Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

When Xu Zhen returned to the city, a group of Chu officials immediately surrounded him.

Master Xu, how is the situation?

Did Li Mu fall for it?

It turned out that Xu Zhen served as the chief historian in Wu County, which is not a small official position.

This time, after learning that the Han army was approaching the city, the city guards in Wu County immediately summoned everyone to fight against a wave of Han troops.

After some discussions, the Chu officials and generals in Wu County came up with a plan, which was to feign surrender.

Xu Zhen is well-known in Wu county as being eloquent, so he was asked to undertake the task of falsely surrendering this time.

Xu Zhen looked around at his colleagues with expectations on their faces, couldn't help but sighed, and said: Everyone, Xu Zhen is ashamed, then Li Mu won't let me talk at all, and directly asks us to surrender tomorrow, otherwise he The city is about to be massacred.Then, Li Mu drove me back.

After hearing Xu Zhen's words, the people present couldn't help but look at each other.

One person couldn't help but said: "Why doesn't this Li Mu have any aristocratic demeanor?"

According to the aristocratic demeanor, it seems that Li Mu should listen to Xu Zhen's words patiently, and then express his willingness to accept the surrender, and then implement the strategy.

How to implement it?To put it simply, everyone feigned surrender, and then ambushed a soldier in the city, and when Li Mu entered the city, they directly raised troops to kill Li Mu.

This strategy sounds quite simple, but now, the Chu people can't think of any better way.

The result is good now, as soon as Li Mu's attitude is shown, this trick of false surrender has gone bankrupt before it is implemented.

Could it be that the Chu people started complaining, Li Mu really didn't follow the routine at all.

Xu Zhen was also a little helpless, and said: Yes, I have already heard that this Han country's Taiwei has a weird personality, and seeing him today really deserves his reputation.

So the question is, what to do next?

No one can give a definite answer, because everyone is still in a state of confusion.

After a while, someone finally couldn't help but speak: Otherwise, we really surrender?

The suggestion was met with almost immediate objection: No, absolutely not!We are now the last hope of Da Chu, how can we surrender at this point?That is, the king is now in prison, and he is still counting on us to save him!

All in all, because Li Mu was not fooled, the officials of Chu State present quarreled for a long time, but they still couldn't come up with a satisfactory answer after all.

Xu Zhen did not participate in the quarrel of these colleagues, but left silently.

Back in the mansion, just as Xu Zhencai got off the carriage, a small figure rushed up: Father!

A smile appeared on Xu Zhen's face immediately, and he hugged the little boy in front of him: "My dear Fu'er, are you being good at home today!"

This little boy is none other than Xu Zhen's son Xu Fu.

Xu Zhen also had several wives and concubines, but for some reason they all gave birth to daughters. It was not until Xu Fu's birth five years ago that the embarrassment ended. Therefore, Xu Zhen also regarded Xu Fu as his real treasure and loved him very much.

Leaning in Xu Zhen's arms, Xu Fu smiled and said: Father, why did it take you so long to come back today!

After Xu Zhen heard Xu Fu's words, he immediately remembered today's unpleasant experience, couldn't help but sighed, and said: Today, father went to negotiate with the bad guys.

Xu Fu blinked, and suddenly said: Are those bad guys who defeated the king?

Xu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and after a few seconds, he said: Where did you hear this from?

Xu Fu smiled and said: "It was my mother and my aunt who said it, and my aunt also said that when I grow up, I can serve the country and kill the enemy!"

Only then did Xu Zhen understand, and said with a smile: You are a child, what do you know about serving the country and killing the enemy?But yeah, it's the bad guys.

Just as Xu Zhen was speaking, there was a sudden burst of shouting and killing from afar.

Xu Zhen was taken aback for a moment, then turned pale with shock.

The Han people, these Han people actually did not keep their promises and launched an attack so quickly!

Outside the city, Li Mu also slowly smiled.

These Chu people want to use the strategy of slowing down the army to deal with this official?What a dream!

If it is other aspects, Li Mu may still be fooled, but when it comes to fighting, Li Mu said without bragging that no one in this world is Li Mu's opponent except Zhao Kuo.

Therefore, Li Mu saw through the little tricks of the defeated Chu soldiers in Wu County the moment Xu Zhen opened his mouth.

But Li Mu didn't say anything. Instead, he pretended to say that he must surrender before tomorrow, making all the Chu people in Wu County feel that there was at least one more night.

Then Li Mu launched an attack again, and this time it was really a wave of surprise.

Sure enough, everything was within Li Mu's calculations.

Although there are indeed a large number of defeated Chu soldiers and local nobles gathered in Wuxian City, a total of almost 3 people, they do want to resist, but in front of the [-] Han troops sweeping the world, this point Where is the strength enough?

Half an hour later, after an earth-shattering sound, countless soldiers of the Han army swarmed in and invaded Wuxian City.

