Chapter 171: Big Bad
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The Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion was really drummed down by the Nanjun army, and Luo Shao only controlled the granary in the process, and before he could send someone to open the city gate from the city, the Qin army entered the city.
Baiyue's shortcomings and conspiracy are the true truths that Luo Shao already knows, but those Baiyue people who were captured by the Qin army can fight for it. Thinking that the request for credit for guarding the granary should be fulfilled, he approached Su Lie and asked to select people from among the prisoners of war to become soldiers, but this request was not agreed to by Su Lie, and when he thought that Su Lie was deliberately making things difficult, he got a surprised explanation.
"Expanding the compilation without permission violates military law, and if you want to develop in the army, you should read military law." Su Lie's expression did not have the slightest sarcasm: "These soldiers have only been in the army for more than two months, and they can win in the face of Baiyue, not simply because we have many people, but because they know what discipline is better than Baiyue's soldiers." ”
Luo Shao was silent after hearing this, he naturally knew that the army of Nanjun Dao had not been formed for a long time, and he was still wondering how a unit that had not been formed for a long time was sent out to fight, and he thought several times that it was just that Lu Zhe had no troops available, and when he saw that the army of Nanjun was attacking, he immediately understood what a gap was.
"The main general has reorganized an army composed of Baiyue people, and it turned out to be a waste of effort." Su Lie is talking about a fact: "Baiyue people are loose by nature, and they don't know what discipline is when they have been corrected repeatedly. An army without restraint cannot be called an army, it is nothing more than a bunch of waste mixed together to eat military rations. ”
"Not really." Luo Yao blushed a little: "In addition to the clan soldiers, there are also Baiyue people under my command, and after training, they can also become qualified soldiers and fight." ”
"And how long have you been training?" Su Lie shook his head: "A year? Two years? ”
"This ......" Luo Shao understood, and the Central Plains people ...... In other words, people from the Chinese system can be sent to the battlefield after two months of training, and the facts have proved that they can not only be sent to the battlefield but also fight. "They...... I've been training for three years," the tone was a little bitter, "why is there such a difference?" ”
Recalled, Su Lie replied very seriously: "The main general said, what kind of nationality is the nature and genetic inheritance, as well as the environment that has been cultivated since childhood. ”
As if he understood or not, Luo Shao was a little distracted: "So that means that the Lord will not recruit Baiyue people to become soldiers anymore?" ”
"The Lord General has said," Su Lie smiled, "In order to increase his rule in the south, it is imperative to recruit Baiyue people as soldiers. ”
Luo Shao's face was full of confusion.
"It's not a contradiction." Su Lie actually didn't understand too much: "It is said that for the sake of social stability, even if it costs a little, it is necessary to let the Baiyue people integrate in." The process of integration will be a bit long, but for the sake of future generations, it will be necessary to find a practical and helpful approach. ”
All the confusion was swept away, and Luo Shao's heart became frightened, it was a more terrifying means than using the army to kill all the disobedient, if Lu Zhe really found a way, there would be no Baiyue people in the future.
"I guess you know that in your heart. This battle is a test for you. Su Lie is so straightforward, "You have passed the test and have become a general under the command of the main general." My advice to you is that if you want to make a miraculous achievement, you will help the master solve the problem of Baiyue people's disobedience. One is to win over some leaders of the Baiyue people. that they may be used by our army. The second is to solve the problem of recruiting people who cannot become qualified soldiers. Believe me, it's far more than how many people you have killed when you raid a place. ”
Luo Shao knew this, and he solemnly saluted Su Lie. There is also an appropriate expression of gratitude on his face.
The Qianzhong County Governor's Mansion was captured, and the invading army of Nanjun was already doing the battle of sweeping the tail.
According to Lu Zhe's instructions, Su Lie sent Ji Bu, Mei Kai and other generals to clean up the surrounding townships. In addition to looting, it is followed by the capture of the population.
The Qin army's way of cleaning up the township is very direct, generally the army is a killing without any reason at all, killing is the most violent and direct means to solve the matter, and after killing the people who resist, the remaining people will become lambs in fear. After a bloody shock, he supervised the local people to harvest the grain in the fields, and the army quickly harvested the grain in the fields, and then gathered the grain and people to the specially built camp of the governor's government.
