Chapter 146: Losing Big Because of Small Things
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After making a lot of deployments and finding them useless, sometimes things go too smoothly and really isn't a good thing.
This war, before the war, it took ten days and half a month to see who was in charge, and Lu Zhe made a lot of layouts from it, the most critical of which was how to use the Zhao family and other rebels.
Unexpectedly, first Baiyue was so unbeaten, Guiyue's camp was taken with just a charge, and Minyue simply fled without a fight, and the rebels saw that Baiyue, who was desperately resisting, was about to collapse at the touch of a button.
The rebels are a good chess piece for Fan Zeng, but for Lu Zhe, why not be an object that can be used?
Someone must be responsible for the death of Tu Sui, the general of the Southern Expeditionary Army, and someone must also take responsibility for Ren Huan's disappearance. There are many theories about who is the culprit, but the Zhao clan who chose to resist until now will definitely not be able to escape.
Among the two clans, the Zheng clan has already made a blood oath and is willing to belong to Lu Zhe, and there is no doubt about the solemnity and binding nature of the blood oath in the era when the moral outlook has not collapsed, so if Lu Zhe wants to get help, he can't kill the Zheng clan. But you can't help but deal with the Zheng family, so what should you do?
The hardest thing to deal with happens! Lu Zhe would never let go of a large number of young people, so how to leave those young and strong Zhao clan became the key.
If the Zhao clan is in a hurry, there will definitely be a fish to die and the net will be broken, at that time, as long as the Zhao clan bewitches the young Zhuang who are in the same faction and says that Lu Zhe wants to kill them all, then how will the young Zhuang who feel that it is difficult to escape death choose. And this is a very possible thing, after all, the self-immolation and disappearance of the chief and deputy commanders of the Southern Expeditionary Army are really inseparable from them.
The Zhao clan felt that they could not resist, and when Meng San sent the letter, the Zhao clan, who had hesitated again and again before making a decision, also had a choice, and they decided to accept Lu Zhe's conditions and hand over a few less important clansmen to take the blame. Then there is no coercion of the other population, but most of the Zhao clan's own people can leave.
Was there a mistake in Lu Zhe's handling of it? Some! If the Qin officers reacted, he would surely be greeted with monstrous anger, and it was very likely that he would be torn to pieces by the enraged Qin people. So he was under a lot of psychological pressure during the whole process, but it was inevitable to achieve his goal.
Before the unrest began, there were about 120,000 young adults in the Six Kingdoms. After the turmoil and constant fighting, it is conservatively estimated that the number of young and middle-aged people will not exceed 80,000 at most. That is to say, in less than half a month, more than 40,000 young and middle-aged people have "disappeared", and the number of losses of the old and weak has reached a terrifying more than 100,000. The average number of casualties per day is 10,000, which shows how quickly the war has caused a sharp decline in the population.
There are only less than 80,000 young adults. This number made Lu Zhe's heart tremble all the time.
Young and strong represent labor in normal times, and they are the main force of production. In the war years, young and strong represent the source of soldiers, and an army composed of young and middle-aged people has sufficient combat effectiveness.
The Zheng family was attached, the Zhao family lost confidence, and Lu Zhe finally had the conditions to gather the young and middle-aged, but ......
"How do you appease ...... Or give them an explanation? ”
Lu Zheneng found that the Qin officers around him were watching him all the time, and he couldn't tell those people, what should I do, so he didn't want to deal with those traitors.
"If you say that. They're going to eat me alive! ”
Delaying time? Or kill those who have an opinion again?
That's simply impossible, no matter how long it drags on, sooner or later they will have to give an explanation, the longer it drags on, the more irritable they will become, and Lu Zhe is not sure that it will not cause any big disaster.
It's not a matter to kill all the time. Killing people is the simplest and most brutal method in many cases, but if one is dissatisfied and kills another, and one has an opinion, does it mean to kill all people?
Military deployment, Lu Zhe can think of it. When it comes to interpersonal relationships, he struggles a bit.
