"Junhou, what did he say?"

Lu Jia bowed his head and muttered a few words, but Ziying couldn't understand it, because he used the Chu dialect, and not everyone could speak Mandarin......

Heifu motioned to Licang to relay Lu Jia's words: "Supervising the army, he said that the incident at Yangshan Pass is not an isolated case, in the past few months, two or three thousand people have fled from the army!" ”

"Two or three thousand!?" Ziying was a little surprised, how could this be possible, Jia He's reply to the imperial court only said that everything was as usual, but there were sporadic people who escaped......

"The villain's words are true."

Lu Jia arched his hand towards Ziying, but his eyes looked at Heifu, he knew that this was the real person in charge.

"When General Jia evacuated South Vietnam, he ran ahead, so that the garrisons in various places did not have time to keep up, and thousands of people were left out of the five mountains. After returning to Chenxian, seeing the end of the one-year military period, everyone wanted to return to the township, but the imperial court did not allow it, so they could only stay in Changsha for a long time. Poetry clouds, gentlemen in service, not day or month. Do you have a job? The soldiers thought of returning from service, so they had no fighting spirit and low morale. ”

At this time, General Jia wanted to cover up the defeat, so he drove the soldiers and conscripts to build three passes, and built additional roads in Wuling, wanting to attack again. At that time, the spring rain was continuous, there were many sick people, and the soldiers and conscripts were afraid of death, so General Jia punished them at every turn, demoted them to prisoners, and drove them to be the vanguard and fill the ravines. ”

"Miasma in the mountains is frequent, there are many dead people, many soldiers are resentful, in order to survive, often flee when they are cultivating, General Jia can't chase them, so they can only cover up. This time, the widowers of the 1,000 Chu places in Yangshan Pass were not intentionally causing trouble, but they couldn't bear it. General Jia despised his peers, gave little food and clothing, and had to open mountains and cut ravines every day, once someone fell ill, without treatment, he directly threw down the cliff to feed the beasts. Everyone was cold, so they reasoned with the officials who escorted them, but they were whipped by General Jia's cronies, which led to a conflict, and finally captured the pass......"

Heifu touched his beard: "You are in Chenxian County, and you are very clear about what happened in Yangshan Pass." ”

Lu Jia explained: "The villain happened to be on the way to Yangshan at that time, and among the 1,000 people, many of them were my fellow villagers in Huainan, and they also knew that the rebel clan and their families were all in Shouchun, how dare they do this?" ”

"You told Ben Hou about this, what do you want?"

Lu Jia said: "I heard that the prince is the main general of the southern expedition, and he must know the truth, and maybe stop the catastrophe." ”

"What's the big deal?"

Lu Jia said: "Jun Hou must have found that now that the morale of the army is exhausted, they are unwilling to fight with the Yue, let alone attack their own robes? If they are driven to attack Yangshan Pass, I am afraid that there will be more trouble, and when there will be changes in the army, it will not be as simple as losing a Yangshan Pass. ”

Li Cang told Ziying every word of Lu Jia in his ear, and the more Ziying listened, the more surprised Ziying became, this Lu Jia's analysis of the situation was exactly the same as Chang Nanhou.

Heifu didn't believe Lu Jia: "The person in his position seeks his own government, and you, as a little official, are concerned about this matter." ”

"Don't hide it from the general, Lu Jia is indeed selfish."

Lu Jia smiled: "I don't want my fellow villagers to die in vain, and my family members will be punished, this is one of them." ”

"In the chaos of the army, I am a scholar with no martial arts, I am afraid it will be difficult to preserve, and this is the second."

Lu Jia said goodbye: "The villain is a Shouchun person, I remember when I was young, the Qin army broke through the city, and the first army that entered the city was the Nanjun soldiers under the banner of 'Li'. The rest of the rates plundered civilians and raped and kidnapped. Only one of them, the hundreds of people who had captured the military flag of General Xiang Yan, was in good order, only seized the rich households, and never disturbed the households, and later learned that this was the Anlu soldiers under the Marquis of Changnan......"