Brutal tactics are naturally counterproductive, but for the army, any resistance will again attract butcher knives, and those who resist are like Filipinos cutting batch after batch, and those who are filled with fear can only become docile.
Direct and effective means allowed Su Lie to radiate out the scope of his control very smoothly, and every day the army sent to escort food and population back to the Zhifu, rest for a day or two before pulling out the Lu, and carry out such operations again and again.
No one felt that there was anything wrong with Lu Zhe arranging such a military invasion, even Luo Shao, who had just surrendered, felt that this was the most correct thing to do, after all, the benevolent invaders might get some love, but there would be too many troubles. The invasion is not to be a nanny, it is for some goals, and there are too many scruples and ties, so what kind of efficiency is there.
It may sound very bad or cruel to say, but only the roughest occupiers are the most qualified occupiers, especially in times like these.
There are so few counties in Qianzhong County that they are outrageous, and there are no other counties except Linyuan and Zhifu, but there are many cottages in the territory, Su Lie did not attack those cottages for the time being, and Ji Bu's repeated requests to send troops to attack the cottages were also refused.
The occupation army is not familiar with the local terrain, and the Baiyue people must choose a dangerous location to build a cottage, and it will take a long time to attack, not to mention that there will be heavy casualties.
It was only the clearing of the countryside, although the villages in the plains were only cleared by abandoning those cottages, and the materials seized were also a huge number.
"There's no need to fight them at all," Su Lie looked at Ji Bu, who was eager to fight: "There are more than seventy cottages like this, and this is only a cottage within a hundred miles of the government." ”
Ji Bu was a little speechless: "It is precisely because of many, in order to prevent them from becoming entangled and embarrassed with our army, it is even more necessary to sweep them away with the power of thunder." ”
"The population of the cottage ranges from hundreds to thousands," Su Lie showed full patience, "Now they have become frightened birds. Luo Shao is trying to find a way to win over ......"
Ji Bu's face was full of strangeness: "Our army has killed a lot, will they accept appeasement?" ”
"It's wooing, not appeasement." Su Lie sighed in his heart, Ji Bu's psychology of seeking merit was so urgent that he lost the calmness that he should have as a general: "You also know that there are constant vendettas between the Baiyue tribes in the Dao Dao, and we have always been tough, and what Luo Shao is doing is just pulling a group of people to deal with a group of people." ”
Jibu presents a sense of loss: "The enemy who dies is the best enemy." ”
Su Lie nodded in agreement: "That's true, but don't you think it's better to throw out some bait and benefits for them to kill each other?" ”
Opening his mouth, Ji Bu hesitated for a moment and said, "Bu doesn't know what the Daoist Lord will do for Lu to make such arrangements, but doesn't this give Luo Shao a chance to become bigger?" If he has a bad heart......"
"Hah!" Su Lie smiled happily: "This is the second step of the Lord General's test of Luo Shao." "Paused." Do you think, we are determined to win Lingnan, is it not appropriate to test Luo Shao now? If Luo Shao has a problem now, it is better than having a problem when he enters Lingnan in the future. ”
Ji Bu was stunned, he thought that Lu Zhe had arranged a series of tasks because he valued Luo Shao, but he didn't expect that this was still a test.
"Lingnan is big, very big." Su Lie gestured: "It's the size of a quarter of the territory of the Qin State." Aren't we inspecting the acres of land in Qianzhong County? The data obtained is that there are more acres of land in Qianzhong County than in Nanjun. If this is still the case in Qianzhong County, what about Xiangdi, Nanhai, Kunming, Guilin, and other places that the Lord will talk about? According to the observation of Baiyue, their farming system is backward. But still so many cultivated fields ......"
Ji Bu shook his head: "It's just data, it's just speculation." There are fields, but it takes a lot of manpower and time to develop them. It takes several generations to develop such a large piece of land! ”
Su Lie high-fived excitedly: "That's right." I didn't say it would be developed in our generation. ”
"Then ......" Ji Bu calmed down and thought for a while, as if he thought of something, and asked, "What does the master mean?" ”
Seeing that he understood, Su Lie smiled with a "hehehe" on his head.
Baiyue's farming methods are very rough. There are few who take good care of the fields after ploughing. Their treatment of the ploughed fields is very simple, turning a piece of land into a muddy pool, pulling out weeds after a while and not picking stones. Just turn over the land and plant rice seeds indiscriminately.
