Chapter 33 Chu Ba
At dusk, Lu Qi returned to the county government office, but received a secret letter from Suzhou. When he opened it, he laughed. Zhang Hongbo responded to the western strategy, saying that since Suzhou crossed the sea to Liuqiu Island, the river army had already walked through for trade, and it was not a problem to carry a large army to occupy Liuqiu Island, and it would take about half a month to reach Liuqiu Island.
However, Liuqiu Island is now under the rule of the Qingyuan Army in Quanzhou. Once it is occupied by Liuqiu Island, it will definitely not be able to hide it from the Qingyuan Army. Zhang Hongbo suggested that after taking Liuqiu Island, he would first conquer the Qingyuan Army, and then enter the Min Kingdom.
In addition, the messenger said that the 5,000 soldiers ordered by Lu Qi had been handed over to Wang Zhongliang to receive, and the 5,000 Suzhou soldiers would also report to Lu Qi in two batches. Now Suzhou is waiting for Lu Qi's final decision. Once the decision is made, it is agreed that the 5,000 army will attack quietly first in order to attract the military strength of the Qingyuan army or the Min Kingdom to fight.
After seeing the secret letter, Lu Qi pondered, he felt something was wrong. The messenger came was a Huqiu Guard, waiting respectfully, looking at Lu Qi's back with respect. Now Lu Qi is like a military god in the heart of the Suzhou army.
After a long time, Lu Qi turned around and said, "I want to think carefully, you are leaving tomorrow."
"No!" The messenger responded, Yao Song politely asked the messenger to rest, and returned after a while.
"Yao Song, you send a letter to Raozhou and ask Lord Wang to pass it to Lord Wang Wenhe, and tell Lord Wang that I pray for a reply." Lu Qipinghe said, Yao Song respectfully went to prepare the pen and ink, and soon took Lu Qi's letter and left.
"You lost food and searched the house, but you were so patient that you didn't come to take revenge. It was very puzzled by me." Lu Qi looked at the night sky and said to himself.
At noon the next day, Yao Song came back exhausted and told Lu Qi: "Sir, Wang Wen and I have replied. The words are for a gift. This is only once, so don't disturb his peace in the future."
Lu Qi nodded in a daze, took the reply from Yao Song. After opening it, he was stunned. His face suddenly changed again. There were only two words for replying: "Chu Ba".
Lu Qi's head suddenly looked at the West, Chu State? Because he was puzzled, why the commander of the Zhaowu Army endured and did not take revenge, he felt uneasy. Thinking that Xinghua Army and Zhaowu Army had been adjacent to each other for many years, maybe Wang Wenhe could explain it, but when he asked about Zhaowu Army, Wang Wenhe answered the word "Chu Ba".
Lu Qi's heart was cold. Of course, he understood the hidden meaning of the word "Chu Ba". Wang Wenhe should have told him implicitly that Zhaowu's army might have been rebelled by Chu State, and because it was rebelled by Chu State, Zhaowu's army could only be a small unbearable situation and make a big plan. In other words, Chu State may have a strategic layout to attack Tang State.
Can Lu Qi's heart be cold? If the Zhaowu army was powered by Tang, it would naturally watch the Xinghua army attack Quzhou. However, if the Zhaowu army was really rebelled by the Chu State, then the Xinghua army would fight with the Wusheng army and the Zhenxi army, and the Zhaowu army would launch a mutiny to occupy Fuzhou, which would then echo the Chu army's capture of the western prefectures. If the Zhaowu army was fierce, it could also pursue the Xinghua army, causing the Xinghua army to fall into a situation where it was attacked from both sides.
The original strategy is not suitable. Whether it is the Xinghua Army attacking Quzhou or the 5,000 troops attacking Qingyuan Army by land, it may be bitten by the Zhaowu Army. If the Qingyuan Army or the Min Kingdom is captured by sea, the price will be high. It is difficult to land on the sea ships, and it is no less than a siege. If a large army loses 10,000 or 20,000 troops to capture the Qingyuan Army, it will be a big loss. Only by allowing the sea army to land as much as possible can it form a crushing force of the superior military.
Lu Qi thought for a long time, and suddenly his heart moved and immediately ordered Yao Song to go to the Huangfu Study room to find all the letters. Yao Song took the order and Lu Qi continued to think about how to get rid of the stumbling block of Zhaowu Army.
If you fail to sue the court, it will be long, and it will be difficult to win the trust. It seems that you can only use the Xinghua Army to inform Song Laoqing to be careful of Zhaowu Army's attack.
