Chapter 398 Picking up soap
In May of the third year of Jianxing, Li Hui, the governor of Nanzhong, took advantage of Meng Huo's troops to go north to aid Gaoding. He took advantage of the local people and took the mountain path to bypass the eyes and ears of the Yizhou rebels and raided the gate of Yizhou. Wei County.
The rebels were caught off guard and Wei County fell.
At this time, Meng Huo had just walked halfway when he received the news. He was in great confusion and hurriedly summoned Yong Kai and others, who were also the leaders of the rebels, to come to the tent for discussion.
Not far to the north of Wei County is Yong Kai's hometown, Tangyi County. As soon as Yong Kai heard that his hometown was in danger, he immediately suggested returning to the army immediately.
But Qu Eshun, the Gaoding tribe who came to meet the Yizhou rebels, disagreed, and the two quarreled directly in the tent.
"Weixian County is the gateway to Yizhou County. Now that the door is wide open, the Han army may directly enter Yizhou County at any time, and it can also cut off our retreat. If we don't deal with the Han army in Wei County first, we will only be attacked from both sides. , even if you want to retreat, it’s too late!”
Yongkai said to Eshun with a red face, "No matter what, it is only right to ensure the safety of the way back."
“Can’t retreat!”
E Shun is nine feet long and has a ferocious face. He was originally a tribe of Gaoding, the king of Yi in Yueyi, and he was a Yi. Because of his extraordinary bravery, he was highly valued by Gaoding.
He didn't understand any big truth. He only knew that King Yi was being attacked by the Han people and the situation was very critical. If the person in front of him returned to Yizhou County, what would King Yi do?
It is a pity that although he is very powerful, when it comes to talking, as a Yi, how can he compare to Yong Kai, who came from a wealthy family in Yizhou?
Seeing Yong Kai's reasons for retreating on the left and the reasons for retreating on the right, he couldn't refute a single word, and he immediately became anxious.
In addition, the weather was hot and people were very angry. So when he saw that Yong Kai was determined to take the men and horses back, E Shun immediately took out his saber, slashed it on the desk, and shouted, "No one is allowed to retreat! You guys are not allowed to retreat!" What will happen to my king if he retreats?"
Yong Kai was originally the initiator of rebellion against the Han in Nanzhong, but now he only has the smallest territory of influence. In any case, he can be regarded as one of the leaders.
I didn’t expect that even a piece of Haute Couture would dare to yell at him like this. I was really shocked and angry.
It’s just that Yong Kai knew that Eshun was very brave and a reckless man.
At this time, seeing that he even dared to draw the knife, I was really afraid that he would chop me down. I was so timid that I had to hide this resentment in my heart for the time being.
Meng Huoben, who was sitting on top, was hesitating whether to return or move forward. Hearing Eshun say such words, he was very unhappy at the moment.
So he snorted and shouted, "Your king is a king, am I not a king? Who do you think you are, you want to give me an order?"
Eshun was a reckless man with an upright mind. When he heard Meng Huo say these words, he realized that he had said the wrong thing and said quickly, "I'm sorry, King Meng, the villain didn't mean that. The villain just..."
"That's not what you mean, so what do you mean? You've even drawn your sword. Judging from what you mean, if we want to retreat, are you going to use swords against us?"
Seeing that Meng Huo finally spoke, Yong Kai quickly added, "We are not saying we won't save them, we just want to take back Wei County first and secure our way out later."
But he was thinking bitterly in his heart, after I brought the troops back to Yizhou, do you still want me to lead the troops out again? Get lost!
One was determined to retreat, while the other insisted on pulling people to rescue, but Meng Huo, who could make the decision, was hesitant, so this argument was destined to end badly.
Seeing Yong Kai and E Shun glare at each other and then leave the tent, Meng Huo couldn't help but feel a headache. At the same time, his eyes looking at Yong Kai's back became a little gloomy.
The reason why I was willing to respond to Yong Kai and raise troops to fight against the Han Dynasty was because Yong Kai was the successor of Yong Chi, the Marquis of Shifang of the former Han Dynasty.
Think of Shifang Hou Yongchi, who first followed the great ancestor Liu Bang to rebel against the Qin Dynasty. As a minister, he looked down on his master. Later, after betraying Liu Bang, he framed him repeatedly, causing Liu Bang to almost lose his life.
He was the most hated figure by Liu Bang. Not only was he able to become a prince after the founding of the Han Dynasty, he was also able to die a good death. He was truly an extraordinary figure.
I thought that the descendants of such people should be somewhat capable no matter what.
That's why I listened to his orders, but persuaded the various cave masters and barbarians to rebel against the big man.
I thought that under the call of this person, everyone would work together, not only to attack Jincheng, but also to defend Nanzhong. It would be good to learn from Zhao Tuo of South Vietnam and become a local emperor behind closed doors. .
