Chapter 1476 Envy and Might
An agreement was reached, and the next day, Lin Feng rewarded Xiong Wu and Li Yuhe!
Xiong Wu was named the king of Chu and got the Iron Coupon Danshu, and the children of him and Li Yuhe were named the Hou Ye!
Lin Feng fulfilled his promise, Xiong Wu and Li Yuhe repented and compromised with Lin Feng. Failed to win more benefits!
Fortunately, Xiong Wu, Li Yuhe promised to help Lin Feng write a letter to recruit Xiong Heng, and the officials and people of Southern Chu never broke their promises.
In the past few days, Xiong Wu, as the emperor of Chu State, has constantly written letters to the Southern Chu monarchs and ministers to recruit Xiong Heng!
At the same time, he personally wrote a surrender document, calling on the soldiers of Southern Chu to either disarm and return to the field, or surrender to the Yan army!
Achieve peace in Yan and Chu, reduce the casualties of Yan and Chu soldiers, restore peace to the land of Chu as soon as possible, and restore the agricultural economy.
When the news came out, the Southern Chu monarchs and ministers, and the people were in an uproar!
Xiong Heng tore up Xiong Wu's letter and angrily accused Xiong Wu of being willing to be a lackey of Yan State, unworthy of being a disciple of the Xiong family, let alone the emperor of Chu State!
not only removed Xiong Wu from the Xiong family tree and Taimiao, but also sent cronies to send daggers to Xiong Wu, hoping that Xiong Wu would apologize for his crimes, so as not to insult the ancestors of the Xiong family!
In the imperial court, many officials agreed with Xiong Heng's approach and angrily reprimanded Xiong Wu!
The dignified monarch of a country, in order to make a living secretly, regardless of dignity, dared to recruit the monarchs and ministers of Southern Chu!
However, in the Southern Chu court, not all officials were dissatisfied with Xiong Wu's actions!
Some officials appreciate Xiong Wu's ability to bend and stretch, think about the people of Chu State, and disregard their own honor and disgrace!
The Chu army, which has been fighting for many years, has long been tired of war, and knows that Southern Chu will be defeated, and the people who have been displaced by the war, have learned of Xiong Wu's recruitment documents!
They all supported Xiong Wu, and soon, some people moved their families to the north!
The situation in the south is turbulent and the minds of the people are determined.
At this time, Lin Feng was not idle!
Taking advantage of Xiong Wu's recruitment of the people of Southern Chu, he secretly sent a dark sword to hype up the policies of Yan State in Southern Chu and slander Xiong Heng's reputation!
By the way, take the opportunity to destroy the official offices, granaries, and armories in Yingcheng!
Quietly weaken the power of Nanchu!
Xiong Heng stole the throne of Xiong Wu, his name was not right, his words were not good, under his governance, the state of Chu did not rise rapidly, but quickly divided!
Northern Chu fought hard and was finally destroyed by the Yan army!
Nanchu is precarious, in danger!
There is secret propaganda by members of the Dark Sword, and in addition, what Xiong Heng did is an ironclad fact, and there are many officials, generals, and ordinary people who call for surrender in Southern Chu and call for Xiong Heng to be killed!
With Xiong Wu's surrender, Lin Feng's strategy spread all over Southern Chu, and in many counties, county guards, and generals either led the troops north to surrender to Yan, or opened the city gates, and when General Yan led the army to come, he presented the official seal and surrendered!
In some places, the generals would rather die than give in, and the people spontaneously migrated, dragged their families with their mouths, and moved to the north!
In just a few days, Feng Yi, Ju Wentai, Hou Mingfeng, Feng Shihu, and Meng Kuo's generals occupied many cities, and many local soldiers were bloodless, and directly led troops into the city!
The territory of Southern Chu is shrinking, the strength is getting weaker and weaker, and the generals who are scattered everywhere have to gather in Yingcheng!
At the same time, under the call of Xiong Wu, even An Ziran and Li Musheng, the Xuanjia soldiers, known as the most powerful legion in Southern Chu, often fled scattered soldiers at night!
However, the place where things have evolved most violently is still the imperial capital of Southern Chu!
In Yingcheng, the dark sword sent back news to Lin Feng that the people in the city were willing to follow Xiong Wu and want to migrate to the north!
