Be an emperor from drawing cards

Chapter 138 Wei Yan: Give the people of Qi a little shock to the state of Chu!

The sky is getting brighter.

Above the river, the originally thick fog gradually dissipated, and the sounds of fighting could be vaguely heard in the heart of the river.

Soon, more than ten large and small ships flying the flag of Qi were seen sailing out of the fog in the center of the river and heading towards the north bank of the Canglong River.

These warships were in an extremely miserable state. The parapets and sides of the ship were covered with dense arrows. There were pools of blood on the deck, and there were traces of smoke and fire everywhere.

In addition to the three sterns still billowing with thick smoke, and the sailors on the decks were busy extinguishing the fire, there were also four or five warships whose left front sides had a huge hole torn open, exposing the broken ship planks. , apparently caused by being hit hard by the racket pole of Chu Junlou's ship during the water battle.

Only relying on the function of the watertight cabin, it managed to escape from the battle situation and was not directly sunk by the Chu army in the Canglong River.

But soon, a dozen or so ships, led by a building boat, chased them out of the drifting mist.

However, the navy soldiers on the Qi army's ships all showed expressions of surviving the disaster.

Because based on the speed of the two parties, the time it took for them to reach the north bank was much shorter than the time it took those hateful Chu troops to catch up with them!
However, before they could rejoice for too long, at the lower reaches of the Canglong River, a Chu army ship sailed towards them with the rising sun as the background.

"It's over!"

Looking at the Chu army ships like dark clouds, the hearts of almost all Qi soldiers sank to the bottom in an instant.

And when they saw the "Guan" flag fluttering in the wind on the ship, everyone wailed from the bottom of their hearts.

Guan Haocang!
Hasn't this demon already returned to Beijing? Why does he appear here? ? ?

The next moment, a figure came to the bow of the ship and shouted to the Qi army officers and soldiers on the ship:

"Listen carefully, your coach Xie Wenyuan has been killed by Guan. This is his armor! If you don't surrender, then don't blame me, the Great Chu Heavenly Army, for crushing you into powder and throwing you into the Canglong River. Feed the fish inside!”

Before he finished speaking, a soldier used a bamboo pole to lift a pair of armor with water stains into the air.

After squinting against the sunlight and seeing clearly, several Qi soldiers who had seen Xie Wenyuan couldn't help but exclaimed:
"That's really the armor General Xie is wearing!!"

Hearing the words of his companions, there was a lot of discussion on the Qi army's warships.

"Marshuai Zhang used his body as a bait to cover General Xie's breakout. Didn't he succeed in the end?"

"Damn, what should I do?"

"Both Marshal Zhang and General Xie were killed in battle, and we, the little pawns, are helpless. As I say, surrender..."

"Do you think those Chu people will make things easier for us if we surrender?"

"It's better than losing a life here. Think about your family, your children, if I really want to die here, what will happen to them in the future?"

"This……"

As soon as these words came out, many soldiers showed signs of struggle on their faces.

"That's all, surrender. I hope the court can redeem us in the future."

A primary school principal sighed and dropped the curled long knife on the deck.

With him as the starting point, the already hesitant soldiers immediately had an example, and for a while there was a "ding-dong-dang" sound of discarding weapons.

Looking at the white flag raised on Qi Jun's ship, Guan Haocang raised a smile and turned to Han Xiu and said:
"General Han, lead your men to seize the ships and soldiers of the Qi army. Let brothers be careful. Among the surrendered Qi soldiers, there are many who are ready to fight to the death."

Han Xiu glanced at Guan Haocang with admiration.

The commander-in-chief persuaded these Qi soldiers who had no intention of fighting with just a pair of Xie Wenyuan's armor. If it were him, he would never have been able to think of such a way.

No wonder he is a commander, but he is just a water village guard.

I can't accept it.

With this in mind, Han Xiu respectfully accepted the order with clasped fists, and arranged manpower to receive the ships and prisoners.

An hour later, Guan Haocang and Du Yu met at the south bank.

"This battle is really exciting. The navy of Qi State suffered such heavy losses that it couldn't catch its breath for three to five years. I haven't congratulated Yuan Kai yet. After this battle, Yuan Kai, you can be regarded as famous among the enemy countries."

"What did the commander say?" Du Yu waved his hand quickly, "Without His Majesty's will and the commander's cooperation, it would have been impossible to achieve such results. It was just a matter of chance."

