Chapter 104: As promised
Chen Sheng did not return overnight, which made everyone very worried. Zhao Tuo even sent a large group of scouts to find the whereabouts of Chen Sheng and others. So on the way back to Chen Sheng, he was discovered by the scouts who were frequently dispatched. The scout sent a signal to make contact, and soon after, the Janissary Commander Hu Bugui led a group of Praetorian guards to escort Chen Sheng back.
However, seeing that Chen Sheng also brought a little girl and thirty local Yue warriors by his side, Hu Bugui was very stunned, and after Chen Sheng's explanation, Hu Bugui nodded frequently. As a high-ranking general of the Imperial Praetorian Guard, he understood the strategic intent of Chen Sheng's actions at all. Hu Bugui didn't ask Chen Sheng if he had found useful information, seeing the joy between Chen Sheng's eyebrows, he had already expected that Chen Sheng's trip would be very smooth.
The Praetorian guards vacated the transferred mounts for the soldiers of the Yue tribe to ride, and returned to the camp at great speed without saying a word all the way.
Knowing that Chen Sheng had returned, Fusu and Ling Suyun were guarding at the gate of the camp. Seeing Chen Sheng coming on horseback, the two greeted him, Fusu smiled "haha", and said: "Your kid is finally back, if you come back later, General Zhao will have to mobilize military horses, and go to you from village to village." ”
Ling Suyun smiled faintly, but there was a hint of reproach in her eyes. She saw the Yue warriors around Chen Sheng, and asked puzzledly, "These are ......?"
"It's the Yue warrior I complained about last night." Chen Sheng hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and introduced to the two: "The patriarch and elders of the Yue clan have reached an agreement with me, and they are willing to submit to our Qin army. ”
"Great!" Fusu's eyes lit up. As a foreign invader, the most difficult thing for the Qin army to get is the support of the local people, and now there are Yue people who are willing to defect to the Qin army, with this leading role, the resistance of the Yue people will naturally be less, and the Qin army will not be in a stalemate in Dongou and Minyue in the future. "Take all the warriors to see General Zhao, he must be very happy to hear this news!" Fusu said.
Ling Suyun looked at Chen Sheng in surprise, frowning lightly, what method did Chen Sheng use to persuade the local Yue people, who had always regarded the Qin people as mortal enemies, in this night's time? The more I look at Chen Sheng, the more I feel that Chen Sheng is unfathomable.
"Elder Qiduo, this is the prince of Fusu, the great prince of our Great Qin Empire, the covenant I made with the Qiyue clan, he will definitely approve of it, and he will definitely honor it!" You can rest assured! In order to show solemnity, the elders of the Central Plains who had been to the Central Plains when they were young also came with Chen Sheng to show their sincerity.
After listening to Chen Sheng's introduction, Elder Duo suddenly shuddered. He has been to the Central Plains, so he naturally understands what the great prince of a country symbolizes. Although he has also been to the Central Plains and seen the world, the Central Plains in his eyes is only the former capital of the Chu State, Yingdu, which is still a barbarian land in the eyes of the real old vassal states of the Central Plains, and there is still a large gap with the rich Central Plains. And the princes of the major families he saw were already noble existences, and now the dignity of the imperial princes who destroyed the major vassal states was beyond his imagination. The great prince in front of him is the most likely to inherit the strong existence of an incomparably huge empire in the future! He was just an elder in a small village, and he wanted to see the future king of an empire, which he could never have dreamed of after a lifetime!
"Brute Folk ...... Meet the eldest son! His legs trembled, and he quickly knelt down. The thirty Yue warriors behind him also hurriedly knelt down when they saw the elder like this. Only Lingzhu'er opened her eyes wide, looking at Fusu a little blankly, not knowing where Fusu was sacred.
"Hurry up, please!" Fusu took a step, held Elder Duoduo up, and said, "The old man doesn't need to be polite!" "Fusu has always been humble to others, and he does not rely on his identity and has no one in his eyes. This is also the reason why so many powerful ministers in the court are willing to support him.
Seeing that Fusu was so approachable, most of the apprehension in his heart suddenly disappeared.
Zhao Tuo, who rushed to hear the news, saw that Chen Sheng actually came back with a soldier from Yuezhai, and he was even more happy and laughed. In addition, in terms of the supply of weapons, Zhao Tuo made a big stroke of the pen and gave a set of equipment that was enough to arm a thousand people, from swords and armor to shields and feather arrows. However, Zhao Tuo also put forward a request, that is, the armed Yue people must assist the local Qin army, be responsible for local security, and not let other villages intrude on the peace of the Qin army, and tie up the main force of the Qin army.
At this point, Elder Duoduo immediately nodded in agreement. With a thousand sets of weapons, they were enough to confront the elite of the Dongou King, not to mention the surrounding villages. At that time, the surrounding villages were worried that it was too late for the attack of the Yue tribe, so how could they still have the heart to attack the Qin army? After a cordial conversation between the guests of honor, they finalized a number of matters on the spot, and in the end, the elders who had received many benefits even patted their chests and assured that when the Qin army attacked Wuyi Pass, the Yue people were willing to send two hundred of the strongest soldiers to assist the imperial court in the battle. Zhao Tuo also agreed with a smile.
Things went so smoothly that even Chen Sheng felt a little surprised. After the two sides finished talking, Zhao Tuo sent a deputy general to lead Elder Piduo and others to count the supplies, but left Chen Sheng in the barracks and asked Chen Sheng if he had anything else to gain from this trip. When he learned about the secret passage provided by Ling Zhu'er, Zhao Tuo showed a smug smile on his face, and he said, "That's good, then our army can attack tomorrow!" ”
Hearing this, Chen Sheng felt a little strange, because Zhao Tuo had advanced the estimated attack time by several days.
Zhao Tuo explained: "Before, because of the lack of preparation of siege equipment, so the time set was relatively long, but now our army has prepared hundreds of thousands of sacks of soil, which is enough to pave the Wuyi Pass, and the enemy's geographical advantage is lost, so we don't need to take too much into account; Besides, in the morning I received a report from the spies sent to the Minyue region, the king of Minyue, who personally led 15,000 soldiers to reinforce Dongou City, so we have to rush before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, completely capture Wuyi Pass, otherwise when the time comes, we will inevitably have more dead and wounded soldiers, and the soldiers are fast and fast, if we break through Wuyi Pass, and then attack the army of Wuyao head-on, then not only Dongou is finished, but even Minyue may be in the middle of a war, all within the territory of my Great Qin. Zhao Tuo analyzed.