Thanks to the old book friend "Flame Kachi" for his enthusiastic reward again!

PS: Is it really going to be divided into two chapters of three thousand words? Honor is still thinking about writing the kind of big chapter of about 10,000 words next month, sad

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Yiling is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only a plain in the southeast; Gangneung has swamps on both the east and south sides, and a mountain range to the north.

The terrain of these two places is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if it is in the war era when the princes are fighting, someone occupies Gangneung and Yiling, then it will definitely be quite beneficial to the early stage of development.

In the middle of Yineung and Gangneung is a vast plain that is rare in the south, and with those mountains and rivers as a defensive line, the plain can be developed into arable fields. How much grain can be produced in a harvest season in a field covering at least 2,200 hectares?

Lu Zhe had studied the terrain of the two places in detail, and he already had a draft in mind.

If this battle is successful, Lü Zhe will be able to occupy Xiayi Ling and Jiangling, use the surrounding terrain to arrange defensive lines, and firmly control the two places.

Walking in the vast plains, he can observe and plan more clearly, and now he can look at the mountains and rivers in the distance.

"This place is really nice."

It is a very suitable location for farming, and it is bordered by a large river that crosses several counties, and as long as water is brought into the plains, the irrigation system is very developed, and there is no need to worry about not having enough water.

During the unification of the Qin State, the water conservancy technology has actually been basically perfected, such as the "Cao State Canal" or the "Ling Canal" on the side of Ba and Shu, which are all built with very mature techniques. Of course, the "Lingqu" is still being renovated and is not a finished product.

What does a food producing land that never worries about not having enough water mean to society? It means that it has a stable source of food, and it will be a strategic place in any era.

"It's strange, why haven't the South County authorities developed this plain?"

Lu Zhe, who is not familiar with agriculture, can perceive that this plain is an excellent grain producing area. There must be some problem plaguing the government of Nanjun, otherwise it would be impossible to leave it undeveloped.

Nearly 40,000 people were slowly approaching the plain towards their destination Jiangling, and the early scouts had already continued to report on the dynamics of Guiyue and Minyue. It turns out that Min Yue and Gui Yue also arranged spies in Yiling, and an hour or so after Lu Zhe led the army to set off, it was enough for Baiyue's spies to send the news back in some way, and the scouts also reported back, judging from the actions of Gui Yue and Min Yue, they must have noticed the movements of the Qin army.

At the current pace of the march, they would reach Gangneung in about two hours.

From Yiling to Gangneung, it only takes about two hours for a fast horse to gallop. It takes about four hours to walk. With the difference in speed, the arrival time is also different. (So don't be dizzy, this time is not fixed)

The Ouyue prisoners of war who were escorted on the way seemed to be more cooperative along the way, and they seemed to know where they were going, with a hint of strangeness in their cooperation.

At noon, Lu Zhe ordered the whole army to stop on the premise that the scouts had not found any enemy situation in the surrounding area, and they did not go into the forest not far away to shade them, but began to eat in the noon sun.

It can be said that it is the common sense of those who lead the army not to advance in the forest.

Of course, the food in the marching posture will be different from the state of the camp. The soldiers took out steamed buns from the leather bags hanging from their waists when they were ordered to eat, and the auxiliaries would distribute meat that had already been roasted one by one.

Lu Zhe ate more hearty food than the soldiers, and his food consisted of white rice stuffed out of a bamboo tube, and the rice was still hot when the lid of the bamboo tube was opened. Some of the shredded pork and soup stored in bamboo tubes are also fragrant and strong.

The Qin army did not advocate sharing weal and butter in food, and if the officers ate the same things as the soldiers, then the soldiers would not be moved. Officers and knights eat the same food as soldiers, and soldiers will think in horror, "It's over." There must be a shortage of food and grass." When there is enough food and grass, the soldiers will feel dissatisfied, believing that they will lose the purpose of their struggle.

It's not in line with the concept after the Han Dynasty, right? But that's how the Qin people are. They have become accustomed to what kind of credit they make, what kind of treatment they have. If the army really wants everyone to be equal, then they will lose most of their motivation if they still try their best to kill the enemy. At that time, the battle is about relying on the personal charm of the general, and the soldier is willing to work hard for which general he likes, and he will fool around if he doesn't like it, and such an army can still be called an army?

The Qin army's good fighting relied on the strict class nature, which was reflected in the degree of eating and drinking and the treatment that would be obtained, and it was not entirely because of the relationship between military discipline. In modern terms, it is the same soldier who has to be shorter for anything, even if it is to show off that he eats better than others, then it is worth fighting.

