Chapter 1112 Stop Line
Li Yue finally stopped when he ran to Shicheng and took a breath.
The soldiers who were gathered in the water and land were only more than 10,000. Running too fast, most people probably got separated.
It's good that this is the case. Many of them are from the two counties of Brazil and Brazil, so they can go back to their hometowns by themselves.
Shicheng was once the governing place of Brazilian county. As for why Brazilian officials came here, of course, it was because the Li family defeated the officials and generals of Shu in the Jin Dynasty and could not escape from the army.
Shicheng is isolated on three sides, only the south side is facing the river, which is accessible - roughly located in Shibaozhai, Zhong County, Chongqing.
This terrain is difficult to attack on land, but the river surface is open. Fortunately, the navy is still able to fight now, although their morale is a bit low.
However, today the Navy left a large number of people, and a large number of army soldiers were also leaving with them.
At a later time, Li Yue sent people to count, and only more than 5,000 Lu Shishi was stationed in Shicheng. I couldn't stay there, and there were two thousand people in the city, and three thousand people lying on the south side to the river.
When the sun set, Li Yue went out of the city to patrol with hundreds of remaining personal soldiers, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
The more than 2,000 people living in the city have a complete system and relatively complete equipment, but these people outside the city are very poor.
The armor was basically lost, but now there are only the equipment left by the people who retreated first, so that they will not be unarmed.
But the morale was really low, and everyone was squatting or lying, with only the steaming steamer in their eyes, and it seemed as if nothing could impress them.
When Li Yue came to patrol, there were only a few people standing up. The others barely stood up after being scolded by the officer.
This major retreat will really damage the morale of the army. If you don’t make any corrections, you will not be able to return to the battlefield.
Li Yue sighed and said, "Kill the lonely war horse to satisfy the soldiers."
The personal soldiers were stunned for a moment, and saw that Li Yue was not joking, so they responded.
Li Yue swept around and said, "This battle is not a crime for the Lord and others. I have made a big mistake in the formation of troops. The court held accountable and took responsibility for it, and there was no need to deal with you."
After pausing, he said, "I have already reported to the court. In a few days, reinforcements will arrive in Brazil. No matter how arrogant the Liang thieves are, they dare not enter Shu without food and grass outside or guide inside. The situation is not at a critical moment. In the future, we should work together to guard Brazil and block the Liang thieves in Badong."
"The thieves have become bloodthirsty and have destroyed their human nature. If they are allowed to break into Shu, their wealth and family will be unsecured, and they will regret it too late."
"If you fight to the death and block the Liang thief, your family can live and work in peace and the court will also give you rewards. Which one is better or worse, you should carefully consider it."
After saying that, he looked at everyone with a slightly hopeful look.
Some people avoided his gaze, some people lowered their heads, thinking that they were not. Some people were still looking at the rice steamer, as if they only cared about when the rice was cooked.
Li Yue was slightly angry. However, he also knew that he could not lose his temper at this time. The reinforcements of the court had not arrived yet, so he had to rely on them to resist the situation. Otherwise, if the Liang people stepped into Shu in one step, everything would be over.
After the patrol patrol, Li Yue was no longer encouraging. That night, news came from the east: Liang thieves came out of Nanpu and rushed to Rangtu. More than a thousand defenders did not obey the orders and retreated toward Shicheng with hundreds of defeated soldiers who were rushing towards the direction of Shicheng - Rangtu, located in Wanzhou, Chongqing.
Li Yue was shocked, but he didn't reveal anything, and just silently calculated the next path in his heart.
There are fifty or sixty miles from Nanpu to the soil, and there are many mountains and it is not easy to walk.
There is a sandbank on the river outside the soil, called "hutan". There are dozens of naval ships stationed. There has been no report of the Liang army's naval forces attacking. In other words, even if the Liang army pursued, they could only transfer food and grass by land, and this was a limit.
Rongtu walked about 110 miles westward to reach the stone city where he is now stationed.
Don't worry!
Li Yue stayed in Shicheng for another two days with a calm and leisurely manner, gathering more than a thousand defeated soldiers before he went west with a "shishenran".
On the night of the fifteenth, the entire army arrived at Huanghuapu - located at the entrance of the Huanghua River. There is a sandbank named "Huanghuazhou", which is the Huanghua Island in Zhongxian County in the later generations.
