Hanhou

Jianyuan three years, August

At the court meeting, General Dou Yingzuo Minyue privately occupied the land against the South China Sea, hid the former Wu Crown Prince Ju, and attacked Dongou with troops, please send troops to punish him.

"The barbarians are afraid of power and refuse to obey virtue, and they have repeatedly tried their best to overthrow virtue, move people and land, and set up prefectures and counties, then the prestige of heaven belongs to them."

Dou Ying's words were quite straightforward, so straightforward that the courtiers who didn't know the inside story were dumbfounded and couldn't react for a while.

What surprised them was not that Dou Ying wanted to send troops, but simply hiding Liu Ju was enough to beat Min Yue to death.Instead, I feel strange about "relocating people and accepting land".In the eyes of most courtiers, that piece of land is of no value at all, so what is it going to do?

More importantly, the Han soldiers who were born in the north were not adapted to the climate in the south, so they may not be able to gain anything if they work hard.What's more, he will lead his army southward like the former Long Wohou, but before reaching the destination, the army suffers from many diseases and has to turn back.

A few days had passed since the Son of Heaven had summoned Wei Wan, Dou Ying and others, and the land of Nabaiyue was too unexpected. Suddenly, no one connected the two events together.

It was probably because Liu Che kept silent for a long time, which gave some people the illusion. For example, Tian Fu, who was eager to show himself in front of the emperor, immediately got up and said: "Your Majesty, the more people often attack each other, it is not different. Its nature Cunning, Qin Shi betrayed Qin, Emperor Gaozu rewarded meritorious deeds, did not appreciate virtue, and repeated it several times. In my opinion, Fujian and Yue attacked Dongou. It is a trivial matter, and it is not enough for the labor force. Strictly reprimand and stop the soldiers."

As soon as these words came out, there was a brief silence in the hall.

Tian Fu's actions, to put it bluntly, were completely fighting Dou Ying.

Who gave him the courage?

Crazy?

Even if some courtiers think that the land of Baiyue is of little value, sending troops to rescue Dongou is a bit of a fuss, and Minyue is hiding the former Wu Kingdom Prince Liu Ju!

Based on this alone, Dou Ying's request is worthy of attention and cannot be responded to casually.

It's a pity that Tian Fu was too eager to gain a sense of existence, thinking that the emperor's use of himself meant that he had no intention of decentralizing Dou's power, so he was self-righteous, and challenged Dou Ying on the spot.

Thinking about it carefully, the combination of Dou, Chen, and Wang is currently beneficial to the emperor. When the problems of salt, iron and coinage are solved, will the emperor think that they are too much of a threat?

The more he thought about it, the more this was the case, Tian Fu's head became hot, and he felt that he should fight hard, so he refuted Dou Ying in front of the palace and made his attitude clear.

He was eager to gain Liu Che's trust and get rid of the threat of Liu Ling, the princess of Huainan.As long as the emperor thinks that he is willing to be a sword in the hands of the emperor and is not afraid of offending important ministers, Liu Ling's lifting the cover in the future will also be regarded as an act of slander and frame.

In the eyes of others, Tian Fu is reckless and hot-headed.In his own opinion, it is really the way to survive, and he has to do it.

Tian Fu jumped out suddenly, Dou Ying was surprised, but Liu Chetong didn't expect it.

It can only be said that Tian Fu's imagination was too much, and he didn't know Liu Che's pulse at all.This kind of courage of "willing to be the sword in the hands of the emperor" not only failed to gain favor, but also disrupted the steps of Dou Ying, Wei Wan and others, making Liu Che frown even more.

Seeing that the topic was going to be crooked, Tai Nong Order and Da Xing Order had to speak out in advance to support the proposal of sending troops.

If the two of them can't make everyone wake up, Prime Minister Wei Wan's second proposal will be like a thunderbolt, exploding in the court.This is not Dou Ying's proposal, it was clearly discussed by the four of them, and most likely the emperor already knew about it!

"Precise play."

Liu Che's voice sounded in the hall, making everyone fully understand that it is imperative to send troops to Minyue.

It's just that many people still have doubts, what is the reason why the emperor insisted on sending troops to attack Dongou for Fujian and Yue, or hiding the former Wu Kingdom Crown Prince Ju?

Obviously, a memorandum can be solved by dispatching county soldiers, but it is necessary to mobilize a large army, which is suspicious no matter how you look at it.

It's a pity that the emperor had no intention of expressing it, and directly announced his withdrawal from the court.The ministers wanted to solve their doubts, but they could only ask Wei Wan, Dou Ying and others.

However, the four big bosses were very tight-lipped, and they asked around, but they didn't ask too many useful clues.The only thing that is certain is that the reason for sending troops to Fujian and Vietnam is actually profitable, and it is a huge profit!