Lu Zhe had basically figured out the reason why the soldiers of the Qin army were so brave when they started fighting, and he didn't want to change anything. Actually, that's pretty good.

The prisoners of war in Ouyue looked forward to it for a while when they saw that the Qin army stopped to eat, and when they found that the Qin army did not want to take food for themselves, they were slightly disturbed, which made the auxiliary soldiers in charge of escorting very nervous.

"They're asking why they don't give them food."

There will always be a few people who know Baiyue dialect among more than 20,000 people, and when they tell the reason for the riot of Ouyue prisoners of war, the people who hear it will be scolded.

It's not a state of war, except for the nobles, everyone only eats two meals, and being able to eat three meals is the treatment that will only be available when the war is about to be fought, and those damned captives even ask for the treatment they are about to exchange for their lives, which is really unbearable.

"Some Ouyue people are asking, does the Qin army still need soldiers? They were willing to join the Qin army. ”

Hearing this information, the delivery ladle directly popped out "What!?" Two words, looking a little shocked and suspicious, he muttered: "Just to eat that delicious food, and then want to join our army?" ”

The paraphrased auxiliaries nodded affirmatively.

She felt that it was necessary for her to go to the Lord General to report the news, it was very necessary!

Lu Zhe was also stunned when he heard the news, and he asked with some uncertainty: "It's just for delicious food, and there are no other requirements?" ”

In order to confirm, Lu Zhe asked people to bring a few Ouyue people who said they were willing to join the Qin army, under the translation of auxiliary soldiers who knew Baiyue dialect. The question and answer lasted for about a quarter of an hour.

"Let people count how many Ouyue people are willing to join our army." Of course, Lu Zhe will not absorb the Ouyue people now, he has his own plans.

Not much time was wasted, and the preliminary statistics were that more than 8,000 of the more than 11,000 Ouyue prisoners of war wanted to join the Qin army.

This figure surprised the officers, including Lu Zhe.

Yes, just surprise and not shock.

In fact, in the history of wars in the Central Plains, it was common for the victorious side to recruit prisoners of war from the defeated side, and it did not seem to have much sense of disobedience that the Baiyue people were willing to "turn positive" and join the Qin army for some reason.

Several officers looked very excited, and they all said: "Commander, we are short of troops now. It's not as good as ......."

Without any hesitation, Lu Zhe shook his head: "Now is not the time to adopt them. ”

did not say the reason for not being co-opted, some people were disappointed and some agreed, and on the way Lu Zhe let them return to the establishment, some whispers did not stop.

Ji Bu was in the same direction as several officers, and he explained on the way: "The main general said 'now', and the possibility of recruiting or co-opting Baiyue people in the future cannot be ruled out." In fact, the reason for not adopting it now is very simple, we are about to go to war, and it will take a long time to integrate it. And then ......" smiled weirdly. "Are you willing to lead them into an assault on the enemy?"

Almost all of them frowned, who the would want to bring a bunch of wild people who can only scream "wah-wow-wow" to fight hard.

Lu Zhe's failure to absorb does not mean that he will not use it, he thought about it carefully for a while, and ordered Mengsan to convey his orders.

The order conveyed was simple, that is, to distribute some food to the Ouyue prisoners of war who were willing to take refuge. At the same time, let people chop enough branches to cut into sticks.

"The Lord General has decided after careful consideration to give you a chance," Meng San motioned to the auxiliary translator who understood Baiyue, "Those who are willing to fight for the Lord General, come and get their weapons after a full meal." As long as you fight bravely, you will have a chance to join the Qin army! At the same time, the Lord has promised. You can exchange the heads of the enemy for salt, cloth, grain, and even Baiyue women! ”

The auxiliaries translated the past very faithfully, and the prisoners of war's eyes lit up one by one, and their howling roars began to be shouted out continuously.