Seeing Du Yu's humble look, Guan Haocang laughed while stroking his beard and said to Lu Yian:
"Shilang Lu, look at Du Yuankai, he is actually more humble now."

The three of them looked at each other and laughed.

After laughing, Lu Yian suddenly remembered something and asked about Guan Haocang.

"Commander Guan, I just heard from the surrendered soldiers of Qi that you killed that Qi general Xie Wenyuan?"

Guan Haocang blinked and laughed "hehe".

"That was what I was trying to fool those guys. However, that guy Xie Wenyuan was very cunning and put his armor on a personal guard. While he was fighting with me, he dressed up as a pawn, jumped off the ship and swam in the water. Arriving at the North Shore..."

At the end, Guan Haocang looked regretful.

He had just heard that Zhang Zhaoxing, commander of the Qi navy, led part of the navy to fight with the Chu army in order to delay time, and eventually died in the chaos.

But Xie Wenyuan was someone Zhang Zhaoxing valued, and he was regarded by everyone in the Qi State as the future commander-in-chief of the Qi Navy.

Relying on His Majesty's intelligence, he and Du Yu made a big move, even burning two high-rise ships, the entire water stronghold and most of the land stronghold. Although they severely damaged the Qi Navy and killed Zhang Zhaoxing, in the end they let Xie Wenyuan Ran away...

Seeing the depression between Guan Haocang's brows, Du Yu comforted him.

"Commander, you know the destiny and do your best. Is there any way in this world that everything goes as planned?"

Guan Haocang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and laughed.

"Yuan Kai is right, but I am a bit obsessed with it. Those who don't know this think I have lost the battle."

Lu Yian suddenly asked: "By the way, why don't we see the two generals Wei Yan and Gao Lan?"

"They..."

Guan Haocang told Wei Yan's plan to the two of them.

When Lu Yian heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said: "Is General Wei's plan too risky? You know, this is the Canglong River. If the response is not timely, won't these 2000 people be trapped on the north bank?"

"Mr. Lu, although this plan is risky, if it succeeds, it will greatly boost the hearts of the people on the north coast."

Du Yu considered his words and said:

"Lord Lu, please don't forget that our Chu army has not appeared in Jiangbei for nearly 60 years. The people of the three mansions who yearn for our government are so anxious that Wang Shipan's hair will turn white. These two thousand soldiers have appeared in Jiangbei. Jiangbei can let the people of the three prefectures understand that our great Chu has never forgotten them, and we have never forgotten to take back our homeland."

In Du Yu's eyes, the military actions of Wei Yan and Gao Lan had far greater political significance than military significance.

Therefore, he was extremely in favor of Wei Yan's plan.

Of course, it would be better if Wei and Yan could return smoothly after achieving some results.

"It turns out that this is because I didn't think carefully."

When Lu Yian heard this, he understood.

"Commander, this is not the place to talk. You and I should go to Luzhai to rest first, and leave the matters of cleaning the battlefield and collecting prisoners to my men."

Du Yu said to Guan Haocang.

"I have my wish, but I dare not ask for it."

Guan Haocang nodded with a smile and followed Du Yu and Lu Yian towards Luzhai.

Just as the war on the south bank was dying down, Wei Yan and Gao Lan on the north bank were discussing the next plan in a dense forest.

On a large bluestone, a simple map was spread out, with the general geographical information of Dongchang Prefecture and Zhongping Prefecture marked on the map.

"General Gao, you and I are in this position now."

As Wei Yan spoke, he pointed at the words "Xinggu Mountain" on the map.

"You and I are leading the army alone deep into the enemy's territory. Danger is everywhere. If you are not careful, you will be in danger of overthrowing. In Yiyan's opinion, it is better to take advantage of the Qi army's attention on the commander and the army to capture Suzhou in one fell swoop. Pu County. After that, let the soldiers put on Qi Army uniforms and wait for the opportunity."

Wei Yan moved his fingers and pointed at another location next to Xinggu Mountain - Supu County.

Gao Lan tilted his head and thought for a moment, then slammed his fist on the bluestone and said:
"Okay, just follow General Wei's advice!"

Standing on the hillside, looking at the groups of Chu soldiers setting off silently, Wei Yan smiled.

This time, let Wei Wenchang bring some small shock to the state of Chu to Qi!

