It was already noon, the golden sunshine was shining in the sky, and some of the original thick fog on the river had completely dissipated.
Busy soldiers walked back and forth on their horses, and the auxiliary soldiers dragged the corpses one after another, pulling them aside for sorting and stacking.
Among them, the corpses of Zhou people will be burned intensively, and the remains will eventually be filled in the pit.
The corpse belonging to the Chu person will be burned separately according to the identity tag, and the ashes and pension will eventually be sent back to his hometown.
Buckets of clean water were pulled up from the river by the soldiers, and then poured onto the dock plywood for simple cleaning and flushing.
More soldiers began to line up neatly, and then divided into battalions. Under the leadership of their respective generals, they quickly moved toward various towns along the official road behind the dock.
Some people stayed and began to gather the captured Zhou soldiers and civilians, and asked them to take care of them.
certainly.
More people still gathered on the boat, following the flagship, continuing up the Han River and quickly heading deep into Hanzhong County.
"General manager, the losses gained in this battle have been calculated."
On the cold river surface, a man in a green robe and a civilian attire hurriedly walked over to the flagship in front of him, saluted Qingyunzi, and then reported: "After counting, there are about 120,000 thieves this time. , including Zhou people with 12,000 soldiers and about 110,000 civilians.
In this battle, our army killed about 2,000 Zhou warriors and captured 8,000. More than 2,000 Zhou warriors escaped. More than 5,000 Zhou people were killed, more than 70,000 were captured, and about 30,000 escaped.
Those prisoners have been taken into custody, and the fleeing enemies have also arranged soldiers and horses to pursue them along the road. After capturing nearby towns, these defeated enemies can be easily wiped out.
In addition, our army suffered about 700 casualties in this battle, including more than 300 dead, more than 200 seriously injured, and more than 200 slightly injured.
The dead have been placed in a safe place, and the wounded have been treated by military doctors. Everything is done in accordance with the regulations.
In addition, the one million taels of silver brought by Zhou people for the first transaction were all confiscated at the dock and sealed for storage. "
As the Chu army continued to grow, and after more than twenty years of war, the army had already summarized and established many regulations.
It had only been an hour after the war, but the basic figures such as battle losses had already been quickly counted by the military officials, which was very efficient.
"Um."
After listening to the official's report, Qingyunzi responded, then waved his hand: "Since there is no problem, let's deal with it as usual."
"yes."
The green-robed official behind him nodded, then bowed and left.
Qingyunzi was still standing at the bow of the boat, looking at the mountains and rivers ahead with his hands behind his hands.
There was no unexpected incident in a surprise attack early this morning.
The Zhou people were completely unprepared. The Chu State had been deliberately planning for a long time. Coupled with the absolute advantage in the number of soldiers and horses, under a wave of surprise attacks, the defense on the dock was instantly broken.
Those Zhou people had no time to organize a defense, let alone react, and were defeated and captured in a mess.
If it weren't for the fact that there were so many people in the Zhou Dynasty, the total number of soldiers and civilians exceeded 100,000, making it impossible to capture them all in a hurry, even a rout would not have happened at this time.
certainly.
Even if tens of thousands of people escaped, it would still be nothing.
This time when troops were sent to Hanzhong County, Qingyunzi led a large number of troops, including 90,000 people by land and water.
With a wave of his hand, he detached 20,000 troops and ordered them to pursue them along the road and capture the towns along the way.
Now the main force of Zhou people's soldiers and horses in the western part of Hanzhong County has been defeated. In Hanzhong Nanjiang Mansion, which is adjacent to Xicheng County, there is no defense force except for those deserters.
With 20,000 soldiers and horses here, I think it won't take long to successfully capture this county, and even go further north and south to capture the other two prefectures of Baishi and Xixiang in the west of Hanzhong.
"No, the side of Baishi Mansion is close to Jianmen Pass. Now that my side has launched a surprise attack, Huang Xuan's side should also have launched an attack.
He also has 50,000 soldiers and horses there, as well as himself, another clone who is equivalent to the second level of Xiantian.
Maybe before the partial division I separated takes action, Baishi Mansion will be captured by another group of troops from Xichuan. "
Qingyunzi thought like this in his heart, and couldn't help but feel secretly regretful.
It’s not because he didn’t get more credit. I don’t think he has any dissatisfaction and regret.
As a clone, Qingyunzi is essentially one with Lu Yuan, and they are both equivalent to the masters of the Chu Kingdom.
Since he is the master, there is no merit.
What he felt was a pity was that Dongfang Wuyun, the general of Zhou's Nanzhu Kingdom, did not come forward in person for this transaction.
According to the original plan.
