Chapter 160: Descendants of King Yue

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Human potential is limitless, and there is indeed something called talent. However, no matter how good the talent is, there is no corresponding environment for training and cultivation, so no matter how good the talent is, it may be mediocre ability. Different experiences will always have different personalities and talents, and if you can become a great talent as long as you have talent, it will be too easy.

Ji Bu is a man with a lot of talent for generals, and after being promoted to the commander of the Left Association, he was able to control the troops immediately. However, his experience was too little, and his combat experience was only accumulated through the experience of the Nanjun Sweep War, which was not very difficult.

Consecutive victories, whether they are big victories or small victories, will always make people proud, if Ji Bu can deal with it more calmly when attacking the Wuling granary, if he is not so eager to work, he may still be defeated, but it will not be this kind of big defeat.

Compared with Ji Bu's performance, Lu Zhe discovered Chen Xuan's ability in this battle, Chen Xuan's ability to propose a sneak attack from the back mountain and remain calm after a big defeat has already shown that Chen Xuan is at least a qualified general.

Chen Xuan is a martial artist from the Lantian battalion, and it can only be said that such a performance is normal, but it also makes Lu Zhe look forward to the officers from the Lantian battalion a little more.

Luo Shao waited for a long time, and when he saw that it was not the chief general of the Qin army who came out to talk, but a Qin general with torn clothes and armor, he couldn't help but feel insulted. If he could, he really wanted to fight back against the insult of the Qin army's commander, but now he tried his best to endure it in addition to sending himself to death in vain and bringing nearly 2,000 subordinates to accompany him to the funeral.

"I can't die yet...... Luo Shao's face is very ugly: "I can't die until I have regained the glory of my ancestors!" ”

Ji Bu approached the Baiyue defenders who were still resisting, he could already see the faces of the enemy defenders, and if he looked closely, the enemy defenders were about thirty years old, with dark skin and a beard, and those eyes were the size of copper bells. It's a brave look.

Luo Shao didn't have the heart to observe what Ji Bu looked like, if he was the commander of the Qin army, he would have such a mind. Now, he recognized that the person who came out to talk was the defeated general of his previous subordinates, and although he tried his best to endure it in his heart, he couldn't help but have some disdain, and there was inevitably some disdain in his tone.

Ji Bu was a little blushing after being ridiculed, but it may be due to the lack of confidence in defeat, or Lu Zhe's repeated reliance on restraint but he was not angry, waiting for Luo Shao to say almost before he asked: "That's what you want to say?" ”

Of course, Luo Shao didn't just ask for a conversation, he glanced at Ji Bu. said: "Please also ask the commander of the Qin army to come up and speak." If you have a heart, please surrender, and your lord will no longer need to insult. ”

Lu Zhe had been observing whether the enemy army had archers for a long time, and found that the enemy army was all melee soldiers, so it seemed that the only way to avoid a long night dream was to solve the current matter quickly, and to return to Linyuan as soon as possible. He said to the winged flail beside him, "Beware of the enemy's deception, take a shield and bring someone with me." ”

The wing flail directly took a shield from the robe next to him, and several people escorted Lu Zhe forward slowly.

Luo Shao admired Lu Zhe when he saw that he was so careful, he thought that the commander of the Qin army was thoughtful and would not be complacent because of a big victory. didn't leave any flaws, and for a while I felt that I had lost unjustly.

Lu Zhe looked at Luo Shao, who was speaking in an authentic Chu voice: "Report your name!" ”

Luo Shao also cooperated: "I am the eighth grandson of King Wujiang of Yue, shake." ”

After completing the necessary formalities, Lu Zhe said straightforwardly: "Your defeat is inevitable. Lay down your arms and surrender as soon as possible! I can promise that if you cooperate, I will not kill the prisoners after you have surrendered. ”

Luo Shao said, "No, no, no, I mean, I am willing to join your command." Let me follow you in your career. On the day of your great achievement, please also give me a fief and allow me to continue the ancestral hall of the Yue Kingdom. In return. I will tell you about Baiyue's plan for the northern invasion, and then give you credit for the strategy of Qianzhong. ”

Some surprises, some surprises, Lu Zhe didn't react for a while.

The king of Yue has no borders? It seems that he is the last lord of the Yue State, and the Yue State was destroyed by the Chu State when he was in power. And if I am not mistaken, Yue Guo is in the Donghai County generation, that is, the modern Zhejiang side. How did Luo Shao come to Qianzhong County, which is here in modern Hunan?

