Chapter 355

"Hum, if his eight kings came to fight Wuchang, it would be fine, but if he really wanted to cross the north of the river to 5 Jingzhou, cut off our way back, or sneak attack Xiangyang, he would be suicidal."

Qin Huan stared at the map and recalled the terrain of Hanjiang area in his mind. His eyes suddenly brightened and he snorted coldly.

Jingzhou is a dead land. There is the Han River in the East, the Yangtze River in the South and the mountains in the West. As long as Jingmen in the north is guarded and the Han River in the Yangtze River is blocked, hundreds of thousands of troops are turtles in a jar.

However, Qin Huan also felt that there were not enough soldiers in his hand.

Now there are four towns and an independent battalion in the north, but the town defending Yunyang area will never move. The c-camp should defend Xiangyang and can't move around. Therefore, there are only three towns and cavalry battalions that can be used to fight against the Chuang army. We can't take away our troops to the South.

The two towns and three independent battalions in his hands, apart from the 2000 troops stationed in Jingmen and Chengtian Fucheng, add up to more than 40000. They are more than enough to deal with Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but it is unrealistic to deal with them at the same time.

Fortunately, he knew that the two would never work together. Zuo Liangyu was a guy who wanted to protect himself everywhere, otherwise he would be in some trouble.

Qin Huan's original plan was to recruit tens of thousands of Xiang children to join the Chinese army after winning the whole Huguang, and expand his troops to 10 towns and 10 independent battalions.

After all, the more than 100000 troops of the Chinese army are now almost all northerners. In the future, if they want to fight in the south, they should fight in Guangdong, Guangdong, Yunnan, Fujian and other places. The soldiers in the South should be more suitable.

Several people knew immediately that Qin Huan must have had a solution. Seeing that he didn't elaborate and didn't ask much, they had to stare at the map and think about it by themselves.

However, Qin Huan waved his hand to the crowd and left Qin Feng alone.

"How's it going?"

"Your Majesty, the Xiao family has repeatedly promised that as soon as our army crosses the river, they can start at any time and should cooperate with others. As for the other big families in the city, master Xiao said he was not sure, so he didn't dare to test rashly. However, I think he wanted the king to make a promise so that he could persuade the other big families in the city."

"Oh, What promise does he want?" Qin Huan frowned.

"Master Xiao probably meant to make the king promise not to move the land of other gentry and landlords at that time."

"He's a good abacus!"

Qin Huan smiled and waved his hand: "however, it's human nature. You can answer him and say I'll consider it and can't promise them for the time being."

Qin Huan would have refused without hesitation in the past, but now he gradually realized that politics needs to compromise. It is not advisable to be tough and impatient. It should be more appropriate to cook frogs in warm water to deal with these large gentry.

That is to give them a glimmer of hope. As long as there is a glimmer of hope that they can continue to live, these guys will never dare and will not block the lives of the whole family.

Otherwise, there would be no such saying that the scholar revolt will not succeed in ten years.

He can use this to nibble and weaken them step by step and force them to compromise bit by bit. Finally, when they react and want to resist, they will find that they are powerless.

So now Qin Yucai didn't say anything. Anyway, he was not in a hurry to build a warship for several months.

Because of this, he did not kill the gentry and landlords in the captured counties, nor did he copy their homes. He just confiscated their grain, cloth and servants' weapons, and then put them under house arrest in the city.

Now the prestige of the Chinese army has been played out, and his fierce reputation as king Qin has already spread all over China. There is no need to kill people and establish prestige, but to broadcast a little name of benevolence and righteousness.

After all, it is the king's way to give both grace and strength and advance with hardness and softness. The Chinese land has never been conquered by killing and cutting.

"Yes! My subordinates understand. " Qin Feng hugged his fist and felt that the king was becoming more and more unfathomable. He was no longer as happy and angry as before, so he was more and more cautious.

After Qin Feng left, Qin Huan didn't hurry back to Xiangyang. He couldn't help it. He was more afraid of the eight kings than breaking into the king.

In his opinion, the eight kings have four adopted sons to help, and the threat is definitely much greater than the king.

As long as the eighth king doesn't die for a day, Lao he will settle the country. Even if they disagree again, they won't quarrel with each other.

