Chapter 153: Interception
The defeat in the southeast region of Southern Chu made the battle situation worse, and the Eastern Qi army chased and fought fiercely against the army of Ram Qiu all the way, although Ram Qiu resisted vigorously, but could not withstand the morale of the Eastern Qi army. The morale of this side has been greatly reduced, how can we resist under the elimination of one and the other?
In just five days, a county was taken here. Dongqi did not continue to attack to the west, but began to stabilize the territory under attack, and now the defense line in the southeast has completely collapsed, and Dongqi can attack from several directions at any time if it wants to attack, and the defense of Nanchu will become difficult.
The Eastern Qi army in the north began to mobilize to the south, and the Eastern Qi had opened up a very good situation, and the next step was the deployment of troops, attacking little by little, further expanding the results of the battle, and destroying the Southern Chu army.
The two dynasties are two behemoths, and it is impossible to swallow them in one go. The army of Southern Chu is more than 1 million, plus the army of the major vassal states has reached more than 2 million, how can it be so easy to destroy? If the army is not wiped out, how can it be promoted? Even if Southern Chu makes way to go to Chujing, the army of Eastern Qi will not dare to go.
Compared with the Eastern Qi and Southern Chu sides, the progress of the Great Zhou side was much slower, and the Great Zhou concentrated superior forces and attacked at any cost, but only captured a county town, and then tore the hole and laid down a county.
Then there was no then, the North Vietnamese army was not afraid of death under the leadership of the legendary goddess of war in North Vietnam, and the Great Zhou attacked many times, all of which ended in failure, and the Great Zhou lost more than 300,000 troops during this time, of course, the North Vietnamese also lost a lot.
After repairing for a few days, the Eastern Qi side launched an attack again, and the direction of the attack changed, attacking all the way from south to north, with the obvious intention of completely destroying the eastern defense line, leaving Southern Chu without a barrier, and making Southern Chu become an undefended fat, biting from wherever you want.
Sima Yue dispatched troops and continued to fight fiercely, but unfortunately the morale of the Eastern Qi was like a rainbow, and the morale of the army was inevitably declining on the side of Southern Chu, and Sima Yue's army was attacked and retreated, and several cities were lost in a few days.
The defense line in the east is almost useless, because the defense line is built to defend against the surprise attack of the eastern army, and now that the Eastern Qi army has swept up from the south, the original defense line is naturally of little use. Now the opening is getting bigger and bigger, and the defense line that Sima Yue has spent more than ten years building has basically failed.
One bad news after another continued to spread into Chu Jing, and then spread to the rest of the cities, and the entire Southern Chu and the major vassal states panicked.
The two great military gods were defeated, and the eastern and southern defense lines were torn apart, who could still hold back the advance of the Eastern Qi army? As time passed, the Eastern Qi army advanced step by step, encroaching little by little, and finally the Eastern Qi army would come to the capital of Chu.
Mi Xiong's temper is getting worse and worse, and a few days ago, a minister angered him and asked him to order him to be cut directly. He continued to order the major vassal states to send troops, and sent envoys to the Western Jin Dynasty to ask the Western Jin Dynasty to send troops under various conditions, but unfortunately the Western Jin Dynasty ignored it.
Mi Xiong also ordered Sima Yue Ram Qiu to counterattack, and he must win a victory to restore morale, otherwise he would be removed from his post. Ram Qiu didn't attack rashly, but Sima Yue tried.
He concentrated all the grandmasters in the army, and attacked a military camp in Eastern Qi at night, more than a dozen grandmasters killed indiscriminately in it, lit fires everywhere, and then Sima Yue led 200,000 cavalry to attack the Eastern Qi military camp.
Originally, he thought that he could win a small victory, but who knew that a large army suddenly appeared in a nearby valley and copied their back road, and there were nearly twenty grandmasters in that army. The Southern Chu army panicked when they found that there was an ambush, and Sima Yue could only withdraw when he saw that the situation was wrong, otherwise the 200,000 cavalry might be wiped out.
