Cai Guopingyu, the original royal palace in the county, was temporarily transformed into an office space.
At this time, the envoy from the south was holding a stone ax and standing there arrogantly.
This messenger has broken hair, tattoos, bare feet and hemp, and his whole body is full of wildness.
Such a vulgar and barbaric guy was ridiculed by the Kingdom of Zhongxia in the past. Even the Kingdom of Chu looked down on such a barbarian.
However, now, this barbarian actually said proudly in front of the king and ministers of the Cai State: "The leader Li has a destiny, the Cai State should mourn for the king, and the whole country will be safe! If not, destroy Cai!"
"presumptuous--"
A sword-wielding general stood up immediately, his face flushed with anger, and he pointed at the barbarians and shouted: "You are so rampant and humiliating people, how could you know that the country of Wu will not decline -"
"Wait..." the barbarian sneered, "Are you trying to scold the Kingdom of Wu until it declines with that mouth on your face?"
"you!"
"presumptuous?!"
The barbarian held a stone ax and pointed it from a distance, "When Li was in the Biyang Kingdom, he warned Cai Guo that Cai Guo was scornful and insulted. Could it be that Cai Guo has forgotten that those who humiliate others will always be humiliated! Today's Cai Guo's shame is nothing but self-inflicted.
disgrace!"
Although the grammatical wording is still somewhat different from that of the Zhongxia Kingdom, Cai's ministers were surprised to find that this barbarian's logic was very complete.
Such a savage... is actually just a savage from the Wu Kingdom?!
Marquis Cai's face turned red and white while sitting on the high seat. Someone came to his door and asked him to wear sackcloth and mourn him all over the country... which was unheard of.
However, the leader of the Wu State barbarians who occupied Xincai was such a threat.
And he told him openly and honestly that if he didn't do this, the country would be destroyed!
Even the Marquis of Cai already knew that throughout the territory of Cai State, in counties, counties and villages, there were many detailed works by Wu people to publicize this matter.
"Terror" can also be publicized and contagious.
Only by being tough and having a fearless spirit from top to bottom can we overwhelm "terror" and defeat "terror".
But does Cai Guo have such qualities?
Marquis Cai knew full well that he was not as good as his ancestors. He thought he could revive Cai Guo, but now it seems that it was just a joke.
"Destroy Cai?! Hahahahaha... Soochow savages are really arrogant! I, the Cai Kingdom, have hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How can I just say that I will destroy him..."
"How does Cai Guo compare with Yue Guo?!"
The barbarian with broken hair and tattoos didn't bother to pay attention, and directly interrupted General Cai Guo's words, "The first king destroyed Yue, and the first Li destroyed Cai. This... is called power. Do Cai people fear power?!"
"you!"
This is being ridiculed for being fair and honest, and being belittled as a beast.
Because only animals fear authority.
"You... calm down."
The moment Cai Hou spoke, he felt his face was burning.
I originally thought that inviting reinforcements from Zheng Guo would be able to turn things over, but now it seems that there are many problems and difficulties.
In particular, Zheng's "guest soldiers" actually turned their backs and killed one of Zheng's camps, and even took prisoners of war and escorted them to Gangshan.
Nowadays, Shangcaigang Mountain is a military fortress. Although the Zheng people have many people, they cannot attack it for a long time.
Zheng Guo's main force was divided, and the left division of the former army was defeated by Sha Heng and Jia Gui. They abandoned their helmets and armor and ran away lightly, but they didn't even outrun the opponent.
More than 4,000 people were captured, all of them were "elite seeds", the cornerstone of Cai Guo. The future was supposed to rely on these "elite seeds", but now, they are all gone.
And Sha Hem, who killed the former army's left division... is right in front of him.
He is Li Jie's special envoy. He came to pacify the situation just to intimidate Cai Hou into submission.
What frightened Marquis Cai even more was that his scouts went to inquire about Li Jie's defenses in Xincai, and found that Li Jie actually widened, dredged, and opened five new "large" ditches in a short period of time, because they diverted the Ru River.
Lu, so they were all named "Rugou".
