Chapter 112: Wanting to destroy the national fortune of the Chu State
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Keju is a good game for the soldiers of the country, no soldier of the country will not play the game, since the entry into Dengcheng, the Keju field has been held since the Juju field has been held innumerable, from the beginning of the Wei and the Korean soldiers to fight each other, to later Wei Zheng organized the Chu people to join it, and also allowed the people to enter for free to watch, the Keju competition soon in Dengcheng out of control.
At this moment, the two teams that are fighting are from the team of the guards and the team of the Chu people in Dengcheng, and tens of thousands of people came to the Keju field to watch this confrontation, and the whole venue was full of people, so it was not lively.
Wei Zheng observed this confrontation in the north and south side of the Keju field, the huge venue accommodated more than 30,000 people of Dengcheng Chu and the soldiers of the coalition army, it can be described as a sea of people, the people of Dengcheng are not only because of the wonderful and exciting Keju competition, but also because they learned that Wei Zheng also came to the Keju field to observe, the local people want to take advantage of this rare opportunity to pay homage to the monarch of the country and see his style, especially those who are grateful to the slaves, because Wei Zheng's arrival deposed the subordinate system, These slaves all saw him as a savior.
Today, Deng Cheng has not only returned to the quiet life before the war, but the lives of the local people are even more satisfactory than before the arrival of the coalition army. Although the guards were awe-inspiring, they were indeed at peace with the people, did not loot the people's fat and ointment, did not disturb the people, etc., and over time, the local people no longer had any resistance to those elite soldiers who went in and out of the city in groups, let alone fear, but there were countless 1,000 people who were still affiliated with peasants, officials and slaves to organize the labor army, which can be said to have won the hearts of the people.
Not only that, when there was no war in the army, the soldiers of the coalition army, under the organization of Wei Zheng, would often send 10,000 to 20,000 people to help the people work hard and renovate their houses, which was simply incredible to the people of Dengcheng.
Because of this, after the people of Dengcheng learned that the monarch of the country was going to come to the Keju field to observe this confrontation and have fun with the people, they all squeezed their heads and entered the venue to see the demeanor of this "benevolent monarch".
On the seat of the north wall, Wei Zheng held the Dajue and tasted the wine carefully, staring at the "Wei Chu Competition" on the Keju field, and then looked around at the crowd of people in the audience and smiled in his heart.
What can be met is that the Chu State lost Nanyang County and became the biggest loser, this land was allocated to South Korea, of course Wei Zheng could not break his word, but in recent days, by starting to govern Nanyang, Wei Zheng could not take away this land, but also collected and took away the hearts of the people of Nanyang Chu.
Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world! This is an eternal truth.
Just when Wei Zheng was happily watching the friendly match on the Keju field, a soldier wearing fine armor walked to Meng Ben's side, Meng Ben suddenly looked shocked, and then his face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly came to Wei Zheng's side and whispered to him.
"What?" Wei Zheng glanced at Meng Ben, and after a while, he got up in response, patted Wei Yi beside him on the shoulder and said, "Go back to the camp——! Other...... Meng Ben summoned you to the generals to enter the military meeting immediately. ”
A quarter of an hour later, Wei Yi, Meng Ben and other generals in the royal tent and their Korean generals such as the Korean Storm Kite all stood silent under the tent, and everyone looked at Wei Zheng, who was speechless, and the latter was pacing back and forth in front of the throne, looking at the secret letter of the dossier in his hand without saying a word.
The letterhead said: "On the white play, my king and Weichen sit in Jiangdong, the cornerstone of the hegemony of the town. Bai Qi had failed the king's order, and made a vain decision at the beginning of this spring, the Tibetans were barbaric in the mountains, and they led the three armies and abandoned the Jiangdong county, and went north with their troops, and wiped out the enemy's water division at Zhonggukou, and led more than 70,000 of my foot soldiers to land on the shore and raise the army to the north, intending to join the Song army and fight a decisive battle with the enemy. Today, when our army is heading north, along the way, it has pulled out cities, broken bridges, destroyed roads, and evicted the people, cutting off the logistics supply of the main force of the 300,000 Chu army in Zhaoguan, and making it fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness......"
When Wei Zheng saw half of the content of the letterhead, he hurriedly walked to the map, swept his eyes at the Jianghuai East County of Chu State, and then looked at Bai Qi's secret letter, and suddenly, the generals in the king's tent saw Wei Zheng's unscrupulous laughter.