"Commander!" Su Lie rushed over when he heard the news, his face was full of confusion: "How can you ignore those thieves breaking through?" ”
"Already preparing for the pursuit." Lu Zhe pointed to the battlefield that was still finishing, "The auxiliaries are all old and weak. The soldiers are fighting. ”
Su Lie let out an "oh", and he saluted and ran away. It is conceivable that what he is going to do must be to urge the soldiers to hurry up.
"Lord Lu!" Zhaoshan was a little anxious, "You are ......"
Lu Zhe walked up quickly, drew out his long sword, and slashed directly before everyone reacted!
Stained with blood again, when Lu Zhe turned around, the headless corpse that had lost its head fell to the ground. He glanced at the rolling head of Akiyama, ignored the frightened rebels, and then looked at the rest of the officers, but did not speak.
Those who came out of the camp to contact were frightened by Lu Zhe's sudden murderous behavior, Zheng Bu very secretly distanced himself from the rest of the people, and he could see that Lu Zhe's eyes were full of fierce light.
"I didn't let you speak," Lu Zhe was indeed full of ferocity, and he put his long sword back into its sheath, "You won't answer until I want to ask." ”
Four or five of the dozen or so people looked at each other, and they were all people chosen by the Zhao clan to be scapegoats.
Among the remaining three people, two were small clans who came to determine the incorporation, and one of them was, of course, Zheng Bu, who distanced himself from others.
Lu Zhe's sudden outburst and murder was not only unexpected, but also the officers and soldiers who were waiting for orders.
Guiyue has completely lost the ability to resist, Chang Qinqing took the lead in surrendering in order to survive, and the scattered Guiyue people also laid down their arms and asked to surrender.
When the soldiers were fighting, Lu Zhe still had a reason not to send pursuers, and once Gui Yue asked him to surrender, he would need to make a decision.
Seemingly unintentional, Lu Zhe slowly approached those Zhao clan people, and said in a small voice: "Ben Jiang has been delayed for at least half an hour, if they can't escape, then they can only accept their fate." ”
The people of the Zhao clan looked at each other one by one, and before they could react, Lu Zhe, who had walked away, suddenly ordered the soldiers, "Except for those three people, kill them all!" Three are, of course, two small clans and Zheng Bu.
With the order, the soldiers didn't care about what they wanted to kill, they surrounded and slashed, and the Zhao people just had time to shout a few words that no one could hear clearly, and they all fell in a pool of blood.
Not long after almost all the members of the Zhao clan were killed, Su Lie came over with a few others.
They looked at several corpses. Su Lie stood up: "The main general, the leader of Guiyue, Chang Qinqing, has already surrendered, isn't it ......?" ”
Lu Zhe was very simple: "Chen Xuan, Ji Bu!" ”
The two stepped forward and saluted.
Lu Zhe said: "Do the soldiers under your command still have enough physical strength?" ”
Su Lie moved his lips, and he still didn't say anything after that.
Ji Bu and Chen Xuan glanced at each other and replied in unison: "Yes." ”
"Good!" Lu Zhe raised his right hand and pointed to the figures who could be seen but were running far away: "Catch up, chase for thirty miles and return." ”
The two responded loudly: "Hey! ”
Lu Zhe looked at the remaining officers: "The rest of the people led the headquarters to encircle Jiangling, and no one was allowed to release without my permission!" ”
The officers who had been waiting for a long time responded with a bang.
Sure enough, it is impossible for anything to go according to his own will, and it is impossible for Lu Zhe to make the Qin people under his command dissatisfied with him, so no matter how unwilling he is, he will have to deal with a group of people.
The soldiers who gave the order passed orders back and forth, and one after another the officers who received the orders began to lead their headquarters towards Gangneung.
The rebels huddled in the camp. Most of them didn't know about the deal between Lu Zhe and the Zhao clan at all, and when they saw that there were troops maneuvering around them, there were those who were afraid, those who accepted their fate, and even more who were ready to resist.
Visually inspecting the camp, Lu Zhe judged based on several aspects of intelligence that the number of people who shrank should be around 50,000. He sent someone to shout, and the content was still so thousand-rated, but what would happen to any resistance, and what would happen if he cooperated.
I don't know if it's because Qin Jun's credit has always been too bad or what, and the person who stepped forward to shout shouted hoarsely. Should there be a riot in the camp.