As soon as he ordered the withdrawal of his troops, defeat was doomed. Nearly 20 Grandmasters of the enemy tried their best to block it, and then the two armies flanked it, and in the end, the 200,000 troops only fled back 130,000, and the Grandmaster killed four in the battle. Sima Yue can be regarded as stealing chickens and rice, and the first war made his reputation as a military god stink.
This defeat had a greater impact on the morale of the Southern Chu army, in fact, this can't be completely blamed on Sima Yue, there was a big problem with the Chu Yuge in Southern Chu. Without the helmsman, and even the former helmsman may be the enemy's spies, then who knows how many enemy spies are still hidden inside Chu Yu Pavilion?
Chu Yutai is half paralyzed, this has too much impact on the Chu State, the Eastern Qi side has a clear understanding of the situation in Southern Chu, but Southern Chu has a black eye on Eastern Qi, this battle is difficult for anyone to fight.
"Idiot, rubbish!"
After Mi Xiong got the news, he scolded again and directly ordered to reprimand Sima Yue, he was completely panicked this time. A person sat on a high throne and lost his soul, his face was full of depression, feeling that Nanchu might be destroyed at any time, and the foundation of these hundreds of years was going to be destroyed in his hands.
"Your Majesty!"
Doctor Yu Shi howled again: "At such a juncture, only one person can save Nan Chu, please ask Ye Guogong to come out of the mountain, otherwise Nan Chu will really not be saved." ”
"That's right!"
The secretary of the military department came out and bowed down and said: "Ye Guogong has fought hundreds of bloody battles in his life, and he has not tasted a single defeat, Ye Guogong is the real military god of our Southern Chu." In the war with the Western Jin Dynasty back then, the Western Jin Dynasty army was hundreds of thousands more than us, and Ye Guogong easily suppressed it, which shows the ability of the Guogong, and now only his old man has the ability to turn the tide. ”
Mi Xiong was awakened by the shouts of the two, he raised his head and looked at the two, his face became complicated, and he hesitated for a long time before he sighed slightly: "Huang Aiqing, Chen Aiqing, you two go to invite Ye Guogong out of the mountain on behalf of me, I am afraid that he will not be willing to come out to preside over the overall situation." ”
"Weichen takes the order!"
Huang Yang, the secretary of the military department, and Chen Xiongfei, the imperial historian, were overjoyed, and hurriedly left the palace together, and the other ministers in the palace showed excitement on their faces. Ye Xiangfo was the generalissimo of Southern Chu back then, and he fought a hundred bloody battles and never lost a defeat, if he went out of the mountain, maybe Southern Chu would still be saved.
Zhu Gui's eyes were very complicated, he didn't want Ye Xiangfo to go out of the mountain, the problem was that it was indeed a very dangerous situation now, Sima Yue and Ram Qiu couldn't stop it, Ye Xiangfo might have a chance to reverse the mountain, so he didn't say anything.
Mi Xiong didn't retreat from the court, and none of the ministers left, all waiting for the news. This wait is more than two hours, the military department Shangshu and the imperial doctor hurriedly came, the two of them looked bitter, as soon as they came in, Huang Yang said: "Your Majesty, Ye Guogong said that he was sick and did not see guests, Weichen and Doctor Chen waited at the door for two hours, and knelt at the door, Ye Guogong just didn't see us..."
"Wow~"
There was an uproar in the main hall, many people showed thoughtful expressions, and some old ministers knew some old news, and they all hung their heads and looked depressed.
Mi Xiong looked disappointed and muttered softly: "He still hasn't forgiven ...... after all"
The military department was silent for a moment, then kowtowed again: "Your Majesty, please move to the Guogong Mansion, Ye Guogong was a powerful great master back then, and his body should be fine." If His Majesty Lixian Corporal goes to invite him personally, Ye Guogong will definitely go out of the mountain. ”
"No!"
