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After the people from Xianyang issued the edict, they came in a hurry, and they didn't drag the mud and water when they went back, they didn't give Lu Zhe time to prepare gifts at all, and they didn't stay long to complete the mission and then returned to Nanyang to return to Xianyang.

"Smart man, I don't want them to enter the hinterland of Nanjun, so I left without even mentioning it." Lu Zhe said to others: "This is a bad thing for us, which shows that the instructions they got are very clear. ”

No one understood what the newly released Zheng Nanzhong Lang General, Nanjun Governor, and Shao Shangzao were saying, they only knew that Lu Dao Lu Zhe's face looked unhappy, very unhappy.

Knowing that there was no reward for the rest of the people, those who knew the news were not happy, and even complained.

For this phenomenon, Lu Zhe has his own way of dealing with it, that is, finding something for them to do, and making them so tired that they have no time to think about it like a dog.

It is rare for Lu Zhe to come to Ye County, so he will naturally walk around, and he can be regarded as personally observing the livelihood and geographical location of this county, which is only 30 miles away from Nanyang County.

After a personal visit, there are many plains in Ye County, and the local people have already turned them into cultivated land, but the water conservancy system is relatively simple in Lu Zhe's opinion, and it is clear that water can be diverted from the Han River into the plain to form a comprehensive irrigation system.

"There is abundant rain in Ye County," the county magistrate who looks old and emaciated said carefully, "Hanshui connects Nanyang County and Hanzhong County, and the two places are also rain-rich geography, and if you don't dig channels to divert water, you are afraid that the rainy season will ......."

Oh, Lu Zhe understood. The location of the river seems to be abundant, but once the rainy season comes, the dam collapse is prone to flooding.

"What is the grain yield per year in Ye County?" Lu Zhe would ask different questions in almost every county.

"Back to the county lord, Ye County is a small county, and the number of cultivated fields is ......" Seeing Lu Zhe's dissatisfaction, the county commander replied simply: "Forty thousand stones." ”

Hearing this number, Lu Zhe nodded, if he remembered correctly, in the battle in Qianzhong County, the total amount of grain harvested and plundered in the autumn exceeded 1.6 million stones, and this was only the harvest of cultivated fields within a hundred miles of Linyuan, and the plundering outside a hundred miles had not yet been completed.

The prefectural decree repeated: "The tax to be paid is 40,000 koku." ”

That's right! According to the ten taxes of the Qin State. The total grain output of this season in Ye County is 400,000 stones. If Lu Zhe remembers correctly, there are more than 7,000 households registered in Ye County, about 30,000 people?

The prefectures within Nam-gun were hit by a military disaster this year, and the data produced is the output after the destruction, and cannot be used as reference data.

Lu Zhe has issued an administrative order, ordering all counties in the county to count grain production, and asking the county commanders (chiefs) of each county to budget whether there is enough grain to support the local harvest until next year's autumn harvest.

From ancient times to the present, no ruler has asked each county to count its own output, nor has he asked whether the grain production is enough for local consumption. Let's be honest. If you really want to make statistics, it will be a very cumbersome procedure, and it is difficult to say whether the reported data is accurate or not.

The reason why he issued such an order, on the one hand, Lu Zhe was really worried that there would be a food shortage. The other is to test the control of the counties. In addition to asking each county to make its own statistics, he will also send spies to conduct field investigations.

Plundering one land and raising one land, this goal is something that the whole of Nanjun knows, and it is precisely because Lu Zhe released such an operation that he made Nanjun's father and elder return to his heart in a short period of time.

The plundering of Qianzhong County did not have to consider the life or death of the locals at all. Lü Zhe even felt that it would be better to starve all the natives in Guizhou to death, believing that the lack of food would force the natives to move further south, and that it would be a good thing to clear the no-man's land and then move the population into development. At least the natives ran out. Those who go to settle will not be attacked.

Making such a decision made Lu Zhe "wake up" that he had a cruel heart, but he thought that if this was cruel, he would become more and more cruel.

After staying in Ye County for a total of two days, Lu Zhe gave the order to turn back.

The order was issued, the spearmen and the spearmen came to Ye County and squatted for two days and returned to their respective stations, while Lu Zhe personally led those special troops and the 10,000 newly arrived Qin troops to return to Jiangling.