Now that the kings are coming to court, the people of Chang'an are full of miscellaneous opinions, so it is not good to lift the lid too early.When the grand strategy is formulated and the army is about to go south, the answer will be in front of everyone.

After retreating, Tian Fu's face turned pale, and he looked at Dou Ying who was walking in front, and happened to meet Dou Ying's gaze looking back, and couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart and a chill on his back.

Back home that day, the more Tian Fu thought about it, the more uneasy he became.

Tian Sheng just came to add to the trouble, the two brothers sat opposite each other, which pot was not open and which pot was lifted.

"Brother, what are you thinking? Why did you offend Wei Qihou?"

Tian Fu was angry in his heart, but he couldn't slap his brother to death with a single slap. He couldn't control his anger, so angry that he wanted to kill someone, so he simply threw Tian Sheng out of the house, out of sight.

In order to avoid Dou Ying, in the next few days, Tian Fu complained of illness and stayed at home, neither going to court nor going out to see anyone.

The diners came to visit under Liu Ling's order, and they were unavoidably surprised when they saw Tian Fu lying on the couch with a sallow complexion.Before he came, he thought that the Chinese doctor was pretending to be sick, but he didn't expect that he was really bedridden.

The queen dowager in the palace also heard about Tian Fu's serious illness, and sent eunuchs to visit, and even gave them a lot of medicinal materials and silk.

Liu Che sent to the palace to serve as a doctor, and ordered the eunuchs to pass on oral instructions, expressing the meaning of reuse.

This oral order was like a panacea, Tian Fu's expression was agitated, his face flushed, and he seemed to be suffering from a serious illness at one moment, but he jumped off the couch the next moment, and came back to life full of blood.

The reason why Liu Che issued this verbal edict was that Tian Fu was still useful and wanted to stay in the court; Diverting the attention of many people is also considered a credit.

In view of this credit, Liu Che didn't mind giving Tian Fu some dignity, and deliberately created an atmosphere that he would support the Tian family and share the power of the Dou family.

Throw down the sweet bait, and big fish will surely bite.

All the kings gathered in Chang'an for the autumn hunting, and Liu Che wanted to see if there were any other people who had different intentions and kept an eye on Weiyang Palace besides Huainan King.

The emperor decided to send troops to Minyue, and the news quickly spread to Lin Yuan.

Zhao Jia presented the brown sugar and memorials, and Liu Che was expected to be tempted, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Listening to Han Yan's retelling, I knew that brown sugar was an issue. The Tainong Order proposed that rice could be grown in the land of Baiyue, which made Liu Che realize that the barren land in the past was very likely to be a fertile food producing area, which invisibly accelerated things. process.

"Tainong Ling said that?" Zhao Jia was surprised for a while, but then thought of the responsibilities of this boss, and felt that it was reasonable.

Sure enough, professional things need professionals to do it.

It's a pity that he is not familiar with Tai Nong Ling, and he hasn't said a few words, otherwise, he would have avoided many detours.

"Yes." Han Yan sat on the ground, took off her helmet, and gulped down water.

As the autumn hunting period approached, the training of the Fourth Battalion continued to increase.Now that there is something about Minyue, there is no need for the superior to order, all the battalions hold back their energy, and they must not be left behind by their colleagues.

"Ado, did you expect it?" Han Yan put down the water bag and turned to look at Zhao Jia.After a while, he looked over the latter's shoulder and looked at Sha Ling's pawns gathered in twos and threes.

Fighting on the grasslands, the Shaling infantry had certain advantages, but they also had limitations.For the dense forest in the south, take Habayashi Qiqi as an example, from Cao Shi down, they are not opponents at all, only being abused.

"No." Zhao Jia checked the bowstring while speaking.

"Really?" Han Yanming pretended not to believe it.

"Really not." Zhao Jia raised his head, put the ox-horn bow across his lap, looked at Han Yan, and said, "How I train soldiers is not too strange for Wang Sun to see. However, His Majesty wants to send troops to recruit troops." Minyue, the fourth battalion is on the list, we really need to be familiar with jungle warfare in advance."

"War in the jungle?" Cao Shi and Li Danghu happened to pass by, and stopped at the same time when they heard Zhao Jia's words.

"Yes." Zhao Jia picked up a branch, cleared away the nearby grass blades, and drew on the ground.

"I was born in the border area. When I was young, I met a soldier who was guarded in the south. According to his words, the climate in the south is very different from that in the north. For example, in Kuaiji County, the winter is cold and humid, and the summer is hot. When it is rainy, it is difficult to see a sunny day for a whole month."

Speaking of this, Zhao Jia has roughly outlined the scope of Kuaiji County and Yuzhang County, and to the west is Changsha Kingdom.

Since I haven't been there in person, I just summarize it from the map I have seen. The size is not necessarily accurate, and many details are ignored, but in terms of direction and geographical location, there is not much difference.

