Chapter 1427 Recruiting troops and breaking through the city with ease
The army went out to war.
Just as King Qin was about to follow the Chinese army, he received news from the officials who stayed behind.
"Your Highness, many people want to join the army!"
The King of Qin gave Nan Zhou three days, which was regarded as courtesy first and then fighting. Then he started to create public opinion.
Then he comforted him, saying that Gu was going to destroy the Southern Zhou Dynasty. That’s it!
The people cheered and felt that the threat was far away.
But then many people had the idea of joining the army.
When Shi Zhongtang was in power, he deliberately excluded the soldiers from the Tang Dynasty in the army, so that the people of southern Xinjiang had no way to surrender.
At this moment, King Qin swept away Shi Ni, and those young people were moved again.
"After wiping out the Southern Zhou Dynasty, I will definitely go back with a large army. It will be troublesome to use northerners to defend the southern border. Let's stop it!"
If some troops are left to guard the southern border, will the families of these soldiers move here?
There was too much movement.
Just thinking about it, the cost would give King Qin a headache.
If we don't relocate our families, it would be unfair for those soldiers to be far away from their families while serving the country.
During Li Mi's time, the imperial court ignored this injustice, so it was common practice to go to the frontiers in the prime of life and return home only when old.
Think about it, his parents, wife and children were still there before he left, but when he returned, his parents had passed away, his wife had either passed away or was old, and his children looked at him as if they were a stranger.
These are just one situation, there are more...
In this era of constant transportation, if people from the north go to the south to stay there, once they leave, they are likely to stay there for the rest of their lives.
"Ah Ye, when will the Southern Expedition begin?" Ah Liang had never seen the horror of war and asked with great anticipation.
"I guess it has already begun." His Majesty the King of Qin, who is talented and strategic, immediately turned his thoughts to how to use this battle to teach the future prince.
On the opposite side of the boundary river, Wang Lin led more than 2,000 Moxia people in formation. On the other side, the forwards of the Northern Xinjiang Army could not see the edge at a glance.
"Pei Zhonglang, rush over!" The old thief followed Pei Jian this time. He pointed to the opposite side and said, "It only takes one attack to destroy them."
No need for an army, just three thousand cavalry, the old thief can easily defeat his opponent.
"His Highness has said that the Southern Zhou Dynasty has the same culture and species." Pei Jian said in a deep voice: "First surrender!"
It’s better to be polite first and then fight!
The old thief was a little disappointed.
A civil servant rode his horse to the river and shouted to the other side: "Hey! Someone comes here!"
"Go down to the official position!" A general asked for a tassel.
"No need, I'll go!"
Wang Lin shook his head and smiled slightly.
He rode over, "What's the matter?"
There was no question as expected. The civil servant was a little curious, "Why not ask?"
"Is it possible to dissuade King Qin's army from stopping?" Wang Lin asked.
The civil servant shook his head, "It seems that you are a smart man. Smart people should do smart things. The army is right there." He pointed to the forward army behind him.
"Your two thousand or so subordinates, to be honest, the army does not need to fight. It only needs to rush over and use the hooves of the horses to drown them."
"That's right!"
Wang Lin simply agreed with this view.
"Then, what are you waiting for?" The civil servant smiled and said: "Surrender! His Highness said that the Tang Dynasty and the Southern Zhou Dynasty share the same culture and species. We are all from the same ancestor, and they will be reunited after being separated for a long time! As long as they surrender, they will still be one family!"
"I want to surrender!" Wang Lin said, "But it's my duty, I'm sorry!" "Have you thought clearly?"
"Think it through."
The civil servant sighed, "Well then, let's go!" "Definitely!"
Wang Lin rode his horse back and drew his sword.
"Follow me and die for your country!"
On the opposite side, the civil servant told Pei Jian the result.
"It's interesting." An officer accompanying the army said: "Fang Chong is shameless, which makes it difficult for me to have a good impression of the Southern Zhou civil officials. However, the military officials are surprisingly surprising."
"During the Northern Expedition, the journey was unstoppable.
After the army approached Bianjing, the Southern Zhou army suddenly became fierce." The old thief has experienced that battle, "His Highness said, don't underestimate your opponent!"
This is why King Qin ordered Pei Jian to be the vanguard.
I hope that while being unstoppable, I must also be steady! In this way, let’s see if my subordinates can only do such a constrained job by pretending to be frugal.
"That being the case"
Pei Jian pointed forward, "As he wishes!"
The forward cavalry was crossing the river upstream, but Wang Lin turned a blind eye. There was nothing he could do to block it!
