Following the harassing attacks on the remaining eleven cities by Liu Zhaosuo's troops, the imperial army began a large-scale nuisance war in early August. This time, the dispatch of troops was large and chaotic, and the dispatch of troops in a small-scale formation was very inconsistent with the conventional routine of the art of war.

The imperial court clearly bullied the remaining eleven cities, which belonged to three local forces with their own evil intentions, and it itself could not form an effective contact. After this round of large-scale impact, the eleven cities changed from three clusters to eleven points, and then completely split into eleven isolated cities.

The imperial army seems to be a chaotic dispatch, but it has a strict marching route and a good response mechanism. It is important to know that such a patrol-style nuisance war is like drawing a route and waiting for the enemy to ambush it, and if effective communication and response cannot be made, the losses will be very heavy. Therefore, the imperial army was very cautious in sending troops, and the route of the march was constantly changing, reflecting each other, and any soldiers and horses must follow the effective route of march, and in case of accidents, they must support and cooperate with each other.

The fear of many of Liu Yu's generals was that they would be ambushed, but a few days after the battle began, it did not happen. Even if it happened, it was on a small scale, and it was quickly suppressed by the imperial army with its superiority in strength.

After the joint defense system of the three cities became eleven isolated cities, each city had no intention of fighting, and they preferred to surrender as soon as possible in order to save their lives. The greatest result of this nuisance war was the disintegration of the will of the local forces to resist.

Then, there was a series of internal turmoil in the three powerful families, and the lowly soldiers were in turmoil because they could not get their salaries, and this turbulence gradually spread to the middle and upper classes. And because of being trapped in a lonely city. One by one, the generals in these places are languishing. made their resentment against the upper echelons deepen.

In a passive situation. Many grievances can erupt at the same time. The nuisance war of the imperial court army brought about a series of reactions that Liu Yu, the leader, did not expect in advance.

Liu Yu waited for the outcome of this war idly, and the war reports of the eleven cities were also transmitted to him dozens of times a day. First, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law of the Yang regime did not agree, then the brother-in-law and the sister-in-law led the troops to fight, and then the generals below killed the son of the Yang regime...... All kinds of news, some things are happening every day in these eleven cities that Liu Yu can't understand. Even Liu Yu was a little unclear about what was a war. It's still a farce of struggle for power and profit!

Less than five days after the start of the nuisance war, Liu Yu had already obtained no less than six cities in secret to send the tables. Because of the chaos of the city system, the masters of these cities also gave up their trust in the lord, and they turned to the imperial court to preserve their identity and status.

But Liu Yu is not interested in their table reduction.

According to Liu Yu's thoughts, you will not surrender sooner or later, and now you will remember to surrender when internal and external troubles are intertwined. If you recruit them, wouldn't it be a stone to shoot yourself in the foot if you make trouble again? Plus. Liu Yu had a promise to Liu Liniang, that is, some local leaders of power hated by the ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang would not be tolerated, and now Liu Liniang was his woman, and Liu Yu wanted to gain the support of the ethnic minorities, so he lacked basic trust in these local leaders of power in the twilight of the Qin Dynasty.

The smooth operation of the nuisance war also allowed some of the accumulated grievances in Liu Yu's army to be resolved. This is mainly a matter of returning to the home.

If the soldiers have been away for a long time, and the imperial army has not moved for a long time, or they have not been able to make contributions in a small-scale war, they will not see a way out, and in this context, they will miss their relatives in the north, and think of a happy and prosperous life. But after all, these are bloody men, and the determination of the eldest husband Ma Ge to shroud the body is there, and this vigorous nuisance war has been fought, everyone is in good spirits, and even the relatives at home have to be temporarily left behind.

Who doesn't want to make some achievements in the last battle to pacify the world, so as to make their future life more stable?

War exploits can not only be exchanged for gold and silver rewards, but more importantly, you can get land, in exchange for a few years ago, although the imperial court is also clear rewards and punishments, but the strength of rewards and punishments is definitely not like Liu Yu's words when he was in charge of the military and government. In the previous wars, the court did not treat the rewards of meritorious personnel badly, and many low-level soldiers were gradually promoted through the accumulation of military merits, and also obtained a large amount of wealth and land.

Therefore, this nuisance war made the imperial army feel encouraged and united. However, the eleven lonely cities of the local situation are scattered, and all kinds of anger and resentment.

Soon, Liu Yu's Chinese army horde replied to the heads of the cities, the meaning was very simple, unconditional surrender, the imperial court would not make any promises, everything should be opened and surrendered in defeat. At the same time, Liu Yu also made the ultimatum to break the city, and everything shows that the imperial court is determined to capture the last eleven cities.

Liu Yu is very determined to pacify Lingnan, but in fact, Liu Yu didn't think about it, how to fight the last battle beautifully, now the light nuisance, it is ineffective, if you want to turn your head to attack the city, Liu Yu feels that the loss will be a little big, a little distressed. He suddenly realized that he was a bit of a miser, wanting not to accept conditional surrender and wanting to get something for nothing, which was a self-contradiction.

