Chapter 195: A Big Crab
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How could the Xiang clan allow Lu Zhe to lead in the south, so that the plan they had been planning for so many years would not become a joke?
Lu Zhe is too terrifying, he actually has the means to build momentum, turning a shameful thing into a grand event to gather the heroes, it was originally a toss for Nanjun and Qianzhong County to close their doors and play, but Wu Rui made a start, and the 30,000 troops lent out were armed by Nanjun, which simply opened a golden door for some poor leaders.
Huan Chu sent 20,000 people to Nanjun and was also armed, and there were 5,000 people from Zhou Wen as an example, it was simply amazing, people who went to Nanjun empty-handed could wear battle robes and hold weapons, and Nanjun also made it clear that those who were armed were not co-opted, which was a fatal temptation for the leader of his own army in troubled times!
Even eating has become a problem for the armed forces in various places, and when they go to Nanjun, they not only have clothes and weapons, but they can also eat well, after the news of this news spreads, they don't seem to be crazy and have to run to Nanjun?
In just one month, more than 100 armed leaders were received at checkpoints in various parts of Nanjun, and even more came to Nanjun in a scattered manner, such as Wu Rui's 30,000 and Huan Chu's 20,000. It's almost like Zhou Wen personally brought 5,000 people, Zhou Yin personally brought more than 3,000 people, Shen Tujia, Zhang Cang, Ren Ao, Ji Xin and some others pulled their belongings and dragged their families to Nanjun. When they were asked if they were willing to enlist in the army, they only asked what treatment they had, and if they thought it was suitable, they would put a handprint on the roster, and they were also a member of Nanjun.
For a time, the roster on Lu Zhe's desk was like a small mountain, and the number of people who came to Nanjun in the name of helping the war exceeded 130,000. Of the 3,754 people who enlisted in the army, more than 100 of whom were literate became scribes in various counties.
The spears that were originally piled up in the arsenal and only waited for the auxiliary soldiers to go out to battle were emptied, and the reserve battle robes were also pulled out and distributed one by one, and the consumption of more than 100,000 mouths of food also increased dramatically.
It doesn't matter if the arsenal is empty, Yuecheng, which has increased to thirty, throws off his arms and builds it, as for the battle robes, there is no need to worry, and the consumption of food does not matter.
In about four months, the women and children of Nanjun made a total of 470,000 battle robes from the cloth purchased by the government, which was originally used as a reserve, and now it is not a matter of taking them out for those called Hanako. Anyway, once the cloth of Bashu arrives, it can be cut out.
Weapons are a big problem, the number of weapons such as the spear has been planned and manufactured in Nanjun, and each Yuecheng is now generally made of long swords, short ge, spears, bows, arrows, heavy armor, leather armor and other weapons urgently needed by the army of the county. Ge spear is now also used by auxiliary soldiers, and as a result, many auxiliary soldiers now have many formations that lack weapons, and many auxiliary soldiers will proofread and give away the weapons in active service to others, and they can't help but have some opinions in their hearts.
Those who do not understand think that giving a huge amount of wealth to others is a loss, and those who can see clearly care about the fame and prestige that will increase in a short period of time.
It didn't matter how much power was overpowered, and the plan that Lu Zhe spent six days making ordered people to copy a few copies for a few henchmen to read, and they strongly agreed with it without hesitation. Many things cannot be achieved by financial resources, and the more you pay for the plan that can be realized, the more you will reap.
Lu Zhe didn't really want to gather the strength of the whole county to open up a road to the Central Plains. There are 300,000 Qin troops in Sanchuan County, and now they are going to the Central Plains to find their own guilt. In order for Nanjun to protect itself, it needs to have a buffer zone, and the expansion to the north and west will affect the sensitive nerves of the Qin State. But to the east is different, the last time Nanjun sent troops to Hengshan County was just seizing the opportunity to create a power vacuum.
In order for Nanjun to protect itself in the face of unclear situations, an outpost is a must, and annexation without a name will cause panic and counterattacks on all sides. But if there is a reason, it is easy to say, it will only attract attention and not besiege without hesitation.
Hengshan County is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, connecting Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, Chen County and Nan County. The most rare thing is that the rebels in Hengshan County have basically been defeated, and now it is not difficult to annex them. Chen Yu's actions gave Nanjun an opportunity to swallow Hengshan County, and Lu Zhe's march to retaliate was the best excuse, the last time he attacked Hengshan County and retreated, it was an ingenious means, and now Nanjun was not so sensitive to march and garrison again.
As long as Nanjun, Qianzhong County, and Hengshan County are connected, it is a glaive terrain, and Lu Zhe has hoarded heavy troops in Nanjun to focus on development, and the two wings of Qianzhong County and Hengshan County have become pincers, whether it is against Qin State or many traitors in the south, it has become a situation that anyone who dares to attack can fight.
Wu Rui of Changsha County and Huan Chu of Lujiang County, are they really willing to lend troops to Lu Zhe? On the one hand, it is possible to obtain benefits, not only to obtain weapons, but also to alleviate its own food shortage. On the other hand, didn't you see Lu Zhe's intention to march?
Lu Zhe sits on the three counties and focuses on the development of Nanjun, what he wants to describe is a crab wielding two pincers, and the entire area controlled by zhì has become a large army array, Wu Rui and Huan Chu are powerless to stop and dare not stop it, once they stop it, they will face the advance of Lu Zhe's army of tens of thousands. If you can't resist, you can only show goodwill, after all, once the Great Glaive Array is formed, Changsha County and Lujiang County are the tender meat under the two pincers of the big crab with teeth and claws.
Huan Chu and Wu Rui could see it, and there was no reason why Xiang, who had a topographic map of the mountains and rivers in the south, would not be able to see it.
