Chapter 302: Homecoming
Chu Mingdi was very annoyed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoOne night ago, Ke Chongcheng was crammed with refugees pouring in from all directions.
If it is a famine year, it is easier to come to some untouchables who have no money, no land and no fame. The first round of purging was to close the city gates, then send a battalion of soldiers and horses to drive the refugees into the camp, and by the way, loot the little money they carried.
By the way, pick a few women with good appearance and figure, who are as smart as turnips, buy them at the same price as turnips, and then sell them to Yanliu Lane, or resell them to other nobles as slaves, this is the second round of purging.
Then select honest and strong, and some martial arts sturdy laborers from among the refugees, and get them to open mines, or fill them into death camps, in order to replace the children of the nobles who need to be drafted. This is the third round of cleaning.
The remaining crooked melons and cracked dates, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled also have use value, and they are scattered every day to raise the porridge, as long as they don't die immediately. Then it was reported to the imperial court and applied for a large amount of relief.
As for where the relief money went, the nobles and prefects smiled heartily: "The relief money is also gold, how can such a noble thing be thrown into such a lowly place as a refugee camp." ”
"It is more appropriate for something noble to enter the noble treasure house of our noble noble family. ”
In the end, fewer than 1 in 10 people in the camp survived the famine. But Chu Mingdi was not worried. Untouchables are like weeds in the wilderness, one stubble dies, and soon another stubble grows.
But this time the refugees, although they brought some money, there were also a lot of women who were spiritual, and there were quite a few young people with good martial arts. Chu Mingdi couldn't handle it as usual.
Because these weeping, sloppy refugees all have a common identity: nobles, or at least the families of nobles.
Now it's embarrassing.
Because of the family restrictions, the children of the nobility could only find their partners among the nobles who were close to the ranks. For thousands of years, every nobleman has been associated with countless aristocratic families.
For example, the few people in front of Chu Mingdi were just baroness and a few sons in the remote town of Zhibei. They are closely related to Chu Mingdi's favored eleventh concubine, who is also surnamed Du.
Therefore, Chu Mingdi also had to arrange accommodation for several relatives, and patted his chest in the righteous Bo Yuntiandi, declaring that he would definitely avenge Du Huaishan, who sacrificed his life for the country.
It was easy to get out of the cry of Mrs. Du, who was originally a little beautiful, but her size was twice as large. The city lord of Chu patted the cuffs of the brocade silk robe printed with a black mud paw print with regret, and instructed the general Lou Kaidao:
"Hurry up and put your armaments in order, the gates are closed, and the drawbridges are drawn. Be careful to beware of a sneak attack by the Chu army. ”
"If there are any fallen nobles coming later, it will be said that Ke Chongcheng is going to war, and let them take refuge in Wharton City in the south. ”
Lou Kai said nervously: "City Lord, is there really going to be a war?"
"Fart!" Chu Mingdi said disdainfully: "Although the Chu army is menacing, it will take the wild borderland north of Nanxiu City in a few days, but after all, the military strength is limited. The end of the strong crossbow cannot be worn by Lu Min. ”
"Otherwise, Ke Chongcheng's army is less than a quarter of Nanxiu City, why didn't the Chu army take the big and small cities, but instead ran to attack the villages and towns in the countryside?"
"You must know what kind of 'Shadowless Bridge' and 'Poisonous Dragon Thorn' the Chu army has, if the army really kills, we have no choice but to run fast. It can be seen that when entering the border wasteland, it must be a partial division. ”
"The lord of the city is high-minded! Lou Kai suddenly realized that his originally pale face had actually recovered two points of blood.
"But..."Chu Mingdi's tone changed: "It is also necessary to prevent the Chu army from using a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." If our army is dispatched from all sides, it is inevitable that the city will be empty, and it may be attacked by surprise. ”
"For today's plan, the only way to do it is to guard against it. At the same time, it was reported to the imperial court and applied for a large number of armaments and ordnance. When the soldiers are well fed, we will wave our army to the north, drive out Chu Yu, and achieve immortal achievements,"
Chu Mingdi stood with his hands in his hands, looking like he was holding a wisdom bead. provoked Lou Kai and several generals next to him, like Li Hanjiang, the water is endless.
Chu Mingdi's image of a wise man was only maintained for three days. Early in the morning, Chu Mingdi hurriedly summoned Lou Kai and ordered him to lead 200,000 elite soldiers to attack and recover the fallen villages.
