Chapter 320: Chu Yuan
Changyang County, outside the east gate, Mo Luo stood with his hands behind his back, like a javelin, behind him, the high-ranking officials of the Shuntian Army lined up, and went out of the East Gate today to welcome a group of people who are now vital to the Shuntian Army, the Chu people led by Ma Xiangnan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
After the defeat and retreat from Shayang County, the Shuntian army almost fell into a desperate situation, if it were not for the last Wu Xin to turn the tide, using Zhang Jian's anxious to make meritorious contributions, defeated Zhang Jian in Qingtongxia, and annihilated the 5,000 tiger army, now the Shuntian army is afraid that it has disappeared. Subsequently, Wu Xin led his troops to rush south, preempted the Taiping army, stationed in Yinshan, and thwarted the Taiping army's attempt to seize Yinshan, so as to unite with Mengshan and form a Taishan overwhelming offensive against Changyang County.
Connecting two shots, Wu Xin let the Shuntian Army temporarily turn the corner, which is naturally a great luck in misfortune for the Shuntian Army, but for Wu Xin, it is not a good thing. Because of these two actions, Wu Xin's prestige in the Shuntian Army has risen greatly, and many middle- and lower-level officers have even reached the point where they only know that there is Wu Xin and do not know that there is Mo Luo.
This sharp increase in prestige has brought Wu Xin a crisis. With Bao Bufan, Zhang Han's two generals fell in front of the Taiping Army, and now the generals under Mo Luo's command are only Bao Hua, and Wu Xin's subordinates are full of talents.
Mo Luo ordered that Wu Xin be stationed in Yinshan on the spot, and he was no longer allowed to set foot in Changyang County.
The crisis brought about by Wu Xin, in Mo Luo's opinion, at least so far, is controllable, because he has decided to agree to Ma Xiangnan's proposal to send a Chu officer corps to Changyang County to help him train the army.
In the battle of Shayang County, Mo Luo's biggest feeling was that more people did not necessarily win, which was completely different from his previous feelings, in Shayang County, his army of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people, in front of thousands of Taiping troops, was actually vulnerable, and was beaten to the ground, which made him realize the strength of the combat ability of the army that had received strict formal military training.
Not only in military skills, but also in the quality of will.
This strong contrast made him finally make up his mind to accept military assistance from the Chu people. The Chu people sent Jiang Tao, a general under Cheng Wuben, who made him very satisfied. Cheng Wuben is known as the iron wall of Chu State, and has fought against the powerful Qi people in the eastern part of Chu State for more than 20 years, so that the Qi people cannot go south an inch. And Jiang Tao is Cheng Wuben's descendant general, as long as he can have Cheng Wuben's ability of two or three out of ten, it is enough for him to defeat the so-called Taiping army on the opposite side.
Of course, in addition to military reasons, there is also the current predicament of Changyang County, which also makes Mo Luo not qualified to refuse Ma Xiangnan's request.
Changyang County was originally extremely poor, Mo Luo uprising, swept Changyang County, hundreds of thousands of Changyang County people followed Mo Luo, rushed to Shayang County, in their opinion, as long as they take the rich Shayang County, then, everything will be there. But what I never imagined was that in Shayang County, the people of Changyang County, who thought they were brave and good at fighting, first encountered the strong walls and clear fields of the people of Shayang County, resisted desperately, and then a force called the Taiping Army came out of the air and killed them to the ground.
In just one year, when he went out, he was full of pride, and there were quite a few Shuntian troops who killed gods and killed Buddhas when they met Buddhas, but they encountered a catastrophe and fled back to Changyang County. And more importantly, because a large number of people left with Mo Luo, the local livelihood economy of Changyang County also suffered a devastating blow.
It is now the golden autumn and October, and the mountains can still provide them with things that barely cover their stomachs, leaves, bark, wild beasts, rhizomes, and even Guanyin soil, but as winter is approaching day by day, a catastrophe that has never been seen in history is silently approaching Changyang County.
Although the Yue court recruited Mo Luo, both sides understood that it was only in name, the Yue court wanted face, and Mo Luo needed time to breathe, so it was just that. In this case, if Changyang County suffers a disaster, the Yue Imperial Court will only smile, and the Changyang County in the disaster will only accelerate the collapse of Mo Luo's Shuntian Army, which is a great joy for the Yue Dynasty, as for how many people in Changyang County will die because of this, it is not in the consideration of those powerful people in Yue Jing City at all.
And Shayang County has already set up a battle and is ready to invade Changyang County at any time, and the disaster in Changyang County is naturally their joy.
It can be said that the Shuntian army has reached the time of life and death, and their only life-saving straw is the assistance of the Chu army from Baoqing Port.
In order to firmly grasp this life-saving straw, it is impossible for Moro to refuse Ma Xiangnan's request.
"Wu Xin also sent someone to look for you yesterday?" Moro didn't look back, but his voice was cold.
"Yes, but his subordinates have already reprimanded him and driven him away." Bao Hua's body shook and hurriedly said.
"What else is he trying to say?" Morrow snorted.
