Chapter 241: Dong Chu Chooses Jun

But how could Yang Zilu be a vegetarian, how could he let the Chu army rout and escape? If a large number of Chu soldiers were really allowed to escape, then his Yang Zilu's night attack would also become an unsuccessful night attack. [No pop-up novel network]

Yang Zilu immediately shouted: "The two wings outflank and send people to set fire to the ship"

The accelerated attack of the Han army caused the Chu army to fall into panic even more, so that the speed of the soldiers on the ship immediately slowed down. The rocket flew out in the Han army's array, shuttled over the battlefield, landed on an ordinary wooden boat, and immediately ignited the wooden boat. Most of these timbers are ordinary fishing boats, not to mention that the wood is made of relatively cheap miscellaneous wood and bamboo, and the canopy is woven from reeds.

(Canopy: An arch that covers a small wooden boat to shield it from the sun and wind and rain.) ）

The rocket landed on the canopy and immediately set the canopy on fire, snapping. In a matter of moments, the wooden boats were plunged into flames, and in the midst of the burning, sparks popped up and landed on the nearby ships, and they were immediately and quickly ignited. The most important thing is that the Chu army has moored the ships densely, which makes the banks of the Yangtze River fall into a sea of fire.

Only a small number of wooden boats were not ignited, these wooden boats were the warships of the Chu Army's boat division, and the warships were used for combat purposes, so how could they not be fireproof? So it's not much to be burned for a while. When these ships landed, it became the moon in the night, and countless routed soldiers swarmed away.

In order to escape, the soldiers did not care about everything, and used their weapons to kill everyone who stood in front of them. The rout wanted to run away when they got on the boat, but the rout in the rear wanted to take the boat again, and they grabbed the side of the ship, and there was chaos on the shore. The warships that hurriedly crossed the river in a panic often collided with each other, and before they had crossed the wide Han River, they fell into the icy water with the wooden boats. Some even crashed into the group of fishing boats that had been burned into a sea of fire, and immediately burned them to charcoal.

Even so, it did not give rise to the belief that the soldiers of the Chu army would turn around and fight to the death with the Han army. On the contrary, it made the rout of the Chu army even more crazy, and when the rout saw that the wooden boat they were chasing had run away, they did not think of looking for another wooden boat, but jumped into the water and headed towards the wooden boat with despair and hope.

They didn't think about it at all, if they did this, would they be able to get on the wooden boat? If they couldn't get on the wooden boat, how could they swim across the Han River, which was six or seven miles wide? Moreover, the river was still cold, and it was unlikely that they would not have cramped during the swim.

There were also warships that were overloaded and had just left the mooring, and immediately swayed under the lapping of the waves. And the amplitude of this shaking is getting bigger and bigger, until the warship can no longer bear it, the warship suddenly tilts to one side, and the fleeing Chu soldiers have not yet reacted, and the warship has sunk in the middle of the river with people and boats.

And this is the effect that Yang Zilu wants, all Yang Zilu needs to do at this moment is to continue to give orders, so that the soldiers can continue to accelerate the speed at which the Chu army will be even more flustered. In the dark night, the banks of the Yangtze River, which used to be quiet, have now become a real slaughterhouse, but it is not animals that are slaughtered, but people.

The battle lasted for a long time, and it was not until it was dark that Yang Zilu gave the order to accept surrender. At this time, only a small number of Chu soldiers were able to escape, and the lucky Chu soldiers no longer had to endure the threat of death.

In this battle, the Han army killed more than 300 and wounded more than 600, with a total of 1,000 dead and wounded. However, compared to the Chu army, the casualties of the Han army are insignificant. Of the 80,000 troops, only more than 2,400 escaped across the Han River or the Yangtze River. Eighteen thousand people were captured, and the rest either sank into the Yangtze River and the Han River to feed the fish, or died in trampling, fratricidal and Han army beheading, and nearly 60,000 soldiers died.

Originally, the nearby Xia Weicheng saw that there were few Han soldiers and were ready to defend it, but when Yang Zilu asked people to build the Jingguan and built it, Xia Weicheng immediately surrendered without a fight.

Sixteen Jingguan built with human heads and loess rammed are built on both sides of the road, and the highest Jingguan reaches thirteen zhang high, which is no less than a mountain peak. The blood dyed the area around the Chu army's camp and the land within a radius of more than ten miles into dark red. All this tells those who see this situation how terrifying the Han army is.

Especially the thirteen-zhang high Jingguan, after seeing him, the bones of the defenders of Xia Weicheng were all lightened by more than ten catties, and they couldn't stand steadily. And the other soldiers defending the city were no better than this defender to get there.

