Chapter 18: Wisdom
Spring is approaching, the winter monsoon is about to turn into the summer monsoon, and the south wind brings down the spring rains, and then overnight clumps of delightful green emerge over the barren and ugly fields. At the beginning of the spring rain, Xiong Jing and the generals of each division did not lead in the city of Kaifeng, but set up tents on the bank of the bright chasm of spring, and reported the situation of the fleet's surprise attack on Zhifu by Zhuang Wudi.
"The artillery bombardment of the port at the beginning of the day, the return of the Chinese side to the corner, firing more than 13,000 cannons, and the Qin people's warships were all shattered...... The consumption and results of the fleet battle are shocking. An artillery regiment of the Ling Division fired an average of 50 shells per gun, and it was amazing to fire more than 2,000 shells in a battle. The surprise attack fleet used half of its ammunition in one go, and more than 13,000 shells poured out in more than three hours, and the generals' mouths were so big that they could see the back molars.
What surprised them was not this, Zhuang Wudi said: "The kings of Zhuyue compete for the king, and they don't want to compete but want to hunt their heads, they sneak into Zhifu Harbor and kill Zhao Ying......"
There were more than tens of thousands of Chu army generals who died at the hands of Zhao Ying, and he was actually killed by the Yue people. Peng Zong became excited, he stood up and interrupted Zhuang Wudi: "Really killed Zhao Ying?!" ”
"I did kill Zhao Ying." Zhuang Wudi nodded indifferently. Zhao Ying was the favorite general of the King of Qin, and he was another general of the Qin State after the Marquis of Wu'an. He was killed by the Yue people, and even if the assassination was dishonorable, everyone was excited.
"Who killed Zhao Ying?" The corners of Xiong Jing's eyes jumped, of course he didn't want to have a strong Yue King, but if Zhu Yue really wanted a Yue King, he had no way to stop it, he could only limit the power of Yue Wang.
"It is the king of Minyue." Zhuang Wudi also knew the importance of this matter, and immediately made it clear. Although he killed Zhao Ying, he was injured a lot. When the fleet returned, it boarded the Jinshan for blood transfusion, and did not know whether it was alive or dead. ”
Shen Yinshang called someone and soon passed the news to Shouying. The carrier pigeon flew back to Shouying that night, and the news reached Kaifeng the next morning. The main message in the news was to propose an immediate attack on Zhifu Port, but it also mentioned the situation of the Vietnamese people slightly.
Hearing that the life and death of Su Wuzhu were uncertain, Xiong Jing relieved his heart slightly, and it was difficult to say whether Su Wuzhu would survive. But if he survives and becomes a hero in the eyes of the Yue people, it will be difficult to do things in the future. Under the aura of the hero, the power restrictions will be invalidated, and the Wu Zhu will directly rule the Yue people beyond these restrictions.
Great heroes have also made him admire, but from the perspective of realpolitik, a nation would rather not have great heroes, but only great mortals. The emergence of a great hero is not because of his personal greatness, but because the nation to which he belongs is aging......
Suddenly, Xiong Jing thought of this.
"Shen Yin still thought that he should attack Zhifu again, attack the port with the division of Zhuyue, and burn the Qin people's war boats......" Zhuang Wudi continued to report to the news forwarded by the Great Sima Mansion. Hearing 'Attack Zhifu ...... again', the generals nodded again and again.
"It's true!" Peng Zong said loudly: "The Qin people's boat master takes the abolition of the pawn as his hand, and the armor is also a few soldiers. The seamen fired more than 13,000 cannons, and the war boats were all broken. ”
"Yes, yes. Xiang Shi is willing to go to it. Xiang Chao got up and shouted. After coming to Kaifeng for more than half a month, he looked at the Qin people across Daze every day, and he really hated such days.
"Master Tang is also willing to go to it." If Ao Duxing is not willing to stay in Kaifeng and go to Qi to kill the Qin people, he is excited when he thinks about it.