The problem is that if the Zhaowu army sneaked into the Xinghua army, it would be a good thing, but if it didn't attack the Xinghua army, it would be a bad thing for Lu Qi. He was in Fuzhou and would be attacked by the Zhaowu army first. He could run away by chance, but the plan of land march could not be implemented. And once the day to attack the Qingyuan army was decided, the sea army would definitely attack as time goes by.
Yao Song came back with Huangfuzang's letter in the afternoon. After seeing it, Lu Qiyi was very disappointed and found no letters related to the Deputy Governor of the Zhaowu Army, but there was no relevant letter. Instead, it showed that the Deputy Governor of the Zhaowu Army had a higher possibility of any problem. Lu Qi originally wanted to interrogate the Huangfu people, but then he gave up. When he went to interrogate, he would inevitably alarm the enemy.
Lu Qi left a messenger waiting for the mission. He sent Yao Song to secretly meet Song Laoqing to deliver the letter. Yao Song returned a day later.
Lu Qi opened the reply and saw: "Xiao Qi, using Xinghua Army to attack Quzhou, led to Zhaowu's rebellion, and then returned to attack him. This strategy is inappropriate. If Zhaowu and the Yue army had Tongshou first, the Xinghua Army would be in a crisis of attack. Since it was a plan to plan the Qingyuan Army, then the 10,000 troops in Raozhou could combine 5,000 Suzhou Army, and then the Xinghua Army would detour to attack the Qingyuan Army by impersonating the Xinghua Army. You can pass through Linchuan County, enter Jizhou, and cross Jizhou to attack the Qingyuan Army directly. When attacking the Qingyuan Army, the Xinghua Army would also attack Quzhou.
But there is one possibility that if the Zhaowu army rebels and surrenders to the State of Chu, it may not attack the Xinghua army, but instead attack the 15,000 troops from the Qingyuan army. Therefore, once the Zhaowu army attacks the sneak attack, the 15,000 troops must retreat in time."
After reading the letter, Lu Qi thought for a moment, and finally adopted Song Laoqing's suggestion. He was already unable to delay it. Since Chu may have the intention to compete for the supremacy of the west, he must first take over Fujian as the foundation of the west.
After the messenger left, Lu Qi began his life as a county magistrate. Three days later, when 15,000 troops passed through Linchuan County, a foreman arranged by Lu Qi took him to a remote place and took him to Linchuan County, and entered Jizhou.
Two days later, a very unexpected news made Lu Qi stunned. He received a letter from the Princess's Mansion and Xiao Fu. Princess Wucheng was demoted to the Princess Wucheng. He Lu Tianfeng was no longer the prince-in-law, but became the horse of Wucheng County.
Xiao Fu wrote a letter saying that the relegation was not a punishment for Emperor Tang, but the Emperor of Tang went to the imperial title and became the lord of Jiangnan. The Zhou State proposed harsh conditions for the fight. The first is to force Emperor Tang to take the imperial title and bow down to the Zhou State, and the emperor of Zhou State gave the title of Lord Jiangnan State. The second is to let the crown prince of Tang go to the Zhou State as hostage, and the third is a strange list.
Now the Emperor Tang has agreed to the first and third conditions of Zhou State, and has not agreed to the conditions for the prince to be a hostage. However, in order to show sincerity, Emperor Tang took the initiative to go to the imperial title and claim to be the Lord of Jiangnan. Princess Wucheng was subsequently demoted, but the official system of the princess's mansion was not known how it would change.
Lu Qi looked at the distance with a gloomy face. Emperor Tang's cowardice was much more than his surprise. He actually accepted the harsh conditions for going to the emperor. Once he surrendered to Zhou, it meant that the Tang Kingdom would no longer exist. All he had was a vassal state. In name, he became a native of Zhou.
The direction Lu Qi was looking at was the southwest. The 15,000 army should be approaching the territory of Zhangzhou occupied by the Qingyuan Army. At this moment, his mood was sad for the decline of the Tang Kingdom and his own rise. He really wanted to command the army and seize the land of the Qingyuan Army.
"Damn it, you coward." Zhou Zhengfeng cursed angrily at the Xinghua Army camp. He was furious after reading a letter.
"Master General, what's wrong?" Yu Hou of the Central Army asked in surprise.
Song Laoqing, who was not far away, was also shocked. He strongly advocated going to Quzhou, but Zhou Feng tried to persuade Zhou Zhengfeng not to act rashly, which made Zhou Zhengfeng in a dilemma.
"What? His Majesty the Emperor went to the imperial title and surrendered to the State of Zhou." After taking the secret letter, Zhou Feng was also surprised and lost. Tang's surrender to the State of Zhou can be said to have lost a lot of spiritual support. As a real soldier, he almost felt shame.
Song Laoqing stepped forward and took the secret letter. After reading it, he shook his head and said, "How can this be done? This is the Tang Kingdom no longer exists."
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