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It wasn't until the end of the day that the speed of the floating corpses in the upper reaches of the Peacock River began to slow down.

At this time, the number of newly fished corpses piled up by the river increased by nearly 20,000.

Zhou Dayong was very nervous, and asked Zheng Bang a little puzzled: "Brother Zheng, if our Chu army captured the king of Qi or the prince of Qi the night before yesterday when we recovered Liangzhou, why would we rather fight to the death with the Qi army the night before yesterday than use them to threaten the Qi army?" ”

Zheng Bang had thought about this issue for a long time.

He calmly stated his answer: "There are two possibilities. One is that the king of Qi or the prince of Qi has been secretly sent away by the Chu army, not in Liangzhou; The other is that the king of Qi or the prince of Qi was arrested the night before yesterday, and he resisted stubbornly and died in Liangzhou. ”

"That must be the second possibility, because the generals of our Chu army guarding Liangzhou, if they catch the king of Qi or the prince of Qi, according to the rules, they must be imprisoned first, and then the king of Chu will be notified, and they can only be disposed of according to his will." Zhou Dayong looked depressed.

Xiao Qiongzhi shook his head: "Not necessarily, second uncle, I think it should be the first possibility." ”

"Why?" Zhou Dayong immediately asked curiously.

Xiao Qiongzhi patiently analyzed: "It's snowy now, it's difficult for our Chu army to deliver grain and grass, it's not easy to raise troops, and we still need to be in Liangzhou to have a supply of grain and grass to keep it for a long time." ”

"And when we had a bumper rice harvest in Chudi in August this year, it continued to rain heavily, and from September to the day before yesterday, there was a continuous drought, and the grain harvest in various places was poor, and the situation in Liangzhou must be similar."

"In addition, Liangzhou fell into the hands of the Qi army a while ago, even if there is some stored grain, it must be looted almost completely, after our Chu army recovers Liangzhou, we may have to distribute grain to feed the people in the city."

"In this case, Liangzhou can't hold for a long time, I'm afraid that if I can't wait for the Chu army to notify the king of Chu, according to his will, Liangzhou will fall into the hands of the Qi army again, including the king of Qi or the prince of Qi, who will also be rescued by the Qi army and return smoothly."

"Therefore, in order to smoothly send the king of Qi or the prince of Qi to Chujing, it is very likely that during the day before yesterday, the Chu army had secretly arranged a few people, dressed in disguise, and left Liangzhou with the king of Qi or the prince of Qi unknowingly."

"At the same time, in order to avoid being quickly noticed by the Qi army, they sent elite soldiers to catch up along the way, or sent a small team to hijack them halfway, so when the Qi army attacked the night before, they deliberately fought to the death with the Qi army, so as to make the Qi army mistakenly think that the king of Qi or the prince of Qi was still in Liangzhou."

"Zhi'er, if things are really as you analyzed, then the general of the Chu army who is responsible for commanding the recovery of Liangzhou this time should be Zhang Zhuo, a famous general of Chu State." Zheng Bang listened carefully and said with interest.

"Wouldn't it? Brother Zheng, I heard that General Zhang Zhuo was involved in the rebellion of Chu Xian, the younger brother of the King of Chu, with Tao Fangweng, the prince of Chu, as early as nine years ago. Zhou Dayong looked incredulous.

"On the surface, this is true, but the generals of the Chu State, except for Zhang Zhuo, no one else can have such courage and courage, unless, this is a general who was newly promoted in the Battle of Chu Qi." Zheng Bang is very sure.

"Then he must be my father!" Xiao Qiongzhi had an idea, and suddenly said loudly with a smile.

Xu Nian and Zheng Yuan, who were painting the corpse on the side, couldn't help but turn their heads to look.

Among them, Zheng Yuan also asked Xiao Qiongzhi curiously: "Zhi'er, what happened to make you so happy when you mention your father?" ”

"That's the case, Mr. Zheng......" Xiao Qiongzhi hurriedly relayed what she had just said to Zheng Bang and Zhou Dayong to Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan listened carefully and said gently: "When His Royal Highness Prince Zhao came to visit me a few days ago, he mentioned to me that our Chu army was commanded by General Zhuang Xiao, who was more than brave and less strategic, but in fact, he was only a deputy marshal, and the real commander was Yang Kai, an old general who was good at employing people. ”

"And General Yang Kai is not only good at employing people, but also employing people, not looking at qualifications and life experience, only looking at military exploits, and he likes to give poor soldiers a chance to get ahead."

