When Guo Jia saw Gao Lin kneeling down and worshiping him, Guo Jia was filled with joy and hurriedly helped Gao Lin up. After the two of them sat down, he said to Gao Lin: "Jiujiang County is a large county in Wu State, although it is not the same as Lujiang County."
Also located north of the Yangtze River,
However, whether it is Jiujiang County or Lujiang County, its commerce and population are very developed, especially Jiujiang County, which was the first county where Wu State and our dynasty did business. There are countless merchants in Shouchun City. As the saying goes, there is no business.
No adultery, as long as Your Highness..."
Gao Lin listened attentively. After listening to Guo Jia's words, he slapped his thigh suddenly and shouted: "My master's clever plan, this plan will definitely capture Shouchun City."
Seeing Gao Lin's happy look, Guo Jia thought to himself: "His Second Highness is brave and brave, but unfortunately he is still lacking in resourcefulness. At this point, there is no way he can compete with His Highness and Third Highness. No matter what happens on the battlefield,
Scenery, but after all, he is one person. If His Highness and His Highness the Third join hands to deal with the Second Highness, what will happen to them?
With the ingenuity of the two Highnesses, just a little trick can put the Second Highness into eternal disaster. As the mentor of the Second Highness, if I don't help him, I'm afraid that the Second Highness will never have peace from now on. Your Majesty, please
I forgive Fengxiao for slandering you, I also want the eternal stability of my dynasty, and I hope the emperor can understand me."
That night, Gao Lin asked his scouts to send a message to Zang Ai, so that he did not need to borrow troops anymore. According to the special message delivery method of the Chinese National Intelligence Department, the message should be conveyed to Zang Ai before Zang Ai arrived in Xuzhou.
As night fell, Gao Lin let the soldiers of the Dragon Scale Army have a good rest, while he and Guo Jia stayed in a big tent, chatting all night long, and asked Guo Jia how to take his own path in the future. So Guo Jia made a plan for Gao Lin
A three-step plan
, the first step is to capture Jiujiang County as soon as possible and clarify the power of the Wu Kingdom. The second step is to capture the capital of the Wu Kingdom. The third step is the most critical step, which is to disband the Dragon Scale Army after the war and let the
All members of the Dragon Scale Army serve in various armies.
Since the officers and men of the Dragon Scale Army are loyal to Gao Lin, Gao Lin can use his military exploits to pray for the rewards given by Gao Fei to these people, occupy various important positions in the army, and spend a lot of money to win over the middle and lower-level officers in the army. Once there is a change,
, you can respond at the same time, imprison the generals of each army, and drain the firepower.
The Huaxia State's separation of military and political systems made Guo Jia deeply understand the importance of military power, so his strategy was to let Gao Lin control the entire military power as quickly as possible. Only in this way can Gao Lin's position be secure.
Early the next morning, Gao Lin followed Guo Jia's plan and ordered the entire army to retreat five miles, far away from the threat to Shouchun City.
In Shouchun City, Zu Mao was recovering from his injuries. When he heard someone reporting that the Chinese army had retreated five miles, he felt a little suspicious and said, "Continue to inquire."
The next night, after receiving the recall order, Zang Ai returned to the Dragon Scale Army. All five captains were present. Gao Lin asked them to have a good rest and then retreat ten miles early tomorrow morning.
Ma Dai, Gan Xiaoning, Zhang Xiong, Guo Huai, and Zang Ai were all a little puzzled, and the other officers and soldiers in the Longlin Army also complained. They didn't know why they continued to retreat, and they all came to Gao Lin to ask for orders. Gao Lin
Lin withstood the pressure and only said one sentence, asking them to obey the order.
On the morning of the third day, the Dragon Scale Army retreated another ten miles and was completely out of the threat to Shouchun City.
After Wu's scouts learned of this, they immediately flew to Shouchun City to report the incident.
After Zu Mao heard about this, he said suspiciously: "What the hell is the Chinese army doing?"
The news of the withdrawal of the Chinese army spread quickly in the city, and in a short time, the entire people in Shouchun City knew about it.
Shouchun City is the county seat of Jiujiang County. Businessmen from the Huaxia Kingdom and the Wu Kingdom often communicated here. After the war broke out, Zu Mao ordered the two doors to be closed tightly. Some businessmen could not get out, so they had no choice but to stay in the city temporarily. At this time, I heard
After the news of the withdrawal of the Chinese army, the merchants in the city took their caravans to leave the city.
However, when the merchants came to the east and west city gates, they saw that the city gates were still closed, so they shouted to leave the city.
The soldiers guarding the city were determined not to open the city because they had Zu Mao's order. The merchants insisted on leaving the city, so the two groups immediately had a quarrel. In the fierce quarrel, a conflict broke out between the soldiers and the merchants.
There was chaos between the city gates.
This matter quickly spread to the prefect's mansion. After hearing this, the prefect of Jiujiang hurried to Zu Mao's mansion and asked to see Zu Mao.
Zu Mao had no choice but to see him because of his official reputation, so he went to meet the Jiujiang prefect even though he was injured.
"General Zu, since the Chinese army has withdrawn, should the gates of Shouchun City also be opened? The merchants in the city have been delayed in the city for three days. Some of the merchants carry fruits and vegetables.
