Chapter 897 Countermeasures
In Jinyang at the end of April, the millet seedlings are green and the wheat is golden.
In the evening, Jin Zheng stayed in a small farmyard.
There were only two young couples and a five or six-year-old child in the hospital.
After preparing dinner for Kim Jong and his entourage, the family of three hid and tried to avoid contact with others.
After dinner, Jin Zheng sat in the courtyard and talked about the war with his most trusted aide, Zhen Pian.
Soon, the sound of horse hooves and conversations were heard outside the courtyard, and then a messenger was led in and took out a letter from his arms.
After Jin Zheng took it, he inspected it and asked, "Where are you from? What position do you hold?"
"Lü Cen, a member of the shogunate, came from Pingyang."
"Your surname is Lu, from Changguang?" After checking that it was correct, Jin Zheng took out the letter paper and read it.
"My father, Lu Ya, once fought with General Liu and General Jin."
"Oh? Son of Lieutenant Governor Lu Ya? Raise your head." Jin Zheng put down the letter and said.
Lu Cen raised his head and looked at Jin Zheng.
"It's somewhat similar." He said: "Since you are a loyal martyr, you will have your own destiny. Let's have a meal before leaving."
After saying that, Jin Zheng lowered his head to read the letter again.
Lu Cen slowly retreated, while Zhen Pian looked at Jin Zheng's face.
After a long time, Jin Zheng handed the letter to Zhen Pian and said: "The king rejected the plan to attack from Mayi."
Zhen Pian clapped his hands, and a clerk stepped forward and spread a silk map on the desk.
"Since the beginning of winter, the Yi Cong, Zhuosheng and Luoyan armies have repeatedly marched north from Mayi and harassed everywhere. The thieves have been beaten a lot, so they are naturally on guard." Zhen Pian said: "Several small tribes who heard that they surrendered were also beaten. After moving to Mayi, Helan Aitou paid closer attention, fearing that there would be no flaws. "
Jin Zheng stood up and frowned in thought.
Going north from Mayi, passing through a mountainous area, you can reach the vicinity of Shengle.
In terms of distance, it is much closer than going north from Pingcheng and then turning to the west.
"Where are the departments?" Jin Zheng asked.
Before Shao Xun arrived, all the troops and horses that had arrived were put under the control of Jin Zheng, who could live as a temporary commander.
"Liu Run's central cavalry has arrived at Yanmen, and the herders, cattle and sheep have just arrived at Xingxing." Zhen Pian replied immediately.
"Zuo Feilongwei has left Yanmen and is stationed in Yin Pavilion. However, only the combat troops have arrived, and the auxiliary troops are still rushing behind. They have just left Shangdang and have not yet reached Jinyang."
"The Youzhou Cavalry Governor is still passing through Guanjuejin, and the First Battalion of the Huangtou Army is also on the way."
"I'm afraid the Second and Third Battalions of the Yellow Head Army will have to wait for the Prince's Army, Silver Spear Middle Battalion, Zuo Xiao Cavalry Guard and other units to set out on the road together."
"The towns in Hebei will use the road to represent the country and travel westward, but they don't know where they are at this time."
He had another unit that he didn't mention, which was the Silver Spear Right Battalion, which was led by Jin Zheng himself and was nearby.
"General." Zhen Pian continued: "This expedition does not necessarily require risking one's life and fighting hard. After all, this battle is mainly about making the rope head surrender. With Pingcheng's mother and son here, things will be much easier. .”
Jin Zheng stood silently for a long time and nodded slowly.
Zhen Pian felt very relieved that General Jin finally listened to Jin's advice.
Jin Zheng suddenly turned around and looked at Zhen Pian.
Zhen Pian was puzzled, raised his hands and said: "General..."
"My father-in-law just said something wrong." Jin Zheng said with a smile.
"Please correct me, General."
"You are used to sorting out internal affairs and making suggestions, but you don't understand the heart of a warrior." Jin Zheng said: "If you tell them that this battle does not require risking their lives, they will relax and be careless, and they may suffer losses. That is what is behind. It’s not that easy to be nervous and go all out, and the enemy may not give you this opportunity. This is what I learned on the battlefield.”
After that, he laughed loudly and said: "Let's go to Mayi first. I am a great general of a big country, how can I serve the soldiers who went out to fight Banyu? I must go to the front line and see it in person before making a decision. Your Majesty has been in Pingyang for a long time. , he may not know the truth.”
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This year's winter has been exceptionally long, especially for herdsmen living in the mountains.
It was already April, and in some places the grass had broken through the ground and sprouted, and in some places there was still snow left in the shade.
Dou Qin jumped on his horse and climbed up the high slope, looking down into the distance.
Since the late autumn of last year, many tribes have come to this area, blocking key roads and guarding them to the death.
The effect was there, at least the Yi Cong, Zhuosheng and Luoyan armies of the Jin State were beaten so hard that they did not dare to disturb them at will.
But after a whole winter, all the tribes became a little disorganized, and there were suddenly more complaints.
Some people are hunting yellow sheep in the mountains.
Someone is catching an eagle on the cliff.
Someone is fishing by the river.
This moment made Dou Qin a little nervous, and it took him a while to endure it.
His men were also very angry and shouted to arrest those people.
Dou Qin was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "Be patient with them." Everyone was speechless, and Dou Qin's son Dou Yuzhen was so angry that he galloped out and disappeared down the hillside.
After a while, he came back again, with another person lying across the saddle.
After stopping the horse, he threw the man to the ground and cursed: "Tell me, grandpa, why didn't you guard the crossing and chase the yellow sheep?"
