It's all abstract destiny, you're one emperor through the ages

Chapter 120
"The last general is greedy for meritorious deeds, and I ask the general to kill him to rectify the military law!"

Although Lei Lan was able to escape from death, he didn't feel that the matter was exposed.

So he deliberately carried the thorns on his back, prostrated himself on the ground, pleaded guilty to Zhang Yiping, and asked to cut himself off.

His [-] soldiers and horses were almost completely lost because of this rash attack on the camp. How could he have the face to continue leading the troops?Continue to stay in this barracks?
The east had already turned pale, Zhang Yiping marched all the way in a hurry, after saving Lei Lan, he had to set up camp again.

He should be exhausted, but he didn't sleep all night.

Zhang Yiping was dressed in armor, wrapped in a cloth scarf, with his hands folded around his chest, his body was straight, his thick beard covered the scars on his face, and he kept his eyes closed.

He is used to thinking with his eyes closed.

Zhang Yiping slowly opened his eyes after hearing that Lei Lan was willing to be punished and chopped himself off.

He held the scabbard and made gestures on the ground.

"What is this word?"

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Lei Lan was stunned immediately, hey, are you finally willing to read?And still write?
let me see!

When he looked at it, he didn't know whether it was a calligraphy or a painting, anyway, he couldn't see a regular shape.

According to the shape, there were countless guesses in his mind. After thinking for a while, Lei Lan stammered and said:

"This is the word "soldier"?"

Say it is a "soldier", but it doesn't look like that.

Why is there a vertical line in the middle of the word "兵"?
Zhang Yiping nodded, and said seriously:
"It is a "soldier", but it is not all a "soldier". As the saying goes, soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no permanent shape. Naturally, this "soldier" does not have a regular shape."

Raylan just stayed where he was.

Back then when Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms and wanted to create the same script, General Zhang was not allowed to create characters. It was really a waste of talent.

Zhang Yiping couldn't see any shame on his face, he erased the handwriting on the ground lightly, and said:
"You lost this battle, but you won the ambush of the Han army before."

"The merits and demerits equalize."

"If you change the general, you will most likely be deceived, and it is not wrong to lose this battle."

Zhang Yiping paused, turned around and looked at Lei Lan who was still kneeling, and said:
"Do you know why there are so many combatable soldiers in the Han army?"

Lei Lan frowned. He thought all night about how to apologize, but he really didn't have time to reflect on why he lost this battle.

He always thought that he had done his homework and mastered the number of Han soldiers who could fight, but he was defeated by the ambush soldiers who suddenly appeared in the Vung Tau Port camp.

What made him even more incomprehensible was that the number of those ambush soldiers was completely beyond his imagination.

Even if the group of Han troops defeated by his counter-ambush could gather quickly and return to the camp, there would not be so many of them.

If there were not so many soldiers to fight, even if Emperor Han guessed that he would attack the camp at night after breaking the Wutu Valley ambush.

There are not enough soldiers and horses to ambush.

Lost in this inexplicable number of soldiers and horses!

So Leilan tentatively asked:

"Could it be that Gao Xiangguo made a mistake in his estimation, or there was an omission in the frontline intelligence, and the Han army didn't just send [-] troops to attack?"

Zhang Yiping shook his head:
"It's true that there are only [-] troops. No matter how many troops there are, Qiongzhou will not be able to support the supply of grain and grass."

"That's a poisonous bug??"

Lei Lan was frightened inwardly, this is even more unbelievable than the Han army sending more soldiers and horses!

"General Zhang, why is the Han army not troubled by poisonous insects?"

"Even if the Han army prepared doctors and brought medicines in advance, it would be difficult to prepare antidotes for the special poisonous insects of Cochin in a short time."

"If there are only [-] soldiers and horses, there shouldn't be so many soldiers ready to fight at this time!"

Zhang Yiping lowered his body and unloaded the thorns for Lei Lan:

"Among the Han army, some people tasted hundreds of herbs."

"Treat the poisonous insects of Cochin with the herbal medicine of Cochin. You can get rid of the disease with the medicine."

hiss.
Lei Lan couldn't help becoming anxious, and said:

"There is such a miracle doctor in the Han army?!"

With such a genius doctor accompanying the army, it would be impossible to use the weather, poisonous insects, etc. to infect the Han army with diseases, weaken the Han army's combat power, or force the Han emperor to retreat!

Zhang Yiping's expression darkened and he shook his head.

Seeing that he was not a genius doctor, Lei Lan breathed a sigh of relief, but showed a little joy:
"Could it be that Emperor Han forcibly forced the military doctors to taste all kinds of herbs?"

"Or kidnap the people of neighboring countries to taste the herbs?"

"If this is the case, the morale of the Han army will be unstable, and the people of our country will inevitably resist more."