As soon as he returned to Jiangling, almost before he had time to take a sip of water, he found Lu Zhe with a strange face.

"County Lord, Hengshan traitors crossed the border to attack Shaxian, the local garrison killed thirty-six people, and the head of Qianshou was killed and wounded nearly a thousand," Mian Bi was very angry: "Plundered more than 300 stones of grain and grass in our county, and burned more than 500 stones. A lot of the leather goods hoarded there have also been looted, and it is impossible to count them for the time being. ”

Sha Xian? Lu Zhe found a map and searched for a while at the junction of Hengshan County to find the location where Sha Xian was.

It is a small county town near Xiangshui, which is located near Hengshan County, and Yunmengze is located in the north and west of the county, with a population of only more than 18,000 and a local garrison of 500 people.

"These damn thieves dare to attack our county, they should be cut with a thousand knives!" ”

The harvest season has ended, and compared to other chaotic counties, although many acres of fields have been destroyed by the war, the output is still not comparable to those counties that are constantly fighting.

The counties are constantly fighting, and the destructive power of the separatist killings to the people's livelihood is unimaginable, and they continue to invade each other's territory and burn grain in order to weaken the opponent, so the lack of food is inevitable.

Lü Zhe sent garrisons at the junctions of various places, for example, there were 2,000 garrisons in Ye County, and in addition to protecting the territory and the people, of course, he was prepared for possible attacks.

Shaxian is two hundred and thirty miles away from Jiangling, and there is a Yunmengze in the middle, and it is very inconvenient to transport grain, considering that the local production is not enough to feed too many soldiers, the garrison there will only be five hundred people.

The rest of the counties, such as Zhouling County, Juxian County, Yilu County, Zigui County, and other counties close to Hengshan County and Lujiang County, as long as the grain route allows the garrison, there is no less than 2,000 troops.

Some important locations, such as Wuxian, which is located in the triangle of Hanzhong County, Ba County, and Qianzhong County, have a convenient road to Jiangling, and the local production is abundant, and the number of garrisons stationed is enough to 10,000.

"There are five thousand garrisons in Anlu County?" It's not asking, but Lu Zhe is planning: "There are also a hundred miles from Anlu to Shaxian......"

He stopped cursing and watched intently as Lu Zhe's hand gestured on the map.

"Which rebel army from Hengshan County attacked Shaxian in Zhilu Dao?" Lu Zhe's words were full of murderous energy.

Lift your spirits. He knew that Lu Zhe would definitely retaliate, so he didn't hesitate: "The captured prisoner confessed that he was a leader under Deng Zong. ”

"Oh!" Lu Zhe looked at the county on the map, it was occupied by Deng Zong, according to the intelligence, this person personally led the army to attack Anfeng, which was also garrisoned by the Qin army? He pointed to Zhouling County and Anlu County: "The garrisons of the two places have a total of 8,000, let Anlu transfer 3,000, Zhouling 1,000, and the troops of 3,000 people will rush to Shaxian with ten days' worth of grain and grass first." ”

Deliveries should shout "Hey! He smiled hideously, and without saying a word, he took the token and went to convey the order.

Touching his chin, Lu Zhe looked at the geography of the mountains and rivers again, and felt very sorry that there was no navy in Nanjun. Otherwise, it is a good choice to use the developed water system to transport troops and food.

"Hmm......? Since you want to move, let's carry out a devastating battle, and use the mountain of corpses and blood to warn the rebels who have put their minds on Nanjun! Lu Zhe looked at Jingling County in Nanjun, which is a large county next to the Han River, and there is a local industry of building boats, but the displacement of the ships built is not good at all, "I don't have the ability to develop a navy yet, but I can properly support the shipbuilders in Jingling, and let them start researching the warships of two hundred materials." ”

"Someone!" Lu Zhe shouted loudly, and Wei Han immediately came in: "Lingyi and Xu Zhi come to see me." ”

Wei Han saluted respectfully. "Hey! "Drop the order.

Lu Zhe's failure to send troops to capture other counties except Qianzhong County did not mean that he would sit idly by and watch those rebels enter Nanjun to plunder, he insisted that only he was qualified to plunder others, and anyone who put his hand into Nanjun would not only have his hand cut off, but also cut off his head.

