Prince Nie did not want any woman. Although Prince Nie was a womanizer and a good wife, he had a high vision and would never be selective about food and just accept the women he saw.
Otherwise, the wife will be unhappy when she sees that the quality of the women he accepts is not high.
After arriving at the county governor's house, Nie Chen sent someone to count the grain, grass and weapons in the city. He himself took Shuoyue County's tax account books and county records to look at them to understand the local people's livelihood and economic situation.
After all, once you conquer a land, you have to govern it. These are the territories of Dafeng, and they are all people under the rule of the imperial court.
Nie Chen fought to let the people live a better life, not for his own ambitions.
Nie Chen discussed with Ouyang Ming while reading. After reading, he said,
"The governance of Shuoyue County is pretty good, and Wang Yue's brains are pretty good. He is a lot greedy and has a lot of extortionate taxes, but he can still provide food for the people, improve people's livelihood, build bridges and pave roads. He has many fortifications and there are few bandits in the area under his control, so he can be considered a capable county guard."
"Didn't my lord also say that this person is very clever? He can use so many strategies to plot against us. He must be flexible in his official duties."
"It's a pity that he is too vicious-hearted and doesn't care about credibility. It's hard for his little cleverness to reach the level of elegance.
When we use generals, we can use subordinate generals. The psychology of being a soldier is simple and easy to control.
But when using officials, we must use honest and good officials, and we must use our own talents.
Write a letter to Zhou Ping and ask him to arrange for a county governor to come and take office, and then ask the new county governor to promote the county magistrate and form a team to stabilize this place as soon as possible.
Only if the government orders are clear, our army will have no worries, and this place can support our army and maintain stability in the rear. "
"My lord pays so much attention to political affairs, which is really a blessing to the people. He is much better than those monarchs who only know how to be militaristic."
"I just think you are praising me. This time I ransacked a corrupt official's house and earned a lot of loot. I will seal it up first and register it in a book. When I go back, I will bring it all back to the capital."
Nie Chen put down the account book in his hand, and the generals and marshals also walked in. After settling the army, they came over for a meeting.
"Where has Liang Peng gone?"
Nie Chen asked.
Qi Huan stood up and said,
"My Lord, Liang Shuai's Jin Ping Army is almost at the junction of the two counties and is about to enter Hequ County.
The 100,000-strong army led by Wu Xiang is about to enter Hequ County. However, judging from their marching speed, Wu Xiang will be entered by Liang Shuai earlier because Hequ County is to the east. "
"In this case, is Liang Peng going to fight a tough battle? How many soldiers and horses are there in Hequ County?"
"There are seven or eight thousand people."
Qi Huan replied.
There are supposed to be 10,000 local troops in the county, but they are only local troops, not the central army. Their combat effectiveness is not strong and they are mostly composed of militiamen.
Usually they just suppress bandits and catch thieves. Many officials collude with bandits, so they naturally don't suppress bandits, so they don't have to raise so many soldiers, so there are many cases of empty pay.
The soldiers and horses on King Yue's side of Shuoyue County were those who had escaped from Yuemen Pass, plus soldiers and horses from the two counties, as well as some temporarily summoned militiamen.
"I'm afraid it won't be easy for 100,000 people to attack a city held by 100,000 people. Should we send tens of thousands more to support Liang Peng?"
Nie Chen muttered.
Ouyang Ming smiled and said,
"My lord, don't worry. Liang Shuai is good at using troops, and he is even better at attacking tough battles, and is good at making clever plans. He will definitely not just attack the city, but will think of other ways.
Besides, our side is the important battlefield. Even if Liang Shuai cannot defeat the enemy, as long as he can hold back the opponent's 100,000 troops, it will be a great achievement.
We can definitely send another legion to help him after breaking Dongping County.
Now that our enemies have entered Shuoyue County, we can fight them earlier than Liang Shuai. We should think more about the war at hand. "
Nie Chen nodded, looked at the map, and said,
"Have Ye Xiao's army entered those fortresses?"
"Not yet, they have just entered Shuoyue County and are still dozens of miles away from those forts.
I just don’t know whether they will choose to enter the fort to defend, or whether they will choose to march straight in to confront our army head-on. "
"Is he crazy when 300,000 people come to attack a city defended by 400,000 people? Is he a fool?"
Nie Chen looked at the map and muttered to himself,
"This hilly area is called Anhe Hills. The Anhe Hills stretch for fifty miles from east to west. In the Shangmen Valley in the middle of the Anhe Hills is the Shangmen Fort, the core area of hundreds of forts. How many defenders are there in the Shangmen Fort now?"
"Lord, there are no defenders."
Qi Huan said.
"Huh? No defenders?"
Nie Chen said in surprise,
"How come such an important military fortress has no defenders?"
"My lord, there were no defenders over there. Those forts have been abandoned for a long time, because the forts are all within the jurisdiction of King Andong. There are also the county and two counties to the west, and to the east is King Andong's lair. So here we are. There are no defenders at all in the Hundred Forts, but there are bandits in a few forts.
According to the normal fighting process, King Andong's army should first guard Yuemen Pass, then the two counties, then the county town, and finally the gateway of Dongping County, which is the hundreds of forts.
Originally, our plan was to capture the county in five days. By this time, the enemy's main force had already entered the fort.
However, our army captured it in just one morning, and it was surrounded and completely annihilated, which made it impossible for the defenders to retreat and retreated to the fortress.
As a result, the enemy will not be able to enter the easternmost fortress area until the day after tomorrow at the earliest, so we fought a little too fast. "
Hearing this, Nie Chen touched his chin and said,
"In that case, why do we have to wait for the enemy to choose whether to occupy the fort and defend it, or to attack us?
Can't we just go and occupy the fortress, guard this gate, and let the enemy pull out the nail? "
As soon as Nie Chen said this, everyone looked at each other in shock. Ning Wushuang stood up and said,
"Lord, we are now fifty miles away from the hilly area and seventy miles away from the easternmost fortress, while the enemy is only fifty or sixty miles away from the easternmost fortress.
If we march together with the enemy, we can only occupy part of the fort at most. We still have to continue to fight by pulling nails out of each other. "
"Then if we directly occupy the easternmost fortress, will this continuous battle be stopped?"
"Directly occupying the easternmost part? Lord, we are at least 120 miles away from the easternmost fortress."
"But we have cavalry."
Nie Chen smiled leisurely and said,
"Our cavalry totals more than 40,000. Aren't more than 40,000 enough to guard the easternmost forts and the intersections?"
