(Motivation for a commuter pass)

Chapter 716 It's hard to go south

Some people can turn back if they miss it.

There are some things that you miss and never have a chance to say again.

No one knows what kind of mood Sun Kaidao left the post station with, and then what kind of mood he lived in the very spacious mansion that Fang Xie prepared for him. As Chen Xiaoru said, this house is very clean inside and out, but empty.

Sun Kaidao thought of Chen Xiaoru's words, and he said that the general would not ask.

This sentence is just a question, how much of it is gone?

Chen Xiaoru went back from the south of the city and went directly to Fang Xie to restore his life, Fang Xie didn't ask Sun Kaidao what his reaction was, as if he immediately forgot about this person. But Chen Xiaoru felt a faint loss in the general's eyes, why didn't he feel in his heart? Although Sun Kaidao followed Fang Xie halfway, he was already an old man in the Black Flag Army. If nothing else, there will be a very decent home in the future.

But now, he can only be regarded as a dignified disappearance from the sight of the Black Flag Army.

"Convene all the generals."

Fang Xie gave a faint order, and Chen Xiaoru left immediately.

The Black Flag Army already knew about Nanyan's mobilization of troops, and there had been no war since these days, and the soldiers of the Black Flag Army were also a little panicked. The soldiers brought from the three southwestern provinces were not looking forward to war, after all, they had not really experienced war.

However, the cavalrymen of the Black Flag Army, who had been addicted to victory, originally thought that it would be a good thing for them to calm down and rest for a while, but after being idle for a while, the itchy feeling of their hands made them all a little restless. It was precisely at this time that the generals of the Black Flag Army understood what Fang Jie's sentence was about using blood to raise the soldiers of the Black Flag Army with murderous energy.

You can't do it without a fight

The generals who came to Yongzhou with Fang Xie arrived early in the meeting hall of the General's Mansion and waited, while the newly promoted border army generals were still a little restrained. They were rescued from the border cities by Fang Xie and the Black Flag Army, but they were still a little unfamiliar with the Black Flag Army.

However, the border army has always been no stranger to war.

Even when the Great Sui was peaceful, these border troops were not far from killing.

When Fang Xie came in, all the generals stood up and stood solemnly, and then marched.

Fang Xie sat down on the right position, pressed down and motioned for everyone to sit down. Because it was not a campaign, the generals did not have to wear heavy iron armor. If you're wearing armor, it's actually better to sit than to stand.

"There is one thing that the old people in the Black Flag Army know, but the people who came from the border army of Pingshang Road don't know much about it."

Fang Xie pondered for a while and said, "In Vermilion Bird Mountain, there are several workshops under the rule of the Black Flag Army, which require a large amount of iron ore, and we have always exchanged with Jin Shixiong. But since last month, Kim Shixiong has been delaying the delivery of iron ore and raising prices again and again. There is no iron ore in the four southwestern provinces, so if we want to expand our weapons and equipment, we need to buy them, and when we don't have a firm foothold, we can do this, but now, if we don't have our own iron ore in our hands, there will be too many constraints after all. ”

"General, when will you move troops against Nanyan?"

Xiahou Baichuan said with a smile: "Those boys below are shouting that their arms are about to rust all day long. ”

"That's a good thing."

Fang Xie smiled and said, "It is inevitable to use troops against Nanyan, and I came to you to discuss this matter." Not to mention whether Nanyan has an iron mine, just to say that after killing so many of us and kidnapping so many of our people, Murong Yan should pay some price. In the past few months, in fact, Murong Yan has been sending people to make peace, saying that he was instigated by traitorous ministers to mobilize troops against the Great Sui for a while. He was willing to give 200,000 stone of grain and grass, plus a large number of weapons and armor as compensation. ”

"Phew!"

Chen Dingnan pursed his lips and said, "Those things were originally snatched by him from Pingshang Road. Want to get some of it back now and you're done? ”

"Naturally, not."