From No. 1 Rugou to No. 5 Rugou, there are a large number of outposts. If the Zheng and Cai coalition forces were to attack each other in a defensive battle, how many corpses and how much food would they need to fill in?
Just imagining that scene made Cai Hou tremble and uneasy.
As for Zheng Hou's bad idea of going down the river, Cai Hou has no intention of accompanying him to die and fighting with the Wu people. Do you have the strength?
The people of Zheng were able to sail boats, which meant they could float on the water. It was extremely difficult to gather so many soldiers who were not seasick. They actually wanted to use them to feed the fish. How could he, Marquis Cai, accompany him!
However, in the eyes of Marquis Cai, Li Jie, who already had such a huge advantage, did not intend to fight a defensive war, but took the initiative to attack. After eating the left division of the coalition's former army, he immediately sent a special envoy to intimidate and intimidate.
"Your Majesty——"
After hearing Marquis Cai's extremely humiliating tone, a sergeant couldn't stand it any longer. He jumped out and stared at Sha Heng with splitting eyes: "Savage from Soochow! You are not afraid of death -"
"snort!"
Sha Heng turned around barefoot, holding a stone ax and sneered, "I came here under the orders of Shou Li. Life and death have long been ignored! Today, Sha Heng is destined to die, and it is enough to have all the gentlemen accompanying him at the spring."
As he spoke, Sha Hen even raised the stone ax in a wild manner, twirling it around the hall and pointing.
However, what made the sergeant even more ashamed was that wherever the Shaheng stone ax pointed, Cai Guo's ministers subconsciously avoided where the stone ax pointed.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"
When Shaheng saw this, he immediately laughed even more unscrupulously, "As Li Shou said, from top to bottom of the Cai Kingdom... there are many rats!"
With such sarcasm and insults, almost all Cai Guo's generals wanted to shoot Sha Heng to death with random arrows, but Cai Guo's monarchs and ministers endured it one by one.
Even though everyone was already thinking about how to torture Sha Heng in order to vent their hatred.
But I can only endure it. I can't bear it. It's really not possible.
"Report——"
In the corridor outside the palace, the visitors' faces were red and their collars were wet with sweat.
"pass!"
"Your Majesty! The Wu army has dispatched and has passed Rugou No. 4!"
"Army?! How many people and horses are there——"
Seriously, Cai Hou didn't care so much anymore and asked quickly.
"The three armies may be as strong as 50,000 people!"
"Fifty thousand people——"
Cai Hou rushed down from the high seat and said, "Why did the Wu people come to have an army of 50,000 people!"
"This... subordinate doesn't know!"
At this moment, no matter how stubborn or belligerent General Cai Guo was, his energy was drained away.
Fifty thousand troops... You must know that when Li Jie conquered Xiazhou Laicheng, the available troops at hand were just over 10,000.
"Abandon the cauldron, board the boat, and fight with all your might." When they attacked Polygonum Castle at night, there were only a few thousand troops.
With such superior combat power, 50,000 people...really want to destroy Cai?!
This must be to destroy Cai!
"Shajun!"
Cai Hou suddenly looked at Sha Heng and said loudly, "Please Sha Jun tell Jiang Yinzi that our country belongs to the Wu Kingdom, and it is our duty to mourn the king. It is our duty - "
…
"No need to be scared."
Li Jie sneered and threw Cai Guo's credentials aside. At this moment, on the south bank of No. 4 Rugou, densely packed camps were connected, and the air of chilling was unprecedented.
The number of the army at this moment is actually more than 50,000. In addition to the righteous soldiers and righteous followers, there are also a large number of Chu soldiers who surrendered, as well as a large number of Yunzhen clan who came over through Sui.
In addition, among the "weak people in Huaishang", the young and strong people who work hard to earn a living naturally swelled to such an astonishing number.
In terms of combat effectiveness, it is actually not as good as the previous streamlined "Rebel Army", but for Cai Hou, he is not qualified to distinguish between true and false.
Strategic intimidation, dealing with the strong, will only make the strong stronger; dealing with the weak... you will get whatever you want.