Chapter 347 Dongchu Hidden Dangers

When Yang Zilu came to Liuxian, although he was extremely tired both mentally and physically, the current situation did not allow him to rest. Yang Zilu immediately summoned the original county Yin of the six counties, and the current county order is Chen.

"What's going on right now?" Yang Zilu couldn't care about being polite, and asked straight to the point.

Du Chen is an old man of nearly fifty, with a bitter gourd face, and when he heard Yang Zilu's question, his already bitter face was even more bitter, as if he was dead. Whole. Home. said: "Hanhou, the situation is not optimistic"

When Yang Zilu heard this, he immediately scolded: "The widow also knows that he is not optimistic, so you tell the widow how many troops Goujian has, and where he arrives." ”

Seeing Yang Zilu scolding, Du Chen immediately shrank his head, but he didn't say much, nodded and said: "Yes, now the Vietnamese army is divided into two roads, one is Chao County, and it is under the command of the thief, there are about 5,000 people. It did not move, presumably to prevent the army of your country at Chao Pass from attacking the flank of the Vietnamese army. The other road was led by Fan Li, the general of the Yue Kingdom, with about 10,000 people. Originally, the army that attacked Yongpu was led by Fan Li, when Fan Li only had 7,000 people, Fan Li attacked Yongpu in the north, and went north to Chaoxian County to join the thief of Goujian. After resting for a day in Chao County, he divided his troops with Gou Jian and set off towards Shu County. In Chaoxian County, Goujian supplemented him with some soldiers, and this is only 10,000 people. Now Fan Li is leading the 10,000 Vietnamese army to storm Shu County, and fortunately, Shu County is still in our hands. ”

Yang Zilu was surprised when he heard this, he remembered that there were not many soldiers and horses in Shu County. Plus these people have all surrendered once, let them surrender again, there shouldn't be much psychological burden, how can they hold it?

Seeing the puzzled look on Yang Zilu's face, Du Chen replied: "Hanhou is strange, how can Shu County hold it?" ”

Yang Zilu didn't hide it, nodded his head very directly and said: "With your character, if you don't have enough troops, it's not bad to abandon Shu County, even if Shu County surrenders to Goujian, it's not surprising that there are no people." Could it be that the county commander of Shu County is a general, and he can withstand Fan Li's attack? ”

Du Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "This Hanhou is a bit straightforward, we are not so unbearable." ”

"Isn't it?" What Yang Zilu said is not polite, and in Yang Zilu's opinion, there is no need to be polite. Because the reason why these people surrendered to Yang Zilu was that most of them went to the name of Bai Gongsheng. Therefore, in Yang Zilu's opinion, in the future, at least most of these people will be banned by the officials of the Han State, so there is no need to give them any face, let alone how to win them over, of course, with the exception of ability.

Du Chen said abruptly: "Hanhou is really a gentleman and a true gentleman."

The corners of Yang Zilu's mouth twitched, and he didn't care about Du Chen's horses.

Du Chen also simply spread it out and said: "The county magistrate of Shu County is not a famous general, but it has a certain relationship with his background. Although the county order of Shu County is called Shu Shudou, his ancestor is the son of King Ping (Chu), because the ancestor is a concubine, so he separated the royal family, settled in Shu County, and changed his name to Shu. Counting his father and Sheng's cousins, he had to call Bai Gongsheng an uncle when he saw him. ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she understood, oh, it turns out that this guy is from a royal family. Although the forces established by blood kinship have many shortcomings, one thing is undeniable. Most of the officials from the royal family, such as Shu Shudou, are more loyal to the Chu State than those who are not from the royal family.

This also has a lot to do with the fact that they are from the royal family, if the Yue State destroys the Chu State, is it possible for these people from the royal family to be appointed? It is impossible to be the first to eliminate them, and it is not necessary to kill them, but they will be degraded to commoners, exiled and so on. Even if they surrender, they may not be reused, who is not afraid that one day, they will suddenly raise the anti-flag and use their royal blood as a problem

Du Chen hesitated for a moment and then said, "There is another reason. At the beginning, Ye Gong stationed 6,000 soldiers and horses in Shu County, Qian County, and Tongyi (now Tongcheng, Anhui). Originally, according to your order of Hanhou, 3,000 people were to be transferred to the Xia Wei area for reorganization. But Uncle Shu colluded with them, saying that the soldiers had escaped with 2,000 people, and they could only squeeze out 1,000 people, and then they captured some prisoners and ruffians to make up a **100 people, and sent them to Hanhou. So now there are about 3,000 soldiers in Shu County, plus the original county soldiers, there are about 4,000 people. Recruit the people in the city again, relying on the city wall, it is not a problem to defend Shu County. ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he nodded, he also knew about this desertion case at the beginning, but he didn't have time to deal with it and let it go. But I didn't expect Uncle Shu to be so bold with them, but today he helped himself to a certain extent. Because this is the real reason why Shu Shudou can hold Shu County.

Otherwise, even if Shu Shudou has loyalty, with 2,000 people, if he wants to hold 10,000 Vietnamese troops, he has to be smarter than the other party and use his wisdom to make up for the lack of troops. But don't forget, the 10,000 Vietnamese army is still commanded by Fan Li, if you want to play tricks, in front of Fan Li, I am afraid that what you will get in the end is just the result of stealing chickens and rice.

As for the fact that these guys are going to keep 6,000 people, it is estimated that they are calculating themselves. It seems that he underestimated the people of Chu, how could no one have thought that he came to invade Chu with the help of Bai Gongsheng's name It turns out that these guys who surrendered in Chu have already prepared, I will say that Bai Gongsheng and Shi Qi are silent about how they sent troops to garrison.

It seems that Bai Gongsheng is not really silent, but he has secretly left a chess piece, saved a batch of strength, and is ready to take himself by surprise in the future. And now that Bai Gongsheng is dead, I am afraid that this power is estimated to have been taken over by Shi Qi, and maybe Wang Sunyan also knows.

And it is certain that Shu Shudou is not the only chess piece in the hands of Bai Gongsheng and Shi Qi, there must be others. But why did Du Chen tell him this? It seems that this bitter gourd-faced county commander, he may have ambitions that do not match his appearance. And he spoke in an orderly manner just now, and it seems that he has some talent, ability, and it is not impossible for him to be important.

Thinking of this, Yang Zilu glanced at Du Chen meaningfully, and said in a low voice: "What is the doctor going to do." ”

"Prepare to do it, what the Lord wants to do" Du Chen still had a bitter face, bowed slightly to Yang Zilu, and said in a respectful tone. The title has also changed from the original Hanhou to the lord, obviously he is ready to take refuge in Yang Zilu.

Yang Zilu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yes, do a good job, and prepare to establish Lujiang County in Liu, Shu and other counties, and if you do a good job, maybe you will be the county guard of Lujiang County in the future."

"Thank you for your appreciation" Du Chen smiled with his eyebrows, but even with his bitter gourd face, this smile was only two or three points better than bitterness.

Looking at Du Chen's bitter gourd face, Yang Zilu suddenly understood why Du Chen was loyal to him. With his bitter gourd face, in the absence of royal blood, even if he is capable, how can he become an official in the court

Although appearance was not the most important thing in ancient times, this did not include officials from ordinary people, who were born with ordinary people at least to sit upright, and the ancient kings did not use this idea only for talent. Especially in the state of Chu, it pays more attention to blood, and when Ling Yin and Da Sima must be from the royal family or a branch of the royal family.

In this environment, if there is no accident, Du Chen's life will probably end up in this county order. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but a capable person, how could he be willing to die in this position in silence? Taking refuge in himself has become a way out for Du Chen to go to the next level.

In fact, Yang Zilu didn't know Du Chen's ambition enough, Du Chen was born very humble. His father was a great nobleman of the Chu State, an official and a supreme doctor, but his mother was very humble and a maid, but her appearance was not beautiful, but a little ugly. Hey, that's because after getting drunk, she got into a daze. If it's on it, it's on it, if it's beautiful, it's normal to give a concubine.

But because his mother was a little ugly, the big nobles didn't even care about the identity of this concubine, when nothing happened. I don't want the big nobles to be too powerful, a shot. Hit. The maid went to the big noble, but the big nobleman hated the maid, but she had her own flesh and blood, so she pinched her nose and recognized it, and gave her the identity of a concubine.

However, after giving birth to Du Chen, the big nobles regretted it and didn't recognize Du Chen, because Du Chen was too ugly. drove the maid away along with the young Du Chen, and the maid had to raise Du Chen with all her hard work, until Du Chen was eleven years old.

The big nobles sent someone to find Du Chenlai, the reason why this is so is because he has too few sons, plus Du Chen, an illegitimate child, is only three people, and the others have all died. At that time, it was important to pay attention to spreading branches and leaves, and the more sons the better, and the big nobles were old, and it was no longer possible to count on one more son, so the big nobles found Du Chen, an illegitimate son, to come back.

But when he saw Du Chen, the big nobleman regretted it, compared to when he was a child, the grown up Du Chen was not only not better, but even uglier, but at this time, the big nobleman was not good to drive Du Chen away. After all, you just looked for someone to come, and when you saw it, you drove people away viciously, and I am afraid that you will be laughed at by the world. The big nobles had to pinch their noses again and admit it, but they didn't like Du Chen.

and the father of the great nobleman still cares about face, but Du Chen's other brothers and sisters don't have so many scruples, they don't like Du Chen's illegitimate son very much, and they beat and humiliate Du Chen when they find the opportunity. Du Chen's boy was also full of shame and darkness because of this, but Du Chen still gritted his teeth and admitted it, because only here can he learn knowledge.

At that time, Du Chen was like a sponge, absorbing all the knowledge he could learn. But Du Chen's bad luck was not over, and when Du Chen was seventeen years old, the great nobleman couldn't survive the years and died of illness at home.

The position of head of the family was taken over by Du Chen's brother, but this brother disliked Du Chen very much. When the great nobles were alive before, they did not advise the big nobles to rush Du Chen away, but at that time, Du Chen tolerated everywhere, there was no big mistake, and with a little pity, the big nobles did not agree. Now that he is in power, his brother is not polite, and the next day he announced that Du Chen was not the son of a great nobleman, and expelled Du Chen from the house.

The dark and bumpy childhood made Du Chen, who was not yet an adult, very mature, not much worse than some people who were still young. After Du Chen was driven away, he did a lot of things, and in the end, through his own strategy, Du Chen was finally able to visit a doctor's house as a guest.

Through flattery, enduring humiliation, by showing his talents, and showing his loyalty, he finally won the trust of the doctor, and was able to be elected by the doctor to the field as an official. Through his own struggle, Du Chen finally became the official of the six counties, but he has been in this official position for six years, but it is difficult to advance an inch. This made Du Chen very discouraged, because he vowed to give him ten times the revenge of the noble family he had humiliated, but with his current status, let alone revenge, he didn't even have the ability to fight. That's why he took the risk of taking refuge with Yang Zilu.