The strongest rebel army in Hengshan County is Deng Zong. There are about 100,000 subordinates under his command, and the counties of Yi, Xiling, and E, which currently occupy Hengshan County, have extended their tentacles into Jiujiang County, and are currently fighting with the Anfeng County garrison of Jiujiang County.

This is the first rebel leader to turn his mind on the head of Southshire. Lu Zhe knew very well that if he didn't retaliate with the power of thunder, other rebels such as Lujiang County and Changsha County would inevitably feel that Lu Zhe was weak and bullied, and this would definitely not be allowed!

"Qianzhong County has already sent 80,000 troops......" Lu Zhe noticed the map very seriously: "The garrisons of Wu County, Ye County, Yan County, and Dangyang County cannot move. ”

And it seems that Zhouling County is an important town to defend Lujiang County. Since Hengshan County has extended its hand into Nan County, it is difficult to guarantee that Huan Chu of Lujiang County will not follow suit, so after dispatching a thousand people to Shaxian, Zhou Ling will also send another army over?

"So...... This time the operation against Deng Zong, "the scale should not be too large, and it must also be announced, so that the division is famous, Lu Zhe habitually touched his chin: "Take 10,000 soldiers and 20,000 auxiliary soldiers as the benchmark." ”

The goal of the operation is not to occupy territory, and the total number of troops of 30,000 is no more, no less, after all, this kind of operation does not need to leave a large number of garrisons after taking down a place, only a small number of troops need to be left to maintain the grain route.

"The announcement is a warning, this momentum can be louder, and it is better to let those rebels know what will happen to the idea of attacking Nanjun. The battle can be more brutal, but the deal with Wu Rui is to expand......" Lu Zhe didn't plan to occupy Hengshan County openly, he was thinking about the possibility of supporting the puppet, and this didn't seem to be difficult to do, "Just who to find?" ”

Yi Jian and Xu Zhi were invited to enter, and when they came in, they happened to see Lu Zhe holding a bamboo slip looking at the household registration of the population of each county in Nan County.

"See General Zhonglang!" The two saluted respectfully, their faces tinged with joy.

They already knew about Lu Dao Xianyang's reward for Lu Zhe, but they didn't know what Lu Dao was for, and Xianyang didn't reward Lu Zhe except for Lu Zhe.

"You'd better call me Lord like the rest of the people." Lu Zhe put down the bamboo slip, and he added lightly: "Xianyang's meaning is very clear, and I don't understand what we are doing in Nanjun," took off the two silver seals and green ribbons on his waist, one is the seal ribbon of the Du Lieutenant, and the other is the seal ribbon of the general of Zhengnan Zhonglang, and the two official positions are both positions with a rank of 2,000 stones, and together they can receive 4,000 stone of the center every year. The two thousand stone Yulu is already the same as Jiuqing, and he is already a high-ranking official of the Qin State, "I haven't gotten a single Yulu so far." He laughed.

Yoshikane said: "County Lord, Xianyang has not appointed a new county guard? ”

This is also what Lu Zhe is worried about, the center has not appointed a county guard, which is equivalent to already treating Nanjun as a lost county.

Xu Zhi's face was full of worry: "I didn't appoint a county guard, and I didn't reward the ranks. I'm afraid this ......"

"There's nothing to be afraid of," Lu Zhe still explained as necessary: "The meaning of the edict under His Majesty is very clear, at this time, Xianyang has no extra effort to deal with our merits and demerits, and the reward for me is just a kind of stability maintenance." ”

"Yes, I can't judge the merits," Yoshikan frowned a little: "Compared to Nanjun, the Central Plains is more important to Xianyang." ”

"Hmm. His Majesty will only turn his attention to Nanjun after dealing with the rebels in the Central Plains. Lu Zhe fully behaved calmly: "Troops are constantly rising in various parts of the Central Plains, and it will not be a moment for His Majesty to solve it. Until then, there will be no conclusion on our merits. He didn't call the two of them over to discuss this. We're already doing the preparations. ”

The two of them thought about it, Lu Zhe had already sent someone to pick up everyone's relatives, and their hearts were a little more at ease.