…………

When two thousand heavily armed Chu soldiers appeared unexpectedly outside Supu County, both the defenders and the people in the county were stunned.

Under the leadership of Wei Yan and Gao Lan, a ninth-grade master and an eighth-grade master, it took less than two quarters of an hour for this simple county town to completely fall to the Chu army's offensive.

Wei and Yan had a clear division of labor. One led some soldiers to guard the prisoners, while the other went to take out weapons and armor from the arsenal and prepared to dress the soldiers.

The two of them worked hard for most of the day, and finally gathered at the county government office at noon.

"This time, we completely wiped out the defenders by surprise, killing more than a hundred people and capturing more than [-] people. According to the chief's instructions, I stripped off all their weapons and armor."

Gao Lan's face was full of smiles.

"It's just that the combat power of these soldiers is too weak. This battle will not be satisfying at all!"

Speaking of this, Gao Lan's tone was full of regret.

"You guys," Wei Yan glanced at Gao Lan and said angrily, "These soldiers are all soldiers guarding the city. Their low combat power is extremely normal. In addition, there are not many people. With such a soft persimmon, shouldn't it be enough? Okay?"

As the war between Qi and Chu was about to begin, the soldiers of Dongchang Prefecture were recruited to the front line, leaving most of the cities in the rear empty.

There may be 5000 people guarding the capital city, but the garrison strength of ordinary cities is only more than 500 people at most. As for small towns and county towns, there are only [-] people.

It was only because Supu County was located on Qi's grain transportation route that the garrison strength increased to more than a thousand people.

With the two thousand troops under Wei Yan's command, as long as they don't attack the city head-on, they will be like tigers among sheep, killing indiscriminately when facing other cities.

Not only that, because Dongchang Mansion was developed successively by Chu and Qi, although the water network is dense, it is connected by roads and bridges, which can greatly increase the transfer speed of the Chu army under Wei Yan.

"I found about [-] sets of weapons and armor from the arsenal, and I asked all my subordinates to dress up, but I was still short of a quarter."

Speaking of the Qi army armor found in the arsenal, Wei Yan showed a bit of regret on his face.

But he also knows that nothing can be forced. Fortunately, Supu County has strengthened its defense forces on Qi's transportation routes. Otherwise, they would have been able to collect three to four hundred sets of weapons and armor after this battle. That would be a blessing. .

While the two were talking, a personal guard suddenly came to report that the people in the county had elected an old man, hoping to meet the two of them.

What do these people mean?
Wei Yan and Gao Lan looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes. "Let him come in and see what he has to say."

After just a moment of hesitation, Wei Yan made a decision.

Soon, an old man with white beard and hair, leaning on a cane and accompanied by two soldiers, came to Wei Yan and Gao Lan.

Seeing the two of them, the old man hurriedly bowed his hands and saluted, saying:

"Two generals, you are so polite."

After Wei Yan and Gao Lan returned the courtesy, Wei Yan asked his bodyguard to show the other party his seat and asked in a calm tone as much as possible:
"I would like to ask my father-in-law, what is the important matter for meeting me and General Gao this time?"

The old man hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively:

"May I ask these two generals, are they from Jiangnan?"

Wei Yan and Gao Lan looked at each other, nodded and said, "Exactly."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense spirit immediately relaxed. He smiled and explained to the two of them:

"Many people in the county thought that the mountain king came to the county to fight the autumn wind, but they were a little confused when they saw that the general's military discipline was strict and he did not do anything to the people's autumn. The little old man had some popularity in the county, so he Being asked by everyone, I had the audacity to ask the general."

At the end of his speech, the old man's cloudy eyes filled with tears, and he choked with sobs:
"Since I was 15 years old, I have never seen Master Wang again. The three prefectures in Jiangbei have been in the hands of Qi people for 60 years. I never thought that in these seventy years, I would be able to see Master Wang again when he went north!"

Before he finished speaking, the old man knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of Shenjing City.

Wei Yan and Gao Lan saw this and hurriedly signaled their guards to help the old man up.

"The rule of the Qi people is extremely cruel. We and the people in the three prefectures are looking forward to the king's northern expedition all the time. Now that I have seen the two generals, I can give an explanation to the people in this county."

After his emotions stabilized, the old man smiled and said to Wei Yan and the others.

Wei Yan smiled bitterly and told the old man the truth.