In the process of Xiang's deduction, after Lu Zhe owned the three counties, Changsha County and Lujiang County were already fat in the bowl, Wu Rui couldn't get rid of his dependence on Lu Zhe after eating a secret loss, but Huan Chu was still struggling.
The Xiang family helped Huan Chu of Lujiang County think of a lot of plans, but the disadvantages of congenital deficiencies could not be made up. Huan Chu did not defeat Zhou Wen early, which was a fatal blow to Huan Chu, and he was no longer able to gather the strength of the whole county to compete with Lu Zhe. Lu Zhe developed the people's livelihood early, and the resources he had were endless, and Huan Chu could not compete and could only strive for benefits, so sooner or later Huan Chu would be controlled like Wu Rui, and there was only one way that Huan Chu could choose at that time.
If Lu Zhe's layout of Changsha County is a step by step with a soft knife, and now he is reaching out to Lujiang County, Xiang believes that this is not clever at all, but just an expansion of using abundant resources. However, Lu Zhe was too proficient in the use of momentum, seized an opportunity to make the world known, and used Wu Rui as a ready-made example to attract the crowd and promote his fame. It is as if in the momentum to make the group accept the layout of its leadership position.
This is really terrible, the Xiang clan has worked hard for so many years to be accepted by the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms to lead the position, Lu Zhe only took a month to let the non-aristocratic armed and even the small aristocratic armed forces seek refuge, and before he knew it, the prestige of the "Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons" had been revealed.
And this process has not yet been violently promoted, shouting and killing is only aimed at Chen Yu, and there is no real attack. It was an evolution in a peaceful process, not to mention any real enemies, no one would jump out to accuse under the general trend, even if it was Xiang's only a roundabout strategy.
The Xiang clan does not allow anyone to take away his position as the co-lord of the south, and whoever can become the co-lord of the south is the sworn enemy of the Xiang clan! And when Xiang found violence unattainable. What they need is to create problems for Lu Zhe's momentum, and force Lu Zhe to send troops in a fake way, no matter where they fight, as long as Lu Zhe's army goes out.
Qianzhong County originally had about 20,000 garrisons, and recently another 63,000 troops went to the past, so Qianzhong County had about 80,000 troops. These troops can defend against Baiyue and attack Changsha, and the most important thing is that Linyuan is still the main station. When Wu Rui, why didn't she give in without even thinking about it? It is precisely because as long as Lu Zhe dares to think that Linyuan's army can cut off Changsha County from it, and then Nanjun will be able to capture Wu Rui in an urn!
The troops of Hengshan County that did not withdraw to Nanjun were 5,000, and they were scattered in Hengshan counties. Recently, Lu Zhe ordered the main general Xu Zhi to be the deputy general, and a force of 70,000 people arrived in Hengshan to be a complete field army.
After the 150,000 were divided, there were still 90,000 garrisons in Nanjun, compared to the new army of Qianzhong County and the two armies of Hengshan County with the majority of auxiliaries. There are 40,000 soldiers in the 90,000 army in Nanjun, and the 50,000 auxiliary soldiers are also the soldiers who experienced the Battle of Yiling, the Battle of Jiangling, the Battle of Qianzhong County, the Battle of Hengshan County, and even the large and small extermination battles when Lu Zhe started, who dares to underestimate it?
In the past, everyone thought that it was a joke for Lu Zhe to feed an army of more than 200,000 with the power of a county. Now pinching his fingers and calculating that there are 260,000 troops under Lu Zhe's command, and it seems that there are still friendly troops who can afford to sponsor and help the war?
Nanjun has been run by Lu Zhe for half a year to have such resources, which is simply incredible. But they're not blind, that's what's going on.
If you can't compete, you can make friends and coexist with it, this is the conclusion that everyone has, anyway, Lu Zhe's desire to expand is not strong, except for wanting to trouble the Baiyue people, he just stays in Nanjun and closes the door to have fun.
Illusion! A qiē is all an illusion! Xiang moved around, trying to tell everyone about Lu Zhe's insidiousness, but the listeners either had bitter faces or found a reason to leave.
The Xiang clan didn't dare to wait any longer, and originally wanted to bankrupt the plan of the rebel army in the Central Plains to fight with the Qin State first, and let Lu Zhe send troops no matter what method was used. Once Lu Zhe really sends troops, after the pincers of this big crab are stretched out, the deterrent effect will be reduced, then Changsha County and Lujiang County will change, and the Xiang family has the means to use many big nobles to suppress the rest of the armed and small nobles, and at that time who is the co-owner in the south remains to be discussed.
But Lu Zhe didn't accept it, Cao Ji wanted to speak, and the bureaucrats of Nanjun came to toast, and Xiang Wei was simply dragged down to the sword dance. God knows where Lu Zhe heard the rumors that Xiang was good at sword dancing, and said that Xiang Zhuang was one of the best. God, Xiang Zhuang is just a thirteen-year-old boy who can do a fart sword dance. But it didn't sound like that to Cao Zhe, it was Lu Zhe who was metaphorically very clear about the details of the Xiang family, and wanted to fight the fish and break the net and try more.
Finished! In the future, the situation in the south can be clearly determined, Lujiang, Changsha, Hengshan, Nanjun, and Qianzhong County will be Lu Zhe's playground, and the Huiji and Huizhang (Zhangjun) under Xiang's control will form a system of their own, and Jiujiang County will be a place for the two families to fight.
Before the battle between the two clans of Lu Xiang began, Lu Zhe hinted domineeringly that if he wanted to divide the victory and defeat without working hard, he would play in Jiujiang County, and whoever crossed the line would not die! (To be continued......)
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