Some people, if you miss it, you can look back.
There are some things that I missed and never had the chance to say again.
No one knew what kind of mood Sun Kaidao left the inn with, and then what kind of mood he moved into the very spacious house that Fang Jie had prepared for him. As Chen Xiaoru said, the house is clean inside and out, but there is no one there.
Sun Kaidao thought of Chen Xiaoru's words, he said that the general would not ask questions.
This sentence is just a question, how much love has been lost
Chen Xiaoru went back from the south of the city and went directly to Fang Xie for a reply. Fang Xie didn't ask Sun Kaidao what was his reaction, as if he immediately forgot about this person. But Chen Xiaoru felt a faint sense of loss in the general's eyes, so why not in his heart? Although Sun Kaidao followed Fang Jie halfway, he was already considered an old man in the Black Banner Army. If there are no accidents, there will be a very decent home in the future.
But now, he can only be regarded as decently disappearing from the sight of the Black Banner Army.
"Convene all the generals."
Fang Jie gave a light order, and Chen Xiaoru left immediately.
Everyone in the Black Banner Army already knew about the mobilization of troops against Nanyan. There has been no fighting since these days, and the soldiers of the Black Banner Army are also a little panicked. Those county soldiers brought from Southwest Three Ways were not looking forward to fighting, after all, they hadn't really experienced war yet.
However, the cavalrymen of the Black Banner Army, who had become addicted to victory, thought it would be good for them to rest for a while, but after a while, the itchy hands made them a little restless. It was at this time that the generals of the Black Banner Army understood what Fang Xie meant by saying that blood should be used to make the soldiers of the Black Banner Army look murderous.
no fight
The generals who came to Yongzhou with Fang Xie arrived in the meeting hall of the general's mansion early and waited, while the newly promoted generals of the frontier army seemed a little cautious. They were rescued by Fang Jie and the Black Banner Army from various cities, but they were still somewhat unfamiliar with the Black Banner Army.
However, the frontier army has always been no stranger to war.
Even during the Taiping period of the Sui Dynasty, these frontier soldiers were not far from killing.
When Fang Jie came in, all the generals stood up and stood in silence, and then gave a military salute.
Fang Jie sat down in the upright seat, and pressed his hands down to signal for everyone to sit down. Because it is not a matter of expedition, the generals do not have to wear heavy armor. If you wear armor, sitting is actually more comfortable than standing.
"There is one thing that the old people in the Black Banner Army know, but those who came from the border army of Pingshang Road don't know much about it."
Fang Jie pondered for a while and said: "In Suzaku Mountain, there are several workshops under the rule of the Black Banner Army, which need a lot of iron ore. We have been exchanging with Jin Shixiong for a long time. But since last month, Jin Shixiong began to delay The date of delivery of iron ore, the price has been raised again and again. There is no iron ore in Southwest Sidao, so if we want to expand our weapons and equipment, we need to change and buy them. When we do not have a firm foothold, we can do this. , but now, if we don’t have our own iron ore in our hands, there will be too many constraints after all.”
"General, when will you attack Nanyan?"
Xiahou Baichuan said with a smile: "Those boys down there, their arms are almost rusting from yelling all day long."
"It's a good thing."
Fang Jie smiled and said: "It is inevitable to use troops against Nanyan. I came to discuss this matter with you. Not to mention whether Nanyan has iron ore, I only said that Nanyan killed so many of us and took away so many of us." People, Murong Shame should pay a price. In the past few months, Murong Shame has actually been sending people to make peace, saying that he was foolishly mobilized against the Sui Dynasty because of the instigation of treacherous ministers. He is willing to give 200,000 shi for food and grass , plus a large number of weapons and armors as compensation."
"Pooh!"
Chen Dingnan curled his lips and said, "Those things were originally stolen from Pingshang Dao. Now if you want to return some of them, it's over?"
"Of course not."
Fang Jie said: "It is not difficult to say that it is difficult to mobilize troops against Nanyan, but it is not easy in fact. Two-thirds of Nanyan's territory is mountainous, and most of the people live on the plains. Those big cities are extremely strong. And if Murong Hui knows that if he is defeated and flees to the deep mountains, it will be difficult to catch him. So we have to think carefully about how to fight in order to win completely."
"Forced to surrender?"
Liu Xuri thought for a while and said, "Chen Bing can force Murong Shame out of Dali City to surrender, and promise him not to kill him, but kill him after he comes out."
"That would be so easy!"
Qin Yuan, the general of the frontier army, shook his head and said: "The general may not know much about Nanyan people, and he doesn't know much about Murong Shame. We have been in the frontier fortress for a long time, so we know this shameless villain best. Murong Shame is cunning and fickle. Even if the courtiers don’t trust us, how could they trust us? If Chen Bing was really outside Dali City, he might have fled to the mountains long ago. There are many mountains in Nanyan, and the mountains are full of wolves, tigers and leopards. We know these mountains very well, and we know where people can hide. But we don’t know, if we plunge into it, seven out of ten injuries are not due to fighting on the battlefield, but because of ignorance of the terrain.”
Marquis San Jin pondered for a while and said: "I heard that Murong Shame is not very prestigious in Nanyan. Although he is the emperor of Nanyan, most of the aristocratic families in the big cities in the south of Yan Kingdom do not obey the Nanyan court. Scheduling... how about the general send people to contact those who are dissatisfied with Murong, and work together to destroy them. You can promise to those families in the southern part of Yan that they will not embarrass them after Nanyan's demise."
Fang Jie shook his head: "It seems that they are at odds, but at some point, they will be of one mind... If I attack Nan Yan, those families in the south of Yan will be dissatisfied with Murong, but they understand a truth, Murong Shame is still the emperor of Nanyan, and their families are vassals. If Murong Shame is dead and Nanyan is destroyed, they can still have the same carefree life as before? Therefore, it is not easy to instigate rebellion against them."