Fang explained: "It is not difficult to say that it is not difficult to mobilize troops against Nanyan, but it is actually not easy either. Two-thirds of the territory of Southern Yan is mountainous, and most of the people live on the plains, and those large cities are particularly strong. And if Murong Yan knew that he was invincible and fled into the mountains, it would be difficult to arrest him. So you have to think about it, how to fight, in order to win. ”

"Forced to surrender?"

Liu Xuri thought for a while and said: "You can Chen Bing outside Dali City, forcing Murong Yan to go out of the city and surrender, promising him not to kill, and then killing him when he comes out." ”

"That would be so easy!"

Qin Yuan, the general of the border army, shook his head and said, "The general may not know much about the Nanyan people, and he doesn't know much about Murong Yan. We've been on the sidelines for a long time, and we know this shameless villain best. Murong Yan is cunning and fickle, and he still doesn't trust his courtiers, how can he trust us? If Chen Bing was really outside Dali City, maybe he would have fled to the mountains a long time ago. Nanyan is mountainous, and the mountains are full of jackals, tigers and leopards, and the people of Nanyan know these mountains very well and know where to hide people. But we don't know that if we rush headlong into it, seven or eight times out of ten the damage is not a fight on the battlefield, but because of a lack of understanding of the terrain. ”

Sanjin Hou pondered beside him for a while and said, "I heard that Murong Yan is not very prestigious in Nanyan. Although he was the Emperor of Southern Yan, most of the families in several large cities in the southern part of Yan Kingdom did not obey the dispatch of the Southern Yan Imperial Court...... It is better for the general to send someone to contact those who are dissatisfied with Murong shame and join forces to break it. It can be promised to those families in the south of the Yan Kingdom, and they will not be embarrassed after the destruction of Nanyan. ”

Fang Xie shook his head: "It looks like they don't get along, but at some point, they will have one mind...... If I use troops against Nanyan, although those families in the south of Yan Kingdom are dissatisfied with Murong Yan, they understand a truth better, Murong Yan is still the emperor of Nanyan, and these families are princes. If Murong Yan dies and Nanyan is destroyed, can they still be as free as before? Therefore, it is not easy to rebel against them. ”

Sanjin Hou nodded: "That's true." ”

"Send a master to assassinate?"

He asked again.

Fang Xie was silent for a while and didn't say anything. The people from the Xiao Riding School have not yet come back, and there must be some great cultivators around Murong Yan to protect them. Moreover, Murong Yan himself was the commander of the imperial guards of the Shang State at the beginning, and his own cultivation was enough to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes...... Assassination, one carelessness, may kill a large number of Xiao riding schools and masters.

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At the end of the discussion, no specific charter was agreed. Fang Xie ordered all battalions to be ready to go out at any time, and let everyone go back if they couldn't slack off in drills. The generals thought that it would be easy to fight Nanyan, but the more they discussed, the more they understood why a small country like Nanyan could always exist by the side of the Great Sui, and how could it be as simple as Murong being a vassal?

The terrain of Nanyan is special, with many mountains and few plains. Two-thirds of the country is made up of mountains, large and small, but Nanyan is sparsely populated, so it is not crowded to live on the plains. But as long as there is a war, these people will flock into the mountains to avoid trouble, and outsiders who are not familiar with the terrain will fall into the mountains as if they were stuck in a swamp.

Because of this, Da Sui has not moved Nanyan.

The reason for not moving is that the gains outweigh the losses.

Defeating a small country like Nanyan can still bring down Nanyan even if it is difficult for the Sui army, which has just destroyed the Great Shang. The point is that consuming a large number of elite troops to occupy such a territory is not of much benefit to the Great Sui. It is a little distressing to let the brave and warlike Great Sui soldiers lose in the primeval jungle and steep mountains.

On the battlefield, Nanyan's army was not worth mentioning.