An old minister immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, how can you go down to invite a courtier? This is against the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, absolutely not!"
"yes!"
There are also courtiers who stand up, one by one with etiquette and morality, one by one without precedent, and so on.
Mi Xiong also became entangled, his face was blue and white for a while, he pondered for a moment, and waved his big hand: "Since Ye Guogong is sick, let him rest and retreat!"
The bear strode away, as if he was afraid that his courtiers would leave him behind. After he returned, he immediately swallowed a pill of bliss, and then called the three concubines again to close the door, and nothing happened.
In the next ten days, the situation became more and more bad, and bad news continued to come, defeating again and again, losing cities one after another, armies being defeated, and countless soldiers were killed.
With the rapid advance of the Eastern Qi army, the major families of Southern Chu panicked, and many vassal states also panicked, Southern Chu perished, and everyone had to sink into the abyss with this big ship. Many large families began to move, transferring some of their property and children.
Where does the transfer go?
The rest of the dynasties must not go, otherwise they will be no different from fat sheep, and there will be no bones left that will be swallowed by the big families of the rest of the dynasties. You can't go to the north and west, and you can't go to the east, so there's only one place left, the Nanban Mountains.
It's just that there is a wilderness in the Nanban Mountain Range, and there are only Wu clans except for fierce beasts, so is it possible to defect to the Wu clan?
In the end, many great clans locked their eyes on the east, the east of the Dongqi Continent, and the endless East China Sea. There were countless islands in the Endless East China Sea, and those islands were not the sphere of influence of the Eastern Qi Dynasty.
The endless East China Sea is too wide, and there are millions of islands, and the Eastern Qi Dynasty can't control it. Moreover, there are many sea beasts in the Endless East China Sea, and Dongqi needs a strong navy to manage these islands, and the gains outweigh the losses.
What should I do if I want to transfer my wealth and my children to take refuge in the Endless East China Sea, but there is an Eastern Qi Dynasty in the middle?
There is only one way, let a group of master guards go from the Nanban Mountains. If you enter the Nanban Mountains and go all the way to the east, you can also go to the sea, but the road is more difficult to walk, and it is easy to die in the Nanban Mountains.
Despite this, there are still many families who have begun to transfer, keeping incense and wealth, and when the war is completely over, they will find a way to secretly transfer back, and slowly rise incognito. As long as there is wealth and elite children, it is not that there is no hope of a comeback.
But......
To enter the Nanban Mountains, you need to cross the Cai State or Jing Kingdom, and the common people of Cai are now hungry and crazy, and there are revolting peasants everywhere, and there are mountain bandits everywhere. On the other hand, the security on the Jingguo side is much safer, so many families organized convoys and drove towards the Jingguo side.
How could such a family, such an abnormal situation, not attract the attention of Black Dragon Terrace?
The news quickly spread to Wu Guan, who thought about it and felt that it was necessary to inform Li Yunyi, and he was just a routine announcement.
As a result, Li Yunyi was very interested and gave the order directly. All carriages crossing the border shall be searched, and if there is a large amount of property, the toll shall be charged at the rate of ten taxes and three.
"Ten taxes and three, are you crazy?"
Wu Jian heard Li Yunyi's words, his eyes widened and he said: "Do you know how many carriages have entered the country? There are nearly 1,000 now, and there will be thousands more to come." The big family of Nanchu basically has a share, you are going to offend all the wealthy families in Nanchu. This is a huge amount of money, you can grab it, I'm afraid you won't spend it. ”
"Don't panic?"
Li Yunyi smiled faintly: "If you offend, you will be offended, anyway, sooner or later you will be offended." Such a great opportunity, if you miss it, you will be a fool. Those families were blackmailed, and they didn't dare to sue the Southern Chu court, so they could only suffer dumb losses. ”