Chapter 60: Chu Annihilation

The soldiers of the Chu army knew that defeat was a foregone conclusion, and even the Great Chu Emperor Lin Shihong was killed, and the rest of the people were still tossing. After Zhang Yu killed Lin Shihong, he led 2,000 cavalry to attack the rebellious army, and those who resisted, or the Chu soldiers who could not dodge, were killed at the beginning. The Chu army fled one after another, or surrendered on their knees.

The momentum of the cavalry was amazing, and the chaotic army that was rushing forward turned its head and ran back, crowded with the Chu army in the rear.

At this time, tens of thousands of infantry of the Sui army pressed over from several directions, and the formation advanced neatly, forming a huge encirclement.

With the Sui army besieged on all sides, the Chu army was compressed together.

"Abandon your weapons and don't kill! Kneel and don't kill! Surrender or kill! ”

The soldiers of the Sui army shouted while rushing, the Chu army had been besieged to the death, there was no way to escape, and in the face of the powerful Sui army, the frightened Chu soldiers could only abandon their weapons and surrender.

With the death of Lin Shihong, the war has come to an end. The soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army began to collect and surrender prisoners under Yugan City, almost nearly 20,000 people.

Lu Chang ordered part of the army to take prisoners and stay them for later to digest slowly.

Yu Gan Chengcheng was busy with these messy things, and the time was not early, and the army rested all night.

Early the next morning, Lu Chang led the army to march into Yuzhang City.

At this time, the short-lived court in Yuzhangcheng probably knew that their emperor Lin Shihong had died, and the 60,000 troops of the Chu army had been wiped out. In a few months, the Great Chu State was short-lived, and hundreds of thousands of them were wiped out by the Sui army.

In just a few months, it can develop to more than 100,000 troops, and I have to say that the fecundity of this Chu State Lin Shihong is very strong, but unfortunately, he met Lu Chang.

The remnants of the Chu State in Yuzhang City were in a panic, but they heard that the Xiaoguo army was marching towards Yuzhang City. These remnants of the imperial court officials panicked like headless flies, and the rebellion failed, this is not an ordinary crime, it is a capital crime of killing the head! So, they were busy fleeing.

Most of the people ran to the south, and many of them originally came from the south to join Lin Shihong, thinking that they had come to the Great Chu State to establish Conglonggong.

By the time the Sui army arrived in Yuzhang City, the army and the imperial court here were almost gone. At this point, the newly established state of Chu has been wiped out.

Lu Chang, who received the news halfway through, immediately ordered Zhang Yu to lead the cavalry and 20,000 troops to pursue to the south, asking them to bite the tail of the fleeing army, and the infantry followed behind, and all the counties they passed through were in hand, waiting for the city defense army to take over.

The city defense army is composed of soldiers who cannot continue to participate in the army, and in this war with Lin Shihong, although the soldiers of the Sui army are not very dead, there are many wounded soldiers, and Lu Chang must make proper arrangements.

However, these people still need to recuperate from their wounds and cannot be immediately replenished to the city defense army. What to do? Then draw out the nearby city defense army, follow the army south, and let these soldiers take over the vacated positions.

Lu Chang also sent the civil official Cao Minghui to follow the Xiaoguo army all the way south with the holy decree of the Great Sui Emperor to implement Lu Chang's plan to expand his territory.

Lu Chang had already premeditated, and during the war, he could have sent an army to destroy Yuzhang City first. However, he did not do this, but gave the remnants of the Chu State in Yuzhang City a chance to flee for their lives. Wherever they ran, Lu Chang's army chased them and occupied these places.

Nima, so cunning!

The remnants of the Chu State fled in the direction of Pingxiang and fled all the way to Ganzhou, and Zhang Yu had to chase them down in two ways.

In front of them were cavalrymen clinging to the tails of the deserters, and behind them were infantry and city defenders following in unison. Wherever they passed, occupy the city and let the city defense army take over.

From Yuzhang all the way south, it was quite smooth, and the officials in various places obeyed the holy decree, and all the soldiers in each county were all taken under the ownership of the Xiaoguo army, leaving the city defense army to garrison, and the Xiaoguo army continued to go south.

