Chapter 169: Lu Zhe's subordinates

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"What a terrible idea to go south along the Yuanshui!" Mei Kai waved his hand to disperse the insects that surrounded him, his calf kicked the horse's belly, and the war horse under the seat stepped on the many tall grasses with difficulty, "There are too many wetlands here, if you accidentally walk into the algae field, you will have to see it at that time." ”

According to the deployment of Lu Zhe, who was far away in Nanjun, this time for the strategy of Qianzhong County, Luo Yao was both a guide and an internal response, but most of the generals had a distrustful attitude towards Luo Yao, who had just surrendered.

Maybe it's distrust and contempt, right? After they set off from Linyuan, except for a very few people, no one would say a word to Luo Shao, and their eyes were full of disdain when they looked at it.

Luo Shao next to him couldn't help frowning when he heard Mei Kai, he had already deceived the Qin army into opening many granaries, but he didn't expect that these generals of the Qin army still didn't believe in the sincerity of the annexation. This is tantamount to not matching his idea that he wants to integrate into this Qin army as soon as possible and make contributions, which really makes him very helpless.

As a descendant of King Yue, Luo Shao knows better than anyone that as long as the Central Plains has ambitions for the south, then the fall of the south may be long and short, and there may be twists and turns, but the tribes in the south are absolutely unable to resist the invasion from the Central Plains.

Do you think that it is not that the Central Plains people are powerful, but that the social structure of Baiyue is too primitive, and it has lost so much at the starting point, and it is impossible for Baiyue to be monolithic internally, so there will be a reason not to lose?

Even if he didn't surrender to Lu Zhe, Luo Shao would surrender to a certain Qin general one day, because he couldn't die if he hadn't fulfilled his wish.

Luo Shao, who has been secretly concerned about Nanjun for a long time, really wants to be attached to Lu Zhe, not to surrender or something. There was something strange about the South County he observed. Lu Zhe's behavior was even more strange, and this kind of blame he didn't know what to do before he surrendered, and after surrendering, he tried to find out something even if he was in contact with these generals in Nanjun, even if it was unpleasant.

"None of them are fuel-efficient lamps, I hope they don't set themselves on fire." Luo Shao glanced at a few officers who glanced at him with disdain, "But that's fine, at least Lu Zhe won't kill southerners like the emperor of the Central Plains." ”

Today is the seventh day of their departure from Linyuan, and it is not Luo Shao who will waste so much time because he took the wrong road or deliberately delayed it, but because the geographical environment of Qianzhong County itself is like this, there are no developed roads, only small roads, and this kind of small roads are not suitable for large-scale marching of troops at all.

The road is not wide. The queue of troops will be stretched, and it is very likely that the vanguard is already approaching the enemy's county town, while the troops behind the army are still very far away.

For this time, Lu Zhe's requirements for this attack were very simple, that is, to go down in one drum, so ensuring that the troops arrived at the same time as much as possible became the first element, so they did not waste time to capture even if they encountered the countryside along the way, but handed it over to the follow-up troops.

The troops did not arrive at the same time, and even if Luo Yao successfully opened the city gate, only a small number of troops could attack it, and there was no guarantee that they would be able to capture the county seat smoothly.

"You're right to blend into the city. How sure are you that you will succeed in taking control of the granary and opening the gates? Ji Bu looked at the frowning Luo Yao with sharp eyes and asked.

Luo Shao's tone was a little worse than if he was in a bad mood: "To be honest, the tactics of pretending to be a rout army to enter the government are really a bit redundant, and it is better for me to be generous and ask for it, so as to avoid a lot of details." Baiyue is different from the Central Plains. Their system is not rigorous, and the guards will inevitably let us into the city as long as they see me. Relying on my knowledge of the city and some connections, I am eighty percent sure that I will successfully guard the granary and open the city gates. ”

Ji Bu nodded, and didn't speak again for a while.

The water system of Yuanshui is much simpler than that of Lishui. The army marched along the Yuanshui without encountering too many tributaries, but there were a lot of forests and wetlands along the coast, and the march speed of the army was not fast.

There are actually many choices from Linyuan to Qianzhong County. During this period, there was a road along the dense forest, but Luo Shao did not approve of taking the ready-made path, and it was a foregone conclusion that he would march along the Yuanshui route with the support of Lu Zhe.

