Wen Zhong said slowly: "Most of the tribes of Baiyue live in the deep mountains and dense forests. ”

The generals nodded when they heard this, this is the most troublesome place, the soldiers of the merchant army are not familiar with the terrain, even if they are better equipped in the deep mountains and old forests, and they are equipped with newly forged iron soldiers, a small soldier of the merchant army is not necessarily a nimble opponent of the Yue people.

Wen Zhong continued: "The Baiyue tribes occupy a geographical advantage, and their individual combat ability in the mountains is far stronger than that of the merchant army, even if they can't be defeated, they can slip away by virtue of their geographical advantages. ”

Isn't this nonsense?

That's how hard it is to fight!

Wen Zhong suddenly frowned: "Sending troops in autumn and winter, even if it is difficult for the south to snow like the north, it is still winter, and those Yue people who are not clothed can hide if they flee again?"

This is the experience he saw after months of watching snow in the North Sea.

The bitter cold in winter, no one can stand it, not to mention that the Yue people don't have many warm clothes.

As long as one city and one village are so steady and steady, all the places that shelter from the wind and rain are pulled out, and the Yue people have nowhere to run.

Wen Zhong continued: "In the past hundred years, the Great Shang has never used troops in the south, and the Southern Bohou of the past dynasties did not dare to put the military peak in the land of Baiyue, which is nothing more than the hot and humid land of Baiyue, mosquito bites, miasma, poisonous insects and beasts will threaten the lives of soldiers, and it is extremely difficult to march, only Baiyue people can effectively avoid it because they have lived here for generations." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Youren was stunned, and he had a faint premonition of the wonders of sending troops in autumn and winter.

Not only Zhang Youren, but Chao Lei and Zhang Guifang also frowned, but Fang Xiang and Fang Bi were still there like two door pillars, confused.

"On the day of autumn and winter, the weather is cold, poisonous snakes are dormant, bears and tigers enter the burrow, and mosquitoes do not come out. ”

Wen Zhong laughed heartily.

Everyone also suddenly realized, and looked at Zishou with a look of longing.

It's wonderful to send troops in the autumn and winter against the norm!

Baiyue is not an enemy in common sense, and naturally he can't fight according to common sense!

Zishou: "......"

Wen Zhong said again: "Your Majesty's renaming of King Yue as King of Chu can not only solve the threat of King Wu for him, but also appease his heart, and even prevent our great merchant soldiers from falling into danger in Echeng!

At this moment, Zishou was stunned.

He purely watched King Yue stab himself desperately and his thoughts were incomprehensible, and he wanted to throw King Yue in Echeng to fend for himself.

I never thought that this hand was simply the lifeblood of King Yue, and I pinched it in my hand!

Zhang Youren, Chao Lei and others said one after another: "Your Majesty Shengming, the clever plan is Pingnan!"

Wen Zhong also echoed, but there was a faint trace of worry between his eyebrows.

The south is not so simple, the epidemic situation of the year was a little weird, Qian Bao and Wan Nian both said that there were bald Taoist people who entered the customs and sent statues to alleviate the pain.

Those bald people are not bald like 10,000 years, but bald heads in the true sense.

And the means by which those people take incense and believe in it are very similar to Western religions.

Wen Zhong was very worried, would the Western Sect, which had always been untroubled and secretly developed behind its back, also plan to enter the WTO in the Great Tribulation of the Gods, if so, it would be a little troublesome.

...........

Time passed in a flash, and Zishou took the soldiers and horses to Sanshan Pass, which was the closest to Baiyue, and could replenish some grain and grass.

As soon as he entered the customs, a group of people and horses captured a group of Baiyue people wearing rattan armor.

Zi Shou was suspicious in his heart, could it be that Baiyue knew that he was going to lead troops to conscript, and he also sent spies in advance?

At this time, Deng Jiugong came and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister inquired a while ago that a car rode into Baiyue from the west, so he sent people to listen, but he didn't think that he really caught a lot of people, it seems that Baiyue is not willing to be lonely!"

Has someone else entered Baiyue?

Wen Zhong suddenly understood that it must have been Xiqi's doing.

Xiqi is still waiting for the opportunity, not daring to rebel openly, but he can persuade others with clever words.

Didn't Ji Chang send someone to persuade the earthmen to go south to invade the merchants?

The strategy he proposed a few days ago ignored this point, thinking that the Baiyue tribes would be grateful for the help of the big merchants in the epidemic, and then easily send troops to help.

But barbarians are barbarians after all, a group of wolves that can't be raised, as long as the benefits given by others are greater, they can be enemies of big merchants.

Moreover, the leaders of the various tribes of Baiyue are not fools, and the princes of all walks of life have different intentions to resist the king of Shang and stand on the side of the princes, which is the best choice.

Zishou groaned: "Chief soldier Deng, those Baiyue captives shouldn't have been interrogated yet, right?"

Deng Jiugong shook his head and responded: "I have already interrogated, but these barbarians are too strict and have not found the slightest information." ”

"Then leave it to me for interrogation. ”

Zi was given the job of interrogation, and the Baiyue captives were gathered together that night.

"What tribe are you from?"

“.....”

"What is your purpose?"

“.....”

"Who is the one who sent you troops into Baiyue?"

“.....”

"It's so hard-mouthed! Then let you go. ”

At this time, the leader of the dozens of captives was shocked and said, "You want to let us go?"

Zishou shouted: "What are you doing with so much nonsense? And you don't confide in the information, do you consume food for nothing? You have gained so much weight, you are embarrassed? Come here, let them all go!"

The guards and soldiers entered, but their faces were embarrassed, the food in Sanshanguan was naturally better than Baiyue, but these people had gained some weight, but they couldn't afford to raise them, how could there be a reason to put the prisoners back?

Zishou shouted again: "Why don't you release people quickly?"

The soldiers are helpless, the king is the boss, even if it is not right to release people, General Deng will not say anything.

was captured in a daze, and was released in a daze, and these Baiyue people were also confused in their minds.

Early the next morning, Zishou woke up, changed his clothes under the service of Concubine Yang, and went to the mansion to discuss matters.

Everyone in the palace found that all the prisoners were gone, and the guards were trembling under the questioning of Wen Zhong, Deng Jiugong and other giants in the army.

Zishou looked at Wen Zhong's three eyes, and said stubbornly: "What do you think is wrong?"

Wen Zhong was angry: "Your Majesty is confused!"

Chao Lei was helpless: "Your Majesty wants to release those captives, sow discord, and make them internal responses?"

Stirring up discord? Zi was shocked in his heart, shouldn't it become a divisive scheme?

Zhang Youren shook his head and said: "How easy is the internal response? Your Majesty has been arranging for a long time before making the king of Yue an internal response, those captives are different, they have neither received favors nor worries about survival, why do they need to do internal response?"

Deng Jiugong sighed: "Although those people are reluctant to reveal their identities, Tailuan and Deng Xiu have recognized a few familiar faces from them, most of them are Yu Yue's people, it was Yu Yue's people who were unwilling to submit to the original place, which led to the repeated repetition of the leaders of Yu Yue who had already been submitted, how could they be willing to respond to it now?"

Zishou frowned and was silent for a long time, only sighing again and again from time to time.