"It's a break, a break that cuts off the way back."
"Oh...ah, it's really embarrassing. Even His Royal Highness King Su understands the writing of our motherland, but we people..."
"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, he is His Highness Prince Su..."
"When you say that, I think it's acceptable..."
At the other end of the Yaling Gorge, 20,000 merchant navy troops had reached the designated position and built a simple military camp on the side of the mountain stream on higher ground.
The above conversation took place in the commander's tent of the Shang Shui Army. After receiving another letter from Zhao Hongrun, General Wu Ji summoned his generals and guards to study the contents of the letter together.
It was clear that this group of people were from the Chu State, but the letter written by a Wei man named Su Wang Zhao Hongrun in Chu seal script had to be "decrypted" by this group of people. This made Wu Ji and others feel a sense of inexplicable shame.
.
"It shouldn't be wrong, phew..."
Taking a long breath, Wu Ji carefully folded the letter from His Highness King Su, put it into his arms, and immediately said to the generals in the tent: "Everyone, according to what His Highness King Su wrote in the letter, where is the residence?
The people of Sanchuan in the Gong and Luo area may defect to the Jiejiao tribe and betray His Highness King Su. Therefore, His Highness King Su ordered us to be vigilant and pay attention to the Sanchuan tribe in that area."
"Betray His Royal Highness Prince Su?"
When the generals in the tent heard this, they all showed expressions as if they couldn't bear it.
It's no wonder, after all, their family is now living like a small noble in Shangshui County. Not only does the family have a large area of farmland, but they also hire people to help with the farming. Even if they are ordinary soldiers in the Shangshui Army, their families
The family was also assigned a field.
In Wei State, the land tax was only two tenths, which meant that their families would have more food left over for the winter at the end of the year, which meant that life would get better and better.
This made the entire Shang Shui Army not resentful but rather grateful to His Highness King Su who pulled them from the Chu State to the Wei State. After all, compared with Chu State's policy of governing the people, Wei State's policy of governing the people was simply unimaginable.
imaginary.
"Betrayal of His Highness Prince Su...should be killed!"
A general of the Merchant Navy snorted and said.
As if he had read through the thoughts of these generals, Wu Ji quickly stopped him and said: "Don't be impatient. Everyone, His Royal Highness Prince Su wants those people to expose their betrayal intentions so that we can gain great righteousness.
So...just keep an eye on them."
"The general will obey his orders."
All merchant navy generals clasped their fists in response.
Seeing this, Wu Ji waved his hand and said: "Okay, everyone, please step aside and make arrangements. General Zhai (Huang) will stay."
After a while, all the generals in the tent retreated, and even Wu Ji's personal guards also left the tent. Only one nearly forty-year-old veteran remained in the tent, and this person was Wu Ji's general.
The lieutenant he relied on most, Zhai Huang.
"General Zhai, how are the preparations for that matter?" Wu Ji asked: "In two days at most, the Dangshan Army will withdraw from Yaling Gorge. If something goes wrong with our Shang Shui Army by then,
Not only will we be sorry for His Highness Prince Su's high regard for us, but he will also make the Dangshan Army look down on our army even more..."
After hearing this, Zhai Huang said with a smile: "General, don't worry, three days will be enough for our army to build a defense line and set up the three hundred companies. By then, not to mention the five or six thousand Jie cavalry, there will be fifty thousand Jie cavalry."
Even the clan cavalry can hardly break out of the Yaling Gorge alive."
"very good!"
Wu Ji stood up, clenched his fists and said enthusiastically: "Although I have benefited from the new company of the Smelting Bureau, but... this battle will rectify the name of our Shang Shui Army!"
Beside him, Zhai Huang hugged his fists heavily.
"As you command!"
Just as the Shang Shui Army was busy preparing to ambush the five or six thousand Jie tribe's advance cavalry, its general Zhu Hai also received a letter from Zhao Hongrun at Chenggao Pass, dozens of miles away.
The content of the letter made the general frown and seemed a little unhappy.
"You actually refuse to fight, you are arrogant towards the enemy... This is basically trying to lure the Qian and Qian tribes in Gong and Luo to rebel..."
After a long time, Zhu Hai put down the letter in his hand and stood at the window of the house angrily, looking in the direction of Gong and Luo.
In the room, his general Feng Su picked up the letter on the table, glanced at it briefly, frowned and asked: "How should I respond, general?"
Zhu Hai did not make a decision directly, but said angrily: "This could have been avoided!... Even if the positions of the Qiang and Qiang tribes in Gong and Luo are not firm, as long as the Dangshan army and Shangshui
The army quickly defeated the Jiejiao tribe, the Sanchuan tribe in Gong and Luo, how could they really make an enemy of the Wei Dynasty?... However, the Dangshan army deliberately faked defeat and fled. Is this a temptation?
It’s clearly an inducement to rebel!”
After that, his eyes turned cold and he murmured: "Did that bastard Sima An bewitch King Su?"
"I don't think much of the general," Feng Su said with a faint smile.
"Oh?" Zhu Hai turned around and asked, "Do you think this is what King Su meant?"
"Whether it is King Su's intention, I will not be able to judge rashly, but I can be sure that King Su approved of this matter." Feng Su put the letter in his hand back on the desk and said with a chuckle.
"General, think about it. As soon as Sima An's Dangshan Army left Chenggao Pass, they broke away from the Shangshui Army and massacred several Sanchuan tribes without permission... But His Highness King Su revealed in his letter that he
At this moment, he is with the Dangshan Army and Sima An. The general doesn’t think that it was Sima An who took the initiative to find His Highness Prince Su to reconcile, right?"
