Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Ten thousand elites from the Jing family raided this place. Originally, there were more than 3000 Han defenders in the city, which was more than enough to defend the city. Cai Ling of the Han Dynasty and the captain of the Han Dynasty who controlled the army were killed.

After the lack of two military and political officers, the remaining Han army was leaderless and was killed and scattered.

That night, Jingyang entered Xiacai City with Qu Feng.

Looking at Xiacai City in front of him, Jingyang was triumphant, and said to Qu Feng: "Qu Qing, how are you?

The old man's strategy is still very useful, right? "

When talking, Jingyang didn't forget to glance at Zhaozhong on the other side, Zhaozhong stared at Xia Caicheng expressionlessly, and didn't respond to Jingyang's words at all.

They were no longer allies after all.

Qu Feng nodded in praise and said: "The great Sima's strategy is indeed brilliant, he pretended that the large army had just set off, but in fact he sent troops and horses ahead of time to attack Xiacai City, so that the Han people did not prevent it at all.

Now that the victory of Xiacai City is passed back, the king must be happier. "

Jingyang laughed loudly and said: "Of course the king will be happy. After all, his subordinates have always been a group of useless waste. It's a pity that this group of waste has stolen high positions, even more important than the old man's official position." Gao, it's really ridiculous."

When Jingyang spoke, Zhaozhong's expression suddenly became more gloomy.

In the state of Chu, there are actually only two people with higher official positions than Jingyang, one is Ling Yin and Li Yuan, and the other is Zhao Zhong.

Now that Li Yuan is not here, that fool also knows that Jingyang is talking about Zhaozhong.

Zhao Zhong took a deep breath, snorted heavily, and left directly with his subordinates.

Jingyang watched Zhaozhong leave, the corner of his mouth twitched, he let out a huff, and said to Qu Feng: "Look, telling the truth these days is always easy to arouse the anger of others."

Qu Feng was a little helpless, and said to Jingyang: "Da Sima, why do you have to provoke him?

Now that the enemy is at hand, let's cooperate first. "

Jingyang laughed, and said to Qu Feng: "I'm not provoking him on purpose, I want to let him know that sooner or later, Da Chu's Ling Yin will be my position, and Zhao Zhong is not qualified to compete at all! "

When Jingyang said this, a kind of light called flames shone in his eyes.

Once upon a time, Ling Yin was in the pocket of the Jing family and the Zhao family, but since the rise of Lord Chunshen, this made Yin's position fall from the sidelines.

After finally finding an opportunity to drive Chun Shenjun away, unexpectedly another Li Yuan popped up to pick peaches.

After thinking about it, Jingyang felt that it must be because his contribution was not great enough.

As long as he can successfully resist Zhao Kuo this time, it should be absolutely fine!Of course Jingyang also knows that it is extremely difficult to block Zhao Kuo's offensive, but also because of this, when Jingyang can really block Zhao Kuo's offensive, it is also a great contribution!With this great credit, Jingyang can directly pull Li Yuan's puppet-like trash from Ling Yin's position, and then sit on it by himself!Thinking of this, Jingyang couldn't help smiling.

Seeing Jingyang's changing expression, Qu Feng could more or less guess what Jingyang was thinking, and couldn't help shaking his head secretly.

In Qu Feng's view, Zhao Kuo hasn't even arrived yet, and the two main and deputy generals, Jing Jing and Zhao Zhong, have already become like this. Once Zhao Kuo comes, will this still work?

Qu Feng raised his head and glanced at the sky that had begun to gradually darken.

I always feel that this is the harbinger of Chu's fate!Shouchun City is not far from Xiacai, so the King of Chu soon learned that Xiacai City had been captured by the Chu army.

After knowing the news, King Chu was also overjoyed.

"Okay, that's great, Jingyang Da Sima is indeed the most outstanding general of our Great Chu, and he won the victory as soon as he sent troops!"

Not only the King of Chu, but other ministers of the Chu State also breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news, blurting out all kinds of compliments as if they were free of money.

"Jingyang Da Sima really deserves to be the pillar of the country!"

"It seems that Zhao Kuo's conspiracy to harass our Great Chu this time is impossible to succeed in the end!"

Amidst the cheers and praises, Yin Liyuan, Ling of Chu State, did not speak, but sat there quietly, thoughtful.

An hour later, when he returned to Li Yuan in the mansion, someone called Li Si over again.