Many generals were actually quite confused in their hearts, they couldn't understand how Lu Zhe could support Luo Shao's plan to demote generals, and felt that this battle was not as soon as possible to kill the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion, and they didn't understand why they had to waste time and choose the coast where no one was going.

The current Ji Bu has changed a lot, and if it was the previous Ji Bu, he would definitely be angry when his strategy was questioned. Now although I am angry in my heart, I am thinking about Luo Shao's words. He probably understood Lu Zhe's thoughts, that is, he wanted to use this battle to confirm whether Luo Shao was truly surrendering, even if this battle became a strong attack after the worst battle, it was also the most important thing to test whether Luo Shao was truly attached.

In the letter written by Lu Zhe to Ji Bu, it was very clear and thorough that Luo Shao was the first of the hundred Yue to take the initiative to express his attachment to the leader, and whether he was sincere or not to belong to him would play a pivotal role in continuing to attack the south. If Luo Shao is sincere, his own conquest of Lingnan in the future will remove many problems, and compared to the success or failure of an attack, testing Luo Shao is the most important thing.

Ji Bu did not make Lu Zhe's intentions known to everyone, so that many generals would inevitably be a little cynical about Luo Shao, like Mei Kai's clear distrust just now, which is already good, and what many generals said is even more ugly. But this is exactly what Ji Bu wants, he wants to see Luo Shao's reaction and get more confirmation from some details.

After careful observation, Ji Bu found that Luo Shao's behavior was normal, he would be angry because of ridicule, and he would be sad because of distrust, so he relaxed a little. In the final analysis, he has already failed once, and he really doesn't want to suffer defeat again.

"Tomorrow, you will lead your headquarters to break away from the large army," Ji Bu suddenly smiled: "Whether you succeed in entering the city or not, whether it is going well after entering the city, the rest of the army will arrive the next day." After the army arrives at the city, it will launch a siege at the moment of Shen. ”

"I only have an hour?" Luo Shao seemed to have become a habit to frown: "There is too little time, and I can't do it at all, I want to seize control of the granary and divide my troops to capture the city gate." ”

Ji Bu was still laughing: "That's your business. After speaking, he looked at Su Lie, the commander of this army, and criticized in his heart: "I don't have the appearance of a commander, I don't deploy at all......

Sighing, Luo Shao frowned deeply, why didn't he know that this time was a temptation? He knew that this temptation was about his future. The more beautiful things are, the greater their future will be. To put it very cruelly, he knew very well that Qin Jun was not afraid of his surrender at all, after all, in the face of absolute strength, the scheme was already useless......

Since the Qin army spies reported that there were only 7,000 defenders in the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion, the Qin Army was full of confidence in capturing the Governor's Mansion, and it was already a battle plan that did not consider whether it could capture grain and grass, after all, the Qin Army had plundered nearly five million stone of grain from Qianzhong County, and more than one million stone in the Governor's Mansion......

"Even if the defenders set fire to the grain, it would not be possible to burn all the grain in a short time. In addition, at least nearly one million stone of grain can be plundered around the Zhifu. The loss can be made up. Luo Shao sighed secretly: "In order to test whether I really belong to it, this courage is really great." ”

There were praises and sighs, a little expectation, the next day Luo Shao stayed in the Lingshan to survive the more than 3,000 old troops to break away from the army, they walked forward about ten miles or so and turned into a small road, and then went straight to the Zhifu.

After Luo Shao waited for his soldiers to leave the brigade, Ji Bu immediately ordered the troops to move to the woods along the coast, and without talking about camping, he invited Su Lie, Mei Kai, Wu Liang and other generals. Without the slightest politeness, he said Lu Zhe's intentions.

"Oh!?" Su Lie's upright personality, who had known in advance, had something to say: "Test a general with nearly a million stones of grain, it seems that the main general not only wants to attack Qianzhong County, but also has the heart to attack Lingnan." ”

Ji Bu nodded: "That's true. ”

Mei Li said thoughtfully: "I heard that the counties in the south have been eroded, and all parts of the Central Plains are also full of smoke. Nanjun has been missing from Xianyang for as many as three months......"

"Xianyang can't take care of Nanjun anymore," Ji Bu looked at everyone present, "You, including me, are all people who are born and die with the Lord, and the Lord will be open and honest about the thoughts in his heart last time. You're all ......."

