Chapter 455: The Situation in the State of Chu

Qu Mu hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, it is difficult for Qu Mu to agree to such harsh conditions now. For the conditions proposed by the king, the only thing Qu Mu can answer at present is that Qu Mu needs to return to China and discuss with the king before he can give the king a doctor."

Yang Zilu had long expected that Qu Mu would not agree, Yang Zilu nodded very happily and said, "This is natural, the hard work of Dr. Qu has taken a trip."

Yang Zilu said very politely, no one could have imagined that the two were still-for-tat a moment ago, eager to draw their swords and stab each other, but now it is such a harmonious atmosphere. I have to say that politics is compromise, even if it is to kill one's father and enemy, even if it is groveling when necessary, it must be done.

After Qu Mu left, Zigong followed behind Yang Zilu, stepped out of the carriage, hesitated for a moment, Zigong couldn't help it after all, and asked, "Lord, why do you make such a demanding request?" It is impossible for the king of Chu to agree to come down, does the lord still want to continue the war, and he is willing to stop the pace of attack until the state of Chu is destroyed? ”

"Don't you even think that the widows are incapable of destroying the Chu State?" Yang Zilu asked indifferently.

Zigong hesitated for a moment and did not speak.

Yang Zilu glanced sideways at Zigong behind him, and encouraged: "If you want to say anything, just say it, is the widow still the kind of monarch who pulls out and cuts off his head if you say the wrong thing?" It's just someone else, Zigong, don't you know that the widow has always advocated being punished for his words? ”

Zigong then said: "The minister said something unkind, now the land occupied by the lord is very vast, although in the name of Bai Gongsheng, the troops of the Chu State are relatively peaceful, but now the lord knows how many soldiers you still have?" If you continue to fight, you will be reckless."

"Although you haven't reported the widow yet, the widow also knows that there will not be more than 40,000 people, and as for the reckless army, it will be too much" Yang Zilu was very calm, obviously he was not completely unaware of this problem.

"The situation should be more serious than you think, Lord, there are many cities to be garrisoned, and there are wounded soldiers and dead soldiers. So far, if the Lord wants to cross the water to the west, he will probably only be able to use about 30,000 troops. Among them, 10,000 people were selected by the Lord to surrender the Chu army and form a mixed army. If you do more, you can only completely hand over the troops of the Chu State to control," Zigong said with a wry smile.

Yang Zilu turned around, stared at Zigong and said, "The widow knows what you mean, and I hope the widow will accept it when he sees it." But Zigong, I'm afraid you don't realize one thing, the widow is now occupying more than half of the territory of Chu, and Chu is in trouble at home and abroad. But the foundation of the state of Chu is still there, and this foundation is in the Han River and the Yangtze River basin. Since the establishment of the Chu State, this is the old nest of the Chu State. How many years? After more than 400 years of operation, as long as this land is still in the hands of the Chu people, the Chu State can decline, but there is still a foundation for Zhongxing. ”

Zigong still didn't agree with Yang Zilu's thoughts, frowned and said, "But as the lord said, this is the foundation of the Chu State, can the lord control this land?" Aren't you afraid that Shi begging them, with the support of this land, has the strength to break away from the Han Kingdom? ”

"Who said that the widow should have complete control over this land?" Yang Zilu asked rhetorically.

As soon as these words came out, Zigong was immediately a little confused.

Yang Zilu explained with a smile: "Baipu is a country, only they are willing to submit to the widows, the widows can allow them to establish a country, and cut a few pieces of land north of the Yangtze River to them, so why not give them the country of Ba, the widows can give Yiling and the land west of Yiling to the country of Ba." It is not impossible to give up even more land, so that the Pakistanis can open up a way to control the land. In the future, this is the way for the Widow Han Iron Army to enter Bashu. ”

When Zigong heard this, he showed a thoughtful look.

Yang Zilu continued: "As for the Qin State, including Yan Ling, the land north of Yan Ling will be given to them, and even more can be Chu State is too big The widow didn't want to swallow it in one bite, and now the Chu State is like a cake, oh not like a fish, how good it is."