The man was hurt by the fall and grinned on the ground. Hearing Dou Yuzhen's words, he was not afraid at all. He stiffened his neck and said, "We were grazing on the river beach. The spring water there is sweet and cool, and the horses like it. The grass grows tall and tall. Beautiful, the cattle and sheep got fat and strong, and they were suddenly brought here. It was okay at first, but after the heavy snow closed the mountains, there was nothing.”
"The elders in the tribe died one after another. The babies were crying from hunger, but the women did not have enough milk to feed them. The minister promised to send us food, cattle and sheep, but in the end he reneged. He said that the losses in other places were too great and there were no cattle and sheep to supplement them. .”
"What does it matter to us when others are defeated? We were grazing in Hexi, but he forced us to come over to fight. As a result, the battles were one after another and never stopped. Who would leave without permission if they were not extremely hungry? Duty? ”
"You arrested one of me today, who should you arrest tomorrow? At the end of the arrest, everyone ran to surrender to Shi Yiqiang."
"Shi Yijian is the son of Concubine Yu Lu, and his bloodline is not nobler than that of Yihuai? Is it wrong to take refuge in him? No, it is not wrong at all! Being loyal to a descendant of the Tuoba family with noble bloodline does not violate the oath."
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His words left everyone speechless.
Dou Qin looked up at the sky.
After a while, he looked at his son and said, "I told you to be patient with them. Do you understand what I mean now? Let him go."
Dou Yuzhen was a little discouraged, so he untied the rope from the prisoner, kicked him, and said, "Let's go."
The prisoner was a little surprised and hurriedly left. Just when he was about to disappear from everyone's sight, he couldn't help but look back and said, "I admire you for your ability to distinguish right from wrong. I just want to remind you that since the beginning of winter, Yu Lv Ke Dun has sent many people Dive into the mountains, Winning over all the ministries. As I said, Shi Yiqian has noble blood, so he is naturally better at commanding all parties than Yi Huai. He is already seven years old this year, and will be able to get married and take charge of the government in another six years. Those who want to join him. There are plenty of them.”
Dou Qin paused, said nothing, and rode away.
His followers chased him one after another.
At that time, the leader of the Hedouling tribe advocated righteousness, but he only opposed Qi's mother and son and avenged Tuoba Yulu.
Qi's mother and son were finally defeated by Wang's mother and son, which was regarded as revenge for them.
Tuoba Shiyiqian is also of Yulu bloodline. Is it really necessary to fight him to death?
Dou Qin sighed.
A year ago, he would never have thought about this issue.
But a year later, he was willing to seriously consider what had changed?
When they returned to the tribe, a scout came to report that many Jin reinforcements had arrived in Mayi, and their number was unknown.
As soon as the news came out, everyone was in an uproar.
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Shi Le boarded the Papaya Plain again and quietly watched a small boat crossing the Yellow River and slowly arriving at the west bank.
Not long after, Shi Hu personally led the scouts to the plateau.
Shi Le was sitting on a stone with a golden sword, so he said kindly: "Let him eat some meat and drink some wine first."
The soldiers brought wine and meat.
The scout bowed to express his thanks, and then, without any courtesy, he grabbed the wine and meat and ate it.
Shi Le kept looking at the other side of the river.
Before last year, there was almost nothing on the other side of the river except endless forests.
But it's different now.
The Shao thief established a county there, called "Baode County", under the jurisdiction of Kelan County.
The Kong family of Wei County was assigned to this area, with a total of thousands of people, to cultivate wasteland on the flat land beside the river.
Shi Le had heard about this family.
When he occupied Yecheng, Kong sent his children to the Junzi camp to work for him.
After Yecheng was lost, everything came to an end. Unexpectedly, Kong actually offended Shao Thief and was sent to Baode far away, but he didn't know if there was a chance.
"Your Majesty, Kelan is indeed recruiting cattle, sheep and miscellaneous animals for military supplies..." The scout finished eating quickly and began to report carefully the news he had spied on.
Shi Le sat up straight and listened carefully, interrupting the scout from time to time to ask him to repeat himself or ask for details repeatedly.
After a long time, he rewarded the scout with a few sheepskins and ordered him to go.
"Uncle, the Shao thieves have been inactive for a year. They should want to attack Helan Aitou and Tuoba Yihuai," Shi Hu said.
"You say he wants to fight Shengle, but I think he wants to fight Chang'an." Shi Le said as he stood up and clapped his legs.
"So risky?" Shi Hu was startled and said.
"Is it difficult to think of taking Henan first and then going south to Guanzhong?" Shi Le asked back: "How did the Huns go south during the Han Dynasty? Just do it."
Naturally, the strong and brave men of the Huns fought in front, and the old and weak followed with cattle, sheep and horses. If they could grab food on the road, they would eat the Han people's food. If they couldn't grab it, they would rely on grazing for supplies. This was their usual fighting pattern.
If the Huns can do it, can the Shao thief not be able to do it?
If the Shao thief really took over Henan, he would dare to set up a golden tent in the middle of the grassland, ask each tribe to donate livestock, and send people to help him graze. The soldiers would mount their war horses, carry their bows and knives, day after day, Like the Xiongnu invaders, they harassed Chang'an.
After dealing with Shao Thief for a long time, Shi Le really thought he would do this.
This person has never stuck to one pattern. He will use whatever is useful. It doesn't matter whether you are a fool or a Han, as long as it is useful, he is very pragmatic.
"Shao Thief——" After Shi Le said these two words, he clenched his fists slightly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Fly to report to Chang'an. He Lan Aitou must be assisted in this battle, otherwise he will die sooner or later."
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