If that Dongfang Wuyun had come forward for the first transaction between the two countries, then Qingyunzi would have needed to conduct a sneak attack personally during the transaction to directly remove the Zhou general who was guarding Hanzhong.
But I didn’t expect that the plan could not match the changes.
The first trade between the two countries, a transaction of millions of taels of silver, was an extremely important event in terms of significance and value. That Dongfang Wuyun didn't show up?
Were you prepared?
Or don't pay attention to it?
Qingyunzi thought for a while, then quickly shook his head.
Although he inherited part of his original body's memory and wisdom, his limited spiritual thoughts could not support him to think about more things.
Considerations like this that require deep thinking are not suitable for a clone like him.
Fortunately, whether we can figure this out or not, it actually has nothing to do with the overall situation.
No matter what Dongfang Wuyun thought, he had already led his men to Hanzhong County.
When the time comes, the troops will arrive at Nanzheng City, surround the guy in the city so that he cannot escape, and then beat him to death.
It is not that difficult for Qingyunzi to kill a grandmaster who is only in the first realm of Xiantian.
He is confident that he can handle this matter well and complete the original instructions.
"But before that, I have to hurry up. Before the news spreads, before Nanzheng can react, I can attack the city with troops. This way I can cut off the opponent's retreat."
Thinking of this, Qingyunzi sighed softly.
This raid focused on the word "quick".
It’s so fast that the other party is not prepared, and it’s so fast that the other party has no time to react.
Now the first step has been successfully completed.
But this second step...
Looking at the fleet below me that although it was already moving forward desperately, because it was sailing up the Shuo River and against the current, its speed was still not very high, I couldn't help but shake its head.
At the current speed, even if we row all the way, day and night, by the time we reach Nanzheng City, it will be two days at the earliest.
And two days.
If the Zhou people were smarter, they could transmit what happened on the dock back to Nanzheng City.
Even if the other party knew about it, it would be difficult to organize effective defenses in just a day or two.
But this is a hidden danger after all.
"You have to think about it in advance..."
Qingyunzi frowned and thought for a moment, then turned around and summoned a soldier. When they arrived, he ordered: "Send an order to General Luo Cheng to disembark at Yunpu Pier after arriving at Taibai Mansion later.
Then let him lead his 20,000 troops to capture Baishifu City.
After occupying Fucheng, he led a group of soldiers and horses northward to seize Xiegu Pass, completely cutting off the connection between Hanzhong County and Guannei County of the Zhou Dynasty to the north. "
Hanzhong County is surrounded by mountains. It can be said to be a small basin wrapped in mountains.
Among them, heading east from Hanzhong County, there is the Han River connecting Xiangyang County. To the south, where it communicates with Xichuan County, there is a Jianmen Pass that separates the north from the south.
To the west, at the junction with Longxi County, there is a Yangping Pass blocking the main road. To the north and Guannei County is Xiegu Pass.
These three passes and one water are all dangerous points. If they can be fully captured, they will be enough to block the four directions and repel the enemy.
Since there was no way to completely block the news from reaching Nanzheng City, Qingyunzi simply didn't bother to stop it.
His purpose was to completely annihilate the Zhou soldiers in Hanzhong County, and by the way, capture and kill Dongfang Wuyun, the general of Nanzhu Kingdom.
At this time, Qingyunzi couldn't predict what the other party wanted to do or what he would do?
But he can guarantee that the other party can't do anything.
For example, he sent troops to capture Xiegu Pass first and blocked the Zhou people's escape route to the north.
Then let Huang Xuan of the Southern Route Army lead the light troops to seize Yangping Pass in the west from the south.
In this way, all three passes and one water in Hanzhong County were in the hands of the Chu State. Then the Zhou people in this county naturally became turtles in the urn and could no longer escape.
"Huang Xuan needs to be notified about this matter. To ensure timeliness, it is better to contact the main body and let him talk to the other party."
Qingyunzi thought for a while, then closed his eyes slightly, concentrated his thoughts, and began to contact the body thousands of miles away.
Although the main body and the clone can be connected thousands of miles apart.
But this communication channel is limited to the main body and the clone. There is no such ability between clones outside the main body.
Therefore, even if Qingyunzi wants Huang Xuan to cooperate at this time, without wasting time, he can only tell the main body his plan first, and then let the main body inform Huang Xuan.
It is a bit troublesome to do, but compared to sending a messenger to Huang Xuan, which takes a day and a half, it is much faster.
…
In the Huaguang Hall, Lu Yuan was summoning the Tibetan envoys to explain to them that they had sent troops to Hanzhong today.
Just as he was speaking, he felt the resonance and connection outside, and he couldn't help but stop for a moment, his eyes slightly focused.