"Zhi'er, your father is wise, I have met him a few times, he is a civil and military all-rounder, his insight and bearing are also different from ordinary people, as long as he performs well in the army, he is likely to be promoted by General Yang Kai to be the general responsible for commanding the recovery of Liangzhou this time."

"But, Mr. Zheng, my eldest brother has only been in the army for more than two months, even if he is a civil and military all-rounder, it should be impossible for him to be promoted from an ordinary soldier to a general responsible for commanding the recovery of Liangzhou so quickly, right?" Zhou Dayong asked suspiciously.

Zheng Yuan waved his hand: "Dayong, the promotion of military attaches is different from that of civilian officials, civilian officials' political achievements are measured by years, and the merits of military attachés are measured by heads in wartime." More than two months is not a short time for a soldier on the front line. ”

"I'll tell you the truth! Since your eldest brother joined the army, there have been more than 20 large-scale wars between the two armies of Chu and Qi alone. ”

"Until His Royal Highness Prince Zhao came to visit me a few days ago, the casualties of our Chu army have accumulated more than 570,000, and the casualties of the Qi army have accumulated about 550,000."

Xiao Qiongzhi listened with great interest, thought for a while, and said: "I remember that before my father joined the army, when my father read the official notice in the township, he said that there were only 600,000 troops in the Chu State, but there were 800,000 troops in the Qi State, and our Chu army suffered nearly 200,000 casualties at that time, and the Qi army suffered only about 100,000 casualties at that time. ”

"In just over two months, the casualties of our Chu army have increased by 370,000, while the casualties of the Qi army have increased by 450,000, which fully shows that our army has won more battles than the Qi army, and has greatly narrowed the gap with the strength of the Qi country!"

Zheng Yuan smiled gently and said, "Zhi'er, the Qi army is more brave and good at fighting than our Chu army, in fact, our Chu army has more troops than the Qi army, which is the fundamental reason why we can win a big battle." ”

"Mr. Zheng, are you mistaken? I heard that when our Chu army increased by 300,000 troops in the first two months, the Qi army also increased by 100,000 troops, which means that our Chu army had a total of 700,000 troops at that time, while the Qi army was still a total of 800,000 at that time. Zhou Dayong reminded.

Zheng Yuan shook his head with a smile: "Dayong, this is all a superficial situation. In fact, as early as when the King of Qi asked the King of Yan to successfully borrow 200,000 troops, the King of Chu once flew a pigeon to pass a book to me, asking me if I had any countermeasures. ”

"I replied to him that he could take advantage of the opportunity of levying the imperial grain, and on the surface, he ordered those who could not pay the imperial grain to consider conforming to the army."

"Secretly, General Yang Kai was sent to organize a group of reliable people to go to various townships to mobilize those who could not pay the imperial grain to join the army, and promised that those who served in the army would be exempted from paying the royal grain at that time, and they could also be exempted from paying the imperial grain for the next year."

"In this way, it lasted a month and recruited more than 200,000 people."

"In the next month, the king of Chu took advantage of the opportunity to increase the emperor's grain and openly recruited 300,000 troops and sent them to the front line, but in fact, he also filled the 200,000 people he had secretly recruited before."

"It means that our Chu army is actually not an increase of 300,000 troops, but an increase of 500,000 troops, plus the original 400,000, a total of 900,000, which is 100,000 more than the 800,000 of the Qi army."

"So that's the case, Mr. Zheng, it's amazing that you can come up with such a good plan!" Xiao Qiongzhi praised from the bottom of his heart.

It's really a real person who doesn't show up.

No wonder King Chu and Prince Zhao both value Mr. Zheng so much.

Mr. Zheng's Wen Taowu strategy is very clever, calm and reliable, even if he replaces her, he is also happy to value her.

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