If his defection to Yang Zilu is exposed, I am afraid that he will die at the hands of the assassin the next day, and Yang Zilu will not be able to help him avenge. And it is very likely that he will be used as toilet paper by Yang Zilu and throw it away when he runs out. In order to take revenge, Du Chen is already desperate.

Yang Zilu didn't pay too much attention to Du Chen, he paid attention to what Du Chen said. So after Du Chen finished talking about important things, Yang Zilu did not leave Du Chen to woo him, but asked Du Chen to arrange a place for him to rest.

Yang Zilu slept for five hours. After Yang Zilu got up, Hou Yuanzhi couldn't help but complain, and said to Yang Zilu: "Lord, now that the Vietnamese army is attacking Shu County, how can the Lord still be in the mood to sleep here, he should quickly go to Qianxian County to mobilize troops and horses to deal with the Vietnamese army."

When Yang Zilu heard this, he stretched out disappreciatively and said, "Do you know that there are six thousand Chu troops in Qianxian, Shuxian, and Tongyi?" ”

"Isn't it three thousand? There are also recently recruited county soldiers, which should add up to 5,000 people, right, there shouldn't be as many as 6,000 people, where did the lord hear about it? Hou Yuanzhi was taken aback when he heard this, and said with some hesitation.

"They hid their troops" Yang Zilu swept Hou Yuanzhi and said the news he got from Du Chen and his own conjecture.

Hou Yuanzhi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down to accuse: "The minister is derelict in his duties"

"It's good that you know, forget about the widow this time, send some people to pay attention to the situation in the surrendered county, especially those who have the blood of the Chu royal family. After you find out, don't do it, so as not to startle the snake, you know? Yang Zilu looked at Hou Yuanzhi and said indifferently.

"Yes, please rest assured that the minister will definitely handle this matter" Hou Yuanzhi heard this, and hurriedly nodded with cold sweat on his face. For Bai Gongsheng and them, Hou Yuanzhi didn't know in his heart how many generations of them were asked. sexual relatives too.

Yang Zilu nodded, Yang Zilu still knew the difficulties of the platform. In the end, the platform is too young, first, it is not so easy to find that it can do fine work, and it takes a certain amount of time to train after finding it, and it takes time to integrate into the core level of the other party, which is not what the platform has that has been established for only four or five years.

PS: The first update, 4,000 words, enough sincerity, at least 10,000 words will be updated tomorrow

Chapter 448 Yang Zilu's heart knot

The first Hou Yuanzhi did not take long to retire, and Yang Zilu did not stay. Looking at the back of Hou Yuanzhi leaving, Yang Zilu felt that there was no one around him who could give advice. There are only three people around him now: Hou Yuanzhi, Mang Gao, and Jiao Shuyan, among which Hou Yuanzhi has a good eye, and he is originally useful, but he can't see why he doesn't send troops, because his ability is limited.

And Manggao is really 'reckless', let alone count on him. Jiao Shuyan is a little better, but it is a little better than Mangao, who can only charge into battle, and can deal with some small problems. And neither of them is as good as Hou Yuanzhi, and this time even Hou Yuanzhi can't see the problem, let alone rely on them to give him advice. Thinking of this, Yang Zilu missed the days when Zigong and Houxiong were by his side.

In fact, the reason why Yang Zilu has not sent troops is because of the special situation at the moment. Shu Shudou and they are obviously loyal to Dongchu, and they are their enemies. But Fan Li can't be regarded as 'the enemy of the enemy is a friend', he is also his own enemy. Shu County rescued, logically speaking, it must be saved, if Fan Li gets Shu County, it will be more serious than Shu Shudou and their continued control of Shu County.

The problem is that Yang Zilu himself only has a thousand light cavalry on hand, if he goes to save Shu County. With Shu Shudou taking out all his strength at present, Shu Shudou knows that he will definitely not be able to hide it. In this way, the ** of ten will be in danger.

It is quite difficult for Yang Zilu to protect himself, because Yang Zilu only has a thousand light cavalry around him to protect his safety. But Uncle Shu fights him differently, not to mention that he can catch turtles in the urn in the city, and there are more than 4,000 people and thousands of people in the army, occupying the absolute main position.

But if they don't save it, they will let Gou Jian sit big, and even if they escape their assassination after they are saved, they will raise the anti-flag and let the contradictions be stimulated in advance, which is not what Yang Zilu wants to see.

According to Yang Zilu's plan, after solving the Chu State and Gou Jian, after one to two years of preparation, let Gongzi Shi give up Eastern Chu Chan to himself. Of course, there must be people in Eastern Chu who are not convinced, but at this time, he can also concentrate his forces to quell the civil strife in Eastern Chu.

And now that the contradiction broke out in advance, although Yang Zilu was sure to calm down, after all, it broke out in advance, which also caught Shi Qi and them off guard, and there was no way to collude together. But the biggest problem at that time was not the rebellious Eastern Chu soldiers like Shi beggars. It was the state of Chu, because of the rebellion in Eastern Chu, it naturally restrained Yang Zilu's troops, and gave the state of Chu time to breathe. And Yue Guo is not bad, Yue Guo also has the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. At that time, Yang Zilu was completely unsure of the situation, and Yang Zilu couldn't say how out of control the situation would be.

And it is impossible to say that this chaos lasted too long, so that after King Chu Hui was able to breathe a sigh of relief, there was still time to free his hands and solve the attack of the Qin State. Without the containment of Qin, Chu had enough troops to fight Yang Zilu again and regain the lost territory. And at that time, Yang Zilu didn't know that he had solved Shi Qi and Gou Jian, and they didn't.

Yang Zilu is really in a dilemma now, neither can he be saved, nor can he be saved.

"The Lord is all asking to see"

"Du Chen? No," Yang Zilu frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.

The soldier retreated, but it didn't take long for the soldier's voice to sound again, only this time with a little more helplessness. "Lord, all Chen said that he sent medicine to untie the knot in the Lord's heart"

"Heart knots?" When Yang Zilu heard the name Du Chen, she was about to say no, but after listening to the latter words, Yang Zilu had some understanding. Yang Zilu touched the beard on his lips, was silent for a while, and said, "Let him come to see the widow."

The soldier answered outside the door.

It didn't take long for Du Chen to open the door, walk into the room, and salute Yang Zilu: "Chen, the minister, I have seen the lord."

"Alright, don't talk nonsense. Tell me what the widow's heart disease is, and if you are wrong, go and lead the army yourself," Yang Zilu said impatiently. Although Yang Zilu agreed to meet Du Chen, she didn't really believe in Du Chen, she just had the mentality of giving it a try, but if Du Chen was wasting her time, Yang Zilu didn't mind letting Du Chen be used as a sandbag to let herself vent.

Du Chen Wenyan still maintained a calm appearance, because of the relationship between his face, he showed a smile that was not much better than crying, and said: "Is the Lord worried about saving or not saving Shu County?" ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, she showed a look of amazement, Yang Zilu didn't ask Du Chen why he was annoyed because he couldn't save Shu County. Du Chen was able to say this, and he already knew that Du Chen had thought of it.

Yang Zilu pondered for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "You probably understand the reason, but the widow is strange, why do you understand that the widow is worried about this matter?" If you guess wrong, I'm afraid you will have a bad image in the eyes of the widow, and it will have a lot of impact on your future promotion, aren't you afraid? ”

Du Chen said frankly: "It's almost noon now, but the Lord still hasn't sent troops yet." For this reason, the only thing I am worried about is about Shu County. But this minister is not sure, so when he asked the soldiers to report, he just used the ordinary words to ask for a meeting first, but if the lord did not see him, the minister was seven or eight points sure, and the lord was worried about the affairs of Shu County. So there was a second request for a meeting, and when he learned that the Lord was willing to receive the minister, the minister's heart was nine points certain."

Speaking of this, Chen paused for a moment, and then said: "Of course, it is also possible that the lord is worried about other things, but everything has to be risked, just to see if this risk is worth taking, and in the eyes of the minister, this risk is worth it, because the minister's heart is very big, although the county guard is very good, but the minister wants to become the lord's humerus." ”

Yang Zilu glanced at Du Chen meaningfully and said, "It's a good thing that you have a big heart, but it's good not to be too big." ”

Yang Zilu said, didn't give Du Chen time to explain, and then said: "Okay, you tell the widow about your solution to the current problem."

When Du Chen heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that he had passed Yang Zilu's test. Du Chen organized the language and said: "The patriots in Shu County and other places are just Shu Shudou of Shu County, Qianxian County Commander, Tongyi Yizai and others, plus their cronies are no more than ten people at most, and the others are either not strong-willed, or they are grass on the wall. Only the Lord will save them all."

Yang Zilu nodded thoughtfully when she heard this, and asked, "How to get rid of it?" ”

Du Chen had already prepared, and as soon as Yang Zilu's voice fell, he spoke: "The lord went to the six counties first, and the six county commanders were also ready to rely on the lord to repel the Vietnamese army, plus they didn't know that the lord already knew about them, so they wouldn't be on guard." The lord first asked the six counties to be stamped on the grounds of gathering soldiers and horses to rescue Shu County, and mobilized soldiers and horses from all over the country and their chief officials to come. Wait until you reach the six counties, or the other mobilization places designated by the Lord. The Lord can use the name of reward to set up a banquet for the generals. At the banquet, in the name of Qianxian County Commander and Tongyi Yizai and his cronies, they were killed. Then send fast horses to feel Qianxian and Tongyi, and kill the remnants of their cronies."

Yang Zilu hesitated and asked, "I'm afraid that the generals in the army will have doubts." ”

"It's just a matter of doubt, just the Lord can cut through the mess with a quick knife," Du Chen said.

When Yang Zilu heard this, he touched his beard, nodded after a while and said, "Well, this method is good, but what about Uncle Shu?" The widow can't use him to fornicate with the country, right? This is also too far-fetched, and it won't take long, only he knows about the death of Qianxian County Commander and Tongyi Yizai, he must have known that the widow knows about them, and he will definitely make a quick mess. ”

Du Chen said calmly: "Only if the Lord pretends to pay attention to it, then Uncle Shu will definitely be very concerned about the Lord's injuries if he is bent on making trouble." As the saying goes, caring is chaos. Only when the siege of the Vietnamese army is lifted, Shu Shudou will definitely rush to the barracks to visit the lord quickly. At this time, the lord only had to pay attention to isolating Shu Shudou from contact with other generals, and when he arrived in the big tent, the lord could use a name to cover up with an illness and death. Even if the other generals were puzzled, at this time, they probably understood that the Lord had discovered what Shu Shudou and the others had done. The Lord didn't mention it, but they also understood that the Lord meant that the big things were small and the small things were nothing, so where would they make this matter bigger? ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he clapped his palms and praised: "Good Duchen, only if you solve Gou Jian, the widow will appoint you as the county guard of Lujiang County."