On the contrary, Chuang Wang is definitely a pool of mud that can't help up to the wall. Although there are 300000 troops, with Cao Bianjiao's 8000 iron cavalry and Li Yan as a counselor, he believes that Hong Ying can still deal with it.

Even if we can't defeat each other, we can at least stand off in Ruzhou.

When Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, hundreds of thousands of troops were lost, but he was still able to firmly control the whole North because his cavalry was not lost.

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With more and more troops and horses from the Chu army to Yuezhou, Lu Xiangsheng could no longer sit still. He had to transfer 10000 troops and horses to Xianning in the south of Wuchang, and ordered Zuo Liangyu to attack Changsha.

Jiangxi, Yuanzhou Prefecture, Yichun city.

Looking at the military order sent by Lu Xiangsheng, Zuo Liangyu pulled it to pieces and sneered contemptuously.

"Brother Wu, the eight kings gathered heavy troops in Yuezhou. They obviously want to take advantage of the fire. Do you think Ben Shuai should continue to watch the fire from the shore, or come to him to catch cicadas and yellow finches?"

Zuo Liangyu shook his head and looked complacent. After several months of recuperation, his troops and horses have recovered to 100000 again. His combat effectiveness is not weak compared with that before. Therefore, he felt very wise to abandon Changsha and retreat to Jiangxi.

"Marshal, according to the spies, although the eight kings took all the troops and horses from Changsha to Yuezhou, they took 100000 people from the South and went north, of which 50000 stayed in Changsha and stationed by his second adopted son Zhang Dingguo. I'm afraid it's not easy for us to recover Changsha." The second childe of Wu thought.

"Well, that Dingguo is young, but he is better than the blue. He is much better than the eight kings. So Ben Shuai should continue to watch the fire from the shore?"

Remembering that Zhang Dingguo and his army almost kept killing to Changsha last time, he had to flee in a panic. Zuo Liangyu nodded solemnly.

"No, commander, the Qin thief was originally under the hands of the eight kings. This time, we don't rule out the possibility of the two working together. If the eight kings really go to attack Wuchang by land, and the Xiao family in the city may be the insider, governor Lu can't keep Wuchang. Once so, we must be the next Qin thief to clean up."

The second childe of Wu shook his head and said with the same dignified analysis.

"Alas, it should be impossible for the two to work together. Most of the eight kings want to stay still and be a fish Weng in Yuezhou."

Zuo Liangyu waved his hand. He still knew something about the gratitude and resentment of the Qin thief and the eighth king.

"By the way, does the Xiao family in Wuchang City really plot to collude with Qin thieves?"

"Yes, the marshal doesn't know. There is a woman around the Qin thief, who is the miss of the Xiao family. She is very favored. With the influence of the Xiao family in Wuchang, the Qin thief can't take advantage of this."

The second childe of Wu nodded, and his face became a little distorted. It was not that he didn't want to expose the Xiao family, but that he had nothing to say. With the power and reputation of the Xiao family, Lu Xiangsheng would never move.

But if Zuo Liangyu rushed to Wuchang with his army, what he said would have more weight.

"Well, don't worry, younger brother Wu. After shibenshuai enters Wuchang in the future, he will hand over all the Xiao family to the younger brother."

Zuo Liangyu also knew that the second childe of Wu had a deep blood feud with the Qin thief. He also understood what he meant and wanted to lead his troops to Wuchang to deal with the Qin thief.

But the eight kings all know that they are fishermen in Yuezhou. How could he go to Wuchang at this time?

But he was afraid of cold in his heart, so he comforted him again.

"Marshal, even if the Qin thief and the eighth King don't join hands, governor Lu may lose more than win less. If the marshal wants to win the world in the future, the Qin thief must be the biggest enemy..."

Although Zuo Liangyu knew that it was the best choice to hold still now, at the thought that more than 30 men, women and children of the Wu family died miserably in the hands of the Qin thieves, the fire of hatred in the heart of the second childe of Wu burned fiercely, so he encouraged him again.

But Zuo Liangyu interrupted before he finished“ Brother Wu, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Why are you in a hurry? Don't worry, there will always be a Japanese handsome who will catch the Qin thief alive, but now the time is not ripe. "