"Needless to say!" Su Lie stopped Ji Bu from continuing. He stood up and walked towards the place where the topographic map was hung: "Now that the choice has been made, it is useless to say more. ", pointing to Yuanshui. It stretches along the water system to Zhifu, "and here is still fifteen miles away from the destination." According to the spies' report, the number of defenders on each section of the wall of Baiyue was two thousand, with one thousand left as reserves. ”

Ji Bu nodded approvingly and took over the conversation: "It is precisely because the defenders only have a thousand reserves that the main general will have those two sets of plans. We just need to wait for Luo Shao to choose whether to open the city gate according to the plan. ”

Mei Kai is also the head of the jaw: "According to the strategy of the main general, it is not difficult to capture the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion." What he was thinking about was that once Qianzhong County was captured, we would be more than 200 miles away from Rongcheng, how could we contain the Baiyue army there? ”

Rongcheng is a more distant place than Yelang, if the information is true, Rongcheng will be the gathering place of Baiyue's troops to invade the north again, and they really can't think of how to form a containment more than two hundred miles away.

The Baiyue people will not stand still and watch the fall of Qianzhong County, which everyone knows. Once Baiyue learned the news of the fall of Qianzhong County, it was inevitable to organize troops to counterattack.

The generals who went to war probably understood Lu Zhe's strategic intentions, but whether they could execute it was another matter.

Ever since he received the order to capture the Qianzhong County Governor and contain the enemy army in Rongcheng, Ji Bu has always felt puzzled. He could understand that in order to break up Baiyue's northern invasion, he could only take the initiative to attack again, but Lu Zhe ordered his troops to stay in place after capturing the Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion. It is not only stationed in situ but also to contain the enemy army in Rongcheng, so that the final battle and plunder of Qianzhong County by the Nanjun army will not be interrupted, which is also too unbelievable.

“…… The Lord General's arrangement must have been fully considered," Su Lie's idea was relatively simple: "Let's complete the first step and wait for the Lord General to come." ”

The rest of the generals thought to themselves, "That's all there is to it." ”

Seeing his colleagues behaving like this, Ji Bu smiled bitterly in his heart. He has been aware of his shortcomings since that fiasco and does not want to miss an opportunity to enrich himself. He felt that Lu Zhe had a useful intention in putting forward the outline of the combat deployment, rather than simply letting his subordinates implement it.

"The main general is looking for generals and has the heart to cultivate." Ji Bubi wanted to seize this opportunity, "It can be predicted that the inability of the Qin State to take care of the south has become a fact, and in the future, the south will be the site for the main generals to attack, and in order to capture the southern generals, more generals are needed." ”

Not only Ji Bu understands this, but Mei Kai actually understands it. Even many people understand what that means.

Whether he wants to or not, it is already an established fact that Lu Zhe will become one of the overlords in the south in the future, after all, Lu Zhe has completely mastered Nanjun, and Qianzhong County is about to be in his pocket. Compared with other chaotic and divided southern counties, Lu Zhe, who has southern counties and Qianzhong counties, is not qualified to become a hegemon?

Let's not talk about when the Qin State will re-stabilize the Central Plains, or the world will fall back into secession. Not to mention that Lu Zhe will always serve the Qin State, or be self-reliant. The achievements established by Lu Zhe, who mastered the two counties, will definitely not be low, so everyone who follows Lu Zhe will inevitably soar.

Several high-ranking generals, including Ji Bu, Mei Kai, Su Lie, and Gongwei, have personally heard Lu Zhe's statement, and they only need to wait for Xianyang's attitude to be clear, and they will choose the future path. They know exactly what that means. Now is the beginning of the career, and if those who want to build a career do not seize the opportunity to perform, the effort to wait for the situation to clear up will be ten times and a hundred times greater, and they may never have the opportunity to become the core again.

Ji Bu looked at Mei Kai, who had a contemplative expression, and thought to himself: "Last time, I had already lived up to the trust of the commander, and the starting point was much lower than him. Who else is fighting for this opportunity besides Mei Kai? ", looked at Su Lie, and then looked at those who didn't know, "Su Lie is weaker than Mei Li. This is Su Lie's disadvantage and strength. It can be seen from the fact that the lord ordered Su Lie to be the commander of the expedition to Qianzhong County. ”

"Okay, okay, it's useless to guess," Su Lie stood up, "Tomorrow is both a quick march and a siege." Fellow comrades, let's rest early. He said that he took the lead and walked out of the city.

