In the imperial court, Geng Shu stood tall with a jade jue in front of his chest. Facing questions from the courtiers, Prince Taki was so nervous that his hands trembled and looked at Geng Shu.
"How many soldiers do you have?" Tai Chang asked.
"120,000." Geng Shu said solemnly, "The 25,000 cavalry, led by me and acting as the vanguard, must pass through the capital, take Songxian directly, and take Songxian as the first stronghold to fight against forces from Liang, Zheng's two-nation coalition army, because after recovering, they will definitely launch a counterattack. Princess Wuying, led a second army, stationed between Yubiguan, Luoyang, and Songxian, ready to assist me in sniping the Central Plains troops."
"In the following troops," Geng Shu added, "20,000 must be dispatched to Yubi Pass as soon as possible. This route will be led by General Zeng Yu to form the east route troops heading south..."
Prince Taki suddenly lost his mind, only to see Geng Shu focus on his face without looking at the ministers, and when he casually answered the questions of the courtiers, he raised his eyebrows a little to signal him to wake up.
"Your Highness?" Geng Shu frowned slightly, breaking the silence.
Prince Taki immediately regained his senses and nodded.
"Estimated time?" Bingfu joined the army and asked again.
"Before winter this year," Geng Shu said, "Song County can get it. The last general has made detailed arrangements with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Please refer to the map for details."
Prince Taki indicated that the courtiers slowly unfolded the map in the hall, just like the ink and wash Shenzhou in the Haige, along the Yubi Pass to the south, Geng Shu used the mark previously made by the Zhubi, after entering the pass, first passed through Liangxi Plain, and then entered the capital Luoyang. . Passing through the Lingshan Canyon, and then forming a sharp knife along the ancient road, it goes deep into the heart of the Central Plains and extends to the border between Liang and Dai.
"Song County was called 'Wuling' in ancient times, and it was the place where the two countries fought each other," Geng Shu said. "It borders Daiguo and was originally the territory of Daiguo, but it was later occupied by Liangguo. "
Guan Wei: "If Dayong were to gain this place, it would be like an enclave within the customs, difficult to defend and easy to attack, surrounded by enemies on all sides, and a hometown of the Jin people. It would take a lot of effort. Your Highness, do you really think so?"
"That's right." Geng Shu said, "It's hard to defend, but as long as you keep it, in the long run, the gains will far outweigh the losses. After the conspiracy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, we have decided to form an alliance with Daiguo, and Daiguo will be ours. Allies, the most important purpose of entering the customs here is the Liang country. Besides, the Zheng and Ying kingdoms will most likely remain on hold."
In addition to using troops, Yong Guo will also send a large number of lobbyists to the countries in the customs, or Chen Heng's advantages and disadvantages, perhaps with a lot of money, so that countries can temporarily hold a wait-and-see situation.
Of course, this is Guan Wei's job.
Once Songxian is selected as the first stronghold in the Central Plains south of Yubi Pass, it can gradually erode the Liang Kingdom. Geng Shu began to move his army along the border of Liang State again, from Luoyang to the northeast, along Songxian to the southeast, like a half-moon, the chess pieces continued to spread, and finally surrounded Anyang, the capital of Liang.
Prince Taki said: "Nowadays, the more important point is that the four kingdoms in Guannai cannot be allowed to form a new coalition again. I will assure you of this, Brother Wang."
Daiguo has already expressed his good intentions. After meeting with the envoy of Daiguo, Juicong obtained a very clear intention - in a short time, King Daiwu is willing to support the southern expedition of Juicy Yongguo, on the premise that in exchange, the two countries Will try to carve up the territory of the Central Plains. At that time, as long as the state of Ying, which is south of the Yangtze River, sends troops to support the state of Liang, King Dai Wu will send troops to attack his back.
The only variable now is Zheng Guo, which is located on the coast of the East China Sea. But Geng Shu is confident that even if Prince Taki's diplomatic envoys cannot successfully persuade Zheng Guojun, he is confident enough to defend against the combined forces of Liang and Zheng.
Biquge
Juicong said: "In this way, Wang'er is ready to go to the Yubi Pass and join up with Princess Wuying. All the palaces in the DPRK and China must cooperate fully, and the battle situation cannot be delayed."
In the thirteenth year of Geng Yuan's melody in the world, five years after the fall of the capital of the world, the army of the Yong Kingdom gathered again under the Yubi Pass, and the war was about to start again.