"The main general......" Su Lie felt the need to remind. Worry about them coming back! ”

Lu Zhe did not reprimand, but said slowly in a teaching attitude: "Gui Yue and Min Yue have already known that we are going to fake the intelligence of Ouyue's surprise attack, do you think it is possible for them to believe any Ouyue people in this battle?" ”

After hearing this, Su Lie felt very embarrassed, and he was a little ashamed: "It's not a good idea." ”

"There's nothing wrong with you thinking like that," Lu Zhe encouraged, "It's right to think about everything." However, you still have some robes, and you must not only think about it, but also make judgments based on the actual situation. In many cases, you can't just look at the surface, and the direction of thinking needs to join the thinking of the enemy army. War is always full of uncertainties, and no strategy will be completely correct. The dynamics of the war are not completely constant, and it may be that the tactics of one moment are in line with reality, and the next moment they become out of place, and it is necessary to select the one that is most beneficial to one's own troops in light of the overall environment. ”

Su Lie was listening very carefully, but he felt that it was too complicated, as if he understood it and didn't seem to understand it at all.

Mei Kai, who was standing next to him and listening to the conversation between the two, basically understood, he lowered his head and thought: "Isn't it immutable?" It turns out that this is the difference between a qualified general and a good one. ”

After several major battles, the officers were quite convincing to Lu Zhe's command. Some of them began to learn from Lu Zhe's examples of commanding operations, especially creating an environment for ambush warfare, and what kind of empathy he was.

Mei thought to herself: "Multifaceted thinking is necessary. But how do you decide which is important and which is secondary? There is no center of gravity that only wraps itself in, and it seems that this requires a very sharp intuition and sufficient control of the situation. ”

In fact, it should be said that the layout ability, that is, the kind of big enough situation, can not be limited to a small area, the ability to use all the things that can be used.

Mei Kai, who was still thinking steadily, was interrupted by a desolate horn sound, he looked at Lu Zhe who stepped on the war horse again, collected his mood and turned his head to look at the archers under his command who were arranging the formation, waiting for the queue to be straightened out, and waved his big hand: "March!" ”

This time the march was unhurried, and they would probably arrive at their destination around four o'clock in the afternoon. It was the temperature that was suitable for fighting all day.

The scouts on the periphery reported several military information, and there were already a very large number of Baiyue spies around their own army, and they were trying their best to intercept and kill the spies exposed by Baiyue, and the two sides had losses after several battles, but Baiyue's spies had relatively many losses.

The route of the march is the plain, in fact, according to this terrain, when the spies can see Lu Zhejun, the soldiers can also see the spies. But don't forget, this is a very densely vegetated south, and the weeds on both sides of the road are very tall under the rare human track. In this environment, it is not difficult to think of Tibetans with visual overlap and towering grass.

The chances are actually equal, Baiyue's spies can use the terrain to hide, so the scouts of the Qin army can also borrow the terrain to investigate the movements of Guiyue and Minyue.

Of course, that is in the case of a small number of troops, and a large-scale troop march is not to try to hide any figure.

When Lu Zhe's army was still about two miles away from the destination, the fighting on the periphery reached a high ~ tide, and the mutual interference between scouts and spies was happening all the time.

"The Lord! Gui Yue and Min Yue are shrinking their forces! ”

"The Lord! Gui Yue and Min Yue chose to close the camp! ”

"The Lord! The troops of Guiyue and Minyue have been completely gathered into the camp, and the siege of Jiangling has been lifted! ”

"The Lord! The Gangneung defenders have a force of about a thousand men who have broken through and are running towards us. ”

Almost as soon as the scout had left after reporting on the military situation. The next scout came over immediately, and in the process of non-stop investigation and reporting, Lu Zhe had a basic understanding of the entire situation.

It is said to be a plain, but in fact, the terrain is also high and low. The place where Lu Zhe ordered the army to stop and repair and rest was not far from a small slope, and he was now being guarded by five hundred men in the direction of overlooking the county seat of Jiangling.

The height of this slope did not have a very good field of vision, and Lu Zhe could only see a limited outline, but the movement of the breakout defenders was relatively clear.

"Chang Qinqing and Mu Mu's choice is very extreme!" smiled and pointed to the two camps of Guiyue and Minyue, who did not make any movement. "They were so extreme that they didn't send any troops to intercept the breakout defenders."

This is not good news, especially for Lu Zhe, who wants a quick solution.

"Commander, the enemy has a full understanding of what we want to do. Is it still necessary to pretend to be an Ouyue person now? Mei Kai didn't want to question anything, he just wanted to learn what Lu Zhe would do.

"I never thought things would be so simple," Lu Zhe also didn't like to play anything unpredictable, but his demeanor and language looked a bit like a pretentious gesture: "Even if they all change into the clothing habits of Ouyue people, Gui Yue and Min Yue are not fools, and they will be fooled knowing that Lu Dao Ouyue has been defeated." This is the rare case in history of a successful sneak attack by impersonating an enemy army. Because in every war, someone will survive, and running to the side of the friendly army is the safest option, is it possible that the news will not leak out? ”

Mei Li was like a sponge absorbing Lu Zhe's ideas, and he looked at Lu Zhe expectantly.