Yang Zilu frowned when he saw Du Chen, and said comfortingly: "Although it is the county guard of Lujiang County, it is not that the widow does not pay attention to your talent in this arrangement. But Lujiang County is very important, and it is an important rear for the widows to deal with the Yue Kingdom, and it is not safe to hand it over to other people. After pacifying the Yue Kingdom, you also have enough merits, and the widow can promote you, do you understand the hard work of the widow? ”

Du Chen bowed his head and said: "The minister Du Chen understands that he was dissatisfied with the lord's decision before, and the minister really asked the lord to scold him with the heart of a villain."

Yang Zilu soothed: "What's there to scold here, it's normal for you to think like this." In this battle, you should also mobilize your troops and horses and set off with the widows. Well, you'll have time to recruit soldiers when you leave tomorrow at noon. ”

"Nuo" Du Chen replied with some joy.

The next day, Du Chen recruited 300 nationals, together with the county soldiers of the six counties, a total of 1,200 people, and set off with Yang Zilu towards Qianxian County.

After arriving in Qianxian County, Yang Zilu acted according to Du Chen's strategy. Yang Zilu thought that he was the Marquis of Han, and although the Eastern Chu army now obeyed his orders, the county soldiers of Eastern Chu were different from those armies. Yang Zilu asked the Qianxian county order to be sealed, and ordered soldiers and horses from all over the country to assemble in Zongyong Mountain.

Zongyong Mountain is about 100 miles away from Shu County, and Yang Zilu did this in order to put on the appearance that he would send troops to rescue Shu County after he had mobilized his troops and horses. When the Qianxian county magistrate heard this, he did not suspect him, and after seeing the seal and location of the Qianxian county order, Tongyi Yizai also did not suspect him in general.

After they arrived at Zongyong Mountain, Yang Zilu immediately set up a banquet to reward the generals. At the banquet, in the name of immediately fornicating with the two of them, the two of them had not yet reacted, and they had already been clicked by Mangao and Jiao Shuyan with one knife. Seeing this, the henchmen of the two still wanted to resist, and the Yulin Army, who had been prepared outside, immediately rushed in, killing the two cronies who resisted and had no way to die again.

At this time, the generals who came to the banquet reacted, and of course some people raised doubts, saying that Yang Zilu was a little arbitrary. Yang Zilu was not prepared to speak, his answer was so righteous and awe-inspiring that people were speechless. "The letters are all here, if you really want to find out, then Shu County can't save it? If the investigation is carried out secretly, then if the two of them really have an affair with the country, wouldn't it cost the lives of everyone here? When you say this, isn't it also fornicating with the country? ”

As soon as these words came out, there were still people there who dared to say anything, wouldn't they be covered by Yang Zilu as an adulterous crosser. Their highest official position is now Du Chen, you can see what kind of little people these are, and it is already great courage to raise this doubt in front of Yang Zilu just now.

Yang Zilu saw that no one dared to ask questions about the generals anymore, so naturally he would not do it himself. Yang Zilu still knows the truth of a radish in one hand and a stick in the other, Yang Zilu immediately asked people to clean up the scene and reopen the banquet again.

When the generals saw this situation, they all shut their mouths. There are no questions, and pretending to be stupid and having money to take, people with a little IQ know what to choose.

Yang Zilu immediately sent Mang Gao and Jiao Shuyan to each lead a hundred light cavalry to Qianxian and Tongyi to clear the remnants of Qianxian County Ling and Tongyi Yizai. Taking advantage of the time when the two went back and forth, Yang Zilu reorganized the soldiers and horses in Zongyong Mountain. At this time, the number of the Eastern Chu army was 4,000 people, plus the 1,000 light cavalry under Yang Zilu, there were already 5,000 people.

But these people are all rabble, and Yang Zilu will not think that he can defeat the 10,000 Vietnamese army under Fan Li's command by relying on these people. As long as these Eastern Chu armies belonging to different parts are also run-in, at least let them learn to put up a phalanx and not fight separately.

The Eastern Chu army assembled in Zongyong Mountain, because Yang Zilu did not play his banner, although Fan Li knew, but Fan Li did not pay enough attention to it.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that Fan Li does not have enough troops under his command. At present, there are 4,000 soldiers in Shuxian County, and more than 3,000 people. Although Zongyong Mountain is not a place with a favorable geographical advantage, the Eastern Chu army has a camp to rely on, if he goes to attack him, he will send more troops, and it is easy to be killed by the Eastern Chu army in Shu County and intercept his own back road. If there are fewer troops sent, they can't capture the opponent's camp if they go, and they can't give the other party an army, so Fan Li simply concentrated on attacking Shu County.

Of course, Fan Li was not stupid, and sent a lot of scouts to investigate the situation of Zongyong Mountain, not to mention, but also informed the whole army to guard the west. Once Zongyongshan's Eastern Chu army is out of battle, then Fan Li will pack up his troops to the east of Shu County, depending on the situation. Continue to attack Shu County, or make a detour to attack other cities, or retreat to Chao County.

PS: The second shift arrived, the time was a little tight, and the third shift probably didn't come until after 12 o'clock in the evening. Today is already Sunday, so don't wait for those who are going to work and school tomorrow, seize the time to rest.

Chapter 449: Raid on Pengyi

Yang Zilu also did not convene and lead the army to rescue Shu County, although Shu County was besieged, but Fan Li still couldn't capture it for a while. Coupled with himself on one side, how could Fan Li go all out

Yang Zilu and Fan Li were in a stalemate for half a month, and Yang Zilu slowly vacated his troops, and still did not play his banner. The light cavalry of the 1,000-feather Lin army was placed in the rear army and the middle army, and even the scouts were also used by the Eastern Chu army. In this way, even with Fan Li's wit, he couldn't imagine that Yang Zilu was already under his nose.

On the contrary, it was the Vietnamese army, after learning that the 5,000 Eastern Chu Army was dispatched, some generals wanted Fan Li to ask for battle. Fan Li was also a little moved when he heard this, but after thinking about it, Fan Li still decided to retreat ten miles.

Afterwards, he explained to the general: "It is not cost-effective for us to start a war with the enemy now, and it is easy to be flanked by the front and rear. Second, if the enemy is defeated, he can retreat into Shu County under the cover of a strong bow. But if we retreat, we will give the enemy the illusion that we are afraid of them. Combined with the strength of the city, their overall strength is not much worse than ours, so do you think they will continue to hold on? Of course not, when we go out of the city to fight, we can catch them all."

It's a pity that Fan Li thought wrong, if someone else came to lead the army, maybe he would go out of the city to fight, but it was a pity that Yang Zilu came to lead the army. And Yang Zilu didn't have time to take care of Fan Li, because of Fan Li's retreat.

Yang Zilu didn't even have a reason to be injured, forcing Yang Zilu to finally kill Shu Shudou by force, so Yang Zilu is now rectifying the army's morale and killing Shu Shudou's relatives and cronies. The other generals were also very shocked, and when the army's morale was unstable, even if there were 100,000 troops, it would be impossible for Yang Zilu to fight at this time.

Of course, this is not the only reason, in Yang Zilu's plan, Chonghu and Xia You are the main forces to deal with Yue Guo, and he is just to contain Gou Jian.

…………

"How long is it until Pengyi?" Chonghu asked the guide in an unkind tone. Of course, there was a reason for his bad tone, this guide had already led them down the wrong path three times, and if it weren't for the lack of other guides, Chonghu would have clicked this guy a long time ago. Not to mention that they don't have much food now, and if they can't get out of this damn jungle, they probably won't have to leave again.

"There's still about half an hour to go," the guide said with some trepidation, wiping the cold sweat that had just broken out on his forehead.

"Hmph, it's best, otherwise General Ben will let you taste what it is like to have a thousand cuts," Chonghu snorted coldly and said murderously.

"I can't go wrong this time," the guide almost swore to the sky.

Chonghu didn't continue to talk to the guide, he turned his head and asked his lieutenant. "How many soldiers are there left to use?"

"It's just that there are only 2,000 people, and fortunately, they are all selected from the Shanyue people, otherwise the miasma, poisonous snakes, and poisonous insects alone are enough for us to wipe out 2,500 people," the adjutant general sighed and said in a low mood.

"How many people have died?" Chonghu was silent for a while and asked.

"It's already breakfast today and another wounded soldier has died, and this is already the seventy-two," the adjutant general said in a gloomy mood.

Chonghu gritted his teeth, pulled out the knife on his waist, slashed at the big tree on the side, gritted his teeth and said: "This damn Yue Dog, you will know that Lao Tzu is powerful when he arrives in Pengyi."

Chonghu said, and looked at the guide who led the way in front of him viciously. said murderously: "Don't lead Lao Tzu to the wrong way again, or Lao Tzu will kill you today"

The guide did not dare to answer, for his lips were so white with fear that he did not know what to say. In fact, the guide is not sure, after all, there has always been no people walking around in this jungle, and there are paths connecting paths. The guide could only pray secretly in his heart.

Fortunately for him, although it was not half an hour to get out of this jungle, but an hour, he also managed to get out of the jungle and reached the destination. Outside the jungle, Chonghu saw a large-scale earthen city in the distance. And there can be such a large Tucheng in this vicinity, obviously only the capital of Yue - Pengyi

"You're in luck, old bastard," Chonghu said to the guide with a grin.

The guide wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded with a smile.

After Chonghu said this, he ignored the guide and instructed the lieutenant general: "Return to the jungle, rest for a day, make siege ladders and rams, and raid Pengyi early tomorrow morning."

The adjutant general "Nuo" answered and went down to arrange for the encampment.

The soldiers were glad to hear that they could rest, and they were tired all these days. Everyone slept happily for five or six things, and then they got up for dinner.

Early the next morning, the Han army lined up in a clearing outside the jungle.

Chonghu held a wide shield in one hand and a spear in the other, the spear pointed at Peng Yi, and roared at the soldiers behind him: "See? Ahead is Pengyi, our destination"

Chonghu said, glancing at the soldiers, but the soldiers were not very interested, the long march had already smoothed out the excitement they had just begun, and it could even be said that the morale was a little low now.

Chonghu gritted his teeth and roared: "Capture Pengcheng, and in this day, what you do is legal."

Although the morale of the "......" was low, when they heard this, the people of the two thousand mountains seemed to have eaten ginseng fruit, and the people's morale was shocked. Wild, holding up the weapon in his hand and roaring like a beast.

"Attack" Chonghu gritted his teeth and roared, and immediately led the army towards Pengyi.

There is nothing wrong with Pengyi being the country of the Yue Kingdom, but the main forces of the Yue Kingdom have been transferred to both sides of the Yangtze River in the Chaoxian and Puzhou areas. In Gou Jian's view, the Han army must pass through the Yangtze River when attacking Yue, so Pengyi only left 300 people, and they were the old, weak, sick and disabled.

But Yang Zilu launched an attack from Gou Jian's most unexpected place, and although Peng Yi closed the city gate in time, the troops were too small, and it was too sudden, and everyone was unprepared.

Not to mention that the people of Shanyue were all inspired by Chonghu's promise, and everyone became fearless of death. The gates were closed, but there were siege ladders. In the fierce and death-defying attack of the Shanyue people, it was only the first round of attacks, and the Vietnamese army collapsed.