Li Si had been under house arrest in Li Yuan for several days, but Li Yuan did not treat him badly, entertained him with good wine and good food every day, and sent two extremely beautiful maids to warm Li Si's bed.

So now Li Si looked like he was in high spirits, with a red face.

Li Si smiled at Li Yuan, "What's the matter, Brother Li Yuan, could there be some new battle situation?"

Li Yuan nodded slightly, and said calmly: "Brother Li Si, your Han army just suffered a defeat?"

Li Si was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing: "Brother Li Yuan, the timing of your jokes is always so unexpected."

Li Yuan snorted and said: "I'm not joking, isn't Xiacai City your Han country?

Now it has been occupied by Jingyang Da Sima and his army. "

Li Si's laughter became louder and louder: "I thought it was something, so it's just a small town close to Shouchun?

Why, Brother Li Yuan doesn't really think that after the Chu State occupies this city, it will be able to stop our king's heavenly soldiers, right? "

Li Yuan was also stunned.

Li Yuan suddenly realized that what Li Si said was really true.

Is a city of Xiacai, and a city of Xiacai that has few defenders and was only broken through the cooperation of the people of Chu State, to the whole battle situation?

Li Si smiled unabated, and said to Li Yuan: "Let me just say this, don't say that Jingyang conquered one Xiacai city, even if he conquered ten or eight more cities, so what?

As long as my king arrives, will Jingyang have other endings besides failure?

So, this kind of thing may be a good news for our kings and ministers of the state of Chu, but for our Han state, it is like being bitten by a mosquito, which is a little itchy, but that's all. "

Li Yuan: "" At this moment, Li Yuan suddenly felt a little regretful that he asked Li Si to meet him today.

Originally, I wanted to pretend to be in front of Li Si, which could be regarded as raising the bargaining chip in the future, but why is it that Li Si is still leading the army now?

But Li Yuan couldn't refute it. After all, if a small city with 30 defenders was used to prove that Zhao Kuo's [-] army would fail, the fool would know that there was a problem with this logic.

Li Si stroked his beard and continued to smile at Li Yuan: "Actually, even if our Han country fails, what good will it do you, Brother Li Yuan?

At that time, brother Li Yuan, you are the one who is in real trouble! "

Hearing this, Li Yuan burst into laughter: "Brother Li Si, your words are becoming more and more outrageous."

"Outrageous?"

Li Si laughed and said, "That's really not the case.

Brother Li Yuan, please think about it, who is the general of your Chu country now?

It's Jingyang.

Why did Jingyang fall out with Zhaozhong, who was originally an ally?

Because he wants to be Ling Yin.

If Jingyang really defeated our Great Han Kingdom, his prestige in your Chu Kingdom will be at the peak of his power at that time. At that time, Jingyang will make a request to be Lingyin. Do you think the King of Chu can refuse him? "

Li Yuan's movements suddenly stopped, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

Li Si laughed, and continued to speak meaningfully: "So, brother Li Yuan, you have to know that once Jingyang goes out, no matter whether it is victory or defeat, it is actually impossible for you, Ling Yin, to continue to sit in the position.

That being the case, why don't you just use the time when you can still play some role now, to exchange your current actions for some future bargaining chips? "

Li Si’s meaning couldn’t be more obvious. After Zhao Kuo wins, the state of Chu will perish. Li Yuan, Ling Yin, is naturally cold; things that can be done.

Since Ling Yin's position is definitely not stable, it is better to simply sell the Chu Kingdom while still in control of power, so as to gain more credit for the Han Kingdom in the future.

Li Yuan was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help expressing emotion to Li Si: "Brother Li Si, you are really an excellent lobbyist!"

Li Si laughed loudly, shook his head and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you are a lobbyist or not, what matters is the real general trend of the world! If the general trend is in Chu, then Brother Li Yuan can naturally remain indifferent today.

But now the general trend of the world is my big man, brother Li Yuan, you can only follow the general trend, this is the best strategy for self-protection, isn't it? "

Li Yuan nodded, finally made up his mind, and took out a letter from his pocket.

"Brother Li Si, let your people take this letter to King Han."

Looking at this scene, Li Si smiled even wider.

Obviously, this letter is Li Yuan's nomination certificate.

After all, Li Yuan was persuaded by Li Si and chose to fall to Han in advance!