"Array up!"
Wang Lin led his men to turn around and face the Northern Xinjiang cavalry.
At that time, the King of Qin led the athletes from northern Xinjiang to participate in the Southern Expedition and became famous in the first battle. Many years later, the two armies fought again.
"Kill!" The cavalry launched. "Archers!"
Wang Lin's voice remained calm. But that was all.
A quarter of an hour later, his body was trampled by horse hooves into a pulp. Most of the more than 2,000 southern peripheral troops were killed in the battle, and the rest surrendered. "Attack quickly and besiege Huocheng!"
Huo City was the first city in the Southern Zhou Dynasty that faced the Tang Dynasty.
The generals and guards had already received the notice from the mission and were standing at the head of the city in a daze. "Where are the reinforcements?"
he asked. No one answered him.
In the distance, smoke and dust can be seen.
The faint sound of horse hoofbeats can be heard. That is the arrival of the Northern Xinjiang Army.
Wei Qun turned around and looked at his livid-faced subordinates, and said, "Fang Xiang ran too fast. He looked like a rabbit. I wanted to have a prime minister die with him, but it's a pity."
Everyone laughed miserably.
But this was Wei Qun's true inner thought. The vanguard of the Northern Xinjiang Army arrived. "As usual!" Pei Jian asked people to shout to surrender. "Hey!" The civilian officials took action again.
The selection of loud voices was originally done in the army, but the civilian official who was watching looked at it for a long time and said, "Why does it sound like a mosquito?"
Some people say that his back hurts when he stands and talks, so why not give it a try. Then give it a try.
As soon as the civil servant opened his mouth... holy shit! His skills shocked everyone!
From this, the person shouting became him.
And this is in line with King Qin’s instructions: Be gentle with Southern Zhou. Look, we even use civil servants to recruit and surrender.
"Nian Xu sent an envoy to humiliate His Highness, just wait...that's all, to put it crudely, motherfucker! His Highness was planning to go back, but he couldn't hold Nian Xu to death! If Your Highness ignores him, who will think highly of him in the future?
?Who can still look up to Datang? Therefore, this battle must be fought! Do you understand?"
All understood.
"We have surrendered, and we are still a family. Don't believe it, in the eyes of His Highness, Southern Zhou is not a threat at all. So, don't worry about being suspected after surrendering. His Highness said, talents are talents, use them alone! But there is one thing...
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The civil servant shouted at the top of his lungs: "Your Highness is going to screen out those dog civil servants from Te Niang to see which of those bastards are against the New Deal, and rush them to farm!"
These words caused a commotion in the city. "King Qin also agrees with the new policy?" "In fact, he is the same as us."
Another goal of the New Deal was to strengthen the army. Sun Shi changed the harshness of civilian officials towards military personnel and showed some good looks, which immediately triggered a wave of enthusiasm in the army.
"There seems to be hope!" someone said.
"It's hard to say." The old thief said, "Although these people are so enthusiastic, the generals in the Southern Zhou Army are not good birds."
The hierarchy in the Southern Zhou Army was very strict. If anyone dared to leapfrog his rank and report to the Shangguan, regardless of whether the Shangguan was guilty or not, he would first beat him half to death, and then he should be exiled. Even if he was accidentally beaten to death, he would still deserve it.
Pei Jian knew about this and said, "This is something created by the Nian family. When the founding emperor of the Southern Zhou Dynasty knew that he had gained the country unfairly and was worried about being opposed by civil and military officials, he swore an oath that Wen would share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. This is where Wu
Class law, strict hierarchy.
As a general in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, although he would be humiliated by the civil servants, he could turn around and do whatever he wanted in the army. In this way, the general would naturally be loyal to the emperor."
"There has been no civil strife among civil and military officials for hundreds of years in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. It is indeed rare. However, everything has its pros and cons. Over the past hundreds of years, the authority of the emperors of the Southern Zhou Dynasty has become increasingly low.
Already."
The old thief said: "How about...attacking the city?"
At the top of the city, the guards said forcefully: "Thank you very much, but I have the responsibility to defend the territory. I will live or die with Huo Cheng."
The civil servant sighed, "What did you say? Good words cannot persuade someone who is bent on death. He rode back to report.
The old thief burst into laughter.
"Thank you very much. I dare to say that this person wants to surrender, but he is half-hiding it! "Ajar door!" someone said.
"Fuck! Comrade!" The old thief turned around and saw that the person who said this was a civil servant, so he handed over his hands and said, "Let's learn from each other later?"
"Easy to say!"
