Chapter 754: Vast Heaven and Earth
What's the most frustrating thing sometimes?
It is the truth that you say when you are excited, and it is taken as a polite and humble word.
Although Heifu said to the Anlu people, "It was not me who came to save the Anlu people, it was the people of Anlu, and it was your courage and fearlessness that saved me." ”
But no one took this sentence seriously, and after Heifu returned like a timely rain, everyone only felt that "he is the great savior of the people." ”
And like a repeater, this point is repeatedly emphasized.
"It was Marquis Wu Zhong who saved the people of Anlu!"
The old people in the county were full of praise for Heifu's humility, and the eight hundred children who returned proudly told the thrilling events that happened in Yunmengze and Wuchang camp in the crowd: Yunmeng's move, the secret edict of the clothes and belts, the stay of Shaxian, the night attack on Wuchang, and the return to Anlu in the north...... This series of events constitutes several new chapters in the legend of Marquis Wu Zhong.
The young people who did not have the opportunity to participate in these legends, such as Yuan Yong, looked at Wu Zhonghou with enthusiastic eyes, as well as uncles and elders such as Dongmen Leopard and Ji Ying. They also put on the captured Qin army armor, pulled white cloth in the same way, and tied it around their arms, which became the symbol of the righteous army.
To put it mildly, if Heifu and His Majesty the First Emperor of Qin had a personality cult in Anlubibi, Heifu would definitely win now.
Heifu was a little helpless, but under this extreme worship, his words became the golden rule, and many things were much easier.
For example, the young people of An Lu want to carry out an indiscriminate revenge slaughter of the captured 5,000 Guan Zhong Qin pawns! But Hefu stopped them, and decided to take one out of the remaining five and put them to death as punishment for killing and wounding the Anlu people, based on the casualties of the Anlu people.
"The people of Anlu are also the people of Qin, and it is only right that those who kill people die."
There was a trial, a record, and a written sentence for this execution, and the commanders and jailers of Anlu County continued to play their original roles and pronounced sentences in accordance with the law.
The 1,000 unlucky eggs who were drawn were executed among the ruins and broken walls, and Yuan Yong and others did it themselves.
The remaining 4,000 people stripped off their armor and were naked, temporarily imprisoned in Xicheng, and still sent people to preach the routine of "the first emperor has collapsed, the traitorous ministers have killed the king and usurped the throne, and the Marquis of Wuzhong is difficult to rebel against with his clothes and secret edicts", which made these Guanzhong soldiers startled and suspicious.
Heifu has Heifu's plan: "I don't expect these people to surrender, even if they can't be taken away and put back, they can spread the word through their tongues, and it's best for the world to know about it!" ”
After calming the resentment of the Anlu people and dealing with the prisoners, the next thing to do was to gather all the people in the county, open the warehouses, let everyone eat, and then distribute Bai, Tun, Shi, and Wu according to Lilu for militarized management.
Dongmen Leopard armed all the men of appropriate age in Anlu and distributed them with 10,000 sets of armor and blades captured to form a pawn.
As for the 10,000 young people and elders who are older or younger, they form envy pawns, that is, militias, and are handed over to Ji Ying to manage.
The remaining 30,000 women and children, old and weak, will be held responsible.
Now, Anlu County is really a soldier.
After finishing all this, Heifu had time to meet the captured old acquaintance, Du Wei Feng Jing.
"Do you know why you're losing?"
When they met, Heifu personally untied Feng Jing and then asked him this question.
Feng Jing touched his wrist that was strangled too tightly and numb: "This is your hometown, your hometown party, fighting here, I won't lose unjustly." ”
"That's right, those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help, this is one thing, but there is another reason."
Heifu handed Feng Jing a glass of wine: "Feng Jing, you are still the same, you are too upright, you have the demeanor of a noble gentleman, and at the last moment, you have never done anything to my family, I believe that it is not your intention to force the people to death, even my teacher Yan Weng." ”
The two have known each other for more than ten years, and worked together as officials under Li You, Feng Jing accompanied Heifu to participate in the Shangsi Festival in Jiangling City, and played "Feather Blossom with the Flow" by the pavilion, which was the place where Heifu and his wife met for the first time......
It is not an exaggeration to say that Feng Jing is the informant of the two.
But today, there are successes and failures, one is to sit on the Lord, and the other is to be a prisoner......
Feng Jing also felt a trace of shame, put down the cup and said: "I am already a general of the defeated army, Marquis Wuzhong, Marquis Wuzhong, who is deeply trusted by His Majesty......"
He bit the accent of these three words, and there was some sarcasm in his tone: "What is the prince going to do with me?" Beheaded like those pawns who were drawn, at the broken wall? ”
"Nope."
But Heifu was not provoked, but sighed: "I will not kill you, because of the old friendship between you and me." ”
Actually, it's not because of the old friendship, but because, it's too wasteful to do so!