The Chu army, which stayed on the front line from Tongbai Mountain to Dabie Mountain to guard against the Han army, heard the news that the 80,000 Chu army led by Ye Gong had been annihilated, and immediately the whole army rioted. The commander didn't say a word, took the gold and silver with him, and fled overnight, not knowing where to go.

The commanders have all fled, but the Chu army has not surrendered yet, after all, there are still a certain number of people loyal to the Chu State. After some consultations, the generals of the Chu army decided to recommend a doctor to take over. The doctor was also quite loyal to King Chu Hui, and he thought it through. thinks that it can't defeat the Han army, at least now, so the only way to do it is to retreat and keep the current strength first.

The doctor decided to divide the 40,000 Chu army into three routes and break through in the direction of Hanshui. But the prestige of the doctor was not enough, and it was a very good plan, but because the people below were not satisfied, or because of selfishness, they wanted the Chu army on other roads to attract the attention of the Han army, and changed the departure time and route by themselves.

Immediately, the originally orderly retreat plan became a mess, and Yang Zilu seized the opportunity to break it in the field. When they heard that the Chu army that had broken through on three routes had been defeated, the more than ten generals of the Chu army who had received the information that day were shocked, and immediately launched a mutiny, knocking out the doctor who had just become the commander for a few days. With his head, he led the remaining Chu soldiers to surrender to Yang Zilu.

Although Yang Zilu is ashamed of these Chu army generals, he also knows that a king, what he wants to do is not to be a pro-virtuous minister and a far villain. It's about embracing all rivers and rivers, and giving full play to the villain's strengths, at least it can be used. Otherwise, if Yang Zilu really wanted to kill these Chu army generals, they would not be willing to die, forcing them to struggle to the death and make a mutiny. Even if Yang Zilu quelled this mutiny, Yang Zilu would have to lose a lot of troops.

Therefore, although Yang Zilu was disdainful in his heart, he still showed an attitude of 'I appreciate you' and appeased the generals of the Chu army. Immediately afterwards, the surrendered Chu army was reorganized, the Chu army was surrendered and scattered, and 10,000 strong soldiers were selected and organized as soldiers, and the other soldiers were organized as auxiliaries except for the wounded. In terms of auxiliaries, although the upper-level officers were still served by the generals of the Chu army, which were used to appease the hearts of the Chu army, the middle-level and most of the lower-level officers were served by Han army officers and soldiers who were fluent in the Chu language. In this way, even if some Chu army generals are dissatisfied with themselves, it is not so easy to incite troops to rebel.

At this point, the east of the Lishui River and the south of the Yangtze River in the Chu State were all owned by the Han army. Of course, nominally, Yang Zilu naturally did not admit that these lands belonged to the Han State, but claimed that these lands had been recovered by the Chu State.

And this Chu State is naturally the Chu State established by Bai Gongsheng, and the princes renamed the Chu State established by Bai Gongsheng in order to distinguish the two Chu States. Because the land is close to the east, the Chu country of Bai Gongsheng is called Eastern Chu. And the state of Chu ruled by King Chu Hui, some are still called the state of Chu, and some are called Western Chu. It can be seen from here that in fact, a considerable number of princes are not very optimistic about Bai Gongsheng's seizure of power, at least they are only optimistic about the Han State, so they naturally do not have much respect for the Eastern Chu established by Bai Gongsheng, but vaguely regard the Chu State of King Chu Hui as orthodox.

Gossip is not mentioned, but let's get down to business. After rectifying the Chu State and surrendering troops, the black bear also led the Han army to the east bank of the Han River. Originally, Yang Zilu was going to take advantage of the victory to pursue at this time, but one incident forced Yang Zilu to hand over the military power to Black Bear, let Black Bear command the army instead of him, and Houxiong assisted and let the army be stationed in the Hanshui area. Let Zigong take over the cities of Chu instead of him and appease the people.

…… Xincai ......

Xin Cai, Xin Cai was originally the old capital of Cai, but when the Han army captured Xin Cai, Bai Gongsheng made his own decision and set Xin Cai as the capital of Eastern Chu. Yang Zilu naturally knew Bai Gongsheng's intentions, and Bai Gongsheng did this for three reasons.

The first aspect is afraid that Yang Zilu will not be able to fight the Chu State, after all, there are many people in the Chu State, and it is normal for the Han State to not be able to defeat the Chu State. Then Bai Gongsheng can rely on Huaishui and Rushui as natural hazards to hold the fertile Cai land, which is ten times better than occupying the land around Shenyi.

Moreover, compared with Shenyi, Xincai's population is larger than that of Shenyi, and there are ready-made palaces, which can bring out the identity of Bai Gongsheng. Bai Gongsheng's so-called palace in Shenyi is actually a better mansion.