Yan Bi searched for a while before finding Lu Zhe, he was a little surprised to see Lu Zhe roaring with his left arm hanging on his chest, but he didn't say anything to show his loyalty, and directly cut to the topic: "Military master." They are panicking internally, and now the army may be counterproductive, so why don't they transfer the army back and persuade them? ”
Lu Zhe looked at Yan Bi silently. Seeing that Yan Bi was a little furious, he said very succinctly: "Yes." ”
It was again the heralds who ran to relay the order, and the army that had encircled the camp retreated a mile or so.
The people inside the camp were relieved to see the troops outside retreating. Without a person with enough prestige to stand up and coordinate, they really can't form a unified opinion on what they want to do now, so they can only turn around in a daze.
Of course, Lu Zhe did not retreat with the army, he was being protected by Su Lie with a thousand people, watching Yan Bi enter the camp alone.
"The main general......" Su Lie had too many questions in his heart, "I don't want to vomit or be unhappy when I say something." ”
Lu Zhexin said: "It's here!" The expression on his face did not change: "Huh? ”
Su Lie seemed to be more irritable: "I and several colleagues are extremely puzzled, what kind of negative ...... will the Lord do?"
"Negative?" Lu Zhe showed an unhappy expression: "Ridiculous, this will destroy at least 50,000 enemies in half a month, is such a record negative?" ”
"This ......" Su Lie was choked, in fact, they were able to tolerate Lu Zhe's abnormality today was also based on the past record, otherwise it would have broken out long ago. He felt that he still had to explain: "The generals and comrades can understand the mind of the commander, and it is understandable that you want to absorb the rebellious army, but it is just ......" I didn't know how to phrase it, so he simply said what was in his heart, "Nanjun now has less than 2,000 Qin troops, and the commander needs to reorganize an army to maintain Daqin's rule over Nanjun, and his comrades also need soldiers under his command to make meritorious contributions." It's just the main general, can you tell your comrades why you are doing this...... So careful? ”
Lu Zhe's mouth opened wide, it turned out that the officers had already noticed their abnormality. He thought to himself, "yes, it's too obvious that I'm doing that." It's just that I don't know how much they noticed? ”
Su Lie saw that Lu Zhe's face was changing and said, "The general was forced to self-immolate, and the lord will give an explanation to Xianyang." ”
Lu Zhe's expression became a little ugly, of course he had to give Xianyang an explanation.
Su Lie said again: "Although we have not received much favor from the general, we ...... However, it is reasonable to avenge the general. ”
The Qin troops who went south were all temporarily transferred from various places, saying that they had not received Tu Sui's favor, and Lu Zhe believed it. He looked at Su Lie with some puzzlement: "Since you know my thoughts, you should also understand my intentions in doing so?" ”
It was a temptation, and Lu Zhe had to know how much they had guessed.
"I want to come to the surrounding counties and counties are also in chaos, the main general needs those young people who want to reorganize into an army, and the intention is to stabilize the southern county?" What Su Lie said was not on his own. It was the voice of most of the robes: "It's just that the lord's approach is a little lacking...... This is slightly inappropriate. For the sake of the main general, for the sake of all the robes, those who caused turmoil among them must not stay, so that they can give Xianyang a passable explanation. He paused and looked very serious, "If the Lord will insist on going his own way, we will naturally have nothing to say, but when Xianyang reacts, the Lord will inevitably ...... will inevitably be severely punished by His Majesty. So. What is the use of fighting hard and trying to recruit young and strong? Do you want to learn from those who rebelled? Or is it secession? ”
Lu Zhe's heartbeat was accelerating, and he looked at Su Lie quietly, but his hand was subconsciously holding the hilt of the sword.
Su Lie looked down to himself and said, "The Lord will be a talented man. This time, he swept away the rebellious army of Nanjun for His Majesty, and successively defeated the invading 100,000 Baiyue. With this great achievement, the future must be far-reaching, and naturally there will be no rebellion or secession. As you have been humming, you are a man who is destined to be a prince, why make such a sacrifice. No one will think that you chose to leave most of the young people in order to take care of Nanjun, they will only make it difficult for you to be negligent. Few people will understand how you can lose a big result of a small thing? ”
Lu Zhe smiled bitterly, fortunately, the Qin officers didn't know that he was really preparing for secession. It's just that he wants to concentrate all his strength to recover Nanjun, otherwise......