Heifu is different from Feng Jing, he is an aristocratic gentleman, but Heifu? I prefer Shang Jun's set, Shang Ying and Gongzi Mao are close friends, but Shang Ying took advantage of Gongzi Mao's simplicity and hijacked him during the banquet.
The world criticizes Shang Ying's character, but on the battlefield, only victory and defeat are just moral? It is a great benevolence and virtue to let oneself die less!
Feng Jing was a little moved, and Heifu was talking to him about the old days, smiling and laughing, but he pondered in his heart: "I wonder if Ling Zun knew that his beloved son was captured, and when he ordered the siege of the city, would he hesitate a little?" Buy me time! ”
"I don't know what the new masters of Xianyang Palace, Hu Hai, Li Si, and Zhao Gao, will think when they learn that you gave up the people of Anlu to me, and your father released me to leave safely with tens of thousands of people, and I spared your life in turn? Do you suspect that the Feng family has reached some kind of deal with me? ”
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When he was captured by Feng Jingbu, who was tied to the letter of Heifu, Feng Wuxuan, the Marquis of Wuxin, had just left Xiling County, Hengshan County, and entered Anlu County, which was still two days away from the county seat......
After learning of the Wuchang Camp Incident, he immediately marched westward and marched at a speed of fifty miles. But because he was taking the land route, he was still a step late, and when he heard that Heifu was really "resurrected", and took the first step back to Anlu and seized the county seat, he couldn't help but hate.
Wuchang and Anlu, this is already the second defeat that happened under Feng Wuxue's nose after he was ordered by Emperor Qin Shi Huang to take over the military affairs of the Huaihan Prefectures.
Fortunately, he didn't know that Li You was beaten by Han Xin in Changsha County, otherwise he would have had even more headaches.
Feng Wuxue opened Heifu's letter, but saw the above rhetoric:
"The future Heifu dares to say again, I have heard the name of Wuxin Hou for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet today! Feng entered the Qin Dynasty for several generations, and his brothers were all generals of Jiuqing, and now the rebel son and traitor killed the king and usurped the throne, promoted tyranny, treated the head of Qian, and the world was saggerent. ”
"Since the public knows the destiny of heaven and knows the current affairs, why should he be rebellious? It is better to raise the banner of righteousness and righteousness, and join forces to go north, then the military pass can be captured, the pass can be entered, and Xianyang can be determined. ”
"Traitor Heifu, a bunch of nonsense."
Feng Wuxue knew the real will of Qin Shi Huang: he made Hu Hai the crown prince, and Feng, Li, and Wang were auxiliary ministers, and even more determined that Heifu was a chaotic minister and thief.
In addition to these words of "persuasion", the letter also attached a strand of Feng Jing's hair, as well as a close-fitting jade pendant, and at the end of the letter, Feng Wu was advised not to be impulsive, otherwise his eldest son might have an accident, "the heir of the Marquis of Wuxin is extinct".
All this is enough to make a father worry about his heart.
But unlike the friendly eldest brother, the right prime minister Feng Quji, Feng Wuxuan's temper is notoriously strong!
He tore up Heifu's letter, took Feng Jing's jade pendant into his arms, gritted his teeth and said, "Xile Yang attacked Zhongshan for General Wei. His son is in Zhongshan, the king of Zhongshan cooks his son and leaves the soup, and the sheep sits under the curtain and sipps, a cup! ”
"If he has the courage to do so, he will also cook my son and send the soup, and I should drink the meat soup while ordering the land to be safe!"
For the next battle, Feng Wuxuan has enough confidence.
He roughly knew who Hefu's men were: 5,000 soldiers and veterans brought from the Wuchang battalion, and there was no army, so he could only rely on Anlu's 50,000 people, of which 30,000 were old and weak, women and children, and only 20,000 were able to fight......
And Feng Wuxue's subordinates, in addition to the 20,000 elite Guanzhong lieutenant army, there are also 4,000 troops brought by Yang Xi from Xiakou, and 6,000 newly transferred Jiujiang soldiers.
In addition, at Feng Wuxue's request, Nanyang County in the north also sent 5,000 troops to the south, and joined up with 5,000 Nanjun soldiers to come to Anlu!
Raise a division of 40,000 and attack a rabble that is mixed and scattered, and the armor is scarce, and the odds of victory are very high.
The only thing he was worried about was that Heifu, a shameless person, would abandon the city and flee directly, which was the last thing Feng Wuxue wanted, in that case, he would not be able to explain to the imperial court......
Feng Wuxue's worries were not superfluous, when Sima Wang Phong of the other department arrived in Anlu with three thousand chariots of the forward, only to find that there were only four thousand naked Qin soldiers in Anlu City who were chained together, frozen and hungry for several days, and trembling together.
As for the people of the county? The city has long been empty!
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As early as the day he sent someone to deliver the letter to Feng Wuxue, Heifu ran away with the people of the county.