Lu Zheyao pointed to the camp where the enemy army was divided into two parts: "They even divided the camps so clearly, which is enough to prove that the disunity of the Baiyue people is not groundless." I knew that they had already understood the news of Ouyue's defeat, and they arranged it like this...... "smiling more reservedly," it was against their disunity! ”

Got it? Mei Kai actually didn't understand.

Not to mention Mei Kai, many people who were listening to it took apart what Lu Zhe said word by word and recognized what it was, but they couldn't understand it when they were all connected.

Lu Zhe looked around, and saw that the people around him had puzzled expressions, no one could exchange opinions, and he seemed a little interested: "You only need to act according to the general's orders, and that will be enough......"

The people who were originally confused were relieved, they just did it according to the order, and they really didn't need to think too much.

However, Mei Kai, Gongwei, Ji Bu, Su Lie and a few others don't think like that, they are now military marquis who have not been recognized by Xianyang, but they will definitely be recognized. Now they are military marquises, and they may become captains in the future, but they need to keep learning because of their experience, and they are eager to have enough knowledge.

"Let them stop outside the formation!" Lu Zhe was talking about the Jiangling defenders who had approached.

Not far away, the Jiangling defenders who broke through were also slowing down, and the Jiaoqu eyes that took the lead kept staring at the small slope where Lu Zhe was standing. He didn't see Lu Zhe's figure. However, the army's military flag, that is, where the pennant is, Lu Zhe is definitely there, and this will not change.

"Stop coming!" A five-hundred-hundred-lord shouted loudly, waiting for someone to stop, "Who is the chief, come out alone." The Lord will summon you! ”

Jiaoqu glanced back at the companions of the Northern Xinjiang Army who had become prisoners behind him, and then walked out of the gang by himself.

The five hundred lord named Butcher looked at the burly Jiaoqu, "You are the official who leads the team?" ”

Jiaoqu performed a military salute characteristic of the Northern Xinjiang Army very neatly: "I am!" ”

There is a difference between the "Tu" of Tushi and the "Tu" of Tu Sui, which is not a surname, Tu is a vassal state during the Zongzhou and Chengzhou (Zhou dynasties). But there is no slaughter now. The first word for Tushi comes from a county called Tu.

Lu Zhe was a little emotional when he saw Jiaoqu again, but it was obviously not the time to sigh and reminisce about the past. He asked directly, "What's going on inside Gangneung?" ”

Although Jiaoqu used to be Lu Zhe's boss, but now it is obviously no longer a personnel matter, he did not have emotions because he was once Lu Zhe's boss, but saluted respectfully before replying: "Back to the main general, Jiangling has been in chaos internally, and the rebellious army led by the Zhao clan found that the Baiyue people were gathering troops and planning to break through as an opportunity, and now they are gathering manpower to prepare for the breakthrough." ”

This is what Lu Zhe expected. He just nodded and motioned for Jiaoqu to continue.

Jiaoqu paused before saying, "After a few battles." The rebel army on the Zhao side was reduced from more than 100,000 to less than 70,000, of which there should be more than 30,000 young and strong people. Zhi and his colleagues judged that the rebellious army led by the Zhao clan wanted to break through to Hengshan County in the east. ”

Lu Zhe was actually very awkward to hear the title of "Bijiashi", but he still waited intently for the following.

"In this battle, your entourage in Jiangling also lost more than 50,000 people......" Jiaoqu saw Lu Zhe's face change for a moment. He continued: "Most of the losses were the old and weak who were organized by the Bee soldiers, and the number of losses in the prime of life only accounted for a small part," Speaking of this, he could see that the expression on Lu Zhe's face was a little strange. "There are nearly 40,000 of your prime-aged retinues in Gangneung that can be driven to fight, and everything is just waiting for your orders."

Suihu means follower, and it is a contractual follower. This status is similar to that of a domestic servant warrior. Jiaoqu's wording is a bit weird, which expresses that they are working for Lu Zhe, not Qin.

