"Don't chase after the poor."

Listening to the sound of gold behind him, looking at the Ba people who retreated into the mountains and forests half a mile away, even if Heifu was unwilling, he could only let the grass be armed, and the young men who followed him out of the city to attack the enemy stopped.

It's not that they don't want to chase, it's that they can't catch up at all. Who would have thought that these Ba people were barefoot, but they walked like a fly, faster than the Qin people who were walking on shoes, there were not many cars and horses in the city, and they could not organize a ride to disturb and intercept from the front, so they could only watch most of the people flee.

Moreover, the Ba people live in the mountains and forests when they are young, they are familiar with the terrain, and they walk through the ravines and shrubs like walking on flat ground.

Looking back at the road chased out, the more than 100 corpses of the Ba people who were killed because they couldn't retreat, as well as more than 200 corpses under Yidao City, were barely a complete victory, and in the two-day battle to defend the city, the casualties of the army and civilians were only more than 100.

Heifu asked the hundred generals of Yidao, and the county officials organized the young and strong to clean up the battlefield, and he rushed to the direction of the city on horseback, and the reinforcements sent by the county guards had just arrived in the city at this time. They were busy rushing to help, and they didn't care about hiding their whereabouts, the shadow of the sail spread out on the river, the enemy and I could see it, the Ba people failed to attack the city three times, and several tribes united, and suddenly the morale dissipated, and the retreat was fast......

When Heifu came to him, the armored reinforcement officer also came out of his horse and bowed to him, "Heifu...... No, it should be called Zuo Bing Cao Shi now, I never thought we could meet here! ”

"County Lieutenant Cheng!"

Heifu was also happy when he saw it, isn't this Cheng Wuwu, who had been his boss for a period of time during the battle of Chu? After he came back, he learned that when Xiangcheng was defeated, Cheng Wuwu was lucky not to die, and evacuated with the remnants of the army with Meng Tian, because he later made a small contribution to resist the attack of the Chu army, so the title was not cut, and he was transferred to Zigui to be the county lieutenant.

After the meeting, Cheng Wuwu looked at the scarred Yidao city wall, and the Lilu village not far away that was still smoking a little after it was burned down, and said hatefully: "I never thought that I had only left Yidao for half a year, and the barbarians dared to be so arrogant!" “

If I remember correctly, Cheng Wuwu is a Yidao person, and when he sees his hometown being destroyed like this, he will naturally be angry.

At this time, another general also came to meet Heifu, who was the county lieutenant of Yiling, named Ling Kui.

Hefu counted the men and horses they had brought, but saw that there were nearly a thousand.

"It's only the troops of Yiling and Zigui counties."

Cheng Wufu told Heifu that four days ago, while sending Heifu to Yidao first, the county guard also sent people to transfer troops to neighboring counties.

"Originally, I planned to use the soldiers of the four counties to quell the Yidao rebellion in one fell swoop, but who expected that the Lingling side would come to the emergency again, saying that the Chu army besieged the Xiaoling with nearly 10,000 people! So he asked the conscripts in Jiangling and Zhijiang counties to go to Xiaoling. ”

"Nearly 10,000 people!?" Heifu was shocked, this number, I am afraid that all the troops in Jiangnan and Changsha of the entire Chu State have been dispatched, and at the same time, he also understands why the Chu people want to encourage the Yidaoba people to rebel, it seems that this side is not the main direction of attack, Xiaoling, that is the place that the Chu people really want to capture.

Xiaoling is the Hubei Gong'an County of later generations, bordering the Yangtze River in the north, the Xiangjiang River in the south, the Hanjiang River in the east, and the Sichuan and Shu in the west. The three most important waterways in the Jingchu area sandwiched Gong'an County in the middle, which could directly connect to the seven provinces, so in later generations, Wuhan was the "thoroughfare of the nine provinces" and the public security was the "Confucius Road of the Seven Provinces".

Nowadays, it is almost the same, Xiaoling is regarded as the gateway to Jiangling, and once it is lost, the Chu people will face Jiangling across the river, and their fleet can sail along the oil river into the river, all the way to the water where the Heifu and their Shangsi Festival bathed, so that the county town is under its threat at any time.

"In that case, I'm afraid that the soldiers of Nanjun will not be able to be sent to Huaibei, and the daily preparation and production will also be greatly affected." Heifu thought so, at that time, I am afraid that even Yidao will have to give up.

However, that is not what they have to care about now, although the siege of Yidao has been lifted, and the Ba tribes have also had contradictions, and they have dispersed, but as long as the Fan Yu who took the lead in the uprising is not dead, and the Ba people are still provoked by the Chu people, this rebellion will not end.

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After cutting off the head and returning to the city, Heifu, as the left soldier Cao Shi who held the county guard tiger talisman, there is no doubt that as a commander, Cheng Wuwu and Ling Kui must be controlled by him, which makes Cheng Wuwu feel a little strange in his heart, how can the little hundred generals who were still under his command a year ago now rank on his right?