As in the past, Wu County was completely pacified after several hours of killing.

In the night, three thousand Chi You soldiers held torches and neatly guarded Li Mu as he entered the city.

Li Mu snorted, and said with some pride: "The king reminded me before I set off, saying what ls "Jiang Dong's father must be careful. From now on, it seems that Jiang Dong's father is not very tough."

What Li Mu didn't know was that this was mainly because the elders of Jiangdong didn't welcome their real leader at this time, the man named Xiang Yu.

Of course, even knowing how powerful Xiang Yu was in history, with Li Mu's self-confidence, he would not feel inferior to Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu!

In the Sheriff's Mansion in Wu County, a group of officials and nobles from Chu State knelt on the ground dejectedly, waiting for the verdict of fate.

They were all Chu people who chose to surrender immediately after the city was broken, and they were gathered here according to Li Mu's order.

After a burst of intensive footsteps, Li Mu came down surrounded by many Chi You troops.

Li Mu stared condescendingly at the Chu people in front of him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: Well, I have already told you that the king is kind and willing to give you a chance. This officer bargains!

After hearing these words, the officials of the state of Chu present were a little dumbfounded, thinking that you, Li Mu, didn't give us much chance to think.

Of course, no one would dare to say such words in front of Li Mu.

Li Mu continued to speak calmly: So, you are not qualified now, and you will help us Dahan continue to rule this place under the leadership of our Dahan officials.

Remember what I said, don't hold any objections in your heart, otherwise you will end up like those who stubbornly resisted to the end in the future, do you understand?

Speaking of the latter, Li Mu spoke harshly, with a very cold expression.

The surrendered ministers of the Chu State were also taken aback by Li Mu's attitude, and they all said that we would never betray the Great Han Kingdom, and would definitely be the loyal ministers of the Great Han Kingdom in the future.

After hearing this, Li Mu was satisfied.

Suddenly, Li Mu remembered something, so he asked: By the way, do you know if there is a person named Xu Fu nearby?

The name Xu Fu was mentioned by Zhao Kuo once when he was drinking with Li Mu. At that time, Zhao Kuo’s original words were: If Xu Fu can be captured when conquering Chu State in the future, it may be able to promote the great navigation of our Han Dynasty. It's over.

Although Li Mu didn't know exactly what was so good about this great seafaring career, he still firmly remembered the name Xu Fu.

In Li Mu's mind, since Xu Fu could be mentioned by the king, he must be a relatively famous person. Therefore, Li Mu would ask the local subjects about this name every time he conquered a Chu city, and Wu County was of course no exception.

To Li Mu's surprise, he actually asked something this time.

After Li Mu asked a question, many officials of the state of Chu looked at a certain person in the field, and their expressions were quite strange.

Li Mu's eyes naturally followed the eyes of these officials, and then he saw a person: Hey, it's you?

Xu Zhen stood up slowly, with a wry smile: Taiwei, I didn't expect us to meet so soon.

Li Mu couldn't help laughing: You, the peace envoy, seem to be very sensible.By the way, who is Xu Fu to you?

Xu Zhen struggled for a while, and then said: Dissatisfied with the Taiwei, Xu Fu is just a dog, who just turned four years old this year.

Li Mu was stunned: Four years old?

After getting a definite answer, Li Mu was also puzzled. Could it be that this Xu Fu is not the person the king is looking for?It is impossible for the king to find a four-year-old child.

This is actually a misunderstanding of Zhao Kuo, because Xu Fu in history was a person who appeared at the end of Qin Shihuang, in other words, a person who appeared 30 or 40 years later.

Since this era was so long earlier than the era of Qin Shihuang, many people in Qin Shihuang's era were either very young, or were still infants, or were not even born yet.

Li Mu waved his hand and said, "It's probably the same name."That's enough, stop talking nonsense, I have other things to tell you.

Although Wu County has been pacified, there are still many cities in Kuaiji County that have not been pacified.This officer is giving you a chance now, you can find a way to persuade the people in the remaining cities to surrender, if you can persuade them to surrender successfully, it will be a credit.

Of course, your time is limited. I'm still busy going back to the Imperial Capital to repair the house, so I don't have time to waste time here with you.If you can't persuade them to surrender, I will attack the city directly, and no one who should be killed will be spared, understand?

What Li Mu said about building a house means that Zhao Kuo allocated land to many high-ranking officials next to the new palace in the imperial capital, allowing them to build their own houses freely.

For Li Mu, the current battle is basically the same, and the credit is almost done, so now he is really anxious to end it, and then go back to supervise his own big house.

After listening to Li Mu's words, the demoted officials of Chu State were naturally very strange, but they could only nod their heads in agreement.

In this way, after another half a month, all the cities in the entire Kuaiji County fell under Li Mu's control.

The land south of the Chu Kingdom was formally included under the Han Kingdom!