"Old man, you misunderstood. I am crossing the river to go north this time just to harass the Qi army. As for when to make the northern expedition, we need to wait for His Majesty and the many adults in the court to make a decision."

When the old man heard this, he suddenly realized something and had a look of loss on his face.

Seeing this, Gao Lan hurriedly spoke to comfort him:
"Old man, your Majesty is now wise, powerful, enterprising, and has the appearance of a wise king. He has even made an oath in front of all the late emperors in the Ancestral Temple to regain the five palaces in the north of the Yangtze River. Old man, please wait patiently, and you will definitely see the scene of Master Wang heading north."

After hearing this, the old man finally became more energetic and nodded:
"Looking at the general's face, he is a loyal person. I believe the general's words and will definitely work hard to survive until that day. I just hope that that day will come soon."

Wei Yan: Gao Lan is loyal, what about me?
However, what the old man said next made the two of them feel happy.

It turns out that the Qi State's convoy going to the Navy to transport grain would pass through Supu County every half month.

Counting the days now, we will arrive in Supu County almost tomorrow morning.

After seeing the old man off, Wei Yan and Gao Lan looked at each other.

Wei Yan lowered his voice and said, "General Gao, do you think we can rob this grain transport team?"

Gao Lan also said in a low voice: "I am in the dark and the enemy is in the light, why not rob me?"

After reaching an agreement, the two summoned their generals and began to discuss.

On a rural dirt road made of loess, a grain transport team with a size of 1000 people was moving forward one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Since most of the soldiers were transferred to the front line, only 500 of the more than a thousand soldiers escorting the grain and grass were government soldiers, and the rest were auxiliary soldiers and civilians.

The leading general was named Yuezhou. Because of his upright character, he was not favored by his superiors, so he was not transferred to the front line. Instead, he became a grain inspector, responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass.

Although Yuezhou was upright, he was very cautious in using his troops. He was very careful during several transportations of grain and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

This time, too.

Even though they were less than thirty miles away from Supu County last night, Yuezhou still did not ask the soldiers to speed up. Instead, they set up camp and waited for a night's rest before setting off at dawn.

Not only that, he also ordered the military scouts to expand the scope of the investigation to five miles to prevent being ambushed by thieves.

His arrangement puzzled the deputy general.

Yuezhou simply explained: "The commander-in-chief is about to fight with the Chu State. No one knows whether the Chu army will risk crossing the river and harass the rear. I am escorting the grain and grass. The stakes are very high, so I have to be careful."

When the deputy general heard this, he didn't say anything on the surface, but he was laughing in his heart.

If the Chu thieves really had the courage, they would not have been able to take more than one step along the Canglong River in the past 60 years.

It's just unfounded worries for you.

With the deputy general's thoughts in mind, the grain transport team was getting closer and closer to Supu County.

As soon as the grain transport team came out of a mountain col, they found about [-] soldiers in uniform uniforms walking towards their direction in front of the road.

Yuezhou urgently ordered his soldiers to be on guard, and at the same time asked which general the other party belonged to.

Not long after, the soldiers reported back, saying that those soldiers were soldiers from Supu County, because yesterday the county town was attacked by bandits. Although the bandits were repelled under the leadership of the heroic county captain, they thought that the food transport team would be gone today. When they arrived, they sent out personnel to protect them.

"There are actually mountain bandits causing trouble? They are really haunting!"

Hearing this, Yuezhou snorted coldly while feeling relieved.

The people of the three prefectures in Jiangbei have always been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qi State. Some strong-blooded people even abandoned their homes and fled into the mountains to become bandits, just to provide eye drops for the Qi people.

In the past, their petty quarrels would never come to fruition. Without the help of the imperial court, they could only be suppressed by the state capital's security force and become a tortoise in the mountains.

"This is because I, Da Qi, couldn't take care of them for a while, and all the cats and dogs dared to jump in their faces." Yuezhou sneered, "When the commander-in-chief destroys the Chu Navy and frees up his hands, it will be the turn of these people A clown!"

He knew that the commander-in-chief had already secretly made plans to destroy the Chu Navy in one fell swoop.

With this thought in mind, Yuezhou's grain transport team and those Qi soldiers gathered together.

"Why don't you see your county captain?"

Seeing that the leader was a red-faced man, Yuezhou asked subconsciously.

The man had an embarrassed look on his face, touched his head and said, "General, my county captain fought with the bandit yesterday and accidentally got an arrow in his knee. He is currently recovering at home."