The generals of the coalition army all looked at each other, but they didn't say a word, but they were very curious.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Wu'an Jun's soldiers went out of Jiangdong, poured their nests north, destroyed the Chu army's water division, and successfully joined forces with the Song army in the area of Juchao and Feiling." Wei Zheng, who had never lost his smile, immediately raised the letterhead in his hand and said: "Wu Anjun asked for orders in the letter, and gathered another 250,000 soldiers for him. ”
"Two hundred and fifty thousand??" Meng Ben exclaimed with wide eyes.
Another general said incredulously: "If you want to gather twenty-five troops, you have to do whatever it takes, Wu Anjun, what is this going to do?" ”
The Song army is 100,000, Bai Qi's existing 70,000, plus 250,000, there is an army of more than 400,000, which is even more rare. Everyone was shocked, what did Wu Anjun mean?
Wei Yi in the king's tent couldn't help but look at the map, his eyes suddenly lit up after thinking about it, and he couldn't help but say in amazement: "Wu Anjun intends to use this battle with 400,000 troops to destroy the Chu national fortune, and wants to destroy the 300,000 Chu army in Dongjun, so that the country will no longer have the strength to go north, and from then on lie in the south of the Yangtze River and tremble." After a pause, he continued: "If the last general is not mistaken, Wu Anjun's strategy is to concentrate the superior troops, encircle them, besiege them for a long time, and become tired soldiers when the enemy's food and grass are exhausted. ”
Wei Yi was even more excited after speaking, the main force of the 300,000 Chu army, such a sky-covering heroism, worthy of the world's mighty Wu Anjun, actually wants to leave the 300,000 Chu army in Dongjun forever, if the 300,000 Chu army is broken here, the Chu State will not die, the national fortune has died, even if it is powerless to dare to peep into the Central Plains, from now on it can only seek self-preservation, and there is no longer the power to fight for hegemony, the fertile land of Jianghuai East County for thousands of miles is at your fingertips, and there is no need to worry that the Chu State will raise troops to recover the lost land in the future.
At this time, Wei Zheng was also in great spirits, and he was also very surprised, he didn't expect Bai Qi to have such courage, he didn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, and decisively gave up defending Jiangdong, not caring about the Chu army occupying it, but going north to encircle and annihilate the main force of the 300,000 Chu army in Zhaoyang. Obviously, Wei Zheng already knew Bai Qi's strategic intentions, as long as this force was destroyed, the state of Chu would be weakened from now on, and Jiangdong would also be lost and regained.
At the end, everyone faced the monarch, Wei Zheng looked at the map again, according to the content of Bai Qi's letterhead, at this moment, the main force of the 300,000 Chu army in Zhaoyang has been trapped in Zhaoguan, and the road to the west must pass through Feiling and Juchao, which has been guarded by the Wei and Song coalition forces of Bai Qi's department, and the road to retreat west has been cut off, and the army of Bai Qi's department is deeply interspersed in the central nest and Feiling of Dongjun, which will also mean that the grain and grass transported from the land of Jianghan in Chu to Zhaoguan will not be sent to Zhaoyang, and will only be intercepted by the Wei and Song coalition forces. Come as much as you want, stay as much as you want.
The road to retreat to the west has been cut off, and the Chu army in Zhaoguan wants to successfully break through, so it can only go by land and water, but at this time the lower reaches of the Yangtze River are indeed guarded by the Jiangdong Naval Division led by Yao You, although the Jiangdong Naval Division of Yao You's department is only 30,000 in scale, and the Chu army stationed in Zhaoguan is ten times that of them in terms of soldiers, but with the destruction of the Chu Army's naval division, the Jiangdong Naval Division guards the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River, which could have been used as a water retreat, has become a dead end for 300,000 Chu army foot soldiers to retreat south.
Suddenly, the Chu army, which was originally on the offensive, turned isolated.
In the end, everyone faced the monarch, Wei Zheng thought about it, no longer hesitated, and ordered: The army is divided and withdrawn from Dengcheng.
At this point, the coalition forces were separated, and Wei Zheng led 150,000 cavalry to withdraw from Nanyang County, leaving Storm Kite and his Han army to guard Dengcheng, and by the way, the previous promise was fulfilled, and Nanyang County was assigned to Korean rule.
Ten days later, the army returned to the capital, and the first thing Wei Zheng did when he returned to Chaoge immediately issued an edict, mobilized the entire Weiguo with the strength of the country, and began to gather troops to point the generals and open the treasury mansion, and in any case, the twenty-five major armies must be gathered and handed over to Bai Qi, the 300,000 Chu army, no matter what, must be eaten, this is the foundation to ensure the occupation of thousands of miles of Jianghuai East County of Chu State, if this 300,000 is returned, within two years, the Chu army will inevitably invade the territory, and the land of Jianghuai will not be peaceful at that time.
If you want to fight, you will completely destroy all the national fortunes of the Chu State, so that it will be out of the Warring States from now on.
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