The Grandmaster Strategist Chapter 12: Poison Counting Chain

　　　　 In December of the nineteenth year of Xiande, the Southern Chu army fought at Luocheng. At that time, Emperor Li Zhi fought at Jiameng Pass. After a few moments, there were rumors that Da Yong was making peace with the generals of Shu, and the Prince of Germany Zhao Jue was very uneasy. , Asked Ce Jiang Zhe, and talked for a long time. The next day, the Chu army was rushing to attack the city. On December 19, the city broke through and General Wei Xianzhong fell to his death. The next morning, he attacked the city again. General Longbu overheard the spy and went out of the city. The pursuit is to lure into a heavy siege. For one day, the people are trapped and the horse is lacking. Prince Germany personally surrenders in front of the battle. Long refusing to follow him and commits suicide. The king sighs, collects his bones, and buries Luocheng.

　　 On December 25, Jia Mengguan learned that Luocheng had fallen, and the Shu army had no intention of fighting. On December 28, Jia Mengguan had fallen. So far, there is no barrier in Shu. Someone, Yun Jiangzhe, offered two strategies for breaking the city and separating the room at this time. Later, when he met Rong Yuan, the staff member of the old prince, Rongmou pondered for a long time and said he did. However, the details of the two strategies were eventually refused. , Rong Mou died of illness, Mou went to sacrifice, his son Bai Fu said, Jiang Suiyun world wizard, Prince Xide did not dare to use it.

　　--"The Southern Dynasties Chu History·Jiang Suiyun Biography"

　　 I put down my pen, Han Zhang had already walked out, opened the courtyard door, and saw a general in yellow gold armor and white brocade robe standing outside, behind which stood a black shirt scholar, and After the two, there was a team of personal guards in white armor. Han Zhang had been in the Southern Chu Army for nearly a month. How could he not know the identity of this man? He was nervous and let the door open silently. To the side. Zhao Jue just glanced at him, then walked into the room, Rong Yuan followed in with a gesture, and the other guards immediately surrounded Jiang Zhe's study.

　　 I didn’t hear the sound of Han Zhang’s announcement. I was feeling strange. I saw Zhao Jue coming in. He quickly stood up in accordance with the etiquette and bowed and said: "The prince comes to the humble house. Forgive me."

　　 Zhao Jue gave a courtesy first: "Zhao Jue has been busy with military affairs recently, and he did not come to visit Lord Jiang’s condition. Please forgive me."

　　 I faintly said: "The prince is armed with a heavy army, and he manages all kinds of things every day. Where can I have leisure to take care of subordinates? I don't know if I am here today, what can I advise."

　　Zhao Jue glanced at Rong Yuan, and Rong Yuan quickly stepped forward and said apologetically: "Master Jiang, you have been so sloppy a few days ago, but I also ask Master Haihan."

　　 I naturally said: "Mr. Rong does not need to be polite. The two are here in person. There must be important military affairs. Please speak up."

　　 Rong Yuan glanced at me with shame, and said: "The envoys sent by the Kingdom of Shu asked to see Yong Wang Li Zhi and asked for peace. Li Zhi did not agree, but he did not refuse." He handed me a lot of information, very detailed. , Even Li Zhi and Yang Can have a dialogue. After I read it, I couldn't help smiling. This Yang Can's name is the same as my first student, Lu Can, and his personality is similar. It is also a threat and a temptation. It's just a pity, I sighed: "The characters in Shu are splendid, but it is a pity that the Lord of Shu cannot use talents. Now that the country is in danger, these talents still do not abandon the kingdom of Shu. No wonder people say that the people of Shu are loyal and righteous."

　　 Zhao Jue asked: "Why, Suiyun has already seen that Dayong will not accept Shu's peace?"

　　 I laughed and said: "If King Yong wants to agree to make peace, he will ask what is the benefit, but King Yong only asks the talents in Shuzhong. It is clear that he intends to recruit talents to govern Shuzhong, so King Yong will not agree. Sum."

　　 Zhao Jue frowned and said, "Then why would King Yong let such news spread? If I, Nan Chu, would have known it, it would be a bit..."

　　 I said lightly: "The King Yong is really powerful. He deliberately let such rumors circulate. I am afraid that I want Nan Chu to know. As far as the lower officials know, our Nan Chu did not seriously attack the city during this period. I think the prince hopes that the king of Yong’s **** battle will take the Jiameng Pass. When the Luocheng defenders are affected, they can no longer defend the city with all their strength. At that time, we can get the Luocheng without any effort."