Chapter 1103 Jingyang enlightened and Zhao Kuo smiled

When Zhao Kuo heard the news that Xiacai City had fallen, the army he led was actually only a few days away from Xiacai City.

Looking at the terrified sheriff and lieutenant in front of him, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing.

"Everyone already knows what happened.

The people of Chu used the large Chu family in Xiacai City to rebel, and Xiacai Ling and Xiacai Duwei were also plotted to kill. It is actually quite normal to lose the city under such circumstances. "

From Zhao Kuo's point of view, he can actually understand the following people.

how to say?

To use a phrase that may be more boastful, it is "not everyone is Zhao Kuo".

If Zhao Kuo was in Xiacai City, even if Zhao Kuo had only 3000 people in his hands, Jingyang's soldiers and horses would not be able to conquer Xiacai City.

But the question is, how could the officials and generals in Xiacai City have such talents as Zhao Kuo?

What's more, the top military and political officials in Caicheng have already paid the price with their lives, so Zhao Kuo doesn't intend to pursue it any further.

"However, there are some things that need not be pursued, and some things that must be pursued.

The [-] heroic soldiers of our Great Han Kingdom and more than [-] officials, most of them were killed by the traitors in Xiacai in cooperation with the Chu people this time.

After we recover Xiacai City, we must make this city pay the price.

Not only all the Chu people who participated in the killing must be executed, but in addition, all the population in the city must be assembled, and five people will be drawn to kill one, so as to make an example! "

The so-called draw five kill one, simply put, it is two words massacre the city!Yes, normally understood from the meaning of massacre of the city, it seems that the entire city is to be massacred, but in fact this is not the case.

A very simple reason is, if all the people in the city are killed, who will Zhao Kuo rule in the future?

Who will farm for Zhao Kuo, and who will pay various taxes for Zhao Kuo?

Conquering the land is to rule the population and the world more, to obtain more taxes and soldiers, and to build a stronger country.

From this point of view, it is impossible to slaughter everyone, and it can even be said that it is a loss-making behavior for the conqueror.

After all, the conqueror also loses troops in the process of conquering the city. If he can't find a way to replenish it from the city after conquering the city, wouldn't the conqueror's troops just keep depleting? The people in the whole city launched a massacre in the city.

For Zhao Kuo, this kind of massacre has basically never happened before.

Everyone knows that Zhao Kuo was a very benevolent conqueror.

So this time, when Zhao Kuo uttered the order to massacre the city, everyone present was taken aback.

Even Li Mu couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, are you really going to massacre the city?"

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly, and said calmly: "When Xiacai City surrendered for the first time, the widow agreed and gave them tolerance.

However, what did they do with the tolerance of the widow?

Instead of showing any gratitude, they joined forces with the Chu people to betray the widow and the big man, and killed the widow's soldiers and officials!Since they chose to betray the widow, what they faced was no longer the widow's tolerance, but the widow's anger.

understand? "

Traitor must die!Whoever wants to betray Zhao Kuo will be punished extremely severely.

Only in this way can those with ulterior motives be deterred, and the conquered people truly choose to surrender.

Someone is going to say it, so what if you are not convinced?

The answer is even simpler, that is assimilation!As long as it takes a few years or more than ten years, these places will basically be assimilated by the Han Dynasty, and it will be very difficult to rebel at that time.

After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, everyone nodded at the same time: "Understood, Your Majesty."

Zhao Kuo stopped talking, but stared at the south.

Now that the spring plowing has been completed, although the land under our feet was just conquered by the Han Kingdom the year before last, the farmland on both sides of the road has basically been planted with crops, and it is green and full of vitality.

For Zhao Kuo, this kind of vitality is what he is very happy to see.

The masses of the people are actually very simple, as long as they have a way to survive, they will not choose to rebel.

The fields are all planted, which means that the family has a way of life and hope for this year.

But some people just don't want to follow the way of life that Zhao Kuo gave them, and they must seek death.

Well, let them die!The 30 troops of the Han Dynasty kept going all the way, and continued to howl southward!Five days later, the Han army finally arrived outside Xiacai City.

Zhao Kuo stood on top of his own driver, staring at Xiacai City in the distance, and after looking at it for a while, couldn't help showing a hint of a smile.

"This Jingyang really has his own ideas."

Jingyang didn't mean to put all his troops in the city and defend Xiacai city.