Zigong thought for a while and said, "Isn't that not good?" These lands were given to other countries, and Pakistan was just that, and our Han did not form an alliance with him. But according to the Lord's thinking, the Qin State and Baipu will form an alliance, and the time for us to start in the future is fast, that is, to attack the allies. The time to start is slow, and I am afraid that both countries have already digested these lands almost to the end. And whether you can get it back is also a problem. ”

Yang Zilu said calmly: "Digestion? After they conquered, could they compare with the rule that the Chu State had consolidated day after day for more than 400 years? Besides, who says you can't attack your allies in a short time? At the beginning, the relationship between the Qin State and the Jin State was so good that people used the idiom of Qin and Jin to smile and have a close relationship. Jin Xianggong's mother-in-law is still the daughter of Qin Mugong, but it is the grandson of Jin Xianggong, who caused tens of thousands of Qin troops to die on the Kun Mountain in the Battle of Kun, but only three soldiers were able to go back. Now the relationship between the widow and the Qin State and the Baipu State is not as good as the relationship between the Qin State and the Jin State at the beginning, and the grandson of the Duke of Jin Xianggong can start with the grandfather, and the widow and the Duke of Qin are not as close as the relationship between the two countries of Qin and Jin at the beginning, why can't the widow start? The excuse for sending troops is even easier, but it just looks like you don't have the determination to send troops Baipu is a small country, it is not necessary to send troops to attack, you can use soft means, just like the country of Yi, let a doctor from my Han country go to Baipu as an executive, it is not necessary to control the power from the beginning, it can be infiltrated slowly. If the monarch of Baipu dares to disagree, it will not be too late for my Han Kingdom to send troops at that time."

Speaking of this, Yang Zilu paused, and then said: "As for whether they can get it in their hands, in terms of widows, whether it is the Ba State, Baipu, or the Qin Army, which is currently in a strong position, they are not comparable to the Chu State. Even the state of Chu, which the vassal states of the Central Plains had been helpless since Duke Huan of Qi, was destroyed. Are you still afraid that you won't be able to get the land that originally belonged to the widow from the hands of the three countries of Qin? ”

Listening to Yang Zilu's domineering words, Zigong smiled bitterly: "The lord's words make sense, but the back is not faithful enough. Don't let the Master hear this, or the Lord will have to preach for a while."

Yang Zilu shrugged and said, "Master is a saint, but saints are always so idealistic. Zigong, don't learn from the master, the master will teach people, don't expect him to make a country strong."

Although Zigong didn't agree with Yang Zilu's words, Yang Zilu was his lord in the end, and the master was the master he respected, so Zigong had to keep his mouth shut about it.

Yang Zilu went to Xia Weicheng to rest for two days, and then ordered Zigong to organize 50,000 Chu troops to build a straight road from Xia Weicheng to Baiju, and Baiju to the Huai River. This straight road is different from the usual construction until, this straight road Yang Zilu is ready to let the soldiers tamp the soil first, and then lay mud bricks on the soil, and pave the gravel road or bluestone slabs on the mud bricks depending on the situation.

The width of the straight should be at least four zhang wide, allowing three four-horse carriages to travel side by side, and there are drainage channels on both sides of the straight. After the construction of this straight road, a straight road will also be built on Lujiang County, which is about to be established, through Zhaoguan and directly to Guangling. After the completion of the construction of the straight road, it will greatly strengthen Yang Zilu's control over the newly occupied land. Once a rebellion breaks out there, not only can the news reach Yang Zilu faster, but Yang Zilu can send soldiers to the place of rebellion more quickly to quell the rebellion.

This is still at the political level, as the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. After the straight road is repaired, it will be able to better promote the commodity trade in the Yangtze River basin and the Huai River basin, and once the goods are circulated, the people will become richer.

However, Zigong strongly opposed Yang Zilu's plan to build a straight road, why? There is no money, especially now that he is ready to continue the war with the Chu State, there are some bits and pieces of food, weapons, forage, tents, clothes, etc., all of which cost money, and there is a lot of it.

However, Yang Zilu still decided to build the road, but he couldn't take it from the treasury, so he took out a large amount of money himself. Where did the money come from? Of course, it was not earned by Yang Zilu himself, but thanks to Gou Jian, an exploitative expansion strength, after the fall of Pengyi, the money was cheaper than Yang Zilu. It just happened that it hadn't been put into the treasury yet, and Zigong couldn't even if he wanted to include this money in his military spending. Of course, it is not enough to rely on Goujian, and the straight road knows that it will cost a lot of money just by looking at the project.