Unexpectedly, the subsequent development of events showed that this person was just a useless person who could only rely on the family reputation accumulated by the Yong family for hundreds of years.
With their own support, the Yong family has such a great reputation, and has obtained the status granted by Soochow. They lead troops to attack Yongchang, which has cut off foreign aid, but they still retreat in defeat. What are they, if not useless?
The Wangs and his wife of Yongchang County defeated Yong Kai. The morale of the soldiers and people in the county was greatly boosted. It would not be that easy to defeat him again.
Li Hui in the north of Yizhou is another great figure. He guards Pingyi County. He is really like a stone, stuck between the three counties, and the three counties are involved and do not dare to act rashly.
The south cannot go to Yongchang, and the north cannot conquer Pingyi. In addition, the reputation of "Queen Yongchi" has been shattered, and the appeal has been lost. All the people in the south and central have become independent.
Sigh, if you had known that Yong Kai was such a nameless person, why would you have followed the big man and rebelled against him?
This kind of thing has just begun, but it can only go all the way, there is no way back.
After all, not everyone is like Emperor Gaozu, and not everyone is as lucky as Shifang Hou Yongchi.
At the same time, he couldn't help but regret the arrangements he made before setting off.
I originally thought that the Dianchi Lake was the top priority, so I asked my clan brother Meng Yan to move to the Dianchi Lake, and then sent another confidant to Showei County. However, I forgot that the Han people are extremely cunning and cunning, and my own people are all straight-headed people. , how can you compete with high-ranking Han officials like Li Hui?
It would be great if the clan brothers had been allowed to guard Wei County. With his strategy, he would definitely be able to keep Wei County safe and sound.
The more Meng Huo thought about it, the darker his face became.
Yue Jun, Beishui.
Guan Xing took several steps with him and climbed up to stand on a hill. He used his eyesight to look at Beishui City carefully.
Buqu carefully held up his shield and placed it on both sides to protect him in case someone shot cold arrows from the opposite city.
I saw that the city gate on the opposite side was closed tightly, and there were faint human heads shaking on the city wall, and white light shone from time to time. It seemed that the other side's guards were stepping up their patrols.
“Have you seen any enemy reinforcements entering the city these days?”
Guan Xing asked.
“Back to the general, I haven’t seen him for several days.”
Someone replied.
After hearing this, Guan Xing had a smile on his face, "It seems that Haute Couture has gathered the people."
The Prime Minister marched slowly along the way. Many people in the army did not know what he meant. They only knew that the troops must be quick and fast. They all wanted to defeat Couture before it was ready, so they all advised the Prime Minister to march quickly.
Little did he know that the prime minister was using it against the art of war.
Gaoding was the Yi king of Yuejun, and the Yi people were different from the Han people.
Normally, the Yi people have their own hilltop villages of different sizes. Each mountain and village has its own cave master, scattered among the mountains and deep forests.
Because Gaoding has the greatest power and prestige, all the Yishuai cave masters obey his orders.
If you rush to defeat Gaoding, the remaining large and small Yishuai Cave Masters will inevitably rely on dangers and obstacles. How difficult is it to conquer them one by one?
Now the Prime Minister deliberately marched slowly to give Gaoding time to gather the Yishuai Cave Masters together and destroy them in one fell swoop. It will save a lot of trouble for the future Yuejun Prefects to govern.
This hilltop is not too far from Beishui City. Guan Xing and his group stood there so boldly, which naturally attracted the attention of the people on the top of the city.
I saw someone sticking his head out from the crenel, and then retracting. After a while, someone was setting up a bow and arrow, pointing directly this way.
“General, be careful.”
Buqu shouted quickly and was about to use a shield to block Guan Xing's front.
“Don’t worry, it will take at least ten steps before he can hit you.”
After a while, a sound was heard piercing the air, and a bow and arrow flew straight towards it, landing almost ten steps in front of Guan Xing.
Guan Xing snorted. There was naturally a reason why he chose this place to observe.
In the past month, he had already figured out how many masters of arrows there were in the city, and how far they could shoot. Standing on this hillock, it is exactly the limit distance for archers in the city.
Gao Ding is now hiding in the city and does not dare to come out. He can only watch him observe the city openly and openly, which will at least take a hit on the morale of the city.
When marching and fighting, as long as it is a method that can attack the enemy, no matter how big or small, it is natural to try to do it as well as possible.
After walking around Beishui City and carefully observing the opponent's situation, Guan Xing returned to the camp and went straight to the commander's tent to report the situation.
Unexpectedly, when he entered the tent, he saw that all the generals were gathered inside, and everyone had a happy face.
Seeing Guan Xing come in, the prime minister, who was sitting in the middle tent, smiled and said, "I was just thinking about sending people to find An Guo, but I didn't expect that you came by chance."
"The general came back from exploring the enemy's situation and met the prime minister."
Guan Xing quickly clasped his fists and saluted.
