From Chief to Ball

Qiongxi shook her head exhaustedly and said, "Don't worry, no. Just retreat slowly, and don't be too harsh on those slaves on the way."

Chapter 37 Dongyi Vibration ([-])

"The Dongyi people have retreated!"

In late July, dozens of Xiacheng riders on war horses proudly held the flag of Xiacheng and galloped among several cities near Dongyi.

Thousands of people in those anxious cities facing Dongyi's threat breathed a sigh of relief.Many people are dissatisfied with some of Xiacheng's methods, and even think that Xiacheng people are weird, but they know that Xiacheng people rarely lie.Since these Xiacheng people said that the Dongyi people had retreated, the city was considered safe.

The riders received great hospitality, and congratulations to Jixia were heard in every city for a while.

These riders not only had flags in their hands, but also a scroll of wooden slips. In fact, they could not fully recognize many characters on it, which already exceeded those necessary for Kaimeng, but there was a cut tone mark behind each character, and they also I recited it for a long time.

After drinking and eating, it is natural to read in front of everyone why the Dongyi people retreated. The riders unfolded the wooden slips and raised their heads and shouted: "Qionxi and Ji Xia have been fighting for several days. Countless bows and swords were abandoned, and Jixia sent cavalry to chase after them. They fired random arrows and shot several people. It was suspected that someone was shot and died.

Those who listened to the speech naturally believed it, because the person who read it was holding a wooden slip, which was full of words, and what was written in the words must be true.

There are quite a few people who are treated with pine wood, and there are at least a hundred people among the tribes of Dongyi.But after such a remark, the people who heard it subconsciously thought, could it be that the leader of Dongyi was shot to death?If it was Qiongxi who was shot to death, it would be a great thing.

It's a pity that the person who read it didn't know who died. People passed it on by word of mouth, and it changed after a long time. In addition, all kinds of intentional or unintentional rumors made these words even more likely to be recognized by the fabricator. not out.

Some said that the one who hit the arrow was Qiongxi's, and others said that according to the rules of Xiacheng, the person who shot Qiongxi to death was a great achievement, and he could be awarded a first-class title.Everyone then asked more about what a first-class noble is, and some people explained the system of Xiacheng again, which made people panic.

In fact... there are no lies on the wooden slips.Chen Jian indeed sent a small number of riders to follow him, and he did shoot arrows indiscriminately once, but it was just a formality, and then the riders were shot away by Dongyi's infantry archers.

It is true that it is true that someone is suspected of being hit by the arrow after a random shooting. It is impossible that no one was shot.

When the Dongyi people left, they did use oxen to support some things, but in fact they were all looted iron objects, columbine carts, plowshares, wheat seeds, etc. All clan leaders were forbidden to ride and could only walk. used to transport these items.As for the inner and outer coffins, they were nothing more than seized gunpowder, and they were stored in pine boxes to prevent moisture, because clay pots were fragile.

Rumors are sometimes not necessarily lies, but only part of the truth. The reason why this part of the truth has evolved into rumors is because people always like to interpret these things according to their best ideas, or perhaps to satisfy their own world. Heroic fantasy.

The cities near Dongyi celebrated for several days, and everyone who stayed in the city offered some corn as a gift to Xiacheng.

Even those relatives and nobles who were quite dissatisfied with Chen Jian had to prepare gifts at this time and transport them to Yucheng.By the end of July, Xiacheng's reputation had reached its peak among the cities near Dongyi, and the fact that Qiongxi was forced to retreat with the power of a single city also made some cities think differently.

There are many cities and clans everywhere, and it looks vast and boundless. In fact, in Chen Jian's previous life, the chassis of the entire Dahe tribe was only the size of one or two provinces, and most of them were enclaves, and each city existed independently. .

But since Chen Jian started to build Yucheng, the independence of the independent cities has disappeared a lot. Because of the large rivers and waterways, they are more connected with each other. Each city is no longer an isolated island, but like an island. A deformed body with blood vessels connected together, and each deformed independent body has a brain. Cutting the blood vessels may also survive, but it is definitely not as good as before.

Yucheng is located in the center of the city circle on the north bank of the Dahe River. It was just a small city before, but with the trade, it was gradually valued by the upstream cities.Now the fact that a single city has retreated the Dongyi soldiers has made those cities start to think about their future.

But the following news made the leaders of these cities breathe a sigh of relief, at least they don't have to make a decision now.They heard that Ji Xia led Xia's army eastwards and reached the city of Dongyi. They said that the Dongyi people robbed one of their relatives, so they wanted to rob two of them in revenge.

It is good to speak loudly and ambitiously, but this kind of combat method that spans hundreds of miles is not optimistic, so the issue of standing in line in the future can be put on hold for a while.

Basically, no one is optimistic about Chen Jian's next move, because this kind of warfare has not yet appeared in this era, and no one knows whether he can win.

While these people were watching, Chen Jian had already brought an army of nearly 4000 people to the foothold prepared by the Construction Department in the hinterland of Dongyi in advance.

After nearly two months of food transshipment, the accumulated food can ensure the food of the army for three months, which is about 150 million catties of various grains, and the ships are still transporting back and forth.

The selected foothold is about seven hundred miles away from Mo, and the selected place is on the north bank of the Dahe River.It is a tributary of the big river and the confluence of the big river. A low mound is about five miles away from the river bank, backed by the tributary of the big river, forming a natural commanding height.

