At the time of the war, the bones were full of white bones, and there was no intention to celebrate, so the imperial court ordered the upper and lower people to wait, and everything was simple for the New Year.
Early in the morning of the first day, Lu Shuang took the new clothes, Xu You shook his head and refused, still wearing last year's old clothes, and met with He Wei Zuo Tong and the winter solstice in the hall, and asked, "How is the war?" ”
"I just received news from Taishou Mansion that the night before the Battle of Juzhang County, Zhu Zhi won first and then lost, and was landed by the Ming pirates from the sea and harassed the rear. Zhu Zhi frustrated the edge, retreated thirty miles, and stationed between Yin and Cheng counties for repair, and there was no next step for the time being! ”
Dong Solstice held a few paper cards cut into three inches square, with some strange words and twisting curves written on them, which were all outlines summarized from the high-stacked intelligence clues, and only she could understand.
"In addition, after receiving the military report from the Crouching Tiger Division, the Ming pirates and the white thieves have converged and have completely occupied the waters of Hudu. From Qiantang to Hukou, it is unimpeded, and it can be landed from almost any point in the north and south to support the White Thief Horse Infantry Army. This is also an important reason why Zhu Zhi attacked Juzhang County this time and returned in vain......"
Xu You and Meng Xingchun are now in the honeymoon period, and occasionally information will be sent over. After the Crouching Tiger Division rescued the princess, under the order of Xiao Xunqi, at all costs, he and Fengmen carried out a comprehensive confrontation around the Yangzhou battle situation.
"Qiyi, what do you think Zhu Zhi will do next?"
"Du Mingyu's puppet dynasty now only has a few counties of Huiji and Wu County, and the territory is pitiful, it is estimated that even he himself will be embarrassed to call himself a big Wu country......" He Wei habitually complained a few words first, and then turned back to the topic, and said: "Juzhang is the gateway to the east of Huiji, and Yuyao and Shangyu form a line, building the prosperity of Huiji half of the county." If you want to keep these three counties, you must not lose the sentence, so the white thief will definitely fight Zhu Zhi to the death here. Zhu Zhi is cunning and cunning, but he will not follow the wishes of the white thief and choose to consume troops under the city of Juzhang. There is yin and yang in the sky, and there are positive and negative things, if you don't have the ability to take it, you can only defraud! ”
Zuo Yan was puzzled: "Fraud? ”
"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating! Siege has always been a strategy, Zhu Zhi led his troops to quell the chaos this time, and took more than 30 cities in a row, almost none of which were captured by frontal assault, treacherous and unfathomable! He Wei's eyes flashed, got up and walked to the edge of the sand table, pointed to a place inside, and said: "This is the mouth of the three rivers, the Lanjiang River, the Dongjiang River, the Fengjiang River, the three rivers converge, dozens of meters deep, 100 meters wide, from east to west, turbulent flow. If I am Zhu Zhi, I only need to use 30,000 people, the soil is sealed and blocked, and the Sanjiangkou can be cut off overnight, and then the mouth is poured back, no matter how tall and strong the city is, it will also become a piece of Zeguo, and it can go down every day. ”
Xu Youzuo, Winter Solstice, Mountain Sect and others are all discolored!
How can he not know what kind of life will be ruined once the river floods the city, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lang Jun said this, can there be ...... Can you be sure? ”
Dong Solstice also frowned and said, "Does Zhu Zhi really dare to be so ruthless and decisive?" Aren't you afraid that in the future, the people will point at him and curse him? ”
"At least ninety percent of the time! As for the rumors and infamy, Zhu Zhi has made such an immortal achievement and does not find some stains on himself, how can the lord in Jinling City rest assured? ”
He Wei's fingertips crossed the sand table, drawing a clear route for Zhu Zhijun's retreat, and then bent his fingers and knocked on the current place of Anzhai, and sneered: "In the battle the night before, even if Zhu Zhi's damage was minimal, there was no need to retreat thirty miles at all. Or maybe he had already discovered the news of the arrival of the Ming pirates, but he was just feint to paralyze the white thief. Giving up these thirty miles, he just avoided the area where the river flowed, if he said that he was not deliberate, he really didn't believe it! ”
Shan Zong opened his mouth wide and said: "I used to hear that Zhang Liang was strategizing and winning thousands of miles away, and it was an exaggeration, but when I met his Yilang Jun, I knew that there were really such characters in the world!" ”
He Wei sneered and said, "This little trick is nothing." Chiba used troops in Wuxing County at the beginning, and had a reputation for being good at fighting, although he was defeated by Xiao Yushu, but because his subordinates were defeated by the sword swingers, it was not a crime of war. But this time I fought with Zhu Zhi in the sentence, I didn't understand the principle of steady and steady fighting, and I intended to be cunning to control the enemy, but I didn't want to think that Zhu Zhi was a big expert in playing conspiracy, so he planned and immediately dug a grave for Chiba to bury. Young and vigorous, the enemy is rash, and compared with Xiao Zhuge City, it is like a firefly to the moonlight, and it is still far away! ”
Zuo Yan couldn't bear it, and sighed: "I only pity the people who know how to ......."
"I'd rather be a peace dog than a troubled world!" He Wei said lightly: "If you fight, there will always be a price." ”
Xu You looked at the winter solstice and said, "Quickly go to the Crouching Tiger Division, find Meng Xingchun to find out the latest battle report, and pay close attention to the movements in the past few days." ”
"No!"