"Emperor Han was eager for success, but this time he was too anxious, leaving our army with an opportunity."

"Although the general will be defeated in one battle, the general can use this to resist the Han army."

After Lei Lan finished speaking, he was even more overjoyed, but Emperor Han made a miscalculation this time.

Zhang Yiping was on the contrary, his face was a little sad, and he sighed:
"If this is the case, the Han army will be much easier to deal with."

"But the general asked the cause and effect from the mouths of your captured Han soldiers."

"The person who tasted all the herbs was Emperor Han himself."

"Ah? Ah——!"

Lei Lan knelt for too long, stood up with insufficient blood supply, felt dizzy for a while, and heard such a shocking news, he immediately lost his footing and fell to the ground.

Just lying on the wattle, let out a shrill scream.

The corners of Zhang Yiping's mouth twitched, he helped Lei Lan up, and then decisively pulled out the thorns that were still stuck in Lei Lan's back.

Lei Lan sucked in the pain, but at this moment he was too stiff and didn't cry out anymore.

Instead, he fell into deep thought, how could there be such a lord in the world?
Let alone the lord of the Han Dynasty, even a county magistrate would not be able to taste herbs for the sake of soldiers getting sick, right?

But Emperor Han really did this. One can imagine how high the morale of the Han army will be when they see this scene, and what kind of combat power they will have.

The already invincible Han army can now be directly judged as the two armies at war, and frontal combat is basically useless.

Think again about your own monarch.

The monarch of our family is actually quite good at tasting Baixue.

Lei Lan shook his head, trying to get rid of the unreasonable sense of gap in his heart.

Zhang Yiping knew what Lei Lan was thinking, and he thought about it too, so he patted Lei Lan on the shoulder and said:

"Thinking about it this way, you are not only innocent, but also meritorious."

"This trip has found out the reality of the Han army."

"If you still look at the Han army in the same way you look at the sick soldiers, you will lose more than the 8000 people in your hands."

Zhang Yiping's rule of the army is not particularly strict, and he pays more attention to human feelings.

This is also a helpless move due to the national conditions of Jiaozhi country.

Jiaozhi Kingdom is not like a big man, in addition to the filial piety and the imperial examination, there is no good way to rise in the country, and the official is purely based on nepotism.

If he hadn't been kind to the county magistrate in his early years, no matter how capable he was, he would have buried the people.

There is such a national condition here, which also leads to the fact that there are only a few generals who can come and go in the court.

First off a Wu Tong, and then cut off a Lei Lan, if there is no one to use, they can only use those wealthy and domineering wine bags and rice bags.

With such a group of people, even Zhang Yiping is a god, and he can't fight.

Lei Lan saw that the defeat was taken away with one stroke, so he didn't think about it any more, he cupped his hands and asked:
"How does the general plan to fight against the Han army?"

"As long as it is useful for the last general, the last general will go through fire and water, and he will die!"

Zhang Yiping didn't sleep all night, so he naturally came up with some countermeasures.

He stretched out his clenched right thumb and wiped it on his thick beard:

"The general guessed that the Han army will definitely take advantage of our army's reorganization and have no time to take care of other things. With the momentum of victory, it will take down many counties around Rinan County, so as to grab the autumn harvest."

Leilan was anxious at the time:

"The general still needs to find a way to stop the Han army!"

"This is not a trivial matter. If the Han army takes over the counties around Rinan County and starts to harvest them, it will be able to replenish the supply of grain and grass."

"Combined with the continuous arrival of materials from Vung Tau Port, if our army wants to cut off the Han army's food, we can only count on the typhoon at sea to sink the Han army's ships!"

What Leilan said was already very euphemistic.

If we really want the Han army to succeed in harvesting, coupled with the already strong combat effectiveness, and the military spirit brought by the emperor's tasting of herbs, he will be invincible in a short period of time.

Everyone in Jiaozhi can only pray to the gods and worship Buddha, hoping that the bad weather at sea will affect the supply of the Han army, and I am afraid that they can get one or two chances of victory.

In such a dangerous situation, Zhang Yiping behaved quite calmly, as if he already had a strategy against the enemy.

He just took out a military order from the armor and handed it to Lei Lan:

"Look at it, I will not be able to read or understand."

Lei Lan was stunned for a moment. It is well known that the general is illiterate, so when the military order was delivered, someone should have been there to read it directly.

After a few glances at the contents, he understood.

It's not that General Zhang doesn't understand, or that no one reads it, but that he doesn't want to understand or listen to it.

This is a military order issued by Gao Xiangguo.

Gao Rang stated in the military order that the common people whose land has not been harvested this year have been transported to the south.

Now let Zhang Yiping take over and send these people to the counties under Rinan County.

In the name of the name, use the surplus grain in those counties and the taxes that will be paid after the autumn harvest to provide local relief.