For the sake of money, Yang Zilu's eyes rolled and he thought about it. It didn't take long to get the information that Yang Zilu wanted, and Yang Zilu immediately sent troops to arrest several Chu State doctors who were corrupt and perverted the law nearby. There is no extermination, but it is similar to extermination, not to mention the confiscation of wealth, and the whole family, regardless of gender, is pulled to build roads.

Yang Zilu's killing spree immediately frightened the officials of the Chu State who were going to take advantage of the chaos of the current situation immediately broke out in a cold sweat one by one, thinking that Yang Zilu had made an example of the chicken. Of course, don't say that Yang Zilu is just an unintentional move, even if Yang Zilu really comes to make an example of chickens. It is impossible to make the officials of the Chu State not to be corrupt, but the officials of the Chu State have at least reined in, and they are not as blatant as before, and the intensity of corruption has been greatly weakened.

Originally, Yang Zilu's matter was over, but Yang Zilu didn't expect that his move would also intimidate the officials of the Han Kingdom, and even a doctor was on the table, to the effect that Yang Zilu's move was too much, and that corruption could not be stopped, and officials would inevitably have personal contacts, and it was difficult to say that this was corruption. For these lords, they should be lightly punished, and they should not be so ruthless as their whole clan. The words simply imply that corruption has existed since ancient times, and it cannot be forbidden, so the Lord should not waste his strength.

Yang Zilu didn't know what this doctor thought, in the end he was one of the corrupt people, lest he be caught in pigtails and die a miserable death in the future. It is not known whether they were instigated or instigated.

Yang Zilu just added a comment under the fold, and asked people to bring the fold there and send it back there. And Yang Zilu's criticism is written like this: People always die once, since they are so sick, don't treat them, anyway, late death and late death are the same. Isn't it the same as corruption and perverting the law?

As soon as Yang Zilu's criticism came out, he was immediately frightened that the doctors who were also going to knock on the side of the table put all the written folds into the fire and burned them. Don't look at Yang Zilu's words as if he was discussing whether corruption should be rectified, Yang Zilu has actually hinted that he has raised the butcher's knife. Once you are on the table, let alone directly agree, even if you imply that you agree with Yang Zilu's words, Yang Zilu will immediately raise the butcher knife for you to let you know how powerful Yang Zilu is.

For Yang Zilu, the iron-blooded monarch, once he made up his mind, the doctor of the Han Kingdom did not dare to say half a word.

Not to mention, Yang Zilu's rectification, the officialdom of the Han Kingdom and Eastern Chu has been eliminated, and the politics have become a lot clearer.

But at this time, Yang Zilu no longer had the heart to pay attention to these. Because in September, Yang Zilu finally sent troops, and he did not wait for Qu Mu's reply. In fact, Qu Mu, a nerd, didn't know what Yang Zilu meant, if Ye Gong, Shen Baoxu and others came, as soon as they heard Yang Zilu's conditions, they knew that Yang Zilu was not here to seek peace, but to fight.

Because seeking harmony is negotiation, I am not afraid that you will make a price in the sky, but I am afraid that you will not pay back the money. After knowing Qu Mu's reply, Ye Gong told King Chu Hui about the Tao in it, and King Chu Hui also extinguished his desire to make peace.

Although it is said that the heart of seeking peace has been extinguished, with the current situation of Chu State, it is called powerless for Yang Zilu's attack.

Yang Zilu took a boat from Xia Wei and went north to Lishui. The reason why he didn't go down the Yangtze River was because Yun Mengze and Yang Zilu of Chu had the urge to send someone to fill in Yun Mengze. Yun Mengze is not without water, but one is deep and one is shallow, and there are places where you look like solid soil, but if you step on it, the coffin will be directly saved. Why? Because the people are buried in the swamp, it is superfluous to bring the coffin.

Gossip is not mentioned, but let's get down to business. Yang Zilu took a boat to Zhendi (now Yingcheng, Hubei), which was very important because it was the transition period between the central Hubei hills and the Han Plain. To put it bluntly, there are still a few hills here that can be used as obstacles, but beyond the land is the Han Plain, which is unobstructed.