But in Nanyan, the biggest enemy was not the Nanyan army in the first place.

At the beginning, the Great Sui Emperor originally intended to destroy the Shang Kingdom, so he took advantage of the situation to destroy Nanyan as well. But it was precisely because of the detailed consideration that the Great Sui Emperor found that it was far better to kill Nanyan than to keep Nanyan. If Nanyan is kept, Murong Yan will have to donate a large number of materials every year, and if he destroys Nanyan, not to mention the loss, he will also send troops to defend it. Coupled with the fact that Nanyan is adjacent to the primeval jungle inhabited by the Su people, the Su people will not raise their hands to welcome the Sui army.

"After defeating the Su people, the Xiao Riding School sent some people into Nanyan."

Chen Xiaoru said a little stunned: "But Nanyan is too fucking small, there are four big cities in the north of Nanyan, and after these four cities is Dali." At that time, the Xiao Riding School had limited manpower, and there were not many people who sent it. In addition, Murong was afraid of the retaliation of the Black Flag Army, so he ordered the border to be closed, and the four big cities closed the city gates, and the people of the Xiao Riding School could enter but not get out! ”

Qilin scolded beside him: "This Murong Yan can be called a coward enough, it's been so long, and he still hasn't ordered the opening of the city." ”

"He's naturally afraid!"

Chen Xiaoru said: "The people and horses that were easily put together were destroyed by the general in a battle. He knows how powerful our Black Flag Army is, how dare he open the door? But now, we know too little about Nanyan. Even if the people from the Xiao Riding School found out a lot of news over there, they couldn't send it out at all. ”

"Nanyan is small ......"

Fang Xie frowned slightly and said, "To the west is the jungle of the Su people, to the north is the Great Sui, and to the east is the sea...... But there is no waterway to pass through, and if our sailors want to bypass those four cities, they must enter Jiangnan from Luoshui, and then go all the way through the Jiangnan Roads and enter the sea...... Mo said that if you don't go to Jiangnan, even if you can get by, our warships are still smaller, not suitable for sailing on the sea, and the current strength of the naval division is simply not able to do long-distance attacks. ”

"It seems that the only way to send a master to assassinate is to go."

Chen Xiaoru hugged his fists and said: "General, your subordinates can choose a group of masters to pass through the jungle of the Su people and enter Nanyan, so that they will not lose too many people in the jungle by reaching out." Only by assassinating the general defending the city and opening the city gates can the army go all the way south. ”

"Difficult!"

Qin Yuan said: "Not to mention that the primeval jungle is more dangerous, even if you pass through, it won't help if there are fewer people." Everyone knows that Murong is afraid of death, and the guards around him are all masters of collecting from the rivers and lakes. His own cultivation is good, and it is difficult to assassinate him. Besides, those generals who defend the city, travel with troops, if they live in the barracks again, it will be even more difficult. ”

"So there's no way to beat a little Nanyan?"

"Yes, there are ......"

Fang Xie sighed slightly, the firearms battalion was already usable. However, is it worth it to expose the firearms battalion by beating a small Nanyan?

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Chang'an City

Towering above the city walls.

The ironclad general looked at the south with a solemn face.

"Wan Xingchen thought it would make me miserable, he underestimated the abilities of a founding emperor too much. If you don't have the courage and the state of mind to give up everything, how can you have everything? Future generations, as long as they will not be cut off, what is there when some die? Wan Xingchen, you don't know how to make me miserable. My heart...... It wouldn't have hurt a long, long time ago from losing something meaningless. ”

He looked back at the direction of Changchun Garden in Chang'an City.

"As soon as my body recovers, I will lead the army to the south...... In order to revive the Great Sui, the people of the Yang family should pay something. ”

"Send someone to inform Fighting Tiger not to go back to Chang'an City, and ask him to wait for me in Jiangbei Province. Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing are not able to lead the troops effectively, and it is useless to keep them......"