The river and its tributaries formed a triangle, and the mound at the base of the triangle stretched for three miles.The place near the big river is a wetland swamp, which can be regarded as a natural barrier.

The hundreds of slaves captured by He, Ji Bo and others have been working here for a while, and some huts have been built with mud as warehouses, but the number is still not enough.

With the arrival of the army, the place gradually became lively. First, they built simple houses and latrines according to their respective teams, and then cut down a large number of trees and piled up wormwood to drive away the swarms of mosquitoes here. The swamp next to it was full of mosquitoes. In the best settlements, if there are many mosquitoes, it is easy to get sick. Chen Jian is very careful about this.

Some rescued relative slaves told Chen Jian that there is a city about two days' journey north from here, just upstream of the tributary.

And those black-clothed guards who explored the way in advance said that there would be a large Dongyi city two hundred miles down the river.

The city is too big to capture, and it is too far away from Yucheng to transport food and supplies. The chosen location is actually quite good.

After resting for a day, Chen Jian asked someone to dig the soil here, and found that the soil layer here is very thick and good fertile soil.

"The soil here is good, like pork fat."

Several Chinese people who had farmed the land praised it, and some high-ranking officers in the army looked at the dug up soil strangely, and asked in confusion: "Why is Jixia looking at the soil here? Could it be possible to plant land here? Stopping here, you don’t need to look at these things.”

Chapter 38 Dongyi Shock ([-])

The army rested for two days, and the scouts were sent out to check the surrounding terrain.

It will take a long time for Qiongxi's army to walk back on two legs, and Chen Jian is very confident about this.

With the strength of the organization of the Dongyi people and the captive slaves, it is difficult to return to the teacher within a month, and I have at least a month to toss about.

The people gathered here now, not counting the newly captured slaves, totaled [-].

There are 500 out-of-production soldiers who have been trained for more than a year under the control of the relatives and noble children of each city; Xiacheng recruited Chinese people and workshop workers to form the spear phalanx with more than [-] people, plus [-] Xiacheng's own soldiers. There are hundreds of non-combatants in the black-clothed guards who are out of production, as well as in the construction department, medical department, military squad, and propaganda department.

Without horses and chariots, Xia Jun's strength in field battles on flat ground plummeted.

The personal abilities of Xiacheng's archers are considered to be the weakest among all the cities. They can hold their ground by relying on the advantage of volley and projectile. Only those who are good at archery are those who have been trained off-duty, which is not enough to consume.

The spear phalanx is highly disciplined, but the spearmen who have lost their mobility cannot fight a battle of annihilation at all, and at most they will fight a battle of defeat.This is the land of Dongyi, and it is meaningless to defeat it.It is impossible for a single unit to win, unless Xiacheng's spear phalanx can quickly switch between columns and horizontal teams, but obviously not.

Moreover, many Spearmen are also on the battlefield for the first time. They are not afraid of death and have high discipline and morale, but they have not been tested in actual combat. Chen Jian knows that they need to experience real battlefields before they can become truly qualified soldiers, so they have to fight A few downwind battles boosted their confidence.

There is a city of the Dongyi people to the north, and there is also a city to the east. After two days of consideration, Chen Jian decided to attack the city in the east.

The city in the north sided with Qiongxi's elder brother after the death of the old leader of Dongyi. Things he can't do.

The city to the east is a big city, which is the marriage city of Qiongxi. The female leader of the city is one of Qiongxi's wives. The city is big enough, and it is easier to cause shocks in Dongyi.

There is also a jade mine downstream, which is an important source of jade for the Dongyi tribe. It is said that there are more than 3000 slaves working there, and many Dongyi people are stationed there to supervise the slaves' work.

Stirring up the enemy's internal affairs is not only a military issue, but also a political and diplomatic issue. What kind of policy to implement depends on how it is fought.

After confirming the direction of attack, Chen Jian asked Ji Bo to bring all the more than 300 elite black-clothed guards of Xiacheng to the vicinity of the city ahead of time, while he led the rest of the army to hide and go eastward, supplying supplies along the river, trying not to light fire.

The distance of two hundred miles is not too far. Chen Jian maneuvered along the banks of the big river. When the scouts found a village, they marched there and surrounded it on all sides to ensure that no one could run out and conceal their movements as much as possible.

After searching for three days, Chen Jian finally found an excellent battlefield.

It is about fifty miles away from Mucheng, next to a tributary of a big river, and on the west side is a low hill. There is a flat land between the hill and the river bank, but it is very narrow.

The hills are lush with trees, tall grass and deep forests, which is suitable for hiding the army.The tributary of the big river is not too wide, and it doesn't look too deep. It is a place suitable for breaking the enemy's morale.

The army hid in the nearby mountain depressions, and it was strictly forbidden to light fires. They only relied on the charcoal they carried to make fires and cook. They sent scouts ten miles away to closely monitor all movements in the vicinity.

Then Ji Bo brought more than 300 elite guards in black to the vicinity of the city called "Mou", and according to Chen Jian's request, they harassed the villages near the city.

After two days of harassment, they took advantage of the night to burn and chop down a large area of ​​corn that had grown so well near Moucheng.

It takes a lot of effort to plant a field, but it is much easier to destroy a field. More fields will be destroyed by 200 people in one night than those planted by thousands of people.