However, when the army led by Zhang Yu crossed the Wuling, it was blocked by the local army of the Sui Dynasty.

The generals of the Sui Dynasty, Zhang Zhenzhou and Wang Renshou, and Ning Changzhen, the Taishou of Ningyue County, heard that an army had invaded the border, and immediately led troops to block it, and the two armies formed a confrontation in Lingnan.

The Xiaoguo army did not attack rashly, but waited for the arrival of the civilian official Cao Minghui. If the Holy Decree arrives and the other party still wants to block it, then this battle is inevitable.

Two days later, the civilian official Cao Minghui hurried in and read the decree in front of the two armies.

Zhang Zhenzhou, Wang Renshou and Ning Changzhen were also smart, and they did not resist the will of the Great Sui Emperor and expressed their willingness to belong to Lu Chang.

Pull the banner and make a tiger skin! If these Sui officials did not obey the order, it would be a rebellion, and the army led by Zhang Yu justifiably went to war against them.

Lu Chang's army occupied Yuzhang City, and the first thing he did was to send troops to surround several large households in Yuzhang City. Arrest people, raid homes, confiscate family property, and start settling accounts after the autumn.

Lu Chang only targets big households, and small fish and shrimp are not enjoyable. Large families have a lot of wealth and land, and Lu Chang urgently needs land.

Many of the soldiers of the Xiaoguo Army he gathered were from poor families, and they all wrote letters to their families asking them to move to Jiangnan. Shen Yuzhen, the leader of the Red Pink Gang, sent ships from the Giant Kun Gang to deliver the letters, and it wasn't long before someone arrived in Jiangnan.

Therefore, Lu Chang attaches more importance to land.

The rest of the land will be pooled and let those wounded soldiers form a unified management of the Tuntian soldiers.

Tuntian is a long-term strategy, and Lu Changhui will implement it from beginning to end. In the era of farming, food is very important, with food society will be stable, with food, Lu Chang is not afraid of people making trouble, and firmly grasp the initiative.

Of course, these big families are also quite wronged, and if they want to save their lives, they have to sponsor Lin Shihong, which is also a helpless thing.

Of course Lu Chang knows these things, but there is no reason to talk about them in troubled times, and some people will always be sacrificed during the period of changing dynasties.

Thousands of years of feudalism have come through like this, and the establishment of a political regime cannot survive without being gentle. The most direct and efficient means of fighting local tyrants and dividing the land is the most efficient.

Although Lu Chang's methods are despicable, they are reasonable, at least he has evidence. Some of the members of the Giant Kun Gang had already lurked in Yuzhang City to investigate the information, and they exposed those big families who funded the rebels, so that the people of Yuzhang City were convinced.

Even if he is not satisfied, it is still the world of the Great Sui Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with Lu Chang's reputation. Therefore, Lu Chang took bold action.

As for the properties in the palace of Chu State, there were not many in the first place, but it was Lin Shihong's concubines who gave Lu Chang a headache.

To say that the appearance is definitely good, but it is still a little short of Lu Chang's standard. It's a pity to throw it away, after all, it's the concubine of Lin Shihong, the emperor of Chu State.

As soon as his eyes rolled to Lu Chang's idea, he decided to reward these concubines to his subordinates.

Zhang Yu didn't want it, Xiong Kuohai looked at these women and shook his head directly, and said: "This kind of woman doesn't resist my Xiong Kuohai's tossing, I don't want it." ”

The majestic sea is not wanted, but Xin Wen next to him is anxious, and his eyes have been staring at these concubines.

"Xin Wen, these women will be handed over to a few of you, pay attention, no contradictions, or you will draw lots, understand?"

Xin Wen, Xu Zhi, Song Hui, Gong Chen, Dong Ren and other generals heard that the general had rewarded these women to them, and the saliva in their mouths couldn't help but flow down, where was there any reason not to agree?

"No, General. The subordinates will definitely not have contradictions. ”

Yes, Lin Shihong's concubines were divided up by Lu Chang's subordinates.