Before Yang Zilu came, he was ready to fight for the last game. Ye Gong did the same, and sent a general named Jingziqi to lead the 5,000 Chu army to collect distant soldiers and station them in the area.

Although this Jingziqi is surnamed Jing, it is actually a branch of the royal family, responsible for sacrificing ancestors and managing the royal family, all of which are composed of Qu, Jing, and Zhao, and their ancestors are all sons of the king of Chu. Although he is not surnamed Xiong, he is no different from his surname Xiong.

But the idea is good, but the reality is cruel, although the convergence along the way, plus the soldiers in the land, Jingziqi got more than 11,000 soldiers of the Chu army, and the city of the land as a support. But Jing Ziqi knows his own family affairs, and more than 11,000 people are not small, but they are all old and weak soldiers, and the elite ones are all transferred to the front line, or Zai Ying, how can it be in his hands.

In Jing Ziqi's view, the reinforcements of the Chu State were counted on. It seems that to fight is to wait for death, and there is no possibility of victory at all. And the longer the Han army dragged on, the more brutal the Han army's retaliation would be after attacking the territory.

So Jing Ziqi made a realistic choice, Yang Zilu has not yet gotten off the boat. Incorrectly, Jing Ziqi directly sent an envoy to wait for the Han army to arrive on the dock, and as soon as the Han army arrived, the people sent by Jing Ziqi immediately shouted surrender and handed over the surrender letter. The speed of surrender is worthy of the Guinness Book of Records. Of course, Jingziqi's surrender is surrender, but it is not a surrender to the Han State, and the surrender letter names the new monarch of Eastern Chu to eat.

Yang Zilu didn't care, surrendering Gongzi Shi was not the same as surrendering himself. Yang Zilu left a few hundred people to garrison the site. Let Jing Ziqi lead 11,000 Chu troops to open the way.

Along the way, the cities of Chu saw that Jingziqi also surrendered, and Jingziqi took away many of their soldiers defending the city. Even if you want to defend the city, it is just to die, so most of the Chu officials chose to surrender, but there are still one or two heads that show off, and Yang Zilu doesn't care. Let Jing Ziqi lead the surrendered Chu army to attack, and the Han army will press the formation behind.

There were 4,000 casualties, but all of them were surrendered by the Chu State. Of course, it is impossible to let the horses run and not let the horses graze. Yang Zilu has been very generous in place of Gongzi Shi to appoint Jing Ziqi as the general of Chu State and the right Sima, and seal 300 households in Shiyi. Jing Ziqi was so happy that he seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, and he didn't care about the 4,000 casualties.

It took only ten days, and the Han army had advanced from Lishui to the east bank of the Han River, a small city on the bank of the Hanshui River, where Ruomu City was stationed. After crossing the Han River from here, it is Quanxian County.

Quan County is located in the north of Zaiying, and it is about two days away from Zaiying. This is not the biggest problem, Zai Ying himself does not rely on Quan County to defend the Han army. The biggest problem is that Quanxian County has been captured. Zaiying will sever ties with the existing northern counties of Chu such as Yan Ying and Yexian. Therefore, Yang Zilu's capture of Quanxian County is equivalent to beheading the Chu State.

Although it is said that this halving cannot be compared with beheading a person, it is guaranteed that the Chu State will definitely perish. But it was enough for Chu Guo, who was already in a bad situation, to drink a pot, which made his situation even more unbearable.

Even when they heard that the Han army had come to Ruomu City, the Baipu coalition army also shouted the slogan of attacking Zaiying. And their previous slogan was nothing more than the restoration of the country. But the generals of the Baipu coalition army are not stupid, knowing that their biggest enemy now may not be the state of Chu, but the Han army that is about to cross the Han River. The attitude of the Han army is very important, if the Han army is friendly to them, they can truly restore the country. If the Han army is not friendly to them, then they will have to fight the Han army, and after victory, they can achieve their goal.

For the latter, not many people in the Baipu coalition army were optimistic, and they took advantage of the Han army to succeed in the rebellion. The Baipu people did not have much confidence to defeat the Han army. After getting the news, he immediately sent someone to Ruomu City to strive for friendly coexistence with Han, even if he became a vassal of Han, he didn't need to ask him, he could completely agree.

PS: 5,000 words, I don't know if there is a second update, it depends on the situation.

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