Xiong Heng sent troops to suppress it, for fear that the people would open the city gate and bring the Lin Xiao army stationed in Yingcheng into the city!
Xiong Heng strongly suppressed the people in the city and blocked the people from going north!
In this way, the contradiction between the court and the people was made public, and the people became more and more resentful of Xiong Heng, especially those who had men in their families who surrendered to Yan on the battlefield, and they were even more angry with Xiong Heng.
Wuwei City!
When Lin Feng received the news from all directions in Nan Chu, he was simply happy!
Xiong Wu recruited to surrender to Zhuwen, which is worth 100,000 male soldiers!
The turmoil in Southern Chu is when the Yan army swept away the last obstacle!
Within half a month, the Yan army harvested more than ten cities and nearly 100,000 elite soldiers!
The most important thing is that the people of Southern Chu are scattered, and there are many contradictions in Yingcheng, as long as he is willing to lead his troops south, he can go directly to Yingcheng at any time and annex Southern Chu.
"Your Majesty, Xiong Wu's influence in Chu is really not weak, within half a month, the people of Southern Chu are full of contradictions, and their vitality is greatly damaged, at present, Xiong Heng has to put Li Musheng and An Ziran under the elite soldiers, all of whom are shrunk near Yingcheng, hoping that the two legions will contain the King of Jin and ensure the safety of Yingcheng!"
In the handsome tent, Zhang Yu browsed the battle report sent back by Nan Chu, looked excited, and said to Lin Feng quite excitedly!
The effect of the surrender is far beyond what was expected!
The Yan State occupied the territory of Southern Chu, and the Yan army avoided casualties!
It's a delight!
Lin Feng nodded slightly, smiling!
He didn't expect Xiong Wu to personally recruit the officials of Southern Chu, and the people had such a big gain, I'm afraid that Xiong Wu himself didn't expect in advance that he would have such a strong influence and appeal among the people and generals of Southern Chu.
"Recently, the Yan army has gained a lot, but Xiong Hengning will not surrender, and he will send a messenger to humiliate Xiong Wu, there is no need to continue to wait, take advantage of An Ziran, Li Musheng led the troops to gather in Yingcheng, it's time to wave his army south!"
Lin Feng flicked his fingers on the bookcase, his expression calm, and he made his decision.
Hearing this, Zhang Yu immediately stepped forward and hugged his fists and asked: "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the light cavalry under the tent, and the elite blade, rampage south, and go straight to Yingcheng!"
"No!"
Lin Feng shook his head slightly and vetoed Zhang Yu's proposal!
Picked up the seal from the bookcase, threw it to Zhang Yu, and said: "This is the map of Yingcheng drawn by Xiong Wu, you look at it carefully, from this map, we still don't know the defense of Yingcheng, but from the map drawn by Xiong Wu, the city of Yingcheng is very strong, besides, Yingcheng has a wide moat on all sides, cavalry, infantry, insurmountable!"
This makes it twice as difficult for the Yan army to capture Yingcheng, otherwise, according to the ability of the King of Jin, I am afraid that I will conquer Yingcheng as soon as possible, capture Xiong Heng alive, and end the battle ahead of schedule!"
Zhang Yu caught the excerpt, quickly opened it and browsed it in detail, and gradually, his face was melancholy!
When he was young, he said with a shocked expression: "Your Majesty, the defense of Yingcheng is very tight, and it is not easy to capture Yingcheng, even if the mechanical army attacks it, I am afraid that it will still have to pay a heavy price!"
After careful consideration, the last general suggested cutting off the water source of Yingcheng, and trapping Xiong Heng to death in the city, and when the people in the city and the Xuanjia soldiers had no food, we were seizing the city!"
"No!"
Lin Feng waved his hand, got up and said: "Zhang Yu, the Yan army has mobilized the people, and has gone on an expedition from the north of the Yangtze River to the south, in recent years, it has relied on the support of the money and grain plundered from the south, on the other hand, Xiong Heng has already stored a lot of grain in Yingcheng, if the consumption tactics are adopted, the Yan army cannot afford it!"
In addition, in Yingcheng, many people are the families of the Xuanjia soldiers under Xiong Wu's tent, if the Yan army besieges the city, the people are starved to death in Yingcheng, Xiong Wu's Xuanjia soldiers are afraid that they will revolt, and a military disaster is inevitable!"