When Heifu asked about the next barbaric strategy, Cheng Wuwu didn't answer first, but Ling Kui, the county lieutenant of Yiling County, said hurriedly: "The Ba people killed the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, and burned a lot of lilu, which must not be forgiven!" Since the barbarians are rebellious and impermanent, it is better to take this opportunity to sweep their lair and expel them completely! Never again! “

When he was an official in Yiling County, he did this in the face of the rebellion of a small number of local Ba people, and if he did that, it was easier to get credit.

As a result, this sentence immediately attracted strong opposition from the local Cheng Wuwu: "Ling County Lieutenant, although Yidao and Yiling are only separated by a river, the situation is very different. Yiling has been operated by the Chu State for hundreds of years, most of them are organized into households, the township and the village are in order, and a few barbarians in the mountains resist and directly exterminate them. “

"Yidao is different, there are only a few hundred households, but there are as many as 10,000 or 20,000 people in the Ba people. Not to mention whether we can exterminate it in one fell swoop with our manpower, even if the Ba people are temporarily expelled, they regard Yishui as divine water and Wuluo Zhongli Mountain as a sacred mountain, and they will inevitably seek to recapture this place, in that case, Yidao will never have peace! It will even cause dissatisfaction among the Ba people in Zigui, Wuxian, Ba County and other places! This is pushing it towards the Chu State! ”

"According to the meaning of Cheng County Lieutenant, should he be punished? The county magistrate, the county lieutenant, and hundreds of dead and wounded are just that? Ling Kui was refuted on the spot, and he couldn't save face.

Seeing that they were about to fight, Heifu hurriedly stopped the argument between the two: "Of course, the evil deeds of the Ba people cannot go unpunished, but it may not be easy to enter the mountains and forests to chase and suppress them with the current manpower." ”

He is very aware of the respective advantages and disadvantages of the Qin people and the Ba people. The advantage of the Qin army is to defend the city and fight in the plains, but after entering the mountains and forests, it will be at a disadvantage, and if you are not careful, you will repeat the tragedy of the ambush and annihilation of the county magistrate and county lieutenant of Yidao.

At this time, the small officials outside entered and said that Ba Zhong wanted to see him.

After Ba Zhong entered, he met with the three of them and offered advice:

"Dare to say to the three officials, this rebellion of the Ba people was the result of the instigation of the envoys of the Chu State, and those who were bent on opposing Qin, only Fan Yu was the only one, and the rest of the monarchs were mostly coerced by him. Now that the Ba people have suffered a setback in attacking the city, many tribal rulers have repented, so they evacuated ahead of schedule. Now, if the army is pressed and exterminated without distinguishing between good and bad, it will make the other generation regather under the banner of Fan Yu and confront the government, in that case, hundreds of miles of Yishui will never be peaceful......"

Before, at the head of the city, Ba Zhong watched those Ba people who could not retreat to be chased and killed by the young men in the city led by Heifu, and his feelings were quite complicated.

He was a Ba "Xia Zi" who was deeply influenced by the culture of the Qin State, and he was in a very strange position during this rebellion.

On the one hand, he was able to understand the reason for the rebellion of the Yidaoba people against Qin, the blood feud was greater than the sky, and the Qin government executed Fan You, although it was a judgment according to law, but it was indeed reckless.

But on the other hand, as the son of the widow Qing, Ba Zhong's vision is higher than that of ordinary Ba people, and he knows that the past life is gone forever. Only by accepting the rule of the Qin government and following the laws of Qin can one survive. Their family has direct contact with Xianyang, knowing that although the Qin State was temporarily frustrated, it was Qin Feichu who won the final victory, and confronting it at this time would only become a roadblock that was crushed by the giant ship.

Looking at the Ba people who attacked Yidao under the instigation of the Chu people, but died in the ravine wilderness, Ba Zhong was helpless and sympathetic, and he tried his best to do something to quell this rebellion as soon as possible.

Yu Shang and Ba Zhong need a peaceful environment, and Pa Zhong does not want more Ba people to die meaninglessly.

After listening to Ba Zhong's suggestion, Heifu looked at Cheng Wuwu and Ling Kui: "What do the two county lieutenants think?" “

"It's a safe way to go."

Cheng Wuwu said: "I have been an official in Yidao for many years, and I know that the local Ba people have their own grudges, and almost every department has armed fights. ”

Ling Kui said: "The county magistrate and county lieutenant of Yidao have died, who else dares to be a messenger?" ”

Ba Zhong asked Heifu again: "Zhong is willing to go to Wuluo Zhongli Mountain, go to see the monarchs of the ministry, and persuade them to return to Qin!" ”

After a moment's silence, Heifu finally made up his mind.

"Since this is the case, then bother Lao Bajun to go again, and he must explain the situation to the ministries and let him stop being obsessed."

Before Ba Zhong left, Heifu also explained to him what the county guard Ye Teng had said to him when he left Yiling.

"Tell the chiefs of the Ba people that the county guard still remembers the oath of the year, and this rebellion of the Ba people was purely instigated by the Jing people, and the county guard also knew that he had no choice. Therefore, only the head of the evil will be punished, regardless of the accomplice, if they can kill the envoy of the Chu State and help the government to destroy the Fan Bird Department, then the Fan Bird Department and the territory can be divided by them! ”

Heifu remembered a sentence in his previous life, uniting the majority and striking at a small number is the only way to win the struggle, and now he has to learn and use it!