Overlord!

Chapter 119 The Fate of the Rebel Army
He Qi's great cause of peace, with the support of Sun Ce, has gained a lot of resources that can be called upon.

This is also the biggest purpose of his trip back to Shanyin. Except for the [-] soldiers in his headquarters, he has successfully won the command over several soldiers in the south.

Because Sun Ce entrusted the entire southern military affairs to him, Zhou Tai, Xu Yi, Quan Cong, Dong Xi, Lu Dai and other generals were all transferred to his command. Sun Ce also transferred Xian Yulie to command [-] cavalry to help in the battle.

So when he went south in the twelfth lunar month, he commanded nearly five thousand cavalry.

With an army of this size, He Qike was not worried at all about the fact that there were too many thieves and few officers and soldiers.

He directly sent a large army to the south from Yongning, crushing all the rebels who came to stop him, four battles and four victories, beheading thousands of levels, and flying hundreds of miles all the way.

But... such a dazzling record, in fact, his army has not yet left Yongning.

In front of Dongye, there are still hundreds of miles of roads.

On the way to Dongye, there are more than a dozen Shanyue Zongshuai and more than [-] local powerful commanders defending along the line.

If the army were to go all the way through the thorns and thorns, they might be cut off by some enemy chieftain at any time.

5000 people did not bring much supplies, but they had to drive thousands of miles all the way into the center of Shanyue. If they were so reckless, they might even be in danger of being wiped out.

So He Qi stopped at the border of Yongning, and also began to build fortresses, roads and grain.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to Shang Sheng, the leader of the rebellion, saying that Kuaiji County is now strong and strong, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers, supported by two big counties, Danyang and Wu.

Sun Lang is a hero, invincible.Even Liu Yao, the shepherd of Yangzhou, led tens of thousands of people, couldn't resist and was defeated by World War I.Wang Lang was the general of the defeated army. He fled to Dongye just because he commanded thousands of troops and was defeated in resisting the battle.

Now you are not as good as Wang Lang, and your military strength is far less than Liu Yao, but you are the leader of the rebellion.

If you don't want to repent, Sun Lang vows to take your head, and the army will move south, heading straight for Dongye. Others may not necessarily suffer, but you will definitely die.

All the princes in the county want to decapitate you to frighten Shanyue.

Only I have known you before, and know that you have no intention of instigating chaos, maybe you were just deceived by others for a while.

If you can regret the misfortune, you should tie up your arms and lead your troops to surrender without losing your wealth and glory.

But if you insist on rebellion, you will be an enemy of Sun Lang.As the general under the government's tent, I have no choice but to personally lead the troops to show off the southern border.

You measure the people in southern Xinjiang, who can stop me?
At that time, my army will search the mountains and seas, and you will be unable to fly with your wings, and you will undoubtedly die!

Just like what He Qi said, Shang Sheng and He Qi had known each other before, and they were very afraid of He Qi's prestige, and knew more clearly that no one in themselves or even in the whole southern Xinjiang could match He Qi's talent.

If He Qi leads his troops straight to Dongye, it is not clear whether the others will die or not, but he, Shang Sheng, is doomed.

Going south to Yue and north to Hu is already the last place where people in the Central Plains can escape.

But the more the mountain, the more the mountain!He had already hid in the deepest part of Shanyue, but He Qi still drove straight in with his army, trying to catch him.He even directly threatened that if he did not surrender, he would be arrested even if he was searched and punished.

When Shang Sheng received the letter, he was terrified. After analyzing the good and bad, he sent a seal and ribbon, and asked for surrender.

But things are just like what He Qi said, Shang Sheng alone is not enough to influence the heroes who rebelled in the south of Kuaiji.

The rebellion here is the same as the Xiliang Rebellion. The leader refused to continue fighting, and the leader Zongshuai below killed the leader and appointed another leader.

The rebel leaders in Xiliang, from Bianzhang to Beigong Boyu, to Yan Zhong and Han Sui, were killed one after another, but the rebellion could not be quelled.

The same is true for Shanyue in the south. He Qi threatened Shang Sheng to surrender, and the bandit commanders Zhang Ya and Zhan Qiang conspired to rebel, executed Shang Sheng, and then continued to lead troops to rebel.

Zhang Ya called himself the supreme general, and Zhan Qiang called himself the prefect of Kuaiji.

The two of them are not very capable, but they are really courageous.One person occupied one, taking away all of Sun Ce's power.

But the easiest thing for the rebels is to kill each other. If they can work together to fight against the officers and soldiers, it can barely be regarded as the Shanyue uprising, but before the officers and soldiers arrive, they will kill each other first.

Counting the Central Plains, most of the peasant uprisings were caused by killing each other and weakening their strength, and then they were taken down by the officers and soldiers of the princes.

The reason why they killed each other was also very simple. Although Shang Sheng died, his son-in-law He Xiong was still there, commanding Shang Sheng's huge tribe and occupying Dongye City.