"He, he still wants me to suggest to the king that the assistance of the Chu State can be taken, but they must not be allowed to intervene in our army, the army trained by the Chu people, in the end, is it the Shuntian army or the Chu army?" Bao Hua Road.
Mo Luo sneered, "Yes, if I don't agree to the request of the Chu people, the training can only be completely handed over to him, so will the army trained in the future be surnamed Mo or Wu?" ”
Bao Hua lowered his head and did not dare to make a sound. He, like Mo Luo, is a person in the rivers and lakes, there is nothing to say about personal force, and he can move forward bravely in battle, taking the lead, but neither of them is good at how to command the army and train the army. In the Shuntian Army, Wu Xin is the one who is good at training, and the rest are basically Wu Xin's subordinates, even the officers of the regular army of the Yue State who were captured by Mo Luo and surrendered, after entering the Shuntian Army, they quickly became a party with Wu Xin.
Morrow felt that these people looked down on him.
If this situation continues, won't the Shuntian Army have the surname Wu? At that time, it will be Wu Xin's sworn friend up and down, even if his martial arts are monstrous, what can he do? Is it possible to withstand thousands of troops?
Pressing Wu Xin in Yinshan and making him face the deterrence of the powerful Taiping Army, at least he didn't have the heart to think about anything else for the time being. As for letting the officers of the Chu State train the army, what is there to be afraid of? Formed one, he took one by himself, and when tens of thousands of elites were trained, he swept them away.
"You have to study hard, too. Otherwise, a dignified general who leads the army, and in the future, his command will be stronger than you, how can you serve the public? Glancing at Bao Hua, Mo Luo said.
"Yes, yes!" Bao Hua didn't expect that in the end, he went around to himself again: "The king can rest assured, this time the Chu army is training, and his subordinates will definitely follow the whole process and study hard." ”
"Learn more! Not only you, but I also specially recruited a group of literate people, not only to follow the training, but also to write down the methods of these Chu people, good things have to be controlled in their own hands so that they are not controlled by others! Morrow sighed.
"The king is far-sighted, and his subordinates admire and admire." Bao Hua flattered again and again.
"When the army is trained, I will lead the army to attack Shayang County again." A hint of cruelty flashed in Morrow's eyes.
"King, here!" In the distance at the corner of the mountain, a flag was turned, and then, a group of cavalry turned from that side, the road was not wide, only two war horses could be parallel, two in a group, the team was very long, but the sound of hooves was uniform, with Mo Luo's eyesight, it was natural to see clearly, the knight on the horse was full of armor, and even his face was covered by the armor.
Behind these cavalry, there were groups of carriages, which carried what Mo Luo was most worried about now - food, the convoy was boundless, the cavalry in front was almost close to the city gate, but the carriages behind were still pouring out.
Seeing the number of carriages, a flash of joy flashed across Morrow's face. He took a few steps forward.
The two cavalry were divided left and right, and a carriage drove out of it, the door opened, and the horse came out of it with a smile and a groan. He jumped out of the carriage with a light step, and behind him, a middle-aged scribe-like figure got out of the carriage and stood behind Ma Xiangnan without saying a word.
"King, we meet again." Ma Xiangnan smiled and slammed Mo Luo to the ground. Ma Xiangnan is really happy, Mo Luo's defeat is exactly what he needs most now, after the defeat, Mo Luo has no way out, the only possibility is to hold the thigh of Chu State, and this is the basis for the Chu people to control this army. Mo Luo is above the martial arts or a genius in the sky, but when it comes to playing with intrigues and calculating people's hearts, he is really not half a star.
"Ma Gong is anxious for justice and justice, and solves my danger, this affection, Mo Luo remembers it in his heart." Mo Luo's words were very true, because at the foot of the mountain, the wagons carrying grain were still pouring out, and even from the wagons that had already come out, the amount of grain was already hundreds of thousands of catties.
"The king wants to thank His Majesty the Emperor of our Great Chu, Ma Mou doesn't dare to be greedy for heaven." Ma Xiangnan waved his hand again and again, "King, come on, let me introduce to you, this is our meritorious general of Dachu, General Jiang Tao." ”
Ma Xiangnan waved his hand, and the middle-aged scribe behind him took a step forward, clasped his fists and waved at Mo Luo: "Chu Jiang Tao, I have seen the king!" ”
Jiang Tao is famous, but Mo Luo only hears his name, not his person, I thought that such a famous general should be a fierce warrior image, but unexpectedly, standing in front of him, it was a scribe who looked weak.
"Jiang, General Jiang?" Moro looked at each other suspiciously.
"It's General Jiang Taojiang." Ma Xiangnan said with a smile: "Great King, General Jiang is a real outlier among the generals of Great Chu, he doesn't know martial arts, and he has never fought in battle, but most of the eastern border troops of Great Chu are trained by him." has always been leaned on by Cheng Shuai as his left and right arms, this time Cheng Shuai was willing to let General Jiang out, and Ma was also unexpected, which also reflects the sincerity of our Dachu. (To be continued.) )