"You can also see that they can produce so much grain by cultivating like this," Su Lie's eyes were full of greed: "What a fertile land this is!" The Lord will be so right, such land is too wasteful for the Baiyue people, they should belong to us, ours! ”
It was the first time for Ji Bu to see Su Lie like this, and his thoughts drifted a little far away after being stunned: "Yes, the main general is already thinking about the possibility of distributing acres to the soldiers......
"Think, just think!" Su Lie was very serious: "Now Xianyang's attitude is unclear, and the master general is just thinking." ”
Ji Bu smiled, there was something strange in his smile, what was he so anxious about making meritorious contributions, he was making plans for the future. In his opinion, what Lu Zhe did was in the interests of Nanjun, but Xianyang might not agree, so suspicion was certain. He also knew very well that Lu Zhe was a person with his own ideas, otherwise he would not have made preparations for many hands before Xianyang's attitude was unclear. And he just imagines himself, he won't say it, and he won't say it to anyone.
Xianyang's attitude? Lu Zhe, who was far away in Ye County, waited for Wang Xin, and after listening to Wang Xin's reading of the edict that began with "Fengtian Carrier, Longevity and Yongchang", he ...... Xianyang Oh, it's the attitude of the First Emperor that has fallen into a kind of confused and incomprehensible speculation.
Wang Xin is very young, he looks very gentle, and his attitude is not arrogant because he is a special envoy of Ban Zhao, on the contrary, his attitude towards Lu Zhe is very ...... How so? It's a very ambiguous one.
The words of the first emperor are not literary, and the edict team Lu Zhe is in danger to become the main general to stabilize Nanjun, but he also reprimands Lu Zhe for being too weak.
What is weakness? It was Lu Zhe who raised the butcher's knife that was not sharp, in addition to the invading Baiyue should be killed, those who participated in the riot should also be killed. And Lu Zhe actually captured any prisoners, which made the First Emperor very dissatisfied, thinking that Lu Zhe was not a qualified "guard".
Wang Xin has been laughing since he finished reading the edict, and he waited for Lu Zhe to digest the content of the edict before he said: "Some of the actions of Shao Shangzao are inappropriate. ”
Lu Zhe saluted respectfully. Ask.
"There is no need to be so polite to make less Shangzao," Wang Xin showed enough humility: "Xin said a few more words, please don't think that Xin is too troublesome." ”
Lu Zhe glanced at Wang Xin, who was smiling: "General Dian, please speak up." ”
"Shao Shangzao is to repay Xianyang, and he should send people to escort Yi Huze and Chang Qinqing away, how can he only write about the war?" Wang Xin's tone was not grand at all, he was like a friend reminding: "Fortunately, Your Majesty is considerate and did not pursue it." Less should be remedied immediately. ”
"This ......" Lu Zhe, whose expression was stunned, was clear in his heart, he couldn't talk about it deliberately, but he really deliberately didn't send two high-status prisoners of war to escort Xianyang, after all, these two people were too useful for him to attack Lingnan next. Now Wang Xin said. He showed an embarrassed expression: "Zhe suddenly got a high position, and he doesn't know much about these things, so he ......"
Wang Xin showed an expression of "so it turned out to be like this", and said with a smile: "The CRRC Mansion Order, the Prime Minister, and General Lantian are all so interceding for Shao Shangzao. ”
With an appropriately grateful expression, Lu Zhe also asked Wang Xin to rest.
After sending Wang Xin away, Lu Zhe opened the edict and read it word by word, in addition to mentioning Nanjun's attitude towards suppression, this edict was a reward, and there was not a single word related to Nanjun in between.
"Something is wrong...... Lu Zhe closed the edict: "What's the matter?" ”
The attitude of the first emperor is unpredictable, and the reason why he is less knighted is because of his military exploits. This is not abrupt at all, it should be said that Lu Zhe's merits should be rewarded in this way.
Feng Lu Zhe was awarded the title of Governor of Nanjun as the general of the Southern Zhonglang, and the edict did not say that it was because of what merit did he have to have such an official, which was not in line with the Qin laws of the Qin State at all. According to the laws of Qin. If you want to crown a person as an official, it will definitely be very clear what merit has been made to have such an official position, and the edict does not mention it at all.