On the 17th, he arrived in Linjiang County (now Zhong County, Chongqing). At this time, Li Yue received news again: Liang's troops arrived at Shicheng, and only a few dozen people climbed up the rock. A thousand defenders directly abandoned the city and headed south to Jiangpu, and fled on a boat.
Li Yue was so angry that he almost fainted. Your mother! Do you really don't want to guard it? Even if it's a little bit.
But now that things have come to this point, even he himself is very panicked, so how can he blame others?
That night, Li Yue led thousands of defeated soldiers across Huxutan and rushed southwest. Two days later, he arrived at Fengdu Mountain and the ancient city of Hanfengdu.
At this time, Chengdu urgently ordered the army: Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!
Li Yue then summoned the soldiers of the land and water, and combined more than 13,000 troops - more than a while ago - to station in this Taoist scenic spot, intending to fight to the death.
However, they did not wait for Liang Jun, because the latter was almost at the limit at this time.
Fu Hong's troops arrived at the empty Linjiang around 20 days.
As the Chengguo Navy sailed on the river, the navy commander Yang Bao sent dozens of ships to fight with him. Deputy Governor Huang He was injured. The navy was forced to retreat and avoided the rivers and streams near Shicheng, relying on the protection of the land division.
So, the front line is basically stagnant here.
From further forward, the food and grass I carried with me was not enough, and the land transportation was extremely long and consumed a lot. In addition, the surrounding people were unstable and they were not close to each other, so they could not raise grain on the spot. So they stopped their troops and turned to stabilize the rear.
Shao Shen’s main job is to search for defeated soldiers along the way, recruit the barbarian cave masters, so that they will not be in chaos.
After doing all this, they still need to build a naval camp in a suitable place, preferably a land-based water and water like Ruxuwu, that is, they can be used as an army camp and a naval port, and then build a large warehouse city to find ways to hoard all kinds of materials needed for 30,000 people to fight in a year.
This is not something I can imagine.
In the past, Liu Xiu destroyed Shu and recruited 60,000 people and more than 5,000 war horses. He gathered in Jingmen for two years.
Liu Bei entered Shu, but there were only more than 10,000 people, plus the thousands of soldiers and horses supported by Sun Quan, the total number was no more than 15,000. But Liu Bei fought a political war and could not be treated as a normal war, so Shao Shen felt that 30,000 people were more suitable to destroy the army. Of course, he did not know that Huan Wen and Huan had only brought more than 7,000 Jingzhou soldiers, so he dared to go against the current to attack and destroy the army. When the old man Huan was eager to make progress, his gambling nature was amazing.
On the 21st, Shao Shen arrived in Linjiang County in person.
The county officials had already fled, but only the local tyrants came to visit with fear. They were not the head of the family, but the nephews of the clan, obviously they came to find out the scenery.
Shao Shen knew the importance of it, so he rewarded fifty pieces of cloth and silk for those who came to visit, so that he could comfort him and let him be at peace with his own karma and not panic.
A few days later, these local tyrants came to work hard for a total of 10,000 hu of grain, a thousand gulps of pigs and sheep, and a hundred jars of wine.
Shao Shen accepted it one by one and showed his merits.
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On the eve of Shao Shen's arrival in Linjiang County, Shao Xun received the military newspaper for the great victory in Badong and made it public at the court meeting on the second day, and all the ministers congratulated him.
At this time, everyone saw the dawn of destruction. For a moment, undercurrents surged, and each was thinking about how to get benefits from it.
The family’s century-old plan depends on these subtle efforts.
After the court meeting ended, Shao Xun kept Yu Liang. "The Yuan Dynasty rules are remote in Shu, and they have always been easy to defend themselves and be at peace. Now I have finally knocked on this turtle shell. Once it is attacked and destroyed, it must be controlled by an important official." Shao Xun said while handing the edict to Yu Liang.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Yu Liang reached out to take it and looked roughly and it turned out to be a commendation edict.