Lou Kai touched his bald head and said strangely: "City Lord, didn't you say that you should strictly guard against it? Why do you suddenly want to take the initiative to attack again?"
Chu Mingdi coughed dryly and said: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and as a general, you must keep pace with the times." I, Ke Chongcheng, have been guarding for three days, and there is no trace of the Chu army. ”
"And from the battle situation reported from the small cities under its jurisdiction, so far, Ke Chongcheng has seventy-two cities under its jurisdiction, and it has not been attacked in any way. It can be seen that the Chu army is indeed only a small force. ”
"Although these small forces are not capable of attacking the city, they are very destructive, and if they are allowed to burn and loot everywhere, it will eventually affect our year-end earnings. So we can't rest on our laurels, we have to take the initiative. ”
"City Lord Gaojian!" Lou Kai bowed again: "It's just that where is my army going to attack?"
"This is it!" Chu Mingdi pointed at the sand table with a teaching whip: "Weaving Town." ”
"Although the town of Weaving is only a small town, its geographical location is very special, and it is exactly at the midpoint of the north and south on the local battlefield in the border wilderness. The recovering of this town will cut off the retreat of the invading troops of the Chu army. ”
"And according to the report of the secret agent, the Chu army in Zhibei Town is only a thousand people, and we can easily take it and win the first victory in the war against Chu. Significant. ”
Lou Kai breathed a sigh of relief, attacking 1,000 people with 200,000, which would be too cheap if he couldn't win. was about to pat his chest to admit this.
Chu Mingdi called a young man with a pale face and said to Lou: "This is the son of the ban, the eldest son of the late Du Huaishan, the mayor of Zhibei Town. Don't grow up in the town of Obetsu and be familiar with the surrounding terrain, this expedition, you can also help if you bring him with you. ”
"In addition, after the recovery of Weaving Town, it is impossible to succeed the mayor of the town and inherit the will of his father. ”
Put an end to the circles under his eyes and said: "Brother-in-law... That Chu city lord, my father sacrificed his life for the country and sacrificed heroically. I put an end to incompetence, adhering to the inheritance of the Du family, and will definitely govern the town well. In order to thank the city lord for his help, I would like to give 3,000 acres of fertile land. ”
looked at Lou Kai, put an end to it and said: "General Lou is charging in the front, and he is also a great worker, and I am willing to give away thousands of acres of fertile land." ”
Lou Kai was overjoyed, touched his bald head and said: "Du Gongzi understands righteousness, but Lou is ashamed." "I gladly accepted the order and prepared to go out of the house with no exception.
Chu Mingdi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two of them walking away, and said to himself: "Everything that needs to be done has been done, Eleven can always let me go to bed tonight, right?"
"Men, even cheap, there are ten women waiting every day, but they only look at the eleventh. It's also a weak water of 3,000, so just take one scoop to drink. Well, my understanding of life has reached new heights. ”
The battle against the town of Oribetsu went unusually well, and even went too well.
Lou Kai led an army of 200,000 and sent the Tanma out a hundred miles away, slowing down and being careful one by one. The journey was uneventful.
In order to complete his work in one battle, Lou Kai left 50,000 troops to guard the camp, and 150,000 horses all went out to fight, and surrounded the town of Zhibei with three layers inside and three layers outside.
The army is overwhelming, and the momentum is pressing. In the town of Oribetsu there is an eerie tranquility.
Everything was ready, and Lou Kai commanded the tentative offensive of the front army. However, it was only a temptation, and without encountering any resistance, he easily took the town of Obetsu.
The Chu army that was besieged before didn't know where to hide, and even the residents of the town were a small half.
In any case, the town of Zhibetsu was back in the hands of the Vietnamese army, and it was a victory. Even as the first victory since the beginning of the Chu-Yue war, it is of great significance.
Lou Kaimo rubbed his bald head, hehe smirked, and had foreseen a splendid future of fame and fortune.
It's very busy. After rushing into the town first, he did not come straight to the town's mansion.
Ten days later, the bejeweled mansion of the town was completely faded. All the gold, silver, jewelry, antique decorations, grain, rice, and flour, as well as clothes, shoes, and socks were taken away.
The most unbearable thing is that the Du family has accumulated tens of thousands of acres of fertile land for hundreds of years, and the land deed has also been divided among the untouchables in the town. Someone even openly planted cabbage in the Du family's field.
"Little cabbage!" put an end to the angry crown: "You untouchables, hurry up and give me back my land!"
In the midst of the screams that put an end to the hoarseness, the deserted town of Obetsu finally became lively. (To be continued.) )