　　 Zhao Jue and Rong Yuan glanced at each other. This was a secretly negotiated decision between the two of them. Unexpectedly, it was revealed by me, and neither of them acquiesced. I continued: "I think King Yong is also distressed for his own losses, so I used this rumor to force us to make a quick fight. Alas, King Yong is really terrible, even if we see through his mind, what will happen to King Yong? The peace of Shu can make us face the anger of Shu. Dayong can tolerate the continued existence of Shu. He can occupy the fertile soil of Dongchuan as long as he maintains stability at Yangping Pass. However, we have been fighting hard so far, but we can only get hardships and dangers. The road of Shu is not worth the loss. We are incapable and dare not to drag on. If the State of Shu takes a breather, it will inevitably attack our betrayed Southern Chu. Only now, the lower officials have three strategies to offer."

　　 Zhao Jue was upset when he heard it, and asked, "What are the three strategies? My lord, please elaborate."

　　 I am saying: "This strategy is still the same as the old one. If Da Yong couldn’t bear it and attacked Jia Meng Pass first, then we achieved the original goal, but if Da Yong was angry, he changed his mind. Accept the peace of Shu, then we will completely fail. This strategy, victory or defeat lies in the thought of King Yong."

　　 Zhao Jue said sadly: "If the victory or defeat is completely dependent on others, isn't it a man-made sword, I am a fish, then the strategy?"

　　 I said in a deep voice: "Zhongce is my army to attack the city. As long as we break through Luocheng, Dayong will immediately attack Jiameng Pass. Then the Kingdom of Shu will naturally perish. We will gain more than expected, but we will lose. It will also exceed expectations."

　　 Zhao Jue frowned. He just didn't want to lose too much and didn't want to attack the city with all his strength. He said solemnly: "So the best policy?"

　　 I faintly smiled and said: "We use a strange siege to conquer the city, and the loss is small. When the time comes to fight for the victory in Shu, we will be able to achieve all the strategic goals."

　　 Zhao Jue stretched his brows and said: "But how do you use the strange to break the city?"

　　 I have a clear mind: "Now the Luocheng garrison is divided into two armies, one defending the city, and the other camping outside, and each other echoes each other. If we want to win, we must first cut off its foreign aid. I suggest that we expedite the attack. Then the fire is ignited in the direction that the enemy army outside the camp can see. Then the army outside will definitely think that Luocheng is in danger and come to rescue. We set up an ambush on the way and wipe out the Shu army. After foreign aid is cut off, we can concentrate. Deal with the defenders in the city. At that time, we can attack the city again, and then let people wear the clothes of the Shu army to attack our baggage, making them think that the Shu army outside is still there. We acted as the baggage was destroyed in a hurry. Retreating, lure the Shu army out of the city to pursue and kill, arrange for the ambush to cut off the way, and trap the main general. Then, what will Luocheng do not break?"

　　 Hearing this, Zhao Jue smashed the tea cup by mistake. This strategy was so precise and vicious. He looked at me with brand new eyes and saw me inexplicably. Zhao Jue finally confirmed that the gentle and elegant young champion was actually Zhao Jue couldn't help but give birth to a chill of a man with deep scheming and treacherousness. He was an upright person. Although he had used tricks, he had never seen such a series of insidious ambushes and booby traps. He said goodbye to Jiang Zhe unnaturally and went to arrange battle.

　　 On the evening of December 16th, the Southern Chu army began to storm Luocheng. Soon after a fire was lit, Wei Xian mistakenly thought that Luocheng was in danger, and came rushing from the mountain road, but was ambushed by the Southern Chu army. Wei Xian Fighting desperately, he was personally killed by Zhao Jue who personally participated in the ambush. The Shu army was scattered, and the Chu army strictly guarded the passage to prevent the news from being learned by Luocheng.

　　 In the early morning of December 17, the South Chu army attacked again. General Longbu led the defenders to repel several attacks. The casualties were heavy. At the end of the day, the South Chu army suddenly became confused, and then immediately gathered and retreated. Walking in the city, I saw a raging fire in Nanchu Daying in the direction of Fushuiguan. At this time, Zhao Jue’s cronies disguised as Shu army scouts and came to report that Wei Xian had burned down Nanchu’s inventory. Longbu was overjoyed and saw the defeat of the Shu army. Unorganized, led an iron cavalry to chase from behind, the Southern Chu army was defeated, and Longbu chased for twenty miles, but was cut off by the southern Chu army hidden in the mountain, and the southern Chu army gathered in and formed a ten-sided ambush, Longbu With seven thousand elite soldiers rushing around, fighting hard all night, blood-stained artillery, a dozen serious wounds on his back, and finally unable to rush out, all the guards around him were killed, and finally surrounded by the Southern Chu army, Zhao Jue personally persuaded him to surrender. He smiled and said: "We only have decapitated generals in the country of Shu, so how can there be people who kneel and surrender?" Zhao Jue sighed and ordered a thick burial.

　　 On December 18th, the Nanchu army withdrew to Fushuiguan for repairs. On December 19th, Zhao Jue attacked the city again. Luocheng lost his general and was unable to defend. He surrendered at dusk.