A wine bag and rice bag!
Yuezhou sneered in his heart and asked casually:

"You came this way. Did you see that there was an ambush by thieves?"

The strange look on the red-faced man's face flashed away, and he shook his head and said: "Reporting to the general, with our strength, if we really encounter an ambush, where can I see you, general?"

Yuezhou glanced at the soldiers under the man's command and saw that their clothes and hats were askew and their expressions were lazy, and he couldn't help but chuckle.

Also, based on the bearishness of these soldiers, they can be said to be novices against each other against a small group of bandits. If they really encounter an ambush, it will not be justified unless the entire army is destroyed.

Now it seems that there is no danger in the journey to Supu County.

Thinking of this, Yuezhou let go of his last vigilance and ordered to recall the scouts who were exploring the road ahead. While chatting with the red-faced man, he rushed along the official road towards Supu County.

Yuezhou escorted the grain and grass to a forest.

Just because soldiers from Supu County had just passed by here, he was asked to confirm that there was no ambush here. Therefore, he did not send scouts into the forest to investigate. He only asked the soldiers to protect the grain carts. The deputy general led people and horses to guard the back road and lined up in front and back. A long snake formation walked towards the woods.

However, Gao Lan, who was ambushing in the woods, could only hear the "squeaking" sounds of carriages and horses in the distance.

He quietly poked his head and looked outside the forest.

On the road, I saw a Qi general leading more than a thousand troops and escorting more than a hundred grain trucks, walking slowly towards this side.

Gao Lan couldn't help but smile knowingly when he saw the red-faced man chatting happily with General Qi.

If that man is not his general Wei Yan, who is he?

Qi Jun's grain truck was halfway into the woods when he suddenly heard a whistle in the forest.

Then they saw countless strong soldiers emerging from the forest beside the road, holding short axes and sharp blades, swarming towards them, slashing at everyone they met!

The Qi army escorting the grain was unprepared, and was cut off from the front and rear by grain trucks. They rushed to fight in panic.

Unexpectedly, under the bonus of Gao Lan's characteristic [Burn Food to Avoid Disaster], the soldiers of Chu Army became more and more courageous as they fought. They could not resist for a while and retreated one after another.

When Yuezhou saw this, he was shocked and angry.

Just as he was about to command, a long knife was suddenly placed on his neck, and then he heard a joking laugh.

"General, don't move around. Otherwise, a certain family will recognize you, and a certain family will not recognize you with the sword in their hand!"

Yuezhou was shocked and froze in place, not daring to move even an inch. He just rolled his eyes and looked towards the place where the sound came from, when a familiar red face came into view.

Yuezhou's vision suddenly went dark, and his chest was so tight that he almost couldn't breathe.

At this moment, he didn't know that he had fallen into the other party's trap.

Without the command of the general, under attack from both inside and outside by Chu soldiers, the Qi army's grain transport team was completely wiped out in less than a quarter of an hour.

"Chu Thief, kill me!"

Yuezhou's heart was filled with despair as his hands were bound, he closed his eyes and said loudly.

Gao Lan chuckled and was about to take action, but was stopped by Wei Yan.

"General Yue, right? I had a great conversation with you along the way. Wouldn't it be a pity if you died like this?"

A bad feeling arose in Yuezhou's heart, and he struggled to get up, but was held down by the soldiers on both sides, unable to move.

"Chu Gou, kill him if you want. If Yue frowns even a little, he is not a good man of Qi State!"

Wei Yan glanced at Yuezhou up and down, and raised a smile that made Yuezhou's hair stand on end.

"General Yue, don't be so full of words. It just so happens that I learned something from Master Heba not long ago, and today I'm going to let General Yue open his eyes."

With that said, he commanded the soldiers to set up their arrangements.

Yuezhou's heart sank, but now that people are fighting for their lives, he has no choice but to watch the man surnamed Wei arrange everything.

"Come, let General Yue try this newly developed method by the Jishi Office!"

Wei Yan said with a smile.

Gao Lan glanced at Yuezhou sympathetically.

He knew how sinister the Jishifu's methods were.

Even a tough guy can't eat a whole meal...

　6000 words today, slowly returning to form... In order to improve the average order, there will be one update before the daily update of 8000 words.I hope everyone understands, and Xiong Xiong would like to thank you!
　　
　
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