The last torrential rain of summer came in a hurry, flash floods broke out, and many villages were destroyed under the mountain stream in the southwest of Liangdi. In the area of the Yellow River north of the Central Plains, a rare flood occurred in ten years.
When Jiang Heng passed through Zhaoshui County, the yellow flood had submerged most of the city, and he could not enter the city. There were fleeing people with their families and families everywhere, and a flood drowned out a whole year's harvest.
Jiang Heng had been waiting outside Zhaoshui for three full days. During that time, with the limited medical skills he had learned from Luo Xuan, he helped the devastated people see a doctor and administered needles, and told them to leave Zhaoshui as soon as possible.
Because of the large number of dead and injured after the flood, there must be plagues rampant, this large city in the south of the Liang Kingdom cannot be said to be another disaster after the winter.
And the messenger of Anyang disaster relief still hasn't come.
In the early morning of the fourth day, Jiang Heng finally waited for a boat coming from upstream.
The boatman bares his upper body and wears only a pair of water trousers, and the boat can only accommodate two people. Jiang Heng immediately shouted: "The boatman! The boatman!"
The boatman glanced at him from a distance, it was a young man, and he turned a blind eye to the people shouting on the shore.
Then, Jiang Heng threw his hand away, and flew three pieces of Liang Qian in succession, "Dang bang bang" three times, very accurate, and fell into the bamboo tube at the bow of the boat to collect the money.
This hand immediately attracted the attention of the boatman, and when he docked a little, he found that many people did not rush to come over, but said goodbye to Jiang Heng with reluctance. It turned out that the shouting was all about sending the young man away.
"Who are you?" the young man asked.
Jiang Heng got on the boat, waved goodbye to everyone, and then saluted the boatman earnestly: "Hello, brother, my name is Luo Heng, and I'm a doctor."
After going down the mountain, Jiang Hengnian remembered that the capital was broken, but he didn't know if anyone still recognized the name. If Jinxi's whereabouts were involved, it would only add to the trouble, so he changed his surname and used Luo Xuan's surname.
"Where did it come from?"
"Jiangzhou." Jiang Heng replied.
"Where are you going?" asked the young boatman again.
"Jeju." Jiang Heng replied again.
"What are you going to do?" The boatman held the pole, and a little on the shore, the boat went down the river.
"See a doctor, save people." Jiang Heng sighed and replied.
"You can see a doctor anywhere," said the young boatman bored. "Do you have to go to Jeju?"
"That's what I said." Jiang Heng said, "But when it comes to seeing a doctor, you have to find the most critical place."
The young boatman said no more, his hand was very steady, the boat shuttled back and forth in the flood, and quickly left Zhaoshui. Along the way, I don't know how many drowned people's bodies are flowing down the river, and there are many wooden cases and belongings floating on the water. Going down the river, I often see people climbing on trees, crying out for help.
Jiang Heng looked up at those people. The boat was only for the two of them. If another one came up, it would roll over and sink into the water, leaving no place for burial.
The boatman turned a blind eye to the calls for help in the water, and Jiang Heng didn't ask him to save people. The two of them seemed to have a heart of stone, so they slowly passed through this hell on earth.
Not only did there not be fewer people along the way, but there were more and more people. When Jiang Heng slept in the boat at night, his ears were full of crying and screams.
"Put your ears," said the boatman, sitting on the bow, "or you won't be able to sleep."
The moon is a thousand miles away, Jiang Heng was lying on his side in the cabin, knowing that he had taken up the position of the boatman, and said, "Brother, what are you going to do in Jeju?"
"I'm not going to Jeju," replied the boatman, "I don't know where I'm going. I was rowing on this river, and when I saw someone drowned, and there were valuables around me, I salvaged them and exchanged them for money. live."
The next day, the world was silent, and when the sun was pouring into the boat, the boatman said from outside: "It's here, get off the boat."
Jiang Heng touched his body and wanted to pay him some more money. The boatman said, "Enough for the boat, let's go, live in troubled times and live well."
When Jiang Heng came to the bow of the boat, he saw that Jeju was surrounded by water in the west, and leaned against the mountains in the east. In front of the plain that entered the city, hundreds of thousands of people gathered, all crowded outside the gate of Jeju, crowded with people.
Jiang Heng disembarked on the shore, facing the scene in the distance, but when he turned around, he saw that the boatman had rowed away slowly, so he had to bow three times on the shore to bid farewell to the benefactor he met by chance.