Soon the city of Pengyi was filled with black smoke, and there were screams of women everywhere, and Shanyue soldiers grinning with a large pile of belongings on their backs. The blood turned the yellow earth dark red, a stark contrast to the excited Shanyue soldiers.

PS: The third chapter is 10,000 words, and there is no shortage of catties and two, and now Mu Mu owes 12,000 words, and the tragedy doesn't know if it will continue to break out tomorrow? Fight for it, or you don't know when you owe it.

Chapter 450 Extinction Scheme

"Driving~driving~" A horse galloped quickly on the loess road, startling pedestrians on both sides of the dirt road to dodge.

The driver of the military vehicle turned a blind eye to all this, and there were also some pedestrians with considerable status. A general in armor pointed to the military vehicle and just wanted to scold, but immediately shut his mouth when he saw something.

Seeing this, the soldiers beside him couldn't help but be surprised, and one of them asked, "What's wrong with the boss?" ”

The team said with a not very good face: "That's a military vehicle that transmits important military information, and I'm afraid something big has happened in the south if you come from the south."

When the soldier heard this, he was shocked and said, "No, boss, my home is in Pengyi, will it be affected by the war?" ”

"Who knows, don't talk nonsense, just hurry to the camp immediately" The team is also worried about his family, his family, like the soldiers, is in Pengyi. The team scolded the soldiers, and immediately hurried away.

When the soldier heard this, although he was anxious, he also knew that as the team said, he would not know until he arrived at the camp. didn't care about shouting tired, followed the team, and hurried away.

…… Chaoxian ......

"There is a big incident in the south of the lord, Pengyi was attacked by Han barbarians," a soldier ran into the room in a panic and reported to Gou Jianyu.

"What Pengyi was attacked? How could this be, and what was the situation in Pengyi? Gou Jian's face changed greatly, and he immediately asked anxiously.

"It is said that the Lord has been breached, how is it good now?" the soldier asked in a panic.

Gou Jian frowned when he heard this, and a flash of murderous intent flashed in his eyes and asked, "What about the person who sent the letter?"

"Because he was tired, the little one was sent to the wounded barracks to be recuperated by the medal," said the soldier.

"Damn" Gou Jian angrily kicked the soldier over, and when he arrived at the wounded barracks, there were many people, which meant that the news could not be hidden. It's a pity that if I had killed him earlier, I'm afraid I wouldn't have to be so passive, and now it seems that I have to retreat.

Gou Jian was also decisive enough, and swept his eyes viciously, and the soldier who rolled on the ground said in an unkind tone: "You send a letter to the widow immediately to Shu County, and let Dr. Fan come to see the widow quickly."

Although the soldier's chest was stuffy with pain, he also knew that he had done something wrong, so he didn't dare to say more, so he endured the pain and retreated.

Gou Jian is also decisive enough, and a moment ago he wanted to kill people and hide the news. But seeing that he couldn't hide it now, he immediately ordered the whole army to pack up and prepare to return to the division. In fact, the news leaked out, and it was useless for Gou Jian not to think back, his family was in the Pengyi area, how could these soldiers endure the pain of longing, if Gou Jian did not order to return to the division, I don't know how many soldiers became deserters, and the soldiers who did not become deserters were also heartless.

Fan Li was also taken aback when he learned that the Han army had raided Pengyi. The soldier had also suffered a lot, and this time he kept his mouth shut and did not spread the news indiscriminately. In order to conceal the real reason for the retreat, Fan Li ordered the army to retreat on the grounds that the Zhaoguan Han army was preparing to attack Chaoxian. The reason why he didn't tell the truth was that Fan Li was afraid of messing up the morale of the army, especially the Eastern Chu army with about 9,000 people in Shu County. Usually I am not afraid of them, but at this moment, if the army's morale is turbulent, it will be different.

It's a pity that Fan Li can hide it from others, but he can't hide it from Yang Zilu. Yang Zilu has sent people to stay on the city wall for the past few days, and when he got the situation that the Vietnamese army had retreated, Yang Zilu had already come to the city wall, frowning and watching the Vietnamese army retreat.

Although frowning, Yang Zilu couldn't help but admire Fan Li a little more. "Fan Li, this guy is indeed not to be underestimated, he is not afraid of danger, although he doesn't know what method he used when he retreated, but the Vietnamese army retreated in an orderly manner, and did not give the opponent a chance to take advantage of the situation at all."

"But this person is too ignorant, the next time you catch him, don't regret it, look at the minister, it's best to click directly" The reckless man standing on the side said viciously, he couldn't wait to swallow him alive to Fan Li, because the soldiers who guarded Fan Li were his subordinates.

Although it was said that those soldiers had been dismissed by Yang Zilu because of dereliction of duty, Mang Gao, the boss, did not please him, and was also scolded by Yang Zilu half-venting and half-punishing. So Mang Gao naturally didn't have much affection for Fan Li, and he strongly supported Yang Zilu to give Fan Li a click.

…… Chaoxian ......

"Doctor Fan, you finally came back to pull the widow, I really regret not being at the beginning, if I listened to Dr. Fan, you would have been in trouble today," Gou Jian grabbed Fan Li's hands with a heartache and whimpered.

Before Gou Jian sent troops, Fan Li warned Gou Jian, saying that he needed to guard against the Han army from crossing three or four hundred miles of jungle and mountains to raid Yue. It is necessary to build a beacon tower in the eastern part of the country and leave more soldiers to defend it.

It's not that Gou Jian didn't listen, but in this way, the cost was great, needless to say, the construction of the beacon tower would increase, and the number of soldiers stationed there would increase from the original 1,000 to 3,000. It must be known that this time Gou Jian gritted his teeth to let Yue squeeze out 16,000 troops, plus Gou Jian thought that the Han army should not be so crazy.

Although it is said that the Yue Kingdom and the Han Kingdom are separated by three or four hundred miles, they are all jungles and mountains, and it is needless to say that there are fatal killers such as miasma, poisonous snakes, and poisonous insects, which are simply everywhere. The road is not smooth, and you still need to open up the road yourself, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources

The terrain is still very complicated, and even with the most skilled guide leading the way, it is normal to take the wrong road. Because of the terrain, it is even more difficult to transport grain, as the so-called three armies did not move the grain and grass first, the grain is not good, how big is the problem, there is no food, if the sneak attack is not successful, he has already been buried in this jungle and mountain.

Because of this, Gou Jian did not adopt Fan Li's strategy in the end, and he didn't expect to really be hit. Gou Jian thinks about it now, he really regrets his intestines, and he regrets not being at the beginning

Fan Li naturally knew what Gou Jian regretted, and at this time, he couldn't accuse Gou Jian of 'knowing this, why bother in the first place,' which would only be counterproductive. Therefore, Fan Li gently comforted: "Lord, it's useless to be sad now, now I think I should quickly return to Pengyi."

Gou Jian was slightly relieved when he saw that Fan Li didn't blame himself, but he still said worriedly on his face: "Doctor Fan, do you think it's still useful to go back to the teacher now?" If there are three or five thousand Han barbarians, and they defend Pengyi, they can hold on for a year and a half. At that time, we will really become rootless trees, how can we sustain this year and a half?"

Fan Li soothed: "The lord doesn't have to worry too much, the minister expects that the Han barbarians will not have many troops this time." Why would the minister think so? First, the number of troops is more than 10,000, and even if we are idiots in the Han Kingdom, we will find out, but the fine work did not pass on this information back, proving that the Han army will not have too many troops. Second, the food problem is difficult to transport grain, so we can't have too many troops, otherwise how much grain can be transported by that narrow road? As a result, the Han army had to come with only a small number of soldiers through the jungle and mountains. ”

Gou Jian was still worried when he heard this, and said: "What Doctor Fan said is reasonable, but Doctor Fan said before that it is impossible for the Han barbarians to mobilize more than 10,000 troops. This widow also agrees, but 5,000 people are enough to defend Pengyi, so why do you need 10,000 people."

Fan Li waved his hand, and then said: "Please continue to listen to the third reason of the minister, before the minister came to see the lord, he had carefully questioned the messenger who came to report the news, and he said that Pengyi was smoky in the sky. Peng Yi's army is only 300, how can there be such a big war? Therefore, the minister estimated that the Han barbarians were plundering Pengyi. The Lord thinks, why would the Han barbarians do such a thing? ”

Gou Jian is also a veteran soldier, and his eyes lit up and said: "Robbery is either the nature of the army, but this one is definitely not, when Yang Tugou slaughtered the city, Yang Zilu will only be dismissed." Since then, there has been no such thing in the Han army, so there is only one way to say that it is only to stimulate morale, since the Han barbarians need to stimulate morale, it means that they are not strong enough"

"The Lord is wise" Fan Li did not hesitate to send a compliment.

Gou Jian smiled happily and said: "These Fan doctors have already figured it out, but they are just tempting the widow to say it, and the widow dares to take credit."

Fan Li smiled indifferently and said: "The Lord Han army has few troops, and the minister thinks that we don't have to go back to the country of Yue with the whole army."

Gou Jian frowned, a little enlightened, and said, "What does Doctor Fan mean is just to go back to a part of the army to Yue and clean up the Han army that occupies Pengyi?" ”

"Yes, Chen thinks that if we miss this opportunity, when Yang Zilu frees up his hand, I'm afraid we won't have the next opportunity to expand our strength" Fan Li frowned and said worriedly.

"Well, Dr. Fan's words also make sense, but we couldn't capture Shuxian and other places before, and now we have fewer troops than before, and we have no chance, why do we stay here and waste time?" Gou Jian asked puzzled.

Fan Li explained: "The lord doesn't know anything, and the minister stays on the north bank, so he can spread the news that Pengyi was broken by the Han army. In this way, the surrounding cities must be undefended, so the ministers attacked again, and they were caught off guard. ”

But when the soldiers learned the news, how could they not worry about their families? Once you miss your family, where is the will to fight? Gou Jian asked.

"The Lord knows only one thing, but he doesn't know the other. We can say to the soldiers that the Yue country was invaded by the Han barbarians, but the number of invasions was not much, but only a thousand. Now that the lord has returned to the division to clean up these barbarians, the soldiers will feel a lot more at ease. The minister promised to take a city and plunder it for a day, so that there was no morale there? A ruthless look flashed in Fan Li's eyes, and he gritted his teeth.

Gou Jian was taken aback when he heard this: "In this way, it is a blood feud, and the widow may not be able to control this land in the future."

Fan Li smiled bitterly: "But there is no better way than this right now, Lord, Yang Zilu's next step is to clean us up, and now weakening Yang Zilu's strength is equivalent to increasing our chances of winning, let's talk about the current situation, even if Yang Zilu gives this land to the Lord for nothing, can you keep it?" ”

Gou Jian thought about it and knew that what Fan Li said was very true, and he was also a hard-hearted person, so he quickly made up his mind. Gou Jian nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, everything is according to what Dr. Fan said." There is only one one of the widows, and those who can't be transported are burned out, and those who don't want to be killed immediately want to turn Jiangbei into a piece of red land, so that Yang Zilu also knows how powerful I am in Yueguo."

