Chapter 566: Burning the Boat and Breaking the Cauldron
(The time of the last chapter is early May, and it is written incorrectly)
"What! Burn one's ship!? ”
In mid-May, when he arrived in Duchang County with 4,000 Jiaodong soldiers, Heifu learned the news from his own county lieutenant, Ren Huan, and was immediately surprised.
Fortunately, the Qin Dynasty transmitted the news, which must be in written form, not orally, Heifu carefully looked at the military newspaper again, only to find that what Ren Huan said was "burning the boat and breaking the cauldron", not breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat.
The former is a tactic that Sun Tzu has long had in the Art of War, and Heifu also saw it back then, and he has some impressions, and the original words are: The commander gives the army a task, just like climbing a high and pulling away a ladder, so that they can advance without retreating. Lead the army deep into the land of the princes, and make it move forward like a bend-pointing machine shooting an arrow. Burning ships and smashing military cauldrons shows that they are determined to die......
Therefore, Xiang Yu, this child, has the ability to deal with these 10,000 enemies, although he is not solid in reading, he can learn and use it lively, but he is very powerful!
Of course, Xiang Yu's genius is limited to tactics, and in terms of strategy, the leader of this era is called Han Xin.
Calculating the time, these two children are also almost adults, Heifu only heard that Xiang Yu was moved into Guanzhong as early as when his uncle Xiang Liang died, I don't know if it was because of the historical changes caused by him. And Han Xin, this should be somewhere in Chudi, and I don't know if I have been humiliated by my crotch......
"No matter what the future holds, these two people will have nothing to do with Qi Di and Zhutian."
Because the history of Qi has been turned upside down by Heifu, Tian Heng, who should have run to the island with five hundred strong men, has now burned the ship, not for a desperate battle, but for ...... Strategic shift?
When Heifu went from Duchang County to the bank of Jishui, there were no rebels on the other side, only the messy camp tents were thrown in place, and the Linzi County Lieutenant Lou Kang was leading people to clean up the battlefield.
Lou Kang fought a shameful defeat in March, and was dragged by the rebels in Jishui, resulting in Linzi emptiness, almost an accident, now the thief army withdrew, Lou Kang but cautious, thinking that he did not dare to cross the river to pursue, and even the last chance to make up for it was gone.
As soon as Heifu and the old county lieutenant met each other, they went about their business, and in accordance with the edict of Qin Shi Huang, they received Lou Kang's tiger talisman, leaving only him to continue to restrain the soldiers, and the command of the four thousand Linzi county soldiers was undoubtedly transferred to Heifu's hands.
In the next few days, having gathered up an army of 8,000, Heifu continued to advance westward, and they "recovered" Le'an County, which had fallen into the hands of thieves, and reached Di County, the center of the rebellion.
There are still headless corpses of Di County Commander, Wei and Cheng hanging on the upper floor of Di County, the official uniform is worn on the body, and even the copper seal is hung on the waist, but the body has rotted, stinky, green hair, crawling with wriggling maggots, and a cloud of flies buzzing around.
Heifu frowned, and asked the three bodies to be put down and properly retracted, I heard that Di Xiancheng was killed during the trial of the Tian brothers' "slave murder case", and he could be regarded as sticking to his post until the last moment.
Everyone is a Qin official, Heifu bowed his hand to them, and at this time, Cao Shen, who entered the city, also came back to report that the city was already empty, and there was hardly a living soul in sight!
The once prosperous city seems to have become a ghost at this moment!
When Gong Ao caught a few old men who couldn't walk and were lying at home waiting for death, they found out that the "King of Qi" and his "Xiangbang" and "General" hurriedly went west with Haikou Qingxia. More than 10,000 Qiantou in the city heard that Linzi was "slaughtered", for fear that they would suffer the same fate, so the young and strong people followed, and the old and weak women and children who couldn't walk far hid between the mountains and forests.
Later, Ren Huan, who occupied Qiancheng County, also sent people to report, what happened in Qiancheng County, the same as Di County, burned the ships along the coast to avoid falling into the hands of the Qin people, the robbers of Qiancheng County withdrew, and the local people who did not leave, also fearing the retaliation of the Qin army, fled to the dense swamp woods on the coast, and fed on fish, turtles, shrimps and clams.
In several counties combined, at least thirty or forty thousand people ran away, and these people, in the eyes of the government, are all traitors who have become traitors, and it is estimated that they will be sentenced to the crime of yang at the lightest, and Heifu has no time to care about them now.