San Jinhou nodded: "Indeed."
"Send a master to assassinate?"
he asked again.
Fang Xie was silent for a while without saying anything. There is no definite news of the people from the Xiaoqi school coming back, so there must be some great practitioners around Murong shame to protect him. Besides, Murong Shame himself was the commander of the imperial guards of the Shang Kingdom back then, and his own cultivation was enough to gain a foothold in the Jianghu... Assassination, if one is not careful, it may kill a large number of Xiaoqi schools and masters.
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At the end of the discussion, a specific charter was not discussed. Fang Xie ordered all the battalions to be ready to go out at any time, and let everyone go back without slack in training. The generals thought it would be easy to beat Nanyan, but the more they discussed, the more they understood why a small country like Nanyan could always exist beside Da Sui, and how could it be as simple as Murong Shame bowing his head and pleading a vassal
Nanyan has a special terrain, with many mountains and few plains. Two-thirds of the country's land is covered with mountains, large and small, but Nanyan is sparsely populated, so it is not considered crowded if they all live on the plains. But as long as there is a war, these people will swarm into the mountains to avoid disaster. Outsiders are not familiar with the terrain, and getting stuck in the mountains is like being stuck in a swamp.
Because of this, Da Sui never touched Nan Yan.
The reason for not moving is that the gain outweighs the loss.
Taking down a small country like Nanyan, even though it was a bit difficult for the Sui army who had just wiped out the big merchants, they could still bring down Nanyan. The key point is that there is not much benefit for the Sui Dynasty to consume a large number of elite troops to occupy such a territory. The loss of the brave Sui soldiers in the primitive jungle and steep mountains is a bit distressing.
On the battlefield, Nanyan's army is not worth mentioning.
But in Nanyan, the biggest enemy is not the Nanyan army.
At the beginning, after the emperor of the Sui Dynasty intended to destroy the Shang Kingdom, he took advantage of the situation to destroy Nanyan as well. But it was because after a detailed calculation, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty found that killing Nanyan was far less beneficial than keeping Nanyan. To keep Nanyan, Murong Hui will donate a large amount of supplies every year. If Nanyan is destroyed, not to mention the loss, he will have to send troops to defend it. Coupled with the fact that Nanyan is adjacent to the primitive jungle where the He people lived, the He people would not raise their hands to welcome the Sui army.
"After defeating the Heren, Xiaoqi School sent some people into Nanyan."
Chen Xiaoru said with some disappointment: "But Nanyan is too damn small. There are four big cities in the north of Nanyan. After passing through these four cities is Dali. At that time, Xiaoqi School had limited manpower, so there were not many sent there. In addition, Murong Shame Afraid of revenge from the Black Banner Army, they ordered the frontiers to be closed, and the gates of the four big cities were closed, so that the people from the Xiaoqi School could get in, but they couldn't get out!"
Qilin cursed at the side: "This Murong shame is enough to be called a coward. It has been so long, and he still hasn't ordered the opening of the city."
"Of course he is afraid!"
Chen Xiaoru said: "The team that was so easy to put together was wiped out by the general. He knew how powerful our Black Banner Army is, so how dare he open the door? But now, we know too little about Nanyan. Xiaoqi School Even if the people in the area inquire about a lot of news, they can’t send it out at all.”
"Although Nanyan is small..."
Fang Jie frowned slightly and said, "To the west is the He people's forest, to the north is the Great Sui Dynasty, and to the east is the sea... But there is no waterway to pass through. If our navy wants to bypass the four cities, we must enter the south of the Yangtze River from Luoshui. Then we went through all the roads in the south of the Yangtze River and entered the sea... Don't say that we can't go to the south of the Yangtze River, even if we can get by, but our warships are still a bit small, not suitable for sailing in the sea, and the navy's current strength can't do long-distance raids at all."
"It seems that the only way to go is to send a master to assassinate him."
Chen Xiaoru clasped his fists and said: "General, I can choose a group of experts to pass through the He people's jungle and enter Nanyan, so that they will not lose too many people in the jungle. The only way is to assassinate the general who defends the city and open the city. Only through the gate can the army go all the way south."
"Disaster!"
Qin Yuandao: "Not to mention that the primeval jungle is more dangerous, even if you go through it, it won't help if there are fewer people going. We all know that Murong shame is afraid of death, and the guards around him are all masters recruited from the world. He has a good cultivation base, It is difficult to assassinate. Besides, those generals who defend the city, if they go out and lead troops, if they live in the barracks, it will be even more difficult."
"So there's no other way to hit a little Nan Yan?"
"Yes, but there is..."
Fang Jie sighed slightly, the Firearms Battalion was ready to use. However, is it worth it to expose the firearms battalion by beating a small Nanyan
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Chang'an City
Towering city walls.
General Iron Armor looked to the south with a serious expression on his face.
"Wan Xingchen thought that this would make me miserable. He underestimated the ability of a founding emperor too much. If he didn't have the courage and mentality to abandon everything, how could he have everything? For future generations, as long as there is no severance, what's the point of dying? Wan Xingchen, you simply don't know how to make me suffer. My heart... I won't be hurt because of the loss of something meaningless a long time ago."
He turned his head and looked in the direction of Changchun Garden in Chang'an City.
"As long as I recover, I will lead the army to march south... In order to revive the Sui Dynasty, the people of the Yang family should do something."
"Send someone to tell Puhu not to go back to Chang'an City, and ask him to wait for me in Jiangbei Road. Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing are not strong enough to lead the troops, so it's useless to stay..."