The number of boatmen who came all the way from Lingqu was not large, only 5,000, which was the reason why Heifu only brought 5,000 people to Anlu for adventure, and now the same is true on the return trip, so he took his mother and 5,000 wounded, elderly, children, and sick people who couldn't walk to take the waterway to Shaxian in the south of the Yangtze River......
The remaining more than 40,000 people followed him by land and entered Yunmeng Daze from the south of the county.
Yunmengze, known as 900 miles, is not a contiguous body of water, and during the dry season, it will become two large lakes separated from the north and south, namely "Yunze" north of Hanshui and "Mengze" south of Hanshui.
Heifu and his entourage walked in the dry area between the clouds and dreams, where white grass is everywhere and reeds are flocks, which is a good place for Anlu people to fish, hunt and even escape from the famine.
When they entered here, it was like entering their own backyard, and what was dangerous in the eyes of outsiders was everywhere in the eyes of the locals, and their resistance to this was far less than that of the distant pass, but Heifu still personally came forward to persuade the villagers to persuade them.
But the co-lieutenant was a little puzzled, and he was transferred to his side again by Heifu as a personal guard, taking Yuan Yong and a group of young people who performed well in the Battle of Anlu.
At this moment, the lieutenant asked with some doubts: "Junhou, you finally recaptured An Lu, why did you abandon without a fight?" ”
This was also the question of Yuan Yong and the others, and they immediately pricked up their ears to hear what kind of thoughts the prince was thinking.
"Have you read Wu Sun Tzu's Art of War?" Heifu asked the co-lieutenant.
Li Cang, Wu Chen, and Gongwei, the children of the younger generation of the old department, are mostly well-educated, and Heifu also specially printed military books for them.
The co-lieutenant bowed: "I have read it." ”
"In the "Conspiracy" chapter, how many are there to win?"
After thinking for a while, the lieutenant said, "There are five! Those who know that they can fight and those who can't fight win, those who know the use of the few win, those who want the same up and down win, those who treat those who are not safe win, and those who can and do not win win. These five are the way to win. ”
"How about being outnumbered?" Hefu asked again.
Gong Ao raised his two hands and compared: "Feng Wuxue has 30,000 or 40,000 people, all of whom are serious troops, and I only have 5,000 elites, and the remaining 20,000 are temporarily formed, and the people who lack training, as well as 30,000 old and weak women and children, must be distracted and protected...... Well, it's true that we are outnumbered. ”
He somewhat understood what Heifu meant, but he still smiled slyly: "But the prince, the one who wants the same up and down wins, and the one who can win and the king who does not win, the villain thinks that we have the advantage in these two points." ”
"As for the one who does not win, but our last two major battles are extremely tired, and the enemy army has come from afar, and it is not much better, it is roughly equal, or it can be a battle......"
Hefu is happy, young people now, he really can't be underestimated, the lieutenant can use his brain, better than his reckless father.
But Jiang was still old and spicy, he shook his head and said: "Otherwise, the enemy is strong and I am weak, and the enemy is outnumbered, these hard conditions cannot be solved by command and the same desire from top to bottom." If you lose, the whole county will die, and even if you win, you will lose a lot, is it worth it? ”
He straightened his face and said in the tone of a chief's lesson: "You remember, this general marches and fights, and the emphasis is on preserving himself and destroying the enemy!" ”
"Save yourself and destroy the enemy?" Everyone repeated this sentence, and Gongwei and Yuan Yong realized.
"That's right, you can only effectively save yourself by destroying the enemy in large numbers; In turn, it is possible to destroy the enemy in large numbers only by effectively preserving yourself. ”
"Therefore, if you don't fight an unfavorable battle, you can not defend a city that is too expensive. This is called knowing that those who can fight and those who can't fight win! If you want to win the whole war, you can't care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool. Before the main force of the Southern Expeditionary Army seized Changsha County and moved north, the enemy was strong and we were weak, so in this case, we could only temporarily avoid the edge and give up Anlu. ”
"I see!"
Gongwei and Yuan Yong were all convinced, but a short soldier who had not read a book was still a little disappointed because he didn't understand: "Junhou, you said so much, or was you forced to evacuate because you couldn't fight?" ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was trampled by Yuan Yong, who blindly admired Heifu.
"The prince has his own king's truth, do you know the way to use soldiers? What nonsense! ”
Heifu didn't think it was angry, and said with a smile: "You can go and tell everyone that this is not called retreat, nor is it abandoning the city and fleeing, but 'strategic transfer'!" ”
The passion and blood have passed, and the black man is still the black man who only fights the battle to win, and if he can, he will not take risks.
He pointed to the lake in front of him and said:
"Look, now, we have entered the vast Yunmengze, and we have come to the mother lake that raised us in this life."
Heifu waved his hand, full of pride:
"Jump out of the box, open the world, and make a difference!"
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PS: Happy Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone go back to their hometown for the New Year, there is only one chapter today, watch the Spring Festival Gala well at night.