"The general is a virtuous general, and now he is ordered to go south as the commander, and he will not want to see the middle route army collapse due to the grievances of the soldiers, such a critical situation, only the general can save it!"

Heifu nodded: "Listen to you, very organized, can also quote scriptures, have you read books?" ”

"Read?"

"Nine streams and ten, which one?"

Lu Jia raised his head: "The villain learned poetry and books from a Confucian in Shouchun, and was arrested for privately collecting books the year before last. ”

"It's Confucianism......"

Heifu nodded and asked Lu Jia to go down.

Ziying leaned over: "General, is this person's words credible?" ”

"** not far from ten."

After arriving in Chenxian County yesterday, it seemed that he had a high-level meeting with Jia He and all the lieutenants, and they were chatting and laughing, but secretly, they had sent Licang to check the situation in various battalions in the name of sacrificing the army, and they all knew about the demoralization of the Chenxian battalion and the resentment of the soldiers.

And last night, when he was drunk, there was also a lieutenant named "Xin Yi" under Jia and his subordinates, who secretly stuffed a small roll of paper into Heifu's palm during the toast. Xin Yi sued Jia He, he said that a year ago, Xiao Tao, the old department of Heifu, took the initiative to ask for help, but after the army was broken, he was abandoned by Jia He......

"In the Changsha camp, what we have to treat is the physical illness of the soldiers."

Heifu got up and said, "But here, what needs to be cured is the disease in the hearts of the soldiers!" ”

What's the disease? Resentment also!

Heifu has led the army for many years, and he knows best that when governing the army, he must pay attention to the "harmony" of the king, the general, the soldiers, and the people, so that the three armies have no complaints. When morale is exhausted and conscription is thinking of returning, it is absolutely impossible to let grievances be resolved.

Otherwise, resentment will cause more terrible turmoil, in history, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's affairs needless to say, Tang died in Huangchao, and the disaster is based on Guilin, and it is also a group of soldiers who want to go home to make trouble.

Don't underestimate the temptation to go home.

"But how can the resentment of the soldiers be appeased?"

Ziying was very distressed, according to the law, the service period of the Qin Dynasty soldiers was one year, and it should have been a year ago, there were recruits who came to replace the Southern Expeditionary Army and let them go home.

But Qin Shi Huang gave a death order, and if Baiyue was uneven for a day, the soldiers of the southern expedition would not be able to go home!

As a result, more than 100,000 people reluctantly served on the front line for year after year, and that's it, Jia He's improper handling and blind punishment undoubtedly ignited the anger of the whole army, and this is why he fled and made trouble.

Even if Heifu is the main general, he has no right to release the soldiers into conscription.

"I have to settle for the next best thing."

Heifu smiled, as if he had an idea, and asked Li Cang to inform General Jia He and the lieutenants to come here for a meeting, and then pulled Ziying and whispered a few words.

Ziying hesitated: "Is this really the case?" ”

Heifu's words are unquestionable: "It can only be so! ”

……

"The prison army is a royal nobleman, the nephew of His Majesty, and the eldest son of the prince and grandson!"

Half an hour later, after Jia He and the four lieutenants arrived, Heifu didn't mention anything else, and blew a wave of babies first, simply saying that he was the eyes, ears and eyes of Qin Shi Huang in the south, which made the generals fearful.

Later, according to the procedure, Heifu showed the gilded tiger talisman, as well as the document and the scepter, indicating his authority to command the three armies.

He relayed the will of Qin Shi Huang in the two years of Pingyue, and said solemnly:

"If you want to pacify South Vietnam, you must consolidate the three passes, and now the Yangshan Pass soldiers are rebelling, and the ridge road is cut off, and it should be recovered immediately, but I heard that the sergeants and soldiers of the army are quite resentful, and it is difficult to control them, and you think, how to deal with them?"

