The sudden accident was a huge test for Lu Zhe and the entire Han Kingdom, and if it was not handled well, it would cause an unimaginable blow to the great shape.

There is a common sense in transporting grain, not only to use a large number of people, but also to need the army to escort along the way, and the people and the escorted army must have food, which will cause a kind of consumption to the escorted grain.

It has been nearly a year since the Han army sent troops north, and the army that has been moving north has been increasing, and the consumption of grain and other materials has increased with the distance between the Han army and the southern mainland.

In the face of the fact that the entire north needs to rely on the materials transported from the south, even if the Han State has enough material reserves in the south, but the transportation cannot keep up with the consumption of more material reserves, what can it do?

"The main thing is that the north side is basically broken, and even if a huge amount of manpower is mobilized for construction, it will take at least two years to recover a little bit of vitality." Sima Xin has been a county magistrate, and he is not ignorant of people's livelihood.

What's the use of saying so much? The Han Kingdom has tried its best to restore production in the Central Plains, but it takes time, and what is most lacking now is precisely time.

The 10th and 11th Mixed Regiments were already on their way to Zhuoxian, and they would not arrive in another half a month, and they came to replace the siege of Zhuoxian by the forbidden army.

Cao Ji is the commander of the 10th Mixed Legion, and the commander of the 11th Mixed Legion is Zhou Yin.

Who is Cao? He was a native of Qin, but he had become friends with the Xiang clan earlier. History once recorded that Xiang Liang violated the law, and he still asked him to intercede with Sima Xin, the Liyang Ling at that time, so he and Xiang Liang were also kind, and they have always been trusted by Xiang Liang.

After the restoration of the state of Chu. Cao Ji abandoned his official position in the Qin State and went to Huiji County to take refuge, because Xiang Liang Jien's relationship had always been entrusted with important tasks. After the fall of the Xiang clan, he was not in Wu County, but was sent to raise grain and grass, and was later incorporated by the Han State along with a large number of officials of the Chu State.

Zhou Yin is also a Chu general. It was after Lü Zhe annexed the state of Chu that he was accepted by the state of Han along with a number of officials. In his original history, he would have been in the position of the Grand Sima of the Chu State and was in charge of the Jiujiang Army. And Da Sima is equivalent to the prime minister in the official position system of the Chu State, but there are many official positions similar to the prime minister in the Chu State, and many of them are still repeated, such as Situ is one of them. When Xiang Yu was out on the expedition, the military and political power in the south was handed over to Zhou Yin, which shows that Xiang Yu's trust in Zhou Yin is extraordinary, but when Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought a decisive battle later. It was precisely this Zhou Yin who betrayed, and Xiang Yu's only way to retreat was lost, and finally killed himself next to the Wujiang River.

Yes, Xiang Yu is not arrogant, he can't stand to commit suicide next to the Wujiang River after a failure, and it was at that time that most people took refuge in Liu Bang and betrayed him. Xiang Yuhui killed himself, on the one hand, he lost all the elite in his hands, and on the other hand, almost all the rear officials appointed by him betrayed. And Zhou Yin's betrayal was a fatal blow to Xiang Yu.

Of course, Lu Zhe knew Zhou Yin's "black history", and he also knew that Zhou Yin betrayed Xiang Yu and defected to Liu Bang and did not get any good end, but history has changed, and many people's experiences will inevitably change, just like Sima Xin.

Cao Ji and Zhou Yin were appointed as the commanders of a corps because of their talents, and also because they did make a lot of meritorious contributions after belonging to the Han State. For example, after Cao Ji was annexed to the Han State, he was assigned to Minnan County to carry out the task of clearing the remnants of Baiyue, and wiped out hundreds of tribes large and small in three years; Zhou Yin was sent to the newly established Guilin County in Lingnan, and also exterminated the remnants of the local Baiyue tribe. In addition to the task of extermination, he also had to consolidate the rear for the Southern Expeditionary Corps, that is, to build roads and carry out production.

Four or five years is enough time for the two excellent people to enter Lu Zhe's field of vision. When forming a new legion, Lu Zhe will naturally choose those generals who are both excellent and have enough meritorious achievements. The large number of generals used is not Lu Zhe's liking of generals. It's not that those who rose from Yiling under Lu Zhe's hands are too thin.

The 10th Mixed Regiment and the 11th Mixed Regiment would have been transferred to the siege due to a sudden outbreak of the plague, otherwise the two Mixed Legions would have been tasked with defending the Central Plains.

The outbreak of the plague had completely disrupted the deployment of the Han Kingdom, and when Kuaitong returned to the king's camp, Lu Zhexin was in trouble again.

"Your Majesty, there are 1.5 million people in the two counties, that's 1.5 million people!" "There are not many counties where the plague has occurred at the moment. Several counties have a population of about 300,000, and I have also watched the terrain of those counties......"

Kuaitong is a Qi person. To give up as many as 1.5 million Qi people at one time, he felt a burst of angina just thinking about it. What he meant was that there was no need for a total blockade of the two counties. The terrain of those counties is not as extensive as some have calculated to spread in such a short period of time.

Lu Zhe knew Kuaitong's mood, and he also knew that Kuaitong was not messing around, Kuaitong had been checked and studied in great detail. But those are useless, but if there is a little cure for the plague, how can Lu Zhe be willing to give up even one person?