　　 On December 23, Jia Mengguan received news of the fall of Luocheng, and the military was in a state of chaos. Chengdu was completely exposed to the southern Chu Bingfeng. On the same day, the king of Yong Li Zhi aggressively attacked the city, and the Shu army in the city had no fighting spirit. On December 25, Jia Mengguan fell to the ground and the prime minister was captured. So far, there is no more pass for Shu.

　　 Shu Kingdom Meng Yun received the battle report, fainted several times, and cried in the court hall: "The ancestors found the country, sixty years ago, and now it has disappeared. Although the lonely died, I dare not see the ancestors." After surrendering, Meng Yunsizhi repeatedly hid his face and returned to the harem. The courtiers looked at each other and had to scatter.

　　Xin Wei in the 20th year of Xiande, Dayong and Southern Chu dynasties celebrated their victory in the first year of the first lunar new year. Shu Kingdom was in a bleak state, waiting for the refurbishing Dayong and Southern Chu armies to join Chengdu in the middle of Sichuan.

　　 The army was full of joy. I quit after drinking a few glasses of wine in Shuai Thang, and went back to my residence, lying on the bed, thinking about the future vaguely. Only Zhao Jue knew about my plan this time. He didn't want to spread it out, but Zhao Jue agreed, presumably he also felt that my strategy was too vicious, but he didn't know that I was about to leave Nanchu. If someone knew about my strategy, I'm afraid I would not be peaceful for the rest of my life. The victory brought not much joy, because I knew that Han Zhang cried bitterly in the room last night, although his voice was very low, and even avoided his wife.

　　 Actually, compared with my strategy, King Yong's strategy is vicious, and the upright design allows others to draw chestnuts for him. At that time, I still didn’t tell Zhao Jue. King Yong had another purpose, which was to take advantage of me. The first-hand information of the South Chu Spy Network, I want to come, in order to collect the information of Dayong and South Chu’s peace, and then pass the information to Prince Germany through Shuzhong, King Yong should take the opportunity to grasp a lot of the identity and whereabouts of my Southern Chu spy. At that time, it would be easy to eradicate the power of Southern Chu. What a scheming. I didn’t mean I didn’t tell Prince De. If they could not think of this, it would be too slow. Moreover, I really dare not offend Dayong. In addition, Zhao Jue’s vicious rejection of me made me lose support. His interest.

　　 Alas, I really hoped that Nan Chu could have a Zhongxing Ming master, but Zhao Jue is not Guan Zhong Leyi’s talent, but a bit like Uncle Bao. Black and white are too clear about good and evil. I don’t know that Heguang Tongchen The truth.

　　 Nanchu, is there really no hope? I thought deeply.

　　In January of the twenty years of showing virtue, the armies of both sides did not rush to make progress. They repaired and consolidated the occupied territory, waiting for the spring season. For Shu, this is the last winter. Although Shu has lost most of its military power, the situation is not easy to appease. The pride and stubbornness of the Shu people have shown me. In just one month, there have been seven rebellions and twenty-three assassinations. Of course, no one wanted to. Against me, I am not a famous person. Most of the celebrities in Shu were also unwilling to surrender, and silently resisted if they could not resist. The situation was so sinister that Zhao Jue's hair was a few whites. Obviously winning, but so difficult, finally reached a unified opinion, if the king of Shu surrendered, it should be better, so Dayong and Nanchu after the fish and goose exchanges, finally decided to advance to the middle of Shu on February 1st at the same time. Chengdu.

　　 Before leaving, Zhao Jue came to see me again. He now likes to see me privately instead of asking for my opinion publicly. He must think my strategy is too sinister, but I prefer this way, which is safer Well, no one knows that it was my idea. What's more, I made a lot of ideas during this period, and they were a bit vicious, so I had let Han Zhang go a long time ago. He, a native of Shu, stayed with me at this time. , It's too dangerous, if he thinks that killing me can be worth his family's life, I will be miserable.

　　 In order to protect me, Xiao Shunzi tried his best to find a good candidate in the prison of the Southern Chu Army. That man was Chen Zhen, a spy killer of the Shu Army. After the city was broken, he was captured because It was found out that he had repeatedly assassinated our generals. He was supposed to be put to death. Moreover, this person has a vicious personality and a cool nature. He is a character who doesn't care about anything except himself. If he hadn't broken the city too quickly this time, he would have been killed. Ran away. But Xiao Shunzi just fancy his cool nature and easy to control, let me take care of Zhao Jue to save him, Zhao Jue was feeling that he did not repay me, so he agreed, Xiao Shunzi did it on him with a secret technique Hands and feet, I was still worried, and asked Xiao Shunzi to give him a chronic poison that I prepared. Of course, I only told him that the antidote was with Xiao Shunzi. In this way, I had a credible bodyguard. According to Xiao Shunzi, this person would not kill me by giving up his life, and cherishing his life so that he would not betray him, it was the best guard to use.