When Fan Li heard this, he showed a bitter smile, if it wasn't for the lack of help, he wouldn't be willing to use this desperate plan. Although Fan Li was a little reluctant in his heart, he still nodded and said: "Rest assured, the lord, Fan Li will not leave Yang Zilu a grain, a house that can shelter from the wind and rain, and a person who can lead the way."

Gou Jian saw Fan Li nodding, and didn't say anything more, and came to the military camp outside the city with Fan Li. The reason why he was outside the city was because Fan Li was afraid that after entering the city, he would be disturbed by the Vietnamese army of the Gou Jian Department who already knew the news.

In the barracks, Gou Jian and Fan Li had already arranged a conversation, and according to the plan, loudly announced the news of the Han barbarians' invasion and said that although the Han barbarians had invaded Pengyi, they had been repulsed and were now harassing other places. The widow will bring back 5,000 troops to deal with them, and he will definitely kill the Han barbarians all over the field.

Fan Li also interjected appropriately on the side, and the two of them sang and harmonized, and immediately deceived the ordinary soldiers who didn't know the truth. Fan Li took the opportunity to announce the order to capture a city and plunder it for a day. Immediately let the 10,000 Vietnamese soldiers thunder with joy, although the Vietnamese army has 10,000 people, but not all of them are composed of Vietnamese people, and the real Vietnamese people are only about 3,000 people.

The others were either barbarians in the mountains, or soldiers of the previous Chu State, or they were forcibly conscripted by Gou Jian. They are not as loyal as the Yue people, and it is certain that they will defend their homeland, but they do not have the slightest idea of being loyal to the Yue country. But now it's different, as the saying goes, people die for money, and birds die for food. Robbery is always the most lucrative industry, and he can let a person get the money that a family has worked hard for half a lifetime in a day.

Gou Jian didn't seem to feel excited enough, and after the soldiers' cheers stopped, he shouted: "After capturing Shu County, Liuxian County, and Qianxian County, everyone can get a slave"

This time, all the soldiers only felt that the blood on their bodies was boiling, roared excitedly, and waved the weapons in their hands excitedly. I just wish that a city would appear in front of them, so that they could take it and have some fun.

But not everyone was happy when they heard this, Fan Li was not, Fan Li frowned, and said to Gou Jian with some dissatisfaction: "Lord, your doing this is likely to cause these soldiers to get out of control."

"Isn't it good to get out of control? What the widow needs is a piece of red land," Gou Jian said disapprerovingly.

When Fan Li saw Gou Jian say this, he didn't want to say anything, but a touch of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

PS: It seems that I am in good shape today, although the injection is painful, but the illness is almost better. Try the Seven Thousand update today

Chapter 451 Iron cable fireboat barricades the Yangtze River

After boosting his morale, Gou Jian led 5,000 Vietnamese troops to Yongpu the next day, where he would cross the river and return to the Yue Kingdom. The boat division of the Vietnamese army also made preparations for crossing the river, and the generals led by Lieutenant General Chen Yin greeted Gou Jian's arrival at Yongpu Wharf.

After Chen Yin and the others received the soldier's report, not long after, the gilded military chariot carrying Gou Jian had already arrived at the dock. Chen Yin and more than a dozen other generals took a few steps forward, knelt down on one knee in the direction of the military vehicle, beat their chests with their right hands and said, "Ministers and others see the Lord."

A soldier ran to the side of the troop and knelt down, his hands on the ground. Gou Jian stepped on the soldier's back and got out of the carriage, looked at the respectful Chen Yin and the others, and said with a satisfied smile: "Okay, let's get up for the widow, now is not the time to pay attention to red tape." ”

"Yes" Chen Yin and the others replied and stood up.

Chen Yin stepped out of the queue and made a gesture of please: "Lord, please here."

Gou Jian nodded, and instructed Dazai Kucheng, who was on the road with him: "Dazai, please go and arrange for the soldiers to get on the ship."

"The lord is polite, this is just the duty of the minister," Ku Cheng said respectfully.

Gou Jian nodded, then turned around, and as he walked, he asked Chen Yin, "What has happened to the Han Manzi's boat master recently?" ”

Chen Yin said suspiciously: "This minister is also strange, but the Han barbarian is really like this." However, the minister thought that this was not impossible, although the Han barbarians inherited the boat division of the Wu army, they did not inherit it completely, but only inherited most of it. Second, many Wu generals were reluctant to work under Yang Zilu, and the minister heard that Xu Cheng, the former general of the Wu Army's Zhou Division, went to Chu to do things. ”

When Chen Yin said this, he looked at Gou Jian's face and saw that he was not dissatisfied, so he continued: "So the boat division of the Han barbarians, even if there are warships, there is no one to command, plus to transport food to Yang Zilu, it is not impossible that there are not enough warships to attack. Of course, it is also possible that the ministers will not be able to find out, because the Han barbarians dug a large lake in Jiuzi (now Wuhu City) as a camp for the boat master. It's only about 200 miles from here, and if the Han barbarians want to move, we will get the news a little late. ”

Gou Jian frowned when he heard this, and said, "Isn't it safe for the widow to cross the river now?" ”

Chen Yin shook his head and said confidently: "This is naturally not, it's not the minister's boasting, the minister has prepared twenty fireboats here, if the Han barbarians dare to come." The minister lined up these twenty fireboats, connected them in series with iron cables, lit them and went down the river, even if the Han barbarians sent big ships to risk death to ram the fireboats, they could not rush away. At that time, even if the Han barbarians came with a hundred warships, when the time came, they would only burn a few more."

Gou Jian was overjoyed when he heard this: "Chen Yin's plan is really wonderful"

When Chen Yin heard this, he smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of the lord laughing, in fact, this plan was not thought up by the minister." ”

It was not surprising that Gou Jian heard this, although Chen Yin was brave, his wisdom was not very good, and it was impossible for him to come up with such a mysterious plan. The reason why Gou Jian didn't say it was because he was afraid of hurting Chen Yin's face. But now that Chen Yin himself has broken it, Gou Jian no longer pretends to be stupid, and asks curiously: "Then who came up with such a solution for you." ”

"It's Dr. Fan." Chen Yin said abruptly.

When Gou Jian heard this, he showed an expression that was really like this, which made Chen Yin's face even redder.

At this moment, a loud horn sounded, Gou Jian and Chen Yin both turned pale, and at this moment, a soldier on the pole of the warship shouted down: "General, the beacon fire is lit, it is two beacon fires, and the boat division of the Han barbarians is coming."

When Chen Yin heard this, a flash of joy flashed on his face. Gou Jian's expression was also a lot more relaxed, as long as it wasn't for the army, it would be much easier. Gou Jian still had time to ask Chen Yin: "Why did the two beacon fires come from the boat master of the Han barbarians?" ”

Chen Yin also explained with a calm smile: "The minister is also afraid of the Han barbarians' army attacking, so the beacon tower has been ordered, lighting a beacon fire is the Han barbarian army's attack, two is the boat division's attack, and three is the attack of water and land." ”

When Gou Jian heard this, he said with some surprise: "It's really a good idea, this should be something you came up with by Chen Yin, right?" ”

When Chen Yin heard this, he said a little proudly: "No, it's the minister who came up with it."

Gou Jian laughed and said: "Yes, come, let the widow order the ship to be set on fire, let the widow see what the sea of fire made of the Han barbarian warship is like1"

Chen Yin smiled, handed the order flag around his waist to Gou Jian, and taught: "Lord, you only need to hold this order flag high and wave it three times."

"It's so simple" Gou Jian responded while doing what Chen Yin said.

This order is naturally not so simple, Gou Jian only issued the first step of the order, and then the soldiers on the pole waved a large flag and issued an order. The soldiers who were watching the flagship nearby, and when they saw the order, they immediately carried twenty fireboats out of the dock. The fireships were not large, they were made of small-wing warships, but the bow and stern were lined with bright flammable materials such as dry wood and sulfur, and it was conceivable that a single rocket could set these on fire.

Each fireship is flanked by an inferior iron chain the size of a child's arm, which connects the fireships to the left and right. Twenty fireboats were like a big iron cable, blocking the wide river. It seemed impossible for any ship to pass through their interception.

It is conceivable that if the fireship is ignited, the enemy will really have no escape, and even if he wants to rush away from the fireboat, it will be impossible to escape. As for escaping backwards, it is also unlikely, and it is easy to say that the small wing-class boat is small and flexible. But it is not so simple for the big ship of the mid-wing class to turn around, plus it is not a ship to turn around. As a result, they could not turn around, crowded on the surface of the river, unable to move.

Gou Jian had already seen the Han army struggling in the flames, screaming and wailing in pain. and Yang Zilu's painful expression after learning that the boat master he had worked so hard to set up was destroyed. The more he thought about it, the more excited Gou Jian became, and he couldn't even wait to see the arrival of the Han Army's boat division.

As if in response to the thoughts in Gou Jian's heart, Gou Jian's thoughts have just fallen, and at the end of the Yangtze River, the warships lined up in battle arrays are used. The high bow of the ship is like a high fighter, the bright red flag is waving in the wind, and the boat division of the Han army has not yet started the battle, and it is already imposing.

Gou Jian couldn't help but be secretly surprised, fortunately he had a favorable location here, otherwise it would be hard to fight, the Vietnamese army was not only the quantity of the warships, but also the quality was not as good as the opponent, but ...... Gou Jian turned his head to look at the fireship connected by iron cables, and the corners of his mouth immediately curled, revealing a smug smile. said calmly: "Let the soldiers board the boat and cross the river, don't waste time with these Han barbarians who are about to accompany the Sea Dragon King."

"Yes," Chen Yin said confidently.

In their opinion, although the war has not yet begun, the victory or defeat has long been predestined.

PS: The second update arrived, and the 7,000-word goal failed. Today there are only six thousand updates. Now Mu Mu owes 11,000 words. Seeing this number, Mu Mu felt that he had become a cup.

Chapter 452 Clever Ship Removal Scheme

Xia You stood on the bow of the ship, holding a monocular in his hand, although the monocular was expensive, his role was still very large. Especially in water warfare, it is more important to pay attention to the battle formation, and if you can be the first to discover the enemy, you can have a certain amount of time to adjust the battle formation. Even if it is not possible to replace the original battle formation with a battle formation that completely restrains the opponent's battle formation, but adjust some places, at least to occupy a few more advantages when facing the enemy, and this advantage is likely to be the last goose feather that crushes the camel.

This is also thanks to Chen Yintuo, who did not arrange firewood according to the arrival of the fireboat. Generally, fireships have dry firewood piled up in the canopy and stern. There is nothing unusual about such a fireboat from the front, and it will be noticed when it gets closer, but it is a little late at that time, and the distance is enough, and then the sailors on board will light the firewood and abandon the ship and jump into the water.