"For the time being, there is no need to hunt down those fugitives, and there is no need to divide the troops to stay in the counties, the most important thing now is to find out where the thief army is going, catch up, and annihilate it!"
Obviously, the Tian brothers were afraid of Heifu's murderous reputation, and knew that their cobbled rabble would be difficult to defeat the soldiers of Linzi and Jiaodong, so they shifted their strategy.
"Where the teacher is, thorns are born. After the great army, there will be a fierce year. ”
Heifu sneered: "Linzi County has entrusted the blessings of his generation, more than 10,000 people have died, and the economic losses are countless, I'm afraid it will take ten years to recover, and let them wander a few more places, I'm afraid that the entire Qi Land will be miserable!" ”
Although the locals have demonized Heifu into a monster who kills people without blinking, Heifu is actually a good-hearted and good person.
The next thing he had to figure out was: Where did the more than 10,000 Tian brothers go?
The thieves marched slowly, with fewer horses and carriages, and soon were rewarded by a steady stream of scouts sent by Heifu in all directions.
"There are more than 10,000 thieves, going to Jibei County and Luoyin......"
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"Jibei County ......"
Heifu heard that Jibei was angry, and Jibei County Shou was the most active goods that Qin Shi Huang offered auspicious rui under Mount Tai when he toured east.
And this turmoil, Jibei County is also a piece of erosion, Zhuxian County, Luoyin, Gaotang, Plains, and several counties north of Jishui, all from thieves! It's not much better than Linzi next door.
Except that the county guard of Jibei heard that Linzi was in turmoil, and was eager to kill the fields in the county, but he startled the snakes, causing them to fight back collectively. Heifu believes that the unreasonable administrative setup of the imperial court in Jibei is also an important reason for the collapse of the situation.
Although Jibei County is called Jibei, in fact, it includes two major areas of Jibei and Jinan, and the most pitiful thing is that the county government is actually located in Boyang, near Mount Tai. Now, it is convenient to receive Qin Shi Huang Feng Chan, but it is hundreds of miles away from the north of the county.
At present, the Jibei Army has barely quelled the rebels that have emerged from the past, but it has no choice but to confront thousands of people from Tian Ji and Tian Xie across the river.
Gong Ao looked at the map and said firmly: "Tian Dan and the others must want to go to Jibei and join the Gaotang rebels!" ”
"And then?"
Heifu asked him what he was going to do, but Gong Ao looked confused, and said as a matter of course: "Then, of course, we will join forces and fight a decisive battle with us!" ”
Cao Shen thought otherwise, and pointed out a key problem: "15,000 soldiers dare not confront 8,000 officers and soldiers, even if they move hundreds of miles, the people in the north of Heji will have more than 20,000 soldiers." At that time, we can also join forces with the soldiers of Jibei and fight together. The thief army still can't take advantage, and even more lost the help of the prime ministers of Di County and Qianchengqian, and there is no favorable location and people, who gave them the courage to dare to fight a decisive battle with our army in Jibei? ”
Although Lao Cao is famous for "Xiao Gui Cao Sui" in history, he can march to fight, but this person is very skilled, not only brave in battle, but also more comprehensive, in contrast, Gong Ao is only a pioneer.
"Cao Shen's words are very true, if the thieves dare to fight a decisive battle with the official army in Jibei, it must be ......"
Lost mind!
The last three words were not uttered, but everyone understood.
Heifu encouraged Cao Shen: "You go on. ”
Cao Shen arched his hand: "Therefore, Jibei is not the ultimate goal of the thieves, and now they can go to Jibei through Jibei, and there are only three places." ”
Lao Cao's body was a little short, so he could only get closer and come out a little bit on the map.
"In the south, it will enter Jibei and Xue County, in the west, it will enter East County, and in the north, it will enter Julu County......"
All the military officials bowed their heads and listened very carefully, and Heifu was also very happy. If you can anticipate the enemy and know where it is going in advance, the battle will be half won.
On weekdays, Chen Ping is responsible for the work of the temple, and whenever Chen Ping stays behind, Heifu can only do it himself, which makes Heifu feel that he still lacks a strategist.
Now it seems that Cao Shen also has the potential in this regard, which is worthy of both civil and military skills.
Cao Shen continued: "If my guess is correct, the thieves will only choose the third place, Julu! ”
"Why?" Gong Ao's brain was knotted again, and he was quite dissatisfied with Cao Shen, a newcomer.
Cao Shen is originally from the Kanto region, and he has been a thief Cao, and after reading the picture books, he is more clear about the situation in these counties, and said with a smile:
"Although the soldiers of Jibei County are weak and cannot prohibit rebellion in the county, they can definitely do it if they hold Lixia City. Moreover, His Majesty is in Pengcheng, Surabaya County, transferring troops into Xue County, and going to the north to suppress thieves, it is as easy as a hand, and going south is like hitting an iron wall! ”
"The same is true for the westward expansion, the East County used to be a defense land, and it was established as a county decades ago, although the soldiers are not as good at fighting as Kansai and Nanjun, but it is also the source of the most soldiers in the Kanto region, and it is not easy for the thieves to enter the East County."
So, the only choice left was to go north and go to Julu County in Zhaodi......
Heifu Chen Ying, Cao Shen is right, Julu is indeed the best destination for the Tian brothers' strategic transfer.
Because, it is "the weakest area of Qin imperialist rule"!
One.
In Heifu's view, the most unsuccessful point of Motoda's rebellion was that it failed to mobilize the masses. Because Qi and Qin had no historical enmity, and finally were peacefully reunified, there were not many killings, although the life of Qianshou was a little harder, but it was not to the extent that it was revealed. The people of Dixian and Qiancheng also stood by at first, and were frightened by the rebels with the "Linzi Massacre", so they either became thieves or fled.
But Zhao Di is different, how many Zhao pawns did Bai Qi kill back then? Four hundred and fifty thousand! What was the total population of Zhao at that time? Three or four million ......
Every household in Zhao State has an enmity with Qin!
Coupled with the siege of Handan, and the subsequent decades of bloody battles, the Qin army slowly advanced from Hanoi and Hedong to Handan City, it can be said that every inch of Zhao land has the blood shed by the Zhao people to resist the Qin army, and the hatred is monstrous, and it cannot be compared with the Qi people.
"If Zhutian burns the fire of rebellion to Julu and Zhao Di, I am afraid that this turmoil will continue for several more months......"
No, it should be said, the flames are already burning!
History is no longer what Heifu knows, the first person to oppose Qin has become the Tian brothers, and outside of Qidi, the first person to respond to them is the Zhao heroic man of the mainland of Julu County, Lu Goujian! (See Chapter 402)
Nalu Goujian is said to be an old friend of Jing Ke, and he is also a hardcore anti-Qin person, who has been plotting for many years, and after hearing about Qi Di's uprising, he couldn't help it, gathered hundreds of people, rebelled in the mainland, and laid down a nearby county town.
Zhao Di's chivalrous atmosphere is not lighter than Qi Di at all, a little more fearless of death, more generous and tragic people, this group of people made trouble, and their combat effectiveness was even one level higher than Qi Ji's.
At present, Julu County is also busy suppressing the rebellion of Dauponze, if the Tian brothers take more than 10,000 people to kill from the plains, and come back and forth, I don't know if Julu can hold it......
"It's messy, in that case, the whole of Hebei will be in chaos."
Hefu shuddered at the thought of that scene.
Hebei in this year is not like the Pingchuan in later generations, densely populated. In fact, until the Spring and Autumn Period, Julu County was still the land of Rongdi, and there were almost no cities. Nowadays, although the county is established, the population is not large, and there are many primeval forests between cities and counties.
If the Tian brothers went to join forces with Lu Goujian, even if they failed to take Julu City, just fighting guerrillas in the old forests of Hebei would be enough for the Qin army to suppress for several years.
So Heifu glanced at everyone and issued a military order: "Gong Ao is the vanguard of the army, lead the chariot and ride in pursuit!" Be sure to stop the thieves before they cross the river from the plains! It must not be allowed to go to the giant deer. Cao Shen and other officials, followed closely with me with a large army. ”
"Yui!"
Gong Ao was immediately overjoyed, and he didn't care about being robbed of the limelight by Cao Shen, so he immediately agreed to the promise and took the order!
After the arrangement was made, the officials went down one after another to gather the soldiers, and only he was left in the tent, and the sound of the black man talking to himself sounded.
"Burning the boat and breaking the cauldron, breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat, let this crow's mouth ...... I'm not really going to fight a 'battle of the giant deer'! ”