One of them took the title of general, the other the prefect of Kuaiji, but He Xiong, who has the strongest strength, has nothing?

Coupled with the fact that the two of them killed Shang Sheng, He Xiong was extremely distrustful of them.They were also afraid that He Xiong would lead his troops to take revenge.

So each of them led their troops to confront each other, and instead of defending the officers and soldiers in the north, the assembled troops moved their troops south one after another to confront each other on defense.

These people are all planning to deal with the first step, intending to kill and deal with it, and then complete the merger.

By December, the situation in the south of Kuaiji was even more dangerous than in the north.

It was obvious that He Qi led the troops to the south, the threat was the greatest, and the soldiers were the fiercest, but these confronting tyrants had almost ignored the officers and soldiers, and fought fiercely internally.

Compared with the bloody south, the southern part of Yongning County, where He Qi set up the barracks, is extremely peaceful.

Even the generals felt that it didn't seem like they were fighting, but they were here to watch the excitement.

This made many generals unable to hold back, including high-ranking school lieutenants.

He Qi also knew very well that he was a rookie, and it was entirely because of Sun Lang's trust that he was able to control the generals, supervise several troops, and go south to suppress the rebellion.

So every day, he would convene the generals to explain the counter-insurgency situation.

A group of generals gathered around the map, and after hearing He Qi's explanation, Zhou Tai yelled violently: "I point at the map every day, my army has not arrived at Dongye yet, and we can understand the situation of Dongye's mountains and rivers." Come down. We just point to the picture like this, can we kill the rebels by drawing the map? Or wait for the lightning to kill these sect thieves?"

Listening to Zhou Tai's complaints, the other generals were all expressionless, watching their noses and noses, their noses watching their hearts, as if they were deaf to the violent thunderous voice.

These generals in the camp of the Chinese Army are all first-class Jiangdong heroes, and they have already thought about this scene.Zhou Tai is famous for his bravery, and his elite soldiers are best at defeating enemies in field battles and attacking cities and villages.

Fighting tough battles is the best way for him to gain merit, and he is the most affected by standing on the sidelines here and evaluating merit in the future.

So all the generals counted, and with his character, he would be the first to ask for a fight.

Everyone was waiting for this scene.

He Qi straightened up from the map, and turned to look at Zhou Tai.

He is a wise general who sees more clearly.Zhou Tai may not have deliberately pretended to be such a character in order to take the opportunity to play.

Therefore, He Qi was completely unaffected by Zhou Tai's fake anger, and calmly said, "Captain Zhou is more anxious than the emperor? Didn't the emperor wait for the generals in Xiliang to start fighting each other fiercely before he took the opportunity to lead his army away?" Chang’an? All the strong beams in the world are roughly alike. No ambition is far-sighted. As long as the external aggression does not appear, they will kill each other. There is no need for Captain Zhou to strike them to death with lightning, they will also be weak enough to take advantage of them.”

Speaking of the emperor, everyone was thinking of taking a break, and there was an obvious melancholy in the tent.

Han De has not declined, and it has only been six short years since the death of Emperor Ling, and no one in the world has the concept of changing the dynasty.

Except for Yuan Shu, most people consider themselves subjects of the Han Dynasty.So seeing what happened today, everyone is in a complicated mood. How did the big man fall into such a state?
The news of the emperor's return to the east, along with the disastrous defeat in the battle of Dongjian, spread to Jiangdong at the end of the year.

Wang Shi, who was loyal to the Son of Heaven, fought against the Xiliang Army who was chasing and killing Wang Jia in Dongjian. As a result, Wang Shi was completely defeated. Hundreds of officials from Guang Lu Xun to Deng Quan were killed and injured countless times. , Infantry Colonel Wei Jie, Shizhong Zhu Zhan, Shesheng Colonel Ju Jun and other state ministers died tragically in the military disaster, even worse than ordinary men.

This makes the princes who lead the soldiers in the world, how can they continue to fear the majesty of the court?

After all, here, it is truly shown to all the generals in the world that as long as you have soldiers and a knife in your hand, you can easily slaughter the princes of the Manchu Dynasty.

If someone hadn't tied up a rope tens of feet long with silk, hung the emperor from the cliff to the bottom of the stream, and boarded the boat, the emperor might have died from the arrows.

The princes of the whole world are watching the emperor's fun, especially Yuan Shu, who has begun to openly laugh at the emperor, saying that the emperor was in such a mess during the battle of Dongjian, why should he rule the world?

If the successor Taiwei Zhou Zhong hadn't commanded Yang Feng, Dong Cheng, and the former Baibo Shuai Han Xian in Cao Yang to fight back and defeat Li Jue, Yuan Shu would have been impatient to proclaim himself emperor this year.

And this Taiwei Zhou Zhong was born in the Lujiang Zhou family, the elder brother of Sun Ce's father-in-law Zhou Shang, and the grandfather of the famous general Zhou Yu.