The blockade of Linzi County and Jiaodong County is imperative, and Lu Zhe will not give up because of his excitement, let alone narrow the scope, after all, if it is really the Ang plague that spreads, it is really difficult to say how many people can survive on the land of China.

In fact, it is also because the place where the plague broke out was in Qidi, and if the place where the outbreak broke out was in the south, it is necessary to say whether the Han State could save zài.

The Han blockade of Linzi County and Jiaodong County is not nothing, some necessary living materials have been transported into the two counties, and the Han army that was originally trapped in the two counties will also be responsible for maintaining law and order, but these things should not be explained by Lu Zhe to Kuaitong, after all, Lu Zhe is very good at talking and treats his subordinates well, but he is a king no matter how he says it.

Sima Xin finally pulled the excited Kuaitong aside, while Lu Zhe was too lazy to look at Kuaitong with a dark face.

Many times, Lu Zhe really doubted whether he was doing the right thing or wrong by being so generous to his subordinates, but who made the country he wanted to build a little different? No matter how dark your face is, you have to endure it.

In addition to explaining to Kuaitong that he had made certain preparations in Linzi and Jiaodong, Sima Xin also told Kuaitong what the consequences would be if the plague spread from the two counties.

In Linzi County and Jiaodong County, corresponding arrangements were made to appease Kuaitong's excited feelings, he didn't know what would happen when the plague spread, but he just thought that Lu Zhe wanted to put those 1.5 million people as dogs. Now that he knew that there was an arrangement, his heart was at ease. When he turned his head and saw that Lu Zhe's face was not good-looking, he also knew that he had been too reckless just now, so he immediately leaned over with a shy smile......

On the eighth day, the 10th Mixed Regiment and the 11th Mixed Regiment arrived, and just as Lu Zhe was about to lead the pre-armed forbidden army to set off for the return to Nanling, the city gate of Zhuo County was wide open.

Tian Jian, who was dressed in a white plain suit, was the first to walk out of the city gate on foot with a plate containing a sealed letter, and behind him were a group of officials of the New Qi State, all of whom were wearing white coarse linen clothes to mourn the people.

Who died? In fact, it's not who died, the mourning of the new Qi State is the country that will perish again, and their king finally figured it out after thinking about it, it is really hopeless to sit around the lonely city, and it is better to hold on until Han Wang Zhe is gone and then surrender to the Han general, it is better that Lu Zhe has not left to surrender to the king, at least he can still save some face.

repeatedly persuaded to surrender, and waited for Lu Zhe to leave before Tian Jian surrendered? Sima Xin really couldn't understand how Tian Jian's brain grew!

It was not easy for Sima Xin to persuade Lu Zhe to kill Tian Jian's subordinates to deter and disagree, after all, it is really not a good thing to repeatedly show Huairou, who resists and waits for the situation to be unfavorable and then surrenders can still get a good end, isn't that encouraging everyone to resist stubbornly and wait for the situation to be bad before surrendering?

"Huh? Out of town and surrendered? Lu Zhe was stunned for a moment when he heard that Tian Jian had left the city to surrender.

Recently, many people in the recovered area have taken control of Huairou of the Han Kingdom, and they are looking forward to recruiting peace after the chaos, which also makes Lu Zhe realize that it is indeed not feasible to repeatedly Huairou. He had just accepted Sima Xin's construction on his front foot, and he not only wanted to deter Tian Jian's subordinates, but also carried out iron and serum payment on the small fish and shrimp that made a mess, and as a result, Tian Jian was about to surrender?

Lu Zhe silently glanced at Sima Xin, who was staring at him, and then boarded the horse and left without saying a word.

didn't say anything, in fact, it was just to show Lu Zhe's attitude, Sima Xin waited for Lu Zhe to control the horse and left, and immediately walked towards Cao Ji and Zhou Yin.

"The king doesn't want to see Tian Jian again." Sima Xin's voice was very low: "But I don't want to see the killing of prisoners." Got it? ”

Zhou Yin and Cao Ji subconsciously glanced at each other, and then saluted in unison: "No! ”

After explaining, Sima Xin naturally turned over and left, leaving behind the two lieutenant generals who looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"What should I do?" Cao Ji didn't know how Tian Jian offended the king he served, and he didn't get an official military order, but the Taiwei Sima Xin had already conveyed the king's intentions, so he could only do it, but what to do was really distressing.

Zhou Yin thought more, the marching route of his legion was different from Cao Qi, and he more or less learned that there were many small fish and shrimp in the Central Plains along the way. The behavior of these people who gathered was very strange, after gathering the crowd, they didn't rob their homes or anything, but they were seeking peace? He didn't need to explain so much to Cao Ji, he just replied: "Simple, order the troops to approach the city gate in a big way and make an offensive posture." ”

It wasn't that Cao Ji didn't understand that, and he was worried that refusing a king's surrender would inevitably have a great impact on his reputation. However, he did not express his worries to Zhou Yin.

Tian Jian on the other side had been waiting at the head of the city for a while, but he didn't wait impatiently or anything, after all, surrendering according to the rules is to send someone to contact first to comply with the "procedure", but he didn't do that.

Waiting and waiting, but not waiting for Lu Zhe to come and surrender in person, what he was waiting for was the sound of horns and war drums of the Han army. What is the purpose of the army blowing the horn and beating the war drum, how could Tian Jian, who has experience in leading troops, not know? He was dumbfounded...... (To be continued) R580