Chapter 341: Surprise Attack on Gangneung

Lou Jing was worried that killing Yingbu would make Xiang Zhuang pick up a falling peach, so he suggested that Han Xin let Yingbu go, Han Xin after experiencing the disadvantage of the Battle of Surabaya, the whole person's mood seemed to have changed, and he happily adopted Lou Jing's advice, and discussed the way out of Qi with Lou Jing again, as if reflecting on his previous decision. (《》)

Han Xin, the king of Qi, was already reflecting on his mistakes, but the king of Linjiang was not.

The last time the army of Chu crossed the border, the minister of state Du Hong had already reminded the lieutenant once, and also said the allusion of the false way to cut down the enemy, and now the army of Chu has returned from Bashu, Du Hong repeated the old words in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, and once again reminded the lieutenant to be vigilant, but the lieutenant did not take Du Hong's words to heart at all.

Gongwei not only did not close the road and prevent the Chu army from crossing the border, but even ordered the counties along the way to open the cangmen and provide food, and at the same time took the initiative to meet with the Chu State Doctor Wu She, who had been stranded in Jiangling, revealing that he wanted to meet with Gao Chu, the chief general of the Chu army.

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After several days of rapid marching, the Chu army finally advanced outside the city of Jiangling.

At this time, Xiang Zhuang was summoning Pang Yu, Wu She, Bai Lixian and others to make a surprise attack on Jiangling.

In this month or so, Wu Shi has almost touched the bottom of Linjiang State, Linjiang State ruled the four counties of Nanjun, Changsha, Qianzhong and Hengshan, a radius of thousands of miles, but the population is less than one million, Linjiang Country has about more than 300,000 strong men, but the garrison in Jiangling City is only 50,000 people, including 20,000 forbidden troops commanded by Gongsun Wu.

"The only threat is the 20,000 forbidden troops stationed in the barracks on both sides of the palace." Wu Shi pointed to the forbidden army camp in Jiangling City and said, "As long as the 20,000 forbidden troops are controlled, Jiangling is at your fingertips, as long as Jiangling is attacked, the entire Linjiang country, the four counties and three thousand miles of rivers and mountains, plus nearly one million hundred lishu, will all belong to Dachu." ”

Jin Xiang said proudly: "King, the 20,000 forbidden troops have been handed over to the Tiger Camp!" ”

Although they are both forbidden armies, can the forbidden army of Linjiang State and the forbidden army of Chu State be the same thing? Although the Tiger Ben Battalion is only 10,000, if it really starts, the 20,000 forbidden troops of Linjiang Country are afraid that it will not be enough to stuff their teeth, and even the 20,000 or so people will not be destroyed, so is it still the Tiger Ben Battalion? Jin Xiang really didn't take Gongsun Wu's 20,000 people in his eyes. (《》)

"Nope." Xiang Zhuang said categorically, "You can't come hard, you won't be bloody." ”

Although the country of Linjiang is small and weak, but Jiangling is a strong city, once the battle to destroy the country of Linjiang is a hard battle, no matter what the final result is, the Chu army must pay a lot of casualties, which is not a good thing for the Chu army, Xiang Zhuang is especially not tolerant of any further losses in the tiger camp.

This expedition to Bashu, the wolf camp is planted, the Xiaocai battalion and Bishu went to Huainan and I don't know what the result is, if the Xiaocai battalion has something to lose, and the tiger camp has an accident again, then the three major battalions of the forbidden army will be greatly injured.

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, and suddenly smiled and said, "King, the minister has a plan, and Jiangling is at his fingertips." ”

After that, Bai Lixian whispered softly in Xiang Zhuang's ear again, Xiang Zhuang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded again and again: "Good plan, just do what the military advisor says." ”

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Early the next morning, Wu Shi took dozens of porters and carried more than a dozen boxes into Jiangling City.

These dozen boxes are filled with gold, silver, jewelry, rare antiquities, and Shu brocade dansha obtained from Bashu.

These gifts are really not Xiang Zhuang's private contributions, but he borrowed them, the expedition to the battle of Bashu, from the national level, Chu State got the two counties of Bashu out of thin air, from the personal level, whether it is a general, or those pawns, all of them have made a lot of money from the Bashu treasury, of which only Xiang Zhuang, the king of Chu, is an exception. ..., Xiang Zhuang really didn't get any oil and water from the battle of Bashu.

It's not that Xiang Zhuang can't get it, but he gave all the oil and water to the soldiers of the Chu army, the so-called people have the same heart, the same heart, the soldiers are born and died with you, bloody battles, what are you asking for? In addition to Bo a knighthood and a wife and son, don't you just want money? If you have to take food from the mouths of your soldiers, why should they die for you?

Therefore, the dozen boxes of gifts that Wu Shi brought to see King Linjiang this time were really borrowed by Xiang Zhuang. (《》)

Hearing that the doctor of Chu entered the city with a heavy gift, the king of Linjiang, who had no intention of going to the court at all, hurriedly summoned hundreds of officials and ceremoniously received the Chu envoy in the palace hall.

Half an hour later, Linjiang Wenwu arrived one after another.

Immediately, Wu Shi instructed dozens of porters to carry more than a dozen large wooden boxes to the main hall.

Looking at the dozen or so large wooden boxes scattered in the corner of the main hall, the captain of Linjiang Wang was disappointed, he didn't even have the interest to open it and take a look. This high school is really interesting, and Baba sent him these Shu brocades?