With this relationship, Jiangdong's generals have some understanding of the affairs of the court.

Lu Dai said: "The rebellion in Kuaiji is almost the same as the rebellion of the Xiliang generals. This generation of clan thieves, who rise up in the chaos, will kill each other if there is a slight suspicion. The Xiliang generals are strong because of their mutual Massacre, even decline and defeat. Kuaiji rebellion, fighting together, it will be difficult to stop our army. Zhou Taiwei united with the rebellious crowd, and we can defeat it. With our strength, it is no problem to take down Dongye."

"Then when will we enter the army?" Xu Yi frowned and said, "Even if it is the face of the Taiwei, General Sun will send envoys to pay tribute. But we wait for the army to stay here for a long time, and consume food and grass every day. There is no food in Kuaiji, and it is all supplied by Wu County, so it will be a waste of the treasury?"

Zhou Tai nodded immediately, and said: "Since the army was launched, I have only had a few small battles in the first month. Since then, I have been stockpiling food and training troops here to wait for the situation. There is no food in Kuaiji. This is completely consuming the treasury."

He Qi was in high spirits, and asked, "Who says there is no food in Kuaiji?"

This sentence caused everyone in the tent to look at He Qi in astonishment.Isn't this the consensus?
Sun Lang's army attacked Kuaiji, but he never got much wealth.As a result, Sun Lang dismissed a large number of county soldiers, leaving only 2000 people from He Qi's troops.

It is well known that Kuaiji is weak and unable to supplement Sun Lang's strength.

He Qi immediately said: "Kaiji is such a large county, with thousands of miles of land, rich household registration, hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land, how can there be no wealth? It's just that this wealth is not in the hands of the county government. We are going to use this wealth as a Ming government. retrieve."

Everyone is thinking.

What He Qi said was very reasonable.

If such a large Kuaiji County is not under the rule of Sun Lang, but is acquired by other princes, can it obtain a lot of wealth?

That is inevitable!Sun Lang is exempt from taxes for Kuaiji, other princes will not be so kind, on the contrary they will directly send troops to plunder, such a large county, they can get a lot of wealth.

Wait, let's plunder!
Immediately a general reacted, and Dong Xi asked, "Is Captain He Du planning to plunder Shanyue?"

He Qi nodded immediately, and said, "That's right. As long as we can defeat the enemy in one battle, perhaps our Kuaiji officials, what we get this time will be enough to raise enough funds for Sun Lang!"

"Defeat the enemy in one battle?" Everyone was shocked and looked around.

Even Quan Cong, a shrewd and capable general, was completely puzzled and asked: "Shanyue, Zeshuai, the most distinctive feature is that they are chaotic and unorganized, and they are scattered everywhere. It prevents us from doing our best. This is What Lieutenant He Du said earlier, why do you want to defeat all the enemies in one battle?"

All the generals have heard of He Qi's strategies and plans.

The characteristics of Shanyue, you, He Qi, said it yourself!You finished your analysis at the county government, but when you got to the battlefield, you changed course by mistake?
Why did you finish everything!
Facing the doubts from the generals, He Qi didn't care at all, and said: "The law has a definite conclusion, but the soldiers are impermanent. Within a day, in a short period of time, the choice between separation and separation is endless. One move of heel, one blink of an eye, and The shape of the army is easy. The strategy of the art of war and the clever use of it should be kept in one mind."

"Based on my integrity, the chaos of trapping the enemy is indeed a great plan to calm the enemy. But being on the defensive strategically does not mean that we are still on the defensive tactically. Only by attacking instead of defending can the enemy be completely disrupted."

Lu Dai thought about it, and asked: "Then who is the captain planning to attack, and who can do everything in one battle?"

He Qi said calmly: "Wait! When they decide the winner, we will attack the winner."

After He Qi revealed the answer, all the generals in the tent suddenly realized.

The thieves Zhang Ya, Zhan Qiang, He Xiong and others are fighting each other. The winner among them must beat the others several times before he can overwhelm the others with a significant advantage.

But at this time, the officers and soldiers descended from the sky, crushing the winner.

How could the other two losers not be even more terrifying?The rest of the party is bound to be frightened and lead the crowd to surrender.

In this way, the officers and soldiers did not need to spend long periods of time on expeditions, scattered conquests, and wasting money and food, but they could go straight in and calm down the situation in the south in the First World War.It can be described as a perfect method!
Zhou Tai was overjoyed and satisfied.Because according to this plan, it won't be too long before the rebels decide the winner.

After all, once powerful princes like Li Jue and Guo Si fought, there would be ups and downs soon.

But Zhou Tai stroked his chin with his hand, and asked in thought: "If Zhang Ya and Zhan Qiang are Li Jue and Guo Si, who is the emperor in Dongye City?"

(End of this chapter)