There are 5,000 orthodox Qin troops, and there are still about 2,000 in repeated battles, and six of them have been appointed as temporary military marquis. Twenty-four became five hundred lords. To be honest, their current interests are the same as Lu Zhe's, and they very much don't want Lu Zhe to cause any trouble because of his poor consideration.
"One hundred thousand people. We lost about 70,000 before and after," Lu Zhe didn't want to continue that topic, "The leaders of Gui Yue and Ou Yue were all captured by us. These two people seem to be some kind of relatives of the big chief, do you think the Baiyue people will let us go? ”
Su Lie replied honestly: "Naturally not, they will definitely raise troops to come." ”
"That's right." Lu Zhe smiled: "I estimate that the shortest is three months, and the longest will not exceed half a year, and the army of Baiyue will still rush towards Nanjun." At that time, we will have to deal with 150,000, 200,000, or even more enemy troops. ”
Su Lie's face changed, let alone 150,000 or more, they would have a very hard time dealing with 100,000 enemy troops now.
"Knowing what I'm going to do for Lu, right?" Lu Zhe sighed: "From Xianyang to learn about the turmoil in the south to the transfer of troops to the south, it will take three months at the earliest. ”
Su Lie nodded, it took about three months for them to be transferred from all over to Xianyang, and this was because Xianyang had prepared the corresponding materials in advance.
This time the turmoil in the south came a little suddenly, and Daqin's soldiers were basically transferred to the northern frontiers such as Beidi County, Shang County, Yanmen County, and Dai County, even if they did not return to Xianyang to prepare for the war but drove directly to the south, and it took four months to come from the far north to Nanjun, and it was a rapid march. It is really difficult to say how much combat power this kind of posture can exert in the south.
In terms of materials, because of the war with the Hu people in the grassland, most of the materials in the inventory are actually concentrated in the counties and counties of northern Xinjiang, and it is much more difficult to transfer materials than to mobilize the army, so how much time will it take to recruit auxiliary soldiers (Minyu), how long will it take to transport them to the south, not to mention how great the consumption on the road is.
"The supplies sent to the south are already small," Lu Zhe frowned, "In other words, we have not only lacked food and clothing, but also weapons. A few counties are turbulent, then the transportation line can be said to be only the Bashu one, the treacherous mountains and the unsmooth water transportation, how much material replenishment can we get? ”
There were already many officers around, and they listened to Lu Zhe with different expressions.
"We don't want to get any support for at least half a year. Don't even think about it! Lu Zhe's voice was increasing: "In the battle with Ouyue, we captured enough grain and grass for 100,000 people to eat for a month. Just now, in the camps of Guiyue and Minyue, I found enough grain and grass for 100,000 people to eat for a month and a half. ”
The army will never work without food and grass. Hearing that so many military rations had been captured, the people who were watching basically smiled.
"How many of us are there? There are more than 200,000 people! Lu Zhe's tone slowed down, "Relying on those captured grain and grass, we can save some money and last for two months." It will take at least three months for the grain from Bashu to arrive. So what about one of those months? ”
Mei Kai smiled: "Since the Baiyue people have so much food, of course I went to rob them!" ”
"That's right!" Lu Zhe's voice suddenly increased: "It's to rob the food of the Baiyue people, but who will rob it!?" ”
Su Lie understood, and the main general was still unwilling to kill too much. He sighed and thought to himself, "It makes a lot of sense, in order to have enough troops, we can only keep them, but this will really cause endless troubles." ”
"By whom?!" Lu Zhe raised his right arm and made a circular gesture: "Rely on you." By the soldiers. How did the soldiers come about? Don't say it's a life to be raised by your parents, is it too late to give birth to a cub now? ”
Many people wanted to laugh at what he said, but they couldn't help it.