In this way, the loss of food during transportation can be avoided.

Cochin is rich and suitable for farming, but there will still be land failures.

After all, there are many reasons for non-receipts, and there will always be problems every year.

But there was no time when people were deliberately driven to the south. After all, the food in the south is not more than that in the north, so there is no need to go around like this.

So Lei Lan immediately understood that this was Gao Rang's poisonous plan.

The victims went to the county seat of Rinan County. If the Han army had not captured the county seat, the victims would receive relief and the Jiaozhi Kingdom would win the hearts of the people.

These victims can even be used to slow down the advance of the Han army.

If the Han army captures the county and also chooses to help the victims, then the Han army will not be able to get food and grass supplements, and there will still be problems with material supplies.

If the Han army captured the county and drove away the victims, not to mention, the Han army would lose their hearts.

If at this time, the Jiaozhi side takes in the victims and gives them relief, the Han army will not only lose the hearts of the people, but the hearts of the people in the country of Jiaozhi will also become more united.

Heart attack ah!
Lei Lan could not help but sigh in his heart.

Gao Xiangguo was really powerful. No matter what he did, the Han army fell into a passive state.

At this time, he also understood why Zhang Yiping said he didn't understand.

Because such a strategy is really not in line with Zhang Yiping's character.

It is really difficult for him, a general with a humble background, to use the disaster victims and refugees as props for his strategy.

No wonder General Zhang wants to protect himself!
Lei Lan was not ambiguous, he did what he said, and immediately took orders:

"General, the last general understands, this is Gao Xiangguo's plan, just leave it to the last general!"

Looking at Lei Lan's back, Zhang Yiping closed his eyes again.

Even if he can defeat the Han army and drive the Han army out of Jiaozhi, those ordinary people who are illiterate like him will inevitably suffer from the war.

"That's why Emperor Han didn't hesitate to travel across the ocean and set the battlefield in Jiaozhi?"
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"The last general is greedy for meritorious deeds, please behead him, so as to rectify the military law!"

Li Jingji didn't bear the thorns, but the meaning of strict military law was obvious by death.

Being a Taoist priest, Xiao Yuan often valued him, was able to enter the court, and even followed the emperor's conquest.

In the end, he led the army alone.

How much honor is this?

So what did he do?
He lost the first battle. Those who were supposed to ambush others were ambushed instead, throwing away their helmets and armor.

Liu Ke looked at Li Jingji's tired face, raised his index finger, and stroked his iconic bull nose.

With sweat on his fingers, he wiped it on his body, and then said:
"Li Qing gathered routs all night?"

Li Jingji cupped his hands and said, "Exactly."

In a big defeat, if you don't try your best to gather the rout, wouldn't your crime be even greater?
Liu Ke said again:

"How many defeated soldiers can be collected?"

Li Jingji said:

"More than [-], and another [-] wounded."

Liu Ke nodded, recognizing his ability:

"I only gave you five thousand soldiers and horses. Counting the casualties during the confrontation between the two armies, even though Li Qing was accidentally ambushed, he only lost less than a thousand men."

Li Jingji was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to say that.

Liu Ke continued:
"And with Li Qing feigning defeat, Lei Lan's rival in love rushed forward and attacked at night."

"Only in this way can I lead my troops to ambush and wipe out all their troops."

"At the cost of less than a thousand people, killing the enemy and captives, a total of nearly 8000 people, isn't it a big victory?"

Li Jingji blushed immediately, the veins on his forehead burst out, and argued:
"How can this be considered a fraud"

He wasn't bluffing, he was serious about fighting according to the book of war, but he didn't win.

"Well, the last general is indeed a fraud."

But the emperor is trying to excuse him, although he has the consciousness to repay the king's kindness with his death, but who really wants to die?
Li Jingji admitted that he was a fraud, but Liu Ke's originally kind face changed, and he became more serious:

"Even if it was a false defeat, did the nearly thousand soldiers die in vain?"

"The last general."

When Li Jingji opened his mouth, the king's heart was unpredictable, and he was really not sure what the emperor was thinking.

Liu Ke interrupted him again, looking directly at Li Jingji:
"You have to remember why they died, and think of a way to keep them alive if you encounter this kind of ambush next time."

There is no shame in losing a battle, the shame is not knowing how to sum up experience.

Seeing Li Jingji's expression moved, Liu Ke continued:
"The families of nearly a thousand soldiers will be resettled by you when you return to Qiongzhou."

"Their parents, wives and children are your parents, wife and children, do you understand?"

"I will understand at the end."

Li Jingji focused his head heavily, his breath became thicker, and there was something different in his eyes.

Liu Ke just waved his hand and sent Li Jingji away:

"Go down, take a little rest for a day, and follow me to take down the surrounding counties in Rinan County."

(End of this chapter)