"Hmm...do you need Huang Xuan's cooperation?"
After receiving the message, he whispered inaudibly, then closed his eyes slightly, and then transmitted the information received from Qingyunzi to Huang Xuan through the connection between the main body and the clone.
This came and went, and by the time the news was finished, it only took five or six breaths.
The Tibetan envoy was so fast that the King of Chu was just stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered and didn't notice anything strange at all.
"Your Majesty, you said that Chu State has begun to attack Zhou State at this time, but with all due respect, foreign ministers have not heard any news about Chu State's mobilization of troops these days, nor have they seen any signs of mobilizing troops.
It is difficult for foreign ministers to determine whether this news is true or false. "
Among the five envoys from the Tibetan people below, one of them, a burly man, said with an embarrassed look: "With such one-sided words, the foreign minister cannot send a message back to the snowy plains, nor can he ask the spirit girl to leave for Chu State now."
Although instinctively, the five envoys believed in their hearts that King Chu would not deceive them.
After all, this kind of deception makes no sense and can be easily exposed.
But the same thing.
Just as the envoy said, the Chu State's plan to conceal the truth was really well implemented.
Before launching it, not only did he hide it from himself, but he also hid it from outsiders.
Before the specific news from Hanzhong came back, no one could believe that Chu State had begun to declare war on Zhou State.
Because at this time, in the eyes of outsiders, Chu and Zhou were still semi-allies preparing for grain trade and in the honeymoon period.
Under this appearance, who dares to believe that the Chu State has a disagreement and even has a premeditated attack on the Zhou State?
You must know that the Chu State has just died of a congenital and a prime minister, and there is some turmoil inside and outside the court.
On the border, Ningguo's hundreds of thousands of troops are still watching from Jiangdong?
Amid internal and external troubles, how could Chu dare to attack Zhou?
Even the Tibetan people who had reached an alliance with the Chu State were not sure that the Chu State had really taken action when no signs appeared.
Actually.
Since the covenant trip, as time passed, seeing that there was still no movement from the Chu State, these Tibetan people became a little anxious and began to wonder if the Chu State just wanted to defraud them of a sum of money. In fact, they had no intention of dealing with Zhou. country.
Based on this suspicion, they all couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to urge and lobby the Chu State to fulfill the covenant quickly.
Unexpectedly, before they had time to take action, King Chu summoned them and told them that he had already taken action.
"There is no doubt about this."
Looking at the somewhat surprised envoys below, Lu Yuan paid no attention to their doubts and just said: "I have just received the news that the two groups of troops I have commissioned to conquer Hanzhong this time have already begun to take action.
In particular, the Xiangyang soldiers and horses, where the main force was located, had already defeated the Zhou people's western garrison in Hanzhong and were heading towards Hanzhong County at this time.
If we move faster, we might be able to capture Nanzheng City in less than three to five days. "
Having said this, he couldn't help but smile confidently.
Lu Yuan did not have the slightest doubt whether the two armies of Qing Yunzi and Huang Xuan could capture Hanzhong County.
Together, the two groups of soldiers and horses amounted to a total of 140,000 troops, as well as two second-level innate masters. The lineup was commonly known as luxurious.
In comparison, the Zhou people on the opposite side, including the soldiers from the prefectures and counties, only numbered 50,000.
At this time, more than 10,000 of the 50,000 soldiers and horses had been annihilated by Qingyunzi. The remaining 30,000 people were also distributed in various prefectures and counties in Hanzhong County. In fact, they were only enough to maintain public order.
Among the remaining innate masters, Dongfang Wuyun is the only one who is in the first realm.
How can you stop Chu State's thunderous offensive with such little strength?
The only variable in this plan was that Dongfang Wuyun realized something was wrong, and then imitated Li Xiong, abandoning the army and escaping thousands of miles away.
Facing an innate grandmaster who doesn't want to confront you at all and wants to escape like that, even if Huang Xuan and Qingyunzi join forces, you can only watch the other person leave and cry out for help.
However, considering the extremely low battle fatality rate of the innate masters in this world, before Huang Xuan and Qing Yunzi gained the reputation of innate killers like Lu Yuan, they should not worry about Dongfang Wuyun running away.
The other party is likely to stay in Nanzheng City after hearing the news, and then try to gather troops and wait for Zhou's reinforcements.
If this is true, then when Qing Yunzi and Huang Xuan lead their troops to Nanzheng City and join hands, they can definitely kill this person.
certainly.
Regardless of whether Dongfang Wuyun fights or flees, it does not affect the overall situation at all.