And the palace of Xin Cai was left by the original Cai State, and it is quite new. After all, it has only been about 20 years since Cai moved the capital from the new Cai, and no matter how dilapidated this palace is, there is a limit. Not to mention that since Cai Guo abandoned it, this place has become the palace of the king of Chu, and someone repairs it every year, how can Bai Gongsheng not want to move

The second aspect is that Bai Gongsheng wants to weaken Yang Zilu's control over him. Compared with Shenyi, Xincai is farther away from the Han Kingdom. And Bai Gongsheng did this to prepare for getting rid of Yang Zilu's control in the future.

Thirdly, Xincai is only less than 200 miles away from Shenyi, which is also convenient for Bai Gongsheng to infiltrate Xincai. At least it is more convenient to move the population of Shenyi to Xincai.

Although Yang Zilu knew Bai Gongsheng's intentions, he did not obstruct them. Because Xin Cai's garrison was the Han army, not the Eastern Chu army under Bai Gongsheng. But now all this is useless, and Xincai has become the political center of the nascent Eastern Chu. is even more because the Han Kingdom has absolute strength, and Yang Zilu has a way to deal with Bai Gongsheng.

Gossip and don't mention it, to get back to the point, just entered Xincai City, the first thing Yang Zilu did was not to freshen up and rest. Instead, he found the new Cai Shoujun who he personally hand-picked.

"Chan Yang, participate in the lord" Chan Yang stepped into the threshold and immediately saluted Yang Zilu, who was sitting on the main seat.

Yang Zilu looked at Ayang a little tiredly and nodded, collapsed his hands and said, "Get up, how is the recent situation in Xincai City?" ”

Yang Yang Yu reported: "Everything is as planned by the Lord, Bai Gongsheng's wife Mu Ji took her son Gongzi to eat in the court and cried and scolded Shi Qi, saying: 'The king regards you as a humerus, why do you abandon the king's son and set up someone else, you bully our orphans and widows so much, and in the future, you will fall into the Yellow Spring, will you still have the face to see the king?' Shi Qi's face turned blue and white for a while, and he had to explain vaguely: "Now is the time when the country is in danger, and Gongzi (Shi) is too young to take on the heavy responsibility. Mu Ji just didn't listen, just hugged Gongzi Shi and cried in the court, and many doctors in Dongchu couldn't help but sympathize with Mu Ji's mother and son when they saw it. ”

"Of course, this is indispensable for your push" Yang Zilu nodded with satisfaction when she heard this, looked at Ayan Yang and praised. Immediately, something was wrong, he turned his head to look at Hou Yuanzhi, and added with a smile: "Yuanzhi, you have a lot of credit."

"Thank you for the compliment," Euyang and Hou Yuanzhi hurriedly thanked them.

At the beginning, Shi Qi proposed to let Bai Gongsheng's younger brother Wang Sunyan come to take over the throne, but Yang Zilu was noncommittal. His back hand was on his mother, Mu Ji, who ate him. Mu Ji bullied our orphans and widows, forcing Shi Qi to refute even if he had a hundred mouths open on his body.

And Mu Ji did this, naturally Hou Yuanzhi, under Yang Zilu's explanation, arranged for the people in the room to teach Mu Ji how to 'perform' in the court. And Ayang secretly met with Mu Ji and made it clear that the Han State supported Gongzi Shi as the king of Chu, but this is a matter of the Chu State, and it is not good to intervene directly. However, the Han Kingdom will help when necessary, and promise to use the army to protect Mu Ji's mother and son.

Under such circumstances, Mu Ji dared to unscrupulously attack Shi Qi, who now controlled almost all the forces of Eastern Chu, in the court. Otherwise, Shi Qi would only send an assassin, and Mu Ji's mother and son would have to be in a different place, and they would dare to challenge Shi Qi.

And Yang Zilu came and deliberately guided. Mu Ji and Shi Qi, you can't convince me, I can't convince you, and in the end I have to ask Yang Zilu to preside over 'justice'. Obviously, Shi Qi has not realized that all this is led by Yang Zilu.

"What about Shi beggar's army?" Yang Zilu thought for a while and asked Ayang.

"Stationed outside the city, the ministers did not let them enter the city, only Shi Qi brought a hundred guards with him. In addition, the entire city's troops are under the control of the minister," Ayang said confidently.

"Very good, in this way, even if Shi Qi wants to jump off the wall in a hurry, it is useless" Yang Zilu smiled with satisfaction when he heard this, paused, and then said: "Well, Zhenyang, you go and prepare a bath and change clothes for the widow." And announced to the public that the widow was in a hurry overnight, quite tired, and the matter of choosing the king was discussed in the court three days later. ”

"Nuochen, then retreat and order," Ayang replied.

Hou Yuanzhi and the others saw that Yang Zilu was indeed quite tired, and they were no better than Yang Zilu, so they also retired.

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