Only two days later, as He Wei expected, Zhu Zhi resolutely decided the mouth of the three rivers, broke through Juzhang City with a monstrous water potential, and the land of Huiji Half of the County suddenly became a hell on earth, and the dead and injured were not counted.
Zhu Zhi planted an ambush in the middle of the road, captured the reinforcements from Shangyu and Yuyao who came to the rescue, and then pretended to be a defeated army and deceived the city gates of the two counties.
Almost one day, the defense line of Shangyu, Yuyao, and Juzhang, which had been pinned on by Du Mingyu and known as the iron wall, was lost, and the gate of Shanyin County, the seat of Huiji County, was opened, as if a naked woman had become a plaything for others to play with.
Chiba retreated gloomily, and the main force shrank into San'in Castle, and it seemed that the prestige was still there, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was just a matter of delaying and delaying time.
With Shanyin as a lonely city, even the gods can't hold it!
Zhu Zhi spent half a month trying his best to resettle the thousands of victims displaced by the flooding, sent half of the troops to divide the flood and drain the stream, changed the river channel, built a river pond, built a righteous warehouse, distributed grain and rice, punished thieves, eliminated traitors, and implemented extremely strict military laws in the occupied areas, at most cutting off 70 heads in one night, and the nickname of Jiangdong Zhuge became Jiangdong Slaughter, which could make children stop crying.
At the same time, Zhu Zhibing's troops divided into three routes, gradually cleared the small dock forts and military strongholds around Sanyin, and then closed one place, and launched a general attack on Shanyin on the 27th of the first month.
Fourteen days of bloody battles, February 18, San'in was recovered!
"The whole county will be restored, Zhu Zhi's credit this time is unmatched!" He Wei said with a smile: "In a few months, most of Yangzhou was pacified, compared to Xiao Yushu trapped outside Qiantang City, Jiangdong Zhuge really deserves its reputation. ”
Dong Zhi pursed his lips and said, "Good Jiao Langjun learned that the current Zhu Zhi is not Xiao Zhuge anymore, and the new name of the family is majestic, what is it called...... That's right, human slaughter! For thousands of years, only Wu Anjun has been able to enjoy such majesty......"
Zuo Yan shook his head and said: "That's all the people who suffered from the floods in Juzhang deliberately arranged Zhu Zhi, he himself may not like it!" ”
Xu You came in from outside the door, just heard their discussion, and said: "I can't help whether I like it or not, Zhu Zhi has always been low-key among the children of the Zhu family, although he is usually famous, but he can't be compared with Zhu Ren, Zhu Yi, Zhu Li and others, this time he didn't hesitate to stand up for the sake of the family, and even tarnished his reputation, but he was also a ruthless person!" ”
Frost followed the trot in, holding the big coat in his hand, and said with disgust in his mouth: "Xiaolang, slow down!" Look at the sun, but the spring is cold to the bones, you can't be careless, you ......"
When I entered the door, I found that the room was full of people sitting, and I immediately stopped, and my pretty face faintly rose crimson. He Wei pointed at her and deliberately teased: "Frost, let you take care of Qilang for a good life, why don't you even wear it when you go out?" If you suffer from the wind and cold and get sick again, can you bear it? ”
The beautiful eyes of the frost were like clear waves, and the corners of his lips smiled, and said: "The lesson of his wing Langjun is that I heard Ananda say that Langjun you don't like to wear a big coat every time you go out, and the outstanding men in the world are like this, how can I persuade you to live?" ”
Zuo Yan and the others pitched and laughed, and even Qingming was very face-conscious, and the corners of his mouth were touched, He Wei shook his head and sighed: "Living with good people is like entering the room of Zhilan, and you won't smell its fragrance for a long time." It's good for you, you've been following Qilang for a long time, like entering the abalone, not smelling its smell, and practicing a good mouth! ”
Xu You rolled his eyes and said: "Your house is the abalone, and it is also a loss to Ananda, I can stand you, and if it is the winter solstice, I will rebel early!" ”
This is really a fire at the city gate that affected the pond fish, and the winter solstice blinked aggrievedly, and said: "What you said about yours, I, who didn't say a word, became a target!" ”
After another laugh, Xu You took a sip of hot water to warm up his body, and sat down around the stove with everyone. He Wei asked, "How?" ”
Xu You rubbed his hands, with a calm face in the firelight, and said: "Feiqing said that the imperial court has been roughly decided, and Zhu Zhi will lead the army to Yiqiaopu in the south of Qiantang on February 25, and unite with Xiao Yushu's Chinese army to implement a comprehensive siege of Qiantang!" ”
Xiao Yushu has been encircling Qiantang for a long time, containing tens of thousands of the most elite troops of the white thieves, laying a solid foundation for Zhu Zhi's victory in southern Yangzhou. As the capital of the puppet Wu State, Du Mingyu exhausted hundreds of thousands of people's strength, thoroughly strengthened and heightened the city wall of Qiantang, covered the internal and external rammed earth layers with bricks, and placed eighteen arrow towers, half-human high pheasant moats, thousands of perforations, and built winged cities on all sides of the city wall. In addition, we have hoarded enough grain and grass for three years, dug underground water sources, opened more than 20 new wells, and made all preparations for long-term perseverance!
Everyone knows that the battle of Qiantang will be the final decisive battle between the two sides, and it is also destined to suffer the heaviest casualties. But no matter what, the White Thief Rebellion, which swept the entire Yangzhou and lasted for a year, is about to come to an end.