"Shaxian, which is close to Hengshan County, has been attacked by the rebels," Lu Zhe said with a mocking face, "Whether it is Deng Zong's instructions or his subordinates' own opinions, we will not study it." For anyone who dares to put their claws into the South County, we need only give them the blood that flows all over the river. ”

Being able to hear the killing intent in the words was too heavy, and Yoshikane and Xu Zhi hurriedly put aside the distractions and listened attentively.

"Now I need you to enter Hengshan County and retaliate for this attack." Lu Zhe took the two of them to the map of Hengshan County. Pointing to Yi County, Xiling County, and E County: "Kill all the rebels here." ”

Short, powerful, and unstoppable blood, listening to the righteousness and Xu Zhi's head soaring hot.

"You're only responsible for killing all the rebels. Someone from the head of Qiantou will organize to bring it back to Nanjun," Lu Zhe said, and the momentum of the whole person became heavier and heavier: "Don't take prisoners. Do you understand? ”

"Hey!" Yi Jian and Xu Zhi gave up.

"It's good to understand." Lu Zhe pulled out a command arrow: "Three thousand jumping soldiers, two thousand vine armor soldiers, one thousand Mo swordsmen, two thousand archers, and one thousand spearmen, this is the soldier sent to you." These soldiers are righteous and commander-in-chief. As he spoke, he handed the arrow to the respectful salute of Yoshikan, and then looked at Xu Zhi: "You are in addition to the five hundred cavalry in the headquarters." He drew another arrow, "Take the token and mobilize 20,000 auxiliaries." ”

Xu Zhi let out a "uh", the structure of the auxiliaries was a bit mixed. As both a baggage unit and a spearman, he was eager to know his exact duty.

"Duties?" Lu Zhe looked at Xu Zhi with a smile: "The auxiliaries of our army are not simple auxiliaries, nor are they as old and weak as other armies. ”

Xu Zhi is distressed when he understands this, the auxiliary soldiers of Nanjun usually have drills, but they have less time than the soldiers to practice, but most of them are young and middle-aged, and they may be a little bad according to the standards of the Qin army, but compared with the rebels of the rabble, they seem to be able to be called elite.

"It's a bit of a pity, our main battlefield is in Qianzhong County, considering the future food production of Qianzhong County and the defense needs of Nanjun, the 70,000 troops entering Qianzhong have reached the upper limit, otherwise I would like to pull the troops over to actual combat, instead of repeated drills." Lu Zhe's expression was very serious.

The so-called elites, in addition to orders and prohibitions, aren't they all armies crawling out of the mountains of corpses and blood?

Yoshikan and Xu Zhi continued to receive orders and left.

There are a lot of troops in Nanjun, but the number of generals is in a state of insufficiency, it is a sadness to have soldiers and no generals, Lu Zhe has been planning to train generals who can lead troops to fight recently, he thinks that if he doesn't train generals now, it will be too late to train them after a series of wars.

In the future, the target of Nanjun's attack will be set on Baiyue, and the surrounding rebels need to be deterred, and the rebels in Hengshan County jumped out at the right time.

On the same day, Lü Zhe sent people to the Quartet, informed the county of the news of the invasion and attack of the Hengshan rebels, and announced a military action to retaliate against the leaders of the four counties.

Internally, the announcement of the invasion of the rebels in Hengshan County is a kind of guidance for the people, and when it is publicized, it is conducive to forming an atmosphere of common hatred and hatred, and then uniting the people's hearts. Hearing that Lu Zhe was angry after Sha Xian was attacked, and the slogan was "Revenge for the Fathers of Nanjun", which greatly encouraged the morale of the people.

Externally, when they learned that Nanjun was about to send troops to Hengshan to attack Deng Zong, the rebel leaders of the various counties were surprised that they had been changing with the behavior of the righteous army from all walks of life not violating the river water, and they were shocked that Nanjun's troops were sent to expand their territory or sweep away the rebel army for the Qin State.

The 30,000-strong army set out from Gangneung and took three days to approach Shaxian.

When the army approached the small county town of Shaxian. Before entering the realm, you can see that both sides of the road are full of heads.

The three elders of each village also organized the villagers to prepare food, and when they saw the army coming, the leaders cheered loudly, and the women and children even lifted the bamboo basket and brought out the food and put it on the wooden table that had been prepared for a long time.

This kind of wooden table is very simple, in fact, it is a long wooden board with a high bottom, and all kinds of simple but heartfelt food are full.

