After leading his army to Liujiang Province, Peng Guoxin showed great aggressiveness and successively attacked more than ten county towns under King Zuo. The peak of troops was directed at the provincial capital where King Zuo was entrenched.
But just a month later, in a battle outside the provincial capital, Peng Guoxin fell into King Zuo's encirclement plan.
The 80,000 Luo army suddenly collapsed under the fierce attack of Zuo Wang's army.
This is not surprising. The Luo army under Peng Guoxin's command had been mixed with too many regiment training at this time, and in terms of combat effectiveness, it was far less than the original 30,000 Luo army.
If Peng Guoxin fights steadily and slowly tempers himself through battles, this Luo army will definitely return to its original elite.
Unfortunately, Peng Guoxin was too eager for success and attempted to settle the matter in one battle, defeat King Zuo and recapture the capital of Liujiang Province.
As a result, he fell into King Zuo's scheme.
When the regiment training and miscellaneous troops placed in the rear scrambled to flee under the fire of the slowly advancing musketeers, Peng Guoxin knew that he was defeated.
He couldn't bear such a blow, so he pulled out his sword and wanted to commit suicide and die for his country.
As a result, he was snatched away by the personal guards, and they tried their best to rescue Peng Guoxin.
After such twists and turns, Peng Guoxin became much more mature on the battlefield.
To be precise, he became more cunning.
After gathering the remaining soldiers, Peng Guoxin was not defeated by one blow. Instead, he divided his soldiers into small teams and disguised themselves as ordinary refugees. After entering the Zuowang territory, they took advantage of the night to loot, kill, and loot, causing the Zuowang territory to be devastated.
The internal security situation suddenly deteriorated.
And when the inspectors under Zuo Wang sent out troops to search, these Luo soldiers would pretend to be honest refugees.
It was impossible for King Zuo to have his people exterminate all the refugees in his territory.
After all, these are valuable labor forces, and if they are massacred, King Zuo's reputation among the people will be ruined.
These days, the worst thing that can happen is to lose your reputation.
Although it is not like what the book says, it will end without any illness.
But if your reputation is ruined, it will be difficult to do many things.
At this time, even the gentry who make small moves out and make big moves in, and loan sharks, will pretend to do some good deeds and strive for a good reputation.
This shows the importance of this kind of thing.
Of course, King Zuo didn't think of a way.
For example, allocate land to the refugees in the territory, allow them to settle down, register their household registration, etc.
As a result, it becomes significantly more difficult for Luo army soldiers who pretend to be refugees to commit crimes on the run.
Of course, Peng Guoxin didn't expect to defeat Zuo Wang's forces with such a bad move.
His main energy is still spent on hard training of internal strength.
During that time, Peng Guoxin lived in the military camp, personally attending to the daily drills and taking care of the daily meals.
This actually played a big role.
Fang Xiaoyue also felt a headache during this time.
Take yesterday for example. A group of refugees who came from nowhere actually held torches and tried to break into a Taoist temple at night and rob it.
Moreover, the martial arts of these refugees are not low, and they all carry sophisticated weapons. At least the strong men in yellow robes who watch at night do not have much resistance.
If Fang Xiaoyue hadn't recruited a yellow scarf warrior at the critical moment to beat the crap out of these refugees, the Taoist temple might have been burned to the ground again.
And this kind of thing has happened three times.
As the saying goes, there are only three things that can happen.
In the past, Xiaoyue thought that the refugees really couldn't survive and had become bandits temporarily.
But this time the Yellow Turban Warriors caught a man alive.
Fang Xiaoyue learned a lot from this living mouth.
First of all, these refugees are actually disguised as Luo Jun, and this living person's official position in Luo Jun is not low, he is a captain.
According to the ranks of the Qinglong Kingdom's military, the rank of captain is almost the fifth rank.
Well, if I have to make a comparison, nominally speaking, this captain has the same rank as Peng Guoxin.
But in reality, this captain is not even as good as a county magistrate.
The reason is very simple. From the day the Qinglong Kingdom was founded, the imperial court of this generation has emphasized culture over military affairs!
No matter how small the rank of a civilian official is, he is more popular than a military attache!
Even ordinary people who are illiterate all know a saying: everything is inferior, but reading is the best.
Of course, Peng Guoxin was considered a civil servant. After all, he was a candidate who passed the provincial examination!
Before joining the army, the captain was just a village man practicing martial arts in the countryside.
But no matter what, the captain couldn't resist Fang Xiaoyue's tactics and revealed Peng Guoxin's plan.
Fang Xiaoyue also had to sigh.
When it prospers, the people suffer; when it dies, the people suffer.
When war comes, those big shots will do whatever it takes to win.
A plan like Peng Guoxin's has been implemented so far, and probably no fewer than thousands of innocent people have suffered.
All of this was drowned in the flames of war.
Perhaps when the war ends, Peng Guoxin will gain access to the palace and become an important minister of the Qinglong Kingdom because of his merits in suppressing the bandits!
As for these innocent people who died, not to mention historical records, even county annals may not go into detail.
At most, fill in one sentence in the blank: In such-and-such county, in such-and-such year and month, due to the rebellion caused by bandits on the ground, the people suffered heavy casualties.
We can't let things go on like this.
Fang Xiaoyue thought for a while and then summoned the Yellow Turban Warrior.
At this time, once the Yellow Turban Warrior was summoned, he was over five meters tall, which was more than two meters taller than half a year ago.
For summons like the Yellow Turban Warrior, size is directly linked to strength. The bigger the size, the stronger the strength.
And after half a year of warming up, the Yellow Turban Hercules Talisman at this time can summon three Yellow Turban Hercules.
After receiving Fang Xiaoyue's order, the three yellow scarf warriors immediately rose into the sky, stepping on white clouds under their feet, and rushed to various places.
In the following time, those Luo troops lurking among the refugees would be in bad luck.
Whenever they started to rob, burn, and loot under the cover of night, an astonishingly large giant would come on the clouds, capture them all, and throw them into the cells of the local government.
As a result, within a month, Peng Guoxin's plan was completely destroyed. Most of the five thousand soldiers who lurked into Zuo Wang's territory were captured. The remaining small number of soldiers were trembling with fear and did not dare to take action again. They could only act honestly.
of farming land.
As mentioned before, bad moves like this can only play some supporting role.
What really determines the outcome of both sides is the frontal battlefield.
Another half year passed.
Fang Xiaoyue took advantage of the good weather that day and was teaching brothers Li Chizhang and Li Cunmang to draw talismans in the courtyard. Pilgrims came to the Taoist temple to burn incense and worship the gods.
The pilgrim is a merchant. He was robbed by refugees near the Taoist temple last time and was rescued by Fang Xiaoyue. Therefore, whenever he passes by the Taoist temple from now on, he will come in and burn three sticks of incense to express his gratitude.
Therefore, after meeting many times, this businessman and Fang Xiaoyue can be regarded as acquaintances.