"..." Zhu Hai touched his chin and nodded slowly.
"The general thinks that His Royal Highness Prince Su must have had a confrontation with Sima An at this moment. Although Sima An is one of the generals of the Sixth Battalion Army, and like you, the general, he was once the emperor's guard, but
His Royal Highness Prince Su, that is His Majesty’s biological son... No matter how daring Sima An acts, he would not dare to do anything to His Highness Prince Su."
Hearing this, a strange color flashed in Zhu Hai's eyes, and he murmured: "This is true... Although Sima Tuzi has bad morals, he is loyal to Your Majesty and me, the Great Wei Dynasty, and he definitely does not dare to threaten King Su. According to his wishes,
He has a character that is more for the sake of love than for peace. If His Highness Prince Su forced him to do so, he would probably hand over the military power of the Dangshan Army and return to the Wei Dynasty alone... Hey! It's strange that Sima Tuzi is still with Prince Su at this moment.
Together?"
Zhu Hai couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. After all, according to his understanding, Sima An was a person who had his own way of doing things and never liked being told what to do by others. Logically speaking, such a person would never compromise.
"I'm not sure, it was His Royal Highness King Su who convinced General Sima An!" Feng Su said with a smile.
"Is Sima Tuzi impressed?" Zhu Hai glanced at Feng Su in shock. As an old acquaintance of decades, Zhu Hai really couldn't imagine that the unruly Sima An would be impressed by anyone except Emperor Wei.
possible.
but……
Zhu Hai turned around, walked a few steps, picked up the letter again, and looked at the contents of the letter solemnly with a pair of tiger eyes.
Could it be that it was really His Highness Prince Su’s idea? Speaking of which, when His Highness attacked the Chu State last year, he was not a soft-hearted person... It’s not good to leave Sima Tuzi next to His Highness, bewitching him.
Instigate...
Zhu Hai thought to himself.
"General?" Seeing that Zhu Hai was silent for a long time, General Feng Su asked: "Do you want to respond to what is said in the letter?"
I saw Zhu Hai let out a long breath and said melancholy: "It doesn't matter if it is Sima Tuzi. Since it is a petition written by King Su himself, how can I refuse it... Forget it! If the tribes of Gong, Luo and Sanchuan really did it,
If you act against me, the Wei Dynasty, I will attack the Gaoguan Pass with an army!"
Having said that, Zhu Hai immediately wrote a reply letter and gave it to Feng Su, solemnly telling him: "Feng Su, you lead Baiqi and you must personally deliver this letter to His Highness Prince Su. After that, you will temporarily
stay with your highness
Listen to those around you... Remember, you must not let Sima Tuzi confuse or instigate His Highness Prince Su. Otherwise, if His Highness Prince Su is deceived by Sima Tuzi, the people of Sanchuan will all die without a burial place! Do you understand?
?”
"I will obey your orders!" Feng Su accepted the letter and responded with clasped fists.
About half an hour later, Feng Su led more than a hundred cavalry from Chenggao Pass and headed in the direction of Luodi. After all, according to Zhao Hongrun's letter, the Dangshan Army was currently stationed in Changchuan, southwest of Luodi.
But one day later, when Feng Su and his party arrived near Luodi, he frowned and discovered that he would have encountered many sheep grazing by local tribes along the way, but this time, those sheep seemed to have been moved elsewhere.
Instead, there was a felt tent that stretched for more than ten miles.
Even during this period, they encountered a local tribe's cavalry.
There were not many of them, only thirty or forty people, and they were most likely sentry riders to find out information about hostile forces.
Logically speaking, the people of Sanchuan living in Luodi, whether they are Yi people or Yi people, would not show hostility to the cavalry at Chenggao Pass.
But this sentinel horse made a hostile move: they blew the horn whistle that was used to warn and summon friendly forces.
Damn it! Are you really being seduced?
Feng Su cursed in his heart and did not dare to go directly to Changchuan. Instead, he turned into the nearby hills and finally got rid of the sentries.
Because of such obstacles along the way, it was not until August 7 that Feng Su led more than a hundred Gaoguan cavalry to reach Changchuan.
When he arrived at Changchuan and took a look, Feng Su was almost shocked by what he saw, because he found that under the military camp built by the Dangshan Army on a low hill, there were actually five to six thousand suspected soldiers gathered under the low hill.
The team of Jie cavalry.
These cavalrymen, either out of luring the enemy or simply looking down upon the Dangshan army on the low hill, got off their horses and lay down on the ground to take a nap in the sun.
Faced with such a good opportunity for a sneak attack, the Dangshan army closed the camp gates and showed no intention of going to war.
It is hard to imagine that the Dangshan Army would be too afraid to fight.
It seems that the general has really guessed it. His Royal Highness King Su and General Sima An are trying to lure those Sanchuan tribes who are not firm in their stance to rebel, so that they can be wiped out in one fell swoop!
Frowning, Feng Su went straight up the mountain with more than a hundred riders. After announcing his identity, he was led to the commander's tent by Bai Fangming, the general of the Dangshan Army. He met Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, and handed over General Zhu Hai's letter.
He gave it to King Su Zhao Hongrun who came after hearing the news.
But at this moment, Sima An's words made Feng Su slightly startled, and he didn't know how to reply.
"Hmph!... It actually took General Feng nearly three days to deliver the letter. It seems that the obstacles encountered along the way were not small." (To be continued.)