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After the Spring Festival, Chu Chaohui held a military meeting, and only officers above battalion and company were eligible to attend.Now there is a regiment and a cavalry battalion in the valley, and the barracks in Nanbu is also a regiment, but this regiment is not full, and the positions of the two regiment leaders are both vacant.

At the meeting, Chu Chaohui announced that a military operation would be held at the end of February. Zhou Cheng, the battalion officer of the first battalion, would be the supreme commander of the operation. He would command the first and third battalions, and a total of 1000 infantry would participate in the operation.

Because Wei Qing was too young, he still served as a company commander. He was not promoted to a battalion commander because of the expansion of the army like Zhou Cheng. This time, Chu Chaohui planned to let Wei Qing be the vanguard. With military achievements and prestige, he can convince the masses. Young people can also be promoted.

The cavalry battalion has 500 people, and the battalion commander is Zeng You, who was once a bandit.There are more than 100 war horses in the cavalry battalion, and the others are ordinary horses.All five hundred cavalry from the cavalry battalion will participate in this military operation against the Tiger Tribe.

Ma Ren, the commander of the fourth battalion, stayed at the Nanbu barracks. He will lead the fourth battalion to protect the safety of Nanbu and the valley.There were five hundred recruits left in the valley, led by the commander of the second battalion who was born in bandits, and stayed in the valley to continue training.Chu Chaohui himself will cross the river with the combat troops. This time he will not directly command, but will only hold the formation behind.

In order to let the soldiers fight with high morale, Chu Chaohui gave the battalion officer the reason for sending troops. The Tiger Tribe is now bullying the Eagle Tribe. After bullying the Eagle Tribe, the next step is to attack Nanbu and the valley. The Eagle Tribe is closely related, and in order to prevent the Tiger Tribe from extending its claws to the north of the Changhe River, the soldiers must strangle the Tiger Tribe to death on the Su Plain.

When Chu Chaohui talked about the situation of the Tiger Tribe, he described the greed and cruelty of the Tiger Tribe with embellishments. Hearing this, the sergeants under him were filled with righteous indignation, wishing to cross the river and wipe out the Tiger Tribe now.When the meeting ended, Chu Chaohui left Zhou Cheng and Wei Qing behind.

"There is still more than a month before crossing the river to fight. During this period of time, you summarize and collect intelligence and data, and formulate various combat plans. After a plan is formulated, let all officers simulate the attack. Be sure to find out the root of the combat plan. According to the loopholes and deficiencies, choose the most testable plan as the action plan." Chu Chaohui aims to cultivate the independent combat ability of all officers. In the era without fast communication, the command and judgment ability of officers is the key to victory and reduce casualties. Key factor.

"Yes! Sir!" Zhou Cheng and Wei Qing looked at each other with excitement and eagerness in their eyes.

Chu Zhaohui looked at the two confident subordinates, and suddenly said slowly: "There is one thing that must be kept in mind and kept secret, that is, don't drive the Tiger Tribe to extinction, and let the Tiger Tribe retain a certain amount of strength."

Wei Qing was stunned, looking at Chu Chaohui for an answer, Zhou Cheng was puzzled, he didn't understand why Chu Zhaohui had incited the officers to completely wipe out the Tiger Tribe at the military meeting just now, and now he clearly demanded to let the Tiger Tribe survive.

Seeing that neither of them understood the mystery, Chu Chaohui flicked his finger lightly on the topographic map north of the Changhe, with a cold look in his eyes: "We will not limit our development to the two small places of Nanbu and the valley. It will expand outward. We must annex the Eagle Tribe. We need its population and iron mines, and we also need to use it as a base to expand southward. Su Plain is a very good place. It will be our fertile land in the future. You want Remember, our military is there to serve our economy and to make life better for ourselves and our families."

After Chu Zhaohui finished speaking, he put his hands on the conference table. "Think about it, why did you let the Tiger Tribe survive."

Wei Qing suddenly raised his head: "My lord, Wei Qing understands that we don't want the Tiger Tribe to disappear, but to let the Eagle Tribe have enemies. In this way, the Eagle Tribe will have to rely on us all the time."

"Not bad!" Chu Zhaohui nodded approvingly to Wei Qing, Wei Qing's reaction was always the fastest.

Zhou Cheng stared at the map and pondered for a while, before expressing his understanding: "My lord, if you defeat the Tiger Tribe but don't exterminate them all, and let the Tiger Tribe retain a certain strength, do you want to garrison troops north of the Changhe River?"

Chu Chaohui now had a gratified expression on his face. Zhou Cheng's reaction was not as quick as Wei Qing's, but he was thinking about things more comprehensively than Wei Qing. This is the reason why Chu Chaohui promoted Zhou to be the commander of the first battalion. The commander of the first battalion is the candidate for the future commander.

"Yes, your analysis is correct! The two of you know this matter well, don't spread it to the outside world, and take this factor into consideration when formulating the battle plan."