After thinking about it in his heart, Lu Zhe felt that he should have someone who understood Baiyue, and he urgently needed to understand Baiyue's plan for the northern invasion, but he didn't know whether what Luo Shao said was true or false, and whether he could use it for himself.

It will take some effort for the enemy army in front of him to annihilate, but it is just to squeeze the crossbowmen to come and release the arrows, and it is just a snap of a finger to annihilate the enemy. However, in addition to looting food, this war is to capture manpower, and it is obviously better to capture more prisoners of war.

A living enemy general is much more valuable than a dead enemy general, and understanding Baiyue's northern invasion plan is secondary, and those ethereal ways to attract Baiyue to join his army and capture the entire Qianzhong County are secondary.

Lu Zhe said slowly: "Put down your weapon!" ”

Luo shook his eyes and looked at the Qin army commander with firm eyes, the Qin army commander in his eyes was very young, and he didn't have a fierce temperament, what should be said was more like a civilian official than a military general, but looking at all kinds of actions, it seemed wise. He sighed and took the lead in throwing away his weapon, followed by the sound of a weapon falling to the ground, and nearly two thousand Baiyue defenders also surrendered.

Lu Zhe said to Ji Bu next to him: "You take someone to escort those soldiers back to Linyuan." ”

Ji Bu no longer has the vigor he had earlier, and his current temperament has become a little restrained, respectfully responding to "Hey! Then he went silently.

Lu Zhe looked at Chen Xuan again: "I give you the right to transfer troops, except for my own soldiers, you can transfer the troops of Wuling at will." You need to repair the fortifications here first, and wait for the subsequent auxiliaries to arrive before perfecting the fortifications. ”

Chen Xuan's expression showed a look of great joy, how could he not know that the Dao Lord was about to reuse himself? Immediately saluted very respectfully: "Hey! ”

Lu Zhe looked at the wing flail again: "Pick some warriors to protect me closely." ”

Wing Flail was a little speechless in his heart, why didn't he find out that Lu Zhe was so desperate for his life before? However, I very much agree with this approach, and turn my head and point out some names, and the person who was called by name has a fierce momentum.

At this time, Lu Zhecai beckoned to Luo Yao, who was standing in the distance: "Come here." ”

Luo Shao's figure is not tall, his height is only about one meter six, but his body looks very strong. He knew very well that Lu Zhe still didn't trust him, so he took the initiative to keep his distance when he came over. Respectfully saluted: "Please send." ”

Lu Zhe saw that Luo Shao took the initiative to keep a safe distance and did not approach, but he felt in his heart that this Baiyue Shou General was really going to fall. He tentatively took two steps towards Luo Shao, and found that Luo Shao's eyes did not flicker, waiting to approach Luo Shao still saluting respectfully.

Really sure that Luo Shao really wanted to serve without evil intentions, Lu Zhecai asked: "Why don't you surrender at the beginning." Can you know that the defeat and surrender of Ludao and the voluntary surrender are different treatments? ”

Luo Shao smiled bitterly and said with difficulty: "In this case, please surrender to you to be so vigilant, if you take the initiative, please surrender...... Would you believe it? ”

Lu Zhe asked himself if he would believe it, he was stunned and thought, "Am I a suspicious person?" He didn't come up with an answer, and said to Luo Shao: "It's okay." Let's talk about Baiyue's plan for the northern invasion. ”

Luo Shao looked at the warrior who was on guard next to him and smiled bitterly again, he felt that it was not a matter of time to make Lu Zhe really believe. He hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Actually, Shake just wants to return to his former residence and build a ancestral hall there." Speaking of this, he stopped, and after sighing again, "Yi Huze and Chang Qinqing were captured by you, and Mu Muyu fled back to Fujian with the remnants of the army. Yi Hu Ze has a brother named Yi Hu Song, who is the patriarch of Ouyue and the chief of the tribal alliance of all parties. Yihu Song learned of the defeat of the 100,000 allied forces in Nanjun. After Yi Huze was captured, he was very angry, and for several months he had been sending people to contact many tribes, and he had hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Guizhou......"

Lu Zhe listened to Luo Shao's slow narration, and slowly had an idea of the interior of Baiyue in his heart, Baiyue was really not monolithic. It is formed in the form of a tribal alliance. This kind of tribal alliance is not a state, and the Song Song's desire to send troops is only an order to mobilize troops, and it is necessary to send people or personally persuade those tribal leaders.