Zhang Yu heard the sound and lowered his head in contemplation!
At this time, Lin Feng's expression was serious, and he said in a gloomy tone: "If you can't eradicate Xiong Heng, you can only let the internal chaos of Yingcheng.
Zhang Yu passed on my will and told the members of the dark sword hidden in Yingcheng that no matter the officials and nobles in Yingcheng, slaves, someone cut off Xiong Heng's head and sealed the south of the Jiangnan, if the people open the city gate, each person will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and if the city defenders will open the city gate to welcome the Yan army into the city, seal the marquis of a thousand households, and the general of Fenwu will be attacked for generations!"
"Your Majesty, is this okay?" Zhang Yu asked, a little skeptical!
Although there must be brave men under the heavy reward, when Nanchu is facing the disaster of destroying the country, Xiong Heng is bound to strengthen his vigilance and eradicate Xiong Heng, and there is little hope!
Even if there is a rich reward, I am afraid that no one will dare to carry it out, and even if it is executed, it may not be successful!
Lin Feng smiled lightly, patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder, and said loudly: "If you don't try, how can you know that you can't succeed, Xiong Heng usurped Xiong Wu's throne and wanted to kill his officials, people, countless.
At the beginning, everyone was taken by Xiong Heng's power and did not dare to act rashly, but now the Yan army is coming to the city, the court officials, and the people of Yingcheng are complaining about Xiong Heng, which is a good opportunity to assassinate Xiong Heng!"
If Xiong Heng is killed, the officials of Southern Chu and the army are leaderless, and there is Xiong Wu's surrender, the problem of Southern Chu will be solved, and the Yan army will dominate the mountains and rivers of Chu without blood!
If there are people or generals, open the gate of Yingcheng, and the Yan army can easily enter the city, which can still reduce a lot of casualties.
The two-pronged approach, the combination of grace and power, is no better for the Yan army and the Chu army, and can even save the lives of many Yan troops, Chu troops, and innocent people!
The most important thing is that he will easily annex Southern Chu and realize the grand wish of unification, and he can lead the Yan army to return to the dynasty!
In the end, there will be no worries and no effort will be spent to solve the problem of the empress!
Zhang Yu bowed his head, sensing that Lin Feng was full of confidence, no longer hesitated, and said loudly: "The emperor can rest assured, the end will be arranged immediately!"
"Inform the whole army, pull out the village and set off, and at noon, wave the army to the south and march to Yingcheng!" Lin Feng commanded!
"Yes!"
Zhang Yu didn't hesitate, turned around and left quickly!
At noon that day, Lin Feng and Zhang Yu led the male soldiers under their tent and set off towards Yingcheng!
Because of the dark sword, the messenger, and the propaganda in various parts of the Chu State in advance, the Yan army fought against the people, except for attacking the city and conquering the territory, and did not commit any crimes against the people!
Wherever the Yan army passed, although it was not welcomed by the people of Chu, it also did not encounter resistance from the people of Chu!
At this time, in the palace of the Chu State!
Xiong Heng carried a dagger in his arms, a sword at his waist, and looked vigilant!
Since an official reported to him that Lin Feng used the rank of Jiangnan Hou to buy his head, Xiong Heng was in the palace, and he had already hacked two chamberlains and a palace maid to death with a sword!
At this moment, in Xiong Heng's eyes, in the palace, all those who behaved abnormally could assassinate him, cut off his head, and change the position of Jiangnan Candidate in the district!
At the same time, in order to prevent the people in Yingcheng from collaborating with the enemy, Xiong Heng implemented a high-pressure policy in Yingcheng and strictly ordered the people to approach the city gate!
Anyone who dares to talk about chaos in the government and talk about Yan Guo will be imprisoned!
He even mobilized the people to self-monitor, and if they found that someone violated the laws of the imperial court, they would be captured at will, and sent to the government office to even get a reward!
Under the pressure, the atmosphere in Yingcheng is terrifying!
At this time, someone crawled into the palace, his face was pale and panting: "Emperor, Emperor..."
"What's wrong again?"
Xiong Heng said impatiently!
"Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan is here with troops!"
(End of chapter)