"Yes! Sir!" Zhou Cheng and Wei Qing stood at attention and marched to accept the mission.

After Zhou Cheng and Wei Qing left, Chu Chaohui looked at the map in a daze, and his eyes moved to King Wu's Capital.

The news reported by Yu Kui was that Dr. Jiang kept placing his cronies in the royal court, and stepped up the training of private soldiers in the fief. Yiji did not help the prince to choose the princess, but helped the king of Wu to choose two young beauties. Now the king of Wu He is taking medicine to rejuvenate his Nth spring, and he has more trust in his caring concubine Yiji.

Although Prince Zhao was allowed to handle some state affairs by the King of Wu, he still had no military power in his hands. Among the four major Sima, only Bei Sima clearly supported the prince. Bei Sima was a son of the great general Hushi.East Sima and South Sima listened to Wu King's Tiger Talisman, Xi Sima and Prince Zhao had a feud, and during the Harvest Festival pilgrimage, it was already seen that Xi Sima had turned to Yi Ji's faction. Sima personally checked at the city gate. Xi Sima didn't completely turn to Yi Ji, and Yi Ji would not let Xi Sima participate in the murder of Prince Guang's mission.

On the surface, Prince Zhao and Yi Ji are evenly matched.Chu Zhaohui stared at the map of Wu Guo in silence for a while, then waved his hand to ask the guards to call Huang Zhong over.

Huang Zhong didn't join the army, but he wore the same clothes as soldiers. Huang Zhong felt that such clothes were very energetic and warm. The military uniforms were similar to the clothes of Hu people in the north, with small sleeves and a belt with hooks around his waist. It can be loose or tight, and the hat is also worn on the head. The Hu people wear the Hun hat. Here, the soldiers wear a soft hat. When fighting, they will also wear a helmet on the soft hat, and wear short leather boots on their feet, which is different from the Hu suit. The only thing is that the length of the clothes is not knee length, but only grows to the hips.

"I've met my lord." Huang Zhong came in and saluted Chu Chaohui with respect and respect.

Chu Chaohui waved his hand, signaling Huang Zhong not to be too polite: "Huang Zhong, has your family been to the valley yet?"

"My lord, Wu Dong's family has already sent someone to pick him up from Chu State to Chen State. Calculate the time, it should be here in a few days." Chu Zhaohui wanted to use Huang Zhong, but he couldn't trust Huang Zhong unconditionally. Wu Mu personally took him to the valley to settle down, so as to contain Huang Zhong.

Life in the valley is good, much better than in the barren country of Chen. Huang Zhong's old mother, wife and children are planting more than ten acres of dry land, and their life is very difficult. This is why Huang Zhong really wants to be appreciated by the nobles, and he thinks that after being reused, he can To improve the family's predicament, Chu Chaohui proposed to borrow his family. Huang Zhong didn't think it was wrong. He had no intention of betraying the lord. Of course, he didn't think his family would become hostages. Huang Zhong was very happy to see his family living in the valley.

"When your family members come, you can do things with peace of mind. Your future office will be in Nanbu. You will be a businessman to the outside world. Your main task is to understand the trends in various places. Businessmen, boatmen, peddlers, and tourists are all your targets for development. Use them to help you collect intelligence, of course, you are also required to set up contact points everywhere."

Chu Chaohui explained to Huang Zhong the elements of establishing an intelligence network, and assigned him two subordinates, four intelligence agents in Tang, and two slaves who raised birds.

The two subordinates have been trained in spy knowledge in the valley, how to use secret codes, how to use secret letters, these two people are already proficient, and their loyalty has also been tested. All in the valley.They placed beside Huang Zhong, not only serving as Huang Zhong's subordinates, but also monitoring Huang Zhong.After all, Huang Zhong's time is too short, and his loyalty has not been tested, so it is necessary to be on guard.

The four intelligence agents of the Tang State were arranged by Chu Chaohui to monitor the secret transactions between the Lord of the Tang State and Yi Ji. Any actions of the Lord of the Tang State towards the State of Wu must be inseparable from the actions of Yi Ji. Both are active.Because they only paid attention to the every move of Tang Guozhu, they did not notice the movements of other places in Tang State, and they did not even observe the news that Tang Guanguan began to intercept refugees. This made Chu Zhaohui deeply feel the lack of intelligence network, and determined to establish a complete The intelligence network, after the establishment of the Huangzhong Intelligence Bureau, mainly established a complete intelligence network in Tang Dynasty.

As for the two bird slaves assigned to Huang Zhong, they were good at domesticating pigeons.In the original time and space, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, pigeons had been raised and managed in southern China to a certain extent, but pigeons were not used for communication. According to textual research records, they were used for communication since the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In today's Daqin, no one uses pigeons to send letters, but bird breeders have begun to appear. Bird breeders serve the nobles and raise ornamental birds for the nobles.Now these two slave bird breeders will specialize in raising training pigeons, training common wild pigeons into carrier pigeons, which will be used to transfer information between the intelligence station and the valley in the future.