The internal structure of Baiyue is also far more complicated than imagined, except for the tribal alliance of the Song Dynasty. There is also such as this tribal alliance in Minyue, and the alliance chief of Minyue is called Wu Zhu. A tribe that also has the word "Ou" is called Ouluo, but Ouyue has nothing to do with Ouyue. The name of the leader of this tribe is Kaimingpan. Gui Yue, who has appeared, is also a relatively large tribal alliance among the hundred Yue, Chang Qinqing is the chief of this tribal alliance, and now Chang Qinqing is captured, and Gui Yue is paralyzed in a short period of time after losing the chieftain.

The above are some of the tribal alliances and tribes with a large number of people in Baiyue, and in addition to countless Baiyue tribes that are not in any tribal alliance and do not belong to the big tribes.

Like Luo Shao's clan, right? In fact, he and his own people are called Ouyue, which is just a general term, in fact, they are not the same as Ouyue people in the real sense. The reason why they are called Ouyue is only to represent them to join the alliance tribe led by Yihu Song.

"Enlightened? Are you saying that he was the prince of the original Shu Kingdom? It has been more than a hundred years since the Qin State destroyed Shu, and he is still alive? Lu Zhe was a little surprised, especially when he heard that the prince of Shu had fled with his tribe to the far south, probably settled in modern Vietnam.

Luo Shao was stunned by the question: "Well, the leader of Ou Luo has always been called Kai Mingpan, and I don't know if it is the prince of Shu." ”

"Oh......" Lu Zhe guessed that Kaimingpan should not be a name, but probably a title for the head of that tribe, for example, the emperor of Rome was not called emperor, but Augustus. He asked: "So how many people does Baiyue have, or how many troops can Yihu Song send in this northern invasion?" ”

Luo Shao had to answer all questions: "Now the Song Dynasty has gathered more than 60,000 troops, in addition to the 23,000 people in Qianzhong County, the rest of the troops are still stationed in a place called Rongcheng in the south, and they are waiting for the follow-up troops. In order to persuade Min Yue to send troops, he personally went to Minzhong City in Fujian to see Wu Zhu. If he could convince Wu Zhu, Yi Hu Song should be able to get about 30,000 Fujian soldiers. In addition to Minyue, the tribes of East Vietnam and South Vietnam should also send troops, but it is impossible to determine the number of troops. ”

When Lu Zhe heard this, he felt that something was wrong, and he called on Song to mobilize troops from so many places and ask all ethnic groups to send troops, with a range of at least thousands of miles, so how could it be possible to assemble troops within two months?

Luo Shao was a little depressed when he heard Lu Zhe's question: "I don't know where you heard that the Song Society will send troops within two months, this news is wrong." The plan for the northern invasion of the Song Dynasty was planned in the autumn of the following year, not in the autumn of this year. ”

In other words, Lu Zhe's estimation was wrong, and he was a little relieved to hear that it was next year. However, he didn't fully believe Luo Shao's words.

Luo Shao said: "You defeated the defenders there in Linyuan City, plus the troops to which Shao belongs, and now there are only 7,000 defenders left in Qianzhong County. These 7,000 defenders are all in Qianzhong, can they ......?"

Lu Zhe didn't wait for Luo Shao to finish speaking, and asked, "How much grain is stored in this granary in Wuling?" ”

"He still doesn't believe in my sincerity, and it seems that he doesn't believe what he said before. What a suspicious person! Thinking in his heart, Luo Shao did not forget to answer: "There are 650,000 stones of grain stored here in Wuling, but it is not all rice, but also millet, rice, coix and so on. ”

"Six hundred and fifty thousand stones?" Lu Zhe's eyes suddenly widened, and this expression was captured by Luo Shao.

Coupled with nearly 200,000 stone of rice in Linyuan City, Lu Zhe seized 850,000 stone of grain in just two places.

But so. 850,000 stone of grain seems like a lot, but in fact, it is not much compared to the two or three million stone of grain stored in Ao Cang in the Central Plains at every turn.

Luo Shao instantly guessed that the Qin army was short of grain, and he said with a smile: "There are still several granaries in Wuliang, Qianguang, Lingshan and other places in western Qianxi, and the total amount of grain should be about one million stones. ”

Lu Zhe's expression perked up.

Luo Shao seemed to have found a way to convince Lu Zhe of himself, and he said with a smile: "Those places are dozens of miles short from Linyuan and nearly a hundred miles long, and there are many forests, rivers, and mountains that are crossed during this period. Shake's duty is to guard the granary in Qianzhong, and if you want to get food, Shake can take it without much effort. It can also prevent the defenders from burning grain. ”

Lu Zhe didn't say anything but looked at Luo Shao, he couldn't see Luo Shao's mentality clearly, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this general was too cooperative.