But many things are unexpected.

Soon, the Yang regime was destroyed. This is the eighth day of the seventh month, some of the masterminds of the Yang regime were actually killed on this day, and the corpses were hung on the city tower, Liu Yu was still taken aback when he got the news, because all the previous information showed that the internal contradiction of the Yang regime was the power struggle between the top leaders, who would have thought that they were rebelled by the officers below.

The next day, the gates of several cities of the Yang regime were unconditionally opened to the imperial army, and Liu Yu picked up a big bargain.

"It's better to be tough." When Liu Yu got the news, he couldn't help but smile and said to Liu Liniang, "Only in this way will people be afraid of you and do what you say honestly." ”

Liu Liniang glanced at Liu Yu and didn't say anything. In her opinion, Liu Yu is still very good at talking sometimes, but this kind of good speech is obviously not shown to the enemy, no one who has offended Liu Yu in the past few years will have a good end, and many people die without a place to be buried.

Liu Liniang immediately thought of a person, and her heart was excited, so she was a little afraid of Liu Yu.

It's Su Yan.

In fact, up to now, Su Yan's whereabouts are a mystery, and no one on all sides knows Su Yan's whereabouts, only that he was robbed by some mysterious people, and no one knows what happened after that. This also includes the mysterious people who fought guerrilla warfare with Huo Ill, Hua Ji'an, and Zhang Wuzhu for several months, and who they are is still a mystery.

Before Liu Yu went south, he thought that these mysterious armed forces were an alliance between the southern ethnic minorities and the local forces, but after going south, Liu Yu realized that this was a mistake. Because Lingnan, whether it is the local strength or the armed forces of ethnic minorities, does not have that ability, so that Huo Yao, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, can be trapped in Yuzhou City for several months and cannot get out.

Who is working against the imperial court in the south, Liu Yu also discussed with Liu Liniang, Liu Liniang felt that it was Su Zhe's people, but Liu Yu did not express his opinion. This made Liu Liniang feel that Liu Yue was cultivating his own strength, and those so-called mysterious weapons were just Liu Yu's own elite, released to confuse the public.

In fact, Liu Yu didn't know anything about it. Liu Liniang was a little more in awe of Liu Yue, and even sometimes, she really regarded Liu Yu as an uncrowned emperor.

With the development of the war in Lingnan, the Yang regime was destroyed, and the remaining Li and Lu families began to sit still, and the internal troubles had exhausted them to deal with, and it was difficult for them to stop the people under their command to rebel, especially those cities that were not within their reach. The constant nuisance of the imperial army made the defenders in the city also soldiers and did not dare to slack off.

Liu Yu's attitude of not accepting surrender made those city guards also very anxious, and if this continued, they would have to be buried with the city sooner or later. Liu Yu's wild way has already forced them to a dead end, and they don't have the courage to commit suicide, so they have to use the most scoundrel trick.

Of the last seven cities, two of them soon surrendered to the imperial court. It was the kind of imperial army that did not besiege the city, and opened the city gate by itself, as if opening the city gate and writing a welcome message - welcome. The imperial army was reluctant to go in, so they invited the imperial army to enter.

For this, Liu Yu is also very helpless. He wants to fight this battle well, but people don't play with you anymore, can you not accept it when you open the city?

However, Liu Yu also immediately ordered that even if Kaesong surrendered, the imperial army should also "hold accountable" the generals and administrative officials inside, and investigate some previous illegal acts.

Liu Yu's military order is high-sounding, in fact, the meaning is very simple, that is, the surrendered city, the officials and generals inside will be taken down and questioned, waiting for the fall of the imperial court. And Liu Yu handed over the power to the Military Justice Department, and then to Liu Liniang.

It's not that Liu Liniang doesn't want to accept these people to surrender, what Liu Yu did was very simple, that is, to hand over these people to Liu Liniang to deal with. Liu Liniang can kill if she wants, and let her go if she wants, it's up to her to decide.

This power is obviously a bit excessive, and even the generals below have some complaints. After all, it has been a law since ancient times that the city is not killed, and now people honestly open the city and surrender, but you want to kill people, which is obviously unreasonable, just like the barbarians.

Liu Liniang knew the proportions, she didn't make Liu Yue embarrassed, and she didn't really take these shrimp soldiers and crabs out of anger. Later, Liu Liniang expressed the position of all ethnic groups in public at the military meeting, that is, all except for the leader, will be pardoned. Liu Yu also agreed with her statement.

As a result, as soon as this promise reached the last five recalcitrant cities, a very lively incident immediately happened. The political leaders of the Li and Lu families were destroyed by the rebellion of the soldiers under their hands overnight. Then the five cities did not hesitate to open their gates and surrender.

These generals said in their hearts that they could finally surrender with peace of mind. We have waited too long for this day. (To be continued......)