There are not many manpower provided to Huang Zhong, but a lot of funds are provided. With the funds, the speed of manpower development will not be too slow.However, Chu Chaohui did not tell Huang Zhong about Yu Kui's activities in Wu Wangdu. Yu Kui is too important to Zheng Chu and his stronghold in Wu Wangdu. One-line contact.

At the end of February, the weather became slightly warmer. A large number of materials were transported from the valley and Nanbu to the Eagle Tribe by wooden boats. 1000 to [-] soldiers were also secretly transported to the South Bank in the dark. Chu Chaohui himself followed the last batch of wooden boats across the river to the Eagle Tribe. tribe, he set up his headquarters in the Eagle Tribe village.

Most of the infantry are equipped with rattan armor, and a few are iron armor.The cavalry wears chain mail, which is the lightest and most mobile, suitable for cavalry.Soldiers don't wear their armor all the time. They usually carry their auxiliary soldiers on their backs when marching. When they are about to enter the battlefield, the soldiers will take the armor from the auxiliary soldiers and put it on. This is to keep the soldiers' strength .The valley army has no auxiliary soldiers, only recruits. The first battalion and the third battalion are going out this time. The first battalion is veterans, and the third battalion is recruits who have just been established for half a year. Auxiliary, so all the armor of the soldiers of the first battalion is carried by the soldiers of the third battalion.

The tribesmen of the Eagle Tribe are very fond of their neighbors on the other side. They think that the Wu people on the other side are their friends and now their benefactors.They were very curious when they saw the orderly formation of soldiers who moved ashore in unison. Individually, these soldiers looked ordinary, but standing together gave them a sense of intimidation.

Tuoxiong led the elders to meet Chu Chaohui at the Changhe Wharf. The Eagle Tribe vacated the best house in the village for Chu Chaohui to use as the headquarters. It was bought from Nanbu.

Tuosu selected more than [-] warriors who were familiar with the terrain from the tribe to set off with the combat troops to lead the way as guides for the army, while Tuosu himself fought with Wei Qing's vanguard army.

Zhou Cheng's battle plan was very straightforward, without using tricks. In the case of completely defeating the Tiger Tribe in strength, he didn't need to spend energy fighting wits with the Tiger Tribe. The large army followed Wei Qing's vanguard army and marched, aiming at the Tiger Tribe's village.

The Tiger Tribe heard the news and organized two interceptions on the way. The Warriors of the Tiger Tribe, who only had animal skins and bamboo wood as their main weapons and equipment, were not at all the opponents of the valley slave soldiers who were fully armed and had weapons. The first interception left them behind. After more than 50 corpses and more than [-] captive casualties, they retreated in embarrassment.For the second time, the two allied tribes were united, and a war was fought against the slave soldiers in the valley on the edge of the Su Plain.

All the men of the Tiger Tribe who were able to go to the battlefield went out, because the Tiger Tribe knew that if they did not do their best to block the enemy from the Su Plain, their homes would be lost. The Tiger Tribe not only went all out, but also forced them to All the warriors of the two big tribes of the covenant participated, and there were a total of [-] tribe warriors.

Relying on the large number of people, the Tiger Tribe Alliance surrounded the 100 vanguard regiments, preparing to wipe out the slave soldiers in the valley one by one.It's a pity that when the Tiger Tribe surrounded the vanguard army, they were attacked by more than [-] chain mail cavalry led by Zeng You from the outside. The war was a one-sided massacre.

A rider with stirrups, after training, can control the horse very well, and can fight flexibly while riding on the horse. Facing such cavalry, infantry is basically a dead word.When Zhou Cheng's large army surrounded them from the outside, the machetes of the cavalry soldiers had already cut the blades with gaps.

Zhou Cheng took a binoculars and looked at a mountain top. It was broken. If a large army wanted to encircle the encirclement, the Tiger Tribe fighters would be completely wiped out. He quickly asked the messenger to play a semaphore, instructing the troops to make a gap for the Tiger Tribe to escape. .

The Tiger Tribe was fiercer and smarter than the two alliances. When they found a gap, they decisively left the alliance to break through the gap.Tuo Su watched with jumping feet as the remaining 200 people from the Tiger Tribe fled towards the mountains in the south.After the battle, Tuosu complained in front of Chu Chaohui, accusing Zhou Cheng of making mistakes in command and not being strict with the arrangement. Zeng You, the commander of the cavalry battalion, only cared about chasing the two allied tribes of the Tiger tribe and let go of the real threat.

Chu Chaohui was furious when he heard the battle report. Both Zhou Cheng and Zeng You were punished. They were relegated to Su Plain by Chu Chaohui to take turns on duty. They used the village of the Tiger Tribe as a temporary garrison. It is necessary to block the Tiger Tribe from the Su Plain and ensure the safety of the Eagle Tribe and other tribes who have taken refuge in the Eagle Tribe.

During the Battle of Su Pingyuan, Chu Chaohui established the first military base here openly.