"That's it!" Compared to the nearly one million stone grains that he might have, it didn't matter whether Luo Shao was lying to create an opportunity to escape. Lu Zhe looked at Luo Shao and said slowly: "You go back to Linyuan with me first, and then we will discuss." He had thought about it.

Take a look at the men who are already rebuilding the fortifications, and then look at the small hills full of boulders. This place is really an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.

The small mountain range of Wuling is only ten miles away from Linyuan City, and there is a plain along the way, and the garrison here can indeed form a good mutual defense line stronghold with Linyuan City. It's just not clear where the water gets here. Is it troublesome to replenish the water source?

"There is a river in the back mountain of Wuling, and there are more boulders there, so it is not difficult to build a hidden path to carry water every day by using the gaps in the mountains and rocks." Luo Shao explained: "There is a large depression on the top of the mountain, and some time ago the rain formed a lake, which can store water as long as it is continuously filled. ”

Some understood, Lu Zhe felt that if Ji Bu hadn't been defeated once, and it was the kind of defeat that lost his armor and abandoned his armor, he would have used Luo Shao's carelessness after his victory to attack and kill, and it was not impossible to attack Wuling at one time, but it would require a very heavy price of casualties. It is not a good way to besiege Wuling for a long time, this is a granary in itself, there will be no shortage of food at all, and it is not hopeless to cut off the water, but the cycle is absolutely unimaginably long.

Later, Lu Zhe personally checked it, and there was indeed a waterhole on the mountain, and there was also a curved path built in the gap between the stones in the back mountain.

"This trail is also hidden, completely exploiting the blind spot of the human eye, and it is impossible to detect it if you don't get close." Lu Zhe asked again: "Who wrote this trail?" ”

Luo Shao pointed at himself, his intention was very obvious.

Lu Zhe glanced at Luo Shao with some surprise, looking at his brave appearance, he really couldn't see that he had that exquisite mind. He paused for a moment and asked, "Then Wuling's defense is also from your handiwork?" ”

Luo shook and grinned: "It's still from the arrangement of shaking." ”

"......" Lu Zhe didn't say anything anymore, but thought to himself: "If you really want to serve me, you are a great general who can be cultivated." ”

There is no county town within dozens of miles around Linyuan City, it is basically a residence in the countryside, and if you want to form a corner of the Wuling Lu Zhe, you naturally have to take advantage of it, and he also wants to find a place within ten miles to build a military fort that can be stationed, so the defense chain of the entire Linyuan County is complete.

Lu Zhe asked Luo Shao a lot of things on the way, and learned that in addition to Wuliang, Qianguang, Lingshan and other places, there were also millions of stone of grain hoarded in Qianzhongzhifu, which really shocked him.

"It's incredible that Baiyue's farming system can hoard nearly three million stones!" Lu Zhe was very surprised.

Luo Shao said: "Yihu Song is gathering the savings of the whole clan for five years to prepare for the northern invasion. Three million grains is not much. Far away in Guiyue, South Vietnam, Dongyue and other places are quite vast, there are many water systems there to cultivate rice fields very easily, three million stone of grain and grass is only a drop in the dime. ”

Lu Zheyou asked Luo Shao how many people Baiyue had, but the answer he got was a little vague, Baiyue is not a country, there is no habit of registering a household registration, and no one knows how many people there are.

Back in Linyuan City, Lu Zhe asked people to arrange a resting place for Luo Shao, which naturally had the meaning of surveillance. He called for the lieutenant: "To the west is a plain, and ten miles away there is a granary built halfway up the mountain. There was 650,000 stone of grain in it. You only need to leave 10,000 people there enough to eat grain and grass for half a year, and the rest of the people will be mobilized to transfer to Linyuan. ”

Gongwei is the news that the granary has been captured by the Dao of Zhilu, and when he heard that there were 650,000 stones, he was shocked, and when he came back to his senses, he was extremely excited, "Hey! So he went down to do his errands.

Lu Zhe summoned Wei Han again and instructed: "Wait a minute, I will write an order, you personally go back to Jiangling, and let Yan Bi and Su Lie act according to my orders." ”

Wei Han naturally responded to the order.

Before the southern invasion, Lu Zhe knew that Lu Dao would seize grain, but he really didn't expect that there would be so many seizures, obviously because the preparation in advance was a little insufficient. A new initiative needs to be made to mobilize people from South County, otherwise when will the 30,000 auxiliaries be used to transport food? In addition, the number of carriages also needs to be requisitioned.