Jia He didn't take it seriously: "Junhou, the soldiers have a little grudge, just punish them." ”

"Punishment?"

Heifu shook his head: "The art of war, if the pawn is not attached to it and is punished, he will not accept it, and if he does not obey, it will be difficult to treat...... However, General Jia is right, for the sake of the morale of the army, the punishment cannot be overcome, and some people have been defeated and returned, but they have covered up their achievements to escape punishment, and it has been a long time......"

His voice became hurried, he threw the military talisman in his hand, and shouted: "Second and third sons, take Jia He down!" ”

Speaking of the end, more than 20 people walked out of the house, led by Sang Mu, behind them were the guards carefully selected by Heifu when he was in Anlu, dressed in armor, holding a sharp blade, pushing Jia He down and dragging him horizontally, just like a soap carving chasing Ziyan, like a tiger eating a lamb.

Jia He was a little stunned and shouted wronged, and the other four lieutenants also looked at each other, quite frightened.

Ziying, who had been persuaded by Heifu, stood up and solemnly announced:

"There is a cloud of military law, and the husband will be more than 1,000 people, and there will be a battle to the north, defend and surrender, flee from the ground, and call it a 'national thief'. Kill the family and cripple the family, go to their nationality, send their graves, brutalize their bones in the city, and men and women are officials. Since more than 100 people, there is a battle to the north, defend and surrender, flee from the ground, and call it 'military thief'. Dead and disabled, men and women are in office. ”

"Jia He, as a general, commanded 40,000 soldiers and civilians, but abandoned the army and fled first, lost thousands of teachers, and lost Panyu, Longchuan and other towns, and was guilty of national thieves and military thieves. In order to cover up the defeat, falsely reported the beheading, did not do the virtue of the general, stationed in Chenxian County, and behaved at a loss, resulting in many escapees in the army, and more rebels in the city, and no talent for the general, now remove his post as a general! ”

Jia He shouted angrily, when the incident happened, he was also trembling and timid, but compared with the Western Route Army, the battle damage in the middle road was not so exaggerated, and it was covered up a little, plus more than 10,000 heads of "Yue Ren", it was considered that the losses were offset by the gains, and the court did not punish him, after all, the south has become a mess, and it will only be worse to rashly remove the front-line generals.

I thought that this article was over, but when Heifu first arrived, there were only a few people around him, and he didn't dare to do anything with him.

Unexpectedly, retribution came so quickly!

The other four captains trembled, according to this statement, if they really wanted to be investigated, would they not be able to escape?

Heifu's words reassured everyone: "Don't worry, gentlemen, I have thoroughly investigated, the defeat of South Vietnam, the flight of the soldiers, all Jia and one person's fault, what do the four captains think?" ”

"General Mingcha, that's exactly it!"

The four of them should be, and some people sued Jia and Hei to draw a line with him.

At this time, there was a commotion outside, but it was the personal soldiers brought by Jia He, who were taken down by Licang and the people from the Changsha battalion, and the other party resisted, and saw blood in the fight.

asked Jia He to be dragged down, and Heifu glanced at everyone again: "Although Jia He is now captured, but his 1,000 short soldiers are still there, in order to avoid chaos in his generation, four captains need to lead troops to surround and control them, who wants to go?" ”

The four of them hesitated a little, but Heifu smiled: "After General Tu died in battle, it was Zhao Tuo who cleaned up the remnants of the defeated army and retired to Guilin, which is meritorious." Therefore, I have sent a letter to His Majesty recommending him to be a general of the Western Road. Now there is a lack of generals in the middle lane, but it's a pity that I don't know you very well, I don't know the level of talent, who can do it, otherwise ......"

This time, without hesitation, one person immediately came out of the ranks, it was a lieutenant Guan Zhong who was over thirty years old, and he was also the one who pretended to be drunk last night and stuffed a note into Heifu's hand.

"Prince, Xin Yi is willing to go!"