"If the goods are not shipped in three days, I'm afraid they will die in my own hands. Please ask General Zu to temporarily open the city gate and let the merchants out of the city." The prefect of Jiujiang begged.
Zu Maodao: "The Chinese army has many tricks. The imperial edict I received is to stick to this city and not allow anyone to enter or exit. Now the Chinese army has just retreated. Who knows if it is a trick. If the city gate is opened rashly, the Chinese army will take advantage of this moment to come in and kill them."
Without Shouchun, what can you and I do to face His Majesty?"
"This... why not just open it for a while, let the merchants out of the city, and then close the city gate. The Chinese army is twenty miles away. Even if we learn that our army has opened the city gate and want to rush over, we will already
The city gates were closed. Our country levies a heavy tax on merchants, and a quarter of the national treasury comes from these merchants. If merchants no longer travel within the territory of our country of Wu, I am afraid that the income of the national treasury will be relatively reduced in the future. This can be
It's far more serious than releasing those businessmen..."
Zu Mao thought for a while and felt that what the prefect said was correct, so he nodded and agreed.
"Okay, just this time, it won't happen next time."
After getting Zu Mao's approval, the prefect immediately took people to the city gate. Zu Mao even sent people to convey the order to let the merchants out of the city.
After the merchants were let go, they ran to different places. Nearly an hour later, the group of merchants heading east suddenly came back quickly. The merchants rushed to drive their carriages.
After seeing it, the soldiers guarding the city were all suspicious and couldn't help asking: "Why did these businessmen go out and then come back again, and they looked so embarrassed? Could it be that they encountered ghosts?"
Suddenly, billowing smoke and dust rose from the woods. More than a thousand Chinese cavalry chased the merchants, drew their bows and fired arrows, killing some of the merchants.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw this, they immediately became very nervous. These people were not ghosts, but the Chinese army, which was more terrifying than ghosts. The guard hurriedly ordered the soldiers to stand ready, and the archers prepared their bows and arrows in case of emergency.
In just a moment, the merchant's carriage rushed to the drawbridge and shouted to the defenders on the city: "Open the city gate quickly, the Chinese army is coming, let us in!"
"The general has an order. No one is allowed in or out without the general's order. You'd better find another place." the guard shouted.
When the merchant saw that the defender did not open the door, he hurriedly asked someone to open several boxes of gold pulled on the carriage, and then said to the defender: "The Chinese army killed many merchants, and we were overtaken by them. Not only did we lose our property, but we also lost our lives."
It’s gone. As long as you are willing to open the city gate and save my life, all this gold will be yours. You may not be able to have so much gold even if you are a soldier all your life. Please save me, general..."
The guard's eyes widened when he saw money. After seeing so much gold, he had evil thoughts. Seeing that the Chinese army was still some distance away from the first wave of merchants, he immediately ordered: "Lower the suspension bridge and open the city gate. These golds will
Everyone has a share in seeing it!”
The soldiers all cheered and immediately lowered the drawbridge, opened the city gate, and let the first wave of arriving merchants into the city.
As soon as the merchant here entered the city, he said to the guard: "General, there is my close friend behind me, who is also a very wealthy man. There is more gold in the car than mine. Please don't close the door until he comes in."
After closing the door, we will definitely give you generous gifts."
The guard visually inspected the distance and saw a wave of merchants blocking the Chinese cavalry, while the Chinese army was massacring those backward merchants. After the Chinese army killed the people, they dismounted and picked up the property. They would not come for a while.
So quickly, he nodded in agreement.
Not long after, when the second batch of dozens of merchants arrived, more than a hundred merchants had gathered at the city gate.
"Okay, close the city gate and ignore them outside." The guard ordered.
Just when the suspension bridge was about to be pulled up, more than a hundred businessmen gathered at the city gate suddenly took out their weapons from under the carriage frame, and then tore off their coats. What was revealed turned out to be dragon scale armor. Each of them held a weapon in his hand.
Steel Knife took action on the spot and suddenly killed the defenders, catching the defenders off guard. The doorway of the city gate was immediately filled with corpses. The iron cables of the suspension bridge were also cut off, and more than a hundred people occupied the city gate.
Heading outside to greet the arrival of the Dragon Scale Army.
At the same time, the Chinese troops outside the city began to gallop on their horses. Even the dead businessmen suddenly stood up. Hundreds of cavalry emerged from the woods and rushed toward Shouchun City.
come over.
Under the leadership of Zang Ai, more than a hundred dragon-scale troops who had occupied the city gate fought bravely to kill the enemy, then rushed to the tower and killed the archers. Gao Lin led the dragon-scale troops and quickly rushed into the city.
They fought in a melee with the Wu army officers who were responsible for the defense, and soon occupied the city gate.
Zu Mao was still in the prefect's mansion when he suddenly heard the Chinese army rushing into the city. He couldn't help being surprised and asked hurriedly: "What's going on?"
So his subordinates told Zu Mao the whole story. After Zu Mao heard this, he immediately covered himself with his wounds. As soon as he led the people out of the gate of the prefect's mansion, a fast horse came towards him. Before he could see clearly, it was a fast horse.
Who knows, Fang Tian's painted halberd flashed in front of him with a cold light, and his head flew high into the sky.