The ghost made a miracle, Mei Kai looked at Ji Bu, and Ji Bu also looked over. Both of them were stunned for a moment, and then smiled.

Su Lie, who had already walked out, patted his head and walked back, and he laughed louder: "I forgot that this is my tent." ”

A burst of echo or heartfelt laughter. And every man took his leave.

Su Lie waited for his comrades to leave before he walked into the inner tent and lay down, closing his eyes and thinking, "The big war is coming, is it really appropriate for the Lord to do this?" "It's about encouraging the competition of various generals, although he is straightforward and hearty, it doesn't mean that he is blind, Ji Bu and Mei Kai's demeanor is in his eyes.

Before dawn the next day, the entire barracks came to life, and since they could not bury the pot and cook food, there was no need to make any preparations, and under the constraints of generals at all levels, the troops began to march towards their destinations.

They walked for about ten miles, and the curvature of the water system of Yuanshui became larger, and it was obviously impossible to move forward along the shore by themselves, and when they reached this position, they no longer needed to hide, so they changed direction and entered the path that Luo Shao had walked.

Su Lie's way of commanding the army can no longer be described as decent, but it is said that he will act according to Lu Zhe's plan at all, and he has no division of troops in the entire army except for the necessary scout team sent out.

"Originally, I wanted to get close to this position and let the defenders find out, so as to create an opportunity for Luo Shao," in the face of Ji Bu's question, Su Lie was a little arrogant: "So divide the troops and encircle it, it's completely unnecessary to encircle three queyi or something." ”

Ji Bu was a little big: "We have a large number of troops, and it is too wasteful to concentrate on attacking one place. ”

"No waste, no waste." Su Lie shook his head: "The lord will have an order, when the soldiers are coming to the city, you and Mei Kai will each lead a team of troops to block the south and west." ”

Mei Kai smiled "hehe": "Yes, with its melee in the city, it is better to drive the enemy out and then cover up or capture it in the wilderness." ”

Ji Bu found that many generals also laughed after Mei Kai finished speaking, and he secretly frowned in his heart: "Obviously, you can better complete the tactical purpose of the main general......

Soon, the army came to the city of Zhifu without any resistance, although they had already known that the Baiyue people were not good at managing the city defense, and they also laughed at the dilapidated and disrepaired city wall more than five meters high.

Su Lie read Lu Zhe's order again very seriously: "Then according to the plan, Ji Bu and Mei Kai each lead a school, Ji Bu will go to the west, and Mei Kai will go to the south." After saying that, he was rummaging through the tokens again, not at all like a supreme commander commanding tens of thousands of troops.

Now is not the time to joke, Ji Bu and Mei Li saluted respectfully, and the two took the token and rode down to mobilize the troops.

Su Lie looked at the officers who stayed in place: "Zhao Xian, your task is to lead the headquarters to complete the siege ladder, and Wu Liang's troops will follow it to attack," stopped and looked at the letter again, "The carving must be the main attack on the city gate, if Luo Shao really opens the city gate, you will be the vanguard to kill it." Then Chen Xuan needed to go to the city immediately to support. After you enter, cooperate with Luo Shao to attack or protect the granary. ”

The officers assigned to the task were all a little dumbfounded, and when they looked at Su Lie's actions, it was clear that Su Lie was not thinking about it, but acting according to the orders written by Lu Zhe.

"What's going on?" The officers were both dumbfounded and helpless, and could not understand how there could be such a commander.

Su Lie turned a blind eye to the strange eyes of his colleagues: "As for me, I am the commander of the follow-up troops as a reserve, ready to deal with possible accidents. ”

Many officers pursed their lips and muttered in their hearts: "Just like you, you can still deal with accidents at any time." ”

No matter how funny Su Lie was or how much he lost his prestige, and no matter how nervously Baiyue's defenders were deploying defenses, the Qin army's operation against the Qianzhong Prefecture was finally about to begin.

Su Lie looked at Ji Bu and Mei Kai, who had already led the army from the left and right wings, and felt more helpless than anyone else: "The main general hasn't made a clear statement yet, he just sent someone to pick up the relatives of his colleagues, these two guys are too anxious." He sighed softly, and got rid of distractions and concentrated on dealing with the siege. (To be continued......)

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