Chapter 1112

When Li Mu was fighting in Kuaiji County in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhao Kuo was also attacking Jiujiang County.

The origin of Jiujiang County is that there are nine rivers converging into the Yangtze River in this county, hence the name.

Due to age reasons, Poyang Lake in later generations has not yet appeared at this time, and there is a large lake in the north of Poyang Lake, and its name is Peng Lize.

The area of ​​Peng Lize is larger than that of Poyang Lake, but no matter how big the lake is, when hundreds of warships of all sizes arrive, it still gives people a very strong sense of oppression.

Zhao Kuo was standing on the largest warship among them. The name of this warship was Yuhuang. According to legend, it was built by Goujian, the king of Yue, and it is now the flagship of the Han Dynasty Navy.

Xiang Yan stood in front of Zhao Kuo, and introduced excitedly: "My lord, this is the most powerful warship in the world, and it is absolutely invincible in the world!"

Zhao Kuo smiled and listened to Xiang Yan's words, noncommittal.

Yu Huang is indeed quite big, but for Zhao Kuo, he was also a person who had been to the aircraft carrier museum back then, so of course he knew what a real Ocean Overlord class ship should look like.

The Yuhuang battleship may be able to help Han conquer all major rivers, but if it is really taken to sea, it can only fight in coastal waters, and its ocean-going capabilities are still very lacking.

This is also because people in this era are basically active in the offshore, and basically no one is bored enough to go to the deep sea to sail, isn't it good to live?

Zhao Kuo suddenly said: "I heard that the shipbuilding technology in Wu County is not bad?"

Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said: "It is true.

In the past, the best craftsmen of Yue State were in Langya and Wu counties. Later, when Chu State destroyed Yue State, Langya became the front line of confrontation with Qi State, so most of the shipbuilding craftsmen were relocated to Wu County. "

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly when he heard the words, and said, "In this case, the future Ocean Fleet base can be located in Wu County."

In Zhao Kuo's plan, the Han Kingdom will have two fleet bases in the future, one in Jiaodong, Qidi, and the other in Wu County, Chudi.

These two places belong to the place where the sea transportation is very developed in later generations, especially the south of the Yangtze River, where Wu County is located, became one of the most affluent shipping places in the world during the Song Dynasty. It was world famous at that time.

Of course, in terms of great voyages, there is a better port, and that is Lingnan.

It's just that the conquest and development of Lingnan obviously still needs a lot of time, so Zhao Kuo can't count on it for the time being.

At this moment, a burst of shouting and killing suddenly came, which attracted Zhao Kuo's attention.

Zhao Kuo looked around and saw a group of strangely dressed people rushing out of the forest by the lake, standing on the shore of the lake facing the Han fleet, screaming and howling.

Zhao Kuo looked at it for a while, and determined that the group of guys in front of him should be Yue people.

Although Chu State established three counties, Kuaiji, Changsha, and Jiujiang, in the south of the Yangtze River, in fact, only Kuaiji County was basically Huaxia because it was the core area of ​​Wu State and Yue State. The place in the north is okay, and the place a little bit south is basically where these Yue people gather.

What are the Vietnamese like?

Simply put, it is "broken hair tattoo". Because the Yue people lived in the hotter Jiangnan and Lingnan areas at that time, their hair was not long and combed into a bun like the Huaxia people. Cut into various short hair, and paint all kinds of tattoos on the body.

Even in later generations, the older generations of certain ethnic minorities in the south still retain this custom, because they are descendants of Yue people.

Not only that, the accessories on Yue people are also very distinctive. They like to string together shells, beads and other things to wear, such as wrists, necks, ankles, etc. are all places where they can be worn.

Another point is that because many Yue people live in the mountains and forests, they still like to go barefoot.

But it is worth mentioning that the Yue people are also a race that learned how to grow rice very early.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "Xiang Yan, can you communicate with them?"

Xiang Yan shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "To tell you the truth, our Xiang clan's fiefs are all north of the Huaihe River, and basically have no communication with these Yue people south of the Yangtze River.

On the contrary, several local lords of the state of Chu may have a way to communicate with these Yue people. "

In order to facilitate the control of these local Yue people, Chu State adopted a completely different approach from that in the Central Plains.

In the Central Plains, although part of the land will be occupied by the nobles of Chu State, most of the land is still in the hands of the royal family, but in places like Jiujiang County, Chu State directly set up a few princes, Let these princes control the large and small Yue tribes under their command, and the central government of Chu State does not directly govern this place.

After listening to Zhao Kuo, he also felt a little regretful: "Then there is no other way."

At this time, those Yue people did not know why, but they all took out their bows and arrows, and shot at the Yuhuang battleship where Zhao Kuo was.

It's just that these Yueren's bows and arrows looked very simple, and they fell into the water one after another without touching Yuhuang's battleship.