Edicts all need to be kept on file, one is to convey them to future generations. One is convenient to consult, and it is not clear in the edict that Lu Zhe is an official for what he wants, which is too unreasonable. It's more like a joke.
The most special thing is also the point that Lu Zhe cares about the most, the first emperor didn't give any instructions, it seems that he just threw out a title and some official positions, and then didn't care about it at all.
"There was no order to quell the rebellion to the counties, and I didn't even mention the matter of the Baiyue people," Lu Zhe felt that this was not a good sign: "I have sent a battle report to Xianyang to ask for credit for many people, and in the edict, except for me, no one else has been rewarded." ”
Combined with these points, Lu Zhe realized that something was very wrong, and in order to confirm his conjecture, he had a banquet for Wang Xin at night, and after several temptations, Wang Xin clearly said that there was only one edict.
Lu Zhe, who was silent on the surface, immediately sweated behind his back, he knew too well what it meant.
The First Emperor did this deliberately, just like Lu Zhe was testing Luo Shao, the First Emperor was also using this behavior to test Lu Zhe's loyalty!
"Zhe is in Nanjun, there is one thing that shouldn't be asked, it's just ......" Lu Zhe raised his glass and asked for a toast, "Can General Dian mention something?" ”
Wang Xin seemed to have been waiting for a long time, he drank the wine in one gulp, and then nodded solemnly.
"The southern counties are in turmoil, and the speed with which they have fallen is unbelievable. Now Changsha County, Hengshan County, Jiujiang County, Lujiang County, and Zhang County have all fallen into the hands of the rebels. Lu Zhe's face was full of sorrow.
Wang Xin was still laughing, he understood what Lu Zhe meant, but it was a compliment: "It is precisely in this way that Shao Shangzao can stick to Nanjun without losing it, so that he can make great contributions." ”
"The area around South County is full of rebels, and it is very difficult to maintain the rebel army entering South County from time to time." Lu Zhe sighed loudly: "The southern Baiyue is even more invading, and the southern county is in danger!" ”
The corners of Wang Xin's mouth hooked: "How come?" Everywhere in the south, there is a long syllable of Shao Shangzao's brave ......" dragged on: "Xin heard in Nanyang County that Shao Shangzao recently sent troops to Qianzhong County, and he wants to regain the lost territory for His Majesty?" ”
"That's a last resort," Lu Zhe's face was full of worry, "Don't hide it from the general, in fact, Zhe originally thought that the edict issued by His Majesty was to be held accountable, so he waited to be escorted to Xianyang for questioning." ”
Wang Xin's cheeks stiffened, and soon returned to normal. He is from Xianyang, and as a relative of the right prime minister Wang Juan, he more or less knows the attitude of many people towards Lu Zhe. To put it very true, if it weren't for the operation of Zhao Gao and Xu Yan in the court, and the attitude of the First Emperor was unknown, I don't know how many people in Lu Dao wanted to take Lu Zhe's position.
Nanjun, one of the few counties in the south that still belongs to the Qin State in its entirety, is different from Huiji County, it is the gateway to Bashu in the south, and how important it is is does not need to be described in superfluous words. There are both guards and a considerable number of defenders, although they don't know how many troops there are in Nanjun, but this does not prevent many people from coveting Nanjun.
More and more people noticed the reluctance of the First Emperor, and the country was also in full swing to prepare for war, and they agreed that it was just a matter of time to wipe out the rebellion and cut off the hidden dangers, and then the importance of Nanjun was highlighted.
Wang Juan is the right prime minister, and he probably knows the next battle plan of Lu Dao, and Wang Xin, who is valued by Wang Juan, also knows the deployment of the first emperor.
The Qin State has already assembled an army of 300,000 in Sanchuan County, and when the time comes, it will fight against the rebels in Wei and Zhao who do not know whether they are alive or dead, and everyone takes it for granted, so it is not important to do this.
The important thing is that who is the commander of Nanjun, then the task of cooperating with the 300,000 troops of Sanchuan County will fall on whose head, there are 300,000 troops of Sanchuan County to attract rebels, and it is easy for Nanjun to attack from the rear to recover the lost counties, and there is no risk and can make a great achievement, which is a god-sent achievement that has not been seen in hundreds of years, who does not envy it? (To be continued......)
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