"This is Kuaiji, this is Yuzhang, and this is Changsha."

Zhao Jia used the branches to touch them one by one, and said in his mouth: "The southern soldiers who guard the border were born in Kuaiji, far away from Changsha, and the land of Baiyue is further south. You can imagine the weather."

"No wonder." Cao Shi imitated Zhao Jia and sat on the floor, propping his chin with one hand, frowning, "In the early years, Marquis Long worried about going south, but he was forced to retreat before he passed Lingnan. It's really unacceptable."

"It's not just that." Zhao Jia continued, "There are ancient records that there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in Lingnan, and they are very poisonous. Poisoning is difficult to heal, and injuries are also difficult to heal."

Unfamiliar with the environment, no matter how strong a soldier is, it is difficult to display his combat effectiveness.

Even the Qin army that unified Lingbei and conquered Baiyue back then, not a few died of diseases and miasma poisonous insects during the march.

"A large number of medical craftsmen need to be recruited." Li Danghu said.

"The wound medicine needs to be ready, and the snake and insect repellent medicine must be prepared." Han Yan added.

"As for the illness..." Cao Shi suddenly got stuck in the middle of speaking.I really can't think of a good solution to this problem.

Most of the Han troops who accompanied Zhou Zao to the expedition back then have passed away.It is not so easy to obtain first-hand information and then formulate countermeasures.

"The King of Changsha is now in Chang'an, and there is no shortage of soldiers from the south. When the Kuang army goes out to fight, the court will keep records." Wei Yue walked over at some unknown time, stood beside Zhao Jia, and handed him a roll of silk.

Seeing the silk silk, Zhao Jiadeng's spirits lifted.

Take it and open it, and it really records the multiple dangers that Zhou Zao's army encountered along the way, as well as the symptoms of the soldiers' illnesses.

"Where did this come from?" Cao Shi read the content and couldn't help being curious.Even if the official historian has records, it is rare to be so detailed.

"The master of the family has an old relationship with the Taishi Ling." Wei Yue said succinctly.

Cao Shi paused for a moment, then remembered that Wei Shang was definitely one of the best as a veteran of the three dynasties, even though Wei Shang had been sitting on the frontier all year round.

At that time, the Taishi Ling Sima talked about the origin of his family, and his ancestors can be traced back to the Warring States Period.His son Sima Qian was young and intelligent, and it is reported that he can already recite "Shangshu" and "Zuo Zhuan".

If the information was obtained from Sima Tan, no matter how detailed it is, it would not be surprising.

After reading the records on the silk, Zhao Jia had a good idea, and had a preliminary plan for the next training plan.

The imperial court's mobilization of the army to march south was by no means a matter of overnight.The most basic thing is after Qiushou.

Taking advantage of this period of time, he just stepped up his training, tried to find a doctor, and prepared a large number of medicines for detoxification, healing and repelling snakes and insects.Clothes, shoes, and armor are then mass-produced.

If there is time, Zhao Jia plans to equip each soldier with a first aid kit.The leather armor can't be changed in a large area, but the cotton clothes and foot clothes can think of a way.

In short, the preparation of the medicine was left to the medical craftsman, and the training plan was distributed to the fourth battalion, led by Wei Yue, who concentrated on making sufficient preparations for going south.

In addition to supplies, weapons must also be improved.

In jungle combat, once you encounter a surprise attack, the small and convenient hand crossbow will be more effective.

Just when Zhao Jia was discussing the training plan with Wei Yue and others and was preparing to devote himself to the logistics, Liu Fa, King of Changsha, Liu Dao, King of Chu, and Liu Ji, King of Jiaodong, received the order and were summoned to Weiyang Palace for an audience.

When the three of them entered Weiyang Palace, Liu Che offered brown sugar face to face without further ado.

This time, next to the brown sugar was not Zhao Jia's memorandum, but a map of Baiyue, and the regulations on Zhe plantation, brown sugar taxation, and rice cultivation in Baiyue land formulated by the Tainong Order.

After the three of them watched it, their hearts were shaken. They raised their heads to look at Liu Che, and their throats felt dry unconsciously.

Liu Che clicked on the map, then on the bamboo slips spread out, and said, "How about this discussion?"

Liu Dao is a smart man, and he immediately understood what the emperor meant.Liu Fa and Liu Ji are both the sons of Emperor Jing, and they know Liu Che better.Without much hesitation, the three of them stated on the spot that they were willing to share more of the mine's profits and hand over the minting rights.

Driven by profit, Liu Fa became even more passionate, and was willing to send out the kingdom's army to conquer Baiyue. Before the shame of Changsha King's loss of land, he took the heads of Nanyue King Zhao Tuo and Minyue King Ying to present to the imperial court!