"Da Ao, the minister is also willing to go." More and more will rate to stand up. It's a pity that Zhuang Wudi's words swept away their excitement: "Dongye Gu has gone to Xun Shouying, and Lu Shi will go." ”
It is nearly 2,000 miles from Kaifeng to Langya, and from Mulingguan to Langya by water, it is only 7 or 800 miles. At this time, the fleet was still at sea and had not yet returned, and it was estimated that when the fleet returned and replenished ammunition and supplies to attack again, the warships of the Lu division just arrived at Langya Port. If you don't make a detour from Langya to Zhifu, you can reach it for thousands of miles. That is to say, in a maximum of seven days, the Chu army will be able to reach Langya Port again and be defeated in one battle before the Qin army's boat division can recover its combat strength.
The only uncertain but significant factor is the monsoon. The northeast monsoon will soon pass away, and before the southeast monsoon comes up, there are sometimes northeasterly and sometimes northwesterly winds over the Yellow Sea. There is no problem with the winter winds, if the southeast monsoon blows, then the fleet will not be able to sail into Zhifu Bay, which opens to the northwest, and the wind blows from the southeast and due south, and the fleet's course is within the six compass points, and it cannot be driven at all.
Be fast, be quick! It is necessary to complete the assault before the monsoon turns, otherwise the fleet can only be towed into the harbor by warboat.
The Chu army must be fast, and the Qin army must also be fast. On the same day, Zhao Zheng received the news that Zhao Ying was stabbed and that Jing Ren Haizhou attacked Zhifu Port. He hadn't recovered from Zhao Ying's assassination, and early this morning, Wei Yu said the suggestion of the National Governor's Office: "The minister thinks that Jing people will come again." At that time, I couldn't fight, and I couldn't fight. Please order the boat master to withdraw from Zhifu Port as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late. ”
"Exit Zhifu Harbor?" Zhao Zheng couldn't imagine that this was Wei Yi's proposal. "Why do you want to retreat?!" He shouted, "The widow immediately orders the remaining warships to reach Zhifu as quickly as possible!" ”
"It's not as good as that!" Zhao Zheng's shouting had no effect. Wei Yi was still shaking his head: "The soldiers of the six divisions of the Jing people are still in Qiangdi, and the rest of the Zhou divisions are prepared with Bai Lin." Although Shaofu has a war boat, there is no available hand. He ordered the boat division stationed in Chencang to reach Zhifu quickly, more than 3,000 miles, and there was the danger of three pillars on the way, which could not be reached in more than ten days. Ten days, the people of Jing will come again. ”
Wei Yu's voice was not loud, but after analyzing the pros and cons in one breath, he also mentioned the three pillars, that place is a ghost gate, you must drive carefully to pass, and if you are not careful, you will be ruined.
"Ran Jing people moved to Penglai in April!" Zhao Zheng was out of life, but he didn't forget to prevent the Chu people from evading.
Speaking of this, Wei Yi was also stunned. If the Zhou Master could not stop the migration of Chu, then the king would urge Wang Jian to go south for a decisive battle. He had to change his mind with a wry smile, and said, "In this way, please ask the king to quickly order the Guanzhong Boat Master to rush to Zhifu, and the Qi Di Boat Master should also retreat into Jishui, in case the Jing people will lose again." ”
"Not necessarily!" Zhao Zheng obviously has a better idea than quitting Zhifu, "Pass on the widow's life, so that Qi Jun can save Zhifu quickly." ”
"Qi people?" Zhifu is in Qidi, and the rescue of Qi people is the closest. Wei Yi was very surprised when he heard that Zhao Zheng wanted to rescue the people, but as soon as he spoke, he immediately changed his tone, and nodded again and again: "Yes." The king is wise. ”
Zhao Zheng is naturally wise, Qin and Qi are allies, and they have the same likes and dislikes, and the enemies of Qin are the enemies of Qi. Besides, Zhifu Port is Qi again, how can Qi sit idly by? The king's order was passed to Jimo, and there was no Qi Xiang's upward direction, and after Daxing Tianwei read through the requirements of the Qin State, the doctors looked at each other.