Chen Yin did this because he was confident that the Han army had no way to deal with it, and he also wanted to increase the power of the fireship. For this reason, dry firewood was piled up along with the bow of the ship, and it was not even covered with an oilcloth, which was directly clear to people at a glance. So Xia You suddenly discovered Chen Yin's poisonous plan, and his face changed greatly. Seeing this, the adjutant general beside him couldn't help but feel nervous, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the general?" ”

Xia You didn't seem to hear it, and didn't move. Only then did the deputy remember that Xia You was deaf, so he hurriedly patted Xia You on the shoulder, and when Xia You turned his head to look at him, he repeated what he had just said to Xia You. Although Xia You was deaf, he knew lip language, and after 'listening' to the lieutenant's words, Xia You frowned, handed the monoculars to the lieutenant general and said, "See for yourself"

The lieutenant general couldn't be polite, and hurriedly took the monoculars and put them on his eyes. When the deputy general saw it, he was even more unbearable than Xia You, and he was shocked. said to Xia You: "General, quickly order a retreat, otherwise it will be too late"

Xia You shook his head and said, "It's too late."

"That's how much you can go," the adjutant general was so anxious that he wanted to give the order himself.

Although Xia You was also frightened, he was different from the lieutenant general, he still remained calm. Xia You understands that although he can escape some by retreating, but the Yue army boat division is not vegetarian, they will definitely follow and cover up, and it will be difficult to say how many warships can escape when the time comes. Besides, even if you can escape, you will miss the Lord's plan, and it is better to think of a way to deal with it.

"The ships on the south side immediately sent a hundred men to the shore." After half a sound, Xia You said calmly.

"Docking? What is the use of landing" The deputy general looked at Xia You and asked puzzled.

The corners of Xia You's mouth curled slightly, revealing a smile and said: "In this way, you can resolve the poisonous plan of the Yue people."

The deputy general originally didn't think so, but when he heard the back, his face immediately changed greatly, and he nodded like a chicken. After Xia You finished speaking, he went down without saying a word and personally arranged for the soldiers to land.

…… Vietnamese ......

"What are you doing? Sent ashore? What is the purpose of the Han barbarians in doing this? Because the distance was quite far, Gou Jian stared at it for a while before he realized that he asked Chen Yin.

Chen Yin said with some shame: "The minister doesn't know, but the so-called soldiers will block, and the water will cover it." No matter what it is, the Han barbarians are also useless."

Gou Jian heard this, thought for a while, and felt that what Chen Yin said made sense, nodded and said: "Well, what you said is not wrong, no matter what the Han barbarians do, it won't take long to let them live happily for a while."

Gou Jian said, the joy on his face was even stronger, if there was no accident, this battle would be the first big victory of the Yue Kingdom against the Han barbarians. This also means that the Yue country will stop the decadent momentum of the war against the Han barbarians, greatly boost morale, and the opportunity for the Yue country to turn over is coming

But soon Gou Jian's brows furrowed again, and after the Han army put down some people, they did not set off immediately, but grinded, as if they were unwilling to continue to move forward. If there were no iron cable fireboats, Gou Jian might have been happy with the Han army's actions, so that he would have time to transport all the soldiers to the south bank, but at the moment, he was bent on winning a big battle, so he naturally hoped that the Han army would quickly crash into the iron cable fireboat.

Chen Yin hesitated for a moment, and speculated: "Lord, it seems that the Han barbarians have discovered our fireship."

"So far away, the Han barbarian can see clearly?" Gou Jian was surprised and didn't believe it anymore.

"Although I don't know why I can see it so far, but it seems that I really saw it, Lord, if you look closely, the Han barbarian seems to be grinding, but in fact, he is adjusting his formation, and he seems to be preparing to retreat" Chen Yin's voice was more certain this time than before.

As soon as Gou Jian heard the word retreat, he was like a cat that had been stepped on by his tail, and the hair on his body exploded. Gritted his teeth and said: "How can you let the Han barbarians go and immediately attack the widows, the Yangtze River is so wide, the widows don't believe that their hundreds of warships can still walk under the eyes of the widows."

Chen Yin was also unwilling to let the Han army go like this, and nodded vigorously with deep sympathy. Immediately ordered the fireboat to attack, and more than 30 Vietnamese boat divisions slowly followed behind the fireboat.

The fireship, which had received the order to attack, immediately sprang at a rapid pace, and the sailors on board rowed their oars with all their might, and followed the current, plus the ships were full of dry wood, sulfur, hay, and oil. It's not very heavy, especially dry firewood and hay, don't look big, but there are a lot of gaps in it, and it's very light. Twenty fireboats were like arrows off the string, drawing a long water mark on the surface of the river, heading straight for the Han army's boat division.

At this moment, not only Xia You and they saw it, but even the little soldiers could see it clearly, this is a fireboat Ah There was a commotion when the Han Junzhou Division boarded, but fortunately, the Han Junzhou Division attached great importance to military discipline, and the commotion quickly subsided. And there were officers on the side, although the Han soldiers were panicked, but there was no order, everyone did not dare to turn around and retreat, so they could only attack hard.

When the two sides were about six or seven miles away, the bows of the twenty fireships were set on fire, and the sailors on board immediately fled to the stern of the ships, and a small boat was strung with ropes behind the fireboats. After untying the ropes, the sailors immediately jumped into the water and climbed through the water onto the boat.

Twenty fireships were already in flames from bow to stern in just a moment, although no one controlled them, but with the current and residual power to control, the fireships still collided with the Han army boat division. In addition, it is only six or seven miles, don't look far away, in fact, this is not the case, first of all, the Han army is also advancing, although the speed is slow, and secondly, the speed of the ship has reached the extreme, and the rest of the journey will not be slow to get there, at most it will be about five minutes, the two sides will collide, and the Han army has no time to turn around.

At this time, the vice admiral on the bow of the ship couldn't help but be a little worried, and asked Xia You, "General, do you think there will be a problem?" ”

Xia You didn't answer his question, Xia You's attention was focused on the fireboat at the moment, and he didn't notice that the vice general was talking to him, let alone 'listen' to the vice general's words.

But at this very moment, on a slightly protruding piece of land on the south bank, four or five long hooks stretched out. All at once hooked the outermost fireship of the iron fireship.

"It's done," Xia You waved excitedly.

I saw that the Han soldiers who were put on the south bank in the middle were all concentrated on the land that was about to protrude slightly, and at this moment, not only scratched the hook, but also seven long bamboos stretched out to resist the fireboat. Although these fireboats are not small, each hook or long bamboo is operated by at least four Han soldiers, and most of them are seven or eight people.

Although the fireships were unwilling, they were still reasonably fixed by the soldiers, but this was not counted, and don't forget that the fireships were connected by iron cables, and the outermost fireships were fixed. The other fireships were still moving forward under the action of inertia, so that the fireships were like a fire whip, and they were whipped towards the south bank. The coverage area of the fireship is quite a lot, more than three miles.

So at this time, Xia You still didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the whole army to slow down, and reduce as much as he could, but he was not allowed to stop the ship. When you stop the ship, you need to put an anchor, and it can be a waste of time to set sail again.

"How can this be" Gou Jian's eyes widened, and he grew up with a mouth that could swallow an ostrich egg, staring at the situation in front of him. In his opinion, how could an invulnerable strategy be so simply broken

Gou Jian is Gou Jian in the end, and he quickly came back to his senses, now is not the time to be shocked, but to find a way to solve those damn Han barbarians. Gou Jian instructed Chen Yin: "Immediately order the soldiers on the south bank to dispatch, and kill all those Han barbarians on the shore, and promise the soldiers to kill one person and get another five acres of land."

When Chen Yin heard this, he didn't move his steps, but made a bitter face.

Seeing this, Gou Jian was furious and pushed Chen Yin, but fortunately Chen Yin was good, otherwise he would have fallen into the water because of Gou Jian's push on the bumpy boat. But that's not all, after Gou Jian finished pushing Chen Yin, he immediately stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Yin's nose, and scolded viciously: "What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and order someone to give an order, do you want to wait for the Han barbarians to be killed before coming to your senses?" ”

Chen Yin hurriedly explained: "Lord, this is not the case, but there are only fifty soldiers on the south bank, and even if they go, it will not help."

"How can this be, won't you send more soldiers?" Gou Jian was like a wounded beast at this moment, roaring madly at Chen Yin. Although he was angry, fortunately, Gou Jian still retained a trace of reason, knowing that his move was actually unreasonable. Otherwise, Gou Jian would have already drawn his sword and cut Chen Yin.

Chen Yin lowered his head and silently endured Gou Jian's anger, lest Gou Jian become further annoyed and angry. In fact, the reason why there are not more soldiers on the south bank. That's because there are not many troops, and the north bank may be attacked by the Han army, while the south bank is safe. Naturally, the soldiers were all deployed on the north bank, and the soldiers on the south bank were only used to guard against some small meals.

For these, how could Xia You, who came to attack, not inquire about the enemy's troop deployment, so he sent troops to disembark on the south bank, and he was not unprepared. Of the hundred, there were probably about thirty of them who did not help to intercept the fireboat, and they were all on guard with weapons. The number of people may not be as large as the Vietnamese army, but it is no problem to block the Vietnamese army and let the comrades complete the task, Chen Yin also saw it, so he didn't do useless things.

After half a ring, Gou Jian's reason regained the upper hand and stopped his vexatious trouble, or Gou Jian no longer had the heart to be angry. Under the action of inertia, the fireships all crashed into the south bank, and finally ran aground on the river beach on the south bank.

After losing the threat of fireships, the channel in front of the Han army boat division became unimpeded again, and the Han warships immediately accelerated. The oars on both sides of the ship turned rapidly, setting off patches of white waves on the Yangtze River, and the speed of the Han warship at this moment was not much slower than that of an ordinary horse.

"Please order the army to stop crossing the river immediately, otherwise it will be too late," Chen Yin glanced worriedly at the troop transport ship that had just arrived in the center of the river. The troop carriers are like bloated fat men, slowly advancing, if the order is to stop crossing the river now, those troop carriers that have just set off return to the north shore, and a considerable number of these soldiers crossing the river can survive.

"No," Gou Jian roared excitedly. "It can't be so"

Gou Jian's excitement at this moment is not a simple emotion, but also an excitement about the current situation in Vietnam. There were only 1,000 soldiers in the Yue country, but the Han army had 2,000 men, but this was not the worst.

If the Vietnamese army had cities as a backing, it could offset the numerical advantage of the Han army and block the advance of the Han army. So what if the Yangtze River is locked up by the Han army, after cutting off hope? Gou Jian could foresee that the country of Yue would be one after another, and the cities that were originally loyal to him would open the gates and surrender to the arrogant Han barbarians.

And the families of the soldiers under his command are all in Vietnam, and their families are deeply in the hands of the enemy. Gou Jian could already imagine whether these soldiers would choose to remain loyal to him after the surrender of the Yue Kingdom, or choose to succumb to the iron hooves of the powerful Han army, which controlled the lives of their families. Obviously, the soldiers will naturally choose the latter, if not all of them, at least most of them do. When the time comes, he will either die or be killed in a mutiny.