　　 After Zhao Jue sat down, he worried and said: "We are about to capture Chengdu, and there will be no buffer from the Kingdom of Shu. How should we deal with Da Yong? The Lord has sent a secret decree so that we should not offend Da Yong." /

　　 I already had a draft of this point, and said: "The official thought, the main contradiction will be in Chengdu. Who can capture the king of Shu, who is the biggest beneficiary, on this point, we should not compete with Da Yong. It’s no use. The next official has an idea to prevent King Shu from falling into the hands of Dayong. That’s it. In addition, I heard that the reason why King Shu is so talented and relative is because he loves the princess Jinlian. Madam and **** Zhang Quan, I heard that Mrs. Jin Lian is extremely beautiful. We will cede all the concubines and concubines of the Shu Kingdom to Dayong. If King Yong sends them to Yongdu to offer prisoners, then the beauty of Mrs. Jin Lian will surely get Yong The emperor’s favor, then we will plant a fire in the harem of the Emperor Yong. If the Emperor Yong kills them, although it is a pity, the Emperor Yong will be angry when he knows that the elderly love beauty, especially the Yong The emperor is not a very wise monarch, regardless of success or failure, we are separated from Emperor Yong and his son. Of course, we also have something that must be obtained. After entering the city, please send Mr. Rong to the household first to collect the classic household atlas. This is The key for us to govern Xichuan in the future, of course, gold, silver and jewelry must also be snatched. One is to cover up the importance of our seizure of documents. Second, to reward the three armies and bribe the lord of the country. As for other things, we don’t care, those courtiers of Shu. Let's let Dayong take care of the mansion."

　　 Zhao Jue listened and nodded again and again and said: "Master Jiang mentioned Lijian Yongdi and his son, I wonder if I can say more."

　　 I think, anyway, I will leave South Chu, so I don’t want to hide it, so I said: "The battle between King Yong and Prince Li An of Dayong for the crown prince is known to the world. In an embarrassing situation, this time King Yong broke through Shu. With such great success, Li An must bite his teeth with hatred. We sent spies to Dayong to spread rumors, saying that King Yong was going to stand on his own in Dongchuan..." At this point, Zhao Jue already understood. Taking a deep look at me, full of fear, he deeply admired and said: "Master Jiang's good policy can keep Nanchu safe for several years. I don't know what the adults need, Zhao Jue will definitely help."

　　 I thought to myself, this is a wish to appoint an official, and I said indifferently: "This time the official is tired, the root of the disease is infected~IndoMTL.com~I hope to resign and return to my hometown after I go back. If I can get permission from the prince, I will ask the lord I am grateful for further comments."

　　 Zhao Jue frowned, thinking, Jiang Zhe is a man with a deep heart. It would be a good thing if he didn't try to gain power, but if he left, if he voted for another country, then Nanchu would be in danger. Therefore, Zhao Jue categorically said: "Master Jiang's words are very bad, and the emperor is very intelligent. Zhao Jue is about to rely on him. How can he go into hiding? If Master Jiang doesn't like busy government affairs, this king should report to the Lord of the Ming Dynasty and let Master Jiang be in Hanlin. The hospital cares, you don’t have to deal with official affairs if you have nothing to do."

　　What, I was stunned, what went against my wish. That night when I grievedly told Xiao Shunzi, Xiao Shunzi patted his forehead and said: "Oh my God, my lord, you still don't understand the thoughts of those royals, you are a character like you, if they are willing to let go, they are not afraid of you. Why don't you go to Dayong and the Northern Han Dynasty? Who made you so sharp? It seems that you not only can't resign from office, but from now on, you must keep a low profile, and if you have a suitable opportunity, you can just abandon your office."

　　 I looked at Xiao Shunzi in a straightforward manner, expressing my shame and admiration.

　　On February 15th in the 20th year of Xiande, Nanchu and Dayong gathered in Chengdu. The two armies encircled Chengdu. Prince De went to meet the King of Yong Li Zhi. I couldn’t bear my curiosity and wanted to see it. What a hero is King Yong, he followed Zhao Jue. When I came to Yongwang Daying, I admired the tigers and dragons in the murderous and hidden camp. Yong Wang Li Zhi greeted us at Yingmen. A long way away, I saw him standing at the gate of the camp. He was dressed in prince's costume and was graceful and noble. Although he was just standing there, I felt as if the vigor of the entire camp was gathered on him. A hundred steps away from the camp, Prince De got off his horse and walked, I naturally followed suit, getting closer and closer to the camp, King Yong smiled and greeted me, and at this moment I finally discovered something that horrified me. , Yong Wang Li Zhi, I actually recognize it.