"It's up to you, them, and me." The measure words were used a little too much, and Lu Zhe walked towards Su Lie and said in a low voice: "They will die." It can be regarded as atonement for their sins, and let them die in the battle against the Baiyue people. How is it? ”
Su Lie smiled bitterly: "I have nothing to say." ”
Lu Zhe was very serious, as if he wanted to get a guarantee: "Communicate with my colleagues and help me persuade them." We need men so much now that it is up to us to kill those sinners than to organize them into light soldiers. Let them rob the grain and grass of the Baiyue people, and die in the war with the Baiyue people. ”
Su Lie had to admit in his heart that he was indeed persuaded by Lu Zhe. He nodded silently: "Lie believes that his comrades can understand the painstaking work of the main general. ”
It seems that this awkward topic has been rounded up? Lu Zhe let out a sigh of relief.
The army is inseparable from the officers of the Qin people, and compared with the people of the Six Kingdoms, the quality of the officers of the Qin army is too much higher than those people. The same group of soldiers, led by the officers of the Qin army, can exert good combat effectiveness, and when led by the officers of the six countries, there is no sense of rhythm in the fight, not to mention the cooperation between friendly forces.
Lu Zhe's words were passed out, and it was impossible to control what the people who knew what they thought. Yan Bi came back with a happy face.
Yan Bi didn't know what Lu Dao had promised people, and almost not long after he returned, the rebels themselves opened the camp gate, and teams of people rushed out. Honestly choose an open space or stand or squat.
The rebels were not aligned, and Yan Bi actually didn't promise too many conditions, but only explained that he would be incorporated on behalf of Lu Zhe.
Incorporated! Isn't it all killed? The frightened people knew that they would not be killed, and they agreed very much. Arguably. After the Zhao clan left them and fled, they really didn't have the courage to resist. Or should it be said that even if you want to resist, you can't organize it, under the premise that destruction is only a matter of time before you do. As long as they don't die, they can basically accept it, let alone just co-opt.
The orthodox Qin army has already been sent out, and those who remain are basically soldiers from the Six Kingdoms. These soldiers didn't have much pain in the face of the rebels, and Lu Zhe had chosen the right way to send them to maintain order.
Those who are determined to be co-opted will find out that they are from the same six countries who are in charge of them, and they will make some temptations.
The two sides talked, and the soldier told his story very plainly, and those people learned that the people who followed Lu Zhe seemed to be doing well, and the soldier said that he had not received an order to execute anyone, so they were really relieved.
Yan Bi looked very happy, he caught up with Lu Zhe, who was about to leave, and said excitedly: "War master, with those more than 30,000 young people, you can now organize a total of at least 70,000 troops. What should we do next? ”
Lu Zhe didn't feel excited at all, he could clearly know that there was a hidden danger in the Dao, but it was temporarily suppressed, and if it was not handled properly, the hidden danger would become a hazard. So he needs to find a way to solve those hidden dangers, and the sooner the better.
"He still has some news," Yan Bi was mysterious: "It's the news revealed by the Zhao family." They said that the Xiang clan of Huiji had been training in secret for a long time, and there were also old Qi nobles recruiting troops on the Langxi side, and at the same time, people from several counties such as Hengshan County, Jiujiang County, Changsha County, and Hengshan County also met to raise troops. What do you think ......? ”
Lu Zhe stopped, he looked at Yan Bi with an excited face: "Remember my words, 'Build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king'." Those who jump early and high, they are looking for death! ”
Yan Bi was like a piece of fiery charcoal being doused with water, and he hung his head a little unwillingly: "All the counties around Nanjun have raised troops, and there will also be people from Huiji County and Langxie County, so that there will be no reinforcements from the Qin State to Nanjun at all." We'll be surrounded in the middle, and that's ......."
"There is no encirclement, there are Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong to the west of Nanjun, what I need to do is to control the entire Nanjun...... No, at the very least, we must defend Yiling and Gangneung. Lu Zhe's gaze was very profound: "Just now someone advised me not to lose a big one because of a small one. I need to see which is 'small' and which is 'big'. ”
Stunned, Yan Bi thought to himself: "Waiting for the opportunity?" The military master is thinking about whether to take advantage of the situation to attack Bashu? (To be continued......)
PS: Bow and thank "clauschen" and "gj1515" for the monthly passes. Xie Lu Xie "Shubei Captain" rewarded again!