Fu Hong was promoted to the level of General Lingjiang in the fourth rank;
Fu An was promoted to the level of General Lingjiang in the seventh rank;
Dou Yuzhen gave 200 pieces of silk and 100 people in the mouth;
Shan Ji, the second son of the prefect of Shangjun, was appointed as the seventh-rank deputy goalkeeper;
Lu Zhuchang, the eldest son of the prefect of Diaoyin, gave him hundreds of pieces of silk and fifty people to the altar;
...
The edict listed dozens of people, most of whom had no officials, but they were given rewards for money and property.
The spoils obtained by the soldiers who went to fight were distributed according to the military merits of each department, and the court did not collect them. The other person gave two pieces of silk and one piece of white linen, and five pieces of silk were given to the soldiers who died in battle, were sick and were injured and disabled.
The rewards are not very generous, but they are much better than the behavior of often lying on debts during the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties.
Besides, what if I don’t give me a reward? Do all the kings have to pay to move?
Yu Liang had no objection to this, and after reading it, he sealed it up and presented it to the imperial case.
Shao Xun asked the palace servant to take it away and hand it over to the Shizhong, and sent it to the Tai Pavilion. Then he looked at Yu Liang who was nervous and suddenly smiled, saying, "Yuangui, what kind of friendship do you and me have? Why do you need to do this? Tell me, what preparations are needed if it is destroyed?"
"Income." In this matter, Yu Liang and Shao Shen coincided with each other.
When the navy cannot gain an advantage, it can only hoard enough resources on the front line and send troops after they are fully prepared. "The resources are not a matter of one day or one night." Yu Liang said again: "It takes time to build a di Pavilion and arsenal, and some roads may also need to be repaired. During this period, the court cannot do nothing."
Shao Xun was very happy when he heard this. Liangzi had actually had no problem.
He could never see the problem and know where there are hidden dangers that need to be solved. This is a very good gaze. But he is too impatient and a little arrogant. He is prone to be very fond of merit and eventually makes things messy.
Rayko is also a strange person who can see the problem but does not have the right means to solve the problem.
This guy is more than enough to be a strategist, but it is not certain that he can get started with practical exercises. "What do you think you should do?" Shao Xun asked.
Yu Liang sorted out his thoughts and said, "I think I should contact the great clans in Shu."
"There are also disputes between local tourists in Chengguo. In the past, Li Te led more than 100,000 officials and civilians in the six counties of Tianshui, Lueyang, Fufeng, Shiping, Wudu and Yinping to the south to purge the counties, and there were Shu areas. For many years, Chengguo's Dukes, Ministers, Generals and Prime Ministers were newlyweds in the six counties, and there were very few old clans in Shu. In the past, they were afraid of the children of the six counties, so they dared not rebel. Now is different from the past. If Your Majesty treats the old clans in Shu well and grants official positions, then they will come and surrender."
Shao Xun did not comment after hearing this.
Yu Liang was shocked. Did I say something wrong?
Shao Xun stood up, walked behind Yu Liang, patted his shoulder, and said, "Yuangui, you are roughly right. But if you care for me directly, it is probably useless."
Yu Liang was puzzled at first, but suddenly a sudden light of inspiration appeared and said, "I know."
"What do you know?" Shao Xun said curiously.
"Your Majesty can order the King of Yan to marry the great tribes in Shu, so—"
"Yuan Rules!" Shao Xun sighed helplessly and said, "Your trick is not wrong, but using it rashly will only harm the Shu family in the heart who is looking for the court. Do you think this is a scholar from the south?"
After saying that, the iron sand palm patted Yu Liang's shoulder heavily and said, "It's like a battle to attack Liangzhou. You can only do this when the troops are close to Chengdu and the whole of Shu are shocked. The Shu family is indeed dissatisfied with the Li family, but are they really willing to surrender to me so easily? Think about it carefully. You still don't understand the thoughts of the old Wu and Shu clan."
Yu Liang was silent for a long time.
He seemed to understand a little. Your Majesty did not expect the great tribes in Shu to accept the title. As long as they were neutral at the critical moment and did not help each other, they would be satisfied.
According to this idea, it is indeed possible to do it, because the old tribes in Shu had turned against foreign military and political groups that were pressed on them.
The people in this place are quite closed. If you can fight, you will be separatist and independent. If you can't fight, you will surrender and continue to live, as long as you guarantee their interests.
Your Majesty has really seen through these people.
(This chapter ends)