At that moment, the co-lieutenant asked Wu Shi coldly: "Doctor Shang, why didn't General Gao come back?" ”

Wu Shi smiled slightly, and replied: "Back to the king, Bashu is newly determined, people's hearts are unstable, and a general like General Gao can't be guarded, but he specially entrusted him with a message to the king, saying that in the future, when the situation in Bashu is stable, he will definitely come to Jiangling with a heavy gift to apologize to the king in person, hehe." ”

"Another big gift?" The lieutenant was so angry, "The widow really doesn't dare to be anything, the gift that General Gao entrusted to the doctor this time is too valuable, a whole dozen boxes, the widow is so big, I have never seen so many and such expensive gifts, General Gao is so polite, the widow really can't afford it." ”

Wu Shi said with a smile: "The king said that he laughed, General Gao's gift is not only these. ”

"Oh?" The lieutenant was slightly stunned, and said, "I don't know, where is General Gao's gift?" ”

Wu Shi took out a gift slip from his sleeve, presented it to the lieutenant with both hands, and said respectfully: "This expedition to Bashu, my Great Chu was able to get full merit, and the strong support of Linjiang State is inseparable, therefore, General Gao Tetuo presented 5,000 boxes of various gifts under the Xia, the amount is huge, and he did not dare to rush into the city, so he only brought more than a dozen of them. ”

"What did you say, Doctor?" Hearing this, the lieutenant was overjoyed and said, "Five thousand boxes?!" ”

"Yes, five thousand boxes!" Wu Shi smiled and said, "It's all the rare treasures that General Gao got from Bashu, and there are many Shu brocades. ”

"Oh my God, five thousand boxes?" Gongwei rubbed his hands together and said, "If it's all Shu brocade, how many rooms do you have to fit?" ”

When Wu Shi heard this, he said: "King, these five thousand boxes of gifts, do you send troops to the military camp outside the city to pick them up, or do you want General Pang Yu to send troops to send you into the city?" ”

"Hey, why are you embarrassed to let General Pang send troops into the city? The widow takes it himself, and he takes it himself. The lieutenant rubbed his hands and said, "Besides, the Chu army soldiers have worked so hard to expedition to Bashu, and the widow has not said anything before, this time he just brought some cattle, sheep, wine and meat to the labor army outside the city, well, that's it." ”

Wu Shi smiled slightly and said, "How can you be embarrassed to be the king of labor?" ”

"Whoa." The lieutenant said without thinking, "This is what a widow should do, and he should do." ”

"The king shall not." Minister Du Hong hurriedly said, "In case the Chu army takes the opportunity to suddenly attack, what can I do?" ”

Gongwei was stunned when he heard this, but Wu Shi said abruptly: "The words of the minister of the state are ridiculous, although my country and Linjiang are not allied, but they are known as Qin and Jin, this time our country can get Bashu, but also thanks to the king of Linjiang to open the border for my army to pass, my king is not ungrateful, how can he rely on it, and revenge?" After speaking, Wu Shi also glanced at Yaxiangbu with disdain. ..., Yaxiangbu nodded imperceptibly, and said: "Prime Minister, are you too worried, the Chu army is on the ground of our country right now, how dare they disadvantage the king?" ”

Many other ministers of civil and military affairs also echoed their remarks.

The corners of Wu She's mouth bloomed with a subtle smile, since the army entered Shu, he Wu Shi has not returned to Ziling for such a long time, but has been staying in Jiangling, and valuable gifts such as liquor, books, and public paper are generally transported by ship, and it has cost so much to operate for a long time, which shows that it is not without effect.

Du Hong was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and immediately pointed at Bu Yan and these civil and military officials one by one, and said sharply: "You silverfish, a group of mercenary villains!" After saying this, Du Hong looked back again, and said to the captain, "King, you can't go, the ambitions and intentions of the Chu people are not small, and the king must have gone back to where he goes." ”

The lieutenant was a little hesitant, turned his head and asked Gongsun Wudao: "General, what do you say?" ”

Gongsun Wu said suddenly: "King, although the Chu army won Bashu, but it is also a loss of soldiers, from the perspective of the ministers, the remnants of the Chu army who came back from Bashu are less than 20,000, I have a dignified Linjiang country of thousands of miles, with hundreds of thousands of armor, if I am afraid of the 20,000 remnants of the Chu State, wouldn't it be shameful to spread it?" The minister thought that it would be okay for the king to go. ”

"Hmm." The lieutenant bowed his head lightly, and what he said was the same, but the remnants of the 20,000 Chu army, why be afraid?

Du Hong hurriedly said: "General, if the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, although the 20,000 Chu army is not afraid, but if the king is trapped in it alone, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of troops will not be able to save it." ”

Gongsun Wudao: "In this case, the minister can lead three thousand elites to accompany him." ”

Du Hong frowned and didn't say anything more, Gongsun Wu said so, he should make the king of Linjiang unhappy if he said it again, besides, if you really want to be accompanied by three thousand elites of Gongsun Wu, it will be okay to think about it, the Chu army has bad intentions, but as long as the three thousand elites can survive for a while, the army in the city will arrive in an instant, and the king of Linjiang will be safe.

At that moment, the co-lieutenant said: "Then it is decided, and the general will lead three thousand elites to go with the widows." ”

"Whoa!" Gongsun Wu responded suddenly, but a faint smile bloomed at the corner of Wu She's mouth, the matter is done, as long as the Gongwei leaves Jiangling City, this Linjiang country will be over.

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Outside the city of Jiangling, the Chu army camp.

Xiang Zhuang asked Baili Xian: "Military advisor, are you ready?" ”。

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the king is ready, whether it is five thousand big boxes entering the city, or the king of Linjiang going out of the city, in short, as long as the king of Linjiang accepts this heavy gift, we will take this Jiangling City, and the four counties of Linjiang country will become the territory of the Great Chu State from now on." ”……，