“Have you found anything since Anguo left here?”
Zhuge Liang asked.
“When I returned to the prime minister, it was no different from the previous days. The general even went around the back of the city and found the woodcutter in the mountains. After asking, he learned that there had been no troops entering Beishui City for several days.”
"good."
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he nodded appreciatively and said, "If it is true as you said, then you have done something first."
At the same time, he was also very satisfied with Guan Xing in his heart. Not to mention anything else, just what he said just now clearly showed that he already knew his plan, which was also rare among the generals in the army.
With this thought in mind, he looked around at the generals in the tent and said slowly, "Everyone, I just came from Pingyi to report that General Ma has defeated Zhu Bao and pacified Zoke County."
When Guan Xing heard this, he felt happy. No wonder everyone was so happy.
But he didn’t know that Zhuge Liang had even more exciting news to tell him.
“What! Governor Li has already captured Wei County?”
Feng Yong was looking at the soap that had been dried for several days, and wanted to test the decontamination effect of this suspected soap. Unexpectedly, Li Yi suddenly rushed to the yard with someone and told him the breaking news.
"Yes, my lord took advantage of Meng Huo's march north to aid Gaoding, so he led his troops around the mountain path and suddenly appeared under the city of Wei County. The barbarian soldiers in the city were caught off guard, and my lord captured Wei County in one fell swoop."
Li Yi looked happy, "Now I'm sending someone here to tell my brother that there are many barbarians surrendering prisoners in Wei County, and I want my brother to send some people to take care of them."
There was a "blop" sound, and the soap in Feng Yong's hand fell to the ground.
"How come Governor Li is looking for me? Is there no one in charge in the Governor's Mansion in Pingyi County?"
"Brother, you are the captain of Diannong School in Yizhou! Who can be bigger than you in Pingyi County now?"
Li Yi said seriously, and then he came over and whispered, "Before the Prime Minister's expedition to the south, didn't he ask my brother to find a way to make the people of Nanzhong content with production? My brother thought of a way to colonize Nanzhong, so these Wouldn’t the labor just come in handy?”
“Brother, if we don’t hurry up and find laborers now, when the prime minister pacifies Nanzhong, there will be no excuse to find laborers in Nanzhong.”
Feng Yong's tiger...his little body was shaken, and he squatted straight down, without bending down, and picked up the soap directly.
“Does Governor Li know what we are going to do?”
"Oh my good brother, even His Majesty is involved in such a big thing, how could the Prime Minister not know about it? If the Prime Minister knows about it, how can he not let the Governor Nanzhong know about it?"
“Oh, I’m confused.”
Feng Yong suppressed the shock in his heart and thought that Li Hui could become the commander-in-chief of Nanzhong. He really had a thick face and a dark heart!
Seeing that Nanzhong is about to be pacified, it will not be as convenient as before to find labor in Nanzhong. The most you can do is go to the barbarian villages hidden in the mountains and old forests.
But the cost is too high.
Because Nanzhong is still a barbaric place where wild beasts and humans coexist, and it has a world-famous miasma, so let alone whether it can be found, even if it can be found, the casualties will still be high.
So taking advantage of the great righteousness of quelling the chaos, he directly transformed the prisoners of war into laborers - this was the last labor carnival in Nanzhong, so he wanted to eat a lot at this last moment.
“Prime Minister…”
Feng Yonggang said two words, but then paused.
Li Hui is Zhuge Lao Yao's core supporter, how could Zhuge Lao Yao not know this?
Damn it, maybe this was Zhuge Lao Yao’s idea!
The more Feng Yong thought about it, the more he felt it was possible.
Thinking about the records in the history books, after pacifying Nanzhong, Zhuge Laoyao moved more than 10,000 Nanzhong soldiers and Qingqiang to Shu, formed a flying army without power, and even sold people to the big families in Shu. Made a serious profit.
Of course, what is written in the book may be more pleasant, saying that it persuaded the wealthy people in Shu to donate money and food and buy the barbarians as tribesmen.
What the hell…
They used money and food from the big families in Shu to appease the Yi people, but the Yi people were not grateful to them, but to the old demon Zhuge.
This old demon Zhuge was drawing blood from the big clans in Sichuan while winning the hearts and minds of the Yi people. He also mixed sand into the territory of the big clans in Sichuan and even made a fortune.
Anyway, if Feng Yong himself was played by Zhuge Lao Yao like this, he would definitely feel as disgusting as eating shit.
“Little brother, please make a decision quickly.”
Li Yi added a little anxiously, "My lord, after taking Wei County, he took the troops and went straight to Dian Lake. Only a small number of people were left to look after Wei County. If time passes, there may be changes!"
With a "bang" sound, the soap in Feng Yong's hand fell to the ground again.
“Brother, your soap has fallen off.”
Yang Wanwan reminded him and bent down to pick up the soap.
(End of this chapter)