Chapter 66
At the beginning of September in the first year of Zhongping, Zhong Yu, the lord of the imperial kingdom, swore an oath as a teacher in the outskirts of Jiangling. On that day, the sky shone brightly, and red clouds covered thousands of miles. Great increase, all ministers worshiped.
After a lot of busy work, several hours later, following Zhong Yu's order, the 500,000 troops that had been prepared for a long time set off in the direction of Luoyang in the north.
Sitting in the mighty, spacious and tall golden root car, Zhong Yu opened the car window, stretched out his head and looked out, seeing his mighty army that could not be seen at a glance, his heart was filled with infinite pride.
This time, in order to fight for the early annihilation of the Han Dynasty and end the Three Kingdoms world that has made him feel a little boring as soon as possible.
It can be said that I have used all my strength to give up countless interests in this world in exchange for those soldiers not hindering my actions.
But they won't be proud for long, and when they unify the world, these greedy gentry will perish.
Of the 500,000 troops that went out this time, 200,000 of them were elites who had been fighting with him for several years, and each of them crawled out of the pile of dead men.
I remember that in order to train the 200,000 army, I mobilized 800,000 cannon fodder, and 600,000 people died to get the last elite. It can be said that the price I paid was extremely heavy.
But all of this is worth it. With these well-equipped soldiers who have seen countless blood on the battlefield, plus the 300,000 cannon fodder he just summoned, this Northern Expedition should be much easier than before.
This time, I can say that I took advantage of the Han Dynasty. While their army was away, they had not put down the rebellion, returned to the original defensive line, and hit them with a surprise attack.
But even if those soldiers came back, so what? The entire Han Dynasty can only estimate that there are no more than 200,000 soldiers and horses with him at most, and most of them are exhausted soldiers who have been fighting for a long time.
On my own side, I have been recuperating for a year, and I have already finished my rest. Countless soldiers, stimulated by the rewards that I have cracked the soil, have already written to me to challenge myself with envy.
Just like the state of Qin 400 years ago, the soldiers rejoiced when they heard about the war, thinking that their chance to make a fortune and become an official had come.
What's more, what he did was even better than Qin Chao. Qin Chao was reluctant to give up the land and let his subordinates act as princes. But I am willing, anyway, these lands are worthless to me, and I have to abandon them at any time.
In this way, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty had been war-weary for a long time and were homesick. They had been separated from their families for a year.
Seeing countless Zepao fell on the battlefield, completely separated from his family, even the corpses can only be buried in other places, it can be said that he does not want to continue fighting.
As for the gentry who are generals, they have heard more or less about the deeds of Zhong Yu sealing the country to the heroes of the gentry under his command.
The spies they sent had handed over countless cases to the chiefs who surrendered in Yangzhou and Yangzhou. In the end, not only were they not blamed for their demotion. Instead, it was divided into one county, or even several counties, as their future society, to worship their ancestors, and to pass on the incense forever.
After hearing about this for several months, they have long envied the group of upstarts in the south with envy, and suddenly they came to a county as their own country's territory.
When they usually get together with each other, they also lamented with indignation. Right now, the Han Dynasty is in turmoil, and wars are everywhere. Then, while drunk and hated, he scolded the group of rebellious officials and thieves in the south, with an extremely jealous and envious tone.
Obviously, they also wanted this kind of treatment in their hearts, but because they had no connections, they hated that the emperor in the south would not go north, so that they would have a chance to express themselves.
At this time, I heard that Zhong Yu led his army to the north, and the number was even more than 500,000, while the Han Dynasty on his own side had only 200,000 people, and they had to be distributed among the vast defense line, so they could only draw out other mere 200,000 people. The 100,000 people in the army came to deal with the attack of Yuguo.
It can be said that the defeat is set. After fighting him for almost two years, the money and food in the treasury of the Han Dynasty have long been exhausted, and the generals are in arrears with countless food and salaries.
And the hearts of the counties and counties all over the world are floating, and countless local officials want to donate their jurisdiction, so that the emperor in the south can grant him a country. Heart, the official has no intention of fighting, so how can anyone think of resisting in the corner?
Sure enough, when the Han Dynasty received the news that Zhong Yu was going north, Zhong Yu's soldiers were already approaching Yingchuan County. Along the way, in addition to sending 5,000 cavalry to receive the city along the way, hundreds of thousands of troops slowly followed.
It can be said that those cavalrymen erected the national flag of the imperial court in front of the gates of counties and counties. The local officials and noble families who had long been eager for the arrival of the royal master immediately organized people to kill those who still wanted to be loyal to the Han Dynasty.
Opening the city gate, facing the generals who came to attack, weeping about the innocence and tyranny of the Han court, and how he appeared to have won, but actually secretly waited for the opportunity, hoping that the imperial kingdom in the south would come to conquer Wudao and welcome the king's division into the city. !
And the general who had been ordered and reminded by Zhong Yu early before the expedition also smiled and had a good conversation with those officials and nobles in a kind tone.
He calmed down their uneasy feelings, and promised them with a very positive tone that he patted his chest and promised that he would keep their credit in mind.
After the war is over, their great king Zhong Yu will definitely give them a reward, so as to live up to their meritorious deeds of defecting and welcoming the king's teacher.
And also hinted in a very cryptic tone, mentioning the treatment of officials and nobles in the two states of Yangjiao in the south, so that they don't have to worry about breaking their promises. After all, there have been countless examples before, which can prove the credibility of Yuguo, this party.
Sure enough, with the promise from the general, the officials and nobles who were still a little nervous in their hearts immediately settled down.
A more brimming and sincere smile appeared on his face, and he invited the general to attend the banquet in the city, but the general declined politely and tactfully.
Instead, he bid farewell to them, saying that the military order was in his body, and he would continue to go to the next city to receive them. Only a few dozen of his people were left symbolically stationed in the city to show his trust in them.
Those gentry didn't have any grudges, there were only dozens of Yu Guo's troops in the city, if Yu Guo really wanted to do something to him, what tricks could these dozens of people do?
Having mastered the power of the whole city, they can easily eliminate these forces and regain the initiative in the city. Of course, they will not make such a stupid decision.
With the obvious general trend of the Yu Kingdom today, along the way, the counties and counties along the way have changed their flags and surrendered in Kaesong. It can be said that in any country in ancient times, there was no such popularity.
Even the Zhou royal family, which entrusted eight hundred princes, took him more than ten years and encountered resistance from countless Shang dynasties before successfully unifying the world. How could it be so easy to attack the Yu Kingdom in the hinterland of the Central Plains now?
So they rationally chose to surrender and surrender, and expressed their attitude very sincerely, and said that they understood the truth that the military situation is urgent and the speed of soldiers is precious, so that the generals don't care at all, and they can go to the next city to receive the money with peace of mind.
And I also attached a letter from myself, asking the general to bring those officials and families who are familiar with me in the city, so that I can provide some help to the general.
It can be said that this set of services is extremely appropriate and thoughtful, extremely skillful, obviously rehearsed!
It is worthy of being a gentry who can give up everything for the benefit and do anything that the world despises. He is shameless and ruthless enough.
The dynasty that he had loyal to him for hundreds of years abandoned as soon as he said he would abandon it, betrayed him as soon as he said he would betray him, and even surrendered himself to be the leading party.