Lu Zhe didn't seem to understand what Jiaoqu wanted to express, or he didn't show it. He was silent and calculated: "It's not surprising that those rebellious soldiers of the Zhao clan chose to break through to Hengshan County, I'm worried that they will collude with the Baiyue people, and they are also worried that I will go to them to settle accounts." Now that Gui Yue and Min Yue have come to remove the encirclement because I led the army, it is strange that those people of the Zhao clan did not take the opportunity to escape. ”

The question now is whether Lu Zhe should change the draft he had set earlier in response to the current situation.

Oh...... Lu Zhe has not yet given the officers the arrangements for the operation, so that is a draft, not a combat policy.

Looking at the prisoners of war who were squatting on the ground and huddled together, Lu Zhe looked at the soldiers and auxiliaries who were ready to go, and then looked at Jiangling.

I could vaguely see that there was an area on the Gangneung side that was mobilizing people, and from this distance it looked like observing a swarm of ants that were busy in a mess. On the other hand, after the Zhao family took action, Yan Bi also took corresponding measures. Therefore, under the whole body, the whole Gangneung seems to be extremely busy.

"Yes, it needs to change a little bit. But this ......" Lu Zhe stopped thinking, he looked at Jiaoqu: "What about the condition of those weapons?" ”

Jiaoqu replied respectfully: "It has been secretly sealed." ”

"Sealed?" Lu Zhe didn't know how Lu Dao Yan Bi turned more than 20,000 young people into 40,000, he said with some dissatisfaction: "It's still sealed at the moment of survival!?" ”

Jiaoqu originally wanted to say, "That's the insistence of Bi Jiashi", but considering that Lu Zhe would send Yan Bi to Jiangling to preside over major events, then Yan Bi must be Lu Zhe's confidant-style figure. The so-called Hades is so good that the little ghost is difficult, and he doesn't want to offend a henchman of the main general, so he is silent.

"You lead the army back first, and explain to Yan Bi to create some trouble for those people in the Zhao family, don't let them run away smoothly. But remember, let Yan Bi control the size and don't conflict. After Lu Zhe finished speaking, he turned to face the officers under his command, and after a few looks, he didn't find the person he wanted to see: "What about the military marquis who is responsible for escorting prisoners of war?" ”

Mian Biao weakly walked out from behind the burly Su Lie: "The job is here." ”

Lu Zhe looked at the ladle and explained slowly: "Do you know what encouragement is in Dao?" ”

The confidence of the delivery ladle is not so sufficient: "Understand a little." ”

"Understand?" That's not sure? Lu Zhe seemed to endorse: "Pick out some unlucky people who are unwilling to cooperate, and kill them all in front of all the prisoners of war." After killing you, tell those prisoners of war who are willing to cooperate, if you want to get a reward, then rush to kill bravely, and exchange the heads of the Minyue people for everything you want. Got it? ”

"Slash?" His hand trembled, killing the prisoner before the battle, this is too ....... He didn't dare to refuse, and responded with a "No!" "Go down and get ready.

Lu Zhe looked at the rest of the officers: "All of you in charge of the soldiers, you are ready to kill the prisoners of war and follow the attack, but be careful!" His expression was very serious, "We can't defeat the enemy army at once this time, so we must be resolute in rushing and ruthless in killing, but remember not to keep rushing with your head down!" At any time, be prepared to lead the army to chisel through and change direction and enter Gangneung when you hear the sound of two long and one short horns. ”

"Hey! (No!) The officer of the soldier who received the order saluted: "The horn sounds, immediately turn to Gangneung!" ”

Lu Zhe looked at the military marquis who commanded the auxiliary troops: "Among you, those who know how to stand up. Two military marquis from the Qin army stood up, "Those who don't understand the transfer of righteousness and carving, your task is to enter Jiangling immediately after the troops charge, and immediately collect the materials that can be used to build the Yongdao." Got it? ”

Yoshikane and Diao Ding glanced at each other, and they felt that the opportunity to make meritorious service had come!

The construction of Yongdao was a tactic often used by the Qin army, usually to ensure that the road between the camp and the camp was unobstructed, and in many cases it was used to ensure that the grain transport troops were not attacked by the enemy.

Glancing around at all the officers, Lu Zhe roared: "Gentlemen, all the achievements are in the present day!" ”

The roar was loud, and the soldiers around heard it and shouted "Hey! Hey! Hey! followed by a chorus of "Hey! Hey! Hey! "Roar.

The sound of tens of thousands of people shook the heavens and the earth...... (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you to the old book friend "Flame Kachi" for his enthusiastic reward again!

PS: Is it really going to be divided into two chapters of three thousand words? Honor is still thinking about writing the kind of big chapter of about 10,000 words next month, sad