Chapter 789: Ideal Abacus
Everyone is working hard to survive.
Kou Wenhai certainly wouldn't feel that he had done something wrong.
In his cognition, the interests of the family are of course higher than anything else.
Only when the interests of the country are highly coincidental with the interests of the family, they will spare no effort to work hard and strive for the country. This is a matter of one and two, two and one.
Just like when Kou Zhong was still there.
When Kou Zhong planned to overthrow Prince Zemin and Princess Qingqiu, he still had his head on his belt.
That time, the family fought to the death, and gave the Kou family a highlight for decades.
Kou Zhong died in Luoyang. The previously suppressed forces counterattacked, and the court turned a blind eye. At this time, the interests of the court and the Kou family were naturally inconsistent. Therefore, Kou Wenhai led the Chu people to invade without any psychological pressure. Back then, Lin Yunqi led his troops to get the three counties of Xia Pengcheng, Donghai and Langjia in one fell swoop under Kou Wenhai's internal response.
This is also the last highlight moment of Chu State under Jiang Qian's rule.
Now that the State of Chu is about to be finished, the whole land is about to fall into the hands of Li Dachu, the enemy of the Kou family, and it is reasonable for Kou Wenhai to jump again.
You can't wait to die.
Chang Lei's situation is completely different.
As a left-behind Dongdu and Duke of Wei, Chang Lei is now idle, but he actually has no life or death considerations.
Linghu Ye won. As the general with the most powerful military achievements under Linghu Ye, he naturally could have endless wealth and glory.
On the contrary, if Li Daechui wins, because the main body of the Chang family defected to Li Daechui, the Chang family will always have great power and high status, and it is still inevitable that Chang Lei's glory and wealth will be indispensable. Even if he cannot be proud of the court, there is no problem to be a rich and idle man.
But for a person like Chang Lei, a real man cannot be without power for a day.
When you have tasted the taste of power, you will never want to give up on it again. If you still have a chance, you will try to take a try and see if you can leave it for a longer time.
So Chang Lei painstakingly carried out this raid.
Chang Lei definitely doesn't want to be a dish on the table, he hopes he has the right to negotiate.
If you want to sit at the negotiating table, you must have strong strength.
Once this raid is successful, no matter whether Linghu Ye and Li Daechui win in the next decisive battle, he, Chang Lei, will have the right to talk to the victorious party after the end of this decisive battle.
This is Chang Lei’s plan.
Linghu Ye won. With his outstanding military achievements in entering the pass earlier, coupled with the southeast territory that has been defeated at a very small price, it is obvious that a Duke of Wei could not repay him for his outstanding achievements.
Li Daechui won. If you want to end the war earlier and restore peace to the world, everyone has to sit down and have a good talk. With the Chang family responding to Li Daechui, you will definitely not suffer any loss.
It is the same for the fact that the Chang Xin family came to contact him. The Chang family also needs a person with real power in the army.
The only way the two sides want to get this is different. Chang Xin thought that Chang Lei would directly rebel, surrender to Li Dachui, and stab Linghu Ye with his back. However, Chang Lei was preparing to take a large piece of land from Chu State and use this as a basis to negotiate with Li Dachui.
The back-stinging thing will make Chang Lei bear moral debt, and using this method will be open and unreproachable.
For Changlei, fame and fortune can be taken from straightforward, and never sought from crooked. He easily captured Huaiyang County, and then took down Pengcheng again without any effort. With the response of the Kou family in Pengcheng, Chang Lei acted more quickly, throwing the infantry to Kou Wenhai, and he himself left 5,000 iron cavalry in his headquarters. In addition, a thousand core elites of the Kou family, he rushed straight into Donghai County. After the Qin family was destroyed, the local powerful forces collapsed, and the county soldiers were extremely weak. Facing Chang Lei's whirlwind war, there was no way to face the Chu County garrison. Zhang Shi, the magistrate of Chu State stationed in Donghai County, dispersed all the warehouses and deposited the silver as a reward, and recruited young and strong people to defend the city. He only persisted in Chang Lei's attack with a thunderbolt lightning for a day before the city was broken.
Zhang Shi was killed and the East China Sea fell.
In just less than a month, Chang Lei led Huaiyang County, Pengcheng and Donghai County. The 5,000 cavalry at the time of the expedition had expanded to 8,000 cavalry and more than 50,000 infantrymen.
Chang Lei's method of gathering troops is very simple.
It is the trick that replicates the Shijiazhuang, Huai'an County.
Detain the families and relatives of local tyrants, and then coerce these local tyrants to lead the elite men of their families to join his army. With the relatives of these people as their tyrants, Chang Lei was not afraid of them being rebellious.
At this time, the blitzkrieg was finally coming to an end, and everyone who should react was reacted, and Chang Lei’s ultimate goal at this time was finally revealed.
He didn't want to hit Xiangyang at all, and of course he didn't want to hit Ruyin at all.
After taking down Pengcheng and Donghai County, his target was Zhongli County, and next door to Zhongli County was Danyang City, the capital of Chu.
If he really wants to let his troops come to Danyang City, it will be a big fun.
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So when Chang Lei went to three places in a row and then Pengcheng began to reorganize the army, Danyang City also began to actively reorganize the army and prepare for war.
Lin Yunqi, who returned to Danyang by Jiang Qian's order, formed a temporary ruling alliance with Xiong Yi, Zhou Zheng and Zhu Chi. Xiong Yi was responsible for balancing the interests of all parties and appeaseing the forces in Chu. Zhou Zheng was in charge of the administration and allocating resources and local governance in various places. Zhu Chi was responsible for suppressing bandits and collecting taxes, food and wages in various places under his jurisdiction, while Lin Yunqi was responsible for fighting against foreign wars.
Zhongli County must not be lost.
When Chang Lei conquered Donghai County, Lin Yunqi himself went directly to Zhongli County, and the two teams that accompanied him were Qinglong Brigade and Baihu Brigade. Together with Lin Yunqi's personal soldiers, a total of 3,000 cavalrymen, and cooperated with the original 5,000 county soldiers of Zhongli County, preparing to defend Zhongli County to the death.
The Fang Xiaomao's troops stationed in Ruyin County will also go forward to echo Zhongli County.
If Chang Lei wants to fight Zhongli County, he must first eliminate these two forces. Whether it is Lin Yunqi or Fang Xiaomao, it is obviously not the weaklings that Chang Lei encountered before.
The dividends brought by the raid have ended, and the next step is the real tough battle.
This is also because Chang Lei wants to reorganize his army in Pengcheng.
You don’t need to use your brain to beat a weak chicken, but when dealing with a real strong enemy, you must face and respect the other party from the bottom of your heart.
At this time, both sides are not strong, and they each have their own weaknesses, but it is precisely because of this that they seem evenly matched.
Chang Lei had no reinforcements because Linghu Ye was preparing to rush with Li Dahui, and every trace of power would not be abused. He didn't even know that Chang Lei would play so much.
While Jiang Qian's main force was restrained by Na Wei from Liyang County. If Na Wei is not defeated, it would be impossible to divide the troops.
And this is Chang Lei's only chance.
If Na Wei couldn't hold on and collapse and Jiang Qian's troops freed up their hands, Chang Lei's wishful thinking would not be able to make it.
(This chapter ends)