Lu Yuan was naturally happy to be able to kill such an innate master and further weaken the Zhou Kingdom.
If it can't be killed, that's okay.
Anyway, Huang Xuan will stay in Hanzhong County to guard the situation afterwards.
With this clone, as long as the Zhou State does not attack with all its strength, the Chu State will not be afraid of three or four innate masters.
With Huang Xuan's strength, he can easily handle it.
And mobilize six or seven innates, more than 500,000 soldiers and horses, and attack the whole country...
Lu Yuan was very doubtful, could the current Zhou State be able to gather so much power again?
Besides, even if the other party can really mobilize them.
If you want to dispatch so many soldiers and horses, the movement will definitely not be small. Before the other party sends troops, Chu State's spies have already sent back the news.
At that time, Chu State can naturally mobilize and go north to compete with Zhou State.
Therefore, the small-scale troops could not do anything to Huang Xuan.
Chu State can also prepare in advance for large-scale troops and horses.
The two combined are approximately equal to Hanzhong County, which is completely safe and worry-free.
It's just that Lu Yuan is so confident in his heart, but others don't know his confidence and trump card, so they inevitably have doubts about it.
Just like the five messengers below.
"Chu has won the first battle?"
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, they felt a sense of absurdity in their hearts.
The King of Chu in front of them has always been with them. He has never left and no outsiders have come in.
Now the King of Chu said that he had received news about the battlefield thousands of miles away, which naturally aroused everyone's suspicion, thinking that this was King Chu's way to deceive them.
However, the messenger from the Damo Sect did not directly identify it as a lie like the other four companions.
Instead, he thought of the strange and unreasonable short-term stunned behavior of King Chu just now, and then thought that King Chu might have some kind of means of sending messages across thousands of miles in an instant.
In this world where immortal magic exists, such methods are actually not uncommon.
When the spiritual energy was abundant before, let alone the sound transmission for thousands of miles, even the sound transmission for thousands of miles was actually just idle.
In essence, their Damo sect is actually a sect that cultivates immortals. However, due to the influence of the decline of spiritual energy, it slowly changes from cultivating immortals to practicing martial arts.
But no matter how much we change, the foundation cannot be changed.
In the Damo Sect, there is a similar secret technique of transmitting sounds across thousands of miles.
That is to say, now that the energy of the immortal spirits in the world is exhausted, and all kinds of immortal magic are gradually disappearing, this method is gradually unknown to ordinary people.
Therefore, the other four tribal envoys were not aware of this method and it was normal for them to feel suspicious.
But this envoy of the Damo Sect, who can represent a sect, naturally has an extraordinary status, and of course he knows some immortal magic and secrets.
At this moment, I was slightly reminded and immediately thought of this section.
"Since the King of Chu said this, he was not deceiving us."
After gradually having some guesses in his mind, before the four tribal envoys next to him could speak, the Damo Cult envoy took the lead and said: "Since the Chu Kingdom has fulfilled the covenant, the foreign envoy will later send a message to the Hui Cult to inform the matter.
It’s just that the spirit girl is my goddess of the snowfield, with a noble status, and is worshiped by thousands of people in the snowfield.
The marriage of a spirit girl is something that has never happened in the snow plains for thousands of years.
Therefore, I also ask the Chu State to show corresponding courtesy and send people to greet him in advance to appease people's hearts. "
Lu Yuan looked at the Damo Cult envoy who spoke, and couldn't help but feel a flash of appreciation in his heart.
The reason why he took the initiative to reveal that he could send messages from thousands of miles apart was not only to get the spirit girl married as soon as possible, but also to test these Snowfield Tibetan people and to intimidate them.
Now it seems.
Not to mention the other four tribal envoys, they are just ordinary people.
But this messenger of the Damo Sect did have some skills. He saw the hidden meaning behind his words and made a statement.
Not bad.
A messenger can have such ability, so as one of the two spirits, the spirit girl of the Damo Cult should be able to bring more surprises to him.
Maybe the person he married was not a self-proclaimed goddess, but a real goddess.
The lineage of Lord Damo may not have been completely cut off.
With this thought in his mind, Lu Yuan looked at the solemn envoy of Damo Cult and said kindly: "Envoy, don't worry, the spirit girl has a noble status, and Gu Zhong also respects her very much.
This time to welcome the spirit girl to Chu, our country of Chu is willing to treat the spirit girl as a queen and never make the spirit girl feel wronged. "
Well, the only greeting etiquette is that of a queen.
But after the spirit girl gets married, her status can only be that of a noble concubine.
Lu Yuan still had feelings for Lan Cai'er, his first wife, and he couldn't do anything like divorcing his wife or turning his back on her heartlessly.