Pei Jian looked at Huo Cheng and said, "If you want to break the city, it will take two or three days. Ask again."
The civil servant went again.
"Is it down?"
Wei Qun shook his head, "Although King Qin is mighty, I want to see him.
The civil servant was moved in his heart and came back and said, "I see, this man is too shy to put his sword in its sheath and wants to save face."
"Yes, what he said is a hint that he wants to surrender to His Highness." The old thief cursed: "Isn't this just because he's full? I bet that this man must have read a book earlier. He smells sour.
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Everyone looked at Pei Jian, waiting for his decision.
"The army cannot stay, and if this trend is allowed to spread, the defenders below will ask Your Highness to surrender. What will become of Your Highness?"
yes!
Doesn't that mean he has become an ambassador to persuade you to surrender? "Siege the city!"
Pei Jian gave the order, but before attacking the city, siege equipment had to be built. The craftsmen were lazy, and no one came to urge them.
"Look, I'm really waiting for King Qin!"
The defenders at the top of the city had mixed emotions. On the one hand, they felt it was shameful to surrender, but on the other hand, they felt that they had a high probability of surviving, so they were very happy.
This is the frontier army. Fang Chong dealt with them last time when he led his army to the north, but he was defeated and returned. Just go back! The old man entered Huocheng halfway and found an excuse at will to have the guards whipped.
et al.
To be honest, if we were talking about who among the Southern Zhou army hated civil servants the most, the defenders of Huocheng said they were second, and no one dared to admit that they were first.
This is also the reason why the Wei Qun politely expressed their willingness to surrender, but the defenders remained silent.
Otherwise, if Wang Lin could lead his army and die for his country, could it be that the defenders of Huocheng were all eggless men? It was night, and the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly launched a surprise attack.
The old thief and others took the lead in landing on the city, opening a breakthrough.
The loud-voiced civil servants took the risk and followed them to the city, shouting: "Kneel down, everyone. Kneel down if you don't kill. If one family doesn't beat the other family, kneel down quickly!"
The city suddenly fell to its knees.
As soon as the guards rushed out of the official house, the city gate was opened and the cavalry rushed in. The guards smiled bitterly and looked around, "I seem to be stupid!"
The sound of horse hooves gradually approached.
Wei Qun took off his long sword and threw it on the ground, shouting: "It's surrendered! It's surrendered!" The battle in Huocheng was so easy that it was unbelievable.
Of course, Pei Jian's non-smoking methods are good, and even the old thieves say he is a little better than him.
When King Qin received the news, he was full of praise.
Immediately, he became interested in Wei Qun. After the army arrived in Huocheng, he was brought here.
"Why do you have to see an orphan before you surrender?"
In the lobby, King Qin was sitting in the front, and A Liang was kneeling beside him. "I've met His Highness!"
The Wei Qun saluted and looked quite calm, which made King Qin couldn't help but secretly praise: There is no shortage of talents in the Southern Zhou Dynasty.
"The sinner has guarded Huocheng for many years. When Fang Xiang failed in his northern expedition, he passed by Huocheng on his way back. He beat the sinner for no reason to vent his anger. The sinner did not dare to refute..."
Wei Qun raised his head and said calmly: "Your Highness does not know. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the literati are the gods to our military men. A county captain dares to make an army lieutenant general salute, and a prefect dares to make an army commander bow his head."
....Just because in the Great Zhou Dynasty, warriors are the best."
What a stupid policy!
When the King of Qin saw A Liang's astonishment, he smiled and said, "I'll tell you more about it later as a father." He nodded to the guards and said, "Continue."
He needs to know about the warriors of Southern Zhou Dynasty
mind, preparing for the next attack.
"Yes." Wei Qun lowered his head, "As for Fang Xiang, he is like a god in the eyes of sinners, making them unable to feel any resentment."
It's like a common man thinks this way about the emperor. He is sincerely frightened.
"This time, Prime Minister Fang was on an envoy to southern Xinjiang. He did not stop in Huocheng when he went, but stayed overnight in Huocheng when he returned. The sinner went to serve him and happened to see Prime Minister Fang drinking. When he was slightly drunk, Prime Minister Fang said, "Morning
Knowing that King Qin is so great, I shouldn't have come."
Wei Qun raised his head and looked at King Qin boldly.
"I just want to see with my own eyes how His Highness the King of Qin can make Prime Minister Fang surrender."
King Qin said calmly: "Then you saw it today."
Wei Qun knelt down and saluted.
"Your Majesty, your majesty and majesty are born from your dragon and phoenix posture. Sinner, I bow to you!"