So in the current situation, Gou Jian has not many options, either bravely fight with the Han army boat division, or cowardly wait for defeat and death to bring. Although Gou Jian once surrendered to his husband and endured all kinds of humiliation from his husband, it does not mean that Gou Jian is a cowardly person. On the contrary, Gou Jian is a resolute person, he will not allow him with a proud bloodline, cowardly waiting for failure and death to bring, his descendants of Dayu, even if he dies, he will die vigorously.

"No matter how the attack is, the widow must let Yang Zilu understand that the descendants of Dayu, even if they die, they must break the net with him" Gou Jian roared almost madly.

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Chapter 453 Extinguishing Yue

Chen Yin was also aroused by Gou Jian's words, and at this moment, Chen Yin raised his head like a victor, stared at the Han army boat division riding the wind and waves with sharp eyes, and roared: "The minister swears to follow the lord to the death, even if he dies, he will not regret it."

"Okay" Gou Jian yelled, and instructed the herald: "Pass the order, if the attack is defeated, then the widow will die with you, and the last drop of blood will be shed If the victorious widow will share with everyone what the widow of the Yue country uses, you will use it, what the widow eats, you will eat long live the Yue country"

The herald conveyed these words, and all the Vietnamese soldiers aroused the heroic spirit in their hearts, and a burst of neat and loud military trumpets sounded on the boat division of the Vietnamese army. "Long live the Great Yue Country, long live the Great Yue Country~"

Not to be outdone, Xia You took the lead and shouted: "Gale gale gale gay"

More than 100 battleships immediately resounded with an unflinching roar. "Gale Gale Gale Gale"

Amid the roar, the weak Vietnamese army took the lead in attacking. This is not because Gou Jian is not self-sufficient, but that the Vietnamese army is in the upper reaches, and if it does not take the lead in attacking, it will be a waste of geographical advantages. Of course, it was not without its shortcomings, and it was very likely that the Vietnamese army would be surrounded by the Han army with numerical superiority, and the defeat would be decided at that time. But under the current circumstances, there is no way back for Gou Jian. The offense may still have a chance to win, but the defense is just waiting for death.

Not to mention, although the Vietnamese warships were many one-third of the Han army, the Vietnamese army fought with the belief of death. Combined with the geographical advantage, seven or eight Han warships were immediately sunk with ramming angles, forcing the Han warships to retreat some distance.

Of course, the Yue Kingdom was not a loss, but it was just a sinking of a Winglet-class battleship, which can be called nothing compared to the losses of the Han army.

Seeing this, Xia You's face couldn't help but change slightly, he couldn't imagine that the Vietnamese army actually had such great combat effectiveness. However, water warfare is not as good as land warfare, and everything cannot be solved by morale, and weapons are also very important

Xia You cleaned up his mood, let the herald play the banner, and ordered the small warships in front to sail to both sides and harass the enemy. Xia You led all the big wing-class battleships in the Han army's boat division, that is, ten big wing-class battleships, towards the Vietnamese army, and the momentum was violent, as if they wanted to collide with the Vietnamese army.

The Vietnamese warships did not choose to fight hard, but chose to dodge, because the Vietnamese army only had three Dayi-class warships, and even if the other warships had the help of the current, the size of the body was here, and it was not cost-effective to collide head-on with the Dayi-class of the Han army.

As for the three Great Wing class ships of the Vietnamese army, although they were a little cheaper than the Han army, they only killed 1,000 enemies and lost 800 themselves. In fact, it didn't take much advantage, and it could even be regarded as a loss. After all, the number of Han troops is more than that of the Vietnamese army, so the two warships of the Han army have been exchanged for one battleship of the Vietnamese army, and Gou Jian will not do this stupid thing.

Seeing the Vietnamese army dodging, Xia You did not order the Han warship to adjust the angle and collide with the Vietnamese army, but instead showed a treacherous smile on the corner of his mouth.

Although Gou Jian wondered why the Han army didn't adjust the angle, how did he adjust the angle and hit some Vietnamese warships. Although it's not much, it's better than nothing, isn't it a Han barbarian ready to take on the side battle?

Thinking of this, Gou Jian immediately ordered the soldiers to play the banner, so that the archers and light infantry were ready, and once the broadside battle broke out, a rain of arrows shot over, killing the Han barbarians by surprise. Look at who captured whose warship Gou Jian thought of this, and the corners of his mouth immediately showed a hideous smile.

Gou Jian was wrong, Xia You had no intention of preparing to engage in a battle with Gou Jian, and it could even be said that Xia You had no intention of connecting the captives. Just when the warships of the two sides were staggering, arrows rained down, but the symbolism was more than the practical meaning.

Because there were battlements and women's walls on both sides of the warship, as long as they were not shot, the soldiers could lie down behind the wooden walls. And the wound left by the arrow wound is not large, and the soldier can fight again with a little treatment. So don't look at the rain of arrows, the fierceness of the fight is abnormal, in fact, the number of soldiers killed in battle generally does not exceed ten figures.

However, the Vietnamese soldier who was shooting suddenly felt a darkness above his head, and instinctively raised his head, only to see a thousand-pound boulder falling head-on, and immediately screamed in horror.

But the screams didn't work, and the boulder still smashed down at an unabated speed. Sawdust flew and the battleship immediately felt as if it had been bitten by a giant beast, and it was even possible to see what was going on inside the ship's cabin. The Vietnamese soldiers did not have time to watch this spectacular scene, and the river water was like sharks smelling blood, swarming through the cracks of the battleship.

Some Vietnamese soldiers shouted and poured water out with containers, while others jumped into the water and fled.

In the panic, only a few people paid attention to the terrifying weapons of the Han army, only to see that on both sides of the Han warship, two large wooden poles were tied, and at the top of the wooden pole was a boulder weighing a thousand catties.

Now the boulder is slowly rising, just from here, one can imagine the enemy ship passing by him, how heavy the damage this boulder will cause to the battleship. If you are unlucky, there are people on the landing point of the boulder, and they will directly shoot people into meat paste, and then this meat paste is mixed with wood chips and splashed, and there is really no corpse.

But the Han army did not count this, although the slap pole is not useful now, but the crossbowmen on the ship did not stop and shot the Vietnamese soldiers who jumped into the water. On the surface of the Yangtze River, there is a faint color of blood.

"How did the Han barbarians come up with such a terrifying weapon?" the ship was not spared, because of the earthquake, lying on the deck, looking at the Han warship that walked by him proudly, his eyes were as wide as copper bells.

Because of the force of the earthquake just now, Chen Yin fell on the board of the ship and got up slowly, glanced at the wounds of the battleship, and his face changed greatly when he boarded. Walked quickly to Gou Jian's side, helped Gou Jian, and said anxiously: "Lord, now is not the time to pay attention to these, it is estimated that the battleship has entered the water." Please follow the lord and evacuate quickly, or it will be too late."

Gou Jian stood up with the help of Chen Yin, was stunned when he heard Chen Yin's words, and immediately laughed like crazy: "Evacuate? The widow can still retreat there, ah, the Yue country is gone, although the world is big, but there is no place for the widow to live."

Chen Yin persuaded: "Lord, don't think about this, let's flee first, or it will be too late."

Chen Yin didn't care about the words, and the fig leaf of evacuation was thrown away, and the word escape was directly used.

Hearing this, Gou Jian calmed down, looked at Chen Yin, shook his head slowly but resolutely and said: "Chen Yin, you go, you have done enough for the widow and the Yue country, and the widow is here to live and die with the warriors of the Yue country."

When Chen Yin heard this, he gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to be with Gou Jian, but Chen Yin finally sighed, knelt down, kowtowed three times to Gou Jian, and whimpered: "...... minister"

"Needless to say, the widow also knows that you have your difficulties, you still have your family, there is no need to be martyred with Yue Guo" Gou Jian was rare and enlightened at this moment, probably already had the intention to die, and saw everything very thoroughly, and there was nothing to be attached to.

Chen Yin didn't say anything more, turned around and retreated in a small boat.

Instead, Gou Jian stood on the deck and watched the battle calmly, as if this war had nothing to do with him.

On the water surface of the Yangtze River, with the help of the beating stick, the Vietnamese army, which was inferior to the Han army in terms of numbers, defeated the only three Dayi-class warships in the first round. After a short period of time, Gou Jian finally calmly sank into the Yangtze River with the warship. The monarch died in battle, and the morale of the Vietnamese army was greatly demoralized, but it was supported in front of it with the remnants of its previous sharpness, and it did not collapse. However, even so, the Vietnamese army was beaten by the Han army to parry, and had no power to fight back.

Because the boat division of the Vietnamese army under the command of Gou Jian and Chen Yin was not able to be reversed in the end, after a period of hard support, the Vietnamese army could no longer support it and was defeated, and Xia You only accepted surrender at this time.

And Chen Yin escaped to the camp in a small boat, and it didn't take long for him to lead the whole army to surrender to Xia You.

However, Dazai Kucheng in the camp was not reconciled, and took more than 100 soldiers who were loyal to the Yue Kingdom to cross the Yangtze River and return to the Yue Kingdom. He supported Goujian's son, Lu Ying, who escaped from Pengyi, as the monarch of Yue.

After hearing the news of Gou Jian's death, Fan Li sighed and asked someone to bring a piece of gold silk and write on it: It is difficult to achieve hegemony, it is difficult to survive the country, and I am discouraged about the world, and I am ashamed of the father and elder of the Chu country. After writing, Fan Li put the cloth, tiger talisman, and general seal ribbon into a wooden box and sent someone to the Han military camp.

After that, Fan Li disappeared, but there was one more Tao Zhugong in the world.

After Xia You obtained the tiger talisman and the general's seal, he calmly let 10,000 Vietnamese troops surrender. At this time, Yang Zilu also knew the battle situation, and when he came to the camp, after seeing Fan Li's cloth, he sighed in his heart. At the beginning, in order to take revenge on himself, Fan Li even forgot the purpose of being a doctor in Yueguo, using Yue to contain Wu and save Chu, but instead taught Gou Jian to harm Chu.

Now that I'm disheartened, I understand. Yang Zilu also knew that Fan Li no longer had the intention of being an official, Yang Zilu thought about it, and let the platform not have to go to Fan Li, nor did he have to assassinate Fan Li.

However, Ku Cheng couldn't ignore it, Yang Zilu let the Vietnamese army rest on the north bank of the Yangtze River, mobilized 5,000 Eastern Chu troops to cross the Jiangbei, and was uniformly deployed by Chonghu to eradicate the remnants of the Yue Kingdom. Ku Cheng is not a talent to turn the tide, and in the end, after half a year of hard support, Yue Guo was destroyed by Chonghu, Ku Cheng committed suicide, and Gongzi Lu Ying was killed by Chonghu.

And the reason why Yue Guo was able to support it for half a year was because Ku Cheng fled with his son Lu Ying and a group of remnants of the defeated soldiers. It took Chonghu half a year to destroy the Yue Kingdom, because most of the waste of time is on the way to catch up, especially over the mountains and mountains, which is the most wasteful time.