"How to enter the city?" Jiang Heng murmured, "There are too many people."
For Zheng Guo, this flood was really a headache, Liang Guo ignored it after the disaster, and all the people on the border poured into Zheng land. Along the Zhaoshui to the Xunshui area, the three cities of Xundong, Xunyang, and Xunbei, and nearly a thousand miles from the capital of Jeju, are all refugees.
What was even more troublesome was that Yong Guo assembled nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses in front of Yubi Pass. The spies sent out didn't get any news, but what's the intention of the army? Naturally, it has invaded the South.
King Zheng, who was originally in Jeju, is very old and moved to Yuedi for recuperation not long ago. The future heir, Prince Ling, is responsible for guarding the capital. How to resettle the fleeing people is still a long-term strategy. The biggest difficulty in front of him was the army of Yong Kingdom.
Apart from the capital of Luoyang, the only two of the four kingdoms in the pass bordered Yubi Pass, and only Liang and Zheng had to convene the entire nation's army and promptly notify Liang's army to go to the ruins of the capital of Luoyang to defend against the Yong army heading south.
Crown Prince Ling discussed military affairs with a group of courtiers and got up, exhausted.
"His Royal Highness?" The old minister Feng Han hurriedly got up and said.
Prince Ling said: "I'm irritable, go out for a walk."
A general with a handsome face who looked like a beautiful woman, spoke in a man's feminine voice, saying: "The garrison of Yuedi and Xundong cannot be transferred back. In the battle of Xundong eight years ago, we must beware of Ying Kingdom's comeback. ."
"I know." Prince Ling straightened his robes, frowned deeply, and replied to the general, "General Long, please send a messenger to Yuedi and report to the father, don't worry."
"Where are you going?" The Grand Historian asked again, "His Royal Highness, the people outside are all fleeing Liang people. At this time, the country really has no place to accept them."
Prince Ling replied: "Find a way as soon as possible. What are the Liang people and Zheng people? They are all people in the world."
Prince Ling threw down the ministers of the Mandian Palace and said to himself: "Heaven does not die, there is a way out, and there is always a way."
Even if Prince Ling had been prepared long ago, when he saw that the city was densely packed with nearly 120,000 refugees, he was still dizzy.
120,000 people, a full 120,000 people. Jeju is the largest heavy city east of Laoshan Mountain, with millions of inhabitants. At this time, the Liang people who fled with their families and their families have accounted for 10% of the city's population.
"What are they doing?" Prince Ling stood on the tower and looked down.
At this moment, the 120,000 hungry people spontaneously divided into two places, the old and the young, women and children gathered under the city wall, while the young and the young lined up on the plain in front of the city.
The city defense will come in a hurry and report to Prince Ling: "His Royal Highness, someone is down there and re-divide the households for them."
Prince Ling looked from a distance, full of doubts, and saw hundreds of people gathered in the middle of the plain. And in the vicinity of the nearly 100 people, there is a team lined up like a gossip array.
In the center of the array, stood a young man, Jiang Heng. At Jiang Heng's side, someone compiled a list and registered the names and household registrations of the victims separately.
"Their leader is here." Jiang Heng said to the young man beside him, "Give me a bow and an arrow."
One of them handed Jiang Heng the bow and arrow.
"Young Master, be careful," someone reminded, "the people of Zheng Guo may not accept us."
"Let's try it. The big deal is to leave here, there is no food to eat anyway, does it make a difference?"
This is the fifth day that Jiang Heng arrived outside Jeju. The four gates of the national capital are blocked, and people outside cannot get in, and people inside cannot get out. At present, the resettlement of 120,000 people has become an imminent problem. Prince Ling summoned the ministers and tried to open the door several times, but was persuaded by the courtiers. He couldn't ignore what the ministers said. Every surname and every official position represented the interests of the important scholar-official family in Zheng State.
When Jiang Heng saw the crowd on the top of the city surrounded by one person, he knew that the master was coming.
Then he drew his longbow, and the meteor flew away.
"Be careful, Your Highness!"
The soldiers of the guards suddenly changed color, but the princeling was calm and calm, watching the arrow that flew towards him, with a sound of "deng", the arrow was firmly nailed to the wooden post at the height of the tower, and the shaft of the arrow was fastened. A strip of cloth.
There are four characters written on it - come out and speak.