Returning to the military tent, Lu Zhe found a topographical map of Qianzhong County, and he quickly found the locations of Wuliang, Qianguang, and Lingshan. As Luo Shao said, these places are indeed far away from Qianzhong.

"In addition to the need for additional transfers, the soldiers should also be transferred to ...... other troops," Thinking of this, Lu Zhe frowned, "Ji Bu's headquarters has been defeated, and this school is considered to be abolished." ”

Not many battles. The attack on Linyuan lost nearly 500 people, some of the wounded temporarily lost the ability to fight again, and thousands of dead and wounded when they captured Wuling. Within ten days, about 4,000 soldiers evaporated, and Lu Zhe's troops were only close to 50,000 soldiers, and a tenth of them were lost at once, which can be said to have been injured.

"An unknown Luo Shao can inflict such a large number of casualties on our army by relying on the convenience of the terrain, so what if there are a few more terrains like Wuling, and a few more people like Luo Shao or more powerful than him?" Lu Zhe felt that this was not impossible, "Whether it is two months or next year, Yihu Song will be entangled in the army to kill ......"

Thinking about this, he was interrupted, the curtain was opened, Wei Han walked in, and Lu Zhe thought that he had not written an order yet.

There is no writing of dragon flying and phoenix dance, Lu Zhe's handwriting is honestly not good-looking, and he finished writing a few orders and sealed them with lacquer.

Wei Han didn't come to urge anything, and he didn't have the guts, but the Jiangling guard Su Lie sent a letter.

One after another, Lu Zhe took Su Lie's letter and asked, "Is it an urgent military situation?" ”

Wei Han replied truthfully: "It's not Hongling's urgency. ”

That's not a 100,000 urgent military intelligence report, Lu Zhe is now thinking about whether the Baiyue people will attack in two months, or will they attack next year as Luo Shao said. He put aside the letter written by Su Lie for the time being, and waved his hand to let Wei Han do something.

Oh, Hongling urgent envoy is a branch of the army that only appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and now the Qin army urgently sends an order to a kind of fast horse, without a specific name.

It was a messenger carrying several horses and three small banners on the back. As the name suggests, in addition to the three small flags on their backs, the knights also have rooster feathers on their helmets, and since they are people who will only appear in a hurry, they are called Hongling Messengers.

"It is necessary to let the scouts go deeper into the ......" Lu Zhe stared at the map, thinking in his heart: "A little probing can find out the gathering situation of Baiyue, and it is not difficult to judge whether it will be attacked this year or delayed until next year." If it is to attack this autumn, then according to the original plan, it is only to capture Linyuan City and arrange fortifications around it. If you wait until next year to send troops to the Song Dynasty, you will directly send troops to capture the Qianzhong Mansion! ”

Lu Zhe still didn't believe Luo Shao, this guy was too cooperative after surrendering, which made it hard to believe. Furthermore, the ghost knows if Luo Shao is in the suspicious formation, saying so much just to induce Lu Zhe to divide his troops. If most of the troops are sent out, and then the Baiyue people counterattack, when Linyuan is lost, not only will the early results be in vain, but once Linyuan City is captured by Baiyue, those deep troops will be cut off.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhe rubbed his temples and couldn't help but think: "War is really a fierce war, and there is no room for a little difference." But...... That's really too tempting, if what Luo Shao said is true, wouldn't it be a pity not to attack and wait for the Baiyue people to react and increase the troops? "Clearly, he was stuck in a state of indecision.

For a long time, Lu Zhe clenched his fists and struck the long case hard: "Attack!" Be sure to attack! He took a deep breath, "However, how to attack still needs to have a set of plans, and at the same time, the troops that invaded Qianzhong County should be transferred over, and Mei Kai, Xu Zhi and others should also be dispatched." ”

Lu Zhe had a hunch that the invasion of Qianzhong County was smooth in the early stage, but waiting for the Baiyue people to react would definitely fight back desperately, and that was the beginning of the test.

"Hmm......? However, the grain and grass raised by Yi Hu Song was occupied, and he ......" Lu Zhe was stunned for a moment, his eyes looked at the letter from Su Lie, and his head was thinking about what Yi Song would react to, but his hand picked up Su Lie's letter and opened it, and after looking at it, his expression became a little stunned, and his tone was full of anger: "What does Yan Bi want to do!! (To be continued......)

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