Of course, this is already a matter of the future, after the death of the general Gou Jian, Yang Zilu selected 2,000 people in the Vietnamese army, and was commanded by Chen Yin, the former general of the Yue Kingdom. Together with a thousand light cavalry under the command of Yang Zilu, they took Xia You's warship against the current and headed for Xia Wei City.

PS: Chapter 2 to Haha 7,000 words today, and now Mu Mu owes 9,000 words and has fallen below 10,000 words again. Strive to make persistent efforts tomorrow

Chapter 454 The envoy of the State of Chu

Outside the city of Xia Wei, on the expanded Xia Wei ferry, the soldiers of the Han army were densely arranged into a neat phalanx, and the banners covered the sun. Black Bear, Hou Xiong, Zigong and others all gathered on the ferry, but obviously they were not preparing for war, Black Bear and the others all looked relaxed, and they got together with people they knew each other and whispered.

It didn't take long for a fleet of ships to come upstream, and the tall warships were like warriors with their heads held high, splitting the water pouring down the Yangtze River and slowly docking at the ferry. A wide plank sticks out from the side of the boat and rests on the ferry. Two columns of majestic soldiers of the Yulin Army took the lead and lined up in two columns below the exit, everyone with their heads held high, their armor bright, and a murderous aura circulating on their bodies. Yang Zilu, who was wearing a white robe, slowly stepped on the plank at this time, followed by Mang Gao and Jiao Shuyan, two generals of the Yulin Army, and walked off the battleship.

The black bear and the others were already ready, Yang Zilu stepped on the land with one foot, and the black bear and the others had already saluted: "The ministers see the lord."

Seeing this, Yang Zilu smiled happily and said with both hands: "No courtesy." ”

"Thank you, Lord," the doctors and generals thanked one after another.

Yang Zilu suddenly saw that there was an extra face in the front row of the crowd, and it stands to reason that if it was a more important doctor under his command, even if he didn't know what his name was, he should have seen it. Who is this person?

Seeing that Yang Zilu noticed the man, Zigong took a step forward and introduced Yang Zilu softly: "The lord This person is a messenger sent by the king of Chu, and when he learned that we are here to greet the lord, he will come anyway." It was difficult for the minister to refuse, so he only agreed to let him come, hoping that the Lord would punish him. ”

Yang Zilu waved his hand disappreciably and said, "This is nothing, how to talk about punishment." During this time, thanks to Zigong, you have been able to handle tedious government affairs, by the way, there is nothing important during this time, right? ”

When Zigong heard this, he somewhat understood what Yang Zilu meant, and said: "There are no important things, they are all ordinary things, and there is no problem in dealing with them for a day or two in the evening." ”

Yang Zilu nodded, as for military affairs, it is even more impossible to deal with anything by himself. As long as there is no war, the military is generally a Qingshui yamen, and there can be something important. Besides, even if there is, Zigong knows that it is impossible not to remind himself.

So Yang Zilu instructed Zigong: "Since there is nothing important, Zigong, you take the envoy of the Chu State to bring the widow in the carriage, and the widow wants to see what medicine the Chu State wants to sell in the gourd this time." ”

"Nuo" Zigong responded.

Yang Zilu chatted with the black bear on the dock for a few words, and then got into the carriage. The carriage that Yang Zilu was riding in this time was very large, about the size of a small room. This small room is also cut and divided into a living room and a bedroom, although it is not large, but it is better than the sparrow, although it is small, it has all five organs.

Yang Zilu got into the carriage first, and it didn't take long for Zigong's voice to sound outside the carriage, "Lord, the envoy of the Chu State is here." ”

"Well, come up, Zigong, you can come up too, so as not to run a little more and get into the carriage, anyway, it's all going to Xia Wei City," Yang Zilu said.

"Then the trouble is on the master" Zigong said trouble, but you are welcome, opened the wooden door of the carriage, and went in first. The envoy of the state of Chu followed Zigong and got into the carriage.

After entering the carriage, the envoy of Chu State first knelt down and sat down, and Yang Zilu was just about to look at the other party. The envoy of Chu State had already clasped his hands and raised them above his head, but the hanging sleeves blocked the face of the envoy of Chu State, so that Yang Zilu was not depressed. The envoy of Chu didn't know about it, he did a good job of preluding, so he bowed to Yang Zilu and saluted: "The envoy of Chu and the doctor of Sanlu bend their eyes to meet the king."

When Yang Zilu heard this, she smiled helplessly, but then her heart moved, she thought of a celebrity, and asked curiously: "The doctor doesn't have to be polite, please don't know if there is someone in the doctor's family named Qu Yuan?" ”

Hearing this, Qu Mu thought for a while, and said, "Qu Yuan? As far as Qu Mu knows, there doesn't seem to be a clansman named Qu Yuan, doesn't the gentleman know Qu Yuan's sons and daughters? ”

Yang Zilu smiled and said, "No, I just happened to hear someone in the market that there was a person named Qu Yuan in Chu who was very good at composing poetry. It's probably just a nonsense from people in the market."

Hearing this, Qu Mu smiled, paused, and said with a somewhat bitter face: "Your Excellency, Qu Mu is here on behalf of the king of my family this time, and I hope that I can turn hostility into friendship with you, and rebuild friendship between Chu and Han."

As he spoke, he took out a map from his bosom, barely showed a flattering smile, and then said: "In addition, the king of my family is willing to cut the land east of the Han River and the west of the Lishui to the king. to witness the friendship between Chu and Han"

Saying that Qu Mu was about to spread out the map, Yang Zilu watched Qu Mu spread out the map and didn't know why the allusion to Jing Ke's poor dagger flashed. Yang Zilu hurriedly smiled and took the map and said, "It's okay for the widow to come."

Qu Mu was stunned when he heard this, but he still didn't say anything, and let Yang Zilu take the map and spread it out. There is no dagger on the map, which makes Yang Zilu secretly scold himself in his heart, and there is a bit of indescribable embarrassment.

Qu Mu naturally won't mock Yang Zilu on this matter, and now it's important to make peace. Qu Mu stretched out his hand and drew a circle on the map, enclosing the land between the Lishui and the Han River, the place is not small, with a radius of more than 300 miles, especially on the east bank of the Han River, the cities are relatively dense, and the population is 300,000 at least. And this is still a conservative estimate, even if there are 600,000 people, it is possible, and the condition of King Chu Hui is really not ordinarily rich.

Yang Zilu did not show excitement or satisfaction on his face, but looked at the map and thought quietly, Zigong and Qu Mu both remained silent, and the atmosphere in the carriage seemed a little cold when they boarded.

After half a ring, Qu Mu was a little breathless, and took the lead in saying: "The lord may not know a piece of news, the Qin army has been defeated by our Chu army, although it has not been defeated, but it is no longer able to besiege Dengyi, and instead confronts our Chu army on the outskirts of Dengyi." ”

Yang Zilu did not speak, but looked at Zigong.

Zigong knew that Yang Zilu was asking himself, so he nodded and said, "Doctor Qu's words are basically not wrong, but the Qin army was only a small defeat, and the loss was only a thousand. The reason for the retreat was because Shen Baoxu came out of the mountain and brought 40,000 Chu troops to Dengyi, and the Qin army retreated. ”

Yang Zilu asked, "How many Chu troops are there in Dengyi?" ”

Zigong thought for a while and said, "There should be about twenty-five thousand people. ”

"With the geographical advantage and the city as a support, the total number of troops is 65,000. Although the Qin army had 50,000 men, soldiers were stationed all the way. The real strength of the army is probably about 40,000, or even less than 40,000. More than half of the opponent's troops, coupled with the opponent's new defeat, are only confrontations. In this way, most of the 65,000 people of the Chu army have just been trained and can barely go to the battlefield. However, the actual combat effectiveness is not at all the same number of Qin opponents. Yang Zilu analyzed very calmly.

Qu Mu listened to it on the side, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't think that he was just one sentence, and Zigong's two sentences. Yang Zilu had already figured out the situation of the Chu army, and Qu Mu was more and more worried about the future of the Chu State, facing such a terrifying opponent, the Chu State did not know whether it could be done with hard support.

Yang Zilu looked at Qu Mu, drew a circle on the map, and said: "As for the number of Chu troops, don't say it, the widow put forward such a request, the land you just talked about, plus the area of Dongting Lake in Chu State, to the east of Dongting Lake and south of the Yangtze River. And the widow is the mainstay, and the widow can promise to make a blood alliance with the Chu State, and protect the Chu State to avoid military disasters. Otherwise, the widow won't say anything, and you understand."

Qu Mu glanced at the place where Yang Zilu was divided, and immediately his face changed greatly, if Yang Zilu was divided, then the state of Chu would shrink to only the two river basins between the Yangtze River and the Han River, as well as the land in the upper reaches of the Han River. The land will be reduced to one-third of its original size.

"Impossible," Qu Mu Huo Ran stood up and objected strongly. "Your Majesty, if you cut the land according to you, then my Chu State will only be left with one-third of the original territory, which is impossible no matter what."

"Then the widow will let the Chu State perish," Yang Zilu said lightly, as if he was saying something insignificant.

Qu Mu heard this, and his face turned red, but in the end he thought of something, so he sat down aggrievedly and said: "In addition to ceding the land from Lishui to the Hanshui Valley, my Chu State can pay tribute to the king every year......"

Yang Zilu forcefully interrupted Qu Mu's words, "Didn't you hear the conditions of the widow clearly?" Either perish or surrender This is the widow's reply to the Chu State, as for you Chu people put forward conditions, you can defeat the widows, even if you propose that the widows cut out of Guangling City."

Qu Mu couldn't help it this time, his hands were clenched into fists, his waist straightened, he looked at Yang Zilu, and said angrily: "Don't you think it's too much to deceive people?" Although the state of Chu is facing such a predicament, it may not be able to break the net."

"Will you be able to break the net with the widow?" Yang Zilu leaned forward slightly, as if a mountain was about to be pressed down, and the majestic momentum pressed down on Qu Mu.

Qu Mu didn't know if he was suppressed by Yang Zilu's momentum, or if he was told by Yang Zilu to break his weakness, and his face turned a little pale. Gritted his teeth and said, "But it's better than sitting back and watching the ancestral inheritance be lost."

"No, this is nothing, losing the ancestral inheritance, these are just messing up, anyway, King Chu Zhao shouldn't have appeared in this world in the first place, he just relied on that chaos. Lun's mother got the throne, and all the widow has to do now is to set things right and return the throne that originally belonged to the crown prince to the descendants of the prince Jian," Yang Zilu said calmly.

"Really?" Qu Mu sneered.

"No, it's not up to you. It's whether the people of Chu believe it or not" Yang Zilu's words once again stabbed Qu Mu's weakness.

Many Chu doctors didn't think that Yang Zilu could annex Chu State, he just came to help Bai Gongsheng get the throne. Maybe some people know, but emotionally they don't believe it. Because of this, since Yang Zilu entered the Chu State, he has not encountered too much stubborn resistance. The doctor of the state of Chu was loyal to the state of Chu, not to the king of Chu.

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. Regarding 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 another 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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