"The county magistrate is right, the county lord will avenge us, and the soldiers will not let those thieves have a good time." People watched with anticipation as the approaching army talked.

The Sha Xian that Yi Jian and Xu Zhi saw was not ruined after the war, if it weren't for the fact that the information that Sha Xian was attacked by the rebels of Hengshan County was true, look at the Shaxian villagers who seemed to be elated and not a little sad, and were waiting on the stage with anticipation. They would genuinely suspect that they were receiving a lie.

Closer, closer and closer, the cheers drowned out the sound of the army walking on the ground, the soldiers approached and saw the food on both sides of the road and smiled happily, after Yoshikane and Xu Zhi looked at each other a few times, Yoshikane gave the order that the soldiers could take the food on the side of the road.

"It's going to be messy." Xu Zhi was a little worried.

"There will be some confusion," said Yi Jian with another set of views, "but it is more important for the military and the people to enjoy themselves than a little chaos." This can greatly boost the morale of the military and the people. ”

Xu Zhi turned his head to look, and the villagers on both sides of the road saw the soldiers leaving the team and leaning over to get food, and the smiles on their faces were very strong, and it seemed that the satisfaction in that smile was even stronger.

Don't expect an army that has only been trained for two or three months to be disciplined and given orders to go over and get food. Many of the queues simply dispersed.

"Actually......" Xu Zhi blinked: "You can only let Shi Chang take it, and the soldiers are still marching in line." ”

"Huh?" Yoshikane was stunned for a moment, looked at the army that was in chaos and could not advance, and smiled bitterly: "It's because I didn't think it through." ”

Xu Zhi held his forehead. As if moaning, "It's not too late to correct." ”

A trumpet sounded, and the officers who had received the order began to restrain their troops, sending only soldiers above the rank of commander to fetch food. After getting it, it will be distributed to his subordinates. In this way, the queue can finally continue to move forward completely, and the act of accepting the love of Sha Xian's father has not ended.

The reinforcements from Anlu and Zhou Ling had already arrived, and after receiving the order of the follow-up troops, they expanded the camp, and the local villagers did not have much enthusiasm when they came to Shaxian, and posted a notice to Shaxian later, clearly saying that they would avenge Shaxian's father, and the next day the military camp was full of villagers from the labor army.

When the three military marquis learned that the follow-up troops had arrived and left the camp to greet them, a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths when they saw the labor army of Sha Xian's father and fellow villagers. They may not know what the love of the army and the people is, but they are very happy to be loved by Sha Xianqian.

When the army entered the camp, Yoshikane and Xu Zhi had not yet communicated with the officers who had arrived earlier, and people from outside said that the three elders of each village had asked to see the commander of the army.

The identity of the three elders in the countryside is very special, their attitude is the attitude of the leaders of the Qian, how dare Yi Jian and Xu Zhi, who led the army alone for the first time, slack off and personally went out of the camp to greet them.

Sha Xian's father and fellow villagers had a lot of feelings about the army's willingness to avenge the dead villagers, and it was even more unexpected that the army came so quickly. Since ancient times, the army has been a "royal division" without disturbing the people, an army that sent troops to take revenge after the death of the villagers.

The scene of talking with many three elders is more like a sycophant meeting, praise is a subordinate soldier is the most noble praise, and Lu Zhe has been mentioned too many times in the process of their conversation to be countless. Of course, no one in the army or the head of Qiantou dared to directly mention Lu Zhe's name, they basically addressed the county lord.

Seeing off the three elders, Yi Jian as the main general naturally wanted to understand the situation, and learned that the 500 garrison of Shaxian defeated the invading 3,000 people at the cost of less than 100 casualties, beheaded 1,300 people, and captured more than 500 people, and his heart was more confident in this battle.

"In this battle," Yoshikane was the first time to lead an army of 30,000 to fight, he did not have the courage to feel a heavy responsibility, and the tone of his speech was unprecedentedly serious: "Our army has received only one order, not to occupy territory, not to take prisoners. Kill all the rebels in Yi County, Xiling County, and E County, and kill all the rebels who don't leave any behind! ”

This order was too uplifting, and the generals all felt excited when they heard it, stood up neatly, and shouted with all their strength: "Hey! (To be continued......)

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