"What do you think?" No one spoke, and the big manager Tian asked aloud. Because the Jimo soldiers were unwilling to disperse the mob and secretly supported the mob, the main gate of the royal city was still blocked by the mob at this time. If the State of Qi sent a large army to Zhifu to fight the Chu army, it would not be more than 10,000 mobs now, it would be 100,000 or hundreds of thousands of mobs.
But if he didn't send troops, the king of Qin would be furious. The King of Qin was furious, it was better for the Qin army, which was easy to retreat, to come again, and then maybe destroy the Qi State and then the Chu State first-'I can't outrun the tiger, but I can outrun you'. The essence of the countries competing to bribe Qin is this spirit of 'outrunning you', not that they don't know the ambition of Qin, they don't believe in the conduct of King Qin, and they don't pursue immortality, but they pursue the last death.
"Or you can send a king's pawn to save him." Someone mentioned the king's pawn, and the king's pawn was in Jimo. If it hadn't been for the Jimo soldiers, they would have dispersed the mob in front of the palace long ago.
"If the king goes, will he be Mo'an?" The king pawn is obedient, but as soon as the king pawn leaves, Jimo will not be safe, which is very worrying.
"What does Dr. Jimo think about this?" No one wants to be the prime minister of the black cauldron, Tian Jian no longer looks at the court, and everyone gradually acquiesces to the chief manager Tian Zhan as the head to preside over the government. At this time, Tian Zhan asked Tian He, the Jimo doctor who closed his eyes and was silent.
"The Chu people sent money to my Qi people, the Qin people killed me, the Qi people took my Qi land, and abolished my children's and mother's money, and the merchants and good people all hated Qin. Send troops to Zhifu to rescue the Qin Renzhou Division...... hehe. Tian He laughed twice, and then said something that frightened the doctors: "The pawn of Jimo should go to it happily, and Zhifu will fight the Qin people with the Chu army." ”
"Can the soldiers not listen to orders?!" The incomparably weak questioning, the court was quiet, and this was clearly audible.
"Orders?" Hehe, after laughing, Tian He looked at the doctor who spoke. "When they allied with the Qin people, did they ever think about the meaning of the soldiers?"
"The doctor thinks it's ridiculous?" At this time, the doctors finally got right. "If it weren't for our pro-Qin and Chu backs, the Qi Kingdom would have died early! The soldiers don't know about state affairs, but if it weren't for their Yin Ping collapse, why should we bear the infamy of the Qin Dynasty and the Qin people and ally with the Qin people? ”
"Are you going to bear the infamy?" Tian He sneered. "You are safe and sound, but Xiangbang will die when he hears his fate!"
Turning his back on Chu and being pro-Qin did temporarily preserve the national ancestor, but as soon as the Qin State had any orders and requirements for Qi Guoyi, there were more than disagreements within the Qi State. If the Qin people are not obeyed, the Qin king will be angry and the Qi State will be ruined, the Tian clan will also be extinct, and millions of Qi people will also become the official slaves of the Qin State.
Whether to continue to compromise as before, or to grit your teeth and break the net with the Qin mermaid, this is a question of your own survival. However, this important issue was resolved again after the doctors did not discuss it for long. The next day, the only royal soldiers that the doctors of the Zheng Dynasty could rely on all pulled out their camps and headed north to Zhifu, which was 400 miles away.
On the day of the king's departure, the mob in front of the palace dispersed, and everyone shouted "Long live" to see the king off. This is not to wish the king a victory, this is to celebrate in advance the annihilation of the king who helped the abuse.
"General ......" Jimo Shumin shouted long live with evil faces, and the marshal of the king's pawn was angry and anxious to